OOPS

Oops!... I Did It Again

Oops!... I Did It Again is the sophomore album by American pop singer Britney Spears, released on May 16, 2000 on Jive Records.

Reception

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.

Chart performance

Oops!... I Did It Again debut at number-one on the US Billboard 200, selling over 1.3 million units in the first week, this made Spears the first and only female artist to achieve a platinum status with first week sales, the album stayed at number-one for one week. In the second week, the album sold an additional 600,000 copies and slid to the number-two position due to the release of Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP which sold 1.76 million units in its first week. In the third week the album sold 355,000 copies remaining at the number-two position, the album stayed in the Top 3 on the Billboard 200 for seventeen weeks.

In the United Kingdom 'Oops!... I Did It Again' debut at number-two on the UK Album Chart selling 250,000 in the first week of release, the album was held off the number-one spot by Whitney Houston's Whitney: The Greatest Hits which sold 350,000 in the first week, after remaining in the Top 5 for four weeks, the album started sliding down the chart.

'Oops!... I Did It Again' has sold a total of 10 million copies in the US and has been certified 10x Platinum according to Nielson SoundScan and RIAA Certifications.

Singles

The album's title track Oops! I Did It Again was the first single released from the album, 'Oops! I Did It Again'. The title track peaked at number-nine on The Billboard Hot 100, although becoming Spears's third top 10 single and becoming immensely popular across the globe, it was considered a minor disappointment according to Jive, Britney's record label, due to the huge success of Spears's debut single ...Baby One More Time expectations for the single were high. 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.

Lucky was the second single released from the album, the single failed to break the Top 20 on the The Billboard Hot 100 peaking at number-twenty-three. 'Lucky' fared better at Top 40 radio peaking at number-nine on the Top 40 Mainstream. The single was a also moderate success in the UK peaking at number-five on the UK Singles Chart.

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, peaking at number-eleven 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, peaking at number-seven on the UK Singles Chart.

The last commercial single, Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know was the last single released from the album, the single performed way below expectations, failing to chart on The Billboard Hot 100 also failing at Top 40 radio, the single however did peak at number-two on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (number-one hundred and two on The Billboard Hot 100); Spears's lowest charting single at the time. In the UK the single peaked at number-twelve becoming the album's lowest charting single in the UK.

Track listing

#	Title	Writers	Time
1	Oops!... I Did It Again	Max Martin, Rami	3:31
2	Stronger	Max Martin, Rami	3:21
3	Don't Go Knockin' On My Door / Satisfaction (Interlude)	Max Martin, Jake, A. Kronlund, Rami	3:43
4	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	Jagger, Richards	4:45
5	Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know	R. J. Lange, S. Twain, K. Scott	3:36
6	What U See (Is What U Get) / Lucky Anwering Machine	P. Magnusson, D. Kreuger, J. Elofsson, Rami	3:26
7	Lucky	Max Martin, Rami, A. Kronlund	3:26
8	One Kiss from You	S. Lunt	3:29
9	Where Are You Now	Max Martin, Andreas Carlsson	4:39
10	Can't Make You Love Me	Max Martin, Kristian Lundin, Andreas Carlsson	3:18
11	When Your Eyes Say It	D. Warren	4:06
12	Dear Diary	Britney Spears, J. Blume, E. Wilde	2:46

Bonus tracks

#	Title	Writers	Edition	Time
13	Girl In The Mirror	Max Martin, J. Elofsson, Rami	Europe	3:37
14	You Got It All	R. Holmes	Europe	4:10
15	Heart	G. Teren, E. Wilde	Europe	3:00
16	Walk On By	Max Martin, J. Elofsson, Rami	Australia	3:33

Charts and certifications

Chart	Peak position	Certification	Sales/ shipments
United States Billboard 200	1	10× platinum	10.41 million ¹
Argentina	n/a	Platinum	100,000
Australia ARIA Charts	2	3× platinum	210,000
Austria	1	2× platinum	60,000
Belgium	1	3× platinum	150,000
Brazil	n/a	Gold	100,000
Canadian Albums Chart	1	5× platinum	500,000
European Top 100 Albums	1	4× platinum	4 million
Finland	2	Platinum	54,274
France	1	2× gold	420,000
Germany Media Control Charts	1	3× platinum	900,000
Japan Oricon	67		3,400
Mexico	1	2× platinum	300,000
Netherlands Megacharts	1	2× platinum	160,000
New Zealand RIANZ	2	2× platinum	30,000
Norway	1	Platinum	40,000
Poland	n/a	Gold	35,000
Sweden	1	Platinum	60,000
Switzerland	1	2× platinum	100,000
UK Albums Chart	2	3× platinum	910,000

Notes:

¹ As of 2005, the album has sold 9.2 million copies in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan, with an additional 1.21 million sold at BMG Music Clubs.

Tours

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 Krueger

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: Cory Churko, Kevin Churko, Swayd aka Richard Meyer
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