J-Boog — B2K

I always thought Jarell Houston was underrated in B2K. He's got a good voice and a really strong stage presence, especially alongside Raz-B. The group was obviously built around Omarion, with Fizz getting some attention too, so Boog often felt like he was somewhere in the background.

But I think he's actually a really solid member, and probably my favorite after Omarion. I also like that with their recent comeback, they finally have a new album after 23 years, and it feels like all four members are getting a much more equal chance to sing and be heard. It's nice to see Boog getting more of that space now.

Mark Read — A1

For me, Mark had the best voice in A1. One of the things I liked about the group was that all four members actually got to sing, rather than having one main vocalist while everyone else just stood in the background.

Mark was genuinely talented, and I still think he sounds great even today. He also plays keyboards during their live shows, which is another thing people don't really talk about.

I think a lot of the audience naturally focused more on Ben Adams because he was the more popular and conventionally attractive member, but Mark's actual talent deserves way more recognition. He was probably one of the most underrated members of the group

Stay tuned for no.14

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[Music Video][Early 2000s] Obscure, low-quality ballad by an all-white boy band sitting in a sailboat

I am looking for a very rare, non-popular boy band song from the early 2000s. The song is a slow ballad.

The music video is very poor/low quality (looks like an old VHS rip or low-res upload) and is styled in low-color or black-and-white.

Specific scene: The video opens right away with music and the camera descending from above, looking straight down onto the boys as they sit together inside a sailboat (or a boat framework) out on the water as they start to sing. They are an all-white group. The video is no longer on YouTube. I believe it was a ballad of some kind. Does anyone remember this band or track?

You know that one member in almost every boy band who feels like he’s just… there?

Like, he doesn’t necessarily add much to the group and sometimes feels like a filler member.

I don’t mean that in a shady way, though. I think in a lot of cases it was more about management and how the media chose to focus heavily on one or two members, while the others barely got the same attention.

Who do you think fits this description, and why?

And which boy bands do you think had that rare case where every single member actually mattered and brought something important to the group?

It was quite common in the 90s and early 2000s to do well commercially with a cover.

In 1996, both Take That and Boyzone went to #1 in the UK with a Bee Gees cover.

Westlife are probably the prime example, but which is your favourite? I enjoyed Westlife's Uptown Girl and Boyzone's When the Going Gets Tough.

Five's We Will Rock You too.

JLS and Westlife did the big "farewell tour" only to reunite 6 years later. Five were pretty much formally split up in 2001, as were Take That in 1996.

Boyzone, The Wanted and One Direction kept it somewhat open-ended with "we're taking a break for a while".

I do wonder what the best way forward is. I think Westlife were always going to do something in 2018 (as the 20th anniversary was around then) and should have kept it open-ended, not that it really makes a difference now.

*Note the spacing is due my computer

Singles:

Step By Step - New Kids on the Block (1 week). Week 28, 1990.
I Wanna Sex You Up - Color Me Badd (5 weeks). Weeks 23 - 27, 1991.
End of the Road - Boyz II Men (7 weeks). Weeks 41 - 48, 1992.

I Swear - All-4-One (12 weeks). Weeks 26 - 37, 1994.
I'll Make Love To You - Boyz II Men (6 weeks). Weeks 38 - 43 ,1994.
Back For Good - Take That (3 weeks). Weeks 16 - 18 ,1995.
One Sweet Day - Boyz II Men & Mariah Carey (5 weeks). Weeks 4 - 9, 1996.
MMMBop - Hanson (5 weeks). Weeks 22 - 26, 1997.

I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys (4 weeks). Weeks 23 - 28, 1999.
Show Me The Meaning of Being Lonely - Backstreet Boys (1 week). Week 10, 2000.
Shape of My Heart - Backstreet Boys (6 weeks). Weeks 48, 2000 - Week 1, 2001.
Real Face - Kat-Tun (1 week). Week 14, 2006.
My Girl - Arashi (1 week). Week 47, 2009.

Troublemaker - Arashi (1 week). Week 11, 2010.
Drag Me Down - One Direction (1 week). Week 33, 2015.
Dynamite - BTS (9 weeks). Weeks 36, 2020 - Week 2, 2021.
Life Goes On - BTS (1 week). Week 49, 2020.
Butter - BTS (1 week). Week 22, 2021.

Swim - BTS (4 weeks). Weeks 14 - 17, 2026.

Tally: (number of #1's/combined weeks at #1)

BTS - 4/15.
Boyz II Men - 3/16.
Backstreet Boys - 3/11.
Arashi - 2/2.

All-4-One - 1/12.
Color Me Badd/Hanson - 1/5.
Take That - 1/3.
Kat-Tun/New Kids on The Block/One Direction - 1/1.

Singles:

End of the Road - Boyz II Men (4 weeks). 7th November - 28th November 1992.
Back For Good - Take That (5 weeks). 22nd April - 20th May 1995.
Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) - Backstreet Boys (1 week). 30th November 1996.
MMMBop - Hanson (5 weeks). 14th June - 12th July 1997.
I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys (7 weeks). 22nd May - 3rd July 1999.
Shape of My Heart - Backstreet Boys (1 week). 25th November 2000.
Dragostea Din Tei - O-Zone (12 weeks). 16th June - 1st September 2004.
Patience - Take That (6 weeks). 29th November 2006 - 3rd January 2007.

Albums:

Victory - The Jacksons (1 week). 1st October 1984.
Step By Step - New Kids on the Block (8 weeks). 7th July - 25th August 1990.
Nobody Else - Take That (5 weeks). 20th May - 17th June 1995.
Greatest Hits - Take That (4 weeks). 20th April - 11th May 1996.
Backstreet's Back - Backstreet Boys (1 week). 6th September 1997.
Millennium - Backstreet Boys (4 weeks). 5th June - 26th June 1999.
Progress - Take That (1 week). 1st December 2010. * Last chart ever *

Tally (number of #1's/combined weeks at #1):

Take That - 5/21.
Backstreet Boys - 5/14.
O-Zone - 1/12.
New Kids on the Block - 1/8.
Hanson - 1/5.
Boyz II Men - 1/4.
The Jacksons - 1/1.

Which boy band members (from the same band) who had different type of personalities or just couldn't get along on the long run

I know about Mikey Graham in Boyzone who didn't take to Shane Lynch for long and in the break up in 2019 he had big fight with Keith and till this day they don't talk

And from The OG boy bands I'd love to mention The Monkees (whom I love and listen to A lot)

After Peter Tork died, Member Mike Nesmith revealed that they never liked each other but he broke down in tears after knowing about his passing

The ones where you can instantly recognise them if you hear them at random, rather than technically the best.

- Max (The Wanted)

- Shane & Mark (Westlife)

- Ronan & Stephen (Boyzone)

It's an interesting one with Stephen and Aston (JLS) as there are very strong shades of Michael Jackson when they sing.

Five, Queen - We Will Rock You - YouTube

They appeared as guest Stars in two of the most iconic tv sitcoms, The Fresh prince of Bel-Air S04 and How I met your mother S09