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The Backstreet Boys are a Grammy-nominated male vocal pop group that enjoyed enormous success in the mid-late 1990s and 2000s. They have charted 12 U.S Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, 16 U.K. Top 10 hits and have won numerous awards, making them the highest selling boyband of all-time. Since returning to the music scene in 2005, their sound changed drastically, incorporating only live instruments (some of which they play themselves) and a rock edge. The now four-member group consists of Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, and A.J. McLean; original member Kevin Richardson left the group on June 23, 2006.

THE BACKSTREET BOYS ARE GINORMUS FLAMING HOMOS

Discography

Trivia

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• According to Guinness Book of World Records in 2001, "the biggest boy band in history" was the Backstreet Boys when they achieved record-breaking sales of 17 million copies of their album Millennium by March 2001.
• The Backstreet Boys are the only group in Canadian history to have three consecutive Diamond albums, commemorating sales of over ten million units.
• Backstreet Boys hold the record for being the World's Biggest Money Maker for Concerts and Album Sales since their debut in 1997 to 2005 with US$534 million according to Jive records and as ranked by Celender Magazine.
• The Backstreet Boys gave 8 performances at the 2000 Grammy awards.
• In August 1998, 50 fans were treated for various injuries including hyperventilation and fainting at a concert in Alberta.
• The Backstreet Boys are the only artists to win a record four World Music Awards for three years in a row since 1999-2001.
• According to Jive Records, the band is "the highest selling boy band of all time", selling 98 million albums worldwide.
• US$14 million of merchandise was purchased by fans during the 1999 "Into The Millennium" tour.
• In 2000 60 concert-goers were hurt at a performance in Washington as the crowd was pushing forward to the stage.
• The Backstreet Boys have sold a total 200 million books worldwide.
• "I Want It That Way" was ranked No. 10 on Rolling Stone & MTV's 100 Greatest Pop Songs list.
• The Backstreet Boys have been ranked #22 on the Top 500 Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years list in 2005.
• The band performed the American national anthem at Super Bowl XXXV in Tampa, Florida in 2001.
• In a 2001 Billboard.com poll, 30% of the 16,863 votes for the top album of 2001 were for "Black and Blue". The next closest challenger, the Beatles' "1", pulled in 15% of the vote.
• In 2001 over one million tickets for the "2001 Black & Blue U.S. Tour" were sold during the first 24 hours of availability.
• The Backstreet Boys teamed with Stan Lee to produce a Web-based franchise named The Backstreet Project which chronicled the adventures of the Backstreet Boys as cyber-crusaders. The project debuted as a limited-edition collector's comic book that was sold exclusively at Backstreet Boys concerts. The animated series was launched on the Web in the summer of 2000 using Macromedia Flash animation and was sold out on the first day. (See link in the External Links section).
• "I'll Never Break Your Heart" was the #1 video on the first episode of MTV's Total Request Live in 1998.
• In 1998, Orlando declared October 7 as the official "Backstreet Boys Day" in honor of the tornado relief concert the group headlined which raised about $250,000 for local victims of the devastation.
• In 2002, the Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, proclaimed March 2, as the official "Backstreet Boys Day" in conjunction with their fan convention.
• In April 2006, the Backstreet Boys were given a Recording Academy Honors award to mark their success in the music industry so far.
• The band performed at the 2006 NFL Pro Bowl halftime show.

See also

• List of best-selling music artists
• List of best selling music artists in US
• List of best-selling albums (USA)
• List of best-selling albums worldwide
• Top ten best-selling albums of sound scan era
• List of world's most expensive music videos
• List of Backstreet Boys awards

References

1. People.com(2006). Kevin Richardson Leaving Backstreet Boys. Retrieved October 16, 2006.

External links

• Backstreet Boys Official Website
• Backstreet Boys Jive Website
• Backstreet Boys China Official Website
• Backstreet Boys at Music Pearl

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• 2000s music groups
• American pop music groups
• Backstreet Boys
• Boy bands
• Florida musical groups
• Juno Award winners
• Rhythmic contemporary musicians
• Dance musical groups
• Kids' Choice Awards winners