Summary

On the latest episode of On the Record, Billboard's Jason Lipshutz joins the podcast to talk about his new book on One Direction and what makes boy bands a singular music business phenomenon. For about as long as the recorded music industry has been around, so has fans’ obsession with male vocal groups. Now collectively referred to as “boy bands,” these groups have ranged in musical style, presentation and size across generations, but they always remain a mainstay in global music culture.

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