5 Pop Stars Who Went Solo: PopCrush 360
Breaking up is hard to do in pop music...especially when solo success is the aim.
Justin Timberlake set the precedent for ditching the boy band image, leaving NSYNC and becoming a superstar of his own. Zayn Malik followed in JT's footsteps when he left One Direction. His solo debut, Mind of Mine, topped the charts in 2016.
And as for ex-girl groupers, nobody's bigger than Beyoncé. Find out more above in the latest installment of PopCrush 360.
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