*NSync

'N Sync (often stylised *NSYNC) was a five-part pop music vocal group, sometimes referred to as a boy band, formed in Orlando, Florida, USA. The group members are Lance Bass,

'N Sync (often stylised *NSYNC) was a five-part pop music vocal group, sometimes referred to as a boy band, formed in Orlando, Florida, USA. The group members are Lance Bass, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick, and Justin Timberlake. The members form a five-part harmony, singing bass, tenor, contra-tenor, baritone, soprano, and alto, respectively.

The group first formed in 1995. Kirkpatrick attended Seneca Community College in Toronto and decided to form a vocal group. He saw an ad placed by Lou Pearlman and responded. He knew Fatone from Universal Studios, where the two both worked as performers. Kirkpatrick then hired Timberlake, who had been part of the Mickey Mouse Club on the Disney Channel, and Timberlake brought in his friend from the show, Chasez (who was also a friend of Fatone's, as the two attended Dr. Phillips High School together). The group lived in a house in Orlando and polished their moves with the funding of Pearlman, who hired Johnny Wright, the former manager of New Kids On The Block, who also manages the Backstreet Boys, to be the group's manager. Lance Bass, who coincidentally sings bass (though his name is pronounced like the fish), was not an original member. Jason Watkins left the group when he realized that *NSYNC was not right for him, and Timberlake's vocal coach recommended Bass, from Clinton, Mississippi, for membership.