The Singles Collection by Britney Spears
The Singles Collection is the second greatest hits album from American singer Britney Spears, released in commemoration of her ten-year anniversary with her record company Jive Records. The compilation was released in many different formats, including a one-disc edition, a CD+DVD edition and a boxset, which contained twenty-nine singles, each packaged in its own slip case with original cover art. The CD+DVD edition as well as the boxset contained a DVD with Spears's music videos. The album included one new track, "3", produced by Max Martin and Shellback. The Singles Collection was praised by contemporary critics, who noted Spears's impact and influence on pop music during her first decade within the music industry. The album entered the top forty in Australia, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand and the United States as well as in a number of European countries. "3" was released as the lead single from the album. In the United States, it debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her first song in three years to do so.
This 2009 collection of the biggest hits from Britney Spears’ first pop decade doubles as an overview of the <i>TRL</i> era’s ruling musical ideas. Spears’ debut single, “...Baby One More Time,” pairs her serpentine alto with Max Martin’s supersized teen pop; the jittery Neptunes joint “I’m A Slave 4 U”, the strings-drenched “Toxic” and the minimalist “Gimme More” pushed pop forward so effectively, they still sound cutting-edge. The lone new track, “3”, is a whirlwind, Spears’ breathy come-ons the eye of Martin’s electro-pop hurricane.
