Britney Spears, dubbed the 'Princess of Pop' and one of the most important voices that defined the 2000s generation, turns 44 this Tuesday. Since her musical debut in 1998 with 'Baby, one more time,' the artist, born in McComb, Mississippi, established herself as an international star, gaining global fame with her incredible hits and becoming one of the best-selling female artists of all time. However, her rapid rise to fame, media pressure, and drug addiction led to a public breakdown in the mid-2000s. Since then, her father, Jamie Spears, decided to place her under a strict guardianship that put him in charge of her assets, medical decisions, and artistic career. The 'Free Britney' Movement. Alerted to the difficult situation the pop princess was in, her fans initiated the 'Free Britney' movement, calling for the singer's release and alleging that she was being professionally exploited and legally abused by her father. Britney Spears thanked her fans for helping her regain her freedom. After a long legal and media battle, with raw testimony from the singer herself, Jamie Spears was removed from his guardianship role in September 2021, with the guardianship being completely terminated in November 2021, according to Noticias Argentinas news agency. The Present. Freed from the guardianship that held her captive since 2008, the artist begins a new life away from the public eye and enjoying the money she earned throughout her years in the music industry. In recent weeks, Britney reappeared on social media, showing her followers the pajama party she shared with two of her childhood friends; media personality Kim Kardashian and her younger sister, Khloe. Britney Spears responded to Kevin Federline for calling her a 'bad mother.' The friends' reunion happened amid the media war the artist was having with her ex-partner and the father of her children, Kevin Federline, who described Spears in his book as a 'bad mother' and unstable.
