Millennium (Backstreet Boys album)

Millennium is the third studio album (second in the US) by American vocal pop group, the Backstreet Boys, released on May 18, 1999 by Jive Records. It was a highly anticipated follow-up to both their US debut album, and their second internationally released album. It was their first album to be released in both the US and internationally in the same form, at the same time.

Millennium
Studio album by Backstreet Boys
Released	May 18, 1999
Recorded	October 1998 – March 1999
Studio	Battery (New York City, New York, US) Parc (Orlando, Florida, US) Cheiron (Stockholm, Sweden) Polar (Stockholm, Sweden)
Genre	Pop[1]
Length	48:11
Label	Jive
Producer	Max Martin Kristian Lundin Rami Yacoub Robert John "Mutt" Lange Stephen Lipson Mattias Gustafsson Timmy Allen Edwin "Tony" Nicholas Eric Foster White
Backstreet Boys chronology
Backstreet Boys (1997) Millennium (1999) For the Fans (2000)
Singles from Millennium
"I Want It That Way" Released: April 12, 1999 "Larger than Life" Released: September 3, 1999 "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" Released: December 21, 1999 "The One" Released: May 16, 2000

In the United States, it holds the record for most shipments in one year, with 11 million in 1999. It was nominated for five Grammy Awards and spawned four Top 40 singles; "I Want It That Way", "Larger than Life", "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely", and "The One". It has since become one of the best-selling albums of all time, selling 24 million copies worldwide.[2] The band promoted the album through the Into the Millennium Tour, which became one of the fastest-grossing tours of all time.

Background

Following the release of the Backstreet Boys' first US album Backstreet Boys and second international album Backstreet's Back selling 27 million copies worldwide, they were met with critics accusing them of being a "flash in the pan" and misconceptions that they earned a lot of money. In 1997–1998, the band filed a lawsuit against manager Lou Pearlman, stating that they only received $300,000 from recording and touring while he kept over $10 million. Pearlman claimed to be the "sixth Backstreet Boy", and revealed to them that he managed rival boy band NSYNC, who sold over 6 million copies of their debut album, stating that "it's business".[3] On September 18, 1998, the band left their management company Wright Stuff, which was formerly associated with Pearlman's record company Trans Continental Records.[4]

During the same period, the band also dealt with personal tragedies; Kevin Richardson suffered two family deaths,[5] Brian Littrell needed to undergo open heart surgery,[3] Howie Dorough lost his sister from lupus,[6] and the band's producer Denniz Pop died of stomach cancer. The album was initially titled Larger Than Life, which Dorough described as "almost like a thank-you song for all they've done" because they were always supporting the band.[5]

Promotion

Every version of Britney Spears's debut album ...Baby One More Time that was released prior to Millennium contained previews of three songs as hidden tracks, placed at the end of the album against Spears' wishes.[7] The band appeared on Saturday Night Live and Total Request Live during the album's release date,[5] and filmed a Disney Channel concert special called Backstreet Boys in Concert the same day.[8]

Singles

Four singles were released from the album.

• "I Want It That Way" is the lead single from the album, released on April 12, 1999. It is one of the Backstreet Boys' most commercially successful songs and is often regarded as the group's signature song.
• "Larger than Life" is the second single, released on September 3, 1999.
• "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" was released as the third single, released on December 21, 1999. It peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the week of March 18, 2000.[9]
• "The One" is the fourth and final single from the album, being released on May 16, 2000. "Don’t Want You Back" was originally going to be the fourth single based on a TRL fan vote. However, when Nick Carter called in to vote for "The One", the fans followed after him.[10]

Tour

The album's supporting tour, Into the Millennium Tour, started from June 2, 1999 and ended on March 15, 2000 with a total of 123 shows in 84 cities spanning three legs.[11] The first leg of the North American tour initially sold 53 dates (40 announced and 13 added) due to demand[12] in 39 cities, scheduled to run from September 14–December 2, 1999.[12][13] The concert at Georgia Dome, Atlanta, was the 5th most attended concert in American history and the most attended concert by a pop artist.[14]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	[15]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[16]
Rolling Stone	[17]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[18]
Spin	7/10[19]

Writing for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that "Millennium has no pretense of being anything other than an album for the moment, delivering more of everything that made Backstreet's Back a blockbuster".[1] Robert Christgau gave Millennium a two-star honorable mention, stating that the album is "softening it a little up for their younger demographic, sexing it up a little for their own peace of mind", specifically praising "I Want It That Way" and "Larger than Life".[15] Jim Farber from Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B-, stating that they have taken risks in their lyrics, as "Teen acts normally can’t acknowledge their romantic power. They have to remain the longing ones in order to seal the twin fantasies of purity and accessibility".[16]

Arion Berger of Rolling Stone commented that the album was "prefabricated, too pretty, suspiciously well choreographed", criticizing Nick Carter's straining vocals on "I Need You Tonight", stating that "It's Gotta Be You" was a rehash of their 1997 single "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" and mentioned how "The Perfect Fan" evaporated throughout the song. However, he praised "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely", describing it as "digging its melodic claws into your skull on the first listen [...] it's the swooniest blending of the five vocalists' timbres to date, and mighty pretty besides".[17] Writing for Spin, Joshua Clover criticized the opening track "Larger than Life", stating that it "boogies deftly and punks daftly [...] but huffs fame like glue", while praising other uptempo songs such as "I Want It That Way", "Don't Want You Back", "It's Gotta Be You", and "Spanish Eyes".[19] He concluded by stating that while "the calendar flipping soundtrack" isn't Robbie Williams' song "Millennium" (1998), it 'smashes Silverchair's "Anthem for the Year 2000"' (1999), comparing the band to Alanis Morissette than NSYNC.[19]

Commercial performance

Millennium debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, where it remained for 10 non-consecutive weeks. It sold 1,134,000 copies in its first week of release, breaking the previous Nielsen SoundScan record held by Garth Brooks for single-week record sales.[20] This record was subsequently overtaken in 2000 by NSYNC with the release of No Strings Attached.[21] Millennium sold nearly 500,000 copies in the US on its first day alone, setting a record for first-day sales,[22] and became the best-selling album of 1999, selling 9,445,732 albums.[23] It remained on the Billboard chart for 93 weeks, eventually selling over 13 million copies in the United States and being certified 13 times platinum.[24]

As of 2016, the album stands as the fifth best selling album in the United States of the SoundScan era with 12.3 million units sold.[25] In 2003 it was also reported as being the fourth biggest seller for Music Club sales in the US over the past 14 years with sales of 1.59 million, though these sales are not included in SoundScan's total.[26] In Canada, Millennium was the seventh biggest selling album since 1995 in the Canadian Soundscan sales era up to end of December 2007,[27] while in Japan, sales went up to 1 million according to Billboard.[28]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Larger than Life"	Max Martin, Kristian Lundin, Brian Littrell	Lundin	3:52
2.	"I Want It That Way"	Martin, Andreas Carlsson	Martin, Lundin	3:33
3.	"Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"	Martin, Herbert Crichlow	Martin, Lundin	3:54
4.	"It's Gotta Be You"	Martin, Robert John "Mutt" Lange	Martin, Lange, Rami Yacoub	2:57
5.	"I Need You Tonight"	Andrew Fromm	Lange	4:23
6.	"Don't Want You Back"	Martin	Martin, Yacoub	3:26
7.	"Don't Wanna Lose You Now"	Martin	Martin, Yacoub	3:55
8.	"The One"	Martin, Littrell	Martin, Lundin	3:46
9.	"Back to Your Heart"	Kevin Richardson, Littrell, Gary Baker, Jason Blume	Stephen Lipson, Timmy Allen^[a]	4:21
10.	"Spanish Eyes"	Andrew Fromm, Sandy Linzer	Allen, Mattias Gustafsson	3:55
11.	"No One Else Comes Close"	Joe Thomas, Baker, Wayne Perry	Allen, Edwin "Tony" Nicholas	3:43
12.	"The Perfect Fan"	Littrell, Thomas Smith	Eric Foster White	4:15

Bonus tracks (Australia / Japan / Singapore / China)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"I'll Be There for You"	Baker, Perry, Allen	Allen, Larry "Rock" Campbell	4:35
14.	"You Wrote the Book on Love"	Baker, Perry, Butch Johnson	"Fitz" Gerald Scott	4:38

Indonesian bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"I'll Be There for You"	Baker, Allen, Perry	Allen, Campbell	4:35
14.	"If You Knew What I Knew"	AJ McLean, Billy Chapin, Bryan Bonnett	McLean, Chapin, Bonnett	4:16

South Korean bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"My Heart Stays with You"	Full Force	Full Force	3:38

Taiwanese bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"I'll Be There for You"	Baker, Allen, Perry	Allen, Campbell	4:35
14.	"My Heart Stays with You"	Full Force	Full Force	3:38
15.	"Christmas Time"			4:03
16.	"As Long as You Love Me" (Unplugged)			3:33
17.	"Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)" (E-Smoove Vocal Mix)			6:47

Bonus disc (Singapore / Malaysia / Hong Kong)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Larger than Life" (The Video Mix)	3:56
2.	"Larger than Life" (Instrumental)	3:56
3.	"If You Knew What I Knew"	5:03

Singaporean special edition bonus disc

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Larger than Life" (Eclipse's New Life Mix)
2.	"Larger than Life" (Keith Litman Club Mix)
3.	"Larger than Life" (Jazzy Jim's Bonus Beats)
4.	"Larger than Life" (Jack D. Elliot Radio Mix)
5.	"Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" (Soul Solution Mixshow Edit)
6.	"Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" (Jason Nevins Crossover Mix)
7.	"Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" (Soul Solution House of Loneliness Vocal)
8.	"Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" (Jazzy Jim's Bonus Beats)

North America/Europe double sided audio cassette (frontside)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Larger than Life"	3:52
2.	"I Want It That Way"	3:33
3.	"Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"	3:54
4.	"The One"	3:46
5.	"I Need You Tonight"	4:23
6.	"Don't Want You Back"	3:25

North America/Europe double sided audio cassette (backside)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Don't Wanna Lose You Now"	3:54
2.	"It's Gotta Be You"	2:57
3.	"Back to Your Heart"	4:21
4.	"Spanish Eyes"	3:53
5.	"No One Else Comes Close"	3:42
6.	"The Perfect Fan"	4:13

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies additional vocal production

Personnel

Credits for Millennium adapted from AllMusic.[29]

Backstreet Boys Nick Carter – arranger, vocals Brian Littrell – conductor, vocal arrangement, vocals Kevin Richardson – arranger, bass, keyboards, vocals Howie Dorough – vocals AJ McLean – vocals Additional musicians Hans Åkeson – viola Tomas Andersson – violin Tim Berkebile – drums, musical director Torbjörn Bernhardsson – viola Randy Bowland – guitar (acoustic), guitar (electric) Billy Chapin – guitar Asa Forsberg – cello Ulf Forsberg – viola Andrew Fromm – piano Dennis Gallo – guitar, keyboards Mattias Gustafsson – bass, guitar, keyboards, producer, programming Paul Howards – keyboards, percussion, saxophone Bashiri Johnson – percussion Tomas Lindberg – bass Svein H. Martinsen – viola Dominic Miller – guitar Chieli Minucci – guitar (acoustic), guitar (electric) Edwin Nicholas – bass, keyboards, producer, programming Esbjörn Öhrwall – guitar Samuli Ornstromer – cello Doug Petty – piano Elisabeth Arnberg Ranmo – viola Olle Romo – keyboards, programming Tom Smith – keyboards, piano Peter-John Vettese – keyboards, programming Louie Vigilante – bass Georg "Jojje" Wadenius – guitar Eric Foster White – bass, conductor, engineer, guitar (electric), keyboards, producer Dan Wojeciechowski – drums

Production Timmy Allen – producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange – producer Stephen Lipson – producer, programming Kristian Lundin – engineer, mixing, producer Max Martin – mixing, producer Rami Yacoub – mixing, producer Technical Adam Barber – engineer, vocal engineer Joe Bates – engineer Adam Blackburn – engineer Daniel Boom – engineer Tom Coyne – mastering Stephen George – engineer Ben Glynne – programming Mick Guzauski – mixing Henrik Janson – arranger, conductor Uli Janson – arranger, conductor Devon Kirkpatrick – assistant engineer Heff Moraes – engineer, mixing Dawn Reinholtz – assistant engineer Carl Robinson – engineer George Spatta – engineer Chris Trevett – engineer, mixing Christian "Wicked" Wicht – engineer Design Nick Gamma – art direction, design Charles Infante – set design Jackie Murphy – art direction, design

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1999) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[30] 2 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[31] 1 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[32] 1 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[33] 2 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[34] 1 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[35] 1 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[36] 1 European Albums (Album Top 100)[35] 1 French Albums (SNEP)[37] 8 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[38] 1 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[39] 1 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[40] 2 Icelandic Albums (Tonlist)[41] 1 Irish Albums (IRMA)[42] 2 Italian Albums (FIMI)[35] 1 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[43] 6 Malaysian Albums (IFPI)[35] 1 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[44] 1 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[45] 1 Portuguese Albums (AFP)[46] 1 Scottish Albums (OCC)[47] 4 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[48] 1 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[49] 1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[50] 1 Taiwanese Albums (IFPI)[51] 1 UK Albums (OCC)[52] 2 US Billboard 200[53] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1999) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[54] 11 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[55] 9 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[56] 12 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[57] 22 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[58] 10 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[59] 5 Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[60] 7 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[61] 12 UK Albums (OCC)[62] 37 US Billboard 200[63] 1 Chart (2000) Position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[64] 89 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[65] 100 UK Albums (OCC)[66] 91 US Billboard 200[67] 9 Decade-end charts Chart (1990–1999) Position US Billboard 200[68] 16

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[69]	3× Platinum	180,000^^
Australia (ARIA)[70]	3× Platinum	210,000^^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[71]	Gold	25,000^*
Belgium (BEA)[72]	2× Platinum	100,000^*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[73]	2× Platinum	500,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)[74]	Diamond	1,000,000^^
Chile (IFPI)	—	57,665[75]
Colombia[76]	Gold	30,000[76]
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[77]	Platinum	50,000^^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[78]	Platinum	42,525[79]
Germany (BVMI)[80]	3× Gold	750,000[81]
Japan (RIAJ)[82]	4× Platinum	1,000,000[28]
Mexico (AMPROFON)[83]	4× Platinum	600,000^^
Netherlands (NVPI)[84]	2× Platinum	200,000^^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[85]	2× Platinum	30,000^^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[86]	Platinum	50,000^*
Poland (ZPAV)[87]	Gold	50,000^*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[88]	4× Platinum	400,000^^
Sweden (GLF)[89]	Platinum	80,000^^
South Korea (KMCA)[90]	4× Platinum	250,000[91]
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[92]	Platinum	50,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[93]	Platinum	487,542[94][95]
United States (RIAA)[96]	13× Platinum	15,402,000[upper-alpha 1]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[99]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^*
Worldwide	—	24,000,000[2]
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of best-selling albums
• List of fastest-selling albums worldwide
• List of best-selling albums in the United States
• List of best-selling albums in Canada

Notes

1. As of March 2015, the album has sold 13,812,000 copies in the US according to Nielsen SoundScan, which does not count albums sold through clubs like the BMG Music Club, where it sold 1.59 million units as of February 2003.[97][98] Combined, it has sold over 15,402,000 copies in the United States.

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