Circus (Deluxe Version)

Britney Spears

Circus is the sixth studio album by American singer Britney Spears. It was released to coincide with her 27th birthday on December 2, 2008, by Jive Records. A transition from the "darker and more urban" themes of her fifth studio album Blackout, Spears wanted to make her next project "a little bit lighter". She recorded the album during the summer of 2008, after being involuntarily placed under a conservatorship earlier that year. Upon its release, Circus received generally favorable reviews from music critics, who complimented its production but were ambivalent towards its lyrical content. It debuted at number one on <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Britney+Spears/Circus+(Deluxe+Version)">Read more on Last.fm</a>.