Black & Blue is the fourth studio album by American boy band Backstreet Boys, released on November 21, 2000, by Jive Records. The album recorded the best international sales in a week for an album in history by selling over 5 million copies globally in its first week of sales.[4][5] In the United States, Black & Blue sold 1.5 million copies in its first week of release,[6] making the Backstreet Boys the first group in Soundscan history to have million-plus first-week sales with back-to-back albums. It sold over 15 million copies worldwide.[7][8]