Celebrity (album)

Celebrity
Studio album by NSYNC
Released	July 24, 2001 (2001-07-24)
Recorded	January – March 2001
Studio	Backroom, Glendale, California Battery, New York City Carpal Tunnel, Los Angeles Clinton, New York City Larrabee North, Universal City, California Location, Stockholm, Sweden Metalworks, Mississauga, Canada Parc, Orlando, Florida Record Plant, Los Angeles Right Track, New York City Sound Chamber, North Hollywood, Los Angeles Westlake, Los Angeles Wire, Orlando, Florida
Genre	Pop R&B teen pop
Length	49:57
Label	Jive
Producer	BT JC Chasez Rodney Jerkins Roy "Royalty" Hamilton Kristian Lundin Brian McKnight The Neptunes PAJAM Rami Yacoub Riprock 'n' Alex G Wade J. Robson Jake Schulze Justin Timberlake Robin Wiley
NSYNC chronology
No Strings Attached (2000) Celebrity (2001) Greatest Hits (2005)
Singles from Celebrity
"Pop" Released: May 14, 2001 "Gone" Released: August 21, 2001 "Girlfriend" Released: January 14, 2002

Celebrity is the fourth studio album by American boy band NSYNC. It was released by Jive Records on July 24, 2001. Due to constant criticism that they were not a "credible group", NSYNC began experimenting with genres such as hip hop and two-step. As with their previous studio album, No Strings Attached (2000), numerous producers, including BT, Rodney Jerkins, Brian McKnight, PAJAM, and the Neptunes, worked on the album. Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez also contributed to production, while they co-wrote 10 of 13 tracks in an attempt to develop a unique sound, which includes pop, R&B, and teen pop.

After being delayed by unfinished recording sessions, Celebrity was released to generally favorable reviews from music critics, many of whom praised the production and songwriting. The album was the band's second album to debut at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first week sales of 1,879,495 copies in the US, which became the second-best debut week sales in the country. It was also the third-best selling album on the Billboard 200 in 2001, after Shaggy's Hot Shot (2000) and Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory (2000), and has since been certified quintuple platinum in the US by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). NSYNC embarked on the accompanying PopOdyssey and Celebrity tours for promotion.