She began her career as a member of a female group before going solo.

Pop groups were all the rage in the late 1990s, but few fans are likely to recall that Spears got her start in the female band Innosense. The band was envisioned as the Spice Girls' American equivalent.

Spears was a member of the girl group Innosense prior to beginning her successful solo career. Lou Pearlman, a music manager, is also credited with the establishment of the Backstreet Boys and NYSNC, two popular boy bands. He also established this female group. The Orlando-based trio, which was intended to be "an American version of the Spice Girls," was described as such by The New York Times. The trio, which also featured Nikki DeLoach from Awkward, was intended to be America's equivalent to the Spice Girls, but Spears had lofty solo ambitions and quit to forge her own path. A sizable audience for the band was never built. At a few gigs in 2000, Innosense did get the chance to open for Spears.