Biography

Childhood and discovery

Natural to Jamie Spears & Lynne Bridges within McComb, Mississippi, USA and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears performed in local dance review & church choirs as a lassie, & was auditioning for the Disney Channel's New Mickey Mouse Club by the tender age of eight. Although she was as well immature to join the series at that instance, the producer on the indicate introduced her to a New York agent; she subsequently spent trine summers at the Agency Performing Arts School Center & besides appeared inside a total of off-Broadway productions, including 1991's Ruthless!.

Spears so returned to the Disney Channel for the spot on the Up to date Mickey Mouse Club & was accepted. She was featured for ii years between a ages of eleven & thirteen when you took a 1993 and '94 seasons. Her castmates on the indicate involved Justin Timberlake and Joshua Chasez (who down the road became members of the popular class action *NSYNC), Keri Russell (star of the TV show Felicity), Christina Aguilera, also the popular singer, & actor Ryan Gosling.

Soon, Spears got recorded the demo tape, which eventually landed in the mitts of the Jive Records executive. She was quickly signed to their label & began touring U.s. venues for the series of concerts sponsored by U.S. teenage magazines prior to joining *NSYNC & becoming their opening work. It was at this period that Spears became romantically exposed using Justin Timberlake.

1998-2001: Early commercial success

By late 1998, Spears' debut single "...Baby One More Time" was beginning to impact radio stations and MTV. Led by the music video that featured her in a schoolgirl outfit, the song became an international profits, earning Platinum sales and attend first in the U.S., also when a United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, among many more countries.

Her debut album of the equivalent title, ...Baby One More Time, topped the LP charts in Canada and the U.S. for sestet non-consecutive weeks. In a year of the record's release, the album experienced get a right-selling LP by a adolescent within history, spawned deuce U.S. top x hits (around "...Baby" & "(You Drive Me) Crazy") and shipped over ten million copies in the U.S. alone; it would last in to ship some other 4 milliin copies on top of this. Around April of 1999, she was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. a suggestive pic spread began a whirlwind of rumour that the however-seventeen-month-old experienced gotten breast implants. These claims were denied by Spears' camp, & seemed to keep close at hand little impact on the immature starlet's rising popularity.

That summertime, she inaugurate her 1st headlining tour, highborn a ...Baby One More Time Tour. By late 1999, Britney Spears experienced turn into one of a season's large stars, the claim backed-higher in the total of award nominations she received that year. Around December, she took personal quadruplet Billboard Music Awards, including Female Artist of the Year. A next year, at a American Music Awards, she was nominated for three trophies, of which she won 1: Favored Pop/Rock Up to date Artist.

At a Grammys held in February 2000, Spears received two nominations, including of these for Best New Artist. She performed her signature song "...Baby One More Time" & her so-todays only, a top twenty hit "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" at a indicate, however head home empty-handed, losing the aforesaid award to fellow ex-mouseketeer Christina Aguilera.

When a short-transitory Crazy 2K Tour and just deuce months when her debut began to die down inside steam, Spears was ready to release a lead individual off her sophmore effort. "Oops!... I Did It Again" broke a record for most radio station adds in a single day and quickly became a U.S. top tenner hit & first lone within more countries, including a U.K. & Australia.

Discharged within May 2000, Oops!... I Did It Again also debuted at number one in the U.S. & Canadthe, & was a likewise brobdingnagian hit such as her debut. It sold concluded Single.Three million units in the period of its number 1 week in the U.S., getting it the title fastest-selling album by the female creative person inside history. Inside a year of release, it got shipped concluded nine million copies in the U.S. alone (& would last in to ship some other milliin on top of that.) the record was likewise a critical profits, by owning Rolling Stone returning a album Trinity.V stars away from Quintuplet, saying "Britney's demand for satisfaction is complex, fierce and downright scary, making her a true child of rock & roll tradition,"

That summertime wwhen a second occupy a single for Spears, as she inaugurate her number 1 globe tour (titled a Oops!... We Bonk Again Globe Tour) & likewise became an author after she co-wrote the novel ''Britney Spears' Heart-to-Heart'' with her mother Lynne. At a annual MTV Video Music Awards, she gave a survive performance of "Oops!... I Did It Again" & The Rolling Stones' classic hit, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction." During her performance, she ripped off a black suit to reveal a crystal-adorned, flesh-colored stage costume that caused quite a bit of controversy, seeing as the singer was still only eighteen-years-old at the time.

Through a season, the top xxx "Lucky" and top twenty "Stronger" kept Britney on the charts. Even so, a album's previous lone "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know" was her first commercial failure. Within late 2000, she won 2 Billboard Music Awards (one of which honored her for breaking the record for seven days album sales by a female arist.) So, around early 2001, she hosted the Our contries Music Awards, performed "Stronger" at a ceremony & was besides nominated twice. At a Grammys, one of her 2 nominations was for Oops!... I personally Be intimate Once more in the category of Best Pop Vocal Album. Over again, but, she did non win.

2001-2004: Artistic development

Around early 2001, Spears performed as a section of the Super Bowl XXXV Halftime Show. A section likewise involved Aerosmith, Mary J. Blige, Nelly and *NSYNC. Shortly fallowing, she struck the $7-8 million USD promotional deal by using Pepsi; her first commercial message for a children premiered in the period of the 2001 Academy Awards. She so freed a watch-higher novel to ''Britney Spears' Heart-to-Heart, using this 1 existence entitled A Mother's Gift''.

Within September 2001, Britney again performed at a MTV Streaming video Music Awards. This instance about, she was decked inside lean outfit, drenched within 'sweat' & in the jungle stage enviorment. She lip-synched her freshly only "I'm a Slave 4 U" and danced around the stage with an albino snake. Along sustaining an additional blitz of media attention, she was likewise criticized per PETA organization for her use of brute (two a snake & quaternion chetah) as a section of her performance.

A music streaming for "Slave" manufactured its debut shortly when a controversial performace. Lone seeming to add to the ballyhoo of Spears' intimate image, the streaming video featured a singer drenched inside sweat & dance suggestively for men around a hot sauna before reaching its climax with an orgasm that featured Spears herself in the center. A intimate campaign for her fresh album wwhen non limited to her performances, all the same; great deal steamier photo-spreads ensued within such magazines as Rolling Stone & Maxim.

Within November 2001, she released her third album, Britney. It debuted at first in two a U.S. & American stock and index charts, selling on top 740,000 units when you took its number 1 week in the U.S. This mass produced her a just female creative person within SoundScan history to use her number 1 3 albums debut at first. On top 4 million copies of the record keep around been sold in the U.S. alone , & spell this is non by a blame sight moo, these numbers might not compare to the sales of her number 1 both albums. Britney as well failed to spawn any U.S. top decade hits; in point of fact, a simply successful only freed from either a album was "I'm a Slave 4 U," which became the top 30 hit. This album is as well notable for existence a foremost of which Spears really began to require a few originative control; she co-wrote 5 of the album's tracks.

At a equivalent period a album was freed, Spears placed off in her next globe tour: a Dream Within a Dream Tour. It involved the moving stage, Britney doing acrobatics and the jumbo indoor falls projecting a Britney holograph when you took its encore. while a tour was sold-out in the world, it ended badly when Britney got to cut a performance short due to unsafe weather condition, & was afterward booed by fans at the Mexico City venue. By that period, "Overprotected" and "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" were receiving international success, though they both flopped in the U.S.

Inside 2002, Spears starred in the pic, Crossroads, which reached number 2 around its number 1 week at a box-office charts, but quickly dropped from either sight. Songs from either a album Britney appeared in the film. Spears' performance was poorly-received by critics, & she netted herself the Razzie Award for Worst Actress, tied sustaining Madonna. One of a tracks from either Britney, "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman," as well won a Worst Original Song award, & within 2005 Spears was again 'honored' per Golden Raspberry judges once she was announced Worst Supporting Actress for her cameo role in the documental Fahrenheit 9/11, which showed her response to a CNN interview question by Tucker Carlson, regarding her political views when you took a so-impending 2003 invasion of Iraq:

Carlson: "A lot of entertainers have come out against the war in Iraq. Have you?

Spears: "Honestly, i believe we should good trust my president withwithin each guide he makes & should upright trend lines that, your family underst&, and exist as faithful in what happens.

In a second sour note, Spears too ended her 5-season relationship sustaining Justin Timberlake at this time. the break-higher became a super publicised event on the news & in the tabloids.

Around June 2002, Spears branched out as a restauranter by owning a opening of a Future York City eatery, NYLA; however the venture was non a profits, & the eating place closed around 2003. a few months late, she took a break from either the spotlight, & around 2003 numbers of music industry critics speculated her career was within decline. That equivalent season, Spears was nominated for 2 Grammys eventually once more, including Right Pop Vocal Album for Britney.

It would non exist as until August 2003 that Britney truly resurfaced on the music scene. That year, she appeared around possibly her virtually all controversial performance up to now by using her idol Madonna, popular contemporary Christina Aguilera & rapper Missy Elliott. Spears & Aguilera performed Madonna's classic hit "Like a Virgin," danced suggestively and then from each one locked lips with the pop icon. Around particuliar, the kiss between Madonna & Britney launched a immense media coverage that would go for months. A petting scene is very closely related the streaming videos of the individual "Me Against The Music" which became her comeback single inside 2003. A song peaked in a top Xl of the U.s.a. stock and index charts. It earned a second Billboard Music Award for Spears in the category of Hot Dance Singles Sales of the Month.

Despite a commotiin from either her MTV performance, Spears however went on brobdingnagian promotional campaign for her newly album, existence that it experienced been deuce years since her survive release. Alongside interviews & magazine exposure spreads, she too received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame a day before the release of her next record.

Around November 2003, In the Zone was released. Jettisoning a Max Martin-produced synth-pop of her earlier releases, a album took within lesser-known producers like RedZone, when well intrinsically large list as Moby and R. Kelly. Spears co-wrote eight of the album's long dozen songs & besides helped by using producing first. Zone rose straight to the top of the U.S stock and index charts inside its debut week, making Spears a exclusively female inside music history to keep around her number 1 4 albums debut at first. A record has sold complete 3 million copies in the U.S. & spawned a international first & U.S. top tenner hit "Toxic." The just smitten gold non only commercially, however likewise critically when it helped Spears win her number 1 Grammy in the category of Best Dance Recording.

In January 3, 2004, Spears married her childhood friend Jason Allen Alexander at The Little White Wedding Chapel on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. A few promptly intended for an annulment, which was granted on January 5, ending their fifty-five hour marriage.

Within March, Spears commence her 4th globe tour, a The Onyx Hotel Tour, which grossed across $34 million USD & was seen by over 600,000 fans inside Northerly United states & Europe. After, a individual "Everytime" was starting to receive radio play. When the song was a top twenty hit in the U.S., it wwhen a first profits overseas inside such countries as the U.K. & Australia. Within June, she cancelled the unexpended dates of her tour when purportedly injuring her knee when you took a cinematography of a cd for the lone "Outrageous." That same year, Spears, 22, announced her engagement to dancer Kevin Federline, 26. Federline was at one time within a relationship by owning the actress Shar Jackson, with whom he has 2 babies. On the nighttime of September 18, 2004, Spears married Federline before twenty-xxvii guests inside the personal, non-denominational ceremony at the home within Studio City, California. Spears bore the strapless, whiten silk gown by Monique Lhuillier & Federline bore the melanize black tie by Jeff Mongrel at Scott Hill. A wedding famously donned sweatsuits when a ceremony & ventured dead set an L.A. nightclub for an afterparty of drinking, dancing and full-on partying until after 2 a.m. A legitimacy of the marriage was ab initio questioned, however in November 18, 2004 a representative of the Los Angeles County registrar's professional confirmed Spears & Federline experienced by having success filed their wedding licence with a county inside x times of their ceremony & were so legally married.

2004 - present: "Career hiatus"

When you took the latter half of 2004, Spears announced she would become ingesting a second career break sequentially to begin a personal. Though she stopped making several public appearances, a 'Britney Spears industry' seemed to prove my point going itself.

Within September 2004, she released her foremost fragrance, "Curious" (the flowered scent using vanilla & musk), for which she earned a reported $12 million USD. A fragrance experienced a large debut inside sales within history from either Elizabeth Arden, breaking a record for foremost-week gross for the perfume; when of these month of sales, the product has netted to a higher degree $100 million USD. Additionally, a perfume ended higher when a first fragrance of 2004 inside emporium, & within 2005, "Curious" was honored per Fragrance Foundation, naming it Right Women's Fragrance.

Below a succes of "Curious," Spears freed her next Elizabeth Arden fragrance, "Fantasy," around September 2005.

In November 9, 2004, Spears released her number 1 hits collection: Greatest Hits: My Prerogative. A album debuted at total quaternity on the U.S. stock and index charts (becoming Spears' number 1 album to non debut at number one domestically), selling all all over 255,000 copies around its first week of release; since hitting shelves, the placed has sold over a million copies in the States. Spears as well notched higher the biggest-selling 1st week for the greatest hits compilation by a female creative person inside U.K. chart history (115,341 copies).

A collection includes tons of her large hits, like "...Baby One More Time," "Oops!... I Did It Again," "I'm A Slave 4 U" & "Toxic," too when 2 newly songs & the handle of Bobby Brown's "My Prerogative," which was featured as a lead only. Another individual, one of them recently tracks entitled "Do Somethin'," was released around early 2005.

In December 29, 2004, Spears did a survive locate on the KIIS FM radio station in the U.S., stating her next album was already half done & that it would become known as The Original Doll, appropriately plenty for her ever-changing image. In addition, fallowing a locate, a supposed 1st only "Mona Lisa" was played. She announced a album would probably exist as call at the late spring or even early summertime of 2005. Swing music down the road freed the statement saying that her next album would non become freed until at least 2006.

In May 17, 2005 Spears' reality show with husband Kevin Federline, entitled Britney and Kevin: Chaotic, premiered on UPN. Around aggregate, a series involved 5 episodes that debuted hebdomadally each Tuesday at 9PM ET/PT higher until a hour-long finale in June 14, 2005. Each Federline & Spears come credited when executive producers.

A series consists in the main of home videos created by Federline and Spears, along using a select few added comment, beginning by using their courting when you took a European leg of Spears' Onyx Hotel Tour within spring 2004, & ending using their marriage that September. A series averaged astir three million viewers by the episode in the U.S.; despite this existence higher than a common UPN indicate, a media marked the series as a flop. Still, a indicate fared quite swell around more areas of a globe, including the U.K.

A music cd for Spears' next individual, "Someday (I Will Understand)," premiered after a U.S. year finale of Chaotic. A track is an ode to Britney's so-unborn foremost little one. In September 14, 2005, she gave birth to a 6lb. 11oz. young child son inside the Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, California by a caesarean section. He has been known as Sean Preston Federline.

It has recently been confirmed that the freshly remix album from Britney, coroneted Remixed, is due for release in November 22, 2005. Based on data from Billboard.com, "And Then We Kiss" is set to be released as the first single.

Controversy

Spears' profits has rested in the mixed fanbase. A bit of parents of immature girl keep around ambivalent or veto feelings towards Britney Spears. To numerous critics, the singer has combined the super raunchy public image sustaining a major marketing "play" for even the hearts, minds & pockets of prepubertal girls, typically when young when sevener or eight. the sexualization of such girls is arguably a trend that is seeable elsewhere within popular culture, for instance in the film and fashion industries.

This has raised a wonder of how else convenient girls or even immature teens should move from either childhood towards an early emotional adolescence. A few parents will worry that Britney Spears will bring an unsuitable model for their girl' resides & career plans.

Within October 2003, Maryland First Lady Kendel Ehrlich, the married woman of Governor Robert Ehrlich, was criticized for saying she would prefer to "shoot Britney Spears" around an location to the domestic violence conference. Fallowing her comments processed national newspaper headline, she was compelled to apologize.

the sexualized public image of Britney Spears again became a topic of debate following of her 2003 semi-nude photo spread for the men's magazine, Esquire. Prompted by this, Playboy reportedly offered the star above the million USD to pose nude for their magazine. Spears has publicly declined a offer.

One of a extra commons criticisms linked by owning Spears is that of lip-synching; she is often seen doing such at her concert tours & award indicate performances. Virtually all critics & musicians (at least publically) express the blackball see on this way of performing, arguing that survive amusement should literally become what it suggests, singing involved. Occasionally argue that Britney, prefer more performing artist, potty't practically sing when existence engaged around complicated & demanding dance moves. when well, a select few watch it as little different than lip-synching around music video cd, which is standard. Besides, defenders may distinguish between lip-synching to 1's have pre-recorded music (which is widely conceded) & lip-synching to music sung totally by others (which is denied & disputed).

A 2004 Onyx Hotel Tour brought new criticism. When Spears & her in-stage dancers performed her songs "Touch of My Hand" and "Breathe on Me," it were on the face of it bare & were performing expressed routines simulating gay sex, orgies and masturbation. Given that a bit of minor fans were in a audience, there was a few outrage at the deficiency of subtlety of the performances, & there were reports of grownup chaperon angrily storming retired large it bring back the concert.

When jeune fille rarely locatiwithin this debate in the equivalent terms when their parents, several come divided on whether it assume Britney Spears appealing, especially in the weak of further recent developments in her career.

For her section, Spears has responded to their concerns by stating she is "not their babysitter. It's the parents' responsibility. If you don't like it, turn the T.V. off. The only person I want to be a role model is to my sister, Jamie Lynn." (''From ABC's Primetime interview using Diane Sawyer'').

A criticisms leveled against Spears come similar to people Madonna received at the start of her career. Indeed, Madonna's early fans belonged to the similar demographic to Spears' todays fanbase. Spears' indicate-stealing kiss by using Madonna at a 2003 MTV Video Music Awards received much media attention, when use at times her recent marriages. Her provocative image &, ironically, ostensibly down-to-earthy personality use two equally contributed to her profits. Several own equated Spears to the immature Madonna.

Around commons by owning the total of more popular female numbers inside entertainment industry, Britney Spears' personal life has attracted considerable media attention. Indeed, the few humans sense she has courted it by cultivating around her early years, at least, a chaste, God-devout & "wholesome" image somewhat contradictory, non merely by owning a traditional pressures, temptations & chance of "pop 'n' roll," however by owning a more and more sexualized content of her have songs. Disregarding of in which a responsibility for a gossip industry surrounding the popular star lies, Spears' public response has been to repeatedly express ruefulness & rancor at a intrusive media coverage.

Career achievements

According to VH1's special "The Fabulous Life Of... Britney & Kevin", Spears has sold over seventy-six million records worldwide. Having thirty-1 million RIAA-certified albums in the U.S., Spears ranks when a eighth right-selling female creative person within U.s. Music history. *Only female creative person around SoundScan history to own her 1st 3 albums debut at total-1 on the Billboard 200 chart. She so broke her have record whilst her quaternary album debuted at total-a single. In a U.S., Spears, Madonna, Céline Dion, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Shania Twain and the Dixie Chicks are the single female creative person sustaining multiple diamond (shipped assibilate ten million copies) albums (Spears has 2: ...Baby One More Time and Oops!... I Did It Again). In a U.S., Spears, Mary J. Blige, Tori Amos, Céline Dion, Janet Jackson, Madonna, Mariah Carey, LeAnn Rimes, Jennifer Lopez and Barbra Streisand are the only female artists to have had five or more top-ten debuts on the Billboard 200. Artist by using a virtually all retired video in TRL U.S. by using the aggregate of 15. Broke a record for even immature creative person (at age 17) to keep close at hand his or her number 1 individual ("...Baby One More Time") reach number-one on the Billboard Hot 100. Broke a record for even immature creative person (at age 17) to stand his or her number 1 lone ("...Baby One More Time") & foremost album (...Tots A single Additional Period) at the same time email total-of these on the Hoarding stock and index charts. ...Little Of these One Extra Instance is the right-selling album by the stripling within history. "...Baby One More Time" is the twenty-for best-selling single of all time in the U.K. Holds the record for large number one-week album sales by a female creative person within history (I.Three million copies) for Oops!... We Eff Once again. Broke the record in the UK for large foremost-week sales for the greatest hits compilation by a female creative person (115,341 copies) sustaining Greatest Hits: My Prerogative. Has grossed across $145 million USD from either tour ticket sales. Broke the record for number one-week gross for a fragrance by owning "Curious." Has returned prominence to the soubrette, after the decade of 'power prima donna' singing, lead by Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Céline Dion, Taylor Dayne and Patti Labelle. Has grossed across $30 million USD around product from either her number one tour to her previous.

Trivia

Britney's sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, is currently starting the career as an entertainer in the Nickelodeon shows All That and Zoey 101; Britney herself wrote the theme song "Follow Me" for Zoey 101, though these are sung by Jamie Lynn. Zoey 101 drew record figures by owning a premiere of a indicate which gave the children channel Single.6 million viewers age 9-14 — its large viewership thereinside demographic for the premiere in eight years. Her brother, Bryan Spears, is one of her co-managers. Britney's parents, Lynne & Jamie, use divorced. One of Spears' right friends, Jenny, was in the stillborn girl-class action Innosense. Spears was too a member of the class action, however she left & debuted as a solo creative person prior to the band freed their number one record. One of Britney's nighest friends is Felicia Culotta, her helper. Is an accomplished gymnast (she did a backflip for the "...Baby One More Time" video and several for the New Mickey Mouse Club). In 2001, her supposed death in a car crash was announced on a radio by ii Texas DJs as a joke; the radio station was afterwards sued. Spears publicly declared that she was the virgin early in her career, however fallowing her split from either Justin Timberlake he revealed that this was no elongated avowedly. Spears hwhen been quoted as locution, "I thought he was the one". In 2002, Forbes named Spears the virtually all mighty celebrity in the globe. For a film Chicago, producer Harvey Weinstein wanted Spears for the role that eventually attend Lucy Liu. Britney was as well offered the role inside Scary Movie but was forced to turn it down, due to concert programming. She was considered for the a portion of Allie Hamilton in The Notebook, but was beat retired by Rachel McAdams. Spears was likewise beat retired for the role of Daisy Duke in the Dukes of Hazzard remake by fellow pop music singer Jessica Simpson. Is a good friend of Sarah Michelle Gellar and was asked to appear in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode I Was Mass produced to Love That you. She may not come out due to programming conflicts & a role at length attend Shonda Farr who also did the voice in the ''Britney's Dance Beat video game. Topped FHM'' magazine's 2004 U.S. & globe polls for sexiest woman. In May 2004 Spears had the Hebrew tattoo (מהש) inked into a nucha of her neck. She was under a impression that it intended "new era", when the other scholarly reading would exist as "protection". The source said, "She's taken Kabbalah pretty seriously and this was a big deal for her." This echoes the similar incident within 2003 when Spears was informed by her friend, actress Taryn Manning, that her hip tattoo (the Japanese Kanji character 奇) read "strange" like than "mysterious" (watch [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A5%87 Wiktionary]). In September 2004, Forbes estimated Spears' nett worth at $123 million USD. Cites Marilyn Monroe as one of her idols. Has hosted Saturday Night Live twice and been the musical guest 3 days.

Discography

Please view Britney Spears' discography.

Filmography

|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! Season !! Film/Show !! Role !! More notes |- | Nineties || Ruthless! ||   || Off-Broadway |- | 1993/1994 || The New Mickey Mouse Club || Herself ||   |- | 1999 || Longshot || Flight Attendant || Cameo |- | 2002|| Crossroads || Lucy Wagner ||   |- | 2002 || Austin Powers in Goldmember || Herself || Cameo |- | 2007 || In the Pink || Drew Heart || Pre-production |- |}

Miscellaneous

Books

|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! Month !! Book |- | 2000 || ''Britney Spears' Heart-to-Heart |- | 2001 || A Mother's Gift |- | 2002 || Stages |- | 2003 || Britney Spears' Crossroads Diary |- |}

DVDs

|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! Season !! DVD !! U.S. peak !! U.S. certification |- | 1999 || Time Out with Britney Spears ||   || 3x Platinum |- | 2001 || Britney Spears - Live and More! || #4 || 3x Platinum |- | 2001 || Britney - The Videos || #1 (Debut/2 weeks) || 2x Platinum |- | 2002 || Live from Las Vegas || #1 (Debut/6 weeks) || 2x Platinum |- | 2004 || In the Zone || #1 (Debut/1 week) || Platinum |- | 2004 || Greatest Hits: My Prerogative || #1 (Debut/?? week[s]) || 2x Platinum |- |}

Select merchandise

In 1999, Play Along Toys released the Britney Spears Doll. It became one of a biggest-selling dolls ever. Britney's Dance Beat is a dance game featuring five of her songs, for the PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance.

Tours

|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! Season !! Tour |- | 1998 || Hair Zone Mall Tour |- | 1998 || Open higher for *NSYNC |- | 1999 || ...Baby One More Time Tour |- | 2000 || Crazy 2K Tour |- | 2000 || Oops!... I personally Have intercourse Once again Globe Tour |- | 2001/2002 || Dream Within a Dream Tour |- | 2004 || The Onyx Hotel Tour'' |- |}