J. Kim Murphy Britney Spears has landed a record-breaking publishing deal for a tell-all memoir, Variety has confirmed with a source close to Spears.Publishing house Simon & Schuster and Spears have secured a deal for the pop star’s memoir.
The book will provide Spears’ accounts of and commentary on her rise to fame, her music career and her relationship with her family.Deal terms were not revealed, but an individual familiar with Spears tells Variety the deal is “record-breaking.” Page Six reports that the agreement is worth as much as $15 million and that Simon & Schuster reportedly emerged victorious after a bidding war involving multiple other publishers.Variety has reached out to Simon & Schuster for comment.
News of Spears’ book deal comes several months after the pop star’s conservatorship was terminated by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge.
Spears had been living under a court-ordered conservatorship placed by her father, Jamie Spears, since 2008. Though the singer continued to work, touring and holding a Las Vegas residency, the conservatorship remained in place.
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