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The Backstreet Boys consist of five young men from Orlando, Florida, who took the world by storm in 1995, and two years later became an international phenomenon. They sold over eleven million records worldwide, had four Top Ten singles, and sold out concert venues in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia. In 1996 they were awarded the MTV Europe Viewers Choice Award, beating out acts like Oasis and Spice Girls as European favorites. Their popularity grew uncontrollably everywhere except in their home country, the United States. It wasn’t until 1997 that America heard its first Backstreet Boys album—two years after the rest of the world—and the band launched a tour in an effort to conquer their own country.

The popularity of Backstreet Boys signals a resurgence of the innocent teen music of years past; Backstreet Boys are an old type of act with a new name, "the boy group." Their music appeals mostly to Tiger Beat and Seventeen crowds, who haven’t had a similar fave rave since the New Kids on the Block bowed out in the early 1990s. The rise of the Backstreet Boys coincides with

the decline of angst-ridden, doom-obsessed indie rock groups like Nirvana. "This music is an aural upper," Seventeenìs music editor Susan Kaplow told USA Today. "I think consumers and the industry are ready for that." More cynical observers note the similarities in both the group’s image—five different male archetypes—and the demographics of their fans—teen and pre-teen girls—to that of heart throb groups of the past, like the New Kids, Menudo, and the Bay City Rollers. All those groups flashed by and disappeared without leaving much of a blip on the radar of public consciousness. But the Backstreet Boys say they are different.

Sunshine and Stardom
The band got their start in Orlando, Florida, in the early 1990s. By that time both Disney and MGM studios had established high profiles and were providing lots of work in movies and commercials. Two high school students, A. J. McLean and Howie Dorough, and junior high schooler Nick Carter started running into each other at auditions. They discovered a common interest in singing and soon they were harmonizing together a cappella whenever they had breaks. After a while they decided to form a group, but felt they needed were two more voices to add range and depth to their sound. Through a friend they discovered Kevin Richardson, who was singing inashow at Disney World. Richardson suggested his cousin, Brian Littrell, who was living in Kentucky at the time. Phone calls were made and Littrell agreed to move down to Florida. With the line-up set they adopted the name Backstreet Boys, after Orlando’s Backstreet Market, a popular hangout for the city’s teens.

They started singing a cappella covers of their favorite songs by groups like Boyz II Men, Shai, and Color Me Badd. Then, they found managers Johnny and Donna Wright. Johnny had been the Road Manager for the New Kids on the Block. "Before I saw them perform I wasn’t sure if I wanted to get involved," Donna told Billboard. "The New Kids had just finished up two years prior. But hearing them sing just gave me chills running from the back of my heels to the top of my head. I felt like we really had something here." The Wright’s company, Wright Stuff Management, developed a strategy to help the Backstreet Boys perfect their showmanship and musicianship while raising visibility among potential fans. They booked them at junior high and high schools as well as at theme parks. The teenage fans shared the Wrights’ initial suspicions about Backstreet Boys. Kevin Richardson told Billboard "You could tell they were thinking ‘What is this, the second coming of the New Kids on the Block?’ But once we started singing a cappella and showing them we could really sing, we won them over every time."

Eventually the Wrights got the group booked as openers for veteran acts with a "family" audience, like REO Speedwagon, Kenny G and the Village People. The turning point came in 1994, when Donna Wright had been begging David McPherson, an executive at Jive Records, to give Backstreet Boys a listen. She called McPherson from a Backstreet Boys’ show in Cleveland and simply held the phone up. When McPherson played his messages the next day he could hear the sounds of fanatically screaming kids, and soon afterward, Jive signed Backstreet Boys on.

Their single called "We’ve Got It Goin’ On," first released in 1995, did not live up to expectations in the United States, getting no higher than 65 on Billboards Top 100. But it exploded onto the charts in Germany, and from there Backstreet Boys mania spread throughout Europe. The "boy group" craze already had a foothold in Europe, providing Backstreet Boys with a ready made audience. They brought a unique something extra—they were American, and thus more novel. "We used the success in Germany as a springboard and brought them over to do shows right off the bat. Once that happened, the whole European market opened up." McPherson told Billboard.

From Europe the Backstreet Boys’ popularity spread throughout the world—Japan, Australia, Canada, Southeast Asia. Their first album, Backstreet Boys, released in April 1996, sold over eleven million copies and was certified platinum in 26 different countries. Backstreet Boys: The Video was also a number-one seller in Canada for three months. The group toured overseas for 18 months and their concerts recalled the days of High Beatlemania, complete with crowds of crazed teenage girls, narrow escapes out back windows, and screams so loud the music was barely audible. At home in Florida, foreign fans wait in the parking lots outside the apartment houses where the Backstreet Boys live, hoping for autographs. German fans have torn up their lawns for a blade or two of souvenir grass. Yet back in Orlando, the Backstreet Boys pass everywhere in the city unrecognized.

In 1997 the United States was the final frontier for the Backstreet Boys. As 1998 approached and the band prepared for its second U.S. tour, it was looking forward to seeing whether America had taken to them to the degree everyone else had. "I think the (U.S.) market is more ready for a group like us now," Howie Dorough told USA Today. "I think at the time we released our first record, alternative, grunge and urban were hot. Now we feel that pop music is starting to come back a little bit." Their album was finally released in the United States in August 1997, nearly a year and a half after the rest of the world heard it for the first time. They included some of their newer songs on the American version, songs that were used on their second international album, Back-street’s Back. Jive promoted the album heavily, concentrating on its key female audience. Free Backstreet Boys cassettes were distributed with J.C. Penney makeup, at cheerleader camps, and with books in the teen romance series, "Love Stories." "The Backstreet Boys have made a great choice in selecting their music. When you listen to it you’ll know why they are probably going to be the next new thing," wrote Christina Psoros, a 12-year-old reviewer for Newsday.

The Backstreet Boys were also working on broadening their musical foundations. All members of the group took up songwriting—though in December 1997 no Backstreet Boys penned number had made it onto a record—and all were learning how to play instruments. In addition, they have focused more attention on dancing, which has become a major part of their stage show. The group realizes that almost everyone in the world expects them to disappear completely after a year or so. Yet the Backstreet Boys are determined to prevent that from happening.

Selected discography

Albums
Backstreet Boys, (International release), Jive/Zomba, 1995.
Backstreet’s Back, (International release), Jive/Zomba, 1997.
Backstreet Boys, (American release, additional cuts), 1997.

Videos
The Backstreet Boys: The Video, Jive, 1996.

 Sources
Periodicals
Billboard, July 1997.
Newsday, August 19, 1997.
USA Today, April 1, 1997; September 30, 1997.

Online
http://www.varta.de/bsb/intervie.html
Additional information was provided by Jive Records.
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The Backstreet Boys were, in many ways, a contradictory band. Comprised entirely of white middle-class Americans, the group sang a hybrid of new jack balladry, hip-hop, R&B, and dance club pop that originally found its greatest success in Canada and Europe, with their 1996 debut album charting in the Top Ten in nearly every country on the Continent. Ironically, success in their native land did not follow until nearly two years later, when teen pop enjoyed a commercial explosion in America. Along with such artists as *NSYNC and Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys rose to the forefront of popular music during the turn of the 21st century, with albums like Backstreet's Back, Millennium, and Black & Blue enjoying worldwide success.

The core of the Backstreet Boys was comprised of cousins Kevin Richardson and Brian Littrell, both of whom hailed from Lexington, KY. 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. Two of the group's other members, Howie Dorough and A.J. McLean, were natives of Orlando, FL, who met each other -- as well as transplanted New Yorker Nick Carter -- through auditions for local commercials, theater, and television. At one audition, the three discovered that they shared an affection for classic soul and could harmonize well together. Inspired, they formed a vocal trio. Shortly thereafter, Richardson moved to Orlando, where he became a tour guide at Disney World and concentrated on music at night. Eventually, he met Dorough, Carter, and McLean through a co-worker, and the four decided to form a group, naming themselves after an Orlando flea market. Littrell was later invited to join, thus turning the group into a quintet.

With the help of Louis J. Pearlman (who would later rise to mogul status on the strength of his teen pop acts), the Backstreet Boys secured management from Donna and Johnny Wright, the latter of whom had managed New Kids on the Block during the 1980s. 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. Jive set the Backstreet Boys up with producers Veit Renn and Tim Allen, who helped shape the group's eponymous album. Released throughout Europe in late 1995, the record enjoyed considerable success, spending several weeks in the Top Ten in most Continental countries where it charted. In the U.K., the Backstreet Boys were named Best Newcomers of 1995 at the Smash Hits Awards thanks to their international hit single "We've Got It Goin' On." After scoring another European hit with "I'll Never Break Your Heart," the group released its album in Canada. 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.

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. "Quit Playin' Games (With My Heart)" and "As Long as You Love Me" proved to be popular singles, with the former track climbing to platinum status. 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. Both the former and the latter were platinum Top Five hits, and the album eventually sold an astounding 14 million copies in America alone.

In the meantime, the group saw its share of turmoil as Littrell underwent surgery in early 1998 to correct a congenital heart defect. Additionally, the Boys became embroiled in lawsuits against Pearlman and the rest of their management over royalties. When the dust settled, Pearlman remained the group's manager -- though the rest of the team was fired -- and the Boys began work on their follow-up album. Millennium was released in the summer of 1999 and debuted at number one, with first-week sales topping one million copies. Buoyed by songs like "I Want It That Way," "Larger Than Life," "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely," and "The One," Millennium shattered a number of records, including the highest amount of shipments in one year and the most copies sold during an album's inaugural week. The group released its Christmas Album before the end of the year, by which time Millennium was well on its way to sales of 12 million copies in the U.S. On an international level, the album eventually sold more than 40 million units.

Once again, the group struck immediately after its previous album stopped producing hits, issuing Black & Blue in fall 2000. More Top 40 singles followed, including "The Call" and "Shape of My Heart," and Black & Blue followed its predecessor by selling over one million copies during its first week. A popular tour supported the album, but after seven years of nonstop touring and recording, the band agreed it was time for a break. Brian Littrell became a father while Kevin Richardson tried his hand at Broadway and took a starring role in the musical Chicago. Nick Carter released his solo album Now or Never in 2002, Howie Dorough did charity work for the Dorough Lupus Foundation in honor of the sister he had lost to the disease, and A.J. McLean made headlines with his stint in rehab.

In 2004, the Backstreet Boys re-formed and began work on a new album. The result, Never Gone, was released in June 2005 to platinum sales, followed by Unbreakable in 2007. The latter was the first album not to feature all five original members, as Kevin Richardson had quietly exited the group in 2006. It was also the group's first album not to go platinum, a fact that seemingly cemented the end of the Backstreet Boys' heyday. Accordingly, the singers enlisted some serious star power for their next album, soliciting help from the likes of Ryan Tedder, Max Martin (who had penned "I Want It That Way" ten years prior), Dr. Luke, and T-Pain. When songs from their recording sessions were leaked online, the group took the setback in stride, using their fans' feedback to help steer the remainder of the recording process. This Is Us was ultimately finished in mid-2009 and scheduled for release later that year. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
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Origin Orlando, Florida, United States
Genres Pop, pop rock, R&B, teen pop, adult contemporary
Years active 1993–present
Hiatus: 2002-2003
Labels Jive, Legacy Recordings
Associated acts New Kids on the Block, Elton John, N Sync, Aaron Carter, Krystal Harris
Website backstreetboys.com
Members
Brian Littrell
Nick Carter
A. J. McLean
Howie Dorough
Kevin Richardson

The Backstreet Boys (sometimes referred to as BSB[1]) are an American vocal group, formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993. The band consists of A. J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, Nick Carter and Kevin Richardson. They rose to fame with their debut international album, Backstreet Boys (1996). In the following year, they released their second international album, Backstreet's Back (1997) and their debut album in the United States which continued the group's success worldwide. They rose to superstardom with their album Millennium (1999) and its follow-up album, Black & Blue (2000).

After a two-year hiatus, the band regrouped and released their comeback album Never Gone (2005). Kevin Richardson left the band in 2006, several months after the conclusion of the Never Gone tour to pursue other interests.[2] The band then recorded and released two albums as a four-piece: Unbreakable (2007) and This Is Us (2009).

In April 2012, the band announced that Richardson has rejoined and that they will return to London in July to continue recording their eighth studio album.[3]

The Backstreet Boys have sold over 130 million records worldwide.[4] According to Billboard, they are the first group since Sade to have their first seven albums reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200.[5]

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History

Formation and early years: 1992–1995

Cousins Kevin Richardson and Brian Littrell, both of whom came from Lexington, Kentucky, initially began singing in local church choirs and festivals while they were children.[6] Howie Dorough and A.J. McLean were natives of Orlando, Florida, who met each other and later discovered Nick Carter through auditions who joined the two for local commercials, theater, and television.[6] The three, realizing at one audition, that they all shared a great affection for classical soul which they were able to harmonize together, decided to form a trio.[6] Meanwhile, Richardson moved to Orlando, where he took several jobs at Disney, including a tour guide, and the roles of Aladdin and a Ninja Turtle and concentrated on music at nights. Eventually, he met Dorough, Carter, and McLean through a co-worker, and the four decided to form a group.[6] Brian Littrell was later invited to join, turning the group into a quintet.[7] In the course of all this, Lou Pearlman, in early 1992 had placed an ad in Orlando Sentinel announcing auditions to compose a boy band.[8] McLean, who was the first to audition for Pearlman in his living room, became the group's first member.[8] In January 1993, Pearlman held an open casting call during which hundreds of young performers danced and sang at his blimp hangar in Kissimmee, south of Orlando.[8] Eventually, Nick Carter, Kevin Richardson, and Howie Dorough were selected after meeting Pearlman's expectations. Brian Littrell was added to the group after Richardson had him audition for the group over the telephone.[9] Pearlman decided to call the group Backstreet Boys, naming it after Orlando's Backstreet flea market.[8] The group had its very first performance at SeaWorld Orlando in May 1993.[8]

Debut Album's and American success, and Backstreet's Back: 1996–1997

The first single that was chosen to be released was "We've Got It Goin' On" which was sent to radio in August and released as a physical single on September 5, 1995. (In North America, Montreal radio broke the group after local programmers heard it on European radio.[10]) The song was a minor success in the States peaking at only No. 69 by December.[11] However, it enjoyed quite a success in Europe entering the top-5 in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France and the Netherlands.[12][13] European success sent them on a summer tour there and shifted the Backstreet Boys' promotion being mostly done in Europe. In November 1995 they filmed their second video music for their second international single, "I'll Never Break Your Heart", which was originally only issued in Europe on February 12, 1996.[14] They finished recording their first album Backstreet Boys in April 1996 and filmed their third music video, "Get Down (You're the One for Me)" in Germany. On May 6, 1996, their debut album was released internationally,[15] with an exception of the US and the Canadian markets; however, it was later released in Canada in October 1996.[16]

European popularity grew and the Backstreet Boys kicked off 1996 being voted the No. 1 international group by TV viewers in Germany, in the meantime, "I'll Never Break Your Heart" reached a Gold status there for selling 250,000 units.[17] The group earned their first platinum record in Germany in 1996 for selling 500,000 units of their debut album Backstreet Boys during which time they began touring Asia and Canada.[17] The Backstreet Boys quickly became one of the most successful debut artists in the world collecting awards such as Germany's Viva Comet Awards in 1996 for the category of Durchstarter (Best Newcomers).[18]

The Backstreet Boys began recording their second album Backstreet's Back and also recorded the song, "If You Stay", for the Booty Call soundtrack later released in February 1997. They released "Anywhere For You" as the last single off their international album on February 17, 1997.[19] The single "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)", which was originally released in Europe as their fourth single in October 1996, was released in the US in May 1997 for their upcoming U.S. debut album. It managed to climb as high as No. 2 on Billboard Hot 100, eventually earning them a platinum-award for selling over one million units.[20][21]

While their second album Backstreet's Back was released internationally (with an exception of the US market) in August 1997, their self-titled U.S. debut, which consisted of songs from Backstreet's Back and the previous self-titled international version of Backstreet Boys, was released in U.S. on August 12, 1997.[22]

The U.S. self-titled debut peaked at No. 4 on the U.S. album chart, which eventually sold 14 million copies back home.[23] Meanwhile, the second international release Backstreet's Back peaked at No. 1 in Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Finland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Austria,[24][25] selling well over five million units in Europe alone.[26] The two self-titled albums, the international version and the U.S. version of Backstreet Boys sold more than 28 million copies worldwide, 14 million of which were sold in the U.S.[27]

In 1997, Brian Littrell brought a lawsuit against Lou Pearlman and Trans Continental claiming that Pearlman had not been truthful about the earnings made by the group. In the following year, McLean, Richardson, and Dorough joined the lawsuit which eventually resulted in a number of settlements.[28]

Millennium, Black and Blue, and World stardom: 1998–2000

On October 7, 1998, the band received the keys to the city from the mayor of Orlando in honor of the tornado relief concert the group headlined in March that raised over $250,000. The day was also declared as Backstreet Boys Day in Orlando.[29]

While in the middle of a lawsuit, they began recording the follow-up to their 1997 releases at the beginning of October 1998.[30] All versions of Britney Spears' ...Baby One More Time album released prior to May 18, 1999 featured previews of tracks from their upcoming album Millennium.[31] The worldwide hit single "I Want It That Way" which topped the single-charts in many countries including the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Norway, New Zealand, made anticipation for Millennium high.[11][12][32][33] Millennium was released on May 18, 1999, on which day the Backstreet Boys made a heavily publicized appearance on MTV's Total Request Live Millennium .[34] The album entered the Billboard 200 at No.1, and managed to sell 1,134,000 copies in its first week of release.[35][36] Four singles were released from Millennium: "I Want It That Way", "Larger than Life", "Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely", and "The One".

Millennium became the best-selling album of 1999 in the U.S., selling 9,445,732 albums.[37] It also holds the record for most shipments in one year, with 11 million shipment.[38] Millennium remained on the Billboard chart for 93 weeks, eventually selling over 12 million copies in the United States and being certified 13 times platinum.[39][40] As of the end of December 2008, the album stands as the fourth best selling album in the US of the SoundScan era.[39]

By October 1999, the Backstreet Boys faced new problems declaring their current Jive contract null and void, soon striking one of the largest record deals ever valued at $60 million with Jive.[41]

A trip to the Bahamas was made by the group members in May 2000 to write songs for their album.[42] They began recording their next album on July 1, 2000 in Stockholm Sweden, which wrapped up its recording sessions in September.[43][44][45] A song completed during the July recording sessions, "It's True", was released on August 28, 2000 to a compilation sold by Burger King.[45] They released the album's first single, "Shape of My Heart", to radio on October 3, 2000.[45]

The Backstreet Boys released their next studio album Black & Blue on November 21, 2000,[46] and to promote the release of the album, the boys traveled around the world in 100 hours to Sweden, Japan, Australia, South Africa, Brazil, and the US; 55 of the hours were spent traveling and 45 were spent making public appearances.[47] It recorded the best international sales in a week for an album in history by selling over 5 million copies in its first week of sales.[48][49]

In the United States, it sold 1.6 million discs in the first week making them the first artist since The Beatles to achieve back-to-back million plus first week sales.[50] The first single off the album was "Shape of My Heart," followed by "The Call" and "More Than That." In the first week of release, Black & Blue's first single "Shape of My Heart" was played on 170 out of 171 of the Top 40 stations in the U.S. and eventually peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100.[11] Meanwhile overseas, the song entered the Top-5 in Germany (No.2), Switzerland (No.1), Austria (No.4), the Netherlands (No.3), Sweden (No.1), Norway (No.1), Finland (No.3), Italy (No.1), Australia (No.5) and New Zealand (No.1).[12][51] In late February 2001, the album's second single "The Call" made it into the Top-10 in the UK and the third single "More than That" made it into the Top-20.[52]

Black and Blue Tour, The Hits: Chapter One, and hiatus: 2001–2003

In January 2001, the Backstreet Boys kicked off the first leg of their "Black & Blue Tour", in which they were to perform on five continents. The tour also had extremely expensive production costs. The second leg of "Black & Blue Tour" was put on hold when it was reported that A.J. McLean had checked himself into rehab to battle alcoholism, cocaine addiction and depression after Richardson had held an intervention for him at a Boston hotel.[53] Three sold-out shows for Air Canada Centre were postponed until September.

On January 28, 2001,[54] the Backstreet Boys performed the American national anthem, in front of an audience at the Super Bowl XXXV at the Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida.

The Hits: Chapter One, released on October 30, 2001 was a collection of the Backstreet Boys' classic hits and a previously unreleased song, "Drowning".[55] While the album entered the top-5 in the U.S. (No.4),[35] United Kingdom (No.5),[52] Germany (No.4)[24] and Canada (No.1),[56] it only managed to enter the top-10 in Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands and New Zealand.[57] In the US, The Hits: Chapter One was certified platinum for selling over one million units.[58] Similarly, the album was certified platinum by IFPI also for selling over one million units in Europe.[59]

In 2002, the band expressed a strong desire to leave their management company, The Firm.[60] However, Nick Carter chose to remain with The Firm to manage his solo career. Jive, according to industry observers, had no choice but to bank on releasing Carter's solo album by the end of the year. The relationship with Jive worsened when the Backstreet Boys filed a $75–100 million lawsuit against Zomba Music Group (Jive's parent company) claiming breach of contract.[61] The group stated the label promoted Carter's solo album Now or Never at the expense of the group who wanted to promote their fourth album. According to the suit, in November 1999, the Backstreet Boys revised their 1994 contract and committed to releasing two further albums for Zomba. In exchange for delivering them on time as part of a predetermined schedule, the group would receive multiple non-returnable payments that would serve as advances against future royalties.

In November 2003, A.J. McLean appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show where he talked for the first time in public about his addiction to alcohol and drugs, and his struggles rising to fame.[62] The rest of the band surprised him by arriving in person to give him support, marking the first time the Backstreet Boys had appeared together in public in almost two years.[62] The episode later aired in December 2003[63] to nationwide audiences. The band began to reform and reconcile their differences, planning to start recording a comeback album at beginning of the following year.[64]

Never Gone and Richardson's departure: 2004–2006

The Backstreet Boys entered the studios in January 2004 to start writing the new album and mentioned they had recorded four songs for the album in February.[65] They also started performing together to promote their return to the music scene. In September they kicked-off a small Asian tour, visiting Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo and Manila. Based on the success of this tour, they announced a Mexican tour, visiting Mexico City and Monterrey and performing all new material.

Their first single in four years, "Incomplete", was released to radio stations on March 28, 2005. Following the release of the single, they embarked on their Up Close & Personal Tour in March which served as a pre-album release tour.

On June 14, 2005, the Backstreet Boys released their comeback album Never Gone, which they spent more than a year recording. The album debuted at #3 on the U.S. chart with first week sales of 291,000 copies, and #1 debuts in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Germany, India, Chile, Brazil and South Korea. However, the drastic style change drew negative criticism from Rolling Stone, which gave the album one star.[66]

The Backstreet Boys began the first leg of their Never Gone Tour in July in West Palm Beach, Florida. It was also their first Australian tour.

Never Gone was certified platinum in the US and four singles were released from the album. The first single was "Incomplete", the second single was "Just Want You to Know", and the third singles were "Crawling Back to You" for the US and "I Still..." internationally. Never Gone has sold approximately 10 million copies worldwide.[67] Never Gone's second single "Just Want You to Know" hit the top 10 in the UK, but was not as successful in the United States. It was one of the group's weakest performing U.S. singles, only peaking at #70 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The third international single "I Still..." debuted at #1 on the Japan International Singles Chart. The third US single, "Crawling Back to You" peaked at #15 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts.

In June 2006, Richardson left the Backstreet Boys to pursue other interests, issuing a statement on band's website on June 23, 2006.[2]

Unbreakable and This Is Us: 2007–2010

The Backstreet Boys' sixth album Unbreakable, was officially launched on October 30, 2007. It was their first effort since Richardson's departure. While the album had received positive reviews, it did not perform as well as its predecessor, Never Gone. Unbreakable opened at #7 on The Billboard 200, selling 81,000 copies in its first week of release.[68] Two weeks after its debut, the album dropped out of the top 100. However, it performed well in Japan, debuting at #1 on the Japanese Oricon weekly album charts and staying there for another week.

On July 25, 2007, the first single was confirmed as "Inconsolable," a piano-driven power ballad similar to Never Gone's "Incomplete." It reached #21 on the US Adult Contemporary Charts, but only managed to reach #86 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Helpless When She Smiles" was the next single to be released from Unbreakable. It only managed to reach #52 in the US Adult Contemporary charts and in turn failed to reach the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

The group went on a world tour to promote Unbreakable, starting in Tokyo, Japan on February 16, 2008. The tour was titled Unbreakable Tour and included shows in Australia, Japan, Mexico, UK, Europe, Asia, Canada and The United States. They recorded a tour DVD in London's The O2 Arena which can be seen on YouTube, but has yet to be released. Richardson rejoined the rest of the band in Los Angeles at the Palladium in Hollywood on November 23, 2008 for the last North American stop of the Unbreakable Tour.[69]

Backstreet Boys during a photoshoot with New Kids on the Block in June 2011

In 2009, the group began working on a new album that was released on October 6, 2009, titled This Is Us,[70] On this album, they worked with Max Martin,[71] OneRepublic singer Ryan Tedder, RedOne, Ne-Yo, Brian Kennedy, Alex James, Pitbull, Claude Kelly, Jim Jonsin, Eddie Galan, T-Pain, Rami Yacoub, Kristian Lundin and many others.[72] Unlike Unbreakable, This Is Us's sound went back to their original dance-pop beats and contains a more R&B sound.[73] The album debuted at #9 on the Billboard 200, selling 42,000 copies in its first week of release.[74] It peaked at #2 in Japan and was certified Platinum for shipments of 250,000 copies.[75]

On August 27, 2009, the first single, "Straight Through My Heart" was released. It failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 but managed to peak at #18 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs.[76] The second single off the album was "Bigger". On October 30, 2009, the group went on the This Is Us World Tour, which concluded in Hanoi on March 26, 2011.

A second Backstreet Boys greatest hits album was released on January 26, 2010. The compilation is titled Playlist: The Very Best of Backstreet Boys and is part of a series of similar Playlist albums issued by Sony Legacy. It was their last album for Jive Records, as they parted ways with the label.

NKOTBSB and Richardson's return: 2011–present

In November 2010, the Backstreet Boys closed out the American Music Awards with New Kids on the Block.[77] On November 8, 2010, it was confirmed that they were planning to have a joint tour with New Kids on the Block in 2011.[78] Prior to the tour, the new supergroup released a compilation album of their biggest hits, simply titled NKOTBSB. The album includes two new songs, "Don't Turn Out the Lights" and "All in My Head".[79]

In May 2011, they embarked on the first leg of NKOTBSB Tour with New Kids on the Block. The tour ranked 44th in Pollstar's "Top 50 Worldwide Tour (Mid-Year)", earning over 10 million dollars.[80] At the conclusion of 2011, the tour placed 17th on Billboard's annual, "Top 25 Tours", earning over $40 million dollars with 51 shows.[81] In late 2011, they announced a second leg of the tour for 2012, including Europe, Australia, and Asia.[82]

On December 3, 2011, as he had announced he would be on Ryan Seacrest on October 25, 2011, Richardson hosted a beach party in the Bahamas, where he performed with the band. The party is part of the group’s second annual cruise, the SS Backstreet, which ran from December 2–5, 2011. On Ryan Seacrest, he also stated that he would love to perform with the group again on a more regular basis.[83]

On April 29, 2012, in the middle of a show in London, the group announced that Richardson has rejoined the group and they will be recording their new album in London in July 2012.[84]

Members

Discography

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Awards

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See also

References

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