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Although they are referred to as "bands", they may not play musical instruments, and the acts are essentially vocal harmony groups (though there are some exceptions, such as groups like A1). A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. In Western music, harmony is the use of different pitches simultaneously and chords actual or implied in Music. A1 (stylised as a1) were a British - Norwegian Boy band whose first single " Be the First to Believe " was released in Due to this and their general commercial orientation towards a teenybopper or preteen audience, the term has negative connotations in music journalism. Teenybopper is a term invented by Marketing professionals and psychologists, and it later became also a Subculture of its own. Preadolescence is a stage of human development through Childhood that occurs in a child's years before Adolescence. Music journalism is criticism and reportage about Music. It began in the eighteenth century as comment on what is now thought of as ' Classical music ' Boy bands are similar in concept to girl groups. A girl group is a Popular music act featuring several young Female Singers who generally harmonize together


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Top selling boy bands

Boy Group Sold Genre Studio Albums Members Years Active
1. Backstreet Boys 100 Million +[1][2] Pop 6 4 - 5 1993-present (15 Years)
2. Backstreet Boys are a Grammy -nominated American pop group They were the first group launched by fallen Boy band mogul Lou Pearlman. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure New Kids on the Block 70 Million +[3] Pop 5 5 1984–1994, 2008-present
3. New Kids on the Block (also known as NKOTB) are an award-winning American pop group that enjoyed success in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a Boy band Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure 'N Sync 56 Million +[4] Pop 3 5 1995 - 2002 (7 Years)
4. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Westlife 45 Million + Pop 6 4 - 5 1999 - present (10 Years)
5. Westlife is an Irish pop band that was formed on 3 July 1998 They were signed on by Simon Cowell and are currently managed by Louis Walsh. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Take That 35 Million+ [5] Pop 4 4 - 5 1990-1996, 2005–present

History

Maurice Starr is usually credited with starting the trend, with his protégés New Edition and New Kids on the Block, though the term "boy band" did not exist until later in the 1990s. Take That are an English pop Musical group consisting of members Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Maurice "The General" Starr (born 1953 is a Boston -based musician songwriter and Record producer. New Edition is an American R&B / Pop group formed in Boston Massachusetts in 1978 that was most popular during the 1980s New Kids on the Block (also known as NKOTB) are an award-winning American pop group that enjoyed success in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a Boy band Starr's idea was to take the traditional template from the R&B genre (in this case his teenage band New Edition) and apply it to a pop genre. New Edition is an American R&B / Pop group formed in Boston Massachusetts in 1978 that was most popular during the 1980s This formula was in turn redefined by a number of European managers such as Nigel Martin-Smith and Louis Walsh, until the UK pop marketplace was saturated with the genre. Michael Louis Vincent (born 5 August 1952 in Kiltimagh, County Mayo) better known as Louis Walsh, is an Irish Music manager, and

TV Producers Bert Schneider and Bob Rafelson got four members to perform catchy pop tunes while also acting in a television series. Berton "Bert" Schneider is an American Movie producer, who was behind a number of important and topical films of the late-1960s and early-1970s Robert "Bob" Rafelson (born February 21, 1933) is an American Film director, writer and producer The Monkees are often considered as the original pioneers among boy bands. For the group's self-titled album see The Monkees (album. For the TV series see The Monkees (TV series. Formed in 1965 the group disbanded in 1970. Although the term is mostly associated with groups from the 1990s onwards, antecedents exist throughout the history of pop music. The Temptations, popular in the 1960s, and The Bee Gees, The Jackson 5, The Osmonds, and Earth, Wind and Fire, popular in the 1970s, have also been considered a form of boy band by some. The Temptations (sometimes abbreviated as The Temps or The Tempts) are a Grammy -winning vocal group that achieved fame as one of the most successful The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers — Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The Jackson 5 (also spelled The Jackson Five or The Jackson 5ive, and later known as The Jacksons) was an American popular music Family The Osmonds are an American family pop group who achieved success as teenage music idols in the 1970s Earth Wind & Fire is an African - American Funk band led by Maurice White that achieved worldwide success in the 1970s Latino boy band Menudo was founded in 1977. For the Mexican soup see Menudo (soup. Menudo is a Latino Boy band that was formed in the 70s by producer Edgardo

One of the most successful boy band managers is Lou Pearlman, who is responsible for extremely commercially successful acts such as the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC. Louis Jay Pearlman (born June 19, 1954) was known in the 1990s entertainment business for being the manager of famous American Boy bands the Backstreet Boys are a Grammy -nominated American pop group They were the first group launched by fallen Boy band mogul Lou Pearlman. In the UK, producer Simon Cowell (noted in the U. } Simon Phillip Cowell (born October 7 1959 is an English artist-and-repertoire ("A&R" executive and Television personality / producer S. for the American Idol/Pop Idol franchise) is also known for having managed boyband Westlife, which was created by Louis Walsh[6] and promoted by a former boy band member Ronan Keating of Boyzone. Westlife is an Irish pop band that was formed on 3 July 1998 They were signed on by Simon Cowell and are currently managed by Louis Walsh. Ronan Keating (born March 3, 1977 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish pop Singer who has had hits with boyband Boyzone are an Irish boy band who had popular mainstream success during the 1990s

Since 2001, the dominance of traditional boy bands on pop charts began to fade to be replaced by what Gil Kaufman of MTV describes as "new boy bands" that are "more likely to resemble Good Charlotte, My Chemical Romance, Sum 41, Simple Plan or Dashboard Confessional". Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. Good Charlotte is an American rock band from Waldorf Maryland that formed in 1996 My Chemical Romance (often shortened to MCR or' My Chem') is an American alternative / post-hardcore quintet that formed in 2001 Sum 41 (sometimes referred to as The Sums) is a Canadian Pop punk band from Ajax Ontario. Simple Plan is a French Canadian Pop punk band based in Montreal, Quebec. Dashboard Confessional is an American rock band from Boca Raton Florida, led by Singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba. [7]

Key factors of the concept

Seen as important to a "boy band" group's commercial success is the group's image, carefully controlled by managing all aspects of the group's dress, promotional materials (which are frequently supplied to teen magazines), and music videos. Reputation is the opinion (more technically a social evaluation of the public toward a Person, a group of people, or an Organization. Teen magazines are Magazines aimed at younger teenage readers and usually in the female gender A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics Typically, each member of the group will have some distinguishing feature and be portrayed as having a particular personality stereotype, such as "the baby," "the bad boy," or "the nice boy. " While managing the portrayal of popular musicians is as old as popular music, the particular pigeonholing of band members is a defining characteristic of boy and girl bands. Popular music is Music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more

In most cases, their music is written, arranged and produced by a producer who works with the band at all times and controls the group's sound - if necessary, to the point of hiring session singers to record guide vocals for each member of the group to sing individually if the members cannot harmonize well together. Session musicians are musicians available for hire as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical outfit or who have acquired fame in their own right

A typical boy band performance features elaborately choreographed dancing, with the members taking turns singing and/or rapping. See also, Choreography (literally "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" (circular dance see chorea) and "γραφή" Boy bands generally do not compose or produce their own material, unless the members lobby hard enough for creative control (e. g. The Monkees and 'N Sync). For the group's self-titled album see The Monkees (album. For the TV series see The Monkees (TV series.

The key factor of a boy band is being trendy. This means that the band conforms to the most recent fashion and musical trends in the popular music scene. As of 2008, boy bands are more likely to be imitating pop punk acts like Blink 182, 1960's surf and garage rock revivalist acts like The Horrors or post punk revivalists like Franz Ferdinand. Pop punk (also known as punk pop and other names is a Fusion genre that combines elements of Punk rock with Pop music, to varying Blink-182 was an American Pop The Horrors are a British Garage rock band who formed in mid-2005 Post-punk was a popular musical movement in the mid to late 1970s following on the heels of the initial Punk rock explosion of the early 1970s Franz Ferdinand is a rock band that formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 2001

Current Boy Bands

Boy bands have since taken more of a rock influenced tone, such as the Jonas Brothers, who are the current teen sensations. The Jonas Brothers are a VMA -nominated American Boy band. They gained their popularity solely from the television network Disney Channel Backstreet Boys, Take That and Westlife are some examples, which are still popular among teens and adults. Backstreet Boys are a Grammy -nominated American pop group They were the first group launched by fallen Boy band mogul Lou Pearlman. Take That are an English pop Musical group consisting of members Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Westlife is an Irish pop band that was formed on 3 July 1998 They were signed on by Simon Cowell and are currently managed by Louis Walsh. The 90's boy band New Kids on the Block have announced that they will come back together and will release more details on their website in February 2008. Boy bands are beginning to peak again in the United States after a 5 year mainstream absence, such as the new R&B/Pop influenced boy bands Menudo, NLT, VYBE, Lexington Bridge, US5 and Day26. For the Mexican soup see Menudo (soup. Menudo is a Latino Boy band that was formed in the 70s by producer Edgardo NLT ( Not Like Them) is an American Pop / R&B boy group from Texas and Los Angeles. US5 is a multinational all-male pop band first established in 2005 Day26 is an American R&B / Pop Boy band signed to Bad Boy Records. Boybands in Asia continue to do well in the mainstream market as popular groups such as Shinhwa, Arashi, NEWS, KAT-TUN, TVXQ, Super Junior, and Fahrenheit continue to release chart-topping material in different countries of Asia. Shinhwa (신화 is a popular South Korean Boy band and hip hop group is a five-member Japanese Boy band under Johnny & Associates. News is any new information or information on Current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or Word of mouth KAT-TUN ( hepburn TVXQ (often stylized TVXQ!) an acronym for Tong Vfang Xien Qi (東方神起 is a Quintet South Korean Boy band formed under Super Junior (슈퍼주니어 often stylized SUPERJUNIOR) sometimes referred to as SJ or SuJu (슈주 is a thirteen-member Boy band Fahrenheit ( is a Taiwanese Boy band that has achieved success in the last two years in Southeast Asia.

Music genres

Although most boy bands consist of R&B influences, other music genres, most notably power pop, country music and folk music are also represented. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Power pop (or powerpop) is a popular Musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop and Rock music. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous South 65 and Marshall Dyllon, for example, were both considered country music boy bands. South 65 (also spelled South Sixty-Five) was an American Country music group which also featured elements of a Boy band. Marshall Dyllon was an American country music group formed in 2000 comprising vocalists Daniel Cahoon Jesse Littleton Michael Martin Paul Martin and Todd Michael Sansom

List of Boy bands

Criticism

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Saša Tin i Kedžo was the first Croatian Boy band and has now disbanded Savage Garden was an Australian pop duo that enjoyed major international success between 1997 and 2000 Seo Tai-ji ( Jeong Hyeon-cheol 정현철( Hanja: 鄭鉉哲, born on February 21, 1972) is a legendary South Korean singer and musician SHAI ( Sherut ha'Yediot ha'Artzit or National Information Service was the intelligence and Counter-espionage arm of the Haganah and the forebear of Silk is a natural Protein Fiber, some forms of which can be woven into Textiles The best-known type of silk is obtained from cocoons Son By Four is a Latin pop music group from Puerto Rico, well-known for their English U Son of Dork were a British pop band formed by James Bourne after his previous band Busted, split in January 2005 Soul for Real is an R&B group from Wheatley Heights NY that released three albums in the 1990s made up of brothers Andre (born April 4, soulDecision was a Canadian pop group who were most well-known for their 2000 hit song " Faded " SS501 (pronounced as Double-S 501 is a South Korean Boyband under management of Daesung Entertainment, also known as DSP Entertainment The Chicago -based group Subway was comprised of Eric McNeal Keith Thomas Trerail Puckett and Roy Jones Sun Boy'z is a Hong Kong Cantopop duo that was formed by EEG with the members of Steven Cheung (張致恆 and Dennis Mak (麥子豪 Super Junior (슈퍼주니어 often stylized SUPERJUNIOR) sometimes referred to as SJ or SuJu (슈주 is a thirteen-member Boy band Take That are an English pop Musical group consisting of members Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Tony! Toni! Toné! was a New jack swing / R&B group from Oakland, California popular during the late 1980s and early to mid 1990s A troop is a Military unit, originally a small force of Cavalry, subordinate to a Squadron and headed by the troop leader TVXQ (often stylized TVXQ!) an acronym for Tong Vfang Xien Qi (東方神起 is a Quintet South Korean Boy band formed under UNV was an R&B group based out of Detroit Michigan. History Brothers John and Shawn Powe were raised in Lansing Michigan, and Ultimate Kaos was a Boyband from from the 1990s who were formed by Simon Cowell. Ultra (also recording as Rider) is an English male pop band which was most successful in the late 1990s Upper Street were a UK Boy band formed from the MTV -produced Reality television series Totally Boyband, in 2006 US5 is a multinational all-male pop band first established in 2005 V was a UK five-piece Boy band consisting of Antony Thomas Brant, (born 18 January 1983) V6 is a very popular Japanese Idol group, formed by Johnny & Associates. Westlife is an Irish pop band that was formed on 3 July 1998 They were signed on by Simon Cowell and are currently managed by Louis Walsh. Worlds Apart was a multi-national Boy band of the 1990s that featured Marcus Patrick (billed as 'Patric' in the original (5 piece group and Totally Such views are reflected in the humorous definition in the Chambers Dictionary: "a pop group, targeting mainly the teenage market, composed of young males chosen because they look good and can dance and sometimes even sing. 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In the 1990s, boy bands such as the Backstreet Boys and Lyte Funky Ones sometimes found the term "boy band" offensive and insisted on being called a "male vocal group". Backstreet Boys are a Grammy -nominated American pop group They were the first group launched by fallen Boy band mogul Lou Pearlman. Lyte Funky Ones ( LFO) was an American three-man pop / Rap group consisting of Rich Cronin, Devin Lima (born Harold Lima March 18

Some critics compare boy band output to the "machine-generated" popular music found in George Orwell's novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, noting that much of their music (as well as the bands' composition) is extremely formulaic. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950 who used the Pseudonym George Orwell, was an English writer Nineteen Eighty-Four (also titled 1984) by George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair) is a 1949 English Novel In Popular culture, formula fiction is Literature in which the storylines and plots have been reused to the extent that the Narratives are predictable Other critics point to boy bands (and related musical groups) as case studies in commercialism and postmodernism, with little cultural content. Commercialism, in its original meaning is the practices methods aims and spirit of Commerce or Business. Postmodernism literally means 'after the modernist movement' While " Modern " itself refers to something "related to the present" the movement of modernism Such criticisms can become extremely scathing:

“ After scouring the country for five boys who could belt out tunes while doing the splits, (Lou Pearlman) assembled a clean-cut collection of effeminate white and Latino-looking boys, all pink cheeks and crew cuts with peroxided tips. Just like the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC, there's the cute blond guy, one with curly hair, the dark one with big dimples, the guy with the funny facial hair and the less cute, but really sensitive, guy.

Pearlman herded them into a tiny apartment, forcing these guys in their late teens and early 20s to share bedrooms (hey, less opportunity for illicit sexual activity - at least with the opposite sex), and forbade them to stay out past midnight. He dressed them in coordinated red and silver "rave" outfits and spoon-fed them sugary-sweet lyrics like "Would I cross an ocean just to hold you . . . Would I give up all I have to see you smile?" And then he set them loose on concert halls full of 12-year-old girls, who dutifully screamed their lungs out in a kind of mass orgasm fueled by all that scrubbed-clean testosterone. Testosterone is a Steroid hormone from the Androgen group In mammals testosterone is primarily secreted in the testes of males and the Ovaries [8]

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Pop culture influence

Due to their pre-fab nature, boy bands are not only a frequent target of criticism, but also a frequent source of parody in popular culture, ranging from the television series 2ge+her (which created a parody boy band with five personality types) to a week-long spoof in 1999, wherein talk show host Conan O'Brien, inspired by Making the Band, created his own boy band called Dudez-A-Plenti, after randomly selecting five singers, narrowed down from the population of the entire world. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic 2ge+her, aka 2gether The Series (pronounced "Together" was a fictional boy band (similar to Spinal Tap) whose composition songs A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963) is an Emmy Award -winning American Television host and Comedian, best known Making the Band is an ABC / MTV Reality television series that exists in separate iterations each iteration focusing on a specific music act A series of sketches culminated in a performance of a song O'Brien apparently made up himself: "Baby, I Wish You Were My Baby".

Further examples of boy band parodies in pop culture include:

Success in the genre

Though some fans are wildly supportive of the music, the commercial success of specific boy bands does not tend to last long. As the fans (mostly teen girls) age and musical tastes evolve, they tend to outgrow such groups' appeal. If success is sustained, often one or more members of the band will leave and seek a solo career (particularly if they have some songwriting ability), often with some success, for instance: Michael Nesmith, Jordan Knight, Robbie Williams, Justin Timberlake, Jesse McCartney, Ronan Keating, Brian McFadden, and Ricky Martin. Robert Michael Nesmith (b December 30, 1942) in Harris County Texas, is an American musician songwriter Actor, producer Jordan Knight (born Jordan Nathaniel Marcel Knight, May 17 1970, Worcester, Massachusetts) is an American Singer-songwriter Robert Peter Maximilian Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31 1981 He has English ancestry although he has also claimed some American Indian ancestry probably through unconfirmed Jesse McCartney (born Ronan Keating (born March 3, 1977 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish pop Singer who has had hits with boyband Brian Nicholas McFadden (born 12 April 1980 in Artane, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish Singer and Songwriter, who rose Enrique Martín Morales (born December 24, 1971) better known by his Stage name Ricky Martin, is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy

References

  1. ^ WKRN (2007). "Brian Littrell Looks To Reconnect As Dove Co-Host". WKRN. com. Retrieved on November 8, 2007.
  2. ^ Lucy Love (2007). Backstreet Boys: Rod Laver Arena. Melbourne Beat. Retrieved on November 8, 2007.
  3. ^ 70 Million Sales
  4. ^ Pedro Ruz Gutierrez (2007). Pearlman's money woes follow him downtown. The Orlando Sentinel. The Orlando Sentinel is the primary Newspaper of the Orlando Florida region Retrieved on November 8, 2007.
  5. ^ [takethattv. com Westlife line-up spring show]. Polydor. Polydor Records is a Record label currently headquartered in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group.
  6. ^ Press Association - Louis Walsh Profile
  7. ^ Gil Kaufman (2007). The New Boy Bands. MTV. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. Retrieved on November 8, 2007.
  8. ^ Janelle Brown, "Sluts and Teddy Bears", Salon.com, 2001. Saloncom, part of Salon Media Group ( often just called Salon, is an online

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Dictionary

boy band

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  1. (music) A pop group whose members are all (usually attractive) young men.
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