Singles Collection CD

MUSIC

POP

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. 3 ~ Britney Spears

2. ...Baby One More Time ~ Britney Spears

3. (You Drive Me) Crazy [the Stop Remix!] - (remix) ~ Britney Spears

4. Born To Make You Happy ~ Britney Spears

5. Oops!...I Did It Again ~ Britney Spears

6. Stronger ~ Britney Spears

7. I'm a Slave 4 U ~ Britney Spears

8. Boys [Co-Ed Remix Ft. Pharrell Williams of N.E.R.D.] - (remix, featuring Pharrell Williams) ~ Britney Spears

9. Me Against The Music ~ Britney Spears

10. Toxic ~ Britney Spears

11. Everytime ~ Britney Spears

12. Gimme More ~ Britney Spears

13. Piece of Me ~ Britney Spears

14. Womanizer ~ Britney Spears

15. Circus ~ Britney Spears

16. If U Seek Amy ~ Britney Spears

17. Radar ~ Britney Spears

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel: Britney Spears (vocals, background vocals); Jim Beanz (vocals, background vocals); Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald (guitar, keyboards, drums, programming); Esbj?rn ?hrwall, Johan Carlberg, Henrik Jonback (guitar); Benny Blanco (keyboards, drums, programming); Max Martin , Rami (keyboards, programming, background vocals); Kristian Lundin (keyboards, programming); Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Marcella "Ms. Lago" Araica (programming); Candice Nelson, Claude Kelly, Nana Hedin, Myah Marie, Jeanette Stenhammar, Courtney Copeland, Johanna Stenhammar, Chatrin Nystr?m, Robyn Carlsson, Penelope Magnet, Emma Roads, Emma Holmgren, Andreas Carlson, Therese Ancker, Charlotte Bj?rkman, Jeanette S?derholm, Keri Hilson, Cathy Dennis (background vocals).
	Audio Mixers: Marcella "Ms. Lago" Araica; Niklas Flyckt; Mark "Spike" Stent; Max Martin ; Sean McGhee; Serban Ghenea; Rami.
	Audio Remasterer: Tom Coyne.
	Audio Remixer: The Neptunes.
	Recording information: Battery Studios, New York, NY; Bloodshy & Avant Studios, Stockholm, Sweden; Cheiron Studios, Stockholm, Sweden; Conway Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Glenwood Place Studios, Burbank, CA; Legacy Studios, New York, NY; Maratone Studios, Stockholm, Sweden; Master Sound Studios, Virginia Beach, VA; Olympic Studios, London, England; Right Track Studios, New York, NY; Sony Music Studios, New York, NY; Sunset Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Triangle Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA.
	Editors: Ron Taylor ; Sean McGhee.
	Arrangers: Christopher "Tricky" Stewart; Steve Lunt; Penelope Magnet; Britney Spears.
	Like 2004's Greatest Hits: My Prerogative, 2009's The Singles runs 17 tracks but the selected songs result in a very different listening experience. To begin with, the five years separating the two compilations were tumultuous ones for Britney Spears, but they resulted in a clutch of hits that kept her on the charts despite all the drama, hits that firmly entrenched Britney as a dance club diva. This stretch of six singles -- "Gimme More," "Piece of Me," "Womanizer," "Circus," "If You Seek Amy," "Radar" -- along with the excellent new Max Martin-written and produced single "3" (much better than any of the three new cuts on My Prerogative), help push The Singles away from teen pop and toward pure dance-pop bliss, a shift in tone underscored by the virtual absence of ballads (the only one included is "Everytime," which in this context plays a bit as a chill-out number). In some regards, giving her early sticky bubblegum and fluffy ballads a bit of a short shrift does downplay Britney's era of dominance, but it does result in a stronger overall listen, since there are no slow patches here, just a parade of relentless hooks and rhythms that wound up defining the sound of a decade. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Producer: Clutch; K. Briscoe; David Kreuger; Benny Blanco; Guy Sigsworth; Penelope Magnet; Doctor Luke; Kristian Lundin; Max Martin; Per Magnusson; The Neptunes; Rami
Engineer: Clutch; Jim Beanz; Brendan Dekora; Seth Waldmann; Marcella "Ms. Lago" Araica; Emily Wright; Jim Carauna; Bojan Dugich; Brian "B-Luv" Thomas; Mark "Spike" Stent; Max Martin; Andrew Coleman; Sean McGhee; Rami; Matt Beckley; Brian Garten
Musical Guests
	Pharrell Williams
	Madonna

Artist Overview

In the late 1990s, Madonna had long since become a mature artist, turning her back on the carefree dance-pop of her early days. Teenage singer Britney Spears picked up on this specific Madonna era, albeit with a more girl-next-door approach. Her coy mix of innocence and sensuality (and infectious songs) made her a superstar, and helped inspire the teen-pop phenomenon that soon dominated pop music. By the early '00s, Spears was casting about for a more adult image, and remade herself into a vixen, experimented with acting and reality TV, and had two children with the controversial wannabe rap star Kevin Federline. While her personal life preempted her musical output for a while, she seemed on the road to artistic recovery after the 2006 birth of her second child. A critically lambasted appearance on the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards and a very public custody battle with Federline worked against her, but her concurrent album release BLACKOUT bought her some credibility with the fickle music press.

Compilation Appearances

	Ultra Dance V.7
	Now That's What I Call Music Vol 27
	Now That's What I Call Music Vol 28
	Total Dance 2009
	Now That's What I Call Music 30
	Now 31
	Ultra 2010
	Total Workout
	Ultra Weekend 6
	Now That's What I Call Music 38
	Radio Disney Jams 15Th B Day Edition
	Ultra Dance 13

Technical Info

	Release Date : 11/10/2009
	Original Release Date : 2009
	Catalog ID : 59675
	Label : Jive (USA)
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00886975967520

Professional Reviews

Q (Magazine)
(p.130)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "'Toxic' is driven by a glorious sense of drama thanks to the Technicolor string; 'I'm A Slave 4 U' is a sinuous showcase for The Neptunes' hit-making skills."

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