Britney Spears

Saturday Night Live: the 20 greatest sketches ever

The comedy show reaches its 50th anniversary this week and to celebrate, a look back to its funniest moments ever

Zach Vasquez

11, Oct, 2024 @7:07 AM

From Elton John at the piano to Stormzy at Glastonbury and Madonna snogging Britney: 41 era-defining music photos

Icons, rock stars – and divas behaving badly: these photographs of musicians struck a chord around the world

Alexis Petridis, Michael Cragg and Gabrielle Schwarz

28, Sep, 2024 @6:00 AM

Britney Spears memoir The Woman in Me headed to the big screen

Universal has acquired the rights to the bestselling tell-all, with Wicked’s Jon M Chu set to direct

Adrian Horton

01, Aug, 2024 @6:11 PM

This month’s best paperbacks: Colson Whitehead, Britney Spears and more

Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some wonderful new paperbacks, from revealing memoirs to entertaining novels

03, Jul, 2024 @8:00 AM

#FreeBritney movement resurges after star’s hotel fight sparks conservatorship fears

The costs of fame in the US are playing out for the singer as specter of return to an old, unhappy chapter of life looms

Edward Helmore

12, May, 2024 @1:00 PM

Britney Spears settles legal dispute with estranged father over conservatorship

Singer’s attorney says agreement gives his client the ‘freedom’ that ‘she desired’

Ramon Antonio Vargas

27, Apr, 2024 @2:09 PM

Bite me! How Apple’s download chart became a new battleground for pop – and politics

Song downloads are increasingly outdated – except as a tool for fiercely warring fans of artists such as Megan Thee Stallion and Nicki Minaj

Shaad D'Souza

07, Feb, 2024 @12:49 PM

Britney Spears denies reports of a new album: ‘I will never return to the music industry’

Following rumours that Charli XCX and Julia Michaels had been approached to present songs for a new album, the pop star said that she only writes for fun or for other artists

Laura Snapes

04, Jan, 2024 @10:25 AM

More than words: the rise of the clapback T-shirt

Celebrities and models are expressing themselves by showcasing pithy statements

Ellie Violet Bramley

15, Dec, 2023 @4:00 PM

Timbaland apologises after saying Justin Timberlake should ‘muzzle’ Britney Spears over memoir

Music producer caused outrage with language used to describe Spears, who wrote at length about ex-boyfriend Timberlake in The Woman in Me

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

08, Nov, 2023 @10:23 AM

Baby, one more time: why Madonna, Britney Spears and Taylor Swift are all on a nostalgia trip

With retrospective tours, memoirs and rerecordings, three definitive US pop superstars are reclaiming their legacies. Why now – and is the past a trap?

Laura Snapes

30, Oct, 2023 @2:06 PM