Claim: NSYNC was a vocal group consisting of five young male singers.

James Lance Bass -LRB- -LSB- ˈbæs -RSB- born May 4 , 1979 -RRB- is an American pop singer , dancer , actor , film and television producer , and author . He grew up in Mississippi and rose to fame as the bass singer for the American pop boy band NSYNC . NSYNC 's success led Bass to work in film and television . He starred in the 2001 film On the Line , which his company , Bacon & Eggs , also produced . Bass later formed a second production company , Lance Bass Productions , as well as a now-defunct music management company , Free Lance Entertainment , a joint venture with Mercury Records .   After completion of NSYNC 's PopOdyssey Tour , Bass moved to Star City , Russia , in much publicized pursuit of a seat on a Soyuz space capsule . Bass was certified by both NASA and the Russian Space Program after several months of cosmonaut training , and planned to join the TMA-1 mission to the International Space Station . However , after his financial sponsors backed out , Bass was denied a seat on the mission .   In July 2006 , Bass revealed that he is gay in a cover story for People magazine . He was awarded the Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award in October 2006 , and released an autobiography , Out of Sync , in October 2007 , which debuted on the New York Times Best Seller list .