When the century started, the music industry was at an all-time high. Albums were selling like pancakes and artists were at their best. Competition between groups and between popstars were so tight that both sides strive to be at their best. One of those music competitions is the battle between boybands
N'Sync and
Backstreet Boys. Both boybands were neck to neck in their feud that both of their 2000 albums,
No Strings Attached and
Black & Blue, opened with record-breaking sales. N'Sync managed to win the battle tho since their album sold almost a million units more than Backstreet Boys's.
Unlike the two boybands, our next two acts are both already at the top of their games.
Eminem managed to snatch the King of Rap throne despite being of an unconventional race to the rap game.
Britney Spears is undoubtedly the defining artist of her generation and her contemporaries can only wish to get even half of what she's getting.
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N Sync, No Strings Attached: 2,416,000
Release Date: 3/21/2000
The boy band pandemonium surrounding 'N Sync began in 1997 with the release of their self-titled debut album. Three years later, the group released their second effort, No Strings Attached, and the album sold 2.4 million copies in its first week, setting a record that has yet to be broken. Despite fierce competition from the Backstreet Boys, this N Sync's claim to the boy band throne. No Strings Attached was eventually certified seven-times platinum. Complex.com |
Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP: 1,760,000
Release Date: 5/23/2000
The Slim Shady LP made Eminem a pop star and set the stage for the release of his highly anticipated follow-up. Like "My Name Is," first single "The Real Slim Shady" sparked controversy for calling out the teen idols like Christina Aguilera and 'N Sync. Eminem offered an angry middle-finger waving alternative to the top acts of the day, and fans showed up in droves. There really were a million of us who dressed like him, cursed like him, and just didn't give a **** like him. Complex.com |  |
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Backstreet Boys, Black & Blue: 1,591,000
Release Date: 11/21/2000
Black & Blue broke an international sales record, selling over five million copies worldwide in its first week. It was the last Backstreet Boys effort during the era of boy bands, and it was the first album on which a majority of the songwriting was done by the artists themselves. BSB became the first group in Soundscan history to sell over a million first-week copies with back-to-back albums. Complex.com |
Britney Spears, Oops!...I Did It Again: 1,319,000
Release Date: 3/27/2000
Britney had already set sales records with her debut, ...Baby One More Time, the previous year; the album went double platinum within a month, on the strength of the title track's pop chart performance. A few months after that, she graced the cover of Rolling Stone with an iconic, controversial, and provocative photo. In Summer 1999, she toured North America, recorded a new album, and then went overseas, appearing on TV and touring in Europe. With so much lead-up to her sophomore album's release, the record sold 1.3 million copies in its first week, and remains the highest one-week sales numbers for a female artist. Complex.com |  |
Songs to Rate
The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
1. Kill You
2. Stan (ft. Dido)
3. Who Knew
4. The Way I Am
5. The Real Slim Shady
6. Remember Me (ft. RBX & Sticky Fingaz)
7. I'm Back
8. Marshall Mathers
9. Drug Ballad (ft. Dina Rae
10. Amityville (ft. Bizarre)
11. Bitch Please II (ft. Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit & Nate Dogg)
12. Kim
13. Under the Influence (ft. D12)
14. Criminal
15. The Kids
Oops!... I Did It Again - Britney Spears
1. Oops!... I Did It Again
2. Stronger
3. Don't Go Knockin' On My Door
4. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
5. Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know
6. What U See (Is What U Get)
7. Lucky
8. One Kiss From You
9. Where Are You Now
10. Can't Make You Love Me
11. When Your Eyes Say It
12. Dear Diary
13. Girl in the Mirror
Black & Blue - Backstreet Boys
1. The Call
2. Shape of My Heart
3. Get Another Boyfriend
4. Shining Star
5. I Promise You (With Everything I Am)
6. The Answer to Our Life
7. Everyone
8. More Than That
9. Time
10. Not For Me
11. Yes I Will
12. It's True
13. How Did I Fall in Love With You?
14. What Makes You Different (Makes You Beautiful)
15. All I Have to Give
No Strings Attached - N'Sync
1. Bye Bye Bye
2. It's Gonna Be Me
3. Space Cowboy (Yippie-Yi-Yay)
4. Just Got Paid
5. It Makes Me Ill
6. This I Promise You
7. No Strings Attached
8. Digital Get Down
9. I'll Never Stop
10. Brinin' Da Noise
11. That's When I'll Stop Loving You
12. I'll Be Good For You
13. If I'm Not the One
14. I Thought She Knew
GUIDELINES:
*rate each song from 0-10, 0 being absolutely abysmal and 10 being divine
*no trolling, I doubt there are still N'Sync & BSB hardcore fans tho
*listen to each song at least 3x, 5x is what I recommend to fully absorb the song and rate it rightfully
*deadline is on July 12, 2013
*if you have any questions, just post 'em here
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But lol, 
"Oops" is so going to win 
duhhhh Latin Album triumphs in Latin Charts, the USA chart was just a bonus 
