Editing Teen pop (section)

=== 20th century ===
Teen-oriented [[popular music]] had become common by the end of the [[swing era]], in the late 1940s, with [[Frank Sinatra]] being an early [[teen idol]].<ref name=popcult>[https://books.google.com/books?id=gC0JA6is7REC&dq=%22Teen+pop%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA23 Pop Cult: Religion and Popular Music] Till, Rupert (2010)</ref> However, it was the early 1960s that became known as the "[[Golden age (metaphor)|golden age]]" for pop teen idols, who included [[Paul Anka]], [[Frankie Avalon]], [[Fabian (entertainer)|Fabian]], [[Lulu (singer)|Lulu]] and [[Ricky Nelson]].<ref name="About"/> During the 1970s, one of the most popular preteen and teen-oriented acts was [[the Osmonds]],<ref name="About"/> where family members [[Donny Osmond|Donny]] and [[Marie Osmond|Marie]] both enjoyed individual success as well as success as a duo apart from the main family (Donny also recorded with his brothers as the Osmonds).

The first major wave of teen pop after the counter-culture of the 1960s and 1970s occurred in the mid to late 1980s, with artists such as [[Menudo (band)|Menudo]], [[New Edition]], [[The Jets (Minnesota band)|the Jets]], [[Debbie Gibson]], [[Tiffany Darwish|Tiffany]], [[Martika]], [[New Kids on the Block]]<ref name="Allmusic"/><ref name="About"/> and [[Kylie Minogue]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kylie-minogue-mn0000776093|title=Kylie Minogue Biography, Albums, Streaming Links|work=AllMusic|author=True, Chris|quote=...took her out of the stifling world of teen pop...}}</ref> In the early 1990s, teen pop dominated the charts until [[grunge]] and [[gangsta rap]] crossed over into the mainstream in North America by late 1991. Teen pop remained popular in the [[United Kingdom]] with the [[boy band]] [[Take That]] during this period, until the mid-1990s when [[Britpop]] became the next major wave in the UK, eclipsing the style similar to how grunge did in North America.<ref name="Allmusic">[https://www.allmusic.com/subgenre/teen-pop-ma0000002895 Teen Pop Music Genre Overview] AllMusic Staff. ''[[AllMusic]]''. Retrieved June 23, 2018</ref>

[[File:Britney Spears.jpg|thumb|right|[[Britney Spears]] is credited for revitalizing the genre with her best-selling [[...Baby One More Time (album)|debut]] and [[Oops!... I Did It Again (album)|sophomore]] studio albums, earning her the title of [[Honorific nicknames in popular music|Princess of Pop]].]]
In 1996, British [[girl group]] [[Spice Girls]] released their debut single "[[Wannabe (song)|Wannabe]]", which made them major pop stars in the UK, as well as in the US the following year. In their wake, other teen pop groups and singers rose to prominence, including [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]], the [[Backstreet Boys]], [['N Sync|*NSYNC]], [[Robyn]], [[All Saints (band)|All Saints]], [[S Club 7]], [[Five (band)|Five]], [[B*Witched]], and [[Destiny's Child]].<ref name="Allmusic"/><ref name="About"/> In 1999, the success of teenaged [[pop music|pop]] singers [[Britney Spears]], [[Christina Aguilera]], [[Jessica Simpson]], and [[Mandy Moore]] marked the development of what [[AllMusic]] refers to as the "pop [[Lolita (term)|Lolita]]" trend,<ref name="Allmusic"/><ref name="About"/> sparking the short careers of upcoming pop singers such as [[Willa Ford]], [[Brooke Allison]], [[Samantha Mumba]], [[Jamie-Lynn Sigler]], [[Mikaila]], [[Amanda (singer)|Amanda]], [[Nikki Cleary]] and [[Kaci Battaglia]]. 
In 2001, artists like [[Aaron Carter]], Swedish group [[A-Teens]], girl groups [[3LW]], [[Play (Swedish group)|Play]], [[Eden's Crush]] and [[Dream (American group)|Dream]] and [[boy bands]] [[O-Town]], [[B2K]] and [[Dream Street]] were teen pop artists who achieved success. In [[Latin America]], successful singers and bands appealing to tweens and teens were [[Sandy & Junior]],<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/74714/sandy-junior In their Brazilian homeland, dynamic teen siblings Sandy & Junior are a million-selling phenomenon.] Billboard</ref> [[RBD]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/17/arts/music/17rbd.html RBD’s Life Is a Mexican Soap Opera in More Ways Than One] ''The New York Times'' (July 17, 2006)</ref> and [[Rouge (pop group)|Rouge]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Hw0EAAAAMBAJ&dq=rouge+brazilian+girl+group&pg=PA50 South America Loves it's 'Popstars'] Billboard (via [[Google Books]])</ref>
According to Gayle Ward, the demise of this late 1990s teen pop was due to:
*promotional oversaturation of teen pop music in the early 2000s;
*the public's changing attitude toward it, deeming teen pop as inauthentic and corporately produced;
*the transition of the pre-teen and teenage fanbase of these teen pop artists during 1997&ndash;1999 to young adulthood (and the accompanying changes in musical interests);
*a growing young adult male base classifying the music, especially boy band music, as effeminate, and
*other musical genres began increasing in popularity.<ref name="Genders OnLine Journal">Wald, Gayle. [http://www.genders.org/g35/g35_wald.html "'I Want It That Way': Teenybopper Music and the Girling of Boy Bands"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020810222702/http://www.genders.org/g35/g35_wald.html |date=2002-08-10 }}. Retrieved January 27, 2008.</ref>

1990s and early 2000s teen pop artists eventually entered hiatuses and semi-retirements (*NSYNC, Dream, [[Destiny's Child]]) or changed their musical style, including the [[Backstreet Boys]], [[Britney Spears]], [[Christina Aguilera]], [[Jessica Simpson]], [[Mandy Moore]], [[3LW]] and [[Aaron Carter]].<ref name="About"/> Many teen artists starting incorporating genres such as [[pop rock]], [[contemporary R&B]] and [[hip hop music|hip-hop]]. [[B2K]] were a hip hop/pop/R&B group consisting of four teenage black boys, and were considered a boy band, though they were only active from 2000 to 2004. Their style of music was very different from other teenage artists, sounding more mature than the typical boy band, though all members were in their mid-teenage years at the time.