BSB On Track to Beat 'N Sync
Source: Worldpop.com
Backstreet Boys look on track to break 'N Sync's record for first-week album sales, with pre-orders of their forthcoming Black & Blue LP nearing five million copies. [see Album Sales Clarification]
Rival boy 'band N Sync hold the record with 2.4 million copies of their No Strings Attached album sold in its first week. As previously reported on worldpop, Backstreet Boys are pulling out all the stops in an attempt to break the record, culminating with a two-day promotional tour of six continents before the release of Black & Blue on 20 November.
Singer Brian Littrell told worldpop the band decided to experiment with different producers on their new album, including Babyface, to escape the trademark Cheiron sound coming out of Sweden courtesy of hitmaker Max Martin. 'That was a concern of ours because there are so many songs that are written by the Swedish producers and that team in particular on Britney's album and on 'N Sync's album. Sometimes it can be overdone and it was a major concern of ours as a group,' he admitted.
'When we went over there we made sure that the material that we did focused on a different direction to once again try to reinvent ourselves. We have always tried to take steps in the right direction - to be different,' Littrell continued. Nevertheless, Backstreet Boy's first single from the album, Shape Of My Heart, is another Max Martin collaboration and is due for release in the UK on 6 November.
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