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NSYNC (sylised as *NSYNC) are an American R&B, pop and dance boyband, consisting of members Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone and Lance Bass. With over 350 million records sold worldwide, the group are widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant artists of the 20th and 21st centuries and one of the greatest entertainers in the history of music. Through stage and video performances, they popularized complicated dance techniques such as the moonwalk, to which Timberlake gave the name. Their sound and style have influenced artists of various genres, and their contributions to music, dance, and fashion, made them a global figure in popular culture the decade they were performing together.
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Background information | |
Origin | Orlando, Florida |
Genres | R&B, Pop, Dance |
Years active | 1994–2005 2011-2013 2020- |
Labels | Epic Records |
Members | Justin Timberlake JC Chasez Chris Kirkpatrick Lance Bass Joey Fatone |
Signed to Epic Records in 1994, NSYNC released their debut album Off The Wall in 1995. By the end of the 1990s, the group were the most dominant figure in popular music. Their music videos, including those for "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller" from their second studio album Thriller (1996), are credited with transforming and revitalising the use of music videos as an art form in their own right. Between 1998 and 2005, the group continued to innovate with music videos on the global best-selling albums Bad (1998), Dangerous (2001) and HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I (2004). In 2005, the group quietly went on hiatus after Timberlake quit the group to focus on his solo music career.
The group briefly reunited in 2011 for the release of their sixth studio album Invincible which returned the group to the top of the charts before splitting again in 2013. In 2018, they were awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. In July 2020, the group again launched a surprise return with the release of This Is It, their seventh album. The album and its lead single, "Love Never Felt So Good", made NSYNC the first artist to have an album and a single debut at number one on the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 simultaneously.
NSYNC are one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Thriller is the world's best-selling album of all time, with estimated sales of 66 million copies worldwide. In addition, the group's remix album Blood On The Dancefloor: HIStory In The Mix (2005) is the best-selling remix album of all time. Bad sold over 1 million copies in the United States on its first day on sale and 2.42 million copies in its first week, a record which remained until 2015. Dangerous debuted with 1.8 million copies sold in its first week in the United States. They have released fifteen singles that have topped the Billboard Hot 100, the fourth most in history behind The Beatles (20), Mariah Carey (19) and Elvis Presley (18).