Readers Respond: The Best Boy Bands of All Time

Responses: 91

By Bill Lamb, About.com Guide

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... the WORLD is more that just the frigging US of A. Anyone ever heard of the BAY CITY ROLLERS ???
—Guest Eric Faulkner

"Berto & the Border boys" is the real deal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d348wjhu59A They still sing only in spanish
—Guest Avem

Should be on the list without a doubt...jackson 5 also. The beatles....in a class all their own...if you add them then you have to add the Rolling Stones no? Then it all gets silly
—Guest Mike

Everyone knows that the beatles are the best boy band ever because they started the whole movement
—Guest realdeal

umm the Jackson 5 has to be the greatest boyband of all time and they are not even on the list. and what about Hanson.
—Guest boybandband

BSB is the best Boy Bands of All Time. The greastest of all...... No others can compare... You cant deny because of your personal taste. It is also the true fact if u look at the records or wikipedia Shame on u if u can't accept the truth...
—Guest Yuwar Tin

people keep saying 'see the facts'....well if you did that you would see that Backstreet Boys have sold more than all of them, if thats not fact enough then i dont no what is??!! everyone has thier opinions and different tastes, but Backstreet boys are the best, and hell they have sold more than most artists today also but never get the credit they deserve. Most of the other groups actuall album songs are rubbish aswell so that speaks for them also. BSB are number one and will be always!!! Yeh Westlife and Take That are big here in the UK, but at worldwide success they are no-were near Backstreet Boys in that respect...neither are the others. :) umm ok rank over. always KTBSPA!!
—Guest Emma

she's not putting up the best boy bands in the world. she's putting up the most successful. i.e. backstreet boys. they are the only boy band who's lasted as long as they have. they are going on 17 years and strong. which is why they are at the top of this list. all the other bands do not make music anymore. I'm just wondering why the beatles aren't number 2? i don't like them... just know they were just as successful. but bsb is definitely my favorite, obviously it's something they are very passionate about, despite how much they've been made fun of for boy band mania, they are still doing it while in their 30's. NKOTB do have a newer album as well. but their hiatus was for a very long time, whereas bsb were on a 4 year hiatus because one of their members was in rehab for cocaine, alchohol and substance abuse. while another had a very bad drinking problem resulting him to a 80 pound gain. :( I love Nick and AJ for staying strong. for them to continue on after all that is success!
—Guest Chelsea

New boy band connected are by far the best. Aged 12 to 16 i love them so much they should be number 1
—Guest ImogenCowen

in terms of being how successful a boyband has been. westlife should be way up there, they had 7 consecutive no1s smashing the previous record, and are currently 3rd in the best artists of all time in the UK below elvis and the beatles which i believe is fair. Take that have been really successful even when they reformed however they have not been as successful as westlife, seens as theyve had less no1s and westlife hold the record of having the most number of sellout concerts in manchester (which take that USED to hold until westlife broke that in 2008). i think WL should be right up there with TT. and backstreet boys are NOT the best boy band of all time NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS!!!!!!!! u need to look at facts!
—Guest u_speak_crap

Why are the JONAS BROTHERS and THE BACKSTREET BOYS above NEW EDITION, and why aren't Guy , Jodeci, Pretty Ricky, and 112 on that list.
—Guest Gordy

Bill Lamb
Top 40 / Pop Guide