Britney Spears: The Princess of Pop
American singer, songwriter, dancer, and cultural icon, often hailed as the 'Princess of Pop' for her immense influence on late 1990s and 2000s teen pop music.
Britney Spears rose to global superstardom as a teenager with her 1998 debut single '...
Baby One More Time'. She became a defining figure of teen pop, achieving numerous chart-topping hits and multi-platinum albums throughout the 2000s. Her career has been marked by immense commercial success, highly choreographed performances, significant media scrutiny, and a highly publicized personal life, including a controversial conservatorship that ended in 2021.
- Her 2007 breakdown, involving shaving her head and attacking a paparazzo's car, became a major tabloid spectacle and led to her being placed under a court-ordered conservatorship controlled by her father.
- The #FreeBritney movement, driven by fan activism and allegations of abuse within the conservatorship, gained massive traction online and in mainstream media, culminating in the conservatorship's termination in November 2021.
- Her personal life, including high-profile relationships with Justin Timberlake and Kevin Federline (with whom she has two sons), custody battles, and struggles with mental health, has been relentlessly documented and sensationalized by the media.