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The Backstreet Boys Biography from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
The Backstreet Boys are a Grammy-nominated pop group that enjoyed enormous success in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The now four-member group consists of Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, and A.J. McLean; original member Kevin Richardson left the group in June 2006.
After a three-year hiatus, their new hit single, "Incomplete", was released to radio stations on March 28, 2005 and quickly became the #1 most requested song in top markets in both U.S. and overseas[citation needed]. The song was a change from their previous albums, switching to more of an adult contemporary style similar to the music of Aly & AJ rather than the traditional teen-pop that had previously dominated the charts. The drastic style change drew negative criticism from magazines such as Rolling Stone (who gave the album only 1 star) and some long time fans, who felt
they should have stayed true to their trademark pop sound.
On June 14, 2005, the Backstreet Boys released their comeback album Never Gone, which they spent more than a year recording. The album debuted at #3 on the U.S. chart with substantial first week sales of 291,000 copies, and has gone to sell over 2.1 million worldwide, including #1 debuts in Japan, Germany, India, Chile, Brazil, Australia, and Korea. They began the first leg of their Never Gone Tour in July in West Palm Beach, Florida.
On June 23, 2006 the band issued a statement regarding Kevin Richardson's intention to leave the Backstreet Boys. The reason stated was his wish to pursue other interests that he could not while in the group. The rest of the Backstreet Boys wished him the best of luck in the future, and noted that he would always be welcome to return.
On June 25, 2006 the now quartet Backstreet Boys have returned to the studio to start recording songs for their follow up to 2005's Never Gone, due out at at the end of 2006 early 2007. Jim Jonsin is confirmed to be producing on the next project, as well as Emanuel Kiriakou
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