Billboard: 'The 7 Best Videos of Britney Spears Singing Live'

[MakeMySugarFall]

source: http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7849440/britney-spears-singing-live-best-videos

 

Britney Spears knows how to put on a show. With her fierce choreography, troupe of dancers, wild set, and expansive discography of pop hits, Brit knows how to command a stage.

Though the singer has had a successful career and currently performs in an acclaimed Vegas residency, since the beginning of her rise to pop stardom, it has been contested whether she actually sings live or lip-syncs. In fact, in a recent interview, Spears spoke to this point, saying, "It's really funny: A lot of people think I don't sing live. ... Because I'm dancing so much, I do have a little bit of playback, but there's a mixture of my voice and the playback.”

 

To give her credit, Spears does dance just about as much as her backup dancers, which would make it extremely difficult to give a full vocal performance. Even though Spears is often backed by playback, because she does give a killer performance, Billboard has pulled together seven of the best videos of Spears clearly singing live throughout her career.

Singapore Showcase (1998)

 

In this video from ’98, before Spears sky rocketed to fame with the release of her debut album …Baby One More Time, she is seen performing a number of album tracks with just a mic in hand. Here, at the start of her career, her voice feels raw, deep, and at the forefront of her performance. 

“...Baby One More Time” on Donnie & Marie (1999)

 

Spears stopped by Donnie & Marie in 1999 to perform her hit “…Baby One More Time” and showcase her singing chops. In the performance, she keeps the dance moves to a minimum to make sure her vocals are on point.

 

“I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman” (2002)

 

In this early 2000s clip of Spears singing “I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman,” she sings in a lower register and highlights the natural fluctuations of her voice.

“Shadow” (2004)

 

Since Britney's ballads tend to largely be stripped of choreography, she seems more likely to lend her full vocals to her slower songs. Here, sitting atop a swing overlooking the crowd at an Onyx Hotel Tour concert in 2004, Brit gives a stunning rendition of her In the Zone deep cut “Shadow.”

“You Oughta Know” Cover (2009)

 

At an '09 tour stop in Greensboro, North Carolina, Spears covered the Alanis Morissette classic “You Oughta Know,” focusing her performance on the powerful song as she stood behind her microphone stand and strutted around the stage.

 

 

Carpool Karaoke With James Corden (2016)

 

In 2016, the pop star stopped by The Late Late Show With James Corden for a round of Carpool Karaoke, and talked life and love with the show host, while singing along to her hits on the car radio.

“Oops I Did It Again” at Piece of Me Las Vegas Residency (2016)

 

As Spears recently said, she performs her Las Vegas residency Piece of Me with a mix of playback and her live voice, which you can hear in this video. You can see just how involved the iconic pop star's entire show is based on this clip alone. 

[Guest]

Yes! Credit!

[Daydream, Mariah's fantasy]

They put shadow smh  

[TheOriginalDollz]

 I was shook by oops in Vegas in a good way ...i rlly did think she just lipped everything....no shade or blame at all because that set in non stop moving Wish she would turn mic up more she sounds just fine 

[3isacharm]

23 minutes ago, Kaworu said:

They put shadow smh  

 

when they shoulda use SNL everytime

[TheOriginalDollz]

what about Silent Night?!?! 

[Wendy Williams]

19 minutes ago, TheOriginalDollz said:

what about Silent Night?!?! 

them for ignoring that

 

[TheOriginalDollz]

1 minute ago, ☆☆☆BRITNEYJean☆☆☆ said:

them for ignoring that

 

Right I want their heads 

 

 

[Wendy Williams]

52 minutes ago, TheOriginalDollz said:

Right I want their heads 

 

 

Or this:

[Aleks]

The Oops mic-feed video is fake  It's vocals from the onyx hotel tour 

 

 

[Light Yagami]

I remember seeing the actual Shadow where she messed up that big note and it sounded bad but true and after that ive never seen it again and all ive seen was versions with the entire thing fixed... Kinda like when her lips twitched at the live 2011 vmas but now its gone from everywhere.

 

oddly enough the part of her messing up the lyrics at the 2016 vmas wasnt fixed before being put on youtube...  Beyonce mustve paid for it 

[M.E.]

There are SO MANY better performances than those. 

[Wendy Williams]

5 hours ago, M.E. said:

There are SO MANY better performances than those. 

They don't know her performances and post 50% of not "the best" videos....why they posted Vegas video?

[MakeMySugarFall]

10 hours ago, Light Yagami said:

I remember seeing the actual Shadow where she messed up that big note and it sounded bad but true and after that ive never seen it again and all ive seen was versions with the entire thing fixed... Kinda like when her lips twitched at the live 2011 vmas but now its gone from everywhere.

 

oddly enough the part of her messing up the lyrics at the 2016 vmas wasnt fixed before being put on youtube...  Beyonce mustve paid for it 

Wait, lip twitch??? This is new to me. 

[TheOriginalDollz]

18 hours ago, Aleks said:

The Oops mic-feed video is fake  It's vocals from the onyx hotel tour 

 

 

 I thought that too but if u listen very closey the band ( instrumental ) Is in fact Vegas not Onyx  Thats what made me think.

[TheOriginalDollz]

18 hours ago, Aleks said:

The Oops mic-feed video is fake  It's vocals from the onyx hotel tour 

 

 

 Nevermind your right