Pop star Britney Spears' memoir is finally out in the world, and it's become an instant hit. Spears' long-awaited memoir, The Woman In Me, sold 1.1 million copies (including pre-orders, print, e-books, and audiobooks) in the first week of its release on October 24. The book has also been Amazon's most sold non-fiction book for the past three weeks, and is also the number one most read non-fiction book as of October 29th. Spears' book also topped Amazon's Best Sellers list.

Spears has a net worth of about $60 million as of 2021, according to Forbes. Meanwhile, Celebrity Net Worth puts Spears' net worth a little higher, at an estimated $70 million. The pop icon has made a fortune over the years as a best-selling singer with lucrative world tours, a perfume brand, real estate, and her recent book deal, among other ventures.

Music Career Earnings

Spears is among the best-selling pop artists, with over 150 million records sold worldwide. The Grammy Award-winner made her place in pop history with her debut single, "...Baby One More Time" which came out in 1998, when Spears was just 16. The song spent 32 weeks on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. Spears' debut album, "...Baby One More Time" (1999) is a 14-time platinum selling album. Spears made about $40 million from touring and record sales in 2002, according to an estimate by Celebrity Net Worth.

Spears made a fortune on her world tours as well. The "Toxic" singer made an estimated total of $485 million from her tours, according to an estimate by Forbes, using data from Pollstar. Spears also earned $137.7 million from a residency in Las Vegas from 2013 to 2017. Spears has not released any new music since 2016, and has not toured since 2018.

Brands and Businesses

Spears has had a series of lucrative endorsement deals, entertainment gigs, and brands over the years. According to a New York Times article from 2008, the pop star made over $12 million at her peak in the early 2000s from endorsement deals with companies including Toyota (TM), McDonald's (MCD), and Sketchers (SKX), and earned about $9 million just from a deal with Pepsi (PEP). Spears' assets were mostly placed across various brokerage accounts, real estate, and cash, according to Forbes' review of court documents in 2020.

The Times article reported that in 2008, Spears was still receiving $2 to $3 million every year for a perfume deal with Elizabeth Arden that she signed in 2004. Spears released about 20 fragrances over the years. According to a 2013 article by The Hollywood Reporter, her first perfume, Curious, sold over 500 million bottles since 2004. At the time of that article, Spears' perfume empire was bringing in $30 million every year.

Spears has bought and sold several multi-million dollar properties across various neighborhoods in Los Angeles and New York City over the years. Spears had five residential properties that she paid expenses for as of October 2020, according to The Wall Street Journal. Spears bought a home in Calabasas for nearly $12 million in 2022, after marrying Sam Asghari—the pop star sold the home for $10 million just nine months later in March 2023. Asghari filed for divorce five months later, in August 2023.

Spears is likely to make a fortune with her memoir, too. Spears' book deal with Simon & Schuster is reportedly "record-breaking" according to Variety, with Page Six reporting that the deal could be worth as much as $15 million. Spears could earn about 25% of the total profits from the book, according to TMZ.

Conservatorship Took A Toll On Spears' Net Worth

After receiving treatment for mental health issues in 2008, Spears was in a 13-year court-ordered conservatorship that put her father, James Spears, in charge of all of her financial assets and decisions, and personal affairs. Spears' conservatorship case got more attention after The New York Times released a documentary in February 2021 titled Framing Britney Spears.

Following the documentary, Spears appeared in court and outlined the trauma, abuse, and lack of agency she endured during the 13-year conservatorship. Spears was freed from the conservatorship in November 2021 by a judge in Los Angeles. The situation took a toll on Spears' net worth, as the singer had to pay millions of dollars in legal fees to fight the conservatorship, as well as child support to her ex-husband, Kevin Federline, according to Forbes.