Top 10 Biggest Boy Band Scandals

They boy band scandals rocked the industry. For this list, we’ll be looking at the dark stories about either the members or management teams behind famous musical groups. Our countdown includes the Jonas Brothers, Menudo, Jackson 5, and more! Which boy band scandal shocked YOU the most? Let us know in the comments!

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[chocochef]

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

[LucienSabre]

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.

[Tigersfan]

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 😭💔

[DigiDestinedX]

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

[vanessastegall]

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.

[redlotus]

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

[davidaward]

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.

[ronitabit]

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

[davinp]

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

[MrsStylesTomlinson]

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 🥲💔

[gillianm]

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 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

[angelaholmes]

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

[denisa]

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.

[izzysmith]

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

[TheSpiciestGinger]

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

[glorianacalvo]

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

[thesourpatchkidd]

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.

[jonathanvelazquezph.d.]

It seems like Lou Pearlman deserves a list for himself 👀

[PHSDM]

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

[heyhihello]

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