Britney Spears Net Worth

How much is Britney Spears worth?

About Britney Spears

Britney Spears was one of the most famous music stars in the world by the year 2000. She recorded her debut album, ...Baby One More Time, in 1997 at the age of just 16 and continued her meteoric rise to the top replete with reported risky behavior and well-publicized mental breakdowns.

“Chaotic” was a word that Britney had begun to become labeled as and she didn’t shy away from choosing it as the name for her self-made reality television show, either. She appeared in Britney and Kevin: Chaotic for 5 episodes with her then-husband Kevin Federline in 2005. By 2008, she had suffered a mental break and it was that same year that her father took over control of her finances.

The second child of Jamie Spears and Lynne Irene, Britney was encouraged to sing and to dance from the time that she could say her first words. At age three she was taking dance lessons and was put in to audition for The Mickey Mouse Club when she was eight. She didn’t get cast originally because she was considered too young but it wasn’t long after that she did make it onto the show. She was eventually cast as a Mousketeer in December 1992 along with her future boyfriend Justin Timberlake and rumored nemesis Christina Aguilera.

It wasn’t until some five years later however, in 1997, that her career would take off like very few have in history. After signing a record deal with Jive Records she recorded her debut album …Baby One More Time, at age 16, and it was released to immense popularity in January 1999. The album topped the charts and earned her an AMA for “Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist”, a “Best New Artist” Grammy nomination and three Teen Choice Awards for “Choice Female Artist”, “Choice Female Artist” and “Single of the Year” (‘…Baby One More Time’).

The sudden success was met with accusations over Britney’s conduct, including her stance against premarital sex and her cover shoot for Rolling Stone. She carried on through it releasing Oops!… I Did It Again, in 2000. She kept her sex symbol status together even ripping off her black suit to reveal a sparkly bra and nude bodysuit when she performed the title track of the album onstage at the 2000 MTV VMAs.

Spears famously began dating her Mickey Mouse Club co-star Justin Timberlake and for three years they kept the American public on edge about a potential marriage. Their eventual split paired with Timberlake’s “Cry Me a River”, featuring him getting revenge on an actress who looked similar to Britney, seemed to put the emphasis on Britany being responsible for the breakup. Her response ballad “Everytime” seemed to confirm this but it was Justin who shattered her wholesome image, remarking, “She lost her virginity a while ago — and I should know.”

Nevertheless, these events only added to her fame and her albums Britney and In the Zone continued her unstoppable success. She earned her first Grammy win for “Best Dance Recording” (‘Toxic’) and another notorious VMA performance. It was 2003, and performing “Like a Virgin” with Christina Aguilera, Madonna joined them on stage and shared a girl-on-girl kiss with each of them.

In 2004, it came out that Britney had eloped with her childhood friend Jason Alexander in Las Vegas. While they had their marriage annulled Britney’s behavior had begun to send signals to executives that things were beginning to go sideways. She had a knee injury and had to cancel her Onyx Hotel Tour for surgery. She then all of a sudden announced that she had become engaged to her backup dancer boyfriend, Kevin Federline. They had been dating for only three months but they were married just two months later in September. Britany gave birth to their son, Sean Preston in 2005. In 2006, they had another boy Jayden James, but divorced later that same year in November.

As pressure from the media intensified, Britany’s behavior also began to decline. She couldn’t go anywhere without 24hr surveillance on her, likely just waiting for her next slip-up. Britney didn’t disappoint the paparazzi, she shaved her head, changed her accent to “British”, attacked a pap’s car with an umbrella, eventually went into rehab but also started dating Adnan Ghalib who was with the paparazzi. Eventually, Britany lost custody of her children to Federline. She reportedly began paying Federline $20,000 a month in child support, as well as additional money toward tuition fees, school costs and funds for extracurricular activities.

Amazingly, despite what had been going on in her personal life, Britany managed to pull it together for her fifth album Blackout. It was met with commercial and critical success but, nevertheless, her personal life continued to free fall until she was eventually put under involuntary psychiatric hold. Soon after, a judge awarded her father a conservatorship over her and she began to reorder her life and make another comeback. Now that her father had control over her spending, it seems she more easily managed to get her life back on track and make new headway in her career. She released her sixth album, Circus, that same year of 2008 and went on a comeback tour.

Her single “Womanizer,” from the album became her first number one single in almost a decade. The single “3” also made it to the top and was one of her top tracks from her career-spanning compilation The Singles Collection. She continued to release albums including Femme Fatale in 2011, which included “Hold It Against Me,” her fourth single to reach number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 2012, she became one of the judges on U.S. version of Simon Cowell’s The X Factor. She also appeared on will.i.am‘s track “Scream and Shout, as well as cameod on Miley Cyrus’ 2013 album Bangerz. In July 2016, she released “Make Me,” featuring rapper G-Eazy, with the album Glory released in August that same year. After many successful residencies in Las Vegas, there were plans for a residency called Britney: Domination for February 2019, however after her father suddenly became seriously ill she went on hiatus.

Spears’ Total Net Worth

Britney Spears has been one of the highest earning pop singers of the last twenty years. She has sold over 100 million records worldwide and, in terms of gross revenue, earned similar amounts from her tours and residencies. In the early 2000s, Britney is estimated to have been earning as much as $40 million per year from her record sales and tours when combined. In 2013, she signed a $30 million dollar deal with Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas agreeing to perform 100 shows over a two year period. Her contract was renewed in 2017, and there was talk of a further residency however Britany went on hiatus after her father suddenly became ill. She was slated to earn over $500,000 per appearance.

Britney has also earned from her appearances on television, including a $15 million dollar salary to serve as a judge on The X Factor. In 2004, she released a perfume line with Elizabeth Arden, Inc, by 2012, sales had exceeded $1.5 billion. In 2014, court documents revealed Britney’s net worth to be hovering around $40 million dollars. As of 2023, it is estimated that Britney Spears’ net worth is close to $75 million.

Summing-Up

Britney Spears was one of the most popular singers of the late ’90s and early 2000s. Nicknamed the “Princess of Pop”, she epitomized teen pop and is credited with influencing its revival. She has sold over 100 million records worldwide, including 30 million sold internationally. She has had four number 1 singles in the US “…Baby One More Time”, “Womanizer”, “3”, and “Hold It Against Me” and six number 1 albums. While her father was awarded conservatorship over Britany, which included control over her finances, she continued to make earning records become the highest-earning female musician in 2012, as per Forbes. In 2021, she was named as one of the “100 Most Influential People” by Time magazine.