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)
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The 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 plays at adult top 40 radio stations throughout the United States.
“Bottle Up” Matches Several Backstreet Boys Classics
As it lifts to No. 15, “Bottle Up” ties as the third-highest-charting Backstreet Boys hit in the group’s history on the Adult Pop Airplay tally. The single now sits on the same level as the classics “As Long as You Love Me” and “Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely.” Those tunes peaked at No. 15 in May 1998 and April 2000, respectively.
“Bottle Up” Passes Several Other Backstreet Boys Hits
Just last week, “Bottle Up” was tied with “Chances,” which stalled at No. 19 back in 2019. This latest surge also pushes the current focus for the boy band past both “Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)” and “No Place,” as both of those tunes peaked at No. 18, despite arriving nearly a quarter-century apart from one another.
The band’s two loftiest hits are still several spaces away from where “Bottle Up” appears at the present. “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” is the Backstreet Boys’ only top 10 on the Adult Pop Airplay chart. That favorite from the Grammy-nominated act’s catalog climbed to No. 9 in September 2018. “I Want It That Way” missed the uppermost region by only one space, as it topped out at No. 11 during its run, which began in 1999.
Backstreet Boys Charts on Two Pop Radio Rankings
“Bottle Up” appears on one other closely related Billboard tally this week. The single holds steady at No. 23 on the Adult Contemporary chart, just a few spaces beneath its No. 19 peak.
Brian Littrell’s Son Debuts on a Different Pop Chart
At the same time that the Backstreet Boys continue another successful radio run, the son of one of the group’s members arrives on another pop-focused ranking. Baylee Littrell, the son of Backstreet Boys singer Brian Littrell, debuts at No. 40 on the Pop Airplay chart with his single “So Be It.”
Baylee introduced himself to millions of television viewers in 2025 when he competed on American Idol. He auditioned with an original song and earned three yes votes from the judges, with his famous father even joining him briefly during his audition. Baylee eventually advanced all the way to the top 20 before he was eliminated.
A little more than a year after his run on the reality competition series, Baylee scores a Billboard radio smash of his own. “So Be It” opens in last place on the 40-position Pop Airplay roster, while his father’s group simultaneously keeps “Bottle Up” alive on the other two pop radio charts at the same time.
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