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About Me: Britney Jean Spears is a Award winning singer-songwriter/dancer/autho r/directer/actress/pianist/phi lanthropist
More than any other single artist, Britney Spears was the driving force behind the return of teen pop in the late '90s.Spears didn't just become a star -- she was a bona fide pop phenomenon. Not only did she sell millions of records, she was a media fixture regardless of what she was (or wasn't) doing.
Britney Spears became a pop culture icon immediately after launching her recording career. Rolling Stone magazine wrote: "One of the most controversial and successful female vocalists of the 21st century," she "spearheaded the rise of post-millennial teen pop ... Spears early on cultivated a mixture of innocence and experience that broke the bank". Spears also holds the title to multiple Guinness World Records.
Some of her many *Musical* Achievements:
•"Baby One More Time" is the best selling album by a teen. The debut single ..."Baby One More Time" became the first and only song in world music history to hit number one in over fifty countries, and also, it is known to be the only song in the history of music to occupy the top spot in the most number of countries at the same week with thirty-five countries having the song at number one in the week of February 13, 1999. In addition, the album "Baby One More Time" is the 4th best-selling album by a female and 27th best-selling overall album in American music history. It is diamond certified.
•Spears is the first artist in Nielsen SoundScan to have five non-consecutive albums debut at number one in the United States, and is the only female to have six studio albums debut in the top two slots of the Billboard 200. Also, Spears is the only artist in history to have sold more than 500,000 copies in the first-week sales of an album for four of her albums. In ten years, Spears has sold over 85 million albums worldwide, making her the world biggest-selling artist of this decade. She is the 8th best selling female artist in History.
•The album "Oops I did it again" broke records when it sold over 1.3 million copies in its first week of release, making Spears the only female artist to receive platinum status for an album in first-week sales. It is Diamond certified.
•2 Diamond albums. 6 multi-platinum albums.
•Britney Jean Spears has been nominated for seven Grammy Awards, including one for "Best pop vocal album". She won in the "Best Dance Recording" category, in 2005 for her hit single Toxic.
•3 VMAs . 9 Billboard awards. 3 World Music Awards. 1 Bambi *Best Pop International Artist*... And many other various awards
•Britney Spears' has been Yahoo!'s most popular search term for the last four consecutive years, seven times in total. Spears was named as Most Searched Person in the Guinness World Records book edition 2007 and 2009.
•She has been been given a star on the Walk of Fame, the second youngest singer to do so.
•Her career success was highlighted by Forbes magazine in 2002 when Spears was ranked the world's most powerful celebrity.
•She has grossed over US$350 million from tour ticket sales*Circus sales not included* and over $185 million in merchandise from her tours, the most ever grossed by a performer (male and female).
•"Curious" *her fragrance* was the number one fragrance of 2004 in department stores, and in 2005, "Curious" was honored by the Fragrance Foundation as Best Women's Fragrance. She has sold over 570 million bottles of this fragrance world wide and it is her most successful perfume.
The Recording Industry Association of America has announced that Britney Spears has officially sold over 100 million records, making her the best selling artist of the 2000's, according to Hollyscoop. In addition, she is the fifth overall female artist to join the ranks of Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, and Mariah Carey who have also sold over 100 million albums.
Wow! Congrats to Britney. That's amazing.
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