The Backstreet Boys Chart A Hit Alongside One Member’s Son

BusinessHollywood & EntertainmentThe Backstreet Boys Chart A Hit Alongside One Member’s SonByHugh McIntyre,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.Follow AuthorAug 24, 2026, 09:00am EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.SummaryThe Backstreet Boys push the single "Bottle Up" to a new peak on the Adult Pop Airplay chart as the cut rises from No. 19 to No. 15. The single ties “As Long as You Love Me” and “Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely” as the group’s third-highest-charting hit on the ranking. At the same time, Brian Littrell’s son Baylee Littrell scores his first Billboard radio hit as “So Be It” debuts at No. 40 on the Pop Airplay chart.Show More The Backstreet Boys push the single "Bottle Up" to a new peak while member Brian Littrell's son Baylee Littrell scores a top 40 pop smash. Backstreet Boys at the 2000 Radio Music Awards at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas, 11/04/00. (Photo by Kevin Winter/ABC/ImageDirect)Getty ImagesThe Backstreet Boys have been charting hits on American radio for more than three decades. The boy band is not as massively successful as it once was, but the group is still known as one of the most successful all-male vocal troupes of all time — and the singers are not done scoring new wins on the Billboard charts.This week, the Grammy-nominated outfit’s latest tune, “Bottle Up,” rises again on one Billboard roster. As it ascends, the single ties several other tracks for a special space within the band’s catalog.Backstreet Boys Send “Bottle Up” to a New High“Bottle Up” rises from No. 19 to No. 15 on the Adult Pop Airplay chart this week. That marks a new peak for the track nine frames into its run on the roster. The ranking – one of three that focus on pop radio in the country – measures the songs that rack up the most pla...