Britney Spears

Birth name: Britney Jean Spears
Born: December 2, 1981 (1981-12-02) (age 26)
McComb, Mississippi, USA
Origin: Kentwood, Louisiana, USA
Genre(s): Pop, Dance, urban pop
Occupation(s): singer, dancer, songwriter, actress
Years active: 1998 – Present

Britney Spears was born in Kentwood, Louisiana, U.S.A. on December 2nd 1981. "Even as a little baby, Britney was a real darling…she was always being noticed." Says Lynne Spears, Britney's Mom. Lynne has even said that Britney was dancing around at the early age of two. In fact, Britney's parents believed in her abilities so much that Lynne would drive two hours everyday just so Britney could attend gymnastics classes. Although gymnastics was a fun pastime for Britney--the uneven bars and floor exercise were her favorites--she found that she wasn't nearly as strong as the other girls and although she practiced over three hours a day, the moves didn't come near as easy to her. Giving up on gymnastics was a total loss, however, as Britney soon found out that it had developed her skills as a dancer. Changing her goals, the future queen of pop performed at her first talent show at the early age of six. By the time she was nine, she was already traveling around to different dance competitions performing in the jazz lyrical dancing category. Gymnastics and dancing at an early age wasn't the only preparation she did for her future career--Lynne has said that Britney could be found singing all the time. The song "What Child is This" was her first key to stardom--she sang it at her kindergarten graduation. It wasn't until later that Lynne realized that Britney could have a future in singing, when Britney was bouncing around on the trampoline. On top of Britney's singing and dancing as a young child, she also competed in beauty pageants. At five she won first place in the Kentwood Dairy Festival; at seven, she was awarded silver first-prize for Miss Talent USA. And that's not all--the Spears' home is filled with other trophies Britney has collected over the years.
Apparently the most successful of their numerous experiments, Britney Spears was genetically engineered by the Disney Corporation to bring western culture to its knees. Ok, so that's a bit of an exaggeration: in fact, she was engineered to bring the enormous sex-deprived male population to its knees
side the pages [of Elle], Britney's backside is revealed by photographer Mark Abrahams. Spears sports a little angel tattoo on her lower back and, as beautiful as Britney looks in the spread, Elle admitted the photos were retouched. This not uncommon for magazines, what is uncommon is that the publication is not covering up that fact."
During the concert "Rock in Rio" in Brazil, a tape recorder caught Britney swearing on a microphone she wasn't aware was connected. She was complaining about the fact that they weren't playing a vamp before she was to go on stage. Tape recordings of the incident were downloaded by Napster users.

Awards
AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS
2000 - Best New Artist
BILLBOARD AWARDS
2004 - Hot Dance Sales Single of the Year for “Me Against the Music” collaboration with Madonna
2000 - Album Artist of the Year for “Oops I Did It Again”
1999 - Female Artist of the Year
1999 - New Artist of the Year
GRAMMY AWARDS
2005 - Best Dance Recording
NICKELODEON KIDS’ CHOICE AWARDS
2001 - Favorite Female Singer
2000 - Favorite Female Singer
TEEN CHOICE AWARDS
2004 - Choice Music Single "Toxic"
2002 - Choice Hottie Female & Choice Female Artist
2001 - Choice Female Artist
2000 - Choice Hottie Female & Choice Female Artist
1999 - Choice Music Single "Baby One More Time"
GERMANY
POPCORN AWARDS
1999 - Best Female Singer
BRAVO GOLD AWARDS
1999 - Best International Female Vocalist
GOLDEN BRAVO OTTO AWARDS
1999 - Best Liked Artist
HOLLAND
TMF AWARDS
1999 - Best Newcomer
SPAIN
PREMIOS AMIGOS
1999 - Best International Artist
SWEDEN
ROCKBEAR AWARD from AFTONBLADETT
1999 - Best New Artist
UNITED KINGDOM
SMASH HITS POLL WINNERS