Justin Timberlake - The Music Icon

By Author: Mr James Griffith
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Justin Timberlake is an award winning multi platinum recording artist. He originally started off as part of the pop group N Sync where he had considerable success with tracks including Girlfriend featuring Hip hop artist Nelly. His first solo album was released in 2002 and it was entitled Justified and it spawned the hit songs and classic Justin Timberlake music videos for Like I Love You, Cry Me A River, and Rock Your Body which helped Justified sell more than 7 million copies worldwide.
Both the blockbuster Justin Timberlake music videos for Cry Me A River and Like I Love You and Rock Your Body gained massive airplay on rotation on MTV and its associated networks. All three Justin Timberlake songs were huge sellers worldwide making him a truly global urban music icon. And through his amazing music and his trademark Justin Timberlake music videos he managed to appeal to the cross over audiences and to the more hip hop urban music audiences ...
... thus giving him credibility and commercial success in equal measure.
A third album was to follow the uniquely titled FutureSex/LoveSounds which spawned the first single and another classic Justin Timberlake music video for My Love which was a typically funky Timbaland production. Other singles followed including What goes around and Sexy Back which all became smash hits with the now accustomed trademark Justin Timberlake music videos once again becoming huge successes on MTV. All of this helped to make this album a huge global success and enabled it to sell over 9 million copies worldwide.
Justin Timberlake then embarked on the FutureSex/LoveShow tour in January 2007 which was a huge global success. For the first time fans around the world could see Justin Timberlake performing all of his solo hits live and also watch him recreate all the trademark Justin Timberlake music videos that they had watched on MTV. Apart from this there was more Justin Timberlake music videos to enjoy in the form of collaborations with R&B superstar Ciara on Love, Sex and Magic, Nelly Furtado on Promiscuous Girl and Timbaland on Give it to me.
Over the last few years, with the popularity of the internet and the success and of video websites like Youtube.com there has been a huge increase in the amount of music video websites being developed. And it doesn't matter, whether you are in office or home, today it is easy to access your favorite music videos through these online video websites. One of the best of these online music video websites is the exciting and amazing Hip hop and R&B music website Urban-Nation.com. Urban-Nation.com offers profiles, dating, music news, music videos, chat rooms and music artists and some of the coolest members anywhere! Urban-Nation.com also has a brand new section where you can view exciting new music profiles for the biggest names in Hip hop and R&B music where you can read all about Lil Wayne, Drake, Eminem, Usher, Mariah Carey, Akon, Omarion, Beyonce, The Game, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Chris Brown, Bow Wow, Cassie, Ne-Yo, Timbaland, Chipmunk, Kano and view some of their best quality music videos too.

About the Author:
James Griffith is a freelance writer from London specialising in writing Hip hop and R&B music articles. Over the years he has developed an extensive knowledge of urban music and urban music artists and is considered one of the leading authorities on this subject. With a passion for Hip hop and R&B music since childhood, James Griffith brings great knowledge and a great understanding of this exciting music genre and his articles are both informative and entertaining too.