timeline   2002 : 2003 : 2004 : 2005 : 2006 : 2007 : 2008 : second album

 

early 2003

01/03  P. Diddy's New Year's party in South Beach (Florida) 
02/03  Yahoo reports in a short article that JC is working on a solo album and that it will be released in July 2003
  Onlyartist.com goes live
02/11 instudio interview with JoJo Wright of KIIS FM in Los Angeles
02/25 "Blowin' Me Up" is released for sale as a CD single in the US
03/10 "Blowin' Me Up" is retired on TRL
04/04 radio interview with JoJo Wright of KIIS FM in Los Angeles
04/05 short interview on the TV Guide Channel regarding Drumline and "Blowin' Me Up"
04/11
guest appearance on the TV show "Greetings from Tucson," where he plays an easygoing building "maintenance guy" named Jay Dougray, who thinks nothing of borrowing the batteries from the smoke detector for his DVD remote.  
04/22 TRL airs an interview wherein JC talks about working on his solo album; he plays a short clip of "Come To Me"

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may 2003

05/07 premiere of The Matrix Reloaded in Westwood, California
05/10 JC judges a "battle of the bands" at Hollywood Sports Park in Bellflower along with JoJo Wright of KIIS FM. The winning band would perform with JC at Wango Tango the following week
05/16 JC hosts "Your Show 4" in Los Angeles
05/17
first live performance of "Blowin' Me Up" (as a special guest star at Wango Tango in Los Angeles)
05/20 Launch Party for WET by Beefeater in Hollywood
05/30 radio interview with Cubby of Z100 in New York

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june 2003

06/01 performs "Blowin' Me Up" at Zootopia in New York
06/17 Teen Choice Awards nominations are announced; JC is nominated for Choice Male Music Artist
06/19 JC interviews Charlie's Angels (Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Cameron Diaz) for MTV's Movie House
06/28
JC performs several songs at the Rose Foundation Education Gala in Las Vegas
06/29 several song clips  (ADIDAS, Build My World, Come to Me, One Night Stand, Some Girls) are leaked on Promosquad, which is a service that surveys audience reaction to clips from songs that are about to be released. The clips are played without identifying the artist.  

 
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july 2003

07/08 

"The Force of Gravity" (from BT's Emotional Technology) is leaked. JC sings lead vocals and co-wrote the song with BT

07/17 pre-taped radio interview with Y100 in Miami
07/24 "Blowin' Me Up" is nominated for an MTV Video Music Award: Best Video from a Film
07/28
guest appearance on MTV's Tom Green Show. He beats Tom Green in an underwater breath-holding contest. He also tells Tom during the interview that his first single will be out on August 11th.
07/30 JC performs four songs (including "All Day Long I Dream About Sex," "Build My World," and "Some Girls") at the Jive showcase in New York.

    
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august 2003

08/02 presenter at the Teen Choice Awards (with Jessica Alba) in Los Angeles
08/08  JC spends his 27th birthday at Richard Marx' 40th birthday party in Santa Monica, CA
08/11 intended release date of the first single from Schizophrenic ("Some Girls")
08/21 JC tapes three episodes of The Wade Robson Project in Los Angeles (he is a celebrity judge on the show and will judge a semi-final and the final competition.
08/25 another supposed release date of "Some Girls"
08/26 release date of Schizophrenic according to Entertainment Weekly's 2003 summer music preview
08/28 JC tapes an episode of  the Nickelodeon show "All That" in Los Angeles
08/29 Kish Kash is available via streaming audio on Basement Jaxx' site
08/29 BMG US B2B site lists Schizophrenic's release date as 10/28/03; BMG's Canadian site lists the release date as 1/27/04

 
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september 2003

09/02 radio interview with KLUC in Las Vegas
  IMDB lists JC as the musical guest for Saturday Night Live's Oct. 18 episode (doesn't push through)
  JC performs four songs at George Maloof's birthday party, held at Skin, The Palms, Las Vegas
09/03
presenter at the Latin Grammy Awards in Miami (with Daisy Fuentes)
09/05 the premiere of the Wade Robson Project airs on MTV; the first of three episodes in which JC is a celebrity judge. He is a judge along with the choreographer Rosero.
09/06 BT's instudio interview with Chris Douridas of KCRW; part of the interview addresses his collaborations with JC.
09/08 MTV reports that Jive has pushed back the release of Schizophrenic to early 2004.
09/15 the second of JC's episodes as a celebrity judge on the Wade Robson Project airs on MTV
09/20 JC appears briefly in the video for BT's "Simply Being Loved" - a song on which he sang background vocals
09/26 the third of JC's episodes as a celebrity judge on the Wade Robson Project airs on MTV

 
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october 2003

10/03 JC attends the opening of Avalon club in Hollywood
10/06 a review of BT's album pegs "The Force of Gravity" as the second single.
10/10 JC appears on the last semi-final episode of the Wade Robson Project to announce that he will be premiering his single during the finals of the show on 10/13/03. It is also announced that the contest winner will get to be in JC's second video.
10/13
The final episode of The Wade Robson Project airs on MTV. JC performs two songs from his upcoming album: "Some Girls," which has been pegged as the first single, and "All Day Long I Dream About Sex."
10/14 Tampa radio station 93.3 FLZ announces that JC will be the guest MC at Guavaween
  BMG lists release dates for the "Some Girls" 12" single (Nov. 11, 2003) and for a JC DVD (April 6, 2004). Album release date remains January 27, 2004.
10/22 a press release gives the radio impact date for "Some Girls" as 12/1/03
10/23 an email to JC fan club members lists the impact date for "Some Girls" as 12/1/03 and the release date for Schizophrenic as 1/27/04. It also says that the video for "Some Girls" will be available on AOL's First Look on Nov. 3rd.
10/24 JC is the guest at a live chat on nsync.com. He confirms that his album will be out on January 27, 2004.
  JC serves as guest MC at Guavaween in Florida
10/27 JC's official site - jcchasez.net - goes live, featuring streaming audio of "Some Girls" and a short blurb on his upcoming CD. Producers listed include BT and Basement Jaxx.
  interview with KISS Las Vegas; he talks about shooting the "Some Girls" video over the previous weekend.
  interview with 97.9 WNCI [Columbus, Ohio]
  interview with JoJo of KIIS FM Los Angeles
  interview with KZHT Salt Lake City
  radio interview with Channel 955 in Detroit
  JC presents the "icon" award to Casey Kasem at the Radio Music Awards in Las Vegas
  attends P. Diddy's RMA afterparty
10/28 JC attends a party for Open Your Eyes magazine and fashion show in Los Angeles
10/29 interview with the Kidd Kraddick show
10/30 Girls Gone Wild Elegant Sin Halloween Party in Los Angeles
  Lance Bass' Halloween party in Los Angeles
10/31 update from JC's official fan club: "Some Girls" will be played at 2 stations next week; the video will premiere on AOL Nov. 7th; a different single will be released in Europe; JC is scheduled to perform at several Jingle Balls  

 
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november 2003

11/01 "Some Girls" (not the remix with Dirt McGirt/ODB) is available for preview on AOL
  KIIS FM in Los Angeles announces performers for Jingle Ball; JC is not included in the list
11/03 "Some Girls" is released to "select" radio stations this week including Y100 in Miami and Q100 in Atlanta
  "Some Girls" rap edit featuring Dirt McGirt premieres on Q100in Atlanta as a "Top Ten extra"
11/04 MTV Launch party for  the New Virgin Mobile Slider V5 MTV Edition Wireless Phone  at Avalon in New York City
  Launch party for Answer 7 and G6 Footwear at Capitale in New York City
  Q100 DJs say they've received over 2600 emails requesting Some Girls
  Q100 announces (unofficially) that JC will be appearing at Q100's annual Frosty the Showman Christmas concert in Atlanta
11/05 "Some Girls" premieres on XL106.7 Orlando and KIIS 102.7 Los Angeles
11/06
"Sony Electronics Celebrates the Fifth Anniversary of the FD Trinitron WEGA TV" party,  held at Splashlight Studios, New York City

KISS 95.7 Denver announces that JC will perform at Snow Ball on Dec. 6th

"Some Girls" premieres on Y100 Miami

JC's official site now says that the video for "Some Girls" will "debut on MTV soon"

  MTV.com has a heading for the "Some Girls" video with the notation "special 11/4/03" but the video is not available for viewing . 
11/07 JoJo Wright of KIIS FM in Los Angeles announces that JC will be his in-studio guest on Tuesday, Nov. 11th
  Ticketmaster lists JC as performing at the Anaheim House of Blues on Dec. 4th. Tickets go on presale 11/11/03
11/08 "Some Girls" added to FMQB with an "available for airplay" date of Dec. 1
11/09 the web site of Avalon Night Club in Boston announces that JC will perform there on 12/20
  scheduled to attend The Day of the Child Carnival at Pierce College in Los Angeles
  Musictap.net reports that Schizophrenic's release date has been pushed back to Feb. 10
11/10 Pauseandplay.com lists Schizophrenic's release date as Feb. 10, then several hours later changes it back to Jan. 27
  an email from Gerri at JC's official fan club confirms that the Some Girls video did not debut on AOL's First Look as planned because editing had not been completed. She also announced more show dates in December, including  venues in San Diego, Los Angeles and New York.
11/11 Q100  Atlanta announces the lineup for Frosty the Showman on 12/13 at the Tabernacle; the list  of performers includes JC
  instudio interview with Rick Dees of KIIS FM in Los Angeles.
  instudio interview with JoJo at KIIS FM in Los Angeles.
11/13 interview with Dylan of Q100 in Atlanta
11/14 interview with Valentine on KIIS FM in Los Angeles
  interview with Channel 933 in San Diego
11/15 JC joins BT onstage at the House of Blues in Los Angeles to perform "Force of Gravity"
  interview with KISS FM in Dallas; he says that NSYNC plan to record in the spring.
11/16 KISS FM Cincinnati's website lists JC as one of the performers for the Merry Kissmas show, to be held on Dec. 11th at Jillian's
  radio interviews with Z100 and KISS FM Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Des Moines (conducted at the AMAs)
 
red carpet interview with Lance Bass before the American Music Awards

presenter at the American Music Awards, held in the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles (he introduces Hilary Duff)

Kid Rock's 2003 AMA after-party (hosted by STUFF magazine and Blender), held at Forbidden City, Hollywood and "Sean Paul honored as Teen People's 2003 Artist of the Year Afterparty" held at Avalon in Hollywood

  JC signs a petition to save music education in schools at the "DKNY Jeans Sponsors Celebrity Petition Drive for Themusicedge.com", Avalon, Hollywood
11/18 KISS 95.7 (Hartford, CT) website announces that JC will perform at Frosty the Show on Dec. 17th
  iTunes Music Store makes "Some Girls" available for purchase/download
11/19 jcchasez.nu reports that JC will appear on the Osbournes' Christmas Special
11/22 Alex G's website lists nine tracks on Schizophrenic that he and Riprock worked on with JC
11/23 an email from JC's fan club announces that AOL's First Look for the "Some Girls" video has been rescheduled to Nov. 28th and that JC will be on MTV on Dec. 12th
  "Blowin' Me Up" is nominated for Much Music's People's Cheeze Award: "Cheeziest Male Video"
11/25 an email from Jive to a fan states that the album release date is Jan 27th and that the video for "Some Girls" will premiere on AOL on Nov. 27th (instead of Nov. 28th as was originally announced)
11/26 The "Some Girls" video becomes available on AOL (streaming video), a day ahead of the scheduled premiere date
11/27 "Some Girls" video premieres on AOL's First View. The title on the First View page: "JC Chasez Gets Kinky"
11/30 Netscape Music has the following on its front page: "JC vs. Justin: Does *NSYNC's JC Chasez have the goods to become as successful as his boy band-brother Justin Timberlake? Compare JC's new video, "Some Girls Dance with Women," to Justin's latest, "I'm Loving It," and tell us what you think!

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december 2003

12/01 radio impact date for "Some Girls"; the song is added to playlists on 29 stations across the US and is the #2 most added song (after Alicia Keys)
  premiere party for "The Simple Life" at Bliss in Los Angeles
12/03 JC kicks off his December club tour with a show at Spreckels Theater in San Diego. Tony Lucca opens for him. [set list]
  radio interview with Channel 933 in San Diego
  Entertainment Tonight airs a brief interview with JC on the red carpet of the premiere party for "The Simple Life"
  "Force of Gravity" is added to JC's BMI Repertoire page.
12/04 show at the House of Blues in Anaheim. Tony Lucca opens. Wade Robson is in the audience. [set list]
  "Some Girls" video becomes available via streaming video on JC's official site.
12/05
JC introduces Hilary Duff at KIIS FM's Jingle Ball, Staples Center, Los Angeles

show at the House of Blues in Los Angeles (KIIS FM's official Jingle Ball afterparty). Lance Bass, Howie Dorough, Lynn Harless and Ben Affleck are among those who attend the show. [set list]

  MTV announces that JC will debut the video of "Some Girls" on TRL on December 12th: "*NSYNC's other big star JC Chasez closes out the week and brings his brand new video for us all to devour." 
12/06 JC performs at 95.7's KIISMas Snow Ball, Fillmore Auditorium, Denver. [set list]
12/08 JC performs at the KDWB Jingle Ball at the Target Center, Minneapolis. [set list]
  BMG US sell sheet lists planned track listings and promotional appearances for Schizophrenic; it also gives a release date of 2/10/04
12/09 JC is seen at Tabu (MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas) along with AJ McLean, Nick Carter, and others.
12/10 JC presents the Country Artist of the Year award to Shania Twain at the Billboard Music Awards, MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. (co-presenter: Kelly Clarkson)
12/11 JC performs at Kiss 107's Merry Kissmas, Jillian's, Cincinnati  [set list]
  "Good Day Live" airs a short interview with JC (conducted at the Billboard Music Awards)
  guest appearance on "The Osbourne Family Christmas Special" airing on MTV; he participates in a group reading of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" and sings "three French whores" instead of "three French hens" during a singalong of "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
12/12 appearance on MTV's Total Request Live to debut the video for "Some Girls" (rap edit featuring Dirt McGirt)
12/13 meet and greet with fans at a Cingular store in Atlanta
  JC performs at Q100's Frosty the Showman, The Tabernacle, AtlantaChoreography note: he bursts through a blackboard at the beginning of "ADIDAS"  [set list]
  JC hosts afterparty at Vision nightclub in Atlanta; Chris Kirkpatrick also attends the afterparty. 
12/14 "Plug It In," the track from Basement Jaxx' Kish Kash that features JC on lead vocals, appears on track to be the next single from the album. FMQB lists it as becoming available for airplay in February 2004.
  autograph signing session from 12 - 2 pm at the Steve Madden store in Lincoln Street, Miami
  JC performs at Y100's Jingle Ball, Sunrise Florida Office Depot Centre, Miami  [set list]
12/15
AOL advertises an upcoming Sessions@AOL interview with JC; AOL members can submit questions to JC via a form on the Sessions section of AOL Music.

MTV.com and CD universe list Schizophrenic's release date as 2/10/04.

Fox airs "Jingle Ball Rock" - a one hour show featuring highlights of KIIS FM's Jingle Ball. JC introduces Hilary Duff.

  JC arrives in Cleveland in the evening.
12/16 the "Some Girls" video debuts on MTV's TRL countdown at #10.
  an email from JC's fan club states that the album's will be out "sometime in February" and its release will be followed by a theater tour.
  JC's official site now lists an album release date of "February 2004"
    during an interview with Cleveland's KISS FM, the DJs ask him to pick a Christmas present and open it on-air. His choice turns out to be a "Girls Gone Wild" DVD.
  autograph signing session  from 7.30 to 8.00 pm, prior to the Kissmas concert in Cleveland.
  performance at Kiss 96.5's Kissmas, Playhouse Square Center - Palace Theater, Cleveland.  [set list]
12/17 JC performs at Kiss 95.7's Frosty the Show, CTnow.com Meadows Music Center, Hartford, CT   [set list]
12/18 JC tapes an interview and performs several songs for Sessions@AOL
  phone interview with Steve and Maria of radio station WBLI (Long Island)
12/19 show at Irving Plaza in New York.  [set list]
12/20 JC stops by KISS 108 in Boston in the afternoon to do an interview
  JC tapes an episode of "Open House Party" while in Boston. [air date unknown]
    show at Avalon in Boston. His brother Tyler attends the performance. Photographers from Rolling Stone and Spin magazine are present. Tim Miller tells some fans that Schizophrenic will be released on 2/24/04. [set list]
12/23 An email from JC's official fan club states that his album release date has been pushed back to "sometime in February" and that JC is planning a theatre tour following the release of his CD.
12/24 Radioandrecords.com publishes its Year End Pop Chart; "Blowin' Me Up" is #71.
12/25 Happy holidays! JC told Entertainment Tonight last weekend that he would be spending Christmas with his family.  
12/28
JC is seen in South Beach, Miami, Florida at a couple of nightclubs: Pearl [with Rob Boldt and Chelsea Clinton], Prive [with Tara Reid, Rob Boldt and Wayne Boich], and Mynt [with Angel Febres and Noah Tepperberg]
12/29 a news crawl on MTV's TRL says "this just in, JC has pushed back the release of his album, Schizophrenic, to Feb."
  Noah Tepperberg's party at Mynt, Miami Beach, Florida
12/30 JC hangs out at Mynt with Chris Kirkpatrick and Rob Boldt
12/31 "Some Girls" is #79 and "Blowin' Me Up" is #11 on KIIS FM's "Top 102 Songs of the Year" countdown.
    Seattle Weekly includes "Plug It In" on its list of the 101 best songs of 2003; Kish Kash is listed on several year-end top ten lists including those of Eonline and Rolling Stone.
      New Year's Eve parties at Sky Bar and The Delano in Miami Beach, Florida, wearing a plain white T-shirt with a handwritten "Happy New Year" on it.

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