Spears's Latest Album Ushers in Comeback

12/29/2008
Sari N. Kent
Following some musical disappointments and numerous public embarrassments, Britney Spears's latest album, "Circus," seems to have allowed her to re-emerge onto the music scene a little wiser and with even more pizzazz.

Despite all the controversy, rumors and wild happenings surrounding Britney Spears, her latest album, Circus, sold 505,000 copies in its first week of release.

According to Variety, the "new album's first single, 'Womanizer,' made a record-breaking leap to No. 1 in mid-October. Earlier this month, during her first week of sales, Spears announced her North American tour on 'Good Morning America.'" More dates were recently added to up the tour to 41 concerts in the United States and eight at London's O2 Arena.

Spears's 2008 successful return differs largely from her disappointing and disjointed performance at last year's MTV VMAs. In addition, her 2007 comeback attempt, Blackout, her first new album in four years, had the lowest first-week sales and the following single, "Gimme More," tanked.

The atmosphere following Spears being front-and-center in the tabloids and a TMZ staple seems to have shifted back to her music being accepted into the music industry fold. It doesn't hold a candle to the single-week sales of 1.2 million copies of Oops! I Did It Again in 2000.

The biggest debut following Circus was Akon's Freedom, which sold 111,000 to open at No. 7, less than half the first-week sales of his 2006 disc, Konvicted.

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