Spears citou suas principais influências em sua carreira como sendo Madonna, Janet Jackson e Whitney Houston, suas "três artistas favoritas", como quando criança a quem ela iria "cantar junto [...] dia e noite em [sua] sala de estar"; I Have Nothing, de Houston, foi a canção que usou para o teste de seu contrato com a gravadora Jive data.[262]

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