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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But dark secrets and hormones become issues, thanks to their latest enemy: demons disguised as a hunky boy band. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 28 June 2025 The 13-member K-pop boy band dropped the visual from their new HAPPY BURSTDAY album on Wednesday (June 11) and fans will surely be picking through the arresting clip directed by Beomjin for days looking for Easter eggs. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 11 June 2025 Together, and a new boy band recently confirmed to debut in the third quarter of 2025. Jeff Benjamin, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2025 The Backstreet Boys and Jonas Brothers rank among the most successful boy bands of all time in America, although some might argue that the latter is now more of an all-male musical group, and not a traditional boy band. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for boy band

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First Known Use

1985, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of boy band was in 1985

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“Boy band.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boy%20band. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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