From 'Quit Playing Games' to 'I Want It That Way,' their harmonies soundtracked a generation's crushes.
For the full effect, put on 'I Want It That Way' and then 'The Call.' It shows the range from that perfect, aching harmony to their more dramatic, narrative side.
When you hear 'I Want It That Way' in a grocery store or a waiting room, it still lands. That 1999 ballad from 'Millennium' became one of those songs everyone knows the words to, even if they won't admit it. Their catalog, from early hits like 'Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)' to later tracks like 'The Call,' maps the sound of late-90s and early-2000s pop radio.
They formed in Orlando in the mid-90s, releasing their self-titled debut in 1996. The lineup held steady through the 'Millennium' and 'Black & Blue' albums, though Kevin Richardson stepped away for a few years starting in 2006 before returning. They've kept recording, putting out albums like 'DNA' in 2019.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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