The runaway success of Lady Gaga’s new single “Telephone” featuring Beyoncé, which currently sits atop the Billboard Pop Songs chart, must have Britney Spears kicking herself and Gaga feeling just a little smug.
Gaga originally wrote her track “Telephone” for Spears, but when the “Oops…I Did it Again” hitmaker rejected the song, she decided to record it herself and recruited Beyoncé to help give it the added superstar treatment.
"I wrote it for her (Britney) a long time ago,” the “Bad Romance” hitmaker told Jam, “and she just didn't use it for her album - it's fine because I love the song and I get to perform it now."
Not only has “Telephone” placed Spears’ competitors at No 1 on the charts, but the song has put Gaga and Beyoncé in a tie with Mariah Carey for most ever No 1 songs on the Billboard Pop Songs, catapulting the 2 rival pop divas ahead of…..you guessed it….Britney Spears as well as Avril Lavigne, Pink, and Justin Timberlake who each have five No. 1s.
More than just a little irony there, don’t you think?
Did you know? Lady Gaga started her career writing songs for other artists, such as Fergie, the Pussycat Dolls, Britney Spears, and New Kids on the Block, before she struck gold with her 2008 debut release “The Fame
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And Britney will be having her laugh when people realize Gaga, who put down performers who perform to pre-recorded tracks,does just that.
And Britney is one hell of a dancer.
Telephone and Britney's latest singles are equally as conventional. It's sad that Telephone is being seen as lyrical genius when half of the lines repeat eachother. She's free and wants to make plans, but then she's busy-eh-eh-eh-eh. It could be substituted right into Poker face.
Don't be so quick to put her on a pedestal at the expense of other artists.
my God Britney Spears is a JOKE! no comparisons here!
Britney spears is no joke britney spears is bets singer of all time and am proud to be a fan of britneys spears love britney spears keep up your amazing songs
@mlk88 I'm sorry but britney spears sucks compared to Lady Gaga
CAN'T WAIT FOR ALEJANDRO WHICH WILL GET GAGA HER 7TH NUMBER 1 SINGLE!
I LOVE YOU GAGA!!!!!!!
love spears and gaga but gaga obviously has more talent than britney !
the new music video for telephone is really cool.. i love how the whole video is her social commentary on america and the conventional pop star
@MLK88
UMMM WHO SAID TELEPHONE WAS BEING SEEN AS A LYRICAL GENIUS TYPE OF SONG??? THE TELEPHONE VIDEO IS THE GENIUS BEHIND THE SONG IDIOT! BRITNEE SPEARS DOESN'T EVEN SING LIVE.... SHE REALLY IS A JOKE!
britney is in the business just to suck off the money form her fans as she doesnt seem to care aobut dancing or even singing live, gaga puts a lot of effort and offers really good quality stuff, lol her tour was cheaper than britneys yet she danced better and singed live and the stage and her clothes were amazing.
bonjour lady gaga !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Britney is still the BEST
Britney's OK. I'd give her a pass, because I feel sorry for all the damage Pop Stardom has done to her. At least she's sexy and desirable. The rest of the culture is down the deep end of the toilet, and here's the proof: LADY GAGA, JUSTIN BIEBER, ADAM LAMBERT, SNOOKI POLIZZI, MADONNA, SHERYL CROW. . . You couldn't fill a Shrunken Head with their combined creativity. Where's my Frank Zappa album ?
You only wish they had Britneys talent, they don't even come close, and imagine if Britney recorded every piece of trash given to her, the would have to call her Pink or Lady GaGa-gag
A #1 song only includes charting number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with ALL music genres! Britney has 3, GaGa only 2!
i luv the new telephone vid.but britney is a legend i luv the girl 2 bits. .and honestly gaga and beyonce cud nva reach the success britney has already attained. .
it is a great song, the media always try and blow things up. Songwriters send their songs out to artists all the time and Britney did put quicksand on her circus album, which gaga wrote so i dont see any 'snubbing' of telephone, its just business.
Lady gaga is a joke. She will fade out soon her werid antics are just that antics to get her spotlight britney does not have to have werid cloths or videos to have fans and make hits gaga days are numbered
Lady gaga got talent britney doesnt even write her on songs she just picks up trashy and slutty songs some other epople write and she just wears underwear and prettends to dance, while the only thing she does is wobble in heels. just look at her new video/song "3" stupid lyrics she didint even write and the video horrible reminds me of her vma perofrmance
@w00t
Britney has been in the buisness for YEARS lady gaga JUST got started lets see if Lady Gaga LOVES all the attention in 11 years IF she's even around!
yeah i said it, screw off britney!! britney spears is nothing but a fat joke, she cant even sing, she suck at dancing and her glory days are over. you people are just living in the past. sorry morons but lady gaga is the best and she will still be around after 11 years!! in fact shes will be here for at least 20 years!!
do you idiots even know that the bosses in the music industry are backing her up?? ever wonder why everywhere you go you will hear lady gaga's music??? you idiots are just that: IDIOTS.
haha you're just mad because your favorite start britney spears is fading and shes not in the news anymore.. lol
hahahahaha
i love britney and i love lady gaga. lady gaga is talented and will be around for a while just like britney.
love the song but this video sucksssssssss...for god stop trying to compare lady gagagag with Britney.Britney is the best forever....Gaga is the most ugly woman i ever see...stop talk you piece of gaga sh...ttttttt
britney sucks simple...no place for her here. no more lipsynching. xtina's coming backkkkkk
realy well i like lady gaga
i think that she`s good
I have taken screen shots of all the product placement in GaGa’s Telephone video. It is an orgy of product placement
nineteen80snore.com/2010/03/16/13-things-you-should-know-about-gaga-video/
For Britney to still get a number one song without taking any risks just shows how great her impact is in our our generation. There's a reason why Britney is used to compare to other popstars; that's because she is the one to beat. If she doesnt matter, then why even still talk about her? Add up Beyonce's, Chrisina's, Lady Gaga's and even Ke$ha's album sales altogether. That doesn't even exceed Britney's number. Britney is top 5 in concert revenues, and she's the youngest age-wise and experience-wise among them. It's not like we are living the past. She is doing well given so little marketing. All these so-called popstars are targeting her because they are afraid of the time when Britney finally comes back with full force.
Gaga can write. Yes. Talent? Hmmm. I can agree that she's better than Britney when little girls start dressing up like her and guys fantasizing her. The latter can be so damn scary. A pop star defines a generation. That's what Britney did.
britney is the new queen of pop of this generation whether you like it or not... britney does write her own music, she plays the piano on her songs-ex "someday", "everytime" among others, she does even co-direct her videos-ex "do somethin", she did write the screenplay for her movie "crossroads"...so what people are critizising at this moment is her past effort for "circus", which was obviously an effort to reconstruct her career after her tumultous years in the spotlight...what people should truly critisize is her new material coming out later this year, where she's actually writing her music and producing...so people need to shutup-and the gaga comparisons are plainly stupid and out of line, without perezhilton gaga would be nowhere!
Honey Lady Gaga wrote ONE song for Britney, "quicksand" so dont say she started her career wrting songs for Britney you LIAR!!! Britney is the Queen, GaGa is the servant to the servants servants. Bam!
hahaha!!!! YOU FREAK... BRITNEY HAS NO TALENT AND IS A TRASH... WHY SHE DID NOT ACCEPT THE SONG??? BECAUSE SHE HAS A BAD ATTITUDE AND SHE ALSO KNOW THAT SHE CANT SING THE SONG BEACAUSE SHE HAS AN UGLY VOICE. WAHAHAHA.. LADY GAGA IS THE BEST!!! SHE GOT 6 NO 1!!! AND 4 NO 1 IN UK!! SO... BRITNEY IS SUCH A LOZZZZZZZZZZZZEEEEEEEEEERRRR!!!
yes it is true that britny just snub the telephone.. its a karma for that not talented bitch... britney... lossssssssseeeeeeeee!!!errrrrrrrrrrrr
caca is nothing but a piece of crap garbage very disposable i doubt she's even gonna survive in the music industry for long...she is the biggest hoee in the planet...she sings like a dying cow and all her outfits are ripoffs of many different artists before her... she's sooo 2000 and late
NEXT
LMAO BRITNEY SPEARS IS A FU-CK-IN JOKE!
Britney Spears wins! Gaga is like the annoying kid who plays dress up and wants everyone to look at her. She's irritating and thinks way too highly of herself. Sorry but if anyone called me a monster I'd be offended.
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