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"Baby One More Time"
Britney's lead single "Baby One More Time" debuts at number one on the Billboard 200.
Impact: More people around the world will her this hit on the radio and the people that enjoy the song may look up more of her music and other things about her, and buy her albums and songs. -
"Oops!...I Did it Again"
Britney releases her sophomore album, "Oops!...I Did it Again." The album sells more than 20 million copies worldwide.
Impact: Many people are buying her album, meaning that more people enjoy her music which may lead to buying concert tickets. -
MTV Video Awards
Britney kisses Madonna during their performance of "Like a Virgin" at the MTV Video Awards.
Impact: This my portray a bad image of Britney for people who may think that was inappropriate or do not support same sex relations. People may dislike this image of Britney and no longer want to watch her on live preformances such as the MTV Video Awards so they may stop watching these events and MTV will lose profit. Less tickets and merchandise will be purchased as well. -
LA Salon
Britney shaves off all of her hair in an LA Salon.
Impact: The ratings of the salon and popularity of the salon will increase because of Britney's stunt and just Britney being there. More people will go to the salon and profit will increase. -
Kids
Britney loses custody of her children to former husband Kevin Federline.
Impact: Britney losing custody of her children will portray a negative image of her and reporters will call her a bad mother and they will gain profit sending their pictures to magazines who will also gain a profit when they recieve the whole story and people around the world will want to read about the whole story so they buy the magazine. News networks reporting on the story will also recieve profit for viewers. -
Medical Center
Britney was committed to the psychiatric ward of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and put on an involuntary psychiatric hold.
Impact: People will start to believe that Britney is a mentally unstable person because of the negative image that this event portrays. People will not want to praise a mentally instable person so they will stop buying concert tickets and other Britney Spears merchandise. -
Kids
Britney regains some visitation rights with her children. Those rights increase over the next few years.
Impact: Britney will gain some positive publicity because gaining visitation rights back with her children is showing the public that she is trying to be a good mother and turn her life around for her family. Britney will be asked to talk about her struggles during interviews which will increase profits for networks showing Britney and Britney herself. -
Five Albums
Britney sets a record in the "Guinness Book of World Records" as the youngest female artist to have five albums debut at No. 1.
Impact: This shows that Britney is still a popular and successful artist so the public will buy her concert tickets and merchandise. Also, Britney fans that hear about Britney being in the record book will want to see it so Guiness will recieve more profit because Britney fans will buy the book. -
MTV Video Music Awards
Britney does not perform, but wins "Best Female Video," "Best Pop Video," and "Video of the Year" for "Pieces of Me" at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Impact: MTV will receive a profit for the viewers watching Britney win and recieve her awards. Viewers will also want to check out the video and song "Pieces of Me" because it was successful for Britney, which causes people to buy the music video and the song. -
Circus Tour
Britney embarks on the "Circus Tour," which rakes in $131.8 million.
Impact: Britney makes a comeback and people will buy more tickets for the next tours and concerts and they will also buy her merchandise like t-shirts etc. Also, the places that Britney preforms at makes a profit.