He did, however, give the hot sauce cult a badly needed theme song.
Justin_Bailey:
Why would you say that? I included the only song that Britney-seekers need to know about and then I hit the other highlights of her fame.
I seriously question how anyone thinks Britney’s “music” career can be divorced from her “tabloid queen” career. Because without the latter, the former would have fizzled out in 2004 and we wouldn’t be having this discussion.
Hey, the OP asked for no snark, and you just waded right in with the snark. That’s a classic case of being a jerk, and not admitting it is just compounding your jerkhood.
Yeah, Elvis didn’t write most of his own songs. Neither did a lot of Motown groups. Granted, nowadays it is de rigeur–since the Beatles, I guess. But I personally don’t think it’s necessarily that important that a singer write their own music.
Not to mention all the great jazz singers and opera singers. The singer-songwriter is a fairly recent invention.