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| 1999 People's Choice Awards Favorite Musical Group or Band 1999 Blockbuster Music Awards Favorite Pop Group Favorite CD 1999 International Kids' Choice Awards: Best Music Group in Latin America and Brazil 1999 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards: Favorite Song ("Everybody (Backstreet's Back)") 1999 World Music Awards: World's Best Selling Pop Group World's Best Selling R&B Group World's Best Selling Dance Group 1999 Blockbuster Music Awards: Favorite Group - Pop Favorite CD 1999 MTV Music Video Award Viewer's Choice Award ("I Want It That Way") 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards Best Group Award 1999 Comet Awards (Germany) Band Of The Year (U.S. Choice Award)--third year in a row. 1999 ARTISTdirect Web Honors Favorite Pop Group Best Pop Fan Site 1999 MuchMusic Video Awards (Canada) Favorite International Group 1999 MuchMusic Video Awards People's Choice Favorite International Group 1998 Grammy Awards: Best New Artist (nomination) 1998 MTV Europe Music Awards: Best Pop Group (nomination) 1998 MTV Video Music Awards: Best Group Video 1998 Billboard Music Awards: Best Group Best Adult Contemporary Group Album of the Year (nomination) 1998 American Music Awards: Best Group (nomination) Best Adult Contemporary Artist (nomination) 1998 Prix Gemini Awards (Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television): Best Performance in a Variety Program or Series 1998 Entertainment Weekly "Best of �98": #6 1997 Key To The City Of Orlando 1997 Echo Award: Best Group International 1997 MTV European Music Awards: Best Pop Act 1997 MTV Select Award (Viewer's Choice): Best Group 1997 Popcorn, Bravo and Pop/Rocky Reader's Choice Award (magazines): Best Group 1997 Viva Awards (music channel-Germany): Best Group R.I.A.A. CERTIFICATION AND CHART ACTION MILLENNIUM: Diamond Award (December 1999) signifying sales of 10 million. Total U.S. sales are more than 12 million. BACKSTREET BOYS: Diamond Award (March 1999) signifying sales of 10 million. Total U.S. sales are more than 13 million. "All I Have To Give" - Platinum single (March 1999) "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" - Platinum Single (May 1998) "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" - Platinum Single (September 1997) MISCELLANEOUS: BACKSTREET BOYS (album #1) was initially released in Europe on May 5, 1996. Released in U.S. 1997. MILLENNIUM was released May 18, 1999 in the U.S. |
| BACKSTREET BOYS are NICK CARTER, HOWIE DOROUGH, BRIAN LITTRELL, AJ McLEAN and KEVIN RICHARDSON. BLACK & BLUE, their new album, features five songs co-written by members of BACKSTREET BOYS as well as two songs ("The Answer To Our Life," and "Time") solely written by all five BACKSTREET BOYS. It was released November 21, 2000. BLACK & BLUE features production from the Cherion team (Max Martin, Rami, Kristian Lundin, Jake, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger); Babyface; Rodney Jerkins; Timmy Allen; Franciz & LePont; and Larry "Rock" Campbell. In the first week of release, BLACK & BLUE's first single "Shape of My Heart" received 170 out of 171 of the Top 40 stations in the U.S. Meanwhile overseas, the song immediately jumped into the Top Five in Sweden (#1), Norway (#1), Canada (#1), Germany (#2), Switzerland (#4), Austria (#5) and Holland (#5). BACKSTREET BOYS have sold more than 55 million records worldwide in less than three years. Both 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. MILLENNIUM entered the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart at #1, having sold 1,134,000 copies in its first week of release and shattering the previous SoundScan record held by Garth Brooks for single-week record sales (his was a double album released during the Christmas buying season). Significantly, MILLENNIUM sold nearly 500,000 copies alone on its first day out in the U.S. MILLENNIUM dominated the worldwide charts, landing at the #1 spot in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Italy, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan and Thailand. MILLENNIUM is certified twelve times platinum in the U.S. and has spent more than 77 weeks on Billboard's "Top 200 albums" chart. In addition to receiving gold and platinum awards in 45 countries, MILLENNIUM was honored with five 1999 Grammy nominations including "Album of the Year." "I Want It That Way" reached #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts; #1 on the Billboard "Top 40 Tracks"; and #6 on Billboard "Hot 100." The song also reached #1 in the U.K., Italy, Spain, Holland, Canada, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Singapore, Malaysia, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, Germany and Pan Europe and the song entered the charts at #1 in the U.K., Italy, Spain, Holland, Canada, Austria, Switzerland and Germany. 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. AWARDS/NOMINATIONS/READERS & CRITICS POLLS: 2001 American Music Awards (winners announced 1/2001) Favorite Band, Duo or Group (Pop/Rock) nomination 2000 Radio Music Awards Radio Slow Dance Song of the Year for "Show Me The Meaning of Being Lonely" 2000 World Music Awards (Monaco) Best Selling Pop Group Best Selling R&B Group Best Selling Dance Group Best American Group 2000 American Music Awards Favorite Band, Duo or Group (Pop/Rock) 1999 Juno Awards (Canada) Best Selling Album (foreign or domestic) 1999 Grammy Awards Album of the Year (nomination) Best Pop Album (nomination) Record of the Year for "I Want It That Way" (nomination) Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group w/Vocal for "I Want It That Way" (nomination) Song of the Year (a songwriter's award) for "I Want It That Way" (nomination) 1999 Billboard Music Awards Album of the Year Artist of the Year Albums Artist of the Year Albums Artist Duo/Group of the Year |
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