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Britney Spears

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Britney Spears performing at the Roundhouse in London, 2016.
Britney Spears performing at the Roundhouse in London, 2016.
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Summary

Britney Spears is an American singer and performer associated with pop and electronically produced dance music. Her late-1990s breakthrough helped establish a model of songs, choreography and video addressed to a broad young audience.[1]

Life and career

Early professional work included theatre and television before her recording debut. …Baby One More Time appeared in 1999, with its title song already prominent on music television. Her first Grammy stage appearance followed in 2000, presenting songs from that early repertoire.[1]

Music and style

The debut single's production joined a sharply recognizable vocal sound with strong hooks and dance-oriented rhythm. Work with Max Martin connected her recordings to Swedish studio networks. The Recording Academy's retrospective emphasizes her active role in the debut video's concept and the influence of that combined musical and visual presentation on later pop performers.[2]

Works and performances

'…Baby One More Time', 'Oops!…I Did It Again', 'Overprotected', 'Toxic' and 'Womanizer' show changes in her recorded sound. 'Toxic' won the Best Dance Recording Grammy in 2005. Her repertoire combines intimate vocal address with the larger rhythmic and choreographic scale of pop performance.[1]