It’s important to note that Britney’s full potential as an artist was blocked and muffled due to the amount of control her record label had over her. She recorded an entire album behind their back which she talked about on a radio show but which was then blocked and never released by the record label. Point is, they desperately wanted a pop puppet but at her core she was so much more than that. Her most prolific albums are the ones where she had creative control. Imagine that. A true artist through and through despite what the little TMZ trolls and their TMZ influenced opinions say about her. Edit: noticing some ignorant individuals in the comments that I would like to check. Britney is one of the most highly scrutinized artists of all time. So if she is gonna write about a toxic situation or situation that would be considered controversial, why would she take credit for writing it. She’s busy getting threatened by Karen’s wanting to shoot her for a pierced belly button and chewing gum. For instance, Justin had not only cheated on Britney several times way before “CMAR” and their breakup but she always kept quiet about it to protect him. So if she writes her own version of “Cry me a river”, exposing him for how he treats her during their relationship why on earth would she want a credit for that. To get dragged, cause drama, get scrutinized and expose a person she loves? Come on now yall. She wrote a few songs about him but the one I’m talking about is called “Lonely”. Enjoy 😊
@@favyan16 but that's not Britney, she doesn't want to be a puppet, successful or not, we want Britney to have more control and showcase her full creativity, we support her all the way
@@chaigneau6981 I think so. And I remember Britney going on Kiss FM and talking about a song called, Mona Lisa. Very autobiographical, if I’m remembering correctly. Now that I think about it, if honest hasn’t already done a video about that album, i would be surprised.
Toxic was almost in Janet Jackson's and Kylie Minogue's hands. Jackson didn't have time to record it and Minogue turned it down and she still has no regrets.
Wrong album, but your point is still correct and valid. Don't know what they were thinking in insisting Toxic NOT be a single. You can listen to the intro of the song and already know that it is catchy and will get tons of radio play.
I said it at the time and I still say it now… “Break the Ice” should have been the first track. It was so clearly written lyrically and sonically as an album opener and would have SLAPPED as a launch point into the album. This was her first album in 4 years which was a lifetime for Britney at the time. The opening lyrics are, “It’s been a while… i shouldn’t have kept you waiting…” and the song itself is called BREAK THE ICE. I mean, come on. I always make it track 1 on playlists that include the album. Instead, clearly the record label simply wanted the big lead single as track 1 (Gimme More). The album is still a dark pop masterpiece though.
@@Itsbritney94 Yes!! This would have been perfect. Break the Ice as the intro track, to literally break the ice and get into the vibe and darker, different sound of the album after a long hiatus, then launch straight into “It’s Britney, bitch!” with Gimme More.
been a fan since 1998. blackout is her best album PERIOD. She literally helped usher in the dark, moody EDM styled pop that then dominated for many years to come.
If you really think about it, this is the pop equivalent of Yeezus (6 years before it came out), if you look at how they’re viewed in their respective communities
@@finnmckentyslanderaccount409 i'd say its more of a pop equivalent of /\/\ /\ Y /\, which came 3 years before Yeezus. it's nowhere near as appreciated as kanye's album despite their similarities, so i recommend you check it out,, but they're all great albums!
This lady has nothing else to prove. If she ever makes music again I hope she does it for herself and the people that are actually fans of her. Yeah she might not get a number 1 album but that doesn't mean anything anymore.
Her last album, "Glory" (2016), peaked at number #3 in America, #2 in the UK, #1 in Italy, and went Top 10 in over twenty countries. Even her biggest flop, "Britney Jean", went Top 5 in the USA (#4), so a new #1 is possible. In any case, she was still the most successful pop star in the world from 1999 to 2004, YEARS before RUclips, streaming, iTunes, etc.
The album that brought dark electronic club sounds to mainstream. One of the most important pop albums of the 21th century and invented albums like The Fame and Rated R. Britney is the trendsetter once again. Credit also to Gwen Stefani, Madonna and Nelly Furtado for laying the groundwork for this
@@Ohlalatay13 i think it was Britney. Once she did it allot of artists did it too as it was huge in the underground and when Britney got into the underground it made the labels allow this sound into the mainstream
• Madonna in 2005 with "Confessions on a Dancefloor" and in 2008 with "Hard Candy" • Justin Timberlake (and ofc Timbaland) with "Futuresex & Lovesounds" in 2006 • Nelly Furtado (and again Timbaland) with "Loose" in 2006 • Britney with "Blackout" in 2007 👑🖤 • Lady Gaga with "The Fame" in 2008 • Rihanna with "Good Girl Gone Bad" in 2007-2008 and "Rated R" in 2009 All those albums had a darker electropop sound (except maybe for Madonna's Confessions which wasn't really as dark) and influenced the early 2010s music sound
I think Blackout and Circus was peak Britney. I’m talking in terms of a full album of work. But I have to say, I haven’t listened to any of her albums after Femme Fatale. I think In the Zone was a strong album, too. But she was firing on all cylinders with her next two releases. Blackout being the best. I still play it. It’s rare that a week goes by, where I don’t play at least half of it. Edit: I remember feeling sorry for Britney. The world was laughing (crazy how people view mental health has changed). She looked so lost. Her glow. That “IT” factor about her, was gone. The spark in her eyes…gone. Then, her eyes looked haunted. Eventually, they looked glazed over. Which is interesting. It looked like the return of the old Britney we loved, when Circus came out. As time went on, she started looking…different. Now we know why.
Blackout was her best body of work IMO… I still listen to cuts from it til this day. I always kinda liked that it flew under everyone’s radar, no pun intended.
@@Ohlalatay13 um… ok I have supported every album she has released because I support Britney. She has been a huge part of my life since I was like 12 don’t even
Blackout is responsible for the person I am today. This showed me we go through chapters. I paralleled my break up situation with the Gimme More video. The Britney dancing on the pole is confident n so free of being perfect. Seriously Gimme More gave me confidence.
I got so hype when I saw the video title cause I've been saying it since this album came out.. Blackout doesn't get enough credit for being an amazing pop album because people were too busy focusing on her personal life to respect it. I still go back to it time and time again and love it.
I was in high school when black out dropped it was huge and everyone was so happy to see her f everyone and create . This and then circus is probably the best comeback in music history every back to back
@@Ohlalatay13 that’s where your unfortunately so wrong when it’s pertains to the music business… artist can’t even get 200 people to stand in line now to buy music and 3 million went to buy hers .. it was monumental for her and everyone around. Literally everyone went insane and then the follow up was even more impactful , they tried to sell her short and she killed it each time … last time I checked you just need to sell 500k to recoup enough for a new album so that’s never a flop when your hit that 5x more …
‘Why Should I Be Sad’ is still a loaded question, when it comes to Britney. I still see it as a true escapist album, which is why I love it. She didn’t have to be Madonna, Janet., or Robyn, as far as subject matter, to achieve this poignant masterpiece.
Justice for In The Zone which was also very personal and had a lot of innovative sounds going for it. She was experimenting with techno, Japanese sounds, reggae and a lot of different unique styles. The album also tells a story from front to back and she wrote almost every song on there. It's imo her best and most Britney record!!
@@akanetsunemori7621 yeah but without The Fame everyone else would continue making non-electronic music. Blackout was not successful enough to push the sound of that kind. The Fame did.
Within the last few years I discovered this album in its entirety and have never been the same since. An iconic masterpiece- similar imo to The Fame Monster, where truthfully ANY of the cuts could have been singles. Perfect Lover from the album is one of my favorite songs ever. This album will remain relevant and current for decades to come
I’m a hardcore rap fan but Britney Spears is my favorite artist of all time . This whole album was what started that dark pop sound for the 2000’s /2010’s idc argue with the wind. Her song Heaven On Earth (demo) from this CD is unlike any pop song I’ve ever heard. LISTEN TO HER BLACKOUT LEAKS YALL, this album deserves 15 more songs. Britney you will always be my Queen of Pop. 👏🏼
Would absolutely love that and want Original Doll, Unreleased rock album, country album I suspect has been on her brain. Glory is great, also developed in secret. She literally raised hell on the set of the music videos bc she hated how ppl were pushing her vision. Looking forward to seeing more. Cher had hits and career forever
I absolutely loved the blackout era! It dropped when I was still in elementary school and I remember taking my aunts iPod every time she babysat me and listened to the album on repeat😅 Radar was probably one of my favorite songs off the album
Blackout is awesome and my fav (I love Heaven on Earth, Freak show, Hot as Ice, Toy Soldier, Break the ice) , but I’m in a looooooong phase of Circus worship at the moment (Unusual You, Out From Under, Lace and Leather, Phonography). And Glory is great, too!! That’s the truly underrated Britney album.
Okay, now you gotta talk about Femme Fatale, because that was a huge comeback era for her. I remember how big that album was in high school and I always wanted to know more about how that came about
Man I was NOT in the Britney fanbase at all - I was into hardcore punk and metalcore as a teen and still am as an adult - but even I remember hearing the songs on Blackout in the mall and thinking "man, Britney is REALLY different now". I'm not the expert on bubbegum pop, but looking back it really deserved more acclaim for being such a shift and being kinda good. As an aside, she looked really striking with that black hair, I wish she'd kept that look longer.
Blackout is a masterpiece. I honestly haven't liked anything she's done since Blackout. Here's hoping her new found freedom means we'll get another album where she has creative control again.
I have listen to this albums so many times that i have my own little remix of Toy Soldier and Get Naked I sing when washing the dishes. This album is iconiccc
You are so descriptive in your storytelling and I love that about your channel. You are great at painting a picture. Also, the Blackout era of Britney sort of reminds me of the Erotica era of Madonna. Both somewhat ahead of their time as well as sound defining, controversial at time of release and considered a flop only to be revered as masterpiece many years later. They don’t like it when you break the mold, but with big breakout artists, I think it is often breaking from the mold that makes them legendary
Fun fact: the Origional line in ‘Gimme more’ was “it’s Britney, y’all!” But a week before release Britney had just learned how to curse and so she wanted to show off her new words that she learned and asked the producer if she could say the b word. The rest as they say, is history ☺️
Gimme More could've been such a sick music video if there was more effort put into it. The lighting and quick cuts are pretty cool, though. Unfortunate. But in a sense the fact that she was a lot less polished during that album it kind of fit the theme. Great album.
I take issue with the accuracy. She took inspiration from veterans of pop music, such as Paula Abdul, Madonna and Janet Jackson and even Amy Grant. She probably superceded all of them in popularity in her peak and with album/tour sales, but she was not a pioneer in the female pop genre. She has earned the title of Queen of Pop, but I certainly wouldn't exclude the fact that we can allow multiple queens, in this instance and we can recognize that there were female musicians prior to her that had an equally strong impact on pop music, in their time. All of this said, Britney is likely my favorite female musician of all time. I may not fully agree, but I still share the love!
Britney’s “Blackout”, JT’s “FutureSex” and Gaga’s “Fame” changed the sound of 2000s pop forever and the influence from these albums is still being felt in the 2020s…
@@Ohlalatay13 ☠️☠️☠️ Take A Bow (1994) madonnas longest running us number one. Ray of light 16 million (1998) frozen single number 1 all sround the globe. Music album (2000) 4 million in only 10 days over 11 million overall and another global no 1 hit Music. COADF (2005) best selling album of 2005 and hung up number one single in 41 countries. STICKY AND SWEET TOUR (2009) HIGHEST GROSSING FEMALE TOUR OF ALL TIME. HOW IS THAT OVER?? Madonna lasted for 40 years and changed the entire game be the that why she will forever be the queen of pop. U really lie so much to lift gaga up
to clarify, britney was always okay with songs about her personal life, it was just assumed it was an unspoken rule that she usually wasn't into having songs about her relationships because she rejected a song abt her and JT, but when bloodshy and avant pitched Piece of Me to her, she LOVED it
In the Zone is my favorite Britney album and I often wonder what her future releases would’ve been like if she had kept that amount of creative control over her material. With that being said, Blackout is literally a masterpiece and I will never not be impressed with her ability to deliver such an influential body of work while going through the roughest point in her life.
@@Ohlalatay13 Girl… are your really sitting here thinking sales = influence? The delusion… this is one of the biggest problems with Stan culture lol so many of y’all incorrectly equivalate sales with quality and impact
@@Ohlalatay13 no, what? No to the fact that sales =/= influence? Or just no to my entire comment because you couldn’t bother thinking of a rebuttal? Lol
@@hunterwilliams8923 i just woke up and saw your reply, um anyways, blackout almost ended britney's career, it wasnt enough popular to push that kind of sound The Fame literally made electronic sound mainstream
I grew up on the "Classic" Britney albums ...Baby One More Time to In The Zone. Those remain my favorites, but Blackout hits differently than the albums that came before it and her subsequent releases she recorded while under conservatorship, Circus to Glory. Musically and thematically I've always thought of Blackout as a bridge between the height of her career and the "safe" albums she put out between 2008 and 2016. Despite it not being my favorite, Blackout has some of Britney's best songs. "Piece of Me" and "Break the Ice" stand out for me in particular. It is unfortunate Blackout gets so overlooked because it came out during a very chaotic time in her personal life, but at least some are recognizing the album's significance fifteen years later.
I will not entertain the fact that In The Zone "is not innovative" and "tapers off towards the end." NO ONE was doing songs like Breathe On Me, Touch of my Hand, Early Mornin', Brave New Girl, etc before In The Zone. That album is just as good if not better than Blackout. Flop opinion.
This video reminded me that I wanted to thank you for that Original Doll video you made a while back. Had I not seen it, I wouldn't have become a Britney fan - which really improved my concept of self and my mental health and assured me in pursuing a career. in music So thank you honest!
As a lifelong Britney fan I think Blackout is truly her best work by a landslide. There are a few songs after 2007 that were okay but none of them were as urban, as innovative and as unique as any track from Blackout. It breaks my heart all the more to see where people around her steered her career, basically forcing it back to the mindless pop lane for profit. I dare to believe that had the choice been left to her, she would've taken her music to a much more interesting space. I highly recommend checking out some of the unreleased/demo tracks recorded for the album - they were all good songs in the making and serve as a little extension for those who can't get enough of Blackout. I wonder if she ever be up for releasing new music & where that will land. On one hand she matured a lot but she also has 13 years of angst and frustration to release that could serve as a driving force behind her art. Time will tell. I won't give up on her just yet, I think she still has the potential to produce another truly iconic masterpiece for us.
BLACKOUT is Britneys best work. It also birthed a catch phrase that will live forever "IT'S BRITNEY BITCH" I hope now she is FREE we get an album like this. Sometimes artists are a head of there time.
Blackout didn't fare as well commercially because Britney did barely if any promotion at all for it (unless you count that trainreck MTV performance). It was the first album she didn't promote on talk shows or the regular album promo circuit (most likely due to her tumultuous life at the time so we can't exactly blame her). Even with the videos, she really only did 2 (Gimme More & the MUCH better Piece of Me) while Break The Ice was animated and Radar got barely any promotion and for some reason was featured on her next album Circus as well. Anyway that's just my input on why I feel it didn't sell as well as her previous albums.
I love this video I thought it was really informative for people that don’t know Britney Spears‘s artistry but I think it’s also important to mention how innovative Britney Spears actually is as an artist most people really consider her a singles artist but her albums are the ones that sell the best. Her albums are the best the 2000’s pop has to offer. Britney has always been personal but it’s not due to the fact that she doesn’t want to get personal on her albums but it’s the fact that the machine that made her created her did not want her to have a voice. She was originally going to be a Sheryl Crow type of singer and she was very influenced by Alanis Morissette and Janet Jackson’s the velvet rope she wanted to be a personal artist but because she was such an incredible dancer and performer they turned her into Madonna and the more personal she wanted to be the less freedom she had. Blackout and In The Zone are her innovative works they created Britney Spears the icon.
She legally couldn't credit herself on any song that could be considered connected to her marriage. Break The Ice was originally going to be a dance video but she didn't want to and any further singles got cut because of the conservatorship.
“Blackout” and “In the Zone” were Britney’s best albums. In my opinion.
yes
but still Britney is hella good also
Amen
I agree! And those were the two albums she had the most creative control over - which shows how creative, innovative, and talented she truly is.
Breathe on me is an absolute masterpiece!!!
It’s important to note that Britney’s full potential as an artist was blocked and muffled due to the amount of control her record label had over her. She recorded an entire album behind their back which she talked about on a radio show but which was then blocked and never released by the record label. Point is, they desperately wanted a pop puppet but at her core she was so much more than that. Her most prolific albums are the ones where she had creative control. Imagine that. A true artist through and through despite what the little TMZ trolls and their TMZ influenced opinions say about her.
Edit: noticing some ignorant individuals in the comments that I would like to check. Britney is one of the most highly scrutinized artists of all time. So if she is gonna write about a toxic situation or situation that would be considered controversial, why would she take credit for writing it. She’s busy getting threatened by Karen’s wanting to shoot her for a pierced belly button and chewing gum. For instance, Justin had not only cheated on Britney several times way before “CMAR” and their breakup but she always kept quiet about it to protect him. So if she writes her own version of “Cry me a river”, exposing him for how he treats her during their relationship why on earth would she want a credit for that. To get dragged, cause drama, get scrutinized and expose a person she loves? Come on now yall. She wrote a few songs about him but the one I’m talking about is called “Lonely”. Enjoy 😊
The name was Original Doll wasn’t it?
My
If she wasn’t a puppet she wouldn’t have been as successful. The label made her her best more commercial version.
@@favyan16 but that's not Britney, she doesn't want to be a puppet, successful or not, we want Britney to have more control and showcase her full creativity, we support her all the way
@@chaigneau6981 I think so. And I remember Britney going on Kiss FM and talking about a song called, Mona Lisa. Very autobiographical, if I’m remembering correctly. Now that I think about it, if honest hasn’t already done a video about that album, i would be surprised.
Fun fact her label didn’t wanted her to release toxic, she was the one had to convinced them to do it. And it won a grammy
Toxic was almost in Janet Jackson's and Kylie Minogue's hands. Jackson didn't have time to record it and Minogue turned it down and she still has no regrets.
And they didn’t want to have MATM as the lead single but as history proves, she was right
Exactly she always knew what was best for her career, not her team.
Wrong album, but your point is still correct and valid.
Don't know what they were thinking in insisting Toxic NOT be a single. You can listen to the intro of the song and already know that it is catchy and will get tons of radio play.
@@ryanappleton3653 Kylie did regret it tho for turning it down
This album was so ahead of it’s time and still sounds fresh today. Blackout is the blueprint for so many careers today
I'm ahead of my time too
I said it at the time and I still say it now… “Break the Ice” should have been the first track. It was so clearly written lyrically and sonically as an album opener and would have SLAPPED as a launch point into the album. This was her first album in 4 years which was a lifetime for Britney at the time. The opening lyrics are, “It’s been a while… i shouldn’t have kept you waiting…” and the song itself is called BREAK THE ICE. I mean, come on. I always make it track 1 on playlists that include the album.
Instead, clearly the record label simply wanted the big lead single as track 1 (Gimme More). The album is still a dark pop masterpiece though.
But the “Its Britney Bitch” is so iconic. Also gimme more was more catchy.
As much as I love Break the Ice, I think the choice to put Gimmie More out first was the correct one.
Ngl you got a point tho, either or would be just as iconic as an album opener
@@Itsbritney94 Yes!! This would have been perfect. Break the Ice as the intro track, to literally break the ice and get into the vibe and darker, different sound of the album after a long hiatus, then launch straight into “It’s Britney, bitch!” with Gimme More.
I will always have this album as a guilty pleasure album, if I can find it will have to buy it.
been a fan since 1998. blackout is her best album PERIOD. She literally helped usher in the dark, moody EDM styled pop that then dominated for many years to come.
If you really think about it, this is the pop equivalent of Yeezus (6 years before it came out), if you look at how they’re viewed in their respective communities
@@finnmckentyslanderaccount409 i'd say its more of a pop equivalent of /\/\ /\ Y /\, which came 3 years before Yeezus. it's nowhere near as appreciated as kanye's album despite their similarities, so i recommend you check it out,, but they're all great albums!
Agreed 👍
1) In The Zone
2) Blackout
3) Circus
4) Britney
5) Glory
6) Femme Fatale
7) Baby One More Time
8) Oops I Did it again
9) Britney Jean
@@trueblue-blackout9900 switch Femme Fatale with Oops and BAM you got a perfect ranking lmaooo
Missing a shoutout to Keri Hilson for writing so much of the songs on the album. You can hear her backing vocals everywhere.
I was looking for this comment!
Yep and I only noticed it was Keri hilson a two years ago when listening while working
Keri Hilson is a queen 💖♀️💅🏻
This lady has nothing else to prove. If she ever makes music again I hope she does it for herself and the people that are actually fans of her. Yeah she might not get a number 1 album but that doesn't mean anything anymore.
Preeeeaaaacccchhh!!!!
Exactly it really doesn’t matter anymore what chart position u get. She will always sell tickets and have a huge fanbase
Her last album, "Glory" (2016), peaked at number #3 in America, #2 in the UK, #1 in Italy, and went Top 10 in over twenty countries. Even her biggest flop, "Britney Jean", went Top 5 in the USA (#4), so a new #1 is possible.
In any case, she was still the most successful pop star in the world from 1999 to 2004, YEARS before RUclips, streaming, iTunes, etc.
Blackout is the ONLY album that she was executive producer for, it’s the only one where she had the final say creatively on everything
And its objectively her best album, thats why the conservatorship was USELESS
The album that brought dark electronic club sounds to mainstream. One of the most important pop albums of the 21th century and invented albums like The Fame and Rated R. Britney is the trendsetter once again. Credit also to Gwen Stefani, Madonna and Nelly Furtado for laying the groundwork for this
and yet The Fame made that sound mainstream
@@Ohlalatay13 cool
@@Ohlalatay13 gagaola from twitter? 💀💀
@@Ohlalatay13 i think it was Britney. Once she did it allot of artists did it too as it was huge in the underground and when Britney got into the underground it made the labels allow this sound into the mainstream
• Madonna in 2005 with "Confessions on a Dancefloor" and in 2008 with "Hard Candy"
• Justin Timberlake (and ofc Timbaland) with "Futuresex & Lovesounds" in 2006
• Nelly Furtado (and again Timbaland) with "Loose" in 2006
• Britney with "Blackout" in 2007 👑🖤
• Lady Gaga with "The Fame" in 2008
• Rihanna with "Good Girl Gone Bad" in 2007-2008 and "Rated R" in 2009
All those albums had a darker electropop sound (except maybe for Madonna's Confessions which wasn't really as dark) and influenced the early 2010s music sound
I think Blackout and Circus was peak Britney. I’m talking in terms of a full album of work. But I have to say, I haven’t listened to any of her albums after Femme Fatale. I think In the Zone was a strong album, too. But she was firing on all cylinders with her next two releases. Blackout being the best. I still play it. It’s rare that a week goes by, where I don’t play at least half of it.
Edit: I remember feeling sorry for Britney. The world was laughing (crazy how people view mental health has changed). She looked so lost. Her glow. That “IT” factor about her, was gone. The spark in her eyes…gone. Then, her eyes looked haunted. Eventually, they looked glazed over. Which is interesting. It looked like the return of the old Britney we loved, when Circus came out. As time went on, she started looking…different. Now we know why.
Glory is fire, you should give it a chance. I didn't think I would like it based on Make Me, but it's actually good.
actually In the zone was her peak, after it her career went down (sadly) due to media harassment. She actually pushed the paparazzi laws.
My favorite Britney album is always one of these two.
@@FLdancer00 Make Me was the song with G-Eazy, right? If I'm correct, I remember seeing her perform it, with G-Eazy. I'll check it out.
@@spongebob03 Correct, that's the one. The video is cute, but the song is kinda meh. The album is great tho, she sings a song in French 🔥
I still listen to this album weekly. It still holds up. It was inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame for a reason
I'll be in the rock n roll hall of fame for some reason too
Blackout was her best body of work IMO… I still listen to cuts from it til this day. I always kinda liked that it flew under everyone’s radar, no pun intended.
not true, In the zone and Britney are her best albums
@@Ohlalatay13 …IMO = in my opinion, but I appreciate yours. Me Against the Music is the jam… 🎧
agreed, and it even sounds amazing when played backwards. look up some of the songs on it and type reversed. its so fucking awesome
Justice for original doll 😭
This era (blackout) was probably my favorite. I still go back and listen to that album sometimes to this day lol
so you liked the harassment of britney?
@@Ohlalatay13 #freebritney
@@donovanberes idk how anyone's fav era can be anything after In the zone. They were too brutal to Britney. My fav era is In the zone.
@@Ohlalatay13 um… ok I have supported every album she has released because I support Britney. She has been a huge part of my life since I was like 12 don’t even
Blackout is responsible for the person I am today. This showed me we go through chapters. I paralleled my break up situation with the Gimme More video. The Britney dancing on the pole is confident n so free of being perfect. Seriously Gimme More gave me confidence.
I got so hype when I saw the video title cause I've been saying it since this album came out.. Blackout doesn't get enough credit for being an amazing pop album because people were too busy focusing on her personal life to respect it. I still go back to it time and time again and love it.
I was in high school when black out dropped it was huge and everyone was so happy to see her f everyone and create . This and then circus is probably the best comeback in music history every back to back
huge? it sold only 3m pure copies. it tanked.
@@Ohlalatay13 3m is huge for most artists in the industry
@@Ohlalatay13 why are you here?
@@Ohlalatay13 that’s where your unfortunately so wrong when it’s pertains to the music business… artist can’t even get 200 people to stand in line now to buy music and 3 million went to buy hers .. it was monumental for her and everyone around. Literally everyone went insane and then the follow up was even more impactful , they tried to sell her short and she killed it each time … last time I checked you just need to sell 500k to recoup enough for a new album so that’s never a flop when your hit that 5x more …
@@Ohlalatay13 you should go read everything you need to know about the MB by Donald Passman I’m sure you’ll learn a few things
‘Why Should I Be Sad’ is still a loaded question, when it comes to Britney.
I still see it as a true escapist album, which is why I love it. She didn’t have to be Madonna, Janet., or Robyn, as far as subject matter, to achieve this poignant masterpiece.
Justice for In The Zone which was also very personal and had a lot of innovative sounds going for it. She was experimenting with techno, Japanese sounds, reggae and a lot of different unique styles. The album also tells a story from front to back and she wrote almost every song on there. It's imo her best and most Britney record!!
also tons of bhangra/Indian pop sounds on that record too!
Break the ice is SO underrated
YAAASSS!!!
Thank you😩🥂✨
It's probably the album that influenced late 00s and 10s the most. Quote me.
Oh it is
Lol no, it almost ended her career and sold 3M copies. The Fame actually made electronic sound mainstream.
@@Ohlalatay13 Gaga herself said that lot of The Fame was influenced by Blackout lmao. Its not about charts, its about IMPACT... Learn the word
@@akanetsunemori7621 yeah but without The Fame everyone else would continue making non-electronic music. Blackout was not successful enough to push the sound of that kind. The Fame did.
@@Ohlalatay13 yes the fame made it mainstream by using the sound Britney’s album created
Within the last few years I discovered this album in its entirety and have never been the same since. An iconic masterpiece- similar imo to The Fame Monster, where truthfully ANY of the cuts could have been singles. Perfect Lover from the album is one of my favorite songs ever. This album will remain relevant and current for decades to come
literally my favorite album ever it’s literally pop cultural perfection
I’m a hardcore rap fan but Britney Spears is my favorite artist of all time . This whole album was what started that dark pop sound for the 2000’s /2010’s idc argue with the wind. Her song Heaven On Earth (demo) from this CD is unlike any pop song I’ve ever heard. LISTEN TO HER BLACKOUT LEAKS YALL, this album deserves 15 more songs. Britney you will always be my Queen of Pop. 👏🏼
I wonder if there’s any usb drives or some way of obtaining her unreleased music and dropping it on streaming services.
Would absolutely love that and want Original Doll, Unreleased rock album, country album I suspect has been on her brain. Glory is great, also developed in secret. She literally raised hell on the set of the music videos bc she hated how ppl were pushing her vision. Looking forward to seeing more. Cher had hits and career forever
@@MsBlacksmith7 we were definitely robbed of Original Doll!!
Those unreleased ones are FIRE! 911, Rebellion, Welcome to me, etc
@@itsjoshdiaz State of Grace, Dramatic, Sugarfall, Kiss You All Over >>>> I could go on all freakin day tbh😂
Blackout bangs to this day. A perfect pop album. Dark beats over sultry pop lyrics. I just love it.
its a great album. one to be proud of.
This album birthed Rihanna's Loud album.
That's it. That's the catchphrase.
Idky but I always consider Rihanna's Rated R the stepsister version of Britney's Blackout
Also The Fame!
I’ve also thought that Circus inspired Talk that Talk too
I remember reports of her "lashing out" a lot during this time...wonder if this was her just fighting for control and they overreacted
Lol overreacted is an understatement
Idk but Britney definitely wasnt well during this period of her life. She needed help it was just given to her in a wrong way by wrong people
I absolutely loved the blackout era! It dropped when I was still in elementary school and I remember taking my aunts iPod every time she babysat me and listened to the album on repeat😅 Radar was probably one of my favorite songs off the album
Blackout is awesome and my fav (I love Heaven on Earth, Freak show, Hot as Ice, Toy Soldier, Break the ice) , but I’m in a looooooong phase of Circus worship at the moment (Unusual You, Out From Under, Lace and Leather, Phonography). And Glory is great, too!! That’s the truly underrated Britney album.
Blackout is one of my favorite albums of any artist ever!
Okay, now you gotta talk about Femme Fatale, because that was a huge comeback era for her. I remember how big that album was in high school and I always wanted to know more about how that came about
Man I was NOT in the Britney fanbase at all - I was into hardcore punk and metalcore as a teen and still am as an adult - but even I remember hearing the songs on Blackout in the mall and thinking "man, Britney is REALLY different now". I'm not the expert on bubbegum pop, but looking back it really deserved more acclaim for being such a shift and being kinda good. As an aside, she looked really striking with that black hair, I wish she'd kept that look longer.
NO WAY that’s Pharrell in the back on “Why Should I be Sad?” LMAO IM GONE 💀
Blackout is a masterpiece. I honestly haven't liked anything she's done since Blackout. Here's hoping her new found freedom means we'll get another album where she has creative control again.
I'm a masterpiece too
I have listen to this albums so many times that i have my own little remix of Toy Soldier and Get Naked I sing when washing the dishes. This album is iconiccc
This is actually the album that made me a fan of hers. Break the Ice is incredible
'Why Should I Be Sad' is my favorite track off of Blackout. It's so underrated.
You are so descriptive in your storytelling and I love that about your channel. You are great at painting a picture. Also, the Blackout era of Britney sort of reminds me of the Erotica era of Madonna. Both somewhat ahead of their time as well as sound defining, controversial at time of release and considered a flop only to be revered as masterpiece many years later. They don’t like it when you break the mold, but with big breakout artists, I think it is often breaking from the mold that makes them legendary
Fun fact: the Origional line in ‘Gimme more’ was “it’s Britney, y’all!” But a week before release Britney had just learned how to curse and so she wanted to show off her new words that she learned and asked the producer if she could say the b word. The rest as they say, is history ☺️
lol
Finally someone giving get back some attention. Its literally one of the best ones on the album.
Where have you been? The guardian and rolling stone already placed it on their best album list.
@@tobypoopoo2902 It's not talked about much by the public or the media. It's as good as a single
This album. Is what I mean when I say *iconic*. It is the epitome of iconic and so fucking underrated. Definitely my favourite album of hers. 🖤
This album got me hooked with Britney
Gimme More could've been such a sick music video if there was more effort put into it. The lighting and quick cuts are pretty cool, though. Unfortunate. But in a sense the fact that she was a lot less polished during that album it kind of fit the theme. Great album.
Nobody can touch Britney when it comes to pop. Nobody also wants to admit that she is and always was the queen of pop 👸
I take issue with the accuracy. She took inspiration from veterans of pop music, such as Paula Abdul, Madonna and Janet Jackson and even Amy Grant.
She probably superceded all of them in popularity in her peak and with album/tour sales, but she was not a pioneer in the female pop genre. She has earned the title of Queen of Pop, but I certainly wouldn't exclude the fact that we can allow multiple queens, in this instance and we can recognize that there were female musicians prior to her that had an equally strong impact on pop music, in their time.
All of this said, Britney is likely my favorite female musician of all time. I may not fully agree, but I still share the love!
@@Digital_David Sure there were queens before her, but none ca touch her.
@@Digital_David she said that she indeed took inspiration from many artists, but we cant deny that she made her own impact on music
Itz and blackout are literally top tier albums
Britney’s “Blackout”, JT’s “FutureSex” and Gaga’s “Fame” changed the sound of 2000s pop forever and the influence from these albums is still being felt in the 2020s…
And confessions on ths dance floor by madonna, mid 2000s and late 2000s was 💎
JT and Britney being trendsetters iconic and ironic. Lady gaga, Rihanna and others just followed their example..
@@quanashiab.9620 it wasn't impactful at all, madonnas career ended when she dropped erotica
@@survivorbest4589 Gaga made that sound mainstream, dont forget that
@@Ohlalatay13 ☠️☠️☠️ Take A Bow (1994) madonnas longest running us number one. Ray of light 16 million (1998) frozen single number 1 all sround the globe. Music album (2000) 4 million in only 10 days over 11 million overall and another global no 1 hit Music. COADF (2005) best selling album of 2005 and hung up number one single in 41 countries. STICKY AND SWEET TOUR (2009) HIGHEST GROSSING FEMALE TOUR OF ALL TIME. HOW IS THAT OVER?? Madonna lasted for 40 years and changed the entire game be the that why she will forever be the queen of pop. U really lie so much to lift gaga up
Blackout was a great album. Can listen beginning to end.
to clarify, britney was always okay with songs about her personal life, it was just assumed it was an unspoken rule that she usually wasn't into having songs about her relationships because she rejected a song abt her and JT, but when bloodshy and avant pitched Piece of Me to her, she LOVED it
In the Zone is my favorite Britney album and I often wonder what her future releases would’ve been like if she had kept that amount of creative control over her material. With that being said, Blackout is literally a masterpiece and I will never not be impressed with her ability to deliver such an influential body of work while going through the roughest point in her life.
Blackout changed the music industry. It was such an iconic album.
The Fame did with 18M pure copies + Monster = 24M
Blackout sold like 3M
@@Ohlalatay13 Girl… are your really sitting here thinking sales = influence? The delusion… this is one of the biggest problems with Stan culture lol so many of y’all incorrectly equivalate sales with quality and impact
@@hunterwilliams8923 no
@@Ohlalatay13 no, what? No to the fact that sales =/= influence? Or just no to my entire comment because you couldn’t bother thinking of a rebuttal? Lol
@@hunterwilliams8923 i just woke up and saw your reply, um anyways, blackout almost ended britney's career, it wasnt enough popular to push that kind of sound
The Fame literally made electronic sound mainstream
HOW could you avoid talking not only the best track on the album but her career GET NAKED (I GOT A PLAN)??? A head of its time and a masterpiece
YES love this song. Also love the mashup with slave 4 u and get naked during her Piece Of Me world tour/residency
Blackout blacks out the negativity in my life EVERYTIME I listen to it tbh
True album of the millenium
Blackout is my favorite album HANDS DOWN. Every song could have been a single
Blackout wasn’t a “flop” 😏 it sold nearly 300k first week with zero promo other than VMAs performance 😝
GIMME MORE is hands down my favorite Britney song. No doubts about it.🖤
I grew up on the "Classic" Britney albums ...Baby One More Time to In The Zone. Those remain my favorites, but Blackout hits differently than the albums that came before it and her subsequent releases she recorded while under conservatorship, Circus to Glory. Musically and thematically I've always thought of Blackout as a bridge between the height of her career and the "safe" albums she put out between 2008 and 2016. Despite it not being my favorite, Blackout has some of Britney's best songs. "Piece of Me" and "Break the Ice" stand out for me in particular. It is unfortunate Blackout gets so overlooked because it came out during a very chaotic time in her personal life, but at least some are recognizing the album's significance fifteen years later.
I will not entertain the fact that In The Zone "is not innovative" and "tapers off towards the end." NO ONE was doing songs like Breathe On Me, Touch of my Hand, Early Mornin', Brave New Girl, etc before In The Zone. That album is just as good if not better than Blackout. Flop opinion.
Facts
This video reminded me that I wanted to thank you for that Original Doll video you made a while back. Had I not seen it, I wouldn't have become a Britney fan - which really improved my concept of self and my mental health and assured me in pursuing a career. in music So thank you honest!
I would say circus is her most personal album it has her darkest lyrics, while blackout has the darkest production
The princess of pop really did her thing with blackout!
In the zone is a great album from start to ending. I don’t see it falling off towards the end 😂
BLACKOUT AND CIRCUS ARE HER BEST ALBUMS, I LOVE THEM AND STILL PLAY IT ......A LOT....LOL
Heaven on earth and unusual you are the best
circus for sure not
Britney is a genius. FYI In the Zone is a gr8 album
The undeniable Princess of Pop.
Freakshow is underrated
Blackout was my favorite album she ever did
Many of the songs in the album feel relevant and appropiate for today's pop scene. I love Why Should I Be Sad and Heaven on Earth
As a lifelong Britney fan I think Blackout is truly her best work by a landslide. There are a few songs after 2007 that were okay but none of them were as urban, as innovative and as unique as any track from Blackout. It breaks my heart all the more to see where people around her steered her career, basically forcing it back to the mindless pop lane for profit.
I dare to believe that had the choice been left to her, she would've taken her music to a much more interesting space.
I highly recommend checking out some of the unreleased/demo tracks recorded for the album - they were all good songs in the making and serve as a little extension for those who can't get enough of Blackout.
I wonder if she ever be up for releasing new music & where that will land. On one hand she matured a lot but she also has 13 years of angst and frustration to release that could serve as a driving force behind her art.
Time will tell. I won't give up on her just yet, I think she still has the potential to produce another truly iconic masterpiece for us.
Blackout is her best album… Next Glory
BLACKOUT is Britneys best work. It also birthed a catch phrase that will live forever "IT'S BRITNEY BITCH"
I hope now she is FREE we get an album like this. Sometimes artists are a head of there time.
I listen to blackout on vinyl like everyday
Keri Hilson wrote my favorite song off the album "Break the Ice"
Best Britney album by far
Also you're spot on with the observation about "The Fame" !
and The Fame is one that made electronic sound mainstream
definitely a classic and britneys best album
BREATHE ON ME IS A MASTERPIECE!!!!
FINALLY IV BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR U TO MAKE A BLACK OUT BRITNEY SPEARS VIDEO YESSSS
2007 's Blackout was in my opinion Britneys best album. I love every track.
Blackout is my favorite album of hers. Felt like we saw her real personality.
Blackout didn't fare as well commercially because Britney did barely if any promotion at all for it (unless you count that trainreck MTV performance). It was the first album she didn't promote on talk shows or the regular album promo circuit (most likely due to her tumultuous life at the time so we can't exactly blame her). Even with the videos, she really only did 2 (Gimme More & the MUCH better Piece of Me) while Break The Ice was animated and Radar got barely any promotion and for some reason was featured on her next album Circus as well. Anyway that's just my input on why I feel it didn't sell as well as her previous albums.
Blackout is for sure her best!
Breathe On Me and The Hook Up are classics on the In The Zone record.
Best album ever 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Without Blackout, there would be no Charli XCX.
Good riddance to both
It seems like Britney's Blackout walked so Taylor's Rep could run.
I believe the Radar video was made for the Circus album
BLACKOUT IS A BOP
i think glory is really an underrated album its so amazing in my opinion blackout and glory are joint 1st place out of all of her albums
Now u gotta talk about her come back from “blackout” to “circus”
I love this video I thought it was really informative for people that don’t know Britney Spears‘s artistry but I think it’s also important to mention how innovative Britney Spears actually is as an artist most people really consider her a singles artist but her albums are the ones that sell the best. Her albums are the best the 2000’s pop has to offer. Britney has always been personal but it’s not due to the fact that she doesn’t want to get personal on her albums but it’s the fact that the machine that made her created her did not want her to have a voice. She was originally going to be a Sheryl Crow type of singer and she was very influenced by Alanis Morissette and Janet Jackson’s the velvet rope she wanted to be a personal artist but because she was such an incredible dancer and performer they turned her into Madonna and the more personal she wanted to be the less freedom she had. Blackout and In The Zone are her innovative works they created Britney Spears the icon.
She legally couldn't credit herself on any song that could be considered connected to her marriage. Break The Ice was originally going to be a dance video but she didn't want to and any further singles got cut because of the conservatorship.
Gimme more was the best track. It made me want more.
Taylor swifts REPUTATION ALBUM IS A BLATANT HOMAGE TO BLACKOUT. in a more Disney way.
Even under her conservatorship you can tell she loves performing blackout cuts the most!! She knows damn well that was a defining pop album
Blackout is gold, I love it so much, I can listen to it on repeat everyday
Honestly one of my most favourite albums of all time!!!
she’s an icon 💕💕
Stan Britney 💕