Britney Spears

Britney's debut record, released in 1999, took the pop world by storm, unleashing a torrent of imitators in its wake. A winning combination of little-girl cutesiness and infectiously danceable rhythms made the former Mouseketeer an overnight household name -- solely on the strength of the title track. If it's fluffy Teen Beat you're after, Britney blows them all away.

Seventeen-year-old actress Britney Spears couldn't land more than a role in an
off-Broadway update of The Bad Seed until she scored a contract with the Backstreet
Boys' record company. She was flown to Sweden's Cherion Studios, the Lolita-pop doll
house where 'N Sync, Robyn, Five, Ace of Base and the Backstreeters all record their
Eurofied impersonations of teen-targeted American R&B. Spear's theatrical experi... More >