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The music video for "...Baby One More Time" and Spears's appearance on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine also established her as an international sex symbol, garnering controversy over the influence of her public image on teenage girls.^{britney spears sex class="reference">[1]}

The release of Spears's fifth album, Blackout, was rescheduled to October 30, 2007 rather than November 13, 2007 due to online leaks.^[66][67] Blackout debuted at number two on the U.S. britney sprears sex tape Billboard 200.,^[68] making Spears the only female music artist to have her first five albums go to number one and two. It was fairly well received by critics.^[69] As of June 2008, there have been 3.1 million digital downloads of the songs and remixes from the album in the United States.^[70] Rolling Stone gave the album 3.5 out of 5 stars.^[71] Allmusic also rated the album 3.5 out of 5 stars, calling Blackout "coherent and entertaining" and stating that "it holds together better than any of her other records".^[72] Blackout's lead single, "Gimme More" leaked on the internet on August 30.^[66] The song, which was Spears's first produced by Danja, peaked at number three on Billboard's Hot 100 on October 3, making it her most successful single in the U.S. since her debut, "...Baby One More Time".^[73][74] Spears's highly anticipated performance of "Gimme More" at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards was panned.^[75][76][77] The BBC stated that "her performance would go down in the history books as being one of the worst to grace the MTV Awards",^[78] and The Times noted that "Spears was out of synch as she lip-synched and at times just stopped singing altogether".^[79] Despite the criticism on her performance,^[80] the single has achieved worldwide success.^[81][82][83] The second single, "Piece of Me", was certified platinum in the US.^[84]

The singles did not perform as well; Britney's lead single "I'm a Slave 4 U" peaked britney spears pussy at 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 making it the album's biggest hit.^[43] To help promote the album, Spears embarked on the Dream Within a Dream Tour in November 2001. The tour was forced to cut short in Mexico City due to bad weather.^[44] With the end to her tour, Spears announced she would take a six month break from her career.^[45]