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Not that they are not without their battle scars: They might have sold over million records globally but it has not always been an easy ride for the band.
It all began in Florida in the early s when music mogul Lou Pearlman decided to put together a boy-band with the intent of emulating the success of New Kids on the Block.
All five shared a love of soul music but success did not come easily in their home country. Capitalising on this interest, the Backstreet Boys toured the continent over the summer of gaining fans wherever they went. It would take the band another 12 months to conquer the US market and achieve the kind of success they were seeing elsewhere in the world. The Backstreet Boys had come home. However, success had its dark side. During , the group became embroiled in a lawsuit against Lou Pearlman and the following year, band member Brian Littrell underwent open-heart surgery to correct a heart murmur.
It went on to become the best selling album of the year with over 9. The strategy worked and the album sold over 5 million copies in its first week, including over 1. They were in esteemed company as the only other group to achieve sales of over a million for back-to-back albums was The Beatles. The group undertook a global tour beginning in January although all was not well within the group with reports of A. McLean checking into rehab to battle multiple addictions.
The group rounded off the year by releasing a greatest hits album that, like those before it, sold over a million copies in their home market.
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