Backstreet Boys - Charts / Sales

[Wayne]

They release a new album every two years or so nowadays - they at one time were the biggest-album selling band in the world which is an amazing achievement for a boy-band. Never has their success been reciprocated.

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WORLDWIDE SALES:

Backstreet Boys: 22,000,000
Backstreet's Back: 11,000,000
Millenium: 24,250,000
Black & Blue: 13,250,000
Greatest Hits - Chapter One: 6,000,000
Never Gone: 2,500,000
Unbreakable: 1,000,000

= 79,425,500 (incl. 3,000,000 for other areas)

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NORTH AMERICAN SALES:

USA:

Backstreet Boys: 14,000,000
Backstreet's Back: n/a
Millenium: 14,100,000
Black & Blue: 8,000,000
Greatest Hits - Chapter One: 1,700,000
Never Gone: 1,000,000
Unbreakable: 200,000

= 39,000,000

Canada:

Backstreet Boys: 1,200,000
Backstreet's Back: 1,350,000
Millenium: 1,550,000
Black & Blue: 800,000
Greatest Hits - Chapter One: 200,000
Never Gone: 100,000
Unbreakable: 50,000

= 5,250,000

TOTAL NORTH AMERICAN SALES: 44,250,000

SOUTH AMERICAN SALES: (such as Brazil, Mexico, Argentina & Chile)

Backstreet Boys: 900,000
Backstreet's Back: 1,400,000
Millenium: 1,500,000
Black & Blue: 650,000
Greatest Hits - Chapter One: 350,000
Never Gone: 200,000
Unbreakable: 50,000

= 5,050,000

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EUROPEAN SALES:

UK:

Backstreet Boys: 300,000
Backstreet's Back: 800,000
Millenium: 550,000
Black & Blue: 230,000
Greatest Hits - Chapter One: 450,000
Never Gone: 100,000
Unbreakable: 50,000

= 2,480,000

France:

Backstreet Boys: 110,000
Backstreet's Back: 150,000
Millenium: 100,000
Black & Blue: 25,000
Greatest Hits - Chapter One: 20,000
Never Gone: 30,000
Unbreakable: 5,000

= 440,000

Germany:

Backstreet Boys: 1,500,000
Backstreet's Back: 1,300,000
Millenium: 800,000
Black & Blue: 500,000
Greatest Hits - Chapter One: 250,000
Never Gone: 175,000
Unbreakable: 70,000

= 4,595,000

Netherlands:

Backstreet Boys: 250,000
Backstreet's Back: 250,000
Millenium: 200,000
Black & Blue: 100,000
Greatest Hits - Chapter One: 50,000
Never Gone: 30,000
Unbreakable: 10,000

= 880,000

Spain:

Backstreet Boys: 500,000
Backstreet's Back: 900,000
Millenium: 525,000
Black & Blue: 200,000
Greatest Hits - Chapter One: 100,000
Never Gone: 50,000
Unbreakable: 15,000

= 2,290,000

Italy:

Backstreet Boys: 75,000
Backstreet's Back: 600,000
Millenium: 550,000
Black & Blue: 150,000
Greatest Hits - Chapter One: 70,000
Never Gone: 100,000
Unbreakable: 15,000

= 1,560,000

TOTAL SALES = 16,500,000

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AUSTRALASIAN SALES:

Australia:

Backstreet Boys: 100,000
Backstreet's Back: 400,000
Millenium: 250,000
Black & Blue: 160,000
Greatest Hits - Chapter One: 50,000
Never Gone: 50,000
Unbreakable: 5,000

= 915,000

New Zealand:

Backstreet Boys: 15,000
Backstreet's Back: 100,000
Millenium: 50,000
Black & Blue: 25,000
Greatest Hits - Chapter One: 10,000
Never Gone: 7,500
Unbreakable: n/a

= 207,500

TOTAL AUSTRALASIAN SALES: 1,222,500

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ASIAN SALES:

Japan:

Backstreet Boys: 250,000
Backstreet's Back: 250,000
Millenium: 1,500,000
Black & Blue: 900,000
Greatest Hits - Chapter One: 1,500,000
Never Gone: 500,000
Unbreakable: 400,000

= 5,400,000

Other Asian Countries (such as the Phillipines, Taiwan & Hong Kong)

Backstreet Boys: 1,000,000
Backstreet's Back: 1,000,000
Millenium: 1,100,000
Black & Blue: 450,000
Greatest Hits - Chapter One: 300,000
Never Gone: 100,000
Unbreakable: 50,000

= 4,000,000

TOTAL ASIAN SALES: 9,400,000