POP singer Britney Spears says she “truly hit rock bottom” during a stint in rehabilitation this year but told fans she did not blame her behaviour on alcohol or depression.“I was like a bad kid running around with ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder),” she wrote on her web site, www.britneyspears.com. “I confess, I was so lost.”

“I think the whole problem was letting too many people into my life,” the 25-year-old singer said. “You never know another person’s intentions or what another person wants.”

Earlier this year, Spears split from her second husband, aspiring rapper Kevin Federline, with whom she has two children. She entered rehab after a spree of high-profile partying and erratic behaviour such as shaving off her hair.

Spears told fans about having to “cut so many people out of my life” after learning that some were taking advantage of her vulnerability and her wealth.

“Some of the people in my life made more of some issues than was necessary,” she said, citing as an example her hitting the party scene after her divorce.Maroon 5 top UK album chartAMERICAN soul-influenced rock band Maroon 5 stormed to the top of the album charts, the Official UK Charts Company said.Fronted by singer Adam Levine, Maroon 5’s album It Won’t be Soon Before Long — one of three new entries in the top ten — pushed last week’s number oMinutes to Midnight <$>by American band Linkin Park down to second place.

Soul singer Amy Winehous8217;s Back to Black <$>moved up from six to three, while singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Trip the Light Fantastic and grizzled rer Ozzy Osbourne’s Black Rain were the other new entries at seven and eight respectively.

There was less fluidity in the singles chart, where R&B singer Rihanna claimed the number one slot for acond week with Umbrella<$>, a song featuring rapper Jay-Z.

Maroon 5̵ single Makes Me Wor <$>and Beautiful Liar, <$>a duet by Beyoncé and Shakira, also stayed at two and three.

California pop band Hellogoodbye217;s Here (In Your Arms) <$>moved up one to number four, with New York hip hop group Gym Class Heroend Cupid’s Chokehold <$>in five and R&B singer Akon with Don’t MatterI>at six.

Snow Patrol’s Signal Fire <$>dropped three to seven, with a previous faller Give It To Me — collaboration by Timberland, Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake — rising one to eight.x-Sugarbabe Mutya Buena’s Real Love <$>was at nine,th the house number Booty Luv <$>by Shine rounding out the top ten.

Pirates booty swells to $404mFranklinGothic-DemiCond">HIT movie Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End <$>ruled the seven seas with a record $139.8 million in North America over the long Memorial Day weekend, lifting its world-wide total to $404 million.The third Pirates film starring Johnny Depp as boozy buccaneer Jack Sparrow surpad the four-day mark of $122.9 million for last year’s X-Men: The Last Stand, the previous record-holder for a Memorial Day weekend.

At World’s End raised its domestic gross to $153 million since debuting with Thursday night preview screenings. Overseas, the movie has added an additional $251 million since the sequel began rolling out overseas on Wednesday of last week.