

album, Backstreet Boys, came out in August of that year.

success came in 1997, when the sparkling ballad “Quit Playing Games With My Heart” established the quintet as teen idols their first U.S. That song was a hit in Europe, but their first taste of U.S. Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell, AJ McLean, and Kevin Richardson began their career playing amusement parks and shopping malls around Orlando, FL, releasing their first single, the swaggering “We’ve Got It Goin’ On,” in 1995. Assembled in 1993, Backstreet Boys were primary in spearheading the Y2K boy-band revival with smooth harmonies, precision-grade pop songs, and pinup-ready looks.
