Rare Photos From Behind The Scenes of the 2000s

Rolling Stone Featuring Britney Spears

This edition of Rolling Stone featured a red, white, and blue-clad Britney Spears posing in front of a torn American flag. This was released in 2000, right after Spears dropped her biggest song, Hit Me Baby One More Time. However, it wasn't much longer until Spears released Oops I Did It Again and shook up her own market once more.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.