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In more recent years, Spears' has used social media - especially Instagram - as a way to connect with her fans and share her opinions. During her conservatorship, many people believe it was her only form of 'expression' of her persona - whether or not that is truly authentic.

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Spears' celebrity status is also evident due to her mass fan base. With websites such as fandom.com, Twitter and Facebook providing outlets for fans to share their support, discuss her music and public performances and create a sense of community.

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2007: Britney's Attempted Return to VMAs 

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Spears' 2007 Gimme More performance was an attempt at a return to the spotlight after her hospitalisation and rehab stint. All eyes were on the star at this time, and gossip columns, talk shows and fan forums raised concern for Spears as well as mocking her for her lip syncing, 'confused' manor, as well as some journalists questioning if she had become 'overweight' (Daros, 2021, p.388).

This is another key example of the star experience and how celebrities are placed on a pedestal for millions to mock, observe and judge. Moreover, the reference to Spears' appearance is a key example of the female celebrity experience, in which women are held to a much higher standard than men - especially regarding body image (Williamson, 2010).

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Britney Spears - Gimme More (Performance Video Music Awards 2007)

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Spears' first re-introduction back into the world of television began with the reality TV series 'Britney and Kevin: Chaotic', a series filmed on their personal cameras and phones to capture their lives together. This is an initial introduction to the concept of Britney's struggle between performer and persona, creating a controlled and edited version of her 'personal' life, thus providing a false sense of authenticity for audiences to relate to and feel as if they know and understand the star. By making the audience feel closer to the star, they are much more likely to engage in their texts and show support - both emotionally and financially.

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2002: US Weekly's 'Cover' of Britney and Justin's Split 

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2002: US Weekly's 'Cover' of Britney and Justin's Split 

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Covers such as this one were commonplace throughout the entirety of the 2000s and even in present day, with gossip magazines, columns and interviews forming the basis for celebrity representation in mainstream media. Whilst the controversy surrounding Spears cheating on Timberlake being proven to be strictly gossip in recent years, Macdonald states that 'authenticity of gossip (...) has little bearing on its effects, with oft-repeated but proven to be false accusations becoming core components of a stars enduring image' (2000, pg. 7 as cited in Shingler, 2012, p.14).

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Daros, O., (2021) Deconstructing Britney Spears: stardom, meltdown and conservatorship. Journal for Cultural Research, [online] 254, pp.377–392. 

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Daros, O., (2021) Deconstructing Britney Spears: stardom, meltdown and conservatorship. Journal for Cultural Research, [online] 254, pp.377–392. 

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Daros investigates Spears' star image throughout time, observing how the representation of her star image has changed in the past two decades.

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Deconstructing Britney Spears: stardom, meltdown and conservatorship

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Using a diverse set of research sources, this article critically examines the trajectory of singer Britney Spears over four decades, from her first steps towards fame to the unfolding of the #FreeB...

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Williamson, M., (2010) Female Celebrities and the Media: the Gendered Denigration of the Ordinary Celebrity. Celebrity Studies, [online], 11, pp. 118-120

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Williamson, M., (2010) Female Celebrities and the Media: the Gendered Denigration of the Ordinary Celebrity. Celebrity Studies, [online], 11, pp. 118-120

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Williamson observes Spears' career through the lens of gendered celebrity studies, exploring how many of the media's representations were rooted in misogyny and double standard.

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Today, the widespread scorn and derision directed at celebrities is aimed predominantly at a particular kind of female celebrity. This celebrity is either an ordinary girl whose fame is a result of appearances on reality TV shows, or she is a pop star who has been on a drug- or alcohol-fuelled course of self-destruction. The gendered politics of the treatment of these female celebrities is questionable, and it acts to mask a deeper class prejudice which has resurfaced in recent years in Anglo-American culture. This piece will treat Britney Spears and Kerry Katona as examples of the way the treatment of 'ordinary' and 'car crash' female celebrities serves to highlight a return to open class prejudice that is concealed behind sexism.

The media treatment of Britney Spears is one of the most visible signs of this cultural trend. Globally there has been intense media interest in Spears's breakdown and widespread speculation about the nature of her problems. It is hardly a surprise to note that most of this treatment has been unsympathetic. While her stints in rehabilitation clinics have garnered the usual epithets of a pop star car crash ('toxic singer'), it was the episode of her shaving her head that precipitated a frenzy of media interest: 'Bald and broken' screamed the headline of ABC on-line news, while America's favourite gossip magazine, People, told its readers 'Britney Spears goes bald', recapping a year later with a commentary on Spears' 'Mental meltdowns'.

What emerges from an examination of the coverage of Britney's shaved head is a misogynistic attitude towards the pop star, who is judged by a set of paradoxical female norms that she is seen to be failing. By removing one of the key signifiers of femininity - her hair - Spears is not just failing in her femininity, but also in what Dyer has identified as the central ideological function of the star - the holding together of contradictory social ideals (Dyer , p. 49). Spears's sexualised image - her naughty schoolgirl outfit in her 'Hit me baby' tour of 1998 - and her much-publicised virginity (and her equally publicised loss if it to Justine Timberlake) manage to suture together the 'virgin/whore' dichotomy that has long been at the heart of female fame. Spears' 'erratic' behaviour subsequently revealed, rather than covered, this gendered paradox and made her an easy target for the celebrity-orientated media. While it is true that Spears and her publicity team constructed her dualistic image carefully, it is also the case that female pop stars today are constrained in their image construction by a focus upon their sexuality that is not the case for their male counterparts. Media interest in Britney has certainly focused upon her sexual status; her short-lived marriages, her divorces and her 'out-of-control-lifestyle' are seen to have resulted in the ultimate female crime - bad mothering and the loss of custody of her two sons in September 2007. It is not insignificant that Spears's comeback has been accompanied by widespread comments on her improved mothering. While People reporter Joey Bartolomeo couples female baldness with bad mothering when he tells readers in September 2008 that 'you'd never know it was the same girl who shaved her head and had her kids taken away', a month later People treats readers to the headline 'Britney's boy time with mommy: singer gets into maternal mode with sons Preston and Jaydon as friends say Spears is "getting it together" '.

However, underlying the gendered treatment of Spears is more than a hint of class prejudice and this, too, is a significant trend in contemporary celebrity culture. Spears's southern, blue-collar origins are derided regularly as 'trailer trash', and this reveals that a deeper class chauvinism is in play. On 24 February 2008 the British tabloid News of the World online ran a piece on the top 10 most tasteless and low-class celebrities. It was an all-female list, with Britney Spears coming second. Spears is condemned thus:

One time pop Princess Britney Spears has been called trailer trash - and she's the only American to make it on to our chavs' top table... . Looking this rough she'd be more at home in Croydon, then [ sic] LA.

Yet Spears, despite the waves of condemnation, is still seen to have talent. The tendency to conceal class bigotry behind sexism is even more pronounced in the media treatment of 'talentless' female celebrities who emerge from reality TV. The remaining nine celebrities on this list are all female celebrities who are 'famous for being famous' rather than because they have any special talent or skill, and all are deemed to come from a lower-class background. Number one on the list is Kerry Katona, the first female winner of I'm a celebrity get me out of here in 2004. At the time of her win, Kerry Katona (then Kerry Mcfadden) was heralded as an 'ordinary' girl - an unpretentious working-class girl made good. Four years later she was ridiculed as the News of the World's 'Chav no. 1' accompanied by her picture, topless and flabby on a beach, hunched over burger and chips. The paper provides the reader with a fictional checklist of 'chavdom' to explain Kerry's place at the top:

Boobs out? Check.

Belly hanging over bikini bottoms? Check.

Busy stuffing her face with a burger? Check. (Walford )

The term 'chav' is a relatively new term of abuse in Britain that refers to working-class people who are seen to possess little established 'taste' or culture (not unlike the US term 'trailer trash'). It is a term that connotes 'disgust and contempt' for working-class people in British society (Lockyer 2010, p. 6). The term 'chav' has been used recently to label certain celebrities who are seen to embody a lack of taste and accomplishment, and the 'celebrity chav' in Britain is almost exclusively gendered female. Kerry Katona may top their list, but she is only one of a raft of female celebrities from working-class backgrounds who, having become famous due to media exposure rather than 'talent', have become the widespread objects of derision and scorn.

Leo Braudy points out that the dichotomy between idolisation and denigration of stars has long been with us (1997). However, the gendered and classed derision of the 'ordinary' (female) individual that characterises today's celebrity-bashing points towards a wider return to open class prejudice that may have a new lexicon but which, as Biressi and Nunn have pointed out, comes from a previous era (2008). The United States and Britain share a context for this phenomenon, despite national differences. Both countries have long promoted the myth of 'meritocracy' and this ideology has intensified in recent years. Indeed, this myth sits at the heart of celebrity culture. Both countries are also in the throes of neo-liberal economic policies which are attacking welfare provision, resulting in a staggering reduction in social mobility. In this atmosphere, fewer people are able to 'make it' and the poor are blamed for their poverty. The 'ordinary' celebrity emerges out of this context. The rise of the 'ordinary' celebrity has tapped into narratives about media-driven social mobility for the working class while their ridicule and denigration in the media indicates that they are not really part of the 'meritocracy': their fame is based on luck, not talent, and this figure holds up a mirror to (particularly female) ordinary working-class people which alludes to their place or potential place in public culture. The question remains, then: is the mere fact of visibility of ordinary people in celebrity culture a cause for celebration of the growing democracy of our culture, or is the content of that visibility an important question to which we must attend?

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Female celebrities and the media: the gendered denigration of the 'ordinary' celebrity

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Today, the widespread scorn and derision directed at celebrities is aimed predominantly at a particular kind of female celebrity. This celebrity is either an ordinary girl whose fame is a result of appearances on reality TV shows, or she is a pop star who has been on a drug- or alcohol-fuelled course of self-destruction.

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Meyers, E., (2009) "Can You Handle My Truth?": Authenticity and the Celebrity Star Image. The Journal of Popular Culture [online] 42:5, pp. 890-907

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Meyers, E., (2009) "Can You Handle My Truth?": Authenticity and the Celebrity Star Image. The Journal of Popular Culture [online] 42:5, pp. 890-907

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This author explores the representation of Spears and general celebrity culture as they navigate the fine line between true authenticity and image control.

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Redmond, S (2008) Pieces of me: celebrity confessional carnality. Social Semiotics 18:2, pp. 149-161

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Redmond, S (2008) Pieces of me: celebrity confessional carnality. Social Semiotics 18:2, pp. 149-161

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Explores the concept of authenticity of celebrity through 'confessional' style media and relates this to Spears' career - how does she explore the line between personal and private whilst trying to appeal to a mainstream audience?

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'Personal' Life: Relationships, Controversies and Gossip

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'Personal' Life: Relationships, Controversies and Gossip

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Performances, Awards, Appearances + Interviews

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Performances, Awards, Appearances + Interviews

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In 2021, and after a series of documentaries (Framing Britney Spears, 2020) and social media discussions causing concern for the singer's well-being under her conservatorship, Spears' team filed for Jamie Spears (her father) to be removed as her sole conservator. She had the support of fans (both online and in person), and fellow celebrities.

After an incredibly public legal battle, Spears was 'set free' in 2021, gaining access back to her finances, business endeavours and social media accounts due to the pressure of her fandom's #FreeBritney movement (Daros, 2021, p.388).

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2019 - 2020: Cancelled residency and Family Conflict

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2019 - 2020: Cancelled residency and Family Conflict

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Soon before Britney: Domination was soon to begin, Spears and her team cancelled her tour due to her dad's ill health. As one of her leading conservators, this caused controversy among fans and gossip sites as to if there could have been a deeper meaning as to why her tour had been cancelled. Moreover, due to the stress of the situation, Spears was checked into a mental health facility for 'emotional distress' (Estera, 2022).

After the residency was officially cancelled, Spears made minimal public appearances and a limited amount of social media posts, causing fans to worry.

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Britney Spears, 37, told her 56 million Twitter fans she was heartbroken to cancel her Britney: Domination shows, but needs to put her family first. In a lengthy statement, she wrote: "I don't even know where to start with this, because this is so tough for me to say. I will not be performing my new show Domination. I've been looking forward to this show and seeing all of you this year, so doing this breaks my heart.

"However, it's important to always put your family first... and that's the decision I had to make.

"A couple of months ago, my father was hospitalized and almost died.

"We're all so grateful that he came out of it alive, but he still has a long road ahead of him."

She added: "I had to make the difficult decision to put my full focus and energy on my family at this time.

"I hope you all can understand. More information on ticket refunds is available on http://britneyspears.com."

After being inundated with messages from her fans, she added: "I appreciate your prayers and support for my family during this time.

"Thank you, and love you all... always."

Many of her fans sent their support, with one user commenting: "Take all the time you need with your family! You never cancel shows. We will be here waiting."

A second added: "Although a lot of us are sad that we won't see you perform this year, it is completely understandable and we all support your decision.

"Sending love and prayers to your beautiful family."

A third commented: "Stay strong sweetie, he's gonna get well soon."

Britney's representatives said Jamie had first became ill two months ago and is now recovering at home after a successful surgery.

He told Express.co.uk: "Two months ago, Mr. Jamie Spears became seriously ill and was rushed to Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas.

"His colon spontaneously ruptured and he was immediately admitted into surgery.

"Mr. Spears spent the next 28 days in the hospital under the care of the amazing doctors, nurses and staff at the hospital, who the Spears family credits with saving his life.

"After a long, complicated post-operative period, he is recuperating at home and gaining strength, and is expected to make a full recovery."

The statement added he is he "recuperating at home and gaining strength" and is expected to fully recover."

The Everytime singer was scheduled to perform at her residency in Las Vegas with her Britney: Domination show next month until August.

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Britney Spears cancels show after dad 'almost died'

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Britney Spears, 37, told her 56 million Twitter fans she was heartbroken to cancel her Britney: Domination shows, but needs to put her family first. In a lengthy statement, she wrote: "I don't even know where to start with this, because this is so tough for me to say.

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In 2019, Spears' team announced her new Las Vegas residency 'Britney: Domination'. Succeeding her first 4 year Las Vegas residency that earned Spears and her team millions, the singer once again performs her role as celebrity in which they are 'developed to make money' (Turner, 2013, p.36).

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Britney Spears has announced that she'll return to Las Vegas for a new residency at Park MGM's Park Theatre.

The pop icon announced her extended stay in Sin City via a live stream that was broadcast live on Ellen DeGeneres' YouTube channel after she teased the announcement last week.

The live stream showed panoramic shots of the Las Vegas strip, as well as eager fans who waited eagerly for Spears' arrival.

When she eventually appeared, Spears ascended from below onto a stage at the MGM - while some of her most iconic moments were broadcast on a giant screen that spanned the whole front of the hotel.

However, her appearance was somewhat short lived - she waved at fans before disappearing into a waiting car once more.

"I am so happy to be returning to my second home - Las Vegas!" Spears confirmed in a statement.

"I'm so excited for my fans to see it! It's going to be so much fun being back on stage and I can't wait to perform at Park Theatre."

It comes after her Piece of Me residency, which launched at Planet Hollywood in 2013. Although originally envisaged as a 50 date run over two years, huge demand meant that Spears performed for a staggering 250 shows.

The residency eventually concluded in December 2017.

The new residency is titled Britney: Domination and will launch in February 2019, running until August of that year. Tickets for the shows go on sale on 26 October.

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Domination: Britney Spears announces new Las Vegas residency for 2019

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Britney Spears has announced that she'll return to Las Vegas for a new residency at Park MGM's Park Theatre. The pop icon announced her extended stay in Sin City via a live stream that was broadcast live on Ellen DeGeneres' YouTube channel after she teased the announcement last week.

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As well as achievements for her musical performances, Britney has also been awarded for her contributions to charity and the LGBTQ+ community through the GLAAD Vanguard Award in 2018.

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Standard CD editions of the album have the image on the front in color while CD deluxe editions have the image in black and white.
The vinyl re-issues feature the deluxe 14 tracks as well as the front in color.

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Standard CD editions of the album have the image on the front in color while CD deluxe editions have the image in black and white. The vinyl re-issues feature the deluxe 14 tracks as well as the front in color.

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Spears' 9th and final studio album to date, 'Glory', was released in 2016.

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2013 - 2018:  Britney's 'Piece of Me' Las Vegas Residency, Extended from 2016 to 2018 Finish Date Due to Success

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2013 - 2018:  Britney's 'Piece of Me' Las Vegas Residency, Extended from 2016 to 2018 Finish Date Due to Success

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In order to 'cash in' on the singer's success, her Las Vegas residency was extended by 2 extra years, confining Spears to perform on stage for 248 shows, earning her and her team $137.7 million (Estera, 2022), illustrating how performance is also a key aspect of celebrity culture and success.  It was claimed to be the 'best thing she ever did for her career' by the Independent (Kaplan, 2018).

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Britney Spears’ Las Vegas residency was the best thing she ever did for her career

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With her triumphant four-year residency at Planet Hollywood the pop megastar capitalised on two decades of hits to reconnect with fans and re-establish herself in the public eye

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2013: A Fresh Start and the release of Britney Jean 

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2013: A Fresh Start and the release of Britney Jean 

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Within this year, she began to spend more time with her children in the public eye, and was reportedly working on her 8th studio album, Britney Jean. With reports about her family life as she aimed to gain more custody of her children, Spears was praised by the public (Estera, 2022).
This positive representation lead to Britney Jean (2013) debuting in the Billboard Top 100. From this reaction, it is evident how the personal and private elements of stardom can influence the professional aspect.

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Femme Fatale (2011) was released after a 3 year break from recording, and within this time Spears performed her worldwide 'Circus' world tour - her first tour in 5 years. Despite concerns after her 2007 rehabilitation, the success of her subsequent albums highlighted the popstar's loyal fan base. With Spears still as popular as ever, her label released her seventh studio album.

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if your name appears on the poster and you're selling this, you are a sucky person lol

This is made simply for a novelty.

First off, run your nails lightly around the lettering on the tape shell, the letters just come off so easily. Eventually your fingers will sweat and rub off every part of text. All the UO Britney Tapes are the same.

I ripped my vinyl copy of Femme Fatale to a type 2 High Bias cassette and THAT sounds better then this actual cassette. That doesn't make sense.

Paper is razor thin like someone with a really good printer made these. Tape shell can be easily damaged. The plastic film that covers the tape can slide back and forth easily just by a touch.

After having waited for a full year and half to get this gold splatter version I can unequivocally say that this pressing IS indeed quiter BUT lacks the dynamics the solid gold version has. Just the cold, hard truth. Just ripped both of them to FLAC at the same volume and go back and forth through each song there is no question the og vinyl release is far more superior and has different mastering. The splatter version sounds muffled, visually looks different when looking at a side by side comparison of the waveforms, and appears to have the high end rolled off quite a bit..doesn't possess the PUNCH. Of course the caveat is there is light surface noise on the solid gold so this splatter version is heading back to the store. I have all the og vinyl versions and was excited to get the newer versions to see if it would have the dynamics but after Femme Fatale being my sample guinea pig not a chance I'll splurge on the other newer versions of all the albums. If you can I'd stick with the ogs.

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I ordered this twice and none of the downloads cards worked

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Add Review if your name appears on the poster and you're selling this, you are a sucky person lol This is made simply for a novelty. First off, run your nails lightly around the lettering on the tape shell, the letters just come off so easily.

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Similarly to HIMYM and Glee (2010), Spears was announced as one of the judges in the first season of X-Factor USA (Estera, 2022). Her presented persona throughout this show could be seen as another attempt at a representation of 'authenticity' and an 'off screen persona', as well as a way to stay in the public eye between album releases.

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TV Cameo's: How I Met Your Mother and Glee (2010) 

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TV Cameo's: How I Met Your Mother and Glee (2010) 

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Spears as a commodified commercial star has been present throughout her whole career - with a highlight of this coming from the early 2010s in which she guest starred in How I Met Your Mother and Glee. In this time period, Spears had not been very active in terms of new releases for her music due to her Circus World Tour. It could be suggested that these cameos in popular American sitcoms could have been an attempt to keep her image in the limelight between releases, setting her up perfectly for her 2011 Album release 'Femme Fatale'.

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After her 2007 'breakdown', Spears returned to the world of celebrity with her 5th studio album 'Breakout' and an MTV documentary, 'Britney: For The Record'. The documentary followed Britney and her own telling of the events that caused her career to halt just a year prior. Using a 'tell-all' format, Spears highlights her consistent celebrity status despite all of her controversies, with academics suggesting that Britney's entire stardom is formed on the basis of "carnal confessional mode" through her lyrics, interviews and performances (Meyers, 2009). Moreover, with audiences and mainstream media eager to hear what the singer has to say, this documentary could be seen as an attempt to once again weaponize Spears' commodification and seek financial gain, whilst simultaneously attempting 'damage control' for her public image.

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Circus (2006) was Spears' 6th studio release. With the lead single of the same name, the singer highlights her experience of stardom through her lyrics:
'All eyes on me, in the centre of the ring / Just like a circus'
as well as
'There's only two types of people in the world / The ones that entertain and the ones that observe / Well, baby, I'm a put-on-a-show kinda girl'  (Genius, 2008)
These lyrics create a sense of authenticity and personal relationship between herself and her audience, perhaps as an attempt to re-engage with them in order to continue her successful career.

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In 2008, Britney Spears was placed under a conservatorship by her father and legal team, in which they would have control over her 'finances, business affairs and career' after being admitted to a psychiatric ward for evaluation (Estera, 2022).
With Spears having limited control over her career and public persona from this point onwards, it is important to consider how her media representation begins to change over the course of the rest of her career.

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In the hearing minutes from 2/4, Ingham claims Dr. Marmer will provide a capacity evaluation. The conservators instead arrange to obtain a declaration from Dr. James Spar, who has a shady history of allegations that he has provided fraudulent capacity declarations.

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In the hearing minutes from 2/4, Ingham claims Dr. Marmer will provide a capacity evaluation. The conservators instead arrange to obtain a declaration from Dr. James Spar, who has a shady history of allegations that he has provided fraudulent capacity declarations. https://t.co/ERuNYu9PlC

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Back to February 2008. Team Con was scrambling to get a doctor to declare Britney as incapacitated. They attempted to get Dr. Long, a doctor who previously treated Britney, to file it, but he refused. https://t.co/5I8EJpkb9y

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In the hearing minutes from 2/4, Ingham claims Dr. Marmer will provide a capacity evaluation. The conservators instead arrange to obtain a declaration from Dr. James Spar, who has a shady history of allegations that he has provided fraudulent capacity declarations. https://t.co/ERuNYu9PlC

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Back to February 2008. Team Con was scrambling to get a doctor to declare Britney as incapacitated. They attempted to get Dr. Long, a doctor who previously treated Britney, to file it, but he refused. https://t.co/5I8EJpkb9y

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In the hearing minutes from 2/4, Ingham claims Dr. Marmer will provide a capacity evaluation. The conservators instead arrange to obtain a declaration from Dr. James Spar, who has a shady history of allegations that he has provided fraudulent capacity declarations. https://t.co/ERuNYu9PlC

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In the hearing minutes from 2/4, Ingham claims Dr. Marmer will provide a capacity evaluation. The conservators instead arrange to obtain a declaration from Dr. James Spar, who has a shady history of allegations that he has provided fraudulent capacity declarations.

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Back to February 2008. Team Con was scrambling to get a doctor to declare Britney as incapacitated. They attempted to get Dr. Long, a doctor who previously treated Britney, to file it, but he refused. https://t.co/5I8EJpkb9y

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Britney as a Commodity (Dyer) & Intertextuality in Stardom 

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Britney as a Commodity (Dyer) & Intertextuality in Stardom 

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Spears' fragrance range has spanned over nearly two decades and has become an iconic part of her branding, establishing her true status as a star. By creating her own brand of fragrance, Spears and her team have created an exclusive range of merchandise, and through endorsing her own products has established Britney as an 'idol of consumption' (Lowenthal, 1961), repeatedly encouraging her audience to purchase goods or media texts for financial gain.

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Spears' fifth album was released shortly after her very public 'breakdown'. Around this time, the star was a constant topic in the press and therefore it could be suggested that her label released this album anticipating huge success, with the general public desperate to see what Britney would do next. Of course, this did happen - however Spears' image was constantly under scrutiny around this time, with her VMA performance of lead single 'Gimme More' mocked in the press for her 'uncomfortable' and 'confused' appearance on stage (Estera, 2022).

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Anybody looking to exchange this press sealed for a sealled first press?

This is made simply for a novelty.

First off, run your nails lightly around the lettering on the tape shell, the letters just come off so easily. Eventually your fingers will sweat and rub off every part of text. All the UO Britney Tapes are the same.

I ripped my vinyl copy of Blackout to a type 2 High Bias cassette and THAT sounds better then this actual cassette. That doesn't make sense.

Paper is razor thin like someone with a really good printer made these. Tape shell can be easily damaged. The plastic film that covers the tape can slide back and forth easily just by a touch.

Got a sealed copy of record today. Heavy splits on not only the bottom side of the jacket but also 2/3 sides of custom inner sleeve. To make matters worse, the digital download card is not even of the same album! Love Britney, awesome music, but this $54 purchase is by all means a mess!

Probably one of the ugliest color ways I've ever seen in my life. Looks like vomit in person. Good quality but had no qualms trading it for the clear version. Great album though so get it by any means while you can.

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Add Review Anybody looking to exchange this press sealed for a sealled first press? This is made simply for a novelty. First off, run your nails lightly around the lettering on the tape shell, the letters just come off so easily. Eventually your fingers will sweat and rub off every part of text.

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In 2007, Spears was captured by the paparazzi during a sequence of concerning events. A 'frenzy' of media sensationalism began in 2007 surrounding Spears' mental health crisis, describing her as a 'pop star car crash' (Williamson, 2010, p.118). After her second divorce, Spears seemed to spiral, creating a huge amount of conversation surrounding the singer in gossip and celebrity magazines, such as ABC's headline 'Britney Spears Goes Bald' (as cited by Williamson, 2010, p.118).

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Relationship with Kevin Federline (2004 - 2006)

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Relationship with Kevin Federline (2004 - 2006)

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Following on from her relationship with Timberlake and her 55 hour marriage, Britney's next serious public relationship was with back-up dancer Kevin Federline. In the eyes of the media Spears settled down fast, with the couple being engaged and married within 3 months of meeting. According to the press, her career 'nosedived' as their romance continued and Spears announced her first pregnancy (Estera, 2022).

This concept of Spears' career reportedly 'declining' after settling down is a key example of the double standards and misogynistic values that are core to the celebrity industry, and is a reflection of the media's judgement of Spears' labelling her a 'bad mother' for trying to balance both her work and personal life (Daros, 2021, p. 383).

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Marriage No. 1: 'Party Brit' Begins (2004)

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Marriage No. 1: 'Party Brit' Begins (2004)

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After the success of her first three albums, the pressure of the  public eye seemed to start to affect Spears greatly. In 2004, there was a surplus of gossip magazines and scandalous interviews that watched and analysed Britney's every move. Around this time, Spears became a renowned 'party girl', with one big night ending in her marrying her childhood best friend in Vegas whilst under the influence. The marriage lasted 55 hours, and was claimed to be the shortest and most scandalous marriage in celebrity culture to this day (Daros, 2021, p. 383), with her team releasing a statement to suggest Spears' wasn't in 'control' due to her substance abuse (Estera, 2022) thus creating more media surveillance of the star.

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'Toxic', released in 2004, is one of Spears' most iconic songs and music videos. The entire era of 'In The Zone' and its success can be linked back to the success of this lead single. The single itself won Britney her first, and only Grammy to date for Best Dance Recording (Grammys, 2004).

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Britney Spears - Toxic (Official HD Video)

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In The Zone was yet another album release for Spears within the first 5 years of her career. This time, this album produced the iconic hit single 'Toxic' by the singer, which received critical acclaim and confirmed Britney's star status. This album was also released after her breakup with Justin Timberlake, resulting in media speculation about the songs which accelerated its success and presence in mainstream media.

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The quality control on this pressing is terrible. I got one copy with side B way out of center and another one with deep scratches on Me Against the Music. The 3rd and final copy is finally a good one.

The LP sounds great, but certainly should sound better if it was a 2XLP set. 7 songs on one side? Please, no!!!

VERY BEAUTIFUL EDITION!!! This is my favourite Britney album and I hope that someday I will get this vinyl. I wish that here in Spain we had Urban Outfiters too for brutal Britney vinyls 🔥🔥

I transferred my urban outfitters clear LP onto a Type 2 Cr02 tape. That sounds more clear and crisp then the actual cassette. That should tell you everything about the Britney cassettes Fromm Urban Outfitters.

You may as well throw away the tape and record the CD onto a Type 2 High Bias Cassette and it will sound better then this, including a vinyl sourced from cd to cassette.

You're paying for a case and paper with a shiny piece of plastic that sounds worse then a record pressed from a worn stamper. Oh and the plastic film covering the tape on the shell slides around Very easily.

yet another cult classic album from the 00's. her discography is so flawless and this is just an extra note of that. the tracks she put together for this tape are just beautiful.

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Add Review The quality control on this pressing is terrible. I got one copy with side B way out of center and another one with deep scratches on Me Against the Music. The 3rd and final copy is finally a good one. The LP sounds great, but certainly should sound better if it was a 2XLP set.

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Spears returns to the VMA stage for another iconic and shocking performance. Whilst performing a medley with Madonna in 2003, the pair shared a kiss that sent media sites into a frenzy. The pair were criticised for trying to appeal for the male gaze and over-sexualising their professional relationship for shock-value. As with many of her performances, we can once again see Spears' and her team's use of controversy in order to keep her in the public eye.

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Britney Spears is looking back at one of her most controversial moments in a new video Q&A with fans that she shared on Instagram.

In the video, she responds to questions, including what her "dream car" is (a Bentley), whether she's ever taken a tumble onstage (she has) and her favourite Halloween costume (a fairy).

"The last question you guys have asked is have I ever kissed a girl," she stated.
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"Yes, I have kissed a girl," she answered, "and her name is Madonna."

Spears' lip-lock with Madonna is hardly a secret, given that it took place in front of millions of viewers at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards, when Madonna, Spears and Christina Aguilera performed together, with Spears and Aguilera each receiving a passionate kiss from Madonna.
RELATED: Kylie Jenner Recruits BFF Stassie To Recreate Madonna And Britney Spears' Infamous Kiss For Halloween
While the Madonna-Britney kiss received the media attention they'd no doubt hoped for, Aguilera's Madonna kis was completely ignored - mainly because while it took place, cameras cut to Justin Timberlake (who had recently split up with Spears) in the audience to capture his awkward reaction.

Years later, Aguilera looked back at the whole thing, admitting at the time it felt like "a whirlwind."

"It was weird," Aguilera told Andy Cohen in a 2018 SiriusXM radio interview. "They cut away to get Justin's reaction. It was a cheap shot."

According to Aguilera, she didn't realize viewers never saw her kiss with Madonna until the following morning. "I saw the newspaper the next day and I was like, 'Oh, well, I guess I got left out of that one,'" she added.

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Britney Spears Recalls Kissing Madonna At 2003 VMAs In Video Q&A With Fans

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Britney Spears is looking back at one of her most controversial moments in a new video Q&A with fans that she shared on Instagram. In the video, she responds to questions, including what her "dream car" is (a Bentley), whether she's ever taken a tumble onstage (she has) and her favourite Halloween costume (a fairy)....

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As stated by Turner, celebrities are 'financial assets' to their superiors (e.g. record labels, agents) who 'gain from their commericalisation' (2013, p. 37). And with her third album release in less than 3 years, Britney Spears is framed as a profit making, commercialisation celebrity machine.

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I have this cassette with the same cat#, however, it says Hecho en Chile (Made in Chile) and the tape text differs from the pictures as it's the same font as the artwork.

I hope Urban Outfitters does put out more of these exclusives at some point, I know they've already done like three of most albums, but the ones that I do have are really good and I'd love to get a few more albums considering they're all sold out now.

My copy came in decent conditions. The sound itself is pretty great, just a few tracks sound a little bit muffled but nothing too major at all - it's a great pressing in terms of sound. There was a skip after the second chorus of "That's where you take me" but quickly solved with by adjusting the anti-skating. Visually looks very appealing, the splatter is gorgeous and the cover is very very vibrant, gladly!

Although I must point out that my inner sleeve came teared apart like other people mentioned (on the sides and bottom). At this point it's something I already got used to (unfortunately) - Urban Outfitters should have more care with the materials they choose for their records because the final result always as a sloppy thing to point out.

Wish "Before the Goodbye" was part of the setlist, feels so weird to not end the album with that track to me.

Overall, I am satisfied!

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In the early days of Spears' career, she starred in Crossroads (2002), a coming-of-age story of friendship. There were rumours around the films release that the film was created by Britney's team in order to 'cash in' on the height of her popularity (Estera, 2022). According to Turner, this is highly likely as "media entrepreneurs want celebrities involved with their project because they believe this will help them attract audiences" (2013, p. 36).

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“I guess it’s because I do have a younger audience that, you know, parents worry about the role model thing…. But when I was younger, I looked up to people, but I never wanted to be them. I always had my own identity. I’m an entertainer when I’m on stage…and they need to explain that to their kids. That’s not my job to do that.” (Spears, 2001)

Here, Spears begins to explore the ideas of herself as an icon and a sex symbol, but instead rejects the ideology. There is evidence here of the concept of the Person vs the Persona (Shingler, 2012, p.125) and the ideal of celebrity authenticity, with Britney admitting that she isn't her true self on stage - instead, she is a performer.

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Read EW’s original 2001 interview with Britney Spears on the heels of ‘Crossroads’ and ‘Britney’

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Swiftly after their split, Timberlake released 'Cry Me a River' in 2002. The music video sparked conversation on talk shows, gossip magazines and interviews between both parties, as the plot of the video accuses Britney on cheating on Justin with the use of a lookalike (Estera, 2022). This is once again another example of how celebrity gossip can help form star status, as well as highlight how Britney as a brand or a household name has been used for financial gain, even if not by her own team.

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Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River (Official Video)

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Spears' 2001 VMA performance is arguably the most iconic performance of her career, despite being so early on. The singer put on a scandalous performance, dancing around the VMA stage with a live python around her neck and surrounded by tigers in cages. The shock-factor of the performance caused a succession of articles from both official and unofficial news sources - with many in awe of her sultry performance, as well as others outraged at the use of live animals for entertainment. For example, PETA wrote a formal letter to Spears and her team before the performance pleading them not to use the live animals (Estera, 2022). It can be suggested that the controversy and iconography created by this performance helped contribute to the singer's star image, and her representation as a rebellious, troubled pop icon.

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Off of the back of her debut success, it was not long until Spears released her second album which was even more successful, breaking records for the 'highest debut' on the charts (Caulfield, 2012). Spears was quickly established as a success and consequently a star, with her label quickly recognising this.

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Explore songs, recommendations, and other album details for Oops!...I Did It Again by Britney Spears. Compare different versions and buy them all on Discogs.

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Spears was nominated and performed at the 2000 Grammy's, which established her as a fashion icon as well as 'one to watch' due to the mass critical acclaim so early in her career. The buzz surrounding the singer and her success in the media and by fans triggered the overwhelming production of texts that are crucial to Britney's stardom that will be explored thoroughly in this report.

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One of the superstar's very first magazine covers was for Rolling Stone - this immediately frames Spears as a sexualised pop icon, despite her very young age. Her limited and revealing clothes contrasts with the stuffed toy and innocent expression. This bizarre contrasting representation of a child-like yet sexualised figure is present throughout most of her early stages of her career, with some academics labelling this as her experience of the "'virgin whore' dichotomy that has long been at the heart of female fame" (Williamson, 2010, p.118)

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Quickly after the success of the lead single, the album '...Baby One More Time' was released. This was the very beginning of the commercialisation of Spears, and one of the albums that made her into a pop sensation.

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In 1997, Britney Spears was signed to JIVE RECORDS and subsequently released her debut single '...Baby One More Time' in 1998.

With the early days of her celebrity image rooted in a children's TV show, this music video received an overwhelming amount of criticism due to the nature in which Britney and her dancers are dressed, with their outfits mimicking school girls with tied up t-shirts, short skirts and knee high socks. The controversy surrounding this video amassed a surplus of discussion surrounding the singer in mainstream media, suggesting that this was her breakout moment and a pinnacle point in which her star image was born.

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Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (Official Video)

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Britney Jean Spears was born in December 1981 in Mississippi, US (The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2022).

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Spears starred in Disney's 'The All New Mickey Mouse Club' (1989 - 1995) from age 11 in 1993, alongside fellow 'soon-to-be' stars Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and Ryan Gosling (IMDB, n.d.). This is merely the beginning of the representation of her star image, as she grounded herself as a musician, actor and an overall personality at a young age throughout her appearances on the show.

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Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Rhona Bennett, T.J. Fantini, Ryan Gosling, and Marque Lynch in The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989)

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Spears' first public relationship since her fame began was previously fellow All New Mickey Mouse Club member and NSync* star, Justin Timberlake. Their romance publicly began in 1998, with highlights including the iconic double denim matching outfits at the 2001 VMAs.

Media coverage on this relationship, alongside others throughout her experience in the public eye, feeds into the idea of how celebrity gossip and drama is a core pillar in the creation of fame and celebrity culture (Shingler, 2012, p. 144)