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Breakup with fiancé Jason Trawick behind her, Britney is back to work. But while the 31-year-old mother of two is now all business, especially on the smash “Work B**ch” and other fitness-club anthems like “Body Ache,” there’s also pain and vulnerability on her eighth studio album. “Perfume” may be her most soul-baring number and the confessional “Don’t Cry” finds her saying goodbye to a lost love. Guests include Britney’s younger sister, Jamie Lynne, on the laid-back “Chillin’ With You, Black Eye Peas frontman will.i.am, the album’s executive producer, on the synthesized thumper “It Should Be Easy” and rapper T.I. on the explosive “Tick Tock Boom.” The album’s otherworldly highlight is “Alie...

She’s just turned 28, but already Britney Spears has already experienced a lifetime’s worth of success and controversy. Success began at 17, when her debut album, …Baby One More Time, and its title track topped the charts worldwide and made Britney became a celebrity whose sophomore album, Oops!...I Did It Again, only cemented her fame. But controversy has always dogged the former Mouseketeer, from her divorce and custody battles to rehab stints and troubles with the law. She even made headlines recently for miming during her Australian tour. Proof that she remains a pop powerhouse can be found in The Singles Collection—the second greatest hits collection of Britney’s relatively short career...