Editing Teen idol (section)

===1980s===
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In 1985, actress [[Alyssa Milano]] from ''[[Who's the Boss?]]'' became a major teen idol.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cbr.com/whos-the-boss-revival-as-progressive-as-original/|title= Alyssa Milano Says Who's The Boss? Revival Has to Be as Progressive as the Original|website=[[Comic Book Resources]]|access-date=4 January 2024|date=2 December 2022|first=André|last=Joseph}}</ref> In the mid-1980s there was a group of young actors called [[Brat Pack (actors)|the Brat Pack]]; the whole group collectively and separately became teen idols. They were [[Emilio Estevez]], [[Anthony Michael Hall]], [[Rob Lowe]], [[Andrew McCarthy]], [[Demi Moore]], [[Judd Nelson]], [[Molly Ringwald]], and [[Ally Sheedy]]. They starred in many coming of age films together in some fashion and became very popular without being musicians. Molly Ringwald entered the limelight with the films ''[[Sixteen Candles]]'' and ''[[The Breakfast Club]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=2008|title=Molly Ringwald - Top 10 Teen Idols|url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1853419_1853382_1853350,00.html|access-date=May 20, 2021|magazine=Time}}</ref>

Actors [[Corey Feldman]] and [[Corey Haim]] also became teen idols during the later part of the 1980s with films ''[[The Goonies]]'' and together ''[[The Lost Boys]]'', ''[[Dream a Little Dream (film)|Dream a Little Dream]]'' and ''[[License to Drive]]'' among other films. They were dubbed "the two Coreys".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/movies/corey-feldman-corey-haim-everything-to-know/|title=Everything to Know About Corey Feldman and Corey Haim: '80s Heartthrobs at Center of Hollywood Abuse Allegations|website=People|access-date=4 January 2024|date=4 November 2022|first=Maria|last=Pasquini}}</ref> Before Corey Haim's death in 2010, they did a reality TV show for two seasons (2007–08) on A&E named ''[[The Two Coreys]]'' after their 1980s moniker. Actor [[River Phoenix]] during his teen years became a teen idol during the later part of the 1980s, as did [[Christian Slater]]. Australian singer-actor [[Rick Springfield]] was regarded as the teen idol in the 1980s with such hits as "[[Jessie's Girl]]" and "Don't Talk to Strangers". The [[Grammy Award]]-winning musician Springfield was known for playing Dr. Noah Drake on the daytime drama ''[[General Hospital]]''. He originated the character from 1981 to 1983. He left acting after his music career took off.

During this decade, Puerto Rican boy band [[Menudo (band)|Menudo]], caused a sensation in [[Latin America]] compared to Beatles' [[Beatlemania]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eltelegrafo.com.ec/noticias/tele/1/menudo-fue-la-pionera-de-las-boy-band-latinas|title=Menudo fue la pionera de las 'boy band' latinas|website=[[El Telégrafo (Ecuador)|El Telégrafo]]|access-date=4 January 2024|date=25 March 2013|language=es}}</ref> At the end of the 1980s, actor [[Kirk Cameron]] became a major teen idol. Cameron was best known for his role as Mike Seaver on the television situation comedy ''[[Growing Pains]]'' from 1985 to 1992. Also [[Scott Baio]] and [[Willie Aames]] of ''[[Charles in Charge]]'' fame found themselves regulars in teen magazines. One of the most popular female singers of the 1980s, with teen idol status was [[Madonna]],<ref name="STraubhaar">{{harvnb|Straubhaar|1997|pp=188}}</ref><ref name="Heller">{{harvnb|Heller|1998|pp=130}}</ref> especially among youth female audience which was later named [[Madonna wannabe]]s.<ref>{{cite web|last=Shaw|first=Gabbi|title=The dreamiest teen idol from the year you were born|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/teen-idols-icons-throughout-history-2019-6|access-date=3 November 2019|website=Insider}}</ref>

In popular music, the late 1980s was the boom of teenagers dominating the music charts. [[Debbie Gibson]] became the youngest person to write, perform and produce a number-one single, "[[Foolish Beat]]", and also had many hits from her first two albums. [[Tiffany Darwish|Tiffany]], another teen icon, became a pop sensation at 15 years old thanks to an aggressive marketing strategy. She promoted her [[Tiffany (album)|debut album]] in shopping malls of the US. She is also the youngest person to have a debut album hit number one and have multiple number one singles from that album ("[[I Think We're Alone Now]]" and "[[Could've Been (Tiffany song)|Could've Been]]"). Having become a household name, she had then-unknown band [[New Kids on the Block]] as an opening act for her shows. However, the sudden popularity of the New Kids caused their roles to be reversed. Gibson and Tiffany's careers had stalled by the early 1990s; so had NKOTB by the mid-nineties. The other boy band from Boston, [[New Edition]], was popular with the teen set by the end of the 1980s.