History Music / BritneySpears

!!This singer provides examples of:

* DreamTeam: Music/LadyGaga, Music/{{Kesha}}, Music/NickiMinaj, the Yin Yang Twins, Madonna, Music/JustinTimberlake, Music/ChristinaAguilera, Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Bloodshy & Avant, William Orbit, Elizabeth Arden, and many, many more.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: "Touch Of My Hand"; is about appreciating self-love in the absence of one's partner, specifically written by Spears because she felt there weren't enough songs for girls on the topic.
** "Don't Hang Up", "Phonography", and "I Wanna Go" also apply.

* BareYourMidriff: Is quite famous for midriff-baring since 1998 and continues today; was once considered "controversial" because of it.

** "...Baby One More Time" and "Oops!...I Did It Again" in the title tracks.

** In the ''Circus'' track on her sixth album. "All eyes on me in the center of the ring just like a ''Circus''."

** Music/KatyPerry co-wrote a song called "Passenger" featured on Spears' 8th album Britney Jean.

* AuthorVocabularyCalendar / VerbalTic / LyricalTic / ArcWords: You'd be amazed by how often she says [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omqGT9L76hs "crazy" and "baby"]].

%%* MsFanservice: In work and personal life.

* NonAppearingTitle: "Me Against The Music" was originally titled "In The Zone"; while the song was renamed, the album it was featured on was titled ''In The Zone'' and the title appears as a spoken ad-lib.
** ''Blackout'' doesn't feature the word, or any references to "blacking out."

** Used in her unreleased track "Baby Boy" and in her 2001 tour performances of "Born To Make You Happy".

%%* PluckyGirl: Especially after 2002!

* SequelSong: "Now That I Found You" for "When I Found You", "My Baby" for "Someday", and of course "Stronger" for "...Baby One More Time". Her albums "Britney" and "Britney Jean" sort of serve as personal bookends.

* EvilStoleMyFaith: A Christian for most of her life, but the years under her father's Conservatorship and the rest of her family essentially turning their to backs her, caused her to lose faith altogether.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Kevin Federline and Adnan the creepy paparazzo aside, she sang of this in ''Toxic'' and ''Criminal''.

* AudienceShift: Her audience was originally pre-teens and teenagers her age, then. We all just grew up with her!

* BareYourMidriff: Is quite famous for doing this since 1998 and continues today; was once considered "controversial" because of it.

* BadassBoast: "Piece Of Me": "No wonder there's panic in the industry, I mean, please!" and "Miss American Dream since I was seventeen". Hot As Ice's key lyric is: "Living legend, you can look but don't touch!". The producer of "Gimme More" announces "The legendary Miss Britney Spears" at the end of the song. "Toy Soldier" features the line: "Coming back looking delicious, yes I know you wanna kiss it". "Work Bitch" can be seen as one Badass Boast considering she already has all of the luxury and riches she sings of and is in a position to tell others they should work for the same. Also stated, when asked if she was ashamed of her prior music, all of it "fucking rocks!".
* BuxomIsBetter: Britney was always a tad bit controversial even back in her "glory years" for revealing attire, with detractors claiming she only became famous because she was a well-endowed, attractive woman rather than because of any talent she may have as a musician. (But then again any musician who is known for sex appeal has been accused of this.)

* FullNameUltimatum: She herself has said that when her parents got angry at her, they'd call her "Britney Jean".

* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Began partying frequently in 2001-2002, partied hard with Paris Hilton after her divorce in 2006 and continued for most of 2007. Infamously partied with Diddy the night before her 2007 VMA performance, with some choosing to blame her clubbing for her failed performance after.

* HatesBeingAlone: Is never single for very long, and she said she was a "go-er" when in mental and emotional trouble, doing anything to stay busy. She loves her friends and family dearly and is close with her childhood friends. This is also a common theme in her music, in songs like "Lucky" and "Alien."

* NiceGirl: Very, very few negative anecdotes, remembers fans after concerts, follows them on Twitter, tweets at them on occasion, was brought to tears when one gave her a framed poem about what she meant. Pink, Ke$ha, Hilary Duff, Mary J Blige, Robyn, all her producers and collaborators, and almost everyone who's ever met/worked with her have always called her "sweet" and/or "shy" as well as highly professional. She even had nothing negative to say about Music/{{Eminem}}, who was famous for dissing her in 2000, defending his comments as part of his act and reminding his critics that he was "[[MeanCharacterNiceActor a really cool, sweet guy]]" in real life.

* NoodleIncident: At her December 30, 2013 Las Vegas show, she led *NSYNC's Lance Bass around on a leash. He thanked her for leading him "around like a kitty. Totally like old times."

* SanitySlippage: During her tragic breakdown from 2007-2008.

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Hates being alone, thus always seems to want a good man who's not threatened by her power, and isn't a cheater.

* TrueCompanions: She has stayed friends with the same set of people since she was a child. Noted in her "Live And More!" and For The Record documentaries. "Chillin With You" and "I Will Be There" discuss this.

''[[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere Don't describe Britney Spears here!]] [[MemeticMutation LEAVE HER ALONE!]]''

Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a pop star who rose to fame in 1998 off of the success of her debut single "...Baby One More Time". She also had many immensely successful singles and iconic moments in her career. Known for her catchy, dramatic, electronic-focused, deep and edgy pop music. She also has a CashCowFranchise set up because of her.

You may know her from her hit songs such as "...Baby One More Time", "Oops!...I Did It Again", "I'm a Slave 4 U", "Me Against the Music", "Toxic", "Gimme More", "Womanizer", "3", "Hold It Against Me", "Till the World Ends", "[[Music/WillIAm Scream & Shout]]" and "Work Bitch". Britney has also inspired many female singers of the 00's with the likes of Music/LadyGaga, Music/MarinaDiamandis, Music/CarlyRaeJepsen, Sky Ferreira, Music/EllieGoulding, Music/{{Kesha}}, Music/LanaDelRey, Music/MileyCyrus, Music/CharliXCX, Music/KatyPerry, Music/BillieEilish and Music/PixieLott all citing her as a big influence in their music and career choices.

A former member of the 90s revival of ''Series/TheMickeyMouseClub'', Britney was the first, and ultimately the poster girl, for [[TheNineties the late '90s]] wave of {{boy band}}s and [[IdolSinger female solo artists]]. Part of her rise came from the exploitation of her sexuality, as the seventeen year old Britney flaunted her lolita looks with [[CatholicSchoolGirlsRule school girl outfits]] and [[LatexSpaceSuit tight red leather catsuits]], while [[ContractualPurity still having]] an [[TheIngenue image of innocence]]. Interestingly, Spears orchestrated many of her most controversial moments, including choosing a high school setting for her first music video, and unbuttoning her t-shirt for her '99 Rolling Stone cover. She did two promo tours in 1998, in a mall and one with Music/{{NSYNC}}. She did four tours in four years, starting with "...Baby One More Time" tour and ending in DreamWithinADream.

Her albums and singles sales total in the millions, and her music videos gained constant rotation on Creator/{{MTV}}; she made numerous, well-received guest spots on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' as both host and musical guest while most of her MTV VMA performances are considered some of the most controversial and memorable, most specifically her strip-tease performance of "Oops!...I Did It Again", dancing with a snake for "I'm A Slave 4 U", and lip-locking with Madonna, among other things. She had a hit movie (''Film/{{Crossroads|2002}}'') and received 2 Grammy nominations (for Best New Artist in 1999 and Best Pop Vocal Performance in 2002) and won a UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for "Toxic" in 2005, along with a multitude of sold out world tours under her belt. In early 1999, Spears started dating Music/JustinTimberlake after being reunited with him on tour. The two broke up in March 2002, after three years together, much to the delight of the tabloids. Britney soon received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003.

At the height of her fame in the early [=2000s=], "Britney" was more-or-less synonymous with "IdolSinger", to the point that the entertainment press regularly used "The Next Britney" as shorthand for "The next big thing". In an interesting footnote in pop music history, Britney's popularity inspired a small wave of female singer-songwriters who were marketed by record labels as [[SpiritualAntithesis "The Anti-Britney"]], since they knew that Spears' popularity had to peak sometime. While Spears was known for her blonde supermodel looks, her peppy and colorful stage persona, and her sexually charged lyrics and choreography, the Anti-Britneys tended to be dark-haired women who played their own instruments, and generally favored a more minimalistic sound with introspective lyrics. There were a lot of them, but Music/VanessaCarlton, Music/MichelleBranch and Music/AvrilLavigne are probably the best-known.

In 2004, Britney's personal life entered a downward spiral, with the media reporting every detail. Britney had an impulse marriage to a childhood friend in Las Vegas which was quickly annulled after just 55 hours. This was followed by a whirlwind romance to backup dancer Kevin Federline. The pair married months after meeting while Federline's ex-girlfriend (''Series/{{Moesha}}'' star Shar Jackson) was still pregnant with his second child. The public and media widely believed Spears was too good for Federline and that he made her "trashy". A {{reality TV}} series in 2005 (''Britney & Kevin: Chaotic'') was created in an effort to combat the waves of bad publicity surrounding their relationship. Viewership started off strong but gradually declined over the show's run and ironically, only adding to the media craze around her.

Though she ultimately divorced Federline in 2006, shortly after the birth of her second child, it culminated in a rather public [[CreatorBreakdown mental breakdown]] that resulted in Britney night-partying heavily with Paris Hilton & Lindsay Lohan, [[ImportantHaircut shaving her head]], and checking into rehab twice. She was sent back and completed a month in rehab, but continued to spiral out of control. She gave a universally panned performance of her single "Gimme More" at the 2007 MTV [[UsefulNotes/MTVVideoMusicAward Video Music Awards]] that was followed by her losing custody of her kids for a period of time and eventually leading to a three hour standoff at her home regarding the custody of her sons. The standoff involved police, ambulances, helicopters, and the paparazzi. She was soon placed in a 5150 hold at the hospital and after being released, her father was named her conservator by the courts.

All of this is explained further, though not entirely in-depth, in her 2008 MTV documentary ''For The Record''. Britney also discusses life in the spotlight, the thrill of performing and explains her actions after her marriage to Federline fell apart. She also revealed she WillNotBeAVictim, how dancing is therapy for her, and shows her workload over a three month album launch. A later documentary, 2021's ''Framing Britney Spears'', prompted renewed attention to her ongoing conservatorship, and subsequent reporting by ''New Yorker'' journalist Ronan Farrow and court statements by Spears herself alleged financial and other mistreatment.

Britney has since recovered, personally and professionally. Her conservatorship ended in November 2021 and she has secured her status as a pop culture figure and icon. To date, she has sold over 100 million records worldwide and her albums, ''Circus'' and ''Femme Fatale'', debuted at #1 on their first weeks of release. She also had one of the five biggest-selling concert tours of 2009 and 2011 with "The Circus Starring Britney Spears" and the "Femme Fatale Tour", respectively. In May 2012, it was announced that she, alongside Music/DemiLovato, would be joining the judging panel of the US version of ''Series/TheXFactor''. She left the series at the end of her one-year only contract to focus more on creating music and performing.

During this time, she collaborated with Will.I.Am, who released their duet "Scream & Shout" that October. The song was a global success, reaching #1 in over 20 countries. She spent most of 2012 and 2013 recording her 8th album ''Britney Jean'', with William Orbit, Sia, will.i.am, and David Guetta. Spears co-wrote all the album's tracks and cited the album as her most personal yet, though it became her lowest debuting album on the US charts - at #4 - partly because of low promotion against her more hyped Vegas residency, "Piece of Me". She also did a rockumentary called "I Am Britney Jean" that showcased the build up to her said residency. Spears' two year Vegas residency started December 2013, opening to rave reviews and selling out the first two legs. Due to its success, it was extended until December 2017.

[[folder: Discography & Releases ]]

* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Hates being alone, thus always seems to want a good man who's not threatened by her power, and isn't a cheater.

* BadassBoast: "Piece Of Me": "No wonder there's panic in the industry, I mean, please!" and "Miss American Dream since I was seventeen". Hot As Ice's key lyric is : "Living legend, you can look but don't touch!". The producer of "Gimme More" announces "The legendary Miss Britney Spears" at the end of the song. "Toy Soldier" features the line: "Coming back looking delicious, yes I know you wanna kiss it". "Work Bitch" can be seen as one Badass Boast considering she already has all of the luxury and riches she sings of and is in a position to tell others they should work for the same. Also stated, when asked if she was ashamed of her prior music, all of it "fucking rocks!".

* CelebrityEndorsement: Did three Pepsi commercials back in 2000-2001, was the face of Candies for two years, and of course, her own perfume line, reported as one of ''the'' most successful celebrity fragrance lines. She also worked with Sketchers in the early 2000s. PlentyofFish, and Sony were featured in her "Hold It Against Me" music video. Other major endorsements:

* LicensedGame: Britney's Dance Beat.

* BreakupBreakout: Was in a girl-group called Innosense for all of five seconds before deciding to go solo and getting signed to Jive.

%%* SexyWalk: On the stage!

* BittersweetSeventeen: "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman" discusses not just the confusion of being age seventeen and so neither social construct of girl nor woman, but also asks for a moment to remain in this time of in between.

* DigitalPiracyIsOkay: She leaked the demo of Mona Lisa to her fans in 2004/2005 and has been ever since. Over 50 noted on Wiki/TheOtherWiki. Anytime a song of hers is leaked, it's affectionately called "Britmas" by her fans and supporters.

+Music/{{Madonna}}, Music/JanetJackson, Music/WhitneyHouston, Music/MichaelJackson, Music/MariahCarey, Music/NatalieImbruglia, Music/ShaniaTwain, Music/{{Brandy}}]

+ Music/LadyGaga, Music/{{Kesha}}, Music/ArianaGrande, Music/SelenaGomez, Music/MileyCyrus, Music/DemiLovato, Music/CharliXCX, Music/DuaLipa, Creator/HilaryDuff, Creator/LindsayLohan, Creator/HaileeSteinfeld, Music/AvaMax, Music/BillieEilish,]

You may know her from her hit songs such as "...Baby One More Time", "Oops!...I Did It Again", "I'm a Slave 4 U", "Me Against the Music", "Toxic", "Gimme More", "Womanizer", "3", "Hold It Against Me", "Till the World Ends", "[[Music/WillIAm Scream & Shout]]" and "Work Bitch". Britney has also inspired many female singers of the 00's with the likes of Music/LadyGaga, Music/MarinaDiamandis, Music/CarlyRaeJepsen, Sky Ferreira, Music/EllieGoulding, Kesha, Music/LanaDelRey, Music/MileyCyrus, Charli XCX, Music/KatyPerry, Music/BillieEilish and Music/PixieLott all citing her as a big influence in their music and career choices.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Her Elvis-outfit promo for "Live in Las Vegas" and her white one-piece swimsuit for the "3" music video.

* MsFanservice: In work and personal life.

Though she ultimately divorced Federline in 2006, shortly after the birth of her second child, it culminated in a rather public [[CreatorBreakdown mental breakdown]] that resulted in Britney night-partying heavily with Paris Hilton & Lindsay Lohan, [[ImportantHaircut shaving her head]], and checking into rehab twice. She was sent back and completed a month in rehab, but continued to spiral out of control. She gave a universally panned performance of her single "Gimme More" at the 2007 MTV [[UsefulNotes/MTVVideoMusicAward Video Music Awards]] that was followed by her losing custody of her kids for a period of time and eventually leading to a three hour standoff at her home regarding the custody of her sons. The standoff involved police, ambulances, helicopters, and the paparazzi. She was soon placed in a 5150 hold at the hospital and after being released, her father was named her conservator by the courts. The conservatorship was put to an end on November 12, 2021.

In the interim, though, Britney secured her status as a pop culture figure and icon. To date, she has sold over 100 million records worldwide and her albums, ''Circus'' and ''Femme Fatale'', debuted at #1 on their first weeks of release. She also had one of the five biggest-selling concert tours of 2009 and 2011 with "The Circus Starring Britney Spears" and the "Femme Fatale Tour", respectively. In May 2012, it was announced that she, alongside Music/DemiLovato, would be joining the judging panel of the US version of ''Series/TheXFactor''. She left the series at the end of her one-year only contract to focus more on creating music and performing.

+ Music/{{Kesha}}, Music/ArianaGrande, Music/SelenaGomez, Music/MileyCyrus, Music/CharlieXCX, Music/LadyGaga, Music/DuaLipa, Creator/HilaryDuff, Music/AvaMax]

* {{Meganekko}}: While in disguise as a SexySecretary in the "Womanizer" video, and on ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''.

* VoicemeilConfusion: Inverted on "…Oops, I Did It Again", at the end of "What U See (Is What U Get)". Britney answers the phone pretending to be her voicemail.

* NiceGirl: Very, very few negative anecdotes, remembers fans after concerts, follows them on Twitter, tweets at them on occasion, was brought to tears when one gave her a framed poem about what she meant. Pink, Ke$ha, Hilary Duff, Mary J Blige, Robyn, all her producers and collaborators, and almost everyone who's ever met/worked with her have always called her "sweet" and/or "shy" as well as highly professional.
* NonActorVehicle: Crossroads was Britney's first major acting role.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Her ventures into pop rock ("I Love Rock N Roll", "Rock Boy," "Rock Me In") and rock ("Don't Keep Me Waiting"). Her live rock cover of "You Oughta Know", too. Her habit of putting ballads at the end of heavy dance albums. Freakshow introduced dubstep when it was still fairly underground. Her albums shifting from bubblegum pop to urban sexy pop courtesy of The Neptunes in 2001. In a way, her 2000 VMA performance - starting the show with a tuxedo and a breathy cover of the Stones 'Satisfaction' before bursting out of the tuxedo revealing a flesh coloured body suit and performing a rock-inspired remix of Oops I Did It Again.
** Britney Jean, her eighth album, features only two dance tracks. The rest all examine various personal encounters including her breakup with Jason Trawick, her breakdown, her fame and her religion.

** She also covered Walk This Way with Music/{{NSYNC}} and Aerosmith themselves at the UsefulNotes/SuperBowl...
** I'm Scared was briefly a part of her Circus tour, originally by the artist Duffy.