Welcome to the Britney Spears thread! Britney Jean Spears (born on December 2, 1981) is an American pop icon, actress, and businesswoman, widely considered as among the most commercially successful and highly controversial pop figures of all time who has sold more than 200 million records worldwide since her debut in 1998, including more than 100 million albums across the globe, recognized as the top best-selling female artist of the entire 2000s by Billboard, scored 5 HOT 100 #1 singles, 6 U