Few stars can have been so much in the news headlines in the 21st century as Britney Spears has been. After her first solo success in the late 1990s, Britney enjoyed a golden age for five or six years during which she was the ‘pop’ act that everyone wanted to see and hear. Britney arrived on the ‘pop’ scene at the time that ordering and buying CDs through the internet and downloading MP3s, opened up new global markets to musical artists. Such was her initial success that Britney Spears seemed destined to become the new Queen of ‘Pop’, displacing Madonna.
Having been one of the stars of the Disney Channel TV series ‘The new Mickey Mouse club’ it was the release of her single, “… Baby one more time”, that catapulted Britney to international fame in late 1998 and early 1999. That song and her follow up hits were all accompanied with promotional videos that some people considered controversial. However, the powerful combination of Britney Spears music and the videos meant that Britney Spears pictures were much sought after. Even today, some 10 years after her initial success Britney Spears pictures taken from and around her promotional videos are still some of the most requested images on the internet. As the eighth highest US female recording star of all time, a lot of her music sales can be attributed to download’s of Britney Spears MP3 files; her total world wide music sales are now around 85 million.
Following a career break to start a family Britney Spears personal life took a wrong direction somewhere. Britney never seemed to be out of the news in 2007 and Britney Spears pictures were plastered all over the media. Sadly they did not show the vibrant young woman of before, but a person clearly in the grip of substance abuse and out of control. Despite that Britney Spears MP3 files and demand for official posters of Britney Spears pictures maintained high sales levels; and she retained her popularity with her fans. Following some poor public performances in the last two years, Britney is reportedly now recovered from the problems that had beset her in her personal life and is ready to resume her career.