The year was 1998, ...Baby One More Time hit airwaves and birthed the princess of pop. The song would eventually hit #1 in every country it charted & spent two weeks atop the Hot 100. The song, and video became pop music staples & transformed Britney Spears from a small town Lousiana girl into a full fledged pop music icon.
"One of the most controversial and successful female vocalists of the 21st century," she "spearheaded the rise of post-millennial teen pop ... Spears early on cultivated a mixture of innocence and experience that broke the bank".
- Rolling Stone
The song's success is attributed to the iconic music video. Originally intended to be an animated short starring robots in the style of Japanese anime, Spears decided instead to make a very relatable and totally cool music video by instead going to K-mart. Spears even came up with the schoolgirl outfit herself. The highschool used was the same from the film Grease. Her longtime assistant Fe played the role of the teacher.
...Baby One More Time was a #1 smash, selling over 8 million copies WW, yielding Britney her first Grammy nomination & with over 160 million views on VEVO, it has proved its long lasting impact.
Celebrate ...Baby One More Time's 17th birthday & Britney's 17th year in the business. ♥
