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Spears is due to release her seventh LP Femme Fatale on March 28, but Whitesnake's eleventh studio effort Forevermore has clocked up 35 per cent more pre-orders on online retailer Amazon UK.
"Britney Spears is one of the most successful global pop acts with a career spanning more than ten years but, even with this pedigree, she is being overshadowed and outsold by the elder statesmen of British rock," a spokesperson for Amazon told The Sun.
"Whitesnake were already releasing their fourth album in 1981, the year Britney was born, and it is a major achievement to be racking up more pre-orders than the pop princess."
The 'Till The World Ends' singer is due to embark on a promo tour to push the album next week, starting with a mini-concert on Good Morning America.
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