- Jul252012
Way Back Wednesday: The Best Boy Bands
Written by Trent | Filed under Boyz II Men,Way Back Wednesday
‘N Sync
Our Way Back Wednesday series once highlighted the era of the top girl groups and today it’s the boys turn! Traveling through time for another fun musical journey, this week’s installment focuses on some of the best boy bands of all time and their stark decline in popularity.
There was one a time when boy bands, such as ‘N Sync, the Backstreet Boys and Boys II Men, were inescapable. Now, groups continuously fall apart and rarely stay together longer than five years. Before you address this troubling issue, watch some of the best boy bands of all time in action below:
98 Degrees
Backstreet Boys – ‘I Want It That Way’
Boyz II Men – ‘End of the Road’
Jodeci – ‘Forever My Lady’
‘N Sync ‘ Medley
New Edition – ‘Cool it Now’
The Jackson 5 – ‘I Want You Back’
The Temptations – ‘My Girl’
The problems facing boy bands are very similar to those that girl groups encounter (read my Boiling Point about that topic by clicking here). However, the chronic problem caused by the egos of individual members has also been a major factor in the downfall of the boy bands.
Think about it: Day26, ‘N Sync – Justin Timberlake reportedly refused to rejoin the band after going solo – and New Edition all crumbled under the weight of the egotistical motives of certain members who merely sought to use their groups as launching pads for their solo careers. It’s such a shame, though, because similar to female counterparts, boy bands provide a special element of excitement to the music scene.
Notably, the boy band movement is far from dead. One Direction currently have the second larget-selling album of 2012 in the US and The Wanted have generated multiple monster hits. Additionally, JLS have thus far enjoyed incredible success ont eh UK charts. So, although their careers may be short lived, the boy bands are still making waves.
Which group is the best boy band of all time? Who was missing from this shortlist? Share your views in the comment section below!
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Of the more recent groups, Boyz II Men, no contest. If you listen closely to the way for example the Backstreet Boys sound (or try to) on their first album, you can hear the Boyz II Men influences. They’re bigger than ‘just’ a ’90s boy band.
ahhh i love boy bands of course in this case the Jacksons are my favourite
Yesass Trent! Finally! Males can sing too guys uno! loool
Boyz II Men will forever be the best!
I never liked American boy bands to be honest boy 2 men is good but not my cup of tea bone thugs and harmony is a boy band right?! Lmao but for boy bands I tend out source to Korea because the celebrities there are very humble to other group members but in America most boy bands tend to compete with each other
the best of all time? THE TEMPTATIONS.
who’s missing from the “shortlist” of white honky boy bands? NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK without them there would have been no NStank and BackStreetBois
Best of recent times? NEW EDITION who gave in and let have for those YT boy bands that I mentioned above.