2001

2001-11-31

United States

Britney is the third studio album by American singer Britney Spears, released on October 31, 2001, through Jive Records. Looking to transition from the teen pop styles of her first and sophomore albums ...Baby One More Time (1999) and Oops!... I Did It Again (2000) respectively, Spears began to embrace a significantly more mature sound with Britney. The album music incorporates genres of pop and R&B with influences of electronic dance and occasionally dips into elements of disco, hip hop, rock, and electronica. Its lyrics address the subjects of coming of age, adulthood, control, and sexuality.[1] Contributions to its production came from a variety of collaborators, including Max Martin and Rami Yacoub.[2] Spears herself assumed a more prominent role in the album's development, co-writing six of its tracks. Britney received generally mixed reviews from music critics, who complimented Spears's musical progression but criticized her increasingly provocative image. Regardless, the album was a global success, topping the charts in ten countries and reaching the top ten in over 25 territories. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 746,000 copies, making Spears the first female artist to have her first three studio albums debut atop the chart, a record she would later break with her subsequent releases. It has also sold 10 million copies worldwide,[3] making it one of the best-selling albums of the 21st century. To promote the album, Spears embarked on her fourth concert tour, the Dream Within a Dream Tour, which began in November 2001 and continued until July 2002. The album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 45th annual ceremony. Six singles were released from the album. "I'm a Slave 4 U" reached the top ten in several countries but reached only number twenty-seven on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Spears's first lead single not to peak within the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100. "Overprotected" and "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" had alternated as the second and third single of the album, respectively, both of which performed similarly internationally by reaching top ten in several countries, while the Darkchild remix of the former peaked at number eighty-six on the US Billboard Hot 100. "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman", as well as the following singles "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", "Anticipating" (which was released exclusively in France and Taiwan) and "Boys" did not chart on the US Billboard Hot 100; however, all of them except for "Anticipating" reached the top ten in several countries albeit in less than its preceding singles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britney_(album)

2001

2001-11-06

United States