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Britney Jean Spears English: Britney Jean Spears, born - 2 December 1981 is an American singer and dancer. Born in Mississippi and raised in Louisiana, Spears first appeared on national television as a contestant on the Star Search program in 1992 and continued to star in the Disney Channel television series, The New Mickey Mouse Club from 1993 to 1994. In 1997, Spears signed a recording contract with Jive. In 1999, she released her debut album ... Baby One More Time. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and sold over 25 million copies worldwide. Her success continued with her second album, Oops!... I Did It Again, released in 2000, which established her as a pop icon and was credited with influencing the teen pop revival of the late 1990
In 2001, she released Britney and starred in the film Crossroads. She retained creative control of her fourth studio album, In the Zone, which was released in 2003. This made her the only female artist in the Nielsen SoundScan era to have her first four albums debut at number one. Her fifth studio album, Blackout, was released in 2007. Her sixth studio album, Circus, released in 2008, also debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
According to Zomba Label Group and Sony Music, Spears has sold over 83 million records worldwide. She is ranked as the number one artist in the U.S. She has been ranked as the eighth best-selling female recording artist of the year and has shipped 32 million copies of her albums certified by the RIAA,and is currently the fifth best-selling female artist of the decade as well as the top-selling female artist in the country.Spears was also ranked in Forbes' 2009 issue as the 13th most powerful celebrity and the second highest-earning young musician of the year with earnings of $35 million in 2009.
Personal Life
Britney Spears was born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, as a Southern Baptist. Her parents are Lynne Irene and Jamie Parnell Spears. Her mother is a former elementary school teacher and her father is a former building contractor and chef. Spears has two siblings, Bryan and Jamie Lynn. Bryan Spears is married to Jamie Lynn's manager, Graciela Rivera. Spears was an accomplished gymnast. She attended gymnastics classes by the age of nine and competed in state competitions She performed in local dance revues and sang in the choir of her local Baptist church. At the age of eight, Spears enrolled in the Professional Performing Arts School in New York City. Spears's parents often argued, which resulted in their divorce in 2002.
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