25 years later, Britney Spears’ 2001 VMAs performance still mesmerizes

By Bianca Betancourt, CNN Britney Spears was ready to drop a new single. But how? It was 2001, and Spears was the biggest pop star in the world, with her 10-time-platinum sophomore album, “Oops! I Did It Again” behind her. The public would be expecting something suitably huge. They got something even bigger than that.