Britney Spears was impressed Before Taylor Swift was famous.
The ‘Oops!…I Did It Again’ singer took to Instagram this Saturday to reveal that she met the ‘Blank Space’ singer backstage at one of her concerts in 2003.
Britney was already a global superstar at the time, but was amazed by Taylor’s singing ability, who was then 14 years old.
In a post on the photo-sharing site, Britney wrote:
‘It’s been a long time, but it’s kind of cool… I got a knock on my door during my ops tour. A good friend of mine at the time was my trainer’s assistant who was trying to become a trainer.
The post continued:
Someone knocked on the door and said, ‘I’ve got a girl named Taylor, and she’d like to come in and sing for you.’ I said, -Of course!!!-‘
Britney, 41, continued:
“He comes in and she’s singing a beautiful song with the guitar. I thought wow, she is amazing!!! We took a photo and later she became the most famous pop girl of our generation. He plays stadiums so well, I prefer his videos to movies any time. Awesome!!! A woman in love’.
Meanwhile, it was recently revealed that Britney’s memoir ‘The Woman In Me’ sold over a million copies in the US in its first week of release last month.
Gallery Book, a division of Simon and Schuster, revealed that the developer The book sold 1.1 million copies across the United States. Pre-orders, including print books, e-books and audiobook formats.
It was a worldwide hit and sold approx 2.4 million copies were printed worldwide after being published in 26 languages.
Britney said:
‘I put my heart and soul into my memoir, and I am grateful for the unwavering support of my fans and readers around the world.’