Backstreet Boys

Best-selling late-1990s boy band whose ballads defined millennial teen radio.

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Biography

Best-selling late-1990s boy band whose ballads defined millennial teen radio.

Influence

Set the commercial ceiling for male vocal groups in the CD boom.

Historical context

Best-selling late-1990s boy band whose ballads defined millennial teen radio. Set the commercial ceiling for male vocal groups in the CD boom. Millennium made them a global brand beyond the U.S. teen market.

Associated instruments

Vocals

Specimen note

Millennium made them a global brand beyond the U.S. teen market.