Description
Their debut album was released in the US and later sold more than 14 million copies; it had already been released internationally a year earlier.
Related events
- Backstreet Boys released their second album Backstreet's Back in international markets. The album reached No. 1 in several countries, including Canada, Spain and Germany. In the US, some of its songs appeared on their next album, Millennium, in 1999.
- City officials in Madrid cancel a free outdoor Backstreet Boys concert at Plaza de Mostenses because of dangerous overcrowding. More than 7,000 people arrive, although attendance of no more than 5,000 was expected. Fans faint in the heat, and around 300 girls require medical attention.
- Backstreet Boys reached an out-of-court settlement with their former manager Lou Pearlman, whom they had sued in an effort to gain control of their finances.
- Backstreet Boys returned to No. 1 on the US chart and began a three-week run at the top with their third studio album “Millennium”.
- The Backstreet Boys resumed their Black & Blue World Tour 2001, which had been interrupted on July 9 after A.J. McLean entered a treatment center.