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The release of Black & Blue (2000), which sold 5 million copies worldwide in its first week.
Escalating tensions with manager Lou Pearlman over financial fraud.
The simultaneous rise of rival *NSYNC, whose Celebrity album had just dropped. Chapter One was a contractual obligation to Jive Records, but it inadvertently became a time capsule. It omitted their 1995 European debut (songs like “We’ve Got It Goin’ On”) and focused squarely on the 1997–2001 imperial phase.

Two new songs, notably "Drowning," were included to provide an incentive for fans to buy the compilation and to signal continued artistic activity. They bridge the bubblegum-pop of the late ’90s with slightly darker, more layered arrangements reflecting post-9/11 sensibilities and the band’s desire to evolve.