Editing ...Baby One More Time (album) (section)

==Legacy==
Spears was at the forefront of the female teen pop explosion starting in 1999 and extending through the 2000s, leading the pack of [[Christina Aguilera]], [[Jessica Simpson]], and [[Mandy Moore]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/954879/mandy-moore-reflects-on-her-early-days-in-pop-music-alongside-britney-spears |title=Mandy Moore Reflects on Her Early Days in Pop Music Alongside Britney Spears |last=Cohen |first=Jess |date=July 25, 2018 |website=[[E!]] |access-date=July 15, 2021 |archive-date=August 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814105730/https://www.eonline.com/news/954879/mandy-moore-reflects-on-her-early-days-in-pop-music-alongside-britney-spears |url-status=live }}</ref> All of these performers had been developing material in 1998, but the market changed dramatically in December 1998 when Spears' debut single and video were charting highly. [[RCA Records]] signed Aguilera and rushed her debut single to capitalize on Spears' success, producing the hit single "[[Genie in a Bottle]]" in May 1999 and Aguilera's [[Christina Aguilera (album)|eponymous debut studio album]] in August.<ref>{{harvnb|Dominguez|2003|p=45}}</ref> Aguilera's album sold millions but not as many as ''...Baby One More Time''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/21968649002059c232a7fb91b627c3b9 |work=Associated Press |date=May 15, 2000 |first=Nekesa Mumbi |last=Moody |title=Can Britney Do It 'One More Time'? |access-date=July 15, 2021 |archive-date=July 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716005957/https://apnews.com/article/21968649002059c232a7fb91b627c3b9 |url-status=live }}</ref> Simpson consciously modeled her persona as more mature than Spears; her single "[[I Wanna Love You Forever]]" charted in September 1999, and her album ''[[Sweet Kisses]]'' followed shortly after.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sweet-kisses-mw0000247597 |title=Jessica Simpson – Sweet Kisses |authorlink=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=July 15, 2021 |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628095549/https://www.allmusic.com/album/sweet-kisses-mw0000247597 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Dougherty|2005|p=52}}</ref> Moore's first single, "[[Candy (Mandy Moore song)|Candy]]", hit the airwaves a month before Simpson's single, but it did not perform as well on the charts; Moore was often seen as less accomplished than Spears and the others, coming in fourth of the "pop princesses".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/142358-who-was-really-the-best-pop-princess-britney-christina-jessica-or-mandy |title=Rankings The '00s Pop Princesses |first=Caitlyn |last=Callegari |date=February 19, 2016 |website=[[Bustle (magazine)|Bustle]] |access-date=July 14, 2021 |archive-date=August 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814140541/https://www.bustle.com/articles/142358-who-was-really-the-best-pop-princess-britney-christina-jessica-or-mandy |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://hollywoodlife.com/2020/03/06/mandy-moore-britney-spears-christina-aguilera-comparison-interview/ |title=Mandy Moore on Being Compared to Britney Spears & Christina Aguilera: I Never Had Their 'Success' |last=Brow |first=Jason |date=March 6, 2020 |website=Hollywood Life |access-date=July 15, 2021 |archive-date=July 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716005956/https://hollywoodlife.com/2020/03/06/mandy-moore-britney-spears-christina-aguilera-comparison-interview/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Fueling media stories about their competition for first place, Spears and Aguilera traded barbs but also compliments through the 2000s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/933841/the-complete-history-of-christina-aguilera-and-britney-spears-long-running-rivalry-including-everything-you-forgot |title=The Complete History of Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears' Long-Running Rivalry—Including Everything You Forgot |last=Grossbart |first=Sarah |date=May 9, 2018 |website=[[E!]] |access-date=July 15, 2021 |archive-date=July 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716005955/https://www.eonline.com/news/933841/the-complete-history-of-christina-aguilera-and-britney-spears-long-running-rivalry-including-everything-you-forgot |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{Quote box|width=30%|align=left|quote="With ''...Baby One More Time'', I didn't get to show my voice off. The songs were great, but they weren't very challenging."|source=—Spears reflects on ''...Baby One More Time'' in December 1999.<ref>{{cite news|title='One more time' for Spears|newspaper=[[San Antonio Express-News]]|pages=4F|date=December 16, 1999}}</ref>}}
''[[The Daily Yomiuri]]'' reported that "critics have hailed her as the most gifted teenage pop idol for many years, but Spears has set her sights a little higher-she is aiming for the level of superstardom that has been achieved by Madonna and Janet Jackson."<ref>{{cite news|title=Teen pop idols stage comeback|newspaper=Yomiuri Shimbun|page=1|date=November 25, 1999}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' wrote: "Britney Spears carries on the classic archetype of the rock & roll teen queen, the dungaree doll, the angel baby who just has to make a scene."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Oops!...I Did It Again|date=2000|magazine=Rolling Stone|issn=0035-791X}}</ref> Rami Yacoub who co-produced Spears's debut album with lyricist Max Martin commented: "I know from Denniz Pop and Max's previous productions, when we do songs, there's kind of a nasal thing. With N' Sync and the Backstreet Boys, we had to push for that mid-nasal voice. When Britney did that, she got this kind of raspy, sexy voice."<ref name="billboard book">{{harvnb|Bronson|2003|p=377}}</ref> Chuck Taylor of ''Billboard'' observed, "Spears has become a consummate performer, with snappy dance moves, a clearly real-albeit young-and funkdified voice&nbsp;... "(You Drive Me) Crazy", her third single&nbsp;... demonstrates Spears' own development, proving that the 17-year-old is finding her own vocal personality after so many months of steadfast practice."<ref>{{cite news|last=Taylor|first=Chuck|title=Britney Spears: (You Drive Me) Crazy|newspaper=Billboard|volume=111|issue=35|page=27|date=August 28, 1999}}</ref> Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic referred to her music as a "blend of infectious, rap-inflected dance-pop and smooth balladry."<ref name="allmusic" /> Sputnikmusic writer Amanda Murray noted the album "offers a marker for Spears' progression as an artist, as a celebrity, and as a woman."<ref name="sputnik" /> In 2010, the album was included in the book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref>{{harvnb|Dimery|Lydon|2010}}</ref>

Spears became an international [[pop culture icon]] immediately after launching her recording career. ''Rolling Stone'' wrote: "One of the most controversial and successful female vocalists of the 21st century," she "spearheaded the rise of post-millennial teen pop&nbsp;... Spears early on cultivated a mixture of innocence and experience that generated lots of cash".<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Britney Spears: Biography: Rolling Stone|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=2008|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/britney-spears/biography|access-date=August 9, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112115709/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/britney-spears/biography|archive-date=November 12, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> She is listed by the ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' as having the "Best-selling album by a teenage solo artist".<ref name="folkard">{{harvnb|Folkard|2003|p=288}}</ref> Melissa Ruggieri of the ''[[Richmond Times-Dispatch]]'' reported, "She's also marked for being the best-selling teenage artist. Before she turned 20 in 2001, Spears sold more than 25 million albums worldwide".<ref>{{cite news|last=Ruggieri|first=Melissa|title=Music Notes|newspaper=[[Richmond Times-Dispatch]]|pages=D.13|date=December 19, 2000}}</ref> Barbara Ellen of ''[[The Observer]]'' reported: "Spears is famously one of the 'oldest' teenagers pop has ever produced, almost middle aged in terms of focus and determination. Many 19-year-olds haven't even started working by that age, whereas Britney, a former Mouseketeer, was that most unusual and volatile of American phenomena&nbsp;— a child with a full-time career. While other little girls were putting posters on their walls, Britney was wanting to be the poster on the wall. Whereas other children develop at their own pace, Britney was developing at a pace set by the ferociously competitive American entertainment industry".<ref>{{cite news|last=Ellen|first=Barbara|title=Comment: Britney Spears: Growing up is hard to do: America's apple- pie cheerleader is feeling the pressure as she tries to break free from her clean teen image. So is it all proving too much for Britney Inc, as she pulls out of tonight's Smash Hits Poll Winners' party and takes to her bed: The Observer Profile: Britney Spears|newspaper=[[The Observer]]|page=27|date=December 10, 2000|issn=0029-7712}}</ref> ''...Baby One More Time'' is Spears' most commercially successful album to date, with worldwide sales of 25 million copies.<ref name="BOMTsales"/> It was ranked at number 41 on the all-time US ''Billboard'' 200 chart,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Greatest of All Time Billboard 200 Albums|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboard-200-albums|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=November 12, 2015|access-date=November 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001122709/http://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboard-200-albums|archive-date=October 1, 2016}}</ref> and at number 16 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums by women.<ref name=Billboard>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboard-200-albums-by-women|title=Greatest of All Time Billboard 200 Albums by Women Chart|magazine=Billboard|date=November 30, 2017|access-date=March 6, 2018|archive-date=February 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201173545/https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-billboard-200-albums-by-women|url-status=live}}</ref>