Because the environment was still right for a pop culture jaggernaut to go diamond at the time. Twice, even.
If those particular albums were released today or in the last 10 years even, how many copies do you think they would've sold?
Sis, your username is clearly titled after an album track from her first album.
The musical market/pop image would have been vastly different without Britney's presence so it's hard to say exactly what would be happening today. There's no point in posturing "if's" when the achievement has already been made.
Baby One More Time: 4th best-selling album from 1999
Oops I Did It Again: 5th best-selling album from 2000
It's just the market back then that was huge since everybody was doing those numbers (hence BOMT and OIDIA not even ranking in the top 3 biggest albums from their respective years despite their big sales)
Baby One More Time: 4th best-selling album from 1999
Oops I Did It Again: 5th best-selling album from 2000
Nothing really special at all, it's just the market back then that was huge since everybody was doing those numbers (hence BOMT and OIDIA not even ranking in the top 3 biggest albums from their respective years)
Not everybody, let's not exaggerate. But it was actually doable by multiple artists in the same year back then. Nowadays, when Adele does it, she's the only one in a decade and it takes 2 years. And pretty soon it will simply be impossible.
For example The Spice Girls' first album sold like 30m and their second 20m.
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Spice sold 18-20m
Spiceworld 13-15m
Those Wikipedia receipts They were never that big in the US.
Was just about to post this. The struggle to downplay Britney is so real and so very, very few of these girls really understand the market before 2010.
If two Diamond albums in a row was so easy, then why weren't other pop girls doing it?
Baby One More Time: 4th best-selling album from 1999
Oops I Did It Again: 5th best-selling album from 2000
It's just the market back then that was huge since everybody was doing those numbers (hence BOMT and OIDIA not even ranking in the top 3 biggest albums from their respective years despite their big sales)
Can all the pressed beings in this thread quote me with actual receipts of other pop girls doing Britney's numbers at the time seeing as it was seemingly so easy to do back then?
The best selling female group of all time.
They were never that big in the US.
