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I got this news from Backstreet.Net.

On May 21, the guys co-hosted a YTV Hit List BSB special. While in Canada a Canadian Press conference for their new CD, "Millennium" was held also.
Four days after the cd was released in Canada, it had gone 5 TIMES PLATINUM ( 500,000 copies )!!!

Nick: "It's one of our favourite albums. It has a lot of personal influence."

Howie: "We had a lot of family health issues. Brian had heart surgery. I had a sister that passed away. There was a lot of things going on this year. I think that's why this album is as good as we feel it is because of the fact that we went through a lot to get to where we are today."

Nick likes "Don't Want to Lose You" and "Spanish Eyes".
Howie likes "Spanish Eyes" and "Don't Want You Back".
A.J.'s faves are "Don't Want You Back" and "Perfect Fan" (Brian wrote "Perfect Fan" so he was very touched by A.J's choice!).
Brian's faves are "Don't Want To Lose You" and "Perfect Fan".
Kevin's fave is "Don't Want To Lose You".

At the Toronto Press Conference, both A.J. and Kevin said that their perfect fans are their moms!

AJ: "She was always out there screaming 'That's my son!'"

Kevin: "My family was supportive even when I was dressed up as 'Goofy' at Walt Disney World."

I saw one of the "Millennium" commercials ( Howie's one ) which was really funny! These ran in a number of countries before the release date of Millennium.
Each of the boys had his own commercial! A.J. was in London, England with English guards. Nick as in a tropical rain forest somewhere. Howie was chased by bulls in Spain! Brian was in Italy at the Coliseum fighting as a gladiator and Kevin was in Egypt with the Pyramids looking for beach and surf!

Kevin said that because BSB is lucky enough to have fans all over the world and also because "Millennium" was the first album BSB has ever released world wide at the same time, they decided to include different countries from all around the world! Kevin chose to be in the dessert with the Pyramids because he's always found Egypt and the Pyramids extremely fascinating.And with the coming Millennium, he thought it was a cool idea!

On the "Millennium" CD cover, Howie, Nick, Brian, A.J., and Kevin each represent a primary element. Howie is "fire". Nick is "water". Brian is "earth". A.J. is "the sun" and Kevin is "steel".
Apparently THIS is how they decided who was going to represent which element.......
* Well, Howie said that each of them chose their favourite colour and then chose an element to match it.
* A.J's favourite colour is "yellow' so he picked "the sun".
* Howie chose "fire" even though it's the opposite of his personality.
* Nick chose "water" because he loves blue and also because he loves to be near the ocean.
* Kevin chose "steel" simply because he loves the colour black!

According to A.J. (who also finds the song confusing!),the song is about "two people who are in some kind of relationship that's not a two way street. It's a one way street where one person wants it one way and the other person wants it their way."

A.J. also said that the video was shot at the Los Angeles Airport and that the lucky fans that appear in the video were contest winners!

Brian, A.J. and Nick recently bought new homes and A.J. described his:
AJ:"Mine's something like out of "The Jetson's"...zebra rugs, a big zebra chair, velvet floor, a red shag carpet around the house, wood floors, paintings by Picasso, angels on the wall...my entire bed is black velvet with leopard patterned pillows...all kinds of crazy stuff...it's me! I also have 2 puppies named 'Panda' and 'Bear'. I miss them like crazy because I haven't seen them in 3 or 4 weeks. They're getting bigger and poofier!"

A.J.: "No. I was dating Amanda of 'Innocence' for about a year. Now, we've kind of split our ways. (A.J. told Hit List off camera that they recently broke up only 3 weeks ago!) We're still friends and she's going off doing her own solo career. She's working on her career and I'm obviously working on mine. If we come back together someday then we come back together. If not we'll always be friends...that's a definite."