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Friday, July 29, 2011

Britney Spears Pictures 2011 shines Hairstyle Parkz

Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album ...Baby One More Time in 1999. During her first decade within the music industry, she became a prominent figure in mainstream popular music and popular culture, followed by a much-publicized personal life. Her first two albums established her as a pop icon and broke sales records, while title tracks "...Baby One More Time" and "Oops!... I Did It Again" became international number-one hits. Spears was credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s.

In 2001, she released her third studio album Britney and expanded her brand, playing the starring role in the film Crossroads. She assumed creative control of her fourth studio album, In the Zone released in 2003, which yielded chart-topping singles "Me Against the Music", "Toxic" and "Everytime". After the release of two compilation albums, Spears experienced personal struggles and her career went under hiatus. Her fifth studio album, Blackout, was released in 2007 and despite receiving little promotion, it spawned hits "Gimme More" and "Piece of Me". In 2008, her erratic behaviour and hospitalizations caused her to be placed in a conservatorship. The same year, her sixth studio album Circus was released, with the global chart-topping lead single "Womanizer". After embarking on The Circus Starring Britney Spears, she released greatest hits The Singles Collection, which featured U.S. and Canadian number-one single "3". In 2011, Spears returned with her seventh studio album, titled Femme Fatale, which was released on March 29, 2011, including the lead single "Hold It Against Me" which has become Spears' fourth U.S. number-one single The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart This made Spears the only female artist ever to have six number one debut albums, and have seven albums debut in the top two spots.

Spears has sold over 100 million records worldwide. According to the Recording Industry Association of America she is the eighth top-selling female artist in the United States, with 33 million certified albumsSpears is also recognized as the best-selling female artist of the first decade of the 21st century, as well as the fifth overall She was ranked the 8th Artist of the 2000s by BillboardIn June 2010, Spears was ranked sixth on Forbes list of the 100 Most Powerful and Influential celebrities in the world; she is also the third most mentioned musician on the internet, according to Forbes
1 Biography
1.1 1981–97: Early life and career beginnings
1.2 1998–2000: ...Baby One More Time and Oops!... I Did It Again
1.3 2001–03: Britney, Crossroads, and In the Zone
1.4 2004–07: Compilation albums, motherhood, personal struggles, and Blackout
1.5 2008–10: Conservatorship, Circus and The Singles Collection
1.6 2011–present: Femme Fatale
2 Musical style and performance
2.1 Influences
3 Legacy
4 Discography
5 Awards and nominations
6 See also
7 Notes
8 References
9 Further reading
10 External links
Britney Jean Spears was born on December 2, 1981, the second child of Lynne Irene (née Bridges) and James Parnell Spears. She is of English heritage through her maternal grandmother, who was born in London, and of distant Maltese descent Her siblings are Bryan James and Jamie LynnAt age three, she started to attend dance lessons in her hometown of Kentwood, Louisiana, and was selected to perform a solo at the annual recital. During her childhood, she also attended gymnastics and voice lessons, and won many state-level competitions and children's talent shows

Britney Spears

Brooklyn Decker Pictures 2010 Sports Collection

Brooklyn Danielle Decker (born April 12, 1987)is an American fashion model and actress best known for her appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, including the cover of the 2010 issue. In addition to working for Victoria's Secret for the 2010 "Swim" collection, she has ventured into television with guest appearances on Chuck, Ugly Betty and Royal Pains. She made her feature film debut in Just Go with It. Decker is married to American tennis player Andy Roddick.
1 Early life
2 Career
3 Filmography
4 References
5 External links
Decker was born in Kettering, Ohio, the daughter of Tessa (née Moore), a nurse, and Stephen Decker, a pacemaker sellerShe and her family moved to Middletown, Ohio, then to Matthews, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte. She was discovered in a Charlotte shopping mall as a teenager. Decker began her modeling career as the face of Mauri Simone, a popular prom dress maker. She won the 2003 Model of the Year award at the Connections Model and Talent Convention.In a January 2011 interview with Self magazine, Decker stated that she suffered from an eating disorder and states, "My father did an intervention and got me to stop obsessing about everyone else and wrecking my body
Decker has been featured in pictorials in Teen Vogue, Cosmopolitan, FHM, and Glamour, and has modeled for The Gap, Intimissimi and Victoria's Secret. She has appeared in music videos for Jimmy Buffett and the band 3 Doors Down. She is also an avid Tar Heel basketball and Carolina Panthers fan.

In 2005, within two months of moving to New York City, Decker auditioned for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, in which she first appeared in 2006 She was again featured in the 2007 edition, and hosted the 2007 behind-the-scenes television special. She returned for a third consecutive time in 2008. Decker was chosen cover girl for the 2010 edition, shot on location in the Maldives islands. In 2007, she had a recurring feature on the website called "She Says, Z Says," along with Paul Zimmerman, discussing NFL football games of the week. Decker appeared in the 2007 made-for-television Lipshitz Saves the World.She worked for a period in Australia. She joined the cast of Sports New York to discuss the 2010 NCAA basketball tournament In 2008, Decker rang the Stock Exchange bell with other Sports Illustrated models

Decker made a guest appearance on NBC's Chuck, where she played a model applying to be a "Buy More Girl." She made a guest appearance on USA Network's Royal Pains on July 30, 2009. Decker played swimsuit model Rachel, while Peter Jacobson played Alan, her nebbish husband

On February 8, 2010, David Letterman announced on Late Show with David Letterman that Decker had been chosen as the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit covermodel Calling her selection "the news of a lifetime," Decker admitted that her mother cried when she heard her daughter would grace the cover

Decker served as a guest judge in the 5th cycle from Germany's Next Topmodel.
She was reportedly considered for the lead female role in Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Decker won Esquire magazine's 2010 "Sexiest Woman Alive" bracket challenge.
MTV Networks' NextMovie.com named her one of the 'Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2011Brooklyn is the female lead in the upcoming Battleship movie based on the game of the same name.

Brooklyn Decker