Britney Spears releases first new music in six years — with help from Elton John

“… Baby One More Time” being originally sung by anyone else. But if pop impresario Simon Cowell had gotten his way, those infamous lyrics would have been delivered by one of his former UK boy bands — and not One Direction, either.

Britney Spears could have been the future queen of England! In an interview from 2002, Spears told talk show host Frank Skinner that she and William had a "cyber relationship" and the pair communicated via email during their teenage years.The then 20-year-old pop star revealed that she invited the Prince of Wales to dinner while she was visiting London, but he never showed. "We exchanged e-mails for a little bit and he was supposed to come and see me somewhere but it didn't work out," she said at the time, per the Daily Mail.

Many of us may have dreamed of being a real life prince or princess at some point in our lives, but pop icon Britney Spears almost made it a reality as she struck up a cyber romance with Prince William at the height of her fame. The 40 year old singer, had aspirations to become a literal ‘princess of pop’ as she began chatting to the royal online when they were both teenagers, but sadly things fizzled out before they could make things official.

Thania Garcia Britney Spears is back on the charts after nearly a decade away as her duet with Elton John, “Hold Me Closer,” lands at No. 6 on the songs chart. The feat marks John’s 29th top 10 song and Spears’ 14th, and her first in almost 10 years. “Hold Me Closer” — a reimagined mash-up of John’s “Tiny Dancer” and “The One” — opens with 20.9 million in radio airplay audience, 11.1 million streams and 48,000 sold, according to data by Luminate via Billboard. “Hold Me Closer” is Spears’ first time on the Billboard Hot 100 since 2016. Joining Spears on the chart, 20 years after both of their debuts, is Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” which slips 5-9 after it spent two weeks at the peak in August.

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 has reportedly rejected an invite to the MTV Video Music Awards. The 40-year-old pop star and Sir Elton John have topped the charts in the more than 40 countries around the world with their new single 'Hold Me Closer' - but Britney won't be among the audience at the award show in New Jersey on Sunday (28. 08.

Britney Spears is warming up her vocal cords with her best impression of Elton John!

Britney Spears is thrilled!

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.

Britney Spears has released her first new music since the end of her conservatorship - with the pop star exclaiming that "it's pretty damn cool" and "overwhelming" to be singing again - and with global music industry superpower Sir Elton John. The single - Hold Me Closer - is the 40-year-old American pop star's first single in six years and is a mash-up remix of some of Sir Elton's songs. The much anticipated duet mixes his 1971 hit Tiny Dancer with his 1992 song The One, while parts of Don't Go Breaking My Heart from 1976 also feature in the track.