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From: izzythesteve_diespammers@izzythedog.com (Steve Jay)
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Subject: Re: Britney way ahead of Kylie in race for top spot
Date: 2 Mar 2004 18:38:07 -0800
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But both are level pegging in first place on the mediocrity charts ;-)
"Mark" <markcr31uk@bluenospamyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:<br41c.7090$bQ2.535@news-binary.blueyonder.co.uk>...
> Ananova:
>
> Britney way ahead of Kylie in race for top spot
>
> Britney Spears is trouncing Kylie Minogue in the race for this week's number
> one.
>
> She is on course to top the charts with Toxic and is outselling Kylie's Red
> Blooded Woman by two to one.
>
> The Aussie pop princess may have to settle for number five, according to
> early sales figures.
>
> Toxic is 5,000 copies ahead of Peter Andre's Mysterious Girl and looks set
> to sell more than 100,000 copies by the weekend.
>
> The figures show Andre is currently at number two, followed by dance record
> Cha Cha Slide by DJ Casper. George Michael's new single Amazing and Kylie's
> Red Blooded Woman are neck-and-neck for fourth place.
>
> Toxic would be Britney's first number one in nearly four years. She last
> topped the chart in May 2000 with Oops!... I Did It Again. Her victory will
> be all the sweeter because Kylie, 35, reportedly took a swipe at the
> 22-year-old's raunchy videos at the weekend.
>
> "I'm no prude. But I'm not going to those lengths," she said. "I've always
> been on the right side of the line."
>
> Gennaro Castaldo, spokesman for music retailer HMV, said: "Britney has been
> losing her way a little in recent years, personally as well as musically.
> But Toxic is a real return to form and there is a great buzz around the
> record.
>
> "It should give her the kind of momentum to challenge Beyonce and Christina
> once again for the crown of world's number one pop diva."
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