Though it had been rumored that she would be guesting on the sexually suggestive HBO series "Sex and the City" (1998), playing the niece of Kim Cattrall's character Samantha Jones, a spokesman for HBO denied the reports, saying no such negotiations ever took place.

Lives in California.

Her 1999 album "Baby, One More Time" has sold 25 million copies worldwide.

October 2007: Lost physical custody of her two sons with Kevin Federline due to not having a valid driver`s license and failing to take a random drug and alcohol test. Federline has sole custody of the children.

27 September 2007: Manager Jeff Kwatinetz and her lawyer, Laura Wasser, quit.

Actress Claudette Lalí was her wardrobe stylist.

Was signed on for a role in a film titled "In The Pink" co-starring comedians Wanda Sykes and Tim Allen, Academy Award Winner Cher, and Academy Award Nominee Bette Midler. The film was scrapped after years of delay.

Ranked #8 on VH1`s 100 Sexiest Artists.

4/2/07: Crowned the "April Fool" (by 76% of all voters) in the "Most Foolish" survey of New York publicist Jeff Barge.

April 2007: Manager Larry Rudolph sent her to rehab in early 2007. She fired him.

Topped "FHM" Germany`s annual survey searching the "100 Unsexiest Women in the World" in 2005 and 2006.

February 2007: After shaving her own head with clippers in a Sherman Oaks (CA) hair salon, she visited a tattoo parlor and got several tattoos. Her weird behavior caused worldwide public attention. Some days later she admitted herself to a California treatment facility, but checked out after less than 24 hours.

2007: Ranked #12 in "Forbes" magazine`s "The 20 Richest Women in Entertainment" list, estimating her net worth at around $100 million.

2004: Offered to perform at the Republican National Convention, but was turned down.

1/10/07: After topping the 2005 "Worst Dressed" list of fashion critic `Mr. Blackwell`, she shared the #1 spot with Paris Hilton in 2006 for wearing clothes that made them look like "two peas in an overexposed box".

2006: Michael Fredo wrote a song about her called "Popstar Lovelife (Britney, I Know)".

2006: Named "Most Controversial Celebrity of 2006" by CNN Headline News for her actions making people discuss about everything from proper parenthood to appearing in public without panties.

2006: Was named most searched name on internet search engine Yahoo!.

9/12/06: Second son, Jayden James Federline, born. Weighed 6 lb., 11 oz.

August 2006: Posed nude for the cover of "Harper`s Bazaar", in a photo similar to Demi Moore`s famous September 1991 cover of "Vanity Fair".

Lived with her brother in an apartment in New York for some time

Was best friends with Christina Aguilera when they performed together on "MMC" (1989)

May; 2006: Portrayed as a character in the rock musical "We Will Rock You" by Queen and Ben Elton. The role is being played by Colin Charles in London`s West End production.

2003: Accompanied Colin Farrell to the S.W.A.T. (2003) US premiere.

Spears chose Cynthia Wolff`s 4-carat cushion-cut diamond set on two slim platinum bands with micropave diamonds.

Loves Betsey Johnson, Bebe, A/X by Giorgio Armani, Rampage, Abercombie & Fitch, Fred Segal, Gap, Victoria`s Secret, and Urban Outfitters.

1/11/06: Topped the 2005 "Worst Dressed" list of fashion critic Richard Selzer (aka Mr. Blackwell) for wearing clothes that he said made her look like an "over-the-hill Lolita".

October 2005: She and Kevin Federline were forced to leave their home in California because a brush fire threatened to destroy it and several other houses in that area (including the one of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith).

9/14/05: Son Sean Preston born at Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center by Caesarian section. Father is ex-husband Kevin Federline.

Likes to wear T-shirts with slogans on them

Her ex-husband Kevin Federline was background dancer for her ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake.

Has her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Sets the record as the only solo female artist to have 4 consecutive albums debut at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 album charts.

1996, 1997: Elected junior high most beautiful.

She wrote her song "Someday" 2 weeks before she found out she was pregnant

Shares her birthday with Nelly Furtado, Lucy Liu and Gianni Versace.

Is mentioned in Eminem`s song "The Real Slim Shady" and is spoofed in the song`s music video.

Good friends with singer Madonna. They made a song together called "Me Against the Music". The song is on her album "In the Zone".

July 2002: Opened a trendy restaurant on East 41st St., New York City, called "Nyla", which is themed around her home state of Louisiana.

Has two stepchildren (her ex-husband`s children from a previous relationship): Kori (b. July 31 2002,) and Kaleb (b. July 20, 2004).

April 2005: Announced on her website she was pregnant with her first child with ex-husband, Kevin Federline.

April 2005: The guy in her "Curious" fragrance commercial is played by actor Eric Winter of the daytime soap "Days of Our Lives" (1965).

The school scenes in her "Baby One More Time" music video were filmed in the same place the movie Grease (1978) was shot.

In her "Baby One More Time" music video, her love interest is played by her cousin.

February 2005: Won her first Grammy for Best Dance Recording for "Toxic".

She`s the best-selling female music artist of the still young century (as of early 2005).

She is mentioned in the songs "Riot Girl" by Good Charlotte and "Don`t Let Me Get Me" by Pink.

Her name is an anagram of "Presbyterians".

2002: Ranked #1 in Stuff magazine`s "102 Sexiest Women in the World".

Angered the animal rights group PETA for wearing a fur jacket on the cover of her "Greatest Hits Album: My Prerogative". She claims she was told it was fake fur. This is the second time PETA has criticized her after she performed on stage with a caged tiger and a snake at the 2001 MTV music awards, after which she apologized and posed for an anti-fur poster.

2004: Her perfume "Curious" was one of the best selling fragrances of the year.

Wrote a "letter of truth" to her fans which was published on her official website, telling her fans that she needed to take a hiatus from her career to concentrate on her marriage with her new husband Kevin Federline and start a family with him. The move thus displeased her bosses at Jive Records.

Is considering the idea of taking her husband Kevin Federline`s surname.

Has a tattoo of a small black-winged fairy on the back of her spine.

Her wedding dress was designed by `Monique L`Huillier`.

Spring 2004: Had emergency arthroscopic surgery after she injured her knee an the set of her music video "Outrageous".

Is the first woman to have four albums go straight to #1 on the American charts.

Was considered for the role of "Daisy Duke" in The Dukes of Hazzard (2005). That role eventually went to Jessica Simpson.

2004: Acquired a white Maltese dog named Lacy.

Considered for a role in Chicago (2002). The part went to Lucy Liu.

Was ranked #4 on VH1`s 100 Hottest Hotties.

June 2004: Engaged to Kevin Federline.

Is good friends with Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Shoe size is 6.

The other understudy for her off-Broadway role in "Ruthless" was now famous actress Natalie Portman. The two still keep in touch and met recently through a party in New York City.

May 2004: She finally gained the top spot in FHM`s "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2004", moving up from #2 last year.

Has British ancestry on her mother`s side of her family.

Is a huge fan of Björk.

1/3/04: "Taking a joke too far," according to a statement released by her label, she married childhood friend Jason Alexander at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, but quickly had it annulled.

11/17/03: Received star on Hollywood Walk of Fame. She is tied with Melissa Gilbert for being the youngest person to accept a Walk of Fame star.

2003: Ranked #2 in the "Awesome Multitaskers" section of Stuff`s 125 Sexiest Women of the Year 2003 issue, along with hyphenates Jennifer Love Hewitt, Tyra Banks , Mandy Moore, Beyoncé Knowles, Jaime King, Samantha Mumba, Janet Jackson, Estella Warren and Taryn Manning.

2003: Ranked #2 in FHM`s 100 Sexiest Women In The World , in front of Carmen Electra and behind top-ranked Halle Berry.

2003: Ranked #30 in Maxim`s Hot 100 Issue. Placed just ahead of Brittany Murphy and Mya, and behind Rebecca Romijn, Rachel Nichols, Kelly Clarkson and Halle Berry.

March 2003: Is at work on her fourth album, which is due in October 2003.

June 2002: Came in at #2 in the American edition of FHM`s Sexiest Girls of 2002 poll.

2001: Was ranked 5th of the 100 Sexiest Women by FHM Taiwan.

2002: Was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine.

2000: Was voted by `People` magazine as the fourth most influential person of that year.

2002: Arrived an hour late for the UK premiere of Crossroads (2002/I) and snubbed fans who had been waiting for her to arrive.

March 2002: Her Crossroads (2002/I) co-star Taryn Manning denied reports that she, Spears, and Zoe Saldana did a topless scene that was cut from the final edit of the film. According to her and the film`s producer, Ann Carli, the "flashing" scene was filmed only from the neck up, and none of the three actresses involved was actually topless during the shoot.

Though it had been rumored that she would be guesting on the sexually suggestive HBO series "Sex and the City" (1998), playing the niece of Kim Cattrall`s character Samantha Jones, a spokesman for HBO denied the reports, saying no such negotiations ever took place

2002: Voted one of the "Fun and Fearless Females" by Cosmopolitan Magazine.

2001: Turned down an offer to pose nude for a PETA anti-fur campaign ad.

She was a aerobic instructor at the gym her parents owned.

2001: Named one of E!`s "top 20 entertainers of 2001".

11/11/99: She was the big winner at the MTV Europe Music Awards held in Dublin, winning the awards for Best Female, Best Pop, Best Breakthrough Artist, and Best Song for her hit "...Baby One More Time".

2001: Her deal with Pepsi will net her upwards of $10 million.

September 2001: Announced that she aims to raise $2 million from her fall tour earnings to donate to the children of police officers and firemen who died when the World Trade Center collapsed.

September 2001: The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) complained to her about the use of four caged cheetahs and a snake for her performance at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards, claiming that animals trained for performances are mistreated during the training.

July 2001: Jive Records announced that her third LP is due November 6, 2001.

Wrote 2 books about herself, one with her mom.

June 2001: Two Texas DJs created a panic for her fans when they falsely reported that the pop princess and her boyfriend, NSYNC`s Justin Timberlake, were in a car accident and that she had died in the crash.

2001: Host of the American Music Awards.

2001: During the concert "Rock in Rio" in Brazil, a tape recorder caught her swearing on a microphone she wasn`t aware was connected. She was complaining about the fact that they weren`t playing a vamp before she was to go on stage. Tape recordings of the incident were downloaded by Napster users.

2001: In her first starring film role, her character was supposed to swear. Britney ordered that the curse words be taken out so as not to tarnish her image for the younger pre-teen viewers of her movie.

March 2001: Her video for "Don`t Let Me Be the Last to Know" features Britney doing a love scene with a 23-year-old male model. The original cut contained material so sexually explicit that mother Lynne Spears ordered that parts of the video be edited for content before its release to the public in the spring of 2001.

February 2001: Her third album is slated for release in October 2001.

2001: Was selected as #2 among the 100 sexiest women in FHM Magazine. Jennifer Lopez was #1, and Christina Aguilera was in the Top 20.

2001: Accepted an endorsement from Pepsi to do TV commercials promoting the soft drink. The first commercial was slated for the 2001 Academy Awards.

October 2000: Chicago-based DNA Visual Business Solutions filed a lawsuit against her and her marketing companies, including Britney Brands, Inc., claiming that they failed to pay fees due to the web-designing company for helping set up the pop star`s website, www.britneyspears.com.

Requested that writers change the lyrics of her song "Born to Make You Happy." The original version contained sexually explicit lyrics, and Britney felt she was too young to be singing it.

September 2000: Her flesh-colored outfit at the MTV Video Music Awards created a stir, as it made her look scantily clad.

Is a natural-born blonde. However, she dyed her hair brown in 2003 for a short period.

In her first song "Baby One More Time" there is a line "My loneliness is killing me" and in another of her songs, "Stronger", there is a line "My loneliness ain`t killing me no more".

2000: Announced that she will attend college and eventually wants to study entertainment law.

2000: Purchased a $1.5-million loft in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, for her brother Bryan.

Ended up as the youngest cast member of "MMC" (1989); during the initial audition, she won the part after Jessica Simpson freaked out at the final question during the initial audition.

1999: Was one of People`s 50 Most Beautiful People.

1999: Caused a stir with the American Family Association by posing in her underwear on the cover of Rolling Stone.

1999: One of "Teen People" Magazine`s "21 Hottest Stars Under 21".

Worked at a novelty shop before making it big.

First solo artist ever to have a #1 Album and single on the Billboard charts at the same time with a debut.

Daughter of Lynne Spears.

Studied at NYC`s Professional Performing Arts School.

Sister of Jamie Lynn Spears.

Her idols are Madonna and Mariah Carey.

Sister of Bryan Spears.

Was offered a role in Scary Movie (2000), but was forced to turn it down, due to concert scheduling.

Attended Parklane Academy, a private school in McComb, Mississippi until October 1994. She was on the girls basketball team.

Lip-synchs and synthesized vocals in her albums and during live performances.

Shows her midriff during performances

She smokes cigarrets