List of songs recorded by Britney Spears explained
American singer Britney Spears made her chart debut in November 1998 with "...Baby One More Time", which attained global success. It was followed by the release of her debut studio album ...Baby One More Time (1999), which opened at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200, and was later certified fourteen-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[1] Spears's second studio album, Oops!... I Did It Again, was released on May 16, 2000, and became the fastest-selling album by a female act in the US, selling 1,319,193 units in its opening week.[2] It spawned the singles "Oops!... I Did It Again", "Lucky", "Stronger", and "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know". In November 2001, Spears's released "I'm a Slave 4 U", the lead single from her self-titled third studio album (2001).[3] In November 2003, Spears's fourth studio album, In the Zone, was released. The album includes "Me Against the Music", a collaboration with Madonna that reached number one on the European Hot 100 Singles, and "Toxic", which earned Spears her first Grammy Award in the category Best Dance Recording.[4] Her first compilation album, , was released the following year.
Following her personal struggles through 2007,[5] Spears's fifth studio album, Blackout, was released in October of the same year. The album sold over three million units worldwide, spawning the hit singles "Gimme More" and "Piece of Me".[6] With the release of her sixth studio album Circus (2008), Spears became the only act in the Nielsen SoundScan era (1991–present) to have four albums debut with US sales of 500,000 or more copies.[7] Including the singles "Womanizer" and "Circus", it sold four million copies worldwide.[6]
Spears's third compilation album, The Singles Collection (2009), includes her third US number-one single "3". In 2011, Spears released the single "Hold It Against Me", making her the second artist in the Billboard Hot 100 chart's 52-year history to debut at number one with two or more songs, after Mariah Carey.[8] The track was included on her seventh studio album Femme Fatale (2011), which debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200.[9] Spears's eighth studio album, Britney Jean, was released in 2013; it made little commercial impact and received mixed reviews from critics but spawned the hit single "Work Bitch", which was certified platinum in the United States. Glory, the ninth studio album from Spears, was released in August 2016 to critical praise and chart success but failed to reach the success of her other albums.
Spears has sold over 150 million records worldwide and more than 36.9 million digital singles in the US alone, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time.[10] [11] Billboard ranked her as the eighth-overall Artist of the Decade; it also recognized her as the best-selling female album artist of the first decade of the 21st century and the fifth overall.[12] [13] The RIAA also recognized Spears as the ninth top-selling female artist in the US, with 38.5 million certified albums.[14] Spears is among the few artists in history to have had a number-one single and a number-one album in each of the three decades of their career (1990s, 2000s, and 2010s).[15]
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Notes and References
- Ask Billboard: Spears, Lovato's 'X'-cellent Sales. Trust. Gary. May 27, 2012. April 12, 2022. Billboard. April 12, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220412015330/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/ask-billboard-spears-lovatos-x-cellent-sales-updated-485947/. live.
- Taylor Swift's 'Red' Sells 1.21 Million; Biggest Sales Week for an Album Since 2002. Keith Caulfield. October 30, 2012. Billboard. April 12, 2022. April 22, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220422201625/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/taylor-swifts-red-sells-121-million-biggest-sales-week-for-an-album-since-2002-474400/. live.
- Todd . Marten . Teen Queen Britney Knocks King of Pop from No. 1 . . November 15, 2001 . April 12, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130518164854/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/77732/teen-queen-britney-knocks-king-of-pop-from-no-1. May 18, 2013.
- Web site: The Decade In Music: Britney Spears' 'Toxic' (2004) : NPR. 2009. September 11, 2010. Schriefer. Amy. NPR. August 22, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100822173555/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120385043. live.
- News: Spears will lose custody of children. October 2, 2007. June 11, 2010. CNN. September 1, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100901195707/http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/01/spears.federline/index.html. live.
- Web site: Britney Spears Highlights . . August 8, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110305010911/http://www.britney.com/us/highlights . March 5, 2011.
- Katie . Hasty . Britney's 'Circus' Debuts Atop Album Chart . . December 10, 2008 . April 12, 2022 . April 13, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220413192130/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/britneys-circus-debuts-atop-album-chart-266126/ . live .
- Web site: Week Ending Jan. 16, 2011: Songs: Britney Tops Taylor. Grein. Paul. Yahoo! Music. January 19, 2011. January 23, 2011. January 24, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110124195857/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/73797/week-ending-jan-16-2011-songs-britney-tops-taylor. live.
- Britney Spears Snares Sixth No. 1 on Billboard 200 with 'Femme Fatale'. Keith Caulfield. Billboard. April 6, 2011. April 12, 2022. March 19, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220319203552/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/britney-spears-snares-sixth-no-1-on-billboard-200-with-femme-fatale-472190/. live.
- Web site: Gregory . Elizabeth . October 19, 2023. The Woman in Me: Britney Spears' best songs of all time, ranked, from Piece Of Me to Toxic . October 28, 2023. .
- Ask Billboard: Britney Spears' Career Album & Song Sales, on the 20th Anniversary of '...Baby One More Time' LIST. Billboard. February 27, 2019. January 15, 2019. https://archive.today/20190115205624/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8493258/britney-spears-career-sales-baby-one-more-time-20th-anniversary-ask-billboard. live.
- Artists of the Decade. December 18, 2009. April 12, 2022. Billboard. September 13, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100913150859/http://www.billboard.com/. live.
- Web site: Chart Watch Extra: The Top 20 Album Sellers Of The 2000s. May 29, 2009. May 3, 2010. Grein. Paul. Yahoo! Music. https://archive.today/20120718084706/http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-extra-the-top-20-album-sellers-of-the-2000s.html. July 18, 2012.
- Web site: Top Selling Artists. Recording Industry Association of America. July 6, 2012. December 9, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131209120422/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php?content_selector=top-selling-artists. live.
- Britney Spears' '3' Decades of No. 1s. Gary Trust. Billboard. February 11, 2011. April 12, 2022. April 13, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220413192146/https://www.billboard.com/pro/ask-billboard-britney-spears-3-decades-of-no-1s/. live.
- Liner notes. "3". 2009. Britney Spears. Jive Records. 88697-60954-2.
- Liner notes. Britney Jean. 2013. Britney Spears. RCA Records. 88843-00119-2.
- Liner notes. Circus. 2008. Britney Spears. Jive Records. 88697-40775-2.
- Liner notes. . 2005. Britney Spears. Jive Records. 82876-74062-2.
- Liner notes. ...Baby One More Time. 1999. Britney Spears. Jive Records. 01241-41651-2.
- Liner notes. "...Baby One More Time". 1998. Britney Spears. Jive Records. JDJ-42545-2.
- Liner notes. Britney Europe version. 2001. Britney Spears. Jive Records. 9222532.
- Liner notes. Glory. 2016. Britney Spears. RCA Records. 88985-36359-2.
- Liner notes. "Born to Make You Happy". 1999. Britney Spears. Jive Records. 9250029.
- Liner notes. In the Zone. 2003. Britney Spears. Jive Records. 82876-57644-2.
- Liner notes. Britney Jean Deluxe. 2013. Britney Spears. RCA Records. 88843-01652-2.
- Liner notes. Oops!... I Did It Again. 2000. Britney Spears. Jive Records. 01241-41704-2.
- Liner notes. Britney & Kevin: Chaotic. 2006. Britney Spears & Kevin Federline. Jive Records. 82876-71833-9.
- Liner notes. Playing with Fire. 2006. Kevin Federline . Reincarnate Music. 80119-01251-2.
- ...Baby One More Time. Spears. Britney. 1999. International CD liner notes. Jive Records. 72438-4727500-5.
- Liner notes. . 2004. Britney Spears. Jive Records. 82876-65294-2.
- Blackout Japanese version. Spears. Britney. 2007. Jive Records. PID 88697-18255-2.
- Liner notes. "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart". 1999. Britney Spears. Jive Records. JDJ-42632-2.
- Liner notes. Blackout. 2007. Britney Spears. Jive Records. 88697-19073-2.
- Liner notes. In the Zone - EP. 2004. Britney Spears. Jive Records. 82876-62450-2.
- Wilker. Deborah. Britney Spears, Pink, Selena Gomez Join 'Hands' for Orlando: How the All-Star Song Came to Life. April 12, 2022. Billboard. July 6, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160707152636/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7424145/britney-spears-pink-selena-gomez-hands-orlando. July 7, 2016. live.
- Web site: 26 August 2022 . Hold Me Closer / Elton John, Britney Spears . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220826110907/https://tidal.com/browse/track/244642906 . 26 August 2022 . 26 August 2022 . Tidal.
- Britney. Britney Spears. 2001. Spanish CD liner notes. Jive Records. 9222532.
- ...Baby One More Time. Spears. Britney. 1999. Japanese CD liner notes. JIVE Records. AVCZ-95114.
- Liner notes. "I'm a Slave 4 U". 2001. Britney Spears. Jive Records. (7)9252752733.
- Liner notes. Britney. 2001. Britney Spears. Jive Records. 01241-41776-2.
- Liner notes. "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman". 2001. Britney Spears. Jive Records. 9253302.
- ...Baby One More Time. Spears. Britney. 1999. Korean limited edition CD liner notes. Jive Records. RZBD004.
- Web site: Madonna 'Remixed and Revisited' Credits. AllMusic. August 12, 2009. August 10, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160810232128/http://www.allmusic.com/album/remixed-revisited-mw0001965737/credits. live.
- Web site: July 21, 2023 . Mind Your Business . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230721044131/https://music.apple.com/us/album/mind-your-business-single/1698262594 . July 21, 2023 . July 20, 2023 . Apple Music (US) .
- Liner notes. Glory Japanese version. 2016. Britney Spears. RCA Records. SICP 4953.
- Liner notes. Platinum Christmas. 2000. Various Artist. Arista Records. 74321-80254-2.
- Web site: Credits / Glory (Deluxe) / Britney Spears. Tidal. December 28, 2020. January 7, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210107090659/https://listen.tidal.com/album/165359713/credits. live.
- Liner notes. "Ooh La La". 2013. Britney Spears. Kemosabe Records. 88883-74574-7.
- Liner notes. "Pretty Girls". 2015. Britney Spears & Iggy Azalea. RCA Records. 88875-11559-2.
- Liner notes. Circus. 2009. Britney Spears. Jive Records. 10022-3211.
- Web site: Vena . Jocelyn . Rihanna Says Britney Spears' 'S&M' Remix 'Had To Be Major' . MTV . April 11, 2011 . April 12, 2022 . May 11, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220511105523/http://www.mtv.com/news/1661717/britney-spears-rihanna/ . dead .
- Liner notes. "Scream & Shout". 2013. Britney Spears with will.i.am. Interscope Records. 06025–3727848–0.
- Liner notes. Bangerz. 2013. Miley Cyrus. RCA Records. 88883-79261-1.
- Liner notes. "Sometimes". 1999. Britney Spears. Jive Records. JDJ-42576-2.
- Liner notes. Femme Fatale. 2011. Britney Spears. Jive Records. 88697-87183-2.
- Liner notes. "Tom's Diner". 2015. Giorgio Moroder. Giorgio Moroder Music LCC. 88644-551698-2.
- Liner notes. Femme Fatale Japanese version. 2011. Britney Spears. Jive Records. SICP 3030.
- Liner notes. "Stronger". 2000. Britney Spears. Jive Records. 9251392.
- Liner notes. "What's Going On". 2001. Britney Spears. Playtone. CK 861992.
- Liner notes. "When I Found You" Europe version. 2001. Britney Spears. Jive Records. 9222532.
- Liner notes. Circus. 2008. Britney Spears. Jive Records. 88697-40776-2.
- Liner notes. "(You Drive Me) Crazy". 1999. Britney Spears. Jive Records. VISA 8411.