Backstreet Boys biography

Backstreet boys biography
Written by Kristina Chen
The Backstreet Boys are known for selling of 200 million albums just making them the best selling boy band of all time. The Backstreet Boys started with Kevin Richardson, Howie Dorough, Nick Carter, and AJ Mclean. After that Kevin recommended his cousin Brian Littrell to tryout for the group. After that Brian was on a plan to Orlando, Florida. Brian was the last one to join Backstreet Boys. Backstreet Boys started in April of 93. They put out their first single in 97 called We got It Goin on which did not sell much. They went to Europe and recorded their first album called Backstreet Boys and it was released in 96. After that America was begging that the boys be recording at Jive records. Their manager is now Johnny Wright. Their second album was also named Backstreet Boys but was released in 1997 in the US. They also released another international album called Backstreet’s Back that same year.
In 1999 they released their second US album called Millennium. Millennium had reached to number one on the top Billboard 200 charts and stayed there for ten weeks. Their best single from the album was I want It That Away. The album had sold 1,134,000 copies and 500,000 it’s first day. Everyone says that Millennium was the highlight of their career. They had several singles from their album: I want It that Away, Show me the meaning of Being Lonely, Larger Than Life, and The One. Millennium had become the best sold album in 1999 with selling 9,445,732 million copies. Millennium remain on the Billboard top 200 charts for 93 weeks with selling 12 million. This album has made it to be certified, 13 times platinum. At the end of 1991 the guys had made a record contract deal that was 60 million dollars.
In 2000 they had released their third US album called Black and Blue. It sold 1.9 million in it’s first week it was released. This had made the band become the first artist to have two album sold with a million or more in the first week. This album had sold over 24 million world wide. The singles for the album are: Shape of My Heart, The Call, and More Than That.
During the times of 2002 to 2004 the boys had took a hiatus. Their fans were wondering if they would ever be back because so many other bands broke up. This hiatus scared their fans. In 2005 they released their fourth US album called Never Gone which made to number three on the billboard top 200 charts. This album had sold 291,000 copies it’s first week. Just in that same year Brian had released a Christian song called In Christ Alone which made it number one on the Christian Charts in the US. After all of their success so far Never Gone was made platinum in the US. They had four singles for the album: Incomplete, Just Want you to Know, Crawling Back to you, and I Still…
These guys had a lot that was going for them until 2006. In 2006 Kevin Richardson had decided to leave the group to focus on the next chapter in his life. Kevin left in June 2006. Kevin wanted to leave so he could start a family of his own. On October 30, 2007 the guys released their fifth US album without Kevin, calling it Unbreakable. It reached to number 21 on the adult contemporary charts and number 86 on the top 200 billboard charts. Unbreakable opened at number seven on the billboard top 200 charts with selling only 81,000 copies it’s first week. Only two weeks after Unbreakable was released the album dropped out of the top 100. Three years after Kevin left the group the guys will be releasing their sixth album called This is Us in October 6, 2009. This will also be the guys second album without Kevin. Their first single is Straight through My Heart which was released on the radio, on July 27, 2009.