Britney Spears
Biography
More than any other single artist, Britney Spears was the driving force behind the return of teen pop in the late '90s. The blockbuster success of the Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys certainly paved the way for her own commercial breakthrough, but Spears didn't just become a star -- she was a bona fide pop phenomenon. Not only did she sell millions of records, she was a media fixture regardless of what she was (or wasn't) doing; among female singers of the era (many of whom followed in her footsteps), her celebrity star power was rivaled only by Jennifer Lopez. From the outset, Spears' sex appeal was an important part of her image. The video for her debut single, "...Baby One More Time," outfitted her in full Catholic-school regalia and sent her well on the way to becoming an international sex symbol. Yet Spears' handlers seemed to be trying to have it both ways -- there was a definite tension between the wholesome innocence Spears tried to project for her female audience, and the titillating sexuality that enticed so many male fans. Those marketing tactics made Spears a somewhat controversial figure, the subject of endless debates concerning appropriate role models for teenage girls.
Early on, Spears tried to defuse the controversy by preaching abstinence until marriage, and even denied that she was consciously cultivating such a sexualized image. Of course, the more provocative and revealing her on-stage wardrobe became, the less plausible that claim seemed. But apart from her ability to tiptoe the line between virginal coquette and brazen tart, Spears had a secret weapon in Swedish pop mastermind Max Martin, who had a hand in the vast majority of her hits as a writer and/or producer. With Martin crafting the sort of contemporary dance-pop and sentimental ballads that made stars of the Backstreet Boys, Spears kept on delivering the goods commercially, as her first three albums all topped the charts.
Britney Jean Spears was born December 2, 1981, in the small town of Kentwood, LA, and began performing as a singer and dancer at a young age. With a nationally televised appearance on Star Search already under her belt, Spears auditioned for the Disney Channel's The New Mickey Mouse Club at age eight. The producers turned her down as too young, but one of them took an interest and introduced her to an agent in New York. Spears spent the next three years studying at the Professional Performing Arts School, and also appeared in several television commercials and off-Broadway plays. At 11, she returned to The New Mickey Mouse Club for a second audition, and this time made the cut. Although her fellow Mouseketeers included an impressive array of future stars -- *NSYNC's Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez, Christina Aguilera, and Felicity actress Keri Russell -- the show was canceled after Spears' second season. She returned to New York at age 15 and set about auditioning for pop bands and recording demo tapes, one of which eventually landed her a deal with Jive Records.
Spears entered the studio with top writer/producers like Eric Foster White (Boyzone, Whitney Houston, Backstreet Boys) and Max Martin (Ace of Base, Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC). In late 1998, Jive released her debut single, the Martin-penned "...Baby One More Time." Powered by its video, in which Spears and a troupe of dancers were dressed as Catholic-school jailbait, the single shot to the top of the Billboard charts. When Spears' debut album of the same title was released in early 1999, it entered the charts at number one and stayed there for six weeks. Once the ubiquitous lead single died down, the album kept spinning off hits: the Top Ten "(You Drive Me) Crazy," the near-Top 20 ballad "Sometimes," and the Top 20 "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart." By the end of 1999, ...Baby One More Time had sold ten million copies, and went on to sell a good three million more on top of that. Its success touched off a wave of young pop divas that included Christina Aguilera, Pink, Jessica Simpson, and Mandy Moore. Spears was a superstar, drooled over in countless magazines, including a Rolling Stone cover that prompted immediate speculation about the still-17 year old having received breast implants.
By the time ...Baby One More Time finally started to lose steam on the singles and album charts, Spears was ready to release her follow-up. Oops!...I Did It Again appeared in the spring of 2000, and the title track was an instant smash, racing into the Top Ten. The album itself entered the charts at number one and sold over a million copies in its first week of release, setting a new record for single-week sales by a female artist. Follow-up singles included "Lucky," the gold-selling "Stronger," and "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know," which was co-written by country diva Shania Twain and her producer Mutt Lange. A year after its release, Oops!...I Did It Again had sold over nine million copies. Rumors that Spears was dating *N Sync heartthrob (and fellow ex-Mouseketeer) Justin Timberlake were eventually confirmed, which only added to the media attention lavished on her.
For her next album, Spears looked ahead to a not-so-distant future when both she and much of her audience would be growing up. Released in late 2001, Britney tried to present the singer as a more mature young woman, and was accompanied by mild hints that her personal life wasn't always completely puritanical. It became her third straight album to debut at number one, although this time around the singles weren't as successful; "I'm a Slave 4 U," "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman," and "Overprotected" all missed the Top Ten. In early 2002, Spears' feature-film debut, Crossroads, hit theaters, but its commercial performance was somewhat disappointing; moreover, her romance with Timberlake fizzled not long after. Spears next made a cameo appearance in Mike Myers' Austin Powers: Goldmember, and contributed a remix of "Boys" to the soundtrack. Meanwhile, sales of Britney stalled at four million copies, perhaps in part because a new breed of teenage female singer/songwriters, like Michelle Branch and Avril Lavigne, was emerging as an alternative to the highly packaged teen queens. Spears took a break from recording and performing for several months, and began work on a new album in early 2003. The results, In the Zone, reflected a wish to be taken seriously as a mature (though still highly sexualized) adult. Predictably, it topped the charts and launched several singles into orbit, including the musically adventurous "Toxic," "Everytime," and "Me Against the Music."
In the Zone hit number one on the Billboard 200, and "Toxic" snagged a Grammy for Best Dance Recording. But by 2004 there were no longer any illusions of Britney's personal life being all wholesome candy canes and kisses. First there was the star's bizarre two-day marriage to childhood friend Jason Alexander, followed by the controversial, highly sexualized Onyx Hotel tour, which was eventually canceled (allegedly because of a knee injury) despite positive financial numbers. Starbucks and cigarettes were Britney's constant accessories in the endless paparazzi photos, and the revelation of her relationship with former backup dancer Kevin Federline made the tabloids even more ravenous. Spears and Federline married in September and were tabloid regulars in the months after the ceremony. (A photo of a barefoot Britney leaving a dingy gas station bathroom made the Internet rounds.) The couple also starred in Chaotic, a UPN reality show consisting mostly of their own home videos that was met with howls from the critics and blogs.
2005 was no less eventful for Spears. She released Greatest Hits: My Prerogative that January, but it was the announcement of her pregnancy that really garnered the headlines. Sean Preston Federline was born in September, and a bidding war ensued for first rights to the baby photos. As the hubbub surrounding Sean's birth continued, Britney released a remix album just in time for the holiday season. In 2006, Spears discovered she was pregnant again; shortly after the birth of her second son, Jayden James Federline, she divorced Federline, thus sparking a long string of custody battles that were eventually settled in Federline's favor. Following another headline-grabbing incident in early 2007 (in which Spears spontaneously shaved her head at a salon in Tarzana, CA, much to the delight of nearby photographers), Spears sought help at Malibu's Promises Treatment Center. After leaving the center, she began working on her comeback album and performed a few small shows at House of Blues locations in Los Angeles, San Diego, Anaheim, and Las Vegas that May. Despite ongoing turmoil in her life that summer and fall -- including a disastrous performance at MTV's Video Music Awards -- Blackout arrived in October 2007. It proved to be her least successful album to date, charting three Top 40 hits but failing to achieve platinum certification within its first year of release.
Spears' public image was dealt more blows in early 2008, when she lost custody of her children, made several court appearances, and was placed on involuntary psychiatric hold two times in one month. Blackout nevertheless won several MTV-sponsored awards, including "Album of the Year" from the Europe Music Awards in November 2008. That same fall, the leadoff single from Spears' next record, "Womanizer," became her first number one single in nearly a decade. The full-length Circus arrived in December, featuring a mix of syrupy ballads and uptempo dance numbers that were designed to fuel Spears' comeback. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide
Selected Discography

Circus
2008

Blackout
2007

B In The Mix: The Remixes
2005

Greatest Hits: My Prerogative
2004

My Prerogative
2004

In The Zone
2003

Britney
2001

Oops!...I Did It Again
2000

...Baby One More Time
1999

3 (Radio Single)
The Singles Collection(S t a n d a r d Edition)Nove m b e r 10
The Singles Collection(D e l u x e Fan Edition)Nove m b e r 24 |
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i thought it was stupid.that whole thing was nothing more then a publicity stut.Chris Crocker only did that for the attention and he got it.
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look i've seen almost all her videos and she dresses good i don't know why you guys complain :(
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hey Sam I Am i have a question:do you think Britney's a slut cause of the way she dresses in her videos and on tour or are callin' her a slut cause you personally think that.cause i've seen Britney in public and she doesn't dress anything like she does in her videos.and the definition of a slut is someone who has sex with everyone.Bri t n e y ' s only been intimate with 2 people Justin Timberlake and that douchbag Kevin Federline.sh e seems to be really happy with her new boyfriend Jason Trawick.
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The Ultimate Fan Box Set contains
1.All 29 singles including new single 3. 2.Each single is featured in its own slip sleeve with its original artwork plus B-Sides and remix of each track. 3.All of the singles are encased in a box with accompany booklet of images and facts about each single. and 4.A DVD featuring almost every Britney Video in chronologica l order. |
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The Singles Collection track listing(Stan d a r d Edition)
1.3 2.Baby One More Time 3.(You Drive Me)Crazy 4.Born To Make You Happy 5.Oops!...I Did It Again 6.Stronger 7.I'm A Slave 4 U 8.I'm Not A Girl,Not Yet A Woman 9.Boys(Feat. P h a r r e l l ) 10.Me Against The Music(Feat.M a d o n n a ) 11.Toxic 12.Everytime 13.Gimme More 14.Piece of Me 15.Womanizer 16.Circus 17.If U Seek Amy and 18.Radar |
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I'm not the one who's so far away
When I feel the snake bite enter my veins. Never did I wanna be here again, And I don't remember why I came. Candles raise my desire, Why I'm so far away. No more meaning to my life, No more reason to stay. Freezing, feeling, Breathe in, breathe in... I'm coming back again... I'm not the one who's so far away When I feel the snake bite enter my veins. Never did I wanna be here again, And I don't remember why I came. |
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so what your sayin' Willow is that your a
skanky hippo lousy mother crackhead can't sing a waste of air and fat wow no wonder your so miserable.yo u r basically a pathetic piece of s**t.why don't you take your bullshit to someone who cares.and while your at it EAT S**T AND DIE MOTHERF**KER . |
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This just in: Brit is a skankapotamu s , reject mother, crack smoking, lip singing useless oxygen breather. Oh, and she is FFFFFFAAAAAT T T T ! ! !
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i'm lookin' forward to the music video to 3.it should be just as badass and sexy as the song.
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I Actually Now Like One of Her Songs Now, I'm Scared My Music Tastes Are Getting More Odd By the Second.
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Willow knows nothing about Britney if he did he would know that Britney supports Same Sex Marriage.the majority of her male fans are gay.everyone knows this even those who don't like her.but a hater like Willow is to big of a dumbass to actually know anything. that's no one cares what Willow thinks cause he doesn't know s**t.he only says this s**t to get attention and to piss people off.so a word of advice Willow give it up cause nobody cares what a f**kin' retarded b**ch like you thinks.
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Also, just ignore the gay people because Britney hates them anyway. She also hates late late term abortion because she tried it for her own kids. Only problem was is that they were already walking. What a great mom. Letting her 3 yr old drive the suv, play with knives, swim alone in the pool, change light bulbs and bring mommy her pills and shoes at 4pm when she is waking up. Keep encouraging her, Im sure she will release some more pop junk for your little raves.
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Dude I Do Not Seek Amy Because Amy is the Fat Prostitute With Dreadlocks That Lives in My Imagination and Insults Me and is Dead Now, Emily Killed Her.
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i just ignore people who are haters cause they do nothing but makeup s**t that isn't true they have no opinions.and the reason they pay attention to an artist they hate is cause they want to find stuff that they can trash the person for doing.so basically a hater is just a miserable person who makes dumbass comments cause they have nothing better to do.
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i luv britny and ppl dat post ad comments on here are stupid cuz they dont even know and if they hate her so much y did they even bother to put o comment on here can we say retards hahahaha and + how would they know dat her kids have rashes do they watch her or what and they arent in any position to judge ppl look at her she has succeeded in her job idk if they are experts on knowing
everthing bout her cuz news-flash u dont I LUV U BRITNY hahahahah bye haters |
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My opinion is that Britney is a terrible mother. She smokes crack with the babies in the back seat. She doesnt put them in baby chairs and she doesnt change their diapers. They always have a runny nose, rash on their behinds and are never wearing shoes. Now that is trashy! Please please get some stronger crack and smoke lots of it!!!
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sorry Pheonix but in my book all those you listed are not greats. i believe you 100% that they lipsynch. but i dont consiser them "greats"
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Mariah Carey lipsanc one time.Paula Abdul lipsanc on American Idol twice and on DIVA's.Madon n a has lipsanc a few times.even Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson have lipsance a few times.but i wasn't sayin' that there are great artist who lipsync i was sayin' that there are great artist who have lipsanc before.even Cher has lipsanc some of her songs before.
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1. if your voice is injuried dont preform a show! take a break
2. if your not feeling well take a break! cancel the show 3. if you cant sing and dance at the same time. then dont 4. if you cant remember the words to your songs then should you be up there singing? honestly?? name a great who lipsynchs? |
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i understand what Holy Water is sayin' but the thing is every artist has lipsanc for different reason.some lipsync if there voices are injured.some lipsync if there not feelin' well.some lipsync do to heavy coreography. a n d some lipsync if they can't remember the words.some of the greatest artist have lipsanc.
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