During a more primitive era of the Internet, before fan armies and stan wars, there was the Backstreet Boys eliciting shrieks on TRL, the most accomplished members of a teenybopper tidal wave that was ...

In July 1998, the Billboard Hot 100 was dominated by hits like Brandy and Monica’s “The Boy Is Mine,” Shania Twain’s “You’re Still the One,” Usher’s “My Way” and Next’s “Too Close.” But beyond the ...