Britney Spears

From 1999 to 2002, Spears was involved with her celebrity star from ‘The Mickey Mouse Club’ days, Justin Timberlake. In 2000, both the stars confirmed their relationship to the media and they broke up in 2002 with rumors flying around everywhere that Spears cheated on him.

In 2004, she married her friend Jason Allen Alexander but annulled the marriage in next 55 hours, saying that she did not really know what she was doing.

In 2004, she became engaged with Kevin Federline, an American back dancer, after being with him for just 3 months. They got married after sometime and had their first child Sean Preston Federline in the next year.

Britney Spears was born on 2 December 1981 in McComb, Mississippi to Lynne Irene and James Parnell Spears. She was brought up in Kentwood, Louisiana. She was interested in performing arts from a very young age.

In 1990s, when she was only 8 years old, her mother took her to Atlanta for an audition for Disney’s ‘The Mickey Mouse Club’. Spears was rejected at the time for being too young, but in the process she was introduced to a talent agent, Nancy Carson.

Nancy Carson got her enrolled in the Professional Performing Arts School. Spears moved to New York with her mother and she did a musical called ‘Ruthless!’, took part in ‘Star Search’ and appeared in a number of TV commercials.

In 1992, she again auditioned for ‘The Mickey Mouse Club’ and was selected this time along with other child artists like Justin Timberlake, Ryan Gosling, Christina Aguilera, etc. The show was cancelled after two seasons and Spears went back to Kentwood.

In 1997, Spears was appointed by the senior vice president of A&R to work with the producer Eric Foster who shaped her voice into more of pop style and her first album was recorded in Cheiron Studios, Stockholm, Sweden.

In 1999, her debut album ‘…Baby One More Time’ was released and it topped the Billboard 200 chart as soon as it came out. Its title track ranked at number one at Billboard Hot 100 and it became the biggest selling album by a teenager.

In 1999, with her increasing success all over the world, Spears appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone in a sexual portrayal. A lot of people and associations condemned that but Spears maintained that there was nothing wrong with it.

In 2000, Spears’ second studio album ‘Oops!... I Did It Again’ was released. It broke the record of highest debut sales by any solo artist. Its title track did exceptionally well in Australia, New Zealand, UK, etc. she did the tour for the album in the same year.

In 2001, she signed an 8 million dollar deal with Pepsi and co-wrote a book with her mother, ‘A Mother’s Gift’. Her third album ‘Britney’ was released and reached at number one position on the Billboard 200.

Spears’ used to a big follower of Kabbalah.

She was offered a role in the movie ‘Chicago’ but later the role went to the actress Lucy Liu.

Her perfume is called Curious, she collaborated with Elizabeth Arden for it and it was ranked as the best perfume of the year when it came out.

She idolizes Madonna. She kissed Madonna during MTV VMAs, while she was performing on Madonna’s ‘Like A Virgin’

She is named as the ‘Sexiest songstress’ by Victoria’s Secret.