Discography of Britney Spears Pt. 1

Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American pop singer, dancer, actress, and occasional author. Born in McComb Mississippi and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, she performed acting roles in stage productions and television shows as a child before signing with Jive Records in 1997.

S T U D I O  A L B U M

• 1999 - …Baby One More Time
• 2000 - Oops!... I Did it Again
• 2001 - Britney
• 2003 - In The Zone
• 2004 - My Prerogative : Greatest Hits 
• 2007 - Blackout
• 2008 - Circus
• 2009 - The Singles Collection
• 2011 - Femme Fatale
• 2013 - Britney Jean

E A R L Y  L I F E

 After taking extensive dance and vocal lessons and performing in numerous talent shows and fairs, Britney auditioned for The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989) TV series [1989-1994] when she 8, however, she was too young to get the part. Instead, Britney, her mother and baby sister moved to New York where she starred in several TV adverts and an off-Broadway play, "Ruthless", where she was understudy with Natalie Portman. Her love of music and dance took over and, 2 years later, she auditioned for a part on "Mickey Mouse" again and, this time, won the part along with Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake. As a Mouseketeer, Britney received extensive training in dance, drama and singing and had to grow up a lot during that time. However, after the show was canceled two years later, Britney returned home and did "the normal teenager thing", attending pool parties and she was also the Homecoming Queen. As a young teenager, Britney soon grew restless again and this time was desperate to become a star yet again. Again, she traveled to New York and sent out demo tapes to various labels including Sony and Mercury, but was turned down. It was Jive Records that finally took the young Britney on and set out on making her the star she is today.

T H E  R E L A T I O N S H I P  T R I V I A

Britney & Justin Timberlake

• Robbie Carrico (1998) Carrico and Spears met when his band, Boyz-N-Girlz United, opened for the pop starlet`s `...Baby One More Time` tour in 1998. Their relationship was confirmed when they turned up on the red carpet together for the `Drive Me Crazy` that September.
• Justin Timberlake (1999) Justin and Britney have been friends since they were kids and met on the set of ‘The New Mickey Mouse Club.’ After lots of media speculation, the two pop stars confirmed their relationship in 2000. The relationship ended amidst plenty of media speculation as well, with rumors flying that Britney Spears cheated on Justin Timberlake.
• Wabe Robson (2001) Wade choreographed Britney’s “Im a Slave for You” video. This is the rumored relationship that broke Britney and Justin up. That break-up inspired the popular Justin Timberlake song "Cry me a River".  She reportedly began sleeping with Wade Robson around the time of the 2001 VMAs. “In February 2002, Timberlake discovered a ... note from Robson in Britney’s room. Britney and Timberlake were performing on Saturday Night Live that night, and they sat backstage miserable — he refused to accept her apologies,” an insider says. “The breakup was a terrible shock, particularly as it was followed by Britney’s parents divorce two months later.”
• Fred Durst (2002) Durst, frontman for Limp Bizkit, claimed to have a relationship with Spears only to retract it later. He explained it in a 2009 interview, "I just guess at the time it was taboo for a guy like me to be associated with a gal like her." The relationship begin by where Fred producing songs intended for a Britney album.
• Colin Farrel (2003) Britney and Colin were spotted together on a couple of dates while his movie The Recruit was being promoted in Los Angeles. He denied they were dating. Dating is such an ambiguous word.
• Columbus Short (2003) Britney Spears` backup dancer Columbus Short, who was photographed smooching his boss last summer while his wife was expecting their first child, has now spoken out about his brief relationship with the singer. He tells supermarket glossy The Star that he did share a bed with Spears, but he says they did little more than literally sleep together. Still, that was enough to break up his marriagee.
• Jason Allen Alexander (2004) On January 3, 2004, Spears married childhood friend Jason Allen Alexander at The Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. The marriage was annulled 55 hours later, stating that Spears "lacked understanding of her actions".

  

  Britney Spears & Jason Alexander

• Kevin Federline (2004) In July 2004, Spears became engaged to American dancer Kevin Federline, whom she had met three months before.  The couple had two children together: Sean Preston Federline, born on September 14, 2005, and Jayden James Federline, who was born on September 12, 2006.  Federline had recently broken up with actress Shar Jackson, who was still pregnant with their second child at the time. The stages of their relationship were chronicled in Spears's first reality show Britney & Kevin: Chaotic. In November 2006, Spears filed for divorce from Federline, citing irreconcilable differences. Their divorce was finalized in July 2007, when the couple reached a global settlement and agreed to share joint custody of their children.  In October 2007, Spears lost physical custody of her children to Federline. The reasons of the court ruling were not revealed to the public.
• Mario Lopez (2007) Mario Lopez revealed in his memoir Just Between Us that he had a one-night stand with an unnamed "mega pop star," multiple sources confirm to Us Weekly that the celebrity was none other than Britney Spears.

  

  Britney Spears wedding, with Kevin Federline

• J. R. Rotem (2007) Spears and music producer J.R. Rotem dated briefly in 2007, though it wasn`t exactly dating. According to Rotem in an interview with `Blender Magazine`, it was all sexual. In the interview, he goes into specific detail as to the nature of their steamy relationship.
• Isaac Cohen (2007) Spears and Cohen, a model, were first spotted powerboating off the coast of Marina Del Rey, CA and had a very intense relationship for a very short time. During one weekend romp, they stayed at the $40k a night Hugh Hefner Palms`s suite. Their separation was "very amicable" according to Cohen`s rep.
• Howie Day (2007) Britney Spears has fallen for another musical bad boy and is now dating singer/songwriter Howie Day after meeting him in rehab. Spears is planning to go public with her latest romance this summer when she takes Day, who is still in rehab, to her cousin Erin`s wedding. The couple met at Malibu, California`s Promises rehab.
• John Sundahl (2007) John Sundahl and Britney Spears met at Alcoholics Anonymous in 2007.  According to numerous interviews at the time, he helped Britney through her darkest hour of public meltdown, and warned that alcohol could kill her if she didn't stop.  'I told her: "If you fall off the wagon, I don't think you will live",' Sundahl told the National Enquirer in 2007.

  

  Britney Spears & Jason Trawick

• Jason Trawick (2009) Britney and Jason began dating when Jason was still her agent. The pop starlet was coming off a whirlwind of crazy relationships. When Spears`s reps confirmed them as a couple in May of 2010, the two ended their professional relationship and decided to focus on their romantic one.  Britney Spears And Jason Trawick Breakup: A Timeline.  After three and a half years together and a professional relationship prior to that, Britney Spears and her fiancé Jason Trawick have called it quits.  The couple give fans a peek at their personal life when they play the lead roles in Britney's "Criminal" video. The video focuses on a fictional love affair between their characters, who go on a crime spree that leads to a steamy encounter. Director Chris Marrs Piliero says Trawick "killed it."
• David Lucado (2013) Britney started dating David in March 2013, they dated for 18 months until they split in August 2014 after David caught cheated.
• Charlie Ebersol (2014) E! News can confirm that the 32-year-old pop star is dating producer and writer Charlie Ebersol, the son of veteran TV producer and executive Dick Ebersol. The hot new couple have been seeing each other for a few weeks.  "They met through friends," a source tells E!

B R E A K T H R O U G H

She became the 'best-selling teenaged artist of all time' before she turned 20, garnering her honorific titles such as "Princess of Pop". She has sold over 100 million albums worldwide, making her one of the best selling music artists of all time. Rolling Stone recognized her instant success as one of the Top 25 Teen Idol Breakout Moments of all time, while VH1 ranked her eleventh on their "100 Greatest Women in Music" list in 2012, and Billboard named her the sexiest woman in music. Forbes reported that Spears was the highest paid female musician of 2012, with earnings of $58 million, having last topped the list in 2002.  Spears became an international pop culture icon immediately after launching her recording career. Rolling Stone magazine wrote: "One of the most controversial and successful female vocalists of the 21st century," she "spearheaded the rise of post-millennial teen pop ... Spears early on cultivated a mixture of innocence and experience that broke the bank". 


T H E  A W A R D S

Spears work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including a Grammy Award, six MTV Video Music Awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award, nine Billboard Music Awards, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.   She is listed by the World Guinness Records as having the "Best-selling album by a teenage solo artist" for her debut album ...Baby One More Time which sold over thirteen million copies in the United States.

I N F L U E N C E

Throughout her career, Spears has drawn frequent comparisons to Madonna and Janet Jackson, in terms of vocals, choreography and stage presence, citing both as influences in her work. She has also named Micheal Jackson and Whitney Houston as sources of inspiration.  From a young age, Britney was always fixing to be a star with idols such as Madonna, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston, the young Britney could always be heard singing, no matter what else was going on around her.

T H E  V O I C E

Spears possesses a soubrette vocal range of three octaves and two notes. Prior to her breakthrough success, she is described as having sung "much deeper than her highly recognizable trademark voice of today", with Eric Foster White, who worked with Spears for her debut album ...Baby One More Time, being cited as "[shaping] her voice over the course of a month" upon being signed to Jive Records "to where it is today—distinctively, unmistakably Britney"


F I L M O G R A P H Y

• 1993 - The All New Mickey Mouse Club
• 1999 - Donny & Marie, Kenan & Kel, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, The Famouse Jett Jackson, Medico de familia, Hooves of Fire
• 2000 - The Simpsons, TRL Italy, Dale's All Stars
• 2001 - Total Access 24/7,  Being Mick, Longshot
• 2002 - Boulevard Bio, Legend of the Lost Tribe, Crossroads, Austin Powers in Goldmember
• 2003 - Punk'd, Pauly Shore is Dead
• 2004 - Fahrenheit 9/11
• 2006 - Will & Grace
• 2008 - How I Met Your Mother
• 2010 - Glee
• 2012 - The Pauly D Project

E N D O R S E M E N T

n 2000, the singer released a limited edition of glasses titled Shades of Britney.  In 2001, Spears signed a deal with shoe company Skechers, and a $7–8 million promotional deal with Pepsi, their biggest entertainment deal at the time. Aside from numerous commercials with the latter during that year, she also appeared in a 2004 Pepsi television commercial in the theme of "Gladiators" with singers Beyoncé, Pink, and Enrique Iglesias.  In March 2009, Spears was announced as the new face of clothing brand Candie's.  Dari Marder, chief marketing officer for the brand, explained why they choose the singer, saying, "everybody loves a comeback and nobody's doing it better than Britney. She's just poised for even greater success." In 2010, Spears designed a limited edition line for the brand, which was released in stores in July 2010. In 2011, she teamed up with Sony, Make Up For Ever and PlentyofFish to release her music video for "Hold It Against Me", earning her $500,000 for the product placement.


P E R F U M E S 

Spears's range of commercial deals and products also includes beauty care products and perfumes. She released her first fragrance with Elizabeth Arden, Curious in 2004, which broke the company's first-week gross for a perfume. By 2009, she had released seven more fragrances including the popular perfume Fantasy, which earned her the recognition of the best-selling celebrity fragrance line on the market. The singer's Elizabeth Arden scents make up 34% of celebrity fragrance sales. In 2010, Spears released her eighth fragrance, Radiance.Worldwide, Spears sold over one million bottles in the first five years, with gross receipts of $1.5 billion. As of July 2014, Spears has released 16 fragrances through Elizabeth Arden.