Justin Timberlake ‘retired’ by fans, amid poor album, concert sales, Britney Spears’ allegations

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crying a river.Justin Timberlake may have taken too much of a hiatus in between albums and was involved in too much negative press surrounding the release of Britney Spears’ memoir — causing fans to lose interest in the once-megastar. “A six-year break from your mid-thirties to your early forties is a really long time [for an artist],” music journalist Touré of TheGrio told Paula Froelich of NewsNation. “Most of [Timberlake’s] fans have aged out of caring about him.

It’s like the old saying goes, ‘You don’t retire – the audience retires you.’”The pop star released his sixth album “Everything I Thought It Was” on March 15, his first since 2018’s “Man in the Woods.” While it debuted at No.

19 on the Billboard Hot 100, but a month later, it had fallen off Billboard Hot 200 altogether.The singer’s “The Forget Tomorrow” tour, his first in five years, is also experiencing lackluster sales.

Instead of selling out arenas, tickets are available in all sections in almost every city and the highest priced ones are going for only $900.