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Oops!...I Did It Again is the second studio album by American pop singer Britney Spears . The album was released on May 16, 2000 by Jive Records . The album became a commercial success after debuting at top position on the U.S. Billboard 200| Billboard 200 selling over 1,319,193 units during its first week. This feat broke the previous SoundScan record for the highest album sales in its debut week by any solo artist. The album also reached number one in thirteen other countries while peaking inside the top five positions in Australia, Finland, Japan, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. It was also her second album to receive a RIAA certification|diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Additionally, The album has sold over 20 million copies to date making it one of the highest selling albums of all time and Spears' second best selling album after ...Baby One More Time .. Britney Spears. Retrieved on October 17, 2010.

The album produced three worldwide hits. Its lead single " Oops!... I Did It Again (song)|Oops!...I Did It Again "; became an international hit reaching number one in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and Nine other countries while peaking in the top five positions in six other countries. Its second single " Lucky (Britney Spears song)|Lucky " reached number one in five countries while " Stronger (Britney Spears song)|Stronger " (Its third single) became the highest selling single of the album in the United States. "Stronger" received a RIAA certification|Gold certification in the United States and three other countries. Spears' writing skills are also praised in the album for "Dear Diary".

Background and development

After finishing her ...Baby One More Time Tour and vacationing for 6 days, she returned to New York City the week of September 20, 1999 to begin recording her follow-up to her debut. She however didn't start recording the bulk until November 1, 1999. The album contains contributions from Max Martin , Eric Foster White, Diane Warren , and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds|Babyface , among others. The only songs that were recorded at Max Martin's Cheiron Studios from November 1–7, 1999 were " Oops!... I Did It Again (song)|Oops!... I Did It Again ", "Walk On By", "What U See (Is What U Get)", and "Don't Go Knockin' On My Door". The songs " Stronger (Britney Spears song)|Stronger " and " Lucky (Britney Spears song)|Lucky " were recorded, but the final mixes weren't complete until January 2000, along with the album's first single, "Oops!...I Did It Again". "Where Are You Now" was recorded in November at Cheiron and finished at Battery Studios, NYC in January 2000.

On January 7, 2000, Spears was about halfway through the recording process of the album. Spears had been working on the (then untitled) album both in the U.S. and in Sweden. Spears said that this time around, "The album will be a bit funkier and edgier than previous material". At the time she was in New York City recording new songs and finishing up songs she began working on in November and December. "When I did the first album, I had just turned 16. I mean, when I look at the album cover, I'm like, 'Oh, my lordy,'" she said. "I know this next album's going to be totally different--especially the material. I just got finished recording the first six tracks in Sweden two months ago, and the material is so much more funkier and edgier. And, of course, it's more mature because I've grown as a person too." Spears was heavily pressured for the follow-up album due to ...Baby One More Time 's" huge commercial success: "It's kind of hard following ten million, I have to say. But after listening to the new material and recording it, I'm really confident with it."

"Can't Make You Love Me"'s instrumental track and melody were recorded in the fall of 1999 in Sweden, with Britney recording the vocals in mid-January at Parc Studios in Orlando, FL. Diane Warren's "When Your Eyes Say" was recorded at Battery Studios New York on Friday, January 28, 2000, which preceded her TRL appearance that day. Her cover of " (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction " was recorded with Rodney Jerkins at Pacifique Recording Studios in Hollywood, CA from February 24–26, 2000Moss, Corey. (February 23, 2000) . Mtv.com. Retrieved on October 17, 2010. after attending the 42nd Grammy Awards . During the release of Oops!...I Did It Again , Spears told that "I mean, of course there's some pressure," Spears says. "But in my opinion, is a lot better than the first album. It's edgier - it has more of an attitude. It's more me, and I think teenagers will relate to it more." Geoff Mayfield, director of charts at Billboard, adds that the decision to release Oops! less than a year and a half after Spears' debut amounts to "very smart timing. My philosophy is, when you have a young fan base, get 'em while they're hot."

Songwriting controversy

Spears and her recording and publishing companies have been sued by two musicians claiming two of her songs were copied from their tune. Michael Cottril and Lawrence Wnukowski filed a copyright case against Spears, Zomba Group of Companies|Zomba Recording Corp, Jive Records , Wright Entertainment Group and BMG Music Publishing. According to Mr Cottrill and Mr Wnukowski, Spears' What U See (Is What U Get) and Can't Make You Love Me are "virtually identical" to one of their songs. A spokesperson from Spears' record label in the UK, Jive Records , was unable to comment on the case and the two tracks in dispute from "Oops!...I Did It Again". However, Mr. Cottrill and Mr. Wnukowski claim that in 1999 they authored, recorded and copyrighted a song called "What You See Is What You Get". They say this song was submitted to one of Spears' representatives for consideration on a future album. It was rejected, they say, but add that Spears' What U See (Is What U Get) and Can't Make You Love Me are based on their tune.

Critical reception

Initial critical response to Oops!...I Did It Again was generally favorable. According to Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a score of 72, based on 12 reviews. Entertainment Weekly 's David Browne says the best of the tracks undermine the criticism that all teen pop is merely perky smiles and choreography. A slew of producers and writers, most notably Max Martin , ditch the Tinkertoy feel of Spears' first album and replace it with palpitating, bass-heavy constructs. MTV Asia gave the album 8 stars rating saying "the album has the dodgy title, the fans generally feel that Britney has improved quite a bit, and that this is a brilliant second album. Britney is armed with a more mature and seasoned pop star look, stronger and poppier songs, and of course, extensive media exposure.

The album received generally positive reviews from critics resulting in the reviews being more positive than Spears's previous album. Rolling Stone gave the album a 3.5 rating calling the album "fantastic pop cheese, with much better song-factory hooks than 'N Sync or BSB get", this was a huge step up from the 2 star rating they gave Spears for her previous album. Allmusic gave the album a 4 star rating saying "It has the same combination of sweetly sentimental ballads and endearingly gaudy dance-pop that made ...Baby One More Time". NME reported (with a score of 8 out of 10) that "She's modern-day pop perfection realised in a nearly, human form," though it also refers to her as an "evil genius" and rather cynically compares her music to the addictive drug ketamine, based on the drug's tendency to blank the user's mind and thought processes.

Commercial performance

Oops!...I Did It Again debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling over 1.3& nbsp;million units in the first week, including more than 500,000 units in the first day of release according to Jive records, giving Spears the highest sales in one week by a female artist ever. ( Norah Jones ' Feels Like Home (Norah Jones album)|Feels Like Home later registered the second-best week ever totaled by a female artist with 1.02& nbsp;million copies.) According to the Billboard 200, the album sold an additional 612,500 copies in its second week, but it was displaced to number two by Eminem 's The Marshall Mathers LP which sold 1.76& nbsp;million units in its first week. In the third week, the album sold 442,000 copies and remained in the number-two position.And on its fourth week it sold another monstrous 369,000 copies and remained solding 323,000 copies in its fifth week.During its sixth week was sold another huge 274,000 copies and 257,000 and 254,000 copies in its seventh and eighth week and 217,000 in its ninth week and in its tenth week it was the Greatest Gainer with 241,000 copies It gained the 3& nbsp;million mark in just five weeks of its release, and by August, total sales quickly closed to the 5& nbsp;million mark. It held the number two spot on the Billboard 200 for 15 consecutive weeks, selling 194,000 and 213,000 in week 14 and 15. During the busy Christmas week of 2000 "Oops!" sold a enormous 404,000 copies holding strong the no.8 The album went down to number-three on the Billboard 200 in its 17th week on the chart, but that week it was certified seven-times platinum by the RIAA for shipments of 7& nbsp;million units. On its 38th week on the chart, the album still managed number thirty-seven on the Billboard 200. The album spent a total of 84 weeks on the US Billboard 200 chart, 31 weeks on the Canadian Albums Chart , and 2 weeks on the Catalog Albums Chart. It charted number eighty-two on the European Top 100 Albums chart, and quickly peaked to number one, and went on to sell over four million copies within the continent being certified four-times platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry . "Oops!...I Did It Again" reached number-two in the UK Albums Chart|United Kingdom , selling 88,000 copies in the first week of release. It fell just short of Whitney Houston 's Whitney: The Greatest Hits which sold 90,000 in the first week. After remaining in the top five for four weeks, the album started sliding down the chart. The album also debuted at #1 in Canada, selling 95,275 copies in its first week.

It topped the SNEP|France and also peaked at number-one in Media Control Charts|Germany , it was certified three-times platinum by the British Phonographic Industry , platinum by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique and five-times gold by Bundesverband Musikindustrie , denoting shipments to retailers of 900,000 units, 300,000 copies and 750,000 respectively. Additionally, '''Oops!...''' debuted at number-two in May 2000 on the ARIA Charts|Australian Albums Chart , after 10 weeks being on top twenty it quickly fell to number-twenty-four, behind the Santana (band)|Santana 's Supernatural (Santana album)|Supernatural . The album became the fourteenth highest-selling of 2000 in the country and was certified two-times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association the following year after shipping 140,000 copies to retailers. "Oops!...I Did It Again" opened at number-two on the RIANZ|New Zealand charts , the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand certified it two-times platinum. Oops!... became the third best-selling album of 2000, selling 7,893,544 albums according to Nielsen SoundScan and fourth best-selling album according to Billboard Year-End of 2000. On January 24, 2005, the album was certified ten-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America . Also, the album landed at number-twenty seven on List of BMG Music Club's top selling albums in the United States|BMG Music Club all-time best-sellers list with 1.21& nbsp;million units, behind Shania Twain's The Woman in Me (Shania Twain album)|The Woman in Me (1.24& nbsp;million) and the Nirvana (band)|Nirvana 's Nevermind (1.24& nbsp;million). As of July 2009, the album has sold 9,184,000 copies in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan , which does not count albums sold through clubs like the BMG Music Service. Combined, "Oops!...I Did It Again" has sold over 10,394,000 copies in the U.S.Worldwide Oops sold 2.4 million copies in first week and 1.1 million copies in its second week being one of the fastest selling albums in music history; in late 2000 it has sold 16 million copies until week 1, 2001

Promotion

By the end of 1999, Spears was quickly promoting Oops!...I Did It Again in European countries. In the UK, she performed her past hits on the show Smash Hits . In Italy, she did a short interview on the show TRL Italy in early 2000. Spears also played a secret gig in Paris, France on May 9, to launch her second album in Europe and was her first-ever European show. In Australia, she appeared on the show The House of Hits that was originally broadcast on May 13., and on the Australian TV show, Russell Gilbert Live on May 13. In Spain, she did an interview on the show El Rayo on September 8, and October 24, 2000. Spears also performed at several large venues in the UK, starting with Birmingham NEC on October 7 and 8. The tour then headed to London's Wembley Arena for October 10–12, followed by a stop at Manchester Evening News Arena on October 13 and 14. She was accompanied by 'N Sync , who toured with her short UK outing on October 2000.

Back in the United States, she had many television appearances, including Saturday Night Live on May 13, '' The Rosie O'Donnell Show on May 15, and People (magazine)#Teen People|Teen People 's 25 Under 25 on May 26. On May 10, she was interviewed on Late Night With Conan O'Brien ''. On May 13, Spears was both the host and musical guest on NBC 's Saturday Night Live . She also performed on NBC 's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992 TV series)|The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on May 23. Spears' held her post-" Total Request Live|TRL " listening party, "Britney's First Listen," on May 16, and was toast the arrival of her album on next Tuesday's installment of "TRL" that started at 3:30& nbsp;pm (ET). On May 14, she was at Times Square studios for two hours of "Britney Live" that started at 12 noon (ET). Spears' performed " Oops!...I Did It Again (song)|Oops!...I Did It Again " in MTV's " All Access: Backstage With Britney " that was broadcast on July 19, 2000. On September 7 at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards in New York City at the Radio City Music Hall , Spears gave a memorable live performance. Which included a cover version|cover of The Rolling Stones 's 1965 hit single " (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction " and her own hit "Oops!...I Did It Again", released earlier that year. While she began her segment in a tuxedo|black suit , she shocked the audience and the media while, at only the age of eighteen, ripped it off to display a revealing, flesh-colored stage outfit with hundreds of strategically placed Swarovski crystals.

One month before the release of the album, Spears' headed to Hawaii on Easter Sunday so she could tape a Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox television special titled Britney Spears in Hawaii . The free concert was started at 6:00& nbsp;pm on the beach in front of the Hilton Hawaiian Village lagoon in Honolulu , Hawaii. The Fox concert event was intended to serve as a preview of Spears' Oops!...I Did It Again album that features her 12 new songs. Spears had on a month-long international promotional tour in support of Oops!...I Did It Again , and on May 2, she had a press event in Tokyo's "Kokusai Forum Hall", and she made stops in both London and Hawaii. Spears was also among the scheduled performers on the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards , which was aired on at CBS at 8& nbsp;pm (ET/PT). She was also expected to drop by for a Grammy-day " Total Request Live|TRL ".

Singles

" Oops!... I Did It Again (song)|Oops!...I Did It Again " was the first single released from the album. The title track peaked at number 9 on The Billboard Hot 100 . Although becoming Spears's third top-10 single and despite great worldwide popularity, it was considered a minor disappointment according to Jive Records|Jive , Britney's record label. Expectations for the single had been particularly high due to the huge success of Spears's debut single " ...Baby One More Time (song)|...Baby One More Time ". At Top 40 radio "Oops!...I Did It Again" peaked at number-one on the Top 40 Mainstream , The song also holds the record for the most radio additions in a one day. In the United Kingdom 'Oops!...I Did It Again' reached number-one on the UK Singles Chart , giving Spears her third UK number-one hit, following " Born To Make You Happy " and " ...Baby One More Time (song)|...Baby One More Time ". " Lucky (Britney Spears song)|Lucky " was the second single released from the album. It failed to break the Top 20 on The Billboard Hot 100 peaking at 23. 'Lucky' fared better at Top 40 radio peaking at 9 on the Top 40 Mainstream . The single was also a moderate success in the UK peaking at 5 on the UK Singles Chart .

" Stronger (Britney Spears song)|Stronger " was the third top 10 single released from the album and became of the album's second highest charting single and arguably most successful. It peaked at number 11 on The Billboard Hot 100 and reached number one on the Hot 100 Single Sales . In the UK the single wasn't as successful as the previous two singles but has remained a hit single, peaking at number-seven on the UK Singles Chart . " Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know " was the last single released from the album in the United States, the single performed well below expectations, failing to chart on the The Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100 also failing at Top 40 Mainstream|Top 40 radio. In the UK the single peaked at number-twelve. "When Your Eyes Say It" was a planned fourth or fifth single, but was canceled and released only as a radio promo single instead.. Discogs.com. Retrieved on October 17, 2010. " You Got It All#Britney Spears version|You Got It All " received a promotional release in France .

Tour

The album had one supporting tour called Oops!...I Did It Again World Tour which had performances on North America, Europe and a promotional appearance in South America, that performance in Brazil took part of Rock in Rio. On the Crazy 2K Tour , Spears introduced the song "Oops!...I Did It Again". On June 24, 2000, Spears was featured in a print and television advertising campaign for Clairol's Herbal Essences shampoo line. In a special coup for Clairol, Spears recorded her own song for the brand called "I've Got the Urge to Herbal" that is featured in 60-second radio spots and is part of a pre-concert video presentation for Spears 50-city summer concert tour, in which Herbal Essences was the tour sponsor.

Track listing

Personnel

Vocals, Vocals (background), Spoken word: Britney Spears

Cello: Jeanne LeBlanc, Jesse Levy, Kermit Moore, Eugene J. Moye

Editing: Harvey Mason, Sr.

Assistant engineer: Bobby Brown , Flip Osman, Clayton Wood, Anthony Ruotolo, Alfred Bosco, Shane Stoneback

Engineer, Assistant engineer: Charles McCrorey

Engineer, Mixing engineer: Michel Gallone

Engineer, Vocal engineer, Mixing Engineer: Chris Trevett

Engineer: Eric Gast, Tim Donovan, Harvey Mason, Jr., Dan Gellert, John Amatiello

Mixing engineer: Stephen George, Dexter Simmons

String engineer: Chris Tergesen

Vocal engineer: Michael Tucker

Art direction, Design: Jackie Murphy

Back cover, Cover photo: Mark Seliger

Bass, Guitar, Producer, Drum Programming: Larry "Rock" Campbell

Bass: Marji Danilow, Judith Sugarman, Thomas Lindberg

Guitar: Esbjörn Öhrwall, Johan Carlberg, Michael Thompson

Hair stylist: Kali

Harp: Gloria Agostini

Keyboards, Programming, Producer, Mixing engineer, Spoken word: Max Martin

Keyboards, Producer, Drum programming: Robert "Esmail" Jazayeri

Keyboards, Programming, Producer, Mixing engineer: Per Magnusson , Jake, Kristian Lundin, Rami, David Kreuger

Keyboards: Kent Wood

Make-Up: Elan Bongiorno

Management: Johnny Wright

Mastering: Tom Coyne

Mixing: Nigel Green

Photography: Jon Ragel

Piano, Conductor, Keyboards, Producer, Engineer, Orchestral arrangements: Barry Eastmond

Producer, Engineer, Vocal arrangement, Mixing engineer: Rodney Jerkins

Producer: Robert John, Timmy Allen

Programming: Richard Meyer (producer)|Richard Meyer aka :fr:Swayd|Swayd , Cory Churko, Kevin Churko

String coordinator: William Meade

Stylist: Hayley Hill

Viola, Orchestra contractor: Alfred V. Brown

Viola: Julien Barber, Olivia Koppell, Harry Zaratzian, Maxine Roach, Stephanie Baer

Violin, Concert master: Richard Henrickson

Violin: Sanford Allen, Belinda Whitney-Barratt, Sandra Billingslea, Winterton Garvey, Gerald Tarack, Joyce Hammann, Stanley Hunte, Regis Iandiorio, Gene Orloff, Marion Pinhiero, Marti Sweet, Amahid Ajemian, Xin Zhao, Margaret Magill, Ashley Horne

Vocals (background): Nikki Gregoroff, Audrey Martells, Nana Hedin , Darryl Anthony, Nora Payne, Jeanette Söderholm, Therese Ancker, Charlotte Björkman, Andres Von Hofsten, Nina Woodford , Mona Yacoub, Jeanette Olsson, Stephanie Baer

Charts

Weekly Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak Position
ARIA Charts	2
Austrian Albums Chartcite web	1
Ultratop	1
Belgian Walloon Albums Chartcite web	1
Canadian Albums Chart cite web	1
International Federation of the Phonographic Industry	2
MegaCharts	1
European Top 100 Albums	1
Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique	1
Mitä hittiä	2
Media Control Charts	1
Mahasz	1
Italian Albums Chart	1
Oricon	4
Mexican Albums Chart	1
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand	2
VG-lista	1
Productores de Música de España	3
Sverigetopplistan	1
Swiss Albums Chart cite web	1
UK Albums Chart	2
U.S. Billboard 200	1

Certifications

Country	Providers	Certification	Sales or Shipments
Argentina	Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers	Platinumcite web	60,000
Australia	Australian Recording Industry Association	3× Platinum. Aria.com.au. Retrieved on October 17, 2010.	210,000cite web
Austria	International Federation of the Phonographic Industry	Platinumcite web	50,000cite web
Belgium	Ultratop	3× Platinumcite web	150,000cite web
Brazil	Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos	Goldcite web	100,000cite web
Canada	Canadian Recording Industry Association	7× Platinumcite web	710,044cite web
Europe	IFPI	4× Platinumcite web	4,000,000
Finland	IFPI	Platinumcite web	54,274
France	Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique	Platinumcite web	420,800
Italy	Federation of the Italian Music Industry	Platinumcite web	120,000
Germany	Bundesverband Musikindustrie	3x Platinumcite certification	1,000,000cite web
Hungary	Mahasz	Goldcite web	25,000cite web
Mexico	AMPROFON	2× Platinumcite web	300,000cite web
Netherlands	NVPI	2× Platinumcite web	160,000cite web
New Zealand	Recording Industry Association of New Zealand	2× Platinumcite web	30,000
Norway	IFPI	Platinumcite web	50,000
Poland	ZPAV	Diamondcite web	500,000cite web
Portugal	IFPI	PlatinumCite book	40,000+
Sweden	IFPI	Platinumcite web	80,000cite web
Switzerland	IFPI	2× PlatinumSwiss certification:cite web	100,000
United Kingdom	British Phonographic Industry	3× Platinumcite web	1,000,000
United States	Recording Industry Association of America	Diamond	10,398,000ref

Notes:

* As of July 2009, the album has sold 9,188,000 copies in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan , with additional 1,210,000 sold at BMG Music Clubs. Nielsen SoundScan does not count albums sold through clubs like the BMG Music Service, which were significantly popular in the 1990s.

Decade-end charts

Chart (2000–2009)	Position
	6

Awards

Year	Ceremony	Award	Result
2000	Billboard Music Awards	World-Record Breaker Of 2000cite news	Won
2000	Billboard Music Awards	Album Artist Of 2000cite web	Won
2001	American Music Awards	Favorite Pop/ Rock Albumcite web	date=January 8, 2001	Nominated
2001	Grammy Awards	Best Pop Vocal Albumcite web	Nominated
2001	Juno Awards	Best Selling Album - Foreign or Domesticcite web	Nominated
2001	Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	Favorite CD "Oops!... I Did It Again"	Nominated

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