Hitch me baby one more time, says Britney

Pop singer Britney Spears has married for the second time in nine months - this one has lasted longer her first venture up the aisle.

The 22-year-old, wearing a white strapless dress, married 26-year--old dancer Kevin Federline in a ceremony at a friend’s home in Studio City, California.

“She did marry him yesterday,” Jive Records spokeswoman Sonia Muckle said last night but declined to provide further details. About 20 to 30 people attended the ceremony.

Britney and Federline announced their engagement in June after dating since early this year. It was the second marriage in nine months for Spears.

In January, she married childhood friend Jason Alexander in a surprise wedding in Las Vegas. That marriage was annulled 55 hours later.

Spears’ label said Spears and Alexander had taken a joke too far. The bride wore a baseball cap and torn jeans down the aisle and was escorted by a casino limousine driver.

Federline appeared in the film You Got Served and performed as a backup dancer for singer Justin Timberlake, Spears’ former boyfriend.

He was previously involved with actress Shar Jackson, They have two children - a two-year-old and a newborn.