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114-657: New Kids on the Block (also initialized as NKOTB ) is an American boy band from Dorchester, Massachusetts . The band consists of brothers Jonathan and Jordan Knight , Joey McIntyre , Donnie Wahlberg , and Danny Wood . New Kids on the Block had success in the late 1980s and early 1990s and have sold more than 80 million records worldwide, and are often credited for paving the way for future boy bands such as Take That , Backstreet Boys and NSYNC . They won two American Music Awards in 1990 for Favorite Pop/Rock Band, Duo, or Group and Favorite Pop/Rock Album. In 1991, they performed

228-539: A Saturday morning cartoon , developed by the Pangea Corporation and animated by DIC Entertainment . In 1991, sales of the group's merchandise was estimated at US$ 400 million. New Kids on the Block's official fan club had a membership of over 200,000 and was one of the largest in the United States. The official NKOTB hotline, 1-900-909-5KIDs, received approximately 100,000 calls per week. In 1991,

342-460: A breach of contract and creative infringement lawsuit against Starr. The group immediately responded to the allegations and interrupted the Australian leg of their tour to fly to Los Angeles to perform live on The Arsenio Hall Show . After performing a medley of their previous hits and their new single, the group (along with Starr) was interviewed by Hall. The group admitted to singing with

456-423: A second tour , but their sudden popularity caused a reversal, and she wound up opening for them (although the two acts were technically billed as "co-headliners"). More top five singles from Hangin' Tough followed into the summer and fall, including the title track and " Cover Girl ". Columbia Records also released the single " Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) " (a cover of The Delfonics ' classic hit), from

570-466: A backing track during live performances and also admitted that Starr sang harmony on some background vocals. On February 10, 1992, the New Kids filed a defamation lawsuit against McPherson regarding his lip-syncing allegations. In April 1992, McPherson dropped his suit against Starr and released a statement recanting his previous allegations stating, "[The New Kids] did sing lead on their vocals". By

684-448: A band of musicians suitable for touring with the New Kids, approving musical director and keyboardist Greg McPherson, bassist David Dyson , keyboardist Yasko Kubota, guitarist Nerida Rojas, and drummer Derrick Antunes. The New Kids later landed a spot as an opening act for fellow teen-pop act Tiffany on the U.S. leg of her concert tour. Sales of Hangin' Tough steadily increased as the group's national attention slowly rose. At year's end,

798-591: A boy band having used the groups popularity to build on. Usually this signals the end of the group until potential future reunions. Examples of this include Justin Timberlake from NSYNC , and Robbie Williams from Take That . Some boy band members have gone on to successful careers elsewhere in the media. In K-pop, it is expected and common practice for members to embark on solo endeavors as musical artists or in other entertainment sectors, such as acting, or as variety personalities, alongside their group career after

912-690: A few years. At the latest, this happens around the time the eldest member reaches the age of 28 (in exceptional cases 30) and is drafted for mandatory military service , forcing the group into a temporary hiatus of at least 18 months. The other members then often go on to pursue solo endeavors and reconvene as a group while no member is serving, or after all members have completed their service. Although most boy bands consist of R&B or pop influences, other music genres , most notably country music and folk music , are also represented. South 65 and Marshall Dyllon , for example, were both country music boy bands. Il Divo , created by Simon Cowell in 2004, are

1026-568: A large impact in Latin America and in Asia; Menudo fever there was compared to Beatlemania and it was nicknamed "Menudomania". Boston group New Edition was formed in 1978 and reached their height of popularity in the 1980s, meaning they are often credited for starting the boy-band trend, even though the term "boy band" did not exist until the 1990s. Maurice Starr was influenced by New Edition and popularized it with his protégé New Kids on

1140-685: A limited engagement in Las Vegas . The show entitled New Kids on the Block After Dark ran for 4 consecutive nights from July 10–13, 2014 at The AXIS at Planet Hollywood. On October 9, 2014, the group received their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . In January 2015, the group announced they would be embarking on a summer tour called The Main Event , with TLC and Nelly . They also starred on Pop 's Rock This Boat: New Kids on

1254-458: A live concert recorded during their 1989 tour. It achieved massive sales, earning a Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video nomination, and was one of the biggest selling music videos of all time. The then governor of Massachusetts, Michael Dukakis , declared April 24, 1989 to be "New Kids on the Block Day". By early 1990, New Kids on the Block had become one of the most popular acts in

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1368-558: A member of the Backstreet Boys, gave the tour a 78% chance of happening. He also stated that he and Wahlberg had been working on songs together. On November 3, 2010, an official announcement was made that NKOTB and BSB would be touring together in the summer of 2011 along with Jordin Sparks and Ashlyne Huff . In May 2011, Matthew Morrison confirmed during an interview on talk show Chelsea Lately that he would also be joining

1482-502: A new " British Invasion " in the United States. Their Where We Are Tour was the highest-grossing tour by a vocal group in history and after the release of their fourth album, Four , they became the only group in the 58-year history of the Billboard 200 to have their first four albums debut at number one. In Southeast Asia, local boy bands also emerged as a result of the continued success of Korean and Japanese boy bands. After

1596-522: A new all-male pop band and dance group boyband hailing from Japan called Exile debuted under Avex Group's label Rhythm Zone with 14 members, putting them on par with Super Junior , a South Korean boy band, who at the time, had had 13 members at its peak. Japanese boy band Arashi has sold over 30 million copies of their records since their first release in 1999. They had the yearly best-selling single in Japan in 2008 and 2009. In 2003 SMAP released

1710-498: A pop radio station in Florida began playing the song. Scoring listener approval, it soon became the most requested song on their play list. When Columbia caught wind of the positive response, they decided to keep the group on its roster and put more effort into promoting the single. Columbia decided to re-shoot a music video for "Please Don't Go Girl", hiring director Doug Nichol , and sent the video to thousands of radio stations across

1824-486: A possible connection to Nanook of the North . Columbia demanded Starr change the name of the group. Subsequently, they settled on New Kids on the Block, after a rap song that Donnie Wahlberg had written and arranged for their first album. The group was signed to Columbia's black music division and originally marketed to black audiences. In April 1986, Columbia Records released the group's self-titled debut album. The album

1938-509: A record label, and did not feature the choreographed dance moves that later came to be associated with boy bands. The Beatles did, however, inspire the production of the 1966 television series The Monkees , which featured a music group of the same name , created for the show, that consisted of the four starring actors. The Monkees had a career as a rock and pop band after their songs from the TV series were released as successful records. Although

2052-445: A result of the success of their TV drama Meteor Garden . According to Forbes , F4 has sold 3.5 million copies of their first two albums all over Asia as of July 2003. With their success, many other Taiwanese boy bands emerged around this time, such as 5566 and Fahrenheit . In South Korea, Shinhwa also spread hallyu wave throughout Asia such as Japan , Thailand , Singapore , Taiwan , Hong Kong and China . Also in 2001,

2166-605: A single album. Meanwhile, a top ten charting holiday album, Merry, Merry Christmas , was released in the fall—spawning another top 10 hit, " This One's for the Children ", and going double platinum in the U.S. The proceeds were donated to United Cerebral Palsy , the New Kids' favorite charitable cause. Hangin' Tough would go on to spend 132 weeks on the chart, and in January 1990, the album won two American Music Awards for "Best Pop/Rock Album" and "Best Pop/Rock Group". With

2280-484: A single called "I Got It" featuring Aubrey O'Day (formerly from Danity Kane ) and "Rise and Grind" featuring Roscoe Umali. On Friday, August 13, 2010, tickets went on sale for the third annual NKOTB cruise which would take place aboard the Carnival Destiny , leaving from Miami, FL on Thursday, May 12, 2011, to Nassau and Half Moon Cay, Bahamas and returning to Miami, FL on Monday, May 16, 2011. Once again,

2394-410: A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2014. In the early 1980s, Maurice Starr discovered pop / R&B quintet New Edition , and guided their early success. After breaking ties with them, Starr and his business partner, Mary Alford, sought to create a white counterpart act. Fifteen-year-old Donnie Wahlberg impressed Starr and Alford with his rapping skills, becoming the group's first member. He

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2508-619: A successful solo career as a rock artist; he rose to become one of the most prominent and influential cultural icons in South Korea and was dubbed "the President of culture". In 2017, Seo Taiji released a 25th Anniversary album with his greatest hits and remakes by prominent Korean artists, including the group BTS. He also held a joint celebratory concert with the latter, in which he acknowledged them as his spiritual successors in K-pop due to

2622-417: A televised Disney special earned them additional TV spots, such as The Andy Williams Show and The Jerry Lewis Show . The Puerto Rican boy band Menudo , appealing to young Latina audiences, was founded in 1977. Menudo had a convention unique among boy bands: when a member turned 16, became too tall, or their voice changed, they were replaced. The members of Menudo were generally aged 12–16. Menudo had

2736-462: A vocal group that performs operatic pop in several (mainly Italian) languages. Since then operatic/classical boy bands have become quite popular and common, especially in the UK. Since 2001, there has been some crossover with power pop and pop punk from bands that play live instruments. Just recently some boy bands decided to go back to their original doo-wop roots, most notably, The Overtones . Since

2850-402: Is a defining characteristic of boy and girl bands. In K-pop, officially designated positions within the group are common, such as "leader", "maknae" (Korean: 막내, English: "the youngest"), "visual", "center" "vocalist", "rapper" and "dancer". The latter three are based on the members' specialized skills and are further divided into "main-", "lead-" and "sub-" (vocalist/rapper/dancer) positions, with

2964-410: Is not uncommon to find extra songs on an album written by one or more of the band members; however, their producers rarely use these as singles. Since the 21st century, however, boy bands have been expected to write or at least contribute in some part lyrically to songs. Apart from the groups mentioned above who all had at least one primary songwriter from their beginning, other groups soon caught up. At

3078-401: Is the best-selling album of all time in South Korea, with more than 6.2 million copies sold, and BTS's Love Yourself: Her became the first album released since 2001 to sell more than 1 million copies. In 2013, Billboard started covering music releases in K-pop, though K-pop had been entering the charts as early as 2009. By 2017, BTS crossed into the international music market, furthering

3192-509: The Billboard Hot 100 , making them the first all-South Korean act in Hot 100 history to debut at number one. It garnered the band their first Grammy nomination, for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at 63rd Annual Grammy Awards , making them the first K-pop act to be nominated for one. On 3 August 2024, South Korean boy group Stray Kids become the first group ever to debut at No. 1 on

3306-608: The COVID-19 pandemic , NKOTB released the single "House Party" which peaked at number five on Billboard's Digital Songs chart. The song featured Naughty by Nature , Boyz II Men , Big Freedia and Jordin Sparks . On August 6, 2021, New Kids on the Block played a concert at Fenway Park in Boston with special guest Bell Biv Devoe and surprise guest D-Nice , as well as Joey's son Griffin McIntyre. On March 3, 2022, NKOTB uploaded

3420-815: The EP Thankful , which was released on May 12 to coincide with the start of the tour. In December 2017, they released an expanded version of the EP entitled Thankful (Unwrapped) , now including the Target-only track "We Were Here" (featuring DMX ) as well as three newly recorded holiday songs, their first new material of holiday music in 28 years. Additionally, they announced a short-film documentary filmed during their summer tour will be released on December 9. In October 2018, New Kids announced their MixTape Tour, which would include 1980s and 1990s stars such as Salt-N-Pepa, Naughty by Nature, Debbie Gibson, and Tiffany. It

3534-561: The Korean Wave in the United States and becoming the first Korean group to receive a certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) with their single " Mic Drop ". The band is the first Korean act to top the U.S. Billboard 200 with their studio album Love Yourself: Tear (2018) and have since hit the top of the U.S. charts with their albums Love Yourself: Answer (2018), Map of

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3648-652: The Moldovan band O-Zone (better known today as an Internet meme ), and Overground . American Christian boy band Plus One also enjoyed brief remarkable success during this time. At the height of boy band popularity in North America , MTV created their own parody boyband, 2gether . Like the Monkees in the 1960s, they were a manufactured act composed of actors. 2gether played off of the idea that every successful boy band must have five distinct personality types:

3762-454: The halftime show at Super Bowl XXV , a first for a pop music group. Formed in 1984, New Kids on the Block achieved stardom in 1989, an achievement listed as number 16 on Rolling Stone ' s "Top 25 Teen Idol Breakout Moments". The group disbanded in 1994. In 2007, the group reunited to record an album and mount a concert tour in 2008. Since then the group has released two more studio albums and have continued to tour. The group received

3876-493: The "Fab Four". Other critics, however, have pointed out that this assessment of the Beatles as a "boy band" could be applied to all other bands of the 1960s, saying, "if they were a (boy band), so was everyone else" and is countered by others, including Ringo Starr , who point out that, from the beginning, the Beatles wrote and exercised creative control over their own music, played their own instruments, were not manufactured by

3990-662: The 1960s to '70s, with e.g. the Jackson 5 and the Osmonds ; the second time during the late 1980s, the 1990s and the 2000s, when acts such as New Kids on the Block , Take That , Backstreet Boys , NSYNC , Boyzone , Five , A1 , O-Zone and Westlife dominated global pop charts ; and the latest time in the 2010s up to the present, with the emergence of groups such as Big Time Rush , the Wanted , One Direction , and K-pop acts such as BTS and Seventeen . The term boy band

4104-650: The 2000s, groups such as Backstreet Boys and LFO have disliked the term "boy band" and have preferred to be known as a "male vocal group". Being categorized among boy bands was also the main reason the Moffatts split up. Boy bands have been accused by the music press of emphasizing the appearance and marketing of the group above the quality of music, deliberately trying to appeal to a preteen audience and for conforming to trends instead of being original. Such criticisms can become extremely scathing. Boy bands are often seen as being short-lived, although some acts such as

4218-616: The Bahamas from May 15–18, 2009. The group also announced the Full Service Tour for 2009, featuring Jesse McCartney and Jabbawockeez . Group member Jordan Knight announced a new concert cruise for 2010. After the tour, each member took a break on doing other endeavors. McIntyre recorded a few songs written and produced by fellow musicians such as himself, Drew Ryan Scott from boy band After Romeo, Brent Paschke, and Gabe Lopez . Wahlberg worked on his own music as well, releasing

4332-610: The Block (NKOTB), the first commercially successful modern boy band, which formed in 1984 and found international success in 1988. 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. Bros (abbreviation of the word "brothers") were a British boy band active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, consisting of twin brothers Matt and Luke Goss along with Craig Logan . Formed in 1986, they scored multiple top 10 hits between 1987 and 1989 and in 1988 became

4446-456: The Block , a reality television series featuring the band on a cruise to Bermuda. The show was renewed for a second season the following year. The group played themselves on an episode of the second season of Fuller House entitled, "New Kids in the House", where they performed multiple songs including "The Right Stuff" and "Please Don't Go Girl" as well as singing Happy Birthday to DJ Tanner in

4560-422: The Block . A typical boy band performance features elaborately choreographed dancing, with the members taking turns singing and/or rapping. Boy bands generally do not compose or produce their own material, unless the members lobby hard enough for creative control. However, some bands were created around the talent of a songwriter within the group like Gary Barlow of Take That or Tony Mortimer of East 17 . It

4674-446: The Block and Backstreet Boys. NKOTBSB's success inspired boy bands who were fairly popular during the 1990s and 2000s to make a comeback, such as A1, Blue , 98 Degrees, Five , 911 , and O-Town. Like 2gether and the Monkees , Big Time Rush was a manufactured act created for a television show. One Direction were often credited as sparking a resurgence in the popularity and interest boy bands alongside being credited with forming part of

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4788-432: The Block as they explore their dreams. Jon dreams about being a movie star, Joey dreams about doing song and dance, Jordan dreams about playing 1 on 1 basketball with NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , Danny dreams about being strong and healthy, and Donnie dreams about being a stuntman. Boy band A boy band is a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their teenage years or in their twenties at

4902-705: The Block", re-lengthened from the initials NKOTB. On August 12, 2008, they released their second single, " Single ", featuring R&B singer Ne-Yo , followed by the release of the group's first studio album in fourteen years, The Block . The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums Chart and No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in September 2008. It was certified Gold in October 2008, in Canada. The group's reunion tour, New Kids on

5016-841: The Block: Live , began at Toronto 's Air Canada Centre on September 18, 2008. They toured the US with Natasha Bedingfield and Lady Gaga as supporting acts. There were 48 total concerts scheduled for Canada and the United States, nine in the United Kingdom, one in Ireland, one in France, one in Amsterdam , Netherlands and two in Germany. A NKOTB-sponsored "theme" concert cruise (for their fans) departed from Miami, Florida and traveled to

5130-547: The Jackson 5 , Backstreet Boys , Human Nature , New Edition , SMAP , Shinhwa , Take That and Westlife have sustained lasting careers. Please Don%27t Go Girl The song tells about a man who requests a woman he loves not to go away as she is his whole world, and he promises to love her until the end of time. Pan-European magazine Music & Media described "Please Don't Go Girl" as "slick and smouldering soul , written and produced by Maurice Starr ." The first available music video for "Please Don't Go Girl"

5244-603: The Moffatts , and Hanson that boy bands exploded commercially and dominated the market in the United States. This late 1990s marked the height of boy band popularity in North America, which has not been seen since. Arguably the most successful boy band manager from the U.S. was Lou Pearlman , who founded commercially successful acts such as the Backstreet Boys in 1993, NSYNC and LFO in 1995, O-Town in 2000, and US5 in 2005. Backstreet Boys and NSYNC became

5358-682: The No More Games Tour. Another No More Games Tour PPV special was filmed in Providence, Rhode Island on December 6 and 7, 1990. New Kids on the Block: Magic Summer Tour (1990) A PPV special filmed during NKOTB's 1990 Magic Summer Tour in St. Petersburg, Florida . New Kids on the Block at Disney MGM Studios: Wildest Dreams (1991) A concert special filmed at Walt Disney World's Disney MGM Studios and features New Kids on

5472-540: The Soul: Persona (2019), Map of the Soul: 7 (2020), Be (2020) and Proof . Love Yourself: Answer also broke South Korea's Gaon Album Chart 's all-time monthly record previously set by Love Yourself: Tear and became the first Korean album certified Gold in the United States. SuperM later became the first K-pop group to debut at No. 1 in the U.S. Billboard 200. In 2020, BTS " Dynamite " debuted atop

5586-510: The Supremes . The group also incorporated choreographed dance moves to their performances. All members of the band sang, which is a common convention of a boy band, as opposed to having a front man and the rest on instruments; thus, no one person dominated the stage. Also a sibling group, The Osmonds first started singing barbershop music for local audiences, before being hired to perform at Disneyland early in their career. Their appearance in

5700-455: The U.S. Billboard 200 chart with their first five charting albums Oddinary (2022), Maxident (2022), 5-Star (2023), Rock-Star (2023) and Ate (2024). In Japan, Arashi was the best-selling music artist in Japan from 2013 through 2017 by value of sales and also having the yearly best-selling album in the country in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2016. Other successful Japanese boy bands in this decade include Sandaime J Soul Brothers ,

5814-604: The UK (formed in 1990) and followed by Tom Watkins , who had success with Bros in the late 1980s and formed East 17 in 1991. East 17 were marketed and pitted against Take That as "rivals" with a rougher or harsher attitude, style and sound. Take That reformed in 2006 after a decade-long hiatus and became one of the most successful groups in British music chart history, with renewed chart success internationally, especially in Europe. Irish music manager Louis Walsh , who had witnessed

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5928-556: The UK singles chart, while "Baby I Believe in You" went to number one in Japan. The album was eventually certified triple platinum, selling close to 20 million copies worldwide. By late 1990, David Dyson assumed the role of musical director. The group performed an estimated two hundred concerts a year, with an extravagant worldwide concert tour that summer called The Magic Summer Tour , sponsored by Coke . The tour ultimately grossed $ 74 million ($ 133 million adjusted for inflation), making them

6042-575: The UK. Meanwhile, as the music industry was still reeling from the Milli Vanilli lip-syncing scandal, NKOTB found themselves accused of lip-syncing by Gregory McPherson. Credited as an associate producer and string arranger on the Step by Step album and a music teacher at Berklee College of Music , McPherson alleged that Maurice Starr sang the vocals while the group lip-synced to pre-recorded vocals during their live performances. McPherson also filed

6156-476: The United States. That May, they followed up Hangin' Tough with Step by Step , for which just over half of the songs were cowritten and produced by the members themselves. The first single, the title track , hit number one on the Hot 100 Singles Chart and became their biggest-selling single. It was followed up with their ninth consecutive top-ten single, " Tonight ". The group was achieving significant international success, as well: "Let's Try It Again" hit No. 8 on

6270-468: The album including The Today Show , The View , and an iHeartRadio concert release party. The album made its debut at number 6 on the Billboard 200 chart marking their 5th top 10 studio album in the US. The group, along with Boyz II Men performed on the Boston Strong telethon on May 30, 2013. On February 3, 2014, the band announced their European Tour 2014. The official website described

6384-599: The album's second single, " You Got It (The Right Stuff) ", was released. The song was given a huge boost when MTV took notice of the group and began playing the video in regular rotation, including an appearance on Club MTV . By early 1989, it cracked the top five. The New Kids hit pay dirt with their next single, " I'll Be Loving You (Forever) ", which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart in June. The group had been scheduled to open for Tiffany once again on

6498-414: The bad boy, the shy one, the young one, the older brother type, and a heart throb. Since 2001, the dominance of traditional boy bands on pop charts began to fade in the western hemisphere, although Gil Kaufman of MTV has described "new boy bands" that are "more likely to resemble My Chemical Romance , Sum 41 , and Simple Plan . In 2001, Taiwanese boy band F4 (called JVKV since 2007) blew up big as

6612-589: 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. However, for clarity of each voice, recording each voice individually is most commonly the norm with most modern vocal groups. In recent years, auto-tune has become a popular tool in vocal producing, some boy bands have come under fire for that reason. Some have also come under fire for lip syncing in their performances as well, for example New Kids on

6726-407: The band conforms to the most recent fashion and musical trends in the popular music scene. 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 shy one". While managing the portrayal of popular musicians is as old as popular music , the particular pigeonholing of band members

6840-403: The band's first three albums had each sold over 1.6 million copies, with the fourth nearing two million, making all four some of the best-selling albums of all time in South Korea to this day. Lee Juno became a record producer, and Yang Hyun-suk was successful in founding YG Entertainment , one of the three biggest record companies in the country. Seo Taiji returned to music two years later with

6954-521: The band. Shortly thereafter, the remaining four decided to officially disband the group. After the group's split, most of the group members started families and began to venture into other avenues. Jonathan Knight and Danny Wood maintained low profiles, while the other three continued their careers individually. Wahlberg, in particular, followed the lead of his younger brother, Mark Wahlberg , and started an acting career. McIntyre and Jordan Knight recorded solo albums in 1999. In 1999, MTV attempted to reunite

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7068-424: The close of the nineties, groups like Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC who had previously used writers like Max Martin during their early albums began writing their own songs. Newer groups from late 2000s such as JLS have all made a point from early interviews that they write their own songs and hold their own image as this is an important part of marketing. Some bands like The Wanted have even spent time learning

7182-412: The commercial boom experienced in the genre from the mid to late nineties in North America. The mid 2000s, especially the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe, saw the continued longevity of nineties boy bands such as Backstreet Boys and Westlife (before they disbanded in 2012), and the successful comeback of Take That in 2005, Boyzone in 2007, and New Kids on the Block in 2008. Some sections of

7296-399: The country in 2020s are Undergrunn and Tigergutt101 in 2022 and 2024 respectively. 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 attire, promotional materials (which are frequently supplied to teen magazines ), and music videos. The key factor of a boy band is being trendy. This means that

7410-458: The country to show the group's visual appeal. National attention soon followed and "Please Don't Go Girl" eventually climbed to No. 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Chart —becoming the group's first hit. In the meantime, the group began making national televised appearances on such music programs as Showtime at the Apollo and Soul Train . Producer Maurice Starr then held auditions to secure

7524-527: The craft of songwriting. There has also been a rising trend of so-called "songwriter-" or "producer idols" ( Korean : Hangul 작곡돌, rev. Rom. jakgok-dol) in K-pop since the early 2000s. Nowadays, it is not uncommon for groups to have at least one member who is heavily involved in the songwriting and producing of the groups' music. In many cases, these members are the rappers in the group, who have often gained songwriting and producing experience while being active as amateur or underground rappers before joining

7638-421: The cruise sold out the same day it went on sale, with thousands of fans on a 'waitlist' standing by for any openings on the boat due to cancellations. On August 18, 2010, an 'unofficial' announcement was made that NKOTB and the Backstreet Boys would be touring together in 2011 after the successful surprise collaboration performance at Radio City Music Hall on June 19, 2010. On October 8, 2010, Brian Littrell ,

7752-473: The debut album from Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch , headed by Mark Wahlberg, Donnie's brother and a former New Kid. Mark Wahlberg's album, which would end up going platinum, scored a number-one hit with " Good Vibrations ". In early 1992, the group released the stand-alone single " If You Go Away ", the only new track on the compilation H.I.T.S. . The song peaked at No. 16 on the US charts and No. 9 in

7866-578: The debut of the Philippines supergroup SB19 in 2018, the group appeared at number six on Billboard Year-End Social 50 chart, making them the first Southeast Asian act to reach the top 10 of the magazine's annual chart. In South Korea, boy bands have been commercially successful. On the Circle Chart year-end albums chart of 2022, 7 of the top 10 and 13 of the top 20 albums are by boy bands or by subunits/members of boy bands. Seventeen's FML

7980-486: The disbandment of the heavy metal band Sinawe , in which he had a brief stint, Seo Taiji formed the boy band Seo Taiji and Boys (Korean: 서태지와 아이들) together with dancers Lee Juno and Yang Hyun-suk , which went on to become highly successful and created a craze at the time. Seo Taiji and Boys is credited with changing the South Korean music industry by pioneering the incorporation of rap and breakdance as well as

8094-409: The emergence of Britpop and the commercial co-option of indie rock , many boy bands were ridiculed by the British music press as having no artistic credibility, although some, such as East 17 and Take That, did write most of their own material. The media attention was then placed on the "Battle of Britpop", and the bands Oasis and Blur replaced the importance and rivalry of Take That and East 17 as

8208-514: The fact that he owned his own studio. This autonomy allowed Seo to bring subcultures in Korea, such as heavy metal, to the forefront of popular culture and challenge pervasive social norms. The band's independent success diminished the power of the television networks to dictate which artists appeared on shows, and gave rise to the influence of record labels and talent agencies. In 1996, Seo Taiji and Boys disbanded. In April 1996, Billboard reported that

8322-400: The final product. The album, Hangin' Tough , was released to modest fanfare in September. The album's first single was " Please Don't Go Girl ", a ballad released in the spring of 1988. Failure seemed destined a second time when the song became another that went unnoticed by the listening public, and Columbia Records made plans to drop the New Kids from the label. At the eleventh hour, however,

8436-482: The first modern era–style boy band to have a multiple platinum-selling album in the UK, with Push , still one of the most successful boy-band albums in the UK. Other big boy bands in Britain during the late 1980s were Big Fun and Brother Beyond . The ongoing international success of New Kids on the Block inspired music managers in Europe to create their own acts, beginning with Nigel Martin-Smith 's Take That in

8550-483: The fusion of Korean music and various popular Western music genres in Korean popular music, and in turn creating the prototype for the modern hybrid K-pop genre or "rap-dance", as it was called at the time, and K-pop groups. They also left a lasting impact by explicitly putting social criticism at the forefront of their music, as well as paving the way for artistic freedom in South Korea by challenging censorship laws and

8664-506: The group and get them to perform on that year's VMAs . All of the members were on board for the project, except Jonathan. Without him, the performance did not happen. In 2004, Aamer Haleem , host of VH1's Bands Reunited , also attempted to convince each of the members of New Kids on the Block to reunite for a one-night performance for the show. This time Jonathan agreed. However, McIntyre, Wahlberg, and Wood all declined. While Wood and Wahlberg declined on-camera interviews, McIntyre cited that

8778-478: The group announced that their eighth album, Still Kids , would be released on May 17, 2024. The album is the group's first in eleven years and was preceded by the first single and music video for "Kids" on March 5, 2024. The group, along with opening acts Paula Abdul and DJ Jazzy Jeff , embarked on The Magic Summer Tour (2024) in June 2024. New Kids on the Block: Live from New York: A 1990 PPV special filmed at Nassau Coliseum on November 21 and 22, 1990 during

8892-524: The group appeared on The View and announced that they were going to release a new single titled " Remix (I Like The) " on January 28 and a new album titled 10 on April 2, 2013, via Kobalt Label Services . During the show, they also announced that they were going to tour North America with 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men as their opening acts in summer 2013. 10 was released on April 2, 2013, and received mixed to positive reviews from music critics. The group appeared on various television series to promote

9006-512: The group shortened their name to the initialism NKOTB. In January 1994, their fourth studio album, Face the Music , was released. Their first studio album in close to four years, Face the Music was a musical departure from the group's previous efforts. Nearly all the songs were written and/or co-produced by the group. In spite of some positive critical reception, the album failed to live up to commercial expectation. The album's final single to chart

9120-575: The group topped Forbes ' list of highest paid entertainers, ahead of Michael Jackson, Madonna , Prince and Bill Cosby . At year's end, Columbia released No More Games/The Remix Album , a compilation of remixes of the group's biggest hits. It produced two singles, " Call It What You Want (The C&C Pump-It Mix) " (UK #12) and " Games (The New Kids Get Hard Mix) " (UK #14), for which videos were also released. The group released no new material in 1991, and instead toured throughout Europe and Asia. That summer, Wood and Wahlberg cowrote and produced

9234-419: The group's previously overlooked debut album. The song went No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles on the strength of the group's popularity and effectively jump-started the sales of that album as well. By the end of 1989, Hangin' Tough had climbed to number one on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart and had gone eight-times platinum . They subsequently became the first 'teen' act to garner five top ten hits from

9348-401: The group. There is also a higher expectation for rappers to write their own lyrics due to self-expression being a core value of the hip-hop genre. There are cases of "producer idols" writing or producing for other artists outside of their solo or respective group work as well, such as BTS ' RM and Suga . Individuals can also go on to achieve greater success as a solo artist coming out of

9462-401: The group. With the final lineup in place, Starr rehearsed the boys after school and on weekends, and eventually secured the group a recording contract at Columbia Records . Originally, the group was called Nynuk (pronounced "na-nook"). Nikki Van Noy, author of the group's official biography, wrote in 2012 that the name Nynuk is "meaningless", although a 1989 article by Rolling Stone suggested

9576-550: The groups All-4-One (formed in 1993) and Boyz II Men (formed in 1988). Boyz II Men are also the most successful boy band act on the U.S. Hot 100 as well as the Australian Singles Chart . Although they had success on the Billboard charts, they were not marketed towards youth but more towards adults. It was not until 1997 and the change to pop-oriented groups such as Backstreet Boys , 98 Degrees , NSYNC ,

9690-619: The highest selling boyband act (9.3 million), followed by Boyzone at 29 (7.1 million) and Westlife at 34 (6.8 million). Even though Cowell is known to have managed several successful boy bands, he is also infamous for passing on signing two of the biggest boybands to emerge from the 1990s and 2000s, Take That and Busted . With the continued success of Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC , American and British groups like 98 Degrees , Westlife , O-Town , A1 , Blue , and Busted gained quick popularity both domestically and internationally. International boy bands would also occasionally spring up, such as

9804-439: The impact of these British boy bands, put out an advert for an "Irish Take That", thereby creating Boyzone in 1993. Let Loose (formed in 1993), MN8 and 911 (formed in 1995), and Damage (formed in 1996) were also successful boy bands in Britain; however, by the late 1990s all these bands had split up. All these artists were very successful on both the singles and albums charts domestically and internationally; however, with

9918-427: The label to allow the group to record a second album. After the failure of the first album, Starr had the group back in the studio for most of 1987 and 1988 recording their second album. Dissatisfied with the excessively bubblegum sound of their first album, the group wanted to have more input on their look, direction and song material. As a result, Wahlberg, Wood and Jordan Knight received associate producer credit on

10032-422: The members occupying the "main" positions often being considered the most skilled and having the most parts in songs or being highlighted during solo dance parts. The "leader" is the spokesperson who represents the group in public, and is in charge of mediating between group members, as well as between the group and the label. In most cases, their music is written, arranged and produced by a producer who works with

10146-690: The music video "Bring Back the Time", which features Salt-N-Pepa, Rick Astley , and En Vogue . Directed by John Asher , the video parodies 1980s music videos such as Journey 's " Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) ", Devo 's " Whip It ", A Flock of Seagulls ' " I Ran (So Far Away) ", Talking Heads ' " Once in a Lifetime ", Twisted Sister 's " We're Not Gonna Take It ", Robert Palmer 's " Addicted to Love ", Billy Idol 's " Flesh for Fantasy ", Madonna 's " Vogue ", Duran Duran 's " Rio ", Toni Basil 's " Mickey ", Art of Noise featuring Max Headroom 's " Paranoimia ", and Michael Jackson 's " Beat It ". In March 2024,

10260-412: The only way he would perform with the band was if the group would make the decision to reunite permanently. In April 2008, after months of speculation, Wahlberg confirmed to CNN that the group had reunited with plans to record new material and to stage a tour. The following month, the group released their first single since reuniting, " Summertime ". The cover of the single featured the name "New Kids on

10374-466: The press have referred to these acts, particularly those who have reformed after a previous split, such as Take That, Boyzone, and 98 Degrees , as 'man bands'. In the early 2010s, there was somewhat of a resurgence of boy band popularity in countries where the trend had not maintained, with the emergence of new boy bands like Big Time Rush , the Wanted , and One Direction and the formation of supergroup NKOTBSB which comprised members of New Kids on

10488-463: The second best-selling music artist of 2016 in the country and Kanjani Eight , the fifth best-selling music artist of that year in Japan. In Norway, the boy band Ballinciaga gained commercial success in 2022 with dance and party songs like "Dans På Bordet" and "Beklager (Guttaklubben)". The group is also known for keeping their identities anonymous by wearing pink-colored masks in the public. Other Norwegian boy bands that gained commercial success in

10602-425: The show. The episode was released on December 9, 2016. In November 2016, the group announced a new tour called The Total Package Tour with Paula Abdul & Boyz II Men . The 44-city North American tour spanned May 12 through July 16 and marked Abdul's first tour in more than 20 years. In March 2017 during an appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden they performed the new single "One More Night" from

10716-540: The single " Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana " that has become the third best-selling single ever in Japan , with over three million copies sold. In North America, the Jonas Brothers rose to fame from promotion on the Disney Channel in 2008. Other boy bands like JLS and Mindless Behavior also emerged and experienced remarkable success around this time. However, apart from them, boy bands have not seen

10830-498: The socially conscious thematic similarities in their music as well their shared hip hop leanings, and metaphorically passed the torch, saying "This is your generation now". In the early 1990s in North America, with New Kids on the Block's continued success and Color Me Badd also having success, boy bands became a continued staple of the Billboard charts. Continuing this success in the mid-1990s, most prominent boy bands were African American and had R&B and gospel elements, such as

10944-615: The sons of Tito Jackson , a member of the Jackson 5 , 3T had several hits singles across Europe in the mid-1990s, despite limited success in the US, and finished the second biggest selling act of 1996 in Europe behind the Spice Girls . With the success of North American boy bands like New Kids on the Block in East Asia, Japanese entertainment company Johnny & Associates formed SMAP in 1992. The group enjoyed tremendous success, selling over 35 million records. In 1992, after

11058-421: The success of "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind)", "Cover Girl", and "This One's For the Children", the group pulled off a rare feat of having three singles on the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time, but each from a different album. Columbia Music Video also released a home video, Hangin' Tough , a documentary on the band directed by Doug Nichol and produced by Bryan Johnson that included their four hit music videos and

11172-579: The television networks hegemony over the music market. In 1995 the Korean Broadband is not 6 ft to a particular location casting Ethics Committee demanded that Seo Taiji and Boys change the lyrics for "Regret of the Times". As a result, Seo decided to release the song as a purely instrumental track. This incited protests and resulted in the abolishment of music pre-censorship in Korea. Seo Taiji also did not have to rely on television networks due to

11286-440: The term "boy band" was not commonly used then, the earliest predecessors of this format were groups such as the Jackson 5 and the Osmonds which helped form the template for boy bands. The Jackson 5 were a sibling group that established many musical conventions that boy bands follow. For instance, their music featured close harmonies from soul music and catchy pop hooks influenced as much as they were by Motown and acts like

11400-432: The term", exclusively due to the enthusiastic response they received from their young female audience. The Liverpool quartet known as the Beatles were not only the quintessential rock band, but many considered John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Star [ sic ] to be the original boy band – especially in the early 1960s when young girls would scream at the top of their lungs and pass out upon first sight of

11514-612: The time of formation. Generally, boy bands perform love songs marketed towards girls and young women. Many boy bands dance as well as sing, usually giving highly choreographed performances. South Korean boy bands usually also have designated rappers. Most boy band members do not play musical instruments, either in recording sessions or on-stage. They are similar in concept to their counterparts known as girl groups . Some boy bands are formed on their own, but most are created by talent managers or record producers who hold auditions. The popularity of boy bands has peaked three times: first in

11628-457: The time the lip-syncing allegations surfaced, the group was starting to experience a backlash . Despite their success, the group was regularly dismissed by critics for their attempts to promote themselves as an urban act and their practice of using backing vocals for live performances. The group's record sales also began to decline due to a shift in musical tastes to gangsta rap and grunge music . In 1993, after having split from Maurice Starr,

11742-409: The top-grossing touring act in the country at the time and one of the highest-grossing concert tours of the decade, with overall attendance of 3.2 million people. Their 1990 pay-per-view special broke records at the time. During this time, NKOTB licensed merchandise flooded the market, including lunch boxes , buttons , t-shirts, comic books (published by Harvey Comics ), and dolls . They inspired

11856-632: The tour. The NKOTBSB Tour began on May 25, 2011, and ended in June 2012. They also released a compilation album NKOTBSB which included 2 new songs. On June 22, 2012, NKOTB was among 24 celebrities selected by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for 2013. McIntyre stated during Summer Mixtape Festival that they were making a new album and unlike their previous album The Block , there will be no collaboration on it. On January 22, 2013,

11970-678: The tour: 'Kicking-off at the Annex in Stockholm on May 6 and culminating at Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow on June 1, the shows will take place at some of the most intimate venues across Europe, giving our fans a rare opportunity to get up-close-and-personal with the band.' Following the tour the group met up in New York to embark on the 6th annual NKOTB Cruise. Also, in the Spring of 2014 they announced

12084-494: The two biggest boy bands in the late 1990s until the early 2000s, and Backstreet Boys went on to become the best-selling boy band in history with over 100 million records sold. In the late 1990s in the UK, producer Simon Cowell (noted in the U.S. for the American Idol / The X Factor franchise) is also known for having managed British boyband Five (formed in 1997) and Irish boyband Westlife (formed in 1998). Westlife

12198-459: The two new biggest bands in Britain. However, boy bands continued to find success in the late 1990s, such as Five , Another Level , Point Break and Westlife . In 1995 successful German music manager Frank Farian , who had been manager of Boney M and Milli Vanilli , put together Latin American band No Mercy who scored a few worldwide hits during the mid-90s. Although being American and

12312-577: The years: The Osmonds , Jackson 5 , New Edition, Boyz II Men , Bell Biv DeVoe , Backstreet Boys , B2K , 98° , LFO , Menudo , JLS , O-Town , BTS , NSYNC , One Direction , Take That , and Westlife , as well as New Kids themselves. On May 2, 2019, the Mixtape Tour began in Cincinnati, Ohio, with New Kids as the headliners. Other performers on the tour include Salt-N-Pepa , Debbie Gibson, Tiffany , and Naughty by Nature. In 2020, during

12426-634: Was " Dirty Dawg " (which featured a rap cameo by Nice & Smooth ), peaking at No. 66 on the Billboard Hot 100. The follow-up single, " Never Let You Go ", failed to chart in the U.S., but did reach No. 42 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 18 in the Canadian charts. NKOTB went on tour to support the album, playing smaller venues such as clubs and theaters, as opposed to the arenas and stadiums they were once accustomed to. After experiencing increased panic attacks and anxiety, Jonathan Knight left

12540-551: Was almost exclusively written and produced by Maurice Starr, and featured mid-1980s bubblegum pop material. The first single, " Be My Girl ", received minor airplay around the group's native Boston but failed to capture nationwide attention. The album's second single, " Stop It Girl ", fared even worse. The New Kids went on tour around the New England states, singing wherever Starr could book them: in bars, school dances, and clubs. Nevertheless, Starr remained diligent and persuaded

12654-505: Was created by Irishman Louis Walsh as a replacement for Boyzone and was initially managed by a former member of the band Ronan Keating . Westlife would eventually overtake Take That in number one's tally in the UK although Take That's overall UK sales are still higher. In 2012, the Official Charts Company revealed the biggest selling singles artists in British music chart history with Take That placed 15th overall and

12768-477: Was initially joined by his younger brother Mark , who left the group after only a few months. Donnie then recruited his school friends Jamie Kelly, Jordan Knight and Danny Wood to join the group; Knight was followed into the group by his older brother Jonathan Knight, while Kelly left the group early on. When a search was made to find a Michael Jackson -esque singer to replace Kelly, Starr recruited 12-year-old Joey McIntyre , who initially struggled to fit in with

12882-425: Was not established until the late 1980s when Lou Pearlman decided to form a record company to promote a new singing and dancing group after becoming fascinated with the success of New Kids on the Block . Although generally described as a rock band, the highest-selling band in history – the Beatles – have been described by several journalists as "the first" or "the original" boy band, "before anyone had thought of

12996-710: Was to run from May 2, 2019, in Cincinnati, Ohio, through July 14 in Hollywood, Florida. On December 13, 2018, New Kids announced they would perform at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2019 in Times Square . On March 2, 2019, New Kids released a new music video "Boys in the Band (Boy Band Anthem)", which included cameos from Lance Bass , Debbie Gibson , Naughty by Nature , as well as Ricky Bell , Michael Bivins , and Ronnie DeVoe of New Edition . It also included shout outs and easter eggs to several boy bands throughout

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