boy band

Or boyband

noun

a trendy pop group of young male singers, each member typically cultivating an image so as to appeal to a preteen audience.

boy band

noun

an all-male vocal pop group created to appeal to a young audience

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Word History and Origins

Origin of boy band¹

First recorded in 1980–85

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It’s a bracingly vulnerable track for a boy band to write in any era of masculinity.

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The singer, who shares three children with Johnson, was previously married to Nick Lachey of the boy band 98 Degrees.

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A different ex-girlfriend, Maya Henry, wrote a book published in 2017 about a member of a popular boy band who threatens to throw himself off a balcony.

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The boy band’s choreography appeared unchanged from the late ’90s, as did its songs, though I might’ve detected a whisper of pedal steel in “Drowning.”

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Williams rose to fame as part of the boy band Take That in the early 1990s, before launching a successful solo career which saw him release hits such as Angels, Millennium and She's The One.

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