Britney Jean Spears
Britney Jean Spears was born on December
2 1981 in McComb, Mississippi & raised in Kentwood, Louisiana. Britney
was an avid dancer in her youth and was a winner of numerous competitions in
gymnastics. However, the most important thing was, Britney loved to sing.
Britney auditioned for The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989) at the age of 8.
She was rejected due to her young age. Britney was later recommended to the
off-Broadway production "Ruthless" in which she played in the title
role for two years. At the age of 11, she was back on stage for The All New
Mickey Mouse Club (1989). This time, she was one of the mouseketeers along with
other stars of today, Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez (*NSYNC) and Ryan
Gosling. Her breakthrough however, was when she was signed Jive Recording
Artists in the late 90s. After the release of her debut album"Baby
"...Baby One More Time" in early 1999 Britney became an international
success having sold 13 million copies of "Baby" and 9 million copies
(as of July 2001) of her sophomore album "Oops !...I Did It Again"
and was released in the month of May 2000. Britney was born to Lynne Spears
& Jamie Spears and has a big brother, Bryan Spears & a little
sister, Jamie Lynn Spears. Britney was destined to be an upcoming star at a
young age. Britney loved singing and was inspired by Whitney Houston and Mariah
Carey. After a long period of singing and dancing classes and appearing in
various talent shows and fairs, Britney auditioned for The All New Mickey Mouse
Club (1989) TV series (1989-1994) at the age of 8, however, she was too young
to get the part. Britney moved to New York with her mother and her baby sister.
She was a part of numerous TV advertisements and also served as the understudy
of Natalie Portman in "Ruthless" off-Broadway. Her passion for
dancing and music took over and, two years after that, she was auditioning for
a part on "Mickey Mouse" again, and this time, got the part along
with Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake.
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