Former pop princess Britney Spears turned 30 today.
In 1996, aged just 15, Britney landed her first solo record deal with Jive, then in 1998 she was launched onto our airwaves and TV screens in that infamous schoolgirl outfit, with her debut smash single, ...Baby One More Time.
She's had plenty of good and bad times since then, making headlines for everything from shaving her head, having a marriage that lasted less than the time it took to fly to Vegas, staging a stand-off with police at her LA home, and finally handing her father the keys to her bank-vault.
Now, to celebrate the more illustrious side of her career - from her days in the Mickey Mouse Club to her numerous best-selling albums and snogging Madonna on stage at the MTV Awards - we've captured her career best bits in pictures.
Take a look below and let us know when you think Britney was at her best...
