On January 10, 2019, West City Boy (Westlife) returned with the reorganization of "Hello My Love". Not long after this, on January 25, Backstreet Boys released its new album "DNA" in 6 years. The former European and American teenagers have been reborn one after another more than 20 years later, which has excited fans around the world and reminded us of the beautiful youthful memories created by the male gods in the millennium era.
Today's backstreet boys. Photo/Visual China
years of seldom, pop music benchmark
Xicheng Boys can be said to be a legendary boy group in the European and American music scene. This Irish men's singing group was founded in 1998 and has created too many myths since its debut. Founding members include Chin Egan, Shann Fennan , Mark Ferhaley , Nicky Born, and Brian McFadan (already solo). Westtown Boys has 14 singles in the UK, ranking first in number after Elvis and the Beatles, and tied for third in history with Cliff Richard. They are also the only group that has won 4 "Album of the Year" in the UK.
Xicheng Boys not only ignited the fanaticism of European teenagers for pop music, but also brought freshness and surprises to many people born in the 1980s and 1990s. Their classic golden songs such as "My love", "Swear It Again", "You raise me up", "Home" accompanied the youthful growth of a generation.
Backstreet Boys are a pioneer in the American boy group. It was established in 1993 in Orlando, Florida, USA. Its members are Nick Carter , Hoy Doroff, Brian Lytel, Alexander James McLean, and Kevin Richardson . As the longest-lived boy group in history, they have sold 38 million records in the United States so far, with a global sales of 130 million copies, creating the American Teen Pop (teen pop) style and promoting teen pop culture to the world. The subsequent Britney, Jonas Brothers, and Justin Bieber were all influenced by it.
Backstreet Boys have won 7 Grammy Award nominations and 26 international music awards. They also have 2 diamond records and 53 platinum records certification. In recognition of their great contribution to the American record industry, the Backstreet Boy was successfully selected for the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012.
Boys to men, music style to teams all experience storms
Young famous will always encounter ups and downs, and flowers and praise are often many hardships. Teenagers are finally going to transform into adult contemporary styles, and Backstreet Boys and West City Boys are facing unprecedented challenges.
Xicheng Boys Early Cover. Picture source network
is the first transformation of music style. The boys in Xicheng are good at cover classics, and the boys in backstreet are good at teenagers. As the group grows, the team members are no longer "boys". In order to better cope with global pop music trends, the two boy groups have made completely different combination adjustments, which also brought different story twists.
Four years after debuting, Xicheng boys have made innovations, insisting on combining classics with pop music styles, fully exerting their strong singing skills, and paying tribute to the "Caremonial Master of Love Songs" Barry Manilo classic love song "Mandy". Through their mature cover skills, they showed strong musical control, adapted the classics more popular, and successfully turned the original champion single into the 12th champion single of the West City Boy. The West City Boy is moving forward bravely on the road to the legendary boy group.
The backstreet boys of the same period have experienced a period of silence. Due to the sharp decline in the Teen Pop trend and the increase in the age of the team members, the backstreet boys are constantly looking for more mature music performances. After five years of polishing, until the release of the album "Never Gone" in 2005, Backstreet Boys completely subverted the previous route of Teen pop dynamic dance music, adding more adult rock style. Combining mature RB in popularity, they tear off the label of singing and dancing idol group, and their excellent singing skills and harmony make the song more plump and sexy, presenting a different charm of mature men. The album became the third album of the US Billboard200 with a sales of 293,000 copies in the first week.
Backstreet Boys Early Album Cover. The challenge of the picture source network
also comes from the combination itself.On the music road, both male groups have faced the storm of disbanding team members. After "Mandy", West City Boys , Brian announced that she chose to leave the team due to family reasons, and the team chose to continue in the form of 4 people. However, the downturn in the new song made West City Boys face another challenge.
Irish boys in the face of difficulties chose to inspire forward. The inspirational song "YouRaise Me Up" won the championship for the two weeks as soon as it was released. They regained their courage and adapted the classic Irish song to move the world. The good times did not last long. The young man in the town turned into a legendary superstar and the boy had also grown up. On October 20, 2011, the boy in Xicheng suddenly announced his disbandment on his official website. The statement of disband swept the music scene like a storm, leaving only the sighs and regrets of fans. Seven years later, on October 3, 2018 (Dublin time), the story changed a lot. The West City Boy announced on Twitter that the four members would return and release a new album, and now they have finally fulfilled their contract.
Unlike the West City boys' parting ways, the boys' departure from the backstreet team showed even more "brotherly affection". In 2006, the captain of the Backstreet Boys chose to leave the team for personal reasons after 13 years of debut, which shocked the fans of Backstreet. Backstreet Boys also set out again in a team of four people and launched two albums, "Unbreakable" and "this is us". Backstreet Boys tried to explore more diverse musical styles with the most authentic attitude. The album combines electronics, rock, guitar, Hip Hop and street rap styles, which is refreshing. Latin rapper Pitbull was also invited to help. These attempts made the group reborn and show the vigorous vitality of the pop group.
6 years later, the Backstreet Boys surprises the announcement of former member Kevin Richardson's return to the team during the tour. The group reunited again in the form of five people, and released its eighth album "In A worldLike This" with deep brotherhood. After that, it was fixedly transitioning and developing smoothly with a 5-person group, and finally released its new album "DNA" this year.
starts again to challenge the big
However, there are constant young and active boy groups in the global music market, and new fans are emerging. For the Xicheng boys and the Backstreet boys, who are mainly audiences of the 1980s and 1990s, the next start in 2019 is really a challenge. How to show the charm of an uncle in front of young fans and gain more attention from fans? The two boy groups still submitted different answers.
Today's Xicheng boy group. Photo/Visual China
Xicheng Boys reorganized ten years later, and still maintained their original intentions to bring "Hello MyLove" to pay tribute to their classic work "My Love". It was also arranged and produced by Boss Huang (Ed Sheeran) of the same company. The dynamic rhythm combined with the strong rhythmic drum beats, and the familiar Xicheng Boys' music style make Xicheng Boys exude sunshine and vitality. Since their main audience is still concentrated in Europe, the new song ranks second in the Irish Music Rankings (IRMA) as soon as it was released, No. 2 in the Scottish Singles Albums, No. 10 in the Swedish Music Rankings (Severegetopplistan), No. 13 in the UK Singles Chart.
On the American continent far away, the backstreet boy who appreciates each other immediately released his new album "DNA". The album's lead song was released in advance in May 2018. Unlike the traditional pop music style , "Don't go breaking my heart" combines the new electronic pop music style, and the release of the new song swept the world. After the MV was officially released on May 17, it broke through the first place in iTunes download and successfully landed on the music rankings in Australia, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, the United States and other music rankings. Currently, "Don't go breaking my heart" has been nominated for the 2019 Grammy Best Pop Duo/Combination.
The new album "DNA", which was released after 6 years, broke the results of their 18-year-old album on Billboard 200 (Billboard Album Ranking). The success of this "best album" is attributed to the changing musical style. With the help of different gold medal producers, each single is very distinctive. "The Way It Is" shows the iconic and melody of the backstreet boys. The distinctive modern pop combined with retro singing styles, and the mature real-fake sound conversion makes the song more delicate and exudes the sexy charm of a mature uncle. The song "New Love" shows the harmony of a boy with a bass range, and the lyrics pointing directly to the hearts of people truly describe the inner monologue of a mature man. After the release of the
album and single, the two legendary groups will start their tour in 2019.The Backstreet Boys will start their global tour in May following the performance in Las Vegas. The West City Boys are expected to conduct concert tours in the UK and Ireland this year to celebrate their 20th anniversary. Concert tickets were sold in just 48 hours, breaking the fastest sales record since their formation. After the first three tickets were sold out, they added several concerts in the UK.
The boy she guarded back then has turned into a mature uncle and returned handsomely. It is a wonderful gift for the fans who have been watching for a long time. However, for the group of people born in the 2000s and 2000s, is the charm of the male god still the same? Let's wait and see.
□Taylor (Music Reviewer)
Beijing News Editor Wu Longzhen
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