Britney

Britney (2001) is the third studio album by American singer Britney Spears. It was released on October 31, 2001, by Jive Records. Looking to transition from the teen pop styles of her first two studio albums ...Baby One More Time (1999) and Oops!... I Did It Again (2000), Spears began to embrace a significantly more mature sound with Britney. The record incorporates genres of pop and R&B with influences of EDM and occasionally dips into disco, hip hop, rock, and electronica. Its lyrical themes address the subjects such as coming of age, adulthood, control, and sexuality.

In the US, Britney debuted atop the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 745,750 copies, which was the second highest first-week sales by a female artist at the time behind Spears' own Oops!... I Did It Again (2000). In doing so, Spears became the first woman to have her first three studio albums debut atop that chart. The album also registered the second-highest first-week sales of 2001, behind Celebrity by NSYNC. Its performance on the Billboard charts contributed to Spears earning a nomination for Female Albums Artist of the Year at the 2001 Billboard Music Awards, less than a month after its release. After fluctuating within the top 20 of the chart in the following weeks, Britney went on to sell 3,300,000 copies by March 2002. As of March 2015, Britney has sold 4,400,000 units in the US, having been certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).