It's time for the Britney Spears Tournament: 30 Videos for 30 Years, MTV News' celebration of all things Britney to honor the pop star's 30th birthday! In the lead up to the big day, we're asking you, Brit's most loyal fans, to help us decide which video from her legendary career is your favorite by participating in a winner-take-all tournament. MTV News' resident Britney experts assigned 30 of Britney's videos seeds and put them up against one another in a series of single-elimination match-ups. Fan voting will determine which of her amazing clips is named the fan-favorite. So vote now and vote often for your favorite video. The winner will be announced on December 2 – Britney's 30th birthday!
Note: Because a traditional bracket contains 32 teams/spots and we wanted to keep it to 30 in honor of Brit's big year, we gave two videos – "Till The World Ends" and "Piece of Me" – a by in Round One because they scored major MTV Video Music Awards.
(15) "Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know" vs. (18) "Hold It Against Me"
Britney has worked with some of the top video directors in the business and these two clips exemplify the level of talent she has surrounded herself with. The beachy clip for Spears' ballad "Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know" was directed by acclaimed photographer Herb Ritts, who also directed classic videos for Madonna ("Cherish"), Janet Jackson ("Love Will Never Do Without You") and Mariah Carey ("My All"), and caused some scandal because of the sexy way Ritts filmed the scantily clad starlet. On her "Hold It Against Me" video, she worked with another huge name in the video game, Jonas Akerlund. Akerlund has worked with some of pop's biggest names too, from Madonna ("Ray of Light") and Christina Aguilera ("Beautiful) to Pink ("Sober") and his most recent muse, Lady Gaga ("Papparazzi," "Telephone").
>>> Watch the video for "Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know"
>>> Watch the video for "Hold It Against Me"
(10) "(You Drive Me) Crazy" vs. (23) "From The Bottom of My Broken Heart"
The quintessential early Spears ballad, "From My Broken Heart" features some of the most classically all-American imagery possible: sunflowers, a young couple playfully tossing around a football, star-gazing from a water tower, a tire swing. And of course, there's our girl Britney, sitting on a front porch in a floppy hat mooning over her first love. Swoon! Things are a little simpler in the video for "Crazy," with our girl engaging in a good old fashioned boys versus girls dance off. Bonus points for the guest appearances from Melissa Joan Hart and Adrian Grenier.
>>> Watch the video for "(You Drive Me) Crazy"
>>> Watch the video for "From The Bottom of My Broken Heart"
(7) "Me Against the Music" vs. (26) "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"
Britney Spears as a leather-clad rock goddess in the vein of Joan Jett? It happened with Brit's remake of "I Love Rock 'n' Roll." The video is simple enough –performance clip of Britney rocking out with a live band – especially when compared to the elaborate clip for "Me Against the Music," which throws Britney into the ring (or more accurately, the maze) with her idol, Madonna. When these two came together for this song, it was a pop culture event, and while the song itself may not be one of her best, the video is a true Britney classic. It's the moment when the Princess and the Queen came together to make some magic.
>>> Watch the video for "Me Against the Music"
>>> Watch the video for "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"
First round voting continues through Tuesday night (Nov. 22) at midnight. Vote now and vote often! The videos you voted to move on to Round Two will be announced first thing Wednesday (Nov. 23).