173-541: Tha Carter III is the sixth studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne , released on June 10, 2008, by Cash Money , Universal Motown and Young Money Entertainment . It follows a string of mixtape releases and guest appearances on other hip hop and R&B artists' albums. The album features appearances from Jay-Z , T-Pain , Fabolous , Robin Thicke , Busta Rhymes , Juelz Santana , Babyface , Bobby V , and Kanye West , among others. It also features Static Major , who
346-752: A normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 84, based on 26 reviews. AllMusic editor David Jeffries praised Wayne's "entertaining wordplay and plenty of well-executed, left-field ideas". The Guardian ' s Alex Macpherson lauded Wayne's rapping, stating "Just trying to keep up with Wayne's mind as he proves the case is a thrill. He breaks language down into building blocks for new metaphors, exploiting every possible semantic and phonetic loophole for humour and yanking pop culture references into startling new contexts". Jonah Weiner of Blender called it "a weird, gripping triumph". Rolling Stone writer Jody Rosen commended its themes and stated "This isn't
519-473: A "candid camera" type show created by Ashton Kutcher to trick celebrities. Timberlake, who cried during the episode, later admitted to being under the influence of cannabis when he was pranked. Three episodes later, he set up Kelly Osbourne to be "punk'd", thus making him the first celebrity to appear on the show more than once. Timberlake later spoofed Ashton Kutcher and Punk'd in a 2003 episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live . Timberlake co-starred in
692-443: A "nonsensical genius", but found the album "uneven". Tom Breihan of The Village Voice described it as "a sprawling mess, and it clangs nearly as often as it clicks" and "a work of staggering heights and maddening inconsistencies", but commended Wayne for his unconventional performance, stating "On paper, this is a textbook focus-grouped major-label hodgepodge, replete with girl songs and club songs and street songs. But every facet of
865-612: A Bad Thing ". The 20/20 Experience became the best-selling album of that year . Timberlake voiced the character Branch in DreamWorks ’ Trolls franchise ; the soundtrack for the first film included his fifth U.S. number-one single, " Can't Stop the Feeling! ", which earned him an Academy Award nomination. He had also previously voiced Artie in Shrek the Third . His fifth studio album, Man of
1038-427: A Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or a Group in 2009. On July 24, 2008, Abkco Music Inc . filed a lawsuit against Lil Wayne for copyright infringement and unfair competition , specifically referring to the track "Playing with Fire". In the lawsuit, Abkco claims that the song was obviously derived from The Rolling Stones ' " Play with Fire ", to which Abkco owns the rights. Subsequently, "Playing with Fire"
1211-540: A River " and " Rock Your Body ". His second album, FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006), reached further success as it debuted atop the US Billboard 200 and spawned three consecutive Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles: " SexyBack " (featuring Timbaland ), " My Love " (featuring T.I. ) and " What Goes Around... Comes Around ". Established as a solo artist worldwide, his first two albums both exceeded sales of 10 million copies and received triple platinum certification by
1384-572: A cameo in the FreeSol music video "Hoodies On, Hats Low", which was released in August 2011. The Late Night with Jimmy Fallon sketch " History of Rap " was performed for the first time by both Fallon and Timberlake in 2010. In July 2011, United States Marine Kelsey De Santis uploaded a YouTube video asking Timberlake to be her date to the United States Marine Corps birthday ball; they attended
1557-467: A charity dedicated to improving pediatric care for sick children. In February 2008, Timberlake was awarded two Grammy Awards . At the 50th Grammy Awards ceremony, he won the Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for " What Goes Around...Comes Around ", and the Award for Best Dance Recording for " LoveStoned/I Think She Knows ". In 2008, a collaboration between Timberlake and T.I. , " Dead and Gone ",
1730-403: A compilation of songs created by any average listener of music. The songs on a mixtape generally relate to one another in some way, whether it be a conceptual theme or an overall sound. After the introduction of Compact discs, the term "Mixtape" began to apply to any personal compilation of songs on any given format. The sales of Compact Cassettes eventually began to decline in the 1990s, after
1903-424: A current or former member of a musical group which is released under that artist's name only, even though some or all other band members may be involved. The solo album appeared as early as the late 1940s. A 1947 Billboard magazine article heralded " Margaret Whiting huddling with Capitol execs over her first solo album on which she will be backed by Frank De Vol ". There is no formal definition setting forth
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#17328551292442076-557: A customer buys a whole album rather than just one or two songs from the artist. The song is not necessarily free nor is it available as a stand-alone download, adding also to the incentive to buy the complete album. In contrast to hidden tracks , bonus tracks are included on track listings and usually do not have a gap of silence between other album tracks. Bonus tracks on CD or vinyl albums are common in Japan for releases by European and North American artists; since importing international copies of
2249-659: A digital sales record for being the fastest-selling album on the iTunes Store and debuted at number-one on the charts by moving just over 968,000 copies in the U.S., the biggest sales week of 2013. It eventually became the best-selling album of the year in the country. Timberlake performed at the "In Performance at the White House: Memphis Soul" concert, held in the East Room of the White House and hosted by President Barack Obama , celebrating Memphis soul music from
2422-632: A father. In 2003, he briefly dated British singer Emma Bunton . In April 2003, he began a relationship with actress Cameron Diaz soon after they met at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards . After much speculation of breakups throughout their relationship, the couple split in December 2006 shortly after she introduced him as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live . In January 2007, Timberlake began dating actress Jessica Biel . They became engaged in December 2011 and married on October 19, 2012, at
2595-480: A favorable review and noted that the album "hearkens to when rap meant rapp : Isaac Hayes talking for days about some girl he broke with, or Bobby Womack signifying while strumming a blues guitar". Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club called Lil Wayne "the man of the moment, but the disc's best moments strive for timelessness and attain it". The Washington Post ' s J. Freedom du Lac commended Wayne for his "impulses to be outrageous and unconventional", calling him
2768-659: A lawsuit against Young Money Entertainment and Cash Money Records on claims that the labels have failed to pay him over $ 1.5 million in royalties and production services for his work on the album, also including his songwriting on "Love Me or Hate Me", a bonus song featured only on the deluxe edition of the album. Also in June 2011, Dallas producers Play-N-Skillz filed a lawsuit against him claiming Wayne owed them at least $ 1 million in unpaid royalties for " Got Money " from Tha Carter III . Tha Carter III received widespread acclaim from music critics . At Metacritic , which assigns
2941-415: A mixtape, it's a suite of songs, paced and sequenced for maximum impact". Jon Pareles of The New York Times commented that Wayne "has clearly worked to make ' Tha Carter III ' a statement of its own: one that moves beyond standard hip-hop boasting (though there's plenty of that) to thoughts that can be introspective or gleefully unhinged". Pitchfork ' s Ryan Dombal stated, "he distills
3114-430: A model who falls in love with a waitress after mistaking her for another model. The rise of his own stardom and the general decline in the popularity of boy bands led to the dissolution of NSYNC. Band member Lance Bass was openly critical of Timberlake's actions in his memoir Out of Sync . By 2002, when the group went on a hiatus and members were following individual projects, he partnered with Pharrell Williams of
3287-472: A music video was also released featuring clips of Jackson, with Timberlake accompanied by several of Jackson's fans performing some of Jackson's signature moves. The video was directed by Timberlake and Rich Lee . During 2015, Timberlake performed along with Jimmy Fallon the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary 's cold open, returned to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as a guest to perform
3460-483: A new project on social media in previous days. In promotion of the record, on January 25, 2024, Timberlake appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ; he announced the release of "Selfish" and revealed that the album had taken four years to produce. "Selfish" debuted at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 , marking Timberlake's highest debut in six years on the chart. It became his 39th career solo entry on
3633-472: A retrospective article in 2020, Billboard considered Celebrity "the group's swan song, setting the stage for Timberlake's equally massive solo career". [Michael] called me on the phone and said that he wanted to cut the record ("Gone"), but he wanted it to be a duet between himself and I. And I said, 'Well ... we've already cut the song as an 'N Sync record. Could we do, like, 'N Sync featuring Michael Jackson', or 'Michael Jackson featuring 'N Sync'? And he
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#17328551292443806-491: A single artist, genre or period, a single artist covering the songs of various artists or a single artist, genre or period, or any variation of an album of cover songs which is marketed as a "tribute". Justin Timberlake Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and dancer. Dubbed the " Prince of Pop ", he is regarded as one of
3979-522: A single case, or a triple album containing three LPs or compact discs. Recording artists who have an extensive back catalogue may re-release several CDs in one single box with a unified design, often containing one or more albums (in this scenario, these releases can sometimes be referred to as a "two (or three)-fer"), or a compilation of previously unreleased recordings. These are known as box sets . Some musical artists have also released more than three compact discs or LP records of new recordings at once, in
4152-524: A sixth edition of the sketch " History of Rap ", and performed along with Chris Stapleton at the 49th Annual Country Music Association Awards . Showcasing the final date of The 20/20 Experience World Tour at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena , the space-age themed concert film titled Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids and directed by Jonathan Demme premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival on September 13. Timberlake dedicated
4325-558: A skit titled The Barry Gibb Talk Show alongside comedian Jimmy Fallon , where the duo portrayed Bee Gees brothers Barry and Robin Gibb . It marked the beginning of a long-running friendship and collaboration with Fallon. In February 2004, during the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show , broadcast on the CBS television network from Houston , Timberlake performed with Janet Jackson before
4498-433: A solo album for several reasons. A solo performer working with other members will typically have full creative control of the band, be able to hire and fire accompanists, and get the majority of the proceeds. The performer may be able to produce songs that differ widely from the sound of the band with which the performer has been associated, or that the group as a whole chose not to include in its own albums. Graham Nash of
4671-414: A studio. However, the common understanding of a "live album" is one that was recorded at a concert with a public audience, even when the recording is overdubbed or multi-tracked. Concert or stage performances are recorded using remote recording techniques. Albums may be recorded at a single concert , or combine recordings made at multiple concerts. They may include applause, laughter and other noise from
4844-430: A studio. Studios are built to absorb sound, eliminating reverberation , to assist in mixing different takes; other locations, such as concert venues and some "live rooms", have reverberation, which creates a "live" sound. Recordings, including live, may contain editing, sound effects, voice adjustments, etc. With modern recording technology , artists can be recorded in separate rooms or at separate times while listening to
5017-413: A television audience of more than 140 million viewers. At the end of the performance, as the song drew to a close, Timberlake tore off a part of Jackson's black leather costume in a "costume reveal" meant to accompany a portion of the song lyrics. Jackson's representative explained Timberlake intended "to pull away the rubber bustier to reveal a red lace bra. Part of the costume detached, and Jackson's breast
5190-406: A theme such as the "greatest hits" from one artist, B-sides and rarities by one artist, or selections from a record label , a musical genre , a certain time period, or a regional music scene. Promotional sampler albums are compilations. A tribute or cover album is a compilation of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may involve various artists covering the songs of
5363-509: A trend of shifting sales in the music industry , some observers feel that the early 21st century experienced the death of the album . An album may contain any number of tracks. In the United States, The Recording Academy 's rules for Grammy Awards state that an album must comprise a minimum total playing time of 15 minutes with at least five distinct tracks or a minimum total playing time of 30 minutes with no minimum track requirement. In
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5536-430: A way of promoting the album. Albums have been issued that are compilations of older tracks not originally released together, such as singles not originally found on albums, b-sides of singles, or unfinished " demo " recordings. Double albums during the seventies were sometimes sequenced for record changers . In the case of a two-record set, for example, sides 1 and 4 would be stamped on one record, and sides 2 and 3 on
5709-453: A worldwide hit, reaching the top ten in numerous countries and peaking at number-one in several countries including Taiwan, India, and Turkey. The song was nominated for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals at the 52nd Grammy Awards . Timberlake hosted the 16th ESPY Awards , and the musical number "I Love Sports" was later nominated for an Emmy award. Timberlake and his production team The Y's , along with Mike Elizondo , produced and co-wrote
5882-475: Is " Mrs. Officer ", featuring Bobby Valentino . It made the Top 20 in just four weeks. "Comfortable" was sent to American rhythmic contemporary radio as the album's fifth and final single on September 29, 2008. "Lollipop", "A Milli", "Got Money", and another track, " Mr. Carter ", were nominated for a Grammy. Lil Wayne also performed " Tie My Hands " with Robin Thicke at the 51st Grammy Awards. The album also featured
6055-488: Is alternately mesmerizing and inscrutable". Slant Magazine ' s Dave Hughes viewed that it lacks a "focus" as an album, and stated, "while there are a lot of […] great moments here, Carter III is not the definitive statement of Wayne's mastery that he clearly intended it to be". Brandon Perkins of URB commented that "As a sum of its parts, Tha Carter III does not transcend, but a good number of those parts are otherworldly enough". Julian Benbow of The Boston Globe said
6228-580: Is any vocal content. A track that has the same name as the album is called the title track. A bonus track (also known as a bonus cut or bonus) is a piece of music which has been included as an extra. This may be done as a marketing promotion, or for other reasons. It is not uncommon to include singles, B-sides , live recordings , and demo recordings as bonus tracks on re-issues of old albums, where those tracks were not originally included. Online music stores allow buyers to create their own albums by selecting songs themselves; bonus tracks may be included if
6401-548: Is credited posthumously following his death in February of that year. Amid release delays and leaks , Tha Carter III became one of the most anticipated releases of 2008. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 , selling over one million copies in its first week—which made it one of the fastest-selling albums in the US . It reached sales of 2.88 million copies by the end of 2008 and produced four commercially successful singles on
6574-595: Is mentioned in his acknowledgments in the album NSYNC as "My Angel in Heaven". His family circle includes several musicians; his grandfather introduced him to music from country music artists like Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson . Performing as a child, Timberlake sang country and gospel music : at the age of 11, he appeared on the television show Star Search , performing country songs as "Justin Randall". By that time, he began listening to rhythm and blues musicians from
6747-552: Is not necessarily just in MP3 file format, in which higher quality formats such as FLAC and WAV can be used on storage media that MP3 albums reside on, such as CD-R-ROMs , hard drives , flash memory (e.g. thumbdrives , MP3 players , SD cards ), etc. The contents of the album are usually recorded in a studio or live in concert, though may be recorded in other locations, such as at home (as with JJ Cale's Okie , Beck's Odelay , David Gray's White Ladder , and others), in
6920-402: Is recorded on both the "A" and "B" side of the tape, with cassette being "turned" to play the other side of the album. Compact Cassettes were also a popular way for musicians to record " Demos " or "Demo Tapes" of their music to distribute to various record labels, in the hopes of acquiring a recording contract . Compact cassettes also saw the creation of mixtapes , which are tapes containing
7093-448: The Billboard Hot 100 —" Lollipop ", which peaked at number one, and the top-ten singles " A Milli " and " Got Money ", as well as the top-20 single " Mrs. Officer ". Upon its release, Tha Carter III received widespread acclaim from music critics and has since been regarded as one of Wayne's best albums. It earned the rapper several accolades, including a spot on Rolling Stone ' s list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time . It
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7266-534: The 55th Annual Grammy Awards , with Jay-Z joining him from the audience. On February 11, 2013, " Mirrors " was released as the second single from The 20/20 Experience . The song would eventually peak at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and number-one on the UK Singles Chart . The 20/20 Experience was released on March 19, 2013 through RCA Records due to the disbandment of Jive Records . The album set
7439-647: The 89th Academy Awards with a performance of "Can't Stop the Feeling!", since the song earned him a nomination. Also that year, Timberlake starred with Kate Winslet and Juno Temple in Woody Allen 's drama film Wonder Wheel , and headlined several festivals and live sets, including Rock in Rio , the United States Grand Prix , and the Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival , which he co-produced. For
7612-618: The Billboard 200 album chart, selling 684,000 copies its first week. It became the biggest album for pre-orders on iTunes , and beat Coldplay 's record for the biggest one-week sales of a digital album. The album was produced by Timbaland and Danja (who produced a bulk of the album), will.i.am , Rick Rubin and Timberlake himself, and features guest vocals by Snoop Dogg , Three 6 Mafia , T.I. and will.i.am. A studio representative described it as being "all about sexiness" and aiming for "an adult feel". The album's lead single, " SexyBack ",
7785-589: The Billboard 200. Its lead single " Take Back the Night " was released on July 12, 2013, following by the second single " TKO ". Timberlake was given a production and writing credit on track six on Beyoncé 's self-titled fifth studio album , which was released in December 2013. At the 57th Annual Grammy Awards , Timberlake was nominated for seven awards, eventually winning three: Best R&B Song for " Pusher Love Girl ", Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for " Holy Grail ", and Best Music Video for "Suit & Tie", which
7958-468: The Black Jays stated that he and Cipha Sounds produced a track called "Outstanding", which later eventually leaked. The Runners have stated that they have produced three tracks for Tha Carter III . Lil Wayne revealed that he has a track for Eminem , which he has yet to send to him. He described this song as the "craziest". Some believe that his request was turned down, but it most likely turned into " Drop
8131-584: The Contemporary Icon Award by the Songwriters Hall of Fame , and MTV 's Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award . Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee , Timberlake appeared on musical television shows as a child, competing on Star Search ; in the early to mid-1990s, he was a cast member of Disney Channel 's The All New Mickey Mouse Club , performing cover songs, skits, and choreography. While on
8304-474: The European MTV Music Awards in 2006. On December 16, 2006, Timberlake hosted Saturday Night Live , doing double duty as both host and musical guest for the second time. During this appearance, he and Andy Samberg performed an R&B song for a skit titled " Dick in a Box ", which some radio stations aired as an unofficial single from Timberlake. Called "one of the most iconic musical moments in
8477-513: The MTV reality series The Phone , which premiered on April 21, 2009. In late 2009, Barbadian singer Rihanna released the album Rated R , with Timberlake being one of the writers and producers. They both worked together previously for her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad . From 2010, Timberlake increased his acting work. He played Sean Parker , the founder of Napster , in the acclaimed film The Social Network (2010). He also appeared at
8650-578: The Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards . He also took home three competitive awards, including Video of the Year for "Mirrors". During his performance, Timberlake briefly reunited with his former NSYNC bandmates for a medley of their hit songs "Girlfriend" and "Bye Bye Bye". Timberlake's fourth studio album The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2 was released on September 30, 2013 and debuted at number-one on
8823-509: The RIAA . Meanwhile, Timberlake collaborated with other artists on a string of successful singles, including The Lonely Island 's viral hit " Dick in a Box " in 2006, his fourth US number-one single with Timbaland's " Give It to Me " in 2007, as well as Madonna 's " 4 Minutes ", 50 Cent 's " Ayo Technology " and T.I.'s " Dead and Gone " in the following years. From 2008 through 2012, Timberlake paused his musical career to focus on acting, starring in
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#17328551292448996-604: The UK and number 34 on the Irish Albums Chart . Notes Credits for Tha Carter III adapted from Allmusic . Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music ) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette ), or digital . Albums of recorded sound were developed in
9169-503: The UK Singles Chart . His debut solo studio album Justified was released in November and debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 439,000 copies, fewer than previous 'N Sync releases. It sold over three million copies in the U.S. and more than ten million copies worldwide. Its R&B influence, provided by hip-hop producers The Neptunes and Timbaland ,
9342-462: The US Billboard Hot 100 , staying at the top for three weeks. It was Wayne's most successful solo single in his career, winning one Grammy Award , a BET Award, and an MTV VMA . The song was praised as an "electro-bumpin'…infectious track", perceived as more of a "bubblegum" pop track than rap. The second track on the album, " Mr. Carter ", was nominated for a Grammy while also peaking within
9515-517: The iPod , US album sales dropped 54.6% from 2001 to 2009. The CD is a digital data storage device which permits digital recording technology to be used to record and play-back the recorded music. Most recently, the MP3 audio format has matured, revolutionizing the concept of digital storage. Early MP3 albums were essentially CD-rips created by early CD- ripping software, and sometimes real-time rips from cassettes and vinyl. The so-called "MP3 album"
9688-925: The 1960s and 70s, such as Al Green , Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye , and he had listening sessions with his father of studio albums by the Eagles and Bob Seger . From 1993 to 1995, he was a Mouseketeer on The All New Mickey Mouse Club , where his castmates included future girlfriend and singer Britney Spears , future tourmate Christina Aguilera , future bandmate JC Chasez , and future actors Ryan Gosling and Keri Russell . Timberlake then recruited Chasez to be in an all-male singing group, put together by Chris Kirkpatrick and financed by boy band manager Lou Pearlman , that eventually became NSYNC . The boy band NSYNC formed in 1995, and began their career in 1996 in Europe; Timberlake and Chasez served as its two lead singers. In 1998,
9861-515: The 1960s. Afterward, Timberlake officially announced The 20/20 Experience World Tour , following his and Jay-Z's co-headlining concert tour Legends of the Summer Stadium Tour . Timberlake also appeared on Jay-Z's twelfth studio album Magna Carta... Holy Grail on three songs: " Holy Grail ", "BBC" (along with Nas , Swizz Beatz , Timbaland, Pharrell Williams , Niigo & Beyoncé ), and " Heaven ". On August 25, 2013, Timberlake received
10034-514: The 1970s. Appraising the concept in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau said most "are profit-taking recaps marred by sound and format inappropriate to phonographic reproduction (you can't put sights, smells, or fellowship on audio tape). But for Joe Cocker and Bette Midler and Bob-Dylan -in-the-arena, the form makes a compelling kind of sense." Among
10207-535: The 2010 MTV VMAs on September 12, 2010. In 2011, he starred alongside Cameron Diaz in Bad Teacher and alongside Mila Kunis in Friends with Benefits , and played Will Salas, the protagonist of In Time , a science fiction film by Andrew Niccol . He provided a feature and appeared in the music video for the song " Motherlover " from The Lonely Island 's second album Turtleneck & Chain , and directed and made
10380-415: The 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983, being gradually supplanted by the cassette tape throughout the 1970s and early 1980s; the popularity of the cassette reached its peak during the late 1980s before sharply declining during the 1990s. The cassette had largely disappeared by
10553-443: The 25-minute mark. The album Dopesmoker by Sleep contains only a single track, but the composition is over 63 minutes long. There are no formal rules against artists such as Pinhead Gunpowder referring to their own releases under thirty minutes as "albums". If an album becomes too long to fit onto a single vinyl record or CD, it may be released as a double album where two vinyl LPs or compact discs are packaged together in
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#173285512924410726-501: The Feeling" live during the interval act at the grand finale of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 on May 14, 2016. The single debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 , and reached the top spot in other 16 countries. It became his eighth U.S. Mainstream Top 40 number-one song. It became the best-selling song of the year in the U.S. with 2.4 million downloads sold. On February 26, 2017, Timberlake opened
10899-491: The Hollies described his experience in developing a solo album as follows: "The thing that I go through that results in a solo album is an interesting process of collecting songs that can't be done, for whatever reason, by a lot of people". A solo album may also represent the departure of the performer from the group. A compilation album is a collection of material from various recording projects or various artists, assembled with
11072-708: The Hot 100, and his 29th to reach the top 40. On the release day of "Selfish", he also announced that his sixth studio album, Everything I Thought It Was , would be released in March 2024. Timberlake appeared as a musical guest on the January 27, 2024, episode of Saturday Night Live , singing "Selfish" and "Sanctified". On January 30, he appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show and held an "intimate" concert at Irving Plaza in New York City on January 31, his 43rd birthday. He appeared as
11245-426: The Hot 100. Jay-Z 's guest verse on the song was praised, which was seen as him passing the throne to Wayne. The second single, " A Milli ", was a top ten hit and was praised as one of the best songs of 2008. The song garnered countless freestyles and remixes, while Wayne's original version was praised with "spectacular rhyme". "Dr. Carter", the sixth track, was also praised for lyrical content and humor as Wayne took on
11418-735: The Kids Miss You , on the song "Parent Trap"; a remix of Coco Jones ' " ICU " and a further remix of the song " 3D " by Jungkook . Timberlake had also worked with Calvin Harris , producer of " Fuckin' Up the Disco " and " No Angels ", on his song " Stay with Me ", alongside Pharrell Williams and Halsey . On January 19, 2024, Timberlake performed a free one-night-only concert at the Orpheum in Memphis where he live-debuted his new single " Selfish " after teasing
11591-488: The Long Playing record format in 1948, it was natural the term album would continue. Columbia expected that the record size distinction in 78s would continue, with classical music on 12" records and popular music on 10" records, and singles on 78s. Columbia's first popular 10" LP in fact was Frank Sinatra's first album, the four-record eight-song The Voice of Frank Sinatra , originally issued in 1946. RCA's introduction of
11764-560: The Super Bowl incident, Timberlake put his recording career on hold to act in several films, having starred in a few feature films earlier in his career. The first role he took during this time was as a journalist in Edison Force , filmed in 2004 and received a direct-to-video release on July 18, 2006. He also appeared in the films Alpha Dog , Black Snake Moan , Richard Kelly 's Southland Tales , and voiced Prince Artie Pendragon in
11937-528: The US Billboard Hot 100 for 5 non-consecutive weeks, making it Wayne's most successful single in his career. It features rapper Static Major . The album's second single, " A Milli ", was another top ten. It reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also won a Grammy for Best Rap Song. The video for the second single, "A Milli", was set to be released in May, and has since been mainstreamed. Multiple versions of
12110-573: The United Kingdom, the criteria for the UK Albums Chart is that a recording counts as an "album" if it either has more than four tracks or lasts more than 25 minutes. Sometimes shorter albums are referred to as mini-albums or EPs . Albums such as Tubular Bells , Amarok , and Hergest Ridge by Mike Oldfield , and Yes's Close to the Edge , include fewer than four tracks, but still surpass
12283-410: The United States and the first album to reach the million mark in one week since 50 Cent 's The Massacre (2005). In its second week, the album dropped to number two on the chart, behind Coldplay 's Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends , selling an additional 309,000 copies. By the end of 2008, Tha Carter III had sold approximately 2.88 million copies and it was named the best-selling album of
12456-658: The Water festival in Washington D.C., where he was joined on stage by T.I. and Clipse for his five-song set. In May 2023, Timbaland revealed that Timberlake's sixth studio album was completed, adding that their pair had revived the sound from the FutureSex/LoveSounds era. On September 1, 2023, Timbaland released the single " Keep Going Up ", in collaboration with Furtado and Timberlake. Timberlake also reunited with his former band members of NSYNC later that month and released
12629-492: The Woods (2018) became his fourth US number-one album and was supported by two top-ten singles, " Filthy " and " Say Something " (featuring Chris Stapleton ); it was named the sixth best-selling album of that year. His sixth studio album, Everything I Thought It Was (2024), became his sixth consecutive top five album in the U.S. The album was preceded by two singles, the top-twenty single, " Selfish " and " No Angels ", as well as
12802-596: The Woods concluded 2018 as the sixth best-selling album of the year. An accompanying tour of the same name began on March 13, 2018, in Toronto , Canada and concluded on April 13, 2019, in Uncasville . The Man of the Woods Tour was the sixth-highest-grossing tour of 2018. In May 2019, Timberlake received an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music . Missy Elliott and Alex Lacamoire also received doctorates at
12975-495: The Woods, which is named after his son Silas, whose name means "from the forest". The album's first single, " Filthy ", was released on January 5, along with its accompanying video directed by Mark Romanek . The electro-funk song has reached number nine in the U.S. and number 5 in Canada. The songs " Supplies ", " Say Something " featuring Chris Stapleton and " Man of the Woods " were also released along with music videos ahead of
13148-462: The World " on his 2010 album Rebirth . The album features guest appearances by Fabolous , T-Pain , Brisco , Bobby V , Babyface , Betty Wright , Static Major , Robin Thicke , Jay-Z , Juelz Santana , and Busta Rhymes . MTV reported that Wyclef Jean worked on a couple of tracks for the album and that a song featuring Justin Timberlake , Nelly Furtado , and Timbaland was likely to appear on
13321-503: The Year , and it won for Best Rap Album at the 2009 Grammy Awards , while " Lollipop " won for Best Rap Song and " A Milli " won for Best Rap Solo Performance . Billboard magazine ranked the album number 103 on its list of the Top 200 Albums of the Decade. In 2012, the album was ranked number 437 on Rolling Stone ' s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time , upgrading to number 208 in 2020 revised list. In 2012 Complex named
13494-413: The album can be cheaper than buying a domestically released version, Japanese releases often feature bonus tracks to incentivize domestic purchase. Commercial sheet music is published in conjunction with the release of a new album (studio, compilation, soundtrack, etc.). A matching folio songbook is a compilation of the music notation of all the songs included in that particular album. It typically has
13667-438: The album comes animated and atomized by Wayne's absurdist drug-gobbling persona". Drew Hinshaw of PopMatters stated " Tha Carter III is a monumental album full of powerful, self-defeating statements that obliterate rap's internal logic without offering too much more than indifferent bong logic in return. Judged, however, as a collection of singles and quotable verses—the criteria on which we've been grading hip-hop records since
13840-538: The album leaked on the Internet in mid-2007, Lil Wayne used the leaked tracks, plus four new songs to make an album titled The Leak . The Leak was to be officially released on December 18, 2007, with the actual album being delayed until June 10, 2008. When questioned about the unplanned leak, Lil Wayne said: We have to find out exactly what's out there. I'll probably just [collect] all the songs that's floating around and make my own mixtape called The Leak since people want
14013-401: The album one of the classic albums of the last decade. With opening day sales figures of approximately 423,000 copies, Tha Carter III debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 1,005,545 copies in its first week. This became Wayne's first US number one debut and his sixth top-ten album. With its first week sales, it is the largest first week sales for any album in 2008 in
14186-430: The album three stars out of five and said, "It's Wayne's personality that both floats and sinks TCIII ". Kilian Murphy of Hot Press also gave it a score of three out of five and stated, "Gifted MC loses the run of himself without Mannie Fresh". Lewis P. of Sputnikmusic likewise gave it a score of three out of five and said the album "is scattershot, which oddly strengthens its faults, as if any lull in quality means that
14359-565: The album was "not an instant classic, but it is the best rap album since Kanye West dropped "Graduation" last year". Eric R. Danton of the Hartford Courant said of Lil Wayne, "If his raspy, cartoonish voice didn't mark him as different, his quick wit, offhanded wordplay and quirky subject matter should have in a genre populated largely by grim-faced imitators". Other reviews are average or mixed: Chase Hoffberger of The Austin Chronicle gave
14532-516: The album's artwork on its cover and, in addition to sheet music, it includes photos of the artist. Most pop and rock releases come in standard Piano/Vocal/Guitar notation format (and occasionally Easy Piano / E-Z Play Today). Rock-oriented releases may also come in Guitar Recorded Versions edition, which are note-for-note transcriptions written directly from artist recordings. Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one-half of
14705-596: The album, " LoveStoned/I Think She Knows (Interlude) " and " Until the End of Time ", peaked within the top 20 on the Hot 100, while the fourth single " Summer Love " reached the top 10. The song " Give It to Me ", a Timbaland single on which Timberlake guests with Nelly Furtado, reached the Hot 100 number-one spot. Eventually, FutureSex/LoveSounds was added to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 's musical library and archive. The song " 4 Minutes "
14878-556: The album, "Selfish" and "No Angels". Timberlake also promoted the album on the Forget Tomorrow World Tour , which began on April 29, 2024, in Vancouver , Canada. On February 23, 2024, Timberlake announced summer 2024 Europe tour dates. In March 2024, prior to the tour launching, Trace William Cowen of Complex reported that the Forget Tomorrow World Tour had become Timberlake's fastest selling tour to date. They stated that
15051-484: The album. His collaboration with Stapleton also reached the top 10 in the U.S. and Canada. Man of the Woods topped the Billboard 200 with the biggest first week sales of the year at the time, selling 293,000 total units. Man of the Woods also marks Timberlake's fourth consecutive No. 1 album and has since been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Man of
15224-399: The album. However, that Timbaland-produced track did not make the final cut. David Banner confirmed that he will be credited for five tracks on the final cut of Tha Carter III , but only one is featured on the album. After the copyright controversy of "Playing with Fire", the track was later removed and replaced with another David Banner-produced track "Pussy Monster". Swizz Beatz stated he
15397-452: The album. If a pop or rock album contained tracks released separately as commercial singles , they were conventionally placed in particular positions on the album. During the sixties, particularly in the UK, singles were generally released separately from albums. Today, many commercial albums of music tracks feature one or more singles, which are released separately to radio, TV or the Internet as
15570-474: The amount of participation a band member can solicit from other members of their band, and still have the album referred to as a solo album. One reviewer wrote that Ringo Starr 's third venture, Ringo , "[t]echnically... wasn't a solo album because all four Beatles appeared on it". Three of the four members of the Beatles released solo albums while the group was officially still together. A performer may record
15743-463: The animated film Shrek the Third , released on May 18, 2007. He also appeared as a young Elton John , in the video for John's song " This Train Don't Stop There Anymore ". Timberlake was considered to play the role of Roger Davis in the film version of the rock musical Rent , but director Chris Columbus had insisted that only the original Broadway members could convey the true meaning of Rent , so
15916-510: The audience, comments by the performers between pieces, improvisation, and so on. They may use multitrack recording direct from the stage sound system (rather than microphones placed among the audience), and can employ additional manipulation and effects during post-production to enhance the quality of the recording. Notable early live albums include the double album of Benny Goodman , The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert , released in 1950. Live double albums later became popular during
16089-406: The best selling live albums are Eric Clapton 's Unplugged (1992), selling over 26 million copies, Garth Brooks ' Double Live (1998), over 21 million copies, and Peter Frampton 's Frampton Comes Alive! (1976), over 11 million copies. In Rolling Stone ' s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time , 18 albums were live albums. A solo album , in popular music , is an album recorded by
16262-409: The biggest pop stars in the world, the place where they have the most trouble is honesty... Because there's a formulaic sort of vulnerability... But if you're able to really screenshot your own vulnerability, frame it properly, and color-correct it, then it becomes something that every human can relate to. And I think Justin is in the place where he's mastering that right now. – Pharrell Williams on
16435-481: The break-up of his childhood friend and business partner, Trace Ayala, with actress Elisha Cuthbert . In October 2006, Timberlake said that he would focus on his music career rather than his film roles, specifying that leaving the music industry would be a "dumb thing to do at this point". He was the special guest performer at the 2006 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show where he sang "SexyBack", "My Love" and " LoveStoned ". Timberlake hosted many music events, including
16608-421: The ceremony. Following the announcement of Trolls World Tour , Timberlake teased potential collaborations with a number of artists, through a series of Instagram posts, which included frequent collaborators Pharrell Williams , Nathaniel Hills and Rob Knox , as well as new collaborators such as Anderson .Paak , Brandy Norwood , Lizzo , and Meek Mill . On February 26, 2020, SZA and Timberlake released
16781-651: The completion of the Celebrity Tour, the group went into hiatus in 2002. NSYNC performed at the Academy Awards in 2000, the 2002 Winter Olympics , and the Super Bowl XXXV halftime show . The band sold more than 70 million records worldwide, becoming the fifth-best selling boy band in history. In 2000, Timberlake appeared in The Wonderful World of Disney movie Model Behavior . He played Jason Sharpe,
16954-402: The confidence of a man who'd already spent a large percentage of his life in the spotlight, and who never doubted he'd be able to return to music on top. — Billboard ' s "The Greatest Pop Star By Year (1981–2019)" Timberlake released his second studio album, FutureSex/LoveSounds , on September 12, 2006. The album, which Timberlake created from 2005 to 2006, debuted at number-one on
17127-547: The early 1900s, the typical 10-inch disc could only hold about three minutes of sound per side, so almost all popular recordings were limited to around three minutes in length. Classical-music and spoken-word items generally were released on the longer 12-inch 78s, playing around 4–5 minutes per side. For example, in 1924, George Gershwin recorded a drastically shortened version of his new seventeen-minute composition Rhapsody in Blue with Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra. The recording
17300-456: The early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records (78s) collected in a bound book resembling a photo album ; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl long-playing (LP) records played at 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 rpm . The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era . Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in
17473-506: The early nineteenth century. Later, collections of related 78s were bundled in book-like albums (one side of a 78 rpm record could hold only about 3.5 minutes of sound). When LP records were introduced, a collection of pieces or songs on a single record was called an "album"; the word was extended to other recording media such as compact disc, MiniDisc , compact audio cassette, 8-track tape and digital albums as they were introduced. An album (Latin albus , white), in ancient Rome,
17646-516: The end of disco— Tha Carter III is an agonizing piece of work". Jeff Weiss of the Los Angeles Times found it "scattershot", stating "When Wayne's mad alchemy works, Tha Carter III evinces shades of brilliance that merit the wild hype, but in its transparent attempts to define its era, it fails, falling victim to the imperial bloat of its big-budget mishmash of styles". Jon Caramanica of Entertainment Weekly wrote that "this schizoid album […]
17819-460: The event on November 13, 2011, in Richmond, Virginia . His fifth Saturday Night Live episode, as host and musical guest, was the most-watched episode in 14 months, with Charles Barkley as host and Kelly Clarkson as musical guest. Timberlake began working on his third studio album The 20/20 Experience in June 2012 with "no rules and/or end goal in mind". He publicly announced his return to
17992-478: The event. Timberlake attended and issued a scripted apology when accepting the first of two Grammy Awards he received that night ( Best Pop Vocal Album for Justified and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Cry Me a River"). He had also been nominated for Album of the Year for Justified , and Record of the Year along with Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for " Where Is the Love? " with The Black Eyed Peas . After
18165-612: The field – as with early blues recordings, in prison, or with a mobile recording unit such as the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio . Most albums are studio albums —that is, they are recorded in a recording studio with equipment meant to give those overseeing the recording as much control as possible over the sound of the album. They minimize external noises and reverberations and have highly sensitive microphones and sound mixing equipment. Band members may record their parts in separate rooms or at separate times, listening to
18338-502: The film to Prince for influencing his music. Ahead of its debut at the film festival, the streaming service Netflix released it on October 12. Timberlake composed the soundtrack and served as music supervisor for the 2017 film The Book of Love , which his wife Jessica Biel produced and starred in. Timberlake voiced the lead character in DreamWorks Animation 's musical comedy Trolls opposite Anna Kendrick . The film
18511-440: The films The Love Guru (2008), The Social Network (2010), Bad Teacher (2011), Friends with Benefits (2011), and In Time (2011). He returned to recording in 2013 with his third and fourth albums, The 20/20 Experience and The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2 ; both of which peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 and spawned the Hot 100 top-ten singles " Suit & Tie " (featuring Jay-Z ), " Mirrors ", and " Not
18684-491: The first decade of the 2000s. Most albums are recorded in a studio , although they may also be recorded in a concert venue , at home, in the field, or a mix of places. The time frame for completely recording an album varies between a few hours to several years. This process usually requires several takes with different parts recorded separately, and then brought or " mixed " together. Recordings that are done in one take without overdubbing are termed "live", even when done in
18857-494: The form of a prototype. Compact Cassettes became especially popular during the 1980s after the advent of the Sony Walkman , which allowed the person to control what they listened to. The Walkman was convenient because of its size, the device could fit in most pockets and often came equipped with a clip for belts or pants. The compact cassette used double-sided magnetic tape to distribute music for commercial sale. The music
19030-480: The form of boxed sets, although in that case the work is still usually considered to be an album. Material (music or sounds) is stored on an album in sections termed tracks. A music track (often simply referred to as a track) is an individual song or instrumental recording. The term is particularly associated with popular music where separate tracks are known as album tracks; the term is also used for other formats such as EPs and singles . When vinyl records were
19203-415: The front cover and liner notes on the back or inside cover. Most albums included three or four records, with two sides each, making six or eight compositions per album. By the mid-1930s, record companies had adopted the album format for classical music selections that were longer than the roughly eight minutes that fit on both sides of a classical 12" 78 rpm record. Initially the covers were plain, with
19376-402: The genre and change its direction. […] Tha Carter III is a contradictory, against-all-odds masterpiece, and Lil Wayne may never perfect this balance again. I sincerely question: will anyone?") Ajitpaul Manjat of Tiny Mix Tapes gave the album two-and-a-half stars out of five and stated that, "equipped with the stylish, but too-often substance-less Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne seems poised to flip
19549-552: The group rose to prominence in the United States with the release of their self-titled debut studio album , which sold 11 million copies and included the single " Tearin' Up My Heart ". Their second album No Strings Attached (2000) sold 2.4 million copies in the first week, and included a number one single, " It's Gonna Be Me ". NSYNC's third album Celebrity (2001) was also financially successful. The group's second and third studio albums spawned top-five singles such as " Bye Bye Bye ", " Girlfriend " and " This I Promise You ". Upon
19722-727: The idea right now." His fifth studio album Man of the Woods was released on February 2, 2018, two days before he headlined the Super Bowl LII halftime show in Minneapolis , Minnesota on February 4, where Timberlake performed a medley of his songs featuring both the Tennessee Kids and the Minnesota Marching Band alongside him, as well as a duet of " I Would Die 4 U " with a video projection of late singer Prince on screen. The show contained multiple selections from Man of
19895-479: The mid-1960s to the late 1970s when the Compact Cassette format took over. The format is regarded as an obsolete technology, and was relatively unknown outside the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. Stereo 8 was created in 1964 by a consortium led by Bill Lear of Lear Jet Corporation , along with Ampex , Ford Motor Company , General Motors , Motorola , and RCA Victor Records . It
20068-421: The most influential pop stars of the 21st century. According to Billboard , Timberlake is the best performing solo act on Pop Airplay , and remains one of the best-selling recording artists of all time with sales of over 117 million records worldwide. He has won numerous awards and accolades , including ten Grammy Awards , four Primetime Emmy Awards , three Brit Awards , nine Billboard Music Awards ,
20241-532: The music industry in January 2013, releasing the album's lead single " Suit & Tie " featuring Jay-Z later that month, which would eventually peak at number three on the Billboard Hot 100. After four years not performing in concert, Timberlake appeared the night before the 2013 Super Bowl and performed during the " DirecTV Super Saturday Night" on February 2, 2013, in New Orleans . On February 10, 2013, he performed "Suit & Tie" with sepia-toned lighting at
20414-569: The music so bad. To tell you the truth though, there's a song I did with Kanye West out there—of course you want to save that for your album, but the rest of them songs probably wouldn't have made the album. There's a song floating around that says 'produced by Timbaland'. Lil Wayne later called DJ Drama 's radio show Shade 45 Sirius Satellite Radio to explain that his comments were meant specifically for DJ Empire who leaked his materials periodically without his permission, consent, or knowledge; he also apologized for any misunderstandings between him and
20587-558: The musical guest, where he performed "Selfish" on The Graham Norton Show recorded in London on February 22, 2024, the night before he cancelled A One Night Only concert, to be held at the Roundhouse , London, on February 23, 2024. Timberlake was recovering from an illness. The promotional single " Drown " was released on February 23, 2024. Timberlake also appeared on Complex Networks Sneaker Shopping on March 11, 2024, and mentioned
20760-424: The myriad metaphors, convulsing flows, and vein-splitting emotions into a commercially gratifying package". In his consumer guide for MSN Music , critic Robert Christgau noted that "every track attends to detail" and quipped, "From the start you know this is no mixtape because it's clearer and more forceful". Uncut stated that "the prince of hip-hop gets a blessing from the king". Mosi Reeves of Paste gave it
20933-481: The name of the selection and performer in small type. In 1938, Columbia Records hired the first graphic designer in the business to design covers, others soon followed and colorful album covers cover became an important selling feature. By the later '30s, record companies began releasing albums of previously released recordings of popular music in albums organized by performer, singers or bands, or by type of music, boogie-woogie , for example. When Columbia introduced
21106-477: The next batch of producers can just reset the formula". (However, nearly three years later, in 2011, Alex Robertson of the same website gave the album a score of four-and-a-half out of five and said it was "sort of a miracle: it's way too weird and confusing to be on the mainstream rap charts--to be that record that everyone knows about--but it is anyway. This album was in opposition to much of modern rap but somehow became popular and then proceeded to completely consume
21279-410: The numerous DJs that have aided him in the mixtape industry. He made it clear, however, that he wished for any feelings of dislike or resentment to remain. In a June 2008 interview with Billboard , Lil Wayne explained that the unauthorized release of tracks compelled him to release mixtapes rather than albums between Tha Carter II and Tha Carter III . The album's lead single, " Lollipop ", topped
21452-443: The other parts of the track with headphones to keep the timing right. In the 2000s, with the advent of digital recording , it became possible for musicians to record their part of a song in another studio in another part of the world, and send their contribution over digital channels to be included in the final product. Recordings that are done in one take without overdubbing or multi-tracking are termed "live", even when done in
21625-438: The other parts using headphones ; with each part recorded as a separate track . Album covers and liner notes are used, and sometimes additional information is provided, such as analysis of the recording, and lyrics or librettos . Historically, the term "album" was applied to a collection of various items housed in a book format. In musical usage, the word was used for collections of short pieces of printed music from
21798-414: The other. The user would stack the two records onto the spindle of an automatic record changer, with side 1 on the bottom and side 2 (on the other record) on top. Side 1 would automatically drop onto the turntable and be played. When finished, the tone arm's position would trigger a mechanism which moved the arm out of the way, dropped the record with side 2, and played it. When both records had been played,
21971-478: The paper cover in small type were the words "Record Album". Now records could be stored vertically with the record not touching the shelf, and the term was applied to the collection. In the early nineteenth century, "album" was occasionally used in the titles of some classical music sets, such as Robert Schumann 's Album for the Young Opus 68, a set of 43 short pieces. With the advent of 78 rpm records in
22144-479: The persona of a doctor performing surgery on various patients (a metaphor for Wayne resurrecting hip-hop). "Tie My Hands", featuring Robin Thicke , was praised as a deep track featuring "political commentary" and "despair" with Thicke's performance being the most complementary to Wayne. "Phone Home" also features various alien metaphors reminiscent of the film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). After most of
22317-406: The primary medium for audio recordings a track could be identified visually from the grooves and many album covers or sleeves included numbers for the tracks on each side. On a compact disc the track number is indexed so that a player can jump straight to the start of any track. On digital music stores such as iTunes the term song is often used interchangeably with track regardless of whether there
22490-467: The producing team The Neptunes –and Timbaland to start working on new music. The idea of going solo was strengthened a year earlier. Timberlake originally wrote the single " Gone " around 2001 for Michael Jackson , but he turned the song down, and it was instead recorded by NSYNC. Before its release, however, Jackson contacted him. Timberlake declared in a later interview that the first time he felt confident to go solo happened after that conversation. In
22663-461: The promotional single " Drown ". Justin Randall Timberlake was born on January 31, 1981, in Memphis, Tennessee , the son of Janet Lynn (Bomar) Harless and Charles Randall Timberlake, a Baptist church choir director. Timberlake has two half-brothers, Jonathan and Stephen, from Charles' second marriage to Lisa Perry. His half-sister Laura Katherine died shortly after birth in 1997, and
22836-432: The publishers of photograph albums. Single 78 rpm records were sold in a brown heavy paper sleeve with a large hole in the center so the record's label could be seen. The fragile records were stored on their sides. By the mid-1920s, photo album publishers sold collections of empty sleeves of heavier paper in bound volumes with stiff covers slightly larger than the 10" popular records. (Classical records measured 12".) On
23009-404: The record industry as a standard format for the "album". Apart from relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound capability, it has remained the standard format for vinyl albums. The term "album" was extended to other recording media such as 8-track tape , cassette tape , compact disc , MiniDisc , and digital albums, as they were introduced. As part of
23182-813: The recording sessions for Man of the Woods , Timberlake's fifth studio album Speaking of his fifth studio album in 2016, Timberlake stated, "I think where I grew up in America has a lot of influence. Growing up in Tennessee—very central of the country—Memphis is known as the birthplace of rock & roll, but also the home of the blues, but Nashville's right down the street so there's a lot of country music." In following interviews, Timberlake confirmed working with producers Timbaland and Pharrell Williams , while stating, "It sounds more like where I've come from than any other music I've ever made... It's Southern American music. But I want to make it sound modern – at least that's
23355-452: The release and distribution Compact Discs . The 2010s saw a revival of Compact Cassettes by independent record labels and DIY musicians who preferred the format because of its difficulty to share over the internet . The compact disc format replaced both the vinyl record and the cassette as the standard for the commercial mass-market distribution of physical music albums. After the introduction of music downloading and MP3 players such as
23528-437: The release of a documentary showing the album's creation process. The second single off the record, " No Angels ", was released on March 15, 2024, the same day as the album's release. Everything I Thought It Was debuted at number four on the U.S. Billboard 200 , giving Timberlake his sixth consecutive top five album in the country. In April 2024, Timberlake opened the iHeartRadio Music Awards , performing both singles off
23701-499: The release of his new album at the end of the video. On March 13, 2024, in anticipation of the album release, Timberlake performed a one-off concert at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. The show featured a surprise reunion with his NSYNC bandmates, with the group playing a medley of hits and the new album track “Paradise.” Timberlake then performed on NPR's Tiny Desk series on March 15 for a half-hour-long concert. Timberlake also announced
23874-520: The releases of promo singles. "3 Peat" peaked at number 66 on the Billboard 100. " You Ain't Got Nuthin " featuring Fabolous and Juelz Santana was released as a promo single, peaking at number 81 on the Billboard 100. " Mr. Carter ", featuring Jay-Z , peaked at number 62 on the Billboard 100, number 27 on the Hot R&;B/Hip Hop Songs chart, and number 13 on the Top Rap Songs. It was nominated for
24047-495: The role was reprised by Adam Pascal . He continued to record with other artists. After " Where Is the Love? ", he again collaborated with the Black Eyed Peas on the 2005 track "My Style" from their album Monkey Business . When recording the 2005 single " Signs " with Snoop Dogg , Timberlake discovered a throat condition. Nodules were subsequently removed from his throat in an operation that took place on May 5, 2005. He
24220-471: The script on the "rapper racists" (radio stations, MTV) by evolving into the "biggest" rapper alive". Tha Carter III was ranked number one in Blender ' s list of the 33 best albums of 2008. Christgau ranked its deluxe edition as the second best album of 2008. The album was also ranked number three on Rolling Stone ' s list of the top 50 albums of 2008. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of
24393-505: The show's history" by Billboard , it became a viral hit and one of the most viewed videos on YouTube at the time. Rolling Stone listed the skit at number three on their "50 Greatest 'Saturday Night Live' Sketches of All Time". The song earned him an Emmy Award and was later featured on The Lonely Island 's debut album Incredibad . In January 2007, Timberlake embarked on the FutureSex/LoveShow tour. Following singles off
24566-563: The show, Timberlake worked with future bandmate JC Chasez , as well as future pop cultural figures including Britney Spears , Christina Aguilera , Keri Russell and Ryan Gosling . Timberlake and Chasez later rose to prominence in late 1997 as the lead vocalists for the boyband NSYNC . The group released four commercially successful studio albums, becoming one of the best-selling boy bands of all time with sales of over 70 million units worldwide. Timberlake's debut solo album, Justified (2002), yielded his first solo hit singles, " Cry Me
24739-537: The single " Better Place " in support of the Trolls Band Together soundtrack . In addition to "Keep Going Up" and "Better Place", Timberlake had also collaborated with Meek Mill on the song Believe , Romeo Santos on the song " Sin Fin ", DJ Khaled on his album Khaled Khaled , on the song "Just Be", Justine Skye on her album, Space & Time , on the song "Innocent", Jack Harlow on his album Come Home
24912-711: The single " The Other Side ", a song part of the Trolls World Tour soundtrack, alongside its music video. On March 9, 2020, Timberlake released a teaser for his upcoming song "Don't Slack", which features Anderson .Paak , and is also part of the Trolls World Tour soundtrack. The song was released on March 10, 2020. In September 2020, Timberlake and producer Timbaland teased a potential upcoming collaboration with Canadian musician Justin Bieber , as well as collaborations with Justine Skye , Hit-Boy and Ty Dolla $ ign . In December 2020, Timberlake and Ant Clemons released
25085-598: The single "Better Days", which received its premier on the Rock The Runoff virtual concert, held by Stacey Abrams ' organization Fair Fight. In January 2021, Timberlake performed as part of the Inauguration of Joe Biden . Performing from his hometown of Memphis, Timberlake performed his collaboration with Ant Clemons during the Celebrating America special. Timberlake performed at Pharrell Williams' Something in
25258-448: The smaller 45 rpm format later in 1948 disrupted Columbia's expectations. By the mid-1950s, 45s dominated the singles market and 12" LPs dominated the album market and both 78s and 10" LPs were discontinued. In the 1950s albums of popular music were also issued on 45s, sold in small heavy paper-covered "gate-fold" albums with multiple discs in sleeves or in sleeves in small boxes. This format disappeared around 1960. Sinatra's "The Voice"
25431-408: The song "Don't Let Me Down" for Leona Lewis 's second studio album, Echo , released on November 17, 2009. Timberlake also co-wrote and performed on " Carry Out ", the third single from Timbaland's album Shock Value II , released on December 1, 2009. Timberlake appeared on Jimmy Fallon 's debut as host of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on March 2, 2009. Timberlake was the executive producer on
25604-439: The songs "Nite Runner" and " Falling Down " for Duran Duran 's album Red Carpet Massacre , released on November 13, 2007. "Falling Down" was released as a single in the UK on the previous day. Also in 2007, Timberlake made an appearance on 50 Cent 's third album Curtis . Timberlake, along with Timbaland, is featured on a track called " Ayo Technology ", which was the album's fourth single. Also, another possible collaboration
25777-438: The theme to its "I'm Lovin' It" campaign. The deal with McDonald's earned Timberlake an estimated $ 6 million. A tour titled Justified and Lovin' It Live was included with the deal, following his initial Justified World Tour . Timberlake was featured on Nelly 's song, " Work It ", which was remixed and included on Nelly's 2003 remix album. Near the end of 2002, Timberlake was the first celebrity to appear on Punk'd ,
25950-962: The tour had amassed over $ 140 million globally in initial ticket sales from over 70 dates and that more than one million attendees are expected. Cowen concluded that "Justin Timberlake's Forget Tomorrow World Tour Is Set to Become His Biggest Yet." On May 20, 2024, Pollstar announced that nine additional shows were added due to "overwhelming demand" and reported that over 1 million tickets were already sold, becoming Timberlake's fastest selling tour to date. The tour received generally positive reviews. In early 1999, Timberlake began dating fellow former The All New Mickey Mouse Club cast member and singer Britney Spears . Their relationship ended abruptly in March 2002. Spears wrote in her 2023 memoir The Woman in Me that she became pregnant during their relationship and had an abortion in late 2000 after Timberlake said they were not prepared for parenthood and he did not want to be
26123-409: The track were to be included on the album as "skit-like" tracks, featuring artists such as Tyga , Cory Gunz, Hurricane Chris and Lil Mama . Another artist, 13-year-old Lil Chuckee, was also set to appear on one of the "A Milli" skits. None of the skits made the final cut of the album. The third single is " Got Money ", featuring T-Pain . It reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. The fourth single
26296-461: The user would pick up the stack, turn it over, and put them back on the spindle—sides 3 and 4 would then play in sequence. Record changers were used for many years of the LP era, but eventually fell out of use. 8-track tape (formally Stereo 8: commonly known as the eight-track cartridge, eight-track tape, or simply eight-track) is a magnetic tape sound recording technology popular in the United States from
26469-593: The year in the United States by Billboard . On September 25, 2020, the album was certified six times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over six million units in the United States. Tha Carter III has also reached the top spot in the Canadian Albums Chart , selling nearly 21,000 units. Elsewhere, the album achieved moderate success, entering at only number 23 in
26642-452: Was a board chalked or painted white, on which decrees, edicts, and other public notices were inscribed in black. It was from this that in medieval and modern times, album came to denote a book of blank pages in which verses, autographs, sketches, photographs and the like are collected. This in turn led to the modern meaning of an album as a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item. The first audio albums were actually published by
26815-491: Was a further development of the similar Stereo-Pak four-track cartridge created by Earl "Madman" Muntz . A later quadraphonic version of the format was announced by RCA in April 1970 and first known as Quad-8, then later changed to just Q8. The Compact Cassette was a popular medium for distributing pre-recorded music from the early 1970s to the early 2000s. The first "Compact Cassette" was introduced by Philips in August 1963 in
26988-487: Was advised not to sing or speak loudly for at least a few months. In 2005, he began his own record company, JayTee records . FutureSex/LoveSounds , a full-length LP of coherence and uniform song-to-song quality virtually unheard of in pop music since the '80s golden age of Michael, Madonna, Janet and Prince... Like one of his suit-and-vest combos, Timberlake himself continued to wear pop stardom exceptionally well. He glided through his music videos and live performances with
27161-459: Was also working on the album. When asked about how many tracks Kanye West had contributed, he answered: On the first visit he had five joints, on the second visit he gave me a CD with fifteen joints on it. I then told him to slow down and he left me alone, but we got a good three on the album. He confirmed that he had a few tracks on The Leak that are produced by Kanye West. Tha Carter III ' s lead single, " Lollipop ", peaked at number one on
27334-488: Was an international hit, topping the charts in over 21 countries worldwide. Timberlake also appears in the music video, which was directed by Jonas & François. On March 30, 2008, Timberlake performed the song at Madonna's Hard Candy Promo Show at Roseland Ballroom in New York City . On November 6, 2008, Timberlake performed the song with Madonna on the Los Angeles stop of her Sticky & Sweet Tour . In June 2007, Timberlake co-wrote, produced and provided vocals for
27507-447: Was announced that he would be an executive producer in an American adaptation of the hit Peruvian comedy My Problem with Women for NBC . On November 20, 2008, TV Guide reported that Timberlake's next single, "Follow My Lead", which also featured vocals by Timberlake's protégée, former YouTube star Esmée Denters , would be available for exclusive download through Myspace . All proceeds would go to Shriners Hospitals for Children ,
27680-446: Was briefly exposed. Timberlake apologized for the incident, stating he was "sorry that anyone was offended by the wardrobe malfunction during the halftime performance of the Super Bowl..." The phrase " wardrobe malfunction " has since been used by the media to refer to the incident and has entered pop culture . Timberlake and Jackson were threatened with exclusion from the 2004 Grammy Awards unless they agreed to apologize on screen at
27853-421: Was complimented by music critics. About the musical direction of the record, he commented, "I just want to do R&B. It's what I grew up listening to". The album spawned the top-five singles " Cry Me a River " and " Rock Your Body ". In summer 2003, Timberlake and Christina Aguilera co-headlined The Justified & Stripped Tour . Later that year he recorded a song " I'm Lovin' It ", used by McDonald's as
28026-539: Was directed by The Social Network director David Fincher . On February 25, 2014, " Not a Bad Thing " was released as the third single from The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2 . The song reached the top 10 on the Hot 100 and topped the Mainstream Top 40 chart. In 2014, Timberlake appeared on Michael Jackson 's second posthumous record Xscape on the song " Love Never Felt So Good ", which was produced by Timbaland, Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon and Timberlake. On May 14, 2014,
28199-432: Was featured on T.I.'s sixth studio album, Paper Trail , and was released as its fourth single late in 2009. In November 2008, it was confirmed that Timberlake would make a guest appearance and produce some tracks on R&B / pop singer Ciara 's upcoming album Fantasy Ride due out May 5, 2009. Timberlake featured on Ciara's second single " Love Sex Magic ", the video being shot on February 20, 2009. The single became
28372-421: Was first played by Timbaland at Philadelphia's Jingle Ball on December 17, 2007. When released on March 17, 2008, "4 Minutes" was revealed to be a duet between Timberlake and Madonna , with backing vocals by Timbaland. It was lead single from Madonna's eleventh studio album Hard Candy , which featured four other song-writing collaborations with Timberlake, being also one of the executive producers. The single
28545-399: Was issued in 1952 on two extended play 45s, with two songs on each side, in both packagings. The 10-inch and 12-inch LP record (long play), or 33 + 1 ⁄ 3 rpm microgroove vinyl record, is a gramophone record format introduced by Columbia Records in 1948. A single LP record often had the same or similar number of tunes as a typical album of 78s, and it was adopted by
28718-508: Was issued on both sides of a single record, Victor 55225 and ran for 8m 59s. By 1910, though some European record companies had issued albums of complete operas and other works, the practice of issuing albums was not widely taken up by American record companies until the 1920s. By about 1910, bound collections of empty sleeves with a paperboard or leather cover, similar to a photograph album, were sold as record albums that customers could use to store their records (the term "record album"
28891-539: Was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2009 Grammy Awards and won for Best Rap Album , while "Lollipop" won Best Rap Song and " A Milli " won Best Rap Solo Performance . It has been certified octuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Lil Wayne stated that producers would include The Alchemist , Cool & Dre , Deezle , Jim Jonsin , Just Blaze , Kanye West , Mannie Fresh , The Runners , Timbaland , Danja , and will.i.am . In an interview with HipHopCanada.com, Solitair of
29064-414: Was performed by Timberlake at the opening of the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards and reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100, where it remained for seven consecutive weeks. " My Love ", the album's second single, also produced by Timbaland and featuring rapper T.I. , reached number-one on the Hot 100, as did third single " What Goes Around... Comes Around ". The song is reported to have been inspired by
29237-462: Was printed on some covers). These albums came in both 10-inch and 12-inch sizes. The covers of these bound books were wider and taller than the records inside, allowing the record album to be placed on a shelf upright, like a book, suspending the fragile records above the shelf and protecting them. In the 1930s, record companies began issuing collections of 78s by one performer or of one type of music in specially assembled albums, typically with artwork on
29410-418: Was released in November 2016, and returned for its next two entries Trolls: World Tour and Trolls: Band Together in 2020 and 2023 respectively. He also served as the executive music producer, performing original music for the film . The lead single, " Can't Stop the Feeling! ", was released on May 6, 2016. Timberlake was invited by Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) to perform "Can't Stop
29583-525: Was removed from the track list of Tha Carter III on all online music stores and replaced with the David Banner produced track, "Pussy Monster". In March 2011, producer Deezle (Darius Harrison) sued Wayne and his parent labels Cash Money Records over unpaid royalties from Tha Carter III album. In May 2011, producer Bangladesh also filed a lawsuit against Weezy & Co. over unpaid royalties. In early June 2011, another producer named David Kirkwood filed
29756-620: Was to occur with Lil Wayne for his album Tha Carter III with Nelly Furtado and Timbaland. With the wrapping up of the FutureSex/LoveSounds tour of Australasia and the Middle East in November 2007, Timberlake resumed his film career. Projects underway early in 2008 were starring roles in Mike Myers ' comedy The Love Guru (released June 20, 2008) and Mike Meredith's drama The Open Road (released August 28, 2009). In March 2008, it
29929-413: Was very absolute about the fact that he wanted it to be a duet between himself and I.. [That was] the first time I ever really felt the confidence to do it – Timberlake on Master Class , 2014 In August 2002, Timberlake performed at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards , where he premiered his debut solo single " Like I Love You "; it peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on
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