I know not everyone will like me, but this is who I am so if you dont like it, tough! -Britney Spears. Unless you are living under a rock, you know who Britney Spears is. Shes the most famous 19 year old in the music industry. She has outsold and broken records set by artists years before she was even born. Her first record Baby One More Time made her the youngest artist in Soundscan history to have a certified RIAA 12 times platinum record. Every few days a potential star is launched onto an increasingly cynical music buying public. Manufactured groups and singers come and go with fashion, and few manage any sort of real, lasting success. Not so Britney Spears! Britneys singing, dancing and natural stunning good looks made her the girl that every other girl wanted to be, and the girl that every boy wanted to be with. Her records have sold and continue to sell millions of copies all over the globe, her singles are on high rotation being played constantly at radio everywhere, and her merchandising sales are going through the roof - there is nothing you cant buy without her face on it! Dolls, t-shirts, lunchboxes, pens, mugs and caps to name but a few. She is a phenomenon in all senses of the word, and a marketers dream. She is the face of pop today. Britney Jean Spears was born on the 2nd of December 1981, in Kentwood, Louisiana, U.S.A. Britney Spears began her career as soon as she could walk and talk. She has always loved singing, dancing, acting and performing. She started out taking ballet and basic tumbling classes. Very soon after, she was enrolled in a gymnastics class where she excelled in floor exercises and the uneven bars. Britney went on to compete at state level competitions and won several titles. She kept up with gymnastics until she was nine years old. As a young girl growing up, she always knew she wanted to pursue a musical career and took her talents to her local church, where

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