126-495: Joseph Anthony Fatone Jr. (born January 28, 1977) is an American singer, dancer, actor, and television host. He is best known as a member of the boy band NSYNC , in which he sings baritone . The band has sold over 70 million records, becoming one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. In 2007, he came in second place on the ABC reality show Dancing with the Stars . He was the host of
252-471: A teen idol was never a goal of his. Galasso became a mortgage broker in the Orlando area later in his life. In need of a bass, the group auditioned several people without success. Timberlake eventually called his vocal coach, who suggested a 16-year-old from Mississippi named Lance Bass . Bass flew to Orlando to audition and was immediately accepted into the group. He was nicknamed "Lansten" so they could keep
378-473: A Hot 100 Top 40 hit in each of the four decades from the 1980s through the 2010s: Michael Jackson , Madonna , "Weird Al" Yankovic , U2 , and Kenny G . Mariah Carey is the first artist to have a number-one single in four different decades. SiriusXM Pop2K uses the Hot 100 charts for the 2000s for the "Pop2Kountdown", where radio personal Rich Davis plays the top 30 songs on the Hot 100 from that specific week in
504-584: A US Billboard Hot 100 number one. In addition to eight Grammy Award nominations, NSYNC performed at the Super Bowl and sang the national anthem at the Olympic Games and World Series . They have also sung or recorded with Elton John , Stevie Wonder , Michael and Janet Jackson , Britney Spears , Phil Collins , Celine Dion , Aerosmith , Nelly , Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes , Mary J. Blige , country music band Alabama , and Gloria Estefan . NSYNC went on
630-406: A group and second-most overall, which became "ground zero" for "America's adolescent culture war." The website's editor commented, "to be a teenager at the turn of the millennium was to be inundated with boy bands and pop princesses, and *NSYNC were among the most dominant of them all." As NSYNC propelled the solo stardom of Timberlake, Consequence noted, "[his] solo success is the exception, not
756-488: A group of BMG executives. Although the record company had some concerns with the band's name and Lance Bass's dancing abilities (which eventually improved), they agreed to sign the group to BMG Ariola Munich with Wright as their manager. After being signed to BMG Ariola Munich, the group was sent to Sweden to begin working on their debut album with the help of producers Denniz Pop , Max Martin and Andreas Carlsson . The album's official lead single , " I Want You Back ",
882-472: A hiatus in 2002 and briefly reunited in 2023 to release the single " Better Place " for the DreamWorks animated film Trolls Band Together (2023). In November 2024, JC Chasez stated during a podcast appearance that there are no immediate plans, for NSYNC going into the future. Over the course of their hiatus, the five members reunited occasionally, including at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards and to receive
1008-554: A medley of " Girlfriend " and " Bye Bye Bye "; after the performance Lance Bass said that the group had no plans for a reunion tour or new music. In April 2019 the band reunited without Timberlake for a one-off performance with Ariana Grande at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival . NSYNC have long been subject to speculation of a reunion, to which Fatone has given the answer: "Never say never". On September 12, 2023, following weeks of teasers and speculation regarding
1134-553: A new album in the fall of 2003, but it never materialized. They performed " The Star-Spangled Banner " at the 2004 NSYNC Challenge for the Children. According to Bass' 2007 memoir Out of Sync , written after Bass won the Human Rights Campaign Award for his work in the gay community after his coming out, a meeting was held in the summer of 2004 to discuss the band's future where Timberlake announced his decision to leave
1260-460: A new single, featuring the former B-side as the A-side, along with a "new" B-side. The inclusion of album cuts on the Hot 100 put the double-sided hit issues to rest permanently. As many Hot 100 chart policies have been modified over the years, one rule always remained constant: songs were not eligible to enter the Hot 100 unless they were available to purchase as a single. However, on December 5, 1998,
1386-504: A number of specials, including a 2017 episode based at his Orlando hot dog restaurant, Fat One's. Fatone is the permanent host of the spin-off series Impractical Jokers: After Party and he made a cameo in Impractical Jokers: The Movie in 2020. Fatone portrayed "Rabbit" on the first season of the singing competition show The Masked Singer , tying with Rumer Willis as "Lion" for fourth place overall. Currently he
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#17330847278031512-567: A performance with Ariana Grande during her headlining performance at Coachella . They performed " Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored ", "It Makes Me Ill" and " Tearin' Up My Heart ". Timberlake was unable to make the reunion due to finishing up his The Man of the Woods Tour the night before. On April 19, 2021, Bass, Fatone, and Kirkpatrick reunited for a Progressive Insurance commercial known as "The 3/5ths of NSYNC". On September 12, 2023, following weeks of teasers and speculation regarding
1638-577: A point system that typically gave sales (purchases) more weight than radio airplay. The first No. 1 in that chart was " Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing " by The Four Aces . The Best Sellers in Stores , Most Played by Jockeys and Most Played in Jukeboxes charts continued to be published concurrently with the new Top 100 chart. On June 17, 1957, Billboard discontinued the Most Played in Jukeboxes chart, as
1764-647: A potential reunion, all five members appeared together at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards to present the Best Pop Award. On September 14, it was confirmed the group recorded a new song titled " Better Place " for the DreamWorks Animation film Trolls Band Together . The song was released on September 29, 2023, reaching No. 1 on the US and Canadian iTunes Charts, No. 4 on the Global and European iTunes Charts and No. 25 on
1890-436: A potential reunion, all five members appeared together at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards to present the Best Pop Award. On September 14, it was confirmed the group recorded a new song entitled " Better Place " for the DreamWorks Animation film Trolls Band Together . The song was released on September 29, 2023, reaching No. 1 on the US and Canadian iTunes Charts, No. 4 on the Global and European iTunes Charts and No. 25 on
2016-468: A production similar to Ace of Base . No Strings Attached (2000) was noted as "an incremental step away" from teen pop 's "softer side", as it featured ballads written by 80s adult contemporary singer Richard Marx and prolific songwriter Diane Warren . Primarily a pop album, it comprised a blend of new jack swing revivalism, uptempo R&B and hip-hop influences. Lyrically, the lead single " Bye Bye Bye "'s kiss-off message and self-assurance saw
2142-434: A single until airplay was at its absolute peak, thus prompting a top ten or, in some cases, a number-one debut. In many cases, a label would delete a single from its catalog after only one week, thus allowing the song to enter the Hot 100, make a high debut and then slowly decline in position as the one-time production of the retail single sold out. It was during this period that several popular mainstream hits never charted on
2268-717: A songwriter and vocal coach on The All New Mickey Mouse Club . After Timberlake received a phone call from Kirkpatrick, he decided to join the group, recommending Chasez in the process, who was back home in Maryland saving up to return to Nashville. The trio decided to venture in Orlando, Florida to search for a baritone , where they encountered Joey Fatone , who knew Kirkpatrick from their time working at Universal Studios Florida . The group finally recruited Jason Galasso as their bass singer after several auditions. NSYNC created their name after Timberlake's mother commented on how "in sync"
2394-465: A sonic shift for all of pop music at the turn of the millennium ," while noting, "before No Strings Attached , none of the major teen pop albums of the era had featured guest rappers or name producers from the R&;B world, and virtually every one that came after did." Writer Al Shipley commented that although NSYNC was not the first act to build an album "around the theme of taking control of their career",
2520-629: A specific year from the 2000s. '90s on 9 also does a similar countdown show called the "Back in the Day Replay Countdown" hosted by Downtown Julie Brown ; however, this focuses on the Hot 100 charts from the 1990s. A new chart, the Pop 100 , was created by Billboard in February 2005 to answer criticism that the Hot 100 at the time was too dominated by hip hop and R&B. It was discontinued in June 2009 due to
2646-425: A spot in pop history more than a decade late." The Washington Post stated it was one of the two boy bands "that dominated the late '90s and early '00s." According to Billboard , No Strings Attached was the top album of the 2000s (decade), with The Independent listing it among the albums "that marked the decade." Billboard also ranked the group at number four on their list of the biggest boy bands (from
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#17330847278032772-577: A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2018. The band completed five nationwide concert tours and has sold over 70 million records, becoming one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. Rolling Stone recognized their instant success as one of the Top 25 Teen Idol Breakout Moments of all time. In 1994, while working at Universal Studios and singing in The Hollywood Hi-Tones, Chris Kirkpatrick
2898-435: A trend they had started in the 1960s by putting the same song on both sides of the singles provided to radio. More complex issues began to arise as the typical A-and-B-side format of singles gave way to 12 inch singles and maxi-singles, many of which contained more than one B-side. Further problems arose when, in several cases, a B-side would eventually overtake the A-side in popularity, thus prompting record labels to release
3024-537: A very long time to gain mainstream success. These rare cases are handled on a case-by-case basis and ultimately determined by Billboard ' s chart managers and staff. Older songs are allowed to re-enter to the Hot 100 provided they chart higher than number 50. Christmas songs have been a regular presence on the Hot 100 each December since the relaxation of recurrent rules, culminating in Mariah Carey 's 1994 recording " All I Want for Christmas Is You " reaching No. 1 on
3150-600: A very straightforward cumulative total of yearlong sales, streaming, and airplay points. This gives a more accurate picture of any given year's most popular tracks, as the points accrued by one song during its week at number one in March might be less than those accrued by another song reaching number three in January. Songs at the peak of their popularity at the time of the November/December chart-year cutoff many times end up ranked on
3276-403: A week spent at position 100, two points for a week spent at position 99 and so forth, up to 100 points for each week spent at number one). Other factors including the total weeks a song spent on the chart and at its peak position were calculated into its year-end total. After Billboard began obtaining sales and airplay information from Nielsen SoundScan, the year-end charts are now calculated by
3402-407: Is Jennifer Lopez 's " I'm Real ". Originally entering the Hot 100 in its album version, a "remix" was issued in the midst of its chart run that featured rapper Ja Rule . This new version proved to be more popular than the album version and the track was propelled to number one. To address this issue, Billboard now separates airplay points from a song's original version and its remix, if the remix
3528-471: Is currently Friday–Thursday, after being changed in July 2015. It was initially Monday–Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. Radio airplay is readily available on a real-time basis, unlike sales figures and streaming, but is also tracked on the same Friday–Thursday cycle, effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021. Previously, radio
3654-452: Is determined to be a "new song". Since administering this new chart rule, several songs have charted twice, normally credited as "Part 1" and "Part 2". The remix rule is still in place. Billboard , in an effort to allow the chart to remain as current as possible and to give representation to new and developing artists and tracks, has (since 1991) removed titles that have reached certain criteria regarding its current rank and number of weeks on
3780-449: Is often considered the group's signature song . The accompanying album, No Strings Attached , was released on March 21, 2000. It sold a record 2.42 million in its first week of release. By the end of 2000, it had sold over 9.9 million copies. No Strings Attached was the best-selling album of 2000, and the second-best selling album of the decade in the US behind The Beatles ' 1 . As of August 2012, No Strings Attached
3906-433: Is post-dated with the "week-ending" issue date four days after the charts are refreshed online (i.e., the following Saturday). For example: The methods and policies by which this data is obtained and compiled have changed many times throughout the chart's history. Although the advent of a singles music chart spawned chart historians and chart-watchers and greatly affected pop culture and produced countless bits of trivia,
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4032-583: Is presenter of the game show Common Knowledge , which premiered on January 14, 2019, on the Game Show Network . In 2021 he served as a panelist on the Irish talent show Last Singer Standing . On February 1, 2007, the ABC television network announced that Fatone would participate in season 4 of the American version of Dancing with the Stars , which debuted March 19, 2007. He ended up placing second, losing
4158-522: Is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital ), online streaming , and radio airplay in the U.S. A new chart is compiled and released online to the public by Billboard' s website on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday, when the printed magazine first reaches newsstands. The weekly tracking period for sales
4284-577: Is their godfather . Season 4 : Season 15 : NSYNC NSYNC ( / ɛ n ˈ s ɪ ŋ k , ɪ n -/ en- SINK , in- ; also stylized as *NSYNC or ' N Sync ) was an American vocal group and boy band formed by Chris Kirkpatrick in Orlando, Florida , in 1995 and launched in Germany by BMG Ariola Munich. The group consists of Kirkpatrick, Justin Timberlake , Joey Fatone , Lance Bass , and JC Chasez . Their self-titled debut album
4410-583: The Billboard Hot 100 . In the wake of the new single's release, Fatone said there were no immediate plans for more music from NSYNC, but the band could release a new album within the next two years, subject to the success of "Better Place" and the involvement of Timberlake. In 2002 Fatone played Cousin Angelo in the comedy film My Big Fat Greek Wedding , a role he reprised in the TV spin-off My Big Fat Greek Life and
4536-457: The Billboard Hot 100 . To further promote the single, the band appeared together on the YouTube talk show Hot Ones . In the wake of the release of "Better Place", Joey Fatone said that, depending on the success of new music from the band and the continued involvement of Timberlake, they could record a new album together within the next two years. On March 13, 2024, NSYNC performed together for
4662-503: The Justified album and tour was the reason for prolonging a group reunion that would result in new music. Recalling a conversation he'd had with his bandmates, Fatone elaborated: "I said, 'Listen, I'm all good with everybody doing their own shit. I'm totally fine with it, just let us know next time .' Meaning: I could've done a lot more shit than sit around waiting for your dumb ass while you're going out on tour. I could've, honestly. 'Cause
4788-482: The Backstreet Boys , but they had to back out due to member Brian Littrell needing heart surgery, later doing their own special in 1999. Five weeks before the concert, the album sat at number 82 on the albums chart; three weeks after the concert, the album reached number nine. The group's profile continued to rise with the subsequent single release " Tearin' Up My Heart ", which became a hit on pop radio and one of
4914-523: The Billboard Hot 100 tracks paid digital downloads from such internet services as iTunes , Musicmatch , and Rhapsody . Billboard initially started tracking downloads in 2003 with the Hot Digital Tracks chart. However, these downloads did not count towards the Hot 100 and that chart (as opposed to Hot Digital Songs ) counted each version of a song separately. This was the first major overhaul of
5040-814: The kung fu skit "Enter the Fat One" in the first season of Robot Chicken , later making more appearances on the show including the first Star Wars episode . He also played himself in the Syfy film Jersey Shore Shark Attack , the TV series Return of the Mac and the Comedy Central feature Cursed Friends . Fatone has guest-starred in the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana , Imagination Movers and Kim Possible in addition to various other TV shows and horror films, including Inkubus (2011) and Dead 7 (2016). Fatone
5166-553: The "100 Greatest Songs of the 90s" according to VH1 . Regular touring, including an opening spot on Janet Jackson 's The Velvet Rope Tour , and television spots on shows like Sabrina the Teenage Witch also bolstered sales for the album, which was eventually certified diamond for shipments in excess of 10 million units. On November 10, 1998, the group released a holiday album, Home for Christmas . The album peaked at number 7 and sold 2 million copies. With this, NSYNC achieved
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5292-399: The 10 top selling records of three leading record companies, as reported by the companies themselves. In October 1938, a review list, "The Week's Best Records", was retitled "The Billboard Record Buying Guide" by incorporating airplay and sheet music sales, which would eventually become the first trade survey of record popularity. This led to the full-page "Billboard Music Popularity Chart" for
5418-473: The 1990s many record companies stopped releasing singles altogether (see Album Cuts , below). Eventually, a song's airplay points were weighted more so than its sales. Billboard has adjusted the sales/airplay ratio many times to more accurately reflect the true popularity of songs. Billboard has also changed its Hot 100 policy regarding "two-sided singles" several times. The pre-Hot 100 chart "Best Sellers in Stores" listed popular A- and-B-sides together, with
5544-777: The 2016 sequel . In the same year he made his Broadway debut, playing the lead in Rent at the Nederlander Theatre in New York. He went on to act in the critically acclaimed movie The Cooler and had minor roles in the experimental film Red Riding Hood and Homie Spumoni , the latter alongside Jamie-Lynn Sigler . He returned to Broadway in 2004 in a revival of Little Shop of Horrors and later appeared in productions of The Producers and 42nd Street in Pittsburgh and Rock of Ages at Bally's Las Vegas . Fatone played himself in
5670-527: The Food Network reality series Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off . Though eliminated in week six, he secured a $ 5,000 award for his charity, the Fatone Family Foundation. In February 2014 Fatone made an appearance on the hidden camera show Impractical Jokers , standing in for show regular Brian Quinn , during a challenge. He made repeat appearances on the show as host or featured guest in
5796-471: The Hot 100 (then called Top 40 Radio Monitor ). The ongoing splintering of Top 40 radio in the early 1990s led stations to lean into specific formats, meaning that practically no station would play the wide array of genres that typically composed each weekly Hot 100 chart. An artist or band's ability to have hits in the Hot 100 across multiple decades is recognized as a sign of longevity and being able to adapt to changing musical styles. Only five artists had
5922-416: The Hot 100 changed from being a "singles" chart to a "songs" chart. During the 1990s, a growing trend in the music industry was to promote songs to radio without ever releasing them as singles. It was claimed by major record labels that singles were cannibalizing album sales, so they were slowly phased out. During this period, accusations began to fly of chart manipulation as labels would hold off on releasing
6048-401: The Hot 100's chart formula since December 1998. The change in methodology has shaken up the chart considerably, with some songs debuting on the chart strictly with robust online sales and others making drastic leaps. In recent years, several songs have been able to achieve 80-to-90 position jumps in a single week as their digital components were made available at online music stores. Since 2006,
6174-420: The Hot 100's early history, singles were the leading way by which people bought music. At times, when singles sales were robust, more weight was given to a song's retail points than to its radio airplay. As the decades passed, the recording industry concentrated more on album sales than singles sales. Musicians eventually expressed their creative output in the form of full-length albums rather than singles, and by
6300-479: The Hot 100, or charted well after their airplay had declined. During the period that they were not released as singles, the songs were not eligible to chart. Many of these songs dominated the Hot 100 Airplay chart for extended periods of time: As debate and conflicts occurred more and more often, Billboard finally answered the requests of music industry artists and insiders to include airplay-only songs (or "album cuts") in
6426-476: The Hot 100, while the retail component was reduced from 40% to 25%. Extended play (EP) releases were listed by Billboard on the Hot 100 and in pre-Hot 100 charts (Top 100) until the mid-to-late 1960s. With the growing popularity of albums, it was decided to move EPs (which typically contain four to six tracks) from the Hot 100 to the Billboard 200 , where they are included to this day. Since February 12, 2005,
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#17330847278036552-539: The Stars at Sea", aboard the MS Eurodam . He returned to Dancing with the Stars at Sea on Holland America Line's MS Nieuw Amsterdam in January 2014. He was paired with Lacey Schwimmer and appeared alongside Mark Ballas , Sabrina Bryan , and a dance ensemble. Unlike the TV show, this was not a competition and there were no eliminations. Fatone met his wife, Kelly Baldwin, while they were still in high school in 1993. After joining NSYNC two years later, their relationship
6678-463: The U.S. and Australian versions of The Singing Bee , which aired on NBC in the United States. Fatone was the announcer for the game show Family Feud from 2010 to 2015. Fatone has hosted on Food Network 's Rewrapped , Game Show Network 's Common Knowledge , Live Well Network 's My Family Recipe Rocks , The Price Is Right Live! at Bally's Las Vegas ; and appeared as "Rabbit" on
6804-528: The UK. On August 25, 2013, the members of NSYNC regrouped for a one-off performance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards . They performed a medley of " Girlfriend " and " Bye Bye Bye " during Timberlake's 15-minute set leading up to his acceptance of the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award . Their introduction included vocal elements of "Gone" in the background. After the performance, Bass said that
6930-405: The US market. The group released its debut American single, " I Want You Back " on December 29, 1997. It reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 . An album called 'N Sync followed on March 24, 1998. Album sales were sluggish, debuting at number 82 on the Billboard 200 , but were helped when the Disney Channel aired a concert special on July 18, 1998. The concert was first offered to
7056-400: The album's release, stating: "I had the strangest dream last night that some old friends and I had a top 10 record on iTunes. Crazy right..." Kirkpatrick said of the album; "It's great to release some of the songs that had never made a record before. I'm glad our long time fans get some new music." Fatone also said; "Pretty interesting this album comes out, which I really had no idea, and it's in
7182-535: The all-time record for the biggest single-week upward movement was broken nine times. In the issue dated August 11, 2007, Billboard began incorporating weekly data from streaming media and on-demand services into the Hot 100. The first two major companies to provide their statistics to Nielsen BDS on a weekly basis were AOL Music and Yahoo! Music . On March 24, 2012, Billboard premiered its On-Demand Songs chart, which ranks web radio streams from services such as Spotify , as well as on-demand audio titles. Its data
7308-598: The announcer for host Steve Harvey on the show Family Feud . At the same time he hosted the Live Well Network series My Family Recipe Rocks , the Food Network cooking competition Rewrapped , and Parents Just Don't Understand series on the Hub Network . He also was a celebrity guest host of The Price Is Right Live! at Bally's Las Vegas . In January 2012, Fatone was one of eight celebrities participating in
7434-406: The asterisk they usually had in their name at the time) and featured Clint Howard , Lisa Kudrow , and all five members of NSYNC. With their legal woes behind them, NSYNC refocused and worked on tracks for its second album. In January 2000, the group released " Bye Bye Bye ", an upbeat dance track, which shot into the top 5 of the Hot 100 and spent 5 weeks atop the Hot 100 Airplay chart. The song
7560-404: The band from performing or recording under the name NSYNC, and to force NSYNC to return masters recorded that year in preparation of their second album (originally scheduled for release that fall by RCA, the album was then moved to early 2000). The suit also claims Jive executives induced the group into breaking its Trans Continental contract. Pearlman's request for a preliminary injunction against
7686-437: The band to reunite, first in his memoir when he mentioned passing up various professional opportunities and more recently as a guest on Michael Rosenbaum's Inside of You podcast. When asked how he felt about the fallout of *NSYNC's breakup, Bass explained, "Me and the guys were never...on bad terms at all, you know, it's just life goes on and y-you know you have more interests; you have to focus on your career and it's great. Uh,
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#17330847278037812-423: The band was denied. In December 1999, NSYNC and Pearlman reached an undisclosed settlement out of court, freeing the group to release future albums on Jive Records. Also in 1999, NSYNC starred in a short-form spoof video of the 1998 science fiction disaster film Armageddon for the 1999 MTV Movie & TV Awards ; it was titled Armagedd'NSync . It featured an earthbound asterisk-shaped asteroid (a play off
7938-452: The band. In 2005, NSYNC regrouped for the last Challenge for the Children but did not perform. In the fall of 2005, NSYNC released a greatest hits album . It included one song, " I'll Never Stop ", that had previously not been released in the US. In 2007, while promoting Out of Sync , Bass confirmed the group's breakup to the press. In January 2010, the band released another album, The Collection , consisting of singles released only in
8064-400: The band. Joey Fatone and Lance Bass have offered a different perspective on *NSYNC disbanding, indicating that a lack of transparency left them unprepared for the prospect of a breakup. In a 2019 interview on The Jenny McCarthy Show , Fatone said the group believed they would be reuniting because they were young and "didn't know better at first." He then went on to say that the momentum of
8190-459: The biggest tours of 2001. In 2002, the band promoted their album further by embarking on the Celebrity Tour , which earned nearly $ 30 million. Following the tour, the group went on a hiatus to allow for time off and at the suggestion of Timberlake, who was interested in recording a solo album and, according to several sources, had already begun working on the project. While the hiatus
8316-467: The chart in December 2019. Billboard altered its tracking-week for sales, streaming and radio airplay in order to conform to a new Global Release Date, which now falls on Fridays in all major-market territories (United States product was formerly released on Tuesdays before June 2015). This modified tracking schedule took effect in the issue dated July 25, 2015. Billboard ' s "chart year" runs from
8442-417: The chart. Recurrent criteria have been modified several times and currently (as of 2015 ), a song is permanently moved to "recurrent status" if it has spent 20 weeks on the Hot 100 and fallen below position number 50. Additionally, descending songs are removed from the chart if ranking below number 25 after 52 weeks. Exceptions are made to re-releases and sudden resurgence in popularity of tracks that have taken
8568-507: The charts becoming increasingly similar. The Canadian Hot 100 was launched June 16, 2007. Like the Hot 100 chart, it uses sales and airplay tracking compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and BDS . The Billboard Japan Hot 100 was launched in the issue dated May 31, 2008, using the same methodologies as the Hot 100 charts for the U.S. and Canada, using sales and airplay data from SoundScan Japan and radio tracking service Plantech. The Vietnamese edition of Hot 100, Billboard Vietnam Hot 100 ,
8694-408: The day of the unveiling. The group also had a deal alongside McDonald's , which included commercials featuring the group and Britney Spears, along with a CD and a video that featured behind-the-scenes footage from the making of NSYNC's music video. The vocal group also had a deal with Chili's Grill & Bar in which the members appeared in commercials for the restaurant, while Chili's helped sponsor
8820-758: The first season of The Masked Singer in 2019. Fatone was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to Joe and Phyllis Fatone. He has a brother, Steven, and a sister, Janine, and was raised at 2140 84th Street in the Bensonhurst neighborhood. His father had sung in a doo-wop group called the Orions. At 13, he moved with his family to Orlando , Florida , where he attended Dr. Phillips High School . After high school, Fatone played "Wolfie" in Beetlejuice's Rock and Roll Graveyard Revue at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando. There, in
8946-467: The first time since the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards at Timberlake's One Night Only (ONO) concert at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. They performed "Girlfriend", "Bye Bye Bye", and "It's Gonna Be Me" and debuted their new song, "Paradise", which was released two days later as a track on Timberlake's sixth studio album, Everything I Thought It Was . In 2024, " Bye Bye Bye " resurged in popularity after it
9072-462: The first week of December to the final week in November. This altered calendar allows for Billboard to calculate year-end charts and release them in time for its final print issue in the last week of December. Before Nielsen SoundScan, year-end singles charts were calculated by an inverse-point system based solely on a song's performance on the Hot 100 (for example, a song would be given one point for
9198-413: The following year's chart as well, as their cumulative points are split between the two chart-years, but often are ranked lower than they would have been had the peak occurred in a single year. The Hot 100 served for many years as the data source for the weekly radio countdown show American Top 40 . This relationship ended on November 30, 1991, as American Top 40 started using the airplay-only side of
9324-432: The group at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards . Note: " Tearin' Up My Heart " was performed in those shows. Headlining As supporting act NSYNC has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards . Among their awards, the group has won three American Music Awards , five Billboard Music Awards , seven MTV Video Music Awards and they hold a Guinness World Record . Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100
9450-552: The group departing from the "lovesick" formula of their debut. Celebrity (2001) was mainly a pop/R&B record with electronica elements. The members licensed their likenesses on a great variety of merchandise, including board games, microphones, lip balm, marionettes, books, key chains, bedding, clothing, video games, and various other articles. The group was immortalized in wax in Madame Tussauds New York wax museum in 2002; all five members of NSYNC were present
9576-437: The group did not have any plans at the moment for a reunion tour or new music. On July 29, 2014, a compilation of *NSYNC's hits and unreleased songs titled The Essential *NSYNC , was released. Bass said of the album on his radio show, Dirty Pop : "There's a lot of these songs I don't think I've ever heard, I remember recording them but I've never heard them before, so I'm interested in just hearing them." Chasez tweeted about
9702-568: The group of more than fifty percent of their earnings, rather than his promise of only receiving one-sixth of the profits, similar to his promise of one-sixth of the profits with the Backstreet Boys. The group threatened to leave and sign with Jive Records , which prompted Pearlman and RCA to countersue NSYNC for US$ 150 million. Trans Continental, along with RCA's parent BMG Entertainment, went to federal court and filed said $ 150 million suit in an effort to stop NSYNC's move to Jive, to prevent
9828-571: The group took this theme a step further with the No Strings Attached cover art and the " Bye Bye Bye " music video. Shipley further stated the album's pop, hip hop, and R&B elements helped NSYNC "climb to the top of the boy band heap." A Stereogum article noted the group "were deeply ingrained within the TRL universe", the MTV fan-voted video countdown where they had the most number-one videos for
9954-435: The group's singing voices were. The group's name is also a play on the last letter of each of the initial members' names: Justi N , Chri S , Joe Y , Jaso N , and J C . After several weeks of rehearsals, the group set up a showcase and began planning to officially sign with Pearlman's Trans Continental Label. However, at the last minute, Galasso dropped out. He was not fond of the group's musical direction, claiming that being
10080-556: The group's tour. A video game was released based on the band by Infogrames for the Game Boy Color titled *NSYNC: Get to the Show in 2001. In April 2018, a free, limited-run shop called "Dirty Pop-Up" centered in NSYNC opened on Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles. Entertainment Weekly ranked NSYNC as the best boy band of the 1990s and 2000s; editor Madelne Boardman stated, "the group has
10206-556: The group. After the end of The All New Mickey Mouse Club , Chasez attempted to pursue a music career in Los Angeles , but decided to return home to Maryland . On his drive back, he stopped at Timberlake's house in Memphis, Tennessee , where the two wrote demos together. Chasez and Timberlake eventually relocated to Nashville while continuously writing songs and demo tracks with Robin Wiley,
10332-413: The idea of Kirkpatrick forming a vocal group, which Pearlman promised to finance if Kirkpatrick could find other singers to join him. Kirkpatrick took the opportunity and spent over a year trying to find other people to join him, eventually finding Justin Timberlake (who had been on the TV show The All New Mickey Mouse Club along with JC Chasez ) through a talent agent and contacting him in regards to
10458-690: The industry standard and Billboard discontinued the Best Sellers In Stores chart on October 13, 1958. The Hot 100 was created by journalists Tom Noonan, Paul Ackerman , and Seymour Stein ; Stein did not recall who chose the name. The Billboard Hot 100 is still the standard by which a song's popularity is measured in the United States. The Hot 100 is ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen BDS, sales data compiled by Nielsen Soundscan (both at retail and digitally) and streaming activity provided by online music sources. There are several component charts that contribute to
10584-519: The last artists to benefit so greatly from the industry bubble before its spectacular burst," referring to the following post-9/11 era. Sherman also noted their sophomore album to be relevant to the pop market of 2020 : "a union of Swedish pop songcraft with R&B and hip-hop's flow and bounce; an eagerness to explore mature themes and styles; an understanding that dance and visual presentation can turn stars into icons." Billboard stated that their sophomore album's production and writing "represented
10710-545: The last, platinum gasp of a time when buying music meant spending your actual paper allowance rather than clicking a link on your iPhone. The group's third album, Celebrity , released on July 24, 2001, produced three singles: " Pop " (number 19 in the US), " Gone " (number 11) and " Girlfriend " (number 5). The album featured much more creative involvement from the group, who wrote and produced several of their own tracks. Celebrity sold 1,879,955 copies in its first week, making it
10836-413: The main purpose of the Hot 100 is to aid those within the music industry: to reflect the popularity of the "product" (the singles, the albums, etc.) and to track the trends of the buying public. Billboard has (many times) changed its methodology and policies to give the most precise and accurate reflection of what is popular. A very basic example of this would be the ratio given to sales and airplay. During
10962-508: The minute we parted our ways in the sense of a group I was like 'Shit, I went and did Broadway - I did Rent on Broadway , I did Little Shop of Horrors .' I started doing things at first, I was waiting 'cause I know that when you do an album and you're doing stuff with a group it takes a long—it's a long, i-it's a process. So it was interesting. I was just like 'Dude, just let me know next time,' I said. 'Cause next time I ain't waiting for nobody ." Lance Bass has also discussed waiting for
11088-489: The mirror ball to Apolo Anton Ohno and Julianne Hough . He competed with professional partner Kym Johnson . Fatone participated in the 15th season of Dancing with the Stars for a second chance to win a mirror ball trophy, again dancing with Kym Johnson . They were the second couple eliminated. He later returned in season 27 during Trio Week as a trio partner to John Schneider and Emma Slater . In February 2013, Fatone appeared on Holland America Line 's "Dancing with
11214-513: The name 'NSYNC. From there, Pearlman set the five boys up in a house in Orlando, Florida, where they rehearsed constantly, learning dance routines and vocal parts, and worked on promotion for their first public performance at Pleasure Island on October 22, 1995. Pearlman hired Johnny Wright to manage the group, despite also managing the Backstreet Boys . NSYNC sent him a four-song demo-tape including "I'll Be Back for More" and "We Can Work It Out", which impressed him. The group performed for him and
11340-433: The overall calculation of the Hot 100. The most significant ones are: The tracking week for sales, streaming and airplay begins on Friday and ends on Thursday (airplay used to have a tracking week from Monday to Sunday, but effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021, the week was adjusted to align with the other two metrics ). A new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by Billboard on Tuesday. Each chart
11466-418: The period 1987–2012) according to chart performance, with the staff writing, "despite having one of the most short-lived boy band careers, 'N Sync was arguably the most famous." In a retrospective article for No Strings Attached ' s 20th anniversary, NPR 's writer Maria Sherman said the album marked "the sound of a new millennium" and an "industry peak" commercially, while describing the group as "one of
11592-485: The popularity of jukeboxes waned and radio stations incorporated more and more rock-oriented music into their playlists. The week of July 28, 1958, had the final Most Played by Jockeys and Top 100 charts, both of which had Perez Prado 's instrumental version of " Patricia " ascending to the top. On August 4, 1958, Billboard premiered one main all-genre singles chart: the Hot 100 , with " Poor Little Fool " by Ricky Nelson its first No. 1. The Hot 100 quickly became
11718-572: The rare feat of having two albums in the Billboard Top 10 at the same time. A week later on November 16, 1998, NSYNC released The Winter Album in Germany. One of the songs on the album " U Drive Me Crazy " was a major hit in Spain peaking at number 4. The group scored its first top 10 on the Hot 100 with their third single, " (God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You ", which peaked at number 8 in February 1999. Country group Alabama later re-recorded
11844-406: The rule", as other contemporary boy bands "failed to produce a solo star." Several acts have cited the group as an influence, including Kelsea Ballerini , Selena Gomez , Meghan Trainor , and Why Don't We . Hayley Williams stated she learned harmonies through listening to the group in her teenage years. Taylor Swift called the band "pop personified" upon accepting the Best Pop Award from
11970-595: The same week the group's song "It's Gonna Be Me" hit number one on the charts. The group then went on the second leg of the tour in the fall and performed one last show in 2001 for the " Rock in Rio " concert. The group also released Live From Madison Square Garden , a home video release of its HBO Special. NSYNC and Aerosmith co-headlined the Super Bowl XXXV halftime show , titled "The Kings of Rock and Pop", with appearances from Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige and Nelly . NSYNC
12096-532: The same year, she became pregnant in the spring of 2000 with their first child, Briahna, who was born exactly a year after the release of NSYNC 's hit sophomore album, No Strings Attached . They became engaged in the fall of 2002. On September 9, 2004, Fatone married Baldwin at Oheka Castle on Long Island , New York , in a ceremony that was attended by all his NSYNC bandmates. Fatone and his wife have two daughters: Briahna Joely, born March 21, 2001, and Kloey, born January 2010. Fatone's best friend, Lance Bass ,
12222-653: The second-fastest-selling album in SoundScan history at the time, only behind the group's previous album No Strings Attached . Its debut was recognized by the Billboard Music Awards with a special award for "biggest one-week sales for an album in 2001." To promote the Celebrity album, the group embarked on a four-month stadium tour entitled the PopOdyssey Tour . The tour earned over $ 90 million, becoming one of
12348-506: The side that was played most often (based on its other charts) listed first. One of the most notable of these, but far from the only one, was Elvis Presley 's "Don't Be Cruel" / "Hound Dog". During the Presley single's chart run, top billing was switched back and forth between the two sides several times. But on the concurrent "Most Played in Juke Boxes", "Most Played by Jockeys" and the "Top 100",
12474-568: The single " Together Again " and the No Strings Attached album track "I Thought She Knew". While a member of NSYNC, Fatone co-starred with bandmate Bass in the 2001 romantic comedy film On the Line and guest-starred with the band on The Simpsons episode, " New Kids on the Blecch ". On August 25, 2013, NSYNC regrouped for a one-off performance at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. They performed
12600-461: The song and released it as a single that featured vocals from NSYNC. The fourth and final single from the album, " I Drive Myself Crazy ", was a modest chart hit, but a mainstay on Total Request Live . NSYNC also recorded their version of the song "Trashin' The Camp" with Phil Collins . The song appears on the soundtrack to the Disney movie Tarzan . They also did "Somewhere, Someday" which appears on
12726-564: The soundtrack to Pokémon: The First Movie . In September 1999, the group collaborated with Gloria Estefan on a song for the soundtrack for her movie Music of the Heart . The track " Music of My Heart " reached number 2 on the Hot 100 and served as a stopgap between album releases. In 1999, NSYNC entered a publicized legal battle with Lou Pearlman, due to what the group believed were illicit business practices on his part. NSYNC sued Pearlman and his record company, Trans Continental, for defrauding
12852-459: The summer of 1995, he befriended fellow park performer Chris Kirkpatrick who recruited him as the fourth member of a new vocal group that included Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez . They were later joined by Lance Bass and the band NSYNC was formed. Fatone sang baritone with the band from their formation to 2002, when they went on an indefinite hiatus, during which time they sold more than 70 million records worldwide. He performed lead vocals on
12978-413: The thing I was most disappointed in was not just Justin leaving the band, um... it's that our whole team - our record label, our management, everything like that - they all knew. They all knew it was over for three years before they told me . And so for three years I'm sitting there getting ready for a new album as everyone else knows we're moving on. And so, I didn't get - I turned down, you know, there
13104-553: The top five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. They performed the Spanish version of the song, "Yo Te Voy a Amar", at the Latin Grammys in 2001. The group also embarked on their No Strings Attached Tour that year. The adventures of preparing for the tour were featured on an MTV special "Making the Tour", which was later released on DVD. The tour was then featured on a HBO special, which aired
13230-539: The top of Amazon and iTunes ... we owe it to our fans. Thank you." Fatone and Kirkpatrick starred in Dead 7 , a western zombie film written by Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter . The film premiered on April 1, 2016, on the Syfy channel. On April 30, 2018, NSYNC reunited to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . To celebrate the occasion, all five members appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show . On April 14, 2019, Chasez, Fatone, Bass, and Kirkpatrick reunited, for
13356-615: The top-10 in numerous countries in Europe. They eventually released the following German exclusive singles, " For the Girl Who Has Everything " and " Together Again " throughout the year. NSYNC captured the attention of Vincent DeGiorgio , an A&R rep for RCA Records . After seeing the group perform in Budapest, he eventually signed them to RCA in 1998. The American label had the group record some new tracks to adjust their album for
13482-428: The two songs were listed separately, as was true of all songs. With the initiation of the Hot 100 in 1958, A- and-B-sides charted separately, as they had on the former Top 100. Starting with the Hot 100 chart for the week ending November 29, 1969, this rule was altered; if both sides received significant airplay, they were listed together. This started to become a moot point by 1972, as most major record labels solidified
13608-410: The week ending July 20, 1940, and published in the July 27 issue, with lists covering jukebox play, retail sales, sheet music sales, and radio play. Listed were 10 songs of the national "Best Selling Retail Records", which was the fore-runner of today's pop chart, with " I'll Never Smile Again " by Tommy Dorsey its first number one. Starting on March 24, 1945, Billboard ' s lead popularity chart
13734-480: Was a record for over fifteen years . NSYNC's first two studio albums were both certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Celebrity (2001) debuted with 1.8 million copies in its first week in the US. Singles such as " Girlfriend ", " Pop ", " Bye Bye Bye ", " Gone ", and " It's Gonna Be Me " reached the top 10 in several international charts, with the last being
13860-469: Was "Last Week's Ten Best Sellers Among the Popular Songs", a list of best-selling sheet music, in July 1913. Other charts listed popular song performances in theatres and recitals. In 1928, "Popular Numbers Featured by Famous Singers and Leaders" appeared, which added radio performances to in-person performances. On January 4, 1936, Billboard magazine published "Ten Best Records for Week Ending", which listed
13986-423: Was a sitcom I was doin'. Had to turn it down. Uh, I mean, all kinds of stuff that I really wanted to do and focus on but I knew I couldn't because, you know, my first commitment is *NSYNC. Like, this is my life ." The group still attended award shows and events together, and regrouped at the 45th Annual Grammy Awards to sing a televised Bee Gees medley in tribute to that band. They were slated to begin work on
14112-405: Was a tactic generally used by certain artists to boost their chart positions. Instead, such physical releases are now only counted when they are shipped to the consumer, rendering the tactic "ineffectual". A growing trend early in the first decade of the 21st century was to issue a song as a "remix" that was so drastically different in structure and lyrical content from its original version that it
14238-512: Was among the artists that performed at the 2002 Winter Olympics ceremonies. No Strings firmly established *NSYNC as the Godzillas of the Pop2K era... The limelight would shine brightly until the following year, when the group released their final album, Celebrity , another smash. That one proved to be the group's swan song, setting the stage for Timberlake's equally massive solo career—and signaling
14364-447: Was essentially a whole new song. Under normal circumstances, airplay points from a song's album version, "radio" mix and/or dance music remix, etc. were all combined and factored into the song's performance on the Hot 100, as the structure, lyrics and melody remained intact. Criticisms began when songs were being completely re-recorded to the point that they no longer resembled the original recording. The first such example of this scenario
14490-665: Was featured in the 2024 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Deadpool & Wolverine . In November 2024, JC Chasez was featured on Tommy DiDario’s podcast, I’ve Never Said This Before . During the interview, Chasez discussed his newly released concept album, Playing with Fire . He also addressed the status of *NSYNC, confirming that the group is no longer active, as Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone, and Chasez himself are focused on individual projects. Their debut studio album 'N Sync (1997) featured four-on-the-floor Europop beats with midtempo singles "I Want You Back" and "Tearin' Up My Heart", that recalled
14616-421: Was initially meant to be temporary, the group never recorded music or toured together again. "It started as a fun snowball fight that was becoming an avalanche. And, also, I was growing out of it. I felt like I cared more about the music than some of the other people in the group. And I felt like I had other music I wanted to make and that I needed to follow my heart," Timberlake later said of his decision to leave
14742-428: Was introduced to Lou Pearlman , who had created the Backstreet Boys , through a mutual friend who had heard that Pearlman was interested in financing another vocal group. Originally, when the Backstreet Boys formed, Kirkpatrick hadn't known about their auditions, so he never got the chance to try out. When Pearlman met him and saw him perform in his doo-wop group, Lou took an interest in him, so they discussed
14868-445: Was off-and-on. It was a much speculated rumor that Fatone had briefly dated singer Pink in early 2000, to which Pink stated, "[Joey] took me to Friendly's as a casual date, not like a date-date. I just wanted ice cream. We were in the friend zone." The singer has stated that although they did technically go on a date, it was more platonic and that Fatone was "a total sweetheart." After rekindling his romance with Baldwin shortly after
14994-883: Was released in Germany on October 7, 1996, and entered the top 10 in Germany on November 18, 1996. With a record deal finally secured, the boys began touring first in German-speaking countries and later in other European and Asian territories. Their self-titled debut album was initially released by BMG Ariola Munich on May 26, 1997, in Germany, and peaked at number one in the second week after its release. The group soon became an overnight success throughout much of Europe. The album also charted successfully in both Switzerland and Austria eventually selling 820,000 units in GSA (Germany, Switzerland, Austria) region and Eastern Europe. The group released its second and third singles, " Tearin' Up My Heart " and " Here We Go ", both of which managed to reach
15120-408: Was successfully released to European countries in 1997, and later debuted in the U.S. market with the single " I Want You Back ". After heavily publicized legal battles with their former manager Lou Pearlman and former record label Bertelsmann Music Group , the group's second album, No Strings Attached (2000), sold over one million copies in one day and 2.4 million copies in one week, which
15246-456: Was the Best Sellers in Stores chart, and the magazine refers to that when discussing a song's performance before the creation of the Hot 100. In its issue of November 12, 1955, Billboard published The Top 100 for the first time (for the survey weeks ending October 26 and November 2). The Top 100 combined all aspects of a single's performance (sales, airplay and jukebox activity), based on
15372-506: Was the Honor Roll of Hits . This chart ranked the most popular songs regardless of performer (it combined different versions of the same song by different artists) based on record and sheet sales, disk jockey, and jukebox performances as determined by Billboard ' s weekly nationwide survey. At the start of the rock era in 1955, there were three charts that measured songs by individual metrics: Billboard ' s primary chart among these
15498-501: Was the "ringmaster" for NBC 's reality series Celebrity Circus in 2005. In 2007 he hosted NBC's The Singing Bee and the Australian version of the show on Nine Network . The same year he became a red carpet host for TV Guide along with Lisa Rinna . In 2009 Fatone co-hosted the live pre-show for TNA Wrestling 's biggest annual pay-per-view event, TNA Bound for Glory , alongside Jeremy Borash . From 2010 to 2015, Fatone served as
15624-455: Was the eighth best selling album of the SoundScan era, and received a Diamond certification from RIAA for sales of over 11,099,000. The album was all-time bestselling pre-ordered album on Amazon.com. The second single, " It's Gonna Be Me ", became the group's first number one single in the U.S. and remained at the top position on the Billboard Hot 100 from July 29 to August 11, 2000. The third and final single, " This I Promise You " reached
15750-602: Was then incorporated into the equation that compiles the Hot 100, and this was expanded to a broader Streaming Songs chart in January 2013. In February 2013, U.S. views for a song on YouTube were added to the Hot 100 formula. " Harlem Shake " was the first song to reach number one after the changes were made. In July 2020, Billboard announced that they would no longer allow sales of physical/digital bundles to be reported as digital sales. This refers to songs being bought along with merchandise , either from an artists website or through another vendor. The magazine stated that this
15876-440: Was tracked Monday–Sunday and, before July 2015, Wednesday–Tuesday. The first number-one song of the Billboard Hot 100 was " Poor Little Fool " by Ricky Nelson , on August 4, 1958. As of the issue for the week ending on November 30, 2024, the Billboard Hot 100 has had 1,175 different number-one entries. The current number-one song on the chart is " A Bar Song (Tipsy) " by Shaboozey . The first chart published by Billboard
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