if you want singing if you want dancing
if you want dudes you’ve come to the
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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
boy bands
for this list we’ve looked at those
bands that are genuine chart performers
and have excluded acts that only exist
on a TV show or in a movie
we have also focused more directly on
the concept of a boyband
as being an act in which the members
typically do not play instruments though
there are a few exceptions to that rule
where everybody sings or at least
provides backing vocals and their shows
are heavily choreographed
all of that considered we are not
including the likes of The Beatles
despite the fact that an argument could
be made that they’re the original boy
band
number ten new addition
considered by many as a pioneering band
within their genre new edition merged a
pop music sound with R&B in a way that
was rather revolutionary in the early
80s breakthrough hits such as candy girl
and mr. telephone men for the bands
establishing efforts although the new
edition story has been far from
straightforward since then Bobby Brown
was the first to leave the band and an
eventual hiatus was decided upon in 1990
a short reunion in 96 was followed by a
more substantial second or third coming
in 2002 number nine menudo another band
whose history is hard to plot menudo is
another major influence within the genre
founded in 1977 by Puerto Rican producer
Edgardo Diaz the group was built around
a bizarre premise
he has wanted the members in the group
regularly changed in order to ensure
that nobody got too old if a growth
spurt occurred or a mustache appeared a
replacement was ordered regardless of
the rotation policy menudo was massive
the latin-american following was huge
and that inspired the band to more than
30 years in music and let’s not forget
that Ricky Martin got his start with the
band during the 1980s as well
number eight Westlife
from the Americas to Europe and more
specifically to Ireland the members of
Westlife were world beaters around the
turn of the millennium as they became
one of Simon Cowell’s first
international success stories
ah
the group followed in the footsteps of
compatriots boys own writing ballot
after ballot and scoring number one
after number one in the UK
swear it again was the start of
everything for Westlife but early tracks
such as flying without wings and I have
a dream achieved as much as their titles
promise
Westlife truly lived the high life
during their 14-year career
number seven one direction in terms of
the boyband of the 2010s
there can’t be many bigger than these
guys
to keep
Harry Zayn Niall Liam and Lewis came
together as part of the seventh series
of the UK version of The X Factor and
have been true to their band name ever
since
soaring to global superstardom the
quintet has had an awesome rise to the
top what makes you beautiful was what
made them famous and the hit machine has
been relentless ever since
live while we’re young best song ever
and story of my life all proved big big
records
number six boys to men
back to America next and to aren’t be
royalty boys two men were about as cool
a boyband as there ever has been and
they are among the most successful as
well
the interestingly named coolie high
harmony was the band’s first album
released on Motown in 1991 on which they
established a multi lead arrangement
which would become trademark
their sophomore efforts I’ll make love
to you was actually replaced in the
number one spot in the US by their next
single on bended knee such was their
success but the one sweet day
collaboration with Mariah Carey remains
the group’s hugest hit
number five
in sync the late 90s and early 2000s saw
an explosion of teen idol pop music but
few are lighting the fuse quite as
effectively as these by led by a
sprightly Justin Timberlake NSYNC was a
brand new brand of boyband their videos
were futuristic and they were
choreographed to perfection
I want you back was a debut single that
we wanted more of and bye-bye-bye was a
record that we never actually wanted to
bid farewell to
number four the Jackson 5 if any boyband
can be classed as the absolute originals
then it’s the Jackson 5
such was the magnitude of young Michaels
subsequent solo success it can be easy
to forget the family five feast with
which he started but the Jackson five
our pop pioneers in their own right
in the early 70s Jackie Tito Jermaine
Marlon and Michael were the main event
I want you back and ABC will always be
remembered as the first parts to one of
music’s most incredible stories but also
as the blueprint for boy bands ever
since
number three take that taking our bronze
and confirming themselves as the best of
the British take that dominated the
charts in the 90s and then they came
back to do it again
especially in the UK in the 2000s
formed in 1990 the band peaked with the
album everything changes after which
everything did just that babe and pray
put the boys on top at home and back for
good kept them there for good
after a 10-year break the fivesome
returned as a foursome
but Robbie Williams joined up again in
2010 with their sixth studio effort
becoming the fastest selling album of
the new century to that point
boy band reunions rarely go as well as
take that’s did time but you came back
number two New Kids on the Block
formed and guided by Maurice Starr the
producer responsible for new edition New
Kids on the Block had a band name to
live up to and boy did they manage it
and ko TB is still one of the most
successful pop groups of all time
inventing an 80s image for themselves in
parallel with the rise of MTV
these kids had attitude but not too much
of it they had styled but there was
something different about it they were
hanging tough but they were loving you
forever as well
the textbook boyband who proved they
still had the right stuff when they
reunited in 2008
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions however they
if you’re asking do I love you this man
stay with me I can make make you glad
you came
number one the Backstreet Boys
the 90s were a gold mine of guys like
these but none of the other acts
actually were this good quit playing
games with my heart
helped BSB reach early unprecedented
success while everybody back streets
back
proved they were certainly contenders
for the charts top 5 by the time I want
it that way was released the Backstreet
Boys were so big they actually could
have had anything pretty much any way
they wanted
AJ Howie Nick Kevin and Brian you are
the best of the boy band
do you agree with our list which ban did
we miss
for well-choreographed top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
you
if you want dudes you’ve come to the
right place
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
boy bands
for this list we’ve looked at those
bands that are genuine chart performers
and have excluded acts that only exist
on a TV show or in a movie
we have also focused more directly on
the concept of a boyband
as being an act in which the members
typically do not play instruments though
there are a few exceptions to that rule
where everybody sings or at least
provides backing vocals and their shows
are heavily choreographed
all of that considered we are not
including the likes of The Beatles
despite the fact that an argument could
be made that they’re the original boy
band
number ten new addition
considered by many as a pioneering band
within their genre new edition merged a
pop music sound with R&B in a way that
was rather revolutionary in the early
80s breakthrough hits such as candy girl
and mr. telephone men for the bands
establishing efforts although the new
edition story has been far from
straightforward since then Bobby Brown
was the first to leave the band and an
eventual hiatus was decided upon in 1990
a short reunion in 96 was followed by a
more substantial second or third coming
in 2002 number nine menudo another band
whose history is hard to plot menudo is
another major influence within the genre
founded in 1977 by Puerto Rican producer
Edgardo Diaz the group was built around
a bizarre premise
he has wanted the members in the group
regularly changed in order to ensure
that nobody got too old if a growth
spurt occurred or a mustache appeared a
replacement was ordered regardless of
the rotation policy menudo was massive
the latin-american following was huge
and that inspired the band to more than
30 years in music and let’s not forget
that Ricky Martin got his start with the
band during the 1980s as well
number eight Westlife
from the Americas to Europe and more
specifically to Ireland the members of
Westlife were world beaters around the
turn of the millennium as they became
one of Simon Cowell’s first
international success stories
ah
the group followed in the footsteps of
compatriots boys own writing ballot
after ballot and scoring number one
after number one in the UK
swear it again was the start of
everything for Westlife but early tracks
such as flying without wings and I have
a dream achieved as much as their titles
promise
Westlife truly lived the high life
during their 14-year career
number seven one direction in terms of
the boyband of the 2010s
there can’t be many bigger than these
guys
to keep
Harry Zayn Niall Liam and Lewis came
together as part of the seventh series
of the UK version of The X Factor and
have been true to their band name ever
since
soaring to global superstardom the
quintet has had an awesome rise to the
top what makes you beautiful was what
made them famous and the hit machine has
been relentless ever since
live while we’re young best song ever
and story of my life all proved big big
records
number six boys to men
back to America next and to aren’t be
royalty boys two men were about as cool
a boyband as there ever has been and
they are among the most successful as
well
the interestingly named coolie high
harmony was the band’s first album
released on Motown in 1991 on which they
established a multi lead arrangement
which would become trademark
their sophomore efforts I’ll make love
to you was actually replaced in the
number one spot in the US by their next
single on bended knee such was their
success but the one sweet day
collaboration with Mariah Carey remains
the group’s hugest hit
number five
in sync the late 90s and early 2000s saw
an explosion of teen idol pop music but
few are lighting the fuse quite as
effectively as these by led by a
sprightly Justin Timberlake NSYNC was a
brand new brand of boyband their videos
were futuristic and they were
choreographed to perfection
I want you back was a debut single that
we wanted more of and bye-bye-bye was a
record that we never actually wanted to
bid farewell to
number four the Jackson 5 if any boyband
can be classed as the absolute originals
then it’s the Jackson 5
such was the magnitude of young Michaels
subsequent solo success it can be easy
to forget the family five feast with
which he started but the Jackson five
our pop pioneers in their own right
in the early 70s Jackie Tito Jermaine
Marlon and Michael were the main event
I want you back and ABC will always be
remembered as the first parts to one of
music’s most incredible stories but also
as the blueprint for boy bands ever
since
number three take that taking our bronze
and confirming themselves as the best of
the British take that dominated the
charts in the 90s and then they came
back to do it again
especially in the UK in the 2000s
formed in 1990 the band peaked with the
album everything changes after which
everything did just that babe and pray
put the boys on top at home and back for
good kept them there for good
after a 10-year break the fivesome
returned as a foursome
but Robbie Williams joined up again in
2010 with their sixth studio effort
becoming the fastest selling album of
the new century to that point
boy band reunions rarely go as well as
take that’s did time but you came back
number two New Kids on the Block
formed and guided by Maurice Starr the
producer responsible for new edition New
Kids on the Block had a band name to
live up to and boy did they manage it
and ko TB is still one of the most
successful pop groups of all time
inventing an 80s image for themselves in
parallel with the rise of MTV
these kids had attitude but not too much
of it they had styled but there was
something different about it they were
hanging tough but they were loving you
forever as well
the textbook boyband who proved they
still had the right stuff when they
reunited in 2008
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions however they
if you’re asking do I love you this man
stay with me I can make make you glad
you came
number one the Backstreet Boys
the 90s were a gold mine of guys like
these but none of the other acts
actually were this good quit playing
games with my heart
helped BSB reach early unprecedented
success while everybody back streets
back
proved they were certainly contenders
for the charts top 5 by the time I want
it that way was released the Backstreet
Boys were so big they actually could
have had anything pretty much any way
they wanted
AJ Howie Nick Kevin and Brian you are
the best of the boy band
do you agree with our list which ban did
we miss
for well-choreographed top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
you
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