Y'all overrating BOMT. The video was more iconic than the song.

& the closest iconic SONG my fave has is Bootylicious, check the dictionary

I have and know lots of straight guys who know BOMT. And none of them knows beautiful.
Beautiful is iconic, yes. Not as iconic as BOMT though.

Single Ladies is the Baby One More Time of our generation.

People know the lyrics, the moves and the visuals.

& all the arguments for Beautful Genie In A Bottle is more iconic than Beautiful

Geez, ya'll are delusional.
BOMT is the most iconic teen bop, just like how AIWFCIY is the most iconic Christmas bop. IWALY is the most iconic ballad. Thriller is the most iconic video. Like A Virgin is the most iconic adult bop. etc. etc.

I was with you until Like A Virgin

Crazy in Love, Bootylicious, Survivor and Single Ladies.
Pokerface, Bad Romance,
Umbrella... but more Rihanna songs will prove iconic in the long run. Bey's too.

The fact that the Britney stans actually believe Baby One More Time is unmatched in terms of success and "impact" is quite sad.

There are plenty of songs that are on par with it and even more that are above it.

Lol next time come with real arguments not my best friend is straight so the straight world knows this song more.

All of this is true too...

Plenty huh? I dare you to name 10 songs more iconic than BOMT after it's released

My fave actually has 2. Genie In A Bottle and Beautiful

Well to be honest, there is no real way to measure how "iconic" or "impactful" a song is but if I had to name 10...

Poker Face
Bad Romance
Crazy in Love
Umbrella
We Found Love
Roar
Firework
Tik Tok
I Gotta Feeling
Rolling in the Deep

Eminem's stan is the second most iconic song of recent times after beautiful.

Except for poker face, crazy in love, roar, firework and tic toc. You indeed posted valid receipts.

Second, after beautiful u can't be serious. I still see EVERYWHERE people using the word stan 14 years after its release, actually today is its birthday

Success =/= Iconic

Half of those aren't iconic. And the rest are not more iconic than BOMT

Basically
BOMT is iconic but to the GP it's just a bop from a decade ago

The delusion of atrl knows no bounds. We are comparing the words, i am comparing the songs. Stan is hands down the best rap song ever written, the most intense lyrics ever in my opinion. But EVERYSINGLE song pales in comparison to Beautiful and its absolutely UNMATCHABLE impact accross the entire WORLD. Not just a local US hit like some of the songs that are being mentioned in this thread.