Which album is the most important in pop culture?

[storm]

I have to bring in something relating to pop culture in English Comp. next week and I need to know which CD (or two) to bring in

[Tear the floor up up]

Probably BOMT or Blackout

[Mohd93]

Definitely BOMT and maybe Blackout. 

[Jean-Philippe]

BOMT

[troubleguy]

i know about anti-impact - its BJ 

[Chaoscontrol]

BOMT, the album that started it all

[Duabhit]

Ooh Ia la.

"C'mon, turn it up 'till the speakers pop"

[BoyToySoldier]

I would actually say Oops. The million selling first week record that lasted 15 years, the iconic Oops video and catsuit, the VMA performance / striptease, the era that cemented that Y2K teen pop aesthetic, the album that made her more than a one off teen idol, etc.

[Pablitonizer]

1 minute ago, BoyToySoldier said:

I would actually say Oops. The million selling first week record that lasted 15 years, the iconic Oops video and catsuit, the VMA performance / striptease, the era that cemented that Y2K teen pop aesthetic, the album that made her more than a one off teen idol, etc.

So much love for OOPS! album, my wonderful teenage years 

[storm]

5 minutes ago, BoyToySoldier said:

I would actually say Oops. The million selling first week record that lasted 15 years, the iconic Oops video and catsuit, the VMA performance / striptease, the era that cemented that Y2K teen pop aesthetic, the album that made her more than a one off teen idol, etc.

I actually do agree with you about Oops but what does Y2K mean?

[BoyToySoldier]

3 minutes ago, storm said:

I actually do agree with you about Oops but what does Y2K mean?

Y2K / 2000 / New Millennium

It’s a huge nostalgia era. Oops was the front runner along with NSYNC.

[storm]

1 minute ago, BoyToySoldier said:

Y2K / 2000 / New Millennium

It’s a huge nostalgia era. Oops was the front runner along with NSYNC.

Ooooh okay!

[brit4u1998]

Album? Probably the first two albums, In The Zone, or Blackout.

[celebration2009]

Do you mean Britney album or album by any artist? 

If you mean Britney album, BOMT is the only correct awnser. Maybe OIDIA for the reasons @BoyToySoldier pointed out.

If you mean album in general, there are various choices: MJ's Thriller (or Bad), Madonna's Like a Virgin (or Like a Prayer or Ray of Light), Spice Girls' debut album, Nirvana's Nevermind, Whitney's debut and Bodyguard soundtrack, BOMT, Janet's RN1814 and TVR, Gaga's The Fame/Monster, between many others.

If you really want THE most important, go with Thriller: best selling album of all time, iconic videography - Thriller MV is still the most famous MV of all time, many classics, etc.

[Peter Pan]

BOMT or OIDA Britney’s prime

[LoanSPW]

Madonna's Ray of Light, in my opinion, is the most important album in pop culture. Not only it is one of the greatest albums of all-time (and my personal all-time favorite), but it brought electronica music into global pop culture. It also made South Asian culture accessible to the American public back in the 90's and rehabilitated Madonna's image.

But if you want to mention a Britney CD, then Baby One More Time I guess would be the most important. After all, it caused the revival of teen pop and more than 25 million copies of the album were sold!

[celebration2009]

2 minutes ago, LoanSPW said:

Afterall, it caused the revival of solo teen pop and more than 25 million copies of the album were sold!

Fixed.  The Spice Girls were the ones who revived teen pop in the 90s with Wannabe and the Spice album. Britney revived it for solo artists, like debut-era Xtina, Mandy, Jessica and all the other clones.

[LoanSPW]

7 minutes ago, ATWK said:

If you really want THE most important, go with Thriller: best selling album of all time, iconic videography - Thriller MV is still the most famous MV of all time, many classics, etc.

I always forget about Thriller! I know it's the best-selling album of all-time and that it was impactful, but I think it's actually one of MJ's worst albums (i skip like half of it), which is probably why I forgot to mention it...

[Guest Brichney.]

Oops I Did It Again was POP perfection. 

[PokemonSpears]

People in here will try to convince you that is Blackout, but it depends of which point of view you're talking about.

Among the music scene itself, probably Blackout influenced the most what pop acts released right after it, unlike BOMT or OIDIA which just rode the Max Martin trend. However, in terms of the public itself, I think BOMT and OIDIA left a bigger footprint in the people's minds. I mean, just look at all the kids and teenagers that grew up with those albums compared to the kids or teens that could've grown up with Blackout, if there were any kids that grew up with that album  Simply the amount of sales should be enough to tell us which was more relevant.

So don't let Exhale fool you  the answer is either Oops or BOMT