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if you want singing if you want dancing
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
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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
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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 there the original boy band
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number ten new addition
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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 band's
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
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founded in 1977 by Puerto Rican producer
at Gardo Diaz the group was built around
a bizarre premise
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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
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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
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number eight Westlife
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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
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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
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Westlife truly lived the high life
during their 14-year career
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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
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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
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number six boys to men
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back to America next and to aren't be
royalty voice two men were about as cool
a boyband as there ever has been and
they are among the most successful as
well
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the interestingly named 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
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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 five led by a
sprightly Justin Timberlake NSYNC was a
brand-new brand of boy band 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
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number four the Jackson 5 if any boyband
can be classed as the absolute originals
then it's the Jackson 5
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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
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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
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number three take that August not son
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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
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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
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after a 10-year break the fivesome
returned as a foursome
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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
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boy band reunions rarely go as well as
take that's did 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
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NKOTB 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
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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
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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
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you're asking do I love you this
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stay with me make you glad you came
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number one the Backstreet Boys the 90s
were a goldmine 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
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AJ Howie Nick Kevin and Brian you are
the best of the boy band
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