britney isn't a sellout because she started in the po[o]p scene. metallica is a good example of a sellout. green day also. the thing with selling out is that it is extremely dificult to the artist to return to the scene where he/she/them started. oh, evanesence is also a sellout (i'm not a fan of theirs but i herad that they were on the underground goth scene, released an album and then released the album that most of us know).