Backstreet facts
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- Backstreet Boys are Nick Carter, Brian Littrell, Howie Dorough, AJ McLean and Kevin Richardson.
- Backstreet Boys have sold more than 71 million records worldwide.
- Two of the group's U.S. albums – Backstreet Boys and Millennium– have received the Diamond Award from the R.I.A.A. for sales of more than 10 million each.
- Backstreet Boys first-ever network TV special "Larger Than Life" aired Wednesday, May 30, 2001 on CBS.
- To coincide with the TV special, TV Guide issued six different covers of BSB: five individual shots and one group photo.
- Backstreet Boys performed the national anthem at Super Bowl XXXV, January 28, 2001 at Tampa's Raymond James Stadium.
- Backstreet Boys made history when all 765,000 tickets for their greatly anticipated 11-week, 39-city 1999-2000 North American arena tour sold out as soon as they went on sale Saturday, August 14 – the vast majority within an hour.
- The Backstreet Boys teamed with comic book icon Stan Lee to produce a Web-based franchise chronicling the adventures of the Backstreet Boys as cyber-crusaders. The Backstreet 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.
- Backstreet Boys (their self-titled album) was initially released in Europe on May 5, 1996. Released in U.S. 1997.
Source: BackstreetBoys.com
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