Justin Timberlake is to receive the ‘iHeartRadio Innovator Award’ at this year’s‘iHeartRadio Awards‘, set to be honoured for his unmatched success in the music industry since his debut in the early 90s.
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“Justin is one of the most dynamic artists of our lifetime, a visionary whose influence on pop culture starts with brilliant music and stretches well beyond,” declared Tom Poleman, President of National Programming Platforms for iHeartMedia. “I’m amazed how he regularly breaks barriers that continue to shape and define music trends. We’re thrilled to recognize him amongst his peers—who also proudly call themselves his fans.”He will receive the enviable gong when the iHeartRadio Music Awards airs live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on March 29 at 8 p.m. on NBC.

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"Justin is one of the most dynamic artists of our lifetime, a visionary whose influence on pop culture starts with brilliant music and stretches well beyond,” declared Tom Poleman, President of National Programming Platforms for iHeartMedia. “I’m amazed how he regularly breaks barriers that continue to shape and define music trends."

What is this nonsense?

I just literally fell off my chair reading this and I can't stop laughing... Bellyache laughter like when I was a kid!

Why? Fuckin wanker.

MotownSubdivision said:

I normally defend Justin Timberlake in this forum because I find the disdain he encounters here
at the Org to be racist or a slavish devotion to protecting Michael Jackon's legacy, but this claim
of musical innovation on his part is indefensible.

That being said, it's just a silly award and I expect to be highly amused by the responses in this
thread calling for Justin Timberfake to have his nuts handed over on a silver platter for daring to
be explicitly inspired by Michael Jackson and doing R&B music as a wannabe.

Hey, if someone loves JT, I have no problem with that... But to describe him as an "innovator" in any sense of the word and then to hand him an award for it is just too much.

purplethunder3121 said:

Hey, if someone loves JT, I have no problem with that... But to describe him as an "innovator" in any sense of the word and then to hand him an award for it is just too much.

Like I said, calling Justin Timberlake's music, which I enjoy, "innovative," is indefensible. If anything,
his music is a throwback even though it can be presented as having been updated.

purplethunder3121 said:

This isn't surprising. His label has a partnership (or rather a financial relationship with) clear channel (who owns iheartradio) which they used to sponsor his last two albums... which is the reason why his last two albums got the radio play that they did, and how he got to be the sales exec on their 2013 iheartradio festival. JT's got good management and good connections in the industry.

MotownSubdivision said:

"Justin is one of the most dynamic artists of our lifetime, a visionary whose influence on pop culture starts with brilliant music and stretches well beyond,” declared Tom Poleman, President of National Programming Platforms for iHeartMedia. “I’m amazed how he regularly breaks barriers that continue to shape and define music trends."

What is this nonsense?

Yea gurl I literally fell out the chair laughing at this

Isn't "iHeartRadio" just a Clear Channel shadow company with a corny/pseudo-clever nicky?

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Yeah its literally Clear Channel with a different logo.

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This is a cute commercial. I wonder what he is promoting?

mjscarousal said:

MotownSubdivision said:

"Justin is one of the most dynamic artists of our lifetime, a visionary whose influence on pop culture starts with brilliant music and stretches well beyond,” declared Tom Poleman, President of National Programming Platforms for iHeartMedia. “I’m amazed how he regularly breaks barriers that continue to shape and define music trends."

What is this nonsense?

Yea gurl I literally fell out the chair laughing at this

Lol I'm a dude mj but yeah, this is comedy

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Empress said:

Anyway, I believe that some people on this site dislike him simply because he's a white boy or because of nipplegate. Janet's a big girl, she knew exactly what she was doing.

Nail on the head. That's exactly it. This forum has a borderline obsession with slighting Justin and Beyonce. Because the former is a largely commercially successful white boy who was able to keep his career after Michael's sister lost hers...and I can't even explain the obsessive hate towards the latter, other than to presume that it's coming from a bunch of bitter, frumpy dumpy females (and the gay men who befriend them) who when they see her are reminded of that pretty girl in high school who used to get all the attention that they could never have.

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Justin Timberlake and Beyonce Knowles are fake ass living dolls that came from the same cookie-cutter, boy band, Disney-fronted, exploitative, brainwashing the youth crew that made their lame ass predecessors that were "huge" but destined to eventually fail as "boys" and "girls" in the boy and girl groups became adults. Justin is the new Paul McCartney (being a horrible, unoriginal hack and all) and Beyonkey is the new Diana Ross (unwarranted unparalleled respect/"royalty status" and all).

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They are cartoon character actors playing their roles, not innovators.

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The fact that money, sorry, Clear Channel is honoring one of its prized cash cows is laughable. Why wouldn't they? They own him and Beyonkey, their labels, the plastic cases his CDs are sold in, and the billboards that his label (that they probably own) pay them to promote their McCulture. The awards probably also air on their television channel.

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This is like McDonald's changing its name to 'Burger City' and doing everything the same except hiring Mayor McCheese to run it and honoring him for being Mayor McCheese (something they created). This is a massive re-branding effort and it is literally re-shaping your synthetic PC "music industry" heroes. I think its hilarious and that all these awards are probably forgotten by the world faster than the "few hours" it takes to make their "art'.

Frumpy, dumpy girls and their equally awkward gay BFFS...

TheGoldStandard said:

Isn't "iHeartRadio" just a Clear Channel shadow company with a corny/pseudo-clever nicky?

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Yeah its literally Clear Channel with a different logo.

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This is a cute commercial. I wonder what he is promoting?

You people need to pull your disdain away from Justin Timberlake and direct it at IHeartRadio/Clear Channel for creating this award show in the first place. Clear Channel is the main reason pop music has gone down the drain the past couple of decades, with their near monopoly of radio stations and tightly controlled playlists, thus shutting out newer and more creative artists. They're why we only see the same 25 artists on pop radio, why rock music has gone downhill, and why R&B music is virtually non-existent in the mainstream.

728huey I see where you're going there but Timberlake is either at the driver's seat or providing the directions as their cherished "innovator". He is not an innocent, nor a natural talent, nor an original. He has been trained and prepared like veal since he was a little boy singing, dancing, and dodging reacharounds from grownups with TV's Christina Aguilera and Movie's Ryan Gosling on Mickey Mouse Club. Check out this great rare image of Beyonce and Justin during their development:

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They do look pretty majestic together.

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TheGoldStandard said:

Justin Timberlake and Beyonce Knowles are fake ass living dolls that came from the same cookie-cutter, boy band, Disney-fronted, exploitative, brainwashing the youth crew that made their lame ass predecessors that were "huge" but destined to eventually fail as "boys" and "girls" in the boy and girl groups became adults. Justin is the new Paul McCartney (being a horrible, unoriginal hack and all) and Beyonkey is the new Diana Ross (unwarranted unparalleled respect/"royalty status" and all).

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They are cartoon character actors playing their roles, not innovators.

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The fact that money, sorry, Clear Channel is honoring one of its prized cash cows is laughable. Why wouldn't they? They own him and Beyonkey, their labels, the plastic cases his CDs are sold in, and the billboards that his label (that they probably own) pay them to promote their McCulture. The awards probably also air on their television channel.

.

This is like McDonald's changing its name to 'Burger City' and doing everything the same except hiring Mayor McCheese to run it and honoring him for being Mayor McCheese (something they created). This is a massive re-branding effort and it is literally re-shaping your synthetic PC "music industry" heroes. I think its hilarious and that all these awards are probably forgotten by the world faster than the "few hours" it takes to make their "art'.

I take it that you don't care much for JT and Beyonce...

or Clear Channel or whatever they've ironically disguised their name to be nowadays.

TheGoldStandard said:

or Clear Channel or whatever they've ironically disguised their name to be nowadays.

Yeah, I remember when they started buying up the good independent local radio stations that I listened to all the time and brought dreck to the formatting. I stopped listening.

MotownSubdivision said:

mjscarousal said:

Yea gurl I literally fell out the chair laughing at this

Lol I'm a dude mj but yeah, this is comedy

[Edited 3/17/15 6:51am]

wow sorry boo

ROTFL @ people in here mad because some don't think JT is an innovator

Wow! Crap ass Clear Channel and their shit ass iHeart app and award show are giving an award to Mr Sell Out himself...congrats to ya both! You deserve each other!

MotownSubdivision said:

^How is Justin a sellout?

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Justin Timberlake tore off Janet Jackson’s top during a halftime performance at Super Bowl XXXVIII, accidentally exposing her breast. Following the incident, CBS demanded an apology before allowing the artists to appear at the 46th Grammy Awards. Justin issued an apology and attended the awards; Janet made an apology which was deemed insufficient by CBS, and refused to make another one. Common argues that JT should have stayed away out of solidarity with Janet.

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TheGoldStandard said:

MotownSubdivision said:

^How is Justin a sellout?

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Justin Timberlake tore off Janet Jackson’s top during a halftime performance at Super Bowl XXXVIII, accidentally exposing her breast. Following the incident, CBS demanded an apology before allowing the artists to appear at the 46th Grammy Awards. Justin issued an apology and attended the awards; Janet made an apology which was deemed insufficient by CBS, and refused to make another one. Common argues that JT should have stayed away out of solidarity with Janet.

That's a dumb ass argument on Common's part. And that's hardly an indication that Justin
Timberlake is a sell out.

The only reason why he should've stayed away from the Grammys (if your post is accurate)
is if he had some sort of ethical responsibility to Janet Jackson. He did not; he was simply
performing with her. What - he should conduct his career with Janet Jackson's livelihood in
question for the rest of his life?

Justin Timberlake is not anymore a sell out than any other recording artist today who makes
music primarily for the general populace.

duccichucka said:

TheGoldStandard said:

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Justin Timberlake tore off Janet Jackson’s top during a halftime performance at Super Bowl XXXVIII, accidentally exposing her breast. Following the incident, CBS demanded an apology before allowing the artists to appear at the 46th Grammy Awards. Justin issued an apology and attended the awards; Janet made an apology which was deemed insufficient by CBS, and refused to make another one. Common argues that JT should have stayed away out of solidarity with Janet.

That's a dumb ass argument on Common's part. And that's hardly an indication that Justin
Timberlake is a sell out.

The only reason why he should've stayed away from the Grammys (if your post is accurate)
is if he had some sort of ethical responsibility to Janet Jackson. He did not; he was simply
performing with her. What - he should conduct his career with Janet Jackson's livelihood in
question for the rest of his life?

Justin Timberlake is not anymore a sell out than any other recording artist today who makes
music primarily for the general populace.

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I suppose its time for people to get over Justin's supposedly letting Janet hang out to dry, or is it fry?

The truth is she was an aging black female pop star at the time and any chances of her having another hit at that stage of the game was not gauranteed.

Isn't Justin at his current age STILL younger than Janet was at the time of the Stuporbowl?