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NSYNC (/ɛnˈsɪŋk,ɪn-/en-SINK, in-; also stylized as*NSYNC or'N Sync)[1] was an Americanvocal group andboy band that was formed byChris Kirkpatrick inOrlando, Florida, in 1995[2][3] and launched in Germany by BMG Ariola Munich.[4] The group consists of Kirkpatrick,Justin Timberlake,JC Chasez,Joey Fatone, andLance Bass. Theirself-titled debut album was successfully released to European countries in 1997, and later entered the U.S. market with the single "I Want You Back".
After heavily publicized legal battles with their former managerLou Pearlman and former record labelBertelsmann Music Group, the group's third album,No Strings Attached (2000), sold over one million copies in one day and 2.4 million copies in one week, which wasa record for over fifteen years.[5][6]Celebrity (2001) debuted with 1.8 million copies in its first week in the US. Singles such as "Girlfriend", "Pop", "Bye Bye Bye", "Tearin' Up My Heart", and "It's Gonna Be Me" reached the top 10 in several international charts, with the last being a USBillboard Hot 100 number one.
In addition to nineGrammy Award nominations, NSYNC performed at theSuper Bowl and sang thenational anthem at theOlympic Games andWorld Series. They have also sung or recorded withElton John,Stevie Wonder,Michael andJanet Jackson,Britney Spears,Phil Collins,Celine Dion,Aerosmith,Nelly,Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes,Mary J. Blige,country music bandAlabama, andGloria Estefan.
The group went on an indefinite hiatus in 2002. Although though they never officially announced a breakup, Lance Bass confirmed years later in his 2007 memoirOut of Sync that the band had spilt for good in 2004.
Over the course of their hiatus, the five members reunited occasionally, including for a one-off performance at the2013 MTV Video Music Awards, for an appearance onThe Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2018, and to receive a star on theHollywood Walk of Fame in 2018.
In 2019, *NSYNC reunited as a four piece without Justin Timberlake to perform withAriana Grande atCoachella. The group came together again in 2023 to release the song "Better Place" for the DreamWorks animated filmTrolls Band Together and performed at the premiere, and at the2023 MTV Video Music Awards. While working on "Better Place", *NSYNC also recorded a track titled "Paradise" for Timberlake's sixth solo album,Everything I Thought It Was (2024). In 2024, the group made a special one-off appearance at Timberlake's ONO concert in Los Angeles.
In November 2024, Chasez made a statement during a podcast appearance about the bands future saying, "Right now everybody's focused on different projects. But we're always talking in the background, and it only takes like one idea to pop, so anything's possible."[7]
The band completed five nationwide concert tours and has sold over 70 million records, becoming one of thebest-selling boy bands of all time.[8][9]Rolling Stone recognized their instant success as one of the Top 25 Teen Idol Breakout Moments of all time.[10]
In 1994, while working at Universal Studios and singing in The Hollywood Hi-Tones, Chris Kirkpatrick was introduced to Lou Pearlman, who had created theBackstreet Boys, through a mutual friend who had heard that Pearlman was interested in financing another vocal group.[11] Originally, when the Backstreet Boys formed, Kirkpatrick had not known about their auditions, so he never got the chance to try out.[12] When Pearlman met him and saw him perform in his doo-wop group, Lou took an interest in him, so they discussed the idea of Kirkpatrick forming a vocal group, which Pearlman promised to finance if Kirkpatrick could find other singers to join him.[13] Kirkpatrick took the opportunity and spent over a year trying to find other people to join him, eventually findingJustin Timberlake (who had been on the TV showThe All New Mickey Mouse Club along withJC Chasez) through a talent agent and contacting him in regards to the group.
After the end ofThe All New Mickey Mouse Club,JC Chasez attempted to pursue a solo music career inLos Angeles, but decided to return home toMaryland after he was left feeling cheated.[14] On his drive back, he stopped at Timberlake's house inMemphis, Tennessee, where the two wrote demos together.[14] Chasez and Timberlake eventually relocated toNashville while continuously writing songs and demo tracks with Robin Wiley, a songwriter and vocal coach onThe All New Mickey Mouse Club.[14] After Timberlake received a phone call from Kirkpatrick, he decided to join the group, recommending Chasez in the process, who was back home in Maryland saving up to return to Nashville.[14] The trio decided to venture inOrlando, Florida to search for abaritone, where they encounteredJoey Fatone, who knew Kirkpatrick from their time working together atUniversal Studios Florida and also knew Timberlake and Chasez from being in the same friend groups when they were onThe All New Mickey Mouse Club. The group finally recruited Jason Galasso as theirbass singer after several auditions.[14] NSYNC created their name after Timberlake's mother commented on how "in sync" the group's singing voices were.[15][16] The group's name is also a play on the last letter of each of the initial members' names: JustiN, ChriS, JoeY, JasoN, and JC.[16]
After several weeks of rehearsals, the group set up a showcase and began planning to officially sign with Pearlman's Trans Continental Label. However, at the last minute, Galasso dropped out. He was not fond of the group's musical direction, claiming that being ateen idol was never a goal of his.[17] Galasso became a mortgage broker in the Orlando area later in his life. In need of a bass, the group auditioned several people without success. Timberlake eventually called his vocal coach, who suggested a 16-year-old fromMississippi namedLance Bass. Bass flew to Orlando to audition and was immediately accepted into the group.[18] He was nicknamed "Lansten" so they could keep the name 'NSYNC.[18] From there, Pearlman set the five boys up in a house in Orlando, Florida, where they rehearsed constantly, learning dance routines and vocal parts, and worked on promotion for their first public performance atPleasure Island on October 22, 1995. Pearlman hiredJohnny Wright to manage the group, despite also managing theBackstreet Boys. NSYNC sent him a four-song demo-tape including "I'll Be Back for More" and "We Can Work It Out", which impressed him. The group performed for him and a group ofBMG executives. Although the record company had some concerns with the band's name and Lance Bass's dancing abilities (which eventually improved), they agreed to sign the group toBMG Ariola Munich with Wright as their manager.[17]
After being signed to BMG Ariola Munich, the group was sent to Sweden to begin working on their self-titled debut album with the help of producersDenniz Pop,Max Martin andAndreas Carlsson. The album's officiallead single, "I Want You Back", was released in Germany on October 7, 1996, and entered the top 10 in Germany on November 18, 1996.[19] With a record deal finally secured, the boys began touring first in German-speaking countries and later in other European and Asian territories.[14] Their first albumNSYNC was initially released by BMG Ariola Munich on May 26, 1997, in Germany, and peaked at number 1 in the second week after its release.[20] The group became an overnight success throughout much of Europe.[21] The album also charted successfully in both Switzerland and Austria eventually selling 820,000 units in Germany, Switzerland and Austria (GSA), and Eastern Europe.[22][23] The group released its second and third singles, "Tearin' Up My Heart" and "Here We Go", both of which managed to reach the top 10 in numerous countries in Europe.[24][25] Next, they released two Germany-only singles, "For the Girl Who Has Everything" and "Together Again".[26][27]
NSYNC captured the attention ofVincent DeGiorgio, an A&R rep forRCA Records. After seeing the group perform in Budapest, he eventually signed them to RCA in 1998. The American label had the group record some new tracks to adjust their album for the US market. The group released its debut American single, "I Want You Back" on December 29, 1997. It reached number 13 on theBillboard Hot 100.[28] An album called'N Sync followed on March 24, 1998. Album sales were sluggish, debuting at number 82 on theBillboard 200, but were helped when theDisney Channel aired aconcert special on July 18, 1998.[3] The concert was first offered to theBackstreet Boys, but they had to back out due to memberBrian Littrell needing heart surgery, later doing their own special in 1999.[29] Five weeks before the concert, the album sat at number 82 on the albums chart;[30] three weeks after the concert, the album reached number nine.[31] The group's profile continued to rise with the subsequent single release "Tearin' Up My Heart", which became a hit on pop radio and one of the "100 Greatest Songs of the 90s" according toVH1.[32] Regular touring, including an opening spot onJanet Jackson'sThe Velvet Rope Tour, and television spots on shows likeSabrina the Teenage Witch also bolstered sales for the album, which was eventually certified diamond for shipments in excess of 10 million units.[33]
On November 10, 1998, the group released a holiday album,Home for Christmas. The album peaked at number 7 and sold 2 million copies.[33] With this, NSYNC achieved the rare feat of having two albums in the Billboard Top 10 at the same time. A week later on November 16, 1998, NSYNC releasedThe Winter Album in Germany. One of the songs on the album "U Drive Me Crazy" was a major hit in Spain peaking at number 4. The group scored its first top 10 on the Hot 100 with their third single, "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You", which peaked at number 8 in February 1999. Country groupAlabama later re-recorded the song and released it as a single that featured vocals from NSYNC. The fourth and final single from the album, "I Drive Myself Crazy", was a modest chart hit, but a mainstay onTotal Request Live.[34] NSYNC also recorded their version of the song "Trashin' The Camp" withPhil Collins. The song appears on the soundtrack to the Disney movieTarzan. They also did "Somewhere, Someday" which appears on the soundtrack toPokémon: The First Movie. In September 1999, the group collaborated withGloria Estefan on a song for the soundtrack for her movieMusic of the Heart. The track "Music of My Heart" reached number 2 on the Hot 100 and served as a stopgap between album releases.
In 1999, NSYNC entered a publicized legal battle with Lou Pearlman, due to what the group believed were illicit business practices on his part.[35] NSYNC sued Pearlman and his record company, Trans Continental, fordefrauding the group of more than fifty percent of their earnings, rather than his promise of only receiving one-sixth of the profits, similar to his promise of one-sixth of the profits with the Backstreet Boys.[35] The group threatened to leave and sign withJive Records, which prompted Pearlman and RCA to countersue NSYNC for US$150 million.[36] Trans Continental, along with RCA's parent BMG Entertainment, went to federal court and filed said $150 million suit in an effort to stop NSYNC's move to Jive, to prevent the band from performing or recording under the name NSYNC, and to force NSYNC to return masters recorded that year in preparation of their second album (originally scheduled for release that fall by RCA, the album was then moved to early 2000).[37] The suit also claims Jive executives induced the group into breaking its Trans Continental contract.[38] Pearlman's request for a preliminary injunction against the band was denied.[35] In December 1999, NSYNC and Pearlman reached an undisclosed settlement out of court,[39] freeing the group to release future albums on Jive Records.[40][41]
Also in 1999, NSYNC starred in a short-formspoof video of the 1998 science fiction disaster filmArmageddon for the 1999MTV Movie & TV Awards; it was titledArmagedd'NSync. It featured an earthbound asterisk-shaped asteroid (a play off the asterisk they usually had in their name at the time) and featuredClint Howard,Lisa Kudrow, and all five members of NSYNC.[42]
With their legal woes behind them, NSYNC refocused and worked on tracks for its second album. In January 2000, the group released "Bye Bye Bye", an upbeat dance track, which shot into the top 5 of the Hot 100 and spent 5 weeks atop theHot 100 Airplay chart. The song is often considered the group'ssignature song.
The accompanying album,No Strings Attached, was released on March 21, 2000. It sold a record 2.42 million in its first week of release.[5][6] By the end of 2000, it had sold over 9.9 million copies.[43]No Strings Attached was the best-selling album of 2000,[44] and the second-best selling album of the decade in the US behindthe Beatles'1.[45] As of August 2012,No Strings Attached was the eighth best selling album of theSoundScan era, and received aDiamond certification from RIAA for sales of over 11,099,000.[46] The album was all-time bestselling pre-ordered album on Amazon.com.[47]The second single, "It's Gonna Be Me", became the group's first number one single in the U.S. and remained at the top position on theBillboard Hot 100 from July 29 to August 11, 2000.[48] The third and final single, "This I Promise You" reached the top five on theBillboard Hot 100 chart. They performed the Spanish version of the song, "Yo Te Voy a Amar", at theLatin Grammys in 2001. The group also embarked on theirNo Strings Attached Tour that year. The adventures of preparing for the tour were featured on an MTV special "Making the Tour", which was later released on DVD. The tour was then featured on a HBO special, which aired the same week the group's song "It's Gonna Be Me" hit number one on the charts. The group then went on the second leg of the tour in the fall and performed one last show in 2001 for the "Rock in Rio" concert. The group also releasedLive From Madison Square Garden, a home video release of its HBO Special. NSYNC andAerosmith co-headlined theSuper Bowl XXXV halftime show, titled "The Kings of Rock and Pop", with appearances from Britney Spears,Mary J. Blige andNelly.[49] NSYNC was among the artists that performed at the2002 Winter Olympics ceremonies.[50]
No Strings firmly established *NSYNC as the Godzillas of thePop2K era... The limelight would shine brightly until the following year, when the group released their final album,Celebrity, another smash. That one proved to be the group's swan song, setting the stage for Timberlake's equally massive solo career—and signaling the last, platinum gasp of a time when buying music meant spending your actual paper allowance rather than clicking a link on your iPhone.
The group's fourth album,Celebrity, released on July 24, 2001, produced three singles: "Pop" (number 19 in the US), "Gone" (number 11) and "Girlfriend" (number 5). The album featured much more creative involvement from the group, who wrote and produced several of their own tracks.[52][53]
Celebrity sold 1,879,955 copies in its first week,[54] making it the second-fastest-selling album inSoundScan history at the time, only behind the group's previous albumNo Strings Attached.[55] Its debut was recognized by theBillboard Music Awards with a special award for "biggest one-week sales for an album in 2001."[56] To promote theCelebrity album, the group embarked on a four-month stadium tour entitled thePopOdyssey Tour. The tour earned over $90 million, becoming one of the biggest tours of 2001.[57] In 2002, the band promoted their album further by embarking on theCelebrity Tour, which earned nearly $30 million.[58]
Following the tour, the group went on a indefinite hiatus to allow for time off and at the suggestion of Timberlake, who was interested in recording a solo album[59][60] and, according to several sources, had already begun working on the project.[61][62][63] While the hiatus was initially meant to be temporary,[64] the group never toured together again.[65] "It started as a fun snowball fight that was becoming an avalanche. And, also, I was growing out of it. I felt like I cared more about the music than some of the other people in the group. And I felt like I had other music I wanted to make and that I needed to follow my heart," Timberlake later said of his decision to leave the band.[66]
Joey Fatone and Lance Bass have offered a different perspective on NSYNC's split, indicating that a lack of transparency left them unprepared for the prospect of a breakup.[67][68] In a 2019 interview onThe Jenny McCarthy Show, Fatone said the group believed they would be reuniting because they were young and "didn't know better at first."[67] He then went on to say that the momentum of theJustified album and tour was the reason for prolonging a group reunion that would result in new music.[67] Recalling a conversation he'd had with his bandmates, Fatone elaborated: "I said, 'Listen, I'm all good with everybody doing their own shit. I'm totally fine with it,just let us know next time.' Meaning: I could've done a lot more shit than sit around waiting for your dumb ass while you're going out on tour. I could've, honestly. 'Cause the minute we parted our ways in the sense of a group I was like 'Shit, I went and did Broadway - I didRent onBroadway, I didLittle Shop of Horrors.' I started doing things at first, I was waiting 'cause I know that when you do an album and you're doing stuff with a group it takes a long—it's a long, i-it's a process. So it was interesting. I was just like 'Dude, just let me know next time,' I said. 'Cause next time I ain't waiting fornobody."[67]
Lance Bass has also discussed waiting for the band to reunite, first in his memoir when he mentioned passing up various professional opportunities[69] and more recently as a guest on Michael Rosenbaum'sInside of You podcast. When asked how he felt about the fallout of NSYNC's breakup, Bass explained, "Me and the guys were never...on bad terms at all, you know, it's just life goes on and y-you know you have more interests; you have to focus on your career and it's great. Uh, the thing I was most disappointed in was not just Justin leaving the band, um... it's that our whole team - our record label, our management, everything like that - theyall knew. They allknew it was over for three years before they toldme. And so for three years I'm sitting there getting ready for a new album as everyone else knows we're moving on. And so, I didn't get - I turned down, you know, there was a sitcom I was doin'. Had to turn it down. Uh, I mean, all kinds of stuff that I really wanted to do and focus on but I knew I couldn't because, you know, my first commitment is *NSYNC. Like, this is mylife."[68]
The group still attended award shows and events together, and regrouped at the45th Annual Grammy Awards to sing a televisedBee Gees medley in tribute to that band.[70] They were slated to begin work on a new album in the fall of 2003,[71][72][73] but it never materialized.[65] They performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the 2004 NSYNC Challenge for the Children.[74] According to Bass' 2007 memoirOut of Sync, written after Bass won the Human Rights Campaign Award for his work in the gay community after his coming out, a meeting was held in the summer of 2004 to discuss the band's future where Timberlake announced his decision to leave the band.[60][75]
In 2005, NSYNC regrouped for the last Challenge for the Children but did not perform.[76] In the fall of 2005, NSYNC released agreatest hits album. It included one song, "I'll Never Stop", that had previously not been released in the US. In 2007, while promotingOut of Sync, Bass confirmed the group's breakup to the press.[77]
In January 2010, the band released another album,The Collection, consisting of singles released only in the UK. On August 25, 2013, the members of NSYNC regrouped for a one-off performance at the2013 MTV Video Music Awards. They performed a medley of "Girlfriend" and "Bye Bye Bye" during Timberlake's 15-minute set leading up to his acceptance of theMichael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. Their introduction included vocal elements of "Gone" in the background.[78] After the performance, Bass said that the group did not have any plans at the moment for a reunion tour or new music.[79]
On July 29, 2014, a compilation of NSYNC's hits and unreleased songs titledThe Essential *NSYNC, was released. Bass said of the album on his radio show,Dirty Pop: "There's a lot of these songs I don't think I've ever heard, I remember recording them but I've never heard them before, so I'm interested in just hearing them." Chasez tweeted about the album's release, stating: "I had the strangest dream last night that some old friends and I had a top 10 record on iTunes. Crazy right..." Kirkpatrick said of the album; "It's great to release some of the songs that had never made a record before. I'm glad our long time fans get some new music." Fatone also said; "Pretty interesting this album comes out, which I really had no idea, and it's in the top ofAmazon andiTunes... we owe it to our fans. Thank you."[80] Fatone and Kirkpatrick starred inDead 7, a western zombie film written by Backstreet Boys memberNick Carter. The film premiered on April 1, 2016, on theSyfy channel.
On April 30, 2018, NSYNC reunited to receive a star on theHollywood Walk of Fame.[81] To celebrate the occasion, all five members appeared onThe Ellen DeGeneres Show.[82] On April 14, 2019, Chasez, Fatone, Bass, and Kirkpatrick reunited, for a performance withAriana Grande during her headlining performance atCoachella.[83] They performed "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored", "It Makes Me Ill" and "Tearin' Up My Heart". Timberlake was unable to make the reunion due to finishing up hisThe Man of the Woods Tour the night before. On April 19, 2021, Bass, Fatone, and Kirkpatrick reunited for a Progressive Insurance commercial known as "The 3/5ths of NSYNC".[84]
On September 12, 2023, following weeks of teasers and speculation[85] regarding a potential reunion, all five members appeared together at the2023 MTV Video Music Awards to present the Best Pop Award.[86] On September 14, it was confirmed the group recorded a new song titled "Better Place" for theDreamWorks Animation filmTrolls Band Together.[87] The song was released on September 29, 2023, reaching No. 1 on the US and Canadian iTunes Charts, No. 4 on the Global and European iTunes Charts and No. 25 on theBillboard Hot 100. To further promote the single, the band appeared together on a 2023 episode of theYouTube talk showHot Ones.
In the wake of the release of "Better Place", Joey Fatone said that, depending on the success of new music from the band and the continued involvement of Timberlake, they could record a new album together within the next two years.[88] On March 13, 2024, NSYNC performed together for the first time since the2013 MTV Video Music Awards at Timberlake's One Night Only (ONO) concert atThe Wiltern in Los Angeles. They performed "Girlfriend", "Bye Bye Bye", and "It's Gonna Be Me" and debuted their new song, "Paradise", which was released two days later as a track on Timberlake's sixth studio album,Everything I Thought It Was.[89]
In 2024, "Bye Bye Bye" resurged in popularity after it was featured in the 2024Marvel Cinematic Universe filmDeadpool & Wolverine.[90][91]
Their debut studio album'N Sync (1997) featuredfour-on-the-floorEuropop beats with midtempo singles "I Want You Back" and "Tearin' Up My Heart", that recalled a production similar toAce of Base.[92][93]No Strings Attached (2000) was noted as "an incremental step away" fromteen pop's "softer side", as it featured ballads written by80s adult contemporary singerRichard Marx and prolific songwriterDiane Warren. Primarily a pop album, it comprised a blend ofnew jack swing revivalism, uptempoR&B and hip-hop influences. Lyrically, the lead single "Bye Bye Bye"'s kiss-off message and self-assurance saw the group departing from the "lovesick" formula of their debut.[92][93]Celebrity (2001) was mainly a pop/R&B record withelectronica elements.[94]
The members licensed their likenesses on a great variety of merchandise, including board games, microphones, lip balm, marionettes, books, key chains, bedding, clothing, video games,[95][96] and various other articles. The group was immortalized in wax inMadame Tussauds New York wax museum in 2002; all five members of NSYNC were present the day of the unveiling. The group also had a deal alongsideMcDonald's, which included commercials featuring the group and Britney Spears, along with a CD and a video that featured behind-the-scenes footage from the making of NSYNC's music video.[97] The vocal group also had a deal withChili's Grill & Bar in which the members appeared in commercials for the restaurant, while Chili's helped sponsor the group's tour.[98] A video game was released based on the band byInfogrames for theGame Boy Color titled*NSYNC: Get to the Show in 2001.[99] In April 2018, a free,limited-run shop called "Dirty Pop-Up" centered in NSYNC opened on Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles.[100]
Entertainment Weekly ranked NSYNC as the best boy band of the 1990s and 2000s; editor Madelne Boardman stated, "the group has a spot in pop history more than a decade late."[101]The Washington Post stated it was one of the two boy bands "that dominated the late '90s and early '00s."[102] According toBillboard,No Strings Attached was the top album of the 2000s (decade),[103] withThe Independent listing it among the albums "that marked the decade."[104]Billboard also ranked the group at number four on their list of the biggest boy bands (from the period 1987–2012) according to chart performance, with the staff writing, "despite having one of the most short-lived boy band careers, 'N Sync was arguably the most famous."[105]
In a retrospective article forNo Strings Attached's 20th anniversary,NPR's writer Maria Sherman said the album marked "the sound of a new millennium" and an "industry peak" commercially, while describing the group as "one of the last artists to benefit so greatly from the industry bubble before its spectacular burst," referring to the followingpost-9/11 era.[92] Sherman also noted their sophomore album to be relevant to thepop market of 2020: "a union ofSwedish pop songcraft with R&B and hip-hop's flow and bounce; an eagerness to explore mature themes and styles; an understanding that dance and visual presentation can turn stars into icons."[92]Billboard stated that their sophomore album's production and writing "represented a sonic shift for all of pop music at theturn of the millennium," while noting, "beforeNo Strings Attached, none of the major teen pop albums of the era had featured guest rappers or name producers from theR&B world, and virtually every one that came after did."[93] Writer Al Shipley commented that although NSYNC was not the first act to build an album "around the theme of taking control of their career",[93] the group took this theme a step further with theNo Strings Attached cover art and the "Bye Bye Bye" music video.[93] Shipley further stated the album's pop, hip hop, and R&B elements helped NSYNC "climb to the top of the boy band heap."[93]
AStereogum article noted the group "were deeply ingrained within theTRL universe", theMTV fan-voted video countdown where they had the most number-one videos for a group and second-most overall, which became "ground zero" for "America's adolescent culture war."[106] The website's editor commented, "to be a teenager at the turn of the millennium was to be inundated with boy bands and pop princesses, and *NSYNC were among the most dominant of them all."[106] As NSYNC propelled the solo stardom of Timberlake,Consequence noted, "[his] solo success is the exception, not the rule", as other contemporary boy bands "failed to produce a solo star."[107] Several acts have cited the group as an influence, includingKelsea Ballerini,[108]Selena Gomez,[109]Meghan Trainor,[110] andWhy Don't We.[111]Hayley Williams stated she learnedharmonies through listening to the group in her teenage years.[112]Taylor Swift called the band "pop personified" upon accepting the Best Pop Award from the group at the2023 MTV Video Music Awards.[113]
Note: "Tearin' Up My Heart" was performed in those shows.
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NSYNC has been nominated for nineGrammy Awards. Among their awards, the group has won threeAmerican Music Awards,[114] fiveBillboard Music Awards,[56] sevenMTV Video Music Awards,[115][116] and they held theGuinness World Record for the "Fastest-selling pop album in US History" from 2000 to 2015.[117] NSYNC has the record second fastest-selling album in the USA[118][119]and the fifth-fastest-selling album worldwide. NSYNC is nominated for aGrammy Award at the2025 Grammy Awards inBest Song Written for Visual Media for the song "Better Place". The song is from the filmTrolls Band Together.[120]
While we were doing the Billboard Music Awards, he was singing 'More Than a Woman' and 'Pissed Off' during the soundcheck. He's going, 'Your CD's in my car right now, you have to work on my solo project.' I saw him in the studio today.
...I was told that he is hard at work on a solo album, which may be more than halfway completed.
Ya know, Justin f-finishes the record, and I received an advanced copy of it, and he calls me on his birthday and says 'Did you listen to the record?'
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