was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for selling over 100,000 copies in the UK on May 17, 2002. Several European companies reported slow album sales, including Fnac in France and Spain, WOM in Germany, and Ricordi in Italy. The album sold 20,000 units in the first week in Japan, where it peaked at number 11 on the Oricon Albums Chart. Celebrity peaked at number 10 on Australia's ARIA Albums chart, and was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for selling over 35,000 units in the country. In 2001 Celebrity was the ninth best-selling album globally, selling 6.5 million copies. Legacy At the end of the Celebrity Tour in May 2002, NSYNC went on hiatus to take time off from touring and recording and to accommodate for Timberlake's desire to record a solo album. Although the hiatus was originally planned to be temporary with the band intending on recording a fourth album once Timberlake released the album, they never returned to record together in the studio. Celebrity is retrospectively seen as "a logical swan song" for NSYNC because it came after the record-breaking commercial success of No Strings Attached and before the band's eventual dissolution. Music critics observed that the album was the basis for Timberlake's solo career, as the album's singles consisted of only songs Timberlake co-wrote, in addition to album promotion that centered around Timberlake. Hugar compared Celebrity to Zayn Malik's and Harry Styles' desires for solo stardom after One Direction's hiatus, concluding that it is "a reminder that boy bands are rarely built to last". NPR's Maria Sherman stated the album shifted the band further towards the R&B genre and "firmly established Timberlake as the bandleader and pushed Chasez's powerful pop vocals to the periphery". Andrew Unterberger of Billboard acknowledged that Celebrity contained sounds which "pushes pop music into the future". Track listing Track listing and credits adapted from the album's liner notes. All lead vocals provided by Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez. Personnel All credits taken from AllMusic. NSYNC Lance Bass background vocals JC Chasez lead vocals, producer Joey Fatone background vocals Chris Kirkpatrick background vocals Justin Timberlake lead vocals, arranger, multi instruments, producer, beatbox Instrumentation Kenny Blank guitar Bryan Popin piano, cello, strings Richard Fortus bass guitar, electric guitar Hampton String Quartet strings Michael Landau electric guitar Michael Lang piano Michael Hart Thompson acoustic guitar Anthony Nance drum programming Esbjörn