It's good news for pop princess Britney Spears both in her personal and professional life. While she became the the first artist in over three years to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 pop charts with her new song '3', another new poll decided she was the 'Best Celebrity Mom'.
Christina Aguilera too seems to have come a long way from her 'Dirrty' days. The pop star is second to Britney on the 'Best Celebrity Mom' list. she had given birth to her son Max Liron Bratman at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on January 12, 2008.
Despite being the mother of six children, three adopted and the other three her own, Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie ranks third in the poll.
The late Jade Goody also makes an appearance on the 'Best Celebrity Mom' list. Prior to her tryst with fame on the 'Big Brother' show and the racial abuse controversy involving Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, Goody was a dental nurse.
In early 2005, American actress Katie Holmes began a highly publicised relationship with actor Tom Cruise, which drew attention due to the sixteen-year age difference between the two. In June, two months after they first met, Holmes and Cruise were engaged. On April 18, 2006, Holmes gave birth to a baby girl named Suri.
Singer, actress and entrepreneur Madonna's use of at times shocking sexual imagery has both benefitted her career and had an impact on public discourse on sexuality and feminism. However the world also sat up and took notice when the pop diva filed adoption papers on October 10, 206 for a boy named David Banda Mwale in a Malawi orphanage. He was renamed David Banda Mwale Ciccone Ritchie. Although the adoption ran into controversy, that did not deter Madonna from adopting a second Malawian child Chifundo 'Mercy' James this year. Madonna has another daughter Lourdes, 13 with Carlos Leon.
Jessica Alba met Cash Warren, son of actor Michael Warren, while making 'Fantastic Four' in 2004. Alba married Warren in Los Angeles on Monday, May 19, 2008. On June 7, 2008, Alba gave birth to a baby girl, Honor Marie Warren.
Jennifer Garner and 'Daredevil' co-star Ben Affleck married on June 29, 2005 in a surprise ceremony at the Parrot Cay resort on the Turks and Caicos Islands. On December 1, 2005, she gave birth to their daughter, Violet Anne Affleck. On January 6, 2009, she gave birth to their second daughter, Seraphina Rose Elizabeth Affleck.
Nicole Richie's highest profile relationship thus far has been with Good Charlotte lead singer Joel Madden. They have two children: daughter Harlow Winter Kate Madden (born January 11, 2008) and son Sparrow James Midnight Madden (born September 9, 2009).
Former Spice Girl Victoria Adams and football player David Beckham have three children, Brooklyn Joseph Beckham (born 4 March 1999 in London), Romeo James Beckham (born 1 September 2002 in London), and Cruz David Beckham (born 20 February 2005 in Madrid, Spain). The Beckhams have stated that they would like to have more children, especially a daughter.
Gwen Stefani, the lead vocalist of 'No Doubt', met Gavin Rossdale of the rock band 'Bush' while on tour in 1995. They married on September 14, 2002. On May 26, 2006, their son, Kingston James McGregor Rossdale, was born. Stefani gave birth to a another baby boy, Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale, on August 21, 2008.
Billie Piper began her career as a pop singer when she was a teenager and progressed to acting. After her divorce from businessman, DJ and television presenter Chris Evans in May 2007, Piper married actor Laurence Fox, son of James Fox, on 31 December 2007. Their first child, Winston James Fox, was born on 21 October 2008.
Then 16, Jamie Lynn Spears, the younger sister of pop star Britney Spears, announced on December 20, 2007 that she was pregnant by her boyfriend Casey Aldridge. Spears and Aldridge called off their engagement in March 2009, although the couple continued to live together to raise their child.
Actress Reese Witherspoon married actor and 'Cruel Intentions' co-star Ryan Phillippe in 1999. They have two children: a daughter named Ava Elizabeth, born September 9, 1999, and a son Deacon Reese, born October 23, 2003. The couple separated at the end of 2006 and divorced in October 2007.
Emma Bunton, known as 'Baby Spice' for wearing babydoll dresses during her Spice Girl days, herself became a mother on August 10, 2007, when she gave birth to Beau Lee Jones.
While former English glamour model, television personality and businesswoman Katie Price, also known as Jordan, ranks 16th on the list of 'Best Celebrity Moms', a new Sky1 poll to find the best celeb role model for mothers gave her just 2 per cent of the votes. The 31-year-old star has two young children with singer Peter Andre, 36, as well as a seven-year-old son with ex-boyfriend Dwight Yorke.
Welsh singer-songwriter, actress and television presenter Charlotte Church currently has two children, Ruby Megan Henson and Dexter Lloyd Henson with her partner Gavin Henson, a Welsh International Rugby Union player.
There's yet another former Spice Girl on the 'Best Celebrity Mom' countdown. Melanie Jayne Chisholm, also known as Mel C and 'Sporty Spice'. She has been dating property developer Thomas Starr since 2002. On February 22, 2009, Chisholm gave birth to a baby girl. Chisholm is the last of the Spice Girls to become a mother.
Many in India would know Cate Blanchett as filmmaker Shekhar Kapur's 'Elizabeth'. Blanchett's husband is playwright and screenwriter Andrew Upton, whom she met in 1996. They were married on 29 December 1997, and have three sons, Dashiell John (born 3 December 2001), Roman Robert (born 23 April 2004) and Ignatius Martin (born 13 April 2008).
The last name on the 'Best Celebrity Mom' list is that of Mutya Buena, an English singer and songwriter, who rose to fame as a member of the pop group Sugababes. On 23 March 2005, Mutya gave birth to Tahlia-Maya Buena, her first child with boyfriend Jay. She named her child Tahlia-Maya in memory of her sister, Maya. [Text: Wikipedia, Agencies]
