Details of Backstreet Boys?

Full name: Nicholas Jean Carter

Birthday:1980 65438+1October 28th.

Place of birth: Jamestown, new york.

Constellation: Aquarius

Favorite color: green.

Hobbies: collecting hats

Special expertise: drums

Favorite singer: Nirvana, Michael Jackson.

Favorite food: McDonald's and pizza.

Favorite movie: aliens

Favorite movie star: sigourney weaver.

Experience before joining Backstreet Boys: 12 years old, starring in Phantom of the Opera. Participated in many advertising performances.

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Full name alexander james mclean

Birthday197865438+1October 9th.

Birthplace: West Palm Beach, Florida

Constellation: Capricorn

Favorite colors: purple and yellow.

Expertise: bass guitar, piano, puppet, comics.

Hobbies: collecting hats

Favorite food: McDonald's

Favorite singer: boy II man

Favorite movie: Black Wanted Order.

Favorite movie stars: dustin hoffman and geena davis.

Experience before joining Backstreet Boys: I participated in 27 dramas before the sixth grade of primary school, and was an actor in the Nickelodeon children's TV series "Gao Mi, I am back".

Kevin

Full name kevin richardson

Birthday1972 65438+1October 3rd, Lexington, Kentucky.

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Hobbies: playing keyboard instruments, water skiing, swimming, surfing, basketball, hockey.

Favorite colors: blue, black and purple.

Favorite food: Mexican food, Asian food and any food cooked by my mother.

Favorite singers: R kelly, Prince, Baby Face and Teddy Riley.

Favorite movie: Top Gun, 1995 (The Shawshank Redemption).

Favorite movie stars: Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.

Specialty: international standard dance.

Experience before joining Backstreet Boys: I played minor league football at school. Participated in church choir, school drama club and choir since childhood. He is good at keyboard instruments, and has served as the accompaniment of keyboard instruments at many local weddings. Working as a tour guide at Disney World in Florida.

Howie

Full name Howard Dwain Dolo.

Birthday1973 was born in Orlando, Florida on August 22nd.

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Nickname: Howie D, Latin lover, sweet D.

Hobbies: dancing, singing and acting.

Favorite color: purple

Favorite food: Asian food

Favorite singers: bobby brown and Jon Secada.

Favorite movie: Godfather.

Favorite movie star: Tom Hanks.

Experience before joining Backstreet Boys: Howie made up her mind to engage in entertainment since she was seven years old. He and his sister, who are four years older than him, participated in many local dramas, especially musicals. Later, he participated in the performance of Disney World TV commercials and became an actor in the series "Welcome New Students" of Nick Children's TV Channel. Later, he also participated in the movies "Parents" and "Cop Half".

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Full name Brian Thomas Littrell

Birthday1February 20, 975

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Favorite colors: forest green and dark blue.

Favorite food: macaroni and cheese, pizza.

Hobbies: basketball, weightlifting, water skiing, golf, shopping and watching movies.

Favorite singer: boy duo, bobby brown, Baby Face.

Favorite movie: Star Wars.

Favorite movie stars: Tom Hanks, Jim Carrey, sandra bullock, Pamela Anderson Lee.

Experience before joining Backstreet Boys: I sang in the church choir and some local activities since I was a child.

Backstreet Boys not only represents five idol artists who can sing and dance, but also makes girls scream and fall to the ground. These two English words also symbolize a style, a fashion and a culture. Their miracles in the global music, entertainment and even youth cultural circles have been recorded in history, and these five little boys have the potential to create more amazing records in the future.

It all started with Backstreet Boys's two members, kevin richardson and Brian Little. These two cousins who live in Kentucky have been singing in the church choir since childhood, and they often attend some local festivals. Although they are white children, they like to use "DuDu" chorus and modern R & I like Boy 2. B style works. As for the other two members, Howie Dorough and alexander james mclean, who lived in Orlando, Florida at that time, and Nick Carter, who moved to Florida from new york, often participated in auditions for local advertisements, plays and TV programs in Orlando. In an audition in which all three people signed up, they accidentally found that they all had the same interest in soul music, so they hit it off and decided to form a choir. 1993, Kevin, who moved to Orlando to be a tour guide at Disney World in Florida, met Howie, A.J. and Nick through the introduction of his colleagues. The four of them decided to form a choir, and then Kevin brought Brian into the group. After they decided to add the name of a local flea market in Orlando to the name of the band, Backstreet Boys was formally established.

1994, Backstreet Boys signed a brokerage contract with Donna & Johnny Wright, a record producer, through his friend Louis J. Pearlman. Donna & Johnny arranged many live performances for Backstreet Boys, and invited the directors in charge of artists' affairs from various record companies to watch their performances. Backstreet Boys's strength was soon recognized by more and more people. Jive Records took the lead in signing a contract with Backstreet Boys, and invited producers Witt Lane and tim allen to join us. It took them several months to record their first album of the same name. Although the members are all American children, the record company adopted the strategy of attacking the European market first, and released their first album of the same name before Europe and Canada at 1996. The record company's strategy of not playing cards according to the rules really worked. Backstreet Boys combination is popular, R&; B, the special styles of dance music and rock music really appeal to European fans. Their first album has swept the charts of European countries and won the top ten in most European countries. Singles "Let's Let It Go on" and "I will never break your heart" have also become popular songs in various countries, and "Let's Let It Go on" is more popular in Britain. For a group of unknown young groups from a foreign land, they achieved such good results in the first audition that they quickly became the focus of European pop music, and the British 1995 Smash Hits Music Award immediately awarded them the title of "Best Newcomer Award".

Although they have begun to establish their status as a super idol group in Europe, Backstreet Boys did not get the attention it deserved in their hometown of the United States at first. 1995' s single "We have It going' On" released in the United States only got the unsatisfactory result of ranking 69th on the billboard singles list. Until 1997, two years later, Backstreet Boys finally put their singles and some new works that had been selling well in Europe for a long time (these new works were later included in Hello! "The American version of the album of the same name (in the album" The Back of Backstreets ") is proud in my hometown. This American album of the same name not only won the fourth place in the national album list, but also sold 14 platinum records. Several singles released in the album include: Stop playing games (attentively) (platinum single), As long as you love me, Everyone (the back of backstreet) (platinum single), I will never break your heart, Everything I can give (platinum single) and so on. They have all achieved the top ten results in the American pop singles list, on-demand list or adult lyrics list.

When the days of The Apprentice finally came, Backstreet Boys had to face a lot of problems. One of them was that Brian was hospitalized with congenital heart disease on 1998, and when he was recovering from surgery, Backstreet Boys was involved in a copyright contract dispute with a brokerage company. The result was a very ironic situation. After Backstreet Boys finally hoped to become a superstar in the United States and the world, they not only didn't have time to celebrate, but went to court with the brokerage company for nearly a whole year. Finally, Backstreet Boys reached an agreement with the brokerage company, and Luis J. Pearman continued to serve as their broker, but all other members of the original brokerage team canceled their cooperation with Backstreet Boys. After the copyright dispute came to an end, the members finally put down a big stone in their hearts and continued to concentrate on recording their new album.

On the eve of the Millennium, Backstreet Boys released the Millennium album in the summer of 1999. Unsurprisingly, the album topped the national album list in the first week, with sales exceeding one million in the first week, becoming the first batch of artists in Backstreet Boys who sold more than one million in the first week since the SoundScan system was adopted by Billboard magazine. Several singles in the album, such as "I want that", "More than Life", "Let me see the meaning of loneliness" and "The One", have successively entered the national hit list because of the high radio broadcast rate, and the album itself has achieved amazing sales of more than12 million copies in the United States only shortly after its release. Backstreet Boys hit the iron while it was hot, and immediately released an appropriate Christmas album before Christmas of the same year. In the following year, they seemed to release "Black &; Blue) album, this album not only won the national album list again, but also was regarded as the transition of Backstreet Boys by many music critics. In "Blue and Black" album, Backstreet Boys reduced the breath of many former youth idols and put on a more mature style to show his charm from a new good boy to a new good man. This album also released several number one singles, including Shape in My Heart, Call, More than that and so on. On 200 1, Backstreet Boys released his first album "Big Hit-Chapter 65438 +0", in which the new song "Drowning" won the 28th place in the national singles list.

At the same time as the album was released, it was reported that Backstreet Boys had to postpone the tour because of A.J.' s depression and alcoholism. Although the members expressed strong support for their old friends, Nick released his first solo album "Now or Never" in 2002. Because of the contract problem with the record company, the rumor that Backstreet Boys was going to be dissolved spread like wildfire. Although Backstreet Boys later stressed in official website that he had no intention of disbanding, he just wanted to stop the pace that had never stopped for many years, so that each member could catch his breath and find his own living space, but fans were still in fear that Backstreet Boys would slowly fade out of the music scene.

In the next few years, in addition to Nick's efforts to expand his personal singing career, Kevin also extended his reach to Broadway and participated in the performance of the famous stage play Chicago. Brian also became a father during this period, and everyone found a new direction in his life. In 2004, after this period of rest, the members decided to return to Backstreet Boys Array and inject different voices into the orchestra with different moods and experiences. In addition to the five members present, they also invited creators/producers from different music fields this time. Including Grammy winners John Shanks, Billy Mann÷(Sting, Pink)-Lady, super producer max martin, super boys ('NSYNC', celine dion) who had worked closely with Backstreet Boys, and famous producer mark taylor (. To create different voices for different Backstreet Boys. Therefore, in their latest album "Never Die", it is obvious that the content level of this album is wider than before, and members are interested in music. The whole album shows that these boys have got rid of the bubble gum image in the past and tried to return to the music world as powerful musicians. No wonder Rolling Stone magazine described the boys' efforts as "an unexpected return".

Backstreet Boys's global sales record

1996 Backstreet Boys has 8 million copies worldwide.

1997 Backstreet has 23 million copies worldwide (including Backstreet Boys's album of the same name released in the United States).

1999 Millennium has 24 million copies worldwide.

Black & Blue Globe120,000 in 2000.

200 1 number of hits-Chapter 1 6 million copies worldwide.

Backstreet Boys American album soundtrack

1997 Backstreet Boys ranked fourth in the United States with 14 platinum.

1999 Millenium platinum sales in the United States ranked first 13 (ten weeks)

In 2000, Black & ampBlue ranked first in the sales of 8 platinum in the United States (two weeks).

200 1 hits-Chapter 1 America 1 Platinum

(Data from RIAA Recording Industry Association of America, 1 Platinum Representative 1 10,000 copies)

Backstreet Boys American single rating

We have carried it to 69.

1994 quit playing games with my heart 2 (platinum single)

1997 as long as you love me 4 (on-demand results)

1998 everyone (the back of backstreet) 4 (platinum single)

1998 I will never break your heart 4 (on-demand results)

1999 All I Can Give 5 (Platinum Single)

I want that.

1999 is longer than life 25.

Let me understand the meaning of loneliness

2000 a 30

2000 The shape of my heart 9

200 1 tel 52

200 1 greater than 27

200 1 drowning 28

Record of album ranking over the years

1996 Backstreet Boys's Album of the Same Name (European Edition) (Backstreet Boys) All England 12.

1997 Backstreet Boys's album of the same name (American version) (Backstreet Boys) is the fourth in the United States.

1997 Hello everyone! The back street is back (European version) "Britain's second"

1999 Millennium: the United States 1 (10 week), followed by Britain.

2000 blue and black (black &; Blue) USA 1 (2 weeks), UK 13.

The selected collection 2006 54 38+0- the hits-chapter 1 ranks 4th in the US and 5th in the UK.

Single ranking record over the years

1995 We won the 69th place in America and the 3rd place in Britain.

1996 get down (you are the only one for me) all over Britain 14.

1996 I will never break your heart.

1996 quit playing games. My heart ranks second in the United States and second in the United Kingdom.

1997 The fourth largest city in Britain

1997 As long as you love me, the United States ranks fourth (on-demand rating) and the United Kingdom ranks third.

1998 Everyone (the back of backstreet) ranks 4th in America and 3rd in Britain.

1998 I will never break your heart.

1999 All I can give is the fifth in the United States and the fourth in the United Kingdom.

1999 I think it's the sixth in the United States and the sixth in the United Kingdom 1.

1999 is greater than the 25th in America and 5th in Britain.

"Let me know the meaning of loneliness in 2000" ranks sixth in the United States and third in the United Kingdom.

In 2000, it ranked 30th in America and 8th in Britain.

In 2000, The Shape of My Heart ranked 9th in America and 4th in Britain.

200 1 52nd in USA and 8th in UK.

200 1 27 more than the United States and more than the United Kingdom 12.

200 1 drowning The United States ranked 28th and Britain ranked 4th.

Winning record

American Recording Industry Association Diamond Records Company

Grammy nomination

Two American music awards

4 World Music Awards

billboard music awards

4 Best Music Award

3 MTV Music Award

2 MTV European Music Awards

Canadian Music Awards

1 Radio Music Award

1 Juneau Music Award in Canada