...Baby One More Time
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- For the song, see ...Baby One More Time (song)
...Baby One More Time is the debut album from American pop singer Britney Spears. It was released on January 12, 1999, in the U.S. and was principally produced by Max Martin and Rami (and was largely composed by the former). The title track, which is her most successful single to date, is generally considered Spears' signature song. Although she herself had very minimal artistic input with this record, it is her best-selling album both in the U.S. and internationally and propelled the then-seventeen-year-old to superstardom during the year of its release. The album also spent a huge fifty weeks in the top ten of the Billboard 200.
Although the critical response to the album was lukewarm, ...Baby One More Time was a huge commercial success. It debuted at number one in both the U.S. and Canada, and reached the top ten in many other countries. The record has been certified 14x Platinum in the U.S. (making it one of the top fifty best-selling albums of all-time domestically) and has sold an estimated twenty-five million copies worldwide. It is also the best-selling debut album by a female artist (a record previously holded by Whitney Houston).
Track listing
- "...Baby One More Time" (M. Martin)
- "(You Drive Me) Crazy" (J. Elofsson, P. Magnusson, D. Kreuger, M. Martin)
- "Sometimes" (J. Elofsson)
- "Soda Pop" (M. Bassie, E. Foster White)
- "Born to Make You Happy" (K. Lundin, A. Carlsson)
- "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" (E. Foster White)
- "I Will Be There" (M. Martin, A. Carlsson)
- "I Will Still Love You" (with Don Philip) (E. Foster White)
- "Thinkin' About You" (M. Bassie, E. Foster White)
- "E-Mail My Heart" (E. Foster White)
- "The Beat Goes On" (S. Bono)
- "Deep in My Heart" [*]
- "I'll Never Stop Loving You" [*]
- "Autumn Goodbye" [*]
- "…Baby One More Time" [Davidson Ospina Radio Mix] [*]
- "...Baby One More Time" [Boy Wunder Radio Mix] [*]
Personnel
- Daniel Boom - Engineer
- Jimmy Bralower - Drum Programming
- Larry Busacca - Photography
- Andreas Carlsson - Vocals (bckgr)
- Tom Coyne - Mastering
- Nikki Gregoroff - Vocals (bckgr)
- Nana Hedin - Vocals (bckgr)
- Andy Hess - Bass
- Tim Latham - Engineer, Mixing
- Tomas Lindberg - Bass
- Per Magnusson - Keyboards, Programming, Producer
- Max Martin - Keyboards, Programming, Vocals (bckgr), Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Charles McCrorey - Assistant Engineer
- Andrew McIntyre - Electric guitar
- Jackie Murphy - Art Direction, Design
- Dan Petty - Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar
- Doug Petty - Keyboards
- Don Philip - Performer
- Albert Sanchez - Photography
- Britney Spears - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
- Aleese Simmons - Vocals (bckgr)
- Chris Trevett - Engineer, Mixing
- Eric Foster White - Bass, Arranger, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Producer, Engineer, Drum Programming, Mixing
Charts
The album was a huge success in the UK, originally debuting at number eight in March 1999, and staying in the top twenty until January 2000, where it peaked at number two. ...Baby One More Time sold nearly 28,000 copies in its first week of release in the UK, a total of 1,110,000 copies in the UK, and spent 90 weeks on the UK Top 75.
| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian ARIA Top 50 | 2 |
| Canadian Billboard Top 100 | 1 |
| UK Top 75 Albums Chart | 2 |
| U.S. Bilboard 200 | 1 (6 weeks) |
| Austria Top Albums | 2 |
| German Top 100 Albums | 1 (2 weeks) |
| Ireland Album Top 75 | 6 |
| Mexican Album Chart | 1 |
| Netherlands Top 100 Albums | 13 |
| Norway Top 40 Albums | 5 |
| Sweden Top 60 Albums | 10 |
| Switzerland Top 100 Albums | 1 (3 weeks) |
Singles Stats
All regularly released singles and their chart peak position: USA (U.S.), United Kingdom (UK), Canada (CAN), Australia (AUS) Germany (GE), France (FRA) and World Chart Show (WCS).{| class="wikitable"|width=100%
| Year | Title | Chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S | UK | CAN | AUS | GER | FRA | WCS | ||
| 1998 | "...Baby One More Time" | 1 (2 wks) | 1 (2 wks) | 1 (4 wks) | 1 (9 wks) | 1 (6 wks) | 1 (2 wks) | 1 (8 wks) |
| 1999 | "Sometimes" | 21 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 1 (2 wks) |
| 1999 | "(You Drive Me) Crazy" | 10 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 (5 wks) |
| 1999 | "Born To Make You Happy" | align="left" | ||||||
| 1 (1 wk) | 21 | align="left" | ||||||
| 3 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
| 2000 | "From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart" | 14 | align="left" | |||||
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| 37 | align="left" | |||||||
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| 19 | ||||||||
Trivia
- The songs, ...Baby One More Time, Sometimes, and From the Bottom of My Broken Heart became #1 from this album.
- Unlike other albums by Britney Spears, the front cover is a fold-out page with a poster of Britney (much like Ashlee Simpson's I Am Me).
- This album and Oops!...I Did It Again, her follow-up album, has the lyrics only of her singles (from this album, ...Baby One More Time, Sometimes, Born To Make You Happy and From the Bottom of My Broken Heart. (You Drive Me) Crazy's lyrics do not appear, because the single was a remix.
- Some editions (like the Australian edition) have an alternate cover picture, a picture of Spears in white. This picture also appears inside.
References
| Britney Spears |
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| Discography | Awards | Music videos | Unreleased songs | Bootlegs |
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