001PIC.COM: Britney Spears

Britney was born December 2, 1981 as BRITNEY JEAN SPEARS, in small country town Kentwood, Louisiana. Her mother, Lynne, an elementary school teacher, and her father, Jamie, a construction contractor, took her to a local church where she sang "What Child Is This", the first public performance. She was only eight when
she joined an audition of Disney Channel's Mickey Mouse Club. It was too young for her to join the show, but the producers spotted her potential talent and found her a professional music agent in New York. Accompanied with her mother and younger sister, she moved to Manhattan for several summers to study at the Professional Performing Arts School and Off-Broadway Dance Center.

In 1991, she landed a part as a demonic child in ruthless, an off-Broadway production based on the 1956 horror film, The Bad Seed. And again, at the age of 11, she auditioned again for Disney Channel's MMC, and this times, she earned her mouse ears and became a full-fledged member of MMC for both the 1993 and 1994 seasons. "At 10 I

was playing this really bad child who seems real sweet but she's evil too. It was so much fun," she recalls. It seems that MMC was a place where nowadays teen stars were born. In the club, she knew Justin Timberlake and Joshua "JC" Chasez, ho would go on to become two-fifths of the teen pinup band 'N Sync. Other talented alumni to emerge from the cast are Keri Russell of WB's Felicity fame, singer Christina Aguilera, Nita Booth (Miss Virginia 1998), and Ryan Gosling from Young Hercules. She stayed on the show for 2 years before going back to Lousiana to attend high school. It was only a year, she headed back to New York at age 15 to audition for executives at Jive Records.

In 1997, she signed a development deal with Jive record, and work with Eric Foster White, a producer who had worked with Boyzone, Hi-Five, and Whitney Houston. It seemed a perfect fit, given Spears self-declared musical influences: Madonna, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, and Houston. She also traveled to Sweden to work with Max Martin, whose previous clients included the Backstreet
Boys, Ace of Base, and Robyn. By early 1998, her first album with Jive was complete but not released until the first of 1999. Spears set out on a promotional tour to shopping malls throughout America, prompting inevitable comparisons with ‘80s teen pop stars such as Tiffany and Debbie Gibson. Its success got Spears a gig opening for ‘N
Sync, by then a popular teen band and featured on Teen People and Rolling Stone. When the album was released on January 12, 1999, her first very successful single 'Baby, One More Time' made its debut at number 17 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. The single spurred along by a racy video featuring Britney dressed as a bare-midriffed Catholic schoolgirl, also shot up to number one. By September, Baby One More Time had sold over 6 million copies.

Some controversy surrounded a Rolling Stone cover story in March 1999, picturing the 17-year-old Britney in a seductive, Lolita-esque pose. She has vigorously denied the widespread rumor that she has breast implants, as well as the rumor that she is actually in her 20s. Britney has gone from being a star in the making to a superstar and the Queen Of Teen.
	In 1999 alone she was nominated for two Grammys (including the coveted Best New Artist), swept the 1999 MTV Europe Awards (where she nabbed Best Female, Best Pop, Best Breakthrough Artist and Best song), brought her explosive live show around the globe and appeared on every major televised award show both here and in Europe. Before the
Grammy Awards, held in February 2000, she had emerged as one of the leading contenders for Best New Artist. She eventually lost the award, to fellow ex-Mickey Mouse Clubber and teen pop sensation Christina Aguilera.

Now Britney is back ready to take it to the next level. Featuring tracks from Diane Warren, Rodney Jerkins, Mutt Lange, Max Martin and Britney herself, "Oops! I Did It Again" is destined to be the album of the summer and is much more than just a follow-up. It’s a record that shows the progress from phenomenon to artist. A bit wiser and more confident and self-assured, "Oops! I Did It Again" is Britney Spears as you’ve never heard her: sexy, sassy and solidly in control. Ask Britney about the

direction of her new CD and she is modest. "I'm not really doing anything different this time around but I am really growing up, as a person and that just all flows with the overall sound and feel of this record. There’s no master plan! I’m just gonna be me and hope it all works out!"

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