" Stronger " achieved commercial success worldwide , reaching the top five in Austria , Germany and Sweden , while reaching the top ten in Finland , Ireland , Switzerland and United Kingdom . " Stronger " peaked at number eleven in the United States ' '' Billboard '' Hot 100 , and was later certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) , for selling over 500,000 units of the single . An accompanying music video was directed by Joseph Kahn , who considered it as a thematic departure from Spears ' previous music videos . The music video received a nomination on the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Pop Video
2001 MTV Video Music Awards
2001 MTV Video Music Awards
Stronger (Britney Spears song)