The tour was put on hold in July when it was reported that McLean had entered rehab to battle alcoholism and depression after Richardson held an intervention for him at a Boston hotel. [119][120], The Backstreet Boys moved into a house together all by themselves in July 2012 as they started working on their new album with producer Martin Terefe in London. On June 23, 2006, it was announced that Richardson had left the Backstreet Boys to pursue other interests. [28], Their popularity grew in Europe. The band's actual debut was originally released in 1996 everywhere but the US, due to the fact that they were mostly. They toured with New Kids on the Block on the NKOTBSB Tour from 2011 to 2012. [229] Individually they have given to charities, for example, Nick Carter hosted a sing-a-long holiday dinner for Home for the Holidays.[230]. Released in early 2019, the album continued their late-era focus on reliable harmonies and adult-oriented pop, returning the quintet to the top of the Billboard 200, their first chart-topper since 2000's Black & Blue. [167], On February 9, 2020, the band announced the second North America leg of the DNA World Tour on social media and Good Morning America. . We want to create a boyband." So I think, absolutely *NSYNC, all of them, O-Town, Backstreet Boys. [72] A week earlier, the group began the "Black & Blue Tour", which featured shows in five continents. [38] The most successful singles from Backstreet's Back and the U.S. debut album were "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" and "As Long As You Love Me". The recordings were paused for a few weeks before they were started again. The Backstreet Boys finally announced that Richardson had rejoined them permanently during a show in London on April 29, 2012. The Wrights put the group out on the road and enlisted several A&R reps to attend the performances, which eventually resulted in a contract with Jive Records in 1994. [101] On this album, their sound went back to their original dance-pop beats and contains a more R&B sound. American boy band who ruled late-'90s teen pop before maturing into the 21st century with adult-oriented pop. [24][25][46][47] Millennium was released on May 18, 1999, on which day the Backstreet Boys made a heavily publicized appearance on MTV's Total Request Live. Their self-titled album was released in Germany in May 1997, and in 1998, they returned to the United States, signed with RCA Records, and released a slightly different US version of their debut. Backstreet owe much of their success to the creator of boybands the late Lou Pearlman, who died in prison in August 2016 aged 62; he was serving a 25-year sentence for a $300m (229m) fraud. They're Totally Lager Than Life In This Overseas Commercial! Richardson himself was thrilled to be back with his old bandmates, saying that they have a chemistry and a bond. After Backstreet Boys emerged as pop stars in Europe, the music industry took notice in the U.S., and "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" became the group's first top-10 hit. [102] The album debuted at No. [108], In May 2011, the group announced that they had left their longtime label JIVE Records. Howie Dorough and AJ McLean were natives of Orlando, Florida, who met each other through a mutual vocal coach and later discovered Nick Carter through auditions. [132][133][134] They released a second single from the album, "Show 'Em (What You're Made Of)" in November 2013. [4] In order to fight the boy band stereotype and the backlash from New Kids on the Block's lip-sync scandal in the beginning, they would sing a cappella every chance they could get. Initially, he paid them $75 a week, according to the band's documentary. Remember, they were born during the backlash of the New Kids on the Block with the lip sync scandal which is why they'. This 39-Year-Old Mom Has Gone Viral On TikTok For Sharing Pics From When She Starred In A Backstreet Boys Video . [84] They claimed that the label promoted Carter's solo album Now or Never at the expense of the group. 3 on the U.S. chart with first-week sales of 291,000 copies. [74] The next day, during a concert on the next leg of their tour in Toronto, Littrell gave a brief speech on Lee and led the audience in a moment of silence for Lee and all the victims of the attacks. Shortly thereafter, Richardson moved to Orlando, where he became a tour guide at Disney World and concentrated on music at night. Howie Dorough met Warner Bros. executive producer Leigh Boniello in 2000 and they began dating shortly afterwards. The Backstreet Boys entered the studios in January 2004 to start recording the new album. In 2002, the group expressed a strong desire to leave their management company, The Firm. In addition, it debuted at number one in Australia, becoming their first number-one hit in the country. (You can listen along to the full song here .) The amazement comes from the fact that when the boy and girls bands started hitting the scene it seemed to get crowded rather quickly. After that, the first leg ran until November 2005 in Europe, and in January 2006, the second leg started in Tokyo, Japan. 9 on the Billboard 200, selling 42,000 copies in its first week of release. [111] At the conclusion of 2011, the tour placed 17th on Billboard's annual "Top 25 Tours", earning over $40 million with 51 shows. Ultimately, the band continued and finished the final recordings in 2009 and released them in October. During the Backstreet's off-time, he has been engaged in the real-estate business. [31] "Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)", originally released in Europe as their fourth single in October 1996, was released in the U.S. in May 1997 for their upcoming self-titled U.S. debut album, Backstreet Boys (1997). [41] From 1993 to 1997, Pearlman and his company took about $10 million in revenue while the band only got $300,000. The commercials started airing in May 2014. Combining their international singles with new tracks (which also formed the centerpiece of that year's European-only album Backstreet's Back), the American version of Backstreet Boys finally jump-started the group's success at home. [103] It peaked at No. Richardson also performed with the group in the show's studio later that day, making it the second time he had performed with the group since his departure. [18] The group then continued to perform in various venues during summer 1993, from shopping malls, restaurants, to a high-profile charity gala in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. [203] The commercial featuring the group started airing on September 19, 2012. The two began singing in local church choirs and festivals while they were children, performing doo wop and R&B songs in the style of Boyz II Men. The band hoped to finish the album before the next Backstreet Boys cruise in May 2016. [147], In October 2015, McLean revealed that the group was working on their ninth studio album. Moreover, they are responsible for three of the longest-running number one pop singles -- "End of the Road," "I'll Make Love to You . [109] In the same month, they embarked on a joint tour with New Kids on the Block as NKOTBSB. I think for us to maximize the ability that we have as five to move forward, it wouldn't be with another group, it would just be on our own. The early line-up of the group were Howie Dorough (19), AJ McLean (15), Nick Carter (13), Sam Licata and Charles Edwards. Yes!" I think everybody leaned into their 13/14/15-year-old selves and were like, "Yes, please. At 9 p.m., Brian auditions over the phone. It received positive reviews and opened at number seven on the Billboard 200, selling 81,000 copies in its first week of release. Backstreet supported the album with an extensive tour that hit markets across the globe, including Asia and Australia. [148] On January 29, 2016, the Backstreet Boys were the musical guests in the series finale of NBC comedy series Undateable. The set featured faithful covers of seasonal classics such as "White Christmas" and "Last Christmas," as well as a trio of original tracks. Advertisement Additionally, the Boys became embroiled in lawsuits against Pearlman and the rest of their management over royalties. The first single from the album, "Last Christmas", hit number 1 on the Billboard AC charts, and the second single "Christmas in New York" reached number 19. [49][50] Four singles were released from Millennium: "I Want It That Way", which is widely regarded as one of the greatest pop songs of all time, "Larger than Life", "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely", and "The One". The album continued to spin off hits well into 1999, with "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)," "I'll Never Break Your Heart," and "All I Have to Give" all landing on the charts. At the end of December 1994, the group flew to Sweden to record some songs with Max Martin and Denniz PoP, including "We've Got It Goin' On," which ended up being their first single and completed their work in January 1995. The BSB came out, there was N'Sync, 98 Degrees, All Saints, Spice Girls, Pussycat Dolls, and so on and so forth as the list went on and on, and the BSB were at . As he had announced before on On Air with Ryan Seacrest in October 2011, Richardson hosted a beach party, part of the group's second annual cruise, in the Bahamas on December 3, 2011, where he performed with them. Issued in 2007, album number six was the first effort not to feature all five original members. The group finished recording their first album Backstreet Boys in the spring of 1996, and it was released internationally on May 6, 1996,[27] excluding U.S. and Canada; however, it was later released in Canada in October 1996. [140] On October 21, 2014, the group received a settlement of $99,000 in cash, 34 audio tape reels, 26 CDs, seven studio mastering audio tapes, six sealed posters, three audio cassettes, and one VHS tape. [29] They also became one of the most successful debut artists in the world, collecting awards such as Durchstarter (Best Newcomers) in Germany's Viva Comet Awards in 1996. McLean, and Nick Carter joined up with cousins Kevin Richardson and Brian Littrell with the help of Lou Pearlman, who was looking . Backstreet Boys (often abbreviated as BSB)[3] are an American vocal group[4] consisting of Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, AJ McLean, and cousins Brian Littrell and Kevin Richardson. "In a World Like This," the lead single from their eighth studio album, also titled In a World Like This, was released digitally on June 25, 2013, and to the radio on July 22, 2013. Carter is the youngest member. [16] Pearlman decided to call them Backstreet Boys, after Orlando's Backstreet Market, an outdoor flea market near International Drive which was also a teen hangout. The Boyskings Kevin, Brian, Nick, Howie and AJwere originally five teenagers from Florida plucked from various high school classrooms (except Kevin, who was always Old As Shit) and turned. [172][173] On August 14, Carter revealed that they had finished recording the album and had done photo shoot for the album cover. A popular tour supported the album, but after seven years of nonstop touring and recording, the band agreed it was time for a break. THE Backstreet Boys have sold more than 65 million albums around the world, a number that few pop acts have surpassed. They were formed in 1993 in Orlando, Florida. The two self-titled albums, the international debut and the U.S. debut sold more than 28 million copies worldwide. McLean, Howie Dorough, Nick Carter, Kevin Scott Richardson and Brian Littrell. Everybody would battle it out about Backstreet Boys or *NSYNC. April 19, 1993: At 2 p.m., 18-year-old Brian Littrell is called away from his American History class to answer an urgent phone call. [170], With their tour postponed due to the pandemic, the Backstreet Boys started working on their first Christmas album in March 2021. The Backstreet Boys began the first leg of their Never Gone Tour on July 22, 2005, in West Palm Beach, Florida. [204], On March 12, 2014, the group filmed a series of commercials for Swedish warehouse company NetOnNet in Sweden while the group was on tour in Europe. The boy band revisited the age-old question in a video on Twitter, posing several theories as to what "it" could be. They are the first group since Led Zeppelin to have their first ten albums reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200,[7] and the only boy band to do so. Donn Saylor. As one of the boy bands that exploded onto the airwaves in the late 1990s, the Backstreet Boys seemingly became a phenomenon overnight. An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works They toured with the likes of Kelly . They worked on their debut album for the remainder of 2005 while touring with pop acts including Kelly Clarkson, The Cheetah Girls, and the Backstreet Boys. At the time, Kevin was 17, Joe was 15, and Nick was 12. Millennium became the best-selling album of 1999 in the U.S., selling 9,445,732 copies. The group rose to fame with their international debut album, Backstreet Boys (1996). [68] A DVD of the short tour, as well as a board game, was released in 2001, titled Around the World. Their first collection of new material in half a decade, Never Gone continued their musical maturity, centering on a smooth adult contemporary style with singles "Incomplete," "Just Want You to Know," and "I Still" In 2006, after the conclusion of an international tour, Richardson quietly parted ways with the group. [32][33], The group began working on their second album, Backstreet's Back, in October 1996. After a two-year hiatus, they regrouped and released a comeback album, Never Gone (2005). Backstreet Boys in their heyday. That same year, they signed a deal with RCA Records and issued the single "Don't Go Breaking My Heart," which landed on their ninth full-length, DNA. They released two singles from the album, "Inconsolable" and "Helpless When She Smiles. Heart-throb Howie was born on 22 August 1973 - making the singer 45 years old. The Backstreet Boys is an American boy group consisting of A.J. For other uses, see, 20112012: NKOTBSB and Richardson's return, Recording Industry Association of America, Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of, List of awards received by Backstreet Boys, List of best-selling music artists in the United States, List of best-selling albums in the United States, Top ten best-selling albums of the Nielsen SoundScan era, "Backstreet Boys - Biography, Albums, Streaming Links", "Backstreet Boys Welcome Back Kevin Richardson", "Backstreet Boys Score First No. They then met Carter through auditions and decided to form a trio. [205] For the purpose of these commercials, the group recorded a song called "Lager Than Life", which is a remake of their song "Larger Than Life" with different instrumentation. Richardson permanently rejoined the group in 2012. [207], The group has received nine Grammy Award nominations as of 2019[update], including four nominations in 2000. They were the Backstreet Boys, named after Orlando's Backstreet flea market. I mean, it wasn't just girls, boys, everybody has a . 4 on the U.S. album chart and eventually sold 14 million copies. Twenty years ago, Millennium was the highest selling album of 1999. 45-year-old Howie is lifelong friends with bandmate AJ, which is how the pair came to be in the group. [158] The album is co-produced under RCA Records and the group's own label, K-BAHN, and distributed by RCA's parent company, Sony Music. When he left backstreet boys, he gave his solo albums which were big hits. [178], On June 24, 2022, American luxury carmaker Lincoln teamed up with Backstreet Boys to hold a virtual concert from Philadelphia to WeChat (Weixin) users mostly in China, which was broadcast by Tencent's WeChat channel. 1 in Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Finland, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Austria,[36][37] selling well over five million copies in Europe alone. Aug 2. "It was a great way to show people that we're back," Richardson said regarding the commercial. The following morning Littrell's wife Leighanne had planned on catching a flight back to Los Angeles aboard American Airlines Flight 11, along with set carpenter Daniel Lee, who was returning home to Los Angeles to see his wife, who was due to give birth to their second child. It was also the group's first album not to go platinum, a fact that seemingly cemented the end of the Backstreet Boys' heyday. They also became the first boy band to top the U.S. album charts in three different decades. The album was released in the US on July 30, 2013, and in other countries sometime later. [122], The first single featuring Richardson's vocals in six years, a Christmas song titled "It's Christmas Time Again", was premiered on AOL Music on November 5, 2012,[123] and officially released a day later. [153] The song entered the Hot 100 at No. Despite the Backstreet Boys' popularity in Europe and Canada, "We've Got It Goin' On" stalled in the lower reaches of the U.S. charts in 1995. Backstreet Boys released their new song titled "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" on May 17, 2018, as their lead single for their new album. On January 4, 2019, DNA's third single, "No Place", was released. "Incomplete" peaked at number 13 on the U.S. Tragically, Lee was among 92 people killed when the hijacked plane crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Inspired, they formed a vocal trio. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, eventually earning them a platinum award for selling over one million copies. Thus, April 20 became their anniversary date. [45] The worldwide hit single "I Want It That Way" which topped the single-charts in over 25 countries made anticipation for Millennium high. The recordings include some unreleased mixes, demos, and original materials. American boyband The Backstreet Boys, circa 1995. [11], On April 10, 2015, band members Richardson and Littrell were inducted into Kentucky Music Hall of Fame. The albums Backstreet Boys and Millennium were both certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), making them one of the few bands to have multiple diamond albums.[9]. The Backstreet Boys formed way back in 1993, when Howie D., A.J. How old are the members of the backstreet boys? This wasn't the only silver-screen appearance for the Backstreet Boys: they also appeared in Seth Rogen's 2013 summer comedy This Is the End and 2016's Dead 7, a zombie flick written by Carter that starred Dorough and McLean, as well as fellow '90s boy band survivors Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick (*NSYNC), Jeff Timmons (98), and Erik-Michael Estrada (O-Town). [177] On February 23, 2022, the group announced their return to Las Vegas with four shows to kick off the DNA world tour. 1 on Billboard's Holiday Digital Songs chart.[125]. [40], Littrell brought in a lawsuit against Lou Pearlman and Trans Continental in 1998, claiming that Pearlman had not been truthful about the earnings made by the group. In October 2022, the group released their first holiday album A Very Backstreet Christmas. How old are the Backstreet Boys? The Backstreet Boys celebrated their 20th anniversary, which was on April 20, 2013, with a fan celebration event in Hollywood that day. 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