The Essential Britney Spears
Greatest hits album by
Britney Spears
ReleasedAugust 20, 2013 (2013-08-20)
Recorded1998–2012
GenrePop
Length117:08
LabelRCA
Producer
Britney Spears chronology
Playlist: The Very Best of Britney Spears
(2012)		 The Essential Britney Spears
(2013)		 Britney Jean
(2013)

The Essential Britney Spears is the fifth greatest hits album by American singer Britney Spears.[1] It was released on August 20, 2013, by RCA Records and Legacy Recordings, initially as a Walmart exclusive.[2] It was later released on digital platforms the following year. The compilation was produced by Jeffrey James and Darren Salmieri, and it was mastered by Seann Brennan at Battery Studios in New York.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic praised the length of the compilation, noting "Where other Britney compilations ran no longer than a single CD, this is a double-disc set with over 30 tracks -- more than enough space for all of her hit American singles", and noticed the absence of singles such as "Born to Make You Happy" or "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know". He also compared The Essential with its predecessor, indicating that "Skeptics might suspect shorter is better for Britney -- and those looking for a quick blast of hits will be well-served by Playlist and pointed the portrayal of Spears's career being reflected in the two discs of this compilation: "this double-disc set reveals that she had two strong, distinct phases to her career: the bubblegum pop ingénue of the new millennium, followed by the blackout club diva of ten years later."[3]

Commercial performance

The Essential Britney Spears debuted on the US Billboard 200 at number 185 on the week of March 11, 2017, four years after its original release.[4] It debuted at number 95 on the Billboard Canadian Albums Chart on April 25, 2020, and it peaked at number 37 on the week of October 16, 2021, spending a total of 27 weeks on the chart.[5]

Track listing

Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."...Baby One More Time"Max Martin3:31
2."Sometimes" (radio edit)Jörgen Elofsson3:56
3."(You Drive Me) Crazy" (The Stop Remix!)Elofsson, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger, Martin3:17
4."From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" (radio edit)Eric Foster White4:34
5."Oops!... I Did It Again"Martin, Rami Yacoub3:31
6."Lucky"Martin, Yacoub, Alexander Kronlund3:25
7."Stronger"Martin, Yacoub3:24
8."I'm a Slave 4 U"Chad Hugo, Pharrell Williams3:24
9."I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman"Martin, Yacoub, Dido Armstrong3:51
10."Overprotected" (The Darkchild Remix)Martin, Yacoub3:20
11."Boys" (The Co-Ed Remix)Hugo, Williams3:46
12."Me Against the Music" (video mix; featuring Madonna)Britney Spears, Madonna, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Thabiso "Tab" Nikhereanye, Penelope Magnet, Terius Nash, Gary O'Bryan3:45
13."Toxic"Cathy Dennis, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback3:19
14."Everytime"Spears, Annet Artani3:50
15."Outrageous"R. Kelly, Trickster, Magnet3:27
Total length:54:20
Disc 2 track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."My Prerogative"Bobby Brown, Aaron Hall, Teddy Riley3:33
2."Do Somethin'"Karlsson, Winnberg, Jonback, Angela Hunte3:23
3."Gimme More"Nate Hills, James Washington, Keri Hilson, Marcella Araica4:11
4."Piece of Me"Karlsson, Winnberg, Klas Åhlund3:32
5."Radar"Ashton Cole, Jonback, Balewa Muhammad, Candice Nelson, Ezekiel "Zeke" Lewis, Patrick "J. Que" Smith3:49
6."Break the Ice"Hills, Washington, Hilson, Araica3:15
7."Hot as Ice"Faheem "T-Pain" Najm, Hills, Araica3:17
8."Womanizer"The Outsyders3:44
9."Circus"Lukasz Gottwald, Claude Kelly, Benjamin Levin3:11
10."If U Seek Amy"Martin, Shellback, Savan Kotecha, Kronlund3:36
11."Out from Under"Shelly Peiken, Arnthor Birgisson, Wayne Hector3:54
12."3"Martin, Karl Schuster, Tiffany Amber3:25
13."Hold It Against Me"Martin, Gottwald, Bonnie McKee3:49
14."Till the World Ends"Martin, Gottwald, Kronlund, Kesha Sebert3:58
15."I Wanna Go"Martin, Kotecha, Shellback3:30
16."Criminal"Martin, Shellback, Amber3:45
17."Scream & Shout" (radio edit; will.i.am featuring Britney Spears)Jean-Baptiste Kouame, Tulisa Kontostavlos, Jef Martens, William Adams4:13
Total length:62:05

Charts

Chart performance for The Essential Britney Spears
Chart (2017–2023) Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[5] 37
Greek Albums (IFPI)[6] 30
US Billboard 200[4] 185

Release history

Release history and formats for The Essntial Britney Spears
Country Date Format Label
United States[7][8] August 20, 2013
CD
Various July 29, 2014 Digital download

References

  1. ↑ Jacobs, Matthew (August 2, 2013). "'The Essential Britney Spears' Marks Another Greatest-Hits Album For The Singer, Will Arrive Before New Studio Project". The Huffington Post. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
  2. ↑ "A New Album! Sort Of..." HuffPost. 2013-08-02. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  3. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Britney Spears - Playlist: The Very Best of Britney Spears Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  4. 1 2 "Britney Spears Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Britney Spears Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Official IFPI Charts – Top-75 Albums Sales Chart (Week: 35 (31-35)/2023)". IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on September 6, 2023. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  7. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Essential-Britney-Spears/dp/B00DW5IKJI
  8. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/The-Essential-Britney-Spears/dp/B00EE0OLAW
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