Oops!... I Did It Again

Oops!... I Did It Again is the second studio album by American pop singer Britney Spears, released on May 16, 2000 on Jive Records. The album's predecessor, ...Baby One More Time, set high commercial standards, yet Oops! sold extremely well worldwide. The album's mixture of ballads and Eurodance beats was panned by many critics and purists, who dismissed Spears as a teen idol with little or no musical talent. Most reviewers, however, saw Spears as a pop star who never claimed to be anything but, and who succeeded at making pop music. For example, Rolling Stone magazine gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, saying "Britney's demand for satisfaction is complex, fierce and downright scary, making her a true child of rock & roll tradition," and also refers to her "song-factory" and "fantastic pop cheese," while 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...