Britney Spears thanks fans for making her duet with Elton John 'number one for a week'

Britney Spears thanked her fans for the gangbusters success of her Hold Me Closer, her new duet single with Elton John. Throwback: Britney is pictured alongside Elton and his husband David Furnish attending his famous Oscars viewing party in 2013 Hold Me Close features chunks of Elton's 1971 number Tiny Dancer, his 1992 song The One and Don't Go Breaking My Heart from 1976. Wow: Hours after its debut last week, the New York Daily News reported that the single had oared to the top of the iTunes charts in a staggering 40 countries Britney's latest husband Sam Asghari, whom she married this June without her children in attendance, also denounced Kevin as a 'professional baby daddy.' Despite work triumphs: Britney's personal life is being buffeted by her public war of words with her son Jayden; she is pictured with Jaden and his elder brother Preston The pop star's notorious conservatorship, in which she found herself under the control of her father Jamie, began in 2008 after a shocking purported standoff involving her sons during her public mental breakdown. Letting it out: She also clapped back at criticisms of her frequent partly nude Instagram posts, which Jayden said were 'something to get attention' The situation came to a head when the authorities and paramedics arrived at Britney's house one day in January 2008 because she was defying a court order to turn over her young sons to their father.