Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake
As both a member of *NSYNC and a solo artist, Southern superstar
Justin Timberlake has played a major role in the teen pop explosion of
the '90s and 2000s. Like similar teen pop favorites -- who have included
the Backstreet Boys, C-Note, Christina Aguilera, Hanson, the Spice
Girls, and Britney Spears -- Timberlake usually doesn't get much
respect from rock critics (who, in many cases, tend to be very
alternative-minded and anti-commercialistic). Regardless, he is adored
by millions of fans, many of whom have been adolescent girls. Over the
years, the teen market has had a lot of different sounds. In the '70s, for
example, artists like Donny Osmond, the Partridge Family, David
Cassidy, and the DeFranco Family were aimed at teens -- those were
the bubblegum popsters one typically read about in Tiger Beat magazine
back then. But Timberlake is part of the more modern school of teen
pop, which is mindful of dance-pop, urban contemporary, and hip-hop
and got started with the rise of New Kids on the Block, Debbie Gibson,
and Tiffany in the late '80s. New Kids, in fact, were the male group that
paved the way for *NSYNC as well as the Backstreet Boys and Take That
(who were meant to be a British equivalent of New Kids). And just as
Tiger Beat (the bible of bubblegum) was obsessed with the New Kids in
the late '80s, it would become equally obsessed with *NSYNC and the
Backstreet Boys in the '90s.
Like Spears (who Timberlake became romantically involved with),
Aguilera, and *NSYNC's JC Chasez, Timberlake got his start on the
Disney Channel's '90s version of The Mickey Mouse Club. Timberlake
and Chasez were on The Mickey Mouse Club simultaneously in their
pre-*NSYNC days, and they kept working together when *NSYNC was
formed. *NSYNC got started in Orlando, FL, in 1996, when Timberlake
and Chasez teamed up with Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick, and Joey
Fatone. Released by RCA/BMG in 1998, the vocal quintet's self-titled
debut album sold millions of copies in both the United States and
Europe and contained the smash hits "I Want You Back" and "Tearing
Up My Heart." *NSYNC's second album, No Strings Attached, was
released on Jive in 2000 and was even more commercially successful;
No Strings Attached went double platinum in only one week, and the
singles "Bye Bye Bye" and "This I Promise You" became major hits.
Jive released Celebrity, *NSYNC's third album, in 2001, and after that,
Timberlake started recording as a solo artist. The singer had performed
live as a solo artist before *NSYNC, but it wasn't until the early 2000s
that he actually recorded an album as a solo act. Justified, Timberlake's
first solo album, was released on Jive in November 2002. "Like I Love
You," the album's first single, became a major hit and was followed by a
second single, "Cry Me a River" (not to be confused with the melancholy
Arthur Hamilton standard that was a hit for the late jazz singer/actress
Julie London in 1955). Now a bona fide star -- the album had reached
number two on the Billboard 200 -- and heartthrob to millions of girls,
Timberlake continued his success by appearing on the Black Eyed Peas
smash hit "Where Is the Love?" and in the halftime show at Super Bowl
XXXVIII, where he pulled off part of co-performer Janet Jackson's top in
the now infamous "wardrobe malfunction" incident. That event, however,
didn't stop him from winning two Grammys that year, and though he
stayed out of the studio for a few years in order to concentrate on acting
opportunities, Timberlake returned to the music world in 2006 with his
Prince-inspired FutureSex/LoveSounds, which featured production work
from Timbaland and Rick Rubin, and was followed by a brief club tour.
Justin Timberlake has played a major role in the teen pop explosion of
the '90s and 2000s. Like similar teen pop favorites -- who have included
the Backstreet Boys, C-Note, Christina Aguilera, Hanson, the Spice
Girls, and Britney Spears -- Timberlake usually doesn't get much
respect from rock critics (who, in many cases, tend to be very
alternative-minded and anti-commercialistic). Regardless, he is adored
by millions of fans, many of whom have been adolescent girls. Over the
years, the teen market has had a lot of different sounds. In the '70s, for
example, artists like Donny Osmond, the Partridge Family, David
Cassidy, and the DeFranco Family were aimed at teens -- those were
the bubblegum popsters one typically read about in Tiger Beat magazine
back then. But Timberlake is part of the more modern school of teen
pop, which is mindful of dance-pop, urban contemporary, and hip-hop
and got started with the rise of New Kids on the Block, Debbie Gibson,
and Tiffany in the late '80s. New Kids, in fact, were the male group that
paved the way for *NSYNC as well as the Backstreet Boys and Take That
(who were meant to be a British equivalent of New Kids). And just as
Tiger Beat (the bible of bubblegum) was obsessed with the New Kids in
the late '80s, it would become equally obsessed with *NSYNC and the
Backstreet Boys in the '90s.
Like Spears (who Timberlake became romantically involved with),
Aguilera, and *NSYNC's JC Chasez, Timberlake got his start on the
Disney Channel's '90s version of The Mickey Mouse Club. Timberlake
and Chasez were on The Mickey Mouse Club simultaneously in their
pre-*NSYNC days, and they kept working together when *NSYNC was
formed. *NSYNC got started in Orlando, FL, in 1996, when Timberlake
and Chasez teamed up with Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick, and Joey
Fatone. Released by RCA/BMG in 1998, the vocal quintet's self-titled
debut album sold millions of copies in both the United States and
Europe and contained the smash hits "I Want You Back" and "Tearing
Up My Heart." *NSYNC's second album, No Strings Attached, was
released on Jive in 2000 and was even more commercially successful;
No Strings Attached went double platinum in only one week, and the
singles "Bye Bye Bye" and "This I Promise You" became major hits.
Jive released Celebrity, *NSYNC's third album, in 2001, and after that,
Timberlake started recording as a solo artist. The singer had performed
live as a solo artist before *NSYNC, but it wasn't until the early 2000s
that he actually recorded an album as a solo act. Justified, Timberlake's
first solo album, was released on Jive in November 2002. "Like I Love
You," the album's first single, became a major hit and was followed by a
second single, "Cry Me a River" (not to be confused with the melancholy
Arthur Hamilton standard that was a hit for the late jazz singer/actress
Julie London in 1955). Now a bona fide star -- the album had reached
number two on the Billboard 200 -- and heartthrob to millions of girls,
Timberlake continued his success by appearing on the Black Eyed Peas
smash hit "Where Is the Love?" and in the halftime show at Super Bowl
XXXVIII, where he pulled off part of co-performer Janet Jackson's top in
the now infamous "wardrobe malfunction" incident. That event, however,
didn't stop him from winning two Grammys that year, and though he
stayed out of the studio for a few years in order to concentrate on acting
opportunities, Timberlake returned to the music world in 2006 with his
Prince-inspired FutureSex/LoveSounds, which featured production work
from Timbaland and Rick Rubin, and was followed by a brief club tour.
Datum narození: 31.ledna 1981 (sobota)
Znamení: vodnář
výška: 183 cm
váha: 78 kg
Justin se narodil a vyrůstal v Memphis v Tennessee. Od malička se mu
zalíbilo zpívání a tancování. Svou první soutěž "Dance Like New Kids On The
Block", vyhrál jako malé dítě. Poprvé se v televizi objevil v jedenácti letech v
show pro mladé talenty "Star Search", kde zpíval country music.
Obrovský zlom ve své kariéře přišel v roce 1992, když mu byla nabídnuta
šance pravidelně vystupovat v Disneyově "Mickey Mouse Club". Po dvou
letech vystupováni dokázal jako umělec velmi dobře zapůsobit. V pořadu se
potkal s budoucím spolupracovníkem z *NSync Joshua Scottem Chasezem
a popovými princeznami Christinou Aguilerou a Britney Spears.
Po ukončení vystupování v Mickey Mouse Clubu se po naléhání Chrise
Kirkpatricka připojil k nové chlapecké skupině. Společně tedy s
Kirkpatrickem, Chasezem, Joey Fatonem a Lance Bassem vytvořili skupinu
*NSync. Po značných úspěších v zahraničí se koncem devadesátých let
podařilo *NSync prorazit i v amerických hitparádách s veleúspěšným albem
„Strings Attached and Celebrity“.
V přímém souboji s Backstreet Boys byl *NSync mnohem více dynamickou
skupinou mladých zpěváků. Což skupině pomohlo dosáhnout neobyčejných
úspěchů v prodeji nosičů a mnoha ocenění. Přestože byl Justin nejmladším
členem skupiny stal se nejvýraznější a brzy vůdčí osobností, která měla
obzvláštní nadání na zpěv a tanec.
K obrovskému růstu jeho popularity mu velmi pomohl románek s mladou
popovou královnou Britney Spears. V jednu dobu se pár objevoval ve všech
světových médií a byl nazýván královským párem popu. Ačkoliv jejich vztah
dlouho nevydržel, popularita obou se díky jejich vztahu drží dodnes.
V současné době se Justin rozhodl pro sólovou kariéru, je připraven získat
nové fanoušky s jeho prvním sólovým albem „Justified“. Justin má také
vlastní organizaci "Justin Timberlake Foundation" pro podporu výuky hudby
na školách.
Znamení: vodnář
výška: 183 cm
váha: 78 kg
Justin se narodil a vyrůstal v Memphis v Tennessee. Od malička se mu
zalíbilo zpívání a tancování. Svou první soutěž "Dance Like New Kids On The
Block", vyhrál jako malé dítě. Poprvé se v televizi objevil v jedenácti letech v
show pro mladé talenty "Star Search", kde zpíval country music.
Obrovský zlom ve své kariéře přišel v roce 1992, když mu byla nabídnuta
šance pravidelně vystupovat v Disneyově "Mickey Mouse Club". Po dvou
letech vystupováni dokázal jako umělec velmi dobře zapůsobit. V pořadu se
potkal s budoucím spolupracovníkem z *NSync Joshua Scottem Chasezem
a popovými princeznami Christinou Aguilerou a Britney Spears.
Po ukončení vystupování v Mickey Mouse Clubu se po naléhání Chrise
Kirkpatricka připojil k nové chlapecké skupině. Společně tedy s
Kirkpatrickem, Chasezem, Joey Fatonem a Lance Bassem vytvořili skupinu
*NSync. Po značných úspěších v zahraničí se koncem devadesátých let
podařilo *NSync prorazit i v amerických hitparádách s veleúspěšným albem
„Strings Attached and Celebrity“.
V přímém souboji s Backstreet Boys byl *NSync mnohem více dynamickou
skupinou mladých zpěváků. Což skupině pomohlo dosáhnout neobyčejných
úspěchů v prodeji nosičů a mnoha ocenění. Přestože byl Justin nejmladším
členem skupiny stal se nejvýraznější a brzy vůdčí osobností, která měla
obzvláštní nadání na zpěv a tanec.
K obrovskému růstu jeho popularity mu velmi pomohl románek s mladou
popovou královnou Britney Spears. V jednu dobu se pár objevoval ve všech
světových médií a byl nazýván královským párem popu. Ačkoliv jejich vztah
dlouho nevydržel, popularita obou se díky jejich vztahu drží dodnes.
V současné době se Justin rozhodl pro sólovou kariéru, je připraven získat
nové fanoušky s jeho prvním sólovým albem „Justified“. Justin má také
vlastní organizaci "Justin Timberlake Foundation" pro podporu výuky hudby
na školách.
