--- title: IWD 2017: Britney Spears Tribute to Beyoncé and Madonna description: The pop icon honored her fierce fellow stars Beyoncé and Madonna in a tweet celebrating International Women's Day. canonical: https://time.com/4695917/britney-spears-on-madonna-beyonce/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-08T21:55:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:44.777Z og:title: Britney Spears Paid Tribute to Her Idols Beyoncé and Madonna og:description: Queen respect queens. og:url: https://time.com/4695917/britney-spears-on-madonna-beyonce/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Britney Spears Paid Tribute to Her Idols Beyoncé and Madonna twitter:description: Queen respect queens. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Britney Spears Honored Idols Beyoncé and Madonna for International Women's Day > Sponsored content. 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She and Beyoncé costarred (with Pink) in a [classic Pepsi Super Bowl ad in 2004](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6WfG%5F4ji44), an early girl-power-themed spot that saw them banding together to overturn the despotic rule of Enrique Iglesias in a gladiator-like setup. Her collaboration with Madonna is equally memorable for a viral kiss that took place onstage during a [buzzy performance](http://time.com/4468932/vmas-2016-mtv-britney-spears-video/?iid=sr-link3) at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, alongside other notable songstresses Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott as well as “Me Against the Music.” It was the [kiss that shook the world](http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/02/14/17-memorable-kisses-throughout-history/slide/britney-and-madonna-kiss/?iid=sr-link5)—and looks like Spears might be remembering it today, in a positive light. > [](https://twitter.com/britneyspears/status/839572285921062912) Meanwhile, Madonna’s been celebrating the holiday by teasing short videos from a project with German _Vogu_e, highlighting women’s power. > [](https://twitter.com/Madonna/status/839564100757819398) Beyoncé, for her part, continues to celebrate motherhood with her own video compilation featuring pregnancy photos and daughter Blue Ivy. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4695917/britney-spears-on-madonna-beyonce/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4695917/britney-spears-on-madonna-beyonce/"},"headline":"Britney Spears Honored Idols Beyoncé and Madonna for International Women's Day","datePublished":"2017-03-08T21:55:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:44.777Z","description":"Queen respect queens.","url":"https://time.com/4695917/britney-spears-on-madonna-beyonce/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4695917/britney-spears-on-madonna-beyonce/","name":"Britney Spears Honored Idols Beyoncé and Madonna for International Women's Day"}}]}] ```