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INDEED,WHAT'S LEFT FOR THE BIGGEST POP GROUP IN THE WORLD WHO'VE DOMINATED THE POP CHARTS AROUND THE GLOBE? WHAT DOES SUCH A GROUP DO FOR AN ENCORE AFTER WINNING TWO CONSECUTIVE DIAMOND AWARD CERTIFICATIONS IN THE U.S. FOR ALBUM SALES EACH EXCEEDING 10 MILLION COPIES,AND THEIR CREATIVE ENDEAVORS RESULT IN COMPLETE DOMINATION OF THE 1999 ROLLING STONE READERS POLL,INCLUDING HONORS FOR "ARTISTS OF THE YEAR," "ALBUM OF THE YEAR," "SINGLE OF THE YEAR," AND "BEST VIDEO"? IF YOU'RE NICK CARTER,HOWIE DOROUGH,BRIAN LITTRELL,A.J. McLEAN AND KEVIN RICHARDSON,YOU DELIVER A HOTLY ANTICIPATED THIRD ALBUM THAT SURPASSES ALL EXPECTATIONS AND PUSHES YOUR CREATIVE LIMITS TO THE POPPING POINT. THEIR NEW BLACK & BLUE ALBUM--THE GROUP'S FOURTH RELEASE--SOLD MORE THAN FIVE MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE IN ITS FIRST WEEK OF RELEASE,SETTING A NEW FIRST-WEEK RECORD IN INTERNATIONAL SALES.AT THE SAME TIME,IN THE U.S., BACKSTREET BOYS SET A NEW PRECEDENT BY BECOMING THE FIRST ARTIST IN SOUNDSCAN HISTORY TO EVER ACHIEVE MILLION-PLUS FIRST-WEEK SALES WITH BACK-TO-BACK ALBUMS.BLACK & BLUE,RELEASED NOVEMBER 21,SOLD MORE THAN 1.6 MILLION COPIES IN ITS OPENING WEEK.
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