In the Zone

In the Zone
Studio album by Britney Spears
Released November 16, 2003
Recorded December 2002 – October 2003
Genre Pop, dance-pop[1], R&B, urban, electronica, adult contemporary[1], pop rock
Length 49:52 (North American Edition)
Language English
Label Jive
Producer R. Kelly, Roy Hamilton, Bloodshy & Avant, Jimmy Harry, Brian Kierulf, The Matrix, Moby, Josh Schwartz, Guy Sigsworth, Shepard Soloman, Mark Taylor, Christopher Stewart, Sean Combs
Britney Spears chronology
Britney
(2001)		 In the Zone
(2003)		 Greatest Hits: My Prerogative
(2004)
Singles from In the Zone
  1. "Me Against the Music"
    Released: October 20, 2003
  2. "Toxic"
    Released: January 12, 2004
  3. "Everytime"
    Released: May 17, 2004
  4. "Outrageous"
    Released: July 13, 2004
  5. "Breathe on Me"
    Released: September 9, 2004

In the Zone is the fourth studio album by American pop singer Britney Spears. It was released worldwide in November 16, 2003, by Jive Records; the album was released two days later in the United States.[2] Nielsen SoundScan recorded 609,000 copies of the set purchased in its opening week in the U.S alone.[3][4] In the Zone debuted at number-one on the Billboard 200 albums chart, breaking her own previous record and making Spears the first female in Nielsen SoundScan history to have her first four studio albums open at number-one position in the country.[5] Spears took more control of the album as she co-wrote 8 of the 12 songs on the album.[5][6] In the Zone had more success with singles than its predecessor on the Billboard Hot 100 as "Toxic" became her highest charting single in over 4 years where it peaked within the top 10. "Everytime" managed to peak within the top 20, while "Me Against the Music" charted within the top 40, and "Outrageous" reached the top 80 without being officially released in the country. The album's 3 main singles, Me Against the Music, "Toxic" and Everytime, all peaked at the number-one position in Australia. The album received generally favorable review, according to Metacritic.[7] "In the Zone" was announced the 8th best selling album worldwide of 2003 with less than 2 months release.[8] It has sold over 10 million copies worldwide since its release.[9]

Contents

Development

After her Dream Within a Dream Tour, in support of her third studio album Britney (which was released in 2001). Spears announced she would take a break from her career for another six months. On November 5, 2002, however, she revealed that she had started working on her next studio album with foreign producers.[10] On December 6, 2002, she announced she was working with American record producer Darkchild, who had worked with Spears in her cover of "I Love Rock 'n' Roll". While in Europe, she also met English producer William Orbit and French electronic music duo Daft Punk about possible collaborations. When asked about the direction of the album, Spears responded "It should just happen naturally from the way you feel. ... I'm in the studio just doing my thing and letting it flow. Whatever happens, happens".[11] On January 2003, Spears worked on three tracks with American Fred Durst that were described as "trip-hop tracks reminiscent of Portishead and the Sneaker Pimps".[12] She also worked with production team The Matrix on three tracks. Member Lauren Christy likened the album to Madonna's Ray of Light and claimed to be impressed with Spears' vocal ability. She also said about the songs,

"It's not really R&B-based or dance-based, [...] It's got a really good groove. [...] Lyrically, it's a little deeper, just a little more grown up, but not trying to change the world or anything. The great thing about Britney is she really knows what she wants. She knows if she's trying something on that doesn't fit right for her. She's not one to strap on some sort of fake image. [...] I think [fans]'ll be really into what's going to happen".[13]

On July 2003, American DJ Moby talked about working with Spears, commenting that the track they worked on, "Early Mornin'", was "brooding and atmospheric. It's very simple and, for lack of a better word, sexy".[14] Spears praised Moby saying "he's such a pure-hearted guy. He's so cool. I thought [the song] was brilliant".[15] Other producers Spears worked on the album were 7 Aurelius, Mark Taylor and the collective RedZone, from which she said "[They] are the first people I've ever worked with where it's like I'm listening to it off the radio. Where I'm like, yeah, I'm jamming ... with myself. And it's weird. I've never done that before".[14] Puff Daddy also announced he had produced two songs for her and said about the recording sessions,

"I think she's giving you a lot to work with. She's broke out of that just pop [style], just being a pop artist. She's being a trendsetter. She has many styles. You don't know how she's going to come and hit you next. [...] As a performer, as an artist, as a songwriter, she ain't no slouch. It was great working with her".[16]

Song writer Cathy Dennis approached Spears with a song called "Sweet Dreams My L.A. Ex" that implied to be an answer to Justin Timberlake's second single "Cry Me A River" after the media hype that the song was about Timberlake and Spears' break up, however, Spears declined to accept the song, but was later offered to Rachel Stevens for her debut solo album and eventually released as her first single.

The album's name originated from a constantly used phrase from the lead single "Me Against The Music", the phrase being "I want to get in the zone." The album's original title was Get in the Zone, and was later shorten to In the Zone.[6]

Critical reception

 Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Blender 3.5/5 stars[17]
Yahoo! Music UK 5/5 stars[18]
The A.V. Club (89%)[19]
Allmusic 4/5 stars[20]
Spin 2.5/5 stars[21]
Entertainment Weekly (B-)[22]
The Guardian 4/5 stars[23]
Stylus (D)[24]
BBC Music (A)[25]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[26]

Initial critical response to In the Zone was generally favorable. According to Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a score of 66, based on 13 reviews, which means "generally favorable reviews".[27]

The album spawned the international number one and U.S. top ten hit single, "Toxic", which won Spears her first Grammy in the category of Best Dance Recording.[28]

The album had a favorable critical reception, although the positive notices were stronger on this outing.

NPR later named In the Zone among the 50 important recordings of the decade,[31] praising the album's varied musical styles and production quality, citing "Toxic" and "Everytime" as stand-out songs. Praise was also given to Spears's versatility as a performer stating, "While the decade's history of celebrity obsession, paparazzi voyeurism and conflicted constructions of female sexuality and motherhood are written on Spears' body, the decade's history of impeccably crafted pop is written on her body of work."

Commercial

In The Zone debuted at number-one in the United States moving over 609,000 units in its first week- while impressive, it fell short of the 746,500 copies sold by her previous release Britney.[32] In the Zone is the fifth-strongest debut of 2003, behind The Diary of Alicia Keys, with more than 618,000 copies sold; "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken's Measure of a Man, selling almost 613,000 units; Linkin Park’s Meteora, with more than 810,000 copies sold; and 50 Cent, with 872,000 in sales.[33] In the Zone fell 1-3, its second week sales dipped 59% to 251,000 copies, giving the album a total of 860,000.[34][35] In its third week on the tally it fell 3-7. Although sales were down 40% to 150,000 copies, it was enough to bring Spears' total to just above the 1 million mark.[36] On its fourth week, the album have a steady sales of 205,000 copies pushed the title up three positions to bring it back into the top-ten.[37] On its fifth week, In the Zone drops from number-seven to round out the top-ten, although sales were up about 5% to 158,000 copies giving the album 1.15 million units,[38] and sits to number thirteen on the Billboard 200, giving the album above 1.38 million copies increase in sales.[39] Week after, the album is falling out of the top-ten, the set is up 11-10 the weeks on a 16% sales hike to 61,000 copies, giving the album a total of 1.8 million copies sold.[40] With the help of her Onyx Hotel Tour and with the release of her second single "Toxic" In the Zone scoots 10-6 on a 3.3% sales burst to 63,000 copies.[41] As of February 2010, the album had sold 2,987,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan[42] it has been certified 2× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.[43] The album is going to be re-certified 3x platinum by RIAA for shipment of over 3 million units.

Additionally, In The Zone also debuted at number-one in France, Korea, Mexico and Argentina, and it had top-ten debuts in Germany, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Japan, Austria, Holland, Switzerland and Ireland.[5] In Canada it debuted at number two[44] and it has been certified 3× Platinum denoting 300,000 units shipped to retailers.[45][46] In Japan In the Zone debuted at number three selling 59,128 copies,[47] earning Platinum certification it has sold 250,000.[48]

In April 2004, In The Zone was certified Platinum by the IFPI[49] for shipments of one million copies inside Europe. The album debuted at number fourteen in the United Kingdom, but later re-entered the top 15 and peaked at number thirteen.[50] The album has been certified platinum, denoting 300,000 shipments to retailers.[51] In France and Germany the album reached number one,[52][53] and was certified double gold by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique and gold by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, denoting shipments to retailers 200,000 copies and 250,000 respectively.[51]

Promotion

Three months before the release of In the Zone, Spears' appeared at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, and got off to a surprising start when Spears' opened the show with a tribute to Madonna.[54] In honor of MTV's 20th annual event, the pop singer sang "Like A Virgin" in white wedding dresses similar to what Madonna wore on the inaugural show in 1984.[54] She, along with Christina Aguilera danced and gyrated and rolled on the floor, just like Madonna did. They were later joined by Madonna herself.[54] And then startled the audience when Madonna open-mouth kissed with Spears and Aguilera.[54]

Worldwide appearance

On September 6, 2003 she performed at the "Top of the Pops Saturday" in the UK.[55] She went to Seoul, South Korea prior to her press conference in to promote "In The Zone", she briefly posed for the cameras wearing a pink Hanbok. It was the first time in South Korea for Spears, who next went on to Japan. While in Seoul, she did not hold a concert, but she will perform several songs for reporters.[56] On December 12, Spears' held a press conference in Japan which was held at the Tokyo Hotel to promoted the album.[57] Spears arrived on December 13 in Tokyo FM radio network for best pop-Cosmo 10 and decided to live performers, and was a live broadcast and was published in Spain slope Shibuya studio.[58] In Japan, she performed her songs "Breathe on Me","Toxic", "Me Against the Music", and "(I Got That) Boom Boom" at the MTV Japan entitled "MTV Cool Christmas 2003" on December 14, 2003.[59] In Denmark, she visited a show called "Boogie" on November 5, where she promoted the album there.[55] In the UK, she appeared on a comedy talk-show "V Graham Norton" on November 14, where she talk about her kiss with Madonna and also her album.[55] Also on November 16, two day before the release of In the Zone she had an interview on a British show program "Popworld", and was interviewed by Simon Amstell in which she talks about "speed dating" and of course her album.[55] In Australia, she was interviewed there by Richard Carleton on the show "60 Minutes" that was broadcast on November 23.[55]

Spears heavily promoted the album in the European countries where she did several interviews and performances there. In Finland, she did an episode of the documentary show "4Pop" that was entitled "Suomi-filmin parhaat mokat" on February 1.[55] In London, UK she performed her huge hit "Toxic" and "Me Against The Music" at the "GMTV" on February 26.[55] In the UK, again she performed at the "Top of the Pops Saturday" on February 28.[55] At the UK, she did an interview in the show "Can You Pull...?" on August 24.[55] On October 2, she performed "I Got That Boom Boom" at the "CD:UK".[55] In the all new season of the "Top of the Pops", she performed "Toxic" and "Everytime" there and was originally broadcast on February 6, and December 25, 2004.[55]

In Brazil, Spears had set her first international performance date of 2004 with a June 5 stop at Portugal's Rock in Rio-Lisbon festival.[60] Confirmed by organizers, the Rock in Rio performance is Spears' was the only international booking, but will be part of a bigger itinerary.[60] On January 24, Spears' presented Madonna with a career achievement award at France's biggest music awards, hosted by European radio group NRJ.[61] She also performed her second single from the album"Toxic".[61]

Live performances

On September 4, 2003, Spears' debuted her first single of the album "Me Against The Music" at the NFL Kickoff live from The National Mall in Washington D.C..[62] Spears also performed her past hit singles "...Baby One More Time" and "I'm A Slave 4 U" at the NFL Kickoff.[62] Spears' stunned the crowd gathered at the Palm Springs Hotel and casino in Las Vegas when she took to the stage at the hotel's Rain nightclub for a surprise mini-concert early on September 14 at about 1 a.m.[63] Spears and her dancers put in a 30 minute performance, and an MTV camera crew was on hand to tape the event.[63] Spears sang three songs from In The Zone for the roughly 1,800 people in the club.[63] On September 29, Spears was announced to be a musical guest on the 29th season of NBC's Saturday Night Live. It was her first time not being tapped to host the show along with a musical performance.[64]

On October 10, 2003 she appeared on a TV show Extra where she.[55] On October 11, she performed "Me Against The Music" and "I Got That Boom Boom" on the "Total Request Live" which also featured the main cover of In The Zone.[55] On October 18, she became a musical guest on the TV show Saturday Night Live together with Halle Berry.[55]

Spears' again appeared live on many TV appearances including Primetime Live on November 13 with Diane Sawyer, Jimmy Kimmel Live on November 13, MTV's In The Zone & Out All Night on November 15, the American Music Awards on November 16, the Tonight Show With Jay Leno on November 17, MTV's TRL on November 18, and Live With Regis And Kelly on November 24.[65] She also performed her single "Me Against the Music at the 31st American Music Awards."[66] ABC took the opportunity to promote the album on its Monday night special, entitled "Britney Spears: In the Zone" which was shot in New York's Gotham Hall in October, the show featured stage settings evoking "Cabaret," and Spears is taking the New York theater motif even further with the Onyx Hotel tour. According to a source close to the production, this tour is "less Vegas" than previous productions, with no stage extended into the audience.[66][67] On December 30, she again appeared on the show "Jimmy Kimmel Live".[55] On January 24, 2004 she was broadcast on the show "Tinseltown TV".[55] On February 11, she performed "Toxic" on the show "On Air With Ryan Seacrest", where she also did an interview with Ryan Seacrest.[68] Day after that, also had performance of her hit single "Toxic" in the Ellen DeGeneres Show" in which she promoted the album.[69]

Tour

The Onyx Hotel Tour kicked off March 2, 2004, and continued through the spring and summer with 75 stops in major U.S., European and Asian cities.[70] The "Britney Spears Live From Miami" concert was aired on showtime on March 28 at 9 p.m. ET.[70] The trek's "Onyx Hotel" resembles Tommy Tune's Broadway musical "Grand Hotel," which portrayed a day in the life of the Berlin Grand Hotel in 1928. Spears has been decked out in 1920s/1930s hairstyles in promotional pictures for the tour and her Showtime concert special, which airs live from the Miami tour stop on March 28 at 9 p.m. ET (tape-delayed on the West Coast). Spears was taken the role of hostess of the Onyx Hotel, with her dancers becoming the hotel staffers and audience members finding themselves to be the invited guests.[67]

Singles

Notable songs

Track listing

# Title Writers Producer Time
1. "Me Against the Music" (featuring Madonna) Spears, Madonna, Christopher Stewart, Nikhereanye, Penelope Magnet, Terius Nash, O'Brien Christopher "Tricky" Stewart & Penelope Magnet 3:44
2. "(I Got That) Boom Boom" (featuring Ying Yang Twins) Roy "Royalty" Hamilton, Royal, Holmes, Jackson Roy "Royalty" Hamilton 4:51
3. "Showdown" Spears, Cathy Dennis, Bloodshy & Avant, Jonback Bloodshy & Avant 3:17
4. "Breathe on Me" Lee, Anderson, Greene Mark "Metro" Taylor 3:43
5. "Early Mornin'" Spears, Moby, Christopher Stewart, Magnet Moby 3:45
6. "Toxic" Cathy Dennis, Bloodshy & Avant, Jonback Bloodshy & Avant 3:21
7. "Outrageous" R. Kelly R. Kelly 3:21
8. "Touch of My Hand" Spears, Harry, B. Muhammad, Soloman Jimmy Harry & Shep Soloman 4:19
9. "The Hook Up" Spears, Christopher Stewart, Nikhereanye, Magnet Christopher "Tricky" Stewart & Penelope Magnet 3:54
10. "Shadow" Spears, Lauren Christy, Scott Spock, Graham Edwards, Charlie Midnight The Matrix 3:45
11. "Brave New Girl" Spears, Brian Kierulf, Josh Schwartz, Kara DioGuardi Kierulf & Schwartz 3:30
12. "Everytime" Spears, Annette Artani Guy Sigsworth & Britney Spears 3:53

Bonus tracks

# Title Writers Producer Time
13. "Me Against the Music" (Rishi Rich's Desi Kulcha Remix) (featuring Madonna) Spears, Madonna, Stewart, Nikhereanye, Magnet, Nash, O'Brien Rishi Rich 4:33
14. "The Answer" (Europe, Japan, Australia & Latin America) Sean Combs, Ryan Leslie Sean "Diddy" Combs 3:54
15. "Don't Hang Up" (UK, Japan & Australia) Spears, Joshua M Schwartz, Brian Kierulf Kierulf & Schwartz 4:02
16. "I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)" (Included in ITZ Bonus Disc) Spears, Karlsson, Jonback, Bell, Winnberg Karlsson 3:23
17. "Girls and Boys" (Included in ITZ Bonus Disc) Linda Perry Linda Perry 3:43

DualDisc bonus videos

# Title Director Time
18. "Toxic" (Video) Joseph Kahn 3:30
19. "Everytime" (Video) David LaChapelle 4:10
20. "Chris Cox Megamix" (Video) Various directors 3:47

Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
Position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[72] 10
Austrian Albums Chart[73] 10
Belgian Flemish Albums Chart[74] 7
Belgian Walloon Albums Chart[75] 5
Canadian Albums Chart[76] 2
Danish Albums Chart[77] 8
Dutch Albums Chart[78] 9
European Top 100 Albums Chart[53] 1
French SNEP Albums Chart[52] 1
Finnish Albums Chart[79] 15
Chart (2003) Peak
Position
German Albums Chart[53] 2
Hungarian Albums Chart[80] 7
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[81] 3
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart[82] 25
Norwegian Albums Chart[83] 11
Swedish Albums Chart[84] 8
Swiss Albums Chart[85] 6
UK Albums Chart[86] 13
U.S. Billboard 200[76] 1

Certifications

Country Providers Certification Sales or
Shipments
Argentina CAPIF Platinum[87] 40,000[87]
Australia ARIA Platinum[88] 70,000[51]
Austria IFPI Platinum[89] 20,000[51]
Brazil ABPD Gold[90] 100,000[91]
Canada CRIA 3× Platinum[92] 350,000[92]
Denmark IFPI Gold[93] 15,000[51]
Europe IFPI Platinum[94] 2,725,000[94]
Finland IFPI Gold[95] 15,052[95]
France SNEP 2× Gold[96] 200,000[51]
Germany IFPI Gold[97] 250,000[98]
Greece IFPI Gold[99] 10,000[95]
Hungary Mahasz Gold[100] 7,500[101]
Country Providers Certification Sales or
Shipments
Japan RIAJ Platinum[81] 350,000[51]
Mexico AMPROFON Platinum[102] 150,000[51]
New Zealand RIANZ Gold[103] 7,500[51]
Norway IFPI Gold[104] 15,000[51]
Russia 2× Platinum[105] 40,000[105]
Spain PROMUSICAE Gold[106] 50,000[107]
Sweden IFPI Gold[108] 30,000[51]
Switzerland IFPI Gold[109] 25,000[109]
United Kingdom BPI Platinum[110] 530,000[51]
United States RIAA 2× Platinum[111] 2,987,000[42]

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by
The Black Album by Jay-Z		 Billboard 200 number-one album
November 30, 2003 - December 6, 2003		 Succeeded by
The Black Album by Jay-Z

Awards

Year Awards ceremony Award
2005 Groovevolt Awards Best Female Album

Personnel

Production personnel

  • Producers: Bloodshy & Avant, Jimmy Harry, R. Kelly, Brian Kierulf, Steve Lunt, Penelope Magnet, Matrix, Moby, Josh Schwartz, Guy Sigsworth, Shepard Soloman, Mark Taylor, Trixster, Diddy
  • Production Coordination: Vanessa Letocq
  • Engineers: Avant, Bloodshy, Chris Fudurich, Andy Gallas, Abel Garibaldi, Brad Gilderman, Brian Kierulf, Sean Magee, Matrix, Sean McGhee, Ian Mereness, Moby, Pablo Munguia, Josh Schwartz, Mark "Spike" Stent, Rich Tapper, Mark Taylor, Brian "B Luv" Thomas
  • Assistant Engineers: J.D. Andrew, Steve Bearsley, Tom Bender, Blackcell, Josh Copp, Cathy Dennis, Matt Furnidge, Rob Haggert, Vance Hornbuckle, Charles McCrorey, Jason Mlodzinski, Andrew Nast, Jonas Ostman, Jason Rankins, Tim Roberts, Rich Tapper, David Treahearn, Seth Waldmann, Nathan Wheeler, Jong Uk Yoon, Antony Zeller
  • Digital Editing: Avant, Bloodshy, John Hanes, Brian "B Luv" Thomas, Paul PDub Walton, Dan Yashiz
  • Mixdown Producer: Serban Ghenea
  • Mixing: Niklas Flyckt, Mick Guzauski, R. Kelly, Matrix, Sean McGhee, Mark "Spike" Stent, Mark Taylor
  • Remixing: Rishi Rich
  • Editing: Sean McGhee
  • Programming: Steve Anderson, Avant, Bloodshy, Abel Garibaldi, Jimmy Harry, Brian Kierulf, Ian Mereness, Moby, Chris "Tricky" Stewart
  • Mastering: Tom Coyne
  • Arrangers: Britney Spears, Bloodshy & Avant, Roy "Royalty" Hamilton, Jimmy Harry, Steve Lunt, Penelope Magnet, Chris "Tricky" Stewart
  • String Arrangements: Ed Alton, Janson & Janson
  • Instrumentation: Guy Sigsworth
  • Conductor: Janson & Janson
  • Pro-Tools: Dug Hanes, John Hanes
  • Vocal Producers: Penelope Magnet, Trixster
  • Vocal Engineers: Brian Kierulf, Mark "Spike" Stent, Brian "B Luv" Thomas, Mike Tucker
  • Vocal Editing: Brian Kierulf, Mike Tucker
  • Vocal Arrangement: Penelope Magnet, Trixster
  • Design: Jackie Murphy
  • Photography: Patrick Demarchelier, Ranjit
  • Stylists: Ray Brown, Lori Goldstein, Mary Alice Stephenson
  • Hair Stylists: Laurentius, Stephanie Louise, Oribe
  • Make-Up: Fran Cooper, Isabel, Armannii, Stephanie Louise

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