“The Singles Collection” had a poor opening week selling just 28,076 copies on it’s first week sales in the U.S.A.

The album debuts at #22 on The Billboard 200 albums chart.

3 five-seconds clips from “3″ music video were released today, The fan who successfully matches the 3 parts first, in chronological order, will win Singles Collection boxset, you have to match the 3 snippets and them tweet it @britneyspears. The clips can be downloaded at Britney.com, Check the 3 “3″ snippets:

Britney.com: The 3-day countdown to the “3” video premiere starts NOW! Here’s the deal: During the next 3 days, Britney will launch her video through a series of Twitter-focused events, culminating with the “3” video “Premiere Tweet” on Day 3 — Friday, Oct. 30. Are you in?

Day 1: Photo Release
Three never-before-seen photos from the final “3” video will be released via Britney’s official Twitter (@britneyspears) today — one photo will be sent out every 3 hours. Triple fun that way.

Day 2: Video Challenge
We will release three 5-second clips of the “3” video starting tomorrow morning — one clip will be sent out every 3 hours via Britney’s Twitter (@britneyspears). The clips will be sent out of order and will be available as downloadable .mov files on Britney.com (britney.com/us). B fans will be challenged to piece together the three clips to form a 15-second video teaser. Now are you game?

Day 3: 3-Day
On Friday, Oct. 30, Britney will Tweet (@britneyspears) the link of the video premiere for your viewing pleasure. Livin’ in sin is the new thing.

Check above some rumored captures from the menu of “The Singles Collection” dvd.

Diane Martel, director of Britney Spears “3″ Music video told Life & Style magazine about working with Britney in the “3″ video saying it’s “her next sexy video”: “I think it’s her next sexy video, It’s a very simple video for her — I don’t think you’ve seen her this much under a magnifying glass. Everything’s really strong and playful.”

Martel says that Britney has helped her in the wardrobe for the video as well as hair and makeup and on the process of choosing the music video’s choreographers: “We collaborated on the wardrobe and had meetings about hair and makeup people. We talked a lot on the phone and met Tone and Rich — two of the best choreographers.”

Martel adds that Britney is a great artist to work with: “She’s so sweet and funny and so normal and down to earth. It’s really fun as a director to see her in front of the camera. She’s so creative with this stuff. The video is very simple, it’s very, very minimal. So it’s her, her, her. And she’s totally engaging every second. She really knows how to work with a camera and move. I was really impressed, and I have worked almost with every female artist in the business.”

Diane has directed, among many other music videos: “Heartbreaker” (1998, Mariah Carey), “Like I Love You” (2002, Justin Timberlake), “Nobody’s Home” (2004, Avril Lavigne), “Listen” (2006, Beyonce), “Love Sex Magic” (2009, Ciara), “Mad” (2009, Ne-Yo) and “America’s Suitehearts” (2009, Fallout Boy).

Britney.com has released today a list with the dates of releases and formats of “The Singles Collection”, A deluxe version of the boxset will also be available for digital download including all singles plus a bonus track! Check the releases:

Australia, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand: November 9, 2009 (Digital download).
U.S.A.: November 10, 2009 (CD, digital download), November 24, 2009 (boxset).
Worldwide: November 10, 2009 (CD, DVD), November 24, 2009 (Boxset).
Europe: November 23, 2009 (Digital download), November 24, 2009 (CD, boxset, DVD).
Japan: November 25, 2009 (CD, boxset).

Check out the official tracklists for The Singles Collection published early today by Britney.com:

The Singles Collection CD (Standard Edition):
1. 3
2. …Baby One More Time
3. (You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Remix)
4. Born To Make You Happy
5. Oops!…I Did It Again
6. Stronger
7. I’m a Slave 4 U
8. Boys (The Co-Ed remix feat. Pharrell Williams)
9. Me Against The Music (feat. Madonna)
10. Toxic
11. Everytime
12. Gimme More
13. Piece Of Me
14. Womanizer
15. Circus
16. If U Seek Amy
17. Radar

The Singles Collection Box Set + DVD (Includes 32-page color booklet):
SINGLE: …Baby One More Time
B SIDE: Autumn Goodbye

SINGLE: Sometimes
B SIDE: I’m So Curious

SINGLE: (You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Remix!)
B SIDE: I’ll Never Stop Loving You

SINGLE: Born To Make You Happy
REMIX: Kristian Lundin Bonus Remix

SINGLE: From the Bottom of My Broken Heart
B SIDE: Thinkin’ About You

SINGLE: Oops!…I Did It Again
B SIDE: Deep In My Heart

SINGLE: Lucky
B SIDE: Heart

SINGLE: Stronger
B SIDE: Walk On By

SINGLE: Don’t Let Me Be The Last To Know
REMIX: Hex Hector Radio Mix

SINGLE: I’m a Slave 4 U
B SIDE: Intimidated

SINGLE: Overprotected
REMIX: Overprotected (The Darkchild Remix)

SINGLE: I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman
B SIDE: I Run Away

SINGLE: I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll
B SIDE: I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman (Metro Remix)

SINGLE: Boys (The Co-Ed Remix feat. Pharrell Williams)
B SIDE: Boys (Album Version)

SINGLE: Me Against the Music (feat. Madonna)
REMIX: Passengerz vs. The Club Remix

SINGLE: Toxic
REMIX: Bloodshy & Avant’s Intoxicated Remix

SINGLE: Everytime
REMIX: Above & Beyond Club Mix

SINGLE: Outrageous
REMIX: Junkie XL’s Dancehall Mix

SINGLE: My Prerogative
REMIX: Armand Van Helden Remix

SINGLE: Do Somethin’
REMIX: Thick Vocal Mix

SINGLE: Someday (I Will Understand)
B SIDE: Mona Lisa

SINGLE: Gimme More
REMIX: Paul Oakenfold Remix

SINGLE: Piece of Me
REMIX: Bloodshy & Avant’s Boz O lo Remix

SINGLE: Break The Ice
B SIDE: Everybody

SINGLE: Womanizer
REMIX: Kaskade Remix

SINGLE: Circus
REMIX: Tom Neville’s Ring Leader Mix

SINGLE: If U Seek Amy
REMIX: Crookers Remix

SINGLE: Radar
REMIX: Bloodshy & Avant Remix

SINGLE: 3
REMIX: Groove Police Club Mix

DVD featuring Britney’s iconic music videos:
1. …Baby One More Time
2. Sometimes
3. (You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Remix!)
4. Born To Make You Happy
5. From the Bottom of My Broken Heart
6. Oops!…I Did It Again
7. Lucky
8. Stronger
9. Don’t Let Me Be the Last to Know
10. I’m a Slave 4 U
11. Overprotected (The Darkchild Remix)
12. I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman
13. I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll
14. Me Against The Music (feat. Madonna)
15. Toxic
16. Everytime
17. My Prerogative
18. Do Somethin’
19. Someday (I Will Understand)
20. Gimme More
21. Piece Of Me
22. Break the Ice
23. Womanizer
24. Circus
25. If U Seek Amy
26. Radar

“3″ debuts ahead of The Billboard Hot 100 chart with a total of 254,640 digital copies sold and more than 24 million radio audience impressions.

“3″ also becomes Britney’s 3rd. #1 on the US songs chart and the first non-American Idol #1 debut since 1998. After 1998 only four acts were able to debut at #1 on the Hot 100 and all by musicians from the tv show American Idol: Taylor Hicks (July 1 2006), Carrie Underwood (July 2 2005), Fantasia (July 10 2004) and Clay Aiken (June 28 2003), all with lead singles from their debut record after winning the AI.

“3″ also opens the Hot 100 at #1 exactly one year after “Womanizer” hit the top spot on the chart week dated to October 25 in 2008, while “3″ chart week is dating to October 26.

“3″ has also #1 spot on The Billboard Digital Songs charts and has jumped #38-#25 on The Billboard Pop Songs charts. On The Billboard Radio Songs it opens at #49.

Check out the press release document released today by JIVE Records regarding the promotion and release of Britney’s upcoming “The Singles Collection”.

The press release includes date to the music video premiere, October 19th and also states that Britney will grace December’s cover of Elle Magazine. AMAZING!

Check above the rumored “The Singles Collection” Standard Edition cover art!

Living in a sin is the new thing – yeah!

Take it haters, specially Lady Gaga fans, it’s time to see who the REAL queen of pop is! In less than 24 hours (16 hours), Britney Spears and her latest single, “3″ had a shot to #1 on iTunes U.S.

iTunes is the main preview to the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart, the song that ranks #1 on iTunes during a week is usually the best-selling song of the week, and the digital sales are one of the MAIN things to chart HIGH on the Hot 100!

Last year’s, “Womanizer” stormed to #1 on The Billboard Hot 100 due to the 286,000 copies it sold on it’s first digital week!

Click HERE and Purchase “3″ from iTunes!

See how are things going on iTunes internationally:
U.S.A. – #1
Canada – #1
Greece – #1
Mexico – #1
Spain – #2 (peaked at #1)
Sweden – #2 (peaked at #1)
Finland – #3
France – #3
Portugal – #5
Denmark – #12
Italy – #12
Norway – #12
The Netherlands – #14
Belgium – #16 (peaked at #15)
New Zealand – #86
Luxembourg – #120 (peaked at #106)
Ireland – REMOVED (peaked at #1)
Australia – Not released
Austria – Not released
Germany – Not released
Japan – Not released
UK – Not released

Check out the Singles Collection deluxe boxset, posted earlier today at Britney.com

This boxset is priced at $99 at Amazon.com and include the cd singles packed with their original artworks in cardsleeve. A dvd with all Britney Spears music videos will also be included.

Britney Spears came with the most racy lyrics of her whole career, in “3″, the pop princess talks about a 3-some, and the media kinda loved it, or just bashed, check some review from “3″:

Britney Spears is making the most of her sex symbol status, again.[...]

Produced by swedish hitmaker Max Martin, “3″ finds Spears singing about the racy subject of a ménage a trios with her signature coy delivery. “Three is a charm, two is not the same,” Spears coos seductively on the verse. “I don’t see the harm, so are you game?” [...]

– Billboard

Britney Spears’ new single “3? — the sole fresh song off her upcoming best-of compilation The Singles Collection — debuted this morning on New York Top 40 station Z100, and yes, in the spirit of Jane’s Addiction’s “Three Days,” the song is about having a threesome. Spears has never been shy about courting controversy, and this song will likely receive plenty of it. “3? is yet another product of producer Max Martin, the Swedish pop savant who also gave the world Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl” and Spears’ “If U Seek Amy,” so a track about ménage à trois would be the feasible next step in his repertoire.

The music itself seems to borrow from the Flo Rida playbook, as “3? is more of a surefire dance-floor stomper than anything Brit loaded onto Blackout or Circus. “Merrier the more, triple fun that way,” Spears sings in one of the many, many innuendo-packed lyrics that seem like they were spawned from Prince’s Dirty Mind-era brain. There’s also “Three is a charm, two is not the same. I don’t see the harm, so are you game?” and “If you don’t like the company, let’s just do it you and me. You and me… Or three… Or four…” The song also boasts the strangest Peter, Paul and Mary reference we’ve ever heard. [...]

– Rolling Stone

[...]The track was produced by hit-maker and longtime Spears collaborator Max Martin, who also produced “… Baby One More Time,” and its subject matter — which appears to be about loving multiple people at one time — is sure to cause a stir. Of course, Spears has been causing that kind of stir since she dressed in a sexy school-girl uniform for the “… Baby One More Time” video.

The song, which is posted on New York radio station Z-100′s Web site, is a catchy dance track with provocative lyrics, such as, “1, 2, 3/ Not only you and me/ Got 180 degrees/ And I’m caught in between.”[...]

– MTV

We’re happy Britney Spears is getting so much quality time with her sons, but she may want to scale back the Sesame Street marathons. And not just because her new, slightly phoned-in single, “3,” could very well have been brought to us by the letters W, T and F.

The only new track to appear on her forthcoming compilation, The Singles Collection, the fun-with-numbers song—which debuted this morning on New York’s Z100—features such thought-provoking lyrics as “everybody loves counting,” “come out and play,” and, oh yes, the ad nauseam repetition of “1, 2, 3.”

Of course, the ménage à trois-promoting (and, oddly enough, Peter, Paul and Mary-referencing) tune isn’t for the Big Bird set. Unless they too think that “living in sin is the new thing.”

And it being a Britney track, we’re well aware it’s also not for the lyric-dissecting set. It’s for the dance-floor set. And, since it happens to have been produced by Max Martin, the same guy responsible for Spears’ career-launching “…Baby One More Time,” we’d say it has a pretty good shot at becoming a hit.

– E!

[...]And the message? The song stays close to the Spears playbook of sex and more sex, deflecting all attention away from her myriad controversies to put the focus squarely on the come-on. “Living in sin is the new thing,” Spears coos in the lyrics, but the topic is old news for her.

The song is slick, but it’s cold, and therefore in line with Spears’ recent trek around the globe[...]

Yet there was little attachment to the song, zero interaction with the audience, and skin stood in for emotion — or even talent. Like “Blackout” and “Circus,” “3″ is a study in production; give Spears’ team credit for elevating the song above typical dance products.

Her vocals stick close to snyths, and as the song builds, it becomes near impossible to tell the two apart. In a gambit that’s worked for Spears before, she sounds sweetly generic. “What we do is innocent / Just for fun,” she sings, even if she means anything but in what is a rather angelic-sounding bridge.

It’s the emotionless striptease as pop song, complete with studio-perfected sexual moans, that may or may not stand in for an R-rated word, and a clever digital down-tune into an eager, count-along chorus. The cut’s biggest oddity is the lyrics that reference folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, as if they were some sort of acoustic ménage à trois.[...]

– Los Angeles Times

Britney Spears’ 3 lyrics have been released today. For those of you who have seen them, what do you think about the Britney Spears’ 3 lyrics?

Like many of her songs, they don’t sound very deep or meaningful. However, Britney Spears is a pop sensation that is unparalleled by her peers.

[...]They sound kind of racy to me – definitely not something I would want my 13 year old daughter belting out at the top of her lungs.

Of course, Britney Spears has been controversial since her lyrics and dance routines have gotten more and more racy. In the beginning, Britney Spears was a simple, Louisiana beauty singing feel-good songs. Now, she’s an international sex symbol plagued with a past that includes controversial breakdowns and plenty of drama[...]

– Associated Content

It has debuted on New York’s Z100 radio station. I won’t talk anything more, Just listen!

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While we keep on waiting until 7 AM (ET) on 09/29 to the release of “3″ on Z100 New York, Digital Spy teases us with a review of the song that matches the leaked lyrics that will be following right after the review below:

1. It’s called ’3′ and it’s a Max Martin production.

2. We won’t beat around the bush – it’s about having a threesome.

3. The chorus, which has more than a hint of the playground chant about it, goes like this: “1-2-3 not only you and me / Got 180 degrees / And I’m caught in between / Counting 1-2-3 feed upon that three / Getting down with repeat / Everybody loves ohhhhh”. The “ohhhhh”, in case you were wondering, is a classic Britney lusty sigh.

4. Britney makes her intentions very clear elsewhere, telling us “living in sin is the new thing” on the bridge and offering this coaxing couplet on the second verse: “Three is a charm, two’s not the same / “I don’t see the harm, so are you game?”

5. Enough already with the lyrics! What does ’3′ sound like? Well, it’s uptempo, quite electropoppy on the verses and a little bit ravey on the choruses.

6. ’3′ would fit better on Circus than Blackout – it’s got that slightly cartoony quality that the more recent album sometimes has. The Britney track to which it’s most closely related is probably ‘If U Seek Amy’, though they’re more like second cousins who only see each other at family funerals and weddings than brother and sister.

7. The best bit of the song is the middle 8, on which Max Martin cools things down with some synthetic strings, a load of bassy beats kick in and Britters offers her boyfriend a get-out clause: “If you don’t like the company / Let’s do it just you and me…”

8. …Before promptly changing her mind by suggesting “or three… or four on the floor”. That last bit’s pretty clever, because the beats she’s singing over at the time could legitimately be classified as “four-on-the-floor”.

9. It took us a few plays to fall for ’3′ – and truth be told it’s no ‘Gimme More’ or ‘Womanizer’ – but as a fun, fruity newbie to round off a potentially brilliant Singles Collection, it does its job very well indeed.

10. It’s premiering on US radio today, so expect to be hearing it very soon. The first UK play, in case you were wondering, will be on Radio 1 this Wednesday afternoon.

More leaked lyrics, More craziness, hotness and more “is that true ?”:

“3″
M.Martin/Shellback/T.Amber

1, 2, 3
Not only you and me
Got one eighty degrees
And I’m caught in between
Countin’
1, 2, 3
Peter, Paul & Mary
Gettin’ down with 3P
Everybody loves ***
Countin’

Babe, pick a night
To come out and play
If it’s alright
What do you say?

Merrier the more
Triple fun that way
Twister on the floor
What do you say?

Are – you in
Livin’ in sin is the new thing (yeah)
Are – you in
I am countin’!

1, 2, 3
Not only you and me
Got one eighty degrees
And I’m caught in between
Countin’
1, 2, 3
Peter, Paul & Mary
Gettin’ down with 3P
Everybody loves ***
Countin’

Three is a charm
Two is not the same
I don’t see the harm
So are you game?

Lets’ make a team
Make ‘em say my name
Lovin’ the extreme
Now are you game?

Are – you in
Livin’ in sin is the new thing
Are – you in
I am countin’!

1, 2, 3
Not only you and me
Got one eighty degrees
And I’m caught in between
Countin’
1, 2, 3
Peter, Paul & Mary
Gettin’ down with 3P
Everybody loves ***

What we do is innocent
Just for fun and nothin’ meant
If you don’t like the company
Let’s just do it you and me
You and me…
Or three….
Or four….
- On the floor!

Britney.com has released the official artwork for Britney Spears’ upcoming new single “3″. It’s debuting tomorrow morning on New York’s Z100 radio station. Be on the lookout to Britney’s new single, Stay tuned to BritneySpears.vg to get the full track tomorrow! Click the thumbnail below to view the full size art for “3″:

That’s just WOW! …And hot! Brittanica (Britney.com administrator) has confirmed via Twitter that “Peter, Paul and Mary” are lyrics to Britney Spears’ upcoming new sinlge “3″, set to have radio debut on Tuesday 11/29. Check out the leaked lyrics of the song:
EDIT NOTE (Sept 25 – 19:55 ET): Brittanica did not confirm the lyrics. She only confirmed that “Peter, Paul and Mary” are a part of it, Anyway, This leaked lyrics are hot!

righteous peter had a master,
whom he always obeyed,
said no matter what the circumstance,
he never would stray

paul, he was an honest man,
he lived by the book,
he prayed 7 days a week,
swore he’d do whatever it took

mary was a busy girl,
she loved to have fun,
set her eyes upon the holy man,
promised she’d make him the one

bridge;

bright eyes,
cold hearts,
ooh, they’re making they’re way,
close your eyes, boys and girls,
a night like this..
we better pray

chorus;

peter, paul, and mary,
ooh, they’re three of a kind,
burning bridges, breaking hearts,
and not a single one minds.
independent. cruel intentioned.
peter, paul, and mary,
are having a 3,3,3some

right now peters kinda struggling,
says it’s getting real tough,
cause everybody’s talking bullshit,
’bout the master he loves

and while paul may know the right from wrong,
i guess he no longer minds,
cause according to the good book,
our boys been tellin’ some lies

mary wants to settle down,
or so, i hear that’s what she says,
but though she’s got her holy lovers heart,
she’s been visiting some others beds

bridge;

bright eyes,
cold hearts,
ooh, they’re making they’re way,
close your eyes, boys and girls,
a night like this..
you better pray

chorus;

peter, paul, and mary,
ooh, they’re three of a kind,
burning bridges, breaking hearts,
and not a single one minds.
independent. cruel intentioned.
peter, paul, and mary,
are having a 3,3,3some

times are getting tough,
and and now peter has denied
the master whom he always loved,
said he’d always stand by.

paul’s all caught up,
playing games, can’t tell the truth,
but to support the accusations,
damn, we’ve got such little proof

and while her story may be altered,
the furied crowd may never know,
but mary shruggs it off and smiles,
with just a wink and a sew

peter, paul, and mary,
ooh, they’re three of a kind,
burning bridges, breaking hearts,
and not a single one minds.
independent. cruel intentioned.
peter, paul, and mary,
are having a 3,3,3some

peter, paul, and mary,
ooh, they’re three of a kind,
burning bridges, breaking hearts,
and not a single one minds.
independent. cruel intentioned.
peter, paul, and mary,
are having a 3,3,3some

BritneySpears.com has published the following press release on the website to officialize “The Singles Collection” and to inform the lead single of the collection: “3″, that is set to hit radio stations next Tuesday September 29:

Britney Spears “The Singles Collection”
In Stores November 24
New Song “3″ Goes to Radio September 29

New York, NY – In celebration of the 10th anniversary of her debut on the music scene, Jive Records is releasing Britney Spears The Singles Collection on November 24. To launch the special package a brand new single entitled “3,” which Britney recently recorded with hitmaker Max Martin, will go to radio Tuesday, September 29.

There will be two configurations of The Singles Collection; an ultimate fan box set and a standard version.

The ultimate fan box set version of The Singles Collection will contain all 29 of her singles, including the new song “3.” Each disc will be packaged in its own slip sleeve case with original artwork, and will include an additional b-side or a remix of the track. The collection will include a DVD featuring all of Britney’s videos in chronological order. The ultimate fan box set will also include a special booklet featuring iconic images and fun facts about each track.

The standard version of The Singles Collection will contain 17 of her chart topping favorites along with the new song “3,” all on one CD.

During her 10 year career, Britney has had 5 albums debut at the #1 spot on the Billboard Top 100 Album Chart, as well as 23 Top 40 hits on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart. Worldwide, Britney Spears is one of the top-selling artists of the last decade, constantly topping charts with her albums …Baby One More Time (1999); Oops!… I Did It Again (2000); Britney (2001); In The Zone (2003); Blackout (2007) and Circus (2008). Worldwide she has sold over 63 million albums.

Britney Spears is currently touring in support of her most recent studio album Circus. “The Circus Starring Britney Spears” tour which started in her home state of Louisiana in March 2009.