Blackout Songwriting Credits by Britney Spears

Blackout is the fifth studio album by Britney Spears, released in October 2007 on Jive Records and produced by Danja, Bloodshy & Avant, and The Neptunes. It is widely regarded as the most critically acclaimed album of Spears's career, recorded during the most publicly turbulent period of her personal life including the end of her marriage to Kevin Federline and a highly publicized loss of custody of her children. Spears co-wrote several tracks; the album's electronic, synth-pop production and automated vocal treatments (including prominent use of Auto-Tune as a stylistic choice rather than a corrective tool) anticipated the direction that mainstream pop production would take for the following decade. 'Gimme More,' 'Piece of Me,' and 'Break the Ice' were the principal singles; 'Gimme More' reached the top five on the Billboard Hot 100 despite no formal promotional campaign, reflecting the organic demand generated by the tabloid attention around Spears. Blackout debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 and has been certified double platinum in the United States; it received five Grammy nominations and is consistently cited by critics and producers as one of the most influential pop albums of the 2000s for its electro-pop production approach. Blackout's long-term critical reputation has grown significantly in the decade and a half since its release, with many critics now citing it as the most prescient and influential mainstream pop album of the mid-2000s and a defining statement of the possibilities of electronic pop production in the pre-streaming era.