Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American pop (pop music) musician and actor. He has won six Grammy Awards as well as two Emmy Awards. He got his big break when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club (The New Mickey Mouse Club#1990s revival (MMC)), where he met future bandmate JC Chasez. Timberlake became famous in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the boy band N Sync, whose launch was financed by Lou Pearlman.

In 2002, he released his debut solo album, Justified, which sold more than 7 million copies worldwide. The album was a commercial success, spawning the hits "Cry Me a River (Cry Me a River (Justin Timberlake song))" and "Rock Your Body". Timberlake continued his success with his second solo album, FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006), debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 (Billboard 200) chart, and produced the US number-one hit singles "SexyBack," "My Love (My Love (Justin Timberlake song))," and "What Goes Around.../...Comes Around."

Timberlakes first two albums made him one of the most commercially successful singers in the world, each selling in excess of 9 million copies (in addition to his 55 million albums sold with N Sync). Aside from music, he has also begun an acting career, while his other ventures include record label Tennman Records, fashion label William Rast, and the restaurants Destino and Southern Hospitality.