Britney Spears

Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an iconic American pop music singer, songwriter and dancer. Her career encompasses chart-topping records, high-profile advertising, and forays into acting and reality television. She remains very popular throughout the world despite some controversy surrounding the perceived sexual nature of her music and image.

Career achievements

• According to VH1's special "The Fabulous Life Of... Britney & Kevin", Spears has sold over 75 million records worldwide.
• Having 31 million RIAA-certified albums in the U.S., Spears ranks as the eighth best-selling female artist in American Music history. {{ref|AlbumSales4}}
• Only female artist in SoundScan history to have her first four albums debut at #1 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 10 million copies) albums (Spears has two: ...Baby One More Time and Oops!... I Did It Again).
• In the U.S., Spears, Mary J. Blige, Tori Amos, Céline Dion, Janet Jackson, Madonna, Mariah Carey, LeAnn Rimes, Jennifer Lopez and Barbra Streisand are the only female artists to have had five or more top ten debuts on the Billboard 200.
• Artist with the most retired videos on TRL U.S. with a total of thirteen.
• Broke the record for youngest artist (at age 17) to have his or her first single ("...Baby One More Time") reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Broke the record for youngest artist (at age 17) to have his or her first single ("...Baby One More Time") and first album (...Baby One More Time) simultaneously reach #1 on the Billboard charts.
• ...Baby One More Time is the best-selling album by a teenager in history.
• "...Baby One More Time" is the 24th best-selling single of all time in the UK.
• 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.
• Broke the record in the UK for biggest first-week sales for a greatest hits compilation by a female artist (115,341 copies) with '.
• Has grossed over $145 million from tour ticket sales.
• Broke the record for first-week gross for a fragrance with "Curious".
• Has returned prominence to the soubrette, after a decade of 'power diva' singing, lead by Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Céline Dion, Taylor Dayne and Patti Labelle.