In the Zone

In the Zone is the fourth studio album by American singer Britney Spears, released worldwide on November 18, 2003, through Jive Records and two days later in the United States. The album became the top-selling album in the U.S. after 609,000 copies of the set were purchased in one week, according to industry figures to the Nielsen SoundScan. In the Zone debuted at number-one on the Billboard 200 albums chart, Spears became the first female in Nie... more

In the Zone is the fourth studio album by American singer Britney Spears, released worldwide on November 18, 2003, through Jive Records and two days later in the United States. The album became the top-selling album in the U.S. after 609,000 copies of the set were purchased in one week, according to industry figures to the Nielsen SoundScan. In the Zone debuted at number-one on the Billboard 200 albums chart, Spears became the first female in Nielsen SoundScan history to have four number-one albums in a row. Spears co-wrote 8 of the 13 songs on the album. In the Zone had more success with singles than its predecessor on the USA Billboard Hot 100; "Toxic" and "Everytime" both reached top 20, "Me Against the Music" reached top 40 and "Outrageous" reached top 80 without an official music video being released. One of her producers, P. Diddy, spoke to MTV News about a song he was working on with Spears, but at the time it had no title "The Answer." "I was very impressed with P. Diddy,"... less