25 Years Later, Britney Spears’ 2001 VMAs Performance Still Mesmerizes

25 years later, Britney Spears’ 2001 VMAs performance still mesmerizes

By Bianca Betancourt, CNN Britney Spears was ready to drop a new single. But how? It was 2001, and Spears was the biggest pop star in the world, with her 10-time-platinum sophomore album, “Oops! I Did It Again” behind her. The public would be expecting something suitably huge. They got something even bigger than that. Spears decided to deliver the new song, “I’m a Slave 4 U,” live on stage at New York City’s Metropolitan Opera house, during the …

Why No One Will Ever Be Famous Like Britney Spears Again

Music experts are still talking about the massive cultural footprint left behind by pop icon Britney Spears. In a recent feature published by CNN, a prominent music critic made a bold statement about her unmatched legacy, declaring, "Never again has there been an artist as famous as Britney after Britney."When Britney Spears burst onto the music scene in the late 1990s with her mega-hit single "...Baby One More Time", she did not just top the ch…