(Paris) Attention book event signed Britney Spears: two years after being freed from the guardianship exercised by her father, the 41-year-old singer is preparing to deliver her truth in a highly anticipated memoir.
The Woman in Me (editions Simon & Schuster in the United States and JCLattès in France, under the title The woman in me) is released on Tuesday in around twenty countries, translated into around ten languages. This is one of the big hits of the fall in bookstores.
As always in these cases, the text was jealously kept secret by the publisher who, according to American media, paid more than 15 million dollars to acquire the rights.
“Reliving it all has been exciting, heartbreaking and emotional,” the singer told the magazine Peoplewho published the first pages of this explosive confession book on Tuesday.
“For all these reasons, I will only read a small portion of my audiobook,” she continued. Actress Michelle Williams will do the rest.
Leading sales
A few days before its release, the book is at the top of sales on Amazon United States and France, for pre-order.
The publication of the correct sheets has already caused a lot of reaction.
The interpreter of Toxic reveals she suffered an abortion during her relationship with fellow pop superstar Justin Timberlake between 1999 and 2002. “One of the most difficult experiences of my life,” she wrote. “If the decision had been mine, I never would have done it.”
On her Instagram account, where she speaks laconically under videos of herself dancing among her furniture, the pop star explained to her more than 42 million subscribers that “there are so many things that are difficult to read in the press about his book. And added that “nothing matters at this stage”.
What other revelations will follow? This speech by the singer comes two years after the end of her guardianship, put in place in 2008 when she was going through a deep depression, against a backdrop of separation from her then husband, Kevin Federline, with whom she had two boys.
The star remarried in June 2022 to Sam Asghari, before he filed for divorce after 14 months.
Broken destiny
The book will also look back on the rise of this star who came from a very modest background, without hiding his setbacks. For fans of the artist, one hope: to understand the trajectory of this broken destiny.
It begins at the end of childhood, at the age of 12, with the Mickey Mouse Club. At almost 17 years old, Britney Spears achieved worldwide fame with Baby One More Timethe title of both a song and an album driven by hits that have become pop classics, including Crazy.
Eight other albums followed, including the very popular Oops I did it again (sold 25 million copies) or In the Zone (10 million albums sold). A beast of the stage, Britney Spears goes on spectacular world tours.
In 2001, she performed the success The Way You Make Me Feel of pop legend Michael Jackson (1958-2009) alongside the star.
Scrutinized by everyone, stalked by the paparazzi, the singer lost her footing in 2007. Photos of her shaving her head in a hair salon went around the world. In 2008, she was placed under the guardianship of her father, who will decide everything until 2021.
In 2014, she entered a residency in Las Vegas, where she performed more than 200 times in four years. Everything explodes again in 2019 when she is forcibly interned. The mobilization of her fans, supported by journalistic investigations, calls to “free Britney” (#FreeBritney).
In 2021, the singer asks the judges to “give her back her life”. They break the guardianship. First milestone in his newfound life: a bestseller.