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Blackout is the fifth studio album by American pop icon Britney Spears, released on October 25, 2007, through Jive Records. The album marked a radical departure from her previous work, fully embracing a futuristic blend of electropop, dance-pop, and R&B with heavy use of synthesizers, vocoders, and unconventional song structures. Often regarded as one of Spears' most influential records, Blackout became a blueprint for the electronic-driven pop music that dominated the late 2000s and early 2010s. Background and Creation Amidst intense media scrutiny and personal struggles, Spears returned to the studio in 2006 to craft an album that reflected her Read more on Last.fm.