Lance Bass#Radio

James Lance Bass was born in Laurel, Mississippi, to James Irvin Bass Jr., a medical technologist, and Diane (née Pulliam), a middle school mathematics, English, and career discovery teacher.{{cite book |last=Bass |first=Lance |title=Out of Sync |year=2007 |publisher=Simon Spotlight Entertainment |location=New York, Los Angeles |isbn=978-1-4169-4788-2 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/outofsync0000bass/page/1 1–4] |url=https://archive.org/details/outofsync0000bass/page/1 }}{{cite web|url=http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.bass/2197/mb.ashx |title=Lance Bass (former 'N Sync member)|publisher=Ancestry.com}} Along with his older sister, Stacy, Bass grew up in adjacent Ellisville, Mississippi, and was raised as a Southern Baptist.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportshollywood.com/askbass.html |title=10 Questions with Lance Bass |access-date=September 27, 2007 |last=Bailey |first=Karen |author2=Jeff Hause |year=2000 |publisher=Sports Hollywood}}{{cite web |last1=Westhoff |first1=Ben |last2=Mueller |first2=Chelsea |title=Gay Odyssey with Lance Bass |url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/gay-odyssey-with-lance-bass-7063160 |website=Dallas Observer |publisher=Voice Media Group |access-date=October 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428062022/https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/gay-odyssey-with-lance-bass-7063160 |archive-date=April 28, 2021 |date=October 26, 2007 |url-status=live}} Bass has described his family as devoutly Christian and conservative,{{cite web|author=Cormier, Ryan. |date=November 5, 2007 |url=http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071105/LIFE/711050312/1005/LIFE |title=Straight Talk From Lance Bass |publisher=Delaware Online |access-date=November 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108222437/http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20071105%2FLIFE%2F711050312%2F1005%2FLIFE |archive-date=November 8, 2007 |url-status=dead }} and has said that his childhood was "extremely happy".

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."{{cite web|author=Foust, Jeff.| date = July 26, 2006| url =http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1003/1| title =Astromom and Basstronaut, Revisited| publisher =The Space Review | access-date =December 4, 2007}} Shortly after, Bass attended space camp in Titusville, Florida,{{cite web | title=Lance Bass, First Entertainer and Youngest Person Plans To Travel into Space | publisher=SpaceRef.com | date=February 20, 2002 | url=http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=7473 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202221957/http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=7473 | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 2, 2013 | access-date=July 17, 2007 }} and aspired to attend college and study engineering, with the hope that he would one day work for NASA.{{cite news|title = 'N Sync Discusses Their Rise to Stardom|work = Larry King Live|publisher = CNN|date = January 9, 2001|url = http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0101/09/lkl.00.html|access-date = October 11, 2006|archive-date = October 22, 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191022055411/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0101/09/lkl.00.html|url-status = dead}}{{cite web| date =September 29, 2004| url =http://www.nss.org/news/releases/pr20041004.html| title =Lance Bass Brings Excitement of Spaceflight During World Space Week 2004| publisher =National Space Society| access-date =July 28, 2006| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180205184420/http://www.nss.org/news/releases/pr20041004.html| archive-date =February 5, 2018| url-status =dead}}

When Bass was 11 years old, his father was transferred to a different hospital, and the family moved to Clinton, Mississippi. Bass began singing in his Baptist church choir and was encouraged to audition for local performance groups by his childhood best friend, Darren Dale,{{cite book|last = Bass|first = Lance|title = Out of Sync|pages = 10–19 }} the youngest child of former longtime Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale. Bass joined the Mississippi Show Stoppers, a statewide music group sponsored by the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum, and the Attaché Show Choir, a national-award-winning competitive show choir group at Clinton High School. 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 and has said that he performed well in math and science.{{cite web|url=http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=celebrities&sc2=features&sc3=&id=51657|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008001229/http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=celebrities&sc2=features&sc3=&id=51657|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 8, 2012|title=Lance Bass on Britney, those skeevy Lou Pearlman allegations, and why he said Bye, Bye, Bye to the closet|date=October 29, 2007|publisher=EDGE Boston}} However, Bass later said that his primary focus during high school was singing, and when reflecting on it, he remembers "hardly anything" about academia.

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In 1995, 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/driven/59733/episode_about.jhtml|title=VH1's Driven's 'N Sync Episode Summary|publisher=VH1|access-date=January 4, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222065526/https://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/driven/59733/episode_about.jhtml|archive-date=December 22, 2008}} Timberlake's vocal coach (who had worked with Bass during his time as a Mississippi Show Stopper) recommended Bass as a replacement.{{cite magazine| author=Schruers, Fred| url=https://ew.com/article/2000/05/19/n-sync-sets-new-sales-records/| title='N The Drivers Seat| magazine=Entertainment Weekly| access-date=December 5, 2007| date=May 19, 2000| archive-date=December 21, 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221194247/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,276157,00.html| url-status=live}} Bass was accepted into the group after auditioning in front of the other bandmembers, and soon left school to move to Orlando, Florida and rehearse full-time.{{cite book|last = Bass|first = Lance|title = Out of Sync|pages = 28–30, 35–43}} Bass has said that he did not know how to dance before he joined NSYNC, and therefore found much of the group's choreography difficult to learn.

According to an episode of VH1's Driven, Jan Bolz, president of BMG's German division, offered NSYNC a recording contract under the condition that they replace Bass, whose dancing, he felt, "wasn't at the same level as all the others." However, Chris Kirkpatrick (who formed the band) refused to accept the contract without Bass. The group's manager, Johnny Wright, convinced Bolz that Bass's dancing would quickly improve.{{additional citation needed|date=March 2023|reason=Existing source makes no mention of a Bass-inclusion condition}} Bolz conceded, and the group soon moved to Munich, Germany to record their first album with BMG. NSYNC began extensive touring in Europe, and Bass's mother quit her job to tour with the group as a chaperone, as Bass was still a minor.

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After gaining significant notability in Europe, NSYNC was signed to the American record label RCA in 1997. The group's first single, "I Want You Back" began receiving major radio play in the United States, and NSYNC soon found themselves becoming an "overnight sensation", a period which Bass describes in his autobiography as "the death of my own innocence". Along with increasing fame and recognition in the United States, the band also experienced a highly publicized legal battle with Lou Pearlman, who originally put the band together, due to what the group believed were illicit business practices on his part.{{cite web |author=Manning, Kara |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1432531/n-sync-scores-small-victory-as-legal-battle-begins/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213175931/http://www.mtv.com/news/1432531/n-sync-scores-small-victory-as-legal-battle-begins/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 13, 2015|title='N Sync Scores Small Victory As Legal Battle Begins |publisher=MTV News | date=November 24, 1999|access-date=May 13, 2022}}

NSYNC sued Pearlman and his record company, Trans Continental, for defrauding the group of more than 50% of their earnings, rather than his original promise of receiving only one-sixth of the profits. The group threatened to leave and sign with Jive Records, which prompted Pearlman and RCA to countersue NSYNC for $150 million US, citing breach of contract.{{cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/article/1999/10/13/n-sync-are-sued-150-million/|title='N Sync are sued for $150 million|date=October 13, 1999|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|author=Wolk, Josh|access-date=May 13, 2022}} The injunction was thrown out of court and, after winning back their earnings, NSYNC signed with Jive.{{cite web| url =http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Zomba-Records-Ltd-Company-History.html| title =Zomba Records, LTD: Company History| publisher =Funding Universe| access-date =December 4, 2007}}

In March 2000, NSYNC released No Strings Attached, which became the fastest-selling record of all time,{{cite web |title='N Sync Celebrity Review | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/d3n8/ | publisher=BBC | access-date=July 11, 2007}} selling 1.1 million copies in its first day of release. In 2001, the group followed up with their Celebrity album,{{cite magazine | author=Billboard |title='N Sync Artist Biography | url=https://www.billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp?pid=261075&cr=artist&or=ASCENDING&sf=length&kw=NSYNC| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929132147/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp?pid=261075&cr=artist&or=ASCENDING&sf=length&kw=NSYNC| url-status=dead| archive-date=September 29, 2007|magazine=Billboard| access-date=August 20, 2006}} which scored the second highest first-week album sales ever, trumped only by the group's previous album.{{cite web|date=September 28, 2007 |url=http://50.lycos.com/080201.html |title=The Lycos Daily Report |publisher=Lycos |access-date=July 26, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060528133405/http://50.lycos.com/080201.html |archive-date=May 28, 2006 }} NSYNC went on to sell over 56 million records worldwide.{{cite web|author=Gutierrez, Pedro Ruz. |date=January 28, 2007 |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2007-01-28-mpearlman28-story.html |title=Pearlman's Money Woes Follow Him Downtown |work=The Orlando Sentinel |access-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708133725/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2007-01-28-mpearlman28-story.html |archive-date=July 8, 2021}} In 2002, the group announced that they would be taking a "hiatus", during which Timberlake began to record solo material.{{cite web |author=Westhoff, Ben |url=http://www.westword.com/2007-11-15/music/out-of-sync/ |title=Out of Sync |date=November 15, 2007 |access-date=December 7, 2007 |publisher=The Denver Westword |archive-date=August 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813121435/http://www.westword.com/2007-11-15/music/out-of-sync/ |url-status=dead }} NSYNC has not recorded new material since, and Bass has stated that he feels the group has officially disbanded.{{cite web|author=Abbott, Jim |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2007-10-23-bass23-story.html |title=Lance Bass Book Comes Out |access-date=May 13, 2022 |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=October 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418030351/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2007-10-23-bass23-story.html |archive-date=April 18, 2022}}

In 2007, 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 2004 decision to pursue his solo career instead. Bass has also said he has little hope for a reunion since Timberlake has "made it clear that he wouldn't be interested in discussing another album any time soon." Despite these statements, Bass has denied that he harbors any ill feelings towards Timberlake, saying: "At that time{{nbsp}}... it did feel like betrayal. 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."

In September 2023, a new NSYNC song, "Better Place" was announced following a reunion of the band at the MTV Video Music Awards. The song, part of the soundtrack to the film Trolls Band Together, was released September 29.{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/nsync-reunite-new-song-better-place-trolls-band-together-trailer-1235723178/ |title=Watch NSYNC Reunite In Studio For the First New Song in 23 Years, 'Better Place' |date=September 13, 2023 |magazine=Variety |access-date=September 14, 2023 }}

In 2000, Bass formed a music management company named Free Lance Entertainment, which was a joint venture with Mercury Nashville, a division of Mercury Records. Vowing to keep the company "a strictly family-run operation", Bass employed his parents and sister as talent scouts, and he recruited childhood friend and aspiring country singer Meredith Edwards for the company's first release.{{cite web |author=Zhito, Lisa | title=Lance Bass Protégé Meredith Edwards in Sync With Country |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1441732/lance-bass-protg-meredith-edwards-in-sync-with-country/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213174426/http://www.mtv.com/news/1441732/lance-bass-protg-meredith-edwards-in-sync-with-country/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 13, 2015 | date=March 16, 2001 |access-date=May 13, 2022| publisher=MTV News}} Edwards began touring with NSYNC as an opening act in the fall of 2000, and Bass teamed up with MTV to hold a nationwide talent search for more artists later that year.{{cite magazine |author=Hiatt, Brian. |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17324001/artist_to_watch_onerepublic| date=May 27, 2000|title=Artist to Watch: OneRepublic |access-date=November 22, 2007 |magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071127070418/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17324001/artist_to_watch_onerepublic |archive-date = November 27, 2007|url-status=dead}} However, Free Lance soon folded after disappointing sales of Edwards's debut album, Reach.{{cite web |author=Smith, Mary |title=Lance Bass Biography |publisher=ARS Compendium |url=http://www.arscompendium.com/2006/08/04/lance-bass-biography/ |access-date=October 21, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080412132953/http://www.arscompendium.com/2006/08/04/lance-bass-biography/ |archive-date=April 12, 2008 |url-status=dead }}

Bass guest-starred on The WB drama series 7th Heaven, playing Rick Palmer, a love interest for Beverley Mitchell's character, Lucy.{{cite magazine|author=Bonin, Liane|url=https://ew.com/article/2001/02/07/n-syncs-lance-bass-becomes-movie-mogul/|title='N Sync's Lance Bass Becomes a Movie Mogul|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=February 7, 2001|access-date=May 13, 2022}} The following year, while NSYNC was in the midst of recording Celebrity, Bass received his first starring role in the 2001 motion picture On the Line.{{cite web|author=Schmitz, Greg Dean. |date =July 27, 2001|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/preview/1808405275 |title=On The Line (2001) – Greg's Preview|publisher=Yahoo! Movies|access-date =July 6, 2007|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070517051422/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/preview/1808405275 |archive-date =May 17, 2007}} Bass played Kevin, a man who falls in love with a woman on a Chicago train and begins a search to find her again.

The film was produced by Bass's production company, A Happy Place (later renamed Bacon & Eggs), and it featured appearances by Jerry Stiller, Al Green, Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, former WWE wrestler Chyna, and Bass's bandmates Timberlake, Kirkpatrick and Fatone, the latter in a major role. The film also featured a soundtrack which included previously unreleased songs by NSYNC and Britney Spears. Bass collaborated with Joey Fatone, Mandy Moore, Christian Burns and True Vibe (as the "On the Line Allstars") for the film's theme song, "On the Line".{{cite web |title=On The Line Allstars – "On The Line": Song Review |publisher=KidzWorld|url=http://www.kidzworld.com/article/1433-the-on-the-line-all-stars-on-the-line-song-review |access-date=December 4, 2007}}

Despite heavy marketing towards NSYNC teen fans, the film was a commercial failure, grossing only US$4.2 million domestically despite its $10-million budget.{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1110294-on_the_line |title=On The Line Box Office & Reviews |date=October 26, 2001 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}} The film, along with Bass's acting, was poorly received by critics. Bass later said he felt the film's success was greatly hindered by its release date, which came one week after the World Trade Center attacks of September 11, 2001. In his 2007 autobiography, Bass wrote, "That was it{{snd}} our film was finished{{nbsp}}... once the country went to war, there was no way our film was going to be on anyone's top-priority list."{{cite book|last =Bass|first=Lance|title=Out of Sync|page=146}}

After On the Line, Bass appeared in Zoolander and Wes Craven's Cursed as himself, and he played a wedding singer in I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry.{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2024/07/lance-bass-signs-caa-representation-1236025484/ |title=Lance Bass Signs With CAA |date=July 20, 2024 |work=Deadline |first=Lynette |last=Rice |access-date=August 28, 2024 |quote=Bass ... has appeared in ... Zoolander}}{{cite news |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/day-with-nsync-lance-bass-unicorn-hunters-2021-9?op=1 |title=How Lance Bass Went From 'N Sync Singer to 'Unicorn Hunters' |work=Business Insider |first=JP |last=Mangalindan |access-date=August 28, 2024 |url-access=subscription |quote=appeared in films like Wes Craven's 'Cursed' and 'I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry'}} Bass has also lent his voice to several animated television programs, such as Robot Chicken and Disney's Kim Possible, Handy Manny and Higglytown Heroes.{{cite web|date=June 6, 2005|url=http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=3646|title=Lance Bass: Voice Actor Profile|publisher=Voice Chasers|access-date=September 6, 2007|archive-date=February 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205001201/http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=3646|url-status=dead}} Bass made an appearance in the 2008 film Tropic Thunder. As a guest star in the 2013 Gravity Falls episode "Boyz Crazy", Bass plays in the boy band, Sev'ral Timez (which is a parody of NSYNC). In 2014, Bass guest starred on an episode of the Comedy Central series Review, in which he visited space along with the show's lead character.

Bass voiced the Final Fantasy VII character Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts.

On August 14, 2007, Bass began a six-month stint playing Corny Collins in the Broadway musical Hairspray, coinciding with the play's five-year stage anniversary.{{cite web|author=Jones, Kenneth. |date=July 6, 2007 |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/lance-bass-gets-corny-for-broadway-joining-hairspray-aug-14-com-142981 |title=Lance Bass Gets Corny for Broadway, Joining Hairspray in August |work=Playbill|access-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709005447/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/109370.html |archive-date=July 9, 2007 }} He ended his run in Hairspray on January 6, 2008.

In 2015, Bass joined season two of The Meredith Vieira Show as a full-time contributing panelist.{{cite news |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/lance-bass-joining-meredith-vieiras-talk-show-for-season-2-details-201568 |newspaper=Us Weekly |title=Lance Bass Is Joining Meredith Vieira's Talk Show as a Full-Time Season 2 Contributor: Details |date=August 6, 2015 |access-date=January 9, 2016 |first=Allison |last=Corneau }}

Bass and his mother competed in 2017 with other duos in the FOX reality cooking series My Kitchen Rules, and were the runners-up.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/fox-my-kitchen-rules-cooking-series-curtis-stone-cat-cora-lance-bass-brandi-glanville-1201755650/|title=Fox Orders 'My Kitchen Rules' Cooking Series With Curtis Stone & Cat Cora|last1=Petski|first1=Denise |date=May 13, 2016|work=TV Tonight |access-date=May 15, 2016}}{{cite news |url=https://www.etonline.com/lance-bass-dishes-on-his-selfless-surrogate-final-fathers-day-without-kids-exclusive-104051 |title=Lance Bass Dishes on His 'Selfless' Surrogate & Final Father's Day Without Kids |date=June 15, 2018 |website=ET Online |first=Leena |last=Tailor |access-date=December 24, 2019 }}

In 2020, Lance appeared with friend Joey Fatone on Meredith Vieira's syndicated program, 25 Words or Less (season 1, episodes 121–123).{{cite web |url=https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/536739/s01-e121-joey-fatone-and-sasheer-zamata-vs-marissa-jaret-winokur-and-lance-bass?start=true |title=S01:E121 – Joey Fatone and Sasheer Zamata vs. Marissa Jaret Winokur and Lance Bass |year=2020 |website=Tubi |access-date=October 31, 2022 }}

In April 2021, Bass became a panelist for the new TV series Unicorn Hunters, a business investment show where he and other judges determine whether or not to invest in start-ups and other companies with high valuation potential.[https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-new-tv-show-unicorn-hunters-will-feature-steve-wozniak-and-allow-viewers-to-invest-in-ipos-11618334384 MarketWatch – The new TV show 'Unicorn Hunters' will feature Steve Wozniak and allow viewers to invest in pre-IPO companies][https://realscreen.com/2021/04/09/the-masked-singer-producer-smart-dog-media-preps-unicorn-hunters/ Realscreen – "The Masked Singer" producer Smart Dog Media preps "Unicorn Hunters"]

Bass hosted Dirty Pop with Lance Bass, a daily evening drive time radio show focusing on pop culture and entertainment news on OutQ, an LGBT-geared station on Sirius XM.{{cite press release |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lance-bass-launches-daily-show-dirty-pop-with-lance-bass-on-siriusxm-168914076.html |title=Lance Bass Launches Daily Show, "Dirty Pop with Lance Bass," on SiriusXM |agency=PR Newswire |date=September 7, 2012}} Bass was also the host of the weekly "Pop2Kountdown" on Pop2K, which counts down the 30 biggest hits from that week from a different year in the 2000s.

On January 3, 2023, Bass released the trailer for his podcast, Frosted Tips with Lance Bass.{{cite web |title=Introducing: Frosted Tips with Lance Bass |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/introducing-frosted-tips-with-lance-bass/id1661154206?i=1000591003515 |website=podcasts.apple.com}} The first episode aired on January 9, 2023, in which he interviewed former bandmate JC Chasez of NSYNC.{{cite web |title=JC Chasez (*NSYNC) |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jc-chasez-nsync/id1661154206?i=1000593088790 |website=podcasts.apple.com}}

In February, he began releasing episodes for another podcast, The Last Soviet, describing the story of Sergei Krikalev's time on the Mir space station during the collapse of the Soviet Union as well as Bass's own experience training at Star City.{{cite web |last1=Berger |first1=Eric |title=Lance Bass was kicked off a Russian spaceflight two decades ago—now he's back |url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/02/lance-bass-was-kicked-off-a-russian-spaceflight-two-decades-ago-now-hes-back/ |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us |date=February 20, 2023 |access-date=August 27, 2023}}

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Bass was a contestant on season 7 of Dancing with the Stars and was paired with swing dance champ Lacey Schwimmer. Bass and Schwimmer reached the grand finale in competition and finished in third place.{{cite web |url=http://abc.go.com/primetime/dancingwiththestars/index?pn=index |title=Dancing with the Stars Home Page|publisher=ABC |access-date=July 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815052141/http://abc.go.com/primetime/dancingwiththestars/index?pn=index |archive-date=August 15, 2009 |url-status=dead }}

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In January 2001, Bass formed his first film production company, A Happy Place, with film producers Rich Hull, Wendy Thorlakson and Joe Anderson.Gunn, Elston. [https://www.aintitcool.com/?q=node/17651 Elston Gunn's Weekly Recap] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191140/http://www.aintitcool.com/?q=node%2F17651 |date=March 3, 2016 }}. Ain't It Cool News. Retrieved December 7, 2007. The company was geared towards family-friendly films, and received the Movieguide award for "Excellence in Family-Oriented Programming" for its first feature film, On the Line.{{cite web |title=Roth Talent Associates: Lance Bass |url=http://www.rothtalent.com/speakers/slist/Bass|access-date=December 3, 2007}} After On the Line, A Happy Place changed its name to Bacon & Eggs and produced its second feature film, Lovewrecked, in 2005. The film debuted on ABC Family in January 2007, starring Amanda Bynes, Chris Carmack, and Jamie-Lynn Sigler, with Bass in a minor role. This too received mostly negative reviews.

Bass later formed a separate production company named Lance Bass Productions. On May 14, 2007, Brian Graden announced that Lance Bass Productions would be working with the Logo network in executive producing a reality television show about the music business.{{cite magazine|url = https://variety.com/2007/tv/news/logo-s-in-sync-with-bass-1117964881/|title = Logo's in Sync With Bass|access-date = May 13, 2022|author = Clarke, John Jr.|date = May 14, 2007|magazine = Variety}}{{cite news |author=Ryzik, Melena |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/fashion/21lance.html |title=Boy-Band Grad's Next Act |access-date=October 20, 2007 |newspaper=The New York Times | date=October 21, 2007}} It was reported that the show will focus on the creation and development of an all-gay boy band.{{cite web | title=Kim Kardashian Gets Classy in Playboy| date=October 22, 2007| work=Today| url=https://www.today.com/popculture/kim-kardashian-gets-classy-playboy-wbna21418391 | access-date=November 15, 2007}} To date no such project has been developed or aired.

In 2008, Bass co-produced The Grand,{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/49638/Lance%20Bass.html?dataSet=1 |title=Variety Profile: Lance Bass |work=Variety |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219012856/http://www.variety.com/profiles/people/main/49638/Lance%20Bass.html?dataSet=1 |archive-date=December 19, 2008 }} and Bass' company is reported to be developing a music docudrama about the life of rock bands on tour.{{cite web|url=http://www.sys-con.com/read/479285.htm|title=Q&A With Christina Martin|publisher=Sys-Con}}

In October 2011, Bass debuted his own boy band called Heart2Heart.{{cite news| url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lance-bass-boy-band-heart2heart-facebook-official_n_1000615 | work=HuffPost | first=Stephanie | last=Marcus | title=Lance Bass's Boy Band Heart2Heart Releases 'Facebook Official' (VIDEO) | date=October 7, 2011|access-date=May 13, 2022}} In August 2013, Bass became an executive producer of the documentary film Kidnapped for Christ along with Mike C. Manning. The film sheds light on controversial behavior modification methods used on children, sent there by their parents, at an Evangelical Christian reform school in the Dominican Republic.{{cite news|last=Nededog|first=Jethro|title='N Sync Alum Lance Bass Joins 'Kidnapped for Christ' Doc as Executive Producer|url=https://www.thewrap.com/nsync-alum-lance-bass-joins-kidnapped-christ-doc-executive-producer-109556/|publisher=The Wrap|access-date=May 13, 2022|date=August 8, 2013}} The film was sold to Showtime, to be released on television July 10, 2014.{{cite web|last1=Kondolojy|first1=Amanda|title=Showtime Presents Award-Winning Documentary 'Kidnapped for Christ'|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/06/17/showtime-presents-award-winning-documentary-kidnapped-for-christ/274368/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622011221/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/06/17/showtime-presents-award-winning-documentary-kidnapped-for-christ/274368/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 22, 2014|website=Zap2It|publisher=TV by the Numbers|access-date=June 17, 2014}}

Bass dated actress Danielle Fishel of TV's Boy Meets World throughout 1999 and 2000.{{cite web |url=http://www.askmen.com/women/actress_200/221c_danielle_fishel.html |title=Danielle Fishel |publisher=AskMen.com |access-date=October 23, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061102184434/http://www.askmen.com/women/actress_200/221c_danielle_fishel.html |archive-date=November 2, 2006 }} Fishel said she was heavily invested in the relationship, commenting that she was "so in love" with Bass.{{cite web |url=https://people.com/celebrity/lance-bass-and-danielle-fishels-near-miss-intimate-moment/ |title=Lance Bass and Danielle Fishel's Near-Miss Intimate Moment |date=October 25, 2007 |work=People|access-date=May 13, 2022}} Bass ended the relationship after one year and continued to exclusively date women until he was 22.

In his autobiography, Bass documents two gay relationships that predated media speculation; one with someone from Miami, Florida, named Jesse, with whom Bass lived for two years, and another with an Idaho native named Joe.{{cite book |last=Bass |first=Lance |title=Out of Sync |pages=103–104, 159–168}} Bass began dating Amazing Race winner Reichen Lehmkuhl in early 2006, a courtship that garnered tabloid coverage and led to Bass's decision to come out. Bass described his relationship with Lehmkuhl as "very stable"; however, the couple split up several months later.{{cite web |title=Lance Bass & Reichen Lehmkuhl Split For Good |date=January 29, 2007 |url=https://people.com/celebrity/lance-bass-reichen-lehmkuhl-split-for-good/|author1=Silverman, Stephen M. |author2=Rodriguez, Brenda |work=People |access-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-date=October 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016055818/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20010139,00.html}} Shortly after his split with Lehmkuhl, Bass briefly dated Brazilian model and LXTV host Pedro Andrade.{{cite news | last = Rapkin | first = Mickey | url = https://www.gq.com/story/lance-basss-gay-adventure | title = Lance Bass's Gay Adventure | work = GQ | date= October 17, 2007 | access-date= May 13, 2022 | archive-date= May 2, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070502161523/http://men.style.com/gq/blogs/gqeditors/2007/10/lance-basss-gay.html}} From August 2007 to March 2008, Bass dated New York-based hairdresser Ben Thigpen.{{cite web |title=Caught in the Act! |date=November 7, 2007 |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20158357,00.html |last=Arnold |first=Shayna Rose. |work=People |access-date=November 7, 2007 |archive-date=January 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129180438/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20158357,00.html |url-status=dead }} After a year and a half of dating, Bass became engaged to Michael Turchin in September 2013.{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/celebrity/lance-bass-engaged-to-michael-turchin/ |title=Lance Bass and Michael Turchin Are Engaged |author=Gomez, Patrick |magazine=People |date=September 1, 2013 |access-date=May 13, 2022}} Bass and Turchin married on December 20, 2014, in Los Angeles.{{cite news|url=https://people.com/celebrity/lance-bass-marries-michael-turchin/ |title=Lance Bass Weds Michael Turchin|first=Patrick|last=Gomez |work=People|date=December 20, 2014 |access-date=May 13, 2022}}

In a 2006 interview, Bass said he has Attention-Deficit Disorder.{{cite web |url=http://ifitandhealthy.com/lance-bass-diet-and-workout/ |title=Lance Bass Diet and Workout |work=People |access-date=February 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417004535/http://ifitandhealthy.com/lance-bass-diet-and-workout/ |archive-date=April 17, 2008 |url-status=dead }} In August 2024, he made it known that he has type 1.5 diabetes, which had been misdiagnosed a few years earlier as type 2.{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/health/pop-singer-lance-bass-type-1-5-diabetes-know-disease |title=Pop singer Lance Bass has type 1.5 diabetes, here's what to know about the disease |date=August 14, 2024 |publisher=Fox News |first=Amy |last=McGorry |access-date=August 28, 2024}} Bass's favorite music bands are Aerosmith, the Goo Goo Dolls, and Journey, and his favorite actress is Lucille Ball, whom he grew up watching on I Love Lucy re-runs.{{cite news|author=West, Jennifer Ellis|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-1987666_ITM|title=Oh, The Places You'll Go|date=July 1, 2001|work=Mississippi Magazine}} He is a self-described "huge Dr. Seuss fan", devoting an entire room in his Jackson, Mississippi, estate to Seuss memorabilia.{{cite magazine |author=Baldwin, Kristen |url=https://ew.com/article/2001/10/26/n-theaters-now/ |title='N Theaters Now |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=October 26, 2001|access-date=May 13, 2022}} Bass has said he is a Christian and that he regularly attends church,{{cite web |title=The Religious Affiliation of Singer Lance Bass |publisher=Celebrity Faiths |url=http://www.adherents.com/people/pb/Lance_Bass.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060308090246/http://www.adherents.com/people/pb/Lance_Bass.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 8, 2006 |access-date=August 10, 2007}}{{cite web|date=September 27, 2006 |url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/07/27/n_sync_members_suspected_lance_bass_was |title='N Sync Members Suspected Lance Bass Was Gay |publisher=Starpulse |access-date=July 6, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929123938/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/07/27/n_sync_members_suspected_lance_bass_was |archive-date=September 29, 2007 }}{{cite web |title='NSYNC Rides Again |date=November 2001 |url=http://incredible.nu/nsync/group/articles/tp-nov01.shtml |last=Stein |first=Joel |work=Teen People |access-date=October 15, 2007}} though he considers himself to be non-denominational. He is the godfather of former bandmate and best friend Joey Fatone's daughters, Briahna and Kloey.{{cite book |last=Bass |first= Lance |title=Out of Sync |page=50}}

File:Lance Bass Outwrite.jpg, Georgia, October 2007]]

Bass came out as gay in a cover story for People magazine on July 26, 2006. There had been considerable media speculation about his orientation due to numerous paparazzi snapshots of him at gay bars and nightclubs, most notably during the preceding Independence Day weekend in Provincetown, Massachusetts.{{cite web| date = July 14, 2006| url =https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=2189570&page=1| title =No Privacy for Lance Bass at Gay Bar| work =ABC News| access-date =July 28, 2006}} Celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton had also been posting items on his website about Bass's orientation since September 2005,{{cite web| date = July 27, 2006 | url =https://www.today.com/popculture/did-gossip-blogger-out-lance-bass-wbna14065223| title =Did gossip blogger out Lance Bass?| work =Today|access-date=May 13, 2022}} and New York gossip column Page Six ran a blurb on July 12, 2006, that reported a sighting of Bass at a gay bar with his then-boyfriend, Lehmkuhl. Bass's publicist, Ken Sunshine, chose to release the story exclusively to People magazine, who bumped actor Johnny Depp off that week's cover in favor of Bass.{{cite web|author=Buchanan, Kyle|url=https://www.advocate.com/news/2007/12/14/why-wasn39t-year-lance-bass|title=Why Wasn't This The Year of Lance Bass?|date=January 15, 2008|work=The Advocate|access-date=May 13, 2022}} In his coming out interview, Bass stated,

{{blockquote|The thing is, I'm not ashamed{{snd}} that's the one thing I want to say. I don't think it's wrong, I'm not devastated going through this. I'm more liberated and happy than I've been my whole life. I'm just happy.}}

Bass's announcement received a large amount of media attention. The American public's reaction was generally positive, with Bass receiving "overwhelming support" from many teenagers and young adults who grew up listening to 'N Sync.{{cite web|author=Orzeck, Kurt |date=July 6, 2007|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1537282/it-is-ok-to-be-gay-fans-voice-overwhelming-support-for-lance-bass/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016220424/http://www.mtv.com/news/1537282/it-is-ok-to-be-gay-fans-voice-overwhelming-support-for-lance-bass/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 16, 2015|title='It Is Okay To Be Gay': Fans Overwhelmingly Support Lance Bass|publisher=MTV News|access-date=May 13, 2022}} However, Bass received criticism from the LGBT community when he referred to himself and his friends as "straight-acting" in his People interview, stating, "I call them the SAGs{{snd}} the straight-acting gays. We're just normal, typical guys. I love to watch football and drink beer."{{cite web|author=Vineyard, Jennifer|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1537155/nsyncs-lance-bass-reveals-hes-gay-im-not-ashamed-i-dont-think-its-wrong/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614044124/http://www.mtv.com/news/1537155/nsyncs-lance-bass-reveals-hes-gay-im-not-ashamed-i-dont-think-its-wrong/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 14, 2014| title='NSYNC's Lance Bass Reveals He's Gay: 'I'm Not Ashamed ... I Don't Think It's Wrong' | date=July 26, 2006| publisher=MTV News |access-date=May 13, 2022}} This comment angered some members of the LGBT community, who believed that Bass not only implied that effeminate gay men were not 'normal', but further enforced unneeded stereotypes.{{cite web|url=https://www.advocate.com/politics/commentary/2006/09/25/myth-straight-acting|title=The myth of "straight-acting" |access-date=May 13, 2022 |author=Rice, Christopher. |date=September 25, 2006 |work=The Advocate|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930153701/http://www.advocate.com/print_article_ektid36685.asp |archive-date=September 30, 2007 }} In a 2007 interview with The Advocate, Bass called his comment a "mistake" and noted that he was unaware of the negative implications surrounding the term. Bass stated, "Every community is hard to please. Our community is very fickle. It's a touchy community because it's the last civil rights movement we have left here in America. So when someone new like myself comes along and says off-the-mark things, yeah, I can see how people would get pissed."

Bass found himself in the midst of further controversy later that year when he, along with then-boyfriend Reichen Lehmkuhl, was awarded 2006 Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award on October 7, 2006. The Washington Blade printed a guest editorial from a longtime HRC supporter who claimed that neither recipient had done enough to deserve the award and that The Human Rights Campaign was simply capitalizing on Bass's fame to sell tickets.{{cite web|title = Bye! Bye! Bye! to Lance's Award|last=Foster|first=Randy.|work = The Washington Blade| date = September 8, 2006|url =http://www.washblade.com/2006/9-8/view/columns/foster.cfm|access-date = September 27, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070918234150/http://www.washblade.com/2006/9-8/view/columns/foster.cfm |archive-date = September 18, 2007}} The Human Rights Campaign stood by Bass and defended his award, responding to critics by saying, "Bass is the biggest music star since Melissa Etheridge to come out, and maybe some people think HRC should just ignore these moments of cultural significance, but his declaration did initiate a positive, national conversation that continues today."{{cite web|title =Award To Lance Is For Visibility, Not Activism |last=Snider|first=Mary.|publisher = Human Rights Campaign| date = August 12, 2007|url=http://www.washblade.com/2006/9-15/view/letters/soundoff.cfm|access-date = September 27, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071013110447/http://washblade.com/2006/9-15/view/letters/soundoff.cfm |archive-date = October 13, 2007}}

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Bass began dating painter and actor Michael Turchin in January 2011 and they became engaged in September 2013. They married on December 20, 2014, at the Park Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. Former NSYNC bandmates Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick and JC Chasez were in attendance; Justin Timberlake, who was then headlining his The 20/20 Experience World Tour, was not present.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/lance-bass-is-married-get-759787/ |title=Lance Bass Is Married: Get the Details |first=Joceyln |last=Vena |website =The Hollywood Reporter |date=December 21, 2014 |access-date=May 13, 2022}} The ceremonial event was filmed and televised in a special E! presentation: Lance Loves Michael: The Lance Bass Wedding that aired on February 5, 2015.{{cite web |url=http://eprotoeu.mtiny.com/article.ftl?id=608304&cc=ND |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228174711/http://eprotoeu.mtiny.com/article.ftl?id=608304&cc=ND |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 28, 2014 |title=Lance Bass and Michael Turchin Are Officially Married--Find Out Which 'N Sync Member Performed at the Wedding |author=Carrie Dillivio |publisher=E! |date=December 21, 2014 |access-date=December 28, 2014 }} Bass and Turchin were the first same-sex couple to exchange vows on cable television.{{cite web|last=Drake |first=Aaron|url=http://www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/wedding-channel/2015/02/06/photos-relive-lance-bass-wedding-instagram|title=Photos: Relive the Lance Bass Wedding Via Instagram|publisher=The Advocate|date=February 6, 2015}} After four years of marriage, the couple decided to extend their family and have a child with the help of a surrogate.{{Citation|title=Lance Bass & Michael Turchin's Plan For Their First Child|url=http://www.eonline.com/videos/275522/lance-bass-micheal-turchin-s-plan-for-their-first-child|language=en-US|access-date=July 13, 2018|publisher=E!}} In March 2020, Bass announced the couple had lost a baby via the surrogate having a miscarriage at eight weeks. It had been the couple's ninth surrogacy attempt.{{cite news |last1=Wong |first1=Curtis M. |title=Lance Bass Says He And His Husband Lost A Baby Boy Via Miscarriage |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lance-bass-michael-turchin-miscarriage_n_5e74e81dc5b6eab77947072a|access-date=March 20, 2020 |newspaper=Huff Post |date=March 20, 2020}} In June 2021, Bass announced they were expecting twins by early November.{{cite magazine |url=https://people.com/parents/lance-bass-michael-turchin-expecting-twins-november-exclusive/ |title=Daddies of 2! Lance Bass and Michael Turchin Expecting Boy/Girl Twins: 'It's Going to Be Incredible' |date=June 1, 2021 |magazine=People |first=Tomás |last=Mier |access-date=July 22, 2021 }} Their son and daughter were born in mid-October.

In February 2002, Lena Banks, a space advocate and founder/producer of Think Tank Ink Productions, contacted Bass to propose his involvement in her Youngest Person in Space project. Banks took her longtime associate David Krieff of Destiny Productions on board and through a series of events in August 2002, Bass entered cosmonaut training in Star City, Russia. Bass was considered as the host of a U.S. version of a space competition show, The Big Mission, that had been successful in Denmark; contestants would go through rigorous training and vie for a seat on a Russian Soyuz space capsule. Instead of a game show, the producers decided to shoot a documentary of a celebrity training and going into space, intending to air it on a major network.

A colleague mentioned Banks' space project to a friend, whose daughter shouted out, "Lance Bass wants to go into space!" The girl, who was an NSYNC fan, learned of Bass' lifelong dream of space travel when she read of it online via an MTV forum. Banks spoke to Bass's management who went to him with the proposal. "At first he thought we were joking," Banks remarks. "I assured him it was for real; he accepted and we moved forward with the project."

To be admitted into training, Bass had to go through strenuous physicals that may have saved his life. It was discovered he had cardiac arrhythmia, and he agreed to undergo heart surgery to correct it. In 1999, he had gone to the hospital while on tour for what he thought was a stomach virus, and while there, the doctors detected his heart problem.{{Cite web |last=Manier |first=Miranda |date=March 5, 2024 |title=Lance Bass Gets Real About the Health Problem That Affects Him Every Day |url=https://www.thehealthy.com/allergies/news-lance-bass-interview-march-2024/ |access-date=January 9, 2025 |website=The Healthy |language=en-US}}

After several months of training, Bass received cosmonaut certification and went on to Houston's Johnson Space Center (JSC) to take part in astronaut training. He was scheduled to fly into space on the Soyuz TMA-1 mission that was to be launched on October 30, 2002. The capsule was to fly to the International Space Station and land in a desert in Kazakhstan.

But the original deal to air the documentary about Bass fell through in mid-2002. Bass's camp turned to MTV, who agreed to sponsor the trip but then backed out over "payment, insurance, and indemnification issues." Shortly after, all of Bass's other sponsorships fell through, including one sponsor who pulled out because they worried about their brand being tarnished if Bass were to die on the mission. Bass was eventually rejected from the program, and was replaced on the flight by Russian cosmonauts Yury Lonchakov and Sergei Zalyotin and Belgium's Frank De Winne.

In 2003, Bass began serving as World Space Week's Youth Spokesman. Bass has said that he believes young people becoming more interested in space exploration "will help the future of our planet".{{cite web|url=http://www.space-explorers.com/internal/events/viewlog.html?bass2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316183601/http://www.space-explorers.com/internal/events/viewlog.html?bass2005|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 16, 2006|title=Transcript of Space Explorers chat with Lance Bass, World Space Week 2005|publisher=Space-Explorers|access-date=January 4, 2008}} From 2003 to 2005, Bass spent World Space Week traveling to American high schools speaking with students about space exploration and encouraging them to explore careers in science and mathematics. Bass is a member of the National Space Society, a non-profit educational space advocacy organization founded by Wernher von Braun. Bass has served on the National Space Society's board of governors since October 2004, alongside other space advocates such as actor Tom Hanks and author and futurist Sir Arthur C. Clarke. In a 2007 interview with GQ magazine, Bass said he "absolutely" still intends on going to space, and that he hopes to work on a space documentary. Bass has also retained fluency in Russian, which he was required to learn during his training.{{cite web | url=https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/interview-lance-bass/ | title=How NSYNC's Lance Bass almost became a cosmonaut | date=April 3, 2023 }}

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Following public response surrounding his coming out, Bass announced that he was releasing an autobiography. The book, entitled Out of Sync, was published on October 23, 2007.{{cite news|agency=Associated Press |date=March 7, 2007|url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2007-03-07-lance-bass_N.htm |title=Lance Bass Writes 'Out of Sync' Memoir|newspaper=USA Today|access-date=May 13, 2022}} It was co-written by The New York Times best-selling biographer Marc Eliot, who also wrote the book's introduction, and was published by Simon Spotlight Entertainment, a division of Simon & Schuster.{{cite web |author=Simon Spotlight Entertainment |url=http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=536749 |title=Simon & Schuster: Out of Sync |access-date=September 28, 2007 |publisher=Simon & Schuster}} The 208-page book covers what Bass describes as "the first chapter" in his life, from his childhood growing up in rural Mississippi, to his efforts to obtain a seat on a Russian space capsule and the proceeding financial issues he had with his sponsors, and culminating with Bass's decision to go public with his sexuality. The book includes details about boyfriends that he kept from family and friends. He recounts NSYNC's 2002 decision to go on an "extended hiatus". Bass said Justin Timberlake was the sole reason NSYNC did not get back together. Out of Sync debuted on the New York Times Best Seller list for the week of November 11, 2007.

Bass has been involved with a number of charities. In 2001, he founded The Lance Bass Foundation, a non-profit organization that was designed to meet the health needs of low-income children. In 2003, Bass donated $30,000 US to establish the Amber Pulliam Special Education Endowment at the University of Southern Mississippi.{{cite web| author=Tisdale, David| title=Northeast Jones High Senior Makes Mark on Southern Miss| publisher=University of Southern Mississippi| url=http://www.usm.edu/pr/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=717| access-date=August 10, 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224074105/http://www.usm.edu/pr/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=717| archive-date=December 24, 2008| url-status=dead}} Named for his younger cousin, Amber Pulliam, who has Down syndrome, it serves financial aid students from Mississippi's Pine Belt who plan a career in special education.

After 2005's Hurricane Katrina, Bass launched "uBid For Hurricane Relief", a celebrity auction to benefit victims of the hurricane, with uBid.com.{{cite web|title=uBid For Hurricane Relief Effort |url=http://www.ubid.com/about/Press_room/Press37.asp |date=March 1, 2006 |publisher=uBid|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013092638/http://ubid.com/about/Press_room/Press37.asp |archive-date=October 13, 2007 }} Proceeds from the auction were split between the Child Welfare League of America, The Brett Favre Fourward Foundation, and Ashton Kutcher's RockWorks Foundation. Many of Bass's family members in Mississippi were directly affected by the hurricane.{{cite news|title = Media Pushes for Government Action on Hurricane Disaster|publisher=CNN| date = September 2, 2005|url =http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0509/02/sbt.01.html |access-date = November 11, 2007}} That same year, Bass appeared on an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition with a donation to a Russian woman to save a camp for disabled children in Russia.{{cite web|url=http://abc.go.com/shows/extreme-makeover-home-edition/episode-guide/episode-307-teas-family |title=Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – Season Three – Teas Family |date=October 15, 2005 |access-date=January 22, 2014 |publisher=ABC |quote=Lance Bass also makes a donation to a former camper to save a similar camp back in her native Russia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203194209/http://abc.go.com/shows/extreme-makeover-home-edition/episode-guide/episode-307-teas-family |archive-date=February 3, 2014 }}

Bass is a member of the Environmental Media Association's board of directors.{{cite web|title=Environmental Media Association Board of Directors |url=http://www.ema-online.org/board_of_directors.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206060552/http://www.ema-online.org/board_of_directors.php |archive-date=December 6, 2011 }} He has also been involved with Animal Avengers, Shannon Elizabeth's animal rescue organization.{{cite web|title="It's All Going to the Dogs": Celebrity Poker Night Benefitting Shannon Elizabeth's Animal Avengers |url=http://www.gambling911.com/Shannon-Elizabeth-Animal-Avengers.html |publisher=Gambling911 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119145900/http://www.gambling911.com/Shannon-Elizabeth-Animal-Avengers.html |archive-date=January 19, 2008 }} He has two dogs which he adopted from a rescue shelter, both of whom he posed with in a PETA ad urging people to adopt rather than buy animals.Zach Dionne, "[http://www.popeater.com/2010/12/07/lance-bass-PETA/ Lance Bass Poses with His Dogs for PETA] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002020648/http://www.popeater.com/2010/12/07/lance-bass-PETA/ |date=October 2, 2015 }}," PopEater December 7, 2010. In August 2007, Bass wrote a guest commentary for LOGO's "Visible Vote '08" blog, in which he expressed support for gay marriage.{{cite web|url=http://visiblevote08.logoonline.com/2007/08/07/guest-commentary-lance-bass/|title=Guest Commentary: Lance Bass|date=August 7, 2007|publisher=LOGO Online: The Visible Vote '08|access-date=January 31, 2008|archive-date=February 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213032724/http://visiblevote08.logoonline.com/2007/08/07/guest-commentary-lance-bass/|url-status=dead}} In September 2007, Bass participated in a series of GLAAD television advertisements promoting tolerance for the LGBT community.{{cite news|author=Bauder, David|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-09-04-glaad-ads_N.htm|title=Celebrities GLAAD to Sign Up for Tolerance Ads|date=September 4, 2007|work=USA Today}} Bass has also been involved in fundraising for the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network.{{cite web | url=https://www.today.com/popculture/lance-bass-speaks-gays-lesbians-1C9425424 | title=Lance Bass speaks up for gays and lesbians | date=April 17, 2008 }}

• "Walking on Air" (2014, single)
• "Perfect This Way" (2023, single with Station Little)

• 'N Sync (1998)
• No Strings Attached (2000)
• Celebrity (2001)

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