Britney Spears' Official biggest singles and albums in the UK revealed
24.08.2022 - 12:27
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In the immortal words of the icon herself - it's Britney, b*tch!
It's been a hot minute since we last heard from the Princess of Pop, Miss Britney Spears. Six years ago, Britney released her ninth (and, so far, latest) studio album Glory and - thanks to a combination of well-publicised personal and legal issues - took a rest from the spotlight.
But now emancipated and finally, finally free, Britney is ready to make her comeback, with none other than Elton John on the single Hold Me Closer, which is arriving this Friday (August 26).
As a pop star, Britney Spears has taken more risks than people may want to give her credit for. As she grew up (quite literally), Britney's music started to become something of a fertile ground for the most weird and wonderful ideas pop producers and writers could find. It's why you can hear a taste of bhangra in Toxic, why Blackout kickstarted the EDM boom in its infancy and why you can't say the title of If U Seek Amy on the street.
And let's never - ever! - discount Britney herself from her own legacy. There would be no Britney Spears without Britney Spears. It was Britney who, in her earliest days as a pop star, recognised the dichotomy at play in her image on the set of the Baby One More Time video, one of the oldest in existence; the virgin and the whore, innocence and sex, constraint and freedom. As Britney's image shifted, and her own music grew in complexity especially during the In The Zone and Blackout eras, her own autonomy was her greatest strength. And now she has it back. What will she do next? Whatever she wants.
To celebrate the release of Hold Me Closer, we've compiled the lists and crunched the numbers to present the Official and up-to-date ranking of Britney's most