History YMMV / JustinTimberlake

%%* TearJerker: "Another Song", "Losing My Way", "Until the End Of Time", "Worthy Of", "Never Again", "Rehab" with Music/{{Rihanna}}, "Blue Ocean Floor", "Mirrors" (which suffers from massive LyricalDissonance).

* BrokenBase:
** His Super Bowl LII Halftime Show for a number of reasons; starting from whether the performance was incredible due to a nonstop 13 minute show of singing, dancing, and audience participation, or awful for using playback, featuring no surprises or special guests, and the arguably insensitive use of Prince as a projection/hologram. Of course, some people just feel the show was neither good nor bad, just mediocre and forgettable.

%%* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
%%** "Mirrors". So very much.
%%** "Rock Your Body"

** His Superbowl 52 Halftime Show for a number of reasons; starting from whether the performance was incredible due to a nonstop 13 minute show of singing, dancing, and audience participation, or awful for using playback, featuring no surprises or special guests, and the arguably insensitive use of Prince as a projection/hologram. Of course, some people just feel the show was neither good nor bad, just mediocre and forgettable.
** Speaking of the 2018 Superbowl; was Justin's use of a Music/{{Prince}} projection during the number a touching tribute to the deceased Minneapolis native? Or was it incredibly disrespectful as Prince had gone on record that he found the concept of using modern technology to sing duets with deceased artists to be wrong and "demonic"?

* FandomRivalry: With Music/{{Prince}} fans. This was only exasperated after the 2018 Superbowl Halftime Show when Justin utilized a giant projection/hologram of Prince as a tribute, in spite of the fact that not only did the two reportedly not respect one another, but Prince had gone on record before his death stating he ''despised'' the idea of using modern technology to sing with dead artists, calling the act "demonic".

%%* CrowningMomentOfFunny: "Dick in a Box". Just about everything he does for ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', really.
%%* CrowningMusicOfAwesome:

** "Nothin' Else" includes some cheesy pick-up lines in its lyrics: "Tell me anything
/ But please start it off with how you tuck your wings" and "You're out of this world, [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe except you're not green]]".

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_wEWAynV18 Hi, my name is Bob, and I work at my job.]]"

* BrokenBase: His Superbowl 52 Halftime Show for a number of reasons; starting from whether the performance was incredible due to a nonstop 13 minute show of singing, dancing, and audience participation, or awful for using playback, featuring no surprises or special guests, and the arguably insensitive use of Prince as a projection/hologram. Of course, some people just feel the show was neither good nor bad, just mediocre and forgettable.

* BrokenBase: His Superbowl 52 Halftime Show for a number of reasons; starting from whether the performance was incredible due to a nonstop 13 minute show of singing, dancing, and audience participation, awful for using playback, featuring no surprises or special guests, and the arguably insensitive use of Prince as a projection/hologram. Of course, some people just feel the show was neither good nor bad, just mediocre and forgettable.

* Earworm

* BrokenBase: His Superbowl 52 Halftime Show for a number of reasons; starting from whether the performance was incredible due to a nonstop 13 minute show of singing, dancing, and audience participation, awful for using playback, featuring no surprises or special guests, and the arguably insensitive use of Prince as a projection/hologram. Of course, some people just feel the show was neither good nor bad, just mediocre and forgettable.

* EarWorm:

* EndingFatigue: ''The 20/20 Experience'' (both parts) have been criticized for this. Most of the songs could be trimmed by about 2 minutes without changing the songs' structure, just be cutting the extended instrumental loops and [[BrokenRecord repeated vocal parts.]]

* EndingFatigue: ''The 20/20 Experience'' (both parts) have been criticized for this.

* ItWillNeverCatchOn: There were a minority who believed that his debut solo album would flop and he'd never be able to escape the shadow of his {{boy band}} roots. Some even unfavorably compared ''Justified'' to [[Music/BackstreetBoys Nick Carter]]'s more rock-oriented (and therefore more "mature) solo debut, ''Now Or Never''. It's safe to say who won this argument.

* ItWillNeverCatchOn: There were a minority who believed that his debut solo album would flop and he'd never be able to escape the shadow of his {{boy band}} roots. Some even unfavorably compared ''Justified'' to Nick Carter's more rock-oriented (and therefore more "mature) solo debut, ''Now Or Never''. It's safe to say who won this argument.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: "Dick in a Box". Just about everything he does for ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', really.

* EarWorm: "Like I Love You", "[=SexyBack=]", "My Love" still get played a lot in popular culture.

** "Amnesia". One of the {{Wangst}}iest songs ever.

* TearJerker: "Another Song", "Losing My Way", "Until the End Of Time", "Worthy Of", "Never Again", "Rehab" with Music/{{Rihanna}}, "Blue Ocean Floor", "Mirrors" (which suffers from massive LyricalDissonance).

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Mirrors". So very much.
** "Rock Your Body"

* HeReallyCanAct: His work on ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'' really turned people around to his acting ability.
** Perhaps subverted in that several of his films (and performances) since then have earned lukewarm receptions, perhaps going to show that his effectiveness was due more to David Fincher's direction and Aaron Sorkin's screenplay.

* {{Narm}}: The spoken word in the final section of "Like I Love You".

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: "Dick in a Box". Just about everything he does for ''SaturdayNightLive'', really.

* EarWorm: "Like I Love You", "Sexyback", "My Love" still get played a lot in popular culture.

** "Rock Your Body", especially after a... [[WardrobeMalfunction memorable]] SuperBowl performance with JanetJackson.

* HarsherInHindsight: In 2001, he and NSYNC recorded a cover of Janet Jackson's "That's The Way Love Goes" in tribute to the singer. Three years later, the infamous SuperBowl performance with Janet happened.

* HoYay: Aside from his *NSYNC bandmates, he has a whole of this with Jimmy Fallon. So much that during Justin’s impromptu speech at his wedding reception in front of 150 guests, Jimmy interrupted him with a joke from his seat, sparking an improv between the two of them that went on for a good five or 10 minutes and had all the guests roaring with laughter. Justin admits that if it was anyone else, he would have kicked their ass.

* GrowingTheBeard: Literally, ''[=FutureSex=]/[=LoveSounds=]'' onwards.

* HoYay: With JimmyFallon. So much that during Justin’s impromptu speech at his wedding reception in front of 150 guests, Jimmy interrupted him with a joke from his seat, sparking an improv between the two of them that went on for a good five or 10 minutes and had all the guests roaring with laughter. Justin admits that if it was anyone else, he would have kicked their ass.