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*NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye" is back on the Billboard charts over 20 years after its release. Here's why

*NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye" is back on the Billboard charts over 20 years after its release. Here's why
Baby. Bye, bye bye. Is back, back back. The NSYNC song which originally hit the charts back in 2000 is number 45 this week on Billboard's Hot 100. Thanks to its placement in the box office smash Deadpool and Wolverine. It's not quite the oldest song to return to the Hot 100. Kate Bush is running up that hill. *** deal with God charted in 2022 37 years after its initial release. Thanks to this memorable scene in stranger things. The filmmaking process is pretty much the same storytelling as storytelling. James Wan has an old story in mind the director of Aquaman and the original saw is talking with universal about remaking 1950 four's creature from the Black Lagoon. He'd also produced the modernized retelling of the monster movie classic. Your first look at lost on *** mountain in Maine based on *** true story. *** boy is separated from his family in *** storm during *** hike up Mount Katahdin and struggles to stay alive in the wilderness for more than *** week. Sylvester Stallone is *** producer on the film which opens in theaters, November 1 in Hollywood. I'm David Dan.
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*NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye" is back on the Billboard charts over 20 years after its release. Here's why
Backstreet's back, but so is *NSYNC.The boy band's 2000 smash hit "Bye Bye Bye" returned to Billboard's Hot 100 this week at No. 45. Video above: *NSYNC returns to the music charts and other entertainment headlinesIt's all thanks to its placement in the box office hit, "Deadpool and Wolverine," which just marked its third straight week as the top movie in North American theaters with an estimated $54.2 million in ticket sales. Worldwide, the movie has now surpassed $1 billion at the box office.According to Billboard, the song has gotten 10 million official streams in the U.S. from Aug. 2-8, which is a jump of 31%.Outside the U.S., the song got 42.4 million streams (up 50%) and went to No. 8 from No. 16 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart.The opening sequence of the film shows Deadpool, played by Ryan Reynolds, dancing to "Bye Bye Bye" while fighting off Time Variance Authority guards."He's doing a lot of the moves that have been established previously by *NSYNC,” Reynolds said in an interview about the dance scene. Four members of *NSYNC — JC Chasez, Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick and Joey Fatone — attended the film's premiere and gave a shoutout to fellow member Justin Timberlake, who was performing on his ongoing tour in Europe. Although it's been 24 years since *NSYNC released "Bye Bye Bye" and its "No Strings Attached" album, this isn't the oldest song to return to Billboard's Hot 100.Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill — A Deal With God" charted in 2022, 37 years after its initial release, a comeback attributed to a memorable scene in "Stranger Things."And, in December 2023, Brenda Lee’s "Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree" topped the Billboard Hot 100, 65 years after its release.*NSYNC reunited most recently to record "Paradise," a song featured on Timberlake's latest album, "Everything I Thought It Was," which was released in March.Last fall, the band also released "Better Place" for the "Trolls: Band Together" soundtrack — its first new song in more than 20 years.

Backstreet's back, but so is *NSYNC.

The boy band's 2000 smash hit "Bye Bye Bye" returned to Billboard's Hot 100 this week at No. 45.

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Video above: *NSYNC returns to the music charts and other entertainment headlines

It's all thanks to its placement in the box office hit, "Deadpool and Wolverine," which just marked its third straight week as the top movie in North American theaters with an estimated $54.2 million in ticket sales.

Worldwide, the movie has now surpassed $1 billion at the box office.

According to Billboard, the song has gotten 10 million official streams in the U.S. from Aug. 2-8, which is a jump of 31%.

Outside the U.S., the song got 42.4 million streams (up 50%) and went to No. 8 from No. 16 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart.

The opening sequence of the film shows Deadpool, played by Ryan Reynolds, dancing to "Bye Bye Bye" while fighting off Time Variance Authority guards.

"He's doing a lot of the moves that have been established previously by *NSYNC,” Reynolds said in an interview about the dance scene.

Four members of *NSYNC — JC Chasez, Lance Bass, Chris Kirkpatrick and Joey Fatone — attended the film's premiere and gave a shoutout to fellow member Justin Timberlake, who was performing on his ongoing tour in Europe.

Although it's been 24 years since *NSYNC released "Bye Bye Bye" and its "No Strings Attached" album, this isn't the oldest song to return to Billboard's Hot 100.

Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill — A Deal With God" charted in 2022, 37 years after its initial release, a comeback attributed to a memorable scene in "Stranger Things."

And, in December 2023, Brenda Lee’s "Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree" topped the Billboard Hot 100, 65 years after its release.

*NSYNC reunited most recently to record "Paradise," a song featured on Timberlake's latest album, "Everything I Thought It Was," which was released in March.

Last fall, the band also released "Better Place" for the "Trolls: Band Together" soundtrack — its first new song in more than 20 years.