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 Alongside Simon Cowell, Scherzinger is credited for the formation of Payne’s boy band One Direction in the 2010 season of The X Factor. —

Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024 When the news broke on Oct. 16 that former One Direction member Liam Payne had died, the overwhelming reaction — from both casual observers and longtime fans of the multiplatinum-selling boy band — was disbelief. —

Ellise Shafer, Variety, 23 Oct. 2024 When One Direction arrived in America in 2011, the five-member British boy band took the pop world by storm. —

Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2024 Payne achieved global fame with the English Irish boy band One Direction. —

Hannah Peart, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for boy band

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