Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer. Often referred to as the "Princess of Pop", she is credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s and early 2000s. After appearing in stage productions and television series, 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), and starred in the 2002 film Crossroads.
Spears was executive producer of her fifth studio album Blackout (2007), often referred to as her best work. Following a series of highly publicized personal problems, promotion for the album was limited, and Spears was involuntarily placed in a conservatorship. Since then, she released the chart-topping albums, Circus (2008) and Femme Fatale (2011), the latter of which became her most successful era of singles in the US charts. She embarked on a four-year concert residency, Britney: Piece of Me, at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas to promote her next two albums Britney Jean (2013) and Glory (2016). In 2019, Spears's legal battle over her conservatorship became more publicized and led to the establishment of the #FreeBritney movement. In 2021, the conservatorship was terminated following her public testimony in which she accused her management team and family of abuse.
Regarded as a pop icon, Spears has sold over 100 million records worldwide, including over 70 million in the United States, making her one of the world's best-selling music artists. She has achieved six number-one albums on the Billboard 200 and four number-one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100: "...Baby One More Time", "Womanizer", "3", and "Hold It Against Me". The "S&M" remix also topped the Billboard chart. Her singles "Oops!... I Did It Again", "Toxic", and "Scream & Shout" topped the charts in most countries. With "3" in 2009 and "Hold It Against Me" in 2011, Spears became the second artist after Mariah Carey in the Hot 100's history to debut at number one with two or more songs. Her heavily choreographed videos earned her the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. She has earned numerous other awards and accolades, including a Grammy Award, 15 Guinness World Records, six MTV Video Music Awards, seven Billboard Music Awards (including the Millennium Award), the inaugural Radio Disney Icon Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Spears was executive producer of her fifth studio album Blackout (2007), often referred to as her best work. Following a series of highly publicized personal problems, promotion for the album was limited, and Spears was involuntarily placed in a conservatorship. Since then, she released the chart-topping albums, Circus (2008) and Femme Fatale (2011), the latter of which became her most successful era of singles in the US charts. She embarked on a four-year concert residency, Britney: Piece of Me, at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas to promote her next two albums Britney Jean (2013) and Glory (2016). In 2019, Spears's legal battle over her conservatorship became more publicized and led to the establishment of the #FreeBritney movement. In 2021, the conservatorship was terminated following her public testimony in which she accused her management team and family of abuse.
Regarded as a pop icon, Spears has sold over 100 million records worldwide, including over 70 million in the United States, making her one of the world's best-selling music artists. She has achieved six number-one albums on the Billboard 200 and four number-one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100: "...Baby One More Time", "Womanizer", "3", and "Hold It Against Me". The "S&M" remix also topped the Billboard chart. Her singles "Oops!... I Did It Again", "Toxic", and "Scream & Shout" topped the charts in most countries. With "3" in 2009 and "Hold It Against Me" in 2011, Spears became the second artist after Mariah Carey in the Hot 100's history to debut at number one with two or more songs. Her heavily choreographed videos earned her the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. She has earned numerous other awards and accolades, including a Grammy Award, 15 Guinness World Records, six MTV Video Music Awards, seven Billboard Music Awards (including the Millennium Award), the inaugural Radio Disney Icon Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Known for
TMZ Investigates: Britney Spears: The Price of Freedom
Britney at the BBC
Britney Spears: Breaking Free
Britney vs. Spears
Toxic: Britney Spears' Battle For Freedom
Controlling Britney Spears
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
Britney Spears: Fighting for Freedom
The Battle for Britney: Fans, Cash and a Conservatorship
Framing Britney Spears
The New York Times Presents
Corporate Animals
Euphoria
Leaving Neverland: ProSieben Spezial
Britney Spears: Live in London
Britney Spears: Triple Ho Show
Britney Spears: Apple Music Festival
Britney Spears: iHeartRadio Music Festival
Paparazzi: Full Throttle LA
Jane the Virgin
Britney Spears: Workin' It
I Am Britney Jean
P!NK: Staying True
Radio Disney Music Awards
Propaganda
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Me @ the Zoo
Britney Spears Live The Femme Fatale Tour
The X Factor
The Jonathan Ross Show
I'm Still Here
Smash His Camera
Madonna: Sticky & Sweet Tour
Teenage Paparazzo
The Circus Starring: Britney Spears
Britney Spears: Unbreakable
Glee
Britney: For the Record
Religulous
Britney Spears - L'innocente Rebelle
Maxim: Hot Clips 4
How I Met Your Mother
The Tyra Banks Show
Mickey Mouse Club: The Best Of Britney, Justin & Christina
Dancing with the Stars
Britney and Kevin: Chaotic
Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My Prerogative
Die 90er - Popwunder & Popsünden
The X Factor
Fahrenheit 9/11
Britney Spears: The Return of an Angel
Brave New Girl
Britney Spears: In the Zone
Britney Spears: Live from Miami
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Britney Spears: In The Zone
Top of the Pops Saturday
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Celebrities Uncensored
Punk'd
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Stages: Three Days in Mexico
Austin Powers in Goldmember
V Graham Norton
The Osbournes
Crossroads
Britney: The Videos
Britney Spears: Live from Las Vegas
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
Longshot
Star Academy
MTV Icon: Janet Jackson
The Merchants of Cool
M6 awards 2000
Britney Spears: Oops!... I Did It Again Tour 2000
Britney Spears in Concert
Britney Spears - Live and More!
Crazy 2K Tour
Time Out with Britney Spears
Britney Spears & Joey McIntyre in Concert
Teen Choice Awards
...Baby One More Time Tour
Will & Grace
TRL
Taff
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Kenan & Kel
Family Doctor
TOTP2
Dateline
Boulevard Bio
The Simpsons
MMC
MTV Video Music Awards
Entertainment Tonight
CNN Special Report
Saturday Night Live