Known as the Princess of Pop, Britney Spears has an admirable career that many people can’t help but envy. However, 13 years of being under conservatorship has left the singer unable to control her own life.
On July 21, 2021, Britney Spears was allowed to drive for the first time in 13 years under the guardianship of her biological father. According to People, the singer was very happy to be allowed to drive herself and expressed gratitude for the recent support. A week earlier, the singer won her first victory when she was allowed to hire her own lawyer to defend herself after 13 miserable years under the guardianship of her father.
The once money-making icon of the world music industry
Britney became famous very early when she participated in the hit Disney show Mickey Mouse Club in 1993, when she was only 12 years old. Right from her first years as a singer, Britney Spears became a pop culture icon and had an influence on young people at that time, from her musical taste to her fashion style.
To date, the “Princess of Pop” has 9 studio albums and 4 compilation albums throughout her musical career with a total of 372 awards and 702 nominations. According to Forbes, her assets are estimated at 60 million USD.
Britney Spears fans will remember her debut album Hit Me Baby One More Time in 1998. With its youthful, energetic schoolgirl image and catchy melody, the song achieved great success when it entered the Billboard Hot 100 for 32 weeks, sold more than 10 million copies and was included in Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 best debuts of all time…
Jeff Fenster, CEO of Jive Records, shared with Rolling Stone in 1999: “It’s very rare to hear someone at that age who can convey such emotional content but also be so commercial”. Baby one more time became the song that paved the way for a series of other hits such as: Oops ! … I Did It Again with sales of 1.3 million copies in the first week.
By 2001, Britney Spears had shed her innocent image for a sexy and seductive style. At the VMAs, the singer did not hesitate to shyly wrapped a snake around her neck to create an iconic performance for the song I’m a Slave 4 U. Britney continued to expand her hot streak with the album In the zone with the hit Toxic. The transformation into many different roles from flight attendant to motorbike driver, stealing poison, naked covered in diamonds in the MV made the song become the center of attention at that time. The song was her 4th song to enter the top 10 songs in the US and helped Britney get her first Grammy award.
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Britney is not only the one who laid the foundation for pop music but also a fashion icon in the 2000s. She is the one who popularized items such as tight dresses, crop tops, denim and cargo pants. Britney Spears is also a fashion inspiration for many celebrities such as singer Halsey, supermodel Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, as the see-through dress that actress Elsa Hosk wore at the 2018 Oscar Party is quite similar to the mini dress that the singer wore at the 2001 VMAs.
Life is sad, not like a dream after the halo
Despite having a brilliant and desirable career, Britney Spears has a painful private life. In her court appearance on June 23, 2021, the singer caused a stir when talking about guardianship. The “pop princess” revealed that everything related to her had to have her father’s approval, and she couldn’t even get pregnant because she was wearing an IUD. Britney’s father – who is also her guardian – did not allow the singer to see a doctor because they did not want her to have children.
The noise in the pop princess’s career mainly comes from her private life. After breaking up with Britney Spears in 2002, Justin Timberlake released the song Cry Me A River, implying that she had cheated on him, which caused the singer to receive a lot of criticism. In 2004, the owner of the hit Criminal got married to her childhood friend Jason Allen Alexander. However, the marriage only lasted 55 hours. She married for the second time and had 2 children with Kevin Federline but divorced in 2007 after nearly 3 years of living together.
From here, Britney Spears became rebellious and her career began to decline. The singer entered a drug rehabilitation center but left the next day and decided to shave her head. Just a few days later, she destroyed a paparazzi’s car with an umbrella and in October of the same year, Britney Spears lost custody of her children. Her manager stated in court: “Britney Spears is addicted to speed and she uses methamphetamine.”
In 2008, Britney Pears was placed under the guardianship of her father, Jamie Spears, after a period of mental health problems, on the grounds that she was unable to care for herself. Since then, he has had full control over Britney’s life, including her health, assets, and personal life. The singer shared in a hearing on June 23: “I lied. I told the world that I was fine and happy, but that was a lie.” She revealed that she suffered from insomnia, depression, and cried every day.
Fans were extremely worried and in 2009, they founded the #FreeBritney movement to demand that her father’s guardianship be lifted. The Free Britney website pointed out that “The guardian of Britney
