Pop Philosophy"I knew if I didn’t step away andbuild a life outside the musicindustry that I’d always be holdingon too tight. So I went away andshut down the machine fora couple of years."Stacie Orrico on the Jan 16 release of her new albumBeautiful Awakening. (Billboard, 2007) 

After filing for divorce from husband Kevin Federline and hitting the party circuit in grand fashion in recent months, Britney Spears is ready to come back “bigger and better than ever.”