"Best Boybands Ever"

Good-looking young men with great haircuts have been the lifeblood of pop music since teenage girls first screamed at Frank Sinatra back in the 1940s. However, it wasn't until the 1980s that the boyband as we now know it was born.

You could claim the Bay City Rollers or even The Beatles were the first but they were both clearly products of the rock era. If you accept our definition (which, of course, you don't have to) of the boyband as a male vocal harmony group with largely choreographed stage moves, then New Edition (featuring a young Bobby Brown) kicked things off. Their success led directly to the formation of New Kids On The Block, who in turn inspired N-Sync, Take That, and countless others.

Anyway, enough of the history lesson. We set Laura Atkinson the task of identifying the 12 greatest exponents of the genre. This is what she handed in.

1. Backstreet Boys
2. Blue
3. Boyzone
4. Bros
5. Busted
6. McFly
7. New Kids On The Block
8. N-Sync
9. Take That
10. Westlife
11. Wham
12. JLS

McFly
Like N-Sync to Busted's Backstreet Boys, the same management team formed Mcfly after Busted split, based around lead singer/songwriter Tom Fletcher who had briefly appeared in the original Busted lineup. Alongside Danny, Harry and Dougie, Mcfly were the youngest band ever to have a number one album - Dougie was just 16 years old at the time. Film appearances followed, liaisons with Hollywood film stars - Lindsay Lohan and Harry - and Comic Relief singles, and the band released two number one albums, before leaving their record label to form their own, Super Records.

The lads also get a very brief mention on JLS's section
Since the height of McFly's success, the boyband scene has been pretty quiet - until now.

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Source: No Go Queen