Britney Spears lands ‘record-breaking’ book deal for tell-all memoir

Pop star's memoir was subject of a massive bidding war, and comes weeks after she sent a cease-and-desist letter to her sister over her own autobiography

Britney Spears has landed a record-breaking" publishing deal for a tell-all memoir about her rise to fame, her relationship with her family and her experience living under a conservatorship for more than a decade.

Page Six reported on Monday that publisher Simon & Schuster had secured the deal for the pop star's memoir for as much as US$15m (11m, A$20.8m) after a massive bidding war involving multiple publishers.