In its first week of sales, Britney Spears’s The Woman in Me has been bought by readers across Australia with some bookstores completely selling out of copies within days of the book’s release. According to Nielsen BookData, in the week ending 28 October 2023, ‘Britney Spears’s The Woman in Me was the highest selling print book in the Australian book market, having sold 26,000 copies.’

There is ‘overwhelming demand for Britney’s story and we can’t keep it in stock! It seems the Australian customer is VERY interested in her life. Can’t wait for the reprint.’ Melanie Barton, Target

Grace Wilson, Dymocks said: ‘Britney Spears’s autobiography is not only a compelling journey through her life, but it’s also a heartfelt gift to fans and readers alike. With its remarkable success, it’s clear that this is the perfect book to unwrap this Christmas!’

Audiobook and eBook sales are also strong with readers devouring the book in all formats. For Simon & Schuster Australia, The Woman in Me has been its fastest-selling audiobook of all time.  Ben Rolleston, Country Manager, Australia – Audible said: ‘The Woman in Me has been one of the most highly anticipated memoirs of 2023 and is currently one of our top listens at Audible Australia … The unique and intimate nature of audio is particularly suited to memoirs as it feels like it’s just you and the narrator engaging in the story. Having expert narration from both Britney and Michelle Williams really brings the story to life in a personal and powerful way.’

Internationally, The Woman in Me has sold 1.27 million copies across all formats in the UK and USA in its first week on sale.

The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith and hope. In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice – her truth – was undeniable and changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her incredible journey – and the strength at the core of one of the greatest performers in pop music history. With remarkable candor and humour, Spears’s groundbreaking memoir illuminates the enduring power of music and love – and the importance of a woman telling her own story, on her own terms.

Praise for The Woman In Me

‘Anyone looking for starry anecdotes or studio vignettes won’t find them here. Instead, The Woman in Me tells a focused story that makes inarguable the ties between patriarchy and exploitation, and deserves to be read as a cautionary tale and an indictment, not a grab-bag of tabloid revelations. After all Spears has lost, the sharpness of her perspective is a miracle. She repeatedly questions why – whether as a teenager in a crop top “corrupting” the youth, or a 25-year-old getting drunk at the club – she was perceived as “dangerous”. May her truth pose a legitimate threat to the system that exploited her.’ The Guardian

‘Emerging radiant through the chaos . . . in Britney Spears’s memoir, she’s stronger than ever. . . . [It's] presented so cleanly and candidly that The Woman in Me seems designed to be read in one sitting. It’s nearly impossible to come out of it without empathy for and real outrage on behalf of Spears, whose admitted bitterness over the dire circumstances of the last decade-plus of her life . . . is tempered by an enduring, insistent optimism.’ The New York Times

'The book’s title comes from the lyrics of "Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman", and is a remarkable capsule of the contradictions that build a human – something that Spears, who was a product and a symbol before she was old enough to vote – was never allowed to be. For years the world and Spears were told she was unfit, unwell, and unsafe. The voice that spills out of The Woman in Me is anything but. This is a book of how much a woman can bend – and be bent – before she breaks. But it’s also a testament to how she repairs herself, and heads towards survival, to whatever version of normality is possible for her, and to freedom.' Sydney Morning Herald

ABOUT BRITNEY SPEARS

Multi-platinum, Grammy Award–winning pop icon Britney Spears is one of the most successful and celebrated entertainers in music history, with more than 100 million records sold worldwide. In 2021, she was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. Spears’s album Blackout was added to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Library & Archives in 2012. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

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Source: Nielsen BookScan Australian Book Market (ABM) print book data, week ending 28 October 2023