Backstreet Boys discography
Backstreet Boys performing in 2004
Studio albums 10 Live albums 1 Compilation albums 3 Music videos 33 Singles 31 Other appearances 1
The
discography of American
pop vocal group
Backstreet Boys consists of ten
studio albums , 31
singles , one
live album , three
compilation albums and 33
music videos . As of 2019, they have sold more than 130 million records worldwide,
[1]
[2] becoming the best-selling boy band of all time. Formed in
Orlando, Florida in 1993, the group consists of
Nick Carter ,
Brian Littrell ,
Kevin Richardson ,
AJ McLean and
Howie Dorough . Richardson left the group in 2006 to pursue other interests,
[3] but rejoined in 2012.
[4] The Backstreet Boys released their debut single "
We've Got It Goin' On " in 1995, which peaked at number sixty-nine on the
Billboard Hot 100 .
[5] The single, however, entered the top ten in many European countries.
[6] Their debut album,
Backstreet Boys , was released internationally in 1996, and was
certified three times platinum in Europe,
[7] and diamond in Canada.
[8] In 1997, they released their second international album,
Backstreet's Back , which continued their international success. At the same time, they released
their second self-titled album in the United States. It peaked at number four and eventually became the tenth best-selling album of the 1990s.
[9]
In 1999, the Backstreet Boys released their third and most successful album to date,
Millennium , which entered the
Billboard 200 at number one with first-week sales of 1,133,000 copies.
[10] It became the best-selling album of the year and sold over 24 million copies internationally.
[11] In the following year, they released their fourth album,
Black & Blue , which also entered the Billboard 200 at number one with first-week sales of over a million copies.
[12] After the
Black & Blue Tour in 2001, the Backstreet Boys entered a hiatus. They released their fifth studio album,
Never Gone , in 2005. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, selling over 291,000 copies in its first week of release.
[13] Never Gone 's follow-up,
Unbreakable , released in 2007, became their first album to not receive any certification in the United States. The following album,
This Is Us , became their seventh consecutive album to make the top ten on the Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 42,000 copies.
[14] The group has also released two compilation albums, including the platinum-certified
The Hits: Chapter One .
[15]
The Backstreet Boys have received a total of nine
Grammy nominations, including five nominations in 2000.
[16]
[17]
[18]
[19] According to the RIAA in 2007, they were the best selling artist in the US with shipments of over 37 million albums.
[20] They are also ranked as the seventh best-selling group of the
SoundScan era in the United States (nineteenth best-selling artist overall), with sales of 30,900,000 albums,
[21] and as the third best-selling artist of the SoundScan era in Canada, with sales of 4,128,000 albums.
[22]
Albums
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilation albums
Singles
As lead artist
As featured artist
Other charted songs
Videography
Home videos
Music videos
Notes
^ "Straight Through My Heart" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number six on the
Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.
[82]
^ "Don't Turn Out the Lights" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 but peaked on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number 14.
[82]
^ "Chances" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number seven on the
Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.
[82]
^ "Chances" did not enter the
NZ Top 40 Singles Chart , but peaked at number 37 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.
[86]
^ "No Place" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 30 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.
[87]
^ "Matches" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 11 on the Digital Song Sales chart.
[88]
^ "Matches" did not enter the Canadian Hot 100, but peaked at number 7 on the Canada Digital Song Sales chart.
[89]
^ "Matches" did not enter the Official German Singles Chart, but peaked at number 22 on the Germany Digital Singles Sales chart.
[90]
^ "Matches" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 40 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.
[91]
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