Britney Houston

Britney Houston is an American singer, dancer and Internet celebrity who identifies as transgender.[1] She is known for creating parodies of popular videos and posting them on YouTube within days of the original videos' releases. She began creating her parodies while in the national touring company of Rent.[2]

Several of her parodies have over a million hits, with her parody of Rihanna's song Umbrella having over two million.[3] For her parody of the Pussycat Dolls' song When I Grow Up, Houston recruited four drag queens to serve as the "Britney Cat Dolls".[4] Houston choreographed and starred in the 2008 MTV original television pilot Newsical, which was not picked up.[5] She recorded the song "And The Crowd Goes", which was written and produced by Jonny McGovern and released on his compilation, The East Village Mixtape 2: The Legends Ball,[2] and is working on an album of original material.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Houston, Britney (July 14, 2009), Sensations, Boyzzz and Moonwalking Plummet, retrieved January 17, 2010
  2. 1 2 McGovern, Jonny, Linda James and Martine Beauchamp (2008-09-08). "Gay Pimpin' With Jonny McGovern" (Podcast). Retrieved September 14, 2008.
  3. ↑ Houston, Britney. "Brtnydnc1's Videos". Retrieved 2008-09-14.
  4. 1 2 Cantielo, Jim (2008-07-03). "Britney Houston Recruits 'Britney Cat Dolls' For Pussycat Dolls Parody". Retrieved 2008-09-14.
  5. ↑ Cantielo, Jim (2008-07-03). "Britney Houston Stars In MTV's 'Newsical' Pilot". Retrieved 2008-09-14.

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