++ [ originally posted by Josh ] ++
dude look at how long each have been around for. britney's been around forever. she still doesnt do ANYTHING besides dance provocatively and take her clothes off.
avril doesnt need sex to sell. she doesnt use it as a crutch and thats respectable. everybody into pop knows that nothing is truly punk, or pop, or anything, so it doesnt matter what avril's style "resembles". the fact is britney targeted preteens with her music. then she looked like a party-clown for children, realised that the money wasnt there, and started taking her clothes off.
avril on the other hand used to write songs even before she went big, she doesnt wear nothing, she DID play the guitar as a child. where did u hear that she didnt?
I wish I could get you where I read that she didnt play the guitar before, but I read that awhile ago and I dont remember.
People dont buy a Britney album because she's almost naked on the cover (which she isnt) and she sold like 500,000 copies of her new album the first week on sales.
Britney Spears sold more than 10 million copies of her first album, how many did Avril Lavigne sell?
Now tell me, would you as a guy, spend $15 on a Britney Spears CD just because she's hot? I dont think so, and I bet most men think like you. Britney has gotten popular mostly because of her image and her taking her clothes off, but the reality is that she still has a strong fanbase and it isnt because she's taking her clothes off. There are lots of people just like me who like Britney's songs and dont really care what she wore to a certain performance.
I do agree she has done excellent stuff for her publicity and she's a very smart person in terms of doing stuff to gain more popularity (i.e. kissing Madonna), but Avril Lavigne also does stuff like that to gain more popularity too.
Conclusion: both are pop stars and are fake