Britney Spears Hasn’t Peaked While Peers Have

Scott McLennan of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette spoke with music insiders on whether Britney Spears has seen her career head on the downside. Peter Falconi, operations manager for Citadel Communications in Worcester, said that Spears is a core artist on WXLO-FM (104.5), Citadel’s pop and Top 40 outlet in the city with a target audience of women over the age of 25. “She’s crossed over from teenybopper act to pop icon,” Falconi said. “She’s not the next Madonna, but she has broken out of the pack of young blond divas. Look at Christina Aguilera. She did her thing and went away.” Gary Bongiovanni, editor-in-chief of Pollstar magazine added, “I think *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys are on the downslide, but not Britney. She has not peaked yet.”