Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake
Singer Justin Timberlake was one of the members of the boy band, ‘N Sync. Timberlake and four others joined together to form ‘N Sync in 1998, and became an instant hit, releasing three albums in a row, all of which sold millions of copies. In 2002, Timberlake released his first solo album, called, Justified. He co-wrote all the songs on the album.
Timberlake was born on January 31, 1981, in Memphis, TN.
He got his start in show business as one of the Mouseketeers in the 1990’s version of Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse Club.
Timberlake was first among equals in the 1990s teen band *NSYNC. Timberlake sang lead on many tracks of the band’s multi-platinum albums, including *NSYNC (1998), No Strings Attached (2000) and Celebrity (2001), and his charisma and good looks made him a favorite with female fans. (His popularity was helped by his on-again, off-again romance with pop songstress Britney Spears.) Timberlake went solo with the 2002 album Justified, which established him as a hunky urban leading man in the early Mark Wahlberg mode. Justified won Grammy Awards for best pop vocal album and best male pop vocal performance for the single “Cry Me A River.” In 2004, Timberlake found himself at the center of a public rhubarb after he ripped off a portion of fellow singer Janet Jackson’s costume, exposing her breast, during a halftime performance at the Super Bowl. He later apologized for the incident, attributing it to a “wardrobe malfunction.”
Timberlake and fellow *NSYNC member J.C. Chasez were regular cast members (along with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera) on the 1990s TV revival of The Mickey Mouse Club.
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