Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American pop music singer, songwriter, and dancer. Spears has sold over seventy-six million records worldwide according to Time magazine. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) ranks her as the eighth best-selling female artist in American music history, having sold thirty-one million albums in the U.S.
Spears is best known for her studio albums, music videos, and songs such as "...Baby One More Time", "Oops!...I Did It Again", "I'm a Slave 4 U" and "Toxic", for which she won a Grammy Award. In January 1999, Britney released her first studio album ...Baby One More Time, followed closely by the 2000 studio album Oops!... I Did It Again. Her third album Britney was released in November 2001, followed by a fourth album In The Zone in November 2003. The collection Greatest Hits: My Prerogative was released in November 2004. Her fifth studio album will be released worldwide on November 12, 2007 and on November 13, 2007 in the...
Created by dipity on Jan 23, 2008
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(LiveDaily.com) Britney Spears [ tickets ] will premiere her newest video, "3," this week during a three-day Twitter promotion, according to a press release.... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) Britney Spears [ tickets ] is releasing a hits collection on Nov. 24 in celebration of her 10th anniversary as a pop star, according to a press release.... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) Beyonce [ tickets ] took home Video of the Year last night (9/13) at MTV's Video Music Awards ceremonies, an event marred by Kanye West [ tickets ]'s disruption of another winner's acceptance speech.... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) With nine nominations each, Beyonce [ tickets ] and Lady Gaga lead the pack of nominees for this year's MTV Video Music Awards, which will be distributed Sept. 13 in New York City.... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) With his second solo album now in stores, Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas [ tickets ] is gearing up for huge fall outing in support of the set. Titled "Cradlesong," the album sold 122,000 copies its first week in stores and debuted at... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) Las Vegas-based alt-rockers The Killers [ tickets ] will return to the road following a three-month hiatus for a one-off performance in early August, and a more formidable North American trek that gets underway at the end of that month.... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) With a successful first leg of tour dates behind her, Britney Spears [ tickets ] will return to North America this summer for another round of "The Circus Starring Britney Spears." Currently in the midst of a European run, the pop superstar will... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) With a successful first leg of tour dates behind her, Britney Spears [ tickets ] will return to North America this summer for another round of "The Circus Starring Britney Spears."... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) Britney Spears [ tickets ] fans who attended the pop princess' Wednesday (4/8) night show in Vancouver, British Columbia, were left hanging for about 30 minutes after she stopped the show due to a "ventilation issue."... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) After spending seven consecutive weeks--and eight weeks total--at the top of the US album chart, Taylor Swift [ tickets ]'s "Fearless" has been ousted, and The Boss has taken over.... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) Britney Spears [ tickets ]' ex-manager Sam Lutfi filed a lawsuit against the pop star and her parents for defamation and breach of contract, according to People.com. Lutfi is also claiming libel, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress.... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) Britney Spears [ tickets ], who threatened to cancel her upcoming tour if she couldn't take her boys with her, will hit the road with the boys and their dad in tow, according to a NY Daily News report.... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) Britney Spears [ tickets ] has obtained a restraining order against former manager Sam Lutfi and ex-boy toy paparazzo Adnan Ghalib, according to TMZ.com. The pop star told her conservators to "protect" her from the two men, an unnamed source told TMZ.... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) The top of the US album chart remains unchanged again, with Taylor Swift [ tickets ]'s "Fearless" spending its eighth week at No. 1.... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) "Get on Your Boots," the first single from U2's forthcoming album "No Line On the Horizon," will be released on Monday (1/19), and the album is now slated to reach stores on March 3.... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) "Fearless," the latest set from country singer Taylor Swift [ tickets ], is once again the best-selling album of the past week, and will spend yet another week atop the US album chart.... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) From extended tour plans to multiple court appearances, artists stayed busy in 2008.... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) A Los Angeles Superior Court commissioner has raised Britney Spears [ tickets ]' dad's fee for micromanaging his daughter's life by $51,000, according to People.... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) Taylor Swift [ tickets ]'s "Fearless" is likely to turn up in a lot of stockings tomorrow morning based on sales figures that find the latest offering from the country singer notching another week at the top of the US album chart.... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) With tickets to her first tour in five years moving quickly, Britney Spears [ tickets ] keeps adding more shows to the mix.... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) "Fearless," the latest album from Taylor Swift [ tickets ], which debuted at No. 1 last month, reclaims the top slot on this week's chart.... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) Fleetwood Mac [ tickets ] will take to the road for the first time in five years this spring during an outing that will spotlight the legendary band's greatest hits.... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) Britney Spears [ tickets ]' new set, "Circus," sold 505,000 copies during its first week in US stores, enough to give the resurgent star the fifth No. 1 album of her career.... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) Plans for Britney Spears [ tickets ]' comeback tour are expanding, with the resurgent pop star rolling out encore performances in a half-dozen cities as she gears up for a 2009 roadtrip behind her recently released album, "Circus."... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) Dates began to emerge this week for the long-teased 2009 co-headlining tour featuring Elton John [ tickets ] and Billy Joel [ tickets ].... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) For her sixth studio album, "Circus," Britney Spears [ tickets ] delivers her typical mix of sugary dance tunes and dramatic ballads about things with which she is well-versed: life in the spotlight, wild nights and love gone wrong.... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) It's a big day for Britney Spears [ tickets ]. She's celebrating her 27th birthday and the release of her new album, "Circus," plus she's announced the dates for her first arena tour in five years.... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) Old flames Britney Spears [ tickets ] and Justin Timberlake [ tickets ] made "surprise" appearances at Madonna [ tickets ]'s Dodger Stadium concert in Los Angeles last night (11/6).... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) With the official announcement of her new album, Britney Spears [ tickets ] is on the comeback trail once again.... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) After a much-heralded, much ado about nothing return to celebrity, Britney Spears [ tickets ] swept Sunday's (9/7) MTV [ tickets ] Video Music Awards with three Moonmen, for Video of the Year, Best Pop Video and Best Female Video Sunday (9/7). They were her first... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) MTV has counted its first round of fan votes and revealed the nominees for Best Female Video and Best Male Video for the 25th annual Video Music Awards.... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) It looks like Britney Spears [ tickets ] will make an appearance on Madonna [ tickets ]'s upcoming "Sticky & Sweet" tour, though fans shouldn't hold out for a live performance.... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) Britney Spears [ tickets ], who was expected to remain hospitalized in UCLA Medical Center's psychiatric ward until at least next week, was released yesterday (2/6).... continued
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(LiveDaily.com) Lynne Spears, mother of embattled pop icon Britney Spears [ tickets ], on Friday (2/1) obtained a restraining order against Britney's manager, Osama "Sam" Lutfi, whom Lynne Spears claims had taken control of her daughter's life by drugging the pop princess and cutting... continued
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Allegedly he drugged Spears, took over her finances and controlled the paparazzi. The order was initiated by Britney's mother.
A Superior Court commissioner placed Britney Spears and her estate under temporary conservatorship a day after the pop star was taken to a psychiatric hospital.
(LiveDaily.com) For the second time this month, troubled pop star Britney Spears [ tickets ] has been removed from her home and transported to a medical facility, according to published reports.... continued
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from her home by ambulance and escorted to a hospital by more than a dozen police officers as two helicopters followed overhead. Spears was taken to UCLA Medical Center to be placed on a "mental evaluation hold."
Emergency order suspending Spears' visitation rights and giving custody to would remain in effect.
(LiveDaily.com) Britney Spears--who was hospitalized late last week following a stand-off in her ongoing custody dispute with ex-husband Kevin Federline--was released from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles Saturday (1/5), according to published reports.
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(LiveDaily.com) Pop-singer-turned-tabloid-queen Britney Spears reportedly was hospitalized last night after police responding to a report of a dispute at her home deemed her to be under the influence of an unknown substance.
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