Today is a great day. You know why it's a great day? No, not because it's Bonfire Night but because it's officially Britney Day of course! That's right, today November 5th, will forever go down in history as the day Britney Spears received an honorary key to the Las Vegas Strip and a whole day dedicated to her! Soz Guy Fawkes...
To celebrate this joyous day, we've complied a list of 15 amazingly random Britney facts that might just blow your mind.
1) Britney started off in a girlband
****Believe it or not, but BritBrit was originally put in a girlband called Innosense, before higher powers luckily saw sense and decided to sign her as a solo artist. Ironically Britney was later replaced in Innosense by Justin Timberlake's girlfriend at the time, Veronica Finn — Brit would later replace her as JT's girlfriend. Funny old world...
2) The iconic '...Baby One More Time' video that might never have been
****The original idea for Britney's debut video involved her as a super hero, fighting off robots to save the day. Just imagine that. Brit hated the concept and instead wanted to dress as a schoolgirl. And the rest, as they say is history...
3) She's a modern day Sandy
The school used in the '...Baby One More Time' video is the same one that Grease was filmed in.
4) '...Baby One More Time' was originally written for TLC
SAY WHAAATTTTTT?!!
5) Rihanna basically owes her career to Britney
****Riri's 'Umbrella' was originally written for Ms Spears, when she turned it down Rihanna quickly snapped it up and it soon became her biggest hit.
6) Gaga wrote 'Telephone' for Britney…
Then she turned it down. Not before Brit recorded a demo of it though…
7) JLo was supposed to snog Madonna
****Remember back in 2003 when that little thing of Britney and Madonna snogging onstage happened? Now imagine Jennifer Lopez playing tonsil tennis with Madge instead. Yep, JLo was apparently in the running, long before Britney or Christina were even considered. Thank god that didn't happen as we would have never seen this reaction from JT...
8) *NSYNC’s 'Gone' was about Britter’s hair
Back in happier times when the world was at peace and Britney and Justin Timberlake were a thing, JT wrote *NSYNC’s 'Gone' after Brit took a trip to the hair salon and didn’t return for hours. Slightly dramatic but seriously romantic. Britney’s hair inspires songs y’all.
9) She made the words Babaaaaayyyy and Crazaaayyyy happen****
She loves the word a lot, and by a lot we mean 759459583 times a lot. Don’t believe us? Well listen to the video below, which chronologically compiles every time the words have ever been sung in her songs. Strangely hypnotic.
10) Scandal and Grey’s Anatomy would never have happened if it weren’t for Crossroads**
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You know back in 2002 when Britney starred in her debut film, Crossroads that got universally panned by critics? Yeah well, if it weren’t for that movie, hit TV series Scandal and Grey’s Anatomy would never have happened. That’s right, Shonda Rhimes, the woman responsible for creating both shows wrote Crossroads. Olivia Pope and Meredith Grey have a lot to thank Brit for…
11) 'Toxic' wasn’t Britney’s first stint playing a flight attendant
****Believe it or not Britney first played a flight attendant in the little known movie, Longshot back in 2000. Her flight attending skills dramatically changed in those 4 years obvs…
12) Britney was considered to play Allie in The Notebook
Yep, true story. Now just picture it… (we’d look that pissed too if we missed out on the chance to snog Ryan Gosling)
13) She was going to be Daisy Duke in The Dukes Of Hazzard...
...Until she got beaten to the role by Jessica Simpson.
14) The snake that danced with Britney is called Banana
Not only is she called Banana, she’s also still alive and dancing. We can all breathe a sigh of relief…
15) Britney’s music saves lives
No, seriously. British naval officers use Brit’s music to scare off Somali pirates. Britney Spears, pop icon AND crime fighter.
HAPPY BRITNEY DAY Y'ALL!