Brian Littrell

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Biography

Brian Thomas Littrell was born on 20 February 1975 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA ^[1] to Jackie (Fox) and Harold Baker Littrell, Jr. He has an older brother, Harold, and is cousin to Kevin Richardson.

Growing up, Brian played in Little League and Babe Ruth League. He started singing in the choir of Porter Memorial Baptist Church in Lexington. He later sang in his high school choir and acting in the school production of Grease at Tates Creek High School. He played basketball but because of his height, he struggled.

On 19 April 1993 his first cousin Kevin, called him to join the "Backstreet Boys" and he was the last to join the boy group. Due to little success, at first, in the United States, Lou Pearlman marketed the boys in Europe. They became commercially successful in 1995 and they later came to the USA. During this time they released four albums: Backstreet Boys, Backstreet's Back, Millennium, and Black and Blue followed by a greatest hits album The Hits: Chapter One. After a three year gap, they released Never Gone, Unbreakable, This is Us, and In a World Like This.

In 1997, Brian was instrumental in bringing a lawsuit against the group's managers Lou Pearlman and Trans Continental. The claim was that Pearlman had not been truthful about the earnings made by the group. In the following year, A. J. Mclean, Kevin Richardson, and Howie Dorough joined the lawsuit. Settlements were made but details were not disclosed.

Brian Littrell married on 02 September 2000 at Peachtree Christian Church in Atlanta, Georgia, USA to model/actress, Leighanne Wallace. Their son, Baylee Littrell, was born in 2002 and he has become a country singer.

Brian had wanted to record Christian music for a long time. His first solo album, Welcome Home, was released on 02 May 2006.

In October 2009, Brian was infected with the H1N1 swine virus which caused the cancellation of the Backstreet Boys This is Us promotional tour.

Sources

1. ↑ Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes 1911-1999 for Brian Thomas Littrell, b: 1975 Fayette County, Kentucky (mother: Jackie R. Fox)

• [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJTV-HSF9 USA Public Records 1970-2009 on FamilySearch.org; a third party aggregator of publicly available information; for Brian T. Littrell, res: Lexington, Kentucky, USA

• Wikidata: Item Q313941, en:Wikipedia for Brian Littrell