Backstreet Boys

BSB reclaimed their status as the best of the boy bands with this 2000 release. Boasting heavier hip-hop elements than ever; dance numbers that pound harder than Britney; and the trademark harmonies that put the majority of their contemporaries to shame, Black & Blue is a crossover pop gem from beginning to end.

There comes a time in every boy band's and teen queen's career when the idols want
freedom from their puppet-masters. The irony behind Backstreet Boys is that the more
they strive to prove their adult autonomy, the closer Orlando's original sons come to
resembling anonymous soft-pop professionals. On its third American album, the quintet
attempts to bolster its substantial serenading rep by teaming up with Babyface, c... More >