Fans cheer as Britney Spears sings hit number ‘Baby One More Time’ a cappella

‘I haven’t shared my voice in an extremely long time ... maybe too long,’ Spears wrote in her caption

A few days after her latest legal victory in court, Britney Spears is sharing her passion and love for music with her fans, singing a powerful new version of her evergreen hit ‘Baby One More Time’, reports ‘Variety’.

Freed from her conservatorship after 13 years this past November, Spears took to Instagram to post a brand new rendition of ‘Baby One More Time’, the single that catapulted her to superstardom as a teen when she released it in 1998.

“I haven’t shared my voice in an extremely long time ... maybe too long,” Spears wrote in her caption that accompanied a video of her belting out the song that made her famous — but this time, an a cappella version (without musical accompaniment). Spears, according to ‘Variety’, sings with power in the video, “showing off her raw vocal ability that garnered much praise in the comment section. Spears’ new version, however, includes one notable difference from the original lyrics she hits hard in her new video, which she says she recorded earlier this week.

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In her caption, the singer alludes to having wanted to record a new rendition of the song for the past 14 years, which is roughly the amount of time she spent under a conservatorship. “The team said ‘no’,” Spears wrote.

Writing about her family, whom she has criticised regularly on her social media, ever since her conservatorship was terminated, Spears, according to ‘Variety’, said, “They ruined it for me, embarrassed me and made me feel like absolutely nothing.”

Her post continued: “I share this because I am aware of my love and passion to sing. And my own family made a fool of me ... I’m not going to be a victim.” Often referred to as the “Princess of Pop,” Britney Spears is credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Regarded as a pop icon, Spears has sold nearly 150 million records worldwide, including over 70 million in the United States alone, making her one of the world’s best-selling music artists.

After appearing in stage productions and television series, Spears signed with Jive Records in 1997 at age fifteen. Her first two studio albums, ... Baby One More Time (1999) and Oops!... I Did It Again (2000), are among the best-selling albums of all time and made Spears the best-selling teenage artist of all time. With first-week sales of over 1.3 million copies, Oops!... I Did It Again held the record for the fastest-selling album by a female artist in the United States for fifteen years.  Spears adopted a more mature and provocative style for her albums Britney (2001) and In the Zone (2003), and starred in the 2002 film Crossroads. Spears was executive producer of her fifth studio album Blackout (2007), often referred to as her best work.

Following a series of highly publicised personal problems, promotion for the album was limited, and Spears was involuntarily placed in a conservatorship.

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