The Syrupy-Sweet Balladsīritney’s biggest fans may feel differently, but generally speaking when I think Britney Spears, ballads such as these are not my go-to. I felt myself transported back to 2000, when I was 9 going on 10, listening to music on my Discman before the prominence of mp3s and iPods that loomed around the corner. It was certainly a fun experience to relive this classic album. In celebration of the album, I’ve spent a few days listening to it (and Britney in general) and ranked the songs from my least to most favorite. Until her next hit single, let’s enjoy the classic “Oops!… I Did It Again.” Britney Spears’ Oops!… I Did It Again, ranked. Her days of huge hit singles and monstrous albums may be behind her, but her title remains: Queen of Pop. Ever humble, she’d never say it herself, but her motto could easily be: “Oops!… I Did It Again.”Įven in the face of her well-publicized struggles, Britney may have lost her status as the it-girl, but only because she eventually transitioned from girl to woman, from Princess to Queen. She continued to have hit after hit (such as two #1 singles in 2011), and even a Platinum single from her most recent album (2016’s “Make Me”). While all her peers either melted, or morphed to stay afloat, Britney Spears remained unscathed, resting upon her foundation as the reigning Princess of Pop. P!nk cleverly defined herself as the rebellious anti-Britney, forging her own divergent path away from Y2K Pop. Destiny’s Child announced a hiatus for solo projects after the release of their 2001 Pop/R&B hybrid crossover album Survivor, making way for the rise of Beyoncé. 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. “Oops!… I did it again, I played with your heart, got lost in the game…”
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