Boy band

A boy band (American English) or boyband (British English) is a style of somewhat to mostly prefabricated pop group featuring between three to six young male singers who are usually also dancers. Often, they evolve out of church choral groups, or are put together by managers or producers who audition the groups for appearance, dancing, and singing ability. They are similar in concept to Girl groups. Though the term is mostly associated with the 1990s onwards, antecedents exist throughout the history of pop music. The Temptations, popular in the 1960s, may be considered a boy band, while The Monkees certainly were prefabricated, and Latin boy band Menudo was founded in 1977.

Parodies

The television series 2ge+her created a parody boy band with five personality types.

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Television - 2ge+her - Parody

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In a week-long spoof in 1999, talk show host Conan O'Brien, complaining that he couldn't find a decent "musical guest" for his show, created his own boy band, Dudez-A-Plenti, after randomly selecting five out-of-work actors. A series of humourous sketches ensued, culminating in a Friday performance of a song O'Brien apparently made up himself: "Baby, I Want You to Be My Baby."

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1999 - Conan O'Brien

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The Norwegian movie Get Ready to be Boyzvoiced http://us.imdb.com/Title?0248036 is a mockumentary about the boyband Boyzvoice, their fans and management.

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Norwegian - Movie - Get Ready to be Boyzvoiced - Mockumentary - Boyzvoice

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In South Park, Cartman formed a boy band named Fingerbang.

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South Park - Cartman - Fingerbang

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The 2001 film Josie and the Pussycats featured a fictional boy band named "Du Jour."

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2001 - Film - Josie and the Pussycats

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In The Simpsons, Bart is recruited to a boy band named Party Posse that is secretly a vehicle for subliminal navy recruitment messages. The members of Nsync cameoed in the episode as the voice of Party Posse and as the speaking voices of their own animated selves.

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The Simpsons - Bart - Party Posse - Subliminal

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On the Veggie Tales video The Ballad of Little Joe, Larry, Mr. Lunt, Jimmy, and Junior do a parody of a boy band video for the original song "Bellybutton".

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The Meaty Cheesy Boys were a fictional band created during an ad campaign for Jack in the Box restaurants.

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Meaty Cheesy Boys - Jack in the Box

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In WCW, a group of three cruiserweight wrestlers (Evan Karagias, Shane Helms, and Shannon Moore) formed a boy band in order to get more attention from women. The group, 3 Count, performed several songs on WCW Monday Nitro, and even acquired a roadie in former-UFC-fighter Tank Abbott.

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WCW - Cruiserweight - Evan Karagias - Shane Helms - Shannon Moore - 3 Count - WCW Monday Nitro - UFC - Tank Abbott

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