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Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer and actress. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, she performed acting roles in stage productions and television shows as a child before signing with Jive Records in 1997. Spears's first and second studio albums, ...Baby One More Time (1999) and Oops!... I Did It Again (2000), became international successes, with the former becoming the best-selling album by a teenage solo artist. Title tracks "...Baby One More Time" and "Oops!... I Did It Again" broke international sales records. In 2001, Spears released her self-titled third studio album, Britney, and played the starring role in the film Crossroads (2002). She assumed creative control of her fourth studio album, In the Zone (2003), which yielded the worldwide success of the "Toxic" single.

In 2007, Spears's much-publicized personal issues sent her career into hiatus. Her fifth studio album, Blackout, was released later that year, and spawned hits such as "Gimme More" and "Piece of Me". Her erratic behavior and hospitalizations continued through the following year, at which point she was placed under a still ongoing conservatorship. Spears's sixth studio album, Circus (2008), included global chart-topping lead single "Womanizer". Its supporting tour The Circus Starring Britney Spears was one of the highest-grossing global concert tours in 2009.

Later that October, "3" became Spears's third single to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Her seventh studio album, Femme Fatale (2011), became her first to yield three top-ten singles in the United States: "Hold It Against Me", "Till the World Ends" and "I Wanna Go". She also served as a judge during the second season of the American version of The X Factor. Spears's eponymous eighth studio album Britney Jean was released in 2013; it spawned the top 15 single "Work Bitch"; however, it became the lowest-selling record of her career. Later that year, Spears began the four-year residency show Britney: Piece of Me at The AXIS at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

Spears was established as a pop icon and credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s. She became the 'best-selling teenaged artist of all time' and garnered honorific titles including the "Princess of Pop". Her work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including a Grammy Award, six MTV Video Music Awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award, nine Billboard Music Awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2009, Billboard ranked her as the 8th overall Artist of the Decade, and also recognized her as the best-selling female artist of the 2000s, as well as the fifth overall.

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) named Spears the eighth top-selling female artist in the United States, with 34 million certified albums. She has sold over 100 million albums worldwide and over 100 million singles making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. According to Billboard Spears has sold about 22.38 million singles in digital downloads in US and is the fourth best-selling female artist since Nielsen SoundScan began.

Rolling Stone recognized her instant success as one of the Top 25 Teen Idol Breakout Moments of all time, while VH1 ranked her eleventh on their "100 Greatest Women in Music" list in 2012, and Billboard named her the sexiest woman in music. Forbes reported that Spears was the highest paid female musician of 2012, with earnings of $58 million, having last topped the list in 2002.

Discography

Studio albums

...Baby One More Time (1999)
Oops!... I Did It Again (2000)
Britney (2001)
In the Zone (2003)
Blackout (2007)
Circus (2008)
Femme Fatale (2011)
Britney Jean (2013)
Glory (2016)

Singles

...Baby One More Time (1998)
Sometimes (1999)
(You Drive Me) Crazy (1999)
Born to Make You Happy (1999)
From the Bottom of My Broken Heart (1999)
Oops!... I Did It Again (2000)
Lucky (2000)
Stronger (2000)
Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know (2001)
I'm a Slave 4 U (2001)
Overprotected (2001)
I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman (2002)
I Love Rock 'n' Roll (2002)
Anticipating (2002)
Boys (The Co-Ed Remix) [2002]
Me Against the Music (2003)
Toxic (2004)
Evertime (2004)
Outrageous (2004)
My Prerogative (2004)
Do Somethin (2005)
Someday (I Will Understand) [2005]
Gimme More (2007)
Piece of Me (2007)
Break the Ice (2008)
Womanizer (2008)
Circus (2008)
If U Seek Amy (2009)
Radar (2009)
3 (2009)
Hold It Against Me (2011)
Till the World Ends (2011)
I Wanna Go (2011)
Criminal (2011)
Ooh La La (2013)
Work Bitch (2013)
Perfume (2013)
Pretty Girls (2015)
Make Me... (2016)
Slumber Party (2016)
Mood Ring (2020)
Swimming In The Stars (2020)
Matches (2020)

Awards and Achievements

As of 2011, Britney has sold over 100 million albums worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time based on album sales alone. She was also ranked as the fourth VH1's "50 Greatest Women of the Video Era" show list, ahead of most of her contemporaries and only behind veterans Madonna, Janet Jackson, and Whitney Houston. Spears is also recognized as the best-selling female artist of the first decade of the 21st century, as well as the fifth overall. In December 2009, Billboard magazine ranked Spears the 8th Artist of the 2000s decade in the United States.

Her debut studio album ...Baby One More Time was released by Jive Records in 1999. The album spawned songs such as "...Baby One More Time", "Sometimes" and "Born To Make You Happy". Spears earned Grammy nominations for the Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance categories in 2000, eventually winning her first Grammy award in 2005 for her single "Toxic" in the Best Dance Recording category. As "Pop's Ultimate Femme Fatale", she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at age 21, the youngest recording artist in history to receive the honour. In 2002 Spears topped the Forbes Celebrity 100 list and in 2012 she was named by Forbes as The Top-Earning Women in Music. Spears received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards by Lady Gaga

Spears' accolades include one Grammy Award, six MTV Video Music Awards, eight MTV Europe Music Awards, one American Music Award, seven Billboard Music Awards, three NRJ Music Awards, three World Music Awards, one MTV Asia Awards, one MTV Australia Awards, one MTV Video Music Brasil, eight Teen Choice Awards, two Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award, two People's Choice Awards, among others. Spears has topped the list of most searched celebrities 7 times in the past 12 years, a record since the inception of the internet.

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 | Name                = Britney Spears
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+| Img                 = Britney Spears Billboard 2016.jpg
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 | Background          =
 | Birth_name          = Britney Jean Spears
 | Alias               =
-| Born                = December 2, 1981
+| Born                = December 2, 1981 (age 39)
 | Died                =
-| Origin              = McComb, Mississipi, U.S.A.
+| Origin              = McComb, Mississipi, USA
 | Instrument          = Vocals, piano
 | Voice_type          = [[Soprano]]
-| Genre               = Teen pop, Electropop, Dance-pop
+| Genre               = [[Pop]]
-| Occupation          = Singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, record producer, author, fashion designer, video director
+| Occupation          = Singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, author, fashion designer
 | Years_active        = 1992 - Present
 | Label               = Jive, RCA
-| Associated_acts     = [[Innosense]], [[Will.i.am]]
+| Associated_acts     = [[Madonna]], [[Rihanna]], [[Will.i.am]]
-| Influences          =
+| Influences          =[[Madonna]], [[Janet Jackson]], [[Whitney Houston]]
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+'''Britney Jean Spears''' (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer and actress. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, she performed acting roles in stage productions and television shows as a child before signing with Jive Records in 1997. Spears's first and second studio albums, ''...Baby One More Time'' (1999) and ''Oops!... I Did It Again'' (2000), became international successes, with the former becoming the best-selling album by a teenage solo artist. Title tracks "...Baby One More Time" and "Oops!... I Did It Again" broke international sales records. In 2001, Spears released her self-titled third studio album, Britney, and played the starring role in the film ''Crossroads'' (2002). She assumed creative control of her fourth studio album, ''In the Zone'' (2003), which yielded the worldwide success of the "Toxic" single.
+In 2007, Spears's much-publicized personal issues sent her career into hiatus. Her fifth studio album, Blackout, was released later that year, and spawned hits such as "Gimme More" and "Piece of Me". Her erratic behavior and hospitalizations continued through the following year, at which point she was placed under a still ongoing conservatorship. Spears's sixth studio album, Circus (2008), included global chart-topping lead single "Womanizer". Its supporting tour The Circus Starring Britney Spears was one of the highest-grossing global concert tours in 2009.
-'''Britney Jean Spears''' (born {{nowrap|December 2,}} 1981) is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in [[McComb, Mississippi]], and raised in [[Kentwood, Louisiana]], Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with [[Jive Records]] in 1997 and released her debut album ''[[...Baby One More Time]]'' in 1999. During her first decade in the music industry, she became a prominent figure in mainstream popular music and popular culture, followed by a much-publicized personal life. Her first two albums established her as a pop icon and broke sales records, while title tracks "[[...Baby One More Time (song)|...Baby One More Time]]" and "[[Oops!... I Did It Again (song)|Oops!... I Did It Again]]" became international number-one hits. Spears was credited with influencing the revival of [[teen pop]] during the late 1990s.
+Later that October, "3" became Spears's third single to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Her seventh studio album, Femme Fatale (2011), became her first to yield three top-ten singles in the United States: "Hold It Against Me", "Till the World Ends" and "I Wanna Go". She also served as a judge during the second season of the American version of The X Factor. Spears's eponymous eighth studio album Britney Jean was released in 2013; it spawned the top 15 single "Work Bitch"; however, it became the lowest-selling record of her career. Later that year, Spears began the four-year residency show Britney: Piece of Me at The AXIS at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
-In 2001, she released her third studio album ''[[Britney (album)|Britney]]'' and expanded her brand, playing the starring role in the film ''[[Crossroads (2002 film)|Crossroads]]''. She assumed creative control of her fourth studio album, ''[[In the Zone]]'' (2003), which yielded chart-topping singles "[[Me Against the Music]]", "[[Toxic (song)|Toxic]]" and "[[Everytime]]". After the release of two compilation albums, Spears experienced personal struggles and her career went into hiatus. Her fifth studio album, ''[[Blackout (Britney Spears album)|Blackout]]'', was released in 2007 and despite receiving little promotion, it spawned hits "[[Gimme More]]" and "[[Piece of Me]]". In 2008, her erratic behavior and hospitalizations caused her to be placed in a [[conservatorship]]. The same year, her sixth studio album ''[[Circus (Britney Spears album)|Circus]]'' was released, with the global chart-topping lead single "[[Womanizer (song)|Womanizer]]", it also included hits such as "[[Circus (song)|Circus]]", and "[[If U Seek Amy]]". She embarked on her highest-grossing global concert tour,<ref name=femaletours>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollyscoop.com/music/madonna/15-most-profitable-female-tours-ever_2133.aspx|title=15 Most Profitable Female Tours Ever|date=2010-05-21|accessdate=2010-07-27| last=Esmailian|first=Ani|work=Hollyscoop|publisher=DNA Group}}</ref> [[The Circus Starring Britney Spears]], in 2009. That same year she released a chart-topping single, "[[3 (song)|3]]" in October 2009, this gave Spears her third single that reached number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. Her seventh studio album ''[[Femme Fatale (Britney Spears album)|Femme Fatale]]'', released in 2011, has become the first of her albums to yield three top ten singles in the United States, including her fourth US number one single, "[[Hold It Against Me]]". She also achieved a second number one single in 2011 when she featured on the remix of [[S&M (song)|S&amp;M]] alongside [[Rihanna]].
+Spears was established as a pop icon and credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s. She became the 'best-selling teenaged artist of all time' and garnered honorific titles including the "Princess of Pop". Her work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including a Grammy Award, six MTV Video Music Awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award, nine Billboard Music Awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2009, Billboard ranked her as the 8th overall Artist of the Decade, and also recognized her as the best-selling female artist of the 2000s, as well as the fifth overall.
-Spears has sold over 100 million albums worldwide.<ref name="Mirror2011">{{cite news|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/britney-spears-pictured-backstage-at-rock-89309|title=Britney Spears pictured backstage at Rock Of Ages with Shane Ward|last=Moodie|first=Clemmie|work=Daily Mirror |location=UK|publisher=Trinity Mirror|date=2011-11-03|accessdate=2012-02-23}}</ref> According to the [[RIAA certification|Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA), she is the eighth [[List of best-selling music artists in the United States|top-selling female artist]] in the United States, with 33&nbsp;million [[RIAA certification|certified]] albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=tblTopArt|title=RIAA&nbsp;— Gold & Platinum&nbsp;— May 3, 2010|year=2010|accessdate=2010-05-03|work=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|publisher=[[Mitch Bainwol]]}}</ref> Spears is also recognized as the best-selling female artist of the first decade of the 21st century, as well as the fifth overall.<ref name=21sells/> She was ranked the 8th Artist of the 2000s by ''Billboard''.<ref name=bbad/>
+The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) named Spears the eighth top-selling female artist in the United States, with 34 million certified albums. She has sold over 100 million albums worldwide and over 100 million singles making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. According to Billboard Spears has sold about 22.38 million singles in digital downloads in US and is the fourth best-selling female artist since Nielsen SoundScan began.
-==Biography==
-==Personal life==
-==Discography==
+Rolling Stone recognized her instant success as one of the Top 25 Teen Idol Breakout Moments of all time, while VH1 ranked her eleventh on their "100 Greatest Women in Music" list in 2012, and Billboard named her the sexiest woman in music. Forbes reported that Spears was the highest paid female musician of 2012, with earnings of $58 million, having last topped the list in 2002.
+==Discography==
-...Baby One More Time- 1998
-Oops, I Did It Again- 2000
-Britney- 2001
-In The Zone- 2004
-Blackout- 2007
-Circus-2009
-Femme Fatale- 2011
-Remix & Recopilatory Albums:
-Greatest Hits: My Prerogative- 2004
-B In The Mix:The Remixes, Vol 1- 2005
-The Singles Collection- 2009
-B In The Mix:The Remixes, Vol 2- 2011
-<span style="text-align:center;">Oops I Did It Again- The Best Of Britney Spears- 2012</span>
-==<span style="text-align:center;">Awards and Achievements </span>==
-'''GRAMMYS'''
-'''(2005) '''Best Dance Recording ''''Toxic'' '''''
-'''AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS '''
-'''(2000) '''Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist ''''Herself''''
-'''WORLD MUSIC AWARDS '''
-'''(2000) '''Best Selling Female Pop Artist ''''Herself''''
-'''(2001) '''Best Selling Female Pop Artist ''''Herself''''
-'''BILLBOARD AWARDS '''
-'''(1999) '''
-Best New Artist of The Year
-Best New Pop Arist
-Female Artist of The Year
-Hot 100 Singles Artists
-'''(2000) '''
-Album Artist of The Year
+=== Studio albums ===
-Highest One-Week Album Sales by a Female Artist in History
+* ...Baby One More Time (1999)
+* Oops!... I Did It Again (2000)
+* Britney (2001)
+* In the Zone (2003)
+* Blackout (2007)
+* Circus (2008)
+* Femme Fatale (2011)
+* Britney Jean (2013)
+* Glory (2016)
+=== Singles ===
-World-Record Breaker of 2000
+* ...Baby One More Time (1998)
+* Sometimes (1999)
+* (You Drive Me) Crazy (1999)
+* Born to Make You Happy (1999)
+* From the Bottom of My Broken Heart (1999)
+* Oops!... I Did It Again (2000)
+* Lucky (2000)
+* Stronger (2000)
+* Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know (2001)
+* I'm a Slave 4 U (2001)
+* Overprotected (2001)
+* I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman (2002)
+* I Love Rock 'n' Roll (2002)
+* Anticipating (2002)
+* Boys (The Co-Ed Remix) [2002]
+* Me Against the Music (2003)
+* Toxic (2004)
+* Evertime (2004)
+* Outrageous (2004)
+* My Prerogative (2004)
+* Do Somethin (2005)
+* Someday (I Will Understand) [2005]
+* Gimme More (2007)
+* Piece of Me (2007)
+* Break the Ice (2008)
+* Womanizer (2008)
+* Circus (2008)
+* If U Seek Amy (2009)
+* Radar (2009)
+* 3 (2009)
+* Hold It Against Me (2011)
+* Till the World Ends (2011)
+* I Wanna Go (2011)
+* Criminal (2011)
+* Ooh La La (2013)
+* Work Bitch (2013)
+* Perfume (2013)
+* Pretty Girls (2015)
+* Make Me... (2016)
+* Slumber Party (2016)
+*Mood Ring (2020)
+*Swimming In The Stars (2020)
+*Matches (2020)
+==<span class="" style="text-align:center;">Awards and Achievements</span>==
-'''(2004) '''
+As of 2011, Britney has sold over 100 million albums worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time based on album sales alone. She was also ranked as the fourth VH1's "50 Greatest Women of the Video Era" show list, ahead of most of her contemporaries and only behind veterans [[Madonna]], [[Janet Jackson]], and [[Whitney Houston]]. Spears is also recognized as the best-selling female artist of the first decade of the 21st century, as well as the fifth overall. In December 2009, ''Billboard ''magazine ranked Spears the 8th Artist of the 2000s decade in the United States.
+Her debut studio album ''...Baby One More Time '' was released by Jive Records in 1999. The album spawned songs such as "...Baby One More Time", "Sometimes" and "Born To Make You Happy". Spears earned Grammy nominations for the Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance categories in 2000, eventually winning her first Grammy award in 2005 for her single "Toxic" in the Best Dance Recording category. As "Pop's Ultimate Femme Fatale", she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at age 21, the youngest recording artist in history to receive the honour. In 2002 Spears topped the Forbes Celebrity 100 list and in 2012 she was named by Forbes as The Top-Earning Women in Music. Spears received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards by [[Lady Gaga]]
-Hot Dance Sales Single of the Year ''''Me Against the Music'' '''''
+Spears' accolades include one Grammy Award, six MTV Video Music Awards, eight MTV Europe Music Awards, one American Music Award, seven Billboard Music Awards, three NRJ Music Awards, three World Music Awards, one MTV Asia Awards, one MTV Australia Awards, one MTV Video Music Brasil, eight Teen Choice Awards, two Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award, two People's Choice Awards, among others. Spears has topped the list of most searched celebrities 7 times in the past 12 years, a record since the inception of the internet.
-Best-Selling Dance Single of The Year ''''Me Against the Music'''
-==Gallery==
-<gallery>
-Britneyspears.jpeg|[[Demi Lovato|Britney Spears]]
-</gallery>
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-[[Category:Musicians from Mississippi]]
-[[Category:Pop artists]]
-[[Category:Singer-songwriters]]
-[[Category:Female singers]]
-[[Category:Singers]]
 [[Category:RCA Records artists]]
 [[Category:Jive Records artists]]
-[[Category:Actors]]
-[[Category:Living people]]
-[[Category:Dancers]]
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+[[Category:American female pop singers]]
+[[Category:Artists]]