In addition to inducting a new class of long-praised, much deserving songwriters for its 50th anniversary induction ceremony including the likes of Missy Elliott, Yusuf (a.k.a. Cat Stevens), and more (as we reported here), the Songwriters Hall of Fame also honored contemporary songwriters who have been credited with making noted advancements in the field.
While relatively new hitmaker Halsey walked away with the Hal David Starlight award (designed to honor young songwriters making impacts with their original work), headlines leaned more heavily toward this year’s Contemporary Icon Award recipient: Justin Timberlake.
The latter – lauded for adding his penning to chart-topping hits in the late 90’s and early 2000’s to Pop group N*SYNC – also earned praise for crafting his own solo hits and writing for fellow Pop artists over his 20+ year career. Presented the award by longtime collaborator Timbaland, the 38-year-old delivered a heartfelt acceptance speech before launching into a medley of some of his biggest hits including ‘SexyBack,’ ‘Cry Me a River,’ ‘Mirrors,’ and even famous ‘Saturday Night Live’ parody, ‘D*ck in a Box.’
See highlights inside:
*Performance portion begins at 1:36 mark*
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Why tho? And I’m still mad at him about Janet! Everybody wants to be black until the police come !
Why? Its been 15yrs ago and you wasn’t personally involved.
#NoFlavorAlert ?
He looking real robin thickish
The Janet fiasco in regards to the Super Bowl will always make Justin look bad but I would like to think that Janet has moved on to greener pastures and honestly speaking she is doing better than Justin so she is actually winning she has a successful Vegas residency, she was inducted into the RRHOF and so much more. My point is Justin knows that he messed up and his last era proved that. But you can not deny that he has help create some great music. With *NSYNC as well as a solo artist.
#I don’t know her for her writing skills ??♂️
And don’t nobody know you boo boo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_SoWYi_fVA&t=6s
The party said with Janet Jackson, she not nasty girl no more she hiding the titts and ase. Due to the s*** with Justin and her ex.
What the f*** is man in wood though, why did he go so far off the deep end with the last album now he doing a game show. Ok ok
What the f*** does he have on, he not bill gates, who the f***, the f*** he have on.