Standing pretty at 5’ 4″ with her light brown hair flying about her defiantly, she could pass off as any other ordinary stunning 20 year old. Except that half the men in the world swoon over her (and more than half the women idol-worship her) Except that she had started and now pulled out of the restaurant business. Except that her high profile romance and breakup with N’Sync singer Justin Timberlake was a tableau that the world faithfully followed like a daily soap.

Except that she has come a long way since her first public performance the age of 4 (when she sang “What Child Is This” at her local church). Except that her brown eyes betray the intensity of her determination to march to her own beat and sing her own happy song.

Except that she is a Pop diva at 20 and that she is a rage in the world of music. Except that she’s made her debut in Hollywood with movie titled “Crossroads”. Except that she is Britney Spears. Here’s wishing the Sagittarian celebrity a happy birthday