Britney Spears has had a great comeback and has managed to stay on the wagon, while under the conservatorship of her dungeon master daddy. No tales of her acting like a wayward tween or falling out of clubs in the middle of the night. In fact, the only sign that she may be wobbling is that her weave seems to be a little out of control.
Anyways, Spears has landed seven nominations at the 26th Annual MTV Video Music Awards, including the top category for Video of the Year, but a number of industry insiders are questioning whether or not the pop princess and the video accompanying her hit single Womanizer really deserve quite so many nominations.
“We were surprised she got so many nominations because she has been ‘lip synching’ and while she is talented, the terrain has changed so this may be sympathy nominations because she is getting well,” one baffled industry insider told Fox News on Wednesday.
Some bigwigs in the music world have even suggested that MTV simply handed Britney the massive number of nods to encourage a boost in the VMAs lagging ratings. Britney’s almost career-ending performance at the 2007 Video Music Awards sent viewership sailing up from the year before by more than 41 percent. “Every network is hurting for eyeballs. Britney always draws an audience.” (via Pop Crunch)
I’d say that for the most part I agree. Her new material is hardly worthy of so many nominations in a year with so many more deserving artists coming onto the scene. Pity nominations only degrade the VMA brand further.
The 2009 MTV VMAs airs from Radio Music Hall in NYC, Sunday, September 13.
Image credit to Fame Pictures.
MTV has only been concerned w/$$$ for a LONG time now. I’m happy you’re openly saying so.
As to why people still think she’s so fascinating, I’m stumped. She never could sing worth a damn, and she never wrote any of her own music. Bleach blonde underage bewbage must account for alot.
It’s sad to me, which is why I am being blunt in this post… I used to love the awards growing up and rarely missed them. They are not worth as much to an artist’s rep, nor to the viewing public anymore – as they mirror MTV in general; they no longer give a damn about promoting actual music.
At least it was her and not someone that would have had me throw myself out of a window, like Miley or someone equally annoying.
i’d say maybe she deserves a couple of noms, but not 7. still better to have her with all the noms than the jo bros, mile, or taylor swift.
here’s the big issue, though. how can mtv have VIDEO MUSIC awards, when they don’t play VIDEOS or MUSIC anymore?
MTV is so over, the channel lost its flagship show in TRL, the last thing that was really about music. Perhaps they really have lost touch and where they once single-handedly made careers with certain promo, they no longer know what the heck they are talking about.