Already a pop singer of fabled proportions and teen queen of the marketing tie-in, Britney Spears was groomed for pop stardom from a young age. Like many of her contemporaries, she got her start on The Mickey Mouse Show and hasn't looked back since; yet no young Mousehead-cum-pop star has inspired quite the fanatical following Spears enjoys. Slick, highly produced Dance Pop tunes like "Baby One More Time" are classics of the Bubblegum genre, managing to be at once provocative and speciously innocent.
