Read our entry below on why Britney Spears was our Greatest Pop Star of 1999 — with our ’99 Honorable Mention runner-ups, Rookie of the Year and Comeback of the Year pop stars at the bottom ...

The video caught fire on MTV thanks in no small part to Total Request Live ... with Britney Spears. Magazine photoshoots leaned into her provocative sexiness — her 1999 cover for Rolling ...