Complex sentence: In 2003, "Ya Leil" was the hit that they released, the album was a major success in the Middle East, but the band faced some harsh criticism at first some people claimed that they were imitating the Backstreet Boys in their first video.
Split into simpler sentences: In 2003, "Ya Leil" was the hit that they released. The album was a major success in the Middle East, but the band faced some harsh criticism at first, some people claimed that they were imitating the Backstreet Boys in their first video.