Framing Britney Spears: What age is the singer throughout the documentary?

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From Cosmopolitan

Framing Britney Spears, the documentary that delves into the #FreeBritney movement, has been at the centre of internet chatter since its release, and will soon be available to stream in the UK.

The one-off Hulu special charts the singer's rise to fame, as well as the highs and lows of her private life, which eventually resulted in a conservatorship: a legal arrangement that gave her father, Jamie Spears, control of her finances and personal decisions.

While watching the documentary, you might've been left wondering how old Britney was at various stages throughout Framing Britney Spears, such as when she released her first single, when she married Kevin Ferderline, and when she was involved in an altercation with a paparazzi. Here's an age timeline for you.


2 December 1981 - Britney Jean Spears is born to Jamie and Lynne Spears.

October 23, 1998 - age 17, Britney releases 'Hit Me Baby One More Time' as her first single.

1999 - 2002, between the ages of 18 and 22, Britney dates Justin Timberlake.

July 2004 - age 23, Britney announces her engagement to Kevin Federline after three months of dating. They get married two months later on the 18th September, 2004.

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Photo credit: KMazur - Getty Images

14 September 2005 - age 24, Britney welcomes her first child, Sean Preston Federline.

September 2006 - age 25, Britney welcomes her second son, Jayden James Federline.

November 2006 - age 25, Spears filed for divorce from Federline after two years of marriage.

February 2007 - age 26, Britney shaves her head. In the days prior, the singer had left a rehabilitation clinic in Antigua, before going to the home of her ex-husband, Kevin Federline, asking to see their children. Kevin had refused.

Days later came the altercation with the paparazzi, which saw Britney attacking a van with an umbrella.

2008 - age 27, after Britney publicly experienced a mental health breakdown, the court appointed her father Jamie as a "temporary successors of the trust" in a legal conservatorship.

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Photo credit: James Devaney - Getty Images

October 2018 - Britney, aged 36, announced a second Vegas residency, but it was later cancelled – she said due to her father’s sudden poor health. It was later reported that Britney had also checked into a mental health facility.

January 2021 - at the time of the release of Framing Britney Spears, the singer is 39 years old.

Framing Britney Spears is available on Sky Documentaries or with a contract free NOW TV Entertainment Pass for £9.99 a month.


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