No Strings Attached (NSYNC album)

No Strings Attached is the third studio album by American boy band NSYNC. It was released by Jive Records on March 21, 2000, after several delays due to legal battles. Seeking to distinguish their music from others', NSYNC chose to incorporate pop and R&B styles. Before the release of the album, the band separated from their management, Trans Continental, and their label RCA Records; its title is a play on the idea of independence from corporate control. Contributions to the album's production came from a wide range of producers, including NSYNC members Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez, and collaborators including Kristian Lundin, Jake Schulze, Rami, Teddy Riley, Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Richard Marx, Veit Renn, Babyface, and Guy Roche.

No Strings Attached received generally favorable reviews from music critics, many of whom praised the production. The album debuted atop the US Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 2.4 million copies, setting the record for one-week sales in the country; a record that remained for 15 years until Adele surpassed the first-week sales record with her third studio album 25 (2015). Four singles were released from the album. Its lead single "Bye Bye Bye" is credited with creating the hype for the album's eventual landmark success, while "It's Gonna Be Me" became their only number-one on the Billboard Hot 100. No Strings Attached was the best-selling album of 2000. NSYNC promoted the album through the No Strings Attached Tour in 2000, which was the second-highest-grossing tour in North America of that year.

No Strings Attached was considered to be the peak of the teen pop genre, as CDs were beginning to be phased out in favor of peer-to-peer file sharing software such as Napster and LimeWire, as well as trends shifting away from the genre, beginning with the Backstreet Boys' album Black & Blue (2000). NSYNC were considered to be influential in crossing over music genres, which helped distinguish themselves from the Backstreet Boys, and inspire other boy bands to experiment with different genres of music while expressing their originality. The album has sold over 14 million copies worldwide.