Genres: Dance-Pop, Euro-Pop, Teen Pop, Pop Active: 90's, 2000's Formed: 1990
New Kids on the Block, East 17, Boyzone, George Michael, Kylie Minogue, 5ive, Britney Spears, Ronan Keating, Ace of Base, Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls, Army of Lovers, Bros, Aaron Carter, B*Witched All Saints, *NSYNC, Girls Aloud, JLS, KLB, Busted, 98°, The Saturdays, Il Divo, Natasha Bedingfield, Boyzone, Sugababes, Backstreet Boys, Westlife, S Club 7, Atomic Kitten |  |
As the most popular teen pop sensation in Britain since the '60s, Take That ruled the U.K. charts during the first half of the '90s. In strict commercial terms, the band sold more records than any English act since the Beatles, though the cultural and musical importance was significantly less substantial. Conceived as a British answer to New Kids on the Block, Take That initially worked the same territory as their American counterparts, singing watered-down new jack R&B, urban soul, and mainstream pop. Eventually, the group worked its way toward Hi-NRG dance music, while also pursuing an adult contemporary ballad direction. Take That's boyish good looks guaranteed them a significant portion of the teenybopper audience, but in a bizarre twist, most of their videos and promotional photos had a strong homosexual undercurrent -- they were marketed to preteen girls and a kitschy gay audience simultaneously.
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Release: December 22, 2009
Label: Universal Int'l
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Release: November 24, 2009
Label: Polydor, Universal Int'l
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