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It's hard to stay interesting. It takes a combination of talent, vulnerability, stupidity, guts, beauty, brains and determination to keep the public's attention. Britney Spears has that unique combination, and in the 2000s, she was the most talked about celebrity of all, bar none. From her relationship with Justin Timberlake to mothering two children to a dizzying downward spiral to an amazing career comeback, Britney did it all. To commemorate her death-defying decade, we wrote a little rhyme we call "The ABCS Of Britney Spears." Click on for some of Brit's highlights and lowlights of the 2000s. Maybe she'll turn it into a song someday.![The ABC'S of Britney Spears]()
A is for ACL, which is the ligament she tore, before the Onyx Tour, in 2004.![The ABC'S of Britney Spears]()
There's a double "B" in Kabbalah, the religion she once followed, before pop star pal Madonna got her arms all pumped, and her cheeks all hollowed.![The ABC'S of Britney Spears]()
C is for as cheerful as a fish is when its wet, which is how she felt when she and Kevin Federline got engaged three months after they met.![The ABC'S of Britney Spears]()
D is for de night of September 18, when Spears and Kevin turned into Mr. and Mrs. Federline. (Pronounced FederLEEN for rhyming purposes.)![The ABC'S of Britney Spears]()
E is for "ecstatic," which is how she felt a year later, when she gave birth to Sean Preston, who some affectionately call "Tater."![The ABC'S of Britney Spears]()
F is for "filler," sad to say, but that's what it is, when you release a greatest hits collection, and cover "My Prerogative."![The ABC'S of Britney Spears]()
G is for "guest-star," Britney's stab at prime time fame, came on "Will & Grace," opposite that flamboyant actor, what's his name?![The ABC'S of Britney Spears]()
H is for "hysterics," which is how the audience behaved, when Brit announced her second pregnancy on that late night show with Dave.![The ABC'S of Britney Spears]()
I is for the 2006 incident where Britney went too far, when she failed to strap her toddler in the carseat of her car.![The ABC'S of Britney Spears]()
J is for the jacket Britney forgot to wear, when she was naked on the August 2006 cover of Harper's Bazaar (available in grocery stores everywhere).![The ABC'S of Britney Spears]()
K is for Kevin III, also known as Jayden James, the couple's second boy, born in 2006 in Los Angeles.![The ABC'S of Britney Spears]()
L is for "I'm leaving," that's what she told KFed, when she filed for divorce November 7, 2006, and took off full steam ahead.![The ABC'S of Britney Spears]()
P is for "probation," one of the sentences you can receive, for hit-and-run and driving without a license, which is how they charged Britney.![The ABC'S of Britney Spears]()
Q is for "quite nasty," that's how bad custody hearings got, before Kevin got full custody of the kids, and Brit, not a heckuva lot.![The ABC'S of Britney Spears]()
R is for "rebound," which Britney does quite well, her comeback single "Gimme More" peaked at No.3 and continues to sell and sell.![The ABC'S of Britney Spears]()
S is for "sad," a kind review of her 2007 MTV Video Music Awards performance, when she stumbled around singing "Gimme More" looking like a female "Otis." (The drunk guy from "The Andy Griffith Show.")![The ABC'S of Britney Spears]()
T is for "the cops" who were called on January 3, 2008, when Britney wouldn't give her kids back to Kevin after not sleeping for over four days.![The ABC'S of Britney Spears]()
U is for "under temporary conservatorship of her father," which is where Britney was placed. Now he now controls everything she does, and keeps an eye on her place.![The ABC'S of Britney Spears]()
V is for "vile human," that's what Bitney's daddy thinks of Brit's ex-manager Sam, who now cannot come within several hundred feet of his former money-pram.![The ABC'S of Britney Spears]()
W is for "who knew?" if Brit would ever act again? Her 2008 guest starring role "How I Met Your Mother" made that show a hit again.![The ABC'S of Britney Spears]()
X is for the excitment that preceded the 2008 MTV Video Music show, as rumors filled the air that Brit would sing if she should go. Instead she did a skit, and that was a about it.![The ABC'S of Britney Spears]()
Y is for you've got to be kidding me, she still has that many fans? Her album Circus debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 505,000 copies, faster thatn you can say "also ran."![The ABC'S of Britney Spears]()
Z is for zee next chapter in Britney's well-chronicled life. Her Circus tour is underway and she just got named Candies' spokeswoman, so things have started out quite nice.Britney Spears Is Fox411's Celebrity of the Decade
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