Brian Littrell
Brian Littrell was born in Lexington, Kentucky, United States on February 20th, 1975 and is the Pop Singer. At the age of 49, Brian Littrell biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, and networth are available.
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Brian Thomas Littrell (born February 20, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter and actor, best known as a member of the Backstreet Boys.
He is also a Contemporary Christian music singer and released a solo album, Welcome Home, in 2006.
Brian has had five top 20 solo singles on the Christian charts in the US. On April 10, 2015, Littrell was inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame along with his cousin and bandmate Kevin Richardson.
Early life
Littrell was born in Lexington, Kentucky, to Jacqueline "Jackie" R. (née Fox), a dentist's secretary, and Harold Baker Littrell, Jr, an IBM employee. He has an older brother Harold III, an actor and singer, and is the cousin of fellow Backstreet Boys member Kevin Richardson (His father, Harold, and Richardson's mother, Ann, are siblings).
Littrell was skilled at sports, and played in both Little League and the Babe Ruth League. Growing up in a religious Baptist family, he sang his first solo in Porter Memorial Baptist Church at age 7, and was voted President of the Youth Chorus by his peers one year. At 16, he began performing at weddings after Barry Turner, his choir teacher at Tates Creek High School, suggested he could make money singing at social events. Littrell also performed in school plays including a production of Grease, and worked at fast food chain Long John Silver's.
At 15, Littrell had aspirations to become a basketball player, but at 5 feet 7 inches (170 cm) he struggled with his height, and was seldom selected for high school tournaments. He aspired to become a music minister, but in April 1993 during a history class at Tates Creek, Littrell's cousin and future bandmate Kevin Richardson called him out of an American History class and informed him of an audition for a fifth member of the Backstreet Boys. Littrell flew to Orlando the next day and finished high school via correspondence, graduating in 1994.
Personal life
During the release of the band's documentary Show 'Em What You're Made Of or while promoting Never Gone, Littrell shared some favorite moments of Kevin talking about his father, Brian's uncle, whom they lost in August 1991 to colon cancer, and how both the song and album had a special meaning to the title. During both the DNA Tour in cinncinati Ohio and the band's Las Vegas kick off on April 8th, Littrell volunteered to sing his cousin's part of Show Me the Meaning Of Being Lonely when Kevin got emotional twice over the loss of his mother,Brian's aunt and his dad's older sister, in January 2022
In June 1997, following the breakup of his relationship with girlfriend Samantha Stonebraker, Littrell met Leighanne Reena Wallace, an actress and model, on the "As Long as You Love Me" video set in which she was an extra. 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. "I had just gotten out of a relationship with a high school sweetheart that didn't work out. I didn't really have my eyes or mind set on anybody. It was something that just happened. If I was looking, I wouldn't have been able to find her."They dated for two years, and Littrell proposed on Christmas 1999; their engagement, along with the engagement of cousin and bandmate Kevin Richardson to Kristin Willits, was announced on MTV on February 15, 2000. the couple got married in September 2000 at Peachtree Christian Church in Atlanta. On November 26, 2002, they had their son Baylee, who appeared in the 2017 Broadway musical Disaster!, released his first single, "Don't Knock It" in 2018, his debut album, 770 Country, in 2019, and a EP, EP vol. one in 2022.As of 2022, the family lives in Alpharetta, Georgia, near Atlanta since 2000 soon after Littrell and his wife got engaged.
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 special lady and matriarch to him and the family.
Littrell was born with a congenital heart condition, making him susceptible to infections. He was diagnosed with a heart murmur at 6 weeks old. At 5 years old, he was hospitalized for two months due to a bacterial infection. Due to his hospitalization, Littrell was held back in school and had to repeat the first grade. In November 1997, doctors found his heart condition had caused his heart to enlarge considerably. Still, he underwent open-heart surgery on May 8, 1998 (which would be referenced by his scenes in the band's music video for "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely"). He later established the Brian Littrell Healthy Heart Club, a non-profit organization assisting children with heart conditions through medical, financial, and practical help.
In October 2009, Littrell became infected with swine flu, causing the cancellation of the Backstreet Boys This Is Us promotional tour.
In the 2015 documentary film Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of, Littrell revealed his 2011 diagnosis of vocal tension dysphonia and dystonia. He continues to work with a therapist to help improve his condition.
A devout Christian, Littrell has stated he believes it is the duty of Christians to be open about their faith, saying, "I think as Christians we need to join hands and mount up together and lift God up and talk about our faith publicly and talk about all of the things God has done for us in our life to touch other people." Littrell, who has been born again since the age of 8, has said that he attributes his success in life to God, and that his faith has always been "the utmost important thing" in his life.
In 2019, a DNA heritage test revealed Littrell's ancestry to be 90.1% British Isles (20.7% English and 70.1% Irish/Scottish/Welsh), plus 7.1% Finnish and 2.1% Scandinavian.
Career
Littrell was instrumental in bringing a lawsuit against the group's founder, Lou Pearlman, in 1997, arguing that Pearlman had concealed information regarding the company's earnings. AJ McLean, Richardson, and Howie Dorough, three of the band's friends, joined the lawsuit, which resulted in a number of settlements, the details of which were not revealed. In 2000, he ranked No. 25 Hottest People Under 25, tying with Justin Timberlake of rival band *NSYNC.
Littrell longed to Christian music, a subculture he described as "pop optimistic." Littrell signed a solo deal with Reunion Records in 2004 and released the solo album Welcome Home in 2005. Littrell co-wrote six of the songs on the album, which has sold over 100,000 copies in the United States and reached No. On the Billboard 200 charts, there are 74 places. Welcome Home debuted at No. 1 on the Christian album charts, earning the No. 1 spot. 3. Four singles were singled out from the album – "In Christ Alone," "Wish," "Over My Head," and "Welcome (You), with the former reaching No. 1. 2 on the US Christian AC Charts. It was also No. 1. For three weeks, 1 appears on Reach FM's Top 40 chart and the US R&R Christian Inspirational charts. His solo album, "In Christ Alone," debuted in the summer of 2005. On the Christian charts, there is a 1 on the first page. Despite this shift in his career, he remains a member of the Backstreet Boys.
In 2006, Littrell and songwriter Don Koch and Shawn Craig received the Dove Award for Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year ("In Christ Alone") and another in 2008 for "By His Wounds" with Glory Revealed. In 2008, Glory Revealed, a compilation album of many Christian artists, was also awarded Special Event Album of the Year, and Glory Revealed II was also named as the Year's Best Event Album of the Year.
On December 6, 2010, Littrell launched two Christmas collections starring his wife Leighanne and her son Baylee, Brian Littrell's Family Christmas, and Christmas with the Littrells was released on December 6, 2011.
Littrell appeared with the Backstreet Boys on Arthur, Sesame Street, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and his bandmate McLean appeared in Olive Juice, a film starring Littrell's wife Leighanne. Littrell appeared on Saturday Night Live in 1998 and 1999. Littrell and his bandmates appeared in the film This Is the End in 2013.
Littrell became involved in a variety of other show business ventures during the band's absence, the majority of which were for charity. He has participated in several NBA tours where he played basketball in every NBA city before a game, and he has also played charity baseball games.