Britney Spears

DO YOU KNOW: Spears' kiss with Madonna at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards received much media attention, as have her marriages and romantic relationships.Britney SpearsBritney Jean Spears (or just Brit, Pinkey) first came to fame as a member of the Mickey Mouse Club in the early 1990s. She subsequently emerged at the forefront of the pop music scene in early 1998. Her debut album was Baby One More Time.At the age of 18, she released her second album in 2000, the No.1 smash "Oops! I did it again." The single of the same topped the singles chart for 5 weeks. Two other smash singles followed, "Stronger" and "Lucky." This was the time for Britney to rise more than few eyebrows.Top Britney News* She has been ranked most powerful celebrity in the world by Forbes in 2002* She has been ranked #20 out of the 200 top pop culture icons of all time by VH1 and People in 2002* She topped FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women" in the year 2004* She topped Yahoo!'s annual list of the most-searched names in the world.* She ranked 12th in Forbes "The Twenty Richest Women In Entertainment" ($100 million) in the year 2007