Wednesday, October 21, 2009

The Newly Formed Backstreet Boys


The newly formed Backstreet Boys have finally entered the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart. The group's latest album "This Is Us" debuted #9 at the Top 200 Chart, this is BSB's second release since the departure of Kevin Richardson from the group. But unlike the 90's where the Backstreet Boys were at the peak of superstardom, the group just sold between 50,000 and 60,000 copies in the first week of release. Gone were the days where BSB sells over 1Million albums just in the first week of release.

But the good news is, Backstreet Boys are undergoing a renaissance. From the usual bubblegum pop music that they started, A.J, Brian, Nick, and Howie are stepping in to the world club music. Their first single from "This Is Us" called "Straight Through My Heart" sounds a mix of R&B and disco music courtesy of the critically acclaimed composer Red One. And if you have heard  "Bye Bye Love" which is also a cut from the group's latest album, it sounds cool you could feel theclub atmosphere while listening to it. Some critics said that this song will just be compared to 'NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye", but it sounds very different. The composers of "Bye Bye Love" made sure that it will be done in different style.

Eversince the Backstreet Boys confirmed the release of "This Is Us", the group recieved a lot of diss. Critics said that the members of BSB are old, they don't have the charisma on women anymore and that the era of Boybands were gone, and they even recieved more diss when the music video of "Straight Through My heart" was release, because in the video the group brought back their ol school dance moves that made them popular in the 90's, some said that they are too old to go dancing like that. What's wrong with the world? The Backstreet Boys are talented singers and performers. The way they sing and harmonizes sounds very impressive, and in fact no other boybands can harmonize as good as they do. This foursome decided to stay in the music scene to entertain people and not just to charm girls with their good looks and moves. I've been a huge Backstreet Boys fan eversince they started and upto now I'm still hooked to their music and style, although they are not as big as they were before, I will still be a huge fan. As long as they're here to bring great music I would say BSB Forever!!!!!

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