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Back - Index - Submissions - - What is RSS? Date: Jun 10, 2099 Source: YTV Canada Submitted By: Joanna Artist of the Week: for June 4th, 1999: Backstreet Boys The Hit List turns ALL ACCESS with Backstreet Boys A.J., Howie and Kevin!!! On May 21, the guys flew in from Florida to Co-host our BSB special and to hold the Canadian Press conference for their new CD, "Millennium". "Millennium" broke the record for being the fastest selling album ever, selling over 1.3 million copies worldwide within a week of it's release! At press time here at their Toronto Press Conference, "Millennium" (only 4 days after it's release) had already reached 5 times platinum! That's half a million records, making Canada still the #1 market in record sales for the Backstreet Boys!!!! In fact, BSB can proudly say that they have sold more records around the world than the entire population of CANADA! (BSB have sold 30 million records and there is approximately 28 million of us in Canada!) Nick: "It's one of our favourite albums. It has a lot of personal influence." Howie: "We had a lot of family health issues. Brian had heart surgery. I had a sister that passed away. There was a lot of things going on this year. I think that's why this album is as good as we feel it is because of the fact that we went through a lot to get to where we are today." BSB's fave songs on "Millennium"? Nick likes "Don't Want to Lose You" and "Spanish Eyes". Howie likes "Spanish Eyes" and "Don't Want You Back". A.J.'s faves are "Don't Want You Back" and "Perfect Fan" (Brian wrote "Perfect Fan" so he was very touched by A.J's choice!). Brian's faves are "Don't Want To Lose You" and "Perfect Fan". Kevin's fave is "Don't Want To Lose You". At the Toronto Press Conference, both A.J. and Kevin said that their perfect fans are their moms! A.J.: "She was always out there screaming 'That's my son!'" Kevin: "My family was supportive even when I was dressed up as 'Goofy' at Walt Disney World." Did you guys catch the cool "Millennium" commercials which ran before the release date May 18, starring all five Backstreet Boys? In case you haven't seen them, there are 5 "Millennium" commercials in total each featuring one of your fave Backstreet Boys! A.J. was in London, England with English guards. Nick as in a tropical rain forest somewhere. Howie was chased by bulls in Spain! Brian was in Italy at the Coliseum fighting as a gladiator and Kevin was in Egypt with the Pyramids looking for beach and surf! Kevin told us that because BSB is lucky enough to have fans all over the world and also because "Millennium" was the first album BSB has ever released world wide at the same time, they decided to include different countries from all around the world! Kevin chose to be in the dessert with the Pyramids because he's always found Egypt and the Pyramids extremely fascinating. And with the coming Millennium, he thought it was a cool idea! On the "Millennium" CD cover, Howie, Nick, Brian, A.J., and Kevin each represent a primary element. Howie is "fire". Nick is "water". Brian is "earth". A.J. is "the sun" and Kevin is "steel". How did they decide who was going to represent which element? Well, Howie explained to us that each of them chose their favourite colour and then chose an element to match it. A.J's favourite colour is "yellow' so he picked "the sun". Howie chose "fire" even though it's the opposite of his personality. (Howie joked around off camera saying he was trying to be BAD D. in that photograph and I came up with "Sour D.", which is the opposite of his Nick name "Sweet D."!) Nick chose "water" because he loves blue and also because he loves to be near the ocean. Kevin chose "steel" simply because he loves the colour black! A lot of you emailed us asking what the single "I Want It That Way" is about. According to A.J. (who also finds the song confusing!) , the song is about "two people who are in some kind of relationship that's not a two way street. It's a one way street where one person wants it one way and the other person wants it their way." A.J. also told us that the video was shot at the Los Angeles Airport and that the lucky fans that appear in the video were contest winners! Brian, A.J. and Nick recently bought new homes so I asked A.J. to describe his: AJ: "Mine's something like out of "The Jetson's"...zebra rugs, a big zebra chair, velvet floor, a red shag carpet around the house, wood floors, paintings by Picasso, angels on the wall...my entire bed is black velvet with leopard patterned pillows...all kinds of crazy stuff...it's me! I also have 2 puppies named 'Panda' and 'Bear'. I miss them like crazy because I haven't seen them in 3 or 4 weeks. They're getting bigger and poofier!" Is A.J. still dating the same girl? A.J.: "No. I was dating Amanda of 'Innocence' for about a year. Now, we've kind of split our ways. (A.J. told us off camera that they recently broke up only 3 weeks ago!) We're still friends and she's going off doing her own solo career. She's working on her career and I'm obviously working on mine. If we come back together someday then we come back together. If not we'll always be friends...that's a definite." BSB are currently on tour so what about "Millennium" the road show? "We have a brand new stage...a pentagon five sided stage. New pyromania, 10 dancers, a brand new band...we'll be flying around...the entire show is 2 hours long with 18 songs so it's going to be an incredible show! SWEET!!!" Comment on this item. Recent Comments Submitted by: top seo guys bt1ATO Really appreciate you sharing this article.Really thank you! Fantastic. Comment on this item. Next Item: The Boys Are Back (Teen Magazine) Prev Item: YTV Tattle Tale For The Week Of June 4th, 1999