Why Britney Spears OWNED the 2000s decade like no one else!
A THREAD:

OIDIA Era (2000) Part 1:
-OIDIA (album) sold 500k on its first day (US) + had the biggest opening first week sales for a female artist at the time (1,32M)
-she was the first female to cross 1 million first week sales
-the album sold 2,5m ww first week + hit #1 in 17 countries

OIDIA Era (2000) Part 2:
-OIDIA was Britney's 2nd diamond album + #6 on Billboard's album decade end chart
-gave a legendary VMA performance that shocked the world
-OIDIA is one of the most iconic songs + MVs of all time
hitting #1 in 17 countries
-Lucky hit #1 in 5 countries

OIDIA Era (2000) Part 3:
- Crazy 2K Tour has an estimated tour gross of 15M with 25 shows
-OIDIA Tour grossed 43,6M, becoming one of the highest grossing tours of the year
-attendance: 1,41M in 88 shows
-biggest crowd: 250K in Rock in Rio

OIDIA Era (2000) Part 4:
-most searched female artist of the year
-BOMT becomes the best selling album in the US by a female artist at the time
-OIDIA is the 2nd best selling female album of the whole 2000s decade

Britney Era (2001-2002) Part 1:
-becomes the first artist to debut 3 consecutive #1 albums on the BB200
-US first week sales of 746K (highest by a female of the year) and 1,7M ww, hitting #1 in 6 countries
-Britney was the 2nd best selling female album of 2002 (US)

Britney Era (2001-2002) Part 2:
-Slave 4 U becomes another iconic classic and is considered one of the sexiest music video of all time
-creates one of the most iconic red carpets looks, wearing all denim
-gave the VMAs their most iconic performance ever

Britney Era (2001-2002) Part 3:
-DWAD Tour grossed 56,8M
-attendance: 1,02M in 68 shows,
-biggest crowd: 55K
- Forbes: most powerful celebrity of 2002 (first female artist)
-most searched female artist of 2001 & 2002
-Crossroads was a box office success

Britney Era (2001-2002) Part 4:
-8 million Pepsi deal for commercials
-youngest artist to perform at the super bowl
-named best selling teenage artist of all time, teenage female solo artist with most #1 hits in the US
-Britney = 15th best selling female album of the whole decade

ITZ Era (2003-2004) Part 1:
-extends her own record of the most consecutive #1 debuts by a female artist with US first week sales of 609K (1,5M ww), making it the 2nd highest debut sales of the year,
-ITZ became the 4th best selling female album of 2004 (US)
-#1 in 6 countries

ITZ Era (2003-2004) Part 2:
-MATM reached #1 in 6 countries
-Toxic is one of the most iconic & influential songs and MVs of all time: #1 in 11 countries
-Everytime: #1 in 5 countries
-Onyx Hotel Tour grossed 35,3M with an attendance of 617K in 54 shows
-biggest crowd: 118K (RiR)

ITZ Era (2003-2004) Part 3:
-one of the most iconic VMAs of all time (+340M viewers at the performance)
-youngest artist to receive a Hollywood Star on the Walk Of Fame, best selling teenage artist, highest annual earning by a female singer, most expensive TV advertising campaign

ITZ Era (2003-2004) Part 4:
-most searched female artist of 2003 & 2004
-ITZ is the 38th best selling female album of the whole 2000s decade
-BOMT becomes the best selling album by a teenage solo artist

MP Era (2004-2005) Part 1:
-My Prerogative debuted at #4 with 255k copies first week in the US
-#1 in 5 countries
-its the 47th best selling female album of the 2000s decade + 3rd best selling female greatest hits album of the decade
- MP (single) hit #1 in 4 countries

MP Era (2004-2005) Part 2:
-most searched female artist of 2005
-B in the Mix is one of the best selling remix albums of all time
-broke the record for best selling female artist in music history at the time
-launched the most successful celebrity perfume empire of all time

Blackout Era (2006-2007) Part 1:
-debuted at #2 due to a last minute rule change with 290K copies sold first week (124k first day and 550K ww)
-broke the record for the best selling digital album debut by a female at the time
-hit #1 in 3 countries

Blackout Era (2006-2007) Part 2:
-Gimme More peaked at #3 on the BBH100 and was #1 in Canada, birthing the most iconic line in music history "It's Britney B**ch"
-POM reached #1 in two countries
-most expensive photo to be sold by a paparazzi (+$1M) with her shaved head

Blackout Era (2006-2007) Part 3:
-most searched female artist of 2006 & 2007
- creates some of the most iconic moments in pop history, partying with Paris and Lindsay, erratic behavior, 2007 VMA performance etc.

Blackout Era (2006-2007) Part 4:
-Blackout as one of the most influential albums of the 2000s and 2010s
-later added to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
-named one of the best and most influential albums of the decade by The Guardian, Spotify, Rolling Stone, The Times & more

Circus Era (2008-2009) Part 1:
-5th #1 debut (with 505K first week sales (US) and 880K ww)
-2nd biggest debut by a female of 2008
-6th best selling album of 2009 (male + fem.)
-91st best selling female album of the decade, despite being released in Dec. 2008
-#1 in 6 countries

Circus Era (2008-2009) Part 2:
-Womanizer #1 in 10 countries
-largest jump to #1 on the Hot 100 at the time
-Circus (song) peaked at #3 (US), hitting #1 in Brazil
-9th best selling song of 2009
-IUSA hit #1 in Brazil + is one of the most controversial + smartest songs of the 00s

Circus Era (2008-2009)
-Britney's promo performance gave X Factor their highest ratings of all time
-Circus Tour grossed 131,8M
-attendance of 1,5M, breaking multiple attendance records
-6th highest grossing female tour of the decade
-Circus = one of the biggest comebacks ever

Circus Era (2008-2009) Part 4:
-most searched female artist of 2008
-most searched artist since the creation of the internet
-3 debuted at #1 in the US (#1 in 3 countries)
-breaks the record for most awarded female artist + youngest female to have 5 #1 studio albums in the US

Circus Era (2008-2009) Part 5:
-Britney becomes the most photographed person on the planet and the youngest female artist to have 5 #1 albums in the US

More accomplishments of Britney in the 2000s:
-best selling female artist (ww) + female album artist of the 2000s (#2 overall: the only female in the top 10)
-most #1s on the UWC in the 2000s by a female artist
-most album certifications by a female solo artist of the decade