I'm only 17 so I was just born when ...BOMT was released, but my sister was in love with Britney when she was younger. When I was about 3 years old, I remember my sister playing I'm a Slave 4 U, Stronger, etc. and since my room was right next to hers, I would always hear it. I slowly became obsessed with Britney and her music and have always been interested in her, but I started stanning when Gimme More came out.
I was 8 and finally had figured out how to buy music on iTunes

and I bought the song and would listen to it and **** drop basically every minute of the day
I remember realizing her pop-icon status when Womanizer was released tho. What an iconic era.
