I never really discovered how cool the Backstreet Boys were until i heard the song As Long As You Love Me! I love it and always will and after i bought the album i have to admit i love all the songs! Backstreet rules!!!
The Backstreet Boys Story All five of the members of Backstreet Boys believe that fate had a hand in bringing them together. Their ultra-romantic singles "Quit Playin Games (With My Heart)" and "As Long As You Love Me" have conquered the music charts, both at home int he U.S.A. and abroad where they've become superstars. Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Kevin Richardson, A.J. McLean and Brian "B-Rok" Littrell are extremely grateful that fate-and their multitude of CD-buying fans-has been so good to them.
Backstreet Boys' first single "We Got It Goin' On" made a slight ripple on the Hot 100 charts in the U.S. but blew up like a roman candle in Canada and Western Europe! The Boys were soon fielding invitations to perform on MuchMusic in Canada, Top Of The Pops in the U.K. and many more TV music shows. Leaving the U.S. behind, they spent the next year touring Europe and Canada. Backstreet Boys, their debut CD, racked up quadriple-platinum sales up in the Great White North and double-platinum honors in Germany and much of Asia.
No matter how huge Backstreet Boys mania grows, Nick, A.J., Kevin, Brian and Howie want one thing to remain perfectly clear-they're in show business for the love of the music. Everything else is just icing on the cake! "We want to be perceived as five guys who love to sing, love to perform, who love to share the gifts of music that we have with the whole world," says Brian. "We finally have an opportunity to focus on the U.S. because it's very personal to us. I'm very excited and happy...and we owe it all to the fans." Adds Howie, "I think we all hoped and dreamed about it...but you can never expect it. It's a blessing. We thank God every day for helping us."
Tiger Beat Magazine July 1998 (ISSN: 0042-4492) Copyright 1998, Sterling/Macfadden
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