The band has sold over 70 million records, becoming one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. Bass later formed a second production company, Lance Bass Productions, [ 8 ] as well as a now-defunct music management company, Free Lance Entertainment, a joint venture with Mercury Records.
In July , Bass came out as gay in a cover story for People magazine. As a young boy, Bass developed an interest in space , and at age 9 traveled to Cape Canaveral, Florida , with his father to watch his first live Space Shuttle launch. Of this experience, Bass said, "I was certain from then on that my future was to be involved with space. When Bass was 11 years old, his father was transferred to a different hospital, and the family moved to Clinton, Mississippi. He was also a member of a seven-man vocal group named Seven Card Stud, which competed at state fairs and performed at several social and political events for Senator Trent Lott.
At Clinton High School, Bass was elected vice president of his junior class [ 23 ] and has said that he performed well in math and science. In , during his junior year of high school, Bass received a call from Justin Timberlake and his mother, Lynn Harless, who asked Bass if he would be interested in auditioning for the pop group NSYNC after the group's original bass singer, Jason Galasso, had quit. The group's manager, Johnny Wright , convinced Bolz that Bass's dancing would quickly improve.
In , Bass said he had faith Timberlake would return after six months off to record another album with NSYNC, and that he felt betrayed by Timberlake's decision to pursue his solo career instead. I felt heartbroken. All these emotions went through me. Today, I'm really happy, and Justin and I are really great friends. I don't hate him at all.
And I understand what he was going through, and it was as hard for him as it was for any of us. The song, part of the soundtrack to the film Trolls Band Together , was released September In , Bass formed a music management company named Free Lance Entertainment, which was a joint venture with Mercury Nashville , a division of Mercury Records. In his autobiography, Bass wrote, "That was it β our film was finished In , Bass guest starred on an episode of the Comedy Central series Review , in which he visited space along with the show's lead character.
