Name: Britney Jean Spears
Nickname: Bit-Bit, Brit
Birthdate: 02 December 1981
Birthplace: McComb, Mississippi
Hometown: Kentwood, Louisiana, US
Parents Jamie and Lynne
Siblings: Bryan, 21 and Jamie Lynn, 8
Hair: Light brown
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 135 lbs.
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
Hobbies: Shopping, seeing movies, riding her go-kart, singing, dancing and reading trashy novels.
Also enjoys: Reading romance novels, swimming, days at the beach
Hates: Her feet
Collects: Dolls
Pets: Mitzi a yorkshire terrier, Baby a yorkshire terrier, Lady a poodle, Kane a rotweiler
Influences: Lauryn Hill, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Otis Redding
Favorite Food: Ice Cream (Cookie Dough flavor), Pasta, Hot Dogs
Favorite Color: Baby Blue
Favorite Teams: Chicago Bulls, New York Yankees
Favorite Movies: My Best Friend's Wedding, Steel Magnolias
Favorite Singer: Mariah Carey, Aerosmith, Prince, Backstreet Boys, Third Eye Blind
Favorite Actors: Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson, Brad Pitt, Ben Affleck, Leonardo Di Caprio
Favorite Disney Characters: Goofy and Donald Duck
Favorite Clothing Designer: Betsey Johnson, Bebe, A/X, Rampage, Abercrombie & Fitch
College Hopeful Major: Business or Communications
Type of guys she likes: "I like guys with long hair, the rugged type, not the pretty boy type at all" She wants someone with a nice personality.

One of the last teenage pop superstars of the 20th century, Spears enjoyed her breakthrough success at the end of 1998. She appeared in local dance revues and church choirs as a young girl, and at the age of eight auditioned for The Mickey Mouse Club. Although she was too young to join the series, a producer on the show gave her an introduction to a New York agent. She subsequently spent three summers at the Professional Performing Arts School Center. She appeared in a number of off-Broadway productions as a child actor, including Ruthless (1991). She returned to the [Walt] Disney Channel for a spot on The Mickey Mouse Club, where she was featured for two years between the ages of 11 and 13. She began to audition for pop bands in the New York area, her demo tapes eventually landing on the desk of Jive Records' Jeff Fenster. "Her vocal ability and commercial appeal caught me right away," he recalls.

Spears was expensively groomed by Jive, who put her in the studio with Eric Foster White (producer and writer for Boyzone, Whitney Houston and others). They employed top R&B writer Max Martin (of Backstreet Boys fame) to produce her debut single, "... Baby, One More Time', and an album of the same title. They also set up a promotional free phone number where fans could listen to Spears' music and interviews throughout the summer of 1998. She toured American venues for a series of concerts sponsored by US teen magazines, eventually joining "N Sync on tour. The careful planning paid off when her debut album and single went on to top the American charts at the start of 1999. The album and single enjoyed similar success in the UK and Europe. The ballad "Sometimes" and the funky "(You Drive Me) Crazy" were also substantial transatlantic hits, and "Born To Make You Happy" topped the UK charts in January 2000. The demand for new Spears material was satisfied when her sophomore set, Oops! ... I Did It Again, was released in May. The album contained the expected quota of well-produced, expertly crafted pop songs, alongside a risible cover version of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction".

Spears' self-titled third album was a laboured attempt by the singer to cultivate a more mature image. Although its initial sales were not as strong as her previous two albums, Britney shot straight to the top of the US album chart on its release in November 2001 for a brief stay. Spears' feature film debut, Crossroads, was released the following February.