BACKSTREET BOYS

Ingredients:
. Brian Littrell
. AJ McLean
. Nick Carter
. Howe Dorofei
. Kevin Richardson
. Place of residence: Orlando, Florida, USA
. Recording Company: Jive
. Founded: 1993

. Meet: the new New Kids on the Block
. Exactly the same as the old New Kids on the Block? Well, yes and no. As the success of New Kids eclipsed once the glory of the famous Svengali Maurice Starr, . and their new edition - Backstreet Boys - swallow our vocal groups like Color Me Badd and Shai, . that once inspired the top five of Orlando on the road to global success,
. With even took a former manager NKOTB. All exactly the.

On the other hand, Backstreet Boys do relatively quiet in terms of contact with police reports and the scandalous chronicles of tabloid newspapers - at least until. They did not set fire to rooms in hotels, they are not blamed for what someone behind them perform their vocal. Well, they are still young. They still have time.

B-Boys as a group formed in 1993 in Orlando, where high school graduates AJ McLean and Howie Dorofei and their younger comrade Nick Carter often met in the music get-togethers. Gradually they approached each other, began to sing together, and then invited, and two members, Kevin Richardson and his cousin from Kentucky, Brian Littrell. Group began performing at school dances and local clubs. And when they included in their repertoire of pop rhythm and blues numbers, . type "Tell Me That I" m Dreaming ", . Backstreet Boys have brought local teenagers to such an extent, . someone during one of their fiercest concerts called from a cell phone to the studio Jive Records, . resulting in the group offered a contract,
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Although now in the U.S. have already sold over three million copies of their self-titled album, the success of limited outside of his native city. Single 1995 "We" ve Got It Goin "On" was quickly forgotten, only rising to 69 seats in the Billboard charts. However, he has become very popular in Germany, and soon the group was at the center of European festival Boysapalooza along with other teenage teams, such as Take That and Boyzone, who dominated while in a changing European market. "They got themselves they had a few so-called" battle groups ", so we got to the already mature market, - says Littrell, obviously fully confident in the applicability of the economic criteria for music. - And since we were Americans, we have brought to Europe a new fresh sound. We had and something else. Unlike most of those "battle-groups", we were not just a team of nice guys. We could sing. "

Be that as it may, the sales figures of their plates outside the United States inspired the respect. In addition, they have won the prize "Audience Award" at the European MTV contest in 1997 and sparked panic in the streets of Madrid during the so-called open meetings with students, which, as a result, had to cancel. "Europe can not go anywhere without a bodyguard," - said in an interview with Teen People in March 1998 Dorofei. Chief of Security Group Lonnie Jones adds: "When teenage girls gather in groups, they can not stop."

It is easy to guess, the measures of precaution can not always guarantee the safety. Magazine Seventeen, for example, reported that once the two fans were hiding in the trunk of a bus belonging to the group, one of the European admirers overcame the barbed wire fence to get into the artistic. The most devoted, however, can be considered as the girl who gave Mak-Lin, two diamond rings - as it turned out, it was her parents' wedding rings.

Nevertheless, on top of the world always lonely, and none of the five children does not yet have this friend. "People say:" What nonsense! You love to thousands of screaming girls! "- Littrell admitted recently in an interview with Teen People. - But this is not what. I never can just call at any time and say what I feel now. There is no one who would know me from any side. "

. Many funny facts, we can extract from the fans supported Web-sites, . on Backstreet Boys: One example, . tells of, . that Nick when visiting shops prefer to buy "sneakers" and jewelry of gold, the other states, . Brian's favorite meal - a pasta with cheese, . a favorite cologne - "Safari"; AJ loves girls with beautiful eyes and long hair; Howe likely to "invite you to stroll along the beach under the moonlight", and Kevin reportedly "spent eight years of his life in a lonely hut, . and is a qualified teacher of ballroom dancing! ",

. Enhanced team attempts to win the America has begun to bear fruit - their debut album, . issued by the House in August 1997, . transformed into national hits many of the songs, . including "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)", . "As Long as You Love Me" and "Everybody", . each of which is a huge success,
. So far, the album is firmly retained in the "Top Ten". It seems that in addition to the young, beautiful appearance, wealth and success, Backstreet Boys have a more stable and.

In May 1999 the band released a new album called "Millennium", pobivshy in popularity all the previous. Its sales for September 1999 totaled more than 4.7 million copies, and it is only in the U.S.. During the first week sales of 1,133,505 copies. Thus was broken the record set by Garth Brook.

And yet, it is difficult to get rid of obsessive doubt. "When you think of the sensation for teens, you could not help comparing it with what has already happened in the past, and decide that all this will end - Carter acknowledged in an interview with Billboard. - We understand that people talk about it, but do not believe that all these predictions must come true. Time will - we shall see. "