GRAMMY FEVER FOR THE ‘MILLENNIUM’

DATE: January 7, 2000

FROM: MITCH SCHNEIDER/MARCEE RONDAN/TODD BRODGINSKI

GRAMMY FEVER FOR THE 'MILLENNIUM': As the BACKSTREET BOYS prepare for the second leg of their "Into The Millennium Tour," the group's MILLENNIUM album has been honored with five Grammy nominations: "Album of the Year" and "Best Pop Album" for the ten-times platinum MILLENNIUM album; as well as "Record of the Year," "Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal" and "Song of the Year" (a songwriter's award) for the "I Want It That Way," the LP's first single. Reached on vacation, the group's KEVIN RICHARDSON commented: "It's an honor and accomplishment to be recognized by the Academy for all our hard work. This is especially meaningful to us given all the hurdles we've overcome as we struggle for recognition as artists." BACKSTREET BOYS–NICK CARTER, HOWIE DOROUGH, BRIAN LITTRELL, A.J. McLEAN and KEVIN RICHARDSON–kick off their 2000 North American tour February 11 in State College, PA.