The Essential *NSYNC

The Essential *NSYNC
Greatest hits album by
NSYNC
ReleasedJuly 29, 2014[1]
GenrePop, R&B
Length99:14
Label
Producer
NSYNC chronology
The Collection
(2010) 		The Essential *NSYNC
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

The Essential *NSYNC is the fourth compilation album by American boy band NSYNC. It was released on July 29, 2014, four years after their third compilation The Collection (2010). It is also the second overall album under RCA Records following their self-titled album in 1998. The album contains a total of thirty-four tracks, including hit singles, album tracks, B-sides, rare recordings and soundtrack features. Despite only being a compilation release, the album received wide press coverage as it was revealed none of the band members were told about its release.[3]

The album sold out on Amazon on the day of release,[4] and quickly vaulted into the top ten albums on the iTunes Store.[5]

Band member Lance Bass said of the album on his radio show, Dirty Pop: "There's a lot of these songs I don't think I've ever heard, I remember recording them but I've never heard them before, so I'm interested in just hearing them." JC Chasez tweeted about the album's release, stating: "I had the strangest dream last night that some old friends and I had a top 10 record on iTunes. Crazy right..." Chris Kirkpatrick said of the album; "It's great to release some of the songs that had never made a record before! I'm glad our long time fans get some new music!" Joey Fatone also said; "Pretty interesting this album comes out, which I really had no idea, and it's in the top of Amazon and iTunes... we owe it to our fans. Thank you."[6]

The album has sold 34,000 copies in the US according to Nielsen SoundScan as of February 2018.[7][8]

  1. ^ Victoria Moorhouse (29 July 2014). "Surprise! The Guys of NSYNC Didn't Even Know They Were Releasing a New Album Today". OK Magazine. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
  2. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "NSYNC - The Essential (AllMusic Review)". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
  3. ^ Erin Strecker (29 July 2014). "'N Sync Just Dropped A Brand-New Album -- But No One Told The Band". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
  4. ^ Rachel Maresca (30 July 2014). "New *NSYNC album drops but record label doesn't tell band members of release". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
  5. ^ Sarah Luoma (31 July 2014). "Lance Bass says 'N Sync were unaware of new album released by Sony". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
  6. ^ Ariana Bacle (30 July 2014). "Sony releases surprise NSync album; NSync is surprised". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
  7. ^ Trust, Gary (February 4, 2018). "Ask Billboard: Justin Timberlake & *NSYNC's Career Album & Song Sales". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  8. ^ Brown, Harley; Halperin, Shirley (August 8, 2014). "Lance Bass Talks Surprise 'N Sync Album: 'I Was Shocked'". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-08-12.