Early life and career debut
Britney Spears was born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana as a Southern Baptist. Her parents are Lynne Irene (née Bridges), a former elementary school teacher, and Jamie Parnell Spears, a building contractor. Spears's brother Bryan works as a manager for the Spears family interests and her sister Jamie Lynn is an actress and singer. Her maternal grandmother Lillian Woolmore-Portell was an English war-bride of Italian-Maltese descent , born in Tottenham, London who met Spears's grandfather Barnett O'Field Bridges in England during World War II. Her paternal grandparents were June Austin Spears and Emma Jean Forbes.
Spears was an accomplished gymnast, attending gymnastics classes until age nine and competing in state-level competitions. She performed in local dance revues and sang in her local Baptist church choir. Spears entered New York City's Professional Performing Arts School when she was eight. At age eight she auditioned for the Disney Channel ser
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Early Life And Career Debut
Britney Spears was born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana as a Southern Baptist. Her parents are Lynne Irene (née Bridges), a former elementary school read more...
1998–2000: ...Baby One More Time And Oops!... I Did It Again
Spears's debut single "...Baby One More Time", which was released in October 1998, peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in January 1999, and topped the chart read more...
2001–2003: Britney, Crossroads, And In The Zone
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 read more...
2004–2005: Marriages, First Child And Compilation Albums
Spears married childhood friend Jason Allen Alexander on January 3, 2004, at The Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. The marriage lasted 55 hours, ending with an annulment read more...
2006–2007: Personal Struggles, Second Child, Divorce, And Blackout
In 2006, Spears guest-starred on the Will & Grace episode "Buy, Buy Baby" as a closeted lesbian. Her performance drew criticism from conservative Christian groups. Spears announced read more...
2008–present
On the evening of January 3, 2008, after not sleeping for over four days police were called to Spears's home after she refused to relinquish custody of her children to Federline's read more...
Maury Dean, Author Of Rock-N-Roll Gold Rush (2003)
Maury Dean, author of Rock-N-Roll Gold Rush (2003) documented that Spears has an alto vocal range. Rami Yacoub, who co-produced Spears's debut album with its songwriter and lyricist read more...
Choreography
Joan Anderman of The Boston Globe cited Madonna and Janet Jackson as two of Spears's biggest influences", commenting that Spears adopted Madonna's "Truth or Dare"-era moves" and read more...
Live Performances
Kevin Johnson of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that his review of Spear's concert performance of her Oops!... I Did It Again World Tour in July 2000, garnered mix reactions. read more...
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears first appeared on national read more...