Backstreet Boys

It's tough to remember my VERY FIRST favorite group, but I think I'd have to go with the Backstreet Boys around 1st grade-ish. Their cd was the first cd I'd ever bought (except maybe Hanson? I feel like they came later though...) and even though I was probably only 6 or 7, I remember driving away from borders with my mom and sister blasting "Backstreet's Back" the entire way home. GREAT times. I wasn't really into having huge posters on my wall, but since Claire's was my favorite store (along with just about every other first grader at that time) and since they had all the Backstreet Boys memorabilia, I stocked up on notebooks (with the band on the cover, obviously), oversized pencils, stickers, and pretty much everything else. I loved singing along to their songs whenever I heard them, making sure I memorized all the words. My friends and I would do the typical use-your-hairbrush-as-a-microphone and jump around my room. All in all, Backstreet Boys was a good time for a first grader. And even now, I'll admit they're fun to put on every once in a while.