boy band
noun
: a small ensemble of males in their teens or twenties who play pop songs geared especially to a young female audience
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The new evidence includes allegations made public last year that their father also molested Roy Rossello, a former member of the Puerto Rican boy band Menudo, in the 1980s, and a letter that Erik Menendez wrote to his cousin, Andy Cano, that surfaced in 2015, years after the latter's death.
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Louis Casiano, Fox News, 25 Oct. 2024
His casting means that the *NSYNC superstar will be treating attendees to onstage performances of songs by his boy band as well as their rival group, Backstreet Boys.
—Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2024
Hundreds of One Direction fans gathered in London’s Hyde Park on Sunday to pay their respects to Liam Payne, the former member of the British-Irish boy band who died on Wednesday after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
—Variety, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2024
Liam Payne, an English singer who rose to fame as a member of boy band One Direction, died after falling from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and suffering multiple traumas and hemorrhages, according to the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
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Louis Casiano, Fox News, 25 Oct. 2024
His casting means that the *NSYNC superstar will be treating attendees to onstage performances of songs by his boy band as well as their rival group, Backstreet Boys.
—Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2024
Hundreds of One Direction fans gathered in London’s Hyde Park on Sunday to pay their respects to Liam Payne, the former member of the British-Irish boy band who died on Wednesday after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
—Variety, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2024
Liam Payne, an English singer who rose to fame as a member of boy band One Direction, died after falling from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and suffering multiple traumas and hemorrhages, according to the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
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