main page Celebrating The First Birthday Of 'pretty Girls' - With Interesting Facts - Britney Spears

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Today we celebrate the first birthday of Britney and Iggy’s hit, ‘Pretty Girls.’



As far back as October 2014, Britney expressed an interest in working with Iggy Azalea. Britney and her son’s really enjoyed her music, so when Britney heard that Iggy was a fan of hers, she arranged for management to get in contact and the rest is as they say, history.





The single was originally intended as a dual collaboration for Britney’s new album. However at the time, Britney was not sure if she was going to release an album or rather just a few ‘album-less’ promotional singles. Iggy then decided to take the track for her own new album and announced it publicly. Britney then changed her mind and wanted the track to be hers. The first single cover released stated the track featured Iggy….



…however was later released as Britney & Iggy as per the promotional cover posted at the start of this article. The track landed up being a dual collaboration that is not a lead single to either artist’s album.



During an interview with Billboard in 2015, Britney claimed that an album was just not her full priority at that time. Larry Rudolf, Britney’s manager continued with: "Right now we're just concentrating on putting out a few great singles as they come.We're not really talking seriously about a new album yet. Albums just aren't as important in the digital age as they used to be. Britney will get to one eventually, but not right now." Britney is now due to release her ninth studio album over a year later.





Although Little Mix are credited for writing the song, Iggy claimed that their initial version is far different from the final outcome. As Little Mix were involved in the initial process of the song, they are credited, however Iggy is the main contributor.



The video ‘Pretty Girls’ was directed by Iggy and her good friend, Cameron Duddy. Britney wanted a similar concept to the ‘Fancy’ music video. Iggy suggested they continue to pay tribute to the movies and suggested the Genna Davis 80’s cult classic, ‘Earth Girls Are Easy.’ Britney was a massive fan of Gina Davis, so agreed immediately.



Charm Ladonna was hired as the choreographer. Having previously worked with Janet Jackson and Aaliyah, this was exciting news for all Britney’s fans. Charm Ladonna continued to work with Britney and was part of the revamp of Britney’s ‘Piece Of Me,’ show. The choreography has been praised by both fans and critics alike.



Britney and Iggy performed the track at The Billboard Music Awards 2015. This marked the first televised performance for Britney in four years. The performance was a continuation of the music video, where Britney and Iggy get teleported to space.

By pure coincidence, Britney wore the same earrings as Katy Perry in her 80’s inspired, ‘Last Friday Night,’ music video. The costume team mentioned that that the same props are always offered when it comes to an 80’s dress up and the fact that they were the same earrings went by unnoticed, although they should have picked up on it.





The song was produced by the invisible men and was released on the 4^th May 2015. The music video was released on the 13^th May. The song suffered an early leak due to an outside video shoot, however only a few days before the official release. The UK, for the second time in a row, suffered a 2 month delay in the release of the single, a ridiculous decision by RCA records which drastically hurt the tracks sales. This was not the first time the UK had to suffer a delay, the same happened with Work Bitch - which also had a negative effect. Let's hope this was just a phase..



Although the song was recorded by fall 2014, Iggy only met Britney in January 2015. During an interview with Ellen in 2016, Iggy mentioned that Britney’s team needed to sweep her house to make sure she was drug free. Interested in what they ate? A very healthy salad!



Pretty Girls received positive reviews from critics, complementing the track on it’s fun element and liked the fact that both artists did not take themselves too seriously. A 'girls just wanna have fun' kind of vibe!



This was Iggy’s third co-directing effort, with ‘Trouble’ and ‘Black Widow’ being her first two.



Britney premièred the song in a new concept with Uber…



..If you were lucky enough to get a ‘Britney Uber’ you would be driven around town and be the first to hear the song before it’s official release!



This is not the first video where the alien/mars inspired video had an acting skit break. ‘Oops!.. I Did It Again,’ had one too, remember the brilliant Titanic nod? Britney seems to have a thing for outer space.





Here is Little Mix singing the Pretty Girls during a Capital FM interview:

Celebrate with us by watching the amazing video:

Happy first year Pretty Girls!

 

 

Read it on our mainsite!

[▲▼▲BlackoutZone▲▼▲]

Since I'm The only person loving that shit, I'm celebrating af

[MaleFatale]

I love pretty girls. The video is so amazing, the song is catchy, the bbma performance was critcally praised and the Vegas performance was a highlight during the 1.0 version

[PopMusicJunkie]

I fully understand why many didn't enjoy "Pretty Girls," and I think those reasons are valid, but I've always liked the song.  It's a cute, harmless, summer bop that wasn't meant to be taken seriously.  Both Britney & Iggy had great chemistry in the song, video, and performance.      

[JocastaIsYoMama]

Pretty Girls received positive reviews from critics

 

 

[Domino]

I thought the bass line was too much like Fancy. Maybe that's what killed it. I liked it. Apparently Kanye did.

[Domino]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Girls_(Britney_Spears_and_Iggy_Azalea_song)#Critical_reception

[MagicalFlare]

Since I'm The only person loving that shit, I'm celebrating af

 

Not the only one, sorry

[MagicalFlare]

Umm... hit?

 

I love the song, video and all, but lbr, it flopped as much as or whichever Xtina's album

[Mrs Jared Leto]

well happy birthday, i still dont like you pg. but thanks for the fact.

[Term of Endearment]

Critics did praise it, the fans were slating it, but as for critics - they generally liked it.

[Term of Endearment]

Umm... hit?

I love the song, video and all, but lbr, it flopped as much as or whichever Xtina's album

I think fans are more harsh on this track than theu actually should be - it was hardly a flop. Yes maybe it did not do as well as Brit's other tracks and yes maybe it was not what we expected or what everyone liked, but sales were not a disaster as everyone makes it out to be:

Sales & Certifications

Australia [ EST sales ]

40 - 3,200*

44 - 3,000*

28 - 5,300*

27 - 5,500*

31 - 5,000

39 - 3,300*

49 - 2,600*

61 - 1,800*

77 - 1,100*

93 - 800*

500

= 32,100*

Billboard Digital Songs

6 - 96,000

35 - 39,000*

31 - 41,500*

47 - 26,500*

50+ - 24,000*

50+ - 20,000*

50+ - 15,000*

50+ - 12,000*

= 295,000

France

25 - 1,612

105 - 400*

122 - 300*

= 2,312*

South Korea International Digital Chart

12 - 8,292

22 - 5,569

35 - 3,930

80 - 2,590

= 20,381

UK sales

16 - 19,488

55 - 8,200*

80 - 5,100*

115 - 1,400*

173 - 950*

= 35,138*

Airplay:

Australia: 51 - 35 - 37 - 31 - x

Belgian Walloonian: 398 - 46 - 28 - 33 - 35 - x

Canadian Hot 100 Airplay: 47 - 40 x

Canadian Pop Airplay: 45 - 31 - 28 - 27 - 38 - x

Germany: 140 - 93 - 93 - 168 - 174 - 147 - x

Finland: 64 - 60 - 83 - x

France: 126 - 130 - x

Japan: 80 - x(5) - 92 - x

UK TV Airplay: 910 - 33 - 12 - 12 - 17 - 14 - 20 -

UK Airplay Chart

182 [370 plays | 4.964m aud]

UK Commercial Radio Airplay Chart:

266 (-)

100 (4.96 million audience impressions; 369 radio plays)

US Billboard Pop Songs: 23 - 26 - 28 - 28 -

[It's Armin B!tch]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRETTY GIRLS! I LOVE THE SONG AND VIDEO

[MagicalFlare]

I think fans are more harsh on this track than theu actually should be - it was hardly a flop. Yes maybe it did not do as well as Brit's other tracks and yes maybe it was not what we expected or what everyone liked, but sales were not a disaster as everyone makes it out to be:

Sales & Certifications

Australia [ EST sales ]

40 - 3,200*

44 - 3,000*

28 - 5,300*

27 - 5,500*

31 - 5,000

39 - 3,300*

49 - 2,600*

61 - 1,800*

77 - 1,100*

93 - 800*

500

= 32,100*

Billboard Digital Songs

6 - 96,000

35 - 39,000*

31 - 41,500*

47 - 26,500*

50+ - 24,000*

50+ - 20,000*

50+ - 15,000*

50+ - 12,000*

= 295,000

France

25 - 1,612

105 - 400*

122 - 300*

= 2,312*

South Korea International Digital Chart

12 - 8,292

22 - 5,569

35 - 3,930

80 - 2,590

= 20,381

UK sales

16 - 19,488

55 - 8,200*

80 - 5,100*

115 - 1,400*

173 - 950*

= 35,138*

Airplay:

Australia: 51 - 35 - 37 - 31 - x

Belgian Walloonian: 398 - 46 - 28 - 33 - 35 - x

Canadian Hot 100 Airplay: 47 - 40 x

Canadian Pop Airplay: 45 - 31 - 28 - 27 - 38 - x

Germany: 140 - 93 - 93 - 168 - 174 - 147 - x

Finland: 64 - 60 - 83 - x

France: 126 - 130 - x

Japan: 80 - x(5) - 92 - x

UK TV Airplay: 910 - 33 - 12 - 12 - 17 - 14 - 20 -

UK Airplay Chart

182 [370 plays | 4.964m aud]

UK Commercial Radio Airplay Chart:

266 (-)

100 (4.96 million audience impressions; 369 radio plays)

US Billboard Pop Songs: 23 - 26 - 28 - 28 -

 

K. Maybe we could say it did well on Billboard, but for me a hit needs to be a Top 5. Anyways, like i said, i like it. Song and video. Sorry if my comment was taken in a hard way, was not my intention 

[PsychoMonkey]

K. Maybe we could say it did well on Billboard, but for me a hit needs to be a Top 5. Anyways, like i said, i like it. Song and video. Sorry if my comment was taken in a hard way, was not my intention

Slave 4 U

Overprotected

MATM

All didnt even make top 5 and performed lower than pretty girls and they're still considered hits sis Pretty Girls did just fine.

[Term of Endearment]

K. Maybe we could say it did well on Billboard, but for me a hit needs to be a Top 5. Anyways, like i said, i like it. Song and video. Sorry if my comment was taken in a hard way, was not my intention

I did not take your comment is a harsh way I know what you meant. It does feel underwhelming when a track does not hit the top 5 - but with that being said - slave peaked at 27. Not many Britney singles chart high, her albums do much better - which is a great thing.

It is the other way around with ri-ri she hits the top almost every time - but her albums pale in comparisson.. Random.

But I do want more of a mega hit this time round.. So here is hoping!

[MagicalFlare]

I did not take your comment is a harsh way I know what you meant. It does feel underwhelming when a track does not hit the top 5 - but with that being said - slave peaked at 27. Not many Britney singles chart high, her albums do much better - which is a great thing.

It is the other way around with ri-ri she hits the top almost every time - but her albums pale in comparisson.. Random.

But I do want more of a mega hit this time round.. So here is hoping!

 

Couldn't agree more even if i wanted to Let's hope for the best  

[MagicalFlare]

Slave 4 U

Overprotected

MATM

All didnt even make top 5 and performed lower than pretty girls and they're still considered hits sis Pretty Girls did just fine.

 

Fair enough