If you’re like everybody else and are impatiently awaiting the arrival of Britney Spears’s memoir, The Woman in Me, expected for release later this year, hold yourself over with these 6 engrossing, honest, and endearing memoirs penned by pop singers like Spears who have experienced both great success and intense trauma.
1. The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey
In 2020, 5-time Grammy Award winner Mariah Carey released her highly-anticipated memoir that explored the ups and downs of her personal and professional life, from her upbringing in Long Island, her tumultuous marriage to record executive Tommy Motolla, and the diverse catalogue of timeless bops that have united a global LAMBily.
2. The Sporty One by Melanie Chisholm
Spice Girl member Mel C chronicles the meteoric rise of the internationally-beloved girl group whose success negatively affected her body image and relationship with food and exercise, diving deep into the damaging ramifications that pop super-stardom can have on the mental health of young artists.
3. Open Book by Jessica Simpson
Lined with personal essays and diary entries, triple-threat Jessica Simpson takes readers on a journey of her life in front of and behind the camera and bravely reveals her struggle with alcoholism, disordered eating, and the hyper-sexualization she faced from a young age.
4. True Love by Jennifer Lopez
As its name suggests, Jennifer Lopez’s debut book is a love story dedicated to the people, places, and moments that shaped the person she is – from the bond she shares with her children and family to her divorce from Marc Anthony and the relationship with her fans that watched her grow into the entertainment icon we know and love today.
5. The Beautiful Ones by Prince
Posthumously released 3 years after Prince’s untimely death, co-writer Dan Plepenbring picked up where the pop genius left off and helped bring his life story to the page for fans to get a better sense of the stories Prince kept private, the walls he helped break down for Black musicians, and the ever-present legacy he left behind.
6. I, Tina by Tina Turner
In what would later become the source material of the 1994 Academy Award-nominated film What’s Love Got to Do With It, Tina Turner’s memoir, aptly titled I, Tina, is an honest and unflinching look at the genre-bending music legend’s life with a particular emphasis on the abuse she fell victim to from her husband and music collaborator, Ike Turner.
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