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After the success of their first two albums, Backstreet Boys (1996) and Backstreet's Back (1997), the band recorded their third studio album, during 1998 and 1999. When the members of the Backstreet Boys came to Stockholm in November 1998 for a two-week recording engagement, they were eventually presented with the demo of "I Want It That Way," which at the time only consisted of the main chorus.
"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 7, 1999. [8]
Backstreet Boys (often abbreviated as BSB) [3] are an American vocal group and boy band [4] consisting of Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, AJ McLean, and cousins Brian Littrell and Kevin Richardson. The band formed in 1993 in Orlando, Florida. The group rose to fame with their debut album, Backstreet Boys (1996).
Backstreet Boys have entered YouTube’s Billion Views Club with the official music video for 1999’s “I Want It That Way,” the group’s lovesick anthem that has become their trademark song.
[19] Emily Exton of VH1 placed the song at number seven on their "20 Backstreet Boys Songs" list, writing that the song is "a more mature sound that showcased Kevin’s vocals instead of mostly his dark and mysterious looks. Here, the Boys tackle grief surprisingly well, without pouring on too much schmaltz or over-complicating things."
Karl Martin Sandberg (born 26 February 1971), [1] [2] known professionally as Max Martin, is a Swedish record producer and songwriter.He rose to prominence in the late 1990s with songwriting credits on a string of hit singles, such as Britney Spears's "...Baby One More Time" (1998), the Backstreet Boys' "I Want It That Way" (1999), Celine Dion's "That's the Way It Is" (1999) and NSYNC's "It's ...
The video was directed by Matt McDermitt, whom The Boston Globe reported to be only 19 years old at the time of filming. The music video is noted for using slow-motion technique. There are two versions of the music video for the song. the second is the rough cut.
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