Mary J. Blige loves Britney and has spoken greatly of her so we shall not be ignoring the 15th anniversary of this great era in which Mary was in a happy place that is The Breakthrough (even though I was too young xD)!
It debuted at #1 selling 727,000 records the first week (a then record for a female R&B artist in Billboard/Soundscan history).
The 2nd single "Be Without You" (peaked at #3) broke all types of airplay records and is Billboard's most successful R&B/hip-hop song of all-time!
The other singles deserved better on the Hot 100:
This era gave her so many awards, BET, Grammys, AMAs, winning 9 Billboard Awards in one night, etc!