Richardson permanently rejoined the group in 2012. In the following year, they celebrated their 20th anniversary and released their first independent album, In a World Like This. Their follow-up album DNA (2019) debuted at number one, more than two decades after the group formed and 19 years after they last topped in 2000. They also became the first boy band to top the U.S. album charts in three different decades.
The Backstreet Boys have sold over 100 million records worldwide, making them the best-selling boy band of all time, and one of the world's best-selling music artists. They are the first group since Led Zeppelin to have their first ten albums reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200, and the only boy band to do so. The albums Backstreet Boys and Millennium were both certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), making them one of the few bands to have multiple diamond albums.
The group received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 22, 2013.[ They also released their first documentary movie, titled Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of in January 2015. In March 2017, the group began a residency in Las Vegas that lasted two years, titled Backstreet Boys: Larger Than Life. They released their first Christmas album, A Very Backstreet Christmas in 2022.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backstreet_Boys
Studio albums
Backstreet Boys (1996)
Backstreet's Back (1997)
Millennium (1999)
Black & Blue (2000)
Never Gone (2005)
Unbreakable (2007)
This Is Us (2009)
In a World Like This (2013)
DNA (2019)
A Very Backstreet Christmas (2022)
If I Don't Have You
Backstreet Boys Lyrics
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Girl I wake up and pray
That you'll come back home
Don't take too long
Cause since you've been gone
Everything's gone all went wrong
I wish you were here
holding me near
You know I'd go
out of my mind
If you ever left
my heart behind
So I'm begging you please
Bring your sweet love back to me
If I don't have you
(Don't have you)
to hold on to
(to hold on to)
I can't go on
in this world alone
Baby, It's true
(Baby, It's true)
If I don't have you
If you say goodbye
(you said goodbye)
Girl, I would die
(Girl, I would die)
I'm a star with no light
a day with no night
If I don't have you
In "If I Don't Have You," the Backstreet Boys sing about the pain of being separated from a loved one. The song is about the desperate feeling of needing someone in your life so much that everything else feels wrong without them. The singer wakes up every day and prays for his lover to come back home. He begs her to bring her sweet love back to him because he can't go on in this world alone. He tells her that if she ever says goodbye, he would feel like a star with no light, a day with no night, and his world would fall apart.
The song captures the intense emotions of a person in love who feels lost without their partner. The lyrics are relatable and emotional, and the Backstreet Boys' vocal harmonies add to the song's power. The song's sentiment has resonated with fans, and it remains a beloved ballad to this day.
Line by Line Meaning
Every day
On a daily basis
Girl I wake up and pray
I start my mornings praying for you
That you'll come back home
Hoping you'll come back home to me
Don't take too long
Hope you won't take too much time
Cause since you've been gone
My life's been an ordeal
Everything's gone all went wrong
Nothing's been okay since your departure
I wish you were here
I desire your presence
Holding me near
Holding me close to you
You know I'd go out of my mind
I'd be mentally unstable
If you ever left my heart behind
If you left me emotionally
So I'm begging you please
I'm pleading with you
Bring your sweet love back to me
Return to me with your love
If I don't have you (don't have you) to hold on to (to hold on to)
If I'm without you, I'll have nothing to hold onto
I can't go on in this world alone
I can't continue living without you
Baby, it's true (baby, it's true)
It's the truth
If you say goodbye (you said goodbye)
If you decide to leave me
Girl, I would die (girl, I would die)
It would be the end of me
I'm a star with no light
I'm incomplete, without you
A day with no night
A life without happiness
If I don't have you
If I'm without you
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: DARRELL WAYNE PERRY, GARY BAKER, TIMOTHY MONROE ALLEN
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@luizribeiro3885
Everyday, girl, I wake up and pray
That you'll come back home
And don't take too long
Cuz since you've been gone
Everything's gone a bit wrong
I wish you were here
Holding me near
You know I'd go out of my mind
If you ever left my heart behind
So I'm beggin' you please (so I'm beggin', beggin' you please)
Bring you sweet love back to me (Please come back to me)
[Chorus:]
If I don't have you (don't have you)
To hold on to (to hold on to)
I can't go on in this world alone
Baby it's true (baby it's true if I don't have you) If you say goodbye (you say goodbye)
Girl I would die (girl I would die)
I'm a star with no light
A day with no night
If I don't have you
Late at night I reach to hold you tight
But you're not there (you're just not there baby)
I know you still care (I know you still care)
And oh how I miss your soft, tender, lovely kiss
You'd give to me (to me)
So tenderly
We used to feel
That time would stand still
When I see you baby it will
So hurry home (so hurry, come home to me)
You know your man needs you so (oh girl you just don't know)
[Chorus]
If I don't have you (don't have you)
If I don't have you I don't know what I'd do
To hold on to (to hold on to)
I just wanna hold you
I can't go on (can't go on)
In this world alone
Baby it's true (baby it's true if I don't have you)
If you say goodbye (you say goodbye)
If you say goodbye I would die
Oh I would die (girl I would die)
I would die if I don't have you
I'm a star with no light (no light, whoa!)
A day with no night
If I don't have you
You know I'd go crazy without you (don't have you)
If I don't have you I don't know what I'd do
To hold on to (to hold on to)
I just wanna hold you
I can't go on (can't go on)
In this world alone (in this world alone)
Baby it's true (baby it's true if i don't have you)
If you say goodbye (you say goodbye)
If you say goodbye I would die
Oh I would die (girl I would die)
Girl, I know I would die
I'm star with no light
A day with no night
If I don't have you
@angelpotter2266
Esta canción me recuerda mucho y de ella tengo el mejor recuerdo de mi adolescencia...
El fin de año escolar, el gran y tan esperado baile de fin de año, si!! Lo recuerdo 😍❤️...
Noviembre 28 de 2001...
-Lugar: Auditorío Colegio Don Bosco I Bogota
-Hora: 8:00pm
-Asistentes: Todo el personal estudiantil de 6 a 11 grado.
Me encontraba con mis amigos, sentados en la mesa mirando las niñas las cuales iban muy lindas pero en especial aquella chica de 10 A (Se veía tan hermosa...) Deseaba hacia muchísimo tiempo hablarle pero yo era muy tímido, pero al sonar esta bella melodía en en ese Auditorío no dude ni un solo segundo en invitarla a que la bailaramos... Mientras sonaba esa bella melodía: yo miraba sus ojos y fue como si la timidez hubiese desaparecido, tome sus manos y bailabamos enseguida ella se recostó en mi pecho y deseaba que esta canción no terminará nunca 😢😢😢
Fue el recuerdo que llevaré por siempre en mi corazón, gracias queridos Backstreet Boys por esta linda canción por qué gracias a esta, y a aquella noche de aquel tiempo inolvidable, logré aguardar la experiencia más sublime que pude llegar a sentir durante mi adolescencia... ese primer amor, el cual nunca olvidó ni pensaré olvidar ya que al oír este tema tan hermoso me transporta de nuevo aquel momento.😢❤️
Backstreet Boys definitivamente son y seguirán siendo la mejor banda musical de toda la historia.
@nilkane2122
Bryan's voice... It's like heaven! Thank you Backstreet Boys for being singers!
@Marie-hs5eu
@ashley1994 🙄
@nad583
For me, Brian is one of the singers who has the most beautiful voice in the history.
@Izaan2810
His tone used to be really beautiful. Not a really great vocalist but definitely a very beautiful tone. He didn't maintain it well.
@sasha8367
Still fall in love with you guys even now i'm already 37 years old...time flies so fast
@mariejo7829
Me too
@cosycosy8072
Did you know that in the religion of Islam, the Prophet Muhammad said, 1400 years ago, that there will come a time when time will approach, and the year will become like a month, and a month will become like a week, and a week will become like a day, and a day will become like an hour, and an hour will become like a minute. There is no god but God. Praise be to God for the blessing of Islam.
@MommaO09
I adore this song!! It totally demonstrates how much R&B music influenced their earlier music. Love these harmonies.
@marlonpurcell8635
They don't have boy bands like this anymore lol.. BSB fan 4eva
@Evandroserri
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