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Grammy winning pop princess Britney Spears was born in 1981 in Louisiana, USA.She released her debut album Baby One More Time in 1999 at just 18 years of age and the album became the best-selling album by a teenage solo artist. Her success continued with hits including Oops I did it Again, Toxic and Everytime. Britney famously began dating her Mickey Mouse Club co-star Justin Timberlake in 1999 but the pair split in 2003. Britney she went on to marry childhood friend Jason Allen Alexander in Vegas in January 2004 but the marriage that was annulled after just 55 hours and later that year, Britney married American dancer Kevin Federline. The couple had two sons together, Sean Preston and Jayden James before divorcing in 2007. 2008 was a bad year for the singer with stints in rehab, paparazzi attacks and several collapses that saw her rushed to hospital. But Britney bounced back, with a show stopping cameo on Glee and a brand new gig as judge on US X Factor.To date, she has sold over 100 million albums worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Go Britney!