Controversial Kisses

Lip-locks that took the world by storm!

Britney Spears has raised many eyebrows with her controversial kiss with Rihanna. This is the second time Britney's kiss has walked its way to some of the famous/notorious kisses of all-time! Check out other immortal kisses that took the of the world by storm!

Britney and Rihanna kiss on stage at last night's Billboard Music Awards show in Las Vegas.

Actor Ryan Gosling congratulates Director Nicolas Winding Refn after he wins Award for Best Director for his film 'Drive' during the Palme D'Or Winners Photocall at the 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival

Here's a desi kiss. It's Richard Gere kissing Bollywood's beloved Shilpa Shetty during an event for HIV-AIDS awareness in New Delhi. Now don't ask Gere what has kiss got to do with HIV awareness! Poor Gere got carried away by the charm of pretty Shilpa, that it didn't occur to him about the possible consequences that could follow his daring act.

Some call it 'Kiss of the Century'. This iconic photograph was taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt which appeared on the cover of Life magazine in 1945. Eisenstaedt took no notes or names the day he snapped the photo, hence the identity of the sailor and the pretty nurse intrigued many for decades. After 62 years, finally a guy named Glenn McDuffie took the claim. It's the most passionate kiss that swooned the entire world for a long time. Thanks to Eisenstaedt and hats off to Glenn McDuffie as well!

The super soccer kiss! After the notorious 'God's hand', this is second best act done by Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona. In this picture, Maradona, right, is seen kissing Claudio Caniggia after the latter scored Boca Juniors' second goal in their 4-1 match against archrival River Plate in 1996. After watching her husband's act, Caniggia's wife, ex-model Mariana Nannis, warned him that two can hug, but not kiss - especially on the lips.

Lady Madge loves experimenting, and Britney dear is so desparate to hit headlines. When the notorious gals met on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards at New York, both made a passionate lip lock! Though Britney said the kiss was actually Madonna's idea, it was rumored that Britney did all these to make her ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake jealous.

Adam Lambert, left, kisses one of the dancers as he performs during the closing act of the 37th Annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles.