Career Highlights
Career Sales: Nearly 70 Million Albums Sold in a Career Spanning Over a Decade
Eight #1 Worldwide Hit Singles
25 Top 40 Hit Singles
SoundScan-ranked 4th Best-Selling Female Artist In American History
Four Consecutive Albums on Billboard Top 200 Album Sales chart
Six #1 Albums on Billboard Top 200 Album Sales Chart
Billboard-ranked Best-Selling Female Artist of the 1998-2008 Decade
The First Artist Ever To Have Four Albums Scan Over 500K in the First Week
Source: Jive/Zomba
Singles Awards
Platinum (USA): "...Baby One More Time"
Platinum (USA): "From The Bottom of My Broken Heart"
Platinum (USA): "Gimme More"
Platinum (USA): "Piece of Me"
1999 Music Week Awards Highest Selling Singles Artist in the UK ("...Baby One More Time")
1999 MTV Europe Music Awards Best Song ("...Baby One More Time")
2000 BMI Pop Awards Honored Most Performed BMI Songs ("Sometimes")
2001 BMI Pop Awards Honored Most Performed BMI Songs ("(You Drive Me) Crazy")
2004 Billboard Music Awards Hot Dance Sales Single of the Year ("Me Against The Music" feat. Madonna)
2004 Teen Choice Awards Choice Single ("Toxic")
2005 Grammy Best Dance Recording ("Toxic")
2005 Ivor Novello Awards (Ivors) PRS Most Performed Work ("Toxic")
2005 ASCAP Pop Music Awards Honored Most Performed ASCAP Songs ("Toxic")
2008 MTV Video Music Awards
- Best Female Video ("Piece of Me")
- Best Pop Video ("Piece of Me")
- Video of the Year ("Piece of Me")
2008 TRL's Most Influential Video of All Time ("...Baby One More Time")
2009 MTV Video Music Awards Best Pop Video ("Womanizer")
2009 Rolling Stone Magazine Awards
- Song of the Decade ("Toxic")
- Album of the Decade (Blackout)
2010 MTV UK Greatest Track of the Decade ("Toxic")
2010 International Dance Music Awards Best Music Video ("3")
2011 MTV Video Music Awards Best Pop Video ("Till The World Ends")
Source: Jive/Zomba
Artist Awards
1999 Billboard Music Awards
- Female Album Artist of the Year
- Female Artist of the Year
- Best New Artist of the Year
1999 MTV Europe Music Awards
- Best Female Artist
- Best Pop Artist
- Best Breakthrough Artist
1999 Echo Award Best International Female Artist
1999 Much Music Award Best International Artist
2000 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Female Singer
2000 American Music Awards Favorite New Pop/Rock Artist
2000 Teen Choice Awards Choice Female Artist
2000 Billboard Music Awards
- Female Album Artist of the Year
- Special Billboard Award (Oops! ...I Did It Again album sales)
2000 Canadian Juno Award Best Selling Album (...Baby One More Time)
2000 Europe NRJ Radio Awards Best International Female Artist
2000-2006 Yahoo! Top Searched Artist of the Year
2001 Echo Award Best International Female Artist
2001 Rolling Stone Magazine Awards Artist of the Year
2001 Kids' Choice Awards Favorite Female Singer
2001 World Music Awards World's Best Dance Female Artist
2001 Teen Choice Awards Choice Female Artist
2001 World Music Awards World's Best Pop Female Artist
2002 Teen Choice Awards Choice Female Artist
2002 MTV Asia Awards Best International Female Artist
2002 Emmy Awards
- Best Direction (Britney Spears: Live in Las Vegas)
- Best Special Television (Saturday Night Life)
2003 Japan Golden Disc Awards
- Best International New Artist
2003 Hollywood Walk of Fame (recording artists)
2003 TRL Awards First Lady Award
2004 TRL Awards Gridlock Award (for most fans)
2004 MTV Europe Music Awards Best Female
2004 Brasil Music Award Best International Female Artist
2005 Golden Music Awards Rock/Pop Album of the Year (Greatest Hits: My Prerogative)
2008 MTV Europe Music Awards
- Best Act of 2008
- Album of the Year (Blackout)
2008 Bambi Awards Best International Pop Star
2008 Fuse TV Awards
- Viewers' Choice
- Video of the Year ("Womanizer")
2009 NRJ Music Awards
- International Female Artist of the Year
- Best Video of the Year ("Womanizer")
2009 LOGO's NewNowNext Awards Always Next, Forever Now Award
2009 Bravo's A-List Awards
- A-List Artist of the Year
- A-List Album (Circus)
- A-List Download ("Circus")
2009 Teen Choice Awards Ultimate Choice Award
2009 MTV Video Music Awards Latin America Best Fan Club
2009 MTV Video Music Awards Brazil Best International Artist
2009 Virgin Media Music Awards
- Best Solo Female Artist
- Twit of the Year
2009 Fuse TV Awards Video of the Year ("Circus")
2009 Guinness World Record: Youngest Female Artist To Have Five Of Her Albums Reach #1 On The Music Charts
2011 Guinness World Record: Youngest Female Artist To Have Six Of Her Albums Reach #1 On The Music Charts
2011 MTV Video Music Awards Video Vanguard Award
Source: Jive/Zomba
Sales
...Baby One More Time (1999)
Total Worldwide Sales: 22 Million
Diamond: Canada, USA
14x Platinum: Canada, USA
13x Platinum: Phillippines
10x Platinum: Korea
9x Platinum: Poland, Taiwan, Thailand
8x Platinum: Indonesia
7x Platinum: France
6x Platinum: Belgium, Hungary, Venezuela
5x Platinum: Czech Republic, India, Mexico
4x Platinum: Australia, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Malaysia, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, UK
3x Platinum: Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland
2x Platinum: Argentina, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Italy, Sweden, Turkey
Platinum: Finland, Greece, Japan, Norway
Oops!... I Did It Again (2000)
Total Worldwide Sales: 17 Million
Diamond: Turkey, USA
20x Platinum: Korea
11x Platinum: Phillippines
10x Platinum: Canada
9x Platinum: Thailand
8x Platinum: Poland
6x Platinum: Hungary, Indonesia, Taiwan, Venezuela
5x Platinum: Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Switzerland
4x Platinum: Austria, Brazil, Hong Kong, Germany, Ireland, Malaysia, Mexico, Portugal, Singapore
3x Platinum: Australia, Chile, Denmark, India, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, UK
2x Platinum: Argentina, Finland, Greece, Italy, Netherlands
Platinum: Japan, South Africa
Britney (2001)
Total Worldwide Sales: 9 Million
20x Platinum: Korea
10x Platinum: Thailand
5x Platinum: Venezuela
4x Platinum: Canada, France, Indonesia, Phillippines, USA
3x Platinum: Hungary, Ireland, Mexico
2x Platinum: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, India, Japan, Malaysia, Portugal, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan
Platinum: Argentina, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, UK
Gold: Finland, Greece, South Africa
In The Zone (2003)
Total Worldwide Sales: 6 Million
8x Platinum: Korea
5x Platinum: Thailand
4x Platinum: Canada, Indonesia
2x Platinum: Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Phillippines, Russia, Taiwan, USA
Platinum: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Portugal, Singapore, Switzerland, UK
Gold: Denmark, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative (2004)
Total Worldwide Sales: 5.6 Million
7x Platinum: Taiwan
6x Platinum: Ireland, Korea
5x Platinum: Thailand
3x Platinum: Indonesia, Japan, Singapore
2x Platinum: Australia, Canada, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Russia, UK
Platinum: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, India, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Phillippines, Portugal, South Africa, Sweden, India, Thailand, USA, Venezuela
Gold: Chile, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland
B in the Mix: The Remixes (2005)
Total Worldwide Sales: 274,000
Blackout (2007)
Total Worldwide Sales: 2.3 Million
Total USA Sales: 988,000
2x Platinum: Canada, Ireland, Russia
Platinum: Australia
Gold: Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Venezuela
Circus (2008)
Total Worldwide Sales: 3.4 Million
3x Platinum: Canada
2x Platinum: Australia, Ireland
Platinum: Denmark, France, New Zealand, Russia, UK, USA
Gold: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, South Africa, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, Venezuela
The Singles Collection (2009)
Total Worldwide Sales: 755,000
Gold: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, UK
Femme Fatale (2011)
Platinum: USA
Britney Spears Live: The Femme Fatale Tour DVD (2011)
Platinum: USA
Source: Jive/Zomba