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* [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]: 14× Platinum<ref name="autogenerated1">RIAA. [http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=2&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=backstreet%20boys&format=ALBUM&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25 Gold & Platinun Database: "Backstreet Boys"]. [[Recording Industry Association of America]].</ref>
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Revision as of 01:10, 6 July 2009

This is a discography documenting albums and singles released by the American band Backstreet Boys. They have sold over 100 million records worldwide.[1]

Albums

Studio albums

Year Information Chart positions Certifications Sales
UK[2] US SWI[3]
1996 Backstreet Boys

12
-
1
1997 Backstreet Boys

-
4
-
1997 Backstreet's Back

2
-
1
1999 Millennium

  • 2nd US studio album
  • 3rd internacional studio album
  • Released: May 18, 1999
  • Formats: CD, Cassette, Mini Disc
2
1
1
2000 Black & Blue

  • 3rd US studio album
  • 4th internacional studio album
  • Released: November 21, 2000
  • Formats: CD, Cassette, Mini Disc
13
1
1
2005 Never Gone

  • 4th US studio album
  • 5th internacional studio album
  • Released: June 14, 2005
  • Formats: CD, Digital Download
11
3
3
  • Worldwide: 10,000,000[21]
  • U.S: 800,000
2007 Unbreakable

  • 5th US studio album
  • 6th internacional studio album
  • Released: October 30, 2007
  • Formats: CD, Digital Download
21
7
6
  • Worldwide: 1,300,000[21]
  • U.S: 124,000
2009 This Is Us

  • 6th US studio album
  • 7th internacional studio album
  • Released: 2009
  • Formats: CD, Digital Download
Notes

Compilation albums

Year Information Chart positions Certifications Sales
UK[2] US SWI[3]
2001 The Hits: Chapter One

5
4
10

Singles

Note: Only Backstreet Boys most successful music markets are listed.

Year Title Chart positions Album
US Top 40 US AC UK IRE AUS NZ GER NL SWE SWI
1995 "We've Got It Goin' On"
69
35
—
3
17
—
36
4
5
14
3
Backstreet Boys
1996 "Get Down (You're the One for Me)"
10
—
14
19
44
34
5
3
17
7
1997 "Anywhere for You"
—
—
4
16
—
—
3
7
18
3
"Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)"
2
1
2
2
10
27
27
1
7
15
1
Backstreet Boys / Backstreet's Back
"As Long as You Love Me"
—
1
—
3
6
2
1
3
5
4
4
"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
4
4
—
3
10
3
6
2
5
4
2
"I'll Never Break Your Heart"
35
1
1
8
19
10
11
5
3
7
2
1998 "All I Have to Give"
5
5
—
2
6
4
3
8
7
6
8
1999 "I Want It That Way"
6
1
1
1
3
2
1
1
1
2
1
Millennium
"Larger Than Life"
25
5
—
5
9
3
11
5
6
4
10
2000 "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"
6
1
2
3
5
19
2
3
2
2
2
"The One"
30
10
15
8
19
41
15
15
21
25
19
"Shape of My Heart"
9
6
2
4
6
5
1
2
3
1
1
Black & Blue
2001 "The Call"
52
16
—
8
17
19
19
17
9
5
30
"More Than That"
27
13
6
12
21
25
29
25
28
11
28
"Drowning"
28
13
6
4
10
49
27
11
13
3
13
The Hits: Chapter One
2005 "Incomplete"
13
8
4
8
5
1
12
3
4
9
3
Never Gone
"Just Want You to Know"
70
21
35
8
15
22
—
20
27
28
29
"Crawling Back to You"
31
21
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
"I Still..."
—
—
—
—
16
—
45
78
35
56
2007 "Inconsolable"
86
34
21
24
36
43
—
17
38
22
8
Unbreakable
2008 "Helpless When She Smiles"
—
52
—
—
—
34
34
83
—
—

Musical Achievements

  • 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 a stay of fourteen (14) weeks. On the Canadian (CHR) chart it holds the record for highest-ever debut at #3, breaking 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 US.
  • Backstreet Boys achieved 13 consecutive UK Top 10s from the 1996 release of We've Got It Goin' On to The Call. They have a total of sixteen UK Top Ten singles.
  • "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.

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
  • 2008: Unbreakable Tour:Live In UK O2 Arena
  • Certification:
  1. 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.
  2. 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

Note: 'Backstreet's Back' and 'Backstreet Boys' (second self-titled album) are often reported as both selling 28 million sales. This figure is for the combined total of these albums as they were in effect the same album, released with a different name according to the area.

  1. ^ "Backstreet Boys are back". 2008-09-04. {{cite web}}: Text "Canada.com" ignored (help)
  2. ^ a b Chart Statistics for Backstreet Boys in the UK
  3. ^ a b Swiss Charts.com - Millennium Chart Positions
  4. ^ BPI. Award's Certifications, Backstreet Boys Gold. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g CRIA. Gold & Platinum Certifications: "Backstreet Boys". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  6. ^ a b IFPI. Platinum Europe Awards 1997. "Backstreet Boys Album" 3 million sold, 3× Platinum. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  7. ^ a b ARIA. Accreditations 1998 Albums. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  8. ^ enotes.com '..released in April 1996, sold over eleven million copies'
  9. ^ a b c d e f RIAA. Gold & Platinun Database: "Backstreet Boys". Recording Industry Association of America.
  10. ^ Music Club Sales up to 2003. "10.1 million (retail) + 1.7 million (BMG Music Club).
  11. ^ BPI. Award's Certifications, Backstreet Boys 2× Platinum. British Phonographic Industry.
  12. ^ a b IFPI. Platinum Europe Awards 1998. "Backstreet's Back" 5 millions sold, 5× Platinum. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
  13. ^ Backstreet Boys To Tape Concert Special As New Single, Album Prepare For Release >> LiveDaily
  14. ^ BPI. Award's Certifications, "Millennium" Platinum. British Phonographic Industry.
  15. ^ a b IFPI. Platinum Europe Awards 1999. "Millennium" 2 millions sold, 2× Platinum. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
  16. ^ a b ARIA. Accreditations 2000 Albums. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  17. ^ "Backstreet Boys are back". 2008-09-04. {{cite web}}: Text "Canada.com" ignored (help)
  18. ^ Reuters. "12.1 million copies according to Nielsen SoundScan", mi2n.com with an additional 1.6 million sold at BMG Music Clubs.
  19. ^ BPI. Award's Certifications, "Black & Blue" Gold. British Phonographic Industry.
  20. ^ eonline
  21. ^ a b c Charts in France. Real Sales of "Backstreet Boys". "Ventes totales mondiales : 85.900.000 albums vendus." Retrieved 18 January 2009.
  22. ^ BPI. Award's Certifications, "Never Gone" Gold. British Phonographic Industry.
  23. ^ ARIA. Accreditations 2005 Albums. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  24. ^ CRIA. Gold & Platinum Certification "Unbreakable". Canadian Recording Industry Association.
  25. ^ BPI. Award's Certifications, "The Hits: Chapter One" Platinum. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
  26. ^ a b IFPI. Platinum Europe Awards 2002. "The Hits: Chapter One" 1 million sold, Platinum. International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  27. ^ ARIA. Accreditations 2001 Albums. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 17¡8 January 2009.
  28. ^ Backstreet Boys August 2002 News Page 8
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