In 2001, Britney Spears released her third studio album Britney and played as the starring role in the film Crossroads. Britney Spears assumed creative control of her fourth studio album, In the Zone released in 2003, which made her the only female artist of the Nielsen Soundscan era to have her first four albums debut at number one. After the release of her first greatest hits album Greatest Hits: My Prerogative , Britney Spears experienced personal struggles and her career went under hiatus. This was until her fifth studio album, Blackout was released in 2007.
