Celebrity
by *NSYNC
  • Record Label: Jive
  • Release Date: Jul 24, 2001
Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. Billboard
    80
    The quintet has never sounded tighter.
  2. Blender
    80
    Celebrity shines brightest when the group matures enough to forget about its image and focus on the tunes. [Aug/Sep 2001, p.126]
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  3. Dot Music
    50
    'Celebrity' does have it's moments. Sadly both of them are at the beginning.
  5. E! Online
    75
    'N Sync reminds us why boy bands were put on this earth in the first place: to have a good time.
  6. Entertainment Weekly
    75
    ''Celebrity'' may be the consummate teen-pop experience: It has the R&B swipes, the ballads, the grasps at artistic self-expression, and the requisite Europop.
  7. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    First, the good news: 'Celebrity' is pretty damn fine too.... The bad news is that 'Celebrity' definitely shows signs of that discontent that all boyband members begin to feel after a while, and it's this which might well put some fans off.
  8. PopMatters
    10
    'N Sync's latest offering of threadbare cookie crunch...
  9. Q Magazine
    60
    Even when it isn't actually good, this is quality froth. [Sep 2001, p.114]
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  10. Rolling Stone
    60
    Along with Nelly Furtado and Mandy Moore, 'NSync are paving a new high road for teen pop's future.
  11. Sonicnet
    80
    Celebrity is a few good songs short of becoming a new gold pop standard (Michael Jackson's all-hits Thriller still holds that distinction), but with its well-balanced dance track-to-ballad ratio and uniformly infectious grooves, it does come within moonwalk striking distance...
  12. Spin Cycle
    88
    But, to get right down to it, "Celebrity" is fun, like its predecessors.

Awards & Rankings

62
#62 Most Discussed Album of 2001
7
#7 Most Shared Album of 2001

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User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 34 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 34
  3. Negative: 6 out of 34
  1. raviopatra
    Nov 17, 2013
    6
    "Celebrity" is not their best effort, but it's still a pretty good pop album. Though I would've liked it much better if they stick to the "No"Celebrity" is not their best effort, but it's still a pretty good pop album. Though I would've liked it much better if they stick to the "No Strings Attached" formula.… Full Review »
  2. ChunkDump
    Dec 28, 2020
    8
    i never really finished listening to the album but from what i remember "Pop" and "Girlfriend" were the two main tracks i would play over andi never really finished listening to the album but from what i remember "Pop" and "Girlfriend" were the two main tracks i would play over and over. very poppy (as it should be) this was their last album together before it came to an end. Justin went off to a successful solo career and the other just ended on the chopping block of hollywood. this was fun at that time of the world.… Full Review »
  3. MattJacks2003
    Mar 9, 2019
    10
    This is the best album since Andre Rieu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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