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6. Justin Timberlake

There’s no denying that Justin Timberlake is an entertainment icon. He’s done it all from the boy band to movie roles. We love his sultry voice and sexy dance moves. He is a baby-faced babe with deep blue eyes and a smile that can light up a room. He is quite the ladies man and we are convinced that if he met us, we could win his heart.

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and the votes are in!!

Adam Lambert sexier than Usher? Britney Spears sexier than Beyonce? The answer is yes according to a poll conducted by Billboard.com in search of the sexiest man and woman in music.

Over the period of a week readers were asked to vote on their favorite stars not by how talented they are, but how sexy they are. 20 musicians were in the running for each gender, with the top ten for each being announced today.

Lambert, known for oozing sex appeal with his captivating style, swooped up 20% of the vote, beating infamously sexy dudes like Justin Timberlake (he didn’t bring “SexyBack” enough at No. 4) and Enrique Iglesias (No. 5).

Proving just how much of an influence fans played in the results, 17-year-old Nick Jonas, who probably hasn’t even developed his sexy bone yet, comes in at No. 2 behind Lambert.

Britney won by a larger margin for the girls, scoring 27% of the vote. She beat out sexy chicas like Beyonce (No. 2), Rihanna (No. 4), and Shakira (No. 7).

The vote-crazy younger sect made its presence known here as well. Often more raunchy than sexy, Miley Cyrus charts high at No. 3.

Billboard’s sexiest guys:

1.Adam Lambert 20%
2.Nick Jonas 19%
3.Chris Brown 15%
4.Justin Timberlake 13%
5.Enrique Iglesias 6%
6.Bruce Springsteen 5%
7.Jon Bon Jovi 4%
8.Usher 3%
9.Maxwell 1.9%
10.Drake 1.8%

Billboard’s sexiest girls:

1.Britney Spears 27%
2.Beyonce 13%
3.Miley Cyrus 9%
4.Rihanna 8%
5.Lady GaGa 7%
6.Carrie Underwood 6%
7.Shakira 4.1%
8.Nicole Schezinger 4%
9.Taylor Swift 3.5%
10.Katy Perry 2.5%

via ONTD

Justin and Ciara ’s Love,Sex & Magic came in at #7

7. Ciara feat. Justin Timberlake – Love Sex Magic
                 

while, Justin’s sexyback came in at #3

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If the album died an unceremonious death at the hands of the MP3 in the 2000s, someone forgot to tell these people. Committed artists old and new, and a few somewhere in between, recorded thoroughly satisfying full-length collections of songs in the past decade, many of them thematically linked from beginning to end. What a concept. 

29. ‘Justified,’ Justin Timberlake (2002)
The Neptunes and Timbaland made a man out of the former boy-band star. Those heaps of praise were justifiable

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Justin Timberlake once rocked the Canadian tuxedo…and dated Britney Spears. Now he owns a record label, a successful clothing line, a multitude of restaurants, makes millions AND looks like this. Well done sir.

Justin Timberlake is bringing himself back — to the top of our male trendmaker list. After losing out to the president last year, the singer-slash-actor has regained his No. 1 spot with almost 19 percent of votes in the Footwear News Readers’ Choice survey. Joining him are several familiar faces and a couple of “Twilight” newcomers.

Justin Timberlake

#1 % Of Votes 18.6%

JT continues to be a trendsetter, through both his personal style — picture funky tailored looks with comfy sneakers — and various other ventures, such as his William Rast fashion line and appearances in ads for Givenchy and Sony. But let’s not forget that he’s also an entertainer: Timberlake was most recently nominated for three Grammy awards, including Best Rap Song, and his “Saturday Night Live” appearances have become the stuff of legend.

Source:Daily Beast and commentary from Celebritygoss.au

Quick: which celebrity is the first to come to mind when you think of charitable causes? I know for me, that person was Angelina Jolie. But according to The Daily Beast, when it comes to actual dollar amounts and awareness raised, the number one high-impact celeb is none other than Justin Timberlake. Sure, Angie is on the list, but she’s taking a back seat to Justin, Madonna, and even Pamela Anderson in terms of actual funds and awareness raised. Who knew?

For those to whom much is given, much is required. That explains why every celebrity from George Clooney to Jessica Simpson has a pet cause.

But how much is a celebrity’s affiliation really worth? How much impact, other than their own Q rating, do they have on the good causes they promote?

In a month in which 62 percent of Americans are planning to support charities, The Daily Beast undertook what we believe to be the most exhaustive study ever on the effects of celebrity on charities. We kept score using the only system that matters to those seeking the resources to help others: dollars. Celebrity, after all, has unique economic value. Famous faces are used to sell everything from magazines to movie tickets to Mazdas.

Here’s how we calculated our rankings. First, we chose 50 of the biggest celebrities in the world who are allied with a nonprofit, either as a member of its board or advisory committee, an ambassador, or the face of a campaign. These names represent a healthy cross-section of fame and influence. While many celebrities support more than one charity, we only judged the primary charity for each celebrity—this exercise is designed to see how much impact a celebrity has on a specific nonprofit, rather than how charitable they are overall, or how much they contribute awareness to a more all-encompassing cause.

From there, we tallied how much awareness they produced for their favored nonprofit in print, television, and online, and also calculated any personal donations to the charity, since cash is the most direct impact of all.

Specifically, VMS, a leading media-monitoring firm, pulled broadcast television mentions of each celebrity and associated charity in the last two years and calculated the corresponding value of the mention or segment. We then averaged those years to determine similar impact. Similarly, using Lexis-Nexis, we pulled all newspaper and magazine clips over the last two years that mentioned both the celebrity and the charity. Another top news-monitoring company, BurellesLuce, provided estimates for the value of each clip as follows: Newspapers with daily circulation over 600,000, $35,000; newspapers with daily circulation between 600,000 and 200,000, $25,000; and newspapers with circulation under 200,000, $15,000. Magazines were designated with similar benchmarks. Magazines with circulation greater than 2 million, $35,000; magazines with circulation between 1-2 million, $25,000; magazines with circulation less than 1 million, $15,000. We then averaged that figure. Lastly, we considered Google results within the last year to measure online presence. Each result was valued at $1.

While many celebrities donated anonymously, we reached out to the publicists, lawyers, and agents of the celebrities on our list to accurately reflect the personal donations to the charity. We also combed media reports, The Giving Back fund’s annual list of the 30 largest celebrity donors, and NOZA’s database of charitable gifts.

There are some considerations to take into account regarding the results. We only valued broadcast television and press in American markets. Many of the charities and celebrities included in our list have significant international presence, but the values only attempt to measure impact in the U.S. Additionally, some relationships between celebrities and charities have spanned longer and shorter terms, but only the last two years of the partnership are reflected in our data.

The results are fascinating. Celebrities like Justin Timberlake, Madonna, and Angelina Jolie deliver millions of dollars of value each year to their pet causes. Other big names like Paris Hilton, though, barely make enough of a dent to justify sending a limo over. The bottom line: A famous face isn’t enough—true impact requires a commitment.

1. Justin Timberlake
Charity: Shriners Hospital for Children
Annual Impact: $9,262,381
2. Madonna
Charity: Raising Malawi
Annual Impact: $5,540,068
3. Pamela Anderson
Charity: PETA
Annual Impact: $4,840,168
4. Oprah Winfrey
Charity: Oprah’s Angel Network
Annual Impact: $3,973,870
5. Bono
Charity: ONE Foundation
Annual Impact: $3,598,313
6. Angelina Jolie
Charity: UNHCR
Annual Impact: $3,015,070
7. Rihanna
Charity: UNICEF
Annual Impact: $2,305,743
8. George Clooney
Charity: United Nations
Annual Impact: $2,184,500
9. Salma Hayek
Charity: UNICEF
Annual Impact: $1,620,959
10. Shakira
Charity: UNICEF
Annual Impact: $1,284,431

Over on Popeater, Justin is one of the top six celebrities nominated for “celebrity of the decade” award.

Justin Timberlake
In the year 2000, if someone said to you that Justin Timberlake — who at the time was the blond-dyed, curly-haired, Britney-dating, falsettoed leader of boy band *NSYNC — would be perhaps the top male pop artist in both sales and credibility at the end of the decade, you would have either laughed or cried.

Somehow, though, Timberlake was one of … well, he’s the only boy-bander who was able to break out of the cookie cutter shell and establish himself as a serious and dominant solo artist.

Towards the end of his *NSYNC days, Timberlake could easily have become another music industry victim. He was dating Britney (never an easy thing to do), the boy band trend was dying (whew!) and he needed his own sound and image. Out of nowhere, Timberlake showed he could be Jekyll and Hyde when it came to pop — churning out outright celebratory and danceworthy tunes (‘Rock Your Body’) one minute, and vengeful Britney-bashing breakup tracks (‘Cry Me a River’) the next on his solo debut album, ‘Justified.’ It was at this time in 2002-2003 when the world realized JT was for real.

Another sign of JT’s invincibility and staying power came during the 2004 Super Bowl, when a swift hand movement made him one half of ‘Nipplegate’ — Janet Jackson’s infamous “wardrobe malfunction” … a term he (or at least his PR team) coined. A quick apology and some time out of the spotlight let the scandal blow right by.

As the decade went on, Timberlake continued to shatter expectations and grow as an artist. On first listen, his 2006 smash hit ‘SexyBack’ seemed like a bit of a mess. On tenth listen, it was an infectious dance staple that still gets crowds moving. Add in ‘My Love,’ ‘What Goes Around’ and his ambitious ‘FutureSex/LoveSounds’ became one of the decade’s best pop albums. So much for being a token boy bander.

Though Timberlake hasn’t released much since 2006’s ‘FutureSex,’ there’s a very good chance that when he does unleash his next album on the world, we’ll all be dancing and nodding our heads to it.

Justin came in at #16 on Pbleepd.com ’s Top 20 dancers

16. Justin Timberlake

We always knew JT could dance during his N’SYNC days but he really stood out as a dancer when he broke out as a solo artist.

  Another one for Justin!

Popular music is tough to define, besides the obvious qualifications: Does the song have mass appeal? Are people talking about it? Is the track glossy and polished? Does your mom tap her feet to it? Answer “yes” to at least three of these and you’ve got yourself a pop song. As the 00’s winds down, we’re in a nostalgic mood and looking back at the decade’s best pop artists, from Britney to Beyonce. When it came to the Top 40 set, this here was a great time to love music. Though we know you’ll have serious problems with it, here now are our picks for the Best Pop Artists of the ’00s:

3. Justin Timberlake

Whatever Justin did, we’re sure the other *NSYNC-ers wish they thought of. We don’t know how he made the transition from the clean-cut boy band image to Michael Jackson-esque R&B-Pop without us batting an eye … but he did. We’ll give credit to Timbaland for much of it. Songs like ‘Cry Me A River’ and ‘SexyBack’ were new and unusual songs that we couldn’t get out of our heads. And that Superbowl performance with Janet Jackson? That erased any trace of a good-boy image he had left.