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4. ’N Sync
Emerging from the depths of Orlando, Fla. --home also to the group's rivals the Backstreet Boys--the five squeaky1-clean young lads of 'N Sync seem destined to duplicate2 the ess of musically like-minded3 performers such as the Spice Girls.
Fittingly, perhaps, the group's professional origins can be traced to the Disney Channel's Mickey Mouse Club, on which Joshua “ .” Chasez and Justin “ Curly” Timberlake appeared together for nearly three years. Following the program's demise4, the two headed for Nashville, Tenn., where they shared a vocal coach and took dance lessons while working on respective solo projects.
Fate soon brought Joshua and Justin back to Orlando, and, upon their return, they teamed up with Pittsburgh native Chris Kirkpatrick and New Yorker Joey Fatone. With the addition of bass vocalist Lance Bass, things came together.
By late 1997, the quintet5 managed to land a contract with RCA Records. Enlisting the help of several high-profile producers, the newly christened 'N Sync created a batch6 of crisp7, radio-friendly pop songs and issued its debut album exclusively in Europe, a move that had worked to perfection for the aforementioned8 Backstreeters. Subsequently, the fivesome headed overseas, where it was fervently9 embraced in Germany and herlands. Returning10 home triumphantly in the spring of 1998, the burgeoning dancemeisters11 felt c