Editing Teen idol (section)

=== 1990s ===
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The manufacturing of teen idols has been marketed more aggressively and with greater sophistication since the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/d7232 |title=Teen Pop |publisher=All Music Guide |access-date=13 October 2009 |archive-date=6 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506134550/http://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/d7232 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Many of the major teen idols in the 1990s were bands and musical acts. The rise of [[MTV]] in the 1980s and the success of the [[boy band]]s and [[girl group]]s during the 1990s and 2000s continued to fuel the phenomenon.<ref name="dmarsh"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://iomusic.com |title=MTV Teen Idol |work=Iomusic News |access-date=25 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080116212634/http://iomusic.com/ |archive-date=16 January 2008}}</ref> Besides a combination of good, clean-cut looks and a ubiquitous marketing campaign, such bands typically include a variety of personality types (e.g. "the shy one", "the smart one", etc.)  These idols were often found on the covers and pages of teen magazines during the 1990s as teen idols as well. Classic examples of boy bands include [[Menudo (group)|Menudo]], [[New Kids on the Block]], [[Take That]], Backstreet Boys, and NSYNC, all becoming the best-selling pop groups of the decade. [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]] was initially marketed as such a band, but eventually outgrew this label to become a successful indie band. [[Christina Aguilera]], [[Jennifer Lopez]], [[Mandy Moore]], [[Jessica Simpson]], and Britney Spears, along with female bands such as the [[Spice Girls]],<ref name=":2" /> [[TLC (group)|TLC]], and [[Destiny's Child]], also became very popular at the end of the decade. Even though the Spice Girls split in 2000, they remain fairly popular in England.<ref name=":2" />

During this decade, the Latin artist [[Shakira]] was described as a "teen idol", her songs reached number 1 on Latin radio, her videos were among the most viewed, while her hair and clothing style was emulated by girls and young women. from the continent identifying with their songs, this was called "Shakiramía" or "Shakira Fever"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tiempo |first=Casa Editorial El |date=1996-03-29 |title=SHAKIRA, FENÓMENO EN MÉXICO |url=https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-326924 |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=El Tiempo |language=spanish}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ochoa Flash |first=Edgard García. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47789713 |title=Shakira : nueva diosa del rock |date=2001 |publisher=Planeta |isbn=958-42-0103-4 |location=Bogotá |oclc=47789713}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Diego |first=Ximena |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47201284 |title=Shakira : mujer llena de gracia |date=2001 |publisher=Libros en Español |isbn=0-7432-1599-0 |location=New York |oclc=47201284}}</ref>

The [[Backstreet Boys]]' popularity grew in 1997 with "[[Everybody (Backstreet's Back)]]," a song produced by [[Max Martin]].<ref name=":2" />  Opting against joining a girl band, [[Britney Spears]] released the music video "[[...Baby One More Time]]" in 1998 on MTV, which pushed her into the public consciousness.<ref name=":2" /> Her first album [[...Baby One More Time (album)|of the same name]] made its debut at the top of ''Billboard''{{'}}s charts,<ref>{{cite web|date=2008|title=Britney Spears - Top 10 Teen Idols|url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1853419_1853382_1853375,00.html|access-date=May 20, 2021|website=Time Magazine}}</ref> and became the world's best-selling album by a teenage solo artist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/74327-best-selling-album-by-a-teenage-solo-artist|title=Best-selling album by a teenage solo artist|publisher=Guinness World Records|access-date=October 20, 2024}}</ref> Before she turned 20 years, Spears was also recognized by the [[Guinness World Records]] as the best-selling teenage artist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/77579-best-selling-artist-teenage|title=Best-selling artist, teenage|publisher=Guinness World Records|access-date=October 20, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/91237-youngest-female-to-have-five-no-1-studio-albums-in-the-usa|title=Youngest female to have five No.1 studio albums in the USA|publisher=Guinness World Records|access-date=October 20, 2024}}</ref> Spears and [[Billie Piper]] also became the youngest artists to have accumulated more number-one songs in the UK singles chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/74641-most-no-1-singles-on-uk-chart-teenage-female-solo-artist|title=Most No.1 singles on UK chart - teenage female solo artist|publisher=Guinness World Records|access-date=October 20, 2024}}</ref>

After the movie ''[[Clueless (film)|Clueless]]'' (1995), [[Alicia Silverstone]] became a teen idol.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|date=July 24, 2019|title=The eight best teen films to watch before Booksmart|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/the-eight-best-teen-films-to-watch-before-booksmart/ECUMSUP7B35DEMXPUYZJMKC4ZU/|access-date=May 20, 2021}}</ref> The 1997 film ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' made [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] a teen idol; during "Leo-Mania" his face appeared on many teen magazines.<ref name="winston19980505">{{cite news|author=Winston, Sherri|date=5 May 1998|title=Leomania / Like Sinatra, Elvis And The Beatles Before Him, The Young Star Of Titanic Is Turning The World Of Teen-age Girls Upside Down.|work=Sun-Sentinel|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1998-05-05/lifestyle/9805010394_1_leonardo-dicaprio-pet-pig-leo-mania|access-date=23 October 2015|archive-date=23 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023024708/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1998-05-05/lifestyle/9805010394_1_leonardo-dicaprio-pet-pig-leo-mania|url-status=dead}}</ref> Fraternal twin sisters and actresses [[Ashley Olsen]] and [[Mary-Kate Olsen]] were major tween idols and as they grew up they later became teen idols during the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Copel|first=Lib|date=June 2, 2004|title=Power of Two|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2004/06/02/power-of-two/97f1729a-20c9-4bca-ba32-e5864d0094ad/|access-date=May 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521005622/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2004/06/02/power-of-two/97f1729a-20c9-4bca-ba32-e5864d0094ad/|archive-date=May 21, 2021}}</ref>