Britney Spears - Childhood and Discovery
Britney Spears - Childhood and Discovery
Britney Spears was born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised Southern Baptist in Kentwood, Louisiana. Her parents are James Parnell Spears, a building contractor, and Lynne Irene Bridges (born 1956), a former grade school teacher. Britney Spears' brother, Bryan (born 1977), is one of her managers, and her sister, Jamie-Lynn (born 1991), is an actress and singer. Her maternal grandmother, Lillian Woolmoore (1924–1993), was an English war-bride, who met Britney Spears's maternal grandfather, Barnett O'Field Bridges (1919–1978), in England during World War II, and subsequently moved with him to the US. Her paternal grandparents were June Austin Spears (born 1930) and Emma Jean Forbes (1934–1966).
Britney Spears was an accomplished gymnast, attending gymnastics classes until age nine and competing in state-level competitions. Britney Spears performed in local dance revues and her local Baptist church choirs, and was auditioning for the Disney Channel's The New Mickey Mouse Club by the time she was eight. Although she was considered too young to join the series at the time, a producer on the show introduced her to a New York agent. Spears subsequently spent three summers at NYC's Professional Performing Arts School and also appeared in a number of off-Broadway productions, including 1991's Ruthless!. In 1992, she landed a spot on Star Search, and though she won the first round, she lost in the second (her opponent would later appear on a 2001 episode of the game show I've Got a Secret with his "secret" being the win against Spears). Britney Spears then returned to the Disney Channel for a spot on the New Mickey Mouse Club and was accepted. Britney Spears was featured in the 1993–1994 seasons from the ages of 11–13.
Other performers on the show included Justin Timberlake, future boyfriend of Britney Spears, and Joshua Chasez (both of whom later became members of the pop group 'N Sync), Keri Russell (star of the TV show Felicity), fellow pop singer Christina Aguilera, and actor Ryan Gosling. After the show ended, Spears and her five friends Amanda Latona, Veronica Finn, Mandy Ashford, Danay Ferrer, and her Mouseketeer co-star Nikki DeLoach) co-formed American pop group Innosense. Finally, once Britney Spears was not part of the group, she decided to go solo. A few years later, Britney Spears recorded a demo tape, which landed in the hands of Jive Records. She was signed to their label and began touring American venues for a series of concerts sponsored by American teen magazines, before joining *NSYNC and becoming their opening act.
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