Backstreet Boys discography
This is the discography documenting albums and singles released by American boy band, the Backstreet Boys.
Worldwide albums charts
Studio albums
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File:Backstreet's Back.jpg Backstreet's Back |
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File:Backstreetboysmillennium lp.jpg Millennium |
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File:Backstreetboysblack&blue lp03.jpg Black & Blue |
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Never Gone |
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TBA |
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Lives and Compilations
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File:Backstreetboyshits lp04.jpg The Hits: Chapter One |
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Backstreet Boys have sold an estimated 87 million albums [12][13] , and 15 million singles. They are often referred to as 'the best-selling boy band' of all time.
Worldwide singles charts
- Debut Date: The first date in which the item appeared on the chart (US dates unless specified).
- Peak: Top position the item achieved. Number in brackets indicate how many weeks the item spent at the #1 position.
- Certification: US RIAA album certification for units shipped. (eg. 2x Platinum mean 2 million units shipped)
- Certification 2: (as of 2004) Due to the lack of impressive sales of singles, the RIAA has changed its format. Gold meaning 200,000 shipped and platinum 400,000 shipped with the respective multiple.
U.S. | U.S AC | UK | GER | ||||||
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Year Of Release | Single | Album | Peak | Weeks | Peak | Peak | Weeks | Peak | WW Sales (US Cert.) |
1995-6 | "We've Got It Goin' On" | Backstreet Boys | 69 | 20 | 54/3 | 8 | 4 | .195 million | |
1996 | "Get Down (You're the One For Me)" | Backstreet Boys | — | — | 14 | 8 | 5 | .15 million | |
1997 | "Anywhere For You" | Backstreet Boys | — | — | 4 | 8 | 3 | .2 million | |
1997 | "Quit Playin' Games (With My Heart)" | Backstreet Boys/Backstreet's Back | 2 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2.4 million (Platinum) |
1997 | "As Long As You Love Me" | Backstreet's Back | — | — | 3 | 19 | 3 | .235 million | |
1997-8 | "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" | Backstreet Boys/Backstreet's Back | 4 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2.1 million (Platinum) | |
(1995) 1997-8 | "I'll Never Break Your Heart" | Backstreet Boys/Backstreet's Back | 35 | 2 | 1 | 42/8 | 11 | 5 | .65 million |
1998-9 | "All I Have to Give" | Backstreet Boys/Backstreet's Back | 5 | 21 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2.3 million (Platinum) | |
1999 | "I Want It That Way" | Millennium | 6 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1.1 million (Platinum) |
1999 | "Larger Than Life" | Millennium | 25 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 5 | .9 million | |
2000 | "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" | Millennium | 6 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 1.1 million (Gold) |
2000 | "The One" | Millennium | 30 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 15 | .6 million |
2000 | "Shape of My Heart" | Black & Blue | 9 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 million (Gold) |
2001 | "The Call" | Black & Blue | 56 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 17 | .5 million | |
2001 | "More Than That" | Black & Blue | 27 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 25 | .8 million |
2001-2 | "Drowning"" (sample: Windows Media) |
Greatest Hits: Chapter 1 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | .7 million |
2005 | "Incomplete" (sample: Windows Media) |
Never Gone | 13 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 15+ | 3 | .4 million (Platinum) |
2005 | "Just Want You To Know" | Never Gone | 70 | 3 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 20 | — |
2005 | "Crawling Back to You" | Never Gone | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | — |
2005 | "I Still" | Never Gone | — | — | — | — | 45 | — |
- NC: Not Charted on the Billboard Hot 100, but on the Bubbling Under 100.
The Backstreet Boys currently have had fifteen singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Twelve singles have reached the top 40, six of those singles have managed to reach the top ten. "We've Got It Goin' On" was on the Hot 100 for twenty weeks until it was retired due to its weak performance (Any single that stays under position 50 (51-100) for twenty weeks must be removed.)
- Interesting chart facts
- The Backstreet Boys spent 84 consecutive weeks on the Hot 100 between January 30, 1999 and September 2, 2000 with five various songs.
- The Backstreet Boys holds the record for 'most radio station adds' in first week with both of their singles "I Want It That Way" and "Shape Of My Heart". In 1999 "I Want It That Way" held this record when it received 165 radio adds in its first week of release but in 2000 it was beaten by "Shape Of My Heart" with 170 radio adds. "Shape Of My Heart" debuted at #9 on the Billboard Charts.
- "As Long As You Love Me" is one of the several songs that reached the top five on the airplay charts (it reached #4) but never charted the Billboard Hot 100.
- "I Want I That Way" set a record for the most weeks on the UK chart since the chart was conceived in the 90's and reached the #1 spot in over 25 nations.
- "All I Have to Give" reached its peak position in its second week. It debuted at 57 and shot to 5 in week two, staying in the top ten for nine weeks.
- "Shape Of My Heart", the first single from Black & Blue, broke the record for most weeks at #1 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary (AC) chart with an amazing stay of fourteen (14) weeks. On the Canadian (CHR) chart it holds the record for highest-ever debut at #3, shattering the previous record of #10 set by U2. It went to #1 where it stayed for six weeks breaking the record for longest stay at #1. It also holds the record for most first-day spins on CHR Radio, as measured by (BDS), who compile Canadian Radio charts based on detected spins, or plays, on Radio stations across Canada. In 2000, Backstreet Boys held the #1 position on the CHR and AC charts a combined nineteen weeks.
- "Shape Of My Heart" held the #1 spot in over 13 nations but never reached the Top 5 in the .U.S..
- "Crawling Back to You" peaked at:
- #50 in U.S. Billboard Pop 100, (2005)
- #38 in U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Airplay, (2005)
- #31 in U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream, (2005)
- #30 in U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary, (2006)
- "Incomplete" debuted at #1 on the Australian ARIAnet charts with sales exceeding the 35,000 gold limit, becoming the Backstreet Boys' first Australian #1 single.
- "I Still" debuted at #1 on the Japan International Singles Chart with 2,182 copies sold, making the first ever international single to enter at #1 on the chart in Japanese history.
Videos
- 1998 The Video
- 1998 Live in Concert
- 1998 All Access Video (#1 U.S. debut) (6x Platinum) (1.5 million copies)
- 1998 A Night Out With the Backstreet Boys (#1 U.S. debut) (3x Platinum) (.75 million copies)
- 1999 Homecoming – Live in Orlando (#1 U.S. debut) (3x Platinum) (.75 million copies)
- 2001 Around the World (#1 U.S. debut) (Platinum) (.25 million copies)
- 2001 The Hits (#1 U.S. debut) (Platinum) (.25 million copies)
- 2005 Never Gone:The Videos
- Certification:
- IRMA gold certification for a minimum of 125,000 units or a dollar volume of $9 million at retail for theatrically released programs, or of at least 25,000 units and $1 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles.
- IRMA platinum certification for a minimum sale of 250,000 units or a dollar volume of $18 million at retail for theatrically released programs, or of at least, 50,000 units and $2 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles.
References
Note1: 'Backstreet Boys Back' and 'BackStreet Boys' (2nd self-titled album) are often reported as both selling 25 million sales. This figure is for the combined total of these albums as they were in effect the same album.
- ^ enotes.com '..released in April 1996, sold over eleven million copies'
- ^ Forum on worlds best sellers' - 25 million in sales
- ^ Best-Selling Albums - Millennium 30m
- ^ Live Daily news - "Millennium," which has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, according to the group's publicist
- ^ Backstreet Boys and AJ News - Millennium has sold more then 30 million copies worldwide
- ^ Ottawa Events Guide - "..sold 14 million copies worldwide since its November release."
- ^ Forum on worlds best sellers' - 15 million in sales
- ^ Softpedia - 3m sold
- ^ Myspace Music - "..The album has gone to sell over 3.1 million copies"
- ^ Backstreet Boys Fan Blog "..To date Never Gone has sold nearly 3 million copies worldwide.
- ^ Backstreet Men - "..the greatest-hits record sold nearly six million copies worldwide"(quote: Jive Records)
- ^ Starpulse newsblog - Aug 2006 - ".."The Backstreet Boys" have currently sold more than 87 million records worldwide"
- ^ mp3.com - June 2006 - "..selling more than 87 million albums worldwide"