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December 17th, 2008 at 7:22 am

Britney Spears Ellen Degeneres Christmas Caroling Video, Photos 12-16-08

in: Holiday Commemoration, Music, Television

Britney Spears, Ellen Degeneres go Christmas caroling, December 16, 2008

Britney Spears and Ellen Degeneres went Christmas caroling in a southern California neighborhood in a special segment of The Ellen Degeneres Show broadcast on December 16, 2008. See the full video and photos of the carolers in Victorian garb; Britney in a red crushed velvet hoop gown, tartan shawl and bonnet along with anachronistic sunglasses and Ellen in a similar hoop gown and bonnet of green crushed velvet. Both looked as if they had stepped out of the pages of the Charles Dickens novel.

Britney Spears, Ellen Degeneres go Christmas caroling, December 16, 2008

Britney Spears’ greatly anticipated sixth studio album Circus, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 last week with sales exceeding 505,000 thus achieving four debut sales weeks of over 500,000 copies. She is the first music artist in Nielsen SoundScan history to do so.

Since SoundScan began tracking data in 1991, only four acts — aside from Spears — have notched three 500,000-starts: 2Pac, 50 Cent, Garth Brooks and Jay-Z.

Previously, her second, third and fourth sets all racked up half-million weeks: 2000’s “Oops! I Did It Again” started with 1.3 million, 2001’s “Britney” debuted with 746,000 and 2003’s “In the Zone” entered the chart with 609,000. Among female artists, only four have earned more No. 1 albums: Barbra Streisand (eight), Madonna (seven) and Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson (both with six).

Source: Britney’s ‘Circus’ Debuts Atop Album Chart

Photo source: USMagazine.com

Britney Spears Ellen Degeneres Christmas Caroling video Part 1

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