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Poll: Most impactful : "...Baby One More Time" or "Wannabe" ?
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View Poll Results: Most impactful lead single ?
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...Baby One More Time
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56.03% |
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Wannabe
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Originally posted by Adele Addict
"Wannabe", without a doubt. I still hear it on the radio from time-to-time and people still sing it all the time. It's more remembered, more iconic, and has way more impact. "...Baby One More Time" was a big hit at the time, but it is the most overrated song EVER on ATRL. It's not as remembered as "Wannabe".
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Well I hear ...Baby being played when I go to the mall, Starbucks shops, to a club, the radio of course... it's endless really. I hear it everywhere. And of course people always singing "Oh baby baby" and the whole chorus. The ICONIC VIDEO. The schoolgirl outfit with the ponytails... Halloween is filled with BOMTney doppelgängers. Britney's impact is REAL. I don't even hear wannabe. I actually forgot the song existed until now. I love it don't get me wrong. The Spice Girls were the first group that I stanned for and I was only like 3. But Baby is still more iconic.
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"... Baby One More Time"
"Wannabe" was big, but it wasn't their revolutionary moment. Everything about BOMT had an impact that can still be felt today, and it goes beyond just recurring plays on the radio.
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Obviously, ...Baby one more time 
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Wannabe be kind of paved the way for Baby. But baby is responsible for today's musical landscape as well as the one from the early 00s
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Originally posted by Bounce
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That chart isn't reliable, which is why you don't see it in Wikipedia articles.
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Both were huge, but I feel Wannabe and especially the Spice Girls in their 2 years were like RULING the world. They had everything, from movies, to candies, to undies... I mean they were literally EVERYWHERE, and even though Brit has this major song, which also is known to probably most people on Earth, Wannabe feels more iconic.
But it's like comparing Purple Rain to Thriller or so.
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Quote:
Originally posted by *-ChriZ-*
Both were huge, but I feel Wannabe and especially the Spice Girls in their 2 years were like RULING the world. They had everything, from movies, to candies, to undies... I mean they were literally EVERYWHERE, and even though Brit has this major song, which also is known to probably most people on Earth, Wannabe feels more iconic.
But it's like comparing Purple Rain to Thriller or so.
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 for being unbiased and actually giving a VALID reason for your answer
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Baby One More Time
Only gays remember the Spice Girls.
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BOMT
But the people I know bop more to Wannabe because it has a faster beat.
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BOMT
Wannabe had a resurgence with chicken little tho so its very close
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Easily Wannabe.
Britney stans really think BOMT is the most iconic thing ever 
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wannabe
Australia (ARIA)[163] 2× Platinum 140,000^
France (SNEP)[164] Diamond 742,000[165]
Germany (BVMI)[166] Gold 250,000^
Italy (FIMI)[167] 300,000[168]
Japan (RIAJ)[75] Gold 100,000[75]
Netherlands (NVPI)[169] Gold 50,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[170] Platinum 10,000*
Sweden (GLF)[171] Gold 15,000x
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[172] Gold 25,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[173] 2× Platinum 1,340,000[174]
United States (RIAA)[175] Platinum 2,910,000[6]
Total-5.882m
BOMT
Australia (ARIA)[145] 3× Platinum 210,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[146] Platinum 50,000x
France (SNEP)[147] Platinum 578,000[148]
Germany (BVMI)[149] 3× Gold 750,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[150] Platinum 75,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[151] Platinum 15,000*
Norway (IFPI Norway)[152] 2× Platinum 20,000*
Sweden (GLF)[153] Platinum 30,000x
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[154] Platinum 50,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[155] 2× Platinum 1,520,000[156]
United States (RIAA)[157] Platinum 1,923,000
-5.221m
Both are huge but wannabe takes this
Mainly just because of the us tho
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Originally posted by phatty033
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2 decades? really? did you really just sit up there and lie?
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I keep coming back to check who is winning and its always changing.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Bey_Rihstan
2 decades? really? did you really just sit up there and lie?
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nearly
do you not know how to read or you don't know what that word means?
and can you show me receipts of Wannabe being more "impactful", SHOW ME. I'll wait.
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Wannabe was bigger but wasn't as impactful as BOMT 
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I'd say Wannabe but it's really really close
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