Britney Jean Spears

Britney Jean Spears was born the 2nd of December 1981 in McComb, Mississippi & raised in Kentwood, Louisiana. When she was a kid, Britney attended dance classes and excelled at gymnastics. She was a winner of many events and such. Britney loves to sing however, most importantly, she enjoyed dance classes. At age 8, Britney tried out for The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989) however she was turned down due to her age. It led her to an off-Broadway show, "Ruthless", for an entire two-year run as the title character. She tried again in The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989), this time , as the mouseketeer. In the latter part of the 90s, Britney signed with Jive Recording Artist. The debut album of Britney Spears, "...Baby, was released in 1999. Britney also sold 9 million copies (as at July 2001) of her second album "Oops !...I Do It Again" that was released in May 2000. Britney was the daughter of Lynne Spears (and Jamie Spears) and is a big sister, Jamie Lynn Spears. At a very young age, Britney was always fixing to be a star with her idols like Madonna, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston, the young Britney could always be heard singing no matter what else was going on around her. After taking extensive dance and vocal lessons and appearing in various show and fairs Britney was a candidate for The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989) TV show (1989-1994) at the age of 8, however, she was too young to play the part. Britney along with her little sister, Britney relocated to New York, where she was featured in numerous TV commercials as well as in an off Broadway play called "Ruthless" which was directed by the guidance by Natalie Portman. She fell in love with music and dance two years later, when she auditioned for the role of "Mickey Mouse" and was able to win the role along with Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera.