ボーイ・バンドはアイドルの一種？
The manufacturing of teen idols has been marketed more aggressively and with greater sophistication since the 1980s. The rise of MTV in the 1980s and the success of the boy bands of the 1990s and 2000s has continued to fuel the phenomenon. Besides a combination of good, clean-cut looks and a ubiquitous marketing campaign, such bands typically include a variety of personality types (e.g. "the shy one", "the smart one", etc.) Classic examples of boy bands include Menudo, New Kids on the Block, Take That, Backstreet Boys, and 'NSYNC, all becoming the best selling pop groups of the decade. Hanson was initially marketed as such a band, but eventually outgrew this label to become a successful indie band. Female pop super star Mariah Carey, was very popular with teens in the 90s decade. Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Lopez, Mandy Moore, Jessica Simpson, and Britney Spears, along with mega girl groups the Spice Girls, TLC, and Destiny's Child, also became very popular at the end of the decade. Other notable examples from the 1990s are female R&B singers Aaliyah, Monica, Mýa, and Brandy. After Brandy's television show Moesha went on the air, it brought her many teen fans and she was always on the cover or in the teen magazines for many years. Also on Moesha is where teen R&B singer Usher would make his television acting debut one month after the release of his breakthrough album "My Way". Brothers Nick Carter from Backstreet Boys and pop star Aaron Carter were both teen idols in their heyday, as was, to a much lesser extent, sister Leslie. Robbie Williams of boy band Take That had teen idol status as did Ricky Martin during the Latin music explosion of the late 1990s. Alternative rock artists of various subgenres such as Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters (ex-Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl’s current band), the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Korn, Tool, Everclear, Green Day, Blink 182, Sum 41, Rage Against the Machine, Third Eye Blind, The Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer, the Goo Goo Dolls, Matchbox Twenty, Bush, Oasis, Blur, Radiohead, Phish, 311, The Bloodhound Gang, The Cranberries, Alanis Morissette and many others were also popular among teenagers, changing the image for "clean cut" idols. Rappers such as Tupac Shakur, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Snoop Dogg, The Notorious B.I.G also had huge teenage fan bases, many of whom were following the East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry. 
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