What is Teen idol?
A '''teen idol''' is a [[celebrity]] or famous person who is very popular with [[teenager]]s. Teen idols are often young, but are not always teenagers themselves. They are often [[pop music|pop]] [[singer]]s or [[actor]]s. People started to call celebrities teen idols in the 20th century. Some early teen idols were [[Rudolph Valentino]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Judy Garland]], [[Elvis Presley]] and [[James Dean]]. In the 1960s and 1970s some pop singers became known as teen idols, like [[The Beatles]], [[The Rolling Stones]], [[The Monkees]], [[Donny Osmond]] and [[David Cassidy]].<ref>{{Citation | last = Kolbert | first = Elizabeth | author-link = | title = The Slump in Teen Idoldom | newspaper = [[The New York Times]] | pages = | date = 1994-08-07 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/07/style/the-slump-in-teen-idoldom.html?pagewanted=all | accessdate =2009-12-19 }} </ref> In the 1990s, bands like [[New Kids on the Block]] and [[Backstreet Boys]] were very popular with teenagers. In the 21st century, some teen idols have been [[Britney Spears]], [[Miley Cyrus]] and the [[Jonas Brothers]].<ref>{{Citation | last = | first = | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | title = Miley dethrones Britney to become teen queen | newspaper = oneindia | pages = | date = 2009-04-08 | url = http://entertainment.oneindia.in/music/international/2009/miley-dethrones-britney-080409.html | accessdate = 2009-12-29 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Celebrities]] [[Category:Fandom]]