From the Music Week report 7 years ago:

 

Gates' single sold a comparatively small 77,000 units last week, to bring its three-week total to 1,156,277.

 

SINGLE FACTFILE

 

Her personal life may be in difficulties at the moment, if reports are to be believed, but Britney Spears' chart career is doing just fine. The 21-year-old singer registers her 11th straight hit this week with I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman, which debuts at number two to become her highest charting hit since Oops ... I Did It Again reached number one in May 2000. I'm Not A Girl is the third and highest-charting single from Spears' current album Britney.

 

Both I'm A Slave 4 U and Overprotected debuted and peaked at number four. I'm Not A Girl sold just more than 40,000 units last week, fewer than Slave's opening score of 52,000 but better than Overprotected's 35,500. The Britney album has responded well to the stimulus it has been given by the current single, moving 45-35-20 in the past fortnight, only charting higher on two of the previous 21 weeks since its release.

 

UK TOP 75 SINGLES APRIL 13TH, 2002

 

Week Ending 13 April 2002

 

03 - 01 - 01 - Gareth Gates - UNCHAINED MELODY

1 - NEW - 02 - Britney Spears - I'M NOT A GIRL, NOT YET A WOMAN

06 - 03 - 03 - Shakira - WHENEVER WHEREVER

04 - 02 - 04 - Shaggy and Ali G - ME JULIE

06 - 06 - 05 - Nickelback - HOW YOU REMIND ME

02 - 05 - 06 - Missy Elliott - 4 MY PEOPLE

1 - NEW - 07 - X-Ecutioners - IT'S GOIN' DOWN

06 - 04 - 08 - Will Young - ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE / EVERGREEN

03 - 08 - 09 - Marilyn Manson - TAINTED LOVE

03 - 09 - 10 - Blue - FLY BY II

06 - 10 - 11 - Lasgo - SOMETHING

03 - 12 - 12 - Darren Hayes - INSATIABLE

02 - 07 - 13 - Shy FX and T Power featuring DI - SHAKE UR BODY

04 - 13 - 14 - Jennifer Lopez - AIN'T IT FUNNY

02 - 11 - 15 - Anastacia - ONE DAY IN YOUR LIFE

1 - NEW - 16 - Sheryl Crow - SOAK UP THE SUN

11 - 14 - 17 - Enrique Iglesias - HERO

1 - NEW - 18 - Michelle Branch - EVERYWHERE

1 - NEW - 19 - Ladies First - I CAN'T WAIT

04 - 15 - 20 - Celine Dion - A NEW DAY HAS COME

1 - NEW - 21 - Future Breeze - TEMPLE OF DREAMS

1 - NEW - 22 - Aaron Carter - LEAVE IT UP TO ME

1 - NEW - 23 - Stereophonics - VEGAS TWO TIMES

1 - NEW - 24 - Aurora - DREAMING

1 - NEW - 25 - DJ Tiesto - LETHAL INDUSTRY

07 - 20 - 26 - R Kelly - THE WORLD'S GREATEST

02 - 19 - 27 - Outkast featuring Killer Mike - THE WHOLE WORLD

03 - 17 - 28 - George Michael - FREEEK!

1 - NEW - 29 - Cliff Richard - LET ME BE THE ONE

02 - 18 - 30 - Travis - FLOWERS IN THE WINDOW

05 - 22 - 31 - City High featuring Eve - CARAMEL

02 - 16 - 32 - Badly Drawn Boy - SILENT SIGH

1 - NEW - 33 - Roger Goode featuring Trsha Baxter - IN THE BEGINNING

02 - 21 - 34 - Sum 41 - MOTIVATION

03 - 24 - 35 - Alicia Keys - A WOMAN'S WORTH

12 - 23 - 36 - Pink - GET THE PARTY STARTED

1 - NEW - 37 - Del Amitri - JUST BEFORE YOU LEAVE

08 - 28 - 38 - DB Boulevard - POINT OF VIEW

1 - NEW - 39 - Elton John - ORIGINAL SIN

05 - 25 - 40 - Plantinum 45 featuring More Fire Crew - OL

07 - 34 - 41 - Kylie Minogue - IN YOUR EYES

07 - 30 - 42 - Westlife - WORLD OF OUR OWN

04 - 27 - 43 - Natalie Imbruglia - WRONG IMPRESSION

06 - 32 - 44 - Beverley Knight - SHOULDA' WOULDA' COULDA'

1 - NEW - 45 - Kings Of Tomorrow - YOUNG HEARTS

08 - 39 - 46 - S Club 7 - YOU

1 - NEW - 47 - Hoobastank - CRAWLING IN THE DARK

11 - 36 - 48 - Ja Rule - ALWAYS ON TIME

05 - 33 - 49 - Busta Rhymes - BREAK YA NECK

07 - 35 - 50 - Mis-Teeq - B WITH ME

1 - NEW - 51 - T Factory - MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

11 - 45 - 52 - a1 - CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE

1 - NEW - 53 - Hermes House Band - QUE SERA SERA

03 - 31 - 54 - Pet Shop Boys - HOME AND DRY

02 - 29 - 55 - Marc Et Claude - TREMBLE

02 - 26 - 56 - Bluetones - AFTER HOURS

1 - NEW - 57 - Sugacoma - YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY / WINDINGS

08 - 43 - 58 - Brandy - WHAT ABOUT US

1 - NEW - 59 - Members Of Mayday - SONIC EMPIRE

1 - NEW - 60 - Tall Paul - EVERYBODY'S A ROCKSTAR

05 - 38 - 61 - Rik Waller - I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU

14 - 41 - 62 - Puretone - ADDICTED TO BASS

07 - 57 - 63 - Alanis Morissette - HANDS CLEAN

1 - NEW - 64 - Alec Empire - ADDICTED TO YOU

04 - 40 - 65 - Iron Maiden - RUN TO THE HILLS

02 - 37 - 66 - Adam F featuring Lil' Mo - WHERE'S MY

05 - 47 - 67 - Minimalistix - CLOSE COVER

07 - 48 - 68 - Princess Superstar - BAD BABYSITTER

11 - 49 - 69 - Britney Spears - OVERPROTECTED

09 - 53 - 70 - No Doubt - HEY BABY

05 - 50 - 71 - Creed - MY SACRIFICE

08 - 65 - 72 - Alizee - MOI LOLITA

1 - NEW - 73 - DJ Zinc - REACHOUT

03 - 46 - 74 - Starsailor - POOR MISGUIDED FOOL

05 - RE - 75 - Puddle Of Mudd - CONTROL

Edited April 12, 200916 yr by ________________

That was easily one of Britney's worst singles ever. :puke: Totally awful.

^^^ Nah, cute era for her, I'm A Slave 4 u, best sexy video ever! :)

Awful cheesy dross from Britney. Best new entry from that week was Sheryl Crow, although Michelle Branch and Aurora were pleasant enough.

That was easily one of Britney's worst singles ever. :puke: Totally awful.

 

Still better than half of that top 10 though. Next week's chart was thankfully better though. :P

 

04 - 01 - 01 - Gareth Gates - UNCHAINED MELODY

1 - NEW - 02 - X-Press 2 featuring David Byrne - LAZY

07 - 03 - 03 - Shakira - WHENEVER WHEREVER

07 - 05 - 04 - Nickelback - HOW YOU REMIND ME

02 - 02 - 05 - Britney Spears - I'M NOT A GIRL, NOT YET A WOMAN

1 - NEW - 06 - Faithless featuring Dido - ONE STEP TOO FAR

03 - 06 - 07 - Missy Elliott - 4 MY PEOPLE

05 - 04 - 08 - Shaggy and Ali G - ME JULIE

1 - NEW - 09 - One Giant Leap featuring Maxi Jazz and Robbie Williams - MY CULTURE

1 - NEW - 10 - Matt Darey featuring Marcella Woods - BEAUTIFUL

 

5 DANCE SONGS IN THE TOP 10 - when will that ever happen again?!

Still better than half of that top 10 though. Next week's chart was thankfully better though. :P

 

I just looked closely at that top 10 and you're right, it's definitely on the same level as some of the others. :(

No, no, she was just a PUPPET back then - she didn't really mean what she said/sung ( everything she said to the press was carefully orchestrated by Jive after all) + she did exactly what her parents etc wanted which was exactly what Jive wanted ( they created the whole sexualized SCHOOLGIRL image to flog their product and BOY was it a successful as Coke's PR - an eminently suitable comparison as Britney was a wholly manufactured product NOTHING at ALL of substance from herself - just Jive's idea of what would sell ( the music being secondary to an extent).

 

 

Fast forward to NOW and SHE ( NOT her parents , NOT her record company, NOT her fans desperate to keep their all consuming obsession fed) really controls her own destiny - SHE decided to make a NEW ALBUM only after months out of being in hospital, as any shrink with integrity would agree with.:blink: SHE decided to do MASSIVE WORLD TOUR JUST a year after having a LIFE threatening and LIFE altering breakdown. :wacko:

 

Yes now she speaks with her own mind and FROM the heart - complete sincere considered integrity - just look at her concern for her fans' when she told them as part of her entertainer capacity at the tour stop where the smoke delayed the start of the performance ;

 

 

"PLEASE, DON'T SMOKE CANNABIS !!!!"

 

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Poor cow -With such a lack of brain cells (+ on top of that her mental illness) she never had much of a chance but to be used and abused by people throughout her whole life :(