Joins N’Sync
Lou Pearlman, manager of boy band Back Street Boys, recruits Timberlake to join a new band in the making. N’Sync consists of Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone, and Lance Bass – with Timberlake and Chasez as lead singers. The band is put together in Orlando, Florida and launched in Germany.