It’s solely been just a few days since its publication, however Britney Spears’s long-awaited memoir, The Girl In Me, seems to be a runaway hit. And with revelations akin to her The Pocket book close to miss, Justin Timberlake-era abortion, and particulars from rehab, how may it not be? The no-holds-barred quantity even attracted Oscar nominee Michelle Williams as its audiobook narrator, it’s that scorching a property. And now it seems the pop icon has much more secrets and techniques to disclose, as Spears introduced through Instagram {that a} second quantity is coming. However even that element is now a topic of intense scrutiny and controversy, as sources near the artist say the announcement was untimely—or just false.
“Humor is the remedy to all the things !!! Play on !!! Quantity 2 will likely be launched subsequent 12 months … prepare !!!,” Deadline studies that the since-deleted publish learn, with Spears claiming it is “the highest-selling celeb memoir in historical past.”
Information on the e-book’s gross sales is not going to be obtainable till subsequent week, Spears’s writer Simon & Schuster says, however her declare isn’t outdoors the realm of risk: it’s presently listed as the highest vendor on Amazon’s full record of accessible books. The extraordinary particulars on her conservatorship battle, texted breakup message from Timberlake, Colin Farrell fling, and numerous infidelities stay of excessive curiosity to the plenty.
Is that spotlight sufficient to surpass the gross sales of the present record-holder, Prince Harry’s memoir, Spare? That e-book bought over 1.43 million copies throughout all codecs on its Jan. 10 launch day within the U.S., Canada, and Britain. That’s nonetheless unknown, however early phrase was sufficient that Spears apparently felt invigorated sufficient to sort out a second effort.
Nevertheless, that publish is now gone from Spears’s account, and an unnamed supply “near Spears” instructed Selection that “there isn’t any Vol. 2 within the works.” It’s unclear the place the reality lies, however as Spears wrote on Oct. 20, most of The Girl In Me “is from 20 years in the past … I’ve moved on, and it’s an attractive clear slate from right here !!!”
