
NSYNC promoted the album through the No Strings Attached Tour in 2000, which was the second highest-grossing tour in North America of that year. No Strings Attached was the best selling album of 2000. Its lead single " Bye Bye Bye" is credited with creating the hype for the album's eventual landmark success.
Four singles were released from the album. The album debuted atop the US Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 2.4 million copies, setting the record for one-week sales in the country a record that remained for 15 years until Adele surpassed the first-week sales record with her third studio album 25 (2015).

Contributions to the album's production came from a wide range of producers, including NSYNC members Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez, and collaborators including Kristian Lundin, Jake Schulze, Rami, Teddy Riley, Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Richard Marx, Veit Renn, Babyface, and Guy Roche.Īfter several delays due to legal battles, No Strings Attached was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics, many of whom praised the production. Prior to the release of the album, the band separated from their management Trans Continental and their label RCA Records its title is a play on the idea of independence from corporate control. Looking to distinguish their music from that of their labelmates, NSYNC chose to incorporate pop and R&B styles. It was released by Jive Records on March 21, 2000. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 'N Sync.No Strings Attached is the third studio album by American boy band NSYNC. Official site Archived at the Wayback Machine."*NSYNC Reunites to Receive Hollywood Walk of Fame Star (Watch)". ↑ Angermiller, Michele (April 30, 2018)."Why Don't We: Meet the Band Who Want to Be the Next 'N Sync". ↑ Spanos, Brittany (December 21, 2017)."Meghan Trainor Talks 'All About That Bass' And Her Upcoming Album & Offers Up A Cotton Candy Giveaway: Interview". "Selena Gomez talks new album: Inside the laid-back Mexico sessions for 'Revival' ". ↑ "See Kelsea Ballerini Cover Britney Spears, N'Sync in Nineties Medley"."Eminem is Billboard artist of the decade". ↑ Keith, Caulfield (December 14, 2009).↑ "Big Time Rush, One Direction, the Wanted: The boy band is making a comeback"."Ranking the Best Boy Bands of the '90s and '00s". ↑ Boardman, Madeline (January 25, 2016)."Super Bowl 2018: depuis le "nipplegate", les mille et unes vies de Justin Timberlake". ↑ Murgue, Hermance (February 4, 2018).On April 30, 2018, NSYNC reunited to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Velvet Rope Tour (supporting Janet Jackson) (1998)Įntertainment Weekly ranked NSYNC as the best boy band of the period late 90s and 2000s editor Madelne Boardman stated, "the group has 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 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." Several acts have cited the group as an influence, including Kelsea Ballerini, Selena Gomez, Meghan Trainor, Why Don't We and Hayley Williams.Members of NSYNC from left to right: Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone, Lance Bass Justin Timberlake went on to become one of the world's best-selling music artists, with more than 56 million records sold throughout his solo career. Afterwards, Timberlake and Chasez released solo albums. They took a break after their very last concert on March 29, 1997, but never released new music since. They also provided songs on the Billboard Hot 100 including Bye Bye Bye, Tearin' Up My Heart and It's Gonna Be Me, which became NSYNC's only number-one song on the chart. The group's second album, No Strings Attached, sold over one million copies in one day and 2.42 million copies in one week, which was a record for over fifteen years.

The five members of the group were Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone and Lance Bass. NSYNC, (sometimes called *NSYNC or 'N Sync) was an American pop boy band formed in Orlando, Florida in 1990.
