Although she was too young to join the series, a producer on the show gave her an introduction to a New York agent. She subsequently spent three summers at the Professional Performing Arts School Center. She appeared in a number of off-Broadway productions as a child actor, including Ruthless (1991). She returned to the [ Walt ] Disney Channel for a spot on The Mickey Mouse Club, where she was featured for two years between the ages of 11 and 13.
She toured American venues for a series of concerts sponsored by US teen magazines, eventually joining 'N Sync on tour. The careful planning paid off when her debut album and single went on to top the American charts at the start of 1999. The album and single enjoyed similar success in the UK and Europe. The ballad ''Sometimes'' and the funky ''(You Drive Me) Crazy'' were also substantial transatlantic hits. ''Born To Make You Happy'' topped the UK charts in January 2000.
Her next album, released the following year, Oops, I Did It Again was another smash pushing her to the top of the pop-diva list. hit stores in May of 2000. With 1.3 million copies sold in its first week in stores. The demand for new Spears material was satisfied when her sophomore set, Oops! ... I Did It Again, was released in May. The album contained the expected quota of well-produced, expertly crafted pop songs alongside a risible cover version of (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction. She received another two Grammy nominations for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Vocal Performance.
In November of 2001, she tried to shed some of her innocence with her next album, the self-titled Britney and videos showing an older and sexier Britney. In 2001, she also co-hosted the American Music Awards with LL Cool J and signed a multi-million dollar endorsement deal with Pepsi. The Britney album gave her two more Grammy nominations for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (for "Overprotected) and Pest Pop Album (for Britney). Once again a Grammy was not in her stars.Britney Spears. She co-authored a book in 2001 with her mother Lynne entitled Britney Spears's Heart-to-Heart.
Her movie debut came in 2002, with her role in Crossroads. The movie tanked in the theaters. However, she was nominated for the MTV Movie Awards for Best Dressed and Breakthrough Female Performance as well as Teen Choice Award nominations for Film - Choice Actress, Drama/Action Adventure and Film - Choice Chemistry (shared with Anson Mount).
Even though her movie career did not start out well, she always has her music, and in 2003, her next album In the Zone was another chart topping success. [Note: she co-wrote 8 of the songs on the album.] She opened up a trend New York restaurant in July 2002 named "Nyla." It has a Louisiana type theme and atmosphere. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in November of 2003. In 2003, she wrote a sequel to the Heart to Heart book entitled A Mother's Gift.
In November 2004 she released her Greatest Hits: My Perogative albums, and just like everything else she has leant her voice to, has done very well in sales. She has her own line of perfume called "Curious" that she began selling in September 2004 and has sold millions of dollars worth of merchandise since its launch. She will be following this up with a new fragrance called "Fantasy" that will be on the shelves in September 2005.
She was briefly married in January 2004 (approximately 2 1/2 days) to childhood friend Jason Allen Alexander (no, not the guy from Seinfeld) as a spoof. She got married to Kevin Federline in September 2004, which at first seemed only to be a media stunt - but was for real. She later admitted that it was her who proposed to Fenderline. In April 2005 she announced that she is pregnant and will be having their first baby. The baby is due sometime in September. Federline already has two children with actress Shar Jackson - Kori (b. 2002) and Kaleb (b. 2004). It has been reported that Britney has given birth to a baby boy on September 14th, 2005! They have named the baby Sean Preston. She has given birth to her second child almost exactly a year later on Sept. 11, 2006, and has confirmed that the name of the second child is Jayden James Federline.
In February 2005, she won her first Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording (for "Toxic") from the album In The Zone. She also won a BMI Cable Award for writing the theme song from the TV show Zoey 101 (shared w/ Michael Corcoran). In addition she was also nominated for the 2005 Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Personality: Female.
2005 has been a busy year for Britney while everything is going on, she has let the cameras follower her around in her own reality TV show entitled Britney & Kevin: Chaotic - which mostly showed home videos taken by herself and Federline. [Note: The DVD of the show will be available for sale in September 2005]
In February 2007, Britney shaves her head, goes into rehab, then goes home within a day. By the end of February she attached some photographers and their cars with her umbrella, and later that evening her mother drove her to Malibu's Promises rehabilitation facility. She has had the strong support of Kevin Federline during this time when she needs it most. She has only left the facility to go to an AA meeting and is hopefully on her way to recovery.
So what's in store for this talented young entertainer and entrepreneur? Now that she has dumped Federline and had her two children, she is in the studio working on her next album which should be released in mid-2007. [Note: A single "Mona Lisa" was already released in December 2004 befor she had some life changes.
Name : Britney Spears
Real Name : Britney Jeau Spears
Nick Name : Bit-Bit, Brit
Date Of Birth : December 2, 1981
Place Of Birth : Kentwood, Louisiana USA
Sign : Sagittarius
Height : 5'4
Residence : New York and Kentwood
Hair : Brown, Brown Eye
Father : Jamie Parnell Spears (a construction contractor)
Mother : Lynn Bridges (an elementary school teacher)
Younger sister : Jamie Lynn Spears (The star of Nickelodeon's Zoey 101)
First Husband : Jason Allen Alexander
Second Husband : Kevin Federline
First kid : Sean Preston
second kid : Jayden James Federline.
Fan Mail : Britney Fan Club P.O. Box 250 Osyka, MS 39657 USA
BRITNEY ON STAGE
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