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…Baby One More Time
…Baby One More Time cover
Studio album by Britney Spears
Released January 12 1999 (U.S.)
March 8 1999 (Canada)
March 8 1999 (UK)
Recorded May – November 1998
Genre Pop, dance-pop, teen pop, bubblegum pop
Length 42:20 (American edition)
60:31 (non-American edition)
Label Jive
Producer Max Martin, Denniz PoP, Rami, Eric Foster White, Kristian *"Lundin, Jorgen Elofsson, P. Magnusson, D. Kreuger, Jay Orpin
Professional reviews
Britney Spears chronology
…Baby One More Time
(1999)		 Oops!... I Did It Again
(2000)
Alternate cover
Deluxe/Non-U.S. cover
Deluxe/Non-U.S. cover
Singles from …Baby One More Time
  1. "...Baby One More Time"
    Released: October 1998
  2. "Sometimes"
    Released: March 1999
  3. "(You Drive Me) Crazy"
    Released: September 1999
  4. "Born to Make You Happy"
    Released: December 1999
  5. "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart"
    Released: January 2000

…Baby One More Time is the debut album by American pop singer Britney Spears. It was released on January 12, 1999 (see 1999 in music) in the U.S. and was produced by Denniz PoP, Max Martin and Rami. The title track is generally considered Spears' signature song. It is her best-selling album both in the U.S. and internationally and propelled the then-seventeen-year-old to superstardom during the year of its release. The album also spent an impressive fifty-one weeks in the top ten of the Billboard 200 and sixty weeks in the top twenty. With this, it became the second best-selling album of 1999 in the United States, only behind Backstreet Boys's Millennium. It stayed on the Billboard 200 for two years until being moved to the Pop Catalog chart. This album, its lyrics, and its music videos maintained the typical virgin image of the late 90's teen pop revival for Spears. ...Baby One More Time can be counted as the highest selling debut album by a female artist in the United States. The song, ...Baby One More Time became a US #1 hit from this album, however of the singles from this album, only the title track has topped the Hot 100. The rest are either Top 10 or Top 20 hits.The album has sold more than 25 million copies worldwide [1]. Spears supported the album with the Crazy 2K Tour and ...Baby One More Time Tour.

Contents

Release

The album was first released as a promo cassette with five snippets of demo songs on January 2, 1998. The cassette had the same cover that was later included in "...Baby One More Time" single booklet, although some editions, like the Australian edition, have an alternate cover picture, a picture of Spears in white, with her hands in a praying gesture. The picture also resembles the cover artwork of Björk's album Debut. The album was then meant to be named just "Britney Spears", but due to the debut single success the title was changed to make the album more recognized in the public. In the very early releases of the album, there is a hidden message after "The Beat Goes On". It had Britney Spears promoting some of the songs from the Backstreet Boys' album Millennium.

Track listing

  1. "...Baby One More Time" (Max Martin) – 3:30
  2. "(You Drive Me) Crazy" (J. Elofsson, P. Magnusson, D. Kreuger, M. Martin) – 3:17
  3. "Sometimes" (J. Elofsson) – 4:06
  4. "Soda Pop" (M. Bassie, E. Foster White) – 3:20
  5. "Born to Make You Happy" (Kristian Lundin, Andreas Carlsson) – 4:03
  6. "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" (E. Foster White) – 5:11
  7. "I Will Be There" (Max Martin, Andreas Carlsson) – 3:53
  8. "I Will Still Love You" (with Don Philip) (E. Foster White) – 4:02
  9. "Deep in My Heart" [Non-US edition only] (P. Magnusson, D. Kreuger, Carlsson) – 3:35
  10. "Thinkin' About You" (M. Bassie, E. Foster White) – 3:35
  11. "E-Mail My Heart" (E. Foster White) – 3:41
  12. "The Beat Goes On" (S. Bono) – 3:45
  13. "I'll Never Stop Loving You" [Int'l edition only] (J. Blume, S. Diamond) – 3:43
  14. "Autumn Goodbye" [Int'l edition only] (E. Foster White) – 3:42
  15. "...Baby One More Time" (Davidson Ospina Radio Mix) [Int'l edition only] – 3:26
  16. "...Baby One More Time" (Boy Wonder Radio Mix) [JInt'l edition only] – 3:27

Chart performance

Critcal response was amazing for the album and, ...Baby One More Time was also a huge commercial success. It debuted at number one in both the U.S. and Canada, and reached the top ten in many other countries. The record has been certified 14x Platinum in the United States.[2] Spears also made history by being the only female artist to have both album and single go number one at the same time, as well as the youngest to do so.[3] In France, the record debuted at number twenty-four, after thirty-eight weeks in the chart peaked at number-four,[4] it has sold over 545,000 copies[5] and has been certified 2x Platinum.[6] In the United Kingdom ...Baby One More Time debuted at number two, after one year in the UK Albums Chart earned 4x platinum certification (1.2 million units sold).[7] Britney Spears is the second artist to have three number-one singles from the same album chart-topping the United World Chart ("...Baby One More Time", "(You Drive Me) Crazy" and "Born to Make You Happy"). The first was Madonna's with "True Blue", "Open Your Heart" and "La Isla Bonita" from the album True Blue. Later in 2004, she broke the same record with In the Zone.[8]. The album has sold 25 million copies around the world as of 2007. Also, it is 27th best selling album in the U.S. according to the RIAA.[9]

Singles

United States, Latin America, Canada and Oceania

  • "...Baby One More Time"
  • "Sometimes"
  • "(You Drive Me) Crazy [The Stop Remix!]"
  • "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart"

Europe and Canada

  • "...Baby One More Time"
  • "Sometimes"
  • "(You Drive Me) Crazy [The Stop Remix!]"
  • "Born to Make You Happy"

Charts and certification

Chart Provider(s) Peak
position		 Certification Sales/
shipments
U.S. Billboard 200[10] Billboard/RIAA 1 14x platinum (Diamond)[11] 14.6 million[12][13]
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums[10] 1
European Albums Chart[14] IFPI 1 4x platinum[15] 4.6 million+
Argentinian Albums Chart CAPIF 1 4x platinum[16] 240,000+
Australian Albums Chart ARIA 2 4x platinum[17] 280,000+
Austrian Albums Chart Media Control Europe 2 2x platinum[18] 60,000+
Belgium Albums Chart IFPI Belgium 1 4x platinum 200,000+
Brazilian Albums Chart ABPD — 4x platinum[19] 420,000+
Canadian Albums Chart[10] Nielsen SoundScan 1 Diamond[20] 1.2 million
Czech Republic Albums Chart IFPI Czech Republic 1 3x platinum 30,000+
Denmark Albums Chart IFPI Denmark 1 Platinum 50,000+
Dutch Albums Chart NVPI/Megacharts 1 3x platinum[21] 210,000+
Finnish Albums Chart GLF 11 Platinum[22] 40,000+
French Albums Chart[23] SNEP/IFOP 4 3x platinum[24] 545,000+[23]
German Albums Chart Media Control 1 5x platinum 1,000,000
Greece Albums Chart IFPI Greece 3 Platinum 20,000+
Holland Albums Chart IFPI Holland - 4x platinum [25] 40,000+
Hong Kong Albums Chart IFPI Hong Kong 4 Platinum 20,000+
Hungary Albums Chart MAHASZ 4 3x platinum [26] 60,000+
Italy Albums Chart FIMI 1 2x platinum 200,000+
India Albums Chart IMI 1 3x platinum 60,000+
Indonesia Albums Chart IFPI indonesia 1 6x platinum 300,000+
Ireland Albums Chart IRMA 1 3x platinum 45,000+
Japanese Albums Chart[27] Oricon 9 Platinum 279,700[27]
Malaysia Albums Chart RIM 1 3x platinum 75,000+
Mexican Albums Chart AMPROFON 1 2x platinum[28] 500,000*
New Zealand Albums Chart RIANZ 3 3x platinum[29] 45,000+
Norwegian Albums Chart VG Nett 5 Platinum[30] 40,000+
Philippine Top 50 Albums PRIA 1 10x platinum 1,000,000+
Poland Albums Chart IFPI Poland - 9x platinum 360,000+
Portugal Albums Chart AFP 1 4x platinum 160,000+
Singapore Albums Chart RIAS 1 2x platinum 30,000+
South Africa Albums Chart RISA 2 2x platinum 100,000+
South Korea Albums Chart RIAK 1 5x platinum 150,000+
Spain Albums Chart PROMUSICAE 1 4x platinum 400,000+
Swedish Albums Chart GLF 10 Platinum[31] 60,000+
Swiss Albums Chart Media Control 1 2x platinum[32] 100,000+
Switzerland Albums Chart IFPI Schweiz 1 3x platinum 120,000+
Taiwan Albums Chart IFPI Taiwan 1 4x platinum 120,000+
Thailand Albums Chart IFPI Thailand 1 3x platinum 150,000+
Turkey Albums Chart Mü-YAP 1 Platinum 200,000+
UK Albums Chart[33] BPI/The Official UK Charts Company 2 4x platinum[34] 1.2 million+[35]
Venezuela Albums Chart 1 3x platinum [36] 300,000+
Total Sales 25,000,000+

* Platinum certification in Mexico before 2002 where given for 250,000 units sold.

  • "Total America sales: 17,9 Millions"
  • "Total Europe sales:4,6 Millions"
  • "Total Asia sales: 2,6 Millions"
  • "Total Africa sales: 0,2 Millions"
  • "Total Worldwide sales: 25,3 Millions"

Personnel

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Top 100 Albums. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved on 2007-04-10.
  3. ^ Britney's Debut Tips 14 Million Mark. Billboard magazine. Retrieved on 2007-04-10.
  4. ^ French Albums Chart. LesCharts.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-10.
  5. ^ Parcours de Plus de 870 ALBUMS Dans les Charts Français. FanOfMusic.Free.fr. Retrieved on 2007-04-10.
  6. ^ French Certification. ChartsInFrance.net. Retrieved on 2007-04-10.
  7. ^ UK Certification. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2007-04-10.
  8. ^ United World Chart. MediaTraffic.de. Retrieved on 2007-04-10.
  9. ^
  10. ^ a b c Britney Spears: Charts & Awards. Billboard magazine. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  11. ^ Recording Industry Association of America Recording Industry Association of America.
  12. ^ [2] billboard.com
  13. ^ List of BMG Music Club's top selling albums in the United States
  14. ^ European Albums Chart. Music.AllOfMp3.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-04.
  15. ^ European Certification (IFPI). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  16. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named argentina
  17. ^ Australian Certification (ARIA). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  18. ^ [3]
  19. ^ [4]
  20. ^ Canadian Certification (CRIA). Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  21. ^ Dutch Certification (IFPI). IFPI. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  22. ^ Finnish Certification (IFPI). IFPI. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  23. ^ a b French Chart, Sales & Certification. FanOfMusic.Free.fr. Retrieved on 2007-05-04.
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  26. ^ [7]
  27. ^ a b Oricon Main Albums Chart. Oricon. Retrieved on 2007-05-04.
  28. ^ [8]
  29. ^ [9]
  30. ^ Norwegian Certification (IFPI). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  31. ^ Swedish Certification (GLF). GLF. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  32. ^ Swiss Certification (IFPI). IFPI. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  33. ^ UK Albums Chart (Search). Everyhit.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  34. ^ UK Certification (BPI). British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2007-05-07.
  35. ^ UK Sales UKBritney.tv
  36. ^ [10]

See also

 •  • e
Britney Spears
Studio albums …Baby One More Time (1999) · Oops!... I Did It Again (2000) · Britney (2001) · In the Zone (2003) · Blackout (2007) ·
Other albums Greatest Hits: My Prerogative (2004) · B in the Mix: The Remixes (2005)
Singles "...Baby One More Time" · "Sometimes" · "(You Drive Me) Crazy" · "Born to Make You Happy" · "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" · "Oops!... I Did It Again" · "Lucky" · "Stronger" · "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know" · "I'm a Slave 4 U" · "Overprotected" · "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" · "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" · "Anticipating" · "Boys" · "Me Against the Music" · "Toxic" · "Everytime" · "Outrageous" · "My Prerogative" · "Do Somethin'" · "Someday (I Will Understand)" · "Gimme More" · "Piece of Me"
Related topics Discography · Awards · Videography · Tours · Products · Max Martin · Bloodshy & Avant · Jamie Lynn Spears · Kevin Federline · Crossroads · Jive Records · Unreleased material
Preceded by
Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood by DMX		 Billboard 200 Number-one Album
January 30, 1999 - February 5, 1999		 Succeeded by
Made Man by Silkk Tha Shocker
Preceded by
Chyna Doll by Foxy Brown		 Billboard 200 Number-one Album
February 20, 1999 - March 12, 1999		 Succeeded by
Fanmail by TLC
Preceded by
Fanmail by TLC		 Billboard 200 Number-one Album
April 10, 1999 - April 23, 1999		 Succeeded by
I Am… by Nas

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