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Biography
Britney
Jean Spears was born on December 2nd, 1981 in Kentwood,
Louisiana. This talented young lady has been performing
since she was a toddler. She started out taking ballet
and basic tumbling classes. Very soon after, she was
enrolled in a gymnastics class where she excelled in
floor exercises and the uneven bars. Britney went on
to compete at state level competitions and won several
titles. She kept up with gymnastics until she was nine
years old.
At
that time, she decided to return to dancing and joined
a dance company which toured the state competing in
solo and group dance competitions. Britney sang at these
events too and it was around this time that she auditioned
to be a Mouseketeer in the Mickey Mouse Club. Needless
to say, she became a finalist but because she was too
young, she was disqualified.
As
luck would have it, a producer from the Mickey Mouse
Club thought that Britney had a lot of talent and advised
her mother to take Britney to New York and obtain an
agent for her. So the young girl spent the next three
summers in New York, studying at the Off-Broadway Dance
Center and Professional Performing Arts School.
When
her eleventh birthday came around, she again tried out
for the Mouseketeer part. Thus, Britney became a Mouseketeer
for two years. At the end of the two years, the Mickey
Mouse Club was disbanded and she went back home to Kentwood
and attended high school.
After
a year in school, Britney decided to make an audition
tape which she brought to New York. There she succesfully
obtained a contract with Jive records. She performed
in malls and was the opening act for ‘N Sync. Britney
captured the world’s attention with the release of her
hit single “Baby One More Time”. She became the first
new female artist to have her first single and first
album hit the number spot in the same week. Britney
Spears’ dream of becoming a pop star has come true.
Her
current contracts with McDonalds, Milk, Izone Camera
and Clairol’s Herbal Essence for endorsements are reportedly
worth three million US dollars. NBC’s entertainment
show “Extra” said that the current Britney craze more
than rivals that of Madonna’s in the 80s and 90s. So
look out world: Britney is here to stay |
