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Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American pop singer. She has sold over 83 million records worldwide (as of October 2007) according to Zomba Label Group.[1] The RIAA ranks her as the eighth best-selling female artist in American music history, having sold 32 million albums in the U.S.[2] Her success as a recording artist has allowed her to work in other media; she has acted in film and television, has written two books, and has been contracted to endorse several products, including her own perfume line.
Spears released her debut album ...Baby One More Time in 1999, propelling her to international stardom.[3] It spawned the Billboard topping single "…Baby One More Time".[4] She released her second studio album Oops!… I Did It Again in 2000 with continued success.[5][3] A third album Britney was released in 2001, followed by the release of her fourth album In the Zone in 2003. The album's breakout single "Toxic" won Spears her first Grammy Award.[6] After the release of a greatest hits collection and a remix album, she released her fifth album Blackout in 2007.[7]
As a result of her fame, Spears's personal life has received much media attention. This only escalated after her marriage to Kevin Federline in 2004. She gave birth to her first child, Sean Preston, in 2005 and to her second child, Jayden James, in 2006.[8][9] The couple's divorce in November of the same year was highly publicized, followed by an ongoing custody battle over their sons.[10][11]
Britney Spears was born in McComb, Mississippi,[12][13] and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana as a Southern Baptist. Her parents are Lynne Irene (née Bridges), a former elementary school teacher, and Jamie Parnell Spears, a building contractor. Spears's brother Bryan works as a manager for the Spears family interests[14] and her sister Jamie Lynn is an actress and singer. Her maternal grandmother Lillian Woolmore was an English war-bride,[15] born in Tottenham, London[16] who met Spears's grandfather Barnett O'Field Bridges in England during World War II. Her paternal grandparents were June Austin Spears and Emma Jean Forbes.[15]
Spears was an accomplished gymnast, attending gymnastics classes until age nine and competing in state-level competitions.[17] She performed in local dance revues and sang in her local Baptist church choir. At age eight she auditioned for the Disney Channel series The New Mickey Mouse Club. Although she was considered too young to join the series at the time, a producer on the show introduced her to a New York City agent.[17] Spears subsequently spent three summers at NYC's Professional Performing Arts School and also appeared in a number of off-Broadway productions, including 1991's Ruthless!. In 1992, she landed a spot on the popular television show Star Search. She won the first round of competition, but ultimately lost. At age eleven, Spears returned to the Disney Channel for a spot on the The New Mickey Mouse Club in Lakeland, Florida.[17] She was featured on the show from 1993 to 1994, until she was 13.[18] After the show ended, Spears returned to Kentwood and attended high school for a year.[19]
In 1997, Spears briefly joined the all-female pop group Innosense.[20] Later that same year, she recorded a demo solo and was signed by Jive Records.[17] She began a U.S. concert tour sponsored by American teen magazines, and eventually became an opening act for 'N Sync and the Backstreet Boys.[21]
Spears's debut single "...Baby One More Time", released in the end of 1998, became an instant international success; it peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. With nine million copies sold worldwide,[4][22] the United World Chart ranked "…Baby One More Time" as the 38th best song and second most charted song of all time.[23] The song was also ranked 25th on Rolling Stone and MTV's "100 Greatest Pop Songs of all time".[24] The music video accompanying the song featured Spears provocatively dressed in a midriff-baring schoolgirl uniform.[25]
The album of the same title was released in January 1999, reaching number one on the Billboard 200.[26] ...Baby One More Time was certified Diamond in the U.S. and subsequently achieving worldwide sales of 25 million copies.[27][3] The album received mixed reviews. All Music Guide gave it 4 out of 5 stars, stating that the album "has the same blend of infectious, rap-inflected dance-pop and smooth balladry that propelled the New Kids and Debbie Gibson."[28] While Rolling Stone gave it 2 out of 5, noting that "While several Cherion-crafted kiddie-funk jams serve up beefy hooks, shameless schlock slowies, like 'E-Mail My Heart', are pure spam."[29] The success of Spears's music coupled with her controversial image made her one of the year's biggest stars. She also became the first artist to have a number one album and number one single in both the U.S. Billboard charts and in the United World Chart.[30][31][32]
In December 1999, she won four Billboard Music Awards, including Female Artist of the Year. A month later, she took home the Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist award at the American Music Awards.[33] At the 2000 Grammy Awards, Spears received two nominations in the categories of Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for …Baby One More Time, but lost to Christina Aguilera and Sarah McLachlan respectively.[34]
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