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November, 21

  • 2000 The Backstreet Boys’ “Black & Blue” debuts with one of the biggest initial retail shipments ever, with about 6 million units.
  • 2000 To celebrate the release of their new album “Black & Blue,” the Backstreet Boys are on hand at a fan-packed Times Square in New York to tape MTV’s “Total Request Live.”
  • 1998 Danish pop act Aqua and Delhi-based quartet Silk Route top the third annual Channel V Awards in Delhi, India. Aqua wins best international song and video for “Barbie Girl” and album for “Aquarium.” Silk Route wins best Indian newcomer, Indian group and Indian song for “Dooba Dooba.”
  • 1997 Coolio and seven members of his band 40 Thevz are arrested and charged with theft and assault in a boutique in the town of Boblingen, Germany. The eight are charged with assaulting a female clerk in a clothing store and stealing clothing worth $2,000.
  • 1995 Rappers 2pac Shakur and Tha Dogg Pound get into the holiday spirit by giving out 2,000 turkeys in Los Angeles.
  • 1995 The 60-track “The Beatles Anthology I” is released including the previously unreleased track “Free As A Bird.”
  • 1991 The rock group Aerosmith makes a guest appearance on an episode of the Fox TV animated comedy series “The Simpsons” titled “Flaming Moe’s.”
  • 1975 Elton John receives a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.
  • 1965 Bjork Gudmundsdottir, lead singer of the Sugarcubes and later solo artist, is born in Reykjavik, Iceland.
  • 1963 The Elvis Presley film “Fun in Acapulco” premieres.
  • 1941 Dr. John (Malcolm John Rebennack) is born in New Orleans.