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Real name Britney Jean Spears professionally known as Britney Spears was born on December 2, 1981.
The American singer, songwriter, and dancer often referred to as the “Princess of Pop”, is always credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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Quick Facts
| Net Worth: | $60 Million |
| Salary: | $40 Million Per Year |
| Date of Birth: | December 2, 1981 (40 years old) |
| Place of Birth: | McComb, Mississippi, United States |
| Gender: | Female |
| Height: | 1.63 m |
| Profession: | singer, songwriter, and dancer. |
| Nationality: | United States of America |
Biography
Britney Jean Spears was born on December 2, 1981 in McComb, Mississippi & raised in Kentwood, Louisiana.
As a child, Britney attended dance classes, and she was great at gymnastics, winning many competitions and the like. But, most of all, Britney loved to sing.
At age 8, Britney tried out for The All New Mickey Mouse Club in 1989, but was turned down due to her young age.
This directed her to an off-Broadway show, “Ruthless”, for a 2-year run as the title character.
At age 11, she again tried for The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989) and, this time, made it as a mouseketeer alongside many stars of today (Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez of *NSYNC and Ryan Gosling).
Her big break, however, came when she was signed as a Jive Recording Artist in the late 90s.
With the release of her debut album, “…Baby One More Time” in early 1999, Britney became an international success, selling 13 million copies of “Baby” and 9 million (as of July 2001) of her sophomore album, “Oops!…I Did It Again”, released in May of 2000.
Family
Britney was born to Lynne Spears & Jamie Spears, she has a big brother, Bryan Spears & a little sister, Jamie Lynn Spears.
From a young age, Britney was always fixing to be a star with idols such as Madonna, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston, the young Britney could always be heard singing, no matter what else was going on around her.
Husband
In January 3rd 2004, Britney tied the knot with Jason Alexander but their marriage was annulled fast forward.
Britney Spears, in spite of her annulled marriage in 2004 went on to walk through the aisle with Californian actor and cinematographer Kevin Federline in between 2004 and 2007.
Britney’s second marriage lasted for just 3 years with two children. In June 2022, she got hitched to Sam Asghari an American actor that is up-and-coming in the TV/Film industry.
Sam was born in the country of Iran, he then migrated to the United States in the year of 2006 with his father.
Children
Britney’s sons Sean and Jayden are now 16 and 15, respectively.
The pop star, who shares her boys with ex-husband Kevin Federline, took to Instagram at the start of March to share a rare picture with her sons, explaining she doesn’t share many photos of them because they’re at the age where they “want to express their own identities.”
She said in the caption: “I’m extremely lucky because my two babies are such gentleman and so kind that I must have done something right.”
Net Worth
Britney Spears’ net worth is estimated to be about $60 million, per Forbes. Most of her assets (over $56 million) are reportedly in the forms of investments and real estate, with just under $3 million in cash.
Awards & Nominations
Britney Spears has received many awards and nominations. She was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame at age 21, making her the youngest artist in the recording industry to be awarded a star.
She has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards and six American Music Awards, winning one from each of these and she has won eight Billboard Music Awards from 21 nominations, including the Millennium Award in 2016.
Upon their release, Spears’s first two studio albums, “Baby One More Time” (1999) and Oops!… I Did It Again (2000), achieved commercial success and made her the best-selling teenage artist of all time, according to Guinness World Records.
Though both albums received mixed critical response, the former won a Billboard Music Award and a Teen Choice Award, while the latter won two Billboard Music Awards.
In 2001, Spears released her self-titled third studio album, Britney. The album earned two Grammy nominations—Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “Overprotected”.
The following year, Spears made her feature film debut with a leading role in Crossroads (2002), which was a box office success. However, the film received negative reviews from film critics, and Spears won Worst Actress at the 23rd Golden Raspberry Awards and Worst Original Song for “I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman”. Her fourth studio album, In the Zone (2003), included “Toxic”, which won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording.
In 2007, Spears released her fifth studio album, Blackout, for which she won Album of the Year at the MTV Europe Music Awards and International Album at the NRJ Music Awards.
The album was added to the library and archives of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The following year, she released her sixth album, Circus, which included the lead single “Womanizer”.
It won International Video of the Year at the 10th NRJ Music Awards. The song was also nominated for Best Dance Recording at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards and Video of the Year at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. In 2009, she released the greatest hits album The Singles Collection, and the song “3” from the album debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the seventh female artist to achieve this milestone.
In the same year, she was named the youngest female to have five number-one studio albums in the US by Guinness World Records.
At the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, Spears was awarded the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, becoming the third woman to win it.
She also won Best Pop Video for “Till the World Ends”, making her the only artist to receive this award three times.
Spears previously held the record for most Teen Choice Awards with 11 wins before being surpassed by Taylor Swift in 2011.
Britney was awarded the Icon Award by the Teen Choice Awards in 2015, Music Choice Awards in 2016, and Radio Disney Music Awards in 2017.
She also received a Vanguard Award at the GLAAD Media Awards in 2018. In 2020, Rolling Stone named her debut single “…Baby One More Time” as the greatest debut single of all time, and listed Blackout at number 441 in their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ranking.
Musical Career
Multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning pop icon Britney Spears is one of the most successful and celebrated entertainers in pop history with nearly 150 million records worldwide. In the U.S. alone, she has sold more than 70 million albums, singles and songs, according to Nielsen Music. Born in Mississippi and raised in Louisiana, Spears became a household name as a teenager when she released her first single “…Baby One More Time,” a Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 smash and international hit that broke sales records with more than 20 million copies sold worldwide and is currently 14x Platinum in the U.S.
Her musical career boasts countless awards and accolades, including seven Billboard Music Awards and Billboard’s Millennium Award, which recognizes outstanding career achievements and influence in the music industry as well as an American Music Award and the 2011 MTV Video Vanguard Award. So far, Spears has earned a total of six No.1-debuting albums on the Billboard 200 chart and 34 top 40 hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100 — four of which went to No. 1. Spears has been nominated for seven Grammy Awards and won for Best Dance Recording in 2005.
Not only has Britney’s music touched the lives of millions, but she has also used her global platform and voice to support the LGBTQ community, from the Dream Act to anti-transgender bills in Texas. As a longtime ally of the community, she most recently received GLAAD’s 2018 Vanguard Award, which is presented to media professionals who have made a significant difference in promoting equality and acceptance of LGBTQ people.
After her cutting-edge pop concert Las Vegas residency, “Britney: Piece of Me,” at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino ended in December 2017, Spears took her show on the road with a “Piece of Me” global tour in summer 2018. Britney has been creating fragrances for over ten years, and her scents are available in over 85 countries around the world.
