No Strings Attached

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No Strings Attached is a pop album by American boy band *NSYNC, released on March 21, 2000 (see 2000 in music). Before the release of No Strings Attached, *NSYNC's second album, the band acrimoniously split from their old management and signed to Jive Records. This album was intended to counter the perception of *NSYNC as un-hip corporate creations (the album title is a play on the idea of freedom from corporate control). In some quarters, the tactic worked, and *NSYNC's brand of blue eyed soul and bubblegum pop won over new converts. A majority of music critics, and many listeners, however, dismissed the album as another cynical marketing attempt.

Track listing

1. "Bye Bye Bye" (Carlsson, Lundin, Schulze) - 3:20
2. "It's Gonna Be Me" (Carlsson, Martin, Rami) - 3:12
3. "Space Cowboy (Yippie-Yi-Yay)" performed by *NSYNC/Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes - 4:23
4. "Just Got Paid" (Griffin, Hall, Kemp, Riley) - 4:10
5. "It Makes Me Ill" (Briggs, Kandi) - 3:27
6. "This I Promise You" (Marx) - 4:44
7. "No Strings Attached" (Chasez, Daymond, Greggs) - 3:48
8. "Digital Get Down" (Chasez, Nicoll, Renn) - 4:23
9. "Bringin' da Noise" (Chasez, Renn) - 3:32
10. "That's When I'll Stop Loving You" (Warren) - 4:51
11. "I'll Be Good for You" (Antunes, Calloway, Calloway, Pendergrass, Timberlake) - 3:56
12. "I Thought She Knew" (Wiley) - 3:22

Personnel

• Michael Thompson - Guitar
• David Cole - Engineer, Mixing
• Jez Colin - Drum Programming
• Mick Guzauski - Mixing
• Scott Humphrey - Engineer
• Mario Lucy - Engineer
• Richard Marx - Arranger, Producer, Vocal Arrangement
• George Mayers - Engineer
• Pat McMakin - Mixing
• Carl Nappa - Engineer, Mixing
• Teddy Riley - Producer
• Guy Roche - Arranger, Keyboards, Producer, Drum Programming
• Chris Trevett - Engineer
• Michael Tucker - Engineer, Mixing
• Franz Verna - Engineer
• Diane Warren - Executive Producer
• Robin Wiley - Arranger, Producer
• Tom Bender - Mixing Assistant
• Michael Railton - Keyboards
• Charles McCrorey - Assistant Engineer
• Cesar Ramirez - Assistant Engineer
• Esbjörn Öhrwall - Guitar
• Jason Piske - Mixing Assistant
• Veit Renn - Producer
• Chaz Harper - Mastering
• NSYNC - Vocals (bckgr), Vocal Arrangement
• Adam Barber - Engineer, Vocal Engineer
• Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes - Rap, Performer
• John Amatiello - Pro-Tools
• Joe Smith - Engineer, Mixing
• Chris ? - Rap
• Brady Barnett - Digital Editing
• Jake - Producer
• Lance Bass - Vocals
• Justin Timberlake - Vocals
• Riprock - Producer, Mixing
• Kristian Lundin - Producer
• Ok Hee Kim - Assistant Engineer
• J.C. - Producer, Mixing
• Rami - Producer
• Joe Woods - Assistant Engineer
• Kandi - Vocal Arrangement, Vocal Producer
• Chris Kirkpatrick - Vocals
• JC Chasez - Vocals
• Joey Fatone - Vocals
• Shane Stoneback - Mixing Assistant
• Jake Lundin - Producer
• Alex G. - Producer, Mixing
• Chris - Rap
• Bray Merritt - Assistant Engineer
• Dushyant Bhakta
• Toby Dearborn - Assistant Engineer

Chart positions

Billboard (North America) - album

2000	The Billboard 200	                No. 1
2000	Top Internet Albums	                No. 1
2000	Top Canadian Albums	                No. 1

Billboard (North America) - singles

2000	Bye Bye Bye	        Adult Contemporary	                No. 25
2000	This I Promise You	Adult Contemporary	                No. 1
2000	Bye Bye Bye	        The Billboard Hot 100	                No. 4
2000	It s Gonna Be Me	The Billboard Hot 100	                No. 1
2000	This I Promise You	The Billboard Hot 100	                No. 5
2000	Yo Te Voy A Amar 	Hot Latin Tracks	                No. 30
2000	Bye Bye Bye	        Latin Pop Airplay	                No. 20
2000	It s Gonna Be Me	Latin Pop Airplay	                No. 28
2000	Bye Bye Bye	        Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay	        No. 13
2000	It s Gonna Be Me	Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay	        No. 28
2000	Bye Bye Bye	        Rhythmic Top 40	                        No. 2
2000	This I Promise You	Rhythmic Top 40	                        No. 12
2000	Bye Bye Bye	        Top 40 Mainstream	                No. 1
2000	It s Gonna Be Me	Top 40 Mainstream	                No. 1
2000	This I Promise You	Top 40 Mainstream	                No. 4
2000	Bye Bye Bye	        Top 40 Tracks	                        No. 1
2000	It s Gonna Be Me	Top 40 Tracks	                        No. 1
2000	This I Promise You	Top 40 Tracks	                        No. 6
2000	Bye Bye Bye	        Adult Top 40	                        No. 19
2000	It s Gonna Be Me	Adult Top 40	                        No. 28
2000	This I Promise You	Adult Top 40	                        No. 31
2000	Bye Bye Bye	        Canadian Singles Chart	                No. 1
2000	It s Gonna Be Me	Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales      No. 33
2000	This I Promise You	Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales      No. 38
2000	It's Gonna Be Me	Rhythmic Top 40	                        No. 7
2000	It's Gonna Be Me	The Billboard Hot 100	                No. 7
2001	This I Promise You	Adult Top 40	                        No. 27