UKBritney.TV - Britney Spears UK Web Site

UKBritney.TV - Britney Spears UK Web Site - is the leading unofficial UK resource for Britney Spears fans, having officially launched in October 1999. We have the most extensive, comprehensive Britney Spears discography online, as well as a large photo gallery showcasing Britney through the years, lyrics, a collection of merchandise, details of Britney's tours and more; we welcome feedback and new opportunities - to get in touch with us, please e-mail here!

Britney to appear on "Surprise, Surprise"	27th November 2013
Britney will appear on "Surprise, Surprise" this week on ITV on Sunday at 6:30pm, in a pre-recorded segment where she visited an ill fan whilst she was over here in the UK last month.

"Britney Jean" On iTunes Radio	25th November 2013
The standard 10-track edition of "Britney Jean" can now be listened to online as part of a legal stream on iTunes Radio.

"Britney Jean" Tracklist Announced	12th November 2013
Britney has announced the tracklist for "Britney Jean" on Twitter:

"Perfume" out now in the USA	3rd November 2013
"Perfume" is now available to download on iTunes USA with the pre-order of "Britney Jean," which is available in both clean and explicit deluxe and standard editions. The standard edition includes ten tracks whilst the deluxe includes fourteen, but tracklistings have not yet been announced.

Britney names new album "Britney Jean" and announces it in the UK	15th October 2013
Britney is in the UK and has already made an appearance on Capital FM this morning, where she has confirmed that her new album will be entitled "Britney Jean." Britney will be on BBC Radio 1 with Nick Grimshaw tomorrow from 6am, and on "Chatty Man" with Alan Carr, this Friday night on Channel 4.

Larry Rudolph Talks Britney's 8th Album	26th September 2013
Larry Rudolph, Britney's manager, has been speaking about her 8th album saying "We don't have a title yet but it sounds great. It's so different from anything she's done before. "Work Bitch" is a great example of a song that's from this album, but I don't know that it necessarily defines the album. There's a lot of other material on here that is really rich. There's a ballad called "Perfume" that she recorded recently. Britney wrote it with Sia. It's a breakup song that's about wanting the next girl to smell your perfume on the guy afterwards. The lyric is really unique and she sings the shit out of it. I think everyone will be really impressed by the song. I don't know if it will be the second or third single, but it will definitely be a single. There are a couple other songs that have a really modern 'EDM' vibe and other stuff that has more of a "Ray of Light" (Madonna) vibe. I really think of this as Britney's "Ray of Light" album - it's kind of like that in a lot of ways. She wrote everything on the album with collaborators. There's one or two she wrote herself. That's something she wanted to do coming in. She wanted to make it very personal. They're all custom made for her, based on what's going on with her life and in her head."

"Part Of Me" Selling Well & Featuring Live Singing	26th September 2013
Despite negative reports, Britney's Vegas show is selling extremely well; TMZ industry estimates suggest 95% of the 73,600 tickets have already sold including the premium-priced VIP packages. On singing, Larry Rudolph told Billboard that "she's going to be singing live. She does choreography and vocal coaching every day. The vocal coaching is really just to strengthen her voice and get her to a point where she can go out there every night and do a full show. It's hard for the public to fully understand what goes on when you get on stage and you're dancing full out during a song. No matter what anyone says, there's not a single artist who goes out there and does full choreography and is singing without a vocal track underneath them at the same time. It's physically impossible. We're just trying to build up her stamina and get her to a point where she can do as much as humanly possible. The idea is to try to get her pretty close to 100%. There might be some numbers where she's full out dancing with a track underneath her, but there won't be any lip-syncing across the board on anything." He added that it was not a financial decision to base in her Vegas, but a way to do something more interesting for her fans. "You're selling 4,400 seats a night instead of 15,000 seats a night. So your revenues are less than a third of what they would be if you were out on tour. Your costs are lower, because you're not trucking everything around. We said, "How can we do something more interesting for the fans?" And we came up with this idea."

"Part Of Me" Exclusivity News & More Details	19th September 2013
Kurt Melien, VP of entertainment at Caesars Entertainment, has spoken about Britney's forthcoming Vegas show, "Part Of Me." Britney has been working on the show for months with Baz Halpin (who's also worked on tours for Katy Perry, P!nk, Lady Antebellum, Taylor Swift and Swedish House Mafia), and is exclusive to Las Vegas for North America only (Melien says "if you live in the United States or Canada and you want to see Britney Spears in the next couple of years, Vegas is the place to do it."). Each show will be around 90-100minutes in length and will feature 21 of Britney's biggest hits and songs from her new, 8th album, with approximately three shows per week when she is performing (one mid-week and two at weekends). Each performance will be to 4,600 people, with a big dancefloor at the front, with projections all around the theatre, acting as a "retrospective on some of the most iconic moments of her life, combined with the more contemporary stuff that she’s doing today.”

Album 8 Confirmed For 2nd December	17th September 2013
Britney has confirmed that her 8th album, which is as yet untitled but will include "Work Bitch!" and 'perfume' track written with Sia, will be released on 2nd December, her birthday, and 3rd December in the USA.

"Britney: Piece Of Me" Vegas Residency Confirmed	17th September 2013
Britney Spears will officially commence a two year residency at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas on 27th December, taking in 48 shows in the venue (16 go on sale this week, including VIP and Meet-and-Greet packages). The show will be an action-packed performance filled with her greatest hits, in an atmosphere that is somewhere between nightclub and theatre. Britney appeared on "Good Morning America" to officially announce the show, saying that it will feel as much like Broadway as a concert; "We wanted the environment to be that way so people could come and have a good time and stand up and feel like they’re in the show with me." Britney added that she has been training for five hours a day to ready herself for the show.

"Work Bitch" UK Release Confirmed	16th September 2013
"Work Bitch!" will officially be released in the UK on 4th November 2013, as the song reaches #1 in iTunes in over 40 countries. Pre-order the track on UK iTunes here and check out the lyrics to the track here!

"Work Bitch" Leaks Early - Release Moved Up	15th September 2013
An unmastered version of" Work Bitch!" leaked online in the early hours of the morning, and was able to be matched using iTunes Match, spreading like wildfire. As a result, Britney and her team have moved up the release, with radio premieres taking place worldwide today, the song will also be available on iTunes USA at midnight, with an international rollout forthcoming. Check out the lyrics to the track here!

"Work Bitch" Initial Reviews	13th September 2013
"Work Bitch!" has been played to members of the media today; initial reviews are exciting, with a general consensus that the song works as a companion piece to "Scream and Shout", with the attitude of "Blackout." The lyrics and vocals are fun and playful, with Britney experimenting with her voice as she did on "Scream and Shout," with her speaking from a place of experience as an artist ("if you want what I’ve got... you’ve got to work bitch!").

"Work Bitch!" Unleashed This Monday, 16th September	12th September 2013
After weeks of speculation and Tweets, it has been announced that Britney's new single will be entitled "Work Bitch!" and will be unleashed on 16th September 2013 to radio, with an iTunes US release at 00:01am on Tuesday 17th September. The track was co-written by Britney and will.i.am with Otto Jettman, Anthony Preston and Ruth-Anne Cunningham. UK release dates are currently to be confirmed, but the video has been shot and has been directed by Ben Mor, who shot "Scream and Shout".

Naughty Boy Talks Britney's 8th Album	19th August 2013
Following the news that William Orbit is finally working with Britney on tracks for her eighth album, due later this year, UK producer Shahid Khan, known as Naughty Boy (famous for working extensively with Emeli Sandé) has revealed that a single could be with us soner than we think. “It was William Orbit who approached me to work on it and he is involved in the album. I’m just really excited about working with him as well as Britney. It’s not out for another couple of weeks, but we’ve just started working on tracks for her until the studio session. Britney is one of the only few who can really change the pop scene with what she does. Those are the things that excite me; what can you do with popular culture?”

"Ooh La La" Charts At #72 In The UK	4th August 2013
Britney has scored her 30th UK Top 75 single this week, as "Ooh La La" has entered the UK chart at #72; her last two solo singles, "I Wanna Go" or "Criminal," both failed to reach the top 75, so this marks a welcome return.

"the Essential Britney Spears" to be released this month	2nd August 2013
Sony Music have announced that a new compilation utilising Britney's back catalogue will be released on 20th August 2013; Britney already has a 'Playlist' compilation in the US, which came out earlier this year, alongside a UK budget RCA Camden compilation, alongside her two official greatest hits collections ("Greatest Hits: My Prerogative" and "The Singles Collection"). Britney's work will now join the Sony 'Essential' collection, as they release "The Essential Britney Spears," featuring a near-complete run of her US singles from "...Baby One More Time" through to "Scream and Shout" - more information on this, and her other compilations, is available in the discography!

"Ooh La La" Out Now In The UK!	28th July 2013
"Ooh La La" is out now in the UK as a 1-track single on iTunes and other digital download services; it coincides with the release of the movie from which the song is taken, "The Smurfs 2," which hits cinemas nationwide this week.

"Ooh La La" Video Premiere Tomorrow	10th July 2013
The video for Britney's new single, "Ooh La La," taken from the forthcoming "The Smurfs 2" movie soundtrack will premiere tomorrow on Vevo at around 5pm. Britney has posted sneak peek animated GIFs on Thinglink!

Album 8 Update	5th July 2013
will.i.am and his production partner, Jean Baptiste, are currently overseeing recording sessions for Britney's 8th album, which she calls her "most personal yet." As with most Britney records, there is huge excitement from writers and producers, submitting their best work for the project; so far, Hit-Boy (Kendrick Lamar's "Backseat Freestyle"), Danja ("Gimme More"), Dev Hynes (Solange's "Losing You," Mutya Keisha Siobhan's "Flatline"), Benny Blanco, Ammo, Savan Kotecha, Mike Will Made It (Miley Cyrus' "We Can't Stop," Ciara's "Body Party"), Diplo, Rodney 'Darkchild' Jerkins, Scoop DeVille (Kendrick Lamar's "Poetic Justice" & "The Recipe"), Naughty Boy (Emeli Sandé's "Daddy"), Roccstar (Chris Brown's "Fine China"), Sia (David Guetta's "Titanium," Rihanna's "Diamonds") and William Orbit (Madonna's "Ray Of Light") are been associated with songs submitted. Britney is currently recording vocals and co-writing tracks for the record.

Britney talks to Ryan Seacrest	17th June 2013
Whilst premiering her new single on Ryan Seacrest's radio show, Britney spoke about her forthcoming plans. "Ooh La La," Britney's new single for the up-coming movie, "The Smurfs 2", has been released in the USA as a double-download with G.R.L's debut single, "Vacation." The track was produced by Dr. Luke, and was premiered on Ryan Seacrest's radio show, where Britney phoned in and spoke about the track, the video (which will feature her two boys, Sean Preston and Jayden James), and plans for her up-coming eighth album. After chatting about "Ooh La La," Britney spoke about Vegas saying, "it's quite possible, yes - nothing confirmed yet! I would be doing yoga even without preparing for a show, as I love it. I'm doing a lot of yoga - it's my go to thing at the moment. The first time I did it I didn't like it at all, I think the key is finding a good teacher, someone that you connect with - it doesn't feel like you're bored or impatient, once you find the right instructor, it's great and it does wonders for your body." She also spoke about Christmas potpourri (which she was putting out as "it makes me happy"), and Mariah Carey, as she "loves her old school stuff!" On the eighth album, she said, "it's at the beginning stages right now, it will be a little different from anything I've ever done. Will has a lot of interesting, really different tracks that I actually haven't written on yet. I think people will be surprised - William Orbit is coming in next week for me to work with, I've never worked with him before so I'm really, really excited. I think the kids will appreciate it, but this music will have more of a cool approach to it. My sons are 6 and 7, so they're getting to the stage of what's cool and what's not - they can't kiss mommy in front of their friends! The album will be out by the end of the year."

"Ooh La La" Available in the USA now!	17th June 2013
"Ooh La La," Britney's new single for the up-coming movie, "The Smurfs 2", has been released in the USA as a double-download with G.R.L's debut single, "Vacation." The track was produced by Dr. Luke, and was premiered on Ryan Seacrest's radio show, where Britney phoned in and spoke about the track, the video (which will feature her two boys, Sean Preston and Jayden James), and plans for her up-coming eighth album. "It's straight-up pop and has a young feel to it - my boys are obsessed with the Smurfs, they're going to be in the video and that's the reason why I did it! They were acting, and Preston was right on cue whenever he was asked to do anything - it was so funny! They play themselves, they see that their mommy is on the screen - I was in hair and make-up for a lot of their scenes, so I didn't see it until later! The song is about feeling good, when a guy makes you giddy - it's a good feeling! When I eat chocolate I have that 'ooh la la' feeling!" Britney and G.R.L. have released a promo video here and US residents can download the single from iTunes here!

"Ooh La La" Leaks Online	17th May 2013
Britney's new single, the single for the up-coming movie, "The Smurfs 2", has leaked online today. Britney has confirmed that the track that leaked is an early demo and that the finished, final version will hit radio and iTunes on 16th June 2013 - check out the lyrics to the track here.

Britney Confirms Vegas Show In "Shape" Magazine	8th May 2013
Britney has been rumoured to be taking on a Las Vegas residency for the past few months, and in "Shape" magazine, she has confirmed that the rumours are true! Britney told the magazine that she's been upping her weekly yoga and cardio sessions in anticipation of the residency. "The Vegas performances won't be simple - they'll be a massive party from start to finish! And to pull this off, I have to be in top condition and running at full speed." Earlier this week, rumours circulated that Planet Hollywood will serve as the location, with Caesars Entertainment expected to unveil the full details, and initial dates, by the end of this month.

will.i.am Executive Producing Britney's 8th CD	1st May 2013
will.i.am has confirmed that he will be the executive producer of Britney's forthcoming eighth album. "After I did a song on Femme Fatale, and then we did 'Scream & Shout,' she really liked the way we worked because of my approach. So they asked me to be involved in, not producing and writing every song, but to be an executive producer on the songs." Britney "really likes Diplo" and will.i.am told her management, "I was like, 'OK, look, guys, me and Britney need to have lunch four times a month for three months before I even try to go in the studio with her. Because we need to talk. We need to talk about what she's excited about in life. I gotta talk about the things that hurt her. I gotta talk about the things that make her concerned - she's a mother. I gotta talk to her about all the things that her fans want to talk to her about. I gotta be the vehicle between her and her fans. We can't do another song about going on the dance floor. Really? Didn't we see a bunch of Britney doing that already? Don't we want to see something that comes from her heart?" will.i.am added that he and Britney have now had almost three months' worth of lunches, and they had a session yesterday that he found "amazing." Although he was unable to offer any sense of a timeline on the album's release, he suggested that the production on his end is moving along fairly quickly.

Britney Records Theme Song For "The Smurfs 2"	17th April 2013
Britney will release the theme song for the up-coming Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation's "The Smurfs 2," entitled "Ooh La La," via Kemosabe/RCA Records. "Ooh La La," which will play at the end credits of the film, was written by Dr. Luke, Ammo, Cirkut, Bonnie McKee, J Kash, Lola Blanc and Fransisca Hall and produced by Dr. Luke, Ammo and Cirkut, who worked with Britney on her last studio album, "Femme Fatale." "The Smurfs 2" is the sequel to the hit hybrid live action/animated film that took in over $560 million at the worldwide box office in 2011, and is set to hit US cinemas on 31st July 31 2013. Britney said, "I have always loved the Smurfs as a kid and now my boys are the biggest Smurfs fans EVER. I wanted to surprise them with a song in the movie. I know they'll think it's Smurftastic!" Raja Gosnell, director of The Smurfs 2, added, "I am very excited that Britney is joining our smurfy adventure. 'Ooh La La' is the perfect Smurf-party song, and the perfect button on the film for audiences around the world."

"Scream & Shout" Climbs To #1!	13th January 2013
"Scream & Shout" has climbed to #1 in the official UK singles chart this week, having sold over 400,000 copies since it was released late last year. This gives Britney her first UK #1 single since 2004's "Everytime," and becomes her sixth UK #1 single in total; she now has at least one UK #1 in each of the past three decades, having released her first, "...Baby One More Time," in 1999.

Britney Splits Up With Jason Trawick	12th January 2013
Britney and Jason Trawick have offcially separated, after a year-long engagement to be married. According to sources, the relationship ended in a friendly way just after Christmas last year, and that the two simply 'grew apart'. The source added, "Jason didn’t want to make the announcement until he was taken off the conservatorship." Jason Trawick was removed as one of Britney's conservators this afternoon (4pm, 11th January), leaving her father, Jamie Spears, as sole conservator. "Jason and I have decided to call off our engagement," Britney said in a statement. "I'll always adore him and we will remain great friends." Adds Trawick, "As this chapter ends for us a new one begins. I love and cherish her and her boys and we will be close forever."

Britney Officially Resigns From "The X Factor" USA	11th January 2013
Britney has officially resigned from her judging spot on "The X Factor" USA, saying today, "I’ve made the very difficult decision not to return for another season. I had an incredible time doing the show and I love the other judges and I am so proud of my teens, but it’s time for me to get back in the studio. Watching them all do their thing up on that stage every week made me miss performing so much! I can’t wait to get back out there and do what I love most."

Britney Joins CAA Talent Agency	10th January 2013
Britney Spears has joined the CAA Talent Agency today, putting her amongst some of the biggest names in Hollywood, from stars of TV, movies and music. The agency will represent her interests as a TV personality, touring star, musician and actress, opening up opportunities for her, in liasion with her managers, Larry Rudolph and Adam Leber.

"Scream & Shout" Holds At #2	6th January 2013
"Scream & Shout" holds at #2 in the official UK singles chart this week, just missing out on the official UK #1 spot by around 6000 downloads.