American entertainer Britney Spears has released 47 music videos and ten video albums. She has appeared in several films, television shows, and commercials. Spears made her acting debut at age 11 in the television show The All-New Mickey Mouse Club (1993–1994), playing various roles. She then made her feature film debut in Longshot (2001) as a cameo, portraying a flight attendant. In 2002, she starred as Lucy Wagner in Crossroads. The film grossed $61 million worldwide and earned her a nomination for Best Female Breakthrough Performance at the 2002 MTV Movie Awards. The same year, she gave her voice to the character Donner in the American dubbing of Robbie the Reindeers television specials Hooves of Fire (1999) and Legend of the Lost Tribe (2002). In television series, she portrayed the guest roles of Amber-Louise and Abby in Will & Grace (2006) and How I Met Your Mother (2008), respectively. Spears also has released a few television documentaries, including Britney: For the Record (2008).
In 1998, Spears's first music video "...Baby One More Time", in which she chose to dress as a Catholic schoolgirl, propelled her to superstardom. It ranked number one on TRLs Final Countdown of the most iconic music videos. The music video for the lead single from Spears's second studio album, "Oops!... I Did It Again" (2000), was similarly successful. Set on Mars, Spears dons a tight-fitting red jumpsuit. The "Stronger" music video had a more sophisticated and adult feel to it. 2001's "I'm a Slave 4 U", from her eponymous third studio album Britney, let Spears move further into a more mature territory, performing a complicated dance routine in a risqué outfit.
"Me Against the Music", which featured Madonna, was released in 2003 from Spears's fourth studio release In the Zone. She came up with the storyline for "Toxic", directed by Joseph Kahn. Spears plays three different incarnations of herself and poisons her unfaithful lover. Throughout the video, there are scenes of her naked covered in diamonds. The music video for "Everytime", directed by famed photographer David LaChapelle, was darker than Spears's previous videos. Featuring religious references such as reincarnation, the music video was noted by contemporary critics for predicting her future struggles with fame. Spears made her directional debut with the music video for "Do Somethin'" (2005), credited as her alter ego "Mona Lisa". She co-directed it with Bille Woodruff, who previously worked with her in "Born to Make You Happy" (1999) and the original version of "Overprotected" (2001). The music video for the 2007 lead single "Gimme More", from her fifth studio album Blackout, displayed Spears as a stripper and featured a break from her highly choreographed music videos. "Piece of Me" referenced Spears's life at the time, while "Break the Ice" was accompanied by an animated music video showing Spears as a superheroine.
2008's "Womanizer", from her sixth studio album Circus, was seen as a return to form for Spears. Described as a sequel to "Toxic", the concept was again pitched to director Kahn by Spears. The video for "Circus" portrayed Spears as the ringmaster of a circus accompanied by different performers, and it is interspersed with scenes of Spears in different circus settings. "If U Seek Amy" saw Spears at a sex party that takes place at her house, before she transforms into a typical American housewife, while "Radar" pays tribute to Madonna's "Take a Bow" (1994). The music video for "3" (2009) was described as "simple" and "very, very minimal." The music videos from Spears's seventh and eighth studio albums, Femme Fatale (2011) and Britney Jean (2013), respectively, have all received acclaim from critics and fans alike. She also got credit from critics and fans for her video for "Slumber Party", from her ninth studio album Glory, both released in 2016. It was favourably compared to the videos of "I'm a Slave 4 U" and "Boys" (2002).
Over the years, various music videos of Spears have been hailed for their major impact on pop culture and are deemed amongst the most influential music videos of all time. At the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, she was honored with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, presented to her by Lady Gaga, who said "the industry would not be the same without her". Spears ranked at four on VH1's 50 Greatest Women of the Video Era list, ahead of most of her contemporaries and behind only veterans such as Madonna, Janet Jackson, and Whitney Houston. In 2020, Billboard ranked her eight on its 100 Greatest Music Video Artists of All Time list.
Music videos Title Year Other artist(s) Director(s) "...Baby One More Time" 1998 rowspan="10" Nigel Dick "Sometimes" 1999 "(You Drive Me) Crazy" "Born to Make You Happy" Bille Woodruff "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" Gregory Dark "Oops!... I Did It Again" 2000 Nigel Dick "Lucky" Dave Meyers "Stronger" Joseph Kahn "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know" 2001 Herb Ritts "I'm a Slave 4 U" Francis Lawrence "What's Going On" Artists Against AIDS Worldwide Jake Scott "Overprotected" rowspan="4" Bille Woodruff "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" Wayne Isham "Overprotected" 2002 Chris Applebaum "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" "Boys" Pharrell Williams Dave Meyers "Me Against the Music" 2003 Madonna Paul Hunter "Toxic" 2004 rowspan="19" Joseph Kahn "Everytime" David LaChapelle "Outrageous" Dave Meyers "My Prerogative" Jake Nava "Do Somethin'" 2005 Bille WoodruffBritney Spears "Someday (I Will Understand)" Michael Haussman "Gimme More" 2007 Jake Sarfaty "Piece of Me" Wayne Isham "Break the Ice" 2008 Robert Hales "Womanizer" Joseph Kahn "Circus" Francis Lawrence "If U Seek Amy" 2009 Jake Nava "Radar" Dave Meyers "Kill the Lights" PUNY "3" Diane Martel "Hold It Against Me" 2011 Jonas Åkerlund "Till the World Ends" Ray Kay "I Wanna Go" Chris Marrs Piliero "Criminal" "Scream & Shout" 2012 will.i.am Ben Mor "Scream & Shout" 2013 will.i.amHit-BoyWaka Flocka FlameLil WayneDiddy "Ooh La La" rowspan="3" Marc Klasfeld "Work Bitch" Ben Mor "Perfume" Joseph Kahn "Pretty Girls" 2015 Iggy Azalea Cameron DuddyIggy Azalea "Make Me" 2016 G-Eazy David LaChapelle "Make Me" Randee St. Nicholas "Slumber Party" Tinashe Colin Tilley "Hold Me Closer" 2022 Elton John Tanu Muino "Hold Me Closer" Rebekah Creative "Hold Me Closer" Tristan Nash
Video albums Title Album details Certifications Time Out with Britney SpearsReleased: December 21, 1999 Label: Jive Formats: DVD, VHS RIAA: 3× Platinum BVMI: Gold MC: 4× Platinum Britney Spears: Live and More!Released: November 21, 2000 Label: Jive Formats: DVD, VHS RIAA: 3× Platinum BVMI: Gold BPI: Platinum SNEP: Platinum Britney: The VideosReleased: November 20, 2001 Label: Jive Formats: DVD, VHS RIAA: 2× Platinum BPI: Gold SNEP: Platinum Britney Spears Live from Las VegasReleased: January 22, 2002 Label: Jive Formats: DVD, VHS RIAA: 2× Platinum ARIA: Platinum AMPROFON: Gold BPI: Gold SNEP: Platinum Stages: Three Days in MexicoReleased: November 26, 2002 Label: Jive Format: DVD Britney Spears: In the ZoneReleased: April 6, 2004 Label: Jive Format: DVD/CD RIAA: 2× Platinum ARIA: Gold AMPROFON: Gold BPI: Gold CAPIF: Platinum PMB: Gold Greatest Hits: My PrerogativeReleased: November 9, 2004 Label: Jive Format: DVD RIAA: 2× Platinum ARIA: 2× Platinum AMPROFON: Gold CAPIF: 3× Platinum RIAJ: Gold SNEP: Platinum Britney & Kevin: Chaotic... the DVD & MoreReleased: September 27, 2005 Label: Jive Format: DVD/CD Britney: For the RecordReleased: April 7, 2009 Label: Jive Format: DVD Britney Spears Live: The Femme Fatale TourReleased: November 21, 2011 Label: Jive Formats: DVD, Blu-ray RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Gold
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2001 Longshot Flight Attendant Cameo 2002 Crossroads Lucy Wagner Also story and executive producer 2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember Fembot / Herself Cameo 2003 Pauly Shore Is Dead Herself Cameo 2004 Fahrenheit 9/11 Herself Documentary film; archive footage 2013 The Smurfs 2 Vexy (singing voice) Uncredited 2019 Corporate Animals Ghost of herself Voice cameo
Television Year Title Role Notes 1992 Star Search Contestant 1993–1994 The All-New Mickey Mouse Club Various roles Seasons 6–7 1999 Sabrina the Teenage Witch Herself Episode: "No Place Like Home" 1999 Kenan & Kel Herself Episode: "Aww, Here It Goes to Hollywood: Part 2" 1999 The Famous Jett Jackson Herself Episode: "Ghost Dance" 1999 Médico de familia Herself Episode: "Otra oportunidad" 2000 The Simpsons Herself (voice) Episode: "The Mansion Family" 2000–2004 All That Herself / Musical guest 4 episodes 2000–2003 Saturday Night Live Various roles 4 episodes 2002 Hooves of Fire Donner (voice) American dub; television special 2002 Legend of the Lost Tribe American dub; television special 2003 Punk'd Herself Episode: "Rosario Dawson, Britney Spears" 2004 Brave New Girl – Television film; executive producer 2005 Britney and Kevin: Chaotic Herself 5 episodes; also executive producer 2006 Will & Grace Amber-Louise Episode: "Buy, Buy Baby" 2008 How I Met Your Mother Abby 2 episodes 2008 Britney: For the Record Herself Television documentary 2010 Glee Herself Episode: "Britney/Brittany" 2012 The Pauly D Project Herself Episode: "Divas, Diamonds and D****" 2012 The X Factor Judge / Mentor Season 2 2013 Miley: The Movement Herself Television documentary 2013 I Am Britney Jean Herself Television documentary; also executive producer 2015 Jane the Virgin Herself Episode: "Chapter Twenty-Seven" 2016 Jamie Lynn Spears: When the Lights Go Out Herself Television documentary
Commercials Year Company Promoting 1993 Louis Maull Company Maull's barbecue sauce 1995 BellSouth Telephone 1999 UHA Mikakuto Candy: Suki 2000 Time Inc. Magazine: Teen People 2000 McDonald's Your #1 Video Requests... and More! albumsHitClips 2001 PepsiCo Soft drink beverage: Pepsi 2001 Sports event: Pepsi 400 2001 MTV 2001 MTV Video Music Awards 2002 PepsiCo Soft drink beverage: Pepsi 2002 Sports event: 2002 FIFA World Cup 2002 Soft drink beverage: Pepsi Twist 2002 PlayStation Video game: Britney's Dance Beat 2002 Toyota Car advertisement: Toyota Vios 2003 Kirin Company Soft drink beverage: G. G. Tea 2003 CC Media Holdings, Inc. Radio station: Z100 2004 PepsiCo Soft drink beverage: Pepsi 2004 Elizabeth Arden, Inc. Fragrance: Curious 2008 MTV 2008 MTV Video Music Awards 2009 2009 MTV Video Music Awards 2010 Candie's Clothing: Limited Edition Collection 2010 Elizabeth Arden, Inc. Fragrance: Radiance 2011 MTV 2011 MTV Video Music Awards 2012 Hasbro Game: Twister Dance 2012 Elizabeth Arden, Inc. Fragrance: Fantasy Twist 2015 Fragrance: Fantasy Intimate Edition 2016 Fragrance: Private Show 2016 Apple Inc. Music streaming service: Apple Music 2018 Elizabeth Arden, Inc. Fragrance: Prerogative
See also Britney Spears discography
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