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By Anslem Samuel | Published February 6, 2012 | Full size is 620 × 480 pixels

2002: Pepsi’s “Joy of Pepsi” Seven years before Britney Spears’ XLIII Super Bowl ad for Pepsi was banned, the refreshing beverage recruited the pop star to promote their thirst-quenching product during Super Bowl XXXVI at a rate of $1.9 million per half minute. Taking fans through time from the late ’50s to the beginning of the 21st century, Spears showed why Pepsi is forever young. Approximate Total Cost: $5.7 million

2002: Pepsi’s “Joy of Pepsi”

Seven years before Britney Spears’ XLIII Super Bowl ad for…