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.
Justin Timberlake’s new single ‘Drown’ is a failed rescue attempt
nypost.comJustin Timberlake moves on from the first single to the second one within less than a month.Especially when you’re launching a critical comeback attempt like “Everything I Thought It Was” — his first album since 2018’s “Man of the Woods” — which arrives on March 15.But “Selfish,” despite its smooth midtempo groove and all of JT’s falsetto feels, barely cracked the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Just four weeks after its release, the much-anticipated single currently stands at a very unsexy No. 37. Of course, “Selfish” had to contend with backlash from the Britney Army — who, out of spite for Timberlake’s perceived transgressions against his ex Britney Spears, streamed her same-named song from the deluxe edition of 2011’s “Femme Fatale.”So “Drown” — which dropped on Friday — comes as a bit of a rescue attempt.And the song — which re-teams Timberlake with “Selfish” producers Cirkut (The Weeknd) and Louis Bell (Justin Bieber) — harks back to familiar heartbreak territory.
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