25th Anniversary Edition of Britney Spears’ Self-Titled Third LP Features 11 Bonus Tracks: Listen
Among the additions to the 2001 album are five songs being released for the first time.
Britney Spears' self-titled third studio album, Britney, is being reissued in an expanded edition on November 6, featuring the original album along with 11 bonus tracks. The digital version is available now, while a physical package for pre-order is set to launch on January 22. The expanded edition includes five new songs: "Right Now (Taste The Victory)," "She'll Never Be Me," "Am I A Sinner," "When I Say So," and "My Big Secret," as well as two remixes, "Overprotected (Darkchild Remix)," and "Boys (feat.
Pharrell Williams) (The Co-Ed Remix)." A vinyl version of the album will be pressed on Bombastic Blue Splatter, accompanied by unreleased photos from the recording period, while another variant is a liquid-filled version from Bad World. Britney debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 upon its original release on November 6, 2001, marking Spears as the first female artist to have her first three studio albums simultaneously debut at No. 1.
The album includes hit singles like "I'm a Slave 4 U," "Overprotected," "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman," "Boys," and a cover of Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'n' Roll." The original album's final track, "What It's Like to Be Me," was co-written and co-produced by Spears' then-boyfriend Justin Timberlake and choreographer Wade Robson.
Spears, who has effectively retired from the music industry, has not released a new album since 2016's Glory and is not involved in the promotion of the anniversary edition. She did, however, preview the classic Britney pop banger "She'll Never Be Me" last month, co-written with Timberlake, Bradley Daymond (*NSYNC), and Alex Greggs (*NSYNC, Paris Hilton), with production by Riprock 'n' Alex G. The resurfaced unreleased songs mark the first "new" music from Spears since her collaboration with will.i.am on the 2023 one-off "Mind Your Business."
In January, Spears announced she would "never perform in the U.S. again," seven years after completing her global Piece of Me tour.
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