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Britney Spears has reportedly signed a deal with Simon & Schuster for the publishing of her memoir.

According to Page Six and TMZ, the deal is worth as much as $15 million and is the culmination of an intense bidding war between several publishers.

Since successfully terminating her conservatorship last November, Spears has been teasing a tell-all memoir. In an Instagram post last month, she posted a photo of a typewriter with the caption, “Shall I start from THE BEGINNING?”

Spears’ tumultuous career, from her peak as pop music’s biggest star, to her public mental breakdown, ensuing 13-year conservatorship, and prolonged legal battle, has been the focus of numerous documentaries and articles over the last several years. Even Spears’ own sister, Jamie Lynn, released a memoir (Britney later filed a cease-and-desist letter against Jamie Lynn, demanding that she refrain “from referencing Britney derogatorily during [her] promotional campaign”).

Spears now appears set to tell her story for the first time. In recent months, she has also teased a return to music, as well a sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey. She has also been invited to speak before Congress.

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The 12 Worst National Anthem Performances Ever

Getting booked to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at a major event is an honor for any artist. Many will try anything — whether it’s fiddling with the arrangement or striving for the glory notes that only five-octave powerhouses like Whitney Houston could hit — to put their own memorable stamp on the national anthem.

But not everyone — in fact, almost no one — reaches a level of true greatness. After all, it’s a pretty difficult tune to sing, what with its gymnastic melody that forces vocalists to swing dangerously back and forth between their high and low registers as well as a final line that audiences have come to expect be belted out high and mightily. Factor in the borderline excessive wordiness (Rockets red glare? Bombs bursting? Seriously, couldn’t we have toned down the alliteration a little?) and the fact that screwing it up risks offending an entire nation, and you’ve got yourself a song that is, be it by accident or design, the ultimate make-or-break test for performers everywhere.

Nerve-inducing as it is, however, you’d think that singers would have learned by now to stop booking public National Anthem gigs unless they were absolutely positive th