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Britney

Britney
Album by Britney Spears
Released November 6, 2001
Recorded ???
Genre Pop/Rock
Length 39 min 47 sec
Record label Jive
Producers Max Martin,
Rodney Jerkins,
The Neptunes,
Rami,
Wade Robson,
Justin Timberlake
Professional reviews
AMG 4.5/5 link
Rolling Stone 3/5 November 22, 2001
Britney Spears Chronology
Oops!...I Did It Again
(2000)
Britney
(2001)
In the Zone
(2003)

Britney is the third album by the American pop artist Britney Spears. It was released on November 6, 2001 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart; it was certified 4x platinum by the RIAA in mid-December 2001. Although the album has sold over 4 million copies in the US and over 11 million copies worldwide, it was less successful than Spears' first two albums, ...Baby One More Time and Oops!... I Did It Again. Britney is most notable for Spears' own increasingly prominent role in the songwriting as well as a greater focus on her own sexuality. Spears worked with producers such as The Neptunes, Rodney Jerkins, Max Martin and others.

Two of the tracks off the album, "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman" and "I Love Rock 'N Roll" were featured in Spears' 2002 movie, Crossroads.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "I'm a Slave 4 U" (Hugo, Williams) - 3:24
  2. "Overprotected" (Martin, Rami) - 3:19
  3. "Lonely" (Jerkins, Kierulf, Schwartz, Spears) - 3:21
  4. "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" (Dido, Martin, Rami) - 3:52
  5. "Boys" (Hugo, Williams) - 3:28
  6. "Anticipating" (Kierulf, Schwartz, Spears) - 3:16
  7. "I Love Rock & Roll" (Hooker, Merrill) - 3:06
  8. "Cinderella" (Martin, Rami, Spears) - 3:40
  9. "Let Me Be" (Kierulf, Schwartz, Spears) - 2:51
  10. "Bombastic Love" (Martin, Rami) - 3:06
  11. "That's Where You Take Me" (Kierulf, Schwartz, Spears) - 3:32
  12. "What It's Like to Be Me" (Robson, Timberlake) - 2:52

Personnel

  • Britney Spears - vocals, background vocals
  • Sue Ann Carwell - background vocals
  • Tyler Collins - background vocals
  • Albert Hall - background vocals
  • Damion Hall - background vocals
  • Nana Hedin - background vocals
  • Chad Hugo - musician
  • Jennifer Karr - background vocals
  • Thomas Lindberg - bass
  • Max Martin - guitar, background vocals
  • Maxayne Moriguchi - background vocals
  • Esbjörn Öhrwall - guitar
  • Jeff Pescetto - background vocals
  • Nile Rodgers - guitar
  • Jason Scheff - background vocals
  • Chris Thompson - background vocals
  • Wil Wheaton - background vocals
  • Pharrell Williams - musician

Production

  • Producer: Max Martin, Rodney Jerkins, The Neptunes, Rami, Wade Robson, Justin Timberlake
  • Engineer: Max Martin, Andrew Coleman, Brian Garten, Brad Gilderman, Pablo Munguia, Rami, Michael Tucker, Yasu
  • Assistant Engineer: Jaime Duncan, Richard G. Johnson, Marc Stephen Lee, Charles McCrorey, Daniel Milazzo, Tim Roberts, Ryan Smith, Rich Tapper, Jill Tengan
  • Mastering: Tom Coyne
  • Mixing: Max Martin, Stephen George, Serban Ghenea, Jean-Marie Horvat, Rami
  • String Arrangements: James Biondolillo, Mark Suozzo
  • Vocal Arrangement: Justin Timberlake

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
2001 The Billboard 200 1
2001 Top Canadian Albums 1
2001 Top Internet Albums 1

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
2001 "I'm a Slave 4 U" Canadian Singles Chart 8
2001 "I'm a Slave 4 U" Hot Dance Music/Club Play 4
2001 "I'm a Slave 4 U" Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 8
2001 "I'm a Slave 4 U" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 85
2001 "I'm a Slave 4 U" Rhythmic Top 40 21
2001 "I'm a Slave 4 U" The Billboard Hot 100 27
2001 "I'm a Slave 4 U" Top 40 Mainstream 15
2001 "I'm a Slave 4 U" Top 40 Tracks 18
2002 "Boys" Canadian Singles Chart 21
2002 "Boys" Top 40 Mainstream 38
2002 "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" Top 40 Mainstream 21
2002 "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" Top 40 Tracks 32
2002 "Overprotected" Canadian Singles Chart 22
2002 "Overprotected" The Billboard Hot 100 86
2002 "Overprotected" Top 40 Mainstream 37
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