"Britney: For the Record" premiered on MTV on November 30, 2008 in the United States, two days before the release of her sixth studio album, "Circus", for which the documentary served as a promotion tool.
MTV, eden izmed dveh uradnih kanalov, ki sta film predvajala, je na svoji uradni spletni strani 9. oktobra 2009 predvajal prvi promocijski napovednik.