After Britney Spears stated in her new memoir that she had thrown out her childhood possessions, Lynne Spears refutes the notion.
Last month, Britney published her eagerly awaited book, "The Woman in Me."
In one of the paragraphs, she was accused of her estranged mother discarding journals, "a binder full of poetry," and the Madame Alexander dolls she had collected as a child.
During the epidemic, the vocalist of Toxic claimed that her belongings had vanished when she returned to her native Louisiana.
In response to the accusations, Lynne posted images of the disputed items on Instagram, assuring Britney that they were secure in her custody.
"@britneyspears I'm not sure who told you I got rid of your dolls and journals but I would never do that!" Lynne captioned the images. "That would be cruel because I know how much they mean to you. They are special to me too because of the years we spent collecting them. Of course I still have your things, and I am happy to send them to you if you'd like me to. Please let me know and know how much I love you!"
Britney described her "overwhelming sadness" at seeing "the empty shelves" in The Woman in Me.
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"I thought of the pages I'd written through tears. I never wanted to publish them or anything like that, but they were important to me. And my family had thrown them in the trash, just like they'd thrown me away," she wrote.
Although it's unclear now whether the book is true, it has significantly increased Britney Spears's net worth.
According to Luminate, a music and entertainment analytics business, Spears' memoir significantly increased streaming and revenues throughout her discography. Spears' repertoire saw a 36.8% increase in album sales and an 18.2% increase in on-demand streams in a single day last week, from Monday to Tuesday.
Over the ensuing days, the numbers kept rising.
Luminate reports that she had a 24% spike in U.S. streams from 16 million to 19.8 million the previous week; album sales had increased by 61.4% and digital sales by 49%.
These figures seem to be similar to those of another pop star memoirist: Mariah Carey experienced a similar jump (28.6%) in sales during the week of her September 2020 release of "The Meaning of Mariah Carey."
But as of now this year, Spears had 657 million streams, compared to 703 million in 2021-a year in which she experienced tremendous growth as a result of the #FreeBritney movement.
The Oscar-nominated actor Michelle Williams's reading of "The Woman in Me" on audio seems to have had a significant role in the book's early success. Williams' performance of "The Woman in Me" has received great praise and, according to Gallery, is the audio version that has sold the fastest in the history of the business.
A precise audio sales figure was not immediately disclosed by the publisher.
"The Woman in Me" sold slightly under 418,000 copies, much less than the first-week Circana numbers for former President Barack Obama's "A Promised Land" and former first lady Michelle Obama's "Becoming," among other autobiographies, according to Circana, which covers about 85% of the print market.
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