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Oops!... I Did It Again (2000)

Where the lyrics of Oops!... I Did It Again take you, and where it was really made.

The album sold 1,319,193 copies in its first US week, a record for a female artist that stood for 15 years.

Key places

Diane Warren's song recorded at Battery Studios (2000)

Recording site Battery Studios — Spears recorded Diane Warren's song at Battery Studios on January 28, the same day as her Total Request Live appearance. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Dear Diary completed at Avatar Studios (2000)

Recording site Power Station Studio — The song Dear Diary, Spears's own songwriting debut, was completed at Avatar Studios in New York City after recording. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Early tracks cut at Martin's Cheiron Studios (2000)

Recording site Cheiron Studios — Several songs, including the title track, were recorded at Martin's Cheiron Studios within the first week of November 1999. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Satisfaction cover recorded in Los Angeles (2000)

Recording site Pacifique Recording Studios — Spears recorded the cover of the Rolling Stones song with Rodney Jerkins at Pacifique Recording Studios in February 2000. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Vocals recorded in Orlando (2000)

Recording site Parc Studios — Spears recorded vocals for two album tracks at Parc Studios in Orlando, Florida, on January 14, 2000. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Dear Diary finished in Tarrytown (2000)

Recording site East Bay Recording — Dear Diary was completed at East Bay Recording in Tarrytown, New York, the town's center being the point shown. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Ballad recorded at Lange's Swiss villa (1999)

Recording site Lange's villa — Spears recorded Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know at Lange's villa in Switzerland in December 1999, and Lange produced the song. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Oops!... I Did It Again is the second studio album by American singer Britney Spears
• Released on May 3, 2000 by Jive Records
• Follows the debut album ...Baby One More Time (1999) and its concert tour
• A pop, dance-pop and teen pop record close to its predecessor, with funk and R&B added
• Production, sonic quality and Spears's vocal performance drew critical acclaim at release
• Worldwide sales of over 20 million copies, counted among the best-selling albums of all time

Background

• Spears was under heavy pressure to repeat the commercial success of her debut
• She worked with a wide range of producers, including Max Martin, Rami Yacoub, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger, Kristian Lundin, Jake Schulze, Darkchild and Robert John "Mutt" Lange
• Spears said the album was more mature and R&B-flavored, and that her voice had changed as she grew older
• Geoff Mayfield of the Billboard charts called the release less than a year and a half after her debut "very smart timing"

Recording

• Recording began in September 1999, after a six-day break that followed the end of the ...Baby One More Time Tour
• Spears returned to New York City on September 20, 1999 to start recording
• Several songs were cut at Martin's Cheiron Studios in the first week of November 1999
• "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know" was recorded at Lange's villa in Switzerland in December 1999, and Lange produced it
• The title track, "Stronger" and "Lucky" were finalized in January 2000
• Vocals for two songs were recorded at Parc Studios in Orlando, Florida on January 14, 2000
• The Diane Warren song "When Your Eyes Say It" was recorded at Battery Studios on January 28, 2000
• The cover of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" was recorded with Rodney Jerkins in Los Angeles in February 2000
• "Dear Diary", Spears's own songwriting debut, was completed in Tarrytown, New York and at Avatar Studios in New York City

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• Born December 2, 1981 in McComb, Mississippi; American singer known as the "Princess of Pop".
• Began in the early 1990s in the musical Ruthless! and The All-New Mickey Mouse Club.
• Signed with Jive Records in 1997; debut single "...Baby One More Time" topped the US Billboard Hot 100.
• Debut album ...Baby One More Time (1999) and Oops!... I Did It Again (2000) are among the world's best-selling albums.
• Credited with driving the late-1990s revival of teen pop.
• Sold an estimated 150 million+ records; one Grammy, six MTV VMAs, seven Billboard Music Awards.
• Placed under a conservatorship; it was terminated in 2021 after her testimony.
• Announced leaving the music industry in 2024; catalogue reportedly sold for about $200 million in 2026.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Metacritic: average score of 72, based on 12 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews"
• AllMusic (Stephen Thomas Erlewine): four out of five stars; the album was described as having the same combination of sweetly sentimental ballads and endearingly gaudy dance-pop as its predecessor
• Billboard magazine wrote that the album shows Spears developing a soulful edge and emotional depth
• Entertainment Weekly (David Browne): B rating
• Rolling Stone (Rob Sheffield): three-and-a-half out of five stars, called it fantastic pop cheese
• NME: said Spears had done it again, calling her modern-day pop perfection
• MTV Asia (Lennat Mak): called it a brilliant second album with a more mature and seasoned pop star look
• Salon (Andy Battaglia): called it a masterpiece of sorts for the way it applies pop-musical conventions
• The A.V. Club: more mixed, calling it a joyless bit of redundant, obvious, competent cheese
• Los Angeles Daily News: called the album transparently shallow
• Slant Magazine: called it super-processed, disposable crap

Records

• US: first-week sales of 1,319,193 copies at number one on the Billboard 200, fastest-selling album by a female artist
• Record for highest first-week sales by a female artist held for 15 years, until Adele's 25 in November 2015
• Sold 3.38 million in the US first week for Adele's 25, passing this record
• Certified diamond by the RIAA on January 24, 2005 (decuple Platinum)
• Third best-selling album of 2000 in the US, with 7,893,544 albums sold per Nielsen SoundScan
• Debuted at number one in over 20 countries; number one in Canada, France and Germany
• UK Albums Chart: number two in the first week, 88,145 copies
• Worldwide sales of 20 million copies
• Nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards (2001)

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The title track's music video shows Spears on Mars in a red shiny catsuit, visited by an American astronaut who hands her the fictional Heart of the Ocean jewel
• Spears's cover of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" was recorded with Rodney Jerkins in Los Angeles in February 2000, after the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards
• At the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, Spears ripped off a black suit to reveal a skin-colored outfit with Swarovski crystals
• "Dear Diary" was the first song Spears wrote herself for the album, and she said it was autobiographical
• The album was released on the same day the US chart had its record-setting first week, while the title track peaked at number nine on the US Hot 100
• In 2022 Billboard listed it among the 15 best-performing 21st-century albums with no single reaching number one on the US Hot 100

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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