The Most Amazing Facts

1. Justin has his own record label - called Tennman Records.
2. In 2001, he set up The Justin Timberlake Foundation, a charity dedicated to promoting musical education as essential for children’s’ development.
3. This isn’t his only charitable act however - in 2009 he made a massive $9m donation to the Shriners Hospital for Children.
4. Justin is of obviously a big fan of many R&B singers. But he has other more unusual tastes - he has said he is particularly inspired by Icelandic singer Bjork - perhaps because she is known for her experimental musical styles, something also important to Justin’s music.
5. He is a major collector of sports jerseys.
6. Justin’s childhood nickname was ‘Curly’.
7. He was raised as a Baptist but has more recently come to distance himself from the church - Justin now considers himself more spiritual than religious.
8. Music mogul Simon Cowell isn’t a huge fan... in 2004 he described Justin as a “White kid who has tried to act black over the last several years”.
9. Justin is a big softy at heart - he says that after his break-up with Britney in 2002 he used to cry himself to sleep at night!
10. In 2007, Justin opened a restaurant in new York called Southern Hospitality. He says the eatery’s motto is “If it’s not Granny’s recipe, then I don’t want it”.