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.
The 2004 Super Bowl halftime show has become infamous for the moment that Justin Timberlake ripped off a piece of Janet Jackson’s costume to expose her bare breast for a fraction of a second, an incident that coined the term “wardrobe malfunction” and set back Jackson’s career for years.
A new New York Times-FX/Hulu docuseries takes a look back at that moment and the cultural ramifications it created, examining the damage the stunt did to Jackson while Timberlake emerged unscathed. “’Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson’ features rare footage and interviews with several people who were at the controls that night in Houston — including NFL and MTV executives — to reconstruct an incident that shook the country and explain how it
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