Backstreet Boys

The American group Backstreet Boys was formed by the entrepreneurial impresario Lou Perlman, who was inspired by the success of New Kids On The Block in the late eighties. For the selection of musicians, Lou organized a large-scale competition with a budget of three and a half million dollars, and invited Johnny and Donna Wright (Jonny Wright, Donna Wright), who previously worked with NKOTB, to play the role of group managers. The first Backstreet Boys album was released in 1996 and became successful in Europe and Canada, but went unnoticed in the homeland of the group in the USA. The breakthrough was the singles "Quit Playing Games With My Heart" (# 2 on the Billboard 100 chart) and "Everybody" (# 4), after which the disc reissued in America finally became a bestseller: at number four on the national chart and 14 total million copies sold. Most of the money earned, of course, went to the cunning manager, and in 1997 the group was already in full lawsuit with Pearlman. At this moment, the Backstreet Boys were approaching the peak of fame, the third album titled "Millennium" became the most successful in their career - its circulation exceeded forty million.
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