Pop sensation-turned-tabloid punching bag Britney Spears is ready for her comeback. Britney has just released her new album Circus exclusively on imeem, where you can stream the album in its entirety for free (you’ll also be able to embed the album playlist anywhere you’d like). The downloadable/physical version of the album won’t be available until December 2nd, but you can currently pre-order it through imeem and a number of other stores.
The exclusive album launch marks a big win for Imeem, which also recently launched Lil Wayne’s latest mixtape, Dedication 3. The site seems to be in a heated battle for album launches with MySpace Music, which has also launched a number of high profile albums in the last few months, including Guns N’ Roses’ first album in 17 years, Beyonce, The Cure, Oasis, and a number of others. imeem’s Matt Graves says that one advantage imeem has over MySpace Music is its embeddable playlists, which makes it easier for albums to go viral as they get embedded on blogs across the web.
As with every major album release these days, Circus was leaked and has been available on a number of pirate sites since at least last week (some albums have been beaten to the punch by months, so it could be worse). These leaks do take some of the luster away from album launches, but there isn’t much the record labels can do beyond changing their distribution methods or bumping up release dates when there is a leak (which is what happened to Britney’s last album).
In other news the pop princess has also managed to lay claim to the Twitter account BritneySpears, in place of her old account therealbritney. Since joining us on Twitter in October Britney has racked up over 9000 followers after a meager 42 updates.
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Actually this is a huge win for all music consumers. Services like imeem let you kiss the RIAA goodbye.
Thanks TC for that much needed Britney-fix.
Any time.
For the record, my favorite Britney song is “Sometimes”. Mostly for the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVvjevqLxhY
Really? Covering Britney Spears? Isn’t that best left to MTV?
Or you can check the torrents where it’s been out for at least a week. Womanizer’s a decent track but over a weak album.
Am I Stupid or what?!? Just registered to imeem to find out most of the songs are just 30 seconds long (or if you prefer short)
Nice player above though!
Oh, thank you so much for covering *this* instead of any number of other more important TECHNOLOGY NEWS.
Must a slow news day eh??
me like watching britney downfall not the comeback
Is it just me, have I become old, this album was garbage… I have heard a lot of bad albums in my Life but come on’ what is this.
Most of the time the machine is singing for her, and when it’s not I’m just thinking turn the machine back on…
-(Dear god turn the machine back on.. let it smooth out her voice)
When did it become ok to have one good track on your album - Unusual You -and yes it’s because of the machine… LoL
Good thing they named the album Circus because you would have to be a clown to buy this.
Musicane ups Imeem who ups Myspace. Who’s next?
Seriously?? Did I just read this on TechCrunch… Weak
How’d she grow all that fuck’n hair back so fast?
Pube transplants! ahhahaha!
Good job for Imeem! Britney comeback should be very lucrative for Imeem!
This trailer park trash is still there?
well-planned PR stunt for imeem. let’s see what the outcome will be.
Spotify appears to have Britney as well according to their blog. Not much of an exclusive then is it?
go zitney!!!
She so slim, oh my Britney
CONGRATS on ur NEW ALBUM…..(CIRCUS)…..i love all ur SONGS & VIDEO MUSIC..BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY
BRITNEY…LOVE U SO MUCH!