Britney Spears Fun Facts!

Apr 25, 2018

When Britney Spears first burst onto the music scene she had no problem dominating the pop charts and pumping out hit after hit, and signing on as a judge for The X Factor has thrown her back into the limelight. Find out more about her in Britney Spears Fun Facts!

Britney has been influential on pop artists everywhere

Britney Spears is a judge on The X Factor US Courtesy of FOX

Britney's songs were the theme for Glee's "Britney 2.0" Courtesy of FOX

Did You Know...

Britney’s middle name is Jean
Signed to Jive Records in 1997
She was born December 2^nd, 1981 in McComb, Mississippi
She was raised in Kentwood, Louisiana
She started taking dance lessons at age 3
As a kid she took competitive gymnastics and voice lessons, winning children’s competitions in both
She has two siblings, Bryan James and Jamie Lynn
Her debut album Baby One More Time was the best selling album by a teenage artist at the time
She auditioned for The Mickey Mouse Club, but was too young at the time, however impressed by her Disney recommended an agent and she and her mom moved to New York and she got work as an understudy in a production of Ruthless!
In 1992 she accepted onto The New Mickey Mouse Club show
Was in talks to join a girl group called Innosense in 1997
Britney has 6 MTV Music Video Awards, a Grammy, and 9 Billboard Music Awards
Britney raised much controversy over her revealing stage outfits when she first started her career
Britney dated fellow pop star Justin Timberlake for 3 years
Her first book Britney Spears Heart-to-Heart was co-written with her mom
In 2001 she starred in the movie Crossroads, which told the story of a girl from humble beginnings, who goes in search of her mother and loves to sing
Her performance at the 2001 MTV Video Awards with an albino python and caged tiger has become famous, but forced animal rights group PETA to drop her as a potential spokesperson
The same year she released her third studio album, Britney
She took creative control of her fourth studio album In the Zone, which contained the hits “Toxic,” “Everytime” and “Me Against the Music.”
She also signed on as the spokeswoman for Pepsi, and later on Sketchers
She is one of the best-selling female artists of the 21^st century
Her voice is a soprano
She says Madonna, Janet Jackson and Whitney Houston have been major influences
She founded the Britney Spears Foundation that helps children in need
She has been dubbed The Princess of Pop
She has put out 7 full length albums since she started her career
She married childhood friend Jason Allan Alexander in Las Vegas in 2004, but the two annulled the marriage immediately
Later in 2004 she became involved with her backup dancer Kevin Federline, they got engaged and were married by the end of the year
She also released her fragrance Curious that year
Had sons Sean and Jayden with Federline, and they divorced in 2007
Following her divorce and the death of her aunt Britney went through a difficult time and was admitted to several hospitals and treatment centers.
The 60 minute documentary Britney: For the Record chronicled her return to the recording industry and was aired on MTV
With the release of Circus in 2008 Britney became the youngest female artist to have 5 albums debut at #1 on the charts
Britney has been the musical theme on Glee for an episode in Season 4
She appeared in an episode of How I Met Your Mother
Became a judge on the second season The X Factor US