Facts

More Facts to come as soon as I get them.

• At Cathedral Domain, kevin wrote his first song "As Time Goes By." Now that he looks back, he thinks the lyrics sound a bit cheesy.
• While in high school, Brian drove a yellow and orange Nissan pick-up named 'Bleedin' Banana by his pals.
• At the age of 5, Brian was hospitalized b/c of his heart condition and missed a year of school. The doctors told his family he wouldn't make it through, but Brian says that the help of his mom's praying and God I pulled through."
• Both AJ and Nick were made fun of at school. Aj's interest in dance and theater didn't go over too well with the guys and Nick was always singing.
• Instead of carrying a backpack or lunch box to school when he was small, AJ lugged around a suitcase just to be different.
• Howie went under the name of Tony Dinetti for three years before he was a BSB. His agents thought it was more catchy.
• When trying out for a spot in The Backstreet Boys, AJ had to sing a New Kids on the Block tune and dance.
• Nick Carter almost wasn't a member of The Backstreet Boys. Another boy was chosen to take his place, but decided not to.
• Nick had a blink-and-you'll-miss-him role in the quirky Johnny Depp film "Edward Scissorhands".
• Brian was the final person to join BSB after being encouraged to audition by his cousin, Kevin, in a phone call April 19, 1993.
• The "Into the Millennium" tour grossed $37.1 million in N.America in 1999.
• In the summer of 1996, BSB headlined a sold out, 57-date European tour.
• BSB won the People's Choice award for favorite musical group in January 2000.
• BSB sold out the entire first leg of it's "Into the Millennium" U.S. tour 53 shows 765,000 tickets- in ONE DAY! in August 1999.
• "Millennium" sold 9,445,732 copies in the U.S. in 1999, making it the top-selling album of the year according to Soundscan.
• The Backstreet Boys' first official show occurred on Saturday, May 8, 1993, at the Nautilus Theater in Orlando's Sea World amusement park. Amoung the group's songs was an a cappella version of Shai's "If I ever fall in love."
• 3 of BSB's home videos-Backstreet Boys:ALL ACCESS, A night out with the Backstreet Boys, and Homecoming: Live in Orlando-made the list of top-selling music videos of 1999 according to Billboard Magazine. The videos ranked 2nd, 3rd and 4th, respectively, on the year-end chart.
• Much Music, Canada's music video network, had two Backstreet Boys videos atop it's chart of the top 90 videos of 1999. "I want it that way" was No.1, followed by "Larger than life" at No.2.
• BSB recorded 3 songs in the summer of 1995 in a collaboration with Sweden's Denniz PoP. "We've got it going on," "Quit playing games(with my heart)," and "Nobody but you."
• BSB placed 3 of it's videos in MTV's top 99 of 1999. "I want it that way" snagged the No.1 spot, followed by "Larger than life" at No.12 and "All I have to give" at No.34.
• The BSB's television appearances have included performances with Tony Bennett, Shania Twain and Elton John.