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(1984 – 1994, 2008 – present)

New Kids On The Block (later NKOTB) is a successful supergroup of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Assembled in Boston in 1984 by producer Maurice Starr; the members consist of brothers Jordan Knight and Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg and Danny Wood. The group went on to sell over 70 million albums worldwide, generated hundreds of million of dollars of concert revenues, and roughly paved the way for acts like Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC.

New Kids were awkward and enthusiastic on their 1986 debut, which wasn’t surprising considering that the oldest members were barely 16 years old. With their next album, 1988’s Hangin’ Tough, the group’s image had toughened up and they had the material to support it. From the saccharine ballad “I’ll Be Loving You Forever” to the title track’s stab at funk, the band had a seemingly endless streak of hits in 1988 and 1989; their Christmas album even went double platinum. New Kid mania continued with 1990’s Step by Step; even if it sold five million copies less than Hangin’ Tough, it still sold three million copies. But that was the end of the road for their short time in the sun — they were the subject of an endless amount of jokes and were getting no respect. Besides, their audience was growing up. In 1994, they returned with the Starr-less Face the Music, which actually showed a remarkable musical maturity — they were a credible urban R&B outfit — but hardly sold anything, even if they were packing theaters on tour.

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2	Step By Step full track	471
3	Dirty Dancing full track	357
4	Single full track	309
5	Hangin' Tough full track	217
6	You Got It (The Right Stuff) full track	206
7	Big Girl Now full track	188
8	Tonight full track	184
9	Click Click Click full track	172
10	2 In The Morning full track	164
11	I'll Be Loving You (Forever) full track	124
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ifuseekFeeh_ wrote:
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The Block is awesome <3

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Teslacoil33 wrote:
last month

"Whose your favourite New Kid?" "The first one that dies"

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Chadipoo wrote:
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new kids on the block had a buncha hits

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fakexout wrote:
last month

Big Girl Now with Lady GaGa is really good!!

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bajka_one wrote:
last month

click click click <3 przecudowna!

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igor_mayfair wrote:
last month

ft gaga adoro

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LadyMEV wrote:
last month

Full Service (feat. New Edition) <3

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sexydollface wrote:
December 2009

dirty dancing is my favourite track off the block :D

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czerwonowlosa wrote:
December 2009

I love this band! :D

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xCarnageV2 wrote:
December 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRkA6zugNMQ Watch it and realize how much dick these guys suck.

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david_pel wrote:
December 2009

don't cry <3

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jrosey77 wrote:
December 2009

I love NKOTB esp. Jordan

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provlear wrote:
November 2009

Merry, Merry Christmas

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isuxatlife18 wrote:
November 2009

<33333333333

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Lyrici17 wrote:
November 2009

omgitsmisha : in my opinion featuring tags are not accurate. The Song is called "Big Girl Now". I love Lady Gaga as much as the next guy, but it's a New Kids song... Just like Lady Gaga's "Starstruck" shouldn't be tagged as "Starstruck featuring Flo Rida".... Just my opinions though....

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SirDukeofFarts wrote:
November 2009

seriously underrated these guys couldve gotten so much farther had their comeback album taken off smoothly instead of crashing like a lead weight on wings, burning and spiraling out of control into a packed chuck e cheese full of pregnant women

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omgitsmisha wrote:
November 2009

So, um... anyone wanna tell me why 'New Kids on the Block feat. Lady GaGa - Big Girl Now' is flagged to detach the Lady GaGa credit?

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danieljackson7 wrote:
October 2009

Why Face The Music album is so down in playings?

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david_pel wrote:
October 2009

the block is really good

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Furik wrote:
October 2009

Big Girl Now with Lady GaGa is really good!! [2]

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