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the live premiere of MTV’s Video Music Awards, and one of the main

features of the event was planned to be a tribute to singer Britney

Spears. When I heard this was included in the line-up I was

confused, because I didn’t understand what she had recently done to

deserve her own tribute

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Sunday was the live premiere of MTV’s

Video Music Awards, and one of the main features of the event was

planned to be a tribute to singer Britney Spears. When I heard this

was included in the line-up I was confused, because I didn’t

understand what she had recently done to deserve her own

tribute.

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Every time Spears comes out with a new

album, the industry dubs it as her “comeback”, but how many

comebacks can an artist have when they fall short of re gaining

that same high status as once done in the past? We all know Britney

was once the Queen of pop music.

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Every CD she released would debut at #1,

and stay at the top of the charts for weeks. She broke countless

records, and always made headlines with her history making

performances. But after she had her crazy shaving the head moment,

getting knocked up by a back-up dancer, and then getting a divorce,

we never saw the same Britney Spears super-star again.

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No longer does she dance during her live

performances. Never did she actually sing during the performances,

but her sexy dance moves distracted us from that. It seems like her

fans and the music industry desires so badly for her to return to

Queen Britney, but I think it is quite evident that she can’t

return to that place.

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Why do shows such as

the 

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to try and revive her with these empty handed tributes, when in

reality they are making a tribute to the Britney that used to be?

Is that okay?

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With her tribute on the awards, one may

have noticed there was no real singing involved, no celebrity

performances paying homage to her success, and the tribute itself

was very short. Not to mention Spears accepted her award and

couldn’t bask in her spotlight, before she announced Beyonce’s

performance (needless to say her announcement of being pregnant

stole the show). The tribute could have been left out of the whole

thing.

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I was a huge Britney Spears fan, her

fist album Britney 

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More Time was my first ever CD. I adored her and Justin Timberlake

together, and believed no-one could top her, but after that

relationship fell apart, as did Britney fell apart too.

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After she seemed to get more stable,

showing that she could be a good mother and have a career, I wanted

her comeback to be a great one, but it

was subpar.

A star only has one chance to make a successful comeback, and if

that fails they’re straddling the fence of being a

has-been.

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Britney may never officially have that

title because her fans are so loyal to her, and everyone ultimately

wants to see her succeed, but I think we’ve seen the best that

Britney has to offer. I wish her the best, and commend her for

still making music, but I do wish the award shows would just allow

the fans to remember the great Britney Spears, and not this tired,

worn out performer we’re being tainted with now.

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• Ashley Vaughn, Scene Editor