Adam Levine & Justin Timberlake are more than just “studs with a six-pack” in “People’s” Sexiest Men issue

Country star Blake Shelton may be People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive this year, but he isn’t the only musician included in the magazine’s latest eye candy-filled issue.

People executive editor Kate Coyne tells ABC Radio, that “one of the main reasons [Blake] said yes to this was so that he could really stick it to Adam [Levine]” — Blake’s longtime rival on The Voice and 2013’s Sexiest Man Alive. But turns out Adam’s also featured in this year’s issue, as part of the mag’s “Hottest Couples” section with wife Behati Prinsloo.

“They’re just sort of sexy squared”, says Coyne. “They are creating such a cool kind of supermodel/rock star family together with their little girl Dusty Rose and now another new baby on the way, and it’s just a really lovely, sweet dynamic between the two of them”.

That kind of family dynamic is also what lands Justin Timberlake on the list again this year.

“I feel like more and more of what you’re seeing from men on this list — and Justin’s a great example — is guys who are unabashedly in love with their wives, their partners, with their families”, Coyne tells ABC Radio, noting that these guys “really have that extra something that makes then a lot sexier than just single stud with a six-pack”.

Justin’s been included in the issue many times before, so when will he finally claim the “Sexiest Man” title? Coyne says he’s always somebody who’s on the shortlist, but time will tell.

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