{"id":62159,"date":"2026-04-10T20:37:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/backstreet-boys-ex-manager-admits-to-undermining-band-to-help-nsync\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T20:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:37:26","slug":"backstreet-boys-ex-manager-admits-to-undermining-band-to-help-nsync","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/backstreet-boys-ex-manager-admits-to-undermining-band-to-help-nsync\/","title":{"rendered":"Backstreet Boys&#8217; Ex Manager Admits to Undermining Band to Help &#8216;NSYNC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe infamous rivalry between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/boy-bands\/\" id=\"auto-tag_boy-bands\" data-tag=\"boy-bands\">boy bands<\/a> \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/nsync-celebrate-30th-anniversary-1235439009\/\">NSYNC<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/backstreet-boys\/\">Backstreet Boys<\/a> in the late Nineties and early Aughts wasn\u2019t just inflated by fandom wars; their former manager partly fueled it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Johnny Wright \u2014\u00a0veteran manager to superstar acts including Britney Spears, Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Ciara, New Kids on the Block, and the Jonas Brothers \u2014 was working with both groups before the Backstreet Boys became upset over newcomers \u2018NSYNC\u2019s rising success and popularity.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe members issued Wright an ultimatum over working with the rival group, and his decision was easy. \u201cI said that\u2019s an offer I can refuse,\u201d Wright said in a new Investigation Discovery docuseries, <em>Boy Band Confidential<\/em>. \u201cI told them, \u2018OK, if I\u2019m not working with you and them, then I have a responsibility to make them the biggest group in the world. And that means I\u2019m going to turn all my guns against you to make them bigger.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Johnny Wright Turns On Back Street Boys | Boy Band Confidential | ID\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ywTOzsy8_pU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWright went on to detail how he actively worked to undermine his former artists, like subbing \u2018NSYNC in for the Backstreet Boys at the American Music Awards and booking stadium tour dates just weeks before the Backstreet Boys wanted to book shows at the large venues.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey shut their stadium tour down to an arena tour because they thought they weren\u2019t going to be able to sell the tickets,\u201d Wright said. \u201cEvery move that I found, they were doing something first, I tried to beat them to the punch. Success was my revenge.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Wright spoke at length about the behind-the-scenes makings of both iconic groups and their fallout with shady label boss Lou Pearlman in the two-part special, which premieres on Investigation Discovery on Monday, April 13, and Tuesday, April 14, at 9 p.m. ET.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The docuseries includes sit-down interviews with \u2018NSYNC\u2019s Joey Fatone and Lance Bass; Backstreet Boys\u2019 AJ McLean; Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees; Boyz II Men\u2019s Shawn Stockman and Wany\u00e1 Morris, among several other artists, as they discuss navigating their lives and careers amid the boy band boom.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lachey recalled that someone at his record label handed him a book highlighting the age of consent in every state while 98 Degrees was on its first tour. \u201cWe kept that book on the tour bus,\u201d Lachey said in the series. \u201cUnfortunately, there were people out there looking to tear you down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The series also dives into Lou Pearlman, the businessman behind the initial success of the Backstreet Boys and \u2018NSYNC. Both bands ended up suing Pearlman for fraud and\u00a0misrepresentation after they alleged Pearlman was pocketing millions off their success while the members were receiving paltry sums in comparison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/backstreet-boys-ex-manager-nsync-boy-band-confidential-1235544767\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The infamous rivalry between boy bands \u2018NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys in the late Nineties and early Aughts wasn\u2019t just inflated by fandom wars;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":62160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}