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Boy Bands

Remember New Edition? You know you do.. the "Mr. Telephone Man" song.. Bobby
Brown and those kooky guys known as Bell Biv and DeVoe.. I know you remember the late
80's..1988, 89. New Kids On The Block were like, the boy band du jour. But alas, the 90's rolled
around and heavier grunge music like Nirvana and Soundgarden, as well as a heavier, edgier

rap such as Ice Cube and Snoop Doggy Dog took over the music scene.. Thus ends our tale

of boy bands, right? WRONG!

Somewhere along the lines, while rap and R&B maintained their power, rock music lost

a bit of theirs, letting pop music creep back into the scene. I suppose that the Spice Girls can

carry some blame for that by ...

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With the top selling album in 1998 behind

Titanic, the Backstreet Boys have just released a new album and are planning a second world

tour. The band enjoyed 4 top 10 singles in 1998, including "As Long as You Love Me",

"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)", "I'll Never Break You Heart", and "Quit Playing Games (With

my Heart)". Their world tour pulled in $10 million.

The middle of 1998 brought a lawsuit between the band and Lou Pearlman. While the

details of the settlement has not been released, it resulted in the dismissal of their management

team, Donna & Johnny Wright, with Lou Pearlman being named a partner with the Backstreet

Boys for 1/6 of the action. Pearlman's Trans-Continental Records is still in legal entanglements

with the Backstreet Boys's label, Jive/Zomba. This may or may not be one of the reasons why

Trans-Continental began promoting 'N Sync, a replica of the Backstreet Boys, more aggressively

toward the end of 1998.

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