Biography: Britney Spears: birth name: Britney Jean Spears; born on December2, 1981 in Mississippi; height: 5 feet 4 (163 cm); Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius.
Britney was raised in Lousiana. Her parents, Lynne Irene, a former elementary school teacher, and Jamie Parnell Spears, a building contractor.
Britney has two siblings, a brother, Bryan and a sister, Jamie Lynn. Spears was an accomplished gymnast, she competed in state-level competitions as a kid. Britney also performed in local dance revues and sang in her local Baptist church choir. At age eight she auditioned for the Disney Channel series The New Mickey Mouse Club.
Britney’s debut single “Baby One More Time”, released at the end of 1998, became an instant international success; it peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and sold nine million copies worldwide. The album of the same title was released in January 1999, reaching number one on the Billboard 200. …Baby One More Time was certified diamond in the U.S. and subsequently achieving worldwide sales of 28 million copies, making it the biggest-selling album by a teenager to date.
Britney’s personal life has been making the headlines over the years probably more so than her professional life. In early 2004, she married her childhood friend Jason Allen Alexander in Las Vegas. The marriage lasted 55 hours. It ended with an annulment stating that Spears “lacked understanding of her actions to the extent that she was incapable of agreeing to marriage because before entering into the marriage the Plaintiff and Defendant did not know each others’ likes and dislikes, each others’ desires to have or not have children, and each other’s desires as to State of residency.”
In July 2004, Spears announced her engagement to Kevin Federline, three months after they met. Federline was allegedly in a relationship with Shar Jackson, who was eight months pregnant with their second child. Britney and Kevin have two boys together, Sean and Jayden James. Britney filed for divorce from Federline in November, 2006 shortly after their second son was born, citing irreconcilable differences. Their divorce was finalized in July, 2007.
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