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.
Katy Perry To Receive MTV’s Video Vanguard Award, Will Perform At 2024 VMAs
deadline.comThe Katy Perry promotion machine rolls on. The singer will receive MTV’s Video Vanguard Award and perform a medley of her biggest hits at the 2024 VMAs on Wednesday, September 11 at 8PM ET/PT from New York’s UBS Arena.
Previous Michael Jackson Vanguard Award recipients include Shakira, Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, Madonna, Janet Jackson, LL COOL J, Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake and Missy Elliott.
David Bowie, The Beatles and director Richard Lester shared the honor at the first VMAs in 1984. Perry, an American Idol judge and a 5x VMAs winner, will return to the MTV stage for the first time since 2017, when she pulled double duty as host and performer.
During her career, she has amassed a cumulative 115 billion streams, worldwide sales of more than 70 million adjusted albums, 143 million tracks and more than 27 billion video views.
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