Justin Timberlake got the First Family on their feet and singing along during his performance at The White House’s celebration of Memphis soul music on Tuesday night. Performing the Otis Redding classic “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay,” J.T. encouraged President Obama and family to burst into song.
Big numbers! Justin Timberlake’s The 20/20 Experience has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 968,000 copies in its first week of release. It’s the strongest album sales week since the premiere of Taylor Swift’s Red album. It’s also the biggest week for a male artist since Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III hit music sellers in 2008.
Lead by the Jay-Z-assisted single “Suit and Tie,” The 20/20 Experience is Timberlake’s first album since the 2006 blockbuster FutureSex/LoveSounds.
Uh-oh..It looks like Jay-Z’s budding bromance with Justin Timberlake has got someone feeling a wee bit unappreciated!
Even pending fatherhood can’t curb Kanye West’s famously flippant tongue. So we suppose no one should be surprised that Yeezy took several overt jabs at his best friend, the rap mogul’s wife Beyonce and pop crooner Timberlake during a concert in London last weekend.
Hot Off the Presses: Justin Timberlake has released the full music video for his Jay-Z-assisted comeback single “Suit & Tie.”
“Here it is…All pressed up in black and white,” the newlywed J.T. tweeted along with the link to the black and white video directed by David Fincher.
The vid features the boy bander-turned-serious actor rocking those signature dance move that helped catapult him to pop infamy. Timberlake’s new album, The 20/20 Experience, hits shelves on March 19. The disc will be the crooner’s first since his 2006 bestseller FutureSex/LoveSounds.