For Better Or Worse, Jive Records Markets "Blackout" Without Britney

Wall Street Journal:

Britney Spears's every move is documented by paparazzi and celebrity blogs, but there is one area where she is keeping a low profile: promotional efforts for her fifth album, "Blackout," set for release Tuesday.

That's remarkable, given the make-or-break moment that appears to be at hand for the 25-year-old singer. Her career represents one of the biggest ascents -- and biggest flameouts -- of the past decade. After exploding into the cultural consciousness in 1998 with "...Baby One More Time," the former TV Mouseketeer blazed a hit-making trail that defined the teen-pop era of the late 1990s and early 2000s.

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Comments

[zander12]

That has to be the most awful albulm cover art ever!

[AAnon]

From what I hear...thi­s album will put her right back in the thick of things.

Now, she just knows how to party! Drop them kids off and get to pole dancing.