Millennium (Backstreet Boys album)

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Millennium
Studio album by Backstreet Boys
Released May 18, 1999
Recorded October 1, 1998 – March 1999
Battery Studios
(New York City, New York)
Parc Studios
(Orlando, Florida)
Cheiron Studios, Polar Studios
(Stockholm, Sweden)
Genre Pop, teen pop, pop rock, R&B
Length 48:11
Label Jive
Producer Max Martin, Kristian Lundin, Rami Yacoub, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Stephen Lipson, Mattias Gustafsson, Timmy Allen, Edwin "Tony" Nicholas, Eric Foster White
Backstreet Boys chronology
Backstreet Boys (US)
(1997)		 Millennium
(1999)		 For the Fans
(2000)
Singles from Millennium
  1. "I Want It That Way"
    Released: April 12, 1999
  2. "Larger than Life"
    Released: September 3, 1999
  3. "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"
    Released: December 10, 1999
  4. "The One"
    Released: May 30, 2000

Millennium is the third album (second in the U.S.) by American vocal group Backstreet Boys. It was a highly anticipated follow-up to both their United States debut album, and their second internationally released album. It was their first album to be released in both the U.S. and internationally in the same form, at the same time.

In the United States, it holds the record for most shipments in one year, with 11 million in 1999. It was nominated for five Grammy Awards and spawned four Top 40 singles, including the single "I Want It That Way". Three of the singles, "I Want It That Way", "Larger than Life" and "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely", became some of their most successful and remembered hits of all time, with "I Want It That Way" becoming their biggest hit to date. Millennium has since become one of the best-selling albums of all time, selling over 30 million copies worldwide.[1][2][3]

Contents

Critical reception [edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[4]
Entertainment Weekly B−[5]
Robert Christgau (2-star Honorable Mention)[6]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[7]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, writing, "Millennium has no pretense of being anything other than an album for the moment, delivering more of everything that made Backstreet's Back a blockbuster."[4]

Commercial performance [edit]

Preceded by the worldwide hit single "I Want It That Way", anticipation for Millennium was high. All versions of Britney Spears's debut album ...Baby One More Time released prior to May 18, 1999 featured previews of tracks from this album.[8] On May 18, 1999, the day of the album's release, the Backstreet Boys made a heavily-publicized appearance on MTV's Total Request Live. Millennium entered the Billboard 200 at number one, where it remained for 10 non-consecutive weeks. It sold 1,134,000 copies in its first week of release, shattering the previous Nielsen SoundScan record held by Garth Brooks for single-week record sales. This record was subsequently overtaken in 2000 by 'N Sync with No Strings Attached. Millennium sold nearly 500,000 copies in the U.S. on its first day alone, setting a record for first-day sales.[9] Millennium became the best-selling album of 1999, selling 9,445,732 albums.[10] Millennium remained on the Billboard chart for 93 weeks, eventually selling over 13 million copies in the United States and being certified 13 times platinum.[11] As of January 2013, the album stands as the fourth best selling album in the United States of the SoundScan era with 12,209,000 units sold.[12] In 2003 it was also reported as being the fourth biggest seller for Music Club sales in the U.S. over the past 14 years with sales of 1.59 million.[13] In Canada, the album is seventh biggest selling album since 1995 in the Canadian Soundscan sales era up to end of December 2007.[14]

Track listing [edit]

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Larger than Life"   Max Martin, Kristian Lundin, Brian Littrell Kristian Lundin 3:52
2. "I Want It That Way"   Martin, Andreas Carlsson Max Martin; Lundin 3:33
3. "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"   Martin, Herbert Crichlow Martin; Lundin 3:54
4. "It's Gotta Be You"   Martin, Robert John "Mutt" Lange Martin; Rami Yacoub 2:57
5. "I Need You Tonight"   Andrew Fromm Robert John "Mutt" Lange 4:23
6. "Don't Want You Back"   Martin Martin; Yacoub 3:25
7. "Don't Wanna Lose You Now"   Martin Martin; Yacoub 3:54
8. "The One"   Martin, Littrell Martin; Lundin 3:46
9. "Back to Your Heart"   Gary Baker, Jason Blume, Kevin Richardson Stephen Lipson 4:21
10. "Spanish Eyes"   Fromm, Sandy Linzer Timmy Allen; Mattias Gustafsson 3:53
11. "No One Else Comes Close"   Gary Baker, Wayne Perry, Joe Thomas Allen; Edwin "Tony" Nicholas 3:42
12. "The Perfect Fan"   Littrell, Thomas Smith Eric Foster White 4:13

Charts and certifications [edit]

Charts [edit]

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[15] 2
Austrian Albums Chart[15] 1
Belgian Flemish Albums Chart[15] 1
Belgian Walloon Albums Chart[15] 2
Canadian Albums Chart[16] 1
Danish Albums Chart[17] 1
Dutch Albums Chart[15] 1
European Top 100 Albums[17] 1
French SNEP Albums Chart[15] 8
Finnish Albums Chart[15] 1
German Albums Chart[18] 1
Hungarian Albums Chart[19] 2
Irish Albums Chart[20] 2
Italian Albums Chart[21] 1
Japanese Albums Chart[22] 6
Malaysian Albums Chart[17] 1
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart[15] 1
Norwegian Albums Chart[15] 1
Portuguese Albums Charts[17] 1
Spanish Albums Chart[17] 1
Swedish Albums Chart[15] 1
Swiss Albums Chart[15] 1
UK Albums Chart[23] 2
U.S. Billboard 200[24] 1

End-of-decade charts [edit]

Chart (1990–1999) Position
U.S. Billboard 200[25] 16

Certifications [edit]

Country Providers Certification Sales based on
certification awards
Argentina CAPIF 3× Platinum[26] 180,000+
Australia ARIA 3× Platinum[27] 210,000+
Austria IFPI Gold[28] 25,000+
Belgium IFPI 2× Platinum[29] 100,000+
Brazil ABPD 2× Platinum[30] 500,000+
Canada CRIA Diamond[31] 1,000,000+
Colombia IFPI Gold[32] 30,000+
Europe IFPI 2× Platinum[33] 2,000,000+
Finland IFPI Platinum[34] 42,525
Germany BVMI 3× Gold[35] 750,000+
Mexico AMPF 4× Platinum/Gold[36] 675,000+
Netherlands IFPI 2× Platinum[37] 200,000+
New Zealand RIANZ 2× Platinum[38] 30,000+
Norway IFPI Platinum[39] 40,000+
Poland ZPAV Gold[40] 50,000+
Portugal IFPI Platinum[41] 40,000+
Sweden IFPI Platinum[42] 80,000+
South Korea IFPI 4× Platinum[43] 250,000+
Switzerland IFPI Platinum[44] 50,000+
United Kingdom BPI Platinum[45] 300,000+
United States RIAA 13× Platinum[46] 13,000,000+

Personnel [edit]

Credits for Millennium adapted from Allmusic.[47]

  • Hans Åkeson – viola
  • Timmy Allen – producer
  • Tomas Andersson – violin
  • Adam Barber – engineer, vocal engineer
  • Joe Bates – engineer
  • Tim Berkebile – drums, musical director
  • Torbjörn Bernhardsson – viola
  • Adam Blackburn – engineer
  • Daniel Boom – engineer
  • Randy Bowland – guitar, guitar (acoustic)
  • Nick Carter – arranger, vocals
  • Billy Chapin – guitar
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
  • Asa Forsberg – cello
  • Ulf Forsberg – viola
  • Andrew Fromm – piano
  • Dennis Gallo – guitar, keyboards
  • Nick Gamma – art direction, design
  • Stephen George – engineer
  • Ben Glynne – programming
  • Mattias Gustafsson – bass, guitar, keyboards, producer, programming
  • Mick Guzauski – mixing
  • Paul Howards – keyboards, percussion, saxophone
  • Charles Infante – set design
  • Henrik Janson – arranger, conductor
  • Uli Janson – arranger, conductor
  • Bashiri Johnson – percussion
  • Devon Kirkpatrick – assistant engineer
  • Robert John "Mutt" Lange – producer
  • Tomas Lindberg – bass
  • Steve Lipson – producer, programming
  • Brian Littrell – conductor, vocal arrangement, vocals
  • Kristian Lundin – engineer, mixing, producer
  • Max Martin – mixing, producer
  • Svein H. Martinsen – viola
  • Dominic Miller – guitar
  • Chieli Minucci – guitar (acoustic), guitar (electric)
  • Heff Moraes – engineer, mixing
  • Jackie Murphy – art direction, design
  • Edwin Nicholas – bass, keyboards, producer, programming
  • Esbjörn Öhrwall – guitar
  • Samuli Ornstromer – cello
  • Doug Petty – piano
  • Rami – mixing
  • Elisabeth Arnberg Ranmo – viola
  • Dawn Reinholtz – assistant engineer
  • Kevin Richardson – arranger, bass, keyboards, vocals
  • Carl Robinson – engineer
  • Olle Romo – keyboards, programming
  • Tom Smith – keyboards
  • George Spatta – engineer
  • Chris Trevett – engineer, mixing
  • Peter-John Vettese – keyboards, programming
  • Louie Vigilante – bass
  • Georg "Jojje" Wadenius – guitar
  • Eric Foster White – bass, conductor, engineer, guitar (electric), keyboards, producer
  • Christian "Wicked" Wicht – engineer
  • Dan Wojeciechowski – drums

See also [edit]

References [edit]

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  3. ^ "Liz the 'Fame' Dame". BBC News. 2000-02-15. Retrieved 2012-01-07. 
  4. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Millennium: Backstreet Boys". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-08-27. 
  5. ^ Farber, Jim (21 May 1999). "Millennium Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 28 June 2012. 
  6. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: backstreet". Retrieved 28 June 2012. 
  7. ^ Berger, Arion (10 June 1999). "Backstreet Boys: Millennium : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2012. 
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  9. ^ Yahoo Music: The current record for one-week sales in the U.S
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  13. ^ Music Club sales up to 2003
  14. ^ "Nielsen Music 2007 Year End Music Industry Report For Canada". Reuters. Jan 4, 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2012. 
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  32. ^ Lideres Opens In U.S., Puerto Rico. Billboard. Retrieved 2010-10-19. 
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  37. ^ "Dutch Certifications for Millennium". NVPI. Retrieved 2010-05-17. 
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  43. ^ Zomba Opens In Korea. Billboard. Retrieved 2010-10-18. 
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Preceded by
Ricky Martin by Ricky Martin
Significant Other by Limp Bizkit
Significant Other by Limp Bizkit		 Billboard 200 number-one album
June 5 – July 9, 1999
July 31 – August 13, 1999
August 21 – September 10, 1999		 Succeeded by
Significant Other by Limp Bizkit
Significant Other by Limp Bizkit
Christina Aguilera by Christina Aguilera
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