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Comparing Britney's singles' peaks US vs WORLDWIDE


Lil Jay

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So we fans always complain how some of Britney's biggest hits like Oops or Toxic didn't peak at #1, instead just peaking at #9 or something. SO, I was thinking, and found this cool website Media Traffic, it's basically a global chart. It includes every single country in the world, at least these countries with official music charts. And actually i was really impressed with numbers.

 

I will compare USA and whole world

SONG TITLE                                            U.S. PEAK         (number of weeks at peak)        GLOBAL PEAK      (number of weeks at peak)

...Baby One More Time                                  #1                                  2 weeks                                #1                             8 weeks
Sometimes                                                    #21                                2 weeks                                #5                             1 week
(You Drive Me) Crazy                                    #10                                1 week                                  #1                             1 week
Born To Make You Happy                               -                                        -                                       #1                              1 week
From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart         #14                                 2 weeks                                -                                     -

Oops!...I Did It Again                                      #9                                  2 weeks                               #1                              9 weeks
Lucky                                                             #23                                 1 week                                 #2                              6 weeks
Stronger                                                         #11                                 1 week                                 #3                              1 week
Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know                 -                                          -                                    #10                              1 week

I'm A Slave 4 U                                              #27                                 1 week                                #5                               5 weeks
Overprotected                                                 -                                          -                                     #6                               1 week
I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman                    -                                          -                                     #6                               1 week
Overprotected (Darkchild Remix)                   #86                                1 week                                 -                                      -
I Love Rock'n'Roll                                            -                                          -                                     -                                       -
Boys (feat. Pharrell Williams)                          -                                          -                                    #18                               1 week

Me Against The Music (feat. Madonna)        #35                                 1 week                                 #1                              4 weeks   
Toxic                                                               #9                                  1 week                                 #1                               5 weeks
Everytime                                                      #15                                 4 weeks                               #1                                1 week
Outrageous                                                   #79                                  1 week                                 -                                       -

My Prerogative                                                -                                          -                                     #4                                1 week
Do Something                                              #100                                 1 week                                #13                              2 weeks
Someday (I Will Understand)                          -                                          -                                      -                                        -

Gimmie More                                                 #3                                   2 weeks                               #2                                 1 week
Piece Of Me                                                  #18                                  1 week                                 #6                                2 weeks
Break The Ice                                               #43                                   1 week                               #20                                2 weeks

Womanizer                                                   #1                                     1 week                                #1                                 2 weeks
Circus                                                           #3                                     1 week                                #7                                 1 week
If U Seek Amy                                             #19                                    1 week                               #18                                1 week
Radar                                                          #88                                    1 week                                 -                                        -

3                                                                  #1                                     1 week                                #2                                 1 week

Hold It Against Me                                       #1                                     1 week                                #2                                 1 week
Till The World Ends                                     #3                                     1 week                                #6                                 1 week
I wanna Go                                                  #7                                     1 week                               #10                                1 week
Criminal                                                      #55                                    1 week                                  -                                      -

will.i.am (S&S ft. Britney Spears)                #3                                    2 weeks                               #1                                 3 weeks
Ooh La La                                                  #54                                    1 week                                  -                                        -

Work *****                                                 #12                                    1 week                                 #9                                 1 week
Perfume                                                     #76                                    1 week                                  -                                        -

Pretty Girls                                                #29                                     1 week                                #17                                1 week

Make Me                                                   #17                                     2 weeks                              #15                               1 week
Slumber Party                                           #86                                     1 week                                  -                                        -

 

Enjoy:mcwave:

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This is why for most US fans it's hard to understand why songs like Sometimes, Crazy, Lucky, Stronger or Overprotected (the standard version) are so remembered many years later. It's not only the nostalgia (which of course affects too) but they were actually considered hits back then around the world.

Me Against the Music is the only one I find kinda odd, because I really don't remember it being that impactful, at least here in Mexico. Maybe it did sell a lot, but I don't remember hearing it on the radio or the video being that popular on MTV as her other singles.

 

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1 hour ago, PokemonSpears said:

This is why for most US fans it's hard to understand why songs like Sometimes, Crazy, Lucky, Stronger or Overprotected (the standard version) are so remembered many years later. It's not only the nostalgia (which of course affects too) but they were actually considered hits back then around the world.

Me Against the Music is the only one I find kinda odd, because I really don't remember it being that impactful, at least here in Mexico. Maybe it did sell a lot, but I don't remember hearing it on the radio or the video being that popular on MTV as her other singles.

 

The song is really popular in Europe

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3 hours ago, PokemonSpears said:

This is why for most US fans it's hard to understand why songs like Sometimes, Crazy, Lucky, Stronger or Overprotected (the standard version) are so remembered many years later. It's not only the nostalgia (which of course affects too) but they were actually considered hits back then around the world.

Me Against the Music is the only one I find kinda odd, because I really don't remember it being that impactful, at least here in Mexico. Maybe it did sell a lot, but I don't remember hearing it on the radio or the video being that popular on MTV as her other singles.

 

I think MATM got a lot of attention because of Madonna and because it was shortly after The VMAs and Britneys "break" so thats why it got a lot of attention around the world. Im not suprised that it got to Nr.1  but I am suprised that it stayed there for 4 weeks.

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3 hours ago, Lorenzo said:

Were Britney’s songs still popular in the US during the radio ban? I mean did the American GP know songs such as Slave, Overprotected, INAGNYAW... even though they weren’t played on the radio?

For Slave I'm sure they know, but not sure for other too.

But you have to consider the fact that even they were not radio hits myb, they were all big on MTV, and that was as important as Youtube nowadays... So people (at least young people) looked on Overprotected and Not a girl like hits too. 

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3 hours ago, The Greatest Show said:

I think MATM got a lot of attention because of Madonna and because it was shortly after The VMAs and Britneys "break" so thats why it got a lot of attention around the world. Im not suprised that it got to Nr.1  but I am suprised that it stayed there for 4 weeks.

I was surprised too:britlol:

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