Pop star Justin Timberlake has unveiled his first single in more than five years, Suit & Tie, featuring rapper Jay Z and producer Timbaland and said a new album would be released later in 2013.

Timberlake, 31, and newly married to actress Jessica Biel, had teased his fans last week with a cryptic tweet saying: “I think I am ready” and linking to a video showing him walk into a studio.

Timberlake, a six-time Grammy winner and former member of boy band N’Sync, took a break from music after his 2006 album Futuresex/Lovesounds and worked as an actor in movies such as The Social Network.

He said in an open letter on his website that the new album is titled The 20/20 Experience but gave no further details.

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