Circus” made a ‘Hot Shot’ Debut at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 due to digital sales of 212,000 units, making the singer’s first top ten debut. On the same week her former number-one single “Womanizer” remained at ten on the chart, marking the first time Spears had two tracks simultaneously in the chart’s top ten.

as of december 20 2008 CIRCUS fall one step from #3 to#4 and her former #1 hit WOMANIZER up from #10 to #6 on chart still two song of britney are in the top 10 of billboard simultaneously!

CIRCUS by BRITNEY SPEARS

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Issue Date: 2008-12-27

Top 1-10

Top 11-50

1	2		Beyonce Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)		Peak 1	Wks On 9
			Music World | DIGITAL | Columbia

2	1		T.I. Featuring Rihanna Live Your Life		Peak 1	Wks On 12
			Def Jam/Grand Hustle | 516201* | IDJMG/Atlantic		RIAA

3	4		Lady GaGa Featuring Colby O’Donis Just Dance		Peak 3	Wks On 19
			Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree | 011524 | Interscope

4	3		Britney Spears Circus		Peak 3	Wks On 2
			Jive | DIGITAL | Zomba

5	5		T.I. Whatever You Like		Peak 1	Wks On 19
			Grand Hustle | 514202* | Atlantic		RIAA

6	10		Britney Spears Womanizer		Peak 1	Wks On 11
			Jive | DIGITAL | Zomba

7	16		Kanye West Heartless		Peak 4	Wks On 6
			Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam | DIGITAL | IDJMG

8	7		Katy Perry Hot N Cold		Peak 3	Wks On 20
			Capitol | DIGITAL		RIAA

9	6		Beyonce If I Were A Boy		Peak 3	Wks On 10
			Music World | DIGITAL | Columbia		RIAA

10	8		Kanye West Love Lockdown		Peak 3	Wks On 13
			Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam | 012384* | IDJMG

Circus (Britney Spears album)

Circus is the sixth studio album by American pop singer Britney Spears. Jive Records, in collaboration with Zomba Label Group and Sony Music Entertainment, released it on November 28, 2008. Having moved over 505,000 copies in the United States in its first week, Circus debuted on the Billboard 200 at number one, making it Spears’ fifth number-one album. The feat made Spears the only act in Nielsen SoundScan history to have four albums debut with 500,000 or more copies sold.^[3]

The first single, “Womanizer“, became Spears’s first number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 since her debut “…Baby One More Time“, almost 10 years prior.^[4][5] The second single, the title track of the album, “Circus“, debuted at number three on the Hot 100 chart.^[6]

Commercial

Circus debut at number-one on the the US Billboard 200, moving over 505,000 units in its first week, after moving 219,000 units in its first day of release, making it the sixth fastest-selling album of 2008.^[34][35] Circus fell to number two in its second week with 200,000 copies sold, a 60% decrease from the previous week, bringing the albums total sales to 705,000 copies sold.^[36]Circus first appeared on the European Top 100 Albums chart, where the album had its earliest release. The album debuted at number one on the chart.^[37]

In Mexico the album debuted at number one in both the national and international chart, making Spears the only artist to have all of her albums debut at number one in the International chart.^[38]Circus became Spears’ first number one on the national chart since In The Zone back in 2003.^[38] The album became the highest sales in that country for any international artist selling more than 21,000 copies on its first day and 46,000 copies in its debut week.^[38]

In France the album sold 18,319 copies in its two first days of release, debuting at number five in the French Weekly Album Charts.^[39] In Ireland, it premiered at number two. The album debuted at #4 on the UK Albums Chart, moving over 76,000 in its first week.

Accolades

For the second year in a row Britney Spears was awarded the Billboard Readers’ Choice Album of the Year. According to Billboard, more than 16,000 votes were cast in the poll. This marks Spears as the first artist to have an album named Album of the Year two years in a row.^[40]

Charts and certifications

Chart	Provider(s)	Peak position	Certification	Sales/shipments
Argentina Albums Chart[78]	CAPIF	2
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[79]	ARIA	3	Platinum[80]	80,000+[81]
Austrian Albums Chart[82]	IFPI	9
Belgium Walloon Albums Chart[83]	IFPI	4
Belgium Flanders Albums Chart[84]		7
Canadian Albums Chart[85]	Nielsen SoundScan	1		80,000+[86][87]
Danish Albums Chart[88]	IFPI	5
Dutch Album Chart[89]	IFPI	10
European Top 100 Albums[90]	IFPI	1
France Physical Albums Chart[91]	SNEP	3		64,000+[92][93][94]
France Digital Albums Chart[95]	SNEP	2
German Albums Chart[96]	IFPI	9
Irish Albums Chart[89]	IRMA	2
Italian Albums Chart[97]	FIMI	9
Japan Oricon Album Chart[98]	RIAJ	5		45,600+[99][100]
Japan Oricon International Album Chart[98]		1
Mexican Albums Chart[101]	AMPROFON	3	Gold[101]	46,000+[101]
Mexican Albums Chart - International[102]	AMPROFON	1
New Zealand Albums Chart[103]	RIANZ	8
Portugal Albums Chart[104]	AFP	28
Russian Top 25[105]		2	Platinum[106]	20,000+[107]
Spanish Albums Chart[108]	PROMUSICAE	10
Swedish Albums Chart[109]	IFPI	22
Swiss Albums Chart[110]	IFPI	1	Gold[111]	15,000+[112]
Taiwan International Albums Chart[113]	G-Music	1
UK Albums Chart[114]	BPI	4		76,000+[115]
U.S. Billboard 200[116]	Nielsen SoundScan	1		705,000+

Blackout is the fifth studio album by
American pop singer Britney Spears. It
was released on October 27, 2007 in
Australia, October 29, 2007 in the UK
and October 30, 2007 in the U.S., and
around the world. According to IFPI,
Blackout had sold over 2 million copies
worldwide by the end of 2007, and was
ranked the thirty-second biggest selling
album globally for that year.[1]
Blackout was also ranked at number fifty
by Rolling Stone in its publication of
the top 50 albums of 2007.
Contents!

This is the first studio album for which
Spears did not do any promotion prior to
its release with the exception of her
performance at the 2007!

but even britney didnot do any
promotions the alvum gained a huge
worldwide success

according to IFPI (global sales) by
year-ender the album has already sold
3,000,000 copies globally!

wow!

for more informations go to

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog

Singles

• "Gimme More" is the first single from Blackout. Spears performed the song at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards on September 9, 2007. It was released earlier to radio stations on August 30, 2007 and as a digital download on iTunes on September 27, 2007. "Gimme More" became Spears’ highest peaking single since "…Baby One More Time," having reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100. Since the release in September of 2007, "Gimme More" has been certified Platinum in the U.S.^[26]

• "Piece of Me" was released for radio airplays in the US and set as the second single off the album. The music video was shot on November 27, 2007 at Los Angeles restaurant and night club Social Hollywood. It debuted at number sixty-five on the Billboard Hot 100
  chart mostly due to its digital download sales. Since the release of
  the "Piece of Me" music video, the single has risen to number eighteen.
  It has also reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart, number two in Australia and on the UK Singles Chart, and number five on the Canadian Hot 100 so far. Since the release in November of 2007, "Piece of Me" has been certified Gold in the U.S.

• "Break the Ice" was officially released to for radio airplays in the U.S. on March 3, 2008,^[27] and a promotional CD was released.^[28] In addition, the single has been steadily climbing the Mediabase chart, and is currently at number thirty-three.^[29] On February 11, 2008 Jive’s Britney Spears official website confirmed it as the third single.^[30] The music video for the song premiered on March 12 and is the first of Spears’ videos to be entirely animated.

[edit] Charts and certifications

Chart	Country	Provider(s)	Peak position	Certification	Sales/shipments
Argentinian Albums Chart[31]	Argentina	CAPIF	1
Australian Albums Chart[32]	Australia	ARIA	3	Platinum[32]	73,000+
Austrian Albums Chart[33]	Austria	IFPI Austria	6
Belgium Wallonie Albums Chart[33]	Belgium	IFPI Belgium	6	Gold[34]	25,000+
Belgium Flemish Albums Chart[33]			17
Brazilian Albums Chart[35]	Brazil	Hot100Brasil	1
Canadian Albums Chart[36]	Canada	CRIA	1	Platinum[37]	100,000+
Czech Republic Albums Chart[38]	Czech Republic	IFPI Czech Republic	27
Danish Albums Chart[33]	Denmark	IFPI Denmark	6
European Top 100 Albums[33]	Europe	IFPI	1
Finnish Albums Chart[39]	Finland	IFPI Finland	22
French Albums Chart[39]	France	Disque En France	2	Gold[40]	80,000+
German Albums Chart[33]	Germany	IFPI Germany	10
Greek International Albums Chart[41]	Greece	IFPI Greece	3
Greek Albums Chart[41]			7
Irish Albums Chart[33]	Ireland	IRMA	1	Platinum[42]	15,000+
Italian Albums Chart[33]	Italy	FIMI	6
Japan Oricon Album Chart[43]	Japan	RIAJ	4		75,000+[44]
Japan Oricon International Album Chart[43]			1
Mexican Albums Chart[45]	Mexico	AMPROFON	2
Mexican International Albums Chart[45]			1
Netherlands Albums Chart[46]	Netherlands	MegaCharts	14
New Zealand Albums Chart[39]	New Zealand	RIANZ	8	Gold[47]	7,500+[48]
Norwegian Albums Chart[39]	Norway	IFPI Norway	12
Portuguese Albums Chart[33]	Portugal	AFP	10
Russian Albums Chart[33]	Russia	NFPF [49]	1
South Korea Album Charts[50]	South Korea	MIAK	3[50]		7,500[50]
Spanish Albums Chart[51]	Spain	PROMUSICAE	11
Swedish Albums Chart[39]	Sweden	IFPI Sweden	11
Swiss Albums Charts[33]	Switzerland	IFPI Switzerland	4
UK Albums Chart[33]	United Kingdom	BPI	2	Gold[52]	175,000+
Billboard 200[53]	United States	RIAA	2	Gold	800,000+
United World Chart[39]	World	MediaTraffic	2		1,611,000(during the time on the top 40)[54]
Global Sales	World	IFPI	2	3,000,000 (End 2007)

[edit] Reception

Prior to the release of Blackout, "Piece of Me" was among the critically praised and recommended of the album’s tracks. Margeaux Watson of Entertainment Weekly praised "Piece of Me" stating it "is a rump shaker that finds Spears venting".^[11] Chuck Taylor of Billboard said that "the song drips and drools ’80s synths, alongside a drowsy midtempo clip, as Brit sings in a heavily layered near-monotone."^[12] Bill Lamb from about.com wrote that the song is brilliant, and is one reason to listen to Blackout.^[13] Kelefa Sanneh of New York Times defined "Piece of Me" as: "[a song] introduced by a sludgy bass line, Ms. Spears waxes defensive, in a heavily synthesized voice that’s the main (and sometimes only) instrument."^[6] Melissa Maerz of Rolling Stone referred to it as "tabloid-bashing banger" and a "must hear song",^[14] while including it in their annual "100 Best Songs of the Year" at number fifteen.^[15] Alex Fletcher of Digital Spy noted that the song’s "fat, squelching series of beats and bleeps", is "an electro-thudding cry of defiance".^[16] Jennifer Vineyard reported that "Spears’ mission statement of sorts, finds the singer so vocoder-ized that it’s hard to tell where the real Britney begins and ends — which is part of the point."^[2]

"Piece of Me" gained attention from critics for its introspective content. Kelly Oliver-Hornyak of The Lantern, a student publication of Ohio State University, found "Piece of Me" a matured version of Spears’s 2000 single "Stronger, noting that "she has dealt with her family in the spotlight and a divorce rather than her teenage break-ups."^[17] Bill Lamb commented that "Britney Spears answers all of the critics directly, forcefully, and fearlessly", giving the song four and a half stars out of five.^[18]

[edit] Chart performance

"Piece of Me" charted on digital downloads alone upon the release of Blackout. It debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at number sixty-five,^[19] as well as at number thirty-seven on the Canadian Hot 100.^[20] After the release of the music video, the song climbed up the charts. In its eighth week on the Hot 100, "Piece of Me" rose to number twenty-one.^[21] Despite falling to number twenty-eight, the song was still bulleted, and rose to number twenty-three the next week. After peaking at number eighteen, it fell to twenty-three due to fall on digital sales as well as radio audience; the single has, despite the fall, sold more than 700,000 downloads to date earning a gold status. ^[22]

In the UK, "Piece of Me" debuted at number sixty-nine on December 24, 2007. It then climbed to number two, prior to its physical release; this made the song more successful than "Gimme More", which peaked at number three. The single entered the Irish Singles Chart at number twenty-four, and reached the top spot on January 12.^[23] It became her seventh Irish number-one single, tying with Madonna as solo female artist with the most number ones in the country. "Piece of Me" has also reached the top ten in Bulgaria and Sweden, the single’s first appearance.^[24]

In the Mexican Hot 100 the song entered the chart at number 78 and topped the charts three weeks later. In Australia the song debuted at number two on the main chart, after topping the Dance Chart of that country.^[25] Also in Oceania, the single debuted in New Zealand at number thirty-four. It moved up to sixteen the next week and one week later it charted in at nine. It then moved up to number five where it stayed for two weeks and is now sitting at four, surpassing "Gimme More", which peaked at number fifteen in October 2007.^[26]

The song has also been successful in the United World Chart, where it debuted at number thirty-eight on the first week of 2008; Later it moved up to thirty-one, on the following week it climbed to number twenty-three and subsequently moved to twelve; After entering the top ten at eight, it peaked at number six where the single is currently sitting for its second week. So far, the single has gained 926,000 United World Chart points.^[27]

[edit] Music video

The music video^[28] was filmed on November 27 and November 28, 2007 at an exclusive Hollywood nightclub and restaurant, Social Hollywood, and had a budget of US$ 500,000^[29] compared to her previous video, "Gimme More", amounting to US$25,000. This was the most expensive Spears’s music video since "Toxic," which had the budget of $1,000,000. It was directed by Wayne Isham, who had previously worked with Spears in the video "I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" and in the international Pepsi commercial campaign in 2002. On November 30, 2007, the "Britney Spears Wants a Piece of You" contest was launched in which fans can make videos of "Piece of Me" themselves using MTV’s Video Remixer. The winning video aired on TRL on December 20. MTV, Jive Records and Spears chose the winner.^[30]

Britney Spears dancing in a luxurious restroom for the video.

The music video begins with a group of ruthless paparazzi taking pictures outside a residential area where various blonde girls are changing clothes and playfully dancing. Spears is then shown in front of a multi-colored illuminated background wearing a brown-fur vest, black bra, and destroyed jeans. Scenes with Spears tearing negative tabloid covers down and creating positive ones are interpolated throughout the video. Spears later joins the other girls who have changed into matching blonde-bob wigs, dark sunglasses, and black trench coats as they enter a car being hounded by paparazzi. The girls make it to the party and exit the car in different clothes. Spears is wearing a sequined purple dress and Kimoto styled jacket. Inside the party a rouge paparazzi joins the girls in the bathroom and Spears finds out he is a pap. She writes "sucker" on his forehead with red lip-stick and begins to dance with her friends in the bathroom. Lastly the girls are seen back at the apartment watching an entertainment news show where the "Britney invasion" from earlier is reported. The final scene shows a close up of Spears’s face smirking.

The video came in two versions: USA Version and International Version. The International Version included scenes of Britney with a short blonde wig at the beginning, and different scenes towards the end of the video. The USA version excluded the wig scenes. The videos both included the same video effects, though.

On December 13, 2007, People, Us Weekly and ABC posted a small preview of the video on their websites, and it was confirmed on the Canadian music countdown show MuchOnDemand that MuchMusic would premiere the video on Monday, December 17, 2007. As previously announced, the video made its world premiere on the ABC news magazine 20/20 on Friday, December 14, 2007, and became available a few minutes later on Spears’s and MTV’s official website and also on her official YouTube channel. The video was then premiered on TRL on December 19, 2007. The video cuts off the repeated chorus and the repeated line at the end of the song. The video was released to the U.S and UK’s iTunes Store on December 23, 2007. Since its release, the video has peaked at numbers one, two and three in the Canadian, U.S., and UK iTunes music video charts, respectively. The video debuted on VH1’s VSpot Top 20 Countdown at number twenty on January 4, climbing to number two in the following week,^[31] making the video more successful than that of "Gimme More", which peaked at number ten in November. The video has also currently reached number two on VH1’s Weekly Video Countdown (as voted for on VH1.com) and number three on Total Request Live. The music video has so far peaked at two on Blender Magazine‘s top 100 videos.^[32]

The music video was well received by critics. Bill Lamb from About.com wrote that "Spears is at top again and that this video brings memories from the 90’s "…Baby One More Time" and from 2004’s "Toxic"; he also said "the video is just brilliant so is the song."^[33] Other reviewers stated that "Piece of Me" shows a piece of the old Britney and that it was just perfect for her career." The music video, to date, has been viewed over 18 million times on Youtube. ^[34]

[edit] UK download cover

There is an alternate cover for the CD single which features images of Spears’s fans making up the main image of Spears in a montage form. Fans that had signed up for Sony BMG UK Britney Spears updates received the e-mail which read, "We’re going to create a mosaic montage picture of Britney made up of all your pictures so that you can be a piece of her". The cover was revealed on January 4, 2008.^[35] The reaction of the contest was positive the official website received over 13 million pictures from people around the world.

[edit] Track listings and versions

[edit] Singles formats

Major formats released for "Piece of Me":

Piece of Me (Remixes) - EP [Digital]

(Released: January 28, 2008)

1. "Piece of Me" – 3:33
2. "Piece of Me" (Böz o lö Remix) – 4:55
3. "Piece of Me" (Tiesto Radio Edit) – 3:25
4. "Piece of Me" (Junior Vasquez and Johnny Vicious Radio Edit) – 3:40
5. "Piece of Me" (Friscia and Lamboy Radio Edit) – 3:29
6. "Piece of Me" (Sly and Robbie Reggae Remix) – 4:19

[edit] Official Versions

[edit] Credits

• Written by C. Karlsson, P. Winnberg & K. Åhlund
• Produced by Bloodshy & Avant
• Recorded by Bloodshy & Avant at Bloodshy & Avant Studios, Stockholm, Sweden and Chalice Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
• Mixed by Niklas Flyckt at Mandarine Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
• Keyboard, Programming, Bass & Guitar by Bloodshy & Avant
• Additional Guitar by Henrik Jonback
• Additional Bass by Klas Åhlund
• Background Vocals by Robyn Carlsson
• Mastered by Tom Coyne at Sterling Sound, NYC

© 2007 Zomba Recording LLC

[edit] Charts

Chart (2008)[24][36]	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart [37]	2
Australian ARIA Dance Chart [38]	1
Austrian Top 75 Singles Chart [39]	14
Asia Hit List	1
Belgium Singles Top 50 [40]	49
Brazilian Hot 100 [41]	23
Bulgarian Top 40 Chart [42]	3
Canadian Hot 100 [43]	5
Danish Top 40 Singles Chart [44]	5
Euro 200 [45]	5
European Hot 100 Singles [46]	6
Finnish Singles Chart [47]	10
Greek Singles Chart [48]	14
MTV Asia Chart	1
Hong Kong Top 10	1
Italian Singles Chart [49]	6
Irish Singles Chart [50]	1
Mexican Hot 100	1
South Korean Singles Chart[51]	1
New Zealand Singles Chart [52]	4
Slovakia Singles Chart [53]	46
Swedish Singles Top 60 Chart [54]	9
Swiss Singles Chart	19
UK Singles Chart	2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	18
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	18
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	8
United World Chart	6

[edit] Reception

Prior to the release of Blackout, "Piece of Me" was among the critically praised and recommended of the album’s tracks. Margeaux Watson of Entertainment Weekly praised "Piece of Me" stating it "is a rump shaker that finds Spears venting".^[11] Chuck Taylor of Billboard said that "the song drips and drools ’80s synths, alongside a drowsy midtempo clip, as Brit sings in a heavily layered near-monotone."^[12] Bill Lamb from about.com wrote that the song is brilliant, and is one reason to listen to Blackout.^[13] Kelefa Sanneh of New York Times defined "Piece of Me" as: "[a song] introduced by a sludgy bass line, Ms. Spears waxes defensive, in a heavily synthesized voice that’s the main (and sometimes only) instrument."^[6] Melissa Maerz of Rolling Stone referred to it as "tabloid-bashing banger" and a "must hear song",^[14] while including it in their annual "100 Best Songs of the Year" at number fifteen.^[15] Alex Fletcher of Digital Spy noted that the song’s "fat, squelching series of beats and bleeps", is "an electro-thudding cry of defiance".^[16] Jennifer Vineyard reported that "Spears’ mission statement of sorts, finds the singer so vocoder-ized that it’s hard to tell where the real Britney begins and ends — which is part of the point."^[2]

"Piece of Me" gained attention from critics for its introspective content. Kelly Oliver-Hornyak of The Lantern, a student publication of Ohio State University, found "Piece of Me" a matured version of Spears’s 2000 single "Stronger, noting that "she has dealt with her family in the spotlight and a divorce rather than her teenage break-ups."^[17] Bill Lamb commented that "Britney Spears answers all of the critics directly, forcefully, and fearlessly", giving the song four and a half stars out of five.^[18]

[edit] Chart performance

"Piece of Me" charted on digital downloads alone upon the release of Blackout. It debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at number sixty-five,^[19] as well as at number thirty-seven on the Canadian Hot 100.^[20] After the release of the music video, the song climbed up the charts. In its eighth week on the Hot 100, "Piece of Me" rose to number twenty-one.^[21] Despite falling to number twenty-eight, the song was still bulleted, and rose to number twenty-three the next week. After peaking at number eighteen, it fell to twenty-three due to fall on digital sales as well as radio audience; the single has, despite the fall, sold more than 700,000 downloads to date earning a gold status. ^[22]

In the UK, "Piece of Me" debuted at number sixty-nine on December 24, 2007. It then climbed to number two, prior to its physical release; this made the song more successful than "Gimme More", which peaked at number three. The single entered the Irish Singles Chart at number twenty-four, and reached the top spot on January 12.^[23] It became her seventh Irish number-one single, tying with Madonna as solo female artist with the most number ones in the country. "Piece of Me" has also reached the top ten in Bulgaria and Sweden, the single’s first appearance.^[24]

In the Mexican Hot 100 the song entered the chart at number 78 and topped the charts three weeks later. In Australia the song debuted at number two on the main chart, after topping the Dance Chart of that country.^[25] Also in Oceania, the single debuted in New Zealand at number thirty-four. It moved up to sixteen the next week and one week later it charted in at nine. It then moved up to number five where it stayed for two weeks and is now sitting at four, surpassing "Gimme More", which peaked at number fifteen in October 2007.^[26]

The song has also been successful in the United World Chart, where it debuted at number thirty-eight on the first week of 2008; Later it moved up to thirty-one, on the following week it climbed to number twenty-three and subsequently moved to twelve; After entering the top ten at eight, it peaked at number six where the single is currently sitting for its second week. So far, the single has gained 926,000 United World Chart points.^[27]

[edit] Music video

The music video^[28] was filmed on November 27 and November 28, 2007 at an exclusive Hollywood nightclub and restaurant, Social Hollywood, and had a budget of US$ 500,000^[29] compared to her previous video, "Gimme More", amounting to US$25,000. This was the most expensive Spears’s music video since "Toxic," which had the budget of $1,000,000. It was directed by Wayne Isham, who had previously worked with Spears in the video "I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" and in the international Pepsi commercial campaign in 2002. On November 30, 2007, the "Britney Spears Wants a Piece of You" contest was launched in which fans can make videos of "Piece of Me" themselves using MTV’s Video Remixer. The winning video aired on TRL on December 20. MTV, Jive Records and Spears chose the winner.^[30]

Britney Spears dancing in a luxurious restroom for the video.

The music video begins with a group of ruthless paparazzi taking pictures outside a residential area where various blonde girls are changing clothes and playfully dancing. Spears is then shown in front of a multi-colored illuminated background wearing a brown-fur vest, black bra, and destroyed jeans. Scenes with Spears tearing negative tabloid covers down and creating positive ones are interpolated throughout the video. Spears later joins the other girls who have changed into matching blonde-bob wigs, dark sunglasses, and black trench coats as they enter a car being hounded by paparazzi. The girls make it to the party and exit the car in different clothes. Spears is wearing a sequined purple dress and Kimoto styled jacket. Inside the party a rouge paparazzi joins the girls in the bathroom and Spears finds out he is a pap. She writes "sucker" on his forehead with red lip-stick and begins to dance with her friends in the bathroom. Lastly the girls are seen back at the apartment watching an entertainment news show where the "Britney invasion" from earlier is reported. The final scene shows a close up of Spears’s face smirking.

The video came in two versions: USA Version and International Version. The International Version included scenes of Britney with a short blonde wig at the beginning, and different scenes towards the end of the video. The USA version excluded the wig scenes. The videos both included the same video effects, though.

On December 13, 2007, People, Us Weekly and ABC posted a small preview of the video on their websites, and it was confirmed on the Canadian music countdown show MuchOnDemand that MuchMusic would premiere the video on Monday, December 17, 2007. As previously announced, the video made its world premiere on the ABC news magazine 20/20 on Friday, December 14, 2007, and became available a few minutes later on Spears’s and MTV’s official website and also on her official YouTube channel. The video was then premiered on TRL on December 19, 2007. The video cuts off the repeated chorus and the repeated line at the end of the song. The video was released to the U.S and UK’s iTunes Store on December 23, 2007. Since its release, the video has peaked at numbers one, two and three in the Canadian, U.S., and UK iTunes music video charts, respectively. The video debuted on VH1’s VSpot Top 20 Countdown at number twenty on January 4, climbing to number two in the following week,^[31] making the video more successful than that of "Gimme More", which peaked at number ten in November. The video has also currently reached number two on VH1’s Weekly Video Countdown (as voted for on VH1.com) and number three on Total Request Live. The music video has so far peaked at two on Blender Magazine‘s top 100 videos.^[32]

The music video was well received by critics. Bill Lamb from About.com wrote that "Spears is at top again and that this video brings memories from the 90’s "…Baby One More Time" and from 2004’s "Toxic"; he also said "the video is just brilliant so is the song."^[33] Other reviewers stated that "Piece of Me" shows a piece of the old Britney and that it was just perfect for her career." The music video, to date, has been viewed over 18 million times on Youtube. ^[34]

[edit] UK download cover

There is an alternate cover for the CD single which features images of Spears’s fans making up the main image of Spears in a montage form. Fans that had signed up for Sony BMG UK Britney Spears updates received the e-mail which read, "We’re going to create a mosaic montage picture of Britney made up of all your pictures so that you can be a piece of her". The cover was revealed on January 4, 2008.^[35] The reaction of the contest was positive the official website received over 13 million pictures from people around the world.

[edit] Track listings and versions

[edit] Singles formats

Major formats released for "Piece of Me":

Piece of Me (Remixes) - EP [Digital]

(Released: January 28, 2008)

1. "Piece of Me" – 3:33
2. "Piece of Me" (Böz o lö Remix) – 4:55
3. "Piece of Me" (Tiesto Radio Edit) – 3:25
4. "Piece of Me" (Junior Vasquez and Johnny Vicious Radio Edit) – 3:40
5. "Piece of Me" (Friscia and Lamboy Radio Edit) – 3:29
6. "Piece of Me" (Sly and Robbie Reggae Remix) – 4:19

[edit] Official Versions

[edit] Credits

• Written by C. Karlsson, P. Winnberg & K. Åhlund
• Produced by Bloodshy & Avant
• Recorded by Bloodshy & Avant at Bloodshy & Avant Studios, Stockholm, Sweden and Chalice Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
• Mixed by Niklas Flyckt at Mandarine Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
• Keyboard, Programming, Bass & Guitar by Bloodshy & Avant
• Additional Guitar by Henrik Jonback
• Additional Bass by Klas Åhlund
• Background Vocals by Robyn Carlsson
• Mastered by Tom Coyne at Sterling Sound, NYC

© 2007 Zomba Recording LLC

[edit] Charts

Chart (2008)[24][36]	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart [37]	2
Australian ARIA Dance Chart [38]	1
Austrian Top 75 Singles Chart [39]	14
Asia Hit List	1
Belgium Singles Top 50 [40]	49
Brazilian Hot 100 [41]	23
Bulgarian Top 40 Chart [42]	3
Canadian Hot 100 [43]	5
Danish Top 40 Singles Chart [44]	5
Euro 200 [45]	5
European Hot 100 Singles [46]	6
Finnish Singles Chart [47]	10
Greek Singles Chart [48]	14
MTV Asia Chart	1
Hong Kong Top 10	1
Italian Singles Chart [49]	6
Irish Singles Chart [50]	1
Mexican Hot 100	1
South Korean Singles Chart[51]	1
New Zealand Singles Chart [52]	4
Slovakia Singles Chart [53]	46
Swedish Singles Top 60 Chart [54]	9
Swiss Singles Chart	19
UK Singles Chart	2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	18
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	18
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	8
United World Chart	6

Coco Martin

John Hall , Big bulge in brief

I’m sure you want to see more. And more you get…

Can’t get enough of him, right? I hope these bulges make your day! Because it made mine!!!

RAFAEL ROSSEL

We all have to thank Ben Chan for re-launching Rafael Rossel’s career via his Bench underwear commercials. Presenting super sexy, super suave Rafael Rossel in Bench Underwear! (Plugging as an excuse to see him and his bulge! LOL!)

More!

Bakat na bakat! Hehehe!

HARREN CUEVAS

Who is Harren Cuevas? Yes he’s hunky, yes he’s cutie… but who is he?

Here he looks a little bit like Rafael Rossel:

Here, a bit like Raymart Santiago:

Here, a bit like Dingdong Dantes:

Harren in White:

Harren in Yellow:

Anyone of you know this guy? Has he appeared in a movie?

Thank you and World Peace!

COSMO HUNKS

Dingdong Dantes (more Dingdong)

Joem Bascon (more Joem)

Jon Avila (more Jon)

Luke Jickain

Paolo Paraiso

DADDY HUNKS

Beefy, brawny John Apacible comes from the yesteryears yet his bemuscled, malaman body still attracts my eyes — amidst the mega-lean, 0%-fat hunks of today. He was the contemporary of Leonardo Litton, Allan Paule, etc.

More pics ahead…

These photos betray the daddy-ness of John

I love how the trunks is “jampacked”. Hehehe!

Gardo Versoza, real name Mennen Torres Polintan (born July 8, 1969), is a popular Filipino male actor who has appeared in over forty movies and dozens of television shows. He started out in roles such as Sabik Sa Halik, Machete II, Halimuyak Ng Babae and Kirot. Later, he went on to star in action movies such as Cesar Climaco, Mison, and Ka Hector. He has also appeared in critically acclaimed movies such as the 1998 Marilou Diaz-Abaya version of Rizal where he played the role of hero Andres Bonifacio and Sisa where he played the role of Jose Rizal / Pepe. He has recently even tried his hand in comedy starring in Pinoy Blonde. (from Wikipedia)

Lavacara kung lavacara!

Time to revisit our vintage hunks once again! Anton Bernardo, self-proclaimed “8-incher”, is it for today. He appeared in films such as Kesong Puti, Anakan Mo Ako, Sa Paraiso ni Efren, Sarangani, and Bedtime Stories.

Yes, dear readers, I’ve featured Dante Balboa here a couple of times before (here and here). So why feature him again, right? Well, with that bubble behind, I just couldn’t help myself. Sexy! Classic beauty! Chinito Pinoys, mabuhay kayo!

ICON

I announced in a previous post the release of the latest issue of Icon Magazine where they featured white men in the cover instead of Pinoy hunks. This is the last issue they will be releasing in 2006. Here are scanned photos of the images *inside* the mag — I still encourage you to buy the mag though, as these pics here are small and low-res. I’m sure you would want to see these in large, clear prints, right? Thank you for scanning the pics, Closet Conundrums.

19-year-old, 5′10″ stunner Vince Saldana is from the Close Up To Fame 2 competition — he did not win the title, but he did win my heart when I saw these close ups…

BONUS: Vince Saldana with Papa Piolo Pascual. Ehem-ehem. Hehehe!

HYDEN KHO

Hay, ang sarap maging pasyente!

http://sexy-pinoy.blogspot.com/2007/07/no-35-jr-valentin.html

NANGUNGUNA na ang GMA Network pagdating sa TV ratings at audience share sa buong urban Luzon ayon sa data mula sa AGB Nielsen Media Research noong Setyembre hanggang unang dalawang Linggo ng Oktubre.
Nasa Total Urban Luzon ang 76.2% ng kabuuang urban TV household population sa bansa, ayon sa AGB Nielsen.
   
Nagkamit ang Kapuso Network noong Setyembre ng 42.4% TV Household Audience Share samantalang ang kalabang istasyon ay nagtala naman ng 40.3%. Noong mid-October, umakyat pa ang audience share ng GMA sa 44.6% habang ang kalaban nito ay bumaba sa 39.4%.
   
Mula ika-1 hanggang ika-13 ng Oktubre, nanguna ang Marimar sa listahan ng top 30 programs sa buong urban Luzon. Nagtala ito ng 33.5% household ratings.
   
Pito sa mga nangungunang 10 programa sa nasabing period ay gawa ng Kapuso rin. Kabilang sa mga nangunguna sa listahan ang Mga Mata ni Angelita, Kap’s Amazing Stories, Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan, Bitoy’s Funniest Videos, Tok! Tok! Tok! Isang Milyon Pasok, at 24 Oras.
   
Tunay ngang mas pinipili ngayon ng maraming taga-Luzon ang programs ng Siyete kaya napapabilang ang mga ito sa listahan ng mga nangungunang palabas. Habang umuusad sa ratings ang GMA, patuloy rin ang paglago ng kumpanya.  Nakapagtala ito ng higit na malaking net income kumpara sa kalaban nitong nakaraang 3rd quarter. Patuloy rin ang pagpapalakas ng signal ng GMA at pagtatayo ng mga istruktura sa probinsya para sa mga manonood nito lalo na sa Southern Luzon, Visayas, at Mindanao.
   
Samantala, patuloy pa ang pagiging lider ng GMA sa Mega Manila. Umakyat ang ratings nito mula 44% noong 3rd Quarter ng 2007 hanggang 47.7% noong mid-October. Ang ABS naman, bumagsak mula 35.3% hanggang 33.4% sa nasabing period.  Sa Mega Manila pa rin, 22 sa 30 nangungunang programa ay gawa ng Kapuso. Ang Marimar, Mga Mata ni Angelita, at Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan ang nakakuha ng tatlong pinakamatataas na puwesto.
   
Sinasalamin ng mga resulta na GMA ang nagtatalaga ng pamatayan para sa programang pangtelebisyon, at wala itong kinikilalang hangganan kaya’t parami pa nang parami ang nagiging Kapuso.

ANIM na major awards at isang special citation ang inuwi ng GMA Network mula sa katatapos na 29th Catholic Mass Media Awards.
   
Humakot ang Kapuso Network ng apat na awards mula sa news and public affairs category.
   
Kasama sa listahan ang 24 Oras para sa Best News Program; Philippine Agenda para sa Best Adult Educational Program; Wish Ko Lang, Best Public Service Program; at Kapuso Mo Jessica Soho(KMJS), na tumabla sa The Correspondents ng ABS-CBN sa Best Magazine Program category.
   
Samantala, ang Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang at Magpakailanman naman ay nangibabaw sa ibang entries para maiuwi ang Best Children’s Program at Best Drama Program trophy.
   
Personal na tinanggap nina Jessica Soho at Mel Tiongco – hosts ng KMJS at Magpakailanman ang mga ibinigay na parangal.
   
Iginawad din sa GMA Network ang special citation na Best Public Service Advertisement para sa election advocacy campaign nito na Sa Isa Kong Boto.
   
Ang CMMA ay binubuo ng lupon ng mga obispo mula sa iba’t ibang parte ng bansa at itinuturing na isa sa pinaka-credible na award-giving bodies ng Pilipinas.
   
Si Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales ang chairman ng CMMA.

this the queen of soul