Backstreet Boys — Shape of My Heart

Shape of My Heart is broadly charting across 50 country and platform charts today, more than double its average presence over the past week, as the song turns 25 this year. The lead single from Black & Blue was a deliberate pivot for the group — written by Max Martin, Rami Yacoub, and Lisa Miskovsky, it traded the group's bubblegum energy for soft-pop guitar, restrained percussion, and harmonies built around the idea of accountability in a relationship. As Billboard noted at the time, Black & Blue was the first BSB album made with all five members in their twenties, and the track's emotional register reflected that shift. The group's catalog has accumulated over 15 billion Spotify streams, per ad-hoc-news.de, and this particular song has always been the one that travels well outside the core fanbase.