Editing Boy band (section)

===2000s: Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Westlife and Jonas Brothers===
[[File:JonasBrothers.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Jonas Brothers]] are described as a pop boy band.]]
With the continued success of [[Backstreet Boys]] and [[NSYNC|*NSYNC]], American and British groups like [[98 Degrees]], [[Westlife]], [[O-Town (band)|O-Town]], [[A1 (band)|A1]], [[Blue (English band)|Blue]], and [[Busted (band)|Busted]] gained quick popularity both domestically and internationally. International boy bands would also occasionally spring up, such as the [[Moldova]]n band [[O-Zone]], and [[Overground (band)|Overground]]. American Christian boy band [[Plus One (band)|Plus One]] also enjoyed brief remarkable success during this time.

At the height of boy band popularity in [[North America]], MTV created their own parody boyband, [[2gether (band)|2gether]]. Like [[the Monkees]] in the 1960s, they were a manufactured act composed of actors. 2gether played off of the idea that every successful boy band must have five distinct personality types: the bad boy, the shy one, the young one, the older brother type, and a heart throb.

Since 2001, the dominance of traditional boy bands on pop charts began to fade in the western hemisphere, although Gil Kaufman of [[MTV.com|MTV]] has described "new boy bands" that are "more likely to resemble [[My Chemical Romance]], [[Sum 41]], and [[Simple Plan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/b/boy_bands/050207/|title=The New Boy Bands|access-date=November 8, 2007|publisher=MTV|year=2007|first=Gil|last=Kaufman|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019051548/http://www.mtv.com/bands/b/boy_bands/050207/|archive-date=October 19, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In 2001, Taiwanese boy band [[F4 (band)|F4]] (called JVKV since 2007)<ref>{{cite news | first = Vivien | last = Wang | title = Boy band changes name F4 into JVKV | url = http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/lifestyle/2007-04/29/content_863824.htm | work = [[China Daily]] | date = April 29, 2007 | access-date =May 31, 2007}}</ref> blew up big as a result of the success of their TV drama ''[[Meteor Garden (2001 TV series)|Meteor Garden]]''. According to ''[[Forbes]]'', F4 has sold 3.5 million copies of their first two albums all over Asia as of July 2003.<ref>{{cite web|author=Alexandra Kirkman|date=July 7, 2003|title=Big--But Not Here|url=https://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2003/0707/094.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030812175747/https://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2003/0707/094.html|archive-date=August 12, 2003|access-date=May 18, 2020|work=[[Forbes]]}}</ref>

With their success, many other Taiwanese boy bands emerged around this time, such as [[5566]] and [[Fahrenheit (Taiwanese band)|Fahrenheit]]. In South Korea, [[Shinhwa]] also spread [[hallyu]] wave throughout Asia such as Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. Also in 2001, a new all-male pop band and dance group boyband hailing from Japan called [[Exile (Japanese band)|Exile]] debuted under Avex Group's label [[Rhythm Zone]] with 14 members, putting them on par with [[Super Junior]], a South Korean boy band, who at the time, had had 13 members at its peak.<ref>{{Cite web |last=CaptainMal |date=2018-11-07 |title=Celebrating The 13 Original Members Of Super Junior For Their 13th Anniversary |url=https://www.whatthekpop.com/2018/11/06/celebrating-the-13-original-members-of-super-junior-for-their-13th-anniversary/ |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=What The Kpop |language=en-US}}</ref>

Japanese boy band [[Arashi]] has sold over 30 million copies of their records since their first release in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2052992/full/|title= 【オリコン】嵐、相葉主演月9主題歌1位 CD総売上3000万枚突破|date= May 19, 2015|access-date= January 4, 2017|work= Oricon Style|publisher= [[Oricon]]|language= ja}}</ref> They had the [[List of best-selling singles in Japan#Best-selling singles by year|yearly best-selling single in Japan]] in 2008<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/081211_01_01.html|title= 年間ランキング特集『2008年 オリコン年間ランキング大発表！』|access-date= January 4, 2017|work= Oricon Style|publisher= [[Oricon]]|language= ja}}</ref> and 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://contents.oricon.co.jp/music/special/091218_01_01.html|title= 年間ランキング特集『オリコン2009年年間ランキング大発表！』|access-date= January 4, 2017|work= Oricon Style|publisher= [[Oricon]]|language= ja}}</ref> In 2003 [[SMAP]] released the single "[[Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana]]" that has become the [[List of best-selling singles in Japan#List of best-selling singles in Japan (1968–present)|third best-selling single ever in Japan]], with over three million copies sold.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2082827/full/ |script-title=ja:SMAP「世界に一つだけの花」300万枚突破 ファンの「購買運動」目標達成 |date=9 December 2016 |access-date=2 December 2017 |publisher=Oricon News |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202132949/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2082827/full/ |archive-date=2 December 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In North America, the [[Jonas Brothers]] rose to fame from promotion on the [[Disney Channel]] in 2008. Other boy bands like [[JLS]] and [[Mindless Behavior]] also emerged and experienced remarkable success around this time. However, apart from them, boy bands have not seen the commercial boom experienced in the genre from the mid to late nineties in North America.

The mid 2000s, especially the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe, saw the continued longevity of nineties boy bands such as [[Backstreet Boys]] and [[Westlife]] (before they disbanded in 2012), and the successful comeback of [[Take That]] in 2005, [[Boyzone]] in 2007, and [[New Kids on the Block]] in 2008. Some sections of the press have referred to these acts, particularly those who have reformed after a previous split, such as Take That, Boyzone, and [[98 Degrees]], as 'man bands'.<ref>{{cite news|title=98 Degrees reunites as 'man band' on 'Today' show| work = Los Angeles Times | url= http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-98-degrees-reunites-today-show-20120817,0,3400710.story |access-date=September 14, 2012|date=August 17, 2012|first=Christie|last=D'Zurilla}}</ref>