After making his mark as a teen-pop star, Justin Timberlake refashions himself for the mature audiences ditching the bubblegum image and focus on the music.

Justin Timberlake made his mark in the world of teen-pop starting as a member of the Mickey Mouse Club, the gazillion-selling boy band ?N Sync, and his short-lived romance with fellow mousekeeter Britney Spears.

Saying goodbye to the ?curly haired cute one? character, Justin Timberlake shifts to a more daring, sexy, adult character starting off with his critically celebrated solo album Justified followed a couple of years after with his current album justin timberlake futuresex/love sounds my love.

Justin Timberlake?s first solo album Justified was released on Jive in November 2002. The album?s first single ?Like I Love You,? became a major hit followed closely by a second single, ?Cry Me a River.?

Now a certified solo act -- the album had reached number two on the Billboard 200 -- and heartthrob to millions of girls. He continued his success by appearing on the Black Eyed Peas smash hit "Where Is the Love?" and in the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show, where he pulled off part of co-performer Janet Jackson's top in a "wardrobe malfunction" incident that stirred a controversy among thousands of viewers.

That tumult however, didn't stop him from winning two Grammys that year.

After the much talked-about incident, Justin Timberlake stayed out of the studio for a few years to dip his toes on acting opportunities.

Timberlake returned to the music world in 2006 with his Prince-inspired justin timberlake futuresex/love sounds my love.

Justin Timberlake futuresex/love sounds my love featured production work from Timbaland and Rick Rubin, and was followed by a brief club tour.

However, the new sexy-image Justin Timberlake won?t be bombarding us with underwear shots of justin timberlake or justin timberlake naked videos from the gallery of justin timberlake .

Rather, Justin aims to project an image that is a singer rather than a trend-setter, a lyricist rather than a puppet, a musical mind rather than a pretty face.

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Meanwhile, sexyback has earned Justin the catchphrase of 2006 overtaking ?Hips Don?t Lie.?

"I definitely didn't think it would become the most worn-out joke of 2006," he said recently. "It just sounded like a nice opening to the song. I mean, I definitely didn't know it was going to start what it started.''

With i'm bringing sexy back justin timberlake has turned his lyrics into lingo. Nevertheless justin timberlakesexy back has been #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 for seven consecutive weeks.

However, the effects of a catchphrase, which is tagged as a one-hit wonder punch line for many, depends a lot on the artist. For an established artist like Justin, who has proven himself to his fans, he'll likely outlast that line.

So far, Timberlake is seeing no backlash, as justin timberlake futuresex/love sounds my love has already climbed to #13 on the Hot 100.

As both a member of ?NSYNC and a solo artist, Southern superstar Justin Timberlake has played a major role in the teen pop explosion of the '90s and 2000s. He is adored by millions of fans, many of whom have been adolescent girls.

Over the years, the teen market has had a lot of different sounds. In the '70s, for example, artists like Donny Osmond, the Partridge Family, David Cassidy, and the DeFranco Family were aimed at teens -- those were the bubblegum popsters.

Timberlake is part of the more modern school of teen pop, which is mindful of dance-pop, urban contemporary, and hip-hop and got started with the rise of New Kids on the Block, Debbie Gibson, and Tiffany in the late '80s. New Kids, in fact, were the male group that paved the way for *NSYNC as well as the Backstreet Boys and Take That.

But Justin is all grown-up now and is slowly singing his way towards forming his own niche with a different target audience.