I was 8 years old and it was still the 90s. It was my first trip out of Lebanon, when I went to my cousins' in Canada. These people (my cousins I mean) have the worst taste ever imaginable.
Anyway, there was no cable or Internet in my country (or maybe just in a really expensive price) so it was the first time I was exposed to non-local music. I listened to my teenage cousin's music, so it was between the Spice Girls and every boys-band present at that time.
So from everything I listened to, The Backstreet Boys were the only thing I found bearable. Even now I listen to it (I don't know where I've put the CD, but the Backstreet Boys' songs in general) and feel a kind of nostalgia, lol.