History Main / BoyBand

* A Music/{{Vocaloid}} producer made [[https://www.youtube.com/user/gensoairly "Gensou Airly"]], sort of Boy Band consisting of four male Vocaloids, [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair Kaito]], [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Len Kagamine]], [[{{Samurai}} Gakupo Camui]] and [[HotTeacher Kiyoteru Hiyama]].

* In Hot Chip's video for "I Feel Better", directed by [[Series/ThePeterSerafinowiczShow Peter Serafinowicz]], a bunch of UncannyValley [[PrettyBoy pretty boys]] called [[XtremeKoolLetterz Kyng, Mar'Vaine]], [[AwesomeMcCoolname Octavian and Popeye]] are attacked by a floating man with the FanNickname "Cancer Jesus", as well as a ScaryBlackMan with EyeBeams.

Lately, Korea has been getting on the action too with bands like [[Music/DongBangShinKi DBSK]], [[Music/TwoPM 2PM]], Music/SHINee, Music/B2ST, U-KISS, Music/SuperJunior, etc. This goes hand in and with the general k-pop explosion of the [[TurnOfTheMillennium late 00s]] and [[TheNewTens the past few years]]. They're significantly more popular in the Western world than the Japanese boy bands. By far the biggest of them all, though, is Music/{{BTS}}, who has been been considered the biggest boy band in the world ever since One Direction went on hiatus. Still, there are other K-pop boy bands that have growing fanbases all over the world. In fact, Korea has taken this trope UpToEleven the last few years, with tens of boy bands being active at the same time, many of which have fandoms both in and outside Korea. There are new ones debuting constantly, and some already have followings before they officially have their debut.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'' had Todd, Sheldon and the rest of the Boy's Choir become "Boy's Rock" when he replaced his choirmaster with a Large Intimidating Boss in an episode fairly similar to the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' and ''TheSimpsons'' examples.

* Music/{{NSYNC}}: Originally derided for riding the coattails of the Music/BackstreetBoys, they nonetheless proved themselves immensely popular. Their albums ''No Strings Attached'' and ''Celebrity'' hold the second and third spots for highest first week album sales in the US. Where Music/JustinTimberlake got his start, if you don't count ''The Mickey Mouse Club'' (which also gave us his band mate JC Chasez). Ironically, his solo career has been more popular and critically loved than anything BSB or *NSYNC ever did. They were also famous for their self-deprecating sense of humor and self-awareness regarding their image. They embraced parodies, be it of themselves or boy bands and teen idols in general. As noted multiple times below, they were the TropeCodifier for many of the below parodies and even participated and crafted some of their own.

* 5ive: Another late 90s boy band, but [[RecycledInSpace British]]. Known for being slightly edgier than a standard boy band with funk, rap and rock influences in their music. Mostly remembered by being considered the most successful British boy band in the United States until 2012 [[note]]Although Take That's "Back for Good" was a much bigger hit than 5ive's [[OneHitWonder one hit]] "When the Lights Go Out", 5ive had the Disney Channel backing them in the United States, which boosted their album sales significantly.[[/note]] and for releasing a cover of [[{{Music/Queen}} Queen's]] "We will Rock You" which was succesful in the charts but draws very polarizing opinions to this day. Attempted to reunite twice, once in 2006 which failed, and again in 2014 with far more success. Two members have left the band, one in 2012 and another in 2014. The band has performed as a trio since.

* [=McFly=] (named after the character from ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture''), an early 2000 band, largely fitted the mold. They were considered a "brother"-group to Busted that also played instruments on stage and were inspired by [[PowerPop pop rock/power pop]] music. That the band members played their own instruments, did their own songwriting, and mentioned having contemporary rock n roll influences has brought many fans to [[InsistentTerminology strongly insist that they're not quite a 'boy band']] (many fans just don't care either way). In the 2010s, the members of [=McFly=] and the two members of Busted who weren't Charlie Simpson reformed jointly as a five-piece called [[PortmanteauCoupleName McBusted]].

* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' did a number of sketches featuring a boy band called "Seven Degrees Celsius", in an obvious parody of 98 Degrees. In one episode, the Backstreet Boys' famous folding chairs were replaced with inflatable hippity-hops, giving a not-so-subtle impression of the band having massive testicles.

* One of the Megastar groups for ''VideoGame/NoStraightRoads'' are 1010(pronounced Ten-Ten). Five [[VirtualCelebrity androids]] that act as TheDividual. 1010 satirizes over-produced boy bands as identical, synchronized, autotuned androids only superficially distinguished by color and hairstyle. Their manager, Neon J., can also [[WeHaveReserves replace]] any of the band members that fall in combat instantly with a portable manufacturing machine, making them a [[StealthPun literal]] manufactured band.
** They are, in-universe, [[MrFanservice quite effective]], as main character [[GenkiGirl Mayday]] gets weak-kneed at the sight of them. She shows more remorse fighting 1010 then when she fought a [[InnocentProdigy literal child.]]

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* Music/{{Menudo}}: A Puerto Rican group best known to non-Latinx people as "Music/RickyMartin's Old Band" (it was much more popular in Latin America and it was the TropeMaker / TropeCodifier there). Notable because they combined this with a [[RevolvingDoorBand rotating cast]]; when you [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday turned sixteen]][[note]]this rule was terminated in 1988[[/note]], grew facial hair, or underwent a voice change, you were fired. The group lasted from 1977 to 1997, and about 30 singers passed through the band in that time. The Menudo name was retired in 1997, and their management kept the final lineup together under the new name MDO, which continued until 2008. There's also another successor group, El Reencuentro, which formed in 1998 and features a lineup of former members, including a few from the original lineup.

* Music/{{BTS}}, years after their debut in 2013, has become the most successful [[KoreanPopMusic Korean]] boy band in the world, being the first Korean group to get into the Top 10 in Billboard Hot 100 and #1 in Billboard 200 and achieving records worldwide, and rivalling only One Direction in global popularity. With heavy influences mainly from HipHop, a [[GenreRoulette wide range of musical genres]], members with backgrounds in the underground rap scene and heavy involvement in the creative process, and music with an underdog [[ComingOfAgeStory coming-of-age]] narrative heavy on social and political messages, the group managed to gradually build a diverse audience (both in cultural backgrounds and ages) on a global scale. The group is also notable for their ''huge'' presence in social media, their unusually close relationship with fans with an emphasis on genuineness, and their use of multimedia storytelling through what's known as the ''Music/BTSUniverse''.

* Music/VoicesInPublic : One of few notable Canadian "boy bands," VIP was also a quartet. According to TheOtherWiki, the group began as a trio consisting of Marty Beecroft, Glenn Coulson, and Joe Heslip, high school friends from Barrie, Ontario. They later added Peter Luciano. They performed live around the province, primarily at universities, while attending school themselves, and completed two cross-country tours before they disbanded. Their best known single, "Just My Luck" received heavy airplay on MuchMusic. They received a Genie Award for "One Thing To Say," which appeared on the soundtrack to Film/JacobTwoTwoMeetsTheHoodedFang. Glenn was "the cute one."

** Marshall Dyllon broke up after one album, although Jessie Littleton later recorded two solo pop albums as Gran Bel Fisher.

** Second, they couldn't be neatly slotted into the five-man roles -- there was overlap in all directions.

* The Osmonds: A [[TheSeventies 1970s]] Boy Band from Provo, Utah, composed of six brothers and on occasion one sister, who were collectively renowned for their super-excellent gleaming dentition and for their open and positive representation of their Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) faith. Posterity also grants them a couple of not-bad tunes.

* Music/SelfInsert is an experimental group consisting of three singers that functions as a sort of boy band with extremely exaggerated and mechanical singing and voice modifications, strange choreographed live dances, and surreal love songs that bring in bursts of violence and inanimate machines.

* Music/SelfInsert is an experimental group consisting of three singers that consistently mocks boy bands with extremely exaggerated and mechanical singing and voice modifications, strange choreographed live dances, and surreal love songs that bring in bursts of violence and inanimate machines.

* Blue: early 2000s British boy band with stronger than usual R&B influences and a multi-racial line-up. Particularly notorious for member Lee Ryan's AnimalWrongsGroup moment when asked about 9/11 ("[[BeamMeUpScotty Who gives a fuck about New York when elephants are being killed?]]"). Their chances of breaking America (assuming they would've done so anyway) ended there.

Lately, Korea has been getting on the action too with bands like [[Music/DongBangShinKi DBSK]], [[Music/TwoPM 2PM]], Music/SHINee, Music/B2ST, U-KISS, Music/SuperJunior, etc. This goes hand in and with the general k-pop explosion of the [[TurnOfTheMillennium late 00s]] and [[TheNewTens the past few years]]. They're significantly more popular in the Western world than the Japanese boy bands. Music/{{BTS}} is now considered the biggest boy band in the world, but there are other K-pop boy bands that have growing fanbases all over the world. In fact, Korea has taken this trope UpToEleven the last few years, with tens of boy bands being active at the same time, many of which have fandoms both in and outside Korea. There are new ones debuting constantly, and some already have followings before they officially have their debut.

* Music/{{BTS}}, years after their debut in 2013, has become the most successful [[KoreanPopMusic Korean]] boy band in the world, being the first Korean group to get into the Top 10 in Billboard Hot 100 and #1 in Billboard 200 and achieving records worldwide. With heavy influences mainly from HipHop, a [[GenreRoulette wide range of musical genres]], members with backgrounds in the underground rap scene and heavy involvement in the creative process, and music with an underdog [[ComingOfAgeStory coming-of-age]] narrative heavy on social and political messages, the group managed to gradually build a diverse audience (both in cultural backgrounds and ages) on a global scale. The group is also notable for their ''huge'' presence in social media, their unusually close relationship with fans with an emphasis on genuineness, and their use of multimedia storytelling through what's known as the ''Music/BTSUniverse''.

* The ''Film/JosieAndThePussycats'' [[TheMovie movie]] featured a boy band called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ica0S13BTh4&feature=related Dujour.]] To make fun of the effeminate nature of many boy bands, their hit single was called "[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Backdoor Lover]]". When they find out that their record label is putting SubliminalAdvertising into their music, their manager (who isn't a big burly dude, but is instead an evil Alan Cumming) tries to have them killed by causing their plane to crash. [[spoiler:They survive, having managed to safely land the plane on their own... only to find that they had landed in the parking lot of an arena hosting a Music/{{Metallica}} concert.]]

->''"You thought that boy bands were dead and gone\\
But just like cancer and AIDS we're still going strong\\
Ten million tween girls and old perverts can't be wrong!"''
-->-- '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7CHfqg0wd8 The Key of Awesome]]''', a ''Music/OneDirection parody''

At least [[Administrivia/ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike one wag]] has suggested that the real original Boy Band was Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks, both for the popularity among pre-teens and the squeaky music sound of both the real and cartoon bands.

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* One of the Megastar groups for ''VideoGame/NoStraightRoads'' are 1010(pronounced Ten-Ten). Five [[VirtualCelebrity androids]] that act as TheDividual. 1010 satirizes over-produced boy bands as identical, synchronized, autotuned androids only superficially distinguished by color and hairstyle. Their manager, Neon J., can also [[WeHaveReserves replace]] any of the band members that fall in combat with a machine, making them a [[StealthPun literal]] manufactured band.