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 used split from Britney Spears to launch his own solo career
msn.comBritney Spears and Justin Timberlake were the golden couple of the early noughties. They met on the TV show The Mickey Mouse Club as children, and as their pop careers kicked off, so too did their blossoming romance — and the frenzy around it.
But it all came crashing down in 2002, and Justin wasn't very subtle at blaming the end of their romance on Britney. In fact, with the release of Cry Me A River, assumed to be based on Britney and her alleged cheating, their doomed love story helped Justin become the megastar he is today.
His success in music and film is a stark contrast to the worrying turn Britney's life took, with her very public breakdown 12 years ago and the restrictive conservatorship she's lived under ever since.
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