==Background and development==After vacationing for six days after the completion of the ...Baby One More Time Tour in September 1999, Spears returned to New York City to begin recording songs for her follow-up album; the majority of the recording took place in November.
Poleg tega je bilo do danes prodanih 20 milijonov izvodov, s čimer je postal eden izmed najbolje prodajanih albumov vseh časov ter drugi najbolje prodajani album Britney Spears, takoj po albumu "...Baby One More Time".