Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake began his career in the public eye as a country-crooning contestant on Star Search in 1992 (He lost!) and as a Mouseketeer from1993-95. The blonde-haired, blue-eyed looker and his falsetto then joined boy band 'N Sync, a name JT's mom coined using last letters of member's names. Having already conquered Europe, the quintet's 1998 U.S. debut went five-times platinum the first year on the strength of singles "I Want You Back" and "Tearin' Up My Heart." No Strings Attached (2000) sold a record-breaking 2.4 million the first week and earned the boys three Grammy nods. That same year