Britney Spears (born on December 2, 1981, in Mississippi, United States) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and businesswoman. She is one of the most famous and awarded artists in the history of pop music. Due to her great musical successes, she is called the “princess of pop”.
She began acting as a child, through roles in theater productions, and television series. She later gained fame by participating in the television program The Mickey Mouse Club (1992). In 1997, Spears signed a contract with Jive Records.
Her first two studio albums, …Baby One More Time (1999) and Oops!… I Did It Again (2000), were a global success and become the best-selling teenage artist of all time. During her first decade in the industry, Spears became a prominent figure in pop music and popular culture.
She has received numerous prizes and awards, including six MTV Video Music Awards, seven Billboard Music Awards (including the Millennium Award in 2016) 5 and a star on the boulevard of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In 2012, she was ranked sixth in the Forbes ranking of the world’s 100 most influential celebrities. Since 2019, Spears has been in a legal battle for self-determination because of the guardianship imposed on her in 2008.
Britney Spears Facts
- Born: 2 December 1981, McComb, Mississippi, United States
- Real Name: Britney Jean Spears
- Birthday: 2 December 1981
- Age: 39 years old
- Height: 5 feet 4 inches (1.64 meters)
- Weight: 60 kg (132 lbs)
- Hair Color: Golden Blonde
- Eyes Color: Dark Brown
- Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
- Education:-
Jewish Kabbalah School
Professional Performing Arts School
Parklane Academy - Nationality: American
- Ethnicity: British and Maltese
- Religion: Christianity and Hinduism (Recently)
- Father: James Parnell Spears
- Mother: Lynne Spears
- Husband:-
Kevin Federline (m. 2004–2007)
Jason Allen Alexander (m. 2004–2004) - Net Worth: $80 Million as of July 2021
Britney Spears Biography
Britney Spears was born on December 2, 1981, in McComb, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana. She is the second child of Jamie Parnell Spears and Lynne Spears. She has an older brother, Bryan Spears, and a younger sister, Jamie Lynn, who is also a singer and actress.
At the age of three, she began taking dance classes in Kentwood and was selected for the kindergarten play. During her childhood, she also took gymnastics and singing classes and won several talent shows in state-level competitions.
Britney Spears made her stage debut at age five, singing What Child Is This? at the kindergarten graduation ceremony. Speaking of her ambitions as a child, Spears said, “I was in my world, […] I discovered what I am brought to when I was still a child.”
Britney Spears Boyfriend and Children
In 2000, in the face of press speculation, Britney announced that she was dating singer Justin Timberlake. The relationship that began in 1998, ended in 2002, with the suspicion that she would have cheated on her boyfriend.
On January 3, 2004, Britney married childhood friend Jason Allen Alexander in Las Vegas, Nevada. After 55 hours, the singer filed a request for an annulment of the marriage. Obeying a petition by the court, he declared that the singer “lacked understanding of her attitudes”.
Also in 2004, Britney met rapper Kevin Federline and five months later they were married. In 2005 their first child, Sean Preston, was born. In 2006 the couple’s second child, Jayden James, was born.
Two months after Jayden was born, Britney filed for divorce. In 2007, the US court granted custody of the children to Kevin and forced Britney to undergo tests to prove the use of drugs.
In 2008, after her ex-husband prevented her from seeing their two children, Britney shaved her hair and attacked the paparazzi’s chasing car with an umbrella. Britney was then admitted to a psychiatric clinic.
In 2009, she started dating her agent, Jason Trawick. The relationship went through several crises. In 2010, the singer released a clip of the song “Criminal”, in which she appears in very spicy scenes.
In 2011, Britney made an amicable deal with Kevin and gained custody of the children.
Music Career
Britney began her music career acting in plays and TV shows. At age eight, she traveled with her mother to Atlanta to cast the Disney Channel series The Mickey Mouse Club but was rejected for being too young.
The hiring only came in 1992, when she got a role. At the casting director’s suggestion, Britney enrolled at the Performing Arts School. Shortly thereafter, Britney and her mother were urged to New York.
The program’s recordings continued until 1995 when they were closed. Britney returned to Mississippi and enrolled at Parklane Academy. In 1997, Britney signed a contract with Jive Records. Initially, the singer performed on small tours and opened shows for the best-known brands.
At the age of 16, Britney released the video for “…Baby One More Time”, in which she danced to a sensual beat that soon became a hit. In 1999, Britney released her first album, “…Baby One More Time”, which sold 26 million copies and became the biggest selling album by a teenage artist.
The songs that stood out were: …Baby One More Time, Sometimes and (You Drive Me) Crazy). The second album, “Oops!…I Did It Again” was released in 2000 and in just one week it sold over a million copies. In addition to the title track, the songs Lucky and Stronger lead Britney to become an international hit.
2000-2004
In September 2000, Britney performed at the MTV Video Music Awards. On the tour of her second album, “Oops!…I Did It Again Tour”, Britney was in Brazil at the Rock In Rio 3 festival, in Rio de Janeiro, in 2001.
That same year, she released her third album, “Britney”, going to perform with minimal clothes and more provocative. The singles that stood out on the Britney album were: I’m a Slave 4 U, I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet A Woman, and I Love Rock “N” Roll.
On her fourth album, “In The Zone” (2003), Britney took on all the creative stuff, wrote and co-produced most of the material. With the single “Toxic”, Britney received her first Grammy, as Best Dance Recording.
Another hit single from the album was “Me Against The Music”, which featured Madonna. Britney broke her own record by becoming the only female artist to claim number one, with four consecutive albums, on the Billboard chart.
2005-2016
In 2005, Britney released her first remix album titled “B In The Mix: The Remix”. In 2007, she released the album “Blackout”, when the songs Gimme More, Piece of Me, and Break The Ice stood out.
The clip Piece of Me won all of the awards that competed in the MTV Video Music Awards, including the Video Clip of the Year. In 2008, at the age of 27, Britney Spears released her sixth studio album, “Circus,” which topped the Billboard charts, becoming the youngest female artist to have five #1 albums, earning a spot on Guinness World Records.
Her next album, “Femme Fatale”, released in 2011, was certified platinum by the RIAA. The single “Womanizer” went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, topped the charts in several countries, and was nominated for a Grammy in the category Best Dance Recording.
In September 2013, the first single “Work Bitch” from their eighth studio album “Britney Jean” was released. The song hit number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100. The second single “Perfume”, released in November, reached number twelve. thirty-six on Billboard Pop Songs.
The album “Britney Jean” was released on December 3rd and debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 and became the least-selling album in the United States.
On July 15, 2016, Britney released the single “Make Me” recorded with the participation of rapper G-Eazy. The single peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100. The second single, “Slumber Party” peaked at number 86 on the same platform.
On August 3, she released his ninth studio album, “Glory”, which was publicized with television appearances and at the 2016 MYV Video Music Awards. The album reached number three on the Billboard 200.
2017-2019
In January 2017, she received four wins out of four nominations at the 43rd People’s Choice Awards, including Favorite Pop Artist, Female Artist, Social Media Celebrity, as well as the comedic collaboration for the sketch with Ellen DeGeneres for The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
In March 2017, Britney Spears announced that her residency concert would be performed abroad as a world tour under the name Britney: Live in Concert. She goes to a dozen countries on the Asian continent such as Japan, the Philippines, or even Israel.
It is also the first time that she performs in Taiwan, Thailand, China, and Singapore in particular. In April 2017, the Israeli Labor Party announced that it would postpone its primary election date by one day to July to avoid a collision with Spears’ concert in Tel Aviv.
The tour was a notable commercial success and, with sales of $25 million on just eleven dates, it was the sixth most profitable female tour of the year. On January 23, 2018, the singer announced the extension of her Britney: Live in Concert to North America and Europe, with concerts between July and September.
In January 2018, Spears released her 24th perfume with Elizabeth Arden, Sunset Fantasy, and announced the Britney: Piece of Me Tour, which took place in July 2018 in North America and Europe.
On October 18, 2018, Spears announced her second Las Vegas show Britney: Domination, which was set to kick off at the MGM Park Theater on February 13, 2019. Spears was to earn $507,000 per show, making her the highest-paid artist on the Las Vegas Strip.
On January 4, 2019, Spears announced the cancellation of her planned Las Vegas residency concert after her father, Jamie, suffered from a Gastrointestinal perforation.
Dispute on Guardianship and FreeBritneya movement
In 2008, after being admitted to a psychiatric clinic, her father, Jamie Spears, won in court the right to be a guardian, claiming that his daughter was unable to take care of herself.
All the decisions about the singer became him, including from the people his daughter might have contact with to managing the $60 million fortune. Britney even lost the right of expression.
In the last interview in which she was free to say what she thought, she blurted out: “It’s an excess of control”.
After the publication of a podcast entitled Britney’s Gram, in which it was alleged that she was being held under guardianship against her will in a mental hospital, was created with the #FreeBritneya movement supported by her fans and fellow singers, such as Cher, Paris Hilton, and Miley Cyrus, as well as the American Civil Liberties Union.
At the end of April 2019, she let the movement know that she had left the mental health facility and was fine. Because of their guardianship, the FreeBritney hashtag was used by celebrities and fans for comments on social media in the years that followed.
It is the first pop star under long-term protection. During this period, the singer has recorded four albums, toured, and was a TV judge. In 2020, when the court denied her father’s request to stop being a guardian, Britney declared that she would not work until she had her autonomy back.
In February 2021, a judge upheld an agreement made in 2020 in which it was decided that Jamie would share guardianship of her daughter’s assets with a wealth management fund.
How much is Britney Spears worth
Britney Spears’s net worth is estimated at $80 Million as of July 2021. In the early 2000s, Britney was one of the highest-paid artists in the world. Between 2013 and 2017, Britney earned more than $500,000 per show at a Las Vegas Strip.
In 2001, Spears signed a deal with the Skechers shoe company, and an $8 million promotional deal with Pepsi, her largest financial deal at the time. Spears’ range of commercial products and offerings also includes fragrance and beauty care products.
In 2004, she launched her first perfume, Curious, which made more than $52 million of profit. Her Perfume brand Elizabeth Arden, Inc.; has generated more than $1.5 billion in revenue as of 2012.
American business magazine, Forbes has reported Britney Spears as the highest-paid female musician of 2002 and 2012.