:: Britney Spears brief biography/profile ::
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Full name : Britney Jean Spears
Date of Birth: December 2, 1981.
Place of birth: McComb, Mississippi, USA
Residence: Kentwood, Louisiana. US.
Profession: American pop singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer.
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a popular American pop singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer, most popular in 1999 and the early 2000s. Her career encompasses chart-topping records, high-profile advertising, and forays into acting and reality television. She remains popular throughout the world despite controversy surrounding the sexual nature of her music and image.
:: Career achievements ::
* According to the VH1 special "The Fabulous Life Of... Britney & Kevin" and TIME, Spears has sold over seventy-six million records worldwide.
* Having thirty-one million RIAA-certified albums in the U.S., Spears ranks as the eighth best-selling female artist in American Music history.
* Only female artist in SoundScan history to have her first four albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200 chart.
* In the U.S., Spears, Madonna, Céline Dion, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Shania Twain and the Dixie Chicks are the only female artists with multiple diamond (shipped over ten million copies) albums (Spears has two: ...Baby One More Time and Oops!... I Did It Again).
* Artist with the most retired videos on TRL U.S. with a total of fifteen.
* 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.
* ...Baby One More Time is the best-selling album by a teenager in history.
* Holds the record for biggest first-week album sales by a female artist in history (1.3 million copies) for Oops!... I Did It Again.
* Holds the record in the U.K. for biggest first-week sales for a greatest hits compilation by a female artist (115,341 copies) with Greatest Hits: My Prerogative.
* Holds the record for first-week gross for a fragrance with "Curious". "Curious" also went on to become the biggest-selling fragrance of 2004. To-date, "Curious" has grossed over $100 million USD worldwide.
* Has grossed over $30 million USD in merchandise from her tours.
* Has topped Yahoo!'s annual list of the most-searched names three times in the past four years including 2005.
