Britney Jean Spears

Britney Jean Spears was born on December 2 1981 in McComb, Mississippi & raised in Kentwood, Louisiana. Britney took dance classes when she was a child and was a fantastic gymnast. She was a winner of numerous contests. But, perhaps most importantly, Britney loved to sing. Britney auditioned for The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989) at the age of 8. She was turned down due to her young age. She was then referred to "Ruthless" which was an off-Broadway production, in which she performed in the role of the title persona for two years. When she was 11 years old, she was back on stage to be a part of The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989). The second time, she played a mouseketeer along with many others of the stars of today, Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez (*NSYNC) and Ryan Gosling. However, her biggest breakthrough occurred in the mid-90s when she was signed to be a Jive Recording artist. Britney was a huge hit following the release of her debut album "...Baby one more time" in 1999. The album also sold 13 million copies (as of July 2001) of her second album "Oops !...I did it Again" that was released in May 2000. Britney was born to Lynne Spears (and Jamie Spears) and has a bigger sister, Jamie Lynn Spears. Since the age of a child, Britney was always fixing to be a celebrity with her idols including Madonna, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston, the young Britney could be heard singing, no matter the other events going on around her. After taking extensive vocal and dance classes, and participating in numerous talent shows and fairs, Britney was a candidate for The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989) television show between 1989 and 1994 when she was just 8, however, she was too young to get the part. Instead, Britney, her mother and baby sister moved to New York where she starred in a number of TV adverts and an off-Broadway play, "Ruthless", where she was understudy with Natalie Portman. After a few years the passion for dance and music began to take over. She auditioned for a second time to be a part of "Mickey Mouse" and was picked along with Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, and Justin Timberlake.