Why Britney Spears Net Worth Lags Behind Her Industry Counterparts, Forbes

Twenty years ago, Britney Spears was on top of the world. She was riding a fouryear run of platinum No. 1 albums, a Grammy award and a string of world tours that paid her tens of millions of dollars. In 2002, Forbes named her the worlds most powerful celebrity, with an estimated 40 million of income before taxes and fees. So what went wrong After several years of media scrutiny, Spears suffered a public mental breakdown and was put under courtordered conservatorship in 2008. The judge handed control of her career and finances to her father, James, who is now the villain of the fandriven, FreeBritney movement, a social media advocacy effort out to free Spears from the conservatorship. The setup hasnt been good for her career. Or her net worth. In recent years, Spears has resisted her fathers control while also paying millions of dollars in legal fees tied to the conservatorship that is charged with tightly controlling her lifestyle, as well as child support to her exhusband Kevin