April 2003

Reports from Billboard, BBC Radio 1, and Yahoo! LAUNCH all positioned the reunion for fall. Lance Bass said the group was actively writing, with release plans tentatively set for late 2003 or early 2004; Jive Records was pushing for a quick turnaround, but Lance emphasized quality over speed. JC Chasez also reportedly looked forward to *NSYNC reuniting, telling Entertainment Weekly that the group was still hungry to make music.

1 – The April 19th issue of Billboard’s newspaper featured an article about the touring prospects for artists in mainstream music genres. This graphic includes information attributed to *NSYNC’s former manager Johnny Wright.
Title: Summer Tour Sked Thin on Pop, Hip Hop
Author(s): Ray Waddell
Publisher: VNU Business Media, Inc.
Page(s): 1, 59
Original Source: Billboard Newspaper (print copy unavailable)
Secondary Source: World Radio History.Com
Current Link: https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2003/BB-2003-04-19.pdf (full article)

Torn paper effect in this graphic courtesy of @Vecteezy

2 – BBC’s Radio 1 website featured an interview with Lance Bass in its Chart News section.
Author(s): Unknown
Title: *NSYNC’s Lance Talks About New Album
Original Source: BBC Radio 1 website
Current Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20031205123137/bbc.co.uk/radio1/news/chartnews/030424_nsync.shtml

3 – In an interview with Yahoo! LAUNCH Lance Bass was quoted as saying that *NSYNC had begun working on their next album.
Author(s): LAUNCH Radio Networks
Title: *NSYNC To Hit The Studio In September To Record Next Album
Original Source: LAUNCH.Com
Current Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20040314070250/http://launch.yahoo.com/read/news.asp?contentID=213206 (full article)

4 – Entertainment Weekly website published an interview with JC Chasez claiming that *NSYNC planned to reunite.
Author(s): Brian Hyatt
Title: A New ‘NSYNC Album? Bet Your Allowance on It
Original Source: EW.Com
Current Link: https://ew.com/article/2003/04/30/new-n-sync-album-bet-your-allowance-it (full article)