Toxic is the second single from In The Zone. It is definitely the most popular and memorable single from the era, and also has the biggest music video. It's also the one that includes the most instruments and can be counted as experimental due to that alone. Its impact still lives on today as it's still covered, played on the radio and more.
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Originally posted by Zune - Everytime
"Everytime" by Britney Spears in its true nature, although meant to "speak for itself" as Britney stated in a number of interviews, was really a way for Britney Spears to get back at her ex boyfriend Justin Timberlake. Really Justin Timberlake gotten a chance to put out to the public everything he was thinking about from breaking up with Britney Spears and he did this with songs like "Cry Me A River" and "Never Again". With "Cry Me A River" becoming a huge hit in Late 2002 early 2003, it got Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears a lot of attention in a way that put , negatively, the blame on to Britney Spears for the end of their relationship. She was actually very hurt by these songs. Britney Spears then used this pain by crafting this song in a way to get things off her mind about the breakup (Note: although she did break up with Justin Timberlake months before she wrote the song, the media finally found out after Justin Timberlake released Cry Me A River as a single). Thus this was 1 the way Britney Spears was able to publically reply back about her break up with Justin Timberlake. 2, This song on a global scale, in terms of release, was the last song that did considerably well for the era (as her last single was cancelled following a knee injury), but upon its release it was following the worldwide successes of songs "Me Against the Music" and "Toxic".
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Originally posted by Miguel. - Circus
Circus is basically the main factor of the era. The album is titled Circus, the tour was titled The Circus Starring Britney Spears, the whole album was Circus themed, and it's also the most remembered single from that era.
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Round 2: I'm Not a Loser, Not Yet a Winner
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Originally posted by Gatsby - Toxic
PART II::| I ' m0 N o t0 a 0L o s e r , 0N o t0 Y e t0 a0 W i n n e r
There are many reasons why Toxic deserves to win, and is a massive single in her discography. Here are just some of them:
• Earned Britney her first Grammy.
• Voted the world's second favorite song in a 0|2005 poll consisting of over 700K votes.
• It's Britney's personal favorite!
• Covered by dozens of artists and hundreds of 0|YouTubers. A big one being the Glee Cast, as 0|their version hit #16 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• One of her signature songs, still performed.
• Nominated for four VMAs, including VOTY.
• 5th best-selling digital single, despite coming out 0|prior to the digital age.
• Peaked at #9, reached top 5 in 15 countries.
• Has 97.9 million views; 6th most-viewed video. 0|- Also has a fanmade lyric video with 22.1 million.
• The music video has caused impact and has 0|introduced some of her most popular outfits.
• One of the biggest recurrent songs on radio.
• Credited for redefining dance-pop music.
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Originally posted by Zune - Everytime
This song is literally a song about Britney Spears in real life. While other songs left in this competition have only given the side of Britney Spears the entertainer, this song really lets people knows who Britney Spears, the person, really is. Their is more that meets the eye about this song just being about herself. Its a song that proved to many many critics that wrote her off in saying "she can't sing" and or "she can't create her own music herself". Not only was this song a song that she was heavily involved in the process (as other songs left in the competition were songs her producers would inform Britney to "sing these lyrics and we will do the rest"), she has shown with this song that she has genuine true talent beyond her performer side. This song has also shown that Britney can actually sing. Many speculated that the even nature of her career (being a singer) was something Britney Spears cannot do. This song definitely shows otherwise. This point was proven further when Britney was promoting this single, she would sing the song live! (see my live performance submission). For being a performer of about any other Britney song, no one could imagine hearing her sing live even back in the early 2000's. To also put in retrospect of the song's success compared to other ballads, this was the ballad from her releases that was the most successful in her entire career worldwide. This song that not only clocked Justin Timberlake in acting as a response song to his Cry Me A River (which it probably wouldn't have been a hit without having the controversy of being about his breakup with Britney Spears (her impact!)), but Britney Spears proved to the world that she had a greater skill beyond being a performer. She proved to the world she can be an authentic musician, writer, producer, and most of all, singer. Also why it should win this game on ATRL is because ATRL is a place where member can discuss Popular music in several ways, but ATRL is also a place where we praise those that speak the truth and clock another member of either their delusion or just being straight up honest. Britney Spears' "Everytime" speaks of that truth about her relationship to Justin Timberlake, but also gives her actual opinion and perspective. With this, it is fitting to see "Everytime" by Britney Spears to win The Eras Game on ATRL.
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Originally posted by Miguel. - Circus
Circus should win the game because of it's amazing music video. From the amazing choreo that was slayed effortlessly to the amazing Circus performances that were delivered that era. Circus is truly one of Britney's best singles to date.
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Round 3: I Love Slayin' You All
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Originally posted by Gatsby - Toxic
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This is one of the biggest, most notable, memorable and even controversial parts of the video. It features the iconic diamond outfit and displays a nearly whole view of Britney's body. She also has a fierce look on her face while posing in it. It's also one of the reasons why the video was only shown in the later hours on channels like MTV.
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Originally posted by Zune - Everytime
I picked this image because just like the song, it represents her as a person. For 2004 this was Britney Spears as a person. As raw and real as you can get her. Also she was in a much better place after she got all her thoughts about Justin Timberlake off her mind