- The 'Backstreet Boys' have been together for over 30 years and have sold over 130 million albums worldwide, making them the best-selling boy band in history.
- The Backstreet Boys are: Nick Carter (b. 28 January 1980); Brian Littrell (b. 20 February 1975); Howie Dorough (b. 22 August 1973); Kevin Scott Richardson (b. 3 October 1971); and A.J. McLean (b. 9 January 1978).
- Got the name "Backstreet Boys" from an Orlando flea market called the Backstreet Market.
- I Want It That Way was named #3 on VH1's Greatest Songs of the 90s. (2007).
- The Backstreet Boys were the first group since Sade to have their first seven albums debut in top 10 of the Billboard Charts.
- All five boys are married with kids of their own: Kevin and Kristin with two boys, Mason and Maxwell, Brian and Leighanne with Baylee Littrell, Howie and Leigh with two, James Dorough and Holden, and AJ and Rochelle with two daughters, Ava McLean and Lyric. It was revealed on Dancing with the Stars (2005) that Nick, the last member, was going be a dad after announcing his wife Lauren was four-five months pregnant with their first child, a boy named Odin, and then added two daughters to the mix, Saoirse and Pearl.
- AJ and Nick's wives, Rochelle and Lauren Kitt Carter, have help their husbands with their addictions to drugs and depression.
- Both A.J. McLean and Nick Carter were home-schooled, so they never went to their prom. AJ, although, managed to graduate high school and walk with his graduating class.
- Was a musical guest at the swedish talk show TV-Huset (Oktober 2005)
- Brian, Kevin and Howie Dorough were all heartthrobs, had high school sweethearts, did school plays in and graduated from high school and sang in church choirs.
- Nick is the only member who never went to high school.
- One of their dancers, Angela Randle Elgani, was with their bodyguard, Johnny Q Elgani, around 2005, 5 years after the two met for the AMAs in 1999, got married on May 16, 2009, until Q died on December 20, 2013, the day before his before while Angela was five months pregnant with their daughter, Chloe Johnny "Q" Jewel Elgani.
- Currently on tour, the Backstreet Boys have released their newest single, "Just Want You To Know". (August 2005)
- Howie's wife, Leigh Dorough, was hired as the band webmaster in December 6, 2000, which got them together ever since.
- The group received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 22, 2013.
- Their tenth album, DNA, reached number 1 of 2019. This is their third number one album since Millennium and Black & Blue.
- As of June 23, 2006, Kevin Scott Richardson announced he is leaving the Backstreet Boys after 13 years with them.
- Brian and Kevin's wives, Kristin Richardson and Leighanne Littrell, have not only been around since the mid-1990s, but also have appear in 'I'll Never Break Your Heart' as their husbands' love interests.
- AJ's wife, Rochelle Karidis, attended their Into the Millennium concert in Las Vegas on October 17, 1999. However, she met him in October 2001 at Choreographer's Carnival, where she was a dancer. They reunited in November 2006, 5 years later, and got together in 2009, eight years later.
- Cousins Brian Littrell and Kevin Scott Richardson arranged from Kentucky, where they're both Kentucky wildcat fans.
- Like his bandmates, Brian Littrell (Baseball, basketball, soccer), Kevin Richardson (football), and AJ and Nick (dance), Howie did both dance and Little League.
- Presently doing their world-tour for their album "Unbreakable". (May 2008)
- The group has finally released their first holiday album, A Very Backstreet Christmas, after almost 30 years.
- Their anticipated holiday special A Very Backstreet Holiday was initially supposed to air on December 14, 2022. However, it suddenly got canceled on ABC, Hulu, and Disney+, So it's unknown when it will air.
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