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One Direction, often shortened to 1D, are an English-Irish pop boy band formed in London in 2010. The group is composed of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and, until 2015, Zayn Malik. They became one of the best-selling boy groups of all time before going on an indefinite hiatus in 2016.
The Backstreet Boys have sold over 100 million records worldwide, [9] making them the best-selling boy band of all time, and one of the world's best-selling music artists. They are the first group since Led Zeppelin to have their first ten albums reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200 , [ 8 ] and the only boy band to do so.
NSYNC ( / ɛnˈsɪŋk, ɪn -/ en-SINK, in-; also stylized as *NSYNC or 'N Sync) [3] is an American vocal group and boy band formed by Chris Kirkpatrick in Orlando, Florida, in 1995 [4] [5] and launched in Germany by BMG Ariola Munich. [6] The group consists of Kirkpatrick, Justin Timberlake, Joey Fatone, Lance Bass, and JC Chasez.
In honor of their 10-year anniversary today (July 23), Billboard is revisiting the groundbreaking career of one of the most successful boy bands in history: One Direction.
Lou Pearlman. Louis Jay Pearlman (June 19, 1954 – August 19, 2016) was an American music manager and scam artist. He was the person behind many successful 1990s boy bands, having formed and funded the Backstreet Boys. After their massive success, he then developed NSYNC.
A boy band is a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation. [1] 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.
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 enjoyed success in the late 1980s and early 1990s and have sold more than 80 million records worldwide, and are ...
The story of boy bands like the Backstreet Boys and 'NSync can’t be told without mentioning the late Lou Pearlman, but his influence was a mixed blessing for the musicians in his orbit ...