Celebrity (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Celebrity
Type = Studio album
Artist = 'N Sync


Released = July 24, 2001
Recorded =
Genre = Pop music, Soul, R&Bcite news| title=Celebrity 'N Sync|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=2007-12-03|url=http://www.amazon.com/Celebrity-NSYNC/dp/B00005LD1A]
Length = 49:47
Label = Jive
Producer = 'N Sync, Kristian Lundin, et al.
Reviews = * Allmusic rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:uzfxlfge0cqe link]
* Entertainment Weekly (B) [http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=60486080&loc=109&PageFormat=7 pages 68-69] , July 27, 2001
* "NME" (7/10) [http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=60486080&loc=109&PageFormat=7 page 46] ,August 18, 2001
*"Q" rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/301447/nsync?pageid=rs.Artistcage&pageregion=triple1 page 62] , August 2, 2001
*"Rolling Stone" rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nsync/albums/album/301447/review/5944278/celebrity link]
Last album = "No Strings Attached"
(2000)
This album = "Celebrity"
(2001)
Next album = "Greatest Hits"
(2005)

"Celebrity" is the last studio album by the pop boy band 'N Sync. It was originally released in 2001 by Jive Records. The album achieved five times platinum status in the U.S. and became the group's third album to sell over 10 million copies worldwide. This album also holds the record for second best first week sales in SoundScan history, only behind their own previous album, "No Strings Attached". The album sold almost 1.9 million units in its first week.

The "RIAA" certified "Celebrity" Gold, Platinum and 6x Platinum on August 22, 2001, denoting 6 million shipments in the United States.

Jive Records has been criticized for releasing mostly Justin Timberlake-oriented singles, and none of which JC Chasez co-wrote or took a lead in. In his autobiography" Out of Sync", Lance Bass believes that this decision ultimately caused Justin Timberlake to pursue a solo career, eventually breaking up the band.

Track listing

# "Pop" (BT, J. Timberlake, W. Robson) – 3:59
# "Celebrity" (J. Valentine, W. Robson, J. Timberlake) – 3:18
# "The Game Is Over" (JC Chasez, Daymond, Greggs) – 3:28
# "Girlfriend" (Chad Hugo, Timberlake, Pharrell Williams) – 4:15
# "The Two of Us" (Chasez, Bradley Daymond, Alexander Greggs) – 3:52
# "Gone" (Timberlake) – 4:54
# "Tell Me, Tell Me...Baby" (Max Martin, Rami Yacoub) – 3:39
# "Up Against The Wall" (Chasez, Daymond, Greggs) – 3:37
# "See Right Through You" (Larry Campbell, Robson, Timberlake) – 2:55
# "Selfish" (Chasez, Veit Renn, Jolyon Skinner) – 4:21
# "Just Don't Tell Me That" (Andreas Carlsson, Kristian Lundin, Jake Schulze) – 3:04
# "Something Like You" (Timberlake, Robin Wiley) – 4:15
# "Do Your Thing" (James Moss) – 4:21

Bonus songs/B-sides

In some countries, the album and single releases had the following bonus tracks/B-sides:

* "That Girl (Will Never Be Mine)" (Carlsson, Lundin, Schulze) – 3:25
* "Falling" - Producers: Roy "Royalty" Hamilton (Chris Kirkpatrick, Bryan Popin, Gary Brown, Ira Schickman) – 3:48
* "Gone" (in Spanish) (Sometimes also called "NO") – 4:54

Personnel

* Alan Armitage - engineer
* Brady Barnett - digital editing
* Kenny Blank - guitar
* Stuart Brawley - engineer, mixing
* BT - Arranger, programming, producer, engineer, mixing
* Christopher Carroll - mixing
* JC Chasez - producer
* J. Valentine - background vocals, writer, producer
* Bradley Daymond - mixing
* Todd Fairall - engineer
* Tony Flores - mixing
* Michael Forbes - engineer
* Richard Fortus - bass, guitar (electric)
* Brian Garten - engineer
* Steven Gerstein - stylist
* Alexander Greggs - mixing
* Paul Gregory - engineer
* Kevin Guarnieri - engineer, digital editing, assistant engineer
* Chris Haggerty - digital editing
* Hampton String Quartet - strings
* Chaz Harper - mastering
* Jean-Marie Horvat - mixing
* Bill Importico - engineer
* Rodney Jerkins - multi instruments, producer
* Joel Kazmi - engineer, assistant vocal engineer
* Scott Kieklak - mixing
* Michael Landau - guitar (electric)
* Michael Lang - piano
* Kristian Lundin - producer, engineer, mixing
* Brian McKnight - keyboards, producer
* Peter Mokran - mixing
* J. Moss - producer, engineer, rap, mixing
* Dylan Koski-Budabin - engineer
* Pablo Munguia - engineer, assistant engineer
* Jackie Murphy - art direction, design
* Anthony Nance - drum programming
* Esbjörn Öhrwall - guitar
* Paulino Oliveira - assistant engineer
* John O'Mahoney - mixing
* Frankie Payne - hair stylist
* Charles Pollard - programming, engineer, string arrangements
* Rami - producer, engineer, mixing
* Wade Robson - arranger, multi instruments, producer
* Jacob Schulze - producer, engineer, mixing
* Mark Seliger - photography
* Talley Sherwood - engineer
* Mary Ann Souza - assistant engineer
* Rich Tapper - assistant engineer, mixing
* Michael Hart Thompson - guitar (acoustic)
* Justin Timberlake - arranger, multi instruments, producer, beatbox
* Michael Tucker - engineer, assistant engineer, mixing, vocal recording
* Carlos Vazquez - beat programming
* WaWa - chant
* Robin Wiley - producer, digital editing, string arrangements
* Stevie Wonder - harmonica
* Chris Wood - engineer
* Yasu - string engineer

Charts

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ingles

References

succession box
before = "Songs in A Minor" by Alicia Keys
title = "Billboard" 200 number-one album
years = August 11 - August 17, 2001
after = "Now 7" by Various artists