Britney Spears details difficult experiences: ‘I cry myself to sleep most nights’

Britney Spears is not holding back.

Elton John has a lot to celebrate this week; not only has his new collaboration with Britney Spears, Hold Me Closer, clinched this week’s highest new entry on the Official Singles Chart (3) and landed the UK’s best-selling single of the week, but the Official Charts Company can reveal that his greatest hits collection Diamonds has now passed the impressive 1 million chart units mark in the UK too. 

Britney Spears‘ 15-year-old son Jayden James Federline is speaking out for the first time about his relationship with his famous mom.

Jayden James Federline is speaking out about his and Sean Preston’s strained relationship with their mom Britney Spears.

Lynne Spears is responding to her daughter’s shocking since-deleted YouTube video.

Raw emotions. Britney Spears got candid in her latest claims against her family, accusing her parents, Jamie and Lynne Spears, of “set[ting] up” her conservatorship and alleging that she suffered from such “pure abuse” at their hands that she felt like her family “threw [her] away.”

Britney Spears has posted — and deleted — an unsettling video to her YouTube account about her 13-year-long conservatorship.

Britney Spears' mother Lynne has said she has tried her best to support her daughter in a message urging the star to have a conversation in private. It comes after audio was reportedly posted on Spears' YouTube account, criticising her parents over her now-ended controversial conservatorship, in a clip that is no longer available.

Britney Spears' mother, Lynne Spears, is speaking out after the singer made a series of bombshell claims about her 13-year conservatorship in a lengthy audio file, which she released publicly on YouTube over the weekend. In the 22-minute clip — which has since been made private, though the audio of it has been reposted online — Britney issues a series of accusations against her family members, including parents Lynne and Jamie Spears, and expresses deep hurt and anger. «I felt like my family threw me away,» she says at one point. Lynne took to Instagram on Sunday with a response of her own, sharing a black and white throwback shot with her daughter. The pair are seen arm-in-arm, laughing, as they walk through a wooded area in the photo. «Britney, your whole life I have tried my best to support your dreams and wishes! And also, I have tried my best to help you out of hardships! I have never and will never turn my back on you!» Lynne captioned the post.

Britney Spears is getting candid. On Sunday, the 40-year-old singer tweeted out a link to a YouTube video, which turned out to be a 22-minute voice memo in which she discussed her life both inside and outside of a conservatorship.

eclectic duet “Hold Me Closer” on Friday — six years after the Princess of Pop last dropped music.The British musician, 75, shed some light on working with Spears, 40, as well as the grand finale of her conservatorship that she was forced to endure for 13 years.“It’s hard when you’re young. Britney was broken.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentFree Britney, at last! Britney Spears’ fans around the world are praising the pop star’s return to music after she dropped her new single with Elton John.Spears collaborated with John on “Hold Me Closer,” a new spin on his hit song “Tiny Dancer.” The single marks the first music to come from Spears since her conservatorship was terminated in November 2021.Throughout the conservatorship, Spears recorded music, went on tour and held a Las Vegas residency, but testified last summer that she was forced to work against her will throughout the 13-year court-ordered arrangement.Spears’ legal battle continues, as the singer fights against her father, Jamie Spears, who oversaw her conservatorship, and her former business manager, Tri Star Sports & Entertainment Group. Spears claims that her father and Tri Star took advantage of her finances throughout the conservatorship and has made damning allegations about their alleged behavior towards her, which she has categorized as “conservatorship abuse.” The judge recently sided with the singer, ordering that her father must sit for a deposition this month, and ruling that she would not be deposed.