Britney Jean Spears , better known as Britney Spears ( McComb , USA, December 2, 1981 ) is a singer, dancer , actress, songwriter, model , fashion designer and businesswoman .
She began acting as a child , through roles in stage productions and television shows . In 1997 signed with Jive Records and two years later he released his debut album , ... Baby One More Time , the biggest selling album of solo teen . During his first decade in the industry, Spears became a prominent figure in popular music and popular culture, with a personal life very publicitada. Her first two albums established her as a pop icon and broke sales records, while songs like "... Baby One More Time " and " Oops! ... I Did It Again " became international hits . The specialists credited as the main driving force behind the revival experienced by the teen pop during the 1990s and cataloged as the best teen artist of all time before he turned 20, so the honorificaron as' Princess Pop '.
In 2001 , she released her third album , Britney , of that " I'm a Slave 4 U " came off, and made his film debut with a starring role in the film Crossroads . Two years later he assumed creative control of her fourth album , In the Zone , which produced the hits " Me Against the Music ", " Toxic " and " Everytime ". After the release of two compilation albums and singles such as " My Prerogative " Spears suffered a series of personal problems and his career went on hiatus . In 2007 , he returned to the industry with their fifth studio album, Blackout, which besides being critically acclaimed , generated the hits " Gimme More " and " Piece of Me ", despite receiving little promotion. In 2008, her erratic behavior and hospitalizations led her to be under guardianship. Later that year , he released his sixth studio album , Circus, which preceded the hit "Womanizer."
The following year he embarked on his most ambitious tour , The Circus Starring : Britney Spears, and released their second compilation album, led by the single. In 2011 , he released his seventh studio album , Femme Fatale , which spawned the hits " Hold It Against Me ',' Till the World Ends " and " I Wanna Go ", and collaborated on a remix of the hit " S & M " by Rihanna . In 2012 was a judge on The X Factor USA and collaborated with will.i.am in the successful " Scream & Shout ", while in 2013 released " Ooh La La ", Theme Smurfs 2 launched " Work Bitch ', the first single eighth studio album, Britney Jean , and released " SMS ( Bangerz )", a collaboration with Miley Cyrus.
Globally, Spears has sold over 100 million records , making him one of the top-selling artists in history. According to RIAA, since its debut is the female artist who has sold more albums and the eighth woman overall, with 34 million certified copies. As of May 2012 , it had sold over 32.5 million albums and 29 million downloads of single songs in the United States, which was also the female artist who sold more albums during the 2000s .
In the UK it has sold 4 million albums and 324 million singles , and is the sixth best-selling female solo singles in history. Britney ranked sixth on Forbes list of the 100 most powerful and influential celebrities in the world , is also the third most mentioned in Internet singer, according to Forbes , and one of the most sought after artists in the history of YouTube.Su success in the music industry has led him to venture into the perfume industry