Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer. Often referred to as the "Princess of Pop", she is credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s and early 2000s. After appearing in stage productions and television series, Spears signed with Jive Records in 1997 at age fifteen. Her first two studio albums, ...Baby One More Time (1999) and Oops!... I Did It Again (2000), are among the best-selling albums of all time and made Spears the best-selling teenage artist of all time. With first-week sales of over 1.3 million copies, Oops!... I Did It Again held the record for the fastest-selling album by a female artist in the United States for fifteen years. Spears adopted a more mature and provocative style for her albums Britney (2001) and In the Zone (2003), and starred in the 2002 film Crossroads.
Spears was executive producer of her fifth studio album Blackout (2007), often referred to as her best work. Following a series of highly publicized personal problems, promotion for the album was limited, and Spears was involuntarily placed in a conservatorship. Since then, she released the chart-topping albums, Circus (2008) and Femme Fatale (2011), the latter of which became her most successful era of singles in the US charts. She embarked on a four-year concert residency, Britney: Piece of Me, at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas to promote her next two albums Britney Jean (2013) and Glory (2016). In 2019, Spears's legal battle over her conservatorship became more publicized and led to the establishment of the #FreeBritney movement. In 2021, the conservatorship was terminated following her public testimony in which she accused her management team and family of abuse.
Regarded as a pop icon, Spears has sold over 100 million records worldwide, including over 70 million in the United States, making her one of the world's best-selling music artists. She has achieved six number-one albums on the Billboard 200 and four number-one singles on the US Billboard Hot 100: "...Baby One More Time", "Womanizer", "3", and "Hold It Against Me". The "S&M" remix also topped the Billboard chart. Her singles "Oops!... I Did It Again", "Toxic", and "Scream & Shout" topped the charts in most countries. With "3" in 2009 and "Hold It Against Me" in 2011, Spears became the second artist after Mariah Carey in the Hot 100's history to debut at number one with two or more songs. Her heavily choreographed videos earned her the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. She has earned numerous other awards and accolades, including a Grammy Award, 15 Guinness World Records, six MTV Video Music Awards, seven Billboard Music Awards (including the Millennium Award), the inaugural Radio Disney Icon Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Acted in
Larger than Life: Reign of the Boybands
2024
as Self (archive footage)
TMZ Investigates: Britney Spears: The Price of Freedom
2023
Britney at the BBC
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Britney Spears: Breaking Free
2021
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Britney vs. Spears
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Toxic: Britney Spears' Battle For Freedom
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Controlling Britney Spears
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Britney Spears: Fighting for Freedom
2021
The Battle for Britney: Fans, Cash and a Conservatorship
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Framing Britney Spears
2021
as Self (archive footage)
The New York Times Presents
2020
as Self (archive footage)
I'm a LA... Get Me Out of Here!
2019
as Self - Contestant
Corporate Animals
2019
as Ghost of Britney Spears (voice)
Euphoria
2019
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Leaving Neverland: ProSieben Spezial
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Britney Spears: Live in London
2017
as Self
Confessions of the Paparazzi
2017
as Self
Britney Spears: Triple Ho Show
2016
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Britney Spears: Apple Music Festival
2016
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Britney Spears: iHeartRadio Music Festival
2016
as Self
Paparazzi: Full Throttle LA
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Jamie Lynn Spears: When the Lights Go Out
2016
as Self
Jane the Virgin
2014
as Britney Spears
Britney Spears: Workin' It
2014
as Self
Britney: Piece of Me
2013
as Self
I Am Britney Jean
2013
as Self
P!NK: Staying True
2013
as Self
Radio Disney Music Awards
2013
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Propaganda
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You
2012
as Self
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
as Self
Me @ the Zoo
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Britney Spears Live The Femme Fatale Tour
2011
as Self
The X Factor
2011
as Self - Judge
I'm Still Here
2010
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Smash His Camera
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Madonna: Sticky & Sweet Tour
2010
as Girl in Elevator during Human Nature (uncredited)
Teenage Paparazzo
2010
as Self
The Circus Starring: Britney Spears
2009
as Self
Britney Spears: Unbreakable
2009
as Self
Glee
2009
as Britney Spears
Britney: For the Record
2008
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Religulous
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Britney Spears - L'innocente Rebelle
2007
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Maxim: Hot Clips 4
2006
as Self (archive footage)
How I Met Your Mother
2005
as Abby
Mickey Mouse Club: The Best Of Britney, Justin & Christina
2005
Britney and Kevin: Chaotic
2005
as Self
Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My Prerogative
2004
as Self
Die 90er - Popwunder & Popsünden
2004
as Self
The X Factor
2004
as Self - Special Guest
Fahrenheit 9/11
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Britney Spears: The Return of an Angel
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Britney Spears: In the Zone
2004
as Self
Britney Spears: Live from Miami
2004
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Britney Spears: In the Zone
2003
as Self
Top of the Pops Saturday
2003
as Self
Punk'd
2003
as Self
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003
as Britney Spears
Stages: Three Days in Mexico
2002
as Self
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002
as Britney Spears
The Osbournes
2002
as Self
Crossroads
2002
as Lucy Wagner
Britney: The Videos
2001
as Self
Britney Spears: Live from Las Vegas
2001
as Self
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
2001
as Self
Longshot
2001
as Flight Attendant
Star Academy
2001
as Self
MTV Icon: Janet Jackson
2001
as Self
The Merchants of Cool
2001
as Self (archive footage)
M6 awards 2000
2000
as Self
Britney Spears: Oops!... I Did It Again Tour 2000
2000
as Self
Britney Spears in Concert
2000
as Self
Britney Spears - Live and More!
2000
as Self
Diary
2000
as Self
Crazy 2K Tour
1999
as Self
Time Out with Britney Spears
1999
as Self
Britney Spears & Joey McIntyre in Concert
1999
as Self
Teen Choice Awards
1999
as Self
Teen Choice Awards
1999
as Self - Performer & Nominee
...Baby One More Time Tour
1999
as Self
Britney Spears: The Videos
1998
as Self
Will & Grace
1998
as Amber-Louise
TRL
1998
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
as Britney Spears
Kenan & Kel
1996
as Britney Spears
Médico de familia
1995
as Britney Spears
TOTP2
1994
as Self
ECHO-Verleihung
1992
as Self
The Simpsons
1989
as Britney Spears (voice)
MMC
1989
as Mouseketeer
Smash Hits Poll Winners Party
1988
as Self
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
as Self
De TV Show
1981
as Self
CNN Special Report
1980
as Self - Archive Footage
Bravo Otto Verleihung
1957
as Self - Awardee (pre-taped appearence)
Crossroads: 40 Days with Britney
as Self