＊NSYNC - Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays

What this video is

Released November 29, 1998 as the lead single from *NSYNC's second studio album Home for Christmas on RCA Records, at the apex of the late-90s boy band commercial boom. The video debuted on TRL on December 14, 1998 and became the group's third video to reach number one on the countdown, cementing *NSYNC's status as a dominant teen pop force. The song was also featured on the end credits of the 1998 Disney film I'll…

Why it matters

A canonical artifact of the late-1990s boy band holiday pop format, demonstrating how acts like *NSYNC leveraged Christmas seasonal content to extend album cycles, expand mainstream crossover appeal, and dominate TRL rotation. The video's warm-saturated, theatrically lit aesthetic became a…

The director

American music video director, film director, and VJ from Queens, New York. Co-creator and co-host of Video Music Box, one of the first television programs to feature hip-hop music videos, launched in 1983 with Ralph McDaniels. Directed over 100 music videos…