boy band

American  

Or boyband

noun

• boy bands
  plural

1. a trendy pop group of young male singers, each member typically cultivating an image so as to appeal to a preteen audience.

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boy band British  

noun

1. an all-male vocal pop group created to appeal to a young audience

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• boy bands
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of boy band

First recorded in 1980–85

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Example Sentences

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boy band

Plus, DTC caviar puts the sector’s premium prices in question and Gap partners with a rookie boy band for a nostalgic mall tour.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Nineties stalwart Gap is hoping to add fuel to its recent revival with another emblem of the era: a boy band about to start a mall tour.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

The podcaster and author, 35, had two children with British boy band star Tom Parker before he died in 2022, aged 33, after being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

K-pop boy band Ateez will join the likes of Lewis Capaldi, Pitbull and Maroon 5 as headliners for BST Hyde Park.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

Daisy and I were scanning stations in search of a song by a particular brilliant and underappreciated boy band when we landed upon a news story.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green

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