( EW.com ) -- NSync is back ! Kind of . The group 's label , Sony Legacy Records , released The Essential *NSYNC , a double album featuring NSync 's hits as well as some rarer songs , Tuesdayâ€ ” and the band , evidently , had no idea . Lance Bass posted a photo of the album on Instagram , writing , `` I love when the record label does n't even tell you they are releasing a new 'NSYNC album tomorrow ! Sounds like they do n't anyone to know about it . '' Despite the apparent lack of promotion , plenty of people found out about its release : The album is already out of stock on Amazon and is currently one of the most downloaded albums on iTunes . `` There 's a lot of these songs I do n't think I 've ever heard , I remember recording them but I 've never heard them before , so I 'm interested in just hearing it , '' Bass said on his radio show `` Dirty Pop '' after hearing the news . Some of those songs include `` Believe in Yourself , '' which they performed on Sesame Street in 2000 , and a cover of `` The Lion Sleeps Tonight . '' The group 's label , Sony Legacy Records , released The Essential *NSYNC , a double album featuring NSync 's hits as well as some rarer songs , Tuesdayâ€ ” and the band , evidently , had no idea . Lance Bass posted a photo of the album on Instagram , writing , `` I love when the record label does n't even tell you they are releasing a new 'NSYNC album tomorrow ! Sounds like they do n't anyone to know about it . '' Despite the apparent lack of promotion , plenty of people found out about its release : The album is already out of stock on Amazon and is currently one of the most downloaded albums on iTunes . `` There 's a lot of these songs I do n't think I 've ever heard , I remember recording them but I 've never heard them before , so I 'm interested in just hearing it , '' Bass said on his radio show `` Dirty Pop '' after hearing the news . Some of those songs include `` Believe in Yourself , '' which they performed on Sesame Street in 2000 , and a cover of `` The Lion Sleeps Tonight . '' Bass is n't the only NSync-er excited to hear what tracks are on this surprise album : Chris Kirkpatrick wrote `` It 's great to release some of the songs that had never made a record before ! '' on Twitter Tuesday . Joey Fatone and JC Chasez also took to Twitter to thank their fans , but Justin Timberlake has yet to make any sort of statement about the albumâ€ ” he 's probably too busy listening to it on repeat like the rest of us . Though NSync has n't released an album together since 2001 's Celebrity , the five briefly reunited at 2013 's VMAs to perform a medley of `` Girlfriend '' and `` Bye Bye Bye . '' See the original story at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
Sony is a double NSync album . It contains new and rare material . The group said they did n't know it was Sony .