Britney Spears Biography

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as well, debuting in the number one spot on the Billboard 200 and leading the set to be certified Diamond in the US alone. Not only was the LP sold over 25 million worldwide, but also it earned Britney an instant popularity in addition to numerous prestigious awards, including the 1999 Teen Choice Awards' Choice Single, four MTV Europe Music Awards for Best Song, Best Pop Act, Best Female Act, and Breakthrough Act, and four Billboard Awards for Female Artist of the Year, New Female Artist of the Year, Hot 100 Female Artist of the Year, and Album Artist of the Year.

Quickly following up debut LP with a second effort, titled "Oops!...I Did It Again", Britney saw it sold extremely well worldwide, debuting at number one in the U.S., selling 1,319,193 units only a week after it was released on May 16, 2000, and breaking the SoundScan record for the highest album sales in its debut week by any solo artist. Also gaining a Diamond certification from the RIAA just like her previous one, the second album in fact fared better with critics. With its lead single of the same title, it quickly became a top ten hit in ...

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the U.S. and other countries. Her first world tour for "Oops!... I Did It Again World Tour" was held in the same year, and Britney continued to add more awards into her collection, naming some were the 2000 AMA, Billboard, People's Choice, and Teen Choice Awards, not to mention two Grammy nominations in 2001 for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

Already becoming a world's phenomenon, Britney brought forth her eponymous third album, "Britney", at ease on November 6, 2001. Failing to receive the success of her two previous albums, the set still debuted at number one in the U.S., selling 745,744 units during its first week and making Britney the only female artist in SoundScan history to have her first three albums debuting at #1. Then again being nominated for the 2003 Grammys; Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Overprotected" and Best Pop Vocal Album, Britney however lost both. Young at her age, Britney bravely exposed her sexual appeal, as if to mark her transition from teen tart to sexually powerful woman. She provoked controversies when she, during her third consecutive MTV Video Music Awards performance, used caged animals and danced erotically with a large ...