Millennium is the third studio album (second in the US) by American vocal pop group, the Backstreet Boys, released on May 18, 1999 by Jive Records. It was a highly anticipated follow-up to both their US debut album, and their second internationally released album. It was their first album to be released in both the US and internationally in the same form, at the same time. In the United States, it holds the record for most shipments in one year, with 11 million in 1999. It was nominated for five Grammy Awards and spawned four Top 40 singles; "I Want It That Way", "Larger than Life", "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely", and "The One". It has since become one of the best-selling albums of all time, selling 24 million copies worldwide.[2] The band promoted the album through the Into the Millennium Tour, which became one of the fastest-grossing tours of all time.