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.
Justin Timberlake Realizes NSYNC Helped Inspire 'D--k in a Box'
justjared.comJustin Timberlake is revealing how NSYNC helped inspire “D–k in a Box!” The 39-year-old “Don’t Slack” singer opened up about the famous Saturday Night Live skit during his appearance on the season 11 finale of Hot Ones. Justin talked about being in the writers’ room as he and Andy Samberg created their characters’ costumes. “We were, like, ‘What if we came up with, like, a duo of guys who are still stuck in a time and a certain style with, like, the silk suits and the herringbone chains and the well and meticulously sculpted facial hair—am I describing NSYNC?” Justin said. “This is weird,” he added. “I just realized that we took so much from those groups.
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