Fast Facts




#1
The members of Backstreet Boys came up with the group’s name while eating at a TGI Friday’s, where they sat in a booth from which they could see the entrance to Backstreet Market, an Orlando, Florida, flea market.

#2
AJ McLean first auditioned for the group that would become Backstreet Boys by singing a New Kids on the Block song for Lou Pearlman.

#3
Nick Carter had a blink-and-you’ll-miss-him role in the quirky Johnny Depp film ‘Edward Scissorhands.’

#4
Brian Littrell was the final person to join Backstreet Boys after being encouraged to audition by his cousin, Kevin Richardson, in a phone call on April 19,1993.

#5
Before becoming a Backstreet Boy, Howie Dorough used ‘Tony Donetti’ as a stage name.

#6
The “Into The Millennium” tour grossed $37.1 million in North America in 1999.

#7
In the summer of 1996, Backstreet Boys headlined a sold-out, 57-date European tour.

#8
BSB won the People’s Choice Award for favorite musical group in January 2000.

#9
Backstreet Boys sold out the entire first leg of its “Into The Millennium” U.S. tour—53 shows, 765,000 tickets—in one day in August 1999.

#10
“Millennium” sold 9,445,732 copies in the United States in 1999, making it the top-selling album of the year according to SoundScan.

#11
The Backstreet Boys’ first official show occurred on Saturday, May 8, 1993, at the Nautilas Theater in Orlando’s Sea World. Among the grou[‘s songs was an a cappella version of Shai’s ‘If I Ever Fall In Love.’

#12
Three of the Backstreet Boys’ home videos -- Backstreet Boys; All Access Video, A Night Out With The Backstreet Boys, and Homecoming: Live In Orlando – made the list of top-selling music videos of 1999 according to Billboard magazine. The videos ranked second, third, and fourth, respectively, on the year-end chart.

#13
MuchMusic, Canada’s music video network, had two Backstreet Boys videos atop its chart of the top 90 videos of 1999. “I Want It That Way was No. 1, followed by “Larger Than Life” at No. 2.

#14
The smash single “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)” originally appeared only on the Boys’ second European and Canadian albums, which were released under the title “Backstreet’s Back.” The success of that song prompted Jive Records to re-release the group’s debut U.S. album with “Backstreet’s Back” on it.

#15
Backstreet Boys recorded three songs in the summer of 1995 in a collaboration with Sweden’s Denniz Pop: “We’ve Got It Goin’ On,” “Quit Playin’ Games (With My Heart),” and “Nobody But You.”

#16
Backstreet Boys placed three of its videos in MTV’s Top 99 of 1999. “I Want It That Way” snagged the No. 1 spot, followed by “Larger Than Life” at No. 12 and “All I Have To Give” at No. 34.

#17
The Backstreet Boys’ television appearances have included performances with Tony Bennett and Shania Twain.

#18
Backstreet Boys’ second U.S. (and third global) album, “Millennium,” was released nationwide in May 1999. It entered the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart at No. 1 the week of June 5, 1999, having sold 1,134,000 copies its first week of release. That number broke the previous SoundScan record held by Garth Brooks for single-week record sales.

#19
On August 12, 1997, Jive Records released the Backstreet Boys’ U.S. debut album, which included all of the group’s international hits plus a few new songs. The album included the hits “As Long As You Love Me,” “I’ll Never Break Your Heart,” and “All I Have To Give.” So far, the Backstreet Boys’ debut album has sold more than 12 million copies in the United States.

#20
In April 1996, the Backstreet boys released the group’s first full-length album in Europe and Canada. That CD, which included the song “Quit Playin’ Games (With My Heart),” was never officially released in the United States









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