Britney Spears fans unhappy as Billboard ranks her No 6 on Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century list

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Britney Spears has been named Number 6 on the "Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century" list by Billboard. 

In a recently published list, Billboard put the 42-year-old singer in the sixth position of the coveted list.

However, the Internet was not quite pleased with the ranking and claimed that Spears — who is lovingly called the Princess of Pop — deserved a better ranking. 

After debuting her first album ‘Baby One More Time’ in 1999, Spears went on to achieve several accolades including two diamond albums for her debut project and ‘Oops…I Did It Again’.

Naturally, the Internet was left flabbergasted at the ranking the ‘Toxic’ singer was given by Billboard.

Britney Spears fans unhappy with her Billboard ranking

Though Britney Spears was ranked Number 6, her fans were not pleased with the ranking. They felt that she should at least have been named within the Top 5 of the list. 

One of the fans said, "Britney should be Top 5 argue with the walls."

"Britney is LIKE the face of pop star! This classment is fraudulent," declared another fan.

One social media user stated, "Britney is the definition of what a popstar should be what do you mean #6 ?????"

"She inspired the girlies of this generation. Deserved the top spot," declared someone else.

"I feel like we could have given her 5. @billboard let’s begin negotiations," said another person.

Another disheartened fan said, "She's literally the blueprint for a 21st century popstar and didn't make top 5....."

"She is our pop queen, the definition of what a popstar is, she had to be at least top 3," said another.

"Deserves number one..," demanded another fan of the pop star.

One individual asked, "6th??? When I think pop star, Britney is not number 6th on that list!"

"Shes the face of pop music shes the standard she literally is the inspiration to every single artist since her debut song SHE SHOULD BE #1," declared one agitated fan.

"What kind of bad joke is this? There was not, nor will there be, a pop star who caused the same impact that she had and has on popular culture. practically pop as we know it today was thanks to her," added another exasperated fan.

Britney Spears’ achievements over the years

Wildly considered the "Princess of Pop," Britney Spears became a trailblazer in pop music in the early 21st century.

With her ‘Baby One More Time’ receiving a diamond status, Spears also became the fifth singer under the age of 18 to top the US Billboard 200. 

She went on to produce more chart-topping albums including ‘Oops…I Did It Again’, ‘Circus’, and ‘Britney Jean’ among others. 

The songstress also received a total of eight Grammy nominations, out of which she won one.

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