Backstreet Boys (often abbreviated as BSB) is a group that rose to popularity in the late 1990s. Since then they have broken music and concert sale records, having sold more than 180 million albums (38 million in the United States) to make them the highest-selling boy band on record. Consisting of AJ McLean, Howie D, Nick Carter, Brian Littrell and Kevin Richardson, they released their first self-titled album Backstreet Boys in 1996, selling over 38 million copies worldwide and setting a record for the most successful debut album in history.