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25 years later, Britney Spears’ 2001 VMAs performance still mesmerizes

The jungle-themed set, white tiger and albino python helped turn the performance into a defining moment for Spears, designers said.

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By Bianca Betancourt, CNN Britney Spears was ready to drop a new single. But how? It was 2001, and Spears was the biggest pop star in the world, with her 10-time-platinum sophomore album, “Oops! I Did It Again” behind her. The public would be expecting something suitably huge.They got something even bigger than that. Spears

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25 years later, Britney Spears’ 2001 VMAs performance still mesmerizes

By Bianca Betancourt, CNN Britney Spears was ready to drop a new single. But how? It was 2001, and Spears was the biggest pop star in the world, with her 10-time-platinum sophomore album, “Oops! I Did It Again” behind her. The public would be expecting something suitably huge.They got something even bigger than that. Spears

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Twenty-five years later, Britney Spears' appearance at the 2001 MTV VMAs reads again as a stage wonder, TV mythology, and a warning about the machine that was increasingly demanding more of her body.

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