Britney Spears’ 2011 song “Criminal” lands in the charts despite Justin Timberlake’s arrest for drunk driving

Britney Spears fans are banding together to bring her 2011 song “Criminal” back to the charts following Justin Timberlake’s arrest for drunk driving.

At around 12:37 a.m. on Tuesday, June 18, Timberlake, 43, was arrested after police found him “operating his vehicle while intoxicated,” Sag Harbor police said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE.

Following news of Timberlake’s arrest, several Spears fans took to social media to encourage others to buy the singer. The Woman of Destiny Hit “Criminal”. The song was released on September 30, 2011 as a single from their seventh studio album.

At the time of release, the 42-year-old pop star’s song was at number 68 on the iTunes Pop Charts.

The song’s recent surge in popularity follows Timberlake’s arrest early Tuesday morning in Sag Harbor, New York, when he allegedly disregarded a stop sign in his 2025 BMW and “failed to stay on the right side of the road,” according to a police report.

The officer initiated a traffic stop and found that Timberlake’s “eyes were bloodshot and glassy, ​​his breath gave off the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage, he was unable to divide his attention, spoke slowly, was unsteady on his feet, and performed poorly on all standardized field sobriety tests.”

“I drank a martini and followed my friends home,” Timberlake told authorities, according to the police report.

He was then transported to Sag Harbor Police Department for processing. He was charged with DUI and two citations, one for running a stop sign and one for failure to maintain lane.

Police said he was held overnight to face court Tuesday morning. He was released on bail after appearing in Sag Harbor Village Justice Court. The singer is scheduled to appear in court again on July 26.

This isn’t the first time Spears’ fans have helped her songs re-enter the charts.

In January, Timberlake released a single and music video titled “Selfish,” the same name as another Spears single from 2011. However, her fans quickly embraced the song on social media, bringing it back to No. 1 on the iTunes charts on January 26.

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The inclusion of “Selfish” and “Criminal” comes after Spears made several revelations about her former boyfriend in her 2023 memoir The woman in me.