Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake.Photo:Phillip Faraone/FilmMagic; Jerod Harris/Getty Images
Phillip Faraone/FilmMagic; Jerod Harris/Getty Images
Justin Timberlake’s new single may be called “Selfish,” but it still has to share the charts.
Britney Spears' 2011 track “Selfish” has overtaken Timberlake’s new lead single of the same name on iTunes following a push from Spears fans to support the 13-year-oldFemme Fatalecut.
As of Saturday morning, the song is sitting at No. 2 on the iTunes Top Songs chart for digital downloads, with Timberlake’s “Selfish” trailing behind at No. 4.
Screenshot of iTunes charts on January 27, 2024.iTunes
iTunes
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And it wasn’t just “Selfish” that has returned to the charts for Spears, 42. The music videos for both Spears' “Oops!… I Did It Again” and “I’m a Slave 4 U” occupy the top two spots on iTunes' music videos chart as well, with Timberlake’s new visual trailing behind at No. 3.
Timberlake’s “Selfish” remains within the Top 50 on U.S. Spotify. Its spot on theBillboardHot 100 will be determined when the list releases on Tuesday.
Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears at the Grammy Awards in 2002.L. Cohen/WireImage
L. Cohen/WireImage
On March 15, Timberlake will releaseEverything I Thought It Was, his first studio album since 2018’sMan of the Woods. In a conversation withZane Loweon Apple Music 1 about “Selfish,” Timberlake said that the new material will give his supporters a “real” perspective on his life.
“I was able, on some of the songs, to look back at the past and have a real, not a refracted perspective of what it was because they always say … you always hear that thing about, well, there’s never any truth, there’s just everybody’s perspective of what happened,” he said.
“But to really look at it and be able to metabolize and verbalize my perspective on it, I don’t think I’ve ever really done that before.”
Justin Timberlake on The Tonight Show on Jan. 25, 2024.Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images
Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images
Timberlake also teased “introspective and “incredibly honest” songs on the new record, some of which he’ll be taking on tour with himstarting in April. His Forget Tomorrow World Tour kicks off in Vancouver on April 29 and hits several cities in North America before a July stop in Lexington, Kentucky.
The pop star also revealed to Lowe that he recorded 100 songs for his first album in six years, adding that he “worked for a long time on this album” and had to narrow down to just 18 tracks.
“I think every artist probably says this, but it is my best work,” Timberlake said, adding that it includes “moments that are incredibly honest, but also, there’s a lot of f—ing fun on this album.”
source: people.com
