Did you know that the Backstreet Boys’ ‘Millennium’ sold 10 million copies in the US faster than any other album since 1991?
‘Millenium’ debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 during the week of May 23rd 1999 and sold a then record 1.134 million copies in its opening frame. 40 weeks later, on February 20th 2000, the album crossed the 10 million sales mark; a feat that no other album released during the SoundScan era (1991 to present) has matched to date.
The closet rival to the Backstreet Boys’ ‘Millennium’ is ‘N Sync’s ‘No Strings Attached’, which climbed to the 10 million total after 43 weeks of availability. Watch the video for the lead ‘Millennium’ single, ‘I Want it that Way’, below: