The discography of American pop vocal group Backstreet Boys consists of 11 studio albums, 33 singles, two live albums, five compilation albums and 34 music videos. As of 2019, they have sold more than 130 million records worldwide, becoming the best-selling boy band of all time. Formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993, the group consists of Nick Carter, Brian Littrell, Kevin Richardson, AJ McLean and Howie Dorough. Richardson left the group in 2006 to pursue other interests, but rejoined in 2012. The Backstreet Boys released their debut single "We've Got It Goin' On" in 1995, which peaked at number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single, however, entered the top 10 in many European countries. Their debut album, Backstreet Boys, was released internationally in 1996, and was certified three times platinum in Europe,Platinum Europe Awards 1997 . International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved January 17, 2009. and diamond in Canada.Gold & Platinum Certifications: "Backstreet Boys" . Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved April 7, 2011. In 1997, they released their second international album, Backstreet's Back, which continued their international success. At the same time, they released their second self-titled album, Backstreet Boys, in the United States. It peaked at number four and became the tenth best-selling album of the 1990s.
In 1999, the Backstreet Boys released their third and most successful album to date, Millennium, which entered the Billboard 200 at number one with first-week sales of 1,133,000 copies. It became the best-selling album of the year and sold over 24 million copies internationally. In the following year, they released their fourth album, Black & Blue, which also entered the Billboard 200 at number one with first-week sales of over a million copies. After the Black & Blue Tour in 2001, the Backstreet Boys entered a hiatus. They released their fifth studio album, Never Gone, in 2005. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, selling over 291,000 copies in its first week of release. Never Gone's follow-up, Unbreakable, released in 2007, became their first album not to receive any certification in the United States. The following album, This Is Us, became their seventh consecutive album to make the top ten on the Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 42,000 copies. The group has also released two compilation albums, including the platinum-certified The Hits: Chapter One.
The Backstreet Boys have received a total of nine Grammy nominations, including five nominations in 2000. According to the RIAA in 2007, they were the best selling artist in the US with shipments of over 37 million albums. They are also ranked as the seventh best-selling group of the SoundScan era in the United States (nineteenth best-selling artist overall), with sales of 30,900,000 albums, and as the third best-selling artist of the SoundScan era in Canada, with sales of 4,128,000 albums.
Albums Studio albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions, certifications and sales figures Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications US AUSAustralian (ARIA Chart) peaks: Top 50 peaks: Top 100 peaks to December 2010: AUT CAN GER JPN NLD SWE SWI UK Backstreet Boys Released: May 6, 1996 Label: Jive Format: CD, cassette, LP, MiniDisc — 6 1 1 1 54 7 7 1 12 World: 10,000,000 ARIA: Platinum BPI: Platinum BVMI: Platinum IFPI AUT: 3× Platinum IFPI SWE: Platinum IFPI SWI: 3× Platinum MC: Diamond RIAJ: Gold Note: Enter "Backstreet Boys" in the upper right search box, then click bottom left search button to bring up the certifications Backstreet's Back Released: August 11, 1997 Label: Jive Format: CD, cassette, MiniDisc — 2 1 1 1 23 1 1 1 2 CAN: 1,048,000 EU: 5,000,000 ARIA: 6× Platinum BPI: 2× Platinum BVMI: 2× Platinum IFPI AUT: Platinum IFPI SWE: 2× Platinum IFPI SWI: 2× Platinum MC: Diamond RIAJ: Gold Millennium Released: May 18, 1999 Label: Jive Format: CD, cassette, MiniDisc 1 2 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 2 World: 24,000,000 US: 13,812,000 CAN: 1,073,000 JPN: 1,000,000 RIAA: Diamond (13× Platinum) ARIA: 3× PlatinumAccreditations 2000 Albums . Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved January 17, 2009 BPI: Platinum BVMI: 3× Gold IFPI AUT: Gold IFPI SWE: Platinum IFPI SWI: Platinum MC: Diamond RIAJ: 4× Platinum RMNZ: Platinum Black & Blue Released: November 21, 2000 Label: Jive Format: CD, cassette, MiniDisc 1 2 3 1 1 3 2 3 1 13 World: 15,000,000 US: 5,936,000 RIAA: 8× Platinum ARIA: Platinum BPI: Gold BVMI: 3× Gold IFPI AUT: Gold IFPI SWE: Platinum IFPI SWI: Platinum RIAJ: 3× Platinum Note: Enter "バックストリート・ボーイズ" in the upper right search box, then click bottom left search button to bring up the certifications Never Gone Released: June 14, 2005 Label: Jive Format: CD, cassette, digital download 3 6 4 2 1 3 3 3 3 11 World: 3,000,000 US: 1,771,000 JPN: 750,000 RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Platinum BPI: Gold BVMI: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold MC: Platinum RIAJ: 2× Platinum Unbreakable Released: October 30, 2007 Label: Jive Format: CD, LP, digital download 7 25 21 2 4 1 10 28 6 21 World: 1,700,000 US: 229,000 JPN: 300,000 MC: Gold RIAJ: Platinum This Is Us Released: October 6, 2009 Label: Jive Format: CD, digital download 9 35 47 3 10 2 5 17 9 39 US: 130,000 JPN: 230,000 BPI: Silver RIAJ: Platinum In a World Like This Released: July 30, 2013 Label: K-Bahn, BMG Format: CD, LP, digital download 5 30 8 2 3 4 1 25 1 16 JPN: 109,077 RIAJ: Gold DNA Released: January 25, 2019 Label: K-Bahn, RCA Format: CD, LP, digital download 1 5 1 1 2 2 4 28 1 7 US: 227,000 CAN: 61,000 MC: Platinum A Very Backstreet Christmas Released: October 14, 2022 Label: K-Bahn, BMG Format: CD, LP, digital download 17 — 19 5 9 38 6 — 13 — "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.
Live albums + List of live albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions SWE A Night Out with the Backstreet Boys Released: November 17, 1998 Label: Jive Format: CD 24 For the Fans Released: August 28, 2000 Label: Jive, Zomba Format: CD, VHS —
Reissues + List of reissues, with selected chart positions, certifications and sales figures Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications US Backstreet Boys Released: August 12, 1997 Label: Jive Format: CD, cassette, LP, MiniDisc 4 US: 11,687,000 RIAA: 14× Platinum Millennium 2.0 Released: July 11 2025 Label: K-Bahn, BMG, RCA Format: CD, LP, digital download —
Compilation albums + List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions, certifications and sales figures Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications US AUS AUT CAN GER JPN NLD SWE SWI UK The Hits – Chapter One Released: October 30, 2001 Label: Jive Format: CD, cassette, Mini Disc 4 32 6 1 4 1 9 13 10 5 World: 6,000,000 US: 1,834,000 JPN: 841,000 RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Platinum BPI: 2× Platinum BVMI: Gold IFPI SWE: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold RIAJ: Million Playlist: The Very Best of Backstreet Boys Released: January 26, 2010 Label: SMC Format: CD — 47 42 49 — — — — — —ARIA: Gold BPI: Gold The Essential Backstreet Boys Released: September 26, 2013 Label: RCA, Legacy Format: 2×CD — — — — — — — — — — The Box Set Series Backstreet Boys Released: May 2015 (US) Label: Jive, Legacy Format: 4×CD — — — — — — — — — — The New Best Of Released: June 16, 2016 (Europe) Label: Sony Music Format: 2×CD — — 40 — 19 — — — 49 — "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.
Singles As lead artist + List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album USPeak positions for singles in the US:
AUS AUT CANPeak positions for singles in Canada: For all singles after 2007: For all singles before 2007 except those indicated below: For "I'll Never Break Your Heart": For "Larger Than Life": For "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely": For "The One": GER NLD NZ SWE SWI UK "We've Got It Goin' On" 1995 69 74 3 15 4 5 36 14 3 3 BPI: Silver BVMI: Gold IFPI AUT: Gold Backstreet Boys "I'll Never Break Your Heart" 35 10 5 47 5 3 11 7 2 8 ARIA: Platinum BVMI: Gold "Get Down (You're the One for Me)" 1996 — 44 4 6 5 3 34 17 7 14 BVMI: Gold "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" 2 27 1 3 1 7 27 15 1 2 RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Gold BPI: Silver BVMI: Platinum IFPI AUT: Gold RMNZ: Gold "Anywhere for You" 1997 — — 7 — 3 7 — 18 3 4 BVMI: Gold "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" 4 3 2 2 2 5 6 4 2 3 RIAA: Platinum ARIA: 4× Platinum BPI: 2× Platinum BVMI: Gold IFPI SWE: Gold RMNZ: 2× Platinum Backstreet's Back "As Long as You Love Me" — 2 2 2 3 5 1 4 4 3 ARIA: 3× Platinum BPI: Platinum BVMI: Platinum IFPI SWE: Platinum RMNZ: 2× Platinum "All I Have to Give" 1998 5 4 4 3 8 7 3 6 8 2 RIAA: Platinum ARIA: Platinum BPI: Silver IFPI SWE: Gold "I Want It That Way" 1999 6 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 RIAA: 3× Platinum ARIA: 5× Platinum BPI: 4× Platinum BVMI: Platinum IFPI AUT: Gold IFPI SWE: 2× Platinum IFPI SWI: Gold MC: 9× Platinum RIAJ: 2× Platinum Note: Enter "バックストリート・ボーイズ" (which is for Backstreet Boys in Japanese) in the upper right search box, then click bottom left search button to bring up the certifications RMNZ: 5× Platinum Millennium "Larger Than Life" 25 3 15 4 5 6 11 4 10 5 ARIA: 2× Platinum BPI: Gold IFPI SWE: Gold MC: Platinum RMNZ: Gold "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" 6 19 8 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 ARIA: Gold BPI: Silver BVMI: Gold IFPI SWE: Platinum MC: Platinum RMNZ: Gold "The One" 2000 30 41 25 4 15 21 15 25 19 8 MC: Gold "Shape of My Heart" 9 5 4 1 2 3 1 1 1 4 ARIA: Platinum BPI: Silver BVMI: Gold IFPI SWE: Platinum RIAJ: Gold RMNZ: Platinum Black & Blue "The Call" 2001 52 19 23 — 17 9 19 5 30 8 "More Than That" 27 25 27 — 25 28 29 11 28 12 "Drowning" 28 49 9 11 11 13 27 3 13 4 ARIA: Gold The Hits – Chapter One "Incomplete" 2005 13 1 6 — 3 4 12 9 3 8 RIAA: Gold ARIA: 2× Platinum Never Gone "Just Want You to Know" 70 22 22 — 20 27 — 28 29 8 "Crawling Back to You" — — — — — — — — — — "I Still..." 2006 — 16 47 — 45 78 — 35 56 — "Inconsolable" 2007 86 43 31 68 17 38 — 22 8 24 RIAJ: Gold Unbreakable "Helpless When She Smiles" — — — — 34 83 — — — — "Straight Through My Heart" 2009 — 54 45 19 22 — — 10 30 72 RIAJ: Platinum This Is Us "Bigger" — — — — — — — — — — "Don't Turn Out the Lights" (with New Kids on the Block as NKOTBSB) 2011 — — — 46 — — — — — — NKOTBSB "It's Christmas Time Again" 2012 — — — — — — — — — — A Very Backstreet Christmas "In a World Like This" 2013 — — — — 100 — — — — — In a World Like This "Show 'Em (What You're Made Of)" — — — — — — — — — — "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" 2018 63 50 — 65 68 — — — 98 — ARIA: Gold MC: Gold DNA "Chances" — — — 55 63 — — — 82 — MC: Gold "No Place" 2019 — — — 83 — — — — 93 — MC: Gold "Matches" (with Britney Spears) 2020 — — — — — — — — — — Glory "Last Christmas" 2022 — — — — — — — — — — A Very Backstreet Christmas "Christmas in New York" — — — — — — — — — — "Hey" 2025 — — — — — — — — — — Millennium 2.0 "Bottle Up" 2026 — — — — — — — — — — Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.
As featured artist Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US CAN NZ "Friends Never Say Goodbye" (Elton John featuring Backstreet Boys) 2000 — — 50 The Road to El Dorado "God, Your Mama, and Me" (Florida Georgia Line featuring Backstreet Boys) 2017 46 79 — RIAA: 2× Platinum Dig Your Roots "Let It Be Me" (Steve Aoki featuring Backstreet Boys) 2019 — — — Neon Future IV "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.
Other charted songs Song Year Peak chart positions Album BEL(FL) GER "Christmas Time" 1996 — 76 "Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)" "Together" 2022 50 — A Very Backstreet Christmas
Videography Home videos Title Details Certifications The Video Released: March 24, 1998 Label: Zomba