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| <b>Britney Jean Spears</b> (born ], ]) is an ] ] singer. Born in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears first came to fame as a member of the ]'s ] in the ] and ] seasons. | |||
| Castmates included ], and ], who later became members of the pop band ], and ], also a pop singer. Spears dated (and shared a house with) Timberlake for some time - they have now reportedly broken up. | |||
| Her first album, '']'', debuted in the number 1 spot on the ] in early ], and also topped the charts in the UK. The single of the same title was also a number 1 hit in many countries, and featured a memorable video clip with Spears wearing a ] dancing provocatively through a high-school corridor. Her followup album, ] was a similarly huge success. | |||
| From that album her career skyrocketed into a multimillion-dollar music, advertisement, concert and TV-special mania. She is currently a ] spokeswoman, but has, according to an Australian tabloid, drunk Pepsi's long time rival, ]. Her detractors point to such details as indicating Spears' enigmatic mixed message: She uses blatant sexual dance moves, wears provocative, skimpy outfits, and sings music about her lack of innocence, and her wishes to be a "slave for you." While Spears seems to be every young man's dream, she claimed at age 20, be a virgin. She also denies that her image is designed to be sexually provocative. | |||
| Her next album, ''Britney'', was released on ], ]. The first single "I'm A Slave 4U" is an R&B-influenced, slightly more mature-sounding tune indicating Spears' attempts to grow with her audience beyond young "tween" (pre-teens acting like teens) and teen boys who now are her biggest audience. However, her third album did not match the stratospheric sales figures of her previous two, and music industry watchers are waiting to see if her career is in decline. As of September 2002, she is reportedly taking an extended holiday. | |||
| Her sister, ], is currently starting a career as an entertainer too. | |||
| As of ], ], she is rumored to have been dating ]. | |||