Even though there was a major decline between Oops! and Britney, it probably would've been a lot worse had she tried to recreate her previous albums and keep her sweet, bubblegum image in tact. After 9/11, the general public basically just ****ed over teen pop altogether and left it in the dust.
I mean, Jessica Simpson's 2001 album didn't even go platinum, and that was in ****ing 2001 when even artists like Mya and Shaggy were scoring platinum albums.
