Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981), occasionally known by his initials JT, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, dancer, and record producer.
Raised in Tennessee, he appeared on the television shows Star Search and The All-New Mickey Mouse Club as a child. In the late 1990s, Timberlake rose to prominence as one of the two lead vocalists and youngest member of NSYNC, which eventually became one of the best-selling boy bands of all time.
Timberlake began to adopt a more mature image as an artist with the release of his debut solo album, the R&B-focused Justified (2002), which yielded the successful singles "Cry Me a River" and "Rock Your Body", and earned his first two Grammy Awards.
Britney Spears' heartbreaking reaction to Justin Timberlake's 'desperate' Cry Me A River
mirror.co.ukFormer Mouseketeers Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake were couple of the early Noughties before their tumultuous split in 2002.
NSYNC star Justin - who at the time had just gone solo - retaliated with his breakout track, Cry Me A River, featuring a Britney lookalike and implying that she'd betrayed him.
In an emotional US TV interview, a then 21-year-old Britney was asked about his claims, insisting: "I think everyone has a side of their story, to make them feel a certain way. "I'm not technically saying he's wrong.
But I'm not technically saying he's right either." Asked what it was that she'd supposedly done by ABC's Diane Sawyer, the fragile singer kept her answer vague, explaining: "I was upset, I was upset for a little while.
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