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\"Britney\" redirects here. For the album, see Britney (album). For other uses, see Britney (disambiguation).

\"Brittany Spears\" redirects here. For the American basketball player, see Brittany Spears (basketball).

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Britney Spears
Spears in 2013
Born	Britney Jean Spears (1981-12-02) December 2, 1981 (age 43) McComb, Mississippi, U.S.
Education	Professional Performing Arts School Parklane Academy^[1]
Occupations	Singer songwriter dancer actress
Years active	1992\u2013present
Works	Discography songs unreleased videography
Spouses	\n Jason Allen Alexander \n (m. 2004; ann. 2004) \n Kevin Federline \n (m. 2004; div. 2007) \n Sam Asghari \n (m. 2022; div. 2024)
Children	2
Parents	Jamie Spears Lynne Bridges
Relatives	\n Bryan Spears (brother) \n Jamie Lynn Spears (sister) \n
Awards	Full list
Musical career
Genres	Pop dance-pop electropop teen pop
Instruments	Vocals
Labels	Jive RCA
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Website	britneyspears.com \nbritney.com
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Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer. Often referred to as the \"Princess of Pop\", Spears has sold over 150 million records worldwide, making her one of the world's best-selling music artists. An influential figure in popular music, she is credited with the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s and early 2000s.\n

After appearing in the television shows Star Search and The Mickey Mouse Club, Spears signed with Jive Records in 1997 at age fifteen. Her first two studio albums, ...Baby One More Time (1999) and Oops!... I Did It Again (2000), are among the best-selling albums of all time and made Spears the best-selling teenage artist of all time. With first-week sales of over 1.3 million copies, Oops!... I Did It Again held the record for the fastest-selling album by a female artist in the United States for fifteen years. Spears adopted a more mature and provocative style for her albums Britney (2001) and In the Zone (2003). She was the executive producer of her fifth studio album, Blackout (2007), often referred to as her best work.^[2] She returned to the top of the U.S. Billboard 200 chart with the albums Circus (2008) and Femme Fatale (2011), and embarked on a four-year concert residency, Britney: Piece of Me (2013\u20132017), to promote her next two albums, Britney Jean (2013) and Glory (2016). Spears' catalog of high-charting singles includes \"...Baby One More Time\", \"Oops!... I Did It Again\", \"I'm a Slave 4 U\", \"Toxic\", \"Gimme More\", \"Piece of Me\", \"Womanizer\", \"3\", \"Hold It Against Me\", and \"Scream & Shout\".\n

Spears' life, including her high-profile relationships and personal struggles during the 2000s, received widespread media coverage. In 2008, she was involuntarily placed in a conservatorship. In 2019, her legal battle over her conservatorship led to media scrutiny and the establishment of the #FreeBritney movement.^[3] In 2021, the conservatorship was terminated following her public testimony in which she accused her management team and family of abuse.^[4] Spears' 2023 memoir, The Woman in Me, reached number one on The New York Times Best Seller list in its first week of release.^[5] Her other ventures include starring in the film Crossroads (2002) and launching numerous products, with her 2005 fragrance Fantasy with Elizabeth Arden, Inc. generating over $1.5 billion in sales.^[6]\n

In the United States, Spears is the fourth best-selling female album artist of the Nielsen SoundScan era,^[7] as well as the best-selling female album artist of the 2000s.^[8]^[9]^[10] Her accolades include a Grammy Award, 15 Guinness World Records, six MTV Video Music Awards, seven Billboard Music Awards (including the Millennium Award), the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Billboard ranked her sixth on their list of the Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century. \"...Baby One More Time\" was named the greatest debut single of all time by Rolling Stone in 2020. Forbes listed Spears as the world's highest-paid female musician in 2001 and 2012.^[11]^[12] By 2012, she had topped Yahoo!'s list of most searched celebrities seven times in twelve years.^[13] Time named Spears one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2021, placing first in the reader poll.^[14]^[15]\n

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v t e Britney Spears
\n Discography \n Songs \n Unreleased songs \n Videography \n Live performances \n Accolades \n Products \n Cultural impact \n
Studio albums	\n ...Baby One More Time \n Oops!... I Did It Again \n Britney \n In the Zone \n Blackout \n Circus \n Femme Fatale \n Britney Jean \n Glory \n
Compilations	\n Greatest Hits: My Prerogative \n The Singles Collection \n Oops! I Did It Again: The Best of Britney Spears \n Playlist: The Very Best of Britney Spears \n The Essential Britney Spears \n
Remix albums	\n B in the Mix: The Remixes \n B in the Mix: The Remixes Vol. 2 \n
Extended plays	\n Britney Spears: In the Zone \n Britney & Kevin: Chaotic \n Key Cuts from Remixed \n
Soundtracks	\n Crossroads: Special Edition \n
Video albums	\n Time Out with Britney Spears \n Britney Spears: Live and More! \n Britney: The Videos \n Britney Spears Live from Las Vegas \n Stages: Three Days in Mexico \n Britney Spears: In the Zone \n Greatest Hits: My Prerogative \n Britney: For the Record \n Britney Spears Live: The Femme Fatale Tour \n
Concert tours	\n ...Baby One More Time Tour \n (You Drive Me) Crazy Tour \n Oops!... I Did It Again Tour \n Dream Within a Dream Tour \n The Onyx Hotel Tour \n The M+M's Tour \n The Circus Starring Britney Spears \n Femme Fatale Tour \n Britney: Live in Concert \n Piece of Me Tour \n
Residencies	\n Britney: Piece of Me \n
Books	\n A Mother's Gift \n Stages \n The Woman in Me \n
Games	\n Britney's Dance Beat \n Britney Spears: American Dream \n
Television	\n Super Bowl XXXV halftime show \n Britney and Kevin: Chaotic \n \"The Mansion Family\" \n \"Buy, Buy Baby\" \n \"Ten Sessions\" \n Britney: For the Record \n \"Britney/Brittany\" \n
Family	\n Jamie Spears (father) \n Lynne Spears (mother) \n Bryan Spears (brother) \n Jamie Lynn Spears (sister) \n
Works about Britney Spears	\n \"Cry Me a River\" (Justin Timberlake song) \n \"Britney's New Look\" \n \"Britney\" (Bebo Norman song) \n Through the Storm \n \"Britney 2.0\"\n soundtrack \n Britney Ever After \n Framing Britney Spears \n Britney vs Spears \n
Related articles	\n Conservatorship case \n Innosense \n Once Upon a One More Time \n Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics \n Crossroads \n Fantasy \n Platinum Christmas \n Pok\u00e9mon: The First Movie (Soundtrack) \n Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (Soundtrack) \n Britney Spears doll \n Larry Rudolph \n Kevin Federline \n Sam Asghari \n
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v t e Britney Spears songs
\n Discography \n Songs \n Unreleased songs \n
...Baby One More Time	\n \"...Baby One More Time\" \n \"(You Drive Me) Crazy\" \n \"Sometimes\" \n \"Born to Make You Happy\" \n \"From the Bottom of My Broken Heart\" \n \"The Beat Goes On\" \n
Oops!... I Did It Again	\n \"Oops!... I Did It Again\" \n \"Stronger\" \n \"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction\" \n \"Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know\" \n \"Lucky\" \n \"You Got It All\" \n
Britney	\n \"I'm a Slave 4 U\" \n \"Overprotected\" \n \"I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman\" \n \"Boys\" \n \"Anticipating\" \n \"I Love Rock 'n' Roll\" \n
In the Zone	\n \"Me Against the Music\" \n \"Toxic\" \n \"Outrageous\" \n \"Everytime\" \n
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative	\n \"My Prerogative\" \n \"Do Somethin'\" \n
Britney & Kevin: Chaotic	\n \"Someday (I Will Understand)\" \n
Blackout	\n \"Gimme More\" \n \"Piece of Me\" \n \"Radar\" \n \"Break the Ice\" \n \"Everybody\" \n
Circus	\n \"Womanizer\" \n \"Circus\" \n \"Kill the Lights\" \n \"If U Seek Amy\" \n \"Radar\" \n
The Singles Collection	\n \"3\" \n
Femme Fatale	\n \"Till the World Ends\" \n \"Hold It Against Me\" \n \"I Wanna Go\" \n \"Big Fat Bass\" \n \"Criminal\" \n \"Selfish\" \n
Britney Jean	\n \"Alien\" \n \"Work Bitch\" \n \"Perfume\" \n \"It Should Be Easy\" \n
Glory	\n \"Do You Wanna Come Over?\" \n \"Make Me\" \n \"Private Show\" \n \"Clumsy\" \n \"Slumber Party\" \n \"Mood Ring\" \n \"Swimming in the Stars\" \n \"Matches\" \n
Other songs	\n \"My Only Wish (This Year)\" \n \"We Will Rock You\" \n \"And Then We Kiss\" \n \"Scream & Shout\" \n \"Ooh La La\" \n \"Pretty Girls\" \n \"Hold Me Closer\" \n \"Mind Your Business\" \n
As featured artist	\n \"What's Going On\" \n \"Like a Virgin / Hollywood\" (2003 MTV VMA performance) \n \"S&M\" (remix) \n \"Tom's Diner\" \n \"Hands\" \n
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v t e Jamie Lynn Spears
EPs	The Journey
Singles	\n \"How Could I Want More\" \n \"Follow Me (Zoey 101)\" \n
Family	\n Jamie Spears \n Lynne Spears \n Bryan Spears \n Britney Spears \n
Related articles	\n Through the Storm \n

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Life and career

1981\u20131997: Early life, family, and career beginnings

1998\u20132000: ...Baby One More Time and Oops!... I Did It Again

2001\u20132002: Britney and Crossroads

2003\u20132005: In the Zone and first two marriages

2006\u20132007: Personal struggles and Blackout

2008\u20132010: Conservatorship and Circus

2011\u20132012: Femme Fatale and The X Factor

2013\u20132015: Britney Jean and Britney: Piece of Me

2016\u20132018: Glory, continued residency, and the Piece of Me Tour

2019\u20132021: Conservatorship dispute, #FreeBritney, and abuse allegations

2022\u2013present: Third marriage, The Woman in Me, and retirement from singing

Artistry

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Other ventures

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Discography

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