Britney Spears

Britney Spears

CountryUnited States United States
GenderFemale
BirthdayDez. 2, 1981
BiographyBritney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer. Referred to as the "Princess of Pop", she has had a significant cultural impact on music in the 21st century. having been recognized as one of the first musicians credited with reviving the teen pop genre. She is known for her soprano vocal range and for exploring genres ranging from pop to contemporary rhythm and blues, electropop, and adult contemporary.

Born in McComb, Mississippi, Spears developed an interest in music from an early age and began her career in 1992 as a cast member for the Ruthless! musical. and the final two seasons of the The All-New Mickey Mouse Club television series before signing with Jive Records in 1997. She debuted with the best-selling albums ...Baby One More Time (1999) and Oops!... I Did It Again (2000). The former album's title track became a number-one hit in the US as well as one of the best-selling singles in history. In 2001, Spears released her her first self-titled album and made her film debut in Longshot before starring in Crossroads the following year. Her next two albums, In the Zone and Blackout, were released in 2003 and 2007, respectively.

Facing lifelong public scrutiny and struggles with her mental health by the late 2000s, Spears was placed under a controversial conservatorship in 2008, during which she recorded Circus that year along with Femme Fatale (2011) for Jive, and then her second self-titled album (2013) as well as Glory (2016), for RCA Records. By the late 2010s, she had performed or co-performed on more than two dozen US Top 40 songs, including the number-ones "Womanizer" (2008), "3" (2009), and "Hold It Against Me" (2011). In 2019, Spears withdrew from regular concert touring to focus on her conservatorship case, leading to the #FreeBritney movement and the release of the documentary Framing Britney Spears (2021). The conservatorship was dissolved in 2021 after she publicly testified against her management team and family of abuse. Her 2023 memoir, The Woman in Me, debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list.

Spears is one of the best-selling music artists in history, with Nielsen SoundScan ranking her the fourth best-selling female album artist of their era. Forbes listed her as the world's highest-paid female musician twice in 2001 and 2012. Spears received numerous industry awards including one Grammy Award, fifteen Guinness World Records, six MTV Video Music Awards, and seven Billboard Music Awards (including the Millennium Award). Spears has launched numerous products over the years, with her 2005 fragrance Fantasy with Elizabeth Arden, Inc. generating over $1.5 billion in sales by 2011.

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