Why wasn't Britney featured on Lady Marmalade?

[Danishfan]

3 hours ago, SJK said:

Britney was A-list by that time. I hate to say it but the 4 they chose were B-list celebs. 

Dont forget how massive Britney was at that time, all the attention would have been on her and not the other girls. 

Christina had a huge debut album with 3 billboard hot 100 no 1s. Genie in a bottle was  one of the biggest songs of 1999. She was hardly a B-list celeb. 

[jordeezy river red]

because she's creepy now

[SJK]

2 hours ago, Danishfan said:

Christina had a huge debut album with 3 billboard hot 100 no 1s. Genie in a bottle was  one of the biggest songs of 1999. She was hardly a B-list celeb. 

Christina had an amazing debut album yes! I’m not discrediting her but she was nowhere near Britney’s level of fame especially at that time. 

[MoodRing3]

Despite being a hit back then it aged really bad and did not stand the test of time (streaming/youtube). 

So i‘m glad she turned it down….

 

[Wendy Williams]

 

[Richie]

because it probably costed the same or less to hire these 4 girls than it would've costed to hire Britney alone 

[Joel Santos]

6 hours ago, SJK said:

Britney was A-list by that time. I hate to say it but the 4 they chose were B-list celebs. 

Dont forget how massive Britney was at that time, all the attention would have been on her and not the other girls. 

In what world do you live in? Xtina and Pink were already huge in 2001. And Lil' Kim was simply a rap legend.

[Joel Santos]

In vocal terms, Britney would be easily swallowed by Xtina, Pink, even Mya. It was better if she hadn't participated. It would be very humiliating to share space with real singers.

[AII]

That's a very good question. I have ALWAYS wondered that!

Why wasn't she featured on genie in a bottle?

Why wasn't she featured on Adele's someone like you

Why wasn't she featured on Gagas born this way

Why wasn't she featured on Taylor Swifts Karma? 

Maybe I'll create seperate topics for this. I've always wondered 🤔

[Cqleb]

Well a version with Britney is somehow on ASCAP. it’s possibly a error but stranger things have happened lmao 

[Fita]

4 minutes ago, Cqleb said:

Well a version with Britney is somehow on ASCAP. it’s possibly a error but stranger things have happened lmao 

off topic: they should put a "surprised" button for reactions here 

[Wendy Williams]

35 minutes ago, Richie said:

because it probably costed the same or less to hire these 4 girls than it would've costed to hire Britney alone 

[Wendy Williams]

9 minutes ago, Cqleb said:

Well a version with Britney is somehow on ASCAP. it’s possibly a error but stranger things have happened lmao 

So she recorded her part too???

[Dama Etro]

1 hour ago, Joel Santos said:

In vocal terms, Britney would be easily swallowed by Xtina, Pink, even Mya. It was better if she hadn't participated. It would be very humiliating to share space with real singers.

Meanwhile, she outsold them all combined back then, talking about humiliation   She also was able to hold her own, she literally proved it with the Pink & Bey Pepsi commercial song. But sure, keep tearing her down at any time you are around here.

[BritneyWiki]

During the time that came out, Britney was absolutely dominating and wouldn't have been able to do it, whether they asked her or not. Her schedule was packed to the brim. Look at this from Wikipedia:

In January 2001, Spears hosted the 28th Annual American Music Awards, starred at Rock in Rio alongside NSYNC, and performed as a special guest in the Super Bowl XXXV halftime show headlined by Aerosmith and NSYNC.[63][64] In February 2001, she signed a $7–8 million promotional deal with Pepsi, and released another book co-written with her mother, A Mother's Gift.[29] Her third studio album, Britney, was released in November 2001, with a funkier sound inspired by hip hop artists such as Jay-Z and the Neptunes.[65]Britney debuted at number one in the Billboard200 and reached top five positions in Australia, the United Kingdom, and mainland Europe, and has sold 10 million copies worldwide

[Joel Santos]

41 minutes ago, Dama Etro said:

Meanwhile, she outsold them all combined back then, talking about humiliation   She also was able to hold her own, she literally proved it with the Pink & Bey Pepsi commercial song. But sure, keep tearing her down at any time you are around here.

I'm talking about voice, and in this case Britney is much inferior to the others whether you like it or not. Not everything is about sales. The song had some live performances, do you really believe that she would deliver the same vocal range as Aguilera and P!nk? She would be brutalized.

[SJK]

7 hours ago, Joel Santos said:

In what world do you live in? Xtina and Pink were already huge in 2001. And Lil' Kim was simply a rap legend.

Again they weren’t as massive as Britney was. Anything else? 

[ObsessedBritFan1]

Britney was the trendsetter in Pop. This wouldn't make sense for her. And look what happened afterwards, Britney went on to reinvent herself and NO ONE really talks about this track anymore. Except now.

[tommy_boy]

14 hours ago, DiamondCircus said:

At that point Britney would've been fine doing it she had just came out with I'm a slave 4 u. 

When LM was released Britney was on Oops Tour and DLMBTLTK was her single at the moment.  

[tommy_boy]

I remember back in the day were rumors that they asked her but the label turned it down. Also happened with "Nobody Wants To Be Lonely" by Ricky Martin, ended up asking Xtina because Jive turned it down. It's not surprising though, obviously Britney was the biggest star so it's natural they would asked her first regardless of her voice. I can only imagine how many songs, collabs and stuff she turned down at the time. I remember even brands Britney turned down, they would ask Xtina then, and if Xtina turned them down, they would ask Pink, etc, etc. That's the music industry. 

Edited February 24 by tommy_boy