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And this is why Britney Spears will never leave us. Somehow, she has become vital, she has become iconic, and — most of all — she has become infallible. Just take a look at fan reactions to "Womanizer," a song that kind of sounds like what would happen if you threw Mike Jones and an air-raid siren into a blender ... and not in a good way. (I will get between 50 and 100 angry e-mails/comments about that statement, I guarantee it.) To them, the song is brilliant, a clarion call to the "haterz" out there and the best thing she's ever done. In the eyes of her fans, Britney can never do wrong, which pretty much guarantees that she'll live forever, in one form or another. And to that end, just by coming back, she's already written the next chapter in her career. She's a success, and the results — album sales, airplay for singles, tour receipts — are inconsequential.

Also new to next week's chart is Sarah McLachlan's Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan, which opens at #11 after selling around 39,600 copies. Senses Fail's Life Is Not a Waiting Room enters at #18, with 23,700 sold, while Mexican singer Marco Antonio Solis' No Molestar bows at #19, with 22,500 scans. Break Up the Concrete, the Pretenders' latest, debuts at #32, after selling 16,200 copies, while Tesla's Forever More follows at #33, with 16,100 sold. Destiny's Child member Michelle Williams' solo album, Unexpected, surfaces at #42, with week-one scans of 12,100, while Devin the Dude's Landing Gear debuts at #47, with 10,800 sold.

The song — which will appear on Spears' upcoming album, Circus, due December 2 — is also #1 on iTunes charts in Canada, France, Spain and Sweden, Reuters reports. Last week, Spears premiered the video for "Womanizer," in which we see her in various states of undress and playing several different characters, including a naughty secretary and a butt-kicking waitress.