1. Justin Timberlake was initially inspired to perform by Janet Jackson and was part of the Mickey Mouse Club as a child where he met future collaborators. 2. In 1995, he helped form the boy band NSYNC which achieved great success with their self-titled debut album but went on hiatus in 2002. 3. As the only member of NSYNC to become popular as a solo artist, his debut solo album was critically acclaimed and expanded his audience beyond just women.

2. “
”
SHE DIDN’T JUST STAND THERE AND
SING A SONG.
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
• INITIALLY INSPIRED TO PERFORM BY JANET JACKSON, SAYING OF THE STAR THAT HE ADMIRED HER “ENERGY AND
EXUBERANCE”.
• IN THE YEARS 1993 AND 1994, TIMBERLAKE WAS CAST IN ‘THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB’, IN WHICH HE MET HIS FUTURE
GIRLFRIEND BRITNEY SPEARS, CHRISTINA AGUILERA, RYAN GOSLING AND FUTURE BANDMATE JC CHASEZ.
INSPIRATION & CHILD STARDOM

3. NSYNC
• TIMBERLAKE RECRUITED CHASEZ TO BECOME PART OF A NEW BOYBAND IN 1995. THIS WAS A PROJECT
ORGANIZED BY BAND MANAGER LOU PEARLMAN. THIS BAND WOULD LATER BECOME NSYNC.
• THE BAND ROSE TO PROMINENCE IN 1998, DUE TO THE RELEASE OF THEIR SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM.
• DURING THEIR DAYS OF SUCCESS, NSYNC PERFORMED AT MANY PRESTIGIOUS EVENTS INCLUDING THE
ACADEMY AWARDS, OLYMPICS AND THE SUPERBOWL.
• THEY ARE THE EIGHTH BEST SELLING BOY BAND IN HISTORY.
• IN 2002, NSYNC WENT ON A ‘HIATUS’ (WHICH FANS LATER FOUND OUT TO BE PERMANENT) DUE TO THEIR
LESSER POPULARITY. AT THE SAME TIME, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE WAS THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE BAND TO BE
PARTICULARLY POPULAR IN HIS OWN RIGHT AND A SOLO CAREER BEGAN IMMEDIATELY AFTER.

4. EARLY SOLO CAREER
• DUE TO THE BAND’S LARGELY FEMALE FAN-BASE, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE CONTINUED TO APPEAL TO THE
FEMALE MARKET.
• HIS DEBUT SOLO ALBUM ‘JUSTIFIED’ RECEIVED CRITICAL ACCLAIM, EARNING NOMINATIONS FOR ‘ALBUM
OF THE YEAR’ AND ‘BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM’, OPENING HIS MUSIC UP TO A MALE AUDIENCE. THE ALBUM’S
FOURTH SINGLE ‘SENORTIA’ FEATURED SUCCESSFUL RAP ARTIST (AND MORE RECENTLY VOCAL ARTIST)
PHARRELL WILLIAMS.
• THOUGH JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE WAS NO LONGER A NEAR EXCLUSIVELY FEMALE INTEREST, HIS FAN BASE
REMAINED TO BE MOSTLY WOMEN.

5. COMEBACK & MATURED STYLE
• AFTER A SMALL HIATUS FROM PERFORMING (2007-2013), TIMBERLAKE RETURNED WITH WHAT WAS
REGARDED BY MANY AS A ‘MATURED’ STYLE. THIS WAS REFLECTED NOT ONLY IN HIS MUSIC, BUT IN HIS
CHANGED APPEARANCE.
• THE ARTISTS’ LOOK WAS CHANGED FROM THAT OF THE STEREOTYPICAL, YOUNG R&B ARTISTS TO A MORE
CLASSIC ‘SUIT AND TIE’ LOOK (ACCENTUATED BY THE RELEASE OF HIS NEW SINGLE ‘SUIT & TIE’.
• THE ALBUM THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE COMPRISED OF TWO PARTS. BOTH PARTS WERE WELL CRITICALLY
RECEIVED. THE FIRST RELEASE WAS REGARDED TO SOME AS A ‘SIGNIFICANT RELEASE IN POP MUSIC’.

6. MIRRORS
• THE SINGLE ‘MIRRORS’ WAS RELEASED FROM THE ALBUM ‘THE 20/20 EXPERIENCE – PART 1’. ALONG WITH
TIMBERLAKE’S NEW ‘MATURE’ STYLE, THE SONG HAD A SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER LENGTH THAN IS TYPICAL
FOR SONGS OF THIS GENRE AT 8.05.