Backstreet Boys's group name "Backstreet" was originally the name of a famous flea market in Orlando.
The literal translation of the word "backstreet" is "backstreet" In Chinese mainland, their translation is "Backstreet Boys", and in Taiwan Province, they are "new good boys". 1993, junior high school students Howied, A.J. and Nick from Florida met their cousin Kevin Brain from Lexington, Kent, in a recording studio. They all have acting experience before, among which Nick once acted in soap operas. Everyone hit it off and talked for a long time. Therefore, he decided to form a band-Backstreet Boys. They started recording singles, but after their release, they didn't sell well in America. During the most difficult period in the band's history, they comforted and encouraged each other. They began to develop in Britain (because Britain was the birthplace of idol bands at that time, and many idol bands were born there). The five talented teenagers are not only good dancers and handsome, but more importantly, they are all wizards full of musical talent. 1994 When they joined the army at the beginning, they were just babies who were not afraid of tigers. A year later, they released their first album of the same name, which quickly became popular in Britain and won the first place in the major charts in Britain. They have become the idols of countless boys and girls with their refreshing songs and beautiful harmony. They pursued victory and eventually became popular in the motherland where music masters gathered, and became a new idol that attracted public attention. They are "Backstreet Boys"! Among the five members of "Backstreet Boys", Kevin and Brian come from families deeply influenced by music and religion, and grew up under the influence of church hymns and choirs, so they practiced first-class soul music chorus. After that, Kevin decided to leave his hometown and go abroad to work hard, first as a tour guide in Disneyland, and at the same time devoted himself to becoming a professional songwriter in the rest of the time. The other three members, a. j. Howie and Nick, are from Orlando. These three people were originally active in the entertainment circle, playing musicals; I have made movies, TV and advertisements.
One day, when these three people got together to audition for a new case, they suddenly found that they smelled the same, so they hit it off. Five idealistic teenagers, together with Kevin and Brian who left their hometown to fight for the world, formed a band famous for its beautiful chorus, named after the birth of Orlando's most famous landmark "Backstreet Boys"! The first single, "We've go it goin' on", was produced by Denniz Pop, the producer of "Secret Service". This dance music shows the energetic and youthful atmosphere of boys, and has achieved good results in Europe, reaching the top ten in Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and France. The next "I will never break your heart" is a lyric song, which successfully opened their popularity in Europe. The best single is Get Down (If You Are the One), which was also covered by Alejandro Delfino as Fever in China. This shows its amazing charm. These five singing and dancing Backstreet Boys conquered the world with sunny smiles. The first album won four platinum medals and won the championship in the dance kingdom of Germany and Switzerland. In the next few years, Backstreet Boys conquered the world with strength.
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Legend origin
All the legends belonging to Backstreet Boys began with an ill-fated encounter in Orlando, Florida in 1993: Howie Dorough, who was in high school at that time, and Nick Carter, who was still in junior high school, became friends because they participated in the audition of a local drama performance together, and formed a band under the influence of boy groups such as Boyz II Men and Color Me Badd, who were very popular at that time. When they planned to increase the band members, they met kevin richardson, who played Aladdin in Disneyland at that time, and invited him to join the band. On the other hand, when they couldn't find the fifth member in Orlando, Kevin suddenly remembered his cousin Brian Thomas Littrell who was far away in KFC. Under Kevin's phone attack, Brian decided to move to Orlando to work with everyone. At this point, the members of "Backstreet Boys" finally decided. When deciding the name of the group, they quoted the resounding name of the flea market, which is quite famous among local young people, and named their band Backstreet Boys, which officially took the first step to dominate the world.
Backstreet Boys (20 photos)1On April 20th, 993, after Backstreet Boys was officially born, Kevin and Brian took two days off from the group and went back to their hometown of Kentucky to bid farewell to all high school students and their campus life. About two weeks later, on May 8th, "Backstreet Boys" participated in the special event of Graduate Night held at Nautilus Theatre in Sea World. This performance means a lot to Backstreet Boys. Although they used to perform in restaurants, shopping centers or dance halls, this time they had to face an unspecified crowd, with a number as high as 5,000, so everyone was extremely nervous. Backstreet Boys's performance received excellent response, especially if I ever fell in love, which they sang in cappella's way, captured the hearts of the audience and made Backstreet Boys feel relieved.
Sign a brokerage contract
Later, Backstreet Boys was introduced to the Wright goods agency run by Johnny Wright, the street urchin's performance agent, and his wife Danna, in an Italian restaurant called Carinos in Orlando. In the dining room, Johnny and his wife were greatly moved by Backstreet Boys's cappella performance, and they decided to sign a brokerage contract with Backstreet Boys. When signing the contract, Johnny personally gave the street urchin's platinum album Hangin Tough to Backstreet Boys and encouraged them: "This is the fruit of the street urchin's efforts. I believe you also have such strength, but success is not as simple as imagined. This requires considerable effort and time. I believe in your potential. I hope you can hang this platinum album in your room and encourage yourself when you encounter setbacks. When one day you have your own platinum album,
St. John's Concert in Canada (1 1) In the next six months, they launched the same national campus concert tour as before the street urchin became famous. In this concert tour called ESMT, Backstreet Boys visited the American campus by bus. At this time, the audience number of each performance is between 30 and 400. It was difficult, but I went in. At this time, Backstreet Boys has not been able to have its own exclusive band, however, they can perform hard in every concert accompanied by Kara of DAT. In order to establish a healthy and fresh image of Backstreet Boys, they also took an active part in the publicity activities of SADD (students oppose the decision to sabotage). On the other hand, Backstreet Boys is constantly looking for opportunities to sign contracts with record companies during his tour. Although he contacted many companies, most of them fell into the sea and there was no reply. Even if they do respond, most of them are similar to "they are fine, but we still have to think about it more." Scenes like this. In fact, at that time, most record companies thought that the popularity of boy groups was similar to that of street urchins. Although 25 record companies have rejected Backstreet Boys in succession, they are still full of confidence in themselves.
Win the favor of record companies
Campus trip, one day, a famous A &；; After seeing Backstreet Boys's performance, Director R showed great interest in them. After in-depth discussion with them, he is even ready to sign a contract. At this time, the members seemed to see the scene after the dream came true: "the first single, the first album, and the subsequent large-scale national concert tour …". However, after the lawyer handed the contract to Backstreet Boys, everything suddenly stopped. After that, BSB received a notice from Michael Jackson, the king of pop music, and the band flew to Los Angeles to perform, which was well received. Unexpectedly, the news that Michael was falsely accused of child molestation came out the next day, and the signing of the contract fell through in an instant. At the beginning of 1994, Backstreet Boys, who returned to her daily life, continued her campus tour and looked for opportunities to sign a contract with a record company. Finally, during the performance in Cleveland, Backstreet Boys caught the attention of JIVE Records, and the two sides almost hit it off. At the signing ceremony held in new york, Backstreet Boys took another big step towards their dream. After signing the contract, AJ and Nick, who were still in high school in Backstreet Boys, hired tutors to make up their heavy classes after work, Howe continued his art class, and Brian took time to go back to his hometown of Kentucky to attend the high school graduation ceremony.
Prepare for attack
As for the record company Jive, when drawing up the marketing strategy of Backstreet Boys, in order to avoid repeating the failure of the street urchin's first album, it was decided to lay a solid foundation for its fans' support before Backstreet Boys entered the stage. In order to let Backstreet Boys show his best side in schools, dance halls, music magazines and teen pop publications, Jive found the best choreographers, photographers and stylists for them, and spent a lot of time to create a perfect overall image of Backstreet Boys. On the other hand, in order to make Backstreet Boys break through the existing pattern and become an artist who can stand the test of big scenes, they are even arranged to give warm-up performances for concerts by artists such as villagers and REO Speedwagon. Of course, for Jive, the most important thing is to find a suitable music producer for Backstreet Boys. Their favorite candidate is Deniz Pop)(98, 1998). Among Dennis's rich works, he has prepared a song for Backstreet Boys. The first song he chose was "Let's Move on" written by max martin and Herbert Crichlow. 1995 In the summer, the exciting moment came. BSB flew across the ocean and came to Stockholm, Sweden, to record the single "Weve Got It Goin' On". This record contributed to the seamless pop group Backstreet Boys and Dennis. Because the recording went so smoothly, Backstreet Boys simply extended his stay in Sweden and finished the recording of two other singles, No One but You and Quit Playing Games (by heart). After finishing the recording, Backstreet Boys returned to Orlando to shoot a music video, and the production of Backstreet Boys's single went smoothly. Backstreet Boys realized that he was not only a dynamic boy idol, but also an important pop band.
Lose the first battle/game
On September 1, Backstreet Boys's first single "We have It going' On" was officially released in the United States. However, the highest ranking in the list is only 69. Except for Junior Magazine and Box, almost no one likes Backstreet Boys. The radio broadcast rate was so bad that no music magazine was interested in Backstreet Boys's report. Even MTV doesn't think highly of them. At this point, the planned national tour had to be shelved, which was the heaviest blow to Backstreet Boys, which had spent two years and painstaking efforts. At this time, the only consolation is that the fans I met in Orlando Sea World never gave up and continued to order songs on the local radio station. In addition, Backstreet Boys doesn't seem to stir up any waves, and the development of men's teams in the United States seems to have cast a shadow. On October 9th, 65438/kloc-0, "We have It going' On" was released in Britain, ranking 54th, which made Backstreet Boys's mood even worse. In February, 65438, "Backstreet Boys" made persistent efforts and released its second single "I will never break your heart" in Britain. This time, the score rose to 42. One of the most gratifying things in the month of 65438+February is that she received media attention with her "Energetic" and DJ Bono's warm-up performance, and won the Best New Tour Performance Award at the Smash Hits Awards in the UK. At the same time, the eyes of the whole world began to focus on Backstreet Boys.
(of the situation) get better
19961October 22nd, good news came from Germany. The single "Let's Move on" topped the list and reached the fourth place a week ago. At the same time, Backstreet Boys also got the first gold record of his career. Because Jive Records found that most of the loyal fans like "Take" and "Boys' Zone" came from Europe, it immediately instructed Backstreet Boys: "From now on, we will leave our hometown and perform where we are needed." In February, Backstreet Boys's European tour was launched in Germany, and at the same time, the Canadian Backstreet Boys effect in North America began to heat up. On May 14, Backstreet Boys's first album of the same name, Backstreet Boys, was released in Germany. As soon as the album was released, it beat the best selection of "Take it" choir, topped the German charts, and easily set a gold record. Since then, members of Backstreet Boys have been touring Europe, Asia and even Australia. So far, BSB's albums have sold more than 6,543,800+in Germany alone, and more than 2 million in Europe.
Global tour publicity
10 10 14, Backstreet Boys first set foot on the treasure island of Taiwan Province province, but it is interesting that all the media in Taiwan Province province focused on Michael Jackson, who came to Texas for a concert for the first time (another coincidence), and both sides arrived in Taiwan Province province on the same day. As far as Taiwan Province Province is concerned, Backstreet Boys is a completely unfamiliar group, but their potential charm and strength have been proved again. June 5438+1October 65438+May held a press conference to visit Taiwan. Although few media attended as expected, a small concert was held in Hard Rock Restaurant that night, but the scene was full of fans from all over Taiwan Province Province. Backstreet Boys's every move drives Taiwan Province fans crazy. The most incredible thing is that less than a week after Backstreet Boys left Taiwan Province Province, the album sales immediately broke the platinum record, and then she won the IFPI sales list in Taiwan Province Province with 1 1 week, breaking the records of all top artists in Hong Kong and Taiwan, such as Jacky Cheung, and winning six platinum records. Taiwan Province Province has also become Backstreet Boys's most popular region in Asia.
Backstreet Boys Concert (12)10/kloc-0 went to Japan for publicity for the first time on October 27th. At the heavily guarded Narita Airport, more than 50 enthusiastic fans gathered to greet Backstreet Boys. Since July, non-stop publicity has been started, and it was only in Japan that I finally got a chance to breathe a sigh of relief. Even so, "Backstreet Boys" has traveled all over major Japanese cities such as Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya for publicity. In the publicity, "Backstreet Boys" also held a lucky draw in Zengshang Temple to warn members to beware of "peach disputes". In Asakusa's Flower House Playground, "Backstreet Boys" also relaxed a little through exciting amusement equipment. 165438+1On October 3rd, "Backstreet Boys" also held a secret concert specially for Japanese fans, and even went to Bazaar in Harajuku to buy Japanese local products. Then 165438+ 10, Backstreet Boys held a large-scale concert tour in Britain for 14 days. The members of "Backstreet Boys" also vowed in their hearts that the next time they have the opportunity to hold a concert in Britain, they must hold a concert as big as singing in the German stadium. 165438+1October 2 1 day, Backstreet Boys's first album of the same name and the single Get Down were released in Japan at the same time.
Back to America
On April 20th, USA-Today, an American newspaper, reported the news that Backstreet Boys had set off again in the United States. According to the report, Backstreet Boys's first album sold more than 8.5 million copies worldwide, and achieved excellent results such as gold and platinum records in 26 countries around the world. Their first video sold more than 6.5438+0.6 million copies in Canada alone. At the same time, however, the report also pointed out: "Although the images of Backstreet Boys and Man Next Door are popular all over the world, it does not mean that you can enjoy the same things in the United States. AJ also said: "There is really no way to imagine what will happen. Although America is our motherland, it makes us feel so strange that we can't predict the audience's reaction at all. "Single on June 6th.
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