Britney Jean Spears was born in rural Kentwood,
Louisiana on December 2, 1981 to Jamie and Lynne
Spears, a building contractor and second grade
teacher. Britney has one older brother, Byran Spears
born in April 1977 and one younger sister, Jamie
Lynn Spears, born in 1991. As a child, Britney
started out taking ballet and basic tumbling
classes. Soon she was enrolled in a gymnastics class
where she excelled in floor exercises and the uneven
bars. Britney went on to compete at state level
competitions and won several titles. She also joined
a dance company which toured the state competing in
solo and group dance competitions. As far as her
musical talents, Britney sang in her church choir
and was a young contestant of Star Search. At age 8,
Britney tried out for Mickey Mouse Club (1989), but
was turned down due to her young age. As luck would
have it, a producer from the Mickey Mouse Club
thought that Britney had a lot of talent and advised
her mother to take Britney to New York and obtain an
agent for her. Britney then spent the next three
summers in New York, studying at the Off-Broadway
Dance Center and Professional Performing Arts
School. She starred in an off-Broadway show,
Ruthless, for a 2-year run as the title character.
At age 11, she again tried for Mickey Mouse Club.
Britney Spears ended up as the youngest cast member;
she won the part after Jessica Simpson choked on the
last question during the final audition. After two
years on the Mickey Mouse Club, the show disbanded
and she returned home to attend high school. Britney
attended Park Lane Academy for one year, a private
school in McComb, Mississippi until October 1994.
The rest of her high school studies were completed
with the help of private tutors.
Britney Spears was signed as a Jive Recording Artist
in the late 90s. The release of her debut album,
"...Baby One More Time" in early 1999 made her an
international success. Britney starred in a series
of Pepsi commercials in 2001 which netted her
upwards of $10,000,000 million. On November 17,
2003, Britney Spears received a star on the
Hollywood Walk of fame. She is tied with Melissa
Gilbert as the youngest person to have ever accepted
a Walk of Fame star. FHM's ranked Britney Spears as
the #1 Sexiest Woman in the World in May 2004.
Britney is the first woman to have four albums go
straight to number one on the American charts. She
has also had roles in three movies to date, her
restaurant Nyla opened in June 2002, and her perfume
"Curious" was one of the best selling fragrances of
2004. She has written 2 books about herself, one
written with her mom.
Britney Spears met Justin Timberlake during their
time on the Micky Mouse Club. They dated from 1998
to 2002. On January 3, 2004, Spears married
childhood friend Jason Alexander at the Little White
Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. According to a
statement released by her record label, they had
taken "a joke too far," and the marriage was
annulled two days later on January 5, 2004. A few
months later, in June 2004, Britney became engaged
to her former back-up dander Kevin Federline. They
were married later that year on September 18.
Britney is now stepmother to Federline's two
children. She is reportedly considering the idea of
taking her husband Kevin Federline's surname, which
would change her last name from Spears to Federline.
Britney recently wrote a "letter of truth" to her
fans which was published on her official website,
telling her fans that she needed to take a hiatus
from her career to concentrate on her marriage with
her new husband Kevin Federline and start a family
with him.
Evidently her new focus has paid off for her as she
announced in April, 2005, that she is pregnant with
her first child. She gave birth to her first child,
Sean Preston Federline, in September, 2005, but
there have been reports of marital difficulties
between her and Federline as he has been seen out
partying til late hours while she stays home with
the baby.
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