This Day in Pop: Britney performs 'I'm a Slave 4 U' at the VMA's in 2001 (September 06)

[PokemonSpears]

  

On September 6, 2001, the MTV Video Music Awards aired live from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. Fatboy Slim was the biggest winner of the night with six moonmen, for the video Weapon of Choice, followed by NSYNC with 4 and the collaboration between Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mýa and Pink for Lady Marmalade with 2, including Video of the Year. It also featured memorials for Aaliyah and Joey Ramone.

The show counted with performances by Jennifer Lopez, Linkin Park, Alicia Keys and NSYNC featuring MIchael Jackson among others, but the biggest event was Britney Spears' performance of I'm a Slave 4 U, the lead single off her third studio album Britney set to be released later that year. The performance had a jungle theme and she started it by standing inside a cage with a live tiger.

Besides a heavy choreography that featured what would later become her signature dance breakdown, the performance included towards the end another live animal, an albino python (named Banana).

The performance became an instant classic, and to this day is remembered as one of the best performances of the VMA's.

 

 

That year, Britney was nominated for Best Pop Video (Stronger) but lost to NSYNC's Pop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Headed Peckerhead]

UNFORGETTABLE!

[rik]

[ToxicMadLove]

Most iconic performance at that show EVER

[Stannedforever]

This was the PEAK. Every single moment in VMA's history led to this. After that it's been freefall for VMA's relevancy. She did THAT  

[blissfuloutsider]

iconic flawlesss .. still haven't seen this energy in some time in any performances out there 

[DenisMarquina80]

Nobody can top that.

[Headed Peckerhead]

36 minutes ago, DenisMarquina80 said:

Nobody can top that.

[NewDisplayName]

VMA wouldn’t be the same without Britney and they didn’t have her awards until 2008 and that’s because of the voting btw.. 

My favorite performance of all time I guess.. every time I’m amazed watching her.. every fu86n time!!

how can human be so good?! <3