Talk:Britney Spears discography

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[edit] Edit war

Could editors please discuss the issue of sales figures rather than revert without explanation? Thanks. Extraordinary Machine 21:20, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

There is this person who continues to inflate Britney Spears sales especilly the Nielsen Soundscan sales which have been confirmed.


Why the singles Irish peaks is not complete? I can not edit, I do not know why, if someone can do it, please complete it, and Gimme more was not number 3 the peak was #2 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.7.161.51 (talk) 13:58, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Why Hasn't Anyone Changed The UK Chart Position For Break The Ice? It's At #36 not #76 In The Charts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.25.46.207 (talk) 08:50, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fardiva and Dayvid6143259

These "two" users may not be two users. I'm "they" are just one person who is using two or more counts.
Both User contributions are basicly the same:


Every day both users do vandalism in this page, using the same version of the page all the time.
It wouldn't surprise me if both users are the same person. Kraft. 22:24, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

You might want to take this to Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser if 3RR would have been violated by a single User. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 22:39, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
My English is a disaster I don't understand how I should request that. Also I understand how fair use images should be used, but why you keep on inflating sales, using flag icons and adding small markets to the singles table? Kraft. 17:58, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Er, I'm not... --Mel Etitis (Talk) 19:32, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Kraft is the one who ups numbers, removes sources, and turns it into a fan page. Maddyfan 06:05, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

You're totally wrong, ups numbers? can you red this, please? http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Britney_Spears_discography&action=history
I've been adding sources for about six months, read the whole talk page and then you'll understand what I'm talking about. You've changed the format of the page, I just restored it. Page said 85 million ww? what the f***? I've changed to 76 mill. according to the real source. Kraft. 07:48, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Format

I've reverted once again to something resembling MoS and WikiProjecy format. The tables are still far too tarted up, but that's a minor point. The number of problems introduced by various editors is astounding: aside from some people's insistence on reverting to the version with copyright-violating images, there's a host of formatting weirdnesses, such as dates — what on Earth is going on with formatting like this: 2006-09-15? It's as though people sat down and tried to work out how many ways they could violate the MoS.

If figures are wrong, then by all means correct them (with explanations and sources, of course), but if people continue to revert to poor formatting and especially to the misuse of images, they'll be blocked for disruption. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 20:47, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Certifications are not the same thing as sales. They represent the amount shipped not sold. By removing the US sales from the chart you are removing valuable information. I suggest you put the US sales somewhere in the article. 8.04 21:46, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Fine, if the sales can be verifiably sourced, put them in the article. If they're put in along with all sorts of other reversions to poor formatting etc., though, then I'll revert rather than go through the tedious business of redoing all my work. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 21:53, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Clearly Britney's discography is one of the most watched on Wikipedia but if you are trying to revise hers to meet Wikipedia's standards why have you done nothing about others including Christina Aguilera or Beyonce. The discographies were all in the same format until now. 8.04 02:07, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Because I'm one person, and trying to defend even a handful of articles against the idolatry, vandalism, and disruption of a bunch of adolescent boys with too much time on their hands is all that I can manage. With your help, and the help of a few others, we might be able to deal with more (but be warned: it's an uphill and frustrating task). --Mel Etitis (Talk) 10:24, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Mel, they were already cited. We went to great lengths to find out the truth a month ago. The numbers were botched and raised. It has been reverted. Maddyfan 06:04, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

I think is a good idea if we include Ireland in the singles peak list, Britney has 8 numbers one there, I think we should include it. What you think? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.7.161.51 (talk) 11:07, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

A few days before I ask to add Irish singles peaks and someone did it, I do not understand why is not there again, Britney has a record with Madonna as the girl with more number one singles in the Irish chart with 7, please cand someone add it again, I can not edit this page, Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.7.161.51 (talk) 22:14, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Britney Clean-up

The whole thing (aka Britney) looks a mess at the moment: just about every table is in a different style. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 10:00, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

I know, next week I'll try to fix it, but for now we just can revert inflated numbers. Kraft. 03:06, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Album Sales

Main article: Talk:Britney Spears discography/Album Sales

This is a summary of the consesus reached regarding Album Sales for Britney Spears, the entire thread has been archived.

An opportunity was presented to all interested parties to submit a list of reliable sources for album sames, and this list has been evaluated by several administrators - resulting that the 76 million figure is the proper number for Wikipeida. Edits to the article which do not agree with this can, and will be promptly reverted, and edit wars will not be tolerated regarding this issue.

My two cents: Since this will probably continue to be disputed and will likely increase over time, it may be better to simply avoid sales figures all together. However, if we are going to use sales figures, then we must use the consensus above. Tiggerjay 00:28, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] And Then We Kiss

And Then We Kiss. Removed from the singles list. Why? Celebrity-Benji 08:20, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Because it never was an official single, there was no official release date neither physical release. Kraft. (talk) 08:46, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Was 'I Just Begun Having my Fun' officially released? BSLILO (talk) 14:18, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Soda pop

Britney had a song in the first English language pokemon movie. It was called Soda Pop. It should be listed. Anyone agree? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.148.50.249 (talk) 19:33, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

I agree, its on the first album though User BSLilo

[edit] 'Blackout' era

I think all the songs that are in fact going to be released on the album should be deleted from this part. All of the tracks from "In the Zone" and "Britney" were previously leaked, and none of them are on their respective area. So... I think those should be deleted. What do you think?? --Crunkier21 12:24, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Collaborations

How about adding collaborations to the small colored table on the top left? She has done a good amount of collaborations, and I think it should be recognized

talk) 19:33, 13 Febuary 2008 (UTC)

[edit] someone funked around

she sold much more albums than that

-bslilo

Break the ice has got to no. 36 in the UK now. Someone Should Change It. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.25.40.165 (talk) 15:25, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] someone funked around

she sold much more albums than that

-bslilo —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.198.235.119 (talk) 04:23, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sweden

”…Baby one more time” 1

”Sometimes” 3

“(You drive me) Crazy” 1

“Born to make you happy” 1

“From the bottom of my broken heart” —

“Oops!... I did it again” 1

“Lucky” 1

“Stronger” 4

“Don’t let me be the last to know” 7

“I’m a slave 4 u” 5

“Overprotected” 2

“I’m not a girl, not yet a woman” 4

“I love rock ‘n’ roll” 15

“Anticipating” —

“Boys” 11

“Me against the music” 3

“Toxic” 2

“Everytime” 3

“Outrageous” —

“My prerogative” 6

“Do Somethin’” 10

“Someday (I will understand)” 10

“Gimme More” 2

“Piece of me” 9

“Break the ice” 11

Number one hits: 5

Top ten hits: 19

Top twenty hits: 22

Charted singles: 22

can someone put in on the page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sugarfall (talk • contribs) 14:28, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] In The Zone sales

It's impossible that In The Zone sold 10 millions worldwide.. let's count: 2x Platinum in US: that means 2.000.000 copies sold 1x Platinum in Europe: that means 1.000.000 copies sold and so you wanna tell me, that In the Zone sold 7.000.000 copies outside US and EU????? That's pity! You should use references, please!!!!!Olliyeah (talk) 17:25, 21 May 2008 (UTC)