Britney Spears.

Britney Spears is a natural brunette but often dyes her hair blonde.

Britney Spears’s debut album …Baby One More Time 1999 has sold 25 million copies worldwide.

Released in January 1999 when Spears was 17, …Baby One More Time became the best-selling album by a teenager ever and earned her first Grammy nominations. Her follow-up album Oops!…I Did It Again 2000 was the fastest-selling album by a female artist at the time, selling over 1.3 million copies in its first week.

Britney Spears requested lyric changes for Born to Make You Happy because the original version had sexually explicit content that she felt was inappropriate for her age at the time.

Britney Spears became the youngest cast member of The All New Mickey Mouse Club after winning the role during auditions; according to reports, she secured the part after Jessica Simpson struggled with the final question.

In early 2007, Britney Spears’s manager Larry Rudolph sent her to rehab; she subsequently fired him.

In her first film role in Crossroads 2002, Britney Spears insisted that profanity be removed from her character’s dialogue to protect her image with younger fans.

In 2006, Britney Spears was the most searched name on Yahoo!

Britney Spears launched her first fragrance, Curious, with Elizabeth Arden, which broke the company’s first-week sales record and became the number one fragrance in department stores in 2004. It earned over $100 million in its first five weeks. By 2011, she had released 10 perfumes and became the top celebrity perfume endorser.

Britney Spears has English, Maltese, Scottish, Scots-Irish, Irish, French, and Welsh ancestry. Her maternal grandmother, Lilian Irene Portell, was an English-born war bride, and her Maltese ancestry traces back to Edward Richard Portelli.

Britney Spears was the first solo artist to have a number one album and single on the Billboard charts simultaneously with her debut.

At the 2011 MTV Music Awards, Britney Spears received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award from Lady Gaga, along with the Best Pop Video Award for Till the World Ends. Previous recipients include David Bowie, The Beatles, and Madonna.

Britney Spears was reportedly offered $10 million, later raised to $20 million, to serve as a judge on the second season of Fox’s The X Factor US alongside Simon Cowell.

Forbes ranked Britney Spears as the third highest-earning woman in Hollywood in 2010, with $65 million, behind Oprah Winfrey and Beyoncé.

Britney Spears has two stepchildren from her marriage to Kevin Federline: stepdaughter Kori Jackson Federline born July 31, 2002 and stepson Kaleb Jackson Federline born July 20, 2004.

When they were mouseketeers on The All New Mickey Mouse Club, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera were best friends.

Both of Britney Spears’s sons, Sean Federline and Jayden Federline, were delivered by Caesarean section.

At age 18, Britney Spears became the youngest person to host and be the musical guest on the same episode of Saturday Night Live on May 13, 2000. She repeated the dual role on February 2, 2002, and later appeared as a musical guest on October 18, 2003.

Britney Spears has a small black-winged fairy tattoo on the back of her spine.

The love interest in Britney Spears’s music video for Baby One More Time was played by her cousin.

The music video for Don’t Let Me Be the Last to Know originally included sexually explicit scenes that led Britney’s mother, Lynne Spears, to demand edits before its release in spring 2001.

Britney Spears is referenced in songs by Eminem The Real Slim Shady, Good Charlotte Riot Girl, P!nk Don’t Let Me Get Me, and Miley Cyrus Party in the U.S.A..

With over 100 million albums sold worldwide, Britney Spears is one of the best-selling American recording artists.

Following a prolonged custody battle, Britney Spears and ex-husband Kevin Federline agreed that he would have sole custody of their sons Sean and Jayden, while she retained visitation rights.

Britney Spears won her first Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for her 2003 single Toxic.

Britney Spears has cited Madonna, Michael Jackson, and Janet Jackson as her musical inspirations.

Britney Spears shares her December 2 birthday with Nelly Furtado, Lucy Liu, and Gianni Versace.

Britney Spears lost physical custody of her sons due to lacking a valid driver’s license and failing to take a random drug and alcohol test, resulting in Kevin Federline gaining sole custody.

In 1996 and 1997, Britney Spears was elected Most Beautiful in her junior high school.

In November 2011, Britney Spears became the most followed person on Google+, surpassing co-founder Larry Page.

Britney Spears was engaged to Jason Trawick from December 15, 2011 his 40th birthday to January 11, 2013.

In 2001, Britney Spears declined an offer to pose nude for a PETA anti-fur campaign.

Britney Spears was reportedly offered a role on Modern Family during its third season in 2009, but the producers had already finalized the season by the time her team responded.

In 2012, despite no new album or tour, Britney Spears was the top-earning musician with $58 million, according to Forbes, driven by her album Femme Fatale, perfume line, and endorsements, surpassing Rihanna, Lady Gaga, and others.

Britney Spears’s single 3 from The Singles Collection debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first artist in three years and the only non-American Idol artist in eleven years to achieve a debut at the top.

On December 11, 2009, Billboard named Britney Spears the second best-selling act of the 2000s.

Britney Spears was the best-selling teenage artist ever, with over 37 million albums sold worldwide before she turned 20 in 2001.

Britney Spears’s name is an anagram of Presbyterians.