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.
R.E.M., Steely Dan, Timbaland and more to be inducted into Songwriters Hall Of Fame
nme.comR.E.M., Steely Dan, Timbaland and more have been announced as inductees into the 2024 class of Songwriters Hall Of Fame.Yesterday morning (January 17), the Songwriters Hall Of Fame announced five new inductees through CBS‘ Mornings programme.
Leading the charge are Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck and Bill Berry, who formed R.E.M. until 2011. The band’s extensive discography encompasses 15 studio albums, including Top 40 hits such as ‘Losing My Religion’, ‘The One I Love’, ‘Stand’, ‘Everybody Hurts’ and more.Following R.E.M.
is Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, who formed rock-jazz fusion band Steely Dan until Becker’s death in 2017. As a duo, the band released nine studio albums between 1972 and 2003, which carried various Top 40 hits including ‘Do It Again’, ‘Reelin’ In The Years’, ‘Rikki Don’t Lose That Number’, ‘Peg’, ‘Hey Nineteen’ and more.The third songwriter named is Timbaland, whose extensive production discography encompasses work for Aaliyah, Ginuwine, Babyface, Missy Elliott, Snoop Dogg, Jay Z, LL Cool J, Justin Timberlake and more.
He also possesses a lengthy list of songwriting credits, which includes work on Timberlake’s ‘Cry Me A River’, ‘Sexyback’ and ‘What Goes Around… Comes Around’, Nelly Furtado’s ‘Promiscuous’, Rihanna’s ‘Rehab’ and Madonna’s ‘4 Minutes’.Non-performing writers Hilary Lindsey and Dean Pitchford round out the 2024 class.
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