Britney Spears was just a child when she was plucked from a cash-strapped existence in Kentwood, Louisiana, and transformed into a global superstar.
She first found fame as a Disney Club Mouseketeer before recording her debut hit Baby One More Time when she was just 16, kick-starting the Noughties trend for tween pop.
But Britney's world catastrophically imploded when she suffered a series of psychiatric breakdowns in 2007 and 2008 following her split from husband Kevin Federline.
The singer's tragic story is being revisited in a new documentary produced by the New York Times, Framing Britney Spears, which is now available in the UK.
Read more on mirror.co.uk