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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The singer also opened for British boy band One Direction on the group's 2012 Up All Night Tour and 2013 Take Me Home Tour, the latter of which saw Magness perform over 60 shows in Europe. Edward Segarra, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025 The pic, which stars Kevin Woo, one of the former members of Korean boy band U-KISS who can be heard singing on the Netflix/Sony hit Kop Demon Hunters as cute demonic Mystery Saga, follows a young Korean American woman who years to learn more about her heritage. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2025 The 4*Town boy band along with Mei’s friends Miriam, Priya and Abby have appeared on the Better Together parade float. Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 2 Dec. 2025 The whole boy band thing almost turned into a stock market crash. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 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 18 Dec. 2025.

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