She’s So Lucky? How Britney Spears’ Family Molded Her Career

At one point, Pop Princess Britney Spears was the most beloved celebrity on the planet. But as we all know, fame has a dark side. Today, the pop icon has no control over her life and is forced instead to answer to her father, Jamie. But while she needs her father’s permission for every financial decision she makes, there’s one thing that he allows her to do—and that’s work.

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As Britney’s conservatorship and her multiple breakdowns dominate the headlines, we’re taking a look at what led her to this point. From her parents’ questionable actions and her siblings’ fame (or lack of), to what really happened before that 2007 VMA performance and the bad people who have seemed to have leeched off of her, this is the full Britney Spears story.