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Britney Spears’ Book Sold 1.1 Million Copies In First Week And Joins These Other Blockbuster Memoirs

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🗓️ 17 November 2023

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The Woman in Me, an autobiography chronicling the life of teen pop sensation Britney Spears, sold 1.1 million copies in its first week on sale in the United States, its publisher announced this week, joining the memoirs of Prince Harry, Mary Trump and Barack and Michelle Obama as an instant success. Stay Connected Forbes newsletters: https://newsletters.editorial.forbes.com Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbes Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbes More From Forbes: http://forbes.com Forbes covers the intersection of entrepreneurship, wealth, technology, business and lifestyle with a focus on people and success. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Woman in Me, the

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The Autobiography chronicling the life of Teen Pop Sensation, Brittany Spears,

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sold 1.1 million copies in its first week on sale in the United States.

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Spears Memoir, which became a best-seller even before its October 24th release date, sold

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1.1 million copies in all formats, including sales of an audiobook narrated by actress Michelle Williams.

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The singer's autobiography sheds light on Spears' relationship with Justin Timberlake, her

0:29.2

public mental breakdown, and harrowing conservatorship. Spears skipped the traditional promotion. Break

0:33.4

and Harrowing Conservatorship. Spears skipped the traditional promotional circuit of morning and late night shows ahead of its release.

0:39.2

Still, Spears joins a small number of authors to have memoirs hit the 1 million sales mark so quickly.

0:45.8

The January release of Prince Harry's Spare, which sold 1.6 million U.S. copies in its first week,

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broke the Guinness record for fastest-selling non-fiction book,

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and is still the best-selling book so far this year.

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Other books to have hit the milestone in their first week include Barack Obama's A Promised Land, Michelle Obama's

1:04.9

becoming, and Donald Trump's niece marry Trump's too much and never enough.

1:10.5

Brittany Spears likely earned between 12.5 million and 15 million dollars for the

1:15.7

woman in me, multiple news outlets reported.

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Gallery said the woman in me is its fastest selling audio release of all time.

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Michelle Williams narration has been widely acclaimed

1:27.3

and floated as potential Grammy father in the upcoming awards season,

1:30.8

Vanity Fair suggested.

1:33.2

And U.S. streams for Spears Music Catalog increased 24% in the first week her book was released,

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NBC News reported.

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