Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981), occasionally known by his initials JT, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, dancer, and record producer.
Raised in Tennessee, he appeared on the television shows Star Search and The All-New Mickey Mouse Club as a child. 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 best-selling boy bands of all time.
Timberlake began to adopt a more mature image as an artist with the release of his debut solo album, the R&B-focused Justified (2002), which yielded the successful singles "Cry Me a River" and "Rock Your Body", and earned his first two Grammy Awards.
Jamie Lynn Spears Says Britney Was ‘Heartbroken’ After ‘Cry Me a River’
glamour.comThings I Should Have Said, Jamie Lynn Spears did an interview with the on January 18. During the interview, JLS said that she and the Spears family approved of Justin Timberlake and Britney's early-aughts relationship. "That was probably one of the best times in my whole family's life," JLS . "Things were good and we were experiencing the good side of things.
But I just remember that he was pretty thoughtful... I just felt like he was funny."Timberlake and Spears dated from 1999 to 2002, and both were “so sad” about the split. "I don't really know why I was so sad, but I was because I think everybody thought it was forever.
But I was so sad first off because my sister was so sad," Jamie Lynn said. "That also too was the first time I saw [that] maybe I didn't know everything about the relationship, because perhaps they were protecting me.
Obviously, why would they talk to me about anything? It was really sad, though, seeing my sister be so heartbroken."When Timberlake's “Cry Me a River” dropped in 2002, rumors flew that Timberlake wrote it about the breakup.
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