Britney Spears' 'Britney' Anniversary: Ranking Every Song, 15 Years Later
To celebrate the 15-year anniversary of Britney Spears' third studio album (released on Nov. 5, 2001), Fuse brings you Remember the Record: Britney at 15.
After the bubble-gum-pop that was 1999's ...Baby One More Time and the kittenish tease of 2000's Oops!...I Did it Again, Britney Spears decided she had enough of the cookie cutter pop world and stripped herself from its robot-like demands. Her third eponymous album—a millennial version of Janet Jackson's 1986 Control—remains her most underrated, yet it features some of the pop star's honest revelations. Many fans (including myself) look to 2003's In the Zone as the singer's best album to date. But if it wasn't for the soul searching and defiance that embodied the transitional Britney, its following LP may have not reflected just how ready she was to blossom into a confident woman.
Despite the critics' mixed reviews, Britney went on to be certified 4x Platinum in the U.S. and received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album. So in honor of its anniversary, let's get into our personal rankings of every song on the album!
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