Backstreet Boys Achievements

Musical Achievements

• The Backstreet Boys spent 84 consecutive weeks on the Hot 100 between January 30, 1999 and September 2, 2000 with five various songs.
• The Backstreet Boys holds the record for 'most radio station adds' in first week with both of their singles "I Want It That Way" and "Shape Of My Heart". In 1999 "I Want It That Way" held this record when it received 165 radio adds in its first week of release but in 2000 it was beaten by "Shape Of My Heart" with 170 radio adds. "Shape Of My Heart" debuted at #9 on the Billboard Charts.
• "As Long As You Love Me" is one of the several songs that reached the top five on the airplay charts (it reached #4) but never charted the Billboard Hot 100.
• "I Want I That Way" set a record for the most weeks on the UK chart since the chart was conceived in the 90's and reached the #1 spot in over 25 nations.
• "All I Have to Give" reached its peak position in its second week. It debuted at 57 and shot to 5 in week two, staying in the top ten for nine weeks.
• "Shape Of My Heart", the first single from Black & Blue, broke the record for most weeks at #1 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary (AC) chart with a stay of fourteen (14) weeks. On the Canadian (CHR) chart it holds the record for highest-ever debut at #3, breaking the previous record of #10 set by U2. It went to #1 where it stayed for six weeks breaking the record for longest stay at #1. It also holds the record for most first-day spins on CHR Radio, as measured by (BDS), who compile Canadian Radio charts based on detected spins, or plays, on Radio stations across Canada. In 2000, Backstreet Boys held the #1 position on the CHR and AC charts a combined nineteen weeks.
• "Shape Of My Heart" held the #1 spot in over 13 nations but never reached the Top 5 in the US.
• Backstreet Boys achieved 13 consecutive UK Top 10s from the 1996 release of We've Got It Goin' On to The Call. They have a total of sixteen UK Top Ten singles.
• "Incomplete" debuted at #1 on the Australian ARIAnet charts with sales exceeding the 35,000 gold limit, becoming the Backstreet Boys' first Australian #1 single.