4 超級男孩樂隊(duì)(doc)
4. ’N Sync Emerging from the depths of Orlando, Fla. --home also to the group’s rivals the Backstreet Boys--the five squeaky1-clean young lads of ’N Sync seem destined to duplicate2 the success of musically like-minded3 performers such as the Spice Girls. 　　Fittingly, perhaps, the group’s professional origins can be traced to the Disney Channel’s Mickey Mouse Club, on which Joshua “ J.C.” Chasez and Justin “ Curly” Timberlake appeared together for nearly three years. Following the program’s demise4, the two headed for Nashville, Tenn., where they shared a vocal coach and took dance lessons while working on respective solo projects. 　　Fate soon brought Joshua and Justin back to Orlando, and, upon their return, they teamed up with Pittsburgh native Chris Kirkpatrick and New Yorker Joey Fatone. With the addition of bass vocalist Lance Bass, things came together. 　　By late 1997, the quintet5 managed to land a contract with RCA Records. Enlisting the help of several high-profile producers, the newly christened ’N Sync created a batch6 of crisp7, radio-friendly pop songs and issued its debut album exclusively in Europe, a move that had worked to perfection for the aforementioned8 Backstreeters. Subsequently, the fivesome headed overseas, where it was fervently9 embraced in Germany and the Netherlands. Returning10 home triumphantly in the spring of 1998, the burgeoning dancemeisters11 felt confident enough to unleash their self-titled debut on America. ’N Sync was slow in getting out of the gate in the United States, but by early fall, two Top 40 hits (I Want You Back and Tearin’ Up My Heart) had propelled12 the album to platinum sales. In the fall of 1998, ’N Sync released Home for Christmas, a holiday album that crept up the charts rapidly and that featured the band’s version of classics like Chestnuts13 Roasting on an Open Fire and O Holy Night. As 1999 began, the boys were finishing their sold-out U.S. tour, planning a studio stint14 to record their next album, and watching sales of their eponymous15 debut skyrocket16. 　　Things kept looking up for ’N Sync, as the year ended with their debut album at No.11 on a list of the 20 best-selling albums of 1999 (with more than 3.27 million copies sold). In January, 2000, the band released Bye, Bye, Bye, the first single off No Strings, to both radio and MTV and began a string of non-stop TV appearances all in preparation for the March 21 release of the new record. 　　While relative success was certain, little did it know just how well No Strings would do. The album debuted at the top of the charts with a whopping17 2.4 million copies sold in its first week of release, setting a new all-time single-week sales record. With a successful tour under their belts18; a spirited appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards in September, where they snagged three awards; and movie appearances on the horizon19 (Grease 3 is a very real possibility for the fivesome), 2000 has turned into a banner 20 year for the “ other” boys from Orlando. “超級男孩”樂隊(duì) “超級男孩”樂隊(duì)來自佛羅里達(dá)中部奧蘭多市，也是該樂隊(duì)的競爭對手“后街男孩”的故 里。五名嗓音尖細(xì)清脆的小伙子似乎命里注定要重現(xiàn)音樂上志同道合的藝人們的成功軌 跡，如“辣妹”組合。 　　恰當(dāng)?shù)卣f，這支樂隊(duì)的職業(yè)生涯也許可追溯到迪斯尼頻道的米老鼠俱樂部，“J.C.” 喬舒亞·查西和“卷毛”賈斯廷·廷伯萊克共同在這檔節(jié)目中演出將近三年。節(jié)目終止后， 兩人又前往田納西州的納什維爾，師從同一名聲樂教師，并在各自發(fā)展獨(dú)唱事業(yè)的同時(shí) 學(xué)習(xí)舞蹈。 　　然而命運(yùn)很快又將喬舒亞和賈斯廷帶回奧蘭多。他們一返回故鄉(xiāng)，就同匹茲堡人克 里斯·柯克帕特里克和紐約佬喬伊·法托內(nèi)組成了樂隊(duì)。貝司手兼演唱蘭斯·巴斯加盟后， 便萬事俱備了。 1997年底，這支五人樂隊(duì)設(shè)法與RAC唱片公司成功簽約。在幾位知名制作人的幫助下 ，以“超級男孩”命名的樂隊(duì)演唱了一系列節(jié)奏明快、適宜電臺播放的流行歌曲，并僅在 歐洲發(fā)行了首張專輯。上文提及的“后街男孩”也曾有類似之舉，取得了極佳的效果。五 人樂隊(duì)隨后轉(zhuǎn)向海外發(fā)展。他們在德國和荷蘭都受到熱烈歡迎。1998年春，樂隊(duì)凱旋而 歸，聲望日隆、能歌擅舞的男孩們感到有足夠信心在美國發(fā)行樂隊(duì)的同名專輯。 　　“超級男孩”在美國起動(dòng)較慢，但到初秋，兩支躋身排行榜前40名的歌曲（《我想你回 來》和《撕裂我的心》）促使專輯賣到了白金唱片的銷量。1998年秋，“超級男孩”為圣誕節(jié) 發(fā)行了《家》。這張假日專輯在排行榜上迅速攀升，它包含了樂隊(duì)的經(jīng)典曲目，像《火上烤 栗》和《噢，圣誕夜》。1999年伊始，男孩們已在結(jié)束他們在全美的一路滿座巡演，為錄制 下張專輯擬定了錄音室工作計(jì)劃，同時(shí)還目睹了樂隊(duì)首張同名專輯的沖天銷量。 　　“超級男孩”的行情繼續(xù)看漲。1999年底，他們的首張專輯在1999年20張最暢銷唱片 中名列第11（唱片銷量超過327萬張）。2000年1月，樂隊(duì)在電臺和音樂電視里演唱了專 輯《自由自在》的首支單曲《再見，再見，再見》，并在電視里頻頻露面，為3月21日發(fā)行的 新專輯全力打造聲勢。 　　雖然已有相對成功的把握，但《自由自在》的成績?nèi)绾稳圆桓翌A(yù)料。此專輯首度榮登 排行榜之冠，在第一星期內(nèi)就賣到了令人咋舌的240萬張，創(chuàng)下了單周發(fā)行量的歷史新高 。他們結(jié)束了成功的巡演，又精神抖擻地出現(xiàn)在9月舉行的“音樂電視頒獎(jiǎng)典禮”上，連奪 三獎(jiǎng)；不久他們又將現(xiàn)身銀幕（五人樂隊(duì)極有可能出演《油脂III》）。2000年已變成除“ 后街男孩”之外，另一隊(duì)奧蘭多男孩的豐收年。 1.squeakyy[5σκωι:κΙ]adj.嗓音尖細(xì)的 2.duplicate[5δφυ:πλικειτ]vt.重復(fù)，比得上 3.like-minded[λαικ 5μαινδιδ]adj.志趣相投的 4.demise[δι5μαιζ]n.終止，結(jié)束 5.quintet[κωιν]n.五重唱小組 6.batch[β“τΦ]n.一批，一組 7.crisp[κρισπ]adj.輕快的，有生氣的 8.aforementioned[Ε?φΡ:9μενΦΕνδ]adj.前面提到的 9.fervently[5φΕ:πΕντ((]adv.熱情地，熱誠地 10.burgeon[5βΕ:⊥Ε]vi.發(fā)展，迅速生長 11.dancemeister[((((((((((((]n.能歌擅舞者 12.propel[πρΕ5πελ]vt.推動(dòng)，推進(jìn) 13.chestnut[5τΦεστνΘτ]n.栗子 14.stint[στιντ]n.定額工作，定量 15.eponymous[ι5πΧνιμΕσ]adj.以本名命名的 16.skyrocket[σκαι 5ρΧκιτ]n.箭式上升，猛漲 17.whopping[5ωΡπΙΝ]adj.巨大的，巨額的 18.underone’sbelt[口]為某人所獲得 19.onthehorizon即將來臨的 20.banner[5β“νΕ]adj.特別好的，該贏得錦旗的
4 超級男孩樂隊(duì)(doc)