...Baby One More Time is the debut studio album by American recording artist Britney Spears. It was released on January 12, 1999, by JIVE Records. In June 1997, while Spears negotiated with manager Lou Pearlman to join female pop group Innosense, her mother asked family friend and entertainment lawyer Larry Rudolph for his opinion and submitted a tape of Spears singing over a Whitney Houston karaoke song. Rudolph decided to pitch her to record labels, sending them a demo tape with an unused song from Toni Braxton. JIVE was interested and appointed the singer to work with producer Eric Foster White. After hearing the recorded material, JIVE signed Spears to a multi-album deal.
The album was successful on the charts, reaching the top five in several countries, while reaching number one in Canada, Germany, Switzerland and the United States. It also received several certifications around the world, including a fourteen-times platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for shipments of over 14 million units in the country.
Singles:
"...Baby One More Time" (September 1998)
"Sometimes" (April 1999)
"(You Drive Me) Crazy" (August 1999)
"Born To Make You Happy (December 1999) (Europe)
"From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart" (December 1999) (North America & Oceania)
Let's not forget these album tracks as well
What's your favorite song from this iconic 14x Platinum album?