Blackout Tracklist
Blackout is Britney Spears' fifth studio album, released on October 25, 2007, via Jive Records. Work on the album first began in 2006. Commercially, during its first week of release, the album sold 290,000 copies in the United States.
The album has appeared on many end-of-the-year and decade lists, including reader polls by Billboard and Rolling Stone. The Times named it as the fifth best pop album of the decade. Rolling Stone described it as “one of the most influential albums in modern pop”. In 2012, the album was added to the Hall of Fame music library.
Three singles were released from Blackout, including “Piece of Me” and “Break the Ice”. Its lead single “Gimme More” spawned the famous line, “It’s Britney, bitch!”
“Blackout” Q&A
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What has Britney said about Blackout?
Britney talked about the inner workings of Blackout and how the unique sound came to be:
Blackout was the first time I worked with Danja, and he gave me the opportunity and freedom to work with more urban sounds and influences. It really inspired me! I also got the chance to sing more and stretch my voice in ways I hadn’t done before. The magic of Blackout was actually pretty simple. It just wasn’t so thought out. I just did what I felt and it worked. Sometimes less is more I guess.
via The Fader
