Genres : pop, dance pop, R&B, teen pop, pop rock, adult Contemporary
Howie and Aj were natives of Orlando, Florida, who met each other through a mutual vocal coach and later discovered Nickthrough auditions.The three, realizing that they could harmonize together, decided to form a trio.
Cousins Kevin and Brian both from Lexington ,Kentucky sang in local church choirs and festivals when they were children.
In 1992 Lou placed an ad in the Orlando Sentinel to compose a vocal group. Aj was the first to audition for lou in his livingroom becoming the the first member. During the late 1992 - March 1993 Nick, Howie, and Kevin were ultimately selected after meeting Lou's expectations.
1993 Brian flew from Kentucky to Orlando to join the group on April 20, 1993 after receiving a phone call from his cousin at school about the group. Thus, April 20 became their anniversary date.
Lou decided to call them Backstreet Boys, after Orlando's Backstreet Market, an outdoor flea market which was which was also a teen hangout.
On May 8, 1993 the backstreet boys had their first performance at SeaWorld Orlando.
The group then continued to perform in various venues during summer 1993, from shopping malls, restaurants, to a high-profile charity gala ,With a change in management in the fall, they began to tour schools across the U.S.
February 1994, Jeff Fenster (then senior VP A&R Zomba/JIVE Records) and David Renzer (then senior VP/GMof Zomba Music Publishing) saw the group performing at a high school in Cleveland and signed them to their first record deal.
At the end of December 1994, the group flew to Sweden to record some songs with Max Martin and Dennis Pop including " we've got it going on"which ended up being their first single and completed their work in January 1995. The song was a minor success in the U.S., peaking at only No. 69 by December 1995,but it entered the top 5 in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, and the Netherlands.
