But at the end of the day, it was all about Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync, two of the best-selling bands at that time and of all-time. No, it's not. ", Part of Pearlman's strategy was taken straight from the hallway of your average middle school: He would complain about BSB to 'N Sync and vice versa, turning them against each other with lies about diva behavior, with Kirkpatricksaying, "If I were the Backstreet Boys, I would've hated us too. So if were looking purely at album sales, this round is a draw. But this ended up being small potatoes compared to their rivals: NSync famously made history when they sold 2,415,859 copies of their second album,No Strings Attached, in late March of 2000. In the end, both Backstreet Boys and NSyncare going to be remembered for being iconic torchbearers of a teen-pop empire. Entertainment Television, LLC A Division of NBCUniversal. Both groups sold millions of albums, packed arenas with their tours, and had a deep pop cultural impact on the world. Both bands were competing in a charity basketball game, withTimberlake, Chasez,Littrell andCarter heading to McDonald's afterwards. photos. [6] 55 , 8. .[7]. The group had outlived its usefulness, and the superstar had moved on. Accordingly, N'Sync should be declared the winners of this round. [19][20], I Want You Back, 20. 1998. The best-selling album by BACKSTREET BOYS is MILLENNIUM, which sold over 40,000,000 copies . The group had a lot more longevity than NSYNC. Both boy bands were signed to Jive Records after being discovered by sleazy music manager Lou Pearlman. Timberlake side-stepped all of that; in doing so, NSyncs legacy as a solo-star launching pad remained frozen in time. Despite an initially slow start in the States, the band proved to be a hit in Europe before finally crossing back over to spearhead a boy band revolution when their U.S. debut,Backstreet Boyscame out, in 1997. And, in perhaps the best example, British boy band Take That reunited and had a colossally successful second career, ten years after Robbie Williams left the band. US Weekly reported: BSB even invited NSYNC's Lance Bass up on stage in Las Vegas to help them perform their hit "Shape of My Heart" to prove there's no "serious" rivalry. The bromance between the bands was made even more palpable the following year, when Backstreet Boys invited NSYNC's Lance Bass up on stage in Las Vegas to help them perform their hit "Shape of My Heart.". [38][39] 2005, , I'll Never Stop, . So long, college plans. "And we didn't see it like that.". "And we're better men for it.". We wish him the all the best in his future endeavors.". , . If I saw them in a room I would've even want to talk to them. , , , . Portugus. Although it meant that they would not be the definitive 90s boy band, this was probably a wise decision. NSYNC (. Comparing Backstreet Boys to NSync works because both were huge at the start of the new millennium. But it's also really hard to respect someone who lied to your face for who knows how long. The recordings included some unreleased mixes, demos and original materials. The group has topped $165 million in record sales worldwide. 2009. ; 5 . and those who are always associated with the tag(Menudo!). [11] , , . You don't know whether to laugh. AJ McClean, known as Backstreet Boys' Bad Boy, told US Weekly in 2016, "If anything, it might've been a healthy rivalry, but there was never any competition. Outrageous threads that were in unison, but showed off each individual members' physique (heck, sometimes open shirts or no shirts at all). But they were about to find out in a devastating way. by . ", And besides, it's not like it hadn't been done in the music industry before,Wright reasoned in an earlier interview. 16- , . Comparatively, NSyncs signature song Bye Bye Bye, lacks the same pop gravitas. NSYNC also made it into the top 10, ranking at #7. This kickstarted a new trend of fastest selling album (essentially, who had the best first week sales) that everyone from Britney Spears to Eminem to Limp Bizkit were suddenly a part of. They were far from the only super-groups Pearlman attempted to form:C-Note, a Latin boy band;Take 5, a total BSB/'N Sync knockoff that he was hoping would be his third breakthrough group;LFO, a trio that had one major hit in "Summer Girls," and his first girl group,Innocence. "These guys were talented, meaning 'N Sync," Wright said in the Backstreet Boys' Behind the Music episode, which aired in 2005. , No Strings Attached, 21. 2000, 2,4 . "Mr. Pearlman was always speaking loyalty and preaching loyalty, saying, 'I love you guys; you're like my sons.' Who is the real Prince of Pop: Justin Timberlake or Justin Bieber? Getty Images; Melissa Herwitt/E! "That's when the snowball started rolling. After their show The Mickey Mouse Club was canceled, Timberlakeand Chasez, who would go on to share lead vocals, had previously recorded demos together in Nashville. [1] , , , . As soon as Timberlake dropped hisJustifiedalbum and it became a hit, NSync were forever doomed to play second fiddle not only to Timberlake, but to Backstreet Boys. BSB vs 'N Sync: The True Story Behind Their Epic Boy Band Rivalry - E Backstreet Boys.Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, VA, US . [27] , "It's Gonna Be Me", 1 . , .[26]. Pearlman wasn't the only member of their management team that the Backstreet guys felt anger toward over the conflict of interest, as Wright was eventually given an ultimatum by the guys: us or them. [40][41], , . "Backstreet Boys were basically like, 'No, we won't even touch this!'" Thanks to a small technicality they found in their contractif they weren't signed to a label in the U.S.in a certain amount of time their contract was void, and they had been signed to a label in Germany'N Sync was able to get away from Trans Continental and RCAbut Pearlman wasn't about to go down without a fight, suing the band for the name 'N Sync in a $150 million lawsuit in October 1999. NSYNC as a group was a teen pop sensationjust like Backstreet Boysbut their musical influences were much more diverse. "It's really almost like a bad slang to us," Kirkpatrick told Rolling Stone of the "boy band" label. "[We] used to joke all the time that we were going to turn Orlando into the next Motown, but we were going to call it Snowtownbecause we weren't doing it with R&B acts, we were doing it with pop acts,"he explained to Rolling Stone in 1998. Happy Birthday Jessica Biel! , 1995. . "Bye Bye Bye. Finally, due to Backstreet Boys continued output they released a new studio album as recently as 2013 they have managed (since their U.S. debut) to amass nine consecutive top 10 albums; thats an active streak only one other artist (Sade) can beat. There are two types of people in this world: fans of 'N Syncor Backstreet Boys. It was [Pearlman's] not being honest. . Comprised of Justin Timberlake, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick, Lance Bass, and JC Chasez, NSYNC was a powerhouse on the charts that sold an astounding amount of records during their years together. 10.000.000 , 2000. However, they matched Backstreet Boys total of six top 10s. NSYNC Or The Backstreet Boys: Who Sold More Records? - NickiSwift.com "No Strings Attached" was their declaration of breaking away from their sleaze-ball manager. It's hard to hate someone that brought you into your own. You should do something like that.' NSYNC , , -- 150 . And today,with ChrisKirkpatrickadmittinghewashardly a fanof BSB's AJ McLean, we couldn't help butlookback on one of music's most-hypedand secretly encouragedrivalries. Saturday 03 September 2022 - Saturday 03 September 2022. Nsync Then all of a sudden, 'It's business, guys, sorry.' "It was the most mixed emotions ever,"Kirkpatricksaid in The Boy Band Con of Pearlman's passing. , , - . The ultimate bonding experience.). nsync (.) , 90-. Backstreet Boys Vs. NSYNC: Which Boy Band Sold More Records? - TheThings The trio eventually ran into Kirkpatricks' friend Joey Fatone, who was working at one of the theme parks in Orlando, at a club. Who Is The Definitive '90s Boy Band?: Backstreet Boys vs. N'Sync When Kevin Richardson left the Backstreet Boys in 2005, fans thought the group was finito. It was the first time they had been paid aside from receiving a daily $35 stipend. Most iconic Backstreet Boys album: 'Backstreet Boys' or 'Millennium'? "Not to sound ungrateful, because it was a lot of money," Bass said, "but when you compare it to how many hours we had put into this group for years, it didn't even touch minimum wage at all. All rights reserved. ThenTimberlake's vocal coach suggested Bass, a 15-year-old from Mississippi, who flew out to Orlando the day after his Homecoming parade to audition. Richardson told him, "Why don't you come and, you know, sing with these guys down here? 'N Sync member Lance Bass' documentary, The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story, was released in 2019, and featured members of multiple boy bands and their families documenting the devastation and deceit they experienced during their time working with former managerLou Pearlman, their father figure turned enemy. But that's quite a distance from #1. We couldn't even go into the record label because the employees there didn't know we existed," Bass revealed in The Boy Band Con, adding they were referred to in documents and expense reports as "B5" to keep the secrecy. In 2018, they reunited once again to receive their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, making a joint appearance on The Ellen Degeneres Show. It's sad. "It just made me sad. "It was almost like a betrayal,"Richardsonsaid. I was scared of them. However, while No Strings Attached won the battle, Backstreet Boys' album Millennium won the war: total sales for the albums stand at 12,250,000 for Millennium and 11,160,000 for No Strings Attached.Additionally, Backstreet Boys' cumulative US album sales are, by conservative estimates, at least five million higher than N . "Some of us will never come to terms with it. As for Pearlman, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2008 after being accused of running one of the largest and longest-running Ponzi schemes in history, bilkinginvestorsout of more than $300 million. Beyonce had not only not added anything substantial to the Destinys Child legacy, but she was also taking precious time away from her successful solo carer. They called it "a hiatus." Boy bands have been around forever, and have included bands that have gone on to outlive the term(The Beatles!) "With the success of the Backstreet Boys, as 'N Sync, we always felt like the redheaded stepchild. Get to read unlimited stories for free when you sign up. While they initially had Jason Galasso as their bass singer, it didn't work out, though his mark was forever left on the group as their band name came from the last initial of each member's first name. Who's the real George of Pop: George Michael or Boy George? The group was that influential. For Backstreet, their image was "a little bit darker," so they wore darker clothing. In their doc,Richardson recalled Pearlman breaking the news of his new band to him in 1995 when he showed him a VHS recording of the rival group performing. We either want the group or the solo artist to be the major success story, but not both and certainly not at the same time. 1 on the Billboard 200. NSYNC did sell more than 2.4 million copies of their second album "No Strings Attached" in its first week of release a feat unmatched by Backstreet Boys but stopped making music after their fourth album. Big personalities, big costumes. Backstreet Boys added one more top 40 song, in 2005, with Incomplete. What BSB didn't know, though, was that Pearlman, Wright and co-manager Donna Wright had quietly started working with another boy band. But we are sure Backstreet boys were glad when they said "Bye Bye Bye.". Despite Bass telling People he "loves" the Backstreet Boys, "healthy rivalry" aside one of the two fan favorites made a lot more money than the other and arguably had a more ubiquitous cultural impact but let's leave that debate for the enthusiasts. He formed TransContintenal Records and launched a $3 million talent contest with his own money in the hopes of finding the next great (money-making) boy band. And that, in a nutshell, is how the Backstreet Boys were formed, with the help of successful music manager Johnny Wright, who worked with NKOTB. He was in history class in Kentucky when he was pulled out because he had a phone call with destiny. In 1995, 'N Sync began with an unlikely first member:Kirkpatrick, who crossed paths with Pearlman when he auditioned to be in BSB. [46] - *NSYNC: Get To The Show. http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6627385/n-sync-backstreet-boys-boy-band-debate, https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/backstreet-boys-open-up-about-nsync-rivalry-w440367/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fndeDfaWCg, one of the top-selling albums of the 2000s, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQMlWwIXg3M, https://open.spotify.com/album/0A0F3AqFbEy1ZQgJwAXFzm, https://open.spotify.com/album/3bhFoH4PFnY4ifK4981U8X. We've spent six years trying to get out of the shadow of being this boy-band thing.". Battle lines were drawn for every teenage girl growing up in that era and you had to choose which band you were going to pledge your undying loyalty to. I have never seen them argue with each other, and that kind of scares me. , , . None of the Backstreet Boys solo singles made the Hot 100, something that even Nick Carters kid brother, Aaron Carter, was able to manage three times. "I was on the wrong side of the coin," Pearlman said. We are talking bubblegum pop tunes marketed to teen demographics and smooth ballads that made your heart melt. ", He continued, "That hurt our feelings. 2016, 40. . But when it comes to signature songs, Backstreet Boys blow NSync out of the water. "A.J. BSB would go on to become the best-selling boy band of all time. 2.4 million copies! "Look at the Backstreet Boys, right? . Their first single? Every successful boy band and even R&B male vocal groups followed a combination of these archetypes. The songs wereenjoyable enough, and they ended up being decent-sized hits, but it felt superfluous, unnecessary. "I guess you could say Backstreet Boys are the Temptations and 'N Sync are the Four Tops.". NSYNC had the edge when it came to individual talent, including future solo music star and actor Justin Timberlake. But he made the decision to enter the music industry after chartering a private plane for New Kids on the Block, the gold standard of boy bands at the time. , , 9. , , , .[22][23][24]. Second, aside from a quick reunion at the 2013 Video Music Awards, where Timberlake was honored with the Video Vanguard Award, he has never returned to NSync. Except it would be three or four years of hard work, traveling all over Europe to make a name for themselves before finally making a splash in the U.S. in 1997. [16][17][18] --, For me, it was it's better that we control the destiny of both groups than someone else who is going to turn the group right against you. "When we started out, we were like, 'Yeah, we're a team. Just a few years before, the Spice Girls had tried to continue as a four piece after losing Ginger Spice, only to see theirsubsequent US sales plummet. But NSYNC came out swinging out of the gate! 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NSYNC- 10 , , God Must Have Spent A Little More Time on You. Their albums might be selling in progressively fewer quantities, but it doesnt matter: What they accomplished in their heyday, coupled with the NSync/Justin Timberlake complex, has assured their legacy amongst the public. NSync, however, did not want to (or knew they could not) succeed without Timberlake. The pop-rock hit "Larger Than Life" was definitely well larger than life. Backstreet Boys signature song, I Want It That Way, was a huge radio hit in 1999; although it only peaked at #6 on the Hot 100, it was the most played song on American radio for three consecutive weeks. You were either Team NSYNC or Team Backstreet Boys and whichever you listened to on your Walkman basically determined your friendship circle. nsync vs backstreet boy album sales - talentcomputerinstitute.in Likewise, Van Halen were able to survive David Lee Roths departure. , NSYNC- . Because of all this, Backstreet Boys were always the more definitive boy band. That rivalry was realfor the guys and for fans. They ultimately got to keep their name, with the suit being settled out of court. While NSync might have had the larger first sales week, might have been better dancers, and might have been asked to play the Super Bowl, theyll have to make dowith thesilver medal in the90s boy band Olympics. "I saw two people, and it was pretty bad,"Richardson recalled to Rolling Stone in 1999. NSYNC Or The Backstreet Boys: Who Sold More Records. Pearlman, who died in 2016, was the man credited for kicking off the boy band boom in the '90s, starting the careers of super-groups like 'N Sync,Backstreet Boys, LFO and O-Town. Put simply, I Want It That Way is one of the best pop songs of all time. "We're on to bigger and better things,"Littrell said of the experience. [25] . "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" brought the dance moves and a funky pop sound (and has lived on in film and TV). ", "The ultimate goal was to do it not once but twice,"Wright said of trying to take 'N Sync to the next level la Backstreet, which worked after the Disney Channel special. There was never any, you know, 'You guys suck!'" AJ McClean told radio hosts Kyle and Jackie O, "I know a couple of people in the media and the entertainment world thought we broke-up and we just got back together, but truth be told, we have never broken up not once, not ever in 25 years." [39], 2013. Girlfriend Bye Bye Bye. We never spoke to them. "'Where there's Coke, there's Pepsi, somebody's going to come along with do the BSB knockoff so why shouldn't it be us,'" is how author John Seabrook recalled Pearlman explaining the situation to him in The Boy Band Con. "So that made us a little bit bitter towards Johnny. For McLean, it's still "complicated," as he explained to The Irish Times. They may be five guys or four guys or other similarities here and there, but it's just one of those things. One year after Celebrity's release, 'N Sync announced they were going on a temporary hiatus. In each case, the bands previous status, no matter how great, ultimately pales in comparison to the legacy of the solo superstar. It was so insulting. how to celebrate valentine's day with friends. "He ended up bringing us all together more," Basstold People. The late '90s saw a resurgence of boy bands, but NSYNC and Backstreet Boys stood out above the rest. They may not have seen it like that. , . On the other hand, Backstreet Boys only ever made it to #2, with Quit Playing Games (With My Heart).. , No Strings Attached 2,4 . Meanwhile, Backstreet Boys have released 11 albums with their 2019 hit "DNA" reaching No. In 1998, BSB was offered the chance to do an hour-long special for the Disney Channel, but after years of nonstop touring and working, they were running on fumes. Despite both groups selling millions of records and filling arenas worldwide, Backstreet Boys have sold more than $100 million in records compared to NSYNC's $70 million, per The Things. One person not ready to get out of the boy band shadow was Pearlman. That cousin would be Art Garfunkel, of the legendary Simon& Garfunkel, who told him just how much freakin' money the five guys were making. So they declined. , Home for Christmas, 28. 1998, 7. , 2 . ", Aside from ending any feud or rivalry with 'N Sync that was contrived by Pearlman, BSB later reconciled with Wright. "It's Gonna Be May" memesa play on their hit single "It's Gonna Be Me"have also outlived the group. Who deserves the coveted title of the best late '90s pop boy band? Each decade has its own definitive boy band: The 60s had the Monkees, the 70s had the Jackson 5, the 80s had New Kids on the Block, the 00s had the Jonas Brothers, and the 10s have One Direction. It's bittersweet. [31] 1.879.955 , , No Strings Attached. . Additionally, the music video was iconic enough to be hilariously mocked by Blink-182 in their award-winning All the Small Things video. They left RCA and joined Jive Records, BSB's label. Wanting to create his own version of New Kids on the Block, Pearlman scouted talent until he formed Backstreet Boys in the early 90s. To help set the two groups apart, their shared management gave them different looks and slightly different sounds. And just for good measure, NSync also have thesecondbest sales week ever: third album,Celebrity,sold just shy of 1.88 million copies upon release in July of 2001. NSYNC- Tearin' Up My Heart 100 90- - 1. , , 2003. "He gave his blessing to continue the music without him," the remaining four members said in a statement. Anytime an individual member tried to stray from the Backstreet Boys brand, the publics apathy sent out a clear message: we would only accept this band as a collective whole. NSYNC's most iconic song: 'Bye Bye Bye' or 'It's Gonna Be Me'? After that, Pearlman held an open casting call that took place in a blimp hangar, which later became the heat-filled home of what would be known as "boy band boot camp." He had every freaking toy you could imagine," McLeansaid in the band's 2015 documentary. ", The special proved to be the breakout moment that the up-and-coming group had been waiting for. Main Menu. Had he not gone that route he'd still probably be a huge part of our lives," he said. Over the years, 'N Sync has occasionally reunited to perform together, including the 2013 MTV Music Video Awards to perform a medley of their hits as part of a tribute to Timberlake, who was receiving the Vanguard Award. "We have no intention of replacing Kevin, and the door will always be open for him to return to the Backstreet Boys. 13. 100 . After that, everything changed. strawberry text symbol not emoji; professional kitchen equipment; ernesto fonseca carrillo 2021. ticketmaster amex presale code; az soccer clash tournament 2022 '", In fact, Brian Litrell recalled the exact date his life changed in that cover story: April 19, 1993. NSYNC fans argue that does not make BSB the best. It was followed by "As Long as You Love Me," which touted a similar vibe as a sappy love song.
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