With the news of One Direction’s split scheduled for 2016, it’s been a tear-filled couple of weeks for boy band fans everywhere. Directioners had only just finished getting over Malik’s untimely departure, and now they must face the full breakup of one of the best-selling music acts of all time.
But we all knew this time would come sooner or later as it has with all of our favorite boy bands. Since the 80’s, boy bands have been taking over the music industry in a real way, with groups like New Kids On The Block, Take That, and Boyz II Men prevalent early on, before the Backstreet Boys and N’Sync emerged in a huge way right after, selling millions of records up until the 2000’s. We all thought boybands were over and done with until the Jonas Brothers and One Direction revived the concept, proving that this was not just a passing phase, but that boy bands are here to stay.
Despite boy band members seemingly always deciding to go their separate ways, they never fail to top the charts, sell out stadiums, win grammys, and spend millions on music videos when they are still together. Ticketbis has created the Battle of the Boybands quiz, which matches up your favorite boy band with another to see who would come out on top in a game of numbers. The best-selling boy bands of all-time are included, consisting of Take That, Westlife, One Direction, Backstreet Boys, N’Sync, Boyz II Men, The Jackson 5, and Jonas Brothers.
For a sneak peek: Who has more tattoos, One Direction or Backstreet Boys? Who has more grammys, N’Sync or Boyz II Men? And who has more White House invitations between the Jackson 5 and Jonas Brothers? These questions and numerous more figure to spark up the boy band debate once again.
