NSYNC

NSYNC
From top to bottom, left to right: Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone, and Lance Bass
From top to bottom, left to right: Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone, and Lance Bass
Background information
OriginOrlando, Florida, U.S.
Genres
Years active
  • 1995–2002
  • 2023–2024
Labels
Past member(s)
Websitensync.com

NSYNC (sometimes called *NSYNC or 'N Sync) was an American boy band and pop music group formed in 1995 by Chris Kirkpatrick in Orlando, Florida, and launched in Germany by BMG Ariola Munich.

'N Sync consisted of Chris Kirkpatrick, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, Justin Timberlake, and Lance Bass.

'N Sync's eponymously titled debut album, 'N Sync, was first released in European countries in 1997; successful in the European market, the album later entered the American market with the single "I Want You Back".

In 1999, the group collaborated with Gloria Estefan on a song for the soundtrack for her movie Music of the Heart. The track, also entitled "Music of My Heart", reached number 2 on the Hot 100 chart.

'N Sync's third studio album, released in 2000, entitled No Strings Attached, sold over a million copies in one day and 2.42 million copies in one week; this set a record that was not broken for over fifteen years.

Quite a lot of 'N Sync songs reached the Billboard Hot 100, including Bye Bye Bye, Tearin' Up My Heart, and It's Gonna Be Me (which became 'N SYNC's only #1 song on the chart).

The group went on an indefinite hiatus in 2002. They briefly reunited for the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, where they presented the Best Pop Award as a group, but aside from this they did no musical work together as a band, and released no new singles for over two decades.

Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez released solo albums. Justin Timberlake went on to become the most successful of the group, post-dissolution, as one of the world's best-selling music artists, with more than 56 million records sold throughout his solo career.

'N Sync recorded "Better Place", their first new song in 23 years, for the DreamWorks Animation film Trolls Band Together. While working on "Better Place", the band also recorded a track titled "Paradise" for Timberlake's sixth solo album, Everything I Thought It Was.

In November 2024, JC Chasez stated during a podcast appearance that there are no plans for NSYNC going into the future.

Former band members

NSYNC's wordmark logo

Albums

Tours

Legacy

Entertainment Weekly ranked NSYNC as the best boy band of the period late 90s and 2000s; editor Madelne Boardman stated, "the group has a spot in pop history more than a decade late." The Washington Post stated it was one of the two boy bands "that dominated the late '90s and early '00s." According to Billboard, No Strings Attached was the top album of the 2000s (decade), with The Independent listing it among the albums "that marked the decade." Billboard also ranked the group at number four on their list of the biggest boy bands (from the period 1987–2012) according to chart performance, with the staff writing, "despite having one of the most short-lived boy band careers, 'N Sync was arguably the most famous."

Several acts have cited NSYNC as an influence, including Kelsea Ballerini, Selena Gomez, Meghan Trainor, Why Don't We, and Hayley Williams.

NSYNC received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 30, 2018.

Notes

  1. ↑ Though never officially announcing a breakup, the group went on an indefinite hiatus in 2002 after completing their Celebrity tour; band member Lance Bass confirmed years later in his 2007 memoir Out of Sync that the band had quietly split for good in 2002. In November 2024, JC Chasez confirmed that there were no further plans for the group.

References

  1. ↑ Leahey, Andrea. "NSYNC". AllMusic. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
  2. ↑ Weatherby, Taylor (March 24, 2018). "*NSYNC Reflects on Making U.S. Debut & Competing With Backstreet Boys as Self-Titled Album Turns 20: 'It Was Us Against the World'". Billboard. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Allmusic: *NSYNC (overview)". AllMusic. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
  4. ↑ "*NSYNC Reunite at 2023 VMAs to Present Taylor Swift with Best Pop Video — and Friendship Bracelets!". People. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  5. ↑ Murgue, Hermance (February 4, 2018). "Super Bowl 2018: depuis le "nipplegate", les mille et unes vies de Justin Timberlake". L'Express. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  6. ↑ "*NSYNC Reunite for 'Trolls Band Together' Song 'Better Place': See the Release Date & New Trailer". Billboard. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  7. ↑ Fields, Taylor (November 2024). "JC Chasez Talks The Future Of *NSYNC: 'We're Always Talking'". MSN. Retrieved March 12, 2025.
  8. ↑ Boardman, Madeline (January 25, 2016). "Ranking the Best Boy Bands of the '90s and '00s". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on March 12, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Big Time Rush, One Direction, the Wanted: The boy band is making a comeback". The Washington Post. March 22, 2012. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  10. ↑ Keith, Caulfield (December 14, 2009). "Eminem is Billboard artist of the decade". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Albums that marked the decade". The Independent. December 29, 2009. Archived from the original on March 11, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  12. ↑ "10 Biggest Boy Bands (1987–2012)". Billboard. March 27, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  13. ↑ "See Kelsea Ballerini Cover Britney Spears, N'Sync in Nineties Medley". Rolling Stone. July 23, 2015. Archived from the original on October 10, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
  14. ↑ O'Donnell, Kevin (August 31, 2015). "Selena Gomez talks new album: Inside the laid-back Mexico sessions for 'Revival'". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  15. ↑ Daw, Robie (August 13, 2014). "Meghan Trainor Talks 'All About That Bass' And Her Upcoming Album & Offers Up A Cotton Candy Giveaway: Interview". Idolator. SpinMedia. Archived from the original on December 28, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  16. ↑ Spanos, Brittany (December 21, 2017). "Why Don't We: Meet the Band Who Want to Be the Next 'N Sync". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on March 11, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  17. ↑ Angermiller, Michele (April 30, 2018). "*NSYNC Reunites to Receive Hollywood Walk of Fame Star (Watch)". Variety. Retrieved April 30, 2018.

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