50 Fun Facts About Britney Spears

In which Mississippi city was Britney Spears born on December 2, 1981?

She grew up just over the state line in Kentwood, Louisiana, where she started dance lessons at age two.

Britney's first professional job, at age 10, was as an understudy in which off-Broadway musical?

She also appeared as a contestant on Star Search around the same time.

Which of these was NOT a fellow cast member of Britney's on The All-New Mickey Mouse Club?

After the show was cancelled in 1994 she went home and enrolled at Parklane Academy in McComb.

Which record label signed Britney in 1997 after three others turned her down?

The other labels said audiences wanted groups like the Backstreet Boys and 'there wasn't going to be another Madonna'.

'...Baby One More Time' was originally written for which two acts, both of whom rejected it?

Jive dropped 'Hit Me' from the title over fears the line would be read as condoning domestic violence.

Which Swedish producer wrote '...Baby One More Time' at Stockholm's Cheiron Studios?

Rolling Stone named it the greatest debut single of all time in 2020; it sold more than 10 million copies.

Whose idea was the Catholic-schoolgirl concept for the "...Baby One More Time" video?

The video, directed by Nigel Dick, was shot at Venice High School and made pom-pom hair ties a tween uniform.

How old was Britney when '...Baby One More Time' was released as her debut single on September 29, 1998?

It topped the charts in more than 20 countries and was the UK's best-selling single of 1999.

On which planet is Britney dancing in a red bodysuit in the 'Oops!... I Did It Again' video?

The song's spoken bridge references the film Titanic and the Heart of the Ocean necklace.

The 'Oops!... I Did It Again' bridge features spoken dialogue referencing which 1997 film?

It was nominated for the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance Grammy in 2001 but lost to Macy Gray's 'I Try'.

Which state's university-run high school gave Britney and her early-2000s boyfriend distance-learning diplomas?

The two had been Mickey Mouse Club castmates before dating for about three years.

What was draped over Britney's shoulders for 'I'm a Slave 4 U' at the 2001 MTV VMAs?

The Britney album that followed debuted at number one and has sold 10 million copies worldwide.

Britney's 2002 film debut as a lead, Crossroads, was written by which future TV super-producer?

It grossed $61.7 million on a budget of about $10-12 million and was re-released in 2023 to promote her memoir.

In Crossroads, Lucy sets off across the country in a yellow 1972 convertible made by which brand?

Zoe Saldaña and Taryn Manning played her friends Kit and Mimi, with Dan Aykroyd as her father.

Britney wrote the ballad 'Everytime' as a response to which Justin Timberlake song?

The David LaChapelle video, in which she drowns in a bathtub, was inspired by the look of Leaving Las Vegas.

Britney and Christina Aguilera opened the 2003 VMAs with which Madonna song, before Madonna kissed them both?

MTV later ranked it the number-one opening moment in the history of the VMAs.

'Toxic' samples high-pitched strings from a 1981 song from which country's film industry?

The song was written with Janet Jackson in mind and first offered to Kylie Minogue, who passed.

'Toxic' won Britney her only Grammy Award, in which category?

The Joseph Kahn video casts her as a flight attendant turned spy; Rolling Stone later put the song on its 500 Greatest Songs list.

Which Australian singer turned down 'Toxic' before it went to Britney?

Cathy Dennis, who co-wrote 'Toxic', had written Kylie's 'Can't Get You Out of My Head'.

Britney's collaboration with Madonna, the lead single from In the Zone, was titled what?

In the Zone sold 609,000 copies in its first week, making her the first woman whose first four albums all debuted at number one.

How long did Britney's January 2004 Vegas marriage to Jason Alexander last before annulment?

In 2022 the same Jason Alexander was arrested trying to crash her wedding to Sam Asghari.

Britney's first perfume, released with Elizabeth Arden in 2004, was called what?

Fantasy, which followed in 2005, had generated over $1.5 billion in sales by 2011.

Besides backup dancing, what was Kevin Federline best known for before marrying Britney?

His 2006 album Playing with Fire was panned as one of the worst ever released; the couple divorced after two years.

In February 2007, the night after leaving rehab, Britney did what at a salon in Tarzana, Los Angeles?

She lost custody of her sons to Federline that October and was placed under a conservatorship the following February.

What did Britney do on Blackout (2007) that she has done on no other album?

It won Album of the Year at the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards despite almost no promotion.

Which three-word phrase opens 'Gimme More'?

Keri Hilson wrote it after Danja played her the beat; Britney recorded it in Las Vegas while pregnant with her second son.

Britney's widely panned performance of 'Gimme More' opened which year's MTV Video Music Awards?

A year later she returned to the same stage and won three awards, including Video of the Year for 'Piece of Me'.

From what Hot 100 position did 'Womanizer' jump to number one in a week, a 2008 record?

It was her first US number one since '...Baby One More Time'; Kelly Clarkson broke the leap record a few months later.

The album Circus was released on December 2, 2008. What was significant about the date?

It sold 505,000 copies in its first week and became her fifth number-one album.

On the Circus tour, Britney sang 'Everytime' while suspended on what?

James Franco covered the song at a poolside piano in the 2013 film Spring Breakers.

'Hold It Against Me' made Britney the second artist, after whom, with consecutive singles debuting at number one?

Dr. Luke and his co-writer had first thought about giving the song to Katy Perry.

Femme Fatale opens with 'Till the World Ends', a song co-written by which pop star?

Femme Fatale was her first album to land three top-ten US singles: 'Hold It Against Me', 'Till the World Ends' and 'I Wanna Go'.

Which honour, named for a late pop icon, did Britney receive at the 2011 MTV VMAs?

She has six VMAs in total; Forbes named her music's top-earning woman of 2012.

On which talent show did Britney serve as a judge in 2012, replacing Nicole Scherzinger?

The same year she recorded 'Scream & Shout' with will.i.am, which sold more than 8 million copies.

'Scream & Shout' was the first-ever number one on which new Billboard chart in 2012?

It was also her sixth UK number one and sold more than 8 million copies worldwide.

Which Black Eyed Peas member oversaw the album Britney Jean (2013) as its executive producer?

It debuted at number four with 107,000 copies, her lowest-selling US album, as attention shifted to the Vegas residency.

Britney's Las Vegas residency Britney: Piece of Me was staged at which resort?

Over 248 shows from December 2013 to December 2017 it grossed $137.7 million from 916,184 tickets.

Which rapper features on 'Make Me', the lead single from Glory (2016)?

She met future husband Sam Asghari on the set of the follow-up single's 'Slumber Party' video.

Britney's 2016 VMAs 'Make Me' performance came how many years after the panned 'Gimme More' show?

She performed alongside G-Eazy, who also did his own hit 'Me, Myself & I'.

Britney's second planned Vegas residency, cancelled in January 2019, was to be called 'Britney:' what?

She postponed it indefinitely after her father's hospitalisation, and the #FreeBritney movement grew from the hiatus that followed.

An anonymous paralegal's tip to which fan podcast started the 2019 movement to end the conservatorship?

The first #FreeBritney rally gathered outside West Hollywood City Hall; Paris Hilton used the hashtag on Instagram.

Which FX documentary of February 2021 brought worldwide attention to the conservatorship?

Britney: For the Record was the earlier 2008 MTV documentary shot as Circus was being made.

Which judge formally terminated Britney's conservatorship on November 12, 2021?

Penny had suspended Jamie Spears as conservator on September 29 and earlier let Britney hire her own lawyer, Mathew Rosengart.

For roughly how long was Britney under the conservatorship, from 2008 until its dissolution?

Her father Jamie filed the temporary conservatorship in February 2008; it was extended indefinitely that October.

Britney's 2022 duet with Elton John, 'Hold Me Closer', is built mainly on which of his songs?

It also weaves in 'The One' and 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart', and debuted at number six, her 14th US top ten.

Who narrates most of the audiobook of Britney's 2023 memoir The Woman in Me?

Britney read only the introduction, saying the content was too 'heart-wrenching and emotional'; the book sold 1.1 million copies in its first week.

Britney married Sam Asghari in June 2022 at her home in which Los Angeles-area city?

They separated after 14 months; ex-husband Jason Alexander was arrested for trying to break into the wedding with a knife.

Which 2009 single was one of Britney Spears's two 2000s Hot 100 number ones?

'...Baby One More Time' covered the 1990s, 'Womanizer' and '3' the 2000s, and 'Hold It Against Me' the 2010s.

Britney Spears has sold over 150 million records. Which nickname is she known by?

Time listed her among the 100 most influential people of 2021, and Billboard among the greatest pop stars of the 21st century.

Which restaurant did Britney open in New York City in June 2002, only to walk away from it by November?

The name combined New York and Louisiana; the same year she guest-starred on Will & Grace and hosted the American Music Awards.