Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: An hayar da Spears don aikinta na farko na sana'a a matsayin mai maye gurbin babban rawar Tina Denmark a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na Off-Broadway Ruthless!. Ta kuma bayyana a matsayin mai takara a shahararren shirin talabijin na Star Search kuma an jefa ta a cikin tallace-tallace da yawa. A watan Disambar 1992, an jefa ta a cikin Mickey Mouse Club tare da Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, Ryan Gosling, da Keri Russell. Bayan an soke wasan kwaikwayon a 1996, ta koma Mississippi kuma ta shiga Makarantar McComb ta Parklane. Ko da yake ta yi abota da yawancin abokan ajinta, ta kwatanta makarantar da "wurin da ake buɗe fim ɗin Clueless da dukan rukunin mutane.... Na gaji sosai. Ni ne mai tsaron raga a ƙungiyar ƙwallon kwando. Ina da saurayina, kuma na je bikin dawowa gida da kuma bikin Kirsimeti. Amma ina son ƙarin. "A watan Yunin 1997, Spears tana tattaunawa da manajan Lou Pearlman don shiga ƙungiyar mata ta Innosense. Lynne ya tambayi abokiyar dangi da lauyan nishaɗi Larry Rudolph don ra'ayinsa kuma ya gabatar da tef na Spears yana raira waƙa a kan waƙar karaoke ta Whitney Houston tare da wasu hotuna. Rudolph ya yanke shawarar cewa yana so ya gabatar da ita ga kamfanonin rikodin, wanda ta buƙaci ƙwararren demo da aka yi. Ya aika wa Spears waƙar da ba a yi amfani da ita ba ta Toni Braxton; ta yi gwaji na mako guda kuma ta yi rikodin muryarta a cikin ɗakin studio tare da injiniyan sauti. Spears ya yi tafiya zuwa New York tare da demo kuma ya sadu da shugabannin zartarwa daga labels huɗu, ya koma Kentwood a wannan ranar. Uku daga cikin labels sun ƙi ta, suna cewa masu sauraro suna son ƙungiyoyin pop kamar Backstreet Boys da Spice Girls, kuma "ba za a sami wata Madonna ba, wata Debbie Gibson, ko wani Tiffany. "Makonni biyu bayan haka, shugabannin Jive Records sun dawo da kira ga Rudolph. Babban mataimakin shugaban A&R Jeff Fenster ya ce game da gwajin Spears cewa "yana da wuya a ji wani a wannan shekarun da zai iya isar da abun ciki na motsin rai da roƙon kasuwanci...Ga kowane mai zane, motsawa - 'idanun tiger' - yana da matukar muhimmanci. Kuma Britney tana da wannan". Spears ya rera waƙar Houston "Ba ni da wani abu" (1992) don...  Tambaya: Yaushe aka soke wasan kwaikwayon?
Shekarar 1996