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Thirteen years of Britney Spears The 29-year-old pop star attracted an adoring crowd at the Verizon Center on Sunday.
Britney Spears arrived on the pop music scene in 1998 with her hit single "...Baby One More Time."
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At the age of 17, Spears had both a No. 1 single and the top album in the nation. She headlined her first concert tour in June of 1999.
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Spears performs at a concert in 2000 at the Merriweather Post Pavilion.
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Spears performs at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards in New York. She was nominated for four awards, including Best Female Video.
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Jan. 9, 2001
Spears and former boyfriend and ‘N Sync frontman, Justin Timberlake, arrive together for the 29th American Music Awards in Los Angeles.
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Zoe Saldana as Kit, left, Taryn Manning as Mimi, center, and Spears as Lucy in the film "Crossroads." The movie, starring Spears, premiered in 2002 and featured a group of best friends on a cross-country road trip.
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Feb. 1, 2002
Oprah Winfrey hugs Spears during the taping of the “Oprah Winfrey Show” in Chicago. Spears talked about her acting debut in the movie "Crossroads” and about her relationship with ‘N Sync's Justin Timberlake.
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Aug. 28, 2003
Spears, left, and Madonna kiss during the opening performance of the MTV Video Music Awards at New York's Radio City Music Hall.
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Jan. 25, 2004
Beyonce, left, Spears, center, and Pink take sips of Pepsi during the filming of a Gladiator-style commercial for the soft drink.
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July 10, 2005
Spears and then-husband Kevin Federline arrive for the world premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," in Los Angeles.
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May 9, 2006
Spears shares a laugh with David Letterman on the set of the “Late Show.” Spears announced on the show that she and her then-husband Kevin Federline were expecting their second child.
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In an emotional and candid interview with NBC's Matt Lauer in June of 2006, Spears talks about the state of her marriage, motherhood, the tabloids criticism about her skills as a mom and why the paparazzi had gone too far.
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Feb. 16, 2007
Spears appears at a Sherman Oaks, Calif., tattoo parlor during the height of her public unraveling. Spears reportedly showed up to get a couple of tiny tattoos and eventually left with a shaved head.
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Sept. 9, 2007
Spears performs "Gimme More," at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
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Jan. 14, 2008
Spears arrives at the Los Angeles County Superior Court for a hearing regarding visitation rights for her two sons. Spears's lawyer, Stacy Philips, called on the presiding judge in the case to limit the allowance Spears had to give former husband Kevin Federline to pay his legal fees, warning that Spears was not an "open checkbook."
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May 17, 2008
Spears stands in the surf with an unidentified man on Barrigona beach in Guanacaste on the northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica.
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Spears and her sons Sean, left, and Jayden appeared on the cover of OK! magazine.
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March 24, 2009
Spears performs at the Verizon Center.
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Sept. 28, 2010
Spears, right, and Heather Morris on the set of Glee for the "Britney/Brittany" episode.
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March 27, 2011
Spears performs on ABC's "Good Morning America" at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco.
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