Spears made her directional debut with the music video for " Do Somethin'" (2005), credited as her alter ego "Mona Lisa". Featuring religious references such as reincarnation, the music video was noted by contemporary critics for predicting her future struggles with fame. The music video for " Everytime", directed by famed photographer David LaChapelle, was darker than Spears's previous videos. Throughout the video, there are scenes of her naked covered in diamonds. Spears plays three different incarnations of herself and poisons her unfaithful lover. She came up with the storyline for " Toxic", directed by Joseph Kahn. " Me Against the Music", which featured Madonna, was released in 2003 from Spears's fourth studio release In the Zone (2003). 2001's " I'm a Slave 4 U", from her eponymous third studio album Britney (2001), let Spears move further into a more mature territory, performing a complicated dance routine in a risqué outfit. The " Stronger" music video had a more sophisticated and adult feel to it. Set on Mars, Spears dons a tight-fitting red jumpsuit. I Did It Again", was similarly successful. The music video for the lead single from Spears's second studio album, " Oops!. It ranked number one on TRL 's Final Countdown of the most iconic music videos. Baby One More Time", in which she chose to dress as a Catholic schoolgirl, propelled her to superstardom. Spears also has released a few television documentaries, including Britney: For the Record (2008). 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. In the same year, she gave her voice to the character Donnie in the American dubbing of Robbie the Reindeer 's television specials Hooves of Fire (1999) and Legend of the Lost Tribe (2002).
The film grossed $61.1 million worldwide and earned her a nomination for Best Female Breakthrough Performance at the 2002 MTV Movie Awards. In 2002, she starred as Lucy Wagner in Crossroads. Spears made her acting debut in the film Longshot (2001), portraying a flight attendant. She has starred or appeared in several films, television shows, and commercials. Four days before the “Gimme More” video debut in October 2007, Spears lost custody of her two sons.Spears performing during The Circus Starring Britney Spears tour, 2009Īmerican entertainer Britney Spears has released 44 music videos and ten video albums. And despite Brit’s smiles, the photos capture Spears during a difficult stretch: the “Gimme More” video premiered just a month after Spears performed an ill-fated version of the track at the 2007 MTV Music Awards.
In the latter half of the “Gimme More” video there’s a series of quick cutaway shots that show Britney topless with her back to the camera or her arm covering her bare top, so if the photos are legit it’s likely they are video stills of outtakes from the shoot.
(Check out photos from Britney’s Circus tour.) The photos were reportedly taken on set during the 2007 video shoot for the Blackout single “Gimme More,” where the then-troubled singer pole-danced while sporting fake tattoos and black hair. A series of photos that appear to depict a nude Britney Spears have been unearthed by British tabloid News of the World, just in time to celebrate the singer’s return to the U.K.