timeline

1990
Fourteen-year-old JC is chosen to appear on the New Mickey Mouse Club, which he is on for 4 years.
JC meets Joey, who is a close friend of MMC cast member Jennifer McGill.
1992
Justin appears on Star Search an loses.
Twelve-year-old Justin is chosen to be on MMC. That lasts 2 years.
1994
MMC is cancelled and Justin and JC both go to Memphis for a while (Justin to be a normal kid, JC to record demos). They then return to Orlando to get back into show business.
1995
Joey and Chris meet while working at Universal Studios - Chris as a doo wop singer and Joey as a werewolf in the Beetlejuice Graveyard Revue.
Chris gets the idea to form an a cappela group. He calls Justin, who he met at auditions; Justins calls JC, who he knows can harmonize well; Chris and JC run into Joey, whom they both know, at a club; and Justin, trying to find a good bass singer, calls his vocal coach in Memphis, and is pointed to Lance. *NSYNC is born.
The fivesome starts putting together demos and practicing in an abandoned warehouse. They perform anywhere they can, including Joey's old high school.
The guys meet Lou Pearlman. They are signed and Pearlman starts to promote them.
October 22 ...
*NSYNC performs and tapes a promotional performace at Pleasure Island.
1996
They are signed to RCA/BMG Germany and take off for a tour of Europe.
1997
*NSYNC, the album, is released in Europe. The first single I Want You Back, goes gold within 3 months. They earn the honor of quickest rising single.
Their sold-out tour brings them to the United Kingdom, Mexico, South Africa, Asia and, of course, Germany.
1998
Perform at Charity '98 in Oberhausen, Germany, to raise funds for sick children (featured in a #1 single Children Need A Helping Hand).
April ...
*NSYNC returns to America and releases their album. I Want You Back is the first single.
May 31 ...
*NSYNC participates in Z100's New York City's 100th Birthday Blast.
July 18 ...
*NSYNC 'N Concert on the Disney Channel propels *NSYNC to overnight stardom. Their album goes platinum and enters the Billboard charts at #9. It steadily rises over the next few months. Tearin' Up My Heart is the second single.
August 28 ...
*NSYNC rides on top of a double decker bus for the opening of a Virgin Megastore with Petula Clark and Richard Branson.
October 14 ...
*NSYNC starts opening for Janet Jackson on her The Velvet Rope tour. The highlight of the tour is the *NSYNC and Janet Jackson duet of Stevie Wonder's Overjoyed.
October 28 ...
*NSYNC performs on The Ricky Lake Show.
November 6 ...
*NSYNC appears on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
November 10 ...
*NSYNC's Christmas Album Home for Christmas is released and quickly joins their debut album on the Billboard top ten.
November 11 ...
They Win Best Dance Clip and Best New Artist at the Billboard Awards.
November 12 ...
*NSYNC appears in Rolling Stone.
God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You is released as a single.
November 17 ...
*NSYNC kicks off their first headlining tour in the U.S. in Orlando, FL, with Britney Spears as their opening act.
*NSYNC, Backstreet Boys and other artists team up to do the charity single Let The Music Heal Your Soul.
November 26 ...
They ride on the M&M Float during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
December 5 ...
Disney's Holiday's In Concert with *NSYNC, Tatyana Ali and Shawn Colvin.
December 17 ...
*NSYNC performs in the Jingle Ball at New York's Madison Square Garden.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays is released as a single.
December 31 ...
*NSYNC starts the New Year with a sold-out show in Las Vegas.
1999
January 5 ...
*NSYNC performs at Universal's Amphitheatre.
January 6 ...
The boys perform at Teen People's first anniversary party.
January 11 ...
They win Best New Artist at the American Music Awards.
*NSYNC starts their new tour and plays almost every night in March, April and May to sold-out crowds with opening acts that include Tatyana Ali, Sugar Hill Gang, Blaque and B*Witched.
Chris gets a new dog (Busta).
*NSYNC teams up with Phil Collins to do a track for Disney's Tarzan.
May '99 ...
I Drive Myself Crazy is released as a single.
May 2 ...
*NSYNC gets immortalized on a postage stamp.
May 12 ...
*NSYNC tapes Disney's Summer Jam Concert.
June '99 ...
*NSYNC collaborates with Gloria Estefan on the single Music Of My Heart, which will appear on the Music Of The Heart soundtrack.
June 15 ...
Alabama (with back-up vocals from *NSYNC) re-records God Must Have Spent ... and releases it on their 20th Century album.
June 19 ...
*NSYNC performs at the Women's World Cup.
August 25 ...
*NSYNC hosts a charity basketball game in Atlanta, GA, to raise money for children's hospitals.
August 31 ...
*NSYNC appears on UPN's L'Oreals Summer Music Mania.
September 6 ...
*NSYNC performs at MTV's Video Music Awards with Britney Spears and lose all of the categories in which they were nominated.
Rumors start flying about a possible relationship between Justin and Britney.
September 11 ...
*NSYNC's PPV concert from Fort Lauderdale, FL, is aired.
*NSYNC announces their decision to leave RCA Records in search of more money and creative control with the Zomba Records label called Jive (home of the BSB).
BSB announces their decision to sue Jive because they feel deceived by the label.
October 6 ...
*NSYNC appears on MTV's Total Request Live with Gloria Estefan and shuts down Times Square.
October 7 ...
Justin is confirmed to have a role in a TV movie called Model Behaviour.
October 14 ...
*NSYNC is sued for $150 million by Louis Pearlman and BMG.
October 20 ...
*NSYNC is announced as guest vocalists on Rosie O'Donnell's A Rosie Christmas album.
October 22 ...
Justin creates the Justin Timberlake Foundation, which provides aid to the fine arts programs -namely music- in public schools. He joins a panel of philanthropists at a conference given by President and Mrs. Clinton.
October 23 ...
*NSYNC and Gloria Estefan perform Music Of My Heart at VH1's Concert of the Century.
October 25 ...
Joey and Chris host MTV's Total Request Live.
October 28 ...
*NSYNC performs Bye Bye Bye for the first time on television at the WB Radio Music Awards.
October 30 ...
Chris and Joey judge the finals of MTV's Say What Karaoke.
November 3 ...
*NSYNC, Diane Bass, Lynn Harless and Johnny Wright launch a countersuit against Lou Pearlman for $25 million.
November 30 ...
*N SYNC heads to New York for the Christmas tree-lighting and an outdoor concert.
December 5 ...
*NSYNC's latest U.S. tour comes to an end in Fargo, ND.
December 6-14 ...
*NSYNC performs in Canada.
December 30-31 ...
*NSYNC goes to Hawaii to celebrate the New Year.
2000
January 1 ...
*NSYNC performs in Hawaii at the Blaisdell Center.
January 20 ...
*NSYNC chats on AOL at 7 p.m.
January 22 ...
*NSYNC's TV special Wham Concert airs.
January 24 ...
*NSYNC appears on Making Of The Video.
January 26 ...
*NSYNC hosts MTV's Total Request Live.
January 29 ...
*NSYNC appears on MTV's Super Bowl pre-show, where they perform Bye Bye Bye and hang with Carson Daly.
January 31 ...
Lance Bass appears on 7th Heaven.
February 5-6 ...
MTV's Snowed In, a day-long special.
February 11-13 ...
*NSYNC appears at the Golden State NBA All-Star Weekend.
February 24 ...
Grammys Backstage on MTV. At the Grammy Awards, *NSYNC hands out an award.
February 25 ...
*NSYNC returns to THe Rosie O' Donnell Show.
March 10 ...
*NSYNC is featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
March 11 ...
*NSYNC appears as musical guest on Saturday Night Live.
March 13 ...
*NSYNC makes an appearance on Good Morning America.
March 18 ...
*NSYNC is featured on MTV's Ultra Sound.
March 21 ...
*NSYNC releases their long-awaited No Strings Attached which broke ANY record in music history.
May 9 ...
*NSYNC kicks off their sold-out world tour 2000 in Biloxi, MS, including opening acts Pink and Sisqo.
June 9 ...
*NSYNC sets concert attendance record at Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA.