  'N Sync consists of Joshua
Chasez ("J.C."), Lance Bass
("Lansten"), Joseph Fatone, Jr.
("Joey"), Christopher Kirkpatrick
("Chris"), and Justin
Timberlake ("Justin") and formed
in Florida. The boys came together as a band
after Chasez and Timberlake (who knew each
other from the Disney Channel's Mickey
Mouse Club), met up with Kirkpatrick and
eventually Fatone and decided to form a band.
Clinton rounded out the 5-some to fill the
need for bass vocals. The name 'N Sync came
from the synthesis of last letters from their
nicknames: Justin - Chris - Joey
- Lansten - JC.
'N Sync signed a recording
contract with RCA Records.
 # 12
Singles Artist of the Year
 'N Sync first hit big with their
pop sound overseas in Germany and the
Netherlands, and gradually hit the U.S.
airwaves with their debut single "I
Want You Back."
'N Sync hit the Top 40 for the
first time with "I
Want You Back."
 'N
Sync was released. With
help from a concert video shown on the Disney
Channel and the emerging popularity of
clean-cut, same sex pop/dance bands (i.e. Backstreet
Boys, and the Spice
Girls), 'N Sync's debut LP, 'N
Sync , hit the Top 10 on
the LP charts and 'N Sync hit the Top 10 with "I
Want You Back."
The single "I
Want You Back" was certified gold.
 'N
Sync was certified gold.
'N Sync hit the Top 40 with
"Tearin' Up My Heart."
'N
Sync was certified platinum.
'N Sync hit the Top
10
with "Tearin' Up My Heart."
'N Sync went to #1
for a week with "Tearin' Up My Heart."
 'N Sync released a holiday LP, Home
For Christmas, and appeared as the opening
act on the tail end of Janet
Jackson's Velvet Rope tour.
'N Sync teamed up with the Backstreet
Boys and others (as
the Bravo All Stars) for a charity single
called "Let The Music Hear Your
Soul." Proceeds from the single went to
help autistic and disabled children.
After several opening
performances for the Janet
Jackson tour, 'N Sync headlined their
own tour starting in Florida.
'N
Sync was certified 3x platinum.
 'N Sync hit the Top 40 with
"(God
Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You."
'N Sync won 2 Billboard Video
Music Awards for Best Clip (Dance) and Best
New Artist Clip ("I
Want You Back") and were also nominated
in the Best New Artist category for "Tearin' Up My Heart."
Home
For Christmas was certified platinum.
'N Sync's debut LP, 'N
Sync, was the 5th biggest-selling LP
of 1998 according to SoundScan with 4.4
million copies sold during the year in the
U.S.
 # 8
Singles Artist of the Year
'N Sync won an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist.
'N
Sync was certified 5x platinum.
'N Sync hit the Top
10
with "(God
Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You."
 'N
Sync was certified 6x platinum.
'N Sync hit the Top 40 with
"I
Drive Myself Crazy."
 'N Sync helped Alabama
by singing backup when the country band
covered their Top 10 hit "(God
Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You."
'N Sync teamed up with Gloria
Estefan for the track, "Music Of
My Heart" (from Gloria's movie debut of
the same name).
'N Sync took home a Blockbuster
Award for Favorite New Artist - Group.
'N Sync hit the Top
10
with "I
Drive Myself Crazy."
'N
Sync was certified 7x platinum.
 'N Sync won a Teen Choice Award
for Album of the Year ('N
Sync).
'N Sync hit the Top 40 with
"Music
Of My Heart" (with Gloria
Estefan).
The video for "Tearin' Up My Heart" was nominated
for 4 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Group Video, Best New Artist, Best Pop Video, and Viewer's Choice.
 'N Sync and their new record
label were sued for breach of contract to the
tune of $150 million. The boys had recently
left RCA Records for Jive Records. The boys
also fought back with a counterclaim against
their former manager with accusations of
"robbing us of our future" and
"endangering our health."
'N Sync could be heard on Rosie
O'Donnell's holiday LP, A
Rosie Christmas, on the duet "Love's In
Our Hearts On Christmas Day."
Home
For Christmas was certified 2x platinum.
 'N Sync hit the Top
10
with "Music
Of My Heart" (with Gloria
Estefan) - which also topped the
Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart for a
week.
The single "Music
Of My Heart" was certified gold.
'N Sync settled the lawsuit
filed against them in October and the ruling
allowed the group to have control of its
name.
 # 1
Singles Artist of the Year (# 1
Group/Duo)
 'N Sync were nominated for an American Music
Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group.
'N
Sync was certified 10x platinum.
'N Sync hit the Top 40 with
"Bye
Bye Bye."
Chasez could be heard providing
some vocals to the Blaque
hit "Bring It All To Me."
'N Sync were nominated for 2 Grammy Awards: Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
("Music
Of My Heart" with Gloria
Estefan) and Best Country Collaboration
with Vocals ("God Must Have Spent A
Little More Time On You" with Alabama).
'N Sync hit the Top
10
with "Bye
Bye Bye."
 'N Sync's next LP, No
Strings Attached, was released.
An unprecedented 4 million
copies of the LP, No
Strings Attached, was shipped to
stores. First day sales broke records with
1.1 million copies sold in 1 day and 2.4
million during the first week.
'N Sync broke Ticketmaster's
single-day sales record for the upcoming
tour.
"Bye
Bye Bye"
spent 9 weeks at #1.
No
Strings Attached was certified 7x
platinum and topped the Billboard Internet
Album Sales chart for 3 weeks.
 'N Sync hit the Top 40 with
"It's
Gonna Be Me."
Bass appeared on a celebrity
version of the hit TV game show Who Wants
To Be A Millionaire.
'N Sync were awarded Favorite
Song from a Movie ("Music
Of My Heart") at the Blockbuster
Awards.
'N Sync hit the Top 10 with
"It's
Gonna Be Me" and the song hit #1 in
Canada.
Strong winds and a collapsed
stage caused the cancellation of 'N Sync's
performance in Chicago.
 'N Sync were back at #1
for 6 weeks with "It's
Gonna Be Me."
'N Sync were live on HBO with a
concert from Madison Square Garden.
"It's
Gonna Be Me" became the band's 1st #1
on Billboard's Hot 100 where it spent 2
weeks.
'N Sync won 5 Teen Choice Awards
for and Choice Single, Choice Music Video,
and Song of the Summer ("Bye
Bye Bye"),
Choice Pop Group, and Male Hottie of the Year
(for Timberlake).
No
Strings Attached was certified 9x
platinum.
The single ""It's
Gonna Be Me" was certified gold.
'N Sync took home 3 MTV Video Music
Awards for Viewer's Choice, Best Pop Video, and Best Choreography (Darrin Henson)
("Bye
Bye Bye")
and were also nominated for Video of the Year, Best Group Video, and Best Dance Video. The boys performed a
hits medley at the ceremony.
 'N Sync hit the Top 40 with
"This
I Promise You" (written and produced by Richard Marx) which was also
released in Spanish as "Yo Te Voy A
Amar").
'N Sync won a MuchMusic Video
Award for People's Choice - Favourite
International Group.
'N Sync hit the Top
10
with "This
I Promise You."
Rolling Stone
& MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs includes "Bye Bye
Bye" at # 55.
'N Sync took home a few Radio
Music Awards including Song of the Year: Top
40/Pop Radio ("Bye
Bye Bye")
and Artist of the Year: Top 40/Pop Radio.
 'N Sync lent their voices for a
February episode of The Simpsons
titled "New Kids On The Blecch."
No
Strings Attached was certified 10x
platinum.
'N Sync topped the Billboard
Adult Contemporary chart for 13 weeks with
"This
I Promise You."
'N Sync ended the year with the
top-selling LP of 2000 - No
Strings Attached sold 9.93 million
copies in the U.S. during the year and were
the 2nd highest money-earner on tour taking
in over $76 million.
"Bye
Bye Bye"
ended the year as the #1 song of the year on The ARC Weekly Top 40
Top 100 of 2000.
'N Sync topped Billboard
Year-End Charts with the Top Billboard
200 Album (No
Strings Attached) and as the Top
Billboard 200 Artists - Duo/Group and Top Hot
40 Artist.
 # 4
Singles Artist of the Year
'N Sync won the 'Internet Fans
Artist of the Year Award' at the American Music
Awards and were also nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group and Favorite Pop/Rock Album (No
Strings Attached).
'N Sync won a People's Choice
Award for Favorite Musical Group or Band.
 'N Sync were nominated for 3 Grammy Awards including Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("Bye
Bye Bye"),
and Best Pop Vocal Album (No
Strings Attached). The boys performed
"This
I Promise You" at the ceremony.
'N Sync topped a new list -
VH1's 'Music Money Power' list which is said
to analyze earnings and commercial power.
'N Sync topped the Billboard Top
Music Videos chart with Making
The Tour for 2 weeks.
'N Sync (minus Fatone) helped
induct Michael Jackson into the Rock &
Roll Hall of Fame at the ceremony.
'N Sync won 3 Blockbuster
Entertainment Award for Favorite CD, Favorite
Group - Pop, and Favorite Single ("Bye
Bye Bye"),
and were nominated for Favorite Group.
 'N Sync began touring again with
their 2001 PopOdyssey tour starting out in
Miami.
No
Strings Attached was certified 11x
platinum.
'N Sync hit the Top 40 with
"Pop" and the Top 10 the following week
(and #1 in Canada).
 Timberlake addressed the groups
critics: "The truth is that it can be
tiresome to be continually blasted by critics
because we don't fit their preconceived
notion of what a 'credible' group is. I
wonder if they listen to our music before
venturing an opinion."
'N Sync released their next LP, Celebrity - 10 of the songs on
the LP were written by Timberlake and Chasez.
'N Sync topped the Billboard 200
Albums chart for a week and the Internet
Album Sales chart for a week with Celebrity. First week sales in
the U.S. were over 1.8 million copes sold (a
tally second only to their record-breaking
week for No
Strings Attached).
'N Sync had to perform in Texas
as a foursome due to Fatone being ill.
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