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List of best-selling boy bands

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The Backstreet Boys have sold 130 million records.[1]

A boy band is a popular music act featuring several male singers who harmonize together. Being vocal groups, most boy group members do not play musical instruments, however, exceptions do exist. Boy groups emerged in the late 1960s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production values and backing by top studio musicians. In later eras, the boy group template would be applied to disco, R&B and soul-based formats as well as pop music.

Best-selling boy bands[edit]

Rank Band Country Sold Genre Studio albums Members Years active
1 Backstreet Boys  United States 130 million[1][2] Pop, pop rock, R&B, teen pop, adult contemporary 8 5 1993–present
2 The Osmonds  United States 102 million[3][4] R&B, blue-eyed soul 21 5 → 4 → 3 → 4 1958–1980
3 The Jackson 5  United States 100 million[5] R&B, soul 8 5 → 4 → 3 → 4 1964–1990, 2001, 2012–13
4 New Kids on the Block  United States 80 million[6][7] R&B, Pop 7 6 → 5 1984–1994; 2008–present
5 Boyz II Men  United States 60 million[8][9] R&B 9 4 → 3 1988–present
6 Menudo  Puerto Rico 60 million[10][11] Latin pop 35 Rotational 1977–1997, 2007–2009
7 'N Sync  United States 50 million[12][13] Pop, R&B 3 5 1995–2002
8 Westlife  Ireland 50 million[14][15] Pop 10 5 → 4 1998–2012
9 Take That  United Kingdom 45 million[16][17] Pop, pop rock 6 5 1989–1996, 2005–present
10 One Direction  United Kingdom 35 million[18] Pop, teen pop 3 5 2010–present
11 SMAP Template:Japan 33 million[19] J-Pop 20 6 → 5 1988–present
12 Boyzone  Ireland 25 million[20][21] Pop 5 5 → 4 1993–2000, 2008–present
13 Big Time Rush  United States 21 million Pop, teen pop, pop rock, R&B 3 4 2009-present
14 East 17  United Kingdom 20 million[22] Pop 5 4 → 3 1991–1999, 2006–present
15 Five  United Kingdom 20 million[23][24] Pop, pop rock 3 5 → 4 1997–2001, 2006–07, 2012–present
16 Jonas Brothers  United States 17 million[25][26] Pop 4 3 2005–2013
17 Hanson  United States 16 million[27][28] Pop 9 3 1992–present
18 Blue  United Kingdom 15 million[29][30] Pop, R&B 4 4 2000–05, 2009–present
19 New Edition  United States 10 million[31] R&B, hip hop 8 5 → 4 → 5 → 6 1983–1989, 1996–1997, 2002–present
20 98 Degrees  United States 10 million[32][33] Pop, soul 5 4 1997–2003, 2012–present

Best-selling boy band albums[edit]

Worldwide[edit]

Released Album Artist Sales
1999 Millennium Backstreet Boys 40 million[34][35]
1997 Backstreet Boys (Backstreet's Back) Backstreet Boys 32 million[36][37]
2000 Black & Blue Backstreet Boys 24 million[38]
1988 Hangin' Tough New Kids on the Block 20 million[39]
1990 Step by Step New Kids on the Block 20 million[40]

Australia[edit]

Certifications according to the ARIA.[41]

Album Group Sales
(Based on
certifications) 		Certification Year
Backstreet's Back Backstreet Boys 350,000 5× Platinum 1997
Middle of Nowhere Hanson 1997
Up All Night One Direction 280,000 4× Platinum 2011
5ive Five 210,000 3× Platinum 1998
Millennium Backstreet Boys 1999
Take Me Home One Direction 2012
Cooleyhighharmony Boyz II Men 140,000 2× Platinum 1991
Walthamstow East 17 1993
II Boyz II Men 1994
Snowed In Hanson 1997
Invincible Five 1999
Midnight Memories One Direction 2013
Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys 70,000 Platinum 1996
By Request Boyzone 1999
Black & Blue Backstreet Boys 2000
No Strings Attached 'N Sync 2000
Face to Face Westlife 2005
The Love Album 2006

Canada[edit]

Certifications according to the Canadian Recording Industry Association.

Album Group Sales
(Based on
certifications) 		Certification Year
Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys 1,000,000 Diamond 1996
Backstreet's Back 1997
Millennium 1999
*NSYNC 'N Sync 1997
Hangin' Tough New Kids on the Block 1988
Step by Step New Kids on the Block 700,000 7× Platinum 1990
No Strings Attached 'N Sync 2000
II Boyz II Men 500,000 5× Platinum 1994
Middle of Nowhere Hanson 1997
New Kids on the Block New Kids on the Block 300,000 3× Platinum 1986
Up All Night One Direction 240,000 3× Platinum 2011
Take Me Home 2012
Victory The Jackson 5 200,000 2× Platinum 1984
Merry, Merry Christmas New Kids on the Block 1989
No More Games/The Remix Album 1991
Evolution Boyz II Men 1997
Celebrity 'N Sync 2001
A Little Bit Longer Jonas Brothers 160,000 2× Platinum 2008
Midnight Memories One Direction 2013

Europe[edit]

Blue have one multi-platinum and three platinum albums in the Europe.

Certifications according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.

Album Group Sales
(Based on
certifications) 		Certification Year
Backstreet's Back Backstreet Boys 5,000,000 5× Platinum 1997
Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys 3,000,000 3× Platinum 1996
Greatest Hits Take That 1996
By Request Boyzone 1999
Beautiful World Take That 2006
Everything Changes Take That 2,000,000 2× Platinum 1993
Nobody Else 1995
Where We Belong Boyzone 1998
Millennium Backstreet Boys 1999
Westlife Westlife 1999
Coast to Coast 2000
World of Our Own 2001
One Love Blue 2002
Unbreakable Westlife 2002
Never Forget – The Ultimate Collection Take That 2005
The Circus 2008
Progress 2010
Take That & Party Take That 1,000,000 Platinum 1992
Said and Done Boyzone 1994
II Boyz II Men 1994
Steam East 17 1994
A Different Beat Boyzone 1996
Around the World Hit Singles: The Journey So Far East 17 1996
Middle of Nowhere Hanson 1997
5ive Five 1998
Invincible 1999
The Hits: Chapter One Backstreet Boys 2001
All Rise Blue 2001
Guilty 2003
Turnaround Westlife 2003
Best of Blue Blue 2004
Face to Face Westlife 2005
The Love Album 2006
Back Home 2007
Up All Night One Direction 2011
Take Me Home 2012

Germany[edit]

Certifications according to the IFPI.[42]

Album Group Sales
(Based on
certifications) 		Certification Year
Backstreet's Back Backstreet Boys 1,000,000 2× Platinum 1997
Millennium Backstreet Boys 750,000 3× Gold 1999
Step by Step New Kids on the Block 500,000 Platinum 1990
Everything Changes Take That 1993
Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys 1996
Greatest Hits Take That 1996
Black & Blue Backstreet Boys 300,000 Platinum 2000
Hangin' Tough New Kids on the Block 250,000 Gold 1988
Walthamstow East 17 1993
Steam 1994
Nobody Else Take That 1995
Middle of Nowhere Hanson 1997
*NSYNC 'N Sync 1997
Where We Belong Boyzone 1998
By Request 1999
Beautiful World Take That 200,000 Platinum 2006
Progress 2010
No Strings Attached 'N Sync 150,000 Gold 2000
Coast to Coast Westlife 2000
The Hits: Chapter One Backstreet Boys 2001
World of Our Own Westlife 2001
One Love Blue 2002
Unbreakable Westlife 2002
Guilty Blue 2003
Best of Blue Blue 100,000 Gold 2004
Never Gone Backstreet Boys 2005
The Circus Take That 2008

Netherlands[edit]

Certifications according to the NVPI.[43]

Album Group Sales
(Based on
certifications) 		Certification Year
Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys 200,000 2× Platinum 1996
Backstreet's Back 1997
Millennium 1999
Everything Changes Take That 100,000 Platinum 1993
Greatest Hits 1996
Where We Belong Boyzone 1998
By Request 1999
Black & Blue Backstreet Boys 80,000 Platinum 2000
Progress Take That 50,000 Platinum 2010
Take Me Home One Direction 2012
Step by Step New Kids on the Block 50,000 Gold 1990
Nobody Else Take That 1995
5ive Five 1998
Invincible 1999
Westlife Westlife 1999
No Strings Attached 'N Sync 40,000 Gold 2000
Coast to Coast Westlife 2000
World of Our Own 2001

Switzerland[edit]

Album Group Sales
(Based on
certifications) 		Certification Year
Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys 150,000 3x Platinum 1996
Backstreet's Back Backstreet Boys 100,000 2x Platinum 1997
Step by Step New Kids on the Block 50,000 Platinum 1990
Everything Changes Take That 1993
Steam East 17 1994
Greatest Hits Take That 1996
Middle of Nowhere Hanson 1997
Millennium Backstreet Boys 1999
Black & Blue 2000
Midnight Memories One Direction 30,000 Platinum 2013
Walthamstow East 17 25,000 Gold 1993
Up All Night 1995
Nobody Else Take That 1995
'N Sync 'N Sync 1997
Where We Belong Boyzone 1998
By Request 1999
Coast to Coast Westlife 20,000 2000
The Hits: Chapter One Backstreet Boys 2001
World of Our Own Westlife 2001
One Love Blue 2002
Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1 Westlife 2002
Guilty Blue 2003
Best of Blue 2004
Never Gone Backstreet Boys 15,000 2005
Beautiful World Take That 2006
Progress 2010
Take Me Home One Direction 2012

United Kingdom[edit]

Take That are the most successful boy band in the United Kingdom.

Certifications according to the BPI.[44]

Album Group Sales
(based on
certifications) 		Certification Year
Beautiful World Take That 2,700,000 9× Platinum 2006
Progress 2,400,000 8× Platinum 2010
Never Forget – The Ultimate Collection 2,100,000 7× Platinum 2005
The Circus 2008
By Request Boyzone 1,800,000 6× Platinum 1999
Coast to Coast Westlife 2000
Unbreakable 2002
Where We Belong Boyzone 1,500,000 5× Platinum 1998
Westlife Westlife 1999
Everything Changes Take That 1,200,000 4× Platinum 1993
All Rise Blue 2001
World of Our Own Westlife 2001
One Love Blue 2002
Face to Face Westlife 2005
Said and Done Boyzone 900,000 3× Platinum 1994
A Different Beat 1996
Greatest Hits Take That 1996
The Love Album Westlife 2006
Back Home 2007
Up All Night One Direction 2011
Take Me Home 2012
Hangin' Tough New Kids on the Block 600,000 2× Platinum 1989
Take That & Party Take That 1992
Steam East 17 1994
Nobody Else Take That 1995
Around the World Hit Singles: The Journey So Far East 17 1996
Backstreet's Back Backstreet Boys 1997
5ive Five 1998
Invincible 1999
Legacy: The Greatest Hits Collection Boyz II Men 2001
Guilty Blue 2003
Allow Us to Be Frank Westlife 2004
Where We Are 2009
Midnight Memories One Direction 2013

United States[edit]

Sales according to Nielsen SoundScan and Platinum certifications according to the RIAA.

Album Group Sales
(Based on
certifications) 		Certification Year
Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys 14,000,000 14× Platinum 1997
Millennium Backstreet Boys 13,000,000 13× Platinum 1999
II Boyz II Men 12,000,000 12× Platinum 1994
No Strings Attached 'N Sync 11,000,000 11× Platinum 2000
*NSYNC 'N Sync 10,000,000 10× Platinum 1997
Cooleyhighharmony Boyz II Men 9,000,000 9× Platinum 1991
Hangin' Tough New Kids on the Block 8,000,000 8× Platinum 1988
Black & Blue Backstreet Boys 2000
Celebrity 'N Sync 5,000,000 5× Platinum 2001
Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 The Jackson 5 4,000,000 4 × Platinum 1969
ABC 1970
Third Album 1970
Greatest Hits 1971
Middle of Nowhere Hanson 1997
98 Degrees and Rising 98 Degrees 1998
Maybe Tomorrow The Jackson 5 3,000,000 3 × Platinum 1971
New Kids on the Block New Kids on the Block 1986
Step by Step 1990
Goin' Back to Indiana The Jackson 5 2,000,000 2 × Platinum 1971
Lookin' Through the Windows 1972
Dancing Machine 1974
Victory 1984
New Edition New Edition 1984
Heart Break 1988
Merry, Merry Christmas New Kids on the Block 1989
Christmas Interpretations Boyz II Men 1993
Home Again New Edition 1996
Evolution Boyz II Men 1997
Home for Christmas 'N Sync 1998
Revelation 98 Degrees 2000
Jonas Brothers Jonas Brothers 2007

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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