Justin Timberlake

Justin Randall Timberlake born January 31 1981 is an American singer songwriter and actor He is one of the worlds bestselling music artists with sales of over 88 million records Timberlake is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades including ten Grammy Awards four Primetime Emmy Awards three Brit Awards nine Billboard Music Awards the Contemporary Icon Award by the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award According to Billboard he is the best performing male soloist in the history of the Mainstream Top 40 Born and raised in Memphis Tennessee as a child he appeared on the television shows Star Search and The AllNew Mickey Mouse Club 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 bestselling boy bands of all time Timberlake won two Grammy Awards for his RBfocused debut solo album Justified 2002 and its single Cry Me a River Another single from the album Rock Your Body was also successful His critically acclaimed second album FutureSexLoveSounds 2006 characterized by its diversity in music genres debuted atop the US Billboard 200 and spawned the Hot 100 consecutive numberone singles with SexyBack featuring Timbaland My Love featuring TI and What Goes Around Comes Around Established as a solo artist worldwide his first two albums both exceeded sales of 10 million copies as he continued producing records and collaborating with other artists From 2008 through 2012 Timberlake focused on his acting career effectively putting his music career on hiatus He held starring roles in the films The Social Network Bad Teacher Friends with Benefits and In Time Timberlake resumed his music career in 2013 with his third and fourth albums The 2020 Experience and The 2020 Experience 2 of 2 exploring neo soul styles partly inspired by the expansive song structures of 1960s and 1970s rock The former became the bestselling album of the year and spawned the top three singles Suit Tie featuring JayZ and Mirrors Timberlake voiced Branch in DreamWorks Animations Trolls 2016 whose soundtrack includes his fifth Billboard Hot 100 charttopping single Cant Stop the Feeling which earned him an Academy Award nomination His fifth studio album Man of the Woods 2018 became his fourth numberone album in the US Supported by the two top ten singles Filthy and Say Something featuring Chris Stapleton it concluded 2018 as the sixth bestselling album of the year