The phenomena of the boy band seems to come and go, but one thing is for sure it’s like a cockroach you can never quite kill. Coming in and out of fashion every decade, the phenomena stretches all the way back to more than 50 years ago. Now, in 2012, the era of the boy band has reared its ugly head yet again. So we’ve taken the opportunity to take a look back at the past 50 years at some of the more successful boy bands throughout history.

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