News; July ´99 BSB news
July ´99

July 23: Source: Billboard Online

The Boys Are Back Atop Billboard 200
Backstreet Boys have ended Limp Bizkit's three-week reign atop The Billboard 200. The boy band's Jive album "Millennium" returns to the No. 1 spot in its ninth week on the chart, selling 272,000 units, according to SoundScan. Limp Bizkit's Flip/Interscope title "Significant Other" drops to No. 2 on the strength of 238,000 units. Ricky Martin's self-titled C2/Columbia opus remains at No. 3, with 197,000 units sold.

Meanwhile, opening with a splash on the album chart is Too Short's "Can't Stay Away" (Jive). The comeback set from the formerly retired rapper debuts at No. 5, moving 144,000 units.

Other top debuts this week include the soundtrack to "The Wood" (Jive), No. 16; Lil' Cease's "The Wonderful World Of Cease A Leo" (Undeas/Atlantic/Atlantic Group), No. 26; Gang Starr's "Full Clip: A Decade Of Gang Starr" (Noo Trybe/Virgin), No. 33; and Chris Rock's "Bigger & Blacker" (DreamWorks/Interscope), No. 48.

On The Billboard Hot 100, Christina Aguilera's "Genie In A Bottle" is crowned the new top song in the land. The single unseats Will Smith's "Wild Wild West" (Overbrook/Columbia), which drops to No. 2. Destiny's Child's "Bills, Bills, Bills" (Columbia) lands at No. 3.

Source: MTV
BSB Backstreet Boys Bump Limp Bizkit From Top Of Chart

Limp Bizkit's reign of terror atop the "Billboard" album chart is over... for now.

After three weeks at number one, the band's "Significant Other" drops to number two next week as the Backstreet Boys reclaim the top spot, according to sales figures released by SoundScan on Wednesday. The B-Boys moved another 271,000 copies of their "Millennium" last week, as opposed to 238,000 for Limp Bizkit. With the sales goose, the B-Boys are closing in on sales of 4 million for the album, which has moved more than 3,974,000 copies in nine weeks in stores.

While Limp and the Boys of Backstreet duked it out in the rarified air of chart land, the greatest threat either of them saw in the form of a new arrival came from Too Short. The rapper's "Can't Stay Away" (which features input from Puff Daddy, Eightball & MJG, Scarface, Daz, E-40, and producer Erick Sermon) debuts at number five on the chart next week after selling more than 144,000 copies.

Other notable debuts include "The Wood" soundtrack at 16, Lil' Cease's "Wonderful World Of Cease A Leo" at 26, Gang Starr's "Full Clip" retrospective at 33, Chris Rock's "Bigger & Blacker" at 48, Mr. Bungle's "California" at 144, the Elvis Presley box set "Artist of the Century" at 163, the soundtrack to "Eyes Wide Shut" at 174, and the "Black Gangster" compilation featuring Jay-Z, DMX, Ja Rule, and others at 176.

July 22:
My page mentioned in Aftonbladet IT! BSB

Yes, that´s true! I had sent in my page adress to a swedish computer magazine called Aftonbladet IT and it was in it last Tuesday! My page has also been in Expressen IT. I found the pic on Aftonbladet´s homepage, the pic was also in the magazine (=

I´ve got 5 pix from the Disney Concert Special, a pic of each member:

July 21: This is what it looked like when BSB celebreted the new year on the Dick Clark Show in December ´98...

A.J. has cut his hair, but just a little bit.
Go to theBackstreet Band page to see the pix. Click on Pictures and Bus fun.

July 20: The new single from the Backstreet Boys are gonna be.... Are you ready for this?
LARGER THAN LIFE
Yes, the title of my page and everything (=.
The video will be shot at the end of august.
That cool news camed from The Backstreet Band page. The page has been updated today, so go and check it out!

More cool news; When BSB played in Spain, Metallica and Aerosmith camed to see the show!

Go to my tour dates page. I have some of the US tour dates there.

July 19: Well, you all know that while in Milan, Italy during their tour Brian, A.J. Kevin, Nick, & Howie participated in a fashion show modeling Versace outifts. They wore Versace jeans & white Versace shirts. But what you maybe don´t know is that it was reported that the guys caused quite a stir among the media at the event. It seems that photographers were tripping over other people's feet as well as their own while trying to snap pictures of the guys! The boys went on to perform a little concert for the fans outside. Who ultimatly stayed out in the streets well after the boys had left. (Rumor has it 2 streets were blocked off).

July 17: Source: bboys.com

The Backstreet Boys Take Europe By Storm; US Tour Dates Announced Soon

The Backstreet Boys have played to sold-out crowds throughout Europe over the past few weeks and have received a thunderous response wherever they have been. A Dutch newspaper called the Backstreet Boys concert "A Remote-Controlled Triumph." It is not a concert, more than that, a mega-show: 5 star singers, 6 musicians, 17 songs and 10 dancers, special effects and a lot of wardrobe changes. From start to finish the experience is breathtaking. Look for the group to announce their US tour dates very soon.

BSB MARIAH

Cooperation between Mariah and the Backstreet Boys

Yep, it's really going to happen! Mariah Carey is most likely going to record a song with the Backstreet Boys! An excited Brian told us: "We have spoke to mariah personally over the telephone and she asked us if we would like to record a song with her in the (near) future. Cool, isn't it?!" When this special project will take place is uncertain. The BSB will first do to more concerts in the Ahoy' in Rotterdam, on July 26 and 27.

July 15: MTV Europe are having a Backstreet Boys Day on August 3rd, don´t forget to watch!

July 13: Source: The Backstreet Boys Millennium

Its "Christmas Time" in October!

Attention BSB fans! Get ready to have the best holiday season ever with the brand new Backstreet Boys christmas album hitting stores this October. It will feature holiday favorites in classic BSB style! You can go to your nearest music store and ask to reserve one today.

Everyone who has MTV Europe look at it tonight at 21.30, it´s Backstreet TV!

I have the latest issue of the swedish magazine OKEJ, it´s BSB on the cover, click here to see it.

Cute Nick:

July 12: Ok, you just have to click here.

BSB Source: MTV
Note: Go to mtv.com to watch it in realplayer.

Backstreet Boys Send Video Postcards From Europe

The five-piece phenomenon known as the Backstreet Boys is busy filling stadiums all over Europe, yet the group still managed to do a little documentary filmmaking on the side.

MTV News gave the guys a couple of cameras to take along on tour, and they captured some of their backstage antics on video. When Kevin Richardson tried to sneak away from the BSB camp incognito to do some camerawork, he wound up capturing a Backstreet Boy's-eye view of what it's like to be recognized by a group of unsuspecting fans.

The Backstreet Boys wrap up their European outing on August 7, and they're scheduled to kick off their American tour in September.

Source: bboys.com
The Backstreet Boys are due to announce the dates of the US leg of their World Tour later this week. The dates are set to begin in mid-September and run through November 1999. Check back in the next few days for the official announcement.

July 11:

BSB Source: MTV

Backstreet Boys, Mayoral Candidate Agree To Keep Song Out Of Politics

A third party candidate for mayor of San Francisco has agreed to stop using a Backstreet Boys song as his official campaign theme after representatives from the group raised licensing concerns about the song's usage.

Mark Hardie, a 28-year-old African-American lawyer who is campaigning for the mayoral position as a self-described "progressive" candidate, began using "One," a song off the Backstreet Boys' new album, "Millennium," at political rallies last month.

But after several discussions with the group's licensing director, Hardie and the Backstreet Boys' reps have amicably decided that the song should be kept out of a political forum at the group's request.

In talking with MTV News, Hardie said he wasn't upset with the band's decision and actually credits the group with helping infuse increased teen awareness in his campaign and message (even though a large number of Backstreet fans don't meet the minimum voting age required by law). "I'm definitely a supporter of the Backstreet Boys," Hardie said, "and I'm still definitely a fan."

Representatives for the Backstreet Boys stated that the group had no official comment on the matter.

Hardie says that his primary goal in the campaign was to get more youths involved in the political process, and his platform includes such ideas as creating a Department of Women's Rights for San Francisco and funding new programs to combat youth violence in the city.

Yes, it´s a picture today (a gorgeous one!)
I found it in a swedish TV magazine:

July 7: I´ve got a gorgeous picture for you all today:

July 6: Go to The Backstreet Band Homepage for some REALLY cool news!

I´ve got some new gorgeous photos of the Backstreet Cousins:

Just 1 more month until BSB comes to Stockholm, Sweden for 2 concerts (=

July 5: Backstreet Boys was on a fashion show last week. And they were the perfect models for the new look. Wearing white shirts over simple jeans from the latest Versus collection, they sang I Want It That Way for Donatella Versace to the delight of the fashion crowd and screaming teen-agers waiting outside the Versus show for a glimpse of their idols.
As soon that I get pictures from that show, I put them here!

I´ve got a new picture of the Backstreet Boys, a real cute one, I think it was taken in Germany: