Tracklacers was a British music production and songwriting team consisting of Jon Keep and Steve Daly. Collaborations include Christina Aguilera , Pink , Lana Del Rey , The Saturdays , Afrojack , and Danja . The team was based in London and Los Angeles.
123-759: JLS (initialism for Jack the Lad Swing ) are an English boy band consisting of members Aston Merrygold , Oritsé Williams , Marvin Humes , and JB Gill ; Williams formed the band. They initially signed with Tracklacers production company New Track City and were the runners-up of the fifth series of the ITV reality talent show The X Factor in 2008, coming in second to Alexandra Burke . After their appearance on The X Factor , JLS signed to Epic Records . Their first two singles " Beat Again " and " Everybody in Love " were both number one on
246-507: A Chance on Me " would be their second single from their album Jukebox . It was released on 4 November 2011, and charted at number two on the UK Singles Chart . The song was written by Emile Ghantous, Frankie Bautista , Nasri Atweh , and Nick Turpin. The band's third single " Do You Feel What I Feel? " was released on 1 January 2012 and became their lowest-charting single to date, peaking at number sixteen. The album charted at number 2 on
369-481: A Chance on Me . In 2013 Aston appeared on Children In Need for the last time as a member of JLS where the group sang a medley of JLS songs at the EastEnders set. JLS have also helped raise money for comic relief , appearing in comedy sketches with both Miranda Hart and James Corden . In 2012 all the band members visited Uganda for Sport Relief appearing in emotional VT's across the night. The same year JLS released
492-655: A Deluxe version of the LP will be available that will feature bonus and unreleased tracks. Producers on the album include chart-topping US studio bods Rodney Jerkins , Bangladesh , and Midi Mafia . On 6 September, they premiered the lead single, " Hottest Girl in the World ", on BBC Radio 1 . The single was released on 21 October and debuted at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart. On 14 December 2012, JLS were invited to Friday Download as special guests. On 17 December, Humes revealed that
615-585: A boy band having used the groups popularity to build on. Usually this signals the end of the group until potential future reunions. Examples of this include Justin Timberlake from NSYNC , and Robbie Williams from Take That . Some boy band members have gone on to successful careers elsewhere in the media. In K-pop, it is expected and common practice for members to embark on solo endeavors as musical artists or in other entertainment sectors, such as acting, or as variety personalities, alongside their group career after
738-514: A cure. He was originally scouted for a number of boy bands but did not feel they were right and believed that a group should have a "real" connection with each other like his heroes, the Four Tops . Williams decided to form his own boy band and, through friends, met Marvin Humes who had experience in R&;B and pop music, being a part of VS in 2004. Next to join was Aston Merrygold , who was once cast in
861-537: A day. " The Club Is Alive " was announced as the lead single in April and released on 4 July 2010. The group promoted the single on Britain's Got Talent and GMTV. The single debuted at number one, becoming the group's third UK number one single. Then reports suggested that a second single, "Ay Mama", was to be released in United States on 14 September 2010 and was set to feature Barbadian singer-songwriter Shontelle . However
984-690: A few years. At the latest, this happens around the time the eldest member reaches the age of 28 (in exceptional cases 30) and is drafted for mandatory military service , forcing the group into a temporary hiatus of at least 18 months. The other members then often go on to pursue solo endeavors and reconvene as a group while no member is serving, or after all members have completed their service. Although most boy bands consist of R&B or pop influences, other music genres , most notably country music and folk music , are also represented. South 65 and Marshall Dyllon , for example, were both country music boy bands. Il Divo , created by Simon Cowell in 2004, are
1107-557: A large impact in Latin America and in Asia; Menudo fever there was compared to Beatlemania and it was nicknamed "Menudomania". Boston group New Edition was formed in 1978 and reached their height of popularity in the 1980s, meaning they are often credited for starting the boy-band trend, even though the term "boy band" did not exist until the 1990s. Maurice Starr was influenced by New Edition and popularized it with his protégé New Kids on
1230-587: A music career. In December 2012, he won the Christmas Special edition of the BBC program Strictly Come Dancing , performing a jive dance with Ola Jordan . He is now an owner of a farm in Scotland ; he has been taking a pause from music and having a very different life as a farmer. In 2014, Gill collaborated with DJ and music producer Charlie Hedges to release his debut solo single "Best Night of My Life", making him
1353-431: A music video for " Hottest Girl in the World ", the lead single from their fourth album. On 25 August, the band announced that their upcoming fourth album would be called Evolution . The album will be released on 5 November. On the direction of the album Merrygold said; "We didn't go by any kind of guidelines or anything like that, we just made what felt right and we're really excited about it." The band also confirmed that
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#17328443639841476-497: A new " British Invasion " in the United States. Their Where We Are Tour was the highest-grossing tour by a vocal group in history and after the release of their fourth album, Four , they became the only group in the 58-year history of the Billboard 200 to have their first four albums debut at number one. In Southeast Asia, local boy bands also emerged as a result of the continued success of Korean and Japanese boy bands. After
1599-518: A new all-male pop band and dance group boyband hailing from Japan called 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. Japanese boy band Arashi has sold over 30 million copies of their records since their first release in 1999. They had the yearly best-selling single in Japan in 2008 and 2009. In 2003 SMAP released
1722-965: A perfect score of 40 and the pair won the TV special. He is engaged to dancer Sarah Lou Richards and their son, Grayson Jax Merrygold was born on 30 January 2018. Boy band A boy band is a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation. Generally, boy bands perform love songs marketed towards girls and young women. Many boy bands dance as well as sing, usually giving highly choreographed performances. South Korean boy bands usually also have designated rappers. Most boy band members do not play musical instruments, either in recording sessions or on-stage. They are similar in concept to their counterparts known as girl groups . Some boy bands are formed on their own, but most are created by talent managers or record producers who hold auditions. The popularity of boy bands has peaked three times: first in
1845-450: A pop music trend shift from synthetic sounds to a more live approach. Songwriter-producer Chris Braide confirmed in August that he had just written and produced two tracks for the album. Braide said that he composed "skeleton" versions of the songs by himself, and then two members of JLS then came into his London studio to help complete them. One song was written and recorded within the space of
1968-461: A record label, and did not feature the choreographed dance moves that later came to be associated with boy bands. The Beatles did, however, inspire the production of the 1966 television series The Monkees , which featured a music group of the same name , created for the show, that consisted of the four starring actors. The Monkees had a career as a rock and pop band after their songs from the TV series were released as successful records. Although
2091-445: A result of the success of their TV drama Meteor Garden . According to Forbes , F4 has sold 3.5 million copies of their first two albums all over Asia as of July 2003. With their success, many other Taiwanese boy bands emerged around this time, such as 5566 and Fahrenheit . In South Korea, Shinhwa also spread hallyu wave throughout Asia such as Japan , Thailand , Singapore , Taiwan , Hong Kong and China . Also in 2001,
2214-604: A successful solo career as a rock artist; he rose to become one of the most prominent and influential cultural icons in South Korea and was dubbed "the President of culture". In 2017, Seo Taiji released a 25th Anniversary album with his greatest hits and remakes by prominent Korean artists, including the group BTS. He also held a joint celebratory concert with the latter, in which he acknowledged them as his spiritual successors in K-pop due to
2337-417: A televised Disney special earned them additional TV spots, such as The Andy Williams Show and The Jerry Lewis Show . The Puerto Rican boy band Menudo , appealing to young Latina audiences, was founded in 1977. Menudo had a convention unique among boy bands: when a member turned 16, became too tall, or their voice changed, they were replaced. The members of Menudo were generally aged 12–16. Menudo had
2460-459: A vocal group that performs operatic pop in several (mainly Italian) languages. Since then operatic/classical boy bands have become quite popular and common, especially in the UK. Since 2001, there has been some crossover with power pop and pop punk from bands that play live instruments. Just recently some boy bands decided to go back to their original doo-wop roots, most notably, The Overtones . Since
2583-402: Is a defining characteristic of boy and girl bands. In K-pop, officially designated positions within the group are common, such as "leader", "maknae" (Korean: 막내, English: "the youngest"), "visual", "center" "vocalist", "rapper" and "dancer". The latter three are based on the members' specialized skills and are further divided into "main-", "lead-" and "sub-" (vocalist/rapper/dancer) positions, with
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#17328443639842706-410: Is not uncommon to find extra songs on an album written by one or more of the band members; however, their producers rarely use these as singles. Since the 21st century, however, boy bands have been expected to write or at least contribute in some part lyrically to songs. Apart from the groups mentioned above who all had at least one primary songwriter from their beginning, other groups soon caught up. At
2829-401: Is the best-selling album of all time in South Korea, with more than 6.2 million copies sold, and BTS's Love Yourself: Her became the first album released since 2001 to sell more than 1 million copies. In 2013, Billboard started covering music releases in K-pop, though K-pop had been entering the charts as early as 2009. By 2017, BTS crossed into the international music market, furthering
2952-508: Is the son of Cynthia and Keith Gill, and has one brother called Neequaye. Gill lived in Antigua until he was about 5 and discovered that he had musical talent at a very early age. After completing his exams at university, he decided to audition for The X Factor in 2008. It was at this point that he came into contact with the other members of JLS. He grew up mostly in Croydon and began making music at
3075-499: The Billboard Hot 100 , making them the first all-South Korean act in Hot 100 history to debut at number one. It garnered the band their first Grammy nomination, for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at 63rd Annual Grammy Awards , making them the first K-pop act to be nominated for one. On 3 August 2024, South Korean boy group Stray Kids become the first group ever to debut at No. 1 on
3198-613: The Diamond Jubilee concert held outside Buckingham Palace on 4 June 2012. On 7 June 2012, they performed at the Royal Albert Hall for the Rays of Sunshine concert, which grants wishes for seriously ill youngsters in the UK aged 3–18 years old. On 8 June 2012, they were announced to perform at the iTunes Festival 2012 , along with The X Factor alumni Olly Murs , One Direction and Rebecca Ferguson . On 21 August 2012, JLS began filming
3321-400: The ITV children's programme Fun Song Factory , because of his athletic ability. Last to join the group was JB Gill , for his "musical ear" and harmonies. They bonded, became friends and together they were called UFO (an initialism of Unique Famous Outrageous ). They signed to Tracklacers developing a sound they then called "Jack the Lad Swing", combining the phrase " Jack the lad " and
3444-543: The Korean Wave in the United States and becoming the first Korean group to receive a certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) with their single " Mic Drop ". The band is the first Korean act to top the U.S. Billboard 200 with their studio album Love Yourself: Tear (2018) and have since hit the top of the U.S. charts with their albums Love Yourself: Answer (2018), Map of
3567-534: The MOBO Awards for Best UK act and Best Album. They also won their fifth MOBO in 2012 by winning Best Video for " Do You Feel What I Feel? ". They won the title of the UK's hardest-working band for two consecutive years, in 2011 and 2012. In 2010, JLS signed a record deal with the US record label Jive Records and released " Everybody in Love " as their debut and only US single, but it failed to chart. " The Club Is Alive ",
3690-635: The Moldovan band O-Zone (better known today as an Internet meme ), and Overground . American Christian boy 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 . 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:
3813-472: The UK Albums Chart selling 152,000 copies, being held off the number 1 spot by the second-week sales of Take That 's record breaking Progress album. The album's third single " Eyes Wide Shut " was remixed to feature Tinie Tempah , and has so far reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart. Merrygold said that the group had teamed up with Bruno Mars for songs on the third album, and had spoken about
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3936-448: The UK Singles Chart . The band's self-titled debut album was released on 9 November 2009 and has since sold over 1 million copies in the UK . JLS won the awards for British Breakthrough and British Single (" Beat Again ") at the 2010 BRIT Awards . They won several awards at the MOBO Awards for Best song for " Beat Again " in 2009 and also Best Newcomer in the same year. In 2010, they won
4059-648: The UK singles chart . Oritsé Jolomi Matthew Soloman Williams (born 27 November 1986) attended St Edwards School in West London , where he was known as Music Boy. He has two brothers and one sister. When he was 12, his mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis . He had to care for his brothers and sister whilst attending schools and clubs. He attended the British International School in Lagos, Nigeria . He befriended English/Nigerian singer L Marshall there (who
4182-407: The fifth series of The X Factor , but had to change their name because it was already being used by another group , so they decided to go with the name JLS (an initialism of Jack the Lad Swing, the style created with Tracklacers some months back). Following the elimination of girl groups Bad Lashes and Girlband in weeks one and two respectively, JLS were Louis Walsh 's last remaining act in
4305-488: The "Fab Four". Other critics, however, have pointed out that this assessment of the Beatles as a "boy band" could be applied to all other bands of the 1960s, saying, "if they were a (boy band), so was everyone else" and is countered by others, including Ringo Starr , who point out that, from the beginning, the Beatles wrote and exercised creative control over their own music, played their own instruments, were not manufactured by
4428-402: The 16th-richest reality TV stars in the UK, with an estimated fortune of £6 million per member, thus giving the band a financial worth of approximately £24 million. In May 2013, after seven years together, JLS announced that they would go their separate ways after releasing a greatest hits album and one last UK and Ireland arena tour. In February 2020, the band announced a reunion, with
4551-696: The 1960s to '70s, with e.g. the Jackson 5 and the Osmonds ; the second time during the late 1980s, the 1990s and the 2000s, when acts such as New Kids on the Block , Take That , Backstreet Boys , NSYNC , Boyzone , Five , A1 , O-Zone and Westlife dominated global pop charts ; and the latest time in the 2010s up to the present, with the emergence of groups such as Big Time Rush , the Wanted , One Direction , and K-pop acts such as BTS and Seventeen . The term boy band
4674-645: The 2000s, groups such as Backstreet Boys and LFO have disliked the term "boy band" and have preferred to be known as a "male vocal group". Being categorized among boy bands was also the main reason the Moffatts split up. Boy bands have been accused by the music press of emphasizing the appearance and marketing of the group above the quality of music, deliberately trying to appeal to a preteen audience and for conforming to trends instead of being original. Such criticisms can become extremely scathing. Boy bands are often seen as being short-lived, although some acts such as
4797-616: The Beat Again Tour due to start in November 2020, but it was postponed to June 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and then postponed to October 2021. According to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), JLS has sold 2.3 million albums and 3.6 million singles in the UK. Oritsé Williams decided to get into the music business mainly because his mother has multiple sclerosis and he wanted to raise money to help find
4920-558: The Block (NKOTB), the first commercially successful modern boy band, which formed in 1984 and found international success in 1988. Starr's idea was to take the traditional template from the R&B genre (in this case his teenage band New Edition) and apply it to a pop genre. Bros (abbreviation of the word "brothers") were a British boy band active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, consisting of twin brothers Matt and Luke Goss along with Craig Logan . Formed in 1986, they scored multiple top 10 hits between 1987 and 1989 and in 1988 became
5043-422: The Block . A typical boy band performance features elaborately choreographed dancing, with the members taking turns singing and/or rapping. Boy bands generally do not compose or produce their own material, unless the members lobby hard enough for creative control. However, some bands were created around the talent of a songwriter within the group like Gary Barlow of Take That or Tony Mortimer of East 17 . It
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5166-446: The Block and Backstreet Boys. NKOTBSB's success inspired boy bands who were fairly popular during the 1990s and 2000s to make a comeback, such as A1, Blue , 98 Degrees, Five , 911 , and O-Town. Like 2gether and the Monkees , Big Time Rush was a manufactured act created for a television show. One Direction were often credited as sparking a resurgence in the popularity and interest boy bands alongside being credited with forming part of
5289-711: The Farm'. Aston Iain Merrygold (born 13 February 1988 in Peterborough, England ) was born to a Jamaican father and an Anglo-Irish mother. He is one of seven children; he has five brothers and one sister. He was born in Peterborough and grew up there. He attended Jack Hunt School in the city. In 2002, Merrygold entered Stars in Their Eyes where he appeared as Michael Jackson , singing " Rockin' Robin " and finished in second place. He
5412-464: The Jackson 5 , Backstreet Boys , Human Nature , New Edition , SMAP , Shinhwa , Take That and Westlife have sustained lasting careers. Tracklacers Jon Keep and Steve Daly signed and developed the British boy band JLS originally known as UFO through their label New Track City, before the band's The X Factor debut. Following a name change during The X Factor auditions, UFO took on
5535-589: The Moffatts , and Hanson that boy bands exploded commercially and dominated the market in the United States. This late 1990s marked the height of boy band popularity in North America, which has not been seen since. Arguably the most successful boy band manager from the U.S. was Lou Pearlman , who founded commercially successful acts such as the Backstreet Boys in 1993, NSYNC and LFO in 1995, O-Town in 2000, and US5 in 2005. Backstreet Boys and NSYNC became
5658-629: The Police . Aston Merrygold has cited Usher , Michael Jackson, Mario , Beyoncé , Chris Brown , and Boyz II Men as influences. Marvin Humes cites Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye , Stevie Wonder , Usher, Ne-Yo , Mariah Carey , Prince , Boyz II Men, Justin Timberlake , and Craig David as his influences. JB Gill cites Michael Jackson, Beyoncé, and Richie as influences. As well as appearing on numerous TV programmes for promotion of their albums/singles, JLS have had two special TV shows of their own broadcast. The first
5781-529: The Soul: Persona (2019), Map of the Soul: 7 (2020), Be (2020) and Proof . Love Yourself: Answer also broke South Korea's Gaon Album Chart 's all-time monthly record previously set by Love Yourself: Tear and became the first Korean album certified Gold in the United States. SuperM later became the first K-pop group to debut at No. 1 in the U.S. Billboard 200. In 2020, BTS " Dynamite " debuted atop
5904-505: The Supremes . The group also incorporated choreographed dance moves to their performances. All members of the band sang, which is a common convention of a boy band, as opposed to having a front man and the rest on instruments; thus, no one person dominated the stage. Also a sibling group, The Osmonds first started singing barbershop music for local audiences, before being hired to perform at Disneyland early in their career. Their appearance in
6027-455: The U.S. Billboard 200 chart with their first five charting albums Oddinary (2022), Maxident (2022), 5-Star (2023), Rock-Star (2023) and Ate (2024). In Japan, Arashi was the best-selling music artist in Japan from 2013 through 2017 by value of sales and also having the yearly best-selling album in the country in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2016. Other successful Japanese boy bands in this decade include Sandaime J Soul Brothers ,
6150-545: The UK (formed in 1990) and followed by Tom Watkins , who had success with Bros in the late 1980s and formed East 17 in 1991. East 17 were marketed and pitted against Take That as "rivals" with a rougher or harsher attitude, style and sound. Take That reformed in 2006 after a decade-long hiatus and became one of the most successful groups in British music chart history, with renewed chart success internationally, especially in Europe. Irish music manager Louis Walsh , who had witnessed
6273-579: The UK Album Charts, making it the second consecutive album to miss the number 1 spot, and entered the Irish Album Charts at number 5. In 2012, JLS recorded the official Sport Relief charity single, " Proud ". It was released on 18 March 2012. The song was co-written with Daniel Davidsen, Jason Gill, Cutfather and Ali Tennant, who also worked on the Jukebox album. The band was among the performers at
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#17328443639846396-411: The age of 22, he began producing songs from his bedroom. In 2007, Tracklacers opened New Track City Studios. Tracklacers worked with Christina Aguilera on her album Lotus , producing the song " Army of Me " which she performed at the 2012 American Music Awards . Tracklacers are nominated for a Grammy Award for their work with Pink on her sixth studio album, The Truth About Love , producing
6519-447: The age of seven when he played the recorder, piano, flute and guitar. At the age of nine, Gill joined the choir and went on to perform at the local church. He concentrated on his music and began studying at The Centre for Young Musicians (CYM). After leaving the CYM, Gill stayed involved with the school music scene. He was involved with the choir at school until he was 15 but gave it up due to
6642-450: The album had sold over 1.2 million copies and had been certified 4× Platinum in the UK. In an interview with HitQuarters recorded in March, producer-songwriter Steve Mac said he was currently at work writing for the second JLS album, Another album contributor, Lucas Secon , said that the style of songs he worked on for the album were "a little more acoustic", prefiguring what he sees as
6765-408: The album, "Get Stupid" was released on 24 July 2015. In August 2017, he was announced as a contestant for the fifteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing . He was eliminated on 5 November 2017, coming in tenth place. In December 2018, he reunited with dance partner Janette Manrara for Strictly's Christmas Special. The pair performed a jive dance to CeeLo Green 's What Christmas Means to Me. They scored
6888-414: 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 has described "new boy bands" that are "more likely to resemble My Chemical Romance , Sum 41 , and Simple Plan . In 2001, Taiwanese boy band F4 (called JVKV since 2007) blew up big as
7011-589: The band at all times and controls the group's sound – if necessary, to the point of hiring session singers to record guide vocals for each member of the group to sing individually if the members cannot harmonize well together. However, for clarity of each voice, recording each voice individually is most commonly the norm with most modern vocal groups. In recent years, auto-tune has become a popular tool in vocal producing, some boy bands have come under fire for that reason. Some have also come under fire for lip syncing in their performances as well, for example New Kids on
7134-554: The band confirmed plans to release Goodbye – The Greatest Hits in late 2013, which would be preceded by a new single to coincide with their farewell arena tour across the UK. It was confirmed on 26 September that their final single will be called " Billion Lights ", which was released on 17 November 2013 and charted at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart. JLS officially disbanded following the final gig of their Goodbye Tour at The O2 Arena in London on 22 December 2013. In November 2019, it
7257-407: The band conforms to the most recent fashion and musical trends in the popular music scene. Typically, each member of the group will have some distinguishing feature and be portrayed as having a particular personality stereotype, such as "the baby", "the bad boy", or "the shy one". While managing the portrayal of popular musicians is as old as popular music , the particular pigeonholing of band members
7380-589: The band have also become patrons for different charities, namely Beatbullying (Merrygold), Childline (Humes), Rays of Sunshine Children's Charity (Gill) and National MS Society (Williams). Williams was awarded by the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain with the "Inspiration Award" in April 2010 for his work for the charity. In January 2011 it was announced that they and Alexandra Burke have worked together to create brand new fashion line, 2KX . Burke and JLS stated, "We are eagerly waiting for
7503-403: The band's first three albums had each sold over 1.6 million copies, with the fourth nearing two million, making all four some of the best-selling albums of all time in South Korea to this day. Lee Juno became a record producer, and Yang Hyun-suk was successful in founding YG Entertainment , one of the three biggest record companies in the country. Seo Taiji returned to music two years later with
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#17328443639847626-424: The close of the nineties, groups like Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC who had previously used writers like Max Martin during their early albums began writing their own songs. Newer groups from late 2000s such as JLS have all made a point from early interviews that they write their own songs and hold their own image as this is an important part of marketing. Some bands like The Wanted have even spent time learning
7749-469: 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
7872-452: The competition, but throughout the live shows the judges called them the best band to come out of The X Factor . In week 7, JLS were in the bottom two along with Rachel Hylton . However, they survived thanks to votes from Walsh, Cheryl Cole and Simon Cowell . Cowell stated when deliberating that JLS did not deserve to be in the bottom two. In the quarter-final, JLS performed " ...Baby One More Time " and received negative comments from two of
7995-399: The country in 2020s are Undergrunn and Tigergutt101 in 2022 and 2024 respectively. Seen as important to a "boy band" group's commercial success is the group's image , carefully controlled by managing all aspects of the group's attire, promotional materials (which are frequently supplied to teen magazines ), and music videos. The key factor of a boy band is being trendy. This means that
8118-527: The craft of songwriting. There has also been a rising trend of so-called "songwriter-" or "producer idols" ( Korean : Hangul 작곡돌, rev. Rom. jakgok-dol) in K-pop since the early 2000s. Nowadays, it is not uncommon for groups to have at least one member who is heavily involved in the songwriting and producing of the groups' music. In many cases, these members are the rappers in the group, who have often gained songwriting and producing experience while being active as amateur or underground rappers before joining
8241-566: The debut of the Philippines supergroup SB19 in 2018, the group appeared at number six on Billboard Year-End Social 50 chart, making them the first Southeast Asian act to reach the top 10 of the magazine's annual chart. In South Korea, boy bands have been commercially successful. On the Circle Chart year-end albums chart of 2022, 7 of the top 10 and 13 of the top 20 albums are by boy bands or by subunits/members of boy bands. Seventeen's FML
8364-480: The disbandment of the heavy metal band Sinawe , in which he had a brief stint, Seo Taiji formed the boy band Seo Taiji and Boys (Korean: 서태지와 아이들) together with dancers Lee Juno and Yang Hyun-suk , which went on to become highly successful and created a craze at the time. Seo Taiji and Boys is credited with changing the South Korean music industry by pioneering the incorporation of rap and breakdance as well as
8487-409: The emergence of Britpop and the commercial co-option of indie rock , many boy bands were ridiculed by the British music press as having no artistic credibility, although some, such as East 17 and Take That, did write most of their own material. The media attention was then placed on the "Battle of Britpop", and the bands Oasis and Blur replaced the importance and rivalry of Take That and East 17 as
8610-510: The fact that he owned his own studio. This autonomy allowed Seo to bring subcultures in Korea, such as heavy metal, to the forefront of popular culture and challenge pervasive social norms. The band's independent success diminished the power of the television networks to dictate which artists appeared on shows, and gave rise to the influence of record labels and talent agencies. In 1996, Seo Taiji and Boys disbanded. In April 1996, Billboard reported that
8733-548: The first The X Factor contestants to win a BRIT Award in 2010, winning the British Breakthrough and Best British Single for "Beat Again". Jay-Z predicted that they would become as big as 'N Sync . In the beginning of 2010, a bidding war was underway between (US-based) Epic Records and Jive Records to sign JLS to an American deal. The group settled with Jive Records, while continuing to remain with their native signing on Sony Music UK's Epic Records. As of August 2010,
8856-496: The first British music act to release a 3D film. Filmed at The O2 Arena during the tour for their second album Outta This World in December 2010/January 2011, and incorporated with documentary footage shot by Ben Winston and Andy Morahan , it was shown exclusively for three days only from 3 June 2011 in over 300 UK cinemas. Due to many cinemas selling out tickets for the initial weekend, additional screenings were made in cinemas for
8979-410: The first member of JLS to release solo material. In late 2008, Gill began dating backing dancer Chloe Tangney. In January 2014, the couple announced their engagement and married on 3 May 2014. On 19 September 2014, the couple welcomed a baby boy, Ace Jeremiah Gill. In July 2018, their daughter Chiara Sapphire Gill was born. He now presents a television show on children's channel CBeebies, called 'Down on
9102-477: The first modern era–style boy band to have a multiple platinum-selling album in the UK, with Push , still one of the most successful boy-band albums in the UK. Other big boy bands in Britain during the late 1980s were Big Fun and Brother Beyond . The ongoing international success of New Kids on the Block inspired music managers in Europe to create their own acts, beginning with Nigel Martin-Smith 's Take That in
9225-579: The first show of that year's X Factor final. Filmed before a live studio audience, the band performed all of their hits, tracks from the Outta This World album and a special duet with Kylie Minogue on her hit song " All the Lovers ", as well as partaking in surprise hidden camera stunts for lucky fans who had been invited to be in the audience for the show. The group have also released their own documentary film titled JLS: Eyes Wide Open 3D , making them
9348-412: The first stocks of the ultra-hyped menswear and womenswear range, due very soon." To coincide with the launch of their third album "Jukebox", they will feature in their very own edition of 'TheirMag', a newly formed sister publication to Rio Ferdinand 's "#5" magazine. In March 2012, they launched their first fragrance, Kiss . All four of the band members worked with perfume designer Azzi Glasser to form
9471-656: The following weekend from 10 June 2011, thus, more tickets were available to buy online or on the day of screening. It opened at number 5 in the UK Box Office chart, raking in £463,914 from three June weekend screenings alone. A DVD of the film was released on 5 December 2011. JLS also created a one-off Christmas special TV programme called A Very JLS Christmas , in which various celebrities appeared such as Alesha Dixon . On 28 June 2013, JLS appeared on The Million Pound Drop , playing for charity. They have had two best-selling books published, with both featuring photography from
9594-547: The foundation still exists and all members are still committed to continue the foundation. JLS have appeared on every Children in need night since 2010. All sales from the JLS number one single Love You More went to Children in Need. In 2011 Merrygold did a VT for the charity in which he met seven-year-old Emily who suffers from Osteogenesis imperfecta . In 2012 JLS performed at the "children in need rocks Manchester" concert performing Take
9717-428: The four judges, with Cowell saying "at the moment you're out", but after their second performance, " You Light Up My Life ", Cowell commented that they were "back in the race" and that they could "have a hit record" with the performance. In the semi-final, JLS performed " Umbrella " and " I'm Already There ". Cowell then predicted they would win the competition. They made it to the final and performed their own version of
9840-479: The fusion of Korean music and various popular Western music genres in Korean popular music, and in turn creating the prototype for the modern hybrid K-pop genre or "rap-dance", as it was called at the time, and K-pop groups. They also left a lasting impact by explicitly putting social criticism at the forefront of their music, as well as paving the way for artistic freedom in South Korea by challenging censorship laws and
9963-407: The group bid £30,000 for a recording session with the producer at Alicia Keys ' Black Charity Ball in 2010. It was serviced to radio stations on 25 May 2011, while it was released for digital download on 24 July 2011. The album was released on 14 November 2011, and the band will embark on another UK arena tour in support of the album in March and April 2012. On 15 September, JLS announced that " Take
10086-413: The group told Digital Spy that although a song had been recorded with Shontelle, it was never confirmed for the album. On 16 September 2010 the group unveiled the second single, " Love You More " and was a BBC Children in Need single. It was their 4th UK number-one. The group wrote the song with Toby Gad and Wayne Hector . Outta This World was released on 22 November 2010 and debuted at number 2 on
10209-404: The group were to release a follow-up album to Evolution in 2013. On 1 February 2013, it was confirmed that, work on what would have been their fifth studio album, had begun. On 24 April 2013, JLS released a statement on their official website announcing that they would be splitting up after releasing their greatest hits collection and completing their third and final arena tour. On 24 April 2013,
10332-401: The group. There is also a higher expectation for rappers to write their own lyrics due to self-expression being a core value of the hip-hop genre. There are cases of "producer idols" writing or producing for other artists outside of their solo or respective group work as well, such as BTS ' RM and Suga . Individuals can also go on to achieve greater success as a solo artist coming out of
10455-535: The groups All-4-One (formed in 1993) and Boyz II Men (formed in 1988). Boyz II Men are also the most successful boy band act on the U.S. Hot 100 as well as the Australian Singles Chart . Although they had success on the Billboard charts, they were not marketed towards youth but more towards adults. It was not until 1997 and the change to pop-oriented groups such as Backstreet Boys , 98 Degrees , NSYNC ,
10578-619: The highest selling boyband act (9.3 million), followed by Boyzone at 29 (7.1 million) and Westlife at 34 (6.8 million). Even though Cowell is known to have managed several successful boy bands, he is also infamous for passing on signing two of the biggest boybands to emerge from the 1990s and 2000s, Take That and Busted . With the continued success of Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC , American and British groups like 98 Degrees , Westlife , O-Town , A1 , Blue , and Busted gained quick popularity both domestically and internationally. International boy bands would also occasionally spring up, such as
10701-439: The impact of these British boy bands, put out an advert for an "Irish Take That", thereby creating Boyzone in 1993. Let Loose (formed in 1993), MN8 and 911 (formed in 1995), and Damage (formed in 1996) were also successful boy bands in Britain; however, by the late 1990s all these bands had split up. All these artists were very successful on both the singles and albums charts domestically and internationally; however, with
10824-593: The lead single from their second studio album, was released in the UK in July 2010 and earned the band their third number-one on the UK Singles Chart . Their single " Love You More " was the official single for Children in Need in 2010 and gave the group their fourth number-one single in the UK. Their single " She Makes Me Wanna " featuring Dev was their fifth UK number one. As of 2012, their debut album and single have been named one of The X Factor ' s top ten biggest-selling debut singles and albums. As of 2013, they were
10947-438: The list was compiled. Their second single " Everybody in Love ", released on 2 November 2009, also topped the UK Singles Chart. Their third single, " One Shot ", peaked at number six despite a physical release; however, it did stay in the charts for a number of weeks despite the drop. Due to the success of their album, the group went on their first headline tour, with twenty-five dates around the UK and Ireland. The group also became
11070-422: The members occupying the "main" positions often being considered the most skilled and having the most parts in songs or being highlighted during solo dance parts. The "leader" is the spokesperson who represents the group in public, and is in charge of mediating between group members, as well as between the group and the label. In most cases, their music is written, arranged and produced by a producer who works with
11193-558: The name JLS (Jack the Lad Swing). Steve Daly was a young singer-songwriter, buying his first guitar at the age of 12. At the age of 15, he joined the BRIT School to study performing arts, music production, and engineering. With a chance meeting in 2002, through a mutual friend Glenn Maher, he met Jon Keep outside a British pub and Tracklacers was born. Jon Keep began writing songs at the age of 8 but spent most of his teens focused on drama. At
11316-748: The official sport relief Charity single " Proud ", which peaked at number 6 in the chart, as well as hosting a special charity concert "JLS sing for Sport Relief" and doing the Sport Relief Mile. In total JLS have appeared in 5 charity singles: A cover of Mariah Carey 's " Hero " as part of the X Factor 2008 finalists (for Help for Heroes ), Wishing on a Star X Factor finalists featuring JLS and One Direction (for organisation Together for Short Lives ) " Love You More " (for Children in Need), " Proud " (for Sport Relief) and " Everybody Hurts " (for Helping Haiti ). Four out of 5 of these charity singles got to number one on
11439-416: The pop songwriters and producers who they thought to be the best in the industry. These included Steve Mac , Wayne Hector , J.R. Rotem and DEEKAY . When they went to see Mac he played them " Beat Again ", a song he had written with Hector, and the pair enthusiastically agreed that it was perfect for JLS. Charrington said: "Once you've got that special song everything else seems to fall into place." The song
11562-485: The possibility of working with Usher or Rihanna . On 7 January 2011 the album was certified double platinum by BPI, representing sales of over 600,000 in the UK. JLS began working on their third album, Jukebox in March 2011. In May 2011 it was confirmed that the first single will feature American singer-songwriter Dev , and is titled " She Makes Me Wanna ". The song was produced by BeatGeek, Jimmy Joker, and Teddy Sky, who are part of RedOne 's production company after
11685-466: 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'. In the early 2010s, there was somewhat of a resurgence of boy band popularity in countries where the trend had not maintained, with the emergence of new boy bands like Big Time Rush , the Wanted , and One Direction and the formation of supergroup NKOTBSB which comprised members of New Kids on
11808-635: The pressures from the school to concentrate on playing rugby. He was in the London Irish rugby club until he was 18. he eventually decided that he wanted to sing rather than play rugby and he took up vocal coaching during a year out before attending university. During that time, Gill was contacted by Oritse to try out for the band because of his musical ear and having an attention to vocal harmonies. He studied theology at King's College London and stayed in halls in Russell Square, before dropping out to pursue
11931-481: The renowned fashion photographer Dean Freeman. The first, Our Story So Far , was published through HarperCollins in September 2009, and went on to become a Sunday Times best-seller. The second, entitled Just Between Us: Our Private Diary , was also published through HarperCollins in September 2010, and was again a best-seller in the run up to Christmas that year. In addition to launching their own clothing line and
12054-461: The scent. In February 2013, they launched their second fragrance, Love , which scent ranges from hints of jasmine, white tea, pink orchid and orange-blossom. Philanthropy In 2010 the group founded "The JLS Foundation" a foundation that sets out to raise money for 6 different charities: Cancer Research UK , Rays of Sunshine, Brook, Childline , Beat Bullying and the MS Society . Despite the split,
12177-463: The second best-selling music artist of 2016 in the country and Kanjani Eight , the fifth best-selling music artist of that year in Japan. In Norway, the boy band Ballinciaga gained commercial success in 2022 with dance and party songs like "Dans På Bordet" and "Beklager (Guttaklubben)". The group is also known for keeping their identities anonymous by wearing pink-colored masks in the public. Other Norwegian boy bands that gained commercial success in
12300-526: The single " Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana " that has become the third best-selling single ever in Japan , with over three million copies sold. 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
12423-498: The socially conscious thematic similarities in their music as well their shared hip hop leanings, and metaphorically passed the torch, saying "This is your generation now". In the early 1990s in North America, with New Kids on the Block's continued success and Color Me Badd also having success, boy bands became a continued staple of the Billboard charts. Continuing this success in the mid-1990s, most prominent boy bands were African American and had R&B and gospel elements, such as
12546-734: The song "Where Did The Beat Go" with Billy Mann . The album was Pink's first number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. In 2012, the pair produced a comeback/spoof song for actor James Corden's wedding re-uniting his former boy band 'INsatiable', featuring One Direction , Sir Paul McCartney , Snow Patrol , Chris Martin , Olly Murs , JLS , Robbie Williams , Rizzle Kicks , and Gary Barlow . The duo produced and co-wrote two songs ("Wish I Didn't Know" and "Promise Me") on The Saturdays ' third studio album On Your Radar . They also produced "Spender" for UK rapper Smiler ft Lana Del Rey . Released in June, it
12669-1014: The song actually being by rappers Switch and J9). 8 March it was revealed that JLS had signed a new record deal with BMG to make new music. On 3 September 2021 the band released " Eternal Love ", the lead single from their fifth studio album 2.0 . On 23 February 2023, the group confirmed they would be going on the Everybody Say JLS: The Hits Tour in Autumn 2023. It began in October in Dublin and will conclude in November at Sheffield. At their X Factor audition in 2008, JLS said that they aspired to be like groups like Four Tops , Take That , Boyz II Men , Westlife and Jodeci . Other influences include Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5 , Backstreet Boys , NSYNC , Take 6 , Will.i.am , The Temptations , Bell Biv DeVoe , Frank Sinatra , Lionel Richie , and
12792-604: The sons of Tito Jackson , a member of the Jackson 5 , 3T had several hits singles across Europe in the mid-1990s, despite limited success in the US, and finished the second biggest selling act of 1996 in Europe behind the Spice Girls . With the success of North American boy bands like New Kids on the Block in East Asia, Japanese entertainment company Johnny & Associates formed SMAP in 1992. The group enjoyed tremendous success, selling over 35 million records. In 1992, after
12915-567: The television networks hegemony over the music market. In 1995 the Korean Broadband is not 6 ft to a particular location casting Ethics Committee demanded that Seo Taiji and Boys change the lyrics for "Regret of the Times". As a result, Seo decided to release the song as a purely instrumental track. This incited protests and resulted in the abolishment of music pre-censorship in Korea. Seo Taiji also did not have to rely on television networks due to
13038-440: The term "boy band" was not commonly used then, the earliest predecessors of this format were groups such as the Jackson 5 and the Osmonds which helped form the template for boy bands. The Jackson 5 were a sibling group that established many musical conventions that boy bands follow. For instance, their music featured close harmonies from soul music and catchy pop hooks influenced as much as they were by Motown and acts like
13161-432: The term", exclusively due to the enthusiastic response they received from their young female audience. The Liverpool quartet known as the Beatles were not only the quintessential rock band, but many considered John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Star [ sic ] to be the original boy band – especially in the early 1960s when young girls would scream at the top of their lungs and pass out upon first sight of
13284-487: The two biggest boy bands in the late 1990s until the early 2000s, and Backstreet Boys went on to become the best-selling boy band in history with over 100 million records sold. In the late 1990s in the UK, producer Simon Cowell (noted in the U.S. for the American Idol / The X Factor franchise) is also known for having managed British boyband Five (formed in 1997) and Irish boyband Westlife (formed in 1998). Westlife
13407-454: The two new biggest bands in Britain. However, boy bands continued to find success in the late 1990s, such as Five , Another Level , Point Break and Westlife . In 1995 successful German music manager Frank Farian , who had been manager of Boney M and Milli Vanilli , put together Latin American band No Mercy who scored a few worldwide hits during the mid-90s. Although being American and
13530-588: The urban music of new jack swing . While working their way into the music business, UFO instantly signed to Epic Records , before winning their first award in late 2007 at the Urban Music Awards for Best Unsigned Act thanks to their mash-up of " Stand by Me " by Ben E. King and " Beautiful Girls " by Sean Kingston . Shortly thereafter, they released their second single, "Slap Ya Elbow". The group give credit to 'DJ Triz' who produced one of UFO's first songs and helped them write it. In 2008, UFO auditioned for
13653-499: The usual merchandising of calendars, posters etc., JLS released branded condoms with Durex under the campaign line "Just Love Safe", as part of a charitable organisation they have established called the JLS Foundation, where they are working together with sexual health charities such as Brook to raise awareness of practising safe sex and family planning. The initiative was launched at a press conference in September 2010. Individually,
13776-540: The winner's song, " Hallelujah ", which the other finalist Alexandra Burke also performed. The public voted for the second time that night and Burke won the competition, JLS coming second. They were the fourth band to make the final. JLS's manager thought the band would be well suited to Epic Records , with whom they signed a record contract in January 2009. As soon as the contract was signed, Epic A&Rs Nick Raphael and Jo Charrington began album preparation by contacting
13899-707: Was a member of another band called VS, created by Blue member Simon Webbe , but they split shortly after releasing an album. After he met future fellow band member Aston Merrygold , Humes joined UFO. Humes appeared in Holby City on the BBC for three years from 2000 to 2003, playing the role of Robbie Waring for 14 episodes. At the age of 14 he starred in a children's programme called K-Club , helping people learn about computers and how they work. Humes has been dating Rochelle Wiseman since March 2010. They were engaged on 31 December 2011 and married on 27 July 2012 at Blenheim Palace. It
14022-480: Was a student at the school) and won his first talent show performing alongside Marshall in his final year. Williams also attended Larmenier Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School. He dreamed of being a solo artist from a very young age. He was recruited for many boy bands but believed that a good boy band had to have a good bond between the members. He decided to put together his own boy band, UFO, who later changed their name to JLS (there
14145-491: Was an hour-long documentary for ITV2 , titled JLS Revealed , which first aired on 7 November 2009. The documentary followed them in the year after they had finished second in The X Factor , capturing them as they toured with Lemar , released their singles and attended the MOBO Awards amongst other highlights. The second show was an hour-long entertainment show for ITV titled This Is JLS , which first aired on 11 December 2010 before
14268-521: Was announced on Twitter on 22 November 2012 that they were expecting their first child and on 20 May 2013, Wiseman gave birth to their daughter Alaia-Mai. The couple's second child, a daughter, Valentina Raine, was born on 10 March 2017. He hosted The Voice UK with Emma Willis between 2014-2016 and co presented The Official Big Top 40 with Kat Shoob between 2014 and 2018. He currently hosts The Hit List on BBC One alongside his wife, Rochelle. Jonathan Benjamin "JB" Gill (born 7 December 1986)
14391-524: Was another British rock band already called UFO). He wrote the song " Wow Oh Wow " for Jedward . On 28 September 2013, Williams won the first series of the ITV dancing show Stepping Out , hosted by Davina McCall . He released his debut single "Waterline" featuring Pusha T in June 2015. Marvin Richard James Humes (born 18 March 1985 in Greenwich, England ) is the oldest member of the band. He
14514-495: Was created by Irishman Louis Walsh as a replacement for Boyzone and was initially managed by a former member of the band Ronan Keating . Westlife would eventually overtake Take That in number one's tally in the UK although Take That's overall UK sales are still higher. In 2012, the Official Charts Company revealed the biggest selling singles artists in British music chart history with Take That placed 15th overall and
14637-425: Was not established until the late 1980s when Lou Pearlman decided to form a record company to promote a new singing and dancing group after becoming fascinated with the success of New Kids on the Block . Although generally described as a rock band, the highest-selling band in history – the Beatles – have been described by several journalists as "the first" or "the original" boy band, "before anyone had thought of
14760-476: Was released as the debut single in July, only six months after the band had signed with the label. It reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart on 19 July 2009. On 9 November 2009 JLS released their eponymously titled debut album, JLS . The album debuted at No. 1 on the UK Album Chart, selling over 1 million copies and named the sixth best selling album in the UK during 2009, only being released for 8 weeks before
14883-485: Was reported that JLS would return as a band after six years, with plans to launch a tour and release new music. This was confirmed on 12 February 2020, when JLS announced their reformation for a reunion tour called the Beat Again Tour . In February 2021, the band confirmed that a drill track called "Time" was not by them, after the song was thought to be their new single, due to it being credited to an act called JLS (with
15006-487: Was second yet again with JLS on The X Factor at age 20. he performed in school productions and after leaving school in 2004, was cast in a new ITV programme, Fun Song Factory alongside children's TV presenter Laura Hamilton . In the show, Merrygold played the character "Cookie". Whilst still attending secondary school, he played football on behalf of England in the European Youth Games. His initial aspiration
15129-402: Was to play football professionally. However, after developing a nerve problem in his left foot, he tried singing and acting instead. Through acting, he met Humes. As a result, Merrygold received a call from Williams (an acquaintance of Humes) about joining a boy band. Merrygold worked on his debut solo album Showstopper for a planned mid-2016 release, but it remains unreleased. The lead single of
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