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Britney Spears

Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer. Referred to as the "Princess of Pop", she has had a significant cultural impact in the 21st century and is credited for helping revive the teen pop genre. She is known for her stage performances and for exploring musical genres including pop, contemporary R&B, electropop, and adult contemporary.

Spears developed an interest in music from an early age and began her professional career in 1992 as a cast member for the ''Ruthless!'' musical and the final two seasons of ''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 first album's lead-off single, "...Baby One More Time", reached number one in the US and became one of the best-selling singles in history. In 2001, Spears released her third album, ''Britney'', one of the best-selling albums of the 21st century, and made her film debut that October in ''Longshot'' before co-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 mental illness, Spears was placed under a controversial conservatorship in 2008, during which she recorded ''Circus'' that year, followed by ''Femme Fatale'' (2011) for Jive, and then ''Britney Jean'' (2013) and ''Glory'' (2016) for RCA Records. By the late 2010s, she had 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 2021 documentary ''Framing Britney Spears''. Also in 2021, the conservatorship was dissolved after she publicly testified against her family and management for maltreatment. Her 2023 memoir, ''The Woman in Me'', debuted atop ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list.

With over 150 million records sold worldwide, 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 2000 and 2012. Spears has received numerous industry awards, including one Grammy Award, six MTV Video Music Awards, and seven ''Billboard'' Music Awards (including the Millennium Award). Outside of music, 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. Provided by Wikipedia