Britney Spears: Grammy Award winner, 90s pop queen, and music industry megastar through the years

“Princess of Pop,” Britney Spears has received worldwide adoration over decades as a pop culture icon and one of the top selling artists of all time.

Britney Spears, "Princess of Pop" is a pop culture icon. Spears made a name for herself in the late 90s with her first hit single "Hit Me Baby One More Time." (Sam Levi/WireImage) According to Billboard, her sophomore album "Oops!... I Did It Again" debuted at No. 1 2000 Billboard 200 with 1,319,000 copies sold in the first week. (Getty Images) Britney has received eight Grammy nominations and won a single Grammy award for Best Dance Recording for "Toxic" at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards. (Getty Images) Britney has one sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, who is an American actress best known for playing Zoey Brooks in Nickelodeon's "Zoey 101." (Getty Images) Spears is now married to model, personal trainer, and actor Sam Asghari. The couple met in 2016 and married in 2022. (Getty Images) Britney Spears and husband Sam Asghari are 12 years apart. The pair tied the knot at their Los Angeles home on June 9, 2022. (J. Merritt/Getty Images for GLAAD) Britney appeared on the "Mickey Mouse Club" in 1992 where she first met Justin Timberlake. The two confirmed dating rumors in 1999 and broke up in 2002. (Getty Images) Spears has two sons, Jayden James and Sean Preston, with her ex-husband Kevin Federline. Spears and Federline were married from 2004-2007. (Getty Images) Britney Spears with her eldest son Sean Preston Federline at the "Smurfs 2" movie premiere in 2013.  (Getty Images) For 14 years, Britney’s father Jamie Spears was in charge of a conservatorship over her financial and personal matters. She was put under conservatorship after a series of mental breakdowns in 2008. Fans started a "Free Britney" movement in support of the singer. In November 2021, the court ruled in Britney’s favor to end the conservatorship.  (Kevin Mazur/WireImage)