Editing Teen idol (section)

{{Short description|Celebrities with large youth fan bases}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Distinguish|Teen Idle}}
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[[File:Beatles ad 1965 just the beatles crop.jpg|thumb|[[The Beatles]] in 1965]]
A '''teen idol''' is a [[celebrity]] with a large [[Adolescence|teenage]] [[fan base]]. Teen idols are generally young but are not necessarily [[teenager]]s themselves.<ref name="am1">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/d2392 |title=Teen Idol |publisher=All Music Guide |access-date=13 October 2009 |archive-date=18 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318073437/http://allmusic.com/explore/style/d2392 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.allmusic.com/explore/essay/| title=Essay: Teen Idol| last=Unterberger| first=Richie| publisher=All Music Guide| access-date=13 October 2009| archive-date=13 November 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113053923/http://allmusic.com/explore/essay| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="gtrps">{{cite book | last=Bogdanov| first=Vladimir| author2=Chris Woodstra | author3=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title=All music guide to rock: the definitive guide to rock, pop, and soul|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|year=2002|pages=1309–10|isbn=0-87930-653-X}}</ref> An idol's popularity may be limited to teens, or may extend to all age groups.