Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and dancer. Dubbed the "Prince of Pop", he is known for his showmanship, tenor vocal range, versatility across the entertainment industry, and frequent collaborations with hip-hop producers such as The Neptunes and Timbaland.
As a child, Timberlake appeared on the talent competition show Star Search and was a cast member on Disney Channel's The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1993–1995). He rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of NSYNC, one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. As a solo artist, his first two albums, Justified (2002) and FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006), achieved worldwide success. The latter became his first to debut atop the US Billboard 200 and produced the US Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping singles "SexyBack", "My Love", and "What Goes Around... Comes Around". After a musical hiatus, he released the albums The 20/20 Experience (2013)—the best-selling album of 2013 in the United States—and The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2 (2013). His next albums, Man of the Woods (2018) and Everything I Thought It Was (2024), were released to varying critical and commercial success.
As an actor, he starred in the films Shrek the Third (2007), The Love Guru (2008), The Social Network (2010), Bad Teacher (2011), Friends with Benefits (2011), and In Time (2011). In 2016, he starred in the first film of the Trolls franchise and contributed to its soundtrack, which featured the chart-topping single "Can't Stop the Feeling!" and earned him an Academy Award nomination. His other films include Wonder Wheel (2017), Palmer (2021) and Reptile (2023).
Timberlake has received numerous accolades, including ten Grammy Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, three Brit Awards, nine Billboard Music Awards, seven American Music Awards and eleven MTV Video Music Awards (including the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award). He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time. In 2019, Timberlake received the Contemporary Icon Award by the Songwriters Hall of Fame and an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music. He also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as a member of NSYNC. Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2007 and 2013. Billboard ranked him among the Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century in 2024.
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