A watan Agusta 2003, Spears ya buɗe MTV Video Music Awards tare da Christina Aguilera, suna yin "Kamar Budurwa". A tsakiyar hanya Madonna ta haɗu da su, tare da su duka sun sumbace. Wannan lamarin ya zama sananne sosai. A shekara ta 2008, MTV ya lissafa wasan kwaikwayon a matsayin lambar farko ta farko a tarihin MTV Video Music Awards, yayin da mujallar Blender ta ambace shi a matsayin daya daga cikin sa'o'i ashirin da biyar mafi kyawun kiɗa a tarihin talabijin. Spears ta fito da kundi na huɗu, A cikin Zone, a watan Nuwamba 2003. Ta ɗauki ƙarin iko na kirkira ta hanyar rubutu da kuma samar da mafi yawan kayan. Vibe ya kira shi "A mafi girman rikodin rawa wanda kuma ya nuna ci gaban Spears a matsayin mawaƙa". NPR ya lissafa kundin a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin "Mafi Girma na 50 na Shekaru", yana ƙara cewa "Maganin Madonna na shekarun da suka gabata ya kasance a cikin tarihin wasan kwaikwayo na farko a cikin tarihin MTV Video Music Awards, yayin da mujallar ta kasance a cikin jerin abubuwan da aka buga a watan Maris na 2004, "Ta yaya auren Spears ya kasance
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