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Britney Spears

Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a Grammy Award-winning[1] American pop singer, dancer, actress, author and songwriter. She is best known for her studio albums, music videos, and songs such as "...Baby One More Time", "Oops!...I Did It Again", "I'm a Slave 4 U" and "Toxic". Spears has sold over seventy-six million records worldwide according to TIME magazine.[2] Having sold over 31 million albums in the US, Spears ranks as the eighth best-selling female artist in American music history.

Spears first came to fame as a member of the Mickey Mouse Club in the early 1990s. She subsequently emerged at the forefront of the pop music scene in early 1998, thanks to her debut album, ...Baby One More Time. Her second album, Oops!...I Did It Again, was released the following year. In the early 2000s, Spears' success as a singer led her way to high-profile advertising deals and endorsements, as well as forays into other forms of media, including film and reality television. Her third and fourth albums, Britney and In The Zone, were released during this era and had more creative input from Spears, but yielded lower sales.

In 2004, she married dancer and aspiring rap artist Kevin Federline and the following year she gave birth to their son, Sean Preston. Their second son, Jayden James, was born in 2006. Spears filed for divorce from Federline on November 7, 2006 citing irreconcilable differences.[3]

==Biography== From REALL NORMAL PEOPLE ===Childhood and discovery===Not really Brittany was a awesome singer. She was cool and admired by many kids, teens, and adults. She got married to Kfed (Kevin Federline) and had their son Anthony. Recently they got devorcied and they parents of the child are still pending. Brittany has gone insane and shaved her head. She went to rehab but she is a wimp and laft after 24 hours. She is currently insane. Stay away from her. Hopefully she doesn't get Anthony. 

    Well that pretty much sums up her life. Below I will list a few of her popular songs. Don't read further on from this point because below is a load of crap and it is boring and this point was much better tooken. Thanks. EH


Spears was an accomplished gymnast, attending gymnastics classes until age nine and competing in state-level competitions. She performed in local dance revues and her local Baptist church choirs, and was auditioning for the Disney Channel's The New Mickey Mouse Club by the time she was eight. Although she was considered too young to join the series at the time, a producer on the show introduced her to a New York 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 Star Search, and though she won the first round, she lost in the second. Spears then returned to the Disney Channel for a spot on the New Mickey Mouse Club and was accepted. She was featured in the 1993–94 seasons from the ages of 11–13. Other performers on the show included Justin Timberlake, and Joshua Chasez whom later became members of the pop group 'N Sync, Keri Russell, fellow pop singer Christina Aguilera, and actor Ryan Gosling. After the show ended, Spears went back home to Kentwood, Louisiana and entered high school at 14 where she had her last bit of normalcy.[4]

Spears briefly joined the all-female teeny-bopper pop group Innosense. She later decided to go solo and a few years later recorded a demo tape, which landed in the hands of Jive Records. She was signed to that label and began touring American venues for a series of concerts sponsored by American teen magazines, before joining *NSYNC and becoming their opening act.

The REAL STORY FROM A REALL PERSON 

    Brittany was a awesome singer. She was cool and admired by many kids, teens, and adults. She got married to Kfed (Kevin Federline) and had their son Anthony. Recently they got devorcied and they parents of the child are still pending. Brittany has gone insane and shaved her head. She went to rehab but she is a wimp and laft after 24 hours. She is currently insane. Stay away from her. Hopefully she doesn't get Anthony.
    Well that pretty much sums up her life. Below I will list a few of her popular songs. Don't read further on from this point because below is a load of crap and it is boring so ya. Thanks for supporting EH.

Oopps I did it again hit me baby one more time and some more no one cares about.

2001–2004: career development

In early 2001, Spears struck a multi-million promotional deal with Pepsi which included numeral television commercials, point-of-purchase promotions and Internet ties between Spears' and Pepsi.[5] In September of the same year, she performed at the MTV Video Music Awards, and in addition to criticism for being scantily clad, she angered animal rights organization PETA for the use of animals, including an albino python, in her performance. After criticism from PETA Britney did not use the animals in further performances which prompted PETA to offer Britney an ad campaign. The campaign did not happen.[6]

In November, she released her third album Britney. It debuted at number one on both the U.S. and Canadian charts, selling 745,744 units during its first week in the U.S.[7] The success of this album made Spears the only female artist in SoundScan history to have her first three albums debut at number one.[8] Britney was the first album on which Spears assumed some creative control co-wroting five of the album's tracks. To help promote the album, Spears embarked on the Dream Within a Dream Tour during the same year. Spears was nominated for two Grammy Awards, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for Overprotected and Best Pop Vocal Album for Britney which she lost both to Norah Jones.

In February 2002, Spears had her first starring role in the film, Crossroads. The next month, Spears' 4 year relationship with Justin Timberlake ended.[9] The break-up was publicized, with rumors circulating that Spears had been unfaithful due to Timberlake's impression that she had cheated on him through his song "Cry Me a River", and its subsequent music video.[10] In response to this, Spears later said, "I'm not technically saying he's wrong, but I'm not technically saying he's right, either."[11] Afterward, despite Spears' claims that she had remained a virgin ― and wished to remain one until marriage ― Timberlake insisted they had sex during their relationship. Spears later acknowledged this to be true, saying, "It was two years into my relationship with Justin, and I thought he was the one. But I was wrong!"[12]

In June 2002, Spears branched out as a restaurateur with the opening of a New York City eatery, NYLA, which was named for its mix of New York and Louisiana cuisine. It was not a success and closed the following year but Spears apparently had very little to do with management.

This same year Forbes named her the most powerful celebrity in the world.[13]

Spears returned to the spotlight in August 2004 when she performed at the MTV Video Music Awards with Madonna, pop singer Christina Aguilera and rapper Missy Elliott. Spears and Aguilera performed Madonna's song "Like a Virgin", and each locked lips with Madonna. Spears' kiss with Madonna attracted publicity that lasted several months, while Aguilera's kiss with Madonna attracted less publicity.[14]

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Cover for In the Zone (2003)

In the Zone is generally considered Spears' most overtly sexual album to date.[15] November 2003 saw the release of Spears' 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 some of her material for the first time. In the Zone went to the top of the U.S. charts in its debut week, selling over 609,000 copies. This made Spears the only female in music history to have her first four studio albums debut at number one.[16] The album spawned the international number one and U.S. number nine hit single, "Toxic", which won Spears her first Grammy in the category of Best Dance Recording.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). The following thirty-seven stops on the tour were canceled, leaving Spears without the $750,000 to $1,000,000 her concerts would have brought in a night.[17]

2004–2006: career hiatus, children, marriage and divorce

On January 3, 2004, Spears married her childhood friend Jason Allen Alexander at The Little White Wedding Chapel on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. Spears wore jeans and a baseball cap and the bellhop walked her down the aisle.[18] An annulment was promptly arranged (at the behest of manager Larry Rudolph and her family) and was granted on January 5, ending their fifty-five hour marriage. The annulment request stated that Spears "lacked understanding of her actions to the extent that she was incapable of agreeing to marriage because before entering into the marriage the Plaintiff and Defendant did not know each other's likes and dislikes, each others' desires to have or not have children, and each other's desires as to State of residency".[19] Spears later said, "Honestly, I really wanted to see what it was like to be married".[20]

In July 2004, Spears announced her engagement to dancer Kevin Federline, three months after they met at a club in Hollywood. Federline had very recently been in a relationship with actress Shar Jackson, who was still pregnant with their second child.[21] On the night of September 18, 2004, Spears married Federline before twenty-seven guests in a surprise, non-denominational ceremony at a residence in Studio City, California. The exact sequence of events surrounding the marriage took a further turn for the unusual when it was later revealed by the website The Smoking Gun that the wedding ceremony that occurred on September 18 was a "faux" ceremony,[22] and that the real date of the start of their wedding was October 6, 2004.

During the later half of 2004, Spears announced she would be taking another career break in order to start a family. Immediately after her marriage to Federline, she had told People, "I want to be a young mom. Next year, at 23, I'm so there."[23] Although she put her career on hold, the 'Britney Spears industry' continued to run without her involvement.

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Promotion for "Curious" at the Toronto Eaton Centre in 2004

Spears endorsed a fragrance, "Curious", for which she earned a reported US$12 million. After one year of sales, the product netted more than US$100 million. Curious was named the best selling perfume of 2004.[24] Following the success of "Curious", Spears released her next Elizabeth Arden fragrance, "Fantasy", in September 2005 which was another big hit at department stores. Spears' first hits collection, Greatest Hits: My Prerogative, was released in late 2004. The album debuted at number four on the U.S. charts with over 255,000 copies sold. In addition to her biggest hits, it featured three new songs, including "My Prerogative" and "Do Somethin'". During the spring of 2005, Spears' reality show with husband Kevin Federline, Britney & Kevin: Chaotic, premiered on MTV in the U.S. The five-episode series credited Spears and Federline as executive producers. Chaotic was panned by most critics and fewer-than-expected people watched the shows five episodes. The series was later released on DVD in September 2005. The DVD included a bonus music disc which featured her newest song and music video at that point in her career, "Someday (I Will Understand)".

Spears announced her pregnancy via her official website in April 2005. That month she was rushed to a hospital in Destin, Florida, where she spent forty-eight hours under a doctor's surveillance.[25] Spears later told People, "There was just a little bit of bleeding, but we went there, and everything was fine." Despite her eagerness to have a baby, she admitted to ELLE magazine that, "I have a feeling I'm going to have an operation. I don't know why. But I hope so. I don't want to go through the pain". On September 14, 2005, 6 lb. 11oz. baby boy Sean Preston Federline was born in the Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, California, by a scheduled caesarean section. Two days later, Spears and her son were released from the hospital and back at home in their 9,000-sq.-ft. Malibu, California mansion.[26] The birth of Spears' son was the inspiration behind a statue by Daniel Edwards, Monument to Pro-Life: The Birth of Sean Preston, which was unveiled in March 2006. The statue features an idealised Spears giving birth in a provocative pose while hunched on all fours and clutching a bearskin rug. Controversy was further stoked by it being partly supported by the Manhattan Right to Life Committee.[27] The statue has in no way been recognized by Spears and is therefore unofficial. It has also sparked controversy as Spears gave birth by caesarean section, unlike the natural birth depicted in the statue.

Since the birth of her first child, Spears' career had remained relatively low-profile. In November 2005, Jive released a remix album entitled B in the Mix: The Remixes. It lacked promotion of any kind in the U.S. and debuted outside the top one hundred, with about 16,000 copies sold in its first week of release and peaked at number 134 on the Billboard 200.[28] The remix album spawned the single, "And Then We Kiss."

Spears made a guest appearance on Will & Grace in April 2006. In May 2006, she announced her second pregnancy with a surprise appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman.[29]

Spears appeared on Dateline NBC in June 2006 to discuss tabloid rumors about an impending divorce from her husband, future career plans, her emotional state and motherhood. In response to the controversy over her driving with her infant son unrestrained in her lap, Spears told The Today Show's Matt Lauer that, "I did it with my dad. I'd sit on his lap and I drive. We're country." She also addressed the concerns over her parenting skills, saying, "I know I'm a good mom." It was confirmed in the interview that she will not release a studio album for at least another year, saying that she would like to wait until her children get older. She also confirmed a new baby clothes line, entitled "Baby's All Rock 'n' Roll".[30]

Following Dateline NBC, Spears posed nude for the August 2006 cover of Harper's Bazaar. In the interview with the magazine, Spears stated that she is not ready to retire from performing, saying, "I can't wait to do that again." Spears also plans to get back in shape after the birth of her second child, saying, "After this baby, I'm going to get really intense with it."[31] In the August 28 2006 issue of People, Spears confirmed that her next studio album is due in 2007 and described it as "cooler than ever—fun, upbeat, and sexy." In the article Spears had also commented that her impending childbirth, a second scheduled caesarean section, "[would] be a piece of cake."[32]

On August 20 2006, Spears introduced her husband, Kevin Federline, at the Teen Choice Awards. This was her first appearance at an awards show in almost two years.[33] Spears and Federline also appeared via satellite at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards to present the award for Best R&B Video. They performed a quick skit, though, in subsequent replays of the VMA's on MTV, the skit is completely edited out and goes right from Jack Black introducing Spears and Federline to them announcing the nominees.[34]

On September 12, 2006, Spears gave birth to their second son, Jayden James Federline. He was born at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, again by a scheduled caesarean section.[35]

Spears filed for divorce from her husband Kevin Federline in early November, citing irreconcilable differences and asking for both physical and legal custody of their two children, with visitation rights for Federline.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). Laura Wasser has been hired to represent Spears in the case.[36] According to a rep for Federline's lawyer, the divorce filing "caught Kevin totally by surprise."[37]

2007: personal struggles

On January 26, 2007, she lost her aunt, Sandra Bridges Covington, to ovarian cancer.

On February 16, 2007, after weeks of publicity surrounding late-night partying and alcohol use, Spears entered an offshore drug rehab facility, but stayed for less than twenty-four hours.[38] The next night Britney was seen outside a closed hair salon in Sherman Oaks where she shaved her own hair with clippers. The hair has been put on sale by the owner of the hair salon, along with a half-drunk can of Red Bull, a Bic lighter and the clippers that were used to shave her head.[39] After leaving the salon, Spears visited a tattoo parlor and got multiple tattoos. Photos of a bald Britney quickly circulated the Internet. Trying to explain the incident, Spears said "I don't want anyone touching me. I'm tired of everybody touching me."[40][41]

On February 20, 2007 Britney re-admitted herself to a California treatment facility. A statement by her manager read "We ask that the media respect her privacy as well as those of her family and friends at this time."[42] Spears checked out of the facility less than twenty-four hours again. Ex-husband Kevin Federline ordered an emergency hearing on the custody of their children but was cancelled on February 22, 2007. Britney Spears re-entered the California treatment center that same day after attacking paparazzi photographers and using an umbrella to smash one of their car windows.

Acting career

In February 2002, Spears starred in a film, Crossroads, which reached number two on the box-office charts in its first weekend, but quickly left theaters. The film ended up making a bit over $60 million worldwide, more than four times its budget of $12USD million. Songs from the album Britney appeared in the film. The movie, along with Spears' performance in it, was poorly received by critics[43] and she netted herself a Razzie Award for Worst Actress. The film won the Razzie for the Worst Original Song "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman".

Spears has made cameo appearances on the films Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) as herself, and Longshot (2000) as a Flight Attendant. She also appeared on a Documentary titled Guest List Only which focused on the Los Angeles Club Scene.[44]

For the film Chicago, producer Harvey Weinstein wanted Spears for the role that eventually went to Lucy Liu.[45] She was considered for the part of Allie Hamilton in The Notebook, but was beat out by Rachel McAdams.[46] She auditioned for the role in I ♥ Huckabees that went to Naomi Watts.[47] Spears initially expressed interest in the role of Daisy Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard but lost interest in playing the character following her marriage and plans for a family. The role went to fellow pop singer and reality television star Jessica Simpson.[48]

As for theatre, in her youth Spears had a role in the off-Broadway play, Ruthless!, in which Natalie Portman was an understudy. In 2005 she was offered the title role in the Broadway musical Sweet Charity. Producers of the musical began eyeing Spears for the role of the unlucky-in-love dancer Charity after Christina Applegate announced she would no longer be returning as the character. Spears seriously considered taking that part, but decided that she did not want to move her family to New York City to appear in the musical.[49]

She was asked to appear in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "I Was Made to Love You", but turned down the role due to scheduling conflicts.[50] This is similar to what happened in her scheduled guesting for the show Dawson's Creek.

On March 30 2006, Spears was a guest-star on an episode of NBC's television show Will & Grace titled "Buy, Buy Baby". Britney played "Amber-Louis", a closeted Democrat lesbian posing as a conservative Christian and right-wing Republican who is to cohost with Jack McFarland on his talk show "JackTalk" after a large corporation takes over "OutTv", the show's network. This marked her debut on a scripted primetime television show playing someone other than herself. NBC received criticism from conservative Christian groups for the episode.[51][52]

In addition, she has appeared on Saturday Night Live twice as host and musical guest: once on May 13, 2000, then again on February 2, 2002.[53] On October 18, 2003, she appeared as musical guest with Halle Berry as host. At 18, she was the youngest person in SNL History to host and be the musical guest at the same time. Spears is also the only female to host and perform in the same episode more than once. She was set to host a third time in December 18, 2004 but cancelled due to a knee injury.

Public image

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Britney Spears on the April 1999 cover of Rolling Stone

Britney Spears' personal life has attracted considerable media attention. Some people believe that she has courted it by cultivating, in her early years at least, a chaste, God-fearing and "wholesome" image. This was somewhat at odds, not only with the traditional pressures, temptations and opportunities of "pop 'n' roll", but with the increasingly sexualized content of her own image and songs. Spears' kiss with Madonna at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards received much media attention, as have her marriages and romantic relationships.

It began in April 1999 when a then 17-year-old Spears was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone[54] magazine in a sexually suggestive Lolita-themed photoshoot which triggered speculation that the singer had breast implants.[55]

In August 2003, Spears caused more controversy with a photoshoot by photographer Michael Thompson which appeared in W. The photos displayed Spears in a dominatrix-inspired shoot, complete with sexually suggestive poses. In the interview by Rob Haskell which accompanied the photos, Spears admitted to having lost her virginity to ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake two years into their relationship. She also revealed that she enjoys tobacco smoking, and that she kissed Colin Farrell but had no serious relationship with him.[56]

In an interview appearing on September third, 2003, Spears was quoted as saying "Honestly, I think we should just trust our president in every decision he makes and should just support that, you know, and be faithful in what happens."

The sexualized public image of Spears once again became a topic of debate as a result of her November 2003 semi-nude photospread for men's magazine Esquire. Prompted by this, Playboy reportedly offered the star over one million USD to pose nude for their magazine, but Spears publicly declined.[57] In an interview with Diane Sawyer, she was asked if she had ever gone further than she wished she had with the sexualized photoshoots. Spears responded, "No, I don't think so, no." After the Esquire photos were held up in front of her, she said, "Okay. Now those are a little much. Yeah, those are a little much. That's one picture, I must say, that I felt kind of weird about, yeah."[58]

The 2004 Onyx Hotel Tour brought new criticism. While Spears and her on-stage dancers performed her songs "Touch of My Hand" and "Breathe on Me", they were seemingly nude and performing routines simulating gay sex, orgies and masturbation. As there were underage fans in the audience, there was some outrage at the alleged lack of decency of the performances, as well as reports of adult chaperones angrily storming out with the children they brought to the concert. Spears responded to parents' concerns by stating she is "not their babysitter. It's the parents' responsibility. If you don't like it, then just change the channel. The only person I want to be a role model to is my sister, Jamie Lynn."Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

Photos published on February 7, 2006, showed Spears driving her SUV in Los Angeles with her infant son, Sean, perched on her lap rather than strapped into a car seat in the back. The photos show Spears holding the wheel of the car with one hand, and her 4-month-old baby with the other.[59] In a statement to People, Spears said she did it because of a "horrifying, frightful encounter with the paparazzi" and that "I was terrified that this time the physically aggressive paparazzi would put both me and my baby in danger. I love my child and would do anything to protect him."[60] No related criminal charges were filed. On April 1, 2006, Spears' 7-month-old son fell and bruised his head after slipping from his nanny's arms as she was lifting him from his high chair and "something snapped in the chair." After an initial examination, he was thought to be fine but six days later Spears and her husband took him to the Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center for a second checkup. He got the all clear once again. Following this visit, child welfare officials, as well as a sheriff's deputy, visited the Spears home. "While there was an automatic report by the hospital to the Department of Children and Family Services, DCFS immediately responded and determined there was no problem and no reason to open a formal investigation," Spears's attorney Marty Singer told People. "They determined that the parents were not involved in any injury and that nothing improper was done within the home." [61]

On May 18, 2006, Spears was photographed leaving the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Manhattan with her 8-month-old son. As Spears walked through the people and paparazzi-crowded street, towards her car, she stumbled. Spears managed to regain her balance and prevent the fall with the aid of her bodyguard, who was close by. After retreating to the F.A.O. Schwarz Café, Spears started crying.[62]

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Spears on the August 2006 cover of Harper's Bazaar.

On June 28, 2006, after her televised Dateline interview a pregnant Spears posed nude for the August 2006 cover of Harper's Bazaar, in a photo similar to Demi Moore's September 1991 cover of Vanity Fair. In one photo, Spears is shown wearing only a g-string and open fur coat, and in another she is completely nude with her hands covering her breasts. Her son, Sean, is also featured in the photospread.[63]

In August 2006, a video of Spears began circulating the Internet.[64] In the three-minute video, previously released as a bonus on the Britney and Kevin: Chaotic DVD, Spears seems very disoriented and confused and claims that she is "missing out on life" and that she is generally behind everyone else. Federline tells her it is because of all the partying, to which she strongly disagrees. Spears then begins to try and legitimately convince him that the concept of time travel as portrayed in the Back to the Future series is real.

In November, shortly after her breakup with Federline, Spears was seen on the dance-club circuit with Paris Hilton, and was photographed with no panties by several paparazzi. Divorce lawyer Dylan Mitchell said the appearances could hurt her child custody case if Federline chooses to argue that Spears is "never home and other people are parenting the children."[65] Spears wrote on her official Web site in December that it had been "so long" since she last joined friends and went "out on the town", and admitted that she "probably" took her newfound freedom "a little too far. Anyway, thank God for Victoria's Secrets' [sic] new underwear line!"[66].

In popular culture

Spears is one of the highest selling modern female artists, with over 76 million albums sold worldwide.[2] In 2002, she was ranked as the most powerful celebrity in the world by Forbes. Spears was ranked number 20 out of the 200 top pop culture icons of all time by VH1 and People. She topped FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women 2004" and "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2004" polls. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Spears was a notable trendsetter within the United States and the world, inspiring several fashion crazes and fads, such as the use of low-rise jeans[67][68] lower back tattoos, navel piercings,[69] and the whale tail[70] among young women. She has also topped Yahoo!'s annual list of the most-searched names five times in the past six years.[71] In 2007 Britney Spears ranked 12th in Forbes The 20 Richest Women In Entertainment. Forbes estimates her net worth at around $100 million.[72]

Following the release of photographs showing Spears shaving her head in a Los Angeles, California salon on February 16, 2007, Maxim Magazine Online compiled a list of roles she could pursue as a bald-headed entertainment star.[73]

Discography

Main article: Britney Spears discography

Albums

  1. ...Baby One More Time (January 12, 1999)
  2. Oops!... I Did It Again (May 16, 2000)
  3. Britney (November 6, 2001)
  4. In the Zone (November 18, 2003)
  5. Greatest Hits: My Prerogative (November 9, 2004)
  6. B in the Mix: The Remixes (November 22, 2005)

Number-one singles

The following singles reached number one in the U.S., the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, France and/or United World Chart.

Year Single [74][75] Peak positions [76][77]
U.S. UK CAN AUS GER FRA WORLD
1998 "...Baby One More Time" 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1999 "(You Drive Me) Crazy" 10 5 13 12 4 2 1
"Born to Make You Happy" not released 1 21 not released 3 9 1
2000 "Oops!...I Did It Again" 9 1 4 1 2 4 1
"Lucky" 23 5 50 3 1 16 2
2003 "Me Against the Music" (feat. Madonna) 35 2 2 1 5 11 1
2004 "Toxic" 9 1 1 1 4 3 1
"Everytime" 15 1 2 1 4 2 1
Total Number-one hits 1 5 2 5 2 1 7

Music samples

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Products

Main article: Britney Spears products

Britney Spears has had four books published including A Mother's Gift. She has also had seven DVDs including her 2005 reality series Britney and Kevin: Chaotic, a doll, a video game, and participated in seven tours including The Onyx Hotel Tour in 2004. She has grossed over US$150 million from tour ticket sales and over $45 million in merchandise from her tours. Her Elizabeth Arden perfume range is a bestselling brand worldwide. Spears' newest fragrance Midnight Fantasy came out in early 2007.

See also

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