BACKSTREET BOYS are NICK CARTER, HOWIE DOROUGH, BRIAN LITTRELL, AJ McLEAN and KEVIN RICHARDSON.

BACKSTREET BOYS have sold more than 71 million records worldwide.

Two of the group's U.S. albums – BACKSTREET BOYS and MILLENNIUM – have received the Diamond Award from the R.I.A.A. for sales of more than 10 million each.

BACKSTREET BOYS first-ever network TV special "Larger Than Life" aired Wednesday, May 30, 2001 on CBS.

To coincide with the TV special, TV Guide issued six different covers of BSB: five individual shots and one group photo.

BACKSTREET BOYS performed the national anthem at Super Bowl XXXV, January 28, 2001 at Tampa's Raymond James Stadium.

BACKSTREET BOYS made history when all 765,000 tickets for their greatly anticipated 11-week, 39-city 1999-2000 North American arena tour sold out as soon as they went on sale Saturday, August 14 – the vast majority within an hour.

The Backstreet Boys teamed with comic book icon Stan Lee to produce a Web-based franchise chronicling the adventures of the BACKSTREET BOYS as cyber-crusaders. The Backstreet Project debuted as a limited-edition collector's comic book that was sold exclusively at Backstreet Boys concerts. The animated series was launched on the Web in the summer of 2000 using Macromedia Flash animation.

BACKSTREET BOYS (their self-titled album) was initially released in Europe on May 5, 1996. Released in U.S. 1997.