Ask Billboard: Justin Timberlake & *NSYNC’s Career Album & Song Sales

In honor of that famous frontman who’s headed up a dynasty in his field throughout the 2000s and hopefully has another successful Super Bowl performance tonight (wait, who do you think this New England sports fan is referring to?), here’s a look at Justin Timberlake’s career U.S. album and song sales, as well as *NSYNC’s, according to Nielsen Music.

Not on the lists below: Timberlake’s new album Man of the Woods, released Friday (Feb. 2), and its latest single, “Say Something”, featuring Chris Stapleton, which should make a splashy debut on the Billboard Hot 100 this coming week; highlights of the newest Hot 100’s top 10 will be revealed tomorrow (Feb. 5), with all charts updating on Billboard.com Tuesday (Feb. 6).

Justin Timberlake Album Sales
4,720,000, FutureSex/LoveSounds; 3,969,000, Justified; 2,579,000, The 20/20 Experience; 1,137,000, The 20/20 Experience

Justin Timberlake Digital Song Sales (million-selling songs)
4.9 million, “SexyBack”; 3.9 million, “Mirrors”; 3.5 million, “Dead and Gone” (T.I. feat. Timberlake); 3.4 million, “Holy Grail” (JAY-Z feat. Timberlake); 3.3 million, “Suit & Tie” (feat. JAY-Z)

3.28 million, “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”; 2.8 million, “What Goes Around…Comes Around”; 2.5 million, “My Love” (feat. T.I.); 2.3 million, “Carry Out” (Timbaland feat. Timberlake); 2 million, “Rock Your Body”

1.6 million, “Summer Love”; 1.5 million, “Not a Bad Thing”; 1.2 million, “Cry Me a River”; 1.12 million, “LoveStoned/I Think She Knows”; 1.11 million, “Love Never Felt So Good” (Michael Jackson & Timberlake)

As a soloist, Timberlake’s U.S. totals stand at 12.4 million albums sold; 2.6 billion on-demand song streams; and 45 billion in cumulative airplay audience.

*NSYNC Album Sales
11,175,000, No Strings Attached; 8,863,000, *NSYNC; 4,932,000, Celebrity; 2,865,000, Home for Christmas; 528,000, Greatest Hits; 34,000, The Essential *NSYNC

*NSYNC Digital Song Sales (top five, with the group’s catalog predating the start of downloads)
1.1 million, “Bye Bye Bye”; 526,000, “Tearin’ Up My Heart”; 443,000, “It’s Gonna Be Me”; 297,000, “I Want You Back”; 371,000, “This I Promise You”

The boy band’s U.S. totals to date: 28.8 million albums sold; 562 million on-demand song streams; and 19 billion in airplay audience.

“Without giving too much away, we’re doing a few things with this halftime show that they’ve never quite done before”, Timberlake said this past week. “I always like to push to do something like that”.

Billboard