Essay

Nano Alfonzo
Date: 09/20/09
5A

JUSTIN RANDALL TIMBERLAKE. AN EXAMPLE OF A SUPER STAR.

Justin Randall Timberlake was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on January 31, 1981. He is a singer,songwriter, record producer, instrumentalist, dancer and an actor. He is really young but he has already won six Grammy Awards and two Emmys, but these awards are not the only thing that makes Justin a SuperStar. His brilliant music career and his career as an actor are two examples why he´s a Super Star.
The first reason why Justin is famous is because he started very young. His first music experiencewas singing country songs in a TV show called Star Search, with Justin Randall as his artist name. But he became famous in 1993, when he joined a group of kids in the TV show The Mickey Mouse Club.In 1995 he joined the N´Sync group. Years later, they made history with their album “No Strings Attached”, as they sold 2.4 millions of copies in the first week. But in 2002 after “Celebrity” tour,the band decided to take a break. At that moment, Justin started working on his single album. Months later he sayed that he was worried about Lou Pearlman management, and that´s why he became asingle artist.
His first album was called “Justified” and it was released on November 5, 2002. His first show was in the MTV Movie Awards with the single “Like I Love You” .The show was inspired byMichael Jackson. The album sold more than 7 million of copies in the world. But an even better year was in 2006 when Justin released his second album “FutureSex/LoveSounds”. He had broken Cold Play´srecords in the Itunes digital store. The album was produced by Timbaland, Will I.A.M, Rick Rubin, Danja and Justin. The first single was “Sexy Back”. The song was ranked number one in the Billboard Hot100 list. The second single was “My Love” and it was ranked too as number one in the Billboard Hot 100, just like the third single “What goes around….. Comes around”. In 2007, he started the...