Attended Parklane Academy, a private school in McComb, Mississippi until October 1994. She was on the girls' basketball team.
Was offered a role in Scary Movie (2000), but was forced to turn it down, due to concert scheduling.
Middle sister of Bryan Spears and Jamie Lynn Spears.
Her idol is Madonna.
Sister-in-law of Graciella Sanchez.
Studied at NYC's Professional Performing Arts School.
Daughter of Lynne Spears and Jamie Spears.
First solo artist ever to have a #1 album and single on the Billboard charts at the same time with a debut.
Worked at a novelty shop before making it big.
One of "Teen People" Magazine's "21 Hottest Stars Under 21".
Caused a stir with the American Family Association by posing in her underwear on the cover of Rolling Stone.
Was one of People's 50 Most Beautiful People.
Ended up as the youngest cast member of MMC (1989); during the initial audition, she won the part after Jessica Simpson freaked out at the final question during the initial audition.
Purchased a $1.5-million loft in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, for her brother Bryan Spears.
Announced that she will attend college and eventually wants to study entertainment law.
In her first song "Baby One More Time" there is a line "My loneliness is killing me" and in another of her songs, "Stronger", there is a line "My loneliness ain't killing me no more".
Is a natural brunette. She often prefers to dye her hair blonde.
Her flesh-colored outfit at the MTV Video Music Awards created a stir, as it made her look scantily clad. [September 2000]
Requested that writers change the lyrics of her song "Born to Make You Happy." The original version contained sexually explicit lyrics, and Britney felt she was too young to be singing it.
Chicago-based DNA Visual Business Solutions filed a lawsuit against her and her marketing companies, including Britney Brands, Inc., claiming that they failed to pay fees due to the web-designing company for helping set up her website, www.britneyspears.com. [October 2000]
Accepted an endorsement from Pepsi to do TV commercials promoting the soft drink. The first commercial was slated for the 2001 Academy Awards.
Was selected as #2 among the 100 sexiest women in FHM Magazine.
March 2001: Her video for "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know" features her doing a love scene with a 23-year-old male model. The original cut contained material so sexually explicit that mother Lynne Spears ordered that parts of the video be edited for content before its release to the public in the spring of 2001.