Britney Jean Spears (born December , ) is an American singer,
songwriter, dancer, and actress. She is credited with influencing the
revival of teen pop during the late s and early s, for which she is
referred to as the "Princess of Pop". After appearing in stage
productions and television series, Spears signed with Jive Records in
at age . Her first two studio albums, certified diamond in the US,
...Baby One More Time () and Oops!... I Did It Again (), were global
successes and became two of the best-selling albums of all-time, along
with making her the best-selling teenage artist of all time. The
former's title track was ranked at number one by Rolling Stone in as
the greatest debut single of all time and the latter held a -year
record for fastest-selling album by a female artist with over .
million copies sold in its first week in the U.S. alone.Spears adopted
more mature and provocative themes and aesthetics for her next two
studio albums, Britney () and In the Zone (), and made her feature
film debut in a starring role in Crossroads (). She became the
executive producer of her fifth studio album Blackout (), which is
often critically referred to as her best work. Due to a series of
heavily publicized personal struggles in the public eye, promotion for
the album was limited and she was later involuntarily placed in a
conservatorship. Since then, she released the chart topping albums,
Circus () and Femme Fatale (), 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 () and Glory (). Since , Spears has been involved in an ongoing
court-led investigation into malpractice conducted by her
conservatorship team.Spears has scored six number one albums on the
Billboard . She also has four solo number one singles on the US
Billboard Hot : "...Baby One More Time", "Womanizer", "", and "Hold It
Against Me". As a featured artist, the "S&M" remix also topped the
Billboard chart. Other singles, "Oops!... I Did It Again", "Toxic",
and "Scream & Shout", topped the charts in most countries. With "" in
and "Hold It Against Me" in , she became the second artist after
Mariah Carey in the Hot 's history to debut at number one with two or
more songs. Spears's self-made heavily choreographed videography is
considered a focal point to the success of her career, such as the
image-redefining music video for "I'm a Slave U". For this, she has
been awarded the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award as praise for
her provocative boundaries-pushing art in young female entertainment.
She has earned numerous awards and accolades, including a Grammy
Award; thirteen 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.
songwriter, dancer, and actress. She is credited with influencing the
revival of teen pop during the late s and early s, for which she is
referred to as the "Princess of Pop". After appearing in stage
productions and television series, Spears signed with Jive Records in
at age . Her first two studio albums, certified diamond in the US,
...Baby One More Time () and Oops!... I Did It Again (), were global
successes and became two of the best-selling albums of all-time, along
with making her the best-selling teenage artist of all time. The
former's title track was ranked at number one by Rolling Stone in as
the greatest debut single of all time and the latter held a -year
record for fastest-selling album by a female artist with over .
million copies sold in its first week in the U.S. alone.Spears adopted
more mature and provocative themes and aesthetics for her next two
studio albums, Britney () and In the Zone (), and made her feature
film debut in a starring role in Crossroads (). She became the
executive producer of her fifth studio album Blackout (), which is
often critically referred to as her best work. Due to a series of
heavily publicized personal struggles in the public eye, promotion for
the album was limited and she was later involuntarily placed in a
conservatorship. Since then, she released the chart topping albums,
Circus () and Femme Fatale (), 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 () and Glory (). Since , Spears has been involved in an ongoing
court-led investigation into malpractice conducted by her
conservatorship team.Spears has scored six number one albums on the
Billboard . She also has four solo number one singles on the US
Billboard Hot : "...Baby One More Time", "Womanizer", "", and "Hold It
Against Me". As a featured artist, the "S&M" remix also topped the
Billboard chart. Other singles, "Oops!... I Did It Again", "Toxic",
and "Scream & Shout", topped the charts in most countries. With "" in
and "Hold It Against Me" in , she became the second artist after
Mariah Carey in the Hot 's history to debut at number one with two or
more songs. Spears's self-made heavily choreographed videography is
considered a focal point to the success of her career, such as the
image-redefining music video for "I'm a Slave U". For this, she has
been awarded the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award as praise for
her provocative boundaries-pushing art in young female entertainment.
She has earned numerous awards and accolades, including a Grammy
Award; thirteen 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.
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