Biggest Boy Bands of All Time
BTS The Korean pop boy band formed in 2010. The group, which includes seven members — Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook — released their debut single, “2 Cool 4 Skool,” in 2013.
One Direction After nabbing third place on The X Factor UK's seventh season, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson caught their rising star.
The Wanted Adding to the U.S.'s Irish-British invasion, Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness, Tom Parker and Nathan Sykes hit the ground running a year prior to One Direction making it big.
Jonas Brothers Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas and Nick Jonas hit the scene in 2006 with their debut, It’s About Time, which they followed up with 2007’s Jonas Brothers.
Backstreet Boys The Florida-based group rose to fame in 1996 with their self-titled album and have worked together ever since, releasing 1999’s Millennium, 2000’s Black & Blue, 2005’s Never Gone, 2007’s Unbreakable, 2009’s This Is Us, 2013’s In a World Like This and 2019’s DNA.
'NSync Sharing the same home base and record label as the Backstreet Boys, Justin Timberlake, Chris Kirkpatrick, Joey Fatone, Lance Bass and JC Chasez formed ‘NSync (an acronym for the last letter of each member's first name, with Lance being called "Lansten") in 1995.
98 Degrees From 1996 through 2002, Nick Lachey, Justin Jeffre, Jeff Timmons and Drew Lachey released four albums and a dozen singles. They reunited in 2012 for what was supposed to be a one-off performance but yielded another album, 2013’s 2.0, and a successful tour.
O-Town As the stars of MTV's first season of Making the Band, Jacob Underwood, Ashley Parker Angel, Erik-Michael Estrada, Trevor Penick and Dan Miller formed O-Town in 2000. Their first single, "Liquid Dreams,” went gold while their ballad "All or Nothing" reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was nominated for several awards.
LFO The Massachusetts-based threesome (Devin Lima, Brad Fischetti and Rich Cronin) rose to fame with their popular hit "Summer Girls" in 1999. After going on a hiatus in 2003 and an attempt at making a comeback in June 2009, they announced that they were done for good.
Hanson Brothers Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson and Zac Hanson put Tulsa, Oklahoma, on the map with their 1997 hit single "MMMBop" off their debut album, Middle of Nowhere.
Boyzone The U.K. version of 'NSync and the Backstreet Boys took the form of five Irishmen: Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Ronan Keating, Stephen Gately and Shane Lynch. After six years together, the group took a break in 2000 but reunited for a Children in Need charity concert in 2007.
Michael Learns to Rock Michael Learns to Rock (also known as MLTR) is a Danish soft rock and pop rock band formed in 1988. The band currently consists of Jascha Richter, Mikkel Lentz and Kåre Wanscher.