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Justin Timberlake | Artist Essentials

Justin Timberlake / RECOMMENDED SELECTION 6

First released: 2006 (year verified)

Original 2006 full album track including Comes Around interlude

MusicAtlas editorial note: The full album track lets the repeating string figure lead into the extended second section.

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First released: 2006 (year verified)

The original recording is documented in the 2006 release history of FutureSex/LoveSounds. Only year precision is assigned; later singles, charts, remasters and live versions do not establish its first release.

Recording: Original 2006 full album track including Comes Around interlude
Credit: Justin Timberlake
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: FutureSex/LoveSounds

FutureSex/LoveSounds - original Zomba program and full medleys
Original 2006 album explicitly names Timbaland on SexyBack and T.I. on the Let Me Talk to You/My Love medley. The full LoveStoned/I Think She Knows and What Goes Around/Comes Around tracks are separately identifiable from named radio edits. Summer Love is a separate track in this program. | Reviewed 2026-10-17

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The two actual annual title spellings have separate retained recording IDs and no edition metadata. The original full album track and the explicitly named Radio Edit cannot be identified from that shorthand, so both candidates remain provisional.

FutureSex/LoveSounds - original Zomba program and full medleys
Original 2006 album explicitly names Timbaland on SexyBack and T.I. on the Let Me Talk to You/My Love medley. The full LoveStoned/I Think She Knows and What Goes Around/Comes Around tracks are separately identifiable from named radio edits. Summer Love is a separate track in this program. | Reviewed 2026-10-17

What Goes Around Comes Around - explicitly named radio edit
The distributor separately names the Radio Edit. It supports an edition distinction from the selected full album track; its inherited exact date is not used to date the selected recording. | Reviewed 2026-10-17

ARTIST BACKGROUND

About Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake is a Tennessee singer and performer whose solo recording career followed his work in NSYNC. Justified pairs his falsetto with rhythm-focused productions by the Neptunes and Timbaland. FutureSex/LoveSounds and The 20/20 Experience extend that approach through medleys, layered vocals and long instrumental passages. Man of the Woods adds band and country-soul colors, while Everything I Thought It Was returns to a broad pop and R&B setting. His group recordings retain their separate identity.

Artist background sources

Justified - original Jive album program
Original 2002 program identifies Cry Me a River, Rock Your Body, Senorita and Like I Love You, the latter retaining an earlier 2002 single date. Later 2003/2004 annual entries do not redate these recordings. | Retrieved 2026-10-17

FutureSex/LoveSounds - original Zomba program and full medleys
Original 2006 album explicitly names Timbaland on SexyBack and T.I. on the Let Me Talk to You/My Love medley. The full LoveStoned/I Think She Knows and What Goes Around/Comes Around tracks are separately identifiable from named radio edits. Summer Love is a separate track in this program. | Retrieved 2026-10-17

The 20/20 Experience - original RCA program
Original 2013 program identifies the full Mirrors, Pusher Love Girl, Strawberry Bubblegum, Tunnel Vision and Blue Ocean Floor. Suit and Tie retains its original Jay-Z feature and preceding 2013 single date. Bonus tracks and later edits are not extra selections. | Retrieved 2026-10-17

Man of the Woods - original RCA program and guest credits
Original 2018 program identifies Filthy, Montana and Say Something explicitly featuring Chris Stapleton. These are the original studio recordings, not live video performances. Album context identifies Timberlake's Tennessee connection. | Retrieved 2026-10-17

Everything I Thought It Was - original RCA program and artist interview
Original 2024 program identifies Selfish, No Angels and Drown. Only year precision is used where exact track fields are inconsistent. The separately named NSYNC collaboration is not treated as solo repertoire. | Retrieved 2026-10-17

Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.

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