boy band

noun

: a small ensemble of males in their teens or twenties who play pop songs geared especially to a young female audience

Examples of boy band in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The six-part series will follow five U.K. contestants as they’re flown to South Korea and put through a rigorous 100-day K-pop training course in the hope of emerging as the world’s biggest new boy band. K.j. Yossman, Variety, 11 July 2024 The Arizona State Fair has announced its 2024 Coliseum Concert Series lineup, presented by Arizona Lottery, with an I Love the '90s nostalgia tour, a popular pop-punk band and a boy band that launched its career with a show on Nickelodeon. Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2024 And at the very center is mega-successful boy band BTS. Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 28 June 2024 Wang started his career as a member of the K-pop boy band Uniq, and has gone on to become one of China‘s most marketable male stars with more than 40 million followers on Weibo. Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 21 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for boy band 

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Word History

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 27 Jul. 2024.

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