1. Brian Thomas Littrell is an American singer and a member of the Backstreet Boys.
26 Facts About Brian Littrell
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Brian Littrell is a contemporary Christian music artist and released the solo album Welcome Home in 2006.
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Brian Littrell is the father of country singer Baylee Littrell.
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In 2015, Littrell was inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame along with his cousin and bandmate Kevin Richardson.
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Brian Littrell has an older brother, Harold III, who is an actor and singer.
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Brian Littrell is the cousin of fellow Backstreet Boys member Kevin Richardson; his father, Harold, and Richardson's mother, Ann, are siblings.
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Brian Littrell was skilled at sports and played in both Little League and the Babe Ruth League.
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Brian Littrell performed in school plays including a production of Grease, and worked at fast food chain Long John Silver's.
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Brian Littrell flew to Orlando the next day and finished high school via correspondence, graduating in 1994.
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In 1997, Brian Littrell was instrumental in bringing a lawsuit against the group's creator Lou Pearlman, claiming Pearlman had concealed information regarding the group's earnings.
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Brian Littrell co-wrote six of the songs on the album, which sold over 100,000 copies in the US and reached No 74 on the Billboard 200 charts.
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Brian Littrell won a Dove Award for Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year in 2006 along with songwriters Don Koch and Shawn Craig, and another in 2008 for "By His Wounds" with Glory Revealed.
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Brian Littrell won Special Event Album of the Year in 2008 for Glory Revealed, which was a compilation album with many other Christian artists, and in 2010, Special Event Album of the Year for Glory Revealed II.
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Brian Littrell made appearances with the Backstreet Boys on Arthur, Sesame Street, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and he and bandmate McLean had cameos in Olive Juice, a film starring Brian Littrell's wife Leighanne.
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Brian Littrell performed with The Backstreet Boys on Saturday Night Live, in 1998 and 1999.
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In 2013, Brian Littrell appeared with his bandmates in the film This Is the End.
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Brian Littrell has joined other celebrities in yearly NBA tours where he played basketball in every NBA city before a game, and has played charity baseball, softball and golf games.
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In June 1997, following the breakup of his relationship with girlfriend Samantha Stonebraker, Brian Littrell met an actress and model, Leighanne Reena Wallace, on the set of "As Long as You Love Me" video shoot where she was an extra.
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Brian Littrell stated in J-14 magazine about this relationship that he had been out of the dating game for a while and meeting Leighanne opened a whole new chapter for him.
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On November 26,2002, they had their son Baylee Thomas Wylee Brian Littrell, who is pursuing a similar path as his father's in the entertainment industry.
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Brian Littrell stated during a show in Georgia on the DNA World Tour that his wife lost her mother from a heart condition in June 2022 and was a matriarch to him and the family.
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Brian Littrell was born with a congenital heart condition, making him susceptible to infections.
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Brian Littrell was diagnosed with a heart murmur when he was six weeks old.
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Brian Littrell underwent open heart surgery on May 8,1998.
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In October 2009, Brian Littrell became infected with swine flu, causing the cancellation of the Backstreet Boys This Is Us promotional tour.
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Brian Littrell has worked with a therapist to help improve his condition.