Nothing like a little healthy competition to get the creative juices flowing…right? This battle of the boy bands seems to prove exactly that. Rumor has it that there is certainly no lost love between the Backstreet Boys and N’Sync and that their ‘professional’ dislike of one another was cultivated by their infamous (and subsequently jailed) manager, Lou Pearlman.

That’s right. According to Backstreet’s Kevin Richardson, (who was always sure to add that he had absolutely no PERSONAL problem with N’Sync) N’Sync’s band was put together by the same management as Backstreet. Using the same writers and producers, Backstreet felt as if they had been cloned. Insisting that many people thought that N'Sync WERE the Backstreet Boys when many of their first songs played on the radio, Backstreet felt betrayed. And when their managers began handing out gigs they turned down to N’Sync…well, friendly competition was turning into downright dirty play.

Finally, Backstreet decided it was time for a new manager. After a lengthy court battle with their former manager, Backstreet finally settled the case and began working with their new management…only to learn that their record company had just signed N’Sync! The final blow to Backstreet was when a video producer reportedly leaked information regarding their plans for an upcoming video shoot to N’Sync’s production crew and N’Sync produced a music video using Backstreet’s theme…but all’s well that ends well, ladies and gentleman…for it seems that both of these boy bands were thankfully mature enough to limit their professional rivalry to the stage.