Claim: Britney Spears released her third album in 2001 in the United States.
Evidence: In 2001 , Spears released her self-titled third studio album , Britney , and played the starring role in the film Crossroads -LRB- 2002 -RRB-.
Britney is the self-titled third studio album by American singer Britney Spears.
The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 745,000 copies.