[angcat]

You don't need talent today. You have all these horrible pre-teen girls getting record contacts. All you need is money and a relative in the business and you can record and brag.

[Retired Greyhound]

But, she is VERY talented. Unlike Britney Spears.

[ClearCase_guy]

I think that's true. Slightly less true, but still worth saying, is the advice I would give any teen who wanted to be a pop star -- "Give up the singing lessons. They don't matter. Take dance lessons instead. If you want to be a world-famous singer, focus on the dancing."