Backstreet Boys Dominate iTunes With Classic Boy Band Smashes

Next month, the Backstreet Boys will drop Millennium 2.0, an expanded edition of its groundbreaking, blockbuster album Millennium. The updated release includes previously unheard tunes and other goodies that superfans will enjoy. Listeners, however, can’t seem to wait until July 11, when the project officially arrives. The pop icons are already dominating iTunes this Friday (June 6), as Americans once again rush to buy music by the Backstreet Boys en masse.

On the current edition of the iTunes Top Songs list – which ranks the bestselling tracks on the U.S. version of the platform, and is often considered the most important when it comes to individual tune purchases in the country — the Backstreet Boys have put their continued popularity on full display.

The Backstreet Boys Score Half a Dozen Top 10s

The group claims half a dozen top 10 hits at the moment. All of its smashes — “I Want It That Way,” “Larger Than Life,” “Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely,” “Don’t Want to Lose You Now,” “The One,” and “It’s Gotta Be You” — appear in this lineup, one right after the other, starting at No. 3 with “I Want It That Way” and ending at No. 8 with “It’s Gotta Be You.”

Backstreet Boys and Rascal Flatts

Further down the 200-spot roster comes a recently-released collaboration between the Backstreet Boys and Rascal Flatts, “What Hurts the Most.” The updated take on the tune made famous by the country group years ago currently lives at No. 117. The track was released earlier this year and is benefiting at the moment as Rascal Flatts drops its new collaborative project, Life Is a Highway: Refueled Duets, which arrives this Friday and is nearing the top 10 on the iTunes Top Albums list.

Millennium by the Backstreet Boys

Speaking of the iTunes Top Albums tally, the Backstreet Boys nearly claim a No. 1 album in America, in addition to multiple bestselling top 10 smashes. Millennium bolts more than 150 spaces to settle in the runner-up spot, coming in behind only Tha Carter VI by Lil Wayne, which proves to be the biggest new release this week. Both of those titles push former recent champions Taylor Swift’s Reputation and Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem down several pegs, after they were ruling just a few hours ago.