“When I think back on that time, I was truly living the dream, living my dream. The singer was ubiquitous on magazine covers, from Cosmo to Rolling Stone, and on talk shows, gracing the studios of “Oprah,” “Rosie” and “The Tonight Show,” as well as “Saturday Night Live.” In 2001, she released her third studio album, “Britney.” (Surprisingly, quite a few of those moments involve Spears. She also landed on Forbes’ power lists, in Pepsi commercials and in a movie, “Crossroads.” MTV still counts her slinking performance of “I’m a Slave 4 U” - complete with a white albino python - at the 2001 VMAs among the awards show’s most iconic moments. The show, Spears wrote, was “just one of the seemingly endless good things happening for me” in that period of time. They ultimately closed the gig with “Walk This Way,” featuring Spears, Mary J.
With MTV producing the Super Bowl XXXV halftime show, the network brought big-time talent with “The Kings of Rock and Pop.” The televised spectacle featured Aerosmith and NSYNC, with those top-selling acts alternating songs during the performance. (Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic via Getty Images)
