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April 6, 2000
As if Christina Aguilera hasn't had enough luck and fortune... more is soon to come. Christina will be the ONLY female artist to join Backstreet Boys, D'Angelo, Enrique Iglesias, Sting, and Tom Jones for the VH1 special "Men Strike Back" on April 11th. The special will air on April 18th.
Howie and AJ still as tight as ever!! At the first Johnny No-Name concert, AJ told the audience that he had a surprise for them near the end of the show. That suprise?? Howie! Howie came out and surprised all the fans and sang backup vocals to one of Johnny's songs.
Tommy Smith, of the Backstreet Boys Band has updated his website. He confirms that AJ is NOT engaged. Although AJ and his significant other are very close, and "hopes that she will turn out to be the one that he shares his life with, he feels that they are both too young to make a decisions to get married right now. And they have no plans to do so in the immediate future." Although AJ would like to settle down and have kids at one point or another, but not right now. Speaking of AJ, Tommy reports that Johnny No-Name is planning a European tour to kick off in coming months.
April 1, 2000
Howie in a movie!!?? No, this isn't an April fools joke:) Howie is planning to do a movie called "Bloom" in May 2000, a coming-of-age story about a young Jewish man. Howie says that the role is gonna be kinda hard for him to play because his character is kinda a bully. Howie is one of many singers who will be crossing over to acting for a little while. Britney Spears and Ricky Martin are considering roles in a remake of "Dirty Dancing." Howie has been acting since the age of eight..but don't worry girls....Howie plans to juggle touring, recording and acting.
March 29, 2000
The Boys are up forthe "Favorite Musical Group" Award at the upcoming Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards.
AJ McLean held a press conference at the Hard Rock Cafe in Los Angeles, California on March 27th to talk about his alter-ego, Johnny No-Name (formally known as Johnny Suede). "Johnny is kind of free-for-all, no inhibition--just able to be the me that I can't be on stage as a Backstreet Boy," explains AJ, "he can just be a little more free, flamboyant, crazy, just ridiculous, not the mention he's British from Nashville." The covers that AJ will be singing for his Johnny No-Name concert will be tunes from such artists as the Stone Temple Pilots, The Mommodores, Tonic, Rage Against The Machine, Brian McKnight, Wild Cherry, and a few Backstreet Boys songs. When asked if there will be a Johnny No-Name album coming out, AJ hinted that there could be. "If there is, it will definitely be the same band, all live--a true, live rock album which I'm looking forward to doing," explains AJ. The Johnny No-Name tour will once again, benefit for VH1's Save The Music program, which the Backstreet Boys are heavily involved with. VH1 is also working on a Save The Music charity special called MEN STRIKE BACK (a male version of Divas Live) which will be a concert involving the Backstreet Boys and Sting among others, that is set to air on April 18 on VH1.
With more AJ news...it's been rumored that AJ is engaged to girldfriend Amanda. This 'news' has not been confirmed so I'm thinking it's not true. BUT, don't quote me on that:)
BSB vs. Bucs! Backstreet Boys played yet again another charity basketball game againt the Tampa Bay Bucs (aren't they sweet!!). Check THIS out for full details.
March 22, 2000
Woo Hoo!!! Backstreet Boys won Best Selling Album (Foreign and Domestic) at the Juno awards hosted at the SkyDome in Toronto on March 12. AJ & Howie brought forth some of the largest screams in the arena from the audience when they accepted the award on behalf of BSB. AJ was SO happy that I guess he felt the need to do a cart-wheel onstage before getting his award!!!
MTV's recent poll to see which BSB song should be the Boys' next single revealed that fans want it beto "The One". The 2 other songs that were to pick from were "Don't Want You Back" and "It's Gotta Be You". "The One" got 37% of the votes, with "Don't Want You Back" trailing right behind it with 36%. "It's Gotta Be You" got 27%.
AJ McLean's mother, Denise McLean, told MTV News that AJ's track list for his upcoming "Johnny No-Name" tour kicking off at the end of March, will consist of material ranging from the Stone Temple Pilots and Eminem, also covering Brian McKnight's #1 hit "Back At One". As well as Mandi from the BSB Band, another opening act for AJ's solo tour will be up and coming girl group Nobody's Angel. Globel News stated the tour will consist of 10 cities. (??)
On April 11, BSB will be on the Howard Stern radio show. But, don't worry fans....Howard likes the boys!!!! He gives them nothing but props so I don't thiunk we have TOO much to worry about:)
March 2, 2000
An up and coming singer is now opening for the Backstreet Boys. Her name is Willa Ford, but known as Mandah. Apparently she will be opening for the Backstreet Boys until March 15, at the Skydome in Toronto, Canada. For more information on Mandah, check out Mandah.Com.
For the 2000 Nickelodeon Awards, Backstreet Boys are nominated for Favorite Music Group. They're up against 'N Sync, 98 Degrees, and TLC for the award.
February 24, 2000
GRAMMY NEWS!!!! Freakin' Carlos Santana won every award they were up for!! UGH! But...it's all good. They were nominated, and that's the important thing..they were recognized. The Boys' performance started with an a cappella tease of the Bee Gees' "How Deep Is Your Love," followed by a snippett of 'The Temptations' classic "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone." They then broke into their own song "Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely". And, if that wasn't enough, Backstreet Boys did back up vocals for Sir Elton John on a hot rendition of "Philadelphia Freedom". Isn't that amazing! Today on Rosie, they showed the complete performance of their Grammy performance. I guess she really liked it! And why not...it was amazing! She did an interview with them as well. It was funny...AJ showed off his new tatoo on his back, and she hugged Brain like a big teddy-bear! It was stellar. Backstreet Boys partied throughout the night and are now continuing their US Tour.
February 17, 2000
Global News had some entertainment news about the boys tonight:) Both AJ and Howie will be presenting at the Juno Awards on March 12th at the SkyDome. BSB are also nominated for 'Best Selling Album' for Millennium. Three 3 days later all the boys will be performing at the SkyDome for an encore presentation of their Millennium Tour. NOW FOR THE HOTTESET NEWS!!!! Both Brian and Kevin are getting married!! WOW! I'm so happy for them! Ofcourse Brian will be marrying Leigh Ann and will Kevin will be marrying his long term girlfriend and friend. NAME ???
February 9, 2000
Burger King Corporation (BKC) announced an exclusive promotion with the Backstreet Boys, which will include an unprecedented CD and video offer this year and exclusive title sponsorship of the group's Fall 2000 tour. While terms of the contract were not disclosed, BKC marketing executives said the exclusive CD and video tie-in will feature an advance single from the group's upcoming album as well as five previously recorded but never-before released live songs. In addition, a video with new backstage footage and personal interviews with the Backstreet Boys will be sold exclusively at BURGER KINGŪ restaurants.

BSB will be performing at the 42nd Grammy Awards on February 23. They canceled the concert that was scheduled for that night. Other performers inclde TLC, Ricky Martin and Elton John.

January 31, 2000
Lots of news to report now!:) Let's start with the 27th American Music Awards. Backstreet Boys won Best Pop/Rock Band, Group of Duo beating out both 'N SYNC and Santana. Howie Dorough was the only 'boy' attending the awards for the others where enjoying their time off back home. Howie was in LA writing and doing some producing for the new BSB album that is scheduled for release on October 17, 2000. At this year's Grammy's, BSB are nominateed for 5, count 'em, 5 (!!) awards. Including Record of the Year, and Song & Album of the Year. You can catch the Grammy's on CBS on February 23. Hopefully, this year they'll be dressed a little better. hehehe Do we all remember the white top hat that AJ wore and the comb over that Brian tried to pull off:) We love 'em for it though!
AJ and Nick both celebrated their birthday's recently. AJ turned 22 on Jan. 9 and Nick turned 20 on Jan 28. They're growin' up so fast!!! Remember when Nick was only 16!?
January 13, 2000
From the New York Post ~~ The Backstreet Boys are again suing the svengali who created the band in 1993 and made them all millionaires. Louis J. Pearlman once reportedly kept more than 50 percent of the group's profits. But the phenomenally successful "boy band" has sued Pearlman five times, resulting in three settlementss. And now, Los Angeles Daily Journal columnist Ross Johnson reports, the band has hired top entertainment lawyer Marty Singer to sue them again. Singer -- who has repped the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone -- filed Dec. 1 with the Califormia Labor Commission accusing Pearlman of repeatedly violating the California Talent Agencies Act by functioning as both the group's manager and its unlicensed talent agent. Singer wants all contracts and agreements between the Boys and Pearlman declared null and void, and he wants all the millions Pearlman has earned off the band returned, going back to when they first signed with his Florida-based Transcontinental Records in 1993. Pearlman's lawyer, Michael Friedman, called the Boys' latest legal action "a desperate attempt to renegotiate settlement agreements that they signed. Lou Pearlman honors these agreements, and so should the Boys." The group N' Sync, which Pearlman also used to manage, recently settled a $150 million suit with him.
According to Jam! Music, the Backstreet Boys, Brtitney Spears, and Ricky Martin were the big sellers of 1999. The three pop acts sold 23 million copies of their LP's between them, but the Backstreet Boys walked away with top selling honors. The Boys sold 9.4 million copies of "Millennium." Teen diva, Britney Spears got the number 2 spot with her debut album "Baby One More Time" selling 8.3 million copies in 1999. Latin heartthrob, Ricky Martin was honored in the number 3 spot with his debt English lanaguage album, "Ricky Martin," selling 5.9 million copies.
January 5, 2000
For the 42nd Grammy's, the boys have been nomminated in 5 catergories. 1)Record of The Year. 2) Pop Album of The Year. 3) Album of The Year. 4) Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals (IWITW). 5) Song of The Year (IWITW).
For the Much Music top 99 of '99' the boys hit #1 and #2!! I Want I That Way (#1) and Larger Than Life (#2).
December 25, 1999
The BACKSTREET BOYS' Millennium outsold BRITNEY SPEARS' ...Baby One More Time to become the top-selling album of 1999, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. With eleven million records shipped, the Boys beat out Britney by one million. Coming in behind the teen sensations were RICKY MARTIN's self-titled album (with six million), and TLC's Fanmail, KID ROCK's Devil Without a Cause, LIMP BIZKIT's Significant Other and SANTANA's Supernatural, with five million apiece . . .
April 6, 2000
As if Christina Aguilera hasn't had enough luck and fortune... more is soon to come. Christina will be the ONLY female artist to join Backstreet Boys, D'Angelo, Enrique Iglesias, Sting, and Tom Jones for the VH1 special "Men Strike Back" on April 11th. The special will air on April 18th.
Howie and AJ still as tight as ever!! At the first Johnny No-Name concert, AJ told the audience that he had a surprise for them near the end of the show. That suprise?? Howie! Howie came out and surprised all the fans and sang backup vocals to one of Johnny's songs.
Tommy Smith, of the Backstreet Boys Band has updated his website. He confirms that AJ is NOT engaged. Although AJ and his significant other are very close, and "hopes that she will turn out to be the one that he shares his life with, he feels that they are both too young to make a decisions to get married right now. And they have no plans to do so in the immediate future." Although AJ would like to settle down and have kids at one point or another, but not right now. Speaking of AJ, Tommy reports that Johnny No-Name is planning a European tour to kick off in coming months.
April 1, 2000
Howie in a movie!!?? No, this isn't an April fools joke:) Howie is planning to do a movie called "Bloom" in May 2000, a coming-of-age story about a young Jewish man. Howie says that the role is gonna be kinda hard for him to play because his character is kinda a bully. Howie is one of many singers who will be crossing over to acting for a little while. Britney Spears and Ricky Martin are considering roles in a remake of "Dirty Dancing." Howie has been acting since the age of eight..but don't worry girls....Howie plans to juggle touring, recording and acting.
March 29, 2000
The Boys are up forthe "Favorite Musical Group" Award at the upcoming Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards.
AJ McLean held a press conference at the Hard Rock Cafe in Los Angeles, California on March 27th to talk about his alter-ego, Johnny No-Name (formally known as Johnny Suede). "Johnny is kind of free-for-all, no inhibition--just able to be the me that I can't be on stage as a Backstreet Boy," explains AJ, "he can just be a little more free, flamboyant, crazy, just ridiculous, not the mention he's British from Nashville." The covers that AJ will be singing for his Johnny No-Name concert will be tunes from such artists as the Stone Temple Pilots, The Mommodores, Tonic, Rage Against The Machine, Brian McKnight, Wild Cherry, and a few Backstreet Boys songs. When asked if there will be a Johnny No-Name album coming out, AJ hinted that there could be. "If there is, it will definitely be the same band, all live--a true, live rock album which I'm looking forward to doing," explains AJ. The Johnny No-Name tour will once again, benefit for VH1's Save The Music program, which the Backstreet Boys are heavily involved with. VH1 is also working on a Save The Music charity special called MEN STRIKE BACK (a male version of Divas Live) which will be a concert involving the Backstreet Boys and Sting among others, that is set to air on April 18 on VH1.
With more AJ news...it's been rumored that AJ is engaged to girldfriend Amanda. This 'news' has not been confirmed so I'm thinking it's not true. BUT, don't quote me on that:)
BSB vs. Bucs! Backstreet Boys played yet again another charity basketball game againt the Tampa Bay Bucs (aren't they sweet!!). Check THIS out for full details.
March 22, 2000
Woo Hoo!!! Backstreet Boys won Best Selling Album (Foreign and Domestic) at the Juno awards hosted at the SkyDome in Toronto on March 12. AJ & Howie brought forth some of the largest screams in the arena from the audience when they accepted the award on behalf of BSB. AJ was SO happy that I guess he felt the need to do a cart-wheel onstage before getting his award!!!
MTV's recent poll to see which BSB song should be the Boys' next single revealed that fans want it beto "The One". The 2 other songs that were to pick from were "Don't Want You Back" and "It's Gotta Be You". "The One" got 37% of the votes, with "Don't Want You Back" trailing right behind it with 36%. "It's Gotta Be You" got 27%.
AJ McLean's mother, Denise McLean, told MTV News that AJ's track list for his upcoming "Johnny No-Name" tour kicking off at the end of March, will consist of material ranging from the Stone Temple Pilots and Eminem, also covering Brian McKnight's #1 hit "Back At One". As well as Mandi from the BSB Band, another opening act for AJ's solo tour will be up and coming girl group Nobody's Angel. Globel News stated the tour will consist of 10 cities. (??)
On April 11, BSB will be on the Howard Stern radio show. But, don't worry fans....Howard likes the boys!!!! He gives them nothing but props so I don't thiunk we have TOO much to worry about:)
March 2, 2000
An up and coming singer is now opening for the Backstreet Boys. Her name is Willa Ford, but known as Mandah. Apparently she will be opening for the Backstreet Boys until March 15, at the Skydome in Toronto, Canada. For more information on Mandah, check out Mandah.Com.
For the 2000 Nickelodeon Awards, Backstreet Boys are nominated for Favorite Music Group. They're up against 'N Sync, 98 Degrees, and TLC for the award.
February 24, 2000
GRAMMY NEWS!!!! Freakin' Carlos Santana won every award they were up for!! UGH! But...it's all good. They were nominated, and that's the important thing..they were recognized. The Boys' performance started with an a cappella tease of the Bee Gees' "How Deep Is Your Love," followed by a snippett of 'The Temptations' classic "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone." They then broke into their own song "Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely". And, if that wasn't enough, Backstreet Boys did back up vocals for Sir Elton John on a hot rendition of "Philadelphia Freedom". Isn't that amazing! Today on Rosie, they showed the complete performance of their Grammy performance. I guess she really liked it! And why not...it was amazing! She did an interview with them as well. It was funny...AJ showed off his new tatoo on his back, and she hugged Brain like a big teddy-bear! It was stellar. Backstreet Boys partied throughout the night and are now continuing their US Tour.
February 17, 2000
Global News had some entertainment news about the boys tonight:) Both AJ and Howie will be presenting at the Juno Awards on March 12th at the SkyDome. BSB are also nominated for 'Best Selling Album' for Millennium. Three 3 days later all the boys will be performing at the SkyDome for an encore presentation of their Millennium Tour. NOW FOR THE HOTTESET NEWS!!!! Both Brian and Kevin are getting married!! WOW! I'm so happy for them! Ofcourse Brian will be marrying Leigh Ann and will Kevin will be marrying his long term girlfriend and friend. NAME ???
February 9, 2000
Burger King Corporation (BKC) announced an exclusive promotion with the Backstreet Boys, which will include an unprecedented CD and video offer this year and exclusive title sponsorship of the group's Fall 2000 tour. While terms of the contract were not disclosed, BKC marketing executives said the exclusive CD and video tie-in will feature an advance single from the group's upcoming album as well as five previously recorded but never-before released live songs. In addition, a video with new backstage footage and personal interviews with the Backstreet Boys will be sold exclusively at BURGER KINGŪ restaurants.

BSB will be performing at the 42nd Grammy Awards on February 23. They canceled the concert that was scheduled for that night. Other performers inclde TLC, Ricky Martin and Elton John.

January 31, 2000
Lots of news to report now!:) Let's start with the 27th American Music Awards. Backstreet Boys won Best Pop/Rock Band, Group of Duo beating out both 'N SYNC and Santana. Howie Dorough was the only 'boy' attending the awards for the others where enjoying their time off back home. Howie was in LA writing and doing some producing for the new BSB album that is scheduled for release on October 17, 2000. At this year's Grammy's, BSB are nominateed for 5, count 'em, 5 (!!) awards. Including Record of the Year, and Song & Album of the Year. You can catch the Grammy's on CBS on February 23. Hopefully, this year they'll be dressed a little better. hehehe Do we all remember the white top hat that AJ wore and the comb over that Brian tried to pull off:) We love 'em for it though!
AJ and Nick both celebrated their birthday's recently. AJ turned 22 on Jan. 9 and Nick turned 20 on Jan 28. They're growin' up so fast!!! Remember when Nick was only 16!?
January 13, 2000
From the New York Post ~~ The Backstreet Boys are again suing the svengali who created the band in 1993 and made them all millionaires. Louis J. Pearlman once reportedly kept more than 50 percent of the group's profits. But the phenomenally successful "boy band" has sued Pearlman five times, resulting in three settlementss. And now, Los Angeles Daily Journal columnist Ross Johnson reports, the band has hired top entertainment lawyer Marty Singer to sue them again. Singer -- who has repped the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone -- filed Dec. 1 with the Califormia Labor Commission accusing Pearlman of repeatedly violating the California Talent Agencies Act by functioning as both the group's manager and its unlicensed talent agent. Singer wants all contracts and agreements between the Boys and Pearlman declared null and void, and he wants all the millions Pearlman has earned off the band returned, going back to when they first signed with his Florida-based Transcontinental Records in 1993. Pearlman's lawyer, Michael Friedman, called the Boys' latest legal action "a desperate attempt to renegotiate settlement agreements that they signed. Lou Pearlman honors these agreements, and so should the Boys." The group N' Sync, which Pearlman also used to manage, recently settled a $150 million suit with him.
According to Jam! Music, the Backstreet Boys, Brtitney Spears, and Ricky Martin were the big sellers of 1999. The three pop acts sold 23 million copies of their LP's between them, but the Backstreet Boys walked away with top selling honors. The Boys sold 9.4 million copies of "Millennium." Teen diva, Britney Spears got the number 2 spot with her debut album "Baby One More Time" selling 8.3 million copies in 1999. Latin heartthrob, Ricky Martin was honored in the number 3 spot with his debt English lanaguage album, "Ricky Martin," selling 5.9 million copies.
January 5, 2000
For the 42nd Grammy's, the boys have been nomminated in 5 catergories. 1)Record of The Year. 2) Pop Album of The Year. 3) Album of The Year. 4) Best Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals (IWITW). 5) Song of The Year (IWITW).
For the Much Music top 99 of '99' the boys hit #1 and #2!! I Want I That Way (#1) and Larger Than Life (#2).
December 25, 1999
The BACKSTREET BOYS' Millennium outsold BRITNEY SPEARS' ...Baby One More Time to become the top-selling album of 1999, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. With eleven million records shipped, the Boys beat out Britney by one million. Coming in behind the teen sensations were RICKY MARTIN's self-titled album (with six million), and TLC's Fanmail, KID ROCK's Devil Without a Cause, LIMP BIZKIT's Significant Other and SANTANA's Supernatural, with five million apiece . . .

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