Backstreet Boys, pe primul loc în Billboard 200 după aproximativ 20 de ani

Grupul Backstreet Boys s-a clasat, după aproximativ 20 de ani, pe primul loc în topul Billboard 200, cu albumul „DNA”. 

Acesta este al treilea material de studio al grupului american care ajunge în fruntea clasamentului albumelor şi primul de la „Black & Blue”, care a petrecut două săptămâni pe primul loc în decembrie 2000.

„DNA” a fost lansat pe 25 ianuarie şi a debutat pe primul loc cu 234.000 de unităţi vândute în săptămâna încheiată pe 1 februarie, potrivit Nielsen Music.

Discul este al zecelea al Backstreet Boys care ajunge în top 10 al Billboard 200. Primul a fost albumul omonim, din 1997, care a ajuns cel mai sus pe poziţia a patra. CONCERTUL BACKSTREET BOYS @ MILANO, ITALIA 2019

Rapperul Future, care a înregistrat al şaselea album numărul 1 în topul Billboard 200 cu „Future Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD”, s-a clasat acum pe locul al doilea. În a doua săptămână de la lansare, albumul a fost vândut în 56.000 de unităţi.

„A Boogie Wit da Hoodie” al lui Hoodie SZN s-a menţinut pe locul al treilea, cu 47.000 de unităţi vândute în a şasea săptămână de top, iar coloana sonoră a filmului „A Star is Born”, semnată de Lady Gaga şi Bradley Cooper, a urcat patru locuri, până pe patru, cu 40.000 de unităţi vândute în a 17-a săptămână de la lansare.

Albumul de coveruri al trupei Weezer a urcat 42 de locuri, până pe cinci, cu 39.000 de unităţi vândute în prima săptămână plină petrecută în clasament. Supranumit „Teal Album”, discul omonim al grupului cuprinde, între altele, piese Toto şi TLC.

Post Malone şi „beerbongs & bentleys” au urcat un loc, până pe şase, cu 36.000 de unităţi vândute în a 40-a săptămână de la lansare.

„Championships” al lui Meek Mill a coborât o poziţie, până pe şapte, cu aproximativ 36.000 de unităţi vândute în a noua săptămână de top, iar 21 Savage cu „I Am > I Was” a coborât trei locuri, până pe opt, cu 35.000 de unităţi vândute în a şasea săptămână.

Albumul „Astroworld” al lui Travis Scott a urcat o poziţie, până pe nouă, cu 34.000 de unităţi vândute în a 26-a săptămână de la lansare, în timp ce coloana sonoră a animaţiei „Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” s-a clasat pe zece, în coborâre şase locuri, cu aproximativ 34.000 de unităţi vândute în a şaptea săptămână.

Billboard 200 clasifică cele mai populare albume din Statele Unite pe parcursul unei săptămâni, pe baza consumului multi-metric, care include vânzarea de copii fizice ale discurilor, single-urilor (10 cântece înseamnă un album) şi activitatea online (1.500 de descărcări sunt egale cu un album).


Backstreet Boys DNA EUROPEAN TOUR 2019

May 11 – Lisbon, Portugal @ Altice Arena

May 13 – Mardrid, Spain @ Wizink Arena

May 15 – Milan, Italy @ Mediolanum Forum

May 17 – Barcelona, Spain @ Palau Sant Jordi

May 19 – Paris, France @ Accorhotels Arena

May 21 – Hannover, Germany @ TUI Arena

May 22 – Antwerp, Belgium @ Sportpaleis

May 23 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome

May 25 – Mannheim, Germany @ SAP Arena

May 27 – Munich, Germany @ Olympiahalle

May 28 – Vienna, Austria @ Stadthalle

May 29 – Berlin, Germany @ Mercedes-Benz Arena

May 31 – Gothenburg, Sweden @ Scandinavium

June 1 –  Oslo, Norway @ Spektrum

June 2 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Ericsson Globe

June 5 –  Helsinki, Finland @ Hartwall Arena

June 8 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Royal Arena

June 10 – Manchester, UK @ Manchester Arena

Jun 11 – Dublin, Ireland @ 3Arena

June 14 – Glasgow, UK @ SSE Hydro

June 15 – Birmingham, UK @ Birmingham Arena

June 17 – London, UK @ O2 Arena

June 20 – Cologne, Germany @ Lanxness Arena

June 21 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Hallenstadion

June 22 – Prague, Czech Republic @ O2 Arena

June 24 – Warsaw, Poland @ Torwar Arena

June 25 – Budapest, Hungary @ Budapest Arena

Backstreet Boys – DNA World Tour @ Mediolanum Forum, Assago, Milano 2019

Backstreet Boys are back with new album ‘DNA,’ single and world tour

Backstreet’s back, alright.

Six years, two newborns and one hit Las Vegas residency later, the Backstreet Boys are plotting their return with 10th studio album „DNA,” out January 25.

It’s the pop group’s first full-length effort since „In a World Like This” in 2013, in which time the guys have expanded their families, released a documentary (2015’s „Show ‘Em What You’re Made Of”) and charted their 18th song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart („Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” which peaked at No. 63 in July).

Backstreet Boys – DNA World Tour @ Mediolanum Forum, Assago, Milano 2019

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Brian Littrell, left, AJ McLean, Nick Carter, Kevin Richardson and Howie Dorough of ’90s boy band Backstreet Boys.
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„After 25 years, to be played on the radio and get as much love as („Heart”) has gotten, is still overwhelming,” says AJ McLean, who makes up one-fifth of the band with Nick Carter, Kevin Richardson, Brian Littrell and Howie Dorough. „We feel extremely blessed to know that the past 5-7 years of us doing everything we can to rebuild the brand and get us back to this place has definitely paid off. This (song) has really been setting things up perfectly and we’re about to be off to the races soon.”

First up, there’s anthemic new single „Chances,” out Friday. Co-written by Shawn Mendes and OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder, the gushy love song talks about the „two-in-a-million” chance you’ll meet the love of your life in the most precarious, everyday scenario.

„You don’t necessarily have to be set up on a date or go on a dating app to meet that special someone,” McLean says. As illustrated in its dance-heavy music video, which the Boys co-directed and appear in, „you could literally miss your train and happen to lock eyes with this person, and just lose yourself in that moment and go to whatever lengths to actually be with that person.”

„Chances” was one of the last songs that the group recorded for „DNA,” which aims to go back to basics while pushing their sound forward in new and interesting ways. „Honey, I’m Good” singer Andy Grammer, Lauv (Charli XCX’s „Boys”) and Mike Sabath (Liam Payne & J Balvin’s „Familiar”) have writing credits on the album, which was gradually recorded over the past three years between Vegas, Los Angeles and Nashville.

The latter city informed the country/blues-rock feel of tracks such as „No Place,” which is largely autobiographical.

„I’ve been all around the world, done all there is to do, but there’s no place like home,” says Richardson, 47. „That’s a song that we were inspired by our families and children to make.”

Backstreet Boys members, from left, Brian Littrell, Kevin Richardson, Nick Carter, AJ McLean and Howie Dorough perform at KTUphoria 2018 at Jones Beach Theater on Saturday, June 16, 2018, in Wantagh, N.Y. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP) ORG XMIT: NYCS215
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Backstreet’s broods will travel with them for portions of their 69-date world tour, which marks their biggest arena trek in 18 years and kicks off its North American leg July 12 in Washington DC, following a two-month European run. Tickets for the tour, which lasts through mid-September, go on sale Nov. 14 at LiveNation.com and a full list of dates can be found on the band’s official website.

Coming off their record-breaking „Larger Than Life” residency in Vegas, which wraps its two-and-a-half-year run next April, „we have to go big,” McLean says. The show will have a live band, as opposed to dancers, and run 1½ to 2 hours. „You’ll get to hear all the hits and probably half of the new record, with some little surprises sprinkled in as well. We just locked in the stage design recently and it’s going to be mind-blowing.”

Backstreet Boys Tour EUROPE dates 2019:

  • Lisboa – Meo Arena, Lisboa, Portugal
  •  Madrid – WiZink Center (Palacio de los Deportes), Madrid, Spain
  •  Assago  – Mediolanum Forum, Assago, Italy
  •  Barcelona – Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain
  •  Paris – AccorHotels Arena, Paris, France
  •  Hannover – TUI Arena, Hannover, Germany
  •  Antwerpen – Antwerps Sportpaleis, Antwerpen, Belgium
  •  Amsterdam– Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  •  Mannheim – SAP Arena, Mannheim, Germany
  •  München – Olympiahalle München, München, Germany
  •  Wien – Wiener Stadthalle, Wien, Austria
  •  Berlin – Mercedes-Benz Arena Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  •  Gothenburg – Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden
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       Oslo – Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
  •  Stockholm – Ericsson Globe, Stockholm, Sweden
  •  Helsinki – Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland
  • København – Royal Arena, København, Denmark
  •  Manchester – Manchester Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom
  •  Dublin – 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
  •  Glasgow – SSE Hydro Arena Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
  •  Birmingham – Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • London – The O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom
  •  London – The O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom
  •  Köln – Lanxess Arena, Köln, Germany
  •  Zurich– Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Washington – Capital One Arena, Washington, United States
  • Montreal – Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada
  • Montreal – Bell Centre, Montreal, Canada