FILE PHOTO OF N SYNC AT BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS IN LAS VEGAS.
The U.S. pop quintet " 'N Sync," (L to R) JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, Chris Kirkpatrick, Lance Bass and Joey Fatone shown at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on December 8, 1999, had the best selling album in 2000, according to sales tracker SoundScan on January 3, 2001. "No Strings Attached" was released in March 2000 and sold 9,936,104 copies, beating the second place finisher, Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP," by a margin of 2 million copies.
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