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February 28, 2002 - The Backstreet Boys and Olympic winner Sarah Hughes presented the best pop collaboration with vocals Grammy award to 'Lady Marmalade' at the Staples Center on Wednesday. 

February 28, 2002 - WireImage.com has photos of the Backstreet Boys at the Grammy Awards Wednesday. Check them out here.

February 28, 2002 - BBC's Radio 1 reports Jive Records is denying talk in the Sun earlier today that the Backstreet Boys are in crisis talks and they also denied that Nick Carter is recording solo material.... Yeah, but didn't he reveal solo plans himself on TRL on Monday?

February 28, 2002 - MTV's Total Request Live had a clip with the Backstreet Boys at the Rock The Vote party last night. BSB's Howie Dorough said, "Our youth is, you know, where the future is, as musicians it is our part to help in whatever causes we can to support it." More on Rock the Vote here.

February 28, 2002 - CDNow's Miss Truth reports today that the Backstreet Boys have reportedly left their management company, the Firm, and are currently shopping for new representation. Reps at the Firm, however, would not confirm the group's departure. Earlier this week, HitsDailyDouble.com tabbed Howard Kaufman as the frontrunner to rep the band going forward.

February 28, 2002 - Splash has photos of the Backstreet Boys and their signed artist Kristal at the Rock The Vote 2002 Patrick Lippert Awards, held at the House of Blues in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Also on hand were Destiny's Child, Tom Green, and Nikka Costa. Check out the photos here.

February 27, 2002 - WireImage.com has photos of everybody who was anybody that attended the Clive Davis Pre Grammy Party in Beverly Hills, California on Tuesday. Among those showing up were Alicia Keys of course, plus Britney Spears, *NSYNC, the Backstreet Boys, Ja Rule, Pamela Anderson, Kid Rock, Angie Stone, Slash, and Clive Davis himself. Check out photos of all here.

February 26, 2002 - Backstreet Boys 2002 Fan Convention will be taking place this weekend in Baltimore on Saturday and Sunday. Fans at the BWI Marriott Hotel will travel as far away as Holland and Belgium to attend the event, convention chairperson Janet Connell told Launch.com. Connell said, "We're going to have a lot of fun celebrating the Backstreet Boys. This event is by the fans, for the fans." While none of the boys themselves are scheduled to appear, family members including Littrell's mother, Dorough's mother and sister, and representatives from the Boys respective charities will be there. Read more.

February 26, 2002 - Nick Carter was on MTV's Total Request Live on Monday to talk with Quddus. Nick talked about what he had to do after his plea bargain following the arrest in Tampa. Nick also talked reluctantly about his solo stuff as well as the status of the Backstreet Boys. Read here for a transcript of their telephone chat.

February 24, 2002 - Yahoo has photos of Nick Carter from his Valentine's Day press conference to announce his involvement in offshore powerboat racing. Check them out here.

February 23, 2002 - Jermaine Dupri was on B96 in Chicago where he revealed plans to work with the Backstreet Boys next month on their new album. Check out his full comments on the station's website here.

February 23, 2002 - Hits magazine reports the Backstreet Boys have parted company with their longtime reps, The Firm. Howard Kaufman is now the frontrunner to sign the band. Meanwhile, Nick Carter will remain with the Firm as a solo artist, and his debut solo album on Jive is scheduled to be released in August, likely before the release of the next Backstreet Boys album.

February 22, 2002 - Sir Elton John told BBC Two's Newsnight there was too much music that sounds the same in the pop charts now. Elton said, "Record companies want the quick buck from the Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, Britney Spears, S Club 7's, the Steps - they've always been around, I'm not knocking the music perhaps, but it's like packets of cereal." Meanwhile, because of this, artists with real talent aren't being recognized. Read more.

February 22, 2002 - During a recent interview, Backstreet Boy AJ McLean said that the group's next album will hopefully include stuff made together with Fred Durst, Staind and other rock/hip-hop stars. Click here to view the video of AJ talking (scroll down to Music News and then to 'Backstreet Boy A.J. McLean Plays for Charity on Hollywood Squares.'

February 16, 2002 - Reuters reports Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter has purchased a 43-foot offshore racing boat and will enter it in the American Power Boat Association's 2002 circuit with races in the United States and Canada. Nick explained the purchase saying, "One of the main reasons I am getting into this is my father. It's a dream come true for him." Nick Carter Racing will make its debut April 28 in Daytona Beach. Read more.

February 16, 2002 - Syndney writes "According to the Jive Records Official site, the Backstreet Boys will be presenting an award at the Grammy ceremony on February 27th. From Official Jive site: "Look for the boys presenting an award at the Grammy ceremony on February 27th at 8:00PM EST on CBS. Keep your fingers crossed and remember to tune in to see if the guys win!""

February 16, 2002 - Syndney writes "More news from the Backstreet Boys Jive Records site: "Backstreet Boys youngest fans have a lot to look forward to in the next few months. The boys will be making an appearance on the legendary kids program Sesame Street! They perform 'One Small Voice' with Elmo, Cookie Monster, Grover, Telly, Zoe, Rosita and other Monsters. The show is scheduled to air on: April 23rd, July 2nd, September 10th and November 19th.""

February 15, 2002 - Allpop reports early recordings from Nick Carter will be released on March 26 by Hip-O Records. The 14 track album will document Nick's solo work from ages 9 to 13. The album is titled 'Nick Carter: Before The 'Boys' 1989-1993'. No word on whether Nick is endorsing the release. Read more.

February 12, 2002 - Pay per search engine Overture has their list of top A.J. McLean related searches for the month of December up, and those searches include several references to the controversial appearance in Hustler magazine as well as searches for his girlfriend and rumored fiance, Sarah Martin. For the month, 'AJ McLean' was searched for 12,127 times. Read on for a full list of AJ related searches. Read more.

February 12, 2002 - Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith of Teenmusic.com spoke with Aaron Carter who revealed he and his Backstreet Boys star brother Nick will collaborate on an upcoming album. Aaron said of that and his brother's contribution on his per-view special 'Aaron Carter's Valentine Party', "We should be recording together soon. It was great. My brother and I sang together on the previous tour but we'd never done an actual special." Read more.

February 12, 2002 - Metal Sludge spoke with porn star Kendra Jade about her sexual history with boybands and while not naming names (she did call O-Town 'sweet boys' and called Justin a hottie), Kendra revealed, "Hmm, well I refuse to comment on this because my sex life would dry up real quick !!! I'll just say boybands are worse than rock bands in every good way imaginable and rock bands WISH they had it like that." As for her thoughts on the girls, Kendra said of Britney, "I am jealous of her abs." For Christina, she said, "Lollipop head syndrome." Read more.

February 12, 2002 - The Backstreet Boys were nominated for Best-selling album, foreign or domestic with 'Black and Blue' while Canada's own Nelly Furtado got two nominations for this year's Juno Awards. The awards will be held pril 14 at Mile One Stadium in St. John's and hosted by the Barenaked Ladies. For a full list of nominations, click here.

February 11, 2002 - Nick Carter and Backstreet Boys groupmate AJ McLean are nominated in the latest popdirt.com poll asking, "Who do you think is the sexiest male pop star?" Vote here.

February 9, 2002 - Image Direct has photos of *NSYNC's Chris Kirkpatrick, Backstreet Boys Nick Carter and brother Aaron Carter from the MTV Rock 'N Jock basketball game to be premiered February 9 at 1:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check out the photos here and get more info on the event here.

February 3, 2002 - WireImage.com has photos from the events leading up to and including Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans last night and amongst the celebrities photograph were pop stars Lance Bass, Joey Fatone, and Chris Kirkpatrick of *NSYNC, Howie Dorough of the Backstreet Boys, Mariah Carey and Marc Anthony. Check out the photos here.

February 3, 2002 - The St. Petersburg Times reports Backstreet Boy Nick Carter agreed to enter into a pretrial intervention program in a deal with state prosecutors to clear him of a misdemeanor charge of resisting or opposing a law enforcement officer without violence. The charge stemmed from an incident at a Tampa night club on January 2nd. Read more.

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