Britney Spears
| December 13, 2007 at 7:00 pm | Category: Celebrity Spotlight |
| by hollywoodjoker | |
Fun Facts :
| Year | Age | Events |
| 1981 | 0 | Birthday : 2nd December Birthplace : McComb, Mississippi, USA Full name : Britney Jean Spears Father : James Parnell Spears Mother : Lynne Irene Bridges |
| 1982-1991 | 01-10 | She was raised in Kentwood, Louisiana as a Southern Baptist. 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 choir. At age eight she auditioned for the Disney Channel series The New Mickey Mouse Club. Although she was considered too young to join the series at the time, a producer on the show introduced her to a New York City 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!. |
| 1992-1996 | 11-15 | In 1992, she landed a spot on the popular television show Star Search. Though she won her first round in the competition, she ultimately lost. At age 11, Spears returned to the Disney Channel for a spot on the New Mickey Mouse Club in Lakeland, Florida. She was featured on the show from 1993 to 1994, until she was 13. n the show, she appeared in various sketches and musical videos, mostly displaying her comedic and singing abilities.
After the show ended, Spears returned to Kentwood and entered high school for a year. |
| 1997 | 16 | In 1997, Spears briefly joined the all-female pop group Innosense. Later that same year, she decided to go solo. After recording a demo, she was signed by Jive Records. She began touring American venues for a series of concerts sponsored by American teen magazines, and eventually became an opening act for ‘N Sync and the Backstreet Boys. |
| 1998 | 17 | Spears’s debut single “…Baby One More Time“, released in the end of 1998 became an instant international success. It peaked at number one on the Billboard’s Hot 100 and has earned nine million sales worldwide and was ranked 25th on Rolling Stone and MTV’s “100 Greatest Pop Songs of all time”. The music video accompanying the song featured Spears dressed in a schoolgirl uniform. |
| 1999 | 18 | The album of the same title “…Baby One More Time” was released in January 1999, reaching number one on the Billboard 200. The success of Spears’s music coupled with her controversial image made her one of the year’s biggest stars. In December 1999, she won four Billboard Music Awards, including Female Artist of the Year. A month later, she took home the Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist award at the American Music Awards.
In late 1999, Spears appeared on an episode of ABC’s sitcom Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, playing herself and performed the song “(You Drive Me) Crazy“.Since 1999, Spears and Timberlake were linked as a romantic couple, being part of the same record label, they had to share several interviews and photo shoots and joined publicity, as well as being on tour together. Though at first Spears would deny the relationship, and Timberlake wouldn’t comment on it, in 2000 they came out as a couple, and several pictures were released where they would be seen kissing. |
| 2000 | 19 | At the 2000 Grammy Awards, Spears received two nominations in the categories of Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for …Baby One More Time, but lost to Christina Aguilera and Sarah McLachlan respectively. Following the success of her previous album, Spears released the album Oops!… I Did It Again, which debuted at number one in the U.S. The same year, Spears launched her first world tour, the “Oops!… I Did It Again World Tour”. During the tour, she made a stop in New York for the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. As part of her performance, she ripped off a black suit to reveal a provocative nude-colored and crystal-adorned outfit that generated much controversy.She made a cameo appearance in Longshot as a flight attendant. |
| 2001 | 20 | In early 2001, she caught the attention of Pepsi who gave Spears a multi-million dollar promotional deal which included numerous television commercials, point-of-purchase promotions and Internet ties between Spears and the company.Spears released her third studio album Britney in November 2001. Although not as successful as her previous albums, she assumed some creative control by co-writing five of the album’s tracks. It surpassed Michael Jackson’s album Invincible when it had a successful debut at number one in the U.S. by selling 745,744 units during its first week. To date, Britney has sold thirteen million copies worldwide. |
| 2002 | 21 | Her career success was highlighted by Forbes Magazine in 2002 as Spears was ranked the world’s most powerful celebrity. At a performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, she appeared with Christina Aguilera performing the song “Like a Virgin“, and was later joined by Madonna. Spears locked lips with Madonna in a highly-publicized kiss.Spears had her first starring role in the 2002 film, Crossroads. She played Lucy, a Georgia high school graduate who decides to find her long-lost mother in Arizona, and travels along with her two friends who wish to visit California. The movie, along with Spears’s performance, was poorly received by critics. The film grossed over US$60 million worldwide, about five times its budget of US$12 million. Spears received a Razzie Award for Worst Actress and for Worst Original Song “I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman“. Spears made a cameo appearance in Austin Powers in Goldmember as herself.In early 2002, Spears’s four-year relationship with Justin Timberlake ended. Speculation that Spears had been unfaithful began circulating due to Timberlake’s 2002 song “Cry Me a River” and its subsequent music video. The song’s music video showed an actress playing what could be construed as a Spears look-alike with certain physical features resembling Spears. Timberlake has denied that it was meant to portray her. |
| 2003 | 22 | In November 2003, Spears released her fourth studio album, In the Zone, which topped 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.Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst confirmed that he was in a relationship with Spears. Durst was also hired to help write and produce tracks for her album In the Zone. |
| 2004 | 23 | 2004 saw the release of her first greatest hits collection, Greatest Hits: My Prerogative. The album debuted at number four on the U.S. charts selling over 255,000 copies and featured three new songs, including her version of Bobby Brown’s 1988 hit “My Prerogative” which became a modest hit.Spears endorsed an Elizabeth Arden fragrance, “Curious“, for which she earned a reported $12 million. After one year of sales, the product netted more than $100 million, and was named the best selling perfume of 2004.Spears married childhood friend Jason Allen Alexander on 3 January 2004, at The Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. The marriage lasted 55 hours, ending with an annulment granted on 5 January.Spears reportedly became involved in the Kabbalah Centre in September 2004 through her friendship with Madonna. However, she publicly left the religion in 2006, stating on her website, “I no longer study Kaballah, my baby is my religion.”.In July 2004, Spears announced her engagement to Kevin Federline, three months after they met. |
| 2005 | 24 | In November 2005, Spears released a remix album, B In The Mix: The Remixes. The album contained remixes of Spears’s biggest hits, ranging from “…Baby One More Time” to “Toxic”. It also included a remix of her newest single “Someday (I Will Understand)”, originally a piano ballad that was an ode to the then-unborn Sean.Following the success of “Curious” perfume, Spears released her next Elizabeth Arden fragrance, “Fantasy“, in September 2005, with equal success. After the marriage, Spears announced via her website that she would be taking another career break to start a family. She stood by her intent of starting a family; she announced her pregnancy seven months after the marriage writing, “the time has finally come to share our wonderful news that we are expecting our first child together.”. She gave birth to her first child, Sean Preston Federline, on September 14, 2005 in Santa Monica, California by a scheduled caesarean section. |
| 2006 | 25 | She launched “Curious: In Control” in April 2006, closely followed by the release of another perfume, “Midnight Fantasy” in December.A few months after giving birth to Sean, speculation emerged about Spears being pregnant for a second time. In May 2006, she announced her second pregnancy with an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman. Spears posed nude for the August 2006 cover of Harper’s Bazaar. In the accompanying interview, Spears stated that she is not ready to retire from performing. Just two days before Sean’s first birthday, Spears gave birth to her second son, Jayden James Federline, on September 12, 2006 in Los Angeles.Spears filed for divorce from Federline on November 7, 2006, citing irreconcilable differences and asking for both physical and legal custody of their two children, with visitation rights for Federline. The following day, Federline filed a response to Spears’s divorce petition, seeking physical and legal custody of their children. |
| 2007 | 26 | Spears’s fifth album entitled Blackout opened at #2 on the US Billboard 200 charts, selling 290,000 copies. Spears’s performance at 2007 MTV Video Music Awards received much media attention and was lauded as her “comeback”.Spears’s newest Elizabeth Arden fragrance, “Believe“, was released in September 2007.Throughout early 2007, Spears embarked on a series of controversial behaviors that received much attention from the media, including attacking a photographer with an umbrella. As the legal battle over the custody of their children continued, many members of her entourage have been subpoenaed to testify about her parenting skills. Their marriage was officially over on July 30, 2007. In September 2007, the official findings in Spears’s custody battle were announced by the court. She was ordered to undergo random drug and alcohol testings and to attend parenting counseling. A few days later, she was officially charged with misdemeanor hit-and-run and driving without a license. If convicted, she could face a year in jail. Spears lost physical custody of her children to Federline on October 1, with the court ruling that Federline will keep full custody of the children. |
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