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The Life And Times Of Britney Spears

Framing Britney Spears, a documentary that was released in early 2021, gave the public a thorough history of the pop star’s career and conservatorship. Her relationship with her father, who has prevented her from using her own money since 2008, was greatly illuminated.

When the documentary was released, the #FreeBritney social media campaign took off as people realized that Britney’s occasionally erratic off-stage behavior had a complicated history. Here is a more recent look at Britney’s life in light of all this new information.

Princess Of Pop

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The career of Britney Spears has been nothing short of extraordinary. She has sold more than 100 million records to date, including more than 70 million in the US alone. She was listed by Forbes as the highest-paid female musician of 2002 and 2012, and Billboard ranked her as the eighth-biggest artist of the 2000s decade.

The rise to fame of Britney in the late 1990s and early 2000s undoubtedly had an impact on the revival of teen pop at that time, earning her the moniker “Princess of Pop.” She actually began performing at a very young age, despite the fact that it seemed like she appeared out of nowhere.

Early Ambition

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Britney began taking dance lessons in her native Kentwood, Louisiana, when she was just three years old. She even got to perform a solo at the yearly recital. She made her stage debut at the age of five while performing “What Child Is This?” at her own kindergarten graduation.

Throughout her childhood, she participated in voice lessons and gymnastics, winning prizes at numerous state contests and talent shows. As Britney has admitted, “I was in my own world,” she was obviously ambitious as a child. I was taught what I needed to do at a young age. She obviously knew from the start that she was going to be a star.

First Steps To Fame

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When Britney was eight years old, her mother took her to Atlanta to attend an audition for the new production of The Mickey Mouse Club. Although the talent agent Nancy Carson was introduced to Britney by the casting director, who rejected her as being too young for the show, Carson took Britney under her wing and started mentoring her.

Carson was impressed by Britney’s undeveloped talent and advised the future starlet to enroll in the Professional Performing Arts School in New York, which is where she ultimately went. Jamie Lynn, Britney’s sister, and her mother Lynne all relocated to a New York apartment that was sublet.

Big Break

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She received an off-Broadway musical lead understudy role after relocating to New York. She became well-known after competing on the well-known TV talent competition Star Search. She finally got The Mickey Mouse Club at age 11 and was able to join the cast as an illustrious cast member at the end of 1992.

Her cast mates included a who’s who of future stars in the entertainment industry. Justin Timberlake, Ryan Gosling, Christina Aguilera, and Keri Russell were some of her fellow Mouseketeers. She quickly rose to fame and attracted both execs and fans’ attention on that show.

Getting Noticed

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Britney received a lot of national exposure from The Mickey Mouse Club, even though she was only on the show for a few seasons before it was cancelled in 1994. Even though Britney attended Parklane Academy in McComb in Mississippi after the show and went through the motions of a typical high school student, she still felt the need for something more.

Jive Records signed her in the summer of 1997 after recognizing her star-making potential and motivation. They requested a full album with a pop-oriented direction. In order to record “Hit Me Baby One More Time,” she took a plane to Stockholm, Sweden. Britney had no idea that this song would make her a household name.

World Tour Whirlwind

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Britney Spears was persuaded by record label executives to embark on a world tour across malls to promote the album after recording the song and album that would make her a household name, where she would open up for well-known boy band NSYNC in a different city every night. She was undoubtedly exhausted from the constant travel, but she persisted.

The album was released in January 1999, debuted at the top of the charts in the United States, was awarded a double platinum certification after a month, and more than 10 million copies were sold that year. It continues to be the best-selling album by a young artist. Jive Records had originally planned to create an animated music video, but after Britney suggested the idea of a Catholic schoolgirl, everything changed.

She Did It Again

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Middle of 2000 saw the release of her second album, Oops!

A new smash hit, I Did It Again, was released. It became one of the best-selling albums of all time and sparked a tour with over $40 million in revenue.

The best pop vocal album and best female pop vocal performance categories at the Grammy Awards were nominated for that album, which also topped the European charts. Her first book, Britney Spears’ Heart to Heart, which she co-wrote with her mother, was published in the same year. As she gained popularity, more information about her personal life was made public.

Expanding To Beyond Music

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Britney Spears’ fame would really take off in the early 2000s. In the end, she would perform and sing on Saturday Night Live while hosting. She released Crossroads, her directorial debut, later in the same month.

Despite the fact that the movie didn’t garner the same level of critical acclaim as her music, she was still a huge star and would be a household name for years to come. At the age of 21, she had a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame by 2003.

Pop Star Romance

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After the release of Oops I Did It Again in September 2000, Britney revealed she was dating Justin Timberlake, the lead singer of NSYNC and another former Mouseketeer. She had performed with NSYNC during their mall tour, so her affiliation with the group was well known.

Apart from the publication of the book, very little of her private and personal life was reported in the media. Invading inquiries about their love lives resulted from the paparazzi’s constant attention and discussion of her relationship with the boyband leader.

A Voice Of A Generation

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NSYNC and Aerosmith were the headliners of the Super Bowl halftime show in 2001, and Britney appeared as a guest performer. Her recent contract with Pepsi included one of the most recognizable Super Bowl commercials. Reviews for her advertisement were overwhelmingly positive and showed off her talent for fusing together various musical genres and generations.

Soon after, she published A Mother’s Gift, her second book that she co-wrote with her mother. Although she released her third album in the same year, it was her performance at the MTV Video Music Awards that generated the most buzz.

Too Hot To Last

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Although Britney and Timberlake’s relationship was widely reported on from the moment she announced it, their relationship was short-lived. According to sources close to Justin and Britney, the relationship ended in the summer of 2002.

Despite dating for four years, the two were still on good terms. The song “Cry Me a River,” which Timberlake would later admit was about his breakup with the pop star.

From Frontman To Choreographer

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After her relationship with Justin Timberlake came to an end, Britney dated Wade Robson, the NSYNC choreographer, for about a year. She may have been dating Robson while still dating Timberlake, according to widespread rumors.

In reality, Robson was one of the men who charged the late singer Michael Jackson with sexual assault. In a similar ironic way to Britney, who also had a documentary bring her story into the public eye, Leaving Neverland from 2019 was based on Robson’s claims and provided some insight into Jackson’s past.

Having Fun

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Britney has had romantic relationships with a number of other A-list celebrities in addition to Timberlake. She and the film’s star, actor Colin Farrell, were both present at the The Recruit premiere in 2003.

Naturally, this generated a lot of buzz in the media. Additionally, they were seen kissing on his hotel’s balcony. Farrell only stated that the two were “having fun” and not taking their relationship seriously at any point.

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A Very Short Marriage

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In 2004, the public began to pay more attention to the decisions Britney was making regarding her personal life. To the surprise of the entertainment industry, she wed her childhood friend Jason Alexander in a tiny chapel in Las Vegas at the beginning of that year.

The singer filed a petition claiming that she “lacked understanding of her actions,” and the marriage, which lasted a total of 55 hours, was declared null and void. She would probably regret that wording more than the marriage itself because she was 22 at the time.

Back In A Wedding Dress

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Another 2004 wedding took place between Britney and backup dancer Kevin Federline, which was only nine months after her first marriage. Less than a month later, tensions between Britney and her 25-year working relationship with manager Larry Rudolph reached an all-time high. Britney cited emotional abuse as the reason for her termination. Britney made an effort to manage her own affairs.

When Britney and Federline’s relationship was the subject of the reality series Britney and Kevin: Chaotic, they gained even more notoriety. Later, Britney would describe the show as “probably the worst thing I’ve done in my career” in interviews. Some began to doubt her judgment as a result of her subsequent marriages and the reality show.

New Mother In The Spotlight

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With Federline, Britney gave birth to their first son, Sean Preston, in September 2005, and their second son, Jayden James, a year later, in September 2006. Early in 2006, when she was pictured driving without a carseat and with her 5-month-old son Sean on her lap, she faced a great deal of backlash in the media.

The driving incident raised concerns about her parenting skills and prompted family services advocates to look into it. It became more and more obvious that the pop star was hiding something else from view.

 A Drastic Turn

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Beginning in 2006, the singer’s personal life started to really change. Just two months after the birth of their second son, Britney filed for divorce from Federline in November of that same year. A short time later, in January 2007, Britney’s aunt, with whom she had a close relationship, had died of ovarian cancer.

She entered a rehabilitation center in February 2007 but left the following day. She famously went to a hair salon in Los Angeles the following evening and had all of her hair removed. She checked herself into additional rehab facilities over the following weeks, but something was clearly wrong.

Downward Spiral

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Britney and Federline’s divorce was finalized in the summer of 2007. She also gave a performance of her song “Gimme More” at the MTV Video Music Awards a little over a month later. Britney received criticism for lip-syncing and appearing unauthentic this time around, in contrast to previous years at the show when she generated positive buzz for herself through her performances and wardrobe.

Later that year, she and her ex-husband Federline would lose their dispute over custody of their children. A police encounter a few months later resulted in her losing the ability to see her kids. She would also spend five days in a Los Angeles psychiatric ward in February 2008 before being released.

The Conservatorship

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In February 2008, while she was receiving mental health treatment, Britney’s father, Jamie Spears, applied for and was given a temporary conservatorship by a court in Los Angeles. A conservatorship is when a judge appoints a guardian to handle another person’s daily affairs and/or finances due to physical or mental limitations.

Conservatorships are typically established for much older individuals who frequently have declining mental capacity. The singer’s estate and financial affairs were the subject of one portion of her conservatorship, while her personal life was the subject of the other. Beginning in 2008, Jamie was in charge of both aspects of the conservatorship.

Extended Indefinitely

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In a statement following Britney’s discharge from the hospital in 2008, her parents stated, “We are deeply concerned about the safety and vulnerability of our daughter and we believe her life is in danger. We only ask that the court’s order be followed in order to prevent a tragedy.

Although the conservatorship was supposed to end at the end of 2008, it was extended indefinitely in October of that year. Britney had made a suggestion that the arrangement was comparable to a prison sentence just one month earlier. Even though Britney was deemed unfit to manage her own career and affairs, she would keep on touring. She would have a four-year Las Vegas concert residency beginning in 2013.

Complicated Family

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Britney stated that she would be taking a break from performing in order to “focus on family issues” in 2019, citing the fact that her father was ill. Despite the turbulent nature of their relationship, Britney supported Jamie’s recovery from months in the hospital.

During this time, Britney also made an attempt to sue her father. To have him released from the conservatorship, she had hired legal counsel. Due to his health issues, Jamie resigned in September 2019 as the primary conservator of Britney’s multimillion-dollar estate, and her manager Jodi Montgomery was named to take his place.

Speaking Out

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Britney only recently began speaking out more about the difficult experience she was going through. Records would disclose some of the specifics of the conservatorship, including how Britney was denied freedom of choice in a number of aspects of her life, including who she could date and the color of her kitchen cabinets. A lawyer claimed that Britney was “afraid of her father” in 2020.

For years, Britney had been attempting to stop it, but in vain. On June 23, 2021, she appeared before a judge to express her displeasure with the circumstances that had developed around her. She described the “abuse, manipulation, and control” she had endured at the hands of her father for many years with great care and intention.

Support Pours In

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Just hours after Spears’ tearful deposition, friends in the entertainment industry spoke out in defense of the traumatized singer. She dated Justin Timberlake from 1999 to 2002, a music and movie star, who expressed resentment over how Spears had been treated.

Lance Bass, who was a bandmate of Timberlake’s in NSYNC, also vociferously demanded that Britney’s father be held accountable. “If she wants out of her dad controlling it, then we should listen to her,” he said in an interview.

Friend From The Past

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Singers from all over the world showed their support for Britney after her admission. Christina Aguilera, a fellow former Mouseketeer and current pop star, expressed her outrage over the circumstance in public as well.

It is unacceptable, according to Aguilera, that a woman or a person who wants to be in charge of their own destiny might not be allowed to live their life as they please. My thoughts are with Britney.

A Lucrative Empire

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Britney’s four-year Las Vegas show brought in an impressive $138 million while she was under her father’s control. Although she frequently performed, she had very little control over what happened to her rapidly growing empire.

There had been times when she had worked herself into a frenzy. The wheels were finally in motion for something to change because she effectively served as the helpless face of her own brand.

A Huge Win

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In the end, September 2021 marked a significant turning point in Britney’s case. After intense public pressure built up during that month, Jamie Spears finally submitted a petition to end the conservatorship.

A few weeks later, the judge decided to remove her father from his role as Britney’s estate’s conservator and temporarily replace him with her accountant John Zabel. The judge will decide whether to completely end the conservatorship in November 2021.

Aftermath

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Even though the case is not yet completely resolved, Britney Spears has made a significant step forward by removing Jamie Spears as the person in charge of her financial affairs. Britney appears to be in charge of her own affairs for the first time in 13 years.

Despite the fact that things have changed in Britney’s favor, she expressed worries in an Instagram post from October 2021 that her life might return to the media frenzy it had been and that any slip-up will make headlines.

Social Media

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Fans were alarmed when singer Britney Spears deleted her Instagram account on September 14 due to the ongoing discussion of what she controls and doesn’t. Instagram was one of the most direct channels through which fans felt they could hear the singer’s true thoughts as the legal dispute raged.

A few days later, she reassured the public by saying she was taking a break from social media to declare her engagement to longtime partner Sam Asghari.

Celebrating The News

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Britney posted about her engagement on social media a few weeks later. This time, a few days after her father was released from his custody, she celebrated by posting pictures of herself on a deserted beach and in the restroom.

She enthusiastically shared the naked photos of herself, clearly ecstatic about the recent information. She’s shocked the public with her clothing choices before, so it wouldn’t be the first time (or not wear).

Legendary TV Moments

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Britney had created quite a stir at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, when she was at the height of her fame. Halfway through a performance, she shocked the crowds and viewers by ripping off her black suit to reveal a flesh-colored bodysuit underneath.

The next year at the 2001 show, when came out with a large white python draped around her neck and little else, the provocative performance would be topped. One of the “striking visuals in the 27-year history of the show,” according to critics. Two years later, she would somehow surpass this achievement as well.

Continually Raising Eyebrows

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People’s mouths would drop once again when Britney performed at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. Prior to the legendary performer taking the stage, she and Christina Aguilera covered Madonna’s “Like A Virgin.”

Following her exit, Madonna approached Britney and gave her a long, memorable kiss before sharing a kiss with Christina. The incident was hailed as the most paradigm-shifting moment in the history of the awards show and was the topic of conversation around the globe.

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