boy band
noun
: a small ensemble of males in their teens or twenties who play pop songs geared especially to a young female audience
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While the sitcom deal may have went away, his 2007 autobiography Out of Sync became a New York Times bestseller, competed on Dancing with the Stars, launched a podcast and eventually found his way back to his boy band roots.
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Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
The Japan-debut single by the nine-member boy band assembled from the audition program BOYS PLANET jumps 47-3 after being released March 20, hitting No. 1 for sales with 516,721 copies sold in its first week.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2024
Lance Bass was just 16 when *NSYNC started in 1995, instantly snatched out of his humble upbringing in Mississippi to jet setting around Europe — and eventually the world — as a member of the buzziest boy band on the planet.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2024
The lineup also includes LCD Soundsystem, Little Simz, Burna Boy, PJ Harvey, Idles, The National, and Jessie Ware.
Coldplay will become the first act to headline Glastonbury’s Pyramid stage five times, and boy band Seventeen will become the first K-pop group to perform on the stage.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2024
As for his boy band performances, Galitzine looked to BTS and Backstreet Boys for inspiration.
—Marc Malkin, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
The real breakthrough, however, came with the K-pop boy band Stray Kids.
—TIME, 5 Mar. 2024
Some bulls are still with herds, while others have passed on their genetics and have gone solo or rejoined a boy band.
—Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 22 Feb. 2024
Growing up in Hong Kong, the future members of the 12-member boy band Mirror had all kinds of jobs — from personal trainers to dancers and martial arts instructors.
—Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
The Japan-debut single by the nine-member boy band assembled from the audition program BOYS PLANET jumps 47-3 after being released March 20, hitting No. 1 for sales with 516,721 copies sold in its first week.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2024
Lance Bass was just 16 when *NSYNC started in 1995, instantly snatched out of his humble upbringing in Mississippi to jet setting around Europe — and eventually the world — as a member of the buzziest boy band on the planet.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2024
The lineup also includes LCD Soundsystem, Little Simz, Burna Boy, PJ Harvey, Idles, The National, and Jessie Ware.
Coldplay will become the first act to headline Glastonbury’s Pyramid stage five times, and boy band Seventeen will become the first K-pop group to perform on the stage.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2024
As for his boy band performances, Galitzine looked to BTS and Backstreet Boys for inspiration.
—Marc Malkin, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
The real breakthrough, however, came with the K-pop boy band Stray Kids.
—TIME, 5 Mar. 2024
Some bulls are still with herds, while others have passed on their genetics and have gone solo or rejoined a boy band.
—Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 22 Feb. 2024
Growing up in Hong Kong, the future members of the 12-member boy band Mirror had all kinds of jobs — from personal trainers to dancers and martial arts instructors.
—Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
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