He was not fond of the group's musical direction, claiming that being a teen idol was never a goal of his. However, at the last minute, Galasso dropped out. Īfter several weeks of rehearsals, the group set up a showcase and began planning to officially sign with Pearlman's Trans Continental Label.
The group's name is also a play on the last letter of each of the initial members' names: Justi N, Chri S, Joe Y, Jaso N, and J C. NSYNC created their name after Timberlake's mother commented on how "in sync" the group's singing voices were. The group finally recruited Jason Galasso as their bass singer after several auditions. The trio decided to venture in Orlando, Florida to search for a baritone, where they encountered Joey Fatone, who knew Kirkpatrick from their time working at Universal Studios Florida. After Timberlake received a phone call from Kirkpatrick, he decided to join the group, recommending Chasez in the process, who was back home in Maryland saving up to return to Nashville. Chasez and Timberlake eventually relocated to Nashville while continuously writing songs and demo tracks with Robin Wiley, a songwriter and vocal coach on The Mickey Mouse Club. On his drive back, he stopped at Timberlake's house in Memphis, Tennessee where the two wrote demos together.
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Kirkpatrick jumped on the opportunity and made some calls, eventually finding Justin Timberlake (who had been on the TV show The Mickey Mouse Club along with JC Chasez ) through a talent agent and contacted him about joining his vocal group.Īfter the end of The Mickey Mouse Club in 1994, Chasez attempted to pursue a music career in Los Angeles, but after feeling cheated, decided to return home to Maryland. Pearlman promised that he would help finance him if Kirkpatrick could form a group of other young male singers to join him. Lou Pearlman was introduced to Chris Kirkpatrick by a mutual acquaintance in 1995 and was impressed by his talent, so he immediately picked him up to talk about starting a group. History 1995–1997: Formation and debut File:'N Sync Logo.svg 1.5 2003–present: Occasional appearances.
The band completed five nationwide concert tours and has sold over 70 million records, becoming one of the best-selling boy bands in history. The five members have reunited a couple of times, including at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards and to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2018. NSYNC last recorded new material in 2002 before undergoing an indefinite hiatus. Blige, country music band Alabama, and Gloria Estefan. In addition to eight Grammy Award nominations, NSYNC performed at the World Series, the Super Bowl and the Olympic Games, and sang or recorded with Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, Phil Collins, Celine Dion, Aerosmith, Nelly, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Mary J. Singles such as " Bye Bye Bye", " This I Promise You", " Girlfriend", " Pop" and " It's Gonna Be Me" reached the top 10 in several international charts, with the last being a US Billboard Hot 100 number one. Celebrity (2001) debuted with 1.8 million copies in its first week in the US. NSYNC's first two studio albums were both certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). market with the single " I Want You Back".Īfter heavily publicized legal battles with their former manager Lou Pearlman and former record label Bertelsmann Music Group, the group's second album, No Strings Attached (2000), sold over one million copies in one day and 2.4 million copies in one week, which was a record for over fifteen years. Their self-titled debut album was successfully released to European countries in 1997, and later debuted in the U.S. NSYNC ( / ɛ n ˈ s ɪ ŋ k /, / ɪ n - / also stylized as *NSYNC or ' N Sync) was an American boy band formed by Chris Kirkpatrick in Orlando, Florida, in 1995 and launched in Germany by BMG Ariola Munich.
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