Rare Photos From Behind The Scenes of the 2000s

Beyonce Knowles

This picture of Beyonce was snagged during the Pepsi Gladiators commercial run in September 2003. Pepsi took a major move towards the youth market in the early 2000s, and it has exclusively used celebrities to sell Pepsi products since. 

Rolling Stone Featuring Britney Spears

This edition of Rolling Stone featured a red, white, and blue-clad Britney Spears posing in front of a torn American flag. This was released in 2000, right after Spears dropped her biggest song, Hit Me Baby One More Time. However, it wasn't much longer until Spears released Oops I Did It Again and shook up her own market once more. 

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.