britney spears hit me baby one more time at the age of sixteen.
britney spears hit me baby one more time at the age of sixteen.
how old was britney spears hit me baby one more time?
sixteen
the schoolgirl outfit is considered to be one of spears's iconic looks and is on display at the hard rock hotel and casino in las vegas, nevada. the ensemble caused controversy among parents associations for showing the midriff of a sixteen-year-old. spears faced the criticism saying, "me showing my belly? i'm from the south; you're stupid if you don't wear a sports bra [when you] go to dance class, you're going to be sweating your butt off." in 1999, "...baby one more time" earned spears her first three mtv video music award nominations, in the categories of best pop video, best choreography, and best female video. in a list compiled by vh1 in 2001, it was listed at number ninety in the best videos of all time. the video was the first of fourteen of her videos to retire on mtv's television series trl. on its final episode, a three-hour special aired on november 16, 2008, "…baby one more time" was number one in their final countdown as the most iconic music video of all time and was the last video to be played on the show. wesley yang in his essay "inside the box" in "n+1", compared the music video to britny fox's "girlschool" because it featured "a classroom full of catholic schoolgirls gyrating to the beat in defiance of a stern teacher. [..] but that was a sexist video by a horrible hair metal band that exploited women. britney spears was something else—an inflection point in the culture". the music video is also referenced in the music video of spears's 2000 single, "stronger" where spears sings, "my loneliness ain't killing me no more" - a reference to "...baby one more time" where she sings, "my loneliness is killing me." the music video is also referenced in the 2009 single, "if u seek amy". after she comes out of the house dressed as a housewife, her daughter is dressed with a similar schoolgirl outfit while wearing pink ribbons in her hair. the video was ranked at number four on a list of the ten most controversial music videos in pop by aol on september 29, 2011. in april 2014, the music video for "...baby one more time" reached over 100 million views on vevo becoming spears' 5th music video to do so and making it the first '90s video by a female singer to receive a certification.
...baby one more time (song)
the first ever live performance of the song was at the "singapore jazz festival" in singapore, the may 16th 1998. at this show, she also performs for the first time ever, the song "sometimes". britney performed "...baby one more time" on several occasions. she performed the song on july 6, 1999, during her appearance at the woodstock 99 festival. neil strauss, from "the new york times", noted that "all the backing music was on tape, and most of the vocals were recorded, with ms. spears just reinforcing selected words in choruses and singing an occasional snippet of a verse". it was also performed at the 1999 mtv video music awards; after a classroom roll call ended, spears appeared on the stage and began performing the song. halfway through, she was joined by justin timberlake and the members of nsync for a dance routine. afterwards, the band performed their hit "tearin' up my heart". the song was also performed at the 1999 mtv europe music awards, along with "(you drive me) crazy", the 1999 billboard music awards, the 1999 smash hits poll winners party, the christmas day edition of top of the pops and the greenwich millennium concert on 31 december 1999, she also performed it with broadcasters david dimbleby and michael buerk on 2000 today. spears performed the song in a medley with "from the bottom of my broken heart" at the 42nd grammy awards. spears was wearing a turtleneck and a full tulle skirt at the beginning of the performance, while dancers surrounded her with enormous hand fans. after singing a shortened version of the song, she then took a few moments to shuffle into a form-fitting red rhinestone outfit (with side cutouts) and emerged onto a stage to perform "...baby one more time." spears was also criticized of lipsynching the song during her performance. later, in 2003, spears performed the song in a remixed form at "britney spears: in the zone", a concert special that aired in abc on november 17, 2003. "...baby one more time" was also performed at the 2003 nfl kickoff live on september 4, 2003, at the national mall, in a medley with "i'm a slave 4 u" (2001), which included pyrotechnics. she sported shoulder-length blond hair and was dressed in black football pants, a black-and-white referee halter top and boots from reebok. her outfit was later auctioned off to benefit the britney spears foundation.
...baby one more time (song)