Backstreet Boys coming for show
By Ricardo F Lo
Novemer 15, 2005
The Philippine Star

They’ve been here a few years ago when they were not yet popular. And soon (on Jan. 20 next year), the Backstreet Boys (BSB) are coming back not for an album promo like before but for a major show at the Araneta Coliseum, to be produced by Viva Concerts and Events.

Since the group’s introduction in 1997, the Boys – Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Kevin Richardson, AJ McLean and Brian Littrell – have become most sought-after. The group has made its immense impact on pop culture with unforgettable hits like its debut platinum single Quit Playing Games (With My Heart), All I Have To Give and I Want It That Way. They have scored a total of 12 top 40 hits, eight of which reached the Top 10.

The BSB has sold more than 13 million copies each of its first two US albums, Backstreet Boys (1997) and Millennium (1999). Black and Blue sold more than eight million copies and its 2001 record Hits: Chapter One reached the platinum mark. The Boys’ latest offering, Never Gone, was released a few months ago.

The title of the album eloquently speaks of the BSB. No, they’re never gone and never will be.