The Backstreet Boys, or BSB, are a boy band and pop group formed in 1992 by manager Lou Pearlman that grew to considerable popularity in the late 1990s, but quietly slipped away from the charts by the early part of the 2000s. The Backstreet Boys often competed for the same audience that popularized rival boy band *NSYNC.
BackstreetBoys originally built up their massive fan base in Canada and Europe, having to wait for the release of Backstreet's Back to grab the ears of millions of teenage girls in the United States.
It didn't come as much of a surprise when the BackstreetBoys issued a statement in early 2003, explaining that the group would be put on hold while its individuals worked on their own projects.
BackstreetBoys originally built up their massive fan base in Canada and Europe, having to wait for the release of Backstreet's Back to grab the ears of millions of...
The core of BackstreetBoys is cousins Kevin Richardson and Brian Littrell, who both hail from Lexington, KY. The two began singing while they were children, performing in local church choirs, as well as festivals, where they sang doo wop and new jack R&B in the style of Boyz II Men.
Despite their popularity in Europe and Canada, "We've Got It Goin' On" stalled in the lower reaches of the U.S. charts in 1995; this may have been due to the fact that the American version of BackstreetBoys was not released until 1997.
In the meantime, the group saw its share of turmoil; Littrell underwent surgery in early 1998 to correct a congenital heart defect, and the Boys became embroiled in lawsuits against Pearlman and the rest of their management over royalties for most of the rest of the year.
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