No Strings Attached

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No Strings Attached
Studio album by 'N Sync
Released	March 21, 2000
Genre	Pop
Length	47:08
Label	Jive
Professional reviews
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'N Sync chronology
Home for Christmas (1998)	No Strings Attached (2000)	Celebrity (2001)

No Strings Attached is a pop album by American boy band 'N Sync, released on March 21, 2000 (see 2000 in music). By selling more than 2.4 million copies in its debut week, the album set a U.S. one-week sales record that remains intact to this day; with compact disc sales in decline, the record is not expected to be equaled or topped in the near future.

Before the release of No Strings Attached, 'N Sync's second album, the band acrimoniously split from their old management and signed to Jive Records. The ensuing legal battle caused No Strings Attached to be delayed several times; initially, the album was slated to arrive as early as the fourth quarter of 1999. The first single, "Bye Bye Bye" was serviced to radio stations before the release date for the album was finalized; as a result, the song appeared more than two months before the album finally hit shelves. The song was a radio smash, and the shifting dates only served to increase anticipation for the album. When the album finally appeared, it flew off shelves, setting records for most albums sold in one day (over 1 million) and most albums sold in a single week (2.41 million), shattering the record set less than one year prior by rival band the Backstreet Boys, with their 1999 album 'Millennium'.

No Strings Attached topped the charts for eight consecutive weeks and went on to become the biggest-selling album of 2000, shifting 9,936,104 units in 2000 – according to Nielsen Soundscan, the most albums sold in a single year. It has sold more than 17 million copies and is the group best selling album.

The title of the album was a reference to the band's newfound freedom from Lou Pearlman and their former management team. In interviews, the band, and Justin Timberlake in particular, referred to the style of music as "dirty pop", which subsequently entered the pop-culture lexicon and served as the inspiration for the band's future single, "Pop".

The album spun off three U.S. top 10 singles: The aformentioned "Bye Bye Bye"; the number one smash "It's Gonna Be Me, and the ballad "This I Promise You."

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Bonus Songs & B-Sides 3 Personnel 4 Chart positions

[edit] Track listing

1. "Bye Bye Bye" (Andreas Carlsson, Kristian Lundin, Jake Schulze) – 3:20
2. "It's Gonna Be Me" (Carlsson, Max Martin, Rami Yacoub) – 3:12
3. "Space Cowboy (Yippie-Yi-Yay)" with Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (JC Chasez, Lopes) – 4:23
4. "Just Got Paid " (Gene Griffin, Aaron Hall, Johnny Kemp, Teddy Riley) – 4:10
5. "It Makes Me Ill" (Kandi Burrus, Kevin Briggs) – 3:27
6. "This I Promise You" (Richard Marx) – 4:44
7. "No Strings Attached" (Chasez, Bradley Daymond, Alexander Greggs) – 3:48
8. "Digital Get Down" (Chasez, David Nicoll, Viet Renn) – 4:23
9. "Bringin' da Noise" (Chasez, Renn) – 3:32
10. "That's When I'll Stop Loving You" (Diane Warren) – 4:51
11. "I'll Be Good For You" (Kevin Antunes, Reginald Calloway, Vincent Calloway, Theodore Pendergrass, Justin Timberlake) – 3:56
12. "I Thought She Knew" (Robin Wiley) – 3:22

[edit] Bonus Songs & B-Sides

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

• "I'll Never Stop"
• "This Where The Party's At"
• "Could It Be You"
• "If I'm Not The One"
• "Are You Gonna Be There"
• "If Only In Heaven's Eyes"
• "Yo Te Voy Amar"
• "Just Got Paid (Remix)" with Krayzie Bone

[edit] Personnel

• Lance Bass - Vocals
• JC Chasez - Vocals
• Joey Fatone - Vocals
• Chris Kirkpatrick - Vocals
• Justin Timberlake - Vocals
• Michael Thompson - Guitar
• David Cole - Engineer, Mixing
• Jez Colin - Drum Programming
• Mick Guzauski - Mixing
• Scott Humphrey - Engineer
• Mario Lucy - Engineer
• Richard Marx - Arranger, Producer, Vocal Arrangement
• George Mayers - Engineer
• Pat McMakin - Mixing
• Carl Nappa - Engineer, Mixing
• Teddy Riley - Producer
• Guy Roche - Arranger, Keyboards, Producer, Drum Programming
• Chris Trevett - Engineer
• Michael Tucker - Engineer, Mixing
• Franz Verna - Engineer
• Diane Warren - Executive Producer
• Robin Wiley - Arranger, Producer
• Tom Bender - Mixing Assistant
• Michael Railton - Keyboards
• Charles McCrorey - Assistant Engineer
• Cesar Ramirez - Assistant Engineer
• Esbjörn Öhrwall - Guitar
• Jason Piske - Mixing Assistant
• Veit Renn - Producer
• Chaz Harper - Mastering
• *NSYNC - Vocals (background), Vocal Arrangement
• Adam Barber - Engineer, Vocal Engineer
• Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes - Rap, Performer
• John Amatiello - Pro-Tools
• Joe Smith - Engineer, Mixing
• Chris ? - Rap
• Brady Barnett - Digital Editing
• Jake - Producer
• Riprock - Producer, Mixing
• Kristian Lundin - Producer
• Ok Hee Kim - Assistant Engineer
• J.C. - Producer, Mixing
• Rami - Producer
• Joe Woods - Assistant Engineer
• Kandi - Vocal Arrangement, Vocal Producer
• Shane Stoneback - Mixing Assistant
• Jake Lundin - Producer
• Alex G. - Producer, Mixing
• Chris - Rap
• Bray Merritt - Assistant Engineer
• Dushyant Bhakta
• Toby Dearborn - Assistant Engineer

[edit] Chart positions

Billboard (North America) - album

2000       The Billboard 200                       No. 1
2000    Top Internet Albums                     No. 1
2000    Top Canadian Albums                     No. 1

Billboard (North America) - singles

2000       Bye Bye Bye             Adult Contemporary                      No. 25
2000    This I Promise You      Adult Contemporary                      No. 1
2000    Bye Bye Bye             The Billboard Hot 100                   No. 4
2000    It s Gonna Be Me        The Billboard Hot 100                   No. 1
2000    This I Promise You      The Billboard Hot 100                   No. 5
2000    Yo Te Voy A Amar        Hot Latin Tracks                        No. 30
2000    Bye Bye Bye             Latin Pop Airplay                       No. 20
2000    It s Gonna Be Me        Latin Pop Airplay                       No. 28
2000    Bye Bye Bye             Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay            No. 13
2000    It s Gonna Be Me        Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay            No. 28
2000    Bye Bye Bye             Rhythmic Top 40                         No. 2
2000    This I Promise You      Rhythmic Top 40                         No. 12
2000    Bye Bye Bye             Top 40 Mainstream                       No. 1
2000    It s Gonna Be Me        Top 40 Mainstream                       No. 1
2000    This I Promise You      Top 40 Mainstream                       No. 4
2000    Bye Bye Bye             Top 40 Tracks                           No. 1
2000    It s Gonna Be Me        Top 40 Tracks                           No. 1
2000    This I Promise You      Top 40 Tracks                           No. 6
2000    Bye Bye Bye             Adult Top 40                            No. 19
2000    It s Gonna Be Me        Adult Top 40                            No. 28
2000    Bye Bye Bye             Canadian Singles Chart                  No. 1
2000    It s Gonna Be Me        Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales      No. 33
2000    This I Promise You      Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales      No. 38
2000    It's Gonna Be Me        Rhythmic Top 40                         No. 7
2000    It's Gonna Be Me        The Billboard Hot 100                   No. 7
2001    This I Promise You      Adult Top 40                            No. 27