Britney Spears was born in McComb Mississippi and raised in Kentwood Louisiana as a Southern Baptist. Her parents are Lynne Irene 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 and her sister Jamie Lynn is an actress and singer.Her maternal grandmother Lillian Woolmore was an English war-bride born in Tottenham London 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.
Spears was an accomplished gymnast, attending gymnastics classes until age nine and competing in state-level competitions.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.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.She was featured on the show from 1993 to 1994, until she was 13.After the show ended Spears returned to Kentwood and attended high school for a year.Later that same year, she recorded a demo solo and was signed by Jive Records.
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.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,the United World Chart ranked "…Baby One More Time" as the 38th best song and second most charted song of all time.The song was also ranked 25th on Rolling Stone and MTV's "100 Greatest Pop Songs of all time".
The massive demand for new Britney material was satisfied when her 2000 sophomore collection "Oops!... I Did It Again" was released to a Spears-starved world in May. Once again, the title cut flooded radio airwaves, as did the anthemic "Stronger" and lovely "Don't Le Me Be The Last To Know." She also racked up more awards that year by taking home and American Music Award as Favorite New Artist, a Billboad Music Award as Album Artist Of The Year, and 2 Teen Choice Awards. Britney would later earn Teen Choice Awards honors in 2001 and 2003. Her third album was 2001's "Britney"Although not as successful as her previous albums,she assumed some creative control by co-writing five of the album's tracks.The singles did not perform as well; Britney's lead single "I'm a Slave 4 U" peaked at 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 making it the album's biggest hit. It surpassed Michael Jackson's album Invincible when it had a successful debut at number one in the U.S. by selling 745,744 units during its first week. The album was quickly followed by Britney's motion picture debut, "Crossroads,"
In November 2003, Spears released her fourth studio album, In the Zone, jettisoning the Max Martin-produced synthpop of her earlier releases. The album took in lesser-known producers such as RedZone and big names including Moby and R. Kelly. Spears co-wrote eight of the album's thirteen songs and co-produced several pieces of her material for the first time. In the Zone reached number one in the U.S. charts during its debut week, selling over 609,000 copies.The album had a mild reception from critics. Stylus Magazine gave the album a D.
Perhaps the most significant was the appearance of pop icon Madonna, who lent her voice to the single "Me Against The Music." Collaborating with one of her all-time greatest musical influences was a dream come true for Britney. From this collaboration, Britney picked up a 2004 Billboad Music Award of Hot Dance Single Of The Year. She also went on to win a 2004 Teen Choice Award of Choice Music Single for "Toxic," 2004 Female Artist Of The Year at the MTV Europe Awards and a 2005 Grammy of Best Dance Recording for "Toxic."
Britney's "Greatest Hits: My Prerogative" perfectly sums up the begining chapter of Britney's career. As far as the next chapter goes, "I can't imagine ever reaching the point where I've hit the wall," Britney concludes. "There will always be something new and challenging to tackle. I can't wait to see what happens next."
Britney found true love in now ex-husband Kevin Federline, she married Kevin Federline on September 18, 2004 during a private ceremony with family and friends. And then, on September 14th of 2005, She gave birth to a baby boy named Sean Preston who weighed in at 6 pounds, 11 ounces. Britney officially announced that she was pregnant with her second child with Kevin on an appearance on the Late Show With David Letterman. And then, on September 12th, baby Jayden James was born. In November of the same year, Britney filed for divorce from Kevin. Afterwards chaos insured as Britney checked in and out of rehab,shaved off her hair,lost complete custody of her kids,was hopsitalized on 2 different ocassions and left the world shocked.
On october 30th 2007 after a disastrous performance at the MTV Video Music Awards Britney released her 5th studio album Blackout, which debuted at number 2 on the billboard charts selling 290.000 copies.Her 3 singles Gimme More,Piece of Me and Break the ice have faired well on the charts.
Finally after her second time hospitalized Britney's family stepped in and took control of her life to get her back on track which so far has been going well.Britney even recieved visitation rights to her to boys after nearly 2 months of not seeing them.
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