Britney Spears Biography

Fast Facts

• Auditioned, at age 8, for The Mickey Mouse Club in 1990 and was turned down due to being too young
• Competed on Star Search in 1992 and won (but was defeated her second week)
• Appeared alongside Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera on The Mickey Mouse Club after finally joining the cast in 1993
• Guest starred as herself on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch in 1999 and The Simpsons the following year
• Shared a headline-making kiss with Madonna at the 2003 MTV Music Video Awards
• Got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003
• Despite (and possibly, to some extent, because of) a period of major controversies in the mid-2000s involving marriage, divorce, motherhood and racy partying, she delivered hit CDs in 2007, 2008 and 2009
• Billboard magazine in 2009 named her among the top-selling acts of the century's first decade
• In 2009, Forbes magazine named her the 13th most powerful celebrity