The B-Boys gelled in 1993, in Orlando, where high school students A.J. McLean and Howie Dorough, and junior high student Nick Carter frequently ran into each other[1] at acting auditions. They began hanging out[2], started singing, and eventually Kevin Richardson and his Kentucky cousin, Brian Littrell joined in. Though their eponymous debut album[3] has by now sold more than 10 million copies in the U.S. The quintet's 1995 single, "We've Got It Goin' On" fizzled after climbing to No. 69 on Billboard's Hot 100.
But of course, it's always lonely at the top, and none of the five currently has a serious girlfriend. Here are the favorites of the Boys: When Nick goes shopping, relates one, he loves to buy sneakers and gold jewelry; Brian's favorite food is macaroni and cheese, and his favorite cologne is Safari by Ralph Lauren; A.J. likes girls with nice eyes and long hair; Howie is most likely to "invite you for a moonlight walk along the beach"; and Kevin "spent eight years of his life living in a log cabin, and he's also a qualified ballroom-dancer[4] instructor!"
In 1999, Millennium's first week out of the gate[5], the disc amassed 1,133,505 in sales, making it the most albums sold in a week - ever - since SoundScan began recording sales figures, handily trouncing the record set by Garth Brooks the previous December.
註釋：
[1]ran into each other：run into sb.是個固定搭配，意思為偶然碰上某人。這裏的意思是他們三個人經常在學校的試演中碰面。
[2]hanging out：原形為hang out，意思是經常在壹起。如：Marry always hangs out with her best friend Jay. 瑪麗經常跟她的好朋友Jay在壹起。
[3]debut album：意思為首張專輯。
[4]ballroom-dancer：ballroom-dance是國標舞，那麽把dance變成dancer就是跳國標舞的人了。
[5]out of the gate：字面上的意思是大門外，可跟文中的句子連起來就變的很可笑了。所以聯系上下文就知道應該是剛剛發行。
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後街男孩
Backstreet Boys 是個由幾個帥氣的男歌手組成的五重奏歌唱組合，他們也幾乎成為了美國以外地區最受歡迎的聲樂團體。如果妳是西方流行音樂的忠實歌迷而且也對 Backstreet Boys 深感興趣的，那麽就來看看下面有關其成長道路的介紹吧。
Backstreet Boys 於1993年初始 Orlando，當時的高中生A.J. McLean ，Howie Dorough和初中生 Nick Carter 經常在試演的時候碰面。從此他們開始經常壹起，並唱歌，最後Kevin Richardson 和 Kentucky 他的表弟 Brian Littrell 也加入了他們的行列。
盡管他們的首張唱片到目前為止已經在美國銷售超過了1千萬張，這個五重奏1995的單曲"We've Got It Goin' On"在達到Billboard 100大熱點的第69位之後就沒再有任何突出的成績。
當然，高高在上的感覺總是很孤獨的，目前所有的BSB成員都沒有正式的女朋友。下面是BSB成員所喜歡的東西：Nick喜愛運動鞋和金飾；Brian最喜歡的食物是通心粉和起士，他最喜歡Ralph Lauren的Safari古龍香水；A.J.喜歡有長發和美麗眼睛的女孩子；Howie是會"邀請妳在月光下到海邊散步"的人；Kevin"曾在小木屋居住了八年，他還是壹個合格的交際舞教練！"
1999年，Millennium第壹個星期的銷售量為1，133，505張，創下了SoundScan的歷史， 擊敗了 Garth Brooks於去年12月創造的記錄。