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A boy band is loosely defined as a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation.[1] Generally, boy bands perform love songs marketed towards girls and young women. Many boy bands dance as well as sing, usually giving highly choreographed performances. South Korean boy bands usually also have designated rappers.
Some boy bands are formed on their own. Most are created by talent managers or record producers who hold auditions. Being vocal groups, most boy band members do not play musical instruments, either in recording sessions or on-stage. They are similar in concept to their counterparts known as girl groups. The popularity of boy bands has peaked three times: first in the 1960s to '70s (e.g., with the Jackson 5 and the Osmonds); the second time during the late 1980s, the 1990s and the 2000s, when acts such as New Kids on the Block, Take That, Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Boyzone, Five, A1, O-Zone and Westlife dominated global pop charts; and last time in the 2010s up to the present, with the emergence of groups such as One Direction, the Wanted, Big Time Rush, the Vamps, Ballinciaga and K-pop acts such as BigBang, Seventeen and BTS.
^Hickey, Walt (June 4, 2014). "Boy Bands: More Like Man Bands". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
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