Celebrity Biographies - Britney Spears

Britney Spears was born Britney Jane Spears. She is a well known American pop singer and performer. Her talents also include song writing, acting and dancing. Some of her biggest hits are Baby One More Time, Oops! I did it again etc. Her more recent album "Toxic" has received a Grammy Award.

Britney Spears was born on December 2, 1981 at McComb, Mississippi. Britney's dad James is in construction and her mom Lynne Irene is a school teacher. Her brother is managing the merchandising part of the "Britney Spears Empire."

Britney Spears trained a gymnast at an early age and even competed on the state level. She also often performed in her church's choir. When she first auditioned for the Mickey Mouse Club (Disney Channel), she was rejected on account of being young. It was then that one of the Disney Channel producers referred her to an agent in New York. Britney Spears latter attended the Professional Performing Arts School for three years.

Britney Spears' debut music album "Baby One More" was released in the year of 1998. The title song soon hit number one both in the U.S. and in the U.K. The success of the song and the album itself was greatly due to the popularity of the music video of "... Baby One More Time." Britney Spears was wearing a shortened school uniform and danced provocatively. The album proved to be a major hit and went on to sell more than 1.5 million copies in the first week, and the total came in at over 9 million.

She soon released her second album "Oops! I did it again" which became a similar success selling millions of copies.

By this time she had become a pop icon. Pepsi signed her for a multimillion dollar deal.