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*NSYNC
Bye Bye Bye and It's Gonna Be Me — Justin Timberlake's launchpad and one of the greatest pop acts America ever produced.
▲ Rising·Score +25
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Best Pop Bands of the 90s & 2000s
Robbie Williams, the Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys — the pop music of the 90s and 2000s defined a generation. These acts dominated charts from Italy to Indonesia to Argentina.
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02
Girls Aloud
Cheryl, Nicola, Nadine, Kimberley, and Sarah — the X Factor group became Britain's most successful girl group of the 2000s.
▲ Steady·Score +20
03
S Club 7
Never Had a Dream Come True and the TV series — S Club 7 were sunny British pop perfection for an entire generation of 2000s kids.
▲ Steady·Score +19
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Backstreet Boys
I Want It That Way and Everybody defined boy band perfection — BSB sold over 100 million records and are still touring to sold-out venues.
▲ Steady·Score +16
05
Westlife
Ireland's finest — their ballads and sofa sitting became iconic as they scored 14 UK number one singles and toured arenas for decades.
▲ Steady·Score +15
06
Spice Girls
Girl power, zig-a-zig-ah, and five distinct personalities that conquered the world — the Spice Girls remain the best-selling girl group ever.
▲ Steady·Score +13
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Jonas Brothers
Camp Rock to world domination — the Jonas Brothers sold out stadiums globally and made a triumphant comeback a decade after their peak.
▲ Steady·Score +13
08
Hanson
MMMBop at ages 11, 13, and 16 — the Hanson brothers were a global phenomenon and are still making music 30 years later.
▲ Steady·Score +13
09
Take That
Gary Barlow's British boy band launched Robbie Williams and reunited to chart number ones — the UK's most enduring pop phenomenon.
▲ Steady·Score +9
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Destiny's Child
Beyoncé, Kelly, and Michelle created the most commercially successful girl group in US history with Survivor and Bootylicious.
▲ Steady·Score +9
11
Five (5ive)
Keep On Movin' and Got the Feelin' made 5ive the most energetic UK boy band of the late 90s with a harder edge than their peers.
▲ Steady·Score +6
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Scissor Sisters
New York's flamboyant pop-rock band brought disco back to life — their debut album outsold every other album in the UK in 2004.
▲ Steady·Score +5
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