" Toxic " was also performed as the last song of the concert during The M+M 's Tour . After " Do Somethin' " , in which Spears wore a hot pink bra , a white fur coat and a jean skirt , she ended the set with " Toxic " , with four female dancers in a Shakira-like style . Following the performance , she thanked the audience and introduced her dancers . " Toxic " was also performed at 2009 's The Circus Starring Britney Spears . Following an interlude in which the dancers showcased their individual moves , the stage was lit with green sci-fi effects and Spears appeared over moving jungle gyms . Jerry Shriver of '' USA Today '' said that " fan-favorite Toxic ... succeeded because the focus was solely on the star . " Jane Stevenson of the '' Toronto Sun '' named it one of the standout performances of the show , along with " ... Baby One More Time " and " Womanizer " . '' Screen '' commented , " The high point of the show was the back to back performance of two of Britney 's biggest hits , ' Toxic ' and ' Baby One More Time ' '' sic '' , which had the crowd break out in wild applause . " The song was performed at 2011 's Femme Fatale Tour . After a video intermission in which Spears finds and captures the stalker that follows her , the show continues with a martial arts-inspired remix of " Toxic " , in which Spears wears a kimono and battles dancing ninjas . Keith Caufield of '' Billboard '' felt the performance was comparable to Madonna 's " Sky Fits Heaven " at 2001 's Drowned World Tour . Shirley Halperin of '' The Hollywood Reporter '' stated that " the mid-tempo numbers ... seemed to stall out quickly , where faster offerings like ' Womanizer , ' ' I Wan na Go ' and ' Toxic ' had the sold out crowd jumping in place and pumping their number twos in the air . " August Brown of the '' Los Angeles Times '' said " The set 's only weak spots were sonic revisions of catalog staples – the Bollywood spy-flick vamp of ' Toxic ' remains utterly groundbreaking and did n’t need an Ibiza-inspired revision . " . Spears performed the song during the last act from her 2013-17 Las Vegas residency Britney : Piece of Me . The number begins with a ballad version of " Toxic " and Spears is seen over a giant tree . Before the chorus begins Spears jumps from the tree in a kind of bungee jump under a water curtain . As Spears lands in the stage , the first chords from the song starts and the performance keeps going on . In the 2016 Billboard Music Awards , it was performed as the closing song of a greatest hits medley by Spears , with brand new choreography . The song was also included in Spears 's setlist for the iHeartRadio Music Festival on September 24 , 2016 . Spears performed the song as part of her Apple Music Festival performance in London on September 27 , 2016 . The song was also streamed live along with Work Bitch from Spears ' final '' Britney : Piece of Me '' show date on December 31 , 2017 on ABC 's '' Dick Clark 's New Year 's Rockin ' Eve '' to a record audience of 25.6 million . " Toxic " earned Spears her first Grammy at the 2005 ceremony in the category of Best Dance Recording and gained her credibility amongst critics . The song also won Most Performed Work at the 2004 Ivor Novello Awards . " Toxic " was ranked at number fourteen on '' Stylus Magazine '' s Top 50 Singles between 2000 and 2005 . In a 2005 poll conducted by Sony Ericsson , " Toxic " was ranked as the world 's second favorite song , only behind " We Are the Champions " by Queen . Over 700,000 people in 60 different countries cast their votes . The song was also included on The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born list by '' Blender '' . Pitchfork listed the song on The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s . Jess Harvell commented that Spears had great pop instincts and that " Toxic " showed how " Britney always had more individualist pep than her peers , important when you 're dealing with steamroller productions from the mind of Max Martin . " In 2009 , NPR included " Toxic " on their Most Important Recordings of the Decade list . Amy Schriefer noted that the song 's synths defined the sound of dance-pop for the rest of the decade , while adding that it " still sound s fresh and futuristic . " " Toxic " was listed on several others end of the decade lists ; at number forty-seven by '' NME '' , forty-four by '' Rolling Stone '' and seventeen on '' The Daily Telegraph '' . '' NME '' called it the soundtrack to all of the fun of the decade , from " little girls at discos " to " gay clubs and hen nights " . In addition , the song was voted in '' Rolling Stone '' 's end of the decade readers poll as the fourth best single of the decade . Pitchfork listed the song at number three on their Top 50 Singles of 2000 list . Bill Lamb of About.com listed the song at number twenty-seven on the Top 40 Pop Songs of All Time . Evan Sawdey of PopMatters commented that " Toxic " is a rare kind of song that transcends genre boundaries , and added that Spears delivered the track that defined her legacy . In May 2010 , Spears revealed through her Twitter account that " Toxic " is her favorite song from her catalogue
2016 Billboard Music Awards
2016 Billboard Music Awards
Toxic (song)