By September 2009, the album had sold over four million copies worldwide. Soon after its release, it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). A global commercial success, the album debuted atop the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 505,000 copies, becoming her fifth number-one album. ![]() ![]() Their efforts resulted in a primarily pop and dance record, whose lyrical themes addressed fame, infidelity and infatuation.ĭeemed Spears' comeback record, Circus received generally favorable reviews from music critics upon its release the production was complimented but lyrical content and Spears' vocal performance were met with ambivalence. ![]() As executive producers, Larry Rudolph and Teresa LaBarbera Whites enlisted Spears' previous collaborators such as Max Martin, Bloodshy & Avant, Guy Sigsworth and Danja, as well as new ones, including Dr. She recorded the album between March and September 2008, after being involuntarily placed under a conservatorship earlier that year, following her highly-publicized personal struggles in 2007. Transitioning from the "darker and more urban" themes of her fifth studio album Blackout (2007), Spears wanted to make her next project "a little bit lighter". ![]() It was released to coincide with her 27th birthday on December 2, 2008, by Jive Records. Circus is the sixth studio album by American singer Britney Spears.
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