Britney Spears Success Story

Britney returned to high school for a year in 1995 before returning to New York to resume her performance career. Her talent was immediately on the radar, when her demo tape was picked up by a Jive Records executive. She was signed and her first album was released in the following year. The album’s first single “…Baby One More Time” was Britney’s first venture into the global spotlight. Dressed as a sexy Catholic schoolgirl in the music video, the single rose straight to the top of the charts. The album received similar success, and debuted at #1. Britney Spears was named Billboard Magazine’s female artist of the year for 1999.

She has had her fair share of media scandals however, including a 55 hour Las Vegas marriage to a childhood friend, and on-going legal disputes with her second husband Kevin Federline over the custody of their two children. On top of this, she received a large amount of media attention for shaving her head in 2007, after the death of a close aunt.

Britney has spoken out about the challenges she’s faced as a young Hollywood pop star, "for me, success is a state of mind," she said. "I feel like success isn't about conquering something, it's being happy with who you are”. Living in the judgemental eye of the media, it’s not surprising that achieving personal fulfilment plays a critical role in her life. Reflecting on her music career, the pop star said, "In the beginning, obviously I was very young and I didn't know the ins and outs of things… I think as the years have gone by and as I've evolved as an artist, I've put even more into my career and after that amount of time you start to know exactly what you want. You feel a little bit more in your skin, in terms of who you are. And that just feels really nice."                                                                                             

Britney Spears Interview