Ciara revealed during the debut of her Apple Music Hits show, Level Up Radio, that her debut single was almost given to Britney Spears.
"When I had this record, I knew that it was a very, very special record," Ciara said. "And I worked so hard on this record, and this industry can sometimes bring you incredible challenges."
Ciara recalled the Arista roster moving to Jive Records and her having to audition again to be made a priority at her new label before finding out that her label was considering giving "Goodies" to her labelmate Britney Spears.
"Had this record, but not knowing that behind the scenes, there was a conversation about this song being potentially taken from me and given to an artist like Britney Spears, who was on the same roster as me," Ciara recalled. "I learned about the story later, but the crazy thing for me is that if I would've known about it then, I would have fought tooth and nail. It was because it's a record that I actually was a part of creating. I was heavily involved in the writing side of it as well."
The platinum single ended up hitting number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and launched Ciara into superstardom.
"This was my very first song that I put out into the universe," Ciara said. "My first song, and by God's grace, it also was a number one song, and it lasted on the Billboard charts for eight weeks. It was just kind of surreal to see that my dream was coming true."
Source: Complex
