List of awards and nominations received by Backstreet Boys
This is the list of some of the Awards, Records and Achievements of the Backstreet Boys.
- Smash Hits Awards
- Best New Tour Act
- London's Red Nose Magazine
- Best Newcomers
- Viva Comet Awards
- Best Newcomers
- Germany
- Golden Camera
- Viva Comet Awards
- Best Group
- Band of the Year (U.S. Choice)
- Echo awards
- Best International Group
- Popcorn Magazine
- Best Group
- Bravo & Pop Magazine
- Best Group
- Pop Rocky Reader's Choice:
- Best Group
- Smash Hits Awards
- Best Band On Planet
- Best International Band
- Best Album: Backstreet's Back
- Best Album Cover: Backstreet's Back
- Best Video: Everybody (Backstreet's Back)
- Best Male Haircut: Nick Carter
- MTV Europe Music Awards
- Best Group
- Best Group (Viewer's Choice)
- Select: As Long As You Love Me
- Diamond Award (Canada)
- Backstreet Boys
- Diamond Award (Canada)
- Backstreet's Back
- World Music Awards
- World's Best-selling Dance Artist
- MTV Video Music Awards
- Best Group Video
- Best Dance Video (Nomination)
- MuchMusic Video Awards
- Favorite International Group
- MTV Europe Music Awards
- Best Group (Nomination)
- Best Pop
- Prix Gemini (Canadian Award)
- Best Performance in a Variety Program or Series
- Key to the City of Orlando
- The Backstreet Boys receive the Key to the City of Orlando from Mayor Glenda Hood.
- Orlando declared October 7 as the official "Backstreet Boys Day" in honor of the tornado relief concert the group headlined, raising about $250,000 for local victims of the devastation.
- Viva Comet Awards
- Band of the Year (U.S. Choice)-[2nd year]
- E! Online
- 1998's biggest non-soundtracks: (#1) Backstreet Boys
- Billboard Music Awards
- Group Album of the Year
- Adult Contemporary Group of the Year
- Album of the Year: Backstreet Boys (Nomination)
- Entertainment Weekly
- Best of '98: # 6
- People Magazine
- Men We Love: # 3
- 25 Most Intriguing People Of The Year: # 3
- American Music Awards
- Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo or Group
- Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist (Nomination)
- Grammy Awards
- Best New Artist
- World Music Awards
- World's Best-selling American Group
- World's Best-selling Pop Group
- World's Best-selling R&B Group
- World's Best-selling Dance Artist
- Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
- Favorite Pop Group
- Favorite CD: Backstreet Boys
- Artist Direct Web Honours
- Artist Of the Year
- Favorite Pop Group
- Best Pop Fan-site
- Viva Comet Awards
- Band of the Year (U.S. Choice)-[3rd year]
- Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards
- Favorite Song: Everybody (Backstreet's Back)
- Saturday Night Live
- Season Finale: A record-breaking audience of 8.3 million. (At around $20 a shot that's close to $200,000,000 in revenues!)
- Teen Choice Awards
- Music Video of the Year: All I Have To Give
- MTV Video Music Awards
- Video Of the year (I Want It That Way)
- Best Group Video (I Want It That Way)
- Best Pop Video (I Want It That Way)
- Viewers Choice (I Want It That Way)
- MTV Europe Music Awards
- Best Group
- Best Pop
- Best Song
- Best Album
- People Magazine
- Sexiest Pop Star: Kevin Richardson
- Diamond Award (U.S.)
- Backstreet Boys
- Smash Hits Awards
- Best Band on Planet Pop
- Best Non-British Band
- Best Single of 1999: I Want It That Way
- Best Album: Millennium
- Best Pop Video: Larger Than Life
- Best Male Haircut - Nick Carter
- Best Looking Male - Nick Carter
- Funniest Person In The World - Brian Littrell
- Diamond Awards (Canada)
- Millennium
- WB Radio Music Award
- Favorite Make-Out Song I'll Never Break Your Heart
- Artist of the Year-Adult Contemporary
- Diamond Award (U.S.)
- Millennium
- MuchMusic Video Awards
- Favorite International Group
- Rupp Arena
- Concert sold out in a record-breaking 24 minutes
- Make-A-Wish Foundation Entertainment Awards
- Wish Grantors of the Year
- MuchMusic Entertainment Awards
- Combat Zone Weekend Champ: Larger Than Life
- Rolling Stone
- Readers Poll → #1 Band of the Year
- Readers Poll → #1 Album of the Year: Millennium
- Readers Poll → #1 Single of the Year: I Want It That Way
- Readers Poll → #1 Artist of the Year
- Readers Poll → #1 Tour: Into the Millennium
- Readers Poll → #1 Video: Larger Then Life
- Readers Poll → #1 Album Cover: Millennium
- Readers Poll → #1 Best Dressed Artist
- Readers Poll → #1 Best Fan Site
- Critics Poll → #1 Artist of the Year
- Critics Poll → #1 Album of the Year: Millennium
- Critics Poll → #1 Single of the Year I Want It That Way
- The Top 100 of Everything (Canada and U.S.A.)
- Top 100 Singles of the 90's That Stayed Longest on the Canadian Charts: Quit playing Games (With My Heart) (#2) (1997) (85 weeks), Get Down (You're the One for Me)(#7) (1996) (53 weeks)
- Top 100 Groups of the 1990's in Canada: (#3)
- Top 100 Groups of the 1990's in the US: (#3)
- Top 100 Groups of All Time in Canada: (#6)
- Top 100 Groups of All Time in US: (#10)
- Teen People poll
- Best Boy Band: Backstreet Boys
- Musical Act With All The Right Moves: Backstreet Boys
- Best Milk Mustache: Backstreet Boys
- Best Music Video: "I Want It That Way"
- Best Summer Tour: In To The Millennium
- Best Celeb Facial Hair: A.J. McLean
- Most Creatice Coif: A.J. McLean
- Entertainment Weekly Poll
- No. 1 Group Of The year (with 39.23% of the votes)
- No. 1 Artist Of The Year (with 35.94% of the votes)
- No. 1 Album Of The Year : Millennium (with 55.12% of the votes)
- No. 1 Song Of The Year : I Want It That Way (with 25.78% of the votes)
- No. 1 Video Of The Year : Larger Then Life (with 28.97% of the votes)
- No. 1 Band That Made You Scream (with 27.20% of the votes)
- No. 1 Tour (with 23.90% of the votes)
- No. 1 Hottest Band (with 32.81% of the votes)
- No. 1 People Of The Year (with 21.23% of the votes)
- No. 1 Song That Touched Your Heart: I Want It That Way (with 26.90% of the votes)
- No. 1 Hype (with 30.70% of the votes)
- No. 1 Hottest Blonde (Male): Nick Carter (with 20.10% of the votes)
- RIAA
- The best-selling recording artists of 1999
- The best-selling Album of 1999
- Wall of Sound
- Readers poll Top 25 Albums of the 1999: #1
- Web Users Entertainment Award
- Most Wanted People and Events of 1999 and Ones to Watch in 2000 → Most Wanted Bands: #1
- Billboard Magazine's Year End Chart
- The Billboard 200 Top Albums: #1
- Top Pop Artist: #1
- Adult contemporary artist of the year: #2
- Hot Adult Contemporary: #6 I Want It That Way
- Billboard Hot 100: #5 I Want It That Way
- Billboard Music Awards
- Artist of the Year
- Album of the Year: Millennium
- Albums Artist Group/Duo of the Year
- Albums Artist of the Year
- Group Album Of The Year: Backstreet Boys (Special Award)
- Hot 100 Singles Artist (Nomination)
- Adult Contemporary Artist of the Year (Nomination)
- MTV TRL Awards
- Best Of '99: I Want It That Way (#1)
- MuchMusic
- Top Videos of '99: I Want It That Way (#1), Larger Than Life (#2)
- Guinness Book of Records
- Best Sales Week in History @1.13 Million Albums (Millennium)
- Fastest Selling Album in a Year (Millennium)
- Best-selling Album for First Half of 1999 (Millennium)
- Most Tickets Sold In Oneday: 765,000 tickets (selling out all 53 concert dates)
- US$14 million of merchandise was purchased by fans during the 1999 "Into The Millennium" tour.
- The '99 tour drew over 2 million fans, breaking the record for largest indoor audience.
- Most expensive music videos ever made: Larger Then Life (#5) (Cost: $2,100,000+)
- MTV
- TRL's End Of Summer Countdown: I Want It That Way (#1)
- Most Wanted Hits: --Artists Chart: (#1) --Albums Chart: (#1) --Songs Chart: (#1) --Videos Chart: (#1)
- YTV
- YTV Year-end Countdown: I Want It That Way (#1), Larger Than Life (#3)
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- Songs that helped define the '90s : I Want It That Way (#4)
- Entertainment Weekly
- The Best of 90's -- Music-: I Want It That Way (#3)
- SoundScan
- Top 10 best-selling albums of the 90's: Millennium (#5), Backstreet Boys (#9)
- American Music Awards
- Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo or Group
- Favorite Pop/Rock Album (Millennium)(Nomination)
- Star Concert Industry Award
- Major Tour of the Year: In To The Millennium Tour 1999
- Most Creative Stage Production: In To The Millennium Tour 1999
- Sonicnet/Addicted to Noise Readers Poll
- Artist of the year
- Album of the year: Millennium
- Song of the year: I Want It That Way
- Video of the year: Larger Then Life
- Artist Website of the year
- Live Band or Artist of the year
- Tour of the year: In To The Millennium Tour
- Grammy Awards
- The Boys received 5 Nominations--
- Album of the Year: Millennium
- Record of the Year: I Want It That Way
- Song of the Year: I Want It That Way
- Best Pop Album: Millennium
- Best Pop Performance Duo/Group w/Vocal: I Want It That Way
- Rolling Stone Grammy Poll
- Album of the year: #1 Millennium (24% votes)
- Record of the year: #1 I Want It That Way (29% votes)
- Pop album of the year: #1 Millennium (42% votes)
- People's Choice Awards
- Favorite Musical Group
- Juno Award
- Best-selling Album: Millennium
- Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
- Favorite Musical Group
- Forbes Magazine
- Top 100 Celebrity (Income and the media buzz): #8
- People Magazine
- 50 Most Beautiful People: Nick Carter
- MCY.com
- The most watched web event ever (A world record with over 55 million hits)
- Teen People
- Music Special: Sexiest Pop Band
- Teen.com Entertainment Awards
- Best Group
- Best Song (Group): Larger Then Life
- Best Song: I Want It That Way
- Best CD: Millennium
- Hottest Male: Nick Carter
- Billboard Music Awards
- Album Artist Duo/Group Of The Year (Nomination)
- Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
- Favorite Pop Group
- Favorite CD: Millennium
- Viva Comet Awards
- Band of the Year (U.S. Choice)-[4th year]
- World Music Awards
- World's Best-selling American Group
- World's Best-selling Pop Group
- World's Best-selling R&B Group
- World's Best-selling Dance Artist
- MTV Europe Music Awards
- Best Group
- Best Pop
- MuchMusic Entertainment Awards
- Combat Zone Weekend Champ: The One
- Teen Choice Awards
- Choice Album: Millennium
- Choice Single: Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely
- Choice Pop Group
- Choice Male Hottie: Nick Carter
- Choice Love Song: Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely
- Radio Music Awards
- Most Requested Slow Dance Song: Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely
- Guinness Book of Records
- Best International Sales Week in History @ 5 million: Black & Blue
- First artists in history to achieve back-to-back million-plus first week sales.
- MuchMusic
- Top Videos of '00: Shape Of My Heart (#2)
- YTV
- YTV Year-end Countdown: Shape Of My Heart (#1), Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely (#20)
- MTV
- 2000's Biggest Money Makers: CD Sales:(#1) $190,800,000 -- Tour Revenue:(#5) $25,800,000
- Rolling Stone Magazine
- Rolling Stone & MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs Of All Time: "I Want It That Way" at #10.
- American Music Awards
- Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo or Group
- World Music Awards
- World's Best-selling American Group
- World's Best-selling Pop Group
- World's Best-selling R&B Group
- World's Best-selling Dance Artist
- Teen Scene Magazine
- Best Tour: Black & Blue
- Best Album: Black & Blue
- Best Pop Group
- Best Song: The Call
- Best Video: The Call
- Best Body: Nick Carter
- Best Couple: Brian & Leighanne Littrell
- Grammy Awards
- Best Pop Vocal Performance duo or group: Show Me The Meaning Of Being lonely (Nomination)
- Guinness Book of Records
- A record-breaking sales of 13 million copies of Millennium in the U.S..
- "The Highest Selling Boyband In History" with over 70 million sales.
- First group scince The Beatles to achieve 30 million sales of two discs.
- The Backstreet Boys' 2001 "Black & Blue World Tour" earned US$350 million in ticket sales, making the band among the world's highest-paid live entertainers.
- Viva Comet Awards
- Band of the Year (U.S. Choice)-[5th year]
- MTV Video Music Awards
- Best Pop Video: The Call
- Viewer's Choice: The Call
- MTV Europe Music Awards
- Best Group (Nomination)
- Best Pop (Nomination)
- Teen Choice Awards
- Choice Album: Black & Blue
- Choice Single: The Call
- Choice Pop Group
- Choice Male Hottie: Nick Carter
- Choice Love Song: Shape Of My Heart
- Choice Concert
- Radio Music Awards
- Most Requested Song: Drowning
- Saturday Night Live
- 50 Best Episodes Of All Time: (#5) with Sarah Michelle Gellar
- Billboard Magazine Poll
- No. 1 Album Of 2001: Black & Blue with 30% votes (total doubled the next closest challenger, The Beatles' "1" (Apple/Capitol), which pulled in 15% of the vote.)
- No. 1 Artist Of 2001 with 50% votes (three times more then next closest challengers, Destiny's Child and Shaggy, both pulled in 16% votes.)
- Billboard Music Awards
- Album of the Year: Black & Blue (Nomination)
- Albums Artist of the year (Nomination)
- Albums Artist Duo/Group of the year
- MuchMusic Video Awards
- Favorite International Group
- MuchMusic
- Top Videos of '01: Drowning (#3), The Call (#5), More Then That (#88)
- YTV
- YTV Year-end Countdown: Drowning (#1), More Then That (#7), The Call (#12)
- Hollywood Walk of Fame
- The Boys receive a Star on Walk of Fame
- Forbes Magazine
- Top 100 Celebrity (Income and the media buzz): (#7)
- People's Choice Award
- Faveorite Musical Group
- World Music Awards
- World's Best-selling American Group
- World's Best-selling Pop Group
- World's Best-selling R&B Group
- MTV Asia Awards
- Favorite Pop Act
- Favourite Video: The Call
- Juno Awards
- Best-selling Album: Black & Blue
- Golden Hangar Award
- Best Dressed Men @ the Grammys
- Grammy Awards
- Best Pop Vocal Performance by a duo or group: Shape Of My Heart (Nomination)
- Rit Dye Entertainment Style Awards
- Most stylish group
- Most stylish Music Video - Drowning
- Key to the City of Baltimore Maryland
- The Backstreet Boys receive the Key to the City of Baltimore from Mayor Martin O'Malley.
- The Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, Martin O'Malley proclaims March 2, as the official "Backstreet Boys Day" in conjunction with their fan convention.
- CosmoGirl Magazine
- Sexiest Man in the World: Nick Carter
- Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
- Favorite Musical Group
- MTV Japan Video Music Awards
- Best Group
- Forbes Magazine
- Top 100 Celebrity (Income and the media buzz): (#10)
- YTV
- YTV Year-end Countdown: Help Me (#2)-- Nick Carter
- MTV TRL Award
- Gridlock Award (Shutting Down Times Square)
- Sneak Attack: Fake Satellite Interview
- Carson's Most Uncomfortable Moment, with Angry Backstreet Boys Fan (Tiffany)
- MTV Japan Video Music Awards
- Best Male Video: Help Me by Nick Carter (Nomination)
- Best New Artist in a Video: Nick Carter
- Best Pop Video: Help Me by Nick Carter (Nomination)
- Tony Awards
- Audience Awards: Favorite Male Replacement- Kevin Richardson (Chicago -Billy Flynn)
- VH1
- VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years: #61 I Want it That Way
- Q Magazine
- Top 50 bands of all time: (#22)
- MTV Latin American Awards
- Favorite International Artist
- Russian Music Award
- Best Comeback
- Relly Awards
- Favorite Musical Guest
- Star Shine Magazine (RCA awards)
- Artist Of The Year
- Album Of The year: Never Gone
- Song Of The year: Incomplete
- Best Group
- Most Requested Song: Incomplete
- Best Hit: Incomplete
- MuchMusic
- Top 10 Balladeers Of All Time: #9 (Only group on the list which included artists such as Lionel Richie, Elton John and Celine Dion).
- YTV
- The HitList Special: Top Ten Boybands Of All Time: (#1)
- Teen Choice Award
- Choice Love Song: Incomplete (Nomination)
- König Pilsener Arena (Germany)
- "The Sold-Out Award" for a Record Breaking five Sell Out Shows
- LiveDaily's Best of 2005
- Best Performers
- Best Official Website
- Stylus Magazine
- Top 50 Singles of 2005: (#24) Incomplete
- RIAA
- Highest Selling Album Of 2005: Never Gone (10 Million copies worldwide)