BRITNEY SPEARS

she’s everything (he’s just justin)

Did you miss out on being a teen during 2000-2004? Do you sometimes want to revisit a time when a made-up scene inspired by Titanic could pop up in the middle of the No. 1 album on the Billboard 200? Do you wish we could keep on dancing Til the World Ends? Then you’ll love Britney Spears.

Britney Spears has been in the news a lot lately, but don’t let that distract you from her absolutely legendary impact on pop music and popular culture. The charts? With 14 top-10 hits and five No. 1s, she’s crushed them. The VMAs? Her 2001 Slave 4 U performance featured a live python (sorry PETA). The film? Crossroads made a huge impact and re-released this past October. The lore? Multiple award-winning podcasts have been dedicated to her Instagram and her struggles with her abusive conservatorship. The book? Her long-anticipated memoir, The Woman in Me, is a monster hit, second only to Prince Harry’s blockbuster Spare in copies sold. So if you need to get pumped up before a job interview, bring the party back to life, or find new workout playlist inspo, Britney Spears has you covered. She’s not Toxic, but she’ll drive you Crazy and you’ll be begging Gimme More. And she’ll be right there to look you in the ears and say Oops…I Did it Again.

IN A WORD: Oops

IN THREE WORDS: Oh baby baby

FIND IT: In the zeitgeist