What do you think?
Rate this book
Britney: The Unauthorized Biography of Britney Spears
Having amassed a fortune of over $100 million and record sales of forty million at the age of twenty-two, Britney Spears is the worlds biggest female star. This is the first biography to chronicle how the little girl, with a crucifix in each ear, has become the ultimate in tabloid fodder. Britney will follow her roller coaster life from her time on the Mickey Mouse Club, where she first met Justin Timberlake, to the moment she shot to fame and became the all-American pop princess. Somehow it all fell apartscarred by her break-up with Timberlake, roundly booed at the London premiere of her first film, the downward spiral culminated with her infamous fifty-five-hour Las Vegas marriage. Speculating on what an uncertain future holds for Mrs. Federline-Spears, Britney will be a gossipy and revealing biography of one of the most fascinating figures in pop.
327 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
4 people are currently reading
181 people want to read
About the author
Sean Smith
81 books58 followersSean Smith is the UK’s leading celebrity biographer and the author of the number one bestseller Cheryl, as well as bestselling books about Tom Jones, Robbie Williams and Kate Middleton.
His books about the most famous people of our times has been translated throughout the world. His subjects include Adele, Kim Kardashian, Gary Barlow, Kylie Minogue, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Victoria Beckham, Jennifer Aniston and J.K. Rowling. The film Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story was based on his biography of the Harry Potter author.
Described by the Independent as a ‘fearless chronicler’, he specialises in meticulous research, going ‘on the road’ to find the real person behind the star image.
His books about the most famous people of our times has been translated throughout the world. His subjects include Adele, Kim Kardashian, Gary Barlow, Kylie Minogue, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Victoria Beckham, Jennifer Aniston and J.K. Rowling. The film Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story was based on his biography of the Harry Potter author.
Described by the Independent as a ‘fearless chronicler’, he specialises in meticulous research, going ‘on the road’ to find the real person behind the star image.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 12 of 12 reviews
June 19, 2008
Title: Britney :: The unathorized biography
Author: Sean Smith
Copyright date: 2005
Publisher: Pan
How many pages: 327 pgs
How long it took me to read: 16 days
Category: Biography
I learned about this book from: scanning the bio shelves at Chapter's then squeeing "Ooh, Britney!"
This book was purchased at: Chapter's
This book is: very intriguing
Other books by this author: Justin - the biography, Robbie - the biography, Kylie confidential, J.K. Rowling - the biography, Royal racing, The union game, Sophie's kiss and Stone me! with Dale Lawrence
I would recommend this book: to a Britney fan, or anyone who has ever bad mouthed her, stop being ignorant.
Favorite characters: Britney and Justin
Least favorite Characters: Reg Jones, Kevin Federline, Christina Aguilera, Jason Alexander
When and Where the story takes place: Everywhere Britney has gone
Plot in a nutshell: It's the life story of Britney Spears
Main characters: n/a
What I liked best: The Justin/Britney years...
What I liked least: The Kevin/Britney years
Overall rating: I actually learned a lot about Britney that I didn't know. It made for interesting topic conversation at work and with friends.
-Justin told his Grandfather that he was going to "marry that girl one day" about Britney while walking home from the Mickey Mouse Club one afternoon.
-Britney's first kiss happened with Reg Jones' after she failed her learner's permit test and he sent her roses to say sorry she hadn't passed. They went to a pool party that evening and she gave him a full on liplock to thank him for the flowers.
- Britney and Reg had wanted to get married while they were dating but Britney was only 15 so it never happened.
- Britney actually went to school in McComb, Mississippi.
- When Britney had offered a donation to Parklane Academy once she got famous, they declined the offer because they are a highly religious bunch and her skanking about was frowned upon.
- Her school was all white students, although it wasn't that colored students weren't "allowed", there just never was any.
- Britney and Christina were only friends in the Mickey Mouse Club because they were the youngest girls there. Britney could dance but Christina could sing. They would rub off on one another but Christina was always the little diva wanting to outshine Britney. After MMC got cancelled, so did Christina and Britney's friendship. They didn't stay in contact, which is why now they aren't buddy buddy...they never really were.
-Britney's specialty is waffles.
-Britney has been smoking since she was 15. Her mom used to get so mad when she caught her because she wanted her daughter to have a big singing career and smoking would cancel that out.
-Lynne was called to Parklane Academy one day because Britney and her friends were caught smoking in the girls room.
-One time, Lynne was so pissed at Britney for smoking while they were in the car, that she made Britney take her hand off the wheel so she could smell to see if Britney had been smoking, the car spun out of control and they ended up in a ditch. Britney hadn't even been smoking.
- Lynne didn't want Britney wasting her talent away by settling with Reg so young in her life, so they used to have huge arguments about him.
-While as a teenager, she had all the men in her life wrapped around her finger.
-Britney wanted to quit after the MMC to lead a normal life, her Mother forced her otherwise.
-Before going to New York to start her first album, she had to get enrolled in a programme with the University of Nebraska to be homeschooled. She barely passed the entering exam, which she said was so hard. Then she would start her assignments, which she would then ship to Reg to finish in Kentwood and he would send them back to New York completed for her. She would claim that she was too busy to get all the work done
.
-Lynn Harless, Justin Timberlake's Mom, was suggested by Lou Pearlman to try her hand at Managing. She decided to make America's answer to the Spice Girls: Innosense. The first member was Nikki DeLoach, former mouseketeer and JC Chasez's girlfriend at the time.Britney was Nikki and Lynn's next choice as to who should join the band, so Britney flew up to Memphis where she became part of the group.
-Although it had been nice to see Justin again, he was dating a girl named Veronica Finn and she was still with Reg Jones.
-The day before Britney was supposed to fly back to Memphis to sign the deal to make her an official member of Innosense, her Father called Lynn Harless and told her that he didn't want Britney in a girl group because she would make it better as a solo artist. Which was all for the best because if Britney had joined Innosense, her career would've been pretty much over. Justin's girlfriend, Veronica, took her place.
- Baby, one more time was originally written for TLC but they were on a hiatus when it was written, so it was handed over to Britney.
- While she was in New York, Britney smoked dope for the first time while on a night out at a club with a girlfriend who had brought it with her.
- Reg was supposed to be her love interest in the Baby one more time video but due to an arguement they had, she cast her cousin who was a abercrombie and fitch model instead.
- It was due to Felicia Cullotta, Britney's guardian turned publicist on the road that Britney and Reg ended up breaking up. Felicia had begun phasing him out of her life since day one of her recording in New York. She would say negative things about Reg in Britney's ear with him in the room and she was someone Britney looked up to, so Britney agreed with a lot of what she said.
- Justin was only fourteen when he and his first girlfriend, Danielle Ditto made love for the first time.
- Reg Jones believes that Justin is the sole reason for the break up he had with Britney.
- When asked by MTV early in their relationship if Britney and Justin were dating, Britney said: "It's not true, N sync are like big brothers to me. I guess they assume that because we were on the Mickey Mouse Club together." Justin joked: "I am actually dating Britney.We've been together for seven years. I'm dating her and two of her dancers."
-Anson Mount was relunctant to take on the role of Ben in Crossroads but Robert DeNiro who was filming another movie with Anson at the time, talked him into it and even practised Anson's lines with him reading Britney's character. He said to be a closet Britney fan.
-Britney doesn't like the song Bombastic Love from her "Britney" album. The lyrics were too lame. - Which I agree. That song sucks.
-People magazine is the only place to find extremely truthful stories about Britney.
-Justin's song "Never again" is about Britney, so is "Cry me a river". "What goes around comes around" is not.
-Justin admitted on a radio show that he gave Britney oral.
- Britney and Justin were on a "break" when Britney hooked up with Wade Robson.
- After the breakup with Justin, the press thought that she was having a breakdown by partying, drinking, and so on...sound familiar?
Author: Sean Smith
Copyright date: 2005
Publisher: Pan
How many pages: 327 pgs
How long it took me to read: 16 days
Category: Biography
I learned about this book from: scanning the bio shelves at Chapter's then squeeing "Ooh, Britney!"
This book was purchased at: Chapter's
This book is: very intriguing
Other books by this author: Justin - the biography, Robbie - the biography, Kylie confidential, J.K. Rowling - the biography, Royal racing, The union game, Sophie's kiss and Stone me! with Dale Lawrence
I would recommend this book: to a Britney fan, or anyone who has ever bad mouthed her, stop being ignorant.
Favorite characters: Britney and Justin
Least favorite Characters: Reg Jones, Kevin Federline, Christina Aguilera, Jason Alexander
When and Where the story takes place: Everywhere Britney has gone
Plot in a nutshell: It's the life story of Britney Spears
Main characters: n/a
What I liked best: The Justin/Britney years...
What I liked least: The Kevin/Britney years
Overall rating: I actually learned a lot about Britney that I didn't know. It made for interesting topic conversation at work and with friends.
-Justin told his Grandfather that he was going to "marry that girl one day" about Britney while walking home from the Mickey Mouse Club one afternoon.
-Britney's first kiss happened with Reg Jones' after she failed her learner's permit test and he sent her roses to say sorry she hadn't passed. They went to a pool party that evening and she gave him a full on liplock to thank him for the flowers.
- Britney and Reg had wanted to get married while they were dating but Britney was only 15 so it never happened.
- Britney actually went to school in McComb, Mississippi.
- When Britney had offered a donation to Parklane Academy once she got famous, they declined the offer because they are a highly religious bunch and her skanking about was frowned upon.
- Her school was all white students, although it wasn't that colored students weren't "allowed", there just never was any.
- Britney and Christina were only friends in the Mickey Mouse Club because they were the youngest girls there. Britney could dance but Christina could sing. They would rub off on one another but Christina was always the little diva wanting to outshine Britney. After MMC got cancelled, so did Christina and Britney's friendship. They didn't stay in contact, which is why now they aren't buddy buddy...they never really were.
-Britney's specialty is waffles.
-Britney has been smoking since she was 15. Her mom used to get so mad when she caught her because she wanted her daughter to have a big singing career and smoking would cancel that out.
-Lynne was called to Parklane Academy one day because Britney and her friends were caught smoking in the girls room.
-One time, Lynne was so pissed at Britney for smoking while they were in the car, that she made Britney take her hand off the wheel so she could smell to see if Britney had been smoking, the car spun out of control and they ended up in a ditch. Britney hadn't even been smoking.
- Lynne didn't want Britney wasting her talent away by settling with Reg so young in her life, so they used to have huge arguments about him.
-While as a teenager, she had all the men in her life wrapped around her finger.
-Britney wanted to quit after the MMC to lead a normal life, her Mother forced her otherwise.
-Before going to New York to start her first album, she had to get enrolled in a programme with the University of Nebraska to be homeschooled. She barely passed the entering exam, which she said was so hard. Then she would start her assignments, which she would then ship to Reg to finish in Kentwood and he would send them back to New York completed for her. She would claim that she was too busy to get all the work done
.
-Lynn Harless, Justin Timberlake's Mom, was suggested by Lou Pearlman to try her hand at Managing. She decided to make America's answer to the Spice Girls: Innosense. The first member was Nikki DeLoach, former mouseketeer and JC Chasez's girlfriend at the time.Britney was Nikki and Lynn's next choice as to who should join the band, so Britney flew up to Memphis where she became part of the group.
-Although it had been nice to see Justin again, he was dating a girl named Veronica Finn and she was still with Reg Jones.
-The day before Britney was supposed to fly back to Memphis to sign the deal to make her an official member of Innosense, her Father called Lynn Harless and told her that he didn't want Britney in a girl group because she would make it better as a solo artist. Which was all for the best because if Britney had joined Innosense, her career would've been pretty much over. Justin's girlfriend, Veronica, took her place.
- Baby, one more time was originally written for TLC but they were on a hiatus when it was written, so it was handed over to Britney.
- While she was in New York, Britney smoked dope for the first time while on a night out at a club with a girlfriend who had brought it with her.
- Reg was supposed to be her love interest in the Baby one more time video but due to an arguement they had, she cast her cousin who was a abercrombie and fitch model instead.
- It was due to Felicia Cullotta, Britney's guardian turned publicist on the road that Britney and Reg ended up breaking up. Felicia had begun phasing him out of her life since day one of her recording in New York. She would say negative things about Reg in Britney's ear with him in the room and she was someone Britney looked up to, so Britney agreed with a lot of what she said.
- Justin was only fourteen when he and his first girlfriend, Danielle Ditto made love for the first time.
- Reg Jones believes that Justin is the sole reason for the break up he had with Britney.
- When asked by MTV early in their relationship if Britney and Justin were dating, Britney said: "It's not true, N sync are like big brothers to me. I guess they assume that because we were on the Mickey Mouse Club together." Justin joked: "I am actually dating Britney.We've been together for seven years. I'm dating her and two of her dancers."
-Anson Mount was relunctant to take on the role of Ben in Crossroads but Robert DeNiro who was filming another movie with Anson at the time, talked him into it and even practised Anson's lines with him reading Britney's character. He said to be a closet Britney fan.
-Britney doesn't like the song Bombastic Love from her "Britney" album. The lyrics were too lame. - Which I agree. That song sucks.
-People magazine is the only place to find extremely truthful stories about Britney.
-Justin's song "Never again" is about Britney, so is "Cry me a river". "What goes around comes around" is not.
-Justin admitted on a radio show that he gave Britney oral.
- Britney and Justin were on a "break" when Britney hooked up with Wade Robson.
- After the breakup with Justin, the press thought that she was having a breakdown by partying, drinking, and so on...sound familiar?
January 12, 2012
I usually hate unofficial biographies, usually rushed or just badly written to make easy money, but whilst unofficial, this is probably one of the best Britney bios out there. Anyone can gather together news articles and fill a book with quotes from them, but Sean Smith actually researches his subjects, and speaks to people that grew up with them and family and friends rather than reading newspapers and magazines and filling a book with rubbish in one night.
This is a great book and a must read for any Britney fan, whilst much of it isn't major news or even new news for the hardcore Britney fan, it's a good book.
This is a great book and a must read for any Britney fan, whilst much of it isn't major news or even new news for the hardcore Britney fan, it's a good book.
July 9, 2015
I usually hate unofficial biographies, usually rushed or just badly written to make easy money, but whilst unofficial, this is probably one of the best Britney bios out there. Anyone can gather together news articles and fill a book with quotes from them, but Sean Smith actually researches his subjects, and speaks to people that grew up with them and family and friends rather than reading newspapers and magazines and filling a book with rubbish in one night.
This is a great book and a must read for any Britney fan, whilst much of it isn't major news or even new news for the hardcore Britney fan, it's a good book.
This is a great book and a must read for any Britney fan, whilst much of it isn't major news or even new news for the hardcore Britney fan, it's a good book.
February 20, 2008
An insight into Britneys life before she lost it... and it shows the 'pushy mum' side of Lynne Spears... a pretty good read
June 30, 2020
Great in parts but dragged in others. Obsessed with Britney so wasn't turning the page as I knew what was already coming but for someone who likes biographys it's a decent read.
September 9, 2022
One of the most inside biographies ever written on Britney Spears a very good read if your a fan of Britney's
September 21, 2011
Im a big Britney fan and this book really gives a great insight into her childhood. Was obviously written before 2007 so it doesn't contain any info on her troubles at that time but still very interesting for a true fan!
August 12, 2011
easy reading. quite good.
Read
June 5, 2012queen
May 27, 2014
I LOVE BRITNEY! Now, having read this biography, I love Britney more. She may have gone through hardships in her life, she went up and claimed the throne. Her life was indeed like a Circus.
Read
February 18, 2016I was 13 okay.
Displaying 1 - 12 of 12 reviews