Here's The Moment Record-Label Executives Knew 15-Year-Old Britney Spears Would Be A Superstar

[MakeMySugarFall]

It's, uh, kind of harsh:

 

http://www.businessinsider.com/britney-spears-audition-2016-1

[gimmework]

The article is harsh,   but I like how it highlights that it was her ideas that made the video and song a hit!!!!  Sexy outfits and Dancing!! 

[PopMusicJunkie]

Britney herself admitted her demos and audtions were pretty bad due to nerves.    But the Robyn bit surprised me and I def hear the influence, tbh, with that song.  

[Blackcat]

I don't buy into that article and how they made her come across at 15 years old. 

[heartcore]

 

 

"Britney was trying to sing like Toni Braxton, which was way too low for her. It sounded pretty awful in places," he said. "But when her voice went up high, you could hear the girlish quality, and there was something really appealing about that."

 

This makes no sense to me because her voice is naturally low and the label tried to make her sing higher, which damaged her vocals?

[Starburst]

The "girlish" quality?

[Ari]

That last part where they randomly ask readers to watch Taylor's video though...   lol 

[JoshLee]

I would of given up after the first try

[M.E.]

This makes no sense to me because her voice is naturally low and the label tried to make her sing higher, which damaged her vocals?

 

It makes sense when you think from their point of view. Remember all they see is $$$$$$$. A pretty young teen girl singing like a mature woman is not great for marketing towards the audience that would be buying her music. Plus she was pretty inexperienced so her demos were probably all over the place. 

[Term of Endearment]

Some of these facts are false, The record execs claimed her performance of Whitney was in fact a brilliant rendition.

 

Robyn was also never in the mix to be offered the BOMT track, TLC and Backstreet Boys and Five were the first to get the offer before Britney did. 

[heartcore]

It makes sense when you think from their point of view. Remember all they see is $$$$$$$. A pretty young teen girl singing like a mature woman is not great for marketing towards the audience that would be buying her music. Plus she was pretty inexperienced so her demos were probably all over the place. 

No, my point is that the article is suggesting that her lower vocals were unnatural and the higher vocals were the natural ones, when in reality it's the other way round; her voice is a naturally low range. 

[MakeMySugarFall]

Some of these facts are false, The record execs claimed her performance of Whitney was in fact a brilliant rendition.

 

Robyn was also never in the mix to be offered the BOMT track, TLC and Backstreet Boys and Five were the first to get the offer before Britney did. 

Robyn was indeed offered BOMT, after TLC: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/blank-space-what-kind-of-genius-is-max-martin

 

And they're interviewing one of the main execs who was in the room while she was performing. Have we ever had firsthand quotes like this before, or just rumors?