Boy Bands - Backstreet Boys
They may be based in Orlando, FL, but the red-blooded American members of Backstreet Boys - Brian Littrell, AJ McLean, Nick Carter, Kevin Richardson and Howie Dorough - first became major music players in Europe, Canada, and Asia! When they released their US Backstreet Boys CD this past August, AJ commented in a USA Today cover story: "You really don't know what to expect. Even though this is home for us, it's still a new territory, and you don't know what the reaction will be."
Howie added hopefully: "I think that at the time we released out first record [a single in 1995], alternative, grunge and urban were hot. Now we feel that pop music is starting to come back a little bit."
A little bit?!!! The CD's first US single, "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" won Hot Shot debut honors when it entered Billboard's charts at No. 24! It then zoomed all the way up into the Top Ten! Looks like Backstreet Boys have been welcomed home with open arms!
- MTV News Galley
January 1998
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