Christina Aguilera‘s egotistical three year wait to follow up her hugely successful debut rendered 2002’s Stripped as her last successful album. Competing princesses in waiting like Jessica Simpson and Mandy Moore enjoyed brief but fleeting success. The Spice Girls released their final album, sans Ginger, Forever, in 2000. *N’SYNC disbanded after their 2001 album Celebrity in light of Justin Timberlake’s solo ambitions. The Backstreet Boys went into hiatus following what would become their last successful album Black & Blue. In its wake, her competitors struggled to stay afloat. Her debut album …Baby One More Time served as a warning (“iceberg, straight ahead!”), but with her sophomore set, Britney Spears was revealed to be the iceberg that sank the titanic of her Y2K Pop peers. In 2000, the enormity of her power was revealed. ![]() Imitators quickly followed, but they were mere stones in the shadow of the mountainous Britney Spears. With her debut single in 1998 and album in 1999, she forever changed the course of Y2K Pop by becoming the Pop Princess that single handedly stared down a boatful of boy bands and girl groups. Upon Britney’s debut, we witnessed only the tip of what she was capable of. Released on May 16, 2000, the album is quintessential Y2K pop. With Oops!, she set the record for the biggest first week sales of any female artist (1,319,193, broken by Adele’s 25 in 2015) Britney Spears was the maven of the movement. The title track and stratospheric lead single from Britney Spears’ sophomore album, Oops!… I Did It Again might be directed toward a silly boy, but with this song and its parent album, breaking a boy’s heart became, in retrospect, a metaphor for much more. “Stronger” Listen to Britney Spears’ Oops… I Did It Again: Join our #OopsIChallenge ![]() “When Your Eyes Say It” The Iconic Singles 4. Britney Spears’ Oops!… I Did It Again, ranked.
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