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Britney Spears was one of the Music good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
December 5, 2005	Good article nominee	Listed
May 25, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
February 28, 2007	Good article reassessment	Delisted
March 6, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
October 1, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
October 21, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
November 4, 2007	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
March 8, 2008	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
March 18, 2008	Peer review	Reviewed
September 5, 2008	Peer review	Reviewed
December 29, 2008	Peer review	Reviewed
April 5, 2009	Good article reassessment	Kept
November 3, 2017	Good article reassessment	Delisted
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on December 2, 2017, and December 2, 2021.
Current status: Delisted good article

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