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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)<\/p>\n
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The Backstreet Boys<\/a> 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 \u2014 and the singers are not done scoring new wins on the Billboard charts.<\/p>\n This week, the Grammy-nominated outfit\u2019s latest tune, \u201cBottle Up,\u201d rises again on one Billboard roster. As it ascends, the single ties several other tracks for a special space within the band\u2019s catalog.<\/p>\n Backstreet Boys Send \u201cBottle Up\u201d to a New High<\/p>\n \u201cBottle Up\u201d<\/a> rises from No. 19 to No. 15 on the Adult Pop Airplay chart<\/a> this week. That marks a new peak for the track nine frames into its run on the roster. The ranking \u2013 one of three that focus on pop radio in the country \u2013 measures the songs that rack up the most plays at adult top 40 radio stations throughout the United States.<\/p>\n \u201cBottle Up\u201d Matches Several Backstreet Boys Classics<\/p>\n As it lifts to No. 15, \u201cBottle Up\u201d ties as the third-highest-charting Backstreet Boys hit in the group\u2019s history on the Adult Pop Airplay tally. The single now sits on the same level as the classics \u201cAs Long as You Love Me\u201d and \u201cShow Me the Meaning of Being Lonely.\u201d Those tunes peaked at No. 15 in May 1998 and April 2000, respectively.<\/p>\n \u201cBottle Up\u201d Passes Several Other Backstreet Boys Hits<\/p>\n Just last week, \u201cBottle Up\u201d was tied with \u201cChances,\u201d which stalled at No. 19 back in 2019. This latest surge also pushes the current focus for the boy band past both \u201cQuit Playing Games (With My Heart)\u201d and \u201cNo Place,\u201d as both of those tunes peaked at No. 18, despite arriving nearly a quarter-century apart from one another.<\/p>\n The band\u2019s two loftiest hits are still several spaces away from where \u201cBottle Up\u201d appears at the present. \u201cDon\u2019t Go Breaking My Heart\u201d is the Backstreet Boys\u2019 only top 10 on the Adult Pop Airplay chart. That favorite from the Grammy-nominated act\u2019s catalog climbed to No. 9 in September 2018. \u201cI Want It That Way\u201d<\/a> missed the uppermost region by only one space, as it topped out at No. 11 during its run, which began in 1999.<\/p>\n Backstreet Boys Charts on Two Pop Radio Rankings<\/p>\n \u201cBottle Up\u201d 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. <\/p>\n Brian Littrell\u2019s Son Debuts on a Different Pop Chart<\/p>\n At the same time that the Backstreet Boys continue another successful radio run, the son of one of the group\u2019s 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 \u201cSo Be It.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n A little more than a year after his run on the reality competition series, Baylee scores a Billboard radio smash of his own. \u201cSo Be It\u201d opens in last place on the 40-position Pop Airplay roster, while his father\u2019s group simultaneously keeps \u201cBottle Up\u201d alive on the other two pop radio charts at the same time.<\/p>\n