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Introduction
Charlotte
attended the album launch for best-selling Pop group *NSYNC on
Monday, the 23rd of July. The event was held at the trendy Moomba nightclub
in Hollywood California. A whole host of stars were in attendance
including Britney Spears, The Olsen Twins and a plethora
of names from the music biz. You may remember
Charlotte co-starred alongside *NSYNC in her Touched
By an Angel epidsode. Obviously Charlotte wasn't the
star of this event but she did generate enough buzz to
prompt this article titled "Out
on the Town, Charlotte aged 15 (going on 19)" in the
7.25.01 Daily Mail. *NSYNC's new album is titled
"Celebrity", read below for more info.
Photos
The
collective known as *NSYNC
   
Charlotte
shows her new look (Large Size)
   
Charlotte
shows her new look (Small Size)
Press
MTVOnline
LOS ANGELES — Maybe it's a sign of 'NSYNC's maturity, the reason they appear to have risen to the top of the teen pop class. Whatever the answer, their album release party Monday night for Celebrity not only drew close friends like Britney Spears and collaborators like BT, but also such disparate guests as the 15-year-old Olsen twins (Mary-Kate and Ashley, of "Full House" fame).
Those were just a few of the celebrities joining the boys from Orlando, Florida, at the club Moomba on the eve of Celebrity's arrival in stores, amid almost unreal expectations (not to mention whispers of vulnerability). Industry insiders predict the album will be a huge seller, though few expect it to top the record-breaking opening-week sales of 2.4 million achieved by 'NSYNC's No Strings Attached in March 2000.
But one thing already seems certain: 'NSYNCs demographic has widened.
The band spent the much of its face time with an overflowing media contingent at Moomba explaining how Celebrity is quite the musical departure from its previous, lighter fare.
"We are who we are, but every musician wants to grow and I think people will see this with Celebrity," JC Chasez said.
"Every song on this album is totally different from the next one," Lance Bass added.
Electronic-music guru BT, who worked with the group on the album , talked up the band's new "cutting edge" sound while pointing out that 'NSYNC's playfulness doesn't end with the album's title.
"What's so refreshing about these guys is that they don't take themselves too seriously," said BT, who became involved with 'NSYNC after Chasez saw him perform in a club. "You get more attitude from a guy working behind the counter at Starbucks than you do from these guys. They're just regular people."
The new grown-up 'NSYNC apparently are still attracting grown-up converts, such as actress and "Talk Soup" hostess Aisha Tyler.
"I'm a new 'NSYNC fan," Tyler admitted. "I was drawn in watching 'Making the Video' on MTV for that 'Pop' song. It's a cool video and a cool song. I've been into them ever since."
While industry skeptics have already begun proclaiming the beginning of the end for boy bands, 'NSYNC, who will play for more than 50,000 fans Tuesday (July 24) at the Rose Bowl, were all smiles, and who could blame them?
"It's one of the most prestigious places we play, and it's always the best crowd," Bass said.
'NSYNC are looking forward to the performance for another reason, as fans — at least those who pick up the album before the concert — will be somewhat more familiar with the song roster of Celebrity (see "'NSYNC's Celebrity: More Songs About Young Love").
"We've been singing the new songs at all our shows on this tour and the fans aren't as into them because they've never heard them," said Timberlake, who brought his equally famous girlfriend, Britney Spears, to the party. "We wanna challenge our fans to learn all the songs before we play Tuesday."
—Christian Boone
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