Her favourite colours are baby blue and pink.
Her nicknames are Brit and Pinkey.
Her shoe size is 6.
Was on the girls' basketball team in her high school.
Idolizes Madonna and Mariah Carey.
"What Child Is This" was The first song she ever sang in public, in a church
in Kentwood
At age seven Britney won $50,000 in a singing contest.
She appeared on Star Search twice and won once.
Once worked at a novelty shop.
She is an accomplished gymnast. Britney attended gymnastics
classes until age nine, and during that time she even competed in state-level competitions. She also performed a back flip
for the "...Baby One More Time" video and several for the New Mickey Mouse Club.
Used to also be an aerobic instructor at her parents' gym.
Ended up as the youngest cast member of "MMC" (1989); during
the initial audition, she won the part after Jessica Simpson freaked out at the final question during the initial audition
for the Mickey Mouse Club.
She sang "Open Arms" (Mariah Carey) at her neighbour's wedding and send the
tape to Jive when she was trying to get a record deal.
Has British ancestry from maternal side.
Has a white Maltese dog named Lacy.
She and one of her best friends, Jenny, were formerly members
of unsuccessful girl-group Innosense. Britney left and debuted as a solo artist before the band released their first record.
Britney's assistant is one of her closest friends, Felicia Culotta.
Britney's sister, Jamie Lynn, appeared in the Nickelodeon shows
"All That" and "Zoey 101" for which Britney wrote the theme song "Follow Me" which is sung by Jamie herself.
Britney's understudy for her off-Broadway role in "Ruthless"
was actress Natalie Portman.
The male model in "Baby One More Time" video is played by Britney's
cousin.
Her posing in underwear for the cover of Rolling Stone magazine
(1999) caused a stir with the American Family Association.
Nestle backed out from sponsoring Britney's first US tour because of her controversial
Rolling Stones photos
Turned down her role in "Scary Movie" (2000) due to a hectic
concert schedule.
Purchased a $1.5 million loft in Greenwich Village, Manhattan,
for her brother Bryan.
Felt that she was too young to sing the lyrics of "Born to Make
You Happy."
In 2000, Britney co-wrote a novel with her mother called "Britney
Spears' Heart to Heart." The follow-up novel entitled "A Mother's Gift" was published in 2003.
Also in 2000, she was voted by "People" magazine as the fourth
Most Influential Person of that year.
The original title of her album “Oops! … I Did it
Again” was “Sunflower.”
In US, Britney, Madonna, Céline Dion, Mariah Carey, Whitney
Houston, Shania Twain, Alanis Morissette, and the Dixie Chicks are the only female artists with multiple diamond (shipped
over 10 million copies) albums. (Britney has two: '...Baby One More Time and Oops!... I Did It Again).
Is the only female artist in SoundScan history to have her first
four albums debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Having thirty-one million RIAA-certified albums sold in the U.S., Britney
ranks as the eighth best-selling female artist in American music history.
Holds the record for youngest artist (at age seventeen) to have his or her
first single ("...Baby One More Time") and first album (...Baby One More Time) simultaneously reach number one on the
Billboard charts.
Holds the record in the UK for biggest first-week sales for a greatest hits
compilation by a female artist (115,341 copies) with Greatest hits: My Prerogative.
"...Baby One More Time" was the UK's biggest selling single of 1999.
Has grossed over $145 million USD from tour ticket sales.
Has grossed over $30 million USD in merchandise from her tours.
Britney's video for "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know," features
her doing a love scene with a 23-year old male model, was edited by her mother before its release in the spring of 2001.
She was the host of the 2001 American Music Awards.
Named one of E!'s "Top 20 Entertainers of 2001".
Turned down an offer to pose nude for PETA anti-fur campaign
ad (2001).
She was criticized by PETA for wearing a fur jacket on the cover
of her "Greatest Hits Album: My Prerogative" after their first critic when Britney was performing on stage with a caged tiger
and snake at the 2001 MTV Music Awards.
Chosen as #5 of the 100 Sexiest Women by FHM Taiwan (2001).
Donated $2 million from her fall tour earnings to the children
of police officers and firemen who died when the World Trade Center collapsed.
Mentioned in the songs "Riot Girl" by Good Charlotte; "Don't
Let Me Get Me" by Pink; and Eminem's "The real Slim Shady."
Two Texas DJs created a panic for Britney's fans when they falsely reported
that the pop princess and her boyfriend, 'NSYNC's Justin Timberlake, were in a car accident and that Britney Spears had died
in the crash. In reality, both Britney and Justin were alive and well and had not been in any car wreck.
She is rumoured to have had a fling with Colin Farrell and has also been romantically
linked with Wade Robson.
She's a big fan of romantic novels and her favourite author is Danielle Steele.
Britney hates flying on airplanes
For the film Chicago, producer Harvey Weinstein wanted Britney for the
role that eventually went to Lucy Liu.
In 2002, Forbes named Britney the most powerful celebrity in the world.
She is friends with Sarah Michelle Geller. She was asked to appear in the
Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode “I Was Made to Love You," but turned down the role due to scheduling conflicts.
Voted as one of the "Fun and Fearless Females" by Cosmopolitan
Magazine (2002).
In 2002, she was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by
People Magazine.
In 2002, she came in at #2 in the American edition of FHM's
Sexiest Girls poll.
She arrived an hour late for the 2002 UK premiere of the movie,
Crossroads.
She got a Razzie Award for Worst Actress for her performance
in "Crossroads" and her track "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman" also won the Worst Original Song award.
She slipped on a cupcake once at an 'N Sync concert.
When she checks into a hotel she uses the alias "Alotta Warmheart" to remain
anonymous.
Britney’s home in Kentwood, Louisiana that she built for her mother,
Lynn, is called Serenity.
In 2002, she opened a restaurant, Nyla’s, but it was not a success and
closed in 2003.
Britney’s marriage to Jason Alexander lasted less than 55 hours.
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.
In her first starring role in film, Britney's character was
supposed to swear. Britney ordered that the swear words be taken out so not to tarnish her image for the younger pre-teen
viewers of her movie.
Ranked #1 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World"
(2002).
She once dyed her natural blonde hair to brown in 2003 for a
short period.
Her most popular ads were for Pepsi, which earned her a reported
$7-$8 million.
In 2003, she was ranked #30 in Maxim's Hot 100. Ranked #2 in
FHM's 100 Sexiest Women In The World (2003). Ranked #2 in the "Awesome Multitaskers" section of Stuff's 125 Sexiest Women
of the Year 2003 issue.
The day before the release of her 4th album "In the Zone," Spears
received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
She posed semi-nude for the men's magazine "Esquire," but refused
to pose nude for "Playboy" despite its million dollars payment.
She fancies Brad Pitt.
In May 2004 Spears had a Hebrew tattoo (מהש) inked into the nape of her neck. She was under the impression that it meant "new era," while
a more scholarly reading would be "protection." A source said, "She's taken Kabbalah pretty seriously and this was a big deal
for her."
Similarly, in 2003 Britney was informed by her friend, actress Taryn
Manning, that her hip tattoo (the Chinese character 奇) read "strange" rather than "mysterious".
She also has pink dice tattooed on her inner wrist (her husband,
Kevin, has matching blue dice).
Britney’s other tattoos include a small black-winged fairy
tattoo on her lower back, a daisy on her right toe, a butterfly on her left foot, and a Japanese flower that she reportedly
got "down there." Her foot is adorned with many symbols which represent freedom.
She publicly declared her trust in the President, as reported in an interview
on Crossfire and featured in the film Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore. "Honestly, I think we should just trust our president
in every decision that he makes and we should just support that, you know, and be faithful in what happens.".
Ranked the top spot in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World
2004".
Was ranked #4 on VH1's 100 Hottest Hotties.
In Spring 2004, she had emergency arthroscopic surgery after
she injured her knee on the set of her music video "Outrageous".
Her perfume "Curious" was one of the best selling fragances
of 2004. In 2005, it was honored by the Fragrance Foundation as Best Women's Fragrance.
Her wedding dress was designed by Monique L'Huillier.
Was considered for the role of Daisy Duke in "The Dukes of Hazzard"
(2005), but lost it to Jessica Simpson.
Wrote a "letter of truth" to her fans on her official website,
telling them that she needed to take a break from her career to concentrate on her marriage with Kevin Federline.
She is the Best-Selling Female Artist of the still-running decade
and century, who's sold an RIAA-certified 32 million albums in the US.
Marked the biggest-selling first week for a greatest hits compilation
by a female artist in UK chart history.
In February 2005, she received her first Grammy for "Toxic"
in the category of Best Dance Recording after her failure winning in Grammy Awards 2000 up to 2003.
In 2005, she was 'honoured' Worst Supporting Actress by the
Golden Raspberry judges for her cameo role in the documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11."
Wrote her song "Someday" 2 weeks before she found out she was
pregnant.
In 1996 and 1997 she was chosen as junior high most beautiful.
Once faced a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by an Indiana
songwriter named Steve Wallace.
Amid her pregnancy, she was reported to expect twins, while
also issued to be in financial problems (2005).
Auctioned her personal items, including clothing, furniture
and jewelry, to raise cash for the Mississippi Hurricane Recovery Fund.
She and husband Kevin Federline once reported to have made a
raunchy sex tape which was claimed to be filmed while Britney was expecting son Sean.
Once managed to take legal action against anyone who showed
the lost photos of her newly born son Sean Preston which later surfaced on the Internet.
Won the lawsuit filed by Steve Wallace, an Indiana songwriter
who claims he wrote her hit record "Sometimes."
Named as one of Hollywood's Hottest Mom in a poll conducted
by In Touch magazine in 2005.
Accompanied by Federline and son Sean Preston, Britney posed
for their first happy family photo for America's People magazine.
Tops Yahoo's annual list of the Most-Searched for Names on the
Internet (2005).
She and husband Federline were listed as one of the Tackiest
Couple of 2005 in America's Star magazine poll.
Filed a $20 million lawsuit against US Weekly in Los Angeles
for a story claiming she made a raunchy sex tape with husband Federline, which she claimed never existed (Dec 19, 2005).
Took the 3rd position in Access Hollywood's Top 10 Newsmakers
list in 2005
Has been chosen the Worst-Dressed Woman of 2005 according to
Mr. Blackwell's 46th annual "Worst Dressed" list.
