Close friends and family make for close harmonies
in this a cappella group named for an Orlando, Florida fleamarket. Their album,
Backstreet
Boys (1996) made a splash overseas a full two years before it caught
on in the U.S. The band's follow-up, Millennium
(1999) has sold more than 11 million copies. Black
and Blue was released in 2000, while in 2001 a greatest hits album,
The
Hits, Chapter One was published. Members include cousins Brian Littrell
and Kevin Richardson, as well as Nick Carter, Howard Dorough, and Alexander
James “AJ” Mclean.
Brian “B-rok” Littrell
Born: 2/10/75
Birthplace: Lexington, Kentucky
Kevin Richardson
Born: 10/3/72
Birthplace: Lexington, Kentucky
Nick Carter
Born: 1/28/80
Birthplace: Jamestown, New York
Howard Dorough
Born: 8/22/74
Birthplace: Orlando, Florida
Alexander James “AJ”Mclean
Born: 1/9/78
Birthplace: West Palm Bach, Florida
Personal quotes:
"Sex on TV is bad...you might fall off!"
Brian Littrell
"Music is love, love is music,
music is life, and I love my life. Thank you and good night."
- A.J. McLean
"I look good. I feel good
and not to sound conceited I sound great."
- A.J. McLean
"Nobody's a virgin. Life screws us all"
A.J. McLean
"If you were the only woman on earth and I was the only man we could do
it in public."
Nick Carter
"Put the name of the person you love in
a circle, not a heart, because hearts can be broken but circles go on forever."
Brian Littrell
"I try to make myself look as normal as
possible because I like people to relate to me."
- Nick Carter - Teen People, Summer 2000
"No man is worth your tears and the one who is won't make you cry."
Brian Littrell
