Backstreet Boys discography

This is the discography documenting albums and singles released by American boy band, the Backstreet Boys.

Worldwide albums charts

Studio albums

Album	Information	U.S Billboard 200 Chart	UK Albums Chart
Backstreet Boys	First International album. Released: May 6, 1995 Worldwide Sales: 11 million	Highest Chart Position: - Chart Run: - Certification: -	Highest Chart Position: #12 Chart Run: 19 weeks Certification: Gold
Backstreet Boys	First US album Songs from first two int'l albums Released: August 12, 1997 Worldwide Sales : refer note 1	Highest Chart Position: #4 Chart Run: 133 weeks Certification: 14x Platinum	Highest Chart Position: - Chart Run: - Certification: -
File:Backstreet's Back.jpg Backstreet's Back	Second International album. Released: August 30, 1997 (International) Worldwide Sales: 28 million	Highest Chart Position: - Chart Run: - Certification: -	Highest Chart Position: #2 Chart Run: 44 weeks Certification: 2x Platinum
Second US album and Third International album. Released: May 18, 1999 Worldwide Sales: 30+ million	Highest Chart Position: #1 (10 weeks) Chart Run: 93 weeks Certification: 13x Platinum	Highest Chart Position: #2 Chart Run: 56 weeks Certification: Platinum
File:Backstreetboysblack&blue lp03.jpg Black & Blue	Third US album and Fourth International album. Released: November 21, 2000 Worldwide Sales: 24 million	Highest Chart Position: #1 (2 weeks) Chart Run: 42 weeks Certification: 8x Platinum	Highest Chart Position: #13 Chart Run: 9 weeks Certification: Gold
Never Gone	Fourth US album and Fifth International album. Released: June 14, 2005 Worldwide Sales: 3 million+	Highest Chart Position: #3 Chart Run: 14 weeks Certification: Platinum	Highest Chart Position: #11 Chart Run: 5 weeks Certification: Gold
TBA	Fifth US album and Sixth International album. Release date: June 2007 Worldwide sales:	Highest Chart Position: - Chart Run: - Certification: -	Highest Chart Position: - Chart Run: - Certification: -

Live and Compilation albums

Album	Information	U.S Billboard 200 Chart	UK Albums Chart
File:Backstreetboyshits lp04.jpg The Hits: Chapter One	Greatest hits album. Released: October 30, 2001 Worldwide Sales: 6 million+	Highest Chart Position: #4 Chart Run: 24 weeks Certification: Platinum	Highest Chart Position: #5 Chart Run: 18 weeks Certification: Platinum

Backstreet Boys have sold an estimated Over 90 million albums and 15 million singles. They are often referred to as 'the best-selling boy band' of all time.

Worldwide singles charts

• Debut Date: The first date in which the item appeared on the chart (US dates unless specified).
• Peak: Top position the item achieved. Number in brackets indicate how many weeks the item spent at the #1 position.
• Certification: US RIAA album certification for units shipped. (eg. 2x Platinum mean 2 million units shipped)
• Certification 2: (as of 2004) Due to the lack of impressive sales of singles, the RIAA has changed its format. Gold meaning 200,000 shipped and platinum 400,000 shipped with the respective multiple.

			U.S.		U.S AC	UK		GER
Year Of Release	Single	Album	Peak	Weeks	Peak	Peak	Weeks	Peak	WW Sales (US Cert.)
1995-6	"We've Got It Goin' On"	Backstreet Boys	69	20		54/3	8	4	.195 million
1996	"Get Down (You're the One For Me)"	Backstreet Boys	—	—		14	8	5	.15 million
1997	"Anywhere For You"	Backstreet Boys	—	—		4	8	3	.2 million
1997	"Quit Playin' Games (With My Heart)"	Backstreet Boys/Backstreet's Back	2	43	2	2	10	1	2.4 million (Platinum)
1997	"As Long As You Love Me"	Backstreet's Back	—	—		3	19	3	.235 million
1997-8	"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"	Backstreet Boys/Backstreet's Back	4	22		3	11	2	2.1 million (Platinum)
(1995) 1997-8	"I'll Never Break Your Heart"	Backstreet Boys/Backstreet's Back	35	2	1	42/8	11	5	.65 million
1998-9	"All I Have to Give"	Backstreet Boys/Backstreet's Back	5	21		2	12	8	2.3 million (Platinum)
1999	"I Want It That Way"	Millennium	6	45	1	1	14	1	1.1 million (Platinum)
1999	"Larger Than Life"	Millennium	25	19		5	14	5	.9 million
2000	"Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"	Millennium	6	24	2	3	12	3	1.1 million (Gold)
2000	"The One"	Millennium	30	15	15	8	8	15	.6 million
2000	"Shape of My Heart"	Black & Blue	9	20	2	4	9	2	1 million (Gold)
2001	"The Call"	Black & Blue	56	2		8	5	17	.5 million
2001	"More Than That"	Black & Blue	27	20	6	12	5	25	.8 million
2001-2	"Drowning"" (sample: Windows Media)	Greatest Hits: Chapter 1	28	20	6	4	7	11	.7 million
2005	"Incomplete" (sample: Windows Media)	Never Gone	13	20	4	8	15+	3	.4 million (Platinum)
2005	"Just Want You To Know"	Never Gone	70	3	35	8	2	20	—
2005	"Crawling Back to You"	Never Gone		—	30	—	—	—	—
2005	"I Still"	Never Gone	—	—		—	—	45	—

NC: Not Charted on the Billboard Hot 100, but on the Bubbling Under 100.

The Backstreet Boys currently have had fifteen singles on the Billboard Hot 100. Twelve singles have reached the top 40, six of those singles have managed to reach the top ten. "We've Got It Goin' On" was on the Hot 100 for twenty weeks until it was retired due to its weak performance (Any single that stays under position 50 (51-100) for twenty weeks must be removed.)

Interesting chart facts

• The Backstreet Boys spent 84 consecutive weeks on the Hot 100 between January 30, 1999 and September 2, 2000 with five various songs.
• The Backstreet Boys holds the record for 'most radio station adds' in first week with both of their singles "I Want It That Way" and "Shape Of My Heart". In 1999 "I Want It That Way" held this record when it received 165 radio adds in its first week of release but in 2000 it was beaten by "Shape Of My Heart" with 170 radio adds. "Shape Of My Heart" debuted at #9 on the Billboard Charts.
• "As Long As You Love Me" is one of the several songs that reached the top five on the airplay charts (it reached #4) but never charted the Billboard Hot 100.
• "I Want I That Way" set a record for the most weeks on the UK chart since the chart was conceived in the 90's and reached the #1 spot in over 25 nations.
• "All I Have to Give" reached its peak position in its second week. It debuted at 57 and shot to 5 in week two, staying in the top ten for nine weeks.
• "Shape Of My Heart", the first single from Black & Blue, broke the record for most weeks at #1 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary (AC) chart with an amazing stay of fourteen (14) weeks. On the Canadian (CHR) chart it holds the record for highest-ever debut at #3, shattering the previous record of #10 set by U2. It went to #1 where it stayed for six weeks breaking the record for longest stay at #1. It also holds the record for most first-day spins on CHR Radio, as measured by (BDS), who compile Canadian Radio charts based on detected spins, or plays, on Radio stations across Canada. In 2000, Backstreet Boys held the #1 position on the CHR and AC charts a combined nineteen weeks.
• "Shape Of My Heart" held the #1 spot in over 13 nations but never reached the Top 5 in the .U.S..
• "Crawling Back to You" peaked at:

• #50 in U.S. Billboard Pop 100, (2005)
• #38 in U.S. Billboard Pop 100 Airplay, (2005)
• #31 in U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream, (2005)
• #30 in U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary, (2006)

• "Incomplete" debuted at #1 on the Australian ARIAnet charts with sales exceeding the 35,000 gold limit, becoming the Backstreet Boys' first Australian #1 single.
• "I Still" debuted at #1 on the Japan International Singles Chart with 2,182 copies sold, making the first ever international single to enter at #1 on the chart in Japanese history.

Videos

• 1998 The Video
• 1998 Live in Concert
• 1998 All Access Video (#1 U.S. debut) (6x Platinum) (1.5 million copies)
• 1998 A Night Out With the Backstreet Boys (#1 U.S. debut) (3x Platinum) (.75 million copies)
• 1999 Homecoming – Live in Orlando (#1 U.S. debut) (3x Platinum) (.75 million copies)
• 2001 Around the World (#1 U.S. debut) (Platinum) (.25 million copies)
• 2001 The Hits (#1 U.S. debut) (Platinum) (.25 million copies)
• 2005 Never Gone:The Videos
• Certification:

1. IRMA gold certification for a minimum of 125,000 units or a dollar volume of $9 million at retail for theatrically released programs, or of at least 25,000 units and $1 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles.
2. IRMA platinum certification for a minimum sale of 250,000 units or a dollar volume of $18 million at retail for theatrically released programs, or of at least, 50,000 units and $2 million at suggested retail for nontheatrical titles.

References

Note1: 'Backstreet Boys Back' and 'BackStreet Boys' (2nd self-titled album) are often reported as both selling 28 million sales. This figure is for the combined total of these albums as they were in effect the same album.