Millennium (Backstreet Boys album)

Millennium
Studio album by Backstreet Boys
Released May 18, 1999
Recorded October 1, 1998 – March 1999
Studio Battery Studios
(New York City, New York, U.S.)
Parc Studios
(Orlando, Florida, U.S.)
Cheiron Studios, Polar Studios
(Stockholm, Sweden)
Genre Pop, dance-pop, teen pop
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's Back
(1998)		 Millennium
(1999)		 For the Fans
(2000)
Singles from Millennium
  1. "I Want It That Way"
    Released: April 12, 1999
  2. "Larger than Life"
    Released: September 3, 1999
  3. "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"
    Released: December 21, 1999
  4. "The One"
    Released: May 16, 2000

Millennium is the third album by the American boy band the Backstreet Boys. It was a highly anticipated follow-up to both their U.S. debut album, and their second internationally released album. It was their first album to be released in both the U.S. and internationally in the same form, at the same time.

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, including the single "I Want It That Way". Three of the singles, "I Want It That Way", "Larger than Life" and "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely", became some of their most successful and remembered hits of all time, with "I Want It That Way" becoming their biggest hit to date. Millennium has since become one of the best-selling albums of all time, selling over 40 million copies worldwide.[1][2][3][4]

Singles

Four singles were released from the album.

Tour

The album was supported by the Into the Millennium Tour which started from June 2, 1999 and ended on March 15, 2000 with a total of 123 shows in 84 cities spanning three legs.[5] The first leg of the North American tour initially sold 53 dates (40 announced and 13 added) due to demand[6] in 39 cities, scheduled to run from September 14–December 2, 1999.[6][7] The concert at Georgia Dome, Atlanta, was the 5th most attended concert in American history and the most attended concert by a pop artist.[8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[9]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[10]
Robert Christgau[11]
Rolling Stone[12]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, writing, "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."[9]

Commercial performance

Preceded by the worldwide hit single "I Want It That Way", anticipation for Millennium was high. All versions of Britney Spears's debut album ...Baby One More Time released prior to May 18, 1999 featured previews of tracks from this album.[13] On May 18, 1999, the day of the album's release, the Backstreet Boys made a heavily-publicized appearance on MTV's Total Request Live. Millennium entered the Billboard 200 at number one, where it remained for 10 non-consecutive weeks. It sold 1,134,000 copies in its first week of release, shattering the previous Nielsen SoundScan record held by Garth Brooks for single-week record sales. This record was subsequently overtaken in 2000 by NSYNC with No Strings Attached. Millennium sold nearly 500,000 copies in the U.S. on its first day alone, setting a record for first-day sales.[14] Millennium became the best-selling album of 1999, selling 9,445,732 albums.[15] Millennium remained on the Billboard chart for 93 weeks, eventually selling over 13 million copies in the United States and being certified 13 times platinum.[16] As of October 2014, the album stands as the fifth best selling album in the United States of the SoundScan era with 12,250,000 units sold.[17] In 2003 it was also reported as being the fourth biggest seller for Music Club sales in the U.S. over the past 14 years with sales of 1.59 million.[18] In Canada, the album is seventh biggest selling album since 1995 in the Canadian Soundscan sales era up to end of December 2007.[19] In Japan, it sales 1 million copies totally according to Billboard magazine.[20]

Track listing

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

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[21] 2
Austrian Albums Chart[21] 1
Belgian Flemish Albums Chart[21] 1
Belgian Walloon Albums Chart[21] 2
Canadian Albums Chart[22] 1
Danish Albums Chart[23] 1
Dutch Albums Chart[21] 1
European Top 100 Albums[23] 1
French SNEP Albums Chart[21] 8
Finnish Albums Chart[21] 1
German Albums Chart[24] 1
Hungarian Albums Chart[25] 2
Irish Albums Chart[26] 2
Italian Albums Chart[27] 1
Japanese Albums Chart[28] 6
Malaysian Albums Chart[23] 1
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart[21] 1
Norwegian Albums Chart[21] 1
Portuguese Albums Chart[23] 1
Scottish Albums Chart[29] 4
Spanish Albums Chart[23] 1
Swedish Albums Chart[21] 1
Swiss Albums Chart[21] 1
Taiwanese Albums Chart[30] 1
UK Albums Chart[31] 2
US Billboard 200[32] 1

Decade-end charts

Chart (1990–1999) Position
US Billboard 200[33] 16

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Argentina (CAPIF) 3× Platinum[34] 180,000
Australia (ARIA) 3× Platinum[35] 210,000
Austria (IFPI) Gold[36] 25,000
Belgium (IFPI) 2× Platinum[37] 100,000
Brazil (ABPD) 2× Platinum[38] 500,000
Canada (Music Canada) Diamond[39] 1,000,000
Colombia (IFPI) Gold[40] 30,000
Finland (IFPI) Platinum[41] 42,525
Germany (BVMI) 3× Gold[42] 750,000
Mexico (AMPF) 4× Platinum/Gold[43] 675,000
New Zealand (RIANZ) 2× Platinum[44] 30,000
Norway (IFPI) Platinum[45] 50,000
Poland (ZPAV) Gold[46] 50,000
Portugal (IFPI) Platinum[47] 40,000+
Sweden (IFPI) Platinum[48] 80,000
South Korea (IFPI) 4× Platinum[49] 250,000
Switzerland (IFPI) Platinum[50] 50,000
United Kingdom (BPI) Platinum[51] 300,000
United States (RIAA) 13× Platinum[52] 13,000,000
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[53] 2× Platinum 2,000,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Personnel

Credits for Millennium adapted from AllMusic.[54]

  • Hans Åkeson – viola
  • Timmy Allen – producer
  • Tomas Andersson – violin
  • Adam Barber – engineer, vocal engineer
  • Joe Bates – engineer
  • Tim Berkebile – drums, musical director
  • Torbjörn Bernhardsson – viola
  • Adam Blackburn – engineer
  • Daniel Boom – engineer
  • Randy Bowland – guitar, guitar (acoustic)
  • Nick Carter – arranger, vocals
  • Billy Chapin – guitar
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
  • Asa Forsberg – cello
  • Ulf Forsberg – viola
  • Andrew Fromm – piano
  • Dennis Gallo – guitar, keyboards
  • Nick Gamma – art direction, design
  • Stephen George – engineer
  • Ben Glynne – programming
  • Mattias Gustafsson – bass, guitar, keyboards, producer, programming
  • Mick Guzauski – mixing
  • Paul Howards – keyboards, percussion, saxophone
  • Charles Infante – set design
  • Henrik Janson – arranger, conductor
  • Uli Janson – arranger, conductor
  • Bashiri Johnson – percussion
  • Devon Kirkpatrick – assistant engineer
  • Robert John "Mutt" Lange – producer
  • Tomas Lindberg – bass
  • Steve Lipson – producer, programming
  • Brian Littrell – conductor, vocal arrangement, vocals
  • Kristian Lundin – engineer, mixing, producer
  • Max Martin – mixing, producer
  • Svein H. Martinsen – viola
  • Dominic Miller – guitar
  • Chieli Minucci – guitar (acoustic), guitar (electric)
  • Heff Moraes – engineer, mixing
  • Jackie Murphy – art direction, design
  • Edwin Nicholas – bass, keyboards, producer, programming
  • Esbjörn Öhrwall – guitar
  • Samuli Ornstromer – cello,
  • Doug Petty – piano
  • Rami – mixing,
  • Elisabeth Arnberg Ranmo – viola
  • Dawn Reinholtz – assistant engineer
  • Kevin Richardson – arranger, bass, keyboards, vocals
  • Carl Robinson – engineer
  • Olle Romo – keyboards, programming
  • Tom Smith – keyboards, piano
  • George Spatta – engineer
  • Chris Trevett – engineer, mixing
  • Peter-John Vettese – keyboards, programming
  • Louie Vigilante – bass
  • Georg "Jojje" Wadenius – guitar
  • Eric Foster White – bass, conductor, engineer, guitar (electric), keyboards, producer
  • Christian "Wicked" Wicht – engineer
  • Dan Wojeciechowski – drums

See also

References

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