Britney Jean Spears (born December
2, 1981) is a Grammy Award-winning American pop singer,
dancer, actress, author and songwriter. She is best
known for her studio albums, music videos, and songs
such as "...Baby One More Time", "Oops!...I Did It
Again", "I'm a Slave 4 U" and the Grammy Award-winning
"Toxic". Spears has sold over seventy-six million
records worldwide according to TIME magazine.[1] Having
sold over 31 million albums in the U.S., Spears ranks as
the eighth best-selling female artist in American music
history.
Spears first came to fame as a member of the Mickey
Mouse Club in the early 1990s, after which she took a
five-year break from entertainment. She subsequently
emerged at the forefront of the pop music scene in early
1998, thanks to her debut album, ...Baby One More Time,
which was crafted by Swedish producer-songwriter Max
Martin. Her second album, Oops!...I Did It Again, was
released the following year. In the early 2000s, Spears'
success as a singer led her way to high-profile
advertising deals and endorsements, as well as forays
into other forms of media, including film and reality
television. Her third and fourth albums, Britney and In
The Zone, were released during this era and included
more artistic input from Spears.
In 2004, she married dancer and aspiring rap artist
Kevin Federline and the following year she gave birth to
their son, Sean Preston. Their second son, Jayden James,
was born in 2006. Eight weeks after the birth of her
second child, Spears filed for divorce from Federline,
citing irreconcilable differences.
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