Backstreet Boys

The Backstreet Boys, or BSB, is one of the best-selling musical groups of all time. The boy band and pop group rose to considerable popularity in the late 1990s. The five-member group consists of Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, A.J. McLean and Kevin Richardson.

SoundScan Era

The Backstreet Boys are among the top-selling artists in the SoundScan era. They have sold over 40 million albums in the U.S. alone and 75 million worldwide.

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In 1999 they set a record of most albums sold in its debut week with Millennium. That record was later overtaken by *NSYNC's No Strings Attached. In 2000, the group set another record being the first artist to have two albums sell more than a million records in its first week with Black & Blue. It sold 1.6 million. They also set the record of most albums sold in the world in one week with 5 million.

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1999 - 2000

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