Britney Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. 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 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' before she turned 20,
and garnered honorific titles including the "Princess of Pop"
-Wikipedia
Birth Name: Britney Jean Spears
Born: December 2, 1981 (age 42)
Height: 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Parents: Lynne Spears
Siblings: Jamie Lynn Spears
Bryan Spears
Spouse(s): Jason Alexander (m. 2004)
Kevin Federline (m. 2004-06)
Children: Sean Federline
Jayden James Federline
Genre(s):
Dance-pop,
electropop,
pop
Instrument(s):
Piano,
vocals
Active From: 1992-present
Associated Acts:
Innosense,
Madonna,
'N Sync
Awards:
MTV Europe Awards: Best Female Artist (2004)
Teen Choice Awards: Single, Toxic (2004)
Razzie Awards: Worst Actress, CROSSROADS (2003)
Teen Choice Awards: Choice Hottie Female & Choice Female Artist (2002)
Pepsi Awards: Peoples Choice Best Female (2001)
Teen Choice Awards: Choice Female Artist (2001)
American Music Awards: Best New Artist (2000)
American Music Awards: Best New Artist (2000)
Billboard Awards: Album Artist of the Year, Oops I Did It Again (2000)
Capital London Awards: London's Favorite International Female (2000)
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards: Favorite Female Singer (2000)
Teen Choice Awards: Choice Hottie Female & Choice Female Artist (2000)
MTV Europe Music Awards: Best Female, Best Pop, Best Breakthrough Artist, and Best Song for Baby One More Time (1999)
Billboard Awards: Female Artist of the Year, New Artist of the Year (1999)
Bravo Gold Awards: Best International Female Vocalist (1999)
Golden Bravo Otto Awards: Best Liked Artist of 1999 (1999)
M6 / Mellier Premier Clip, France for Baby One More Time (1999)
MTV Europe Awards: Best Breakthrough Artist (1999)
MTV Europe Awards: Best Female Artist (1999)
MTV Europe Awards: Best Pop Artist (1999)
MTV Europe Awards: Best Pop Single, Baby One More Time (1999)
Much Music Awards, Canada: Best International Artist (1999)
Smash Hits Poll Winners, England: Best Dancer (1999)
Smash Hits Poll Winners, England: Best Dressed Female (1999)
Smash Hits Poll Winners, England: Best Female Hair (1999)
Smash Hits Poll Winners, England: Best Female Solo Artist (1999)
Smash Hits Poll Winners, England: Most Fanciable Female (1999)
Teen Choice Awards: Choice Music Single, Baby One More Time (1999)
Quotes:
"I love London. I have to get a place there. It's the one place I feel anonymous. I just love it. When I'm not working that's where I feel at home. I love the clothes, the shops - I try to stay as near to the shops as I can. I love Knightsbridge in London and Harvey Nichols is such a cool shop."
Saying about Christina Aguilera in an American magazine: "She comes up to me in a club in front of all these people and tries to put her tongue down my throat!" I say, "It's good to see you," and she goes, "Well, you're not being real with me." I was like, "Well, Christina, what's your definition of real? Going up to girls and kissing them after you haven't seen them for two years?"
On her relationship with Madonna: "Maybe she was my husband in another life."
"(Parents) should not be concerned (if their children want to copy her) because they should trust their kids and believe in their kids."
On what effect her steamy performances have on kids: "It's a visual thing. That's why I'm here right now, because I dreamed of these moments. Kids need that. If they don't dream, they have what?"
"I feel comfortable in my skin. ... I used to run around my house naked when I was 13."
"I'm not at all wild. Maybe I need to get out and see the world a little bit."
About Madonna: "I don't listen to anybody. Nobody can tell me anything. I'm stubborn. If somebody tells me not to do something, I do it. But I do listen to Madonna. For some reason I listen to her. I know that sounds really silly. It's nice to have somebody just to ask questions to. She's a visual artist and a deep artist as well. I like the way she thinks. I wish I could be inside her head. I like Madonna's career, and what she's done with her family."
About her former lover, singer Justin Timberlake: "I'll always have feelings for Justin. OK, not feelings for him, but he'll always have a special place in my heart."
About losing her virginity: "I've only slept with one person my whole life. It was two years into my relationship with Justin (Timberlake), and I thought he was the one. But I was wrong! I didn't think he was gonna go on Barbara Walters and sell me out."
About her breakup with singer Justin Timberlake: "The most painful thing I've ever experienced was that breakup," Spears says. "We were together so long and I had this vision. You think you're going to spend the rest of your life together. Where I come from, the woman is the homemaker, and that's how I was brought up -- you cook for your kids. But now I realize I need my single time."
"Three weeks ago I was with a psychoanalyst. He explained things about my love life that I found very impressive, almost scary."
"He (the shrink) said I had a problem with closeness and intimacy, that I was afraid of letting myself fall for someone and of being hurt."
It threw me off track. He was my first love." (about Justin Timberlake
"But then who is really interested in whether I have had sex or not? It's nobody's business. I'm no different to any other 20-year-old apart from my celebrity."
"I have lost my innocence - you grow up faster in the spotlight of show business."
"I have never tried to hide who I really am but until a year ago, I wanted to be someone else."
"I was too nice, too sweet, everyone's darling. That was a mistake. I experiment and I have no problem with nudity or sex."
"When you're comfortable with someone you love, the silence is the best."
"Justin [Timberlake] is everything, and what more could you want in a person? He's funny. He's cute. He's great. He just understands. I get him and he gets me, and that's cool." - Teen People. February 2001.
"I'm attracted to guys who are really confident and make conversation." YM Magazine.
"Marry Prince William? I would love that. After all, who wouldn't want to be a princess?"