15 years ago today, one of the most iconic pop albums of all time was released: ...Baby One More Time. It debuted at the top spot on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and went on to go diamond in the US and sell over 25 million copies worldwide.
Some facts:
Tracklist
...Baby One More Time
(You Drive Me) Crazy
Sometimes
Soda Pop
Born to Make You Happy
From the Bottom of My Broken Heart
I Will Be There
I Will Still Love You
Deep in My Heart [International Edition Track]
Thinkin' About You
E-Mail My Heart
The Beat Goes On
Japanese Tracks
I'll Never Stop Loving You
Autumn Goodbye
...Baby One More Time (Davidson Ospina Radio Mix)
...Baby One More Time (Boy Wunder Radio Mix)
Baby one more time 30M (per Guinness book of records...
Top 10 WW hits:
[B]#1(9) "...Baby One More Time" #1 (1)"(You Drive Me) Crazy" #1 (1) "Born To Make You Happy" #1 #5 "Sometimes"
Hot 100 Peak (32)
#01 Baby One More Time #10 (You Drive Me) Crazy #14 From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart #21 Sometimes
POP (mediabase)
#01 (5) Baby One More Time #04 (You Drive Me) Crazy #04 Everytime #04 Sometimes #16 From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart
RHYTHMIC (mediabase)
#9 (You Drive Me) Crazy #10...Baby One More Time #12 Sometimes #26 From the Bottom of My Broken Heart
BOMT-
youngest artist to sell over 6 million albums in the us. youngest artist to go diamond, best selling album by a teenage artist, best selling debut from a female artist, youngest female artist to occupy the #1 album/single spot simultaneously. #81 album of the decade (billboard 200) #41 all time top selling albums WW. Baby one more time and Crazy #2 and #17 song of the year WW.
#2 US album of the year, #1 female, #3 WW selling over 24M
Best-selling album by a teenager
Best-selling album by a new artist in 1999
#1 for 6 weeks in the US
Over 14M copies sold in the US
Bops like "...Baby One More Time"
One of the best ballads by Britney, "FTBOMBH"