Top 10 Biggest Boy Band Scandals 

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It’s quite unfortunate Nick Carter’s younger brother fell victim to the horrible consequences of substance abuse. RIP Aaron.

Nick Carter was not the only member of Backstreet Boys to battle against substance ab*se…his problems were actually “minor” compared to AJ’s ones - which were one of the main reasons why the band took a several-years break at the turn of the millenium.

Of course Lou Pearlman would be number one! He was a creep! I feel sorry for all the bands he managed including Backstreet Boys and NSYNC. My heart breaks for them cuz of all the shit Lou put em through 😭💔

K-Pop deserves a list of its own

It's crazy that 3 of these entries are groups being screwed over by the SAME GUY. 😧😯🤯

Can you do the Top 10 Biggest Girl Group Scandals next, Msmojo? I honestly think they're more juicy and controversial than the boy band ones.

When they said that Elton John helped Robbie Williams I realised that he also helped Eminem and now I'm curious how many people did he help or tried to help? And if it is 10 or more it would make a great list :⁠-⁠D

Drugs are the root of all evil. I’m so proud of both Robbie Willams and Nick Carter for coming out on the other side.

Lou Perman did the same thing to NSYNC as he did to the Backstreet Boys.

Not the bye bye byeeeeeee directly after talking about that man dying 😅

'Will this fan base ever know peace??' Me as a 1D fan-No, No I don't think we will..

Jonghun (former main rapper, vocalist and guitarist of FT Island) and his being sentenced to 5 years in prison after being found guilty of gang-raping two different victims on two different occasions on On November 29th, 2019. Is not a well known one but is still pretty rough when you think about it. Also interesting side not concerning the Burning Sun scandel the late pop singer Goo Hara offered to help the reporter who broke the story shortly before Hara died.

I really feel sorry for what Michael and his siblings went through going up with their father joe

Pretty amazing how many people Sir Elton has saved from addiction.

While I get that Seungri was the face of the Burning Sun scandal, since it was his club and he was the most well known Korean celebrity in the investigation, I feel like we need to add the other Kpop members that were a part of it too as they did participate in the crimes of that club. Seungri's trial took awhile before he was charged with anything, mainly taking a plea deal for a lesser jail time (mainly for tax fraud and gambling, but they added some charges for him to admit to for that plea deal). But then you have Jung Joon-Young (from the band Drug Restaurant) who was charged for a*****ting ten different women, some of who were unconscious, and sharing footage of it. Choi Jong-hoon (from FT. Island) was sentenced for participating in gang r*** at the club. Lee Jong-hyun (from CNBlue) was included in all this, because he was interacting with the unsolicited photos and videos in the group chat that was used in the scandal. Burning Sun didn't just affect the group Bigbang, but these other groups too. Definitely a heavy scandal within the kpop industry

Loved that you mentioned N.Flying because they deserve so much more attention and recognition. However I think a bigger scandal in Kpop might have been BI getting kicked out of IKON

I'm surprised you didn't include B2K, especially since they've had scandals from the past and then even more in the present. Given they actually had a member accuse their manager of r*ping him and they've had several other scandals, alot of which is covered on tv.

My 1D heart broke when Zayn left the band... but it broke even more when they said they doing a hiatus. Sooo luckily I didn't know it will last more than 7 years 🥲💔

you also forgot to mention the New Kids On The Block facing ridiculous lip-syncing allegations in the wake of the Milli Vanilli scandal. a lot of people turned on them for that despite not being true.

one Direction's mangament was toxic and just beyond horrible that why Zayn left and why the boys broke up just the things the management did

It seems like Lou Pearlman deserves a list for himself 👀

It's crazy in hindsight hearing Nick say that when we know the direction in which his brother went.

Be in a boy band they said. Its gonna be fun they said.

Msmojo is spilling the tea after two amazing games of football you gotta love that❤️

Very very great list I like it a lot very great job mis mojo one of my absolute favorite list ever 💗

3:25 how heartbreaking that he made that comment only for it to happen to his brother💔

Referencing Night Changes in the 1D entry. Awesome.

Take That reuniting with Robbie Williams was one of the happiest Moments of my life. It's stil the best boyband ever.

Nick wasn't the only bsb member who hasn't had substance abuse issues

I am a 1D fan from the bottom of my heart, but damn that interview Liam gave where he also shaded Zayn felt so off that I still feel ashamed of him. One question about that Lou Pearlman case though. Did all the bands receive the their fair share at the end?

What about Backstreet Boys alumnus A.J.'s drug addiction?

Ugh I was so upset about N.Flying. I had just gotten into them too when that happened

Wasn't expecting to see N.flying on here!

I'm glad Nick was able to bounce back and (spoiler alert) almost win the Masked Singer a couples seasons back! Although the guy's experience sounded awful, having Elton John as a bit of a mentor would be pretty epic. And I will never understand why strangers stick their noses in other people's sex lives. That's one of the biggest issues that made me leave religion. Whether or not I have sex is not some old fart's concern, and the fact that a bunch of old people care whether or not teenagers that aren't their own children are having sex, is fucking creepy. I was going to say the NSYNC scandal would be #1, but I definitely understand why it's not..yikes....

of course #1 is Lou Pearlman he a scammer!

Msmojo can you please do one for girl groups?

The TVXQ members suing Sm should be on this list

We talk a lot about the Jacksons but let's not forget about the Debarge family

You forgot New Edition/nkotb and Maurice Starr

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Can you do Top 10 biggest Girls Group Scandals Please MsMoJo

Looking back at it now and ignoring bs double standard for sexualization, the "Quit Playing Games With My Heart" video was a bit of a red flag for confirming those grooming allegations to be true. Nick and Brian were 15 and 17 in that video.

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i remember hearing about joe jackson's parenting, but the rest were new to me (i think?)

X1's Disbandment should be on this List. It was so UNFAIR due to Mnet's STUPID Controversy.

Perlman was basically the Weinstein of the music industry

I so did not expect to see N.flying here. Actually why are they even on this list? They're not a boy band. They're a band

As someone who’s follows done direction from their xfactor days…..zany was never happy never wanted to be there never enjoyed any of it lol

New Kids on the Block’s lip syncing allegations should have been at least an honorable mention

Why was B2K not mentioned at all, hello Chris Stokes?!!

Boy South Park Was Right About Those Dumbass purity rings also Disney they still ruined Hollywood to hell with them

I’m surprised you chose Nick’s substance abuse over AJ’s but it is what it is.

I saw Boyband Con documentary. It was horrible what that guy did to both Backstreet & N' Sync. I was like " Wowww, wonder what else goes on behind closed doors " ...!!

I just came to see if the J5 featured.

I'm surprised B2K didn't make the list

There is a special place in hell for Lou Perlman. And a lot of child stars became stars because their parents were utter failures so they live vicariously through their children. Poor MJ and all other child stars that had to go through that.

How you guys forget about B2K and their scandal?

... I always thought Joe Jackson was a monster, but then I grew up. He's technically right about raising his kids the way he did; it was that way at that time. However, he raised some of the world's greatest talent.

what about the A.J issues or when Kevin left the band for mental health and stay away of the public eye and even Robbie had his issues, Gary Barlow said that he have open invitation to sing with the group whenever he want

Notice how BTR and 5SOS arent on this list?✨

British boy band East 17’s scandal should be on this list too, I remember reading about the drug scandal surrounding the group co-lead singer Brian Harvey. I and many people found it very shocking till this day, it’s shocking then and it’s shocking now, it was a very irresponsible and dangerous thing to say. In January 1997, Brian Harvey claimed that he had taken ecstasy pills stating in the press that "It's cool to take drugs" and claiming that ecstasy "can make you a better person" (ecstasy was a very sensitive topic in the 90s due to moral panic of many young people taking the drug and dying from it, making headlines.) after that the band career mainly flatlined, Brian Harvey has since been involved in many controversial in recent years such as publicly destroying his platinum discs on the street in front of onlookers and filming himself doing this and putting it on his RU-vid channel, arrested for harassing his ex girlfriend in 2021 (a famous British soap actress he dated in 90s.) and I heard he livestream himself self harming or about to commit self harm on himself on his RU-vid channel.

Purity ring mickey rule😂

i was not expecting to see nflying

My fave is the 90s boyband

I was shocked to learn that lou Perlman was stealing money from the boy bands he managed

I looked at the title and said WELLL

It was his brother instead.

Sad that both lead singers of LFO have since passed away due to cancer.

Wow I knew A.J. had issues with alcohol and stuff they announced that they would take time off for it after black and blue album never knew Nick did but I'm glad they pushed through i love the Backstreet Boys 💜

Seungri and exo exmember Kris wu being a predator was shocking

Lou Pearlman the last boyband US5 was my fave and the US Boy my fave had his own scandal the disco toilet scandal

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I was so confused when I saw Gary Barlow instead of Robbie Williams

I’m absolutely, 💯 percent convinced Lou was a predator and more, Aaron was a victim of his who never came to accept what was done to him. Watching his reaction when he was asked if he believed the allegations against Lou were true is heartbreaking, devastatingly sad. RIP, AC. You are so missed.

Curious why it's Nick Carter's addiction they focused on instead of AJ's in the BSB, when AJ struggled for so much longer.

the way grown adults were talking extensively about 3 young boys in their teens/barely early 20s and their private lives is SO WEIRD like young artists can’t do anything right they’re either ridiculed for being “too clean” or scrutinized if they “act out”

OA I was hoping for either One Direction Zayn leaving or N’Sync Financial Issues would’ve been number one but still I support Various Bands Lou Pearlman Grooming Allegations being at that number. ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️

What about brain mccfadden of Westlife???????????

You’re confusing Robbie Williams with Gary Barlow in the source videos 🤣

How is B2k rape allegations not on here 0.0

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Two words.........Dhavie Vanity!

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Why did I think that 1D was an American boy band???

Why they show *NSYNC under the Backstreet Boys

New Kids On The Block New Edition and Musical Youth.

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Off course how can be forget burning sun scandle.

if you ever do a part 2, you should look into the lawsuit between Why Don't We and their old management team. those boys went through some serious shit at the beginning of their careers

The kpop group B.A.P was extremely underpaid and essentially used by their label, that's a very underrated scandal. A more known one was what happened with Seungri in Bigbang

I'm very surprised Blink 182 and Limp Bizkit and House of Pain wasn't on this list.

I selfishly thought B2K would be on the list for their break up & Chris Stokes sexual assault allegations from his nephew.

N.Flying? Really?

Nick what about AJ his substance abuse was way worse.

N s y c Joe is in Hannah Montana season 2

What are those people holding in 8:48-8:50?

Dream Street didn't make the big time, but a scandal literally broke up the band. The parents of 4 members sued management accusing them of exposing the boys to alcohol and pornography. I didn't find out until years later that the allegations were found to be false in the courts, but the band still broke up. Only Chris Trousdale stayed with them, but he ultimately left because the record company wanted him to be part of a new Dream Street and he was only interested in a solo career. A solo career that sadly never came to fruition. No chairs turned for him when he auditioned for The Voice and he passed away from covid in 2020. Jesse McCartney has enjoyed a moderate solo career since the breakup (and did really well on The Masked Singer), Greg Raposo still does music with his band, but the others have since chosen other careers

Really you forgot New Edition smh

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