This mega Super Star just finished an unbelievably chaotic year for someone so young and someone that showed so much talented potential so early in her life.
Right now, you cannot pick up a newspaper, turn on your TV or check out your Internet browser's home page without seeing photos of her latest slide into some dark oblivion of her own making.
Britney was born in McComb, Mississippi, on December 2, 1981 and was raised in Kentwood, Louisiana. Her parents are Lynne and James Spears. Her mother was an elementary school teacher and her father is a building contractor. She has a brother, Bryan, and a sister, Jamie.
She attended gymnastics classes until she was nine years old, competing in gymnastic competitions at the state level. She joined the choir at her Baptist church and performed in dance revues...normal activities for a pretty and talented young girl in the south at that time.
When she was eight years old, she auditioned for The New Mickey Mouse Club, on the Disney Channel. The producer on the show considered her too young to be a member of the club and introduced her to an agent in New York City. She spent the next 3 summers at the Professional Performing Arts School in NYC, where she appeared in a few off-Broadway productions. In 1991, at the age of 9, she appeared in Ruthless!
The next year, she was in Star Search, a popular television show of the time, where she won the first round but lost the second. When Britney was 11, she finally got her spot on The New Mickey Mouse Club in Lakeland, Florida, and was a main feature on the show from 1993 to 1994. When the show ended, Britney returned to Kentwood and attended high school for a year.
1997 was a busy year for Britney. Briefly, she was a member of the all-female group, Innosense, and later that year, she recorded a demo and was signed by Jive Records and embarked on a U.S. concert tour sponsored by American Teen Magazine. Before the year was up, she became an opening act for 'N Sync and the Backstreet Boys. She was barely 15 at the time.
The following year, Britney became a superstar with her recording of "Baby One More Time." Although she initially presented and promoted a good girl image for her album, the music video that came out of the hit CD could have been her first hint of the troubles to come.
Her first music video was originally planned to be set in a cartoon-like environment to attract young children. But Britney didn't like that idea at all. She wanted a more mature presentation and the set moved to Venice High School. Her naughty, school girl outfit that she wore, with the uniform shirt tied up to expose her bare midriff and pigtails that resembled those of the scandalous movie young girl, Lolita, all helped to rocket her into a worldwide superstar.
Looking back over Britney's childhood and teen years, a question comes to mind: Where was her childhood? She started performing in one way or another when she was 9 years old and auditioning when she was a year younger.
Dan Thompson has been observing celebrities for over twenty years. Dan currently owns a popular un-official fan site for the former Miss Great Britain Danielle Lloyd. You can find more information, including a photo gallery at http://www.danielle-lloyd.co.uk
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