Britney Spears

    

     Britney Spears was born to parents, Lynne and Parnell Spears on December 2, 1981 in Mississippi. She grew up with a typical childhood, except for the fact she had a desire to be in the public eye. As a child, she did little acting jobs here and there, but the major turning point in her career was when she put out “Baby One More Time.” 

     Britney took the 90’s generations by storm. She made pop music fun for the young girls growing up in the 90’s. Some said that she was "a negative role models for girls" because of what her songs were about. (1) The fact was that, she was still a young girl when her career took off. Britney was growing up herself, which makes her very relatable to her fans. The many things she sang about in her songs, both she and her fans were going through it.

     It wasn’t all easy going for Britney though. Some thought that Britney had everything going her way, but that’s just when it all started to fall apart. To say she hit a rough patch in her career would be a bit of an understatement. She went from being the best selling artist to getting a divorce, shaving her head, going to rehab, hitting someone with her car, going threw a custody battle, to going to jail for being intoxicated in public. With this all going on in a two year time period, it showed society the dangers of extreme fame.

     With all the awful things that she has been through, Britney wouldn’t be who she is today with out each and every one of them. She came back from these terrible events in her life with the help of putting out another number one song, Circus. Just when people thought she was done, Britney proved all of them wrong with doing what she does best. 

     She is pop icon of a generation and is branching into the generations to come. She is now a "pop ingunue, model mother, semibald soprana and divorce-court protagonist-- ia a woman of a thousand [looks.]" (2) Britney is continually coming out with songs that are even better than her last. She has influenced many female artists such as Lady GaGa, Lana DelRay, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj and many others.

By. Kaitlin Dunphey

(1) Kuther, Tara L. "Early Adolescents' Experiences with, and views of, Barb

           Web. 13 November 2012.

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(2)"Many Hats, Not Many Pants." Web. 12 November 2012

            http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-195150296.html