Post by favi on Sept 11, 2007 19:56:17 GMT -6
But some of you might have known, but maybe not:
According to Guinness Book of World Records in 2001, "the biggest boyband in history" was the Backstreet Boys when they achieved record-breaking sales of 13 million copies of their album Millennium by March 2001.
The Backstreet Boys gave 8 performances at the 2000 Grammy awards.
The Backstreet Boys are the only artists to win a record four World Music Awards for three years in a row since 1999-2001.
According to Jive Records, the band is "the highest selling boy band of all time"
US$14 million of merchandise was purchased by fans during the 1999 "Into The Millennium" tour.[citation needed]
The Backstreet Boys have sold a total 200 million books worldwide.
"I Want It That Way." was ranked No. 10 on Rolling Stone & MTV's 100 Greatest Pop Songs list.
The Backstreet Boys have been ranked #22 on the Top 500 Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years list in 2005.
The band performed the American national anthem at Super Bowl XXXV in Tampa, Florida in 2001.
In a 2001 Billboard.com poll, 30% of the 16,863 votes for the top album of 2001 were for "Black and Blue". The next closest challenger, the Beatles' "1", pulled in 15% of the vote.
In 2001 over one million tickets for the "2001 Black & Blue U.S. Tour" were sold during the first 24 hours of availability.
The Backstreet Boys teamed with Stan Lee to produce a Web-based franchise named The Backstreet Project which chronicled the adventures of the Backstreet Boys as cyber-crusaders. The project debuted as a limited-edition collector's comic book that was sold exclusively at Backstreet Boys concerts. The animated series was launched on the Web in the summer of 2000 using Macromedia Flash animation and was sold out on the first day.
In 1998, Orlando declared October 7 as the official "Backstreet Boys Day" in honor of the tornado relief concert the group headlined which raised about $250,000 for local victims of the devastation.
In 2002, the Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, proclaimed March 2, as the official "Backstreet Boys Day" in conjunction with their fan convention.
In April 2006, the Backstreet Boys were given a Recording Academy Honors award to mark their success in the music industry so far.
"I'll Never Break Your Heart" was the #1 video on the first episode of MTV's Total Request Live in 1998.
According to Guinness Book of World Records in 2001, "the biggest boyband in history" was the Backstreet Boys when they achieved record-breaking sales of 13 million copies of their album Millennium by March 2001.
The Backstreet Boys gave 8 performances at the 2000 Grammy awards.
The Backstreet Boys are the only artists to win a record four World Music Awards for three years in a row since 1999-2001.
According to Jive Records, the band is "the highest selling boy band of all time"
US$14 million of merchandise was purchased by fans during the 1999 "Into The Millennium" tour.[citation needed]
The Backstreet Boys have sold a total 200 million books worldwide.
"I Want It That Way." was ranked No. 10 on Rolling Stone & MTV's 100 Greatest Pop Songs list.
The Backstreet Boys have been ranked #22 on the Top 500 Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years list in 2005.
The band performed the American national anthem at Super Bowl XXXV in Tampa, Florida in 2001.
In a 2001 Billboard.com poll, 30% of the 16,863 votes for the top album of 2001 were for "Black and Blue". The next closest challenger, the Beatles' "1", pulled in 15% of the vote.
In 2001 over one million tickets for the "2001 Black & Blue U.S. Tour" were sold during the first 24 hours of availability.
The Backstreet Boys teamed with Stan Lee to produce a Web-based franchise named The Backstreet Project which chronicled the adventures of the Backstreet Boys as cyber-crusaders. The project debuted as a limited-edition collector's comic book that was sold exclusively at Backstreet Boys concerts. The animated series was launched on the Web in the summer of 2000 using Macromedia Flash animation and was sold out on the first day.
In 1998, Orlando declared October 7 as the official "Backstreet Boys Day" in honor of the tornado relief concert the group headlined which raised about $250,000 for local victims of the devastation.
In 2002, the Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, proclaimed March 2, as the official "Backstreet Boys Day" in conjunction with their fan convention.
In April 2006, the Backstreet Boys were given a Recording Academy Honors award to mark their success in the music industry so far.
"I'll Never Break Your Heart" was the #1 video on the first episode of MTV's Total Request Live in 1998.
