Lance Bass

Lance Bass
Bass in 2014
Born
James Lance Bass

(1979-05-04) May 4, 1979 (age 45)
Laurel, Mississippi, U.S.
Other namesLansten[1][2]
Occupations
Years active1994–present
Spouse
Michael Turchin
​
(m. 2014)​
Children2[3]
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
Member ofNSYNC
WebsiteLanceBass.com

James Lance Bass[4] (/bæs/; born May 4, 1979)[5] is an American singer, dancer, actor, podcaster,[6] and film and television producer. He grew up in Mississippi and rose to fame as the bass singer for the American pop boy band NSYNC. The band has sold over 70 million records, becoming one of the best-selling boy bands of all time.[7] NSYNC's success led Bass to work in film and television. He starred in the 2001 film On the Line, which his company, Bacon & Eggs, also produced. Bass later formed a second production company, Lance Bass Productions,[8] as well as a now-defunct music management company, Free Lance Entertainment, a joint venture with Mercury Records.[9]

After completion of NSYNC's PopOdyssey Tour, Bass moved to Star City, Russia, in a much publicized pursuit of a space tourism seat on a Soyuz space capsule.[8] Bass was certified by both NASA and the Russian Space Program after several months of cosmonaut training[8] and planned to join the TMA-1 mission to the International Space Station.[10] However, after his financial sponsors backed out, Bass was denied a seat on the mission.[11]

In July 2006, Bass came out as gay in a cover story for People magazine.[12] He was awarded the Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award in October 2006[13] and released an autobiography, Out of Sync, in October 2007, which debuted on the New York Times Best Seller list.[14]

  1. ^ Tortorici, Frank (May 4, 1999). "'N Sync's James Lance "Lansten" Bass". MTV News. Archived from the original on June 14, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
  2. ^ "Country boy looks to the stars". BBC News. August 30, 2002. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  3. ^ Wong, Curtis M. (October 15, 2021). "Lance Bass And Michael Turchin Welcome Twins Violet And Alexander". Huffpost. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Autobio2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Lance Bass". AllMusic. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
  6. ^ "Frosted Tips with Lance Bass". spotify.com.
  7. ^ Ryzik, Melena (October 1, 2007). "A Boy-Band Grad's Next Act". The New York Times. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  8. ^ a b c "World Space Week Biography of Lance Bass". WorldSpaceWeek.org. September 4, 2003. Archived from the original on June 22, 2007.
  9. ^ Stark, Phyllis. (May 27, 2000). "Mercury Nashville, Free Lance Label Pact". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 4, 2007. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  10. ^ "Lance Bass Named Youth Spokesperson for World Space Week". Space-Travel. Archived from the original on October 13, 2007. Retrieved August 10, 2007.
  11. ^ Boyle, Alan (December 23, 2002). "Pop star finishes his space training". NBC News. Retrieved September 16, 2006.
  12. ^ "Lance Bass: I'm Gay". People. July 26, 2006. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
  13. ^ Beck, Rob. "Boy in the Band". Southern Voice. Archived from the original on October 25, 2007. Retrieved October 19, 2007.
  14. ^ "Out of Sync Debuts on New York Times Bestsellers List". The New York Times. November 11, 2007. Retrieved November 11, 2007.