Big Four: A Cantopop musical group formed by Andy Hui, Dicky Cheung, William So, and Edmond Leung. They released their first self-titled single in 2009; the song topped most of Hong Kong’s music charts. Their next single, “Unable to Help” in 2010, which also topped charts and received consistent airplay for many weeks. Big Four held their first concert, The Big Four Concert, for five days in the Hong Kong Coliseum from March 11 to 15.

F4: A popular Taiwanese boy band. The group began in the Taiwanese drama Meteor Garden as F4 with members Jerry Yan, Vanness Wu, Ken Chu, and Vic Chou. They have also attained popularity in other part of Asia, such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and in the Philippines. They also became popular in Europe and the U.S as the hottest and most successful Asian boy band in history.

Los Chicos: The band was created by Eric Laboy in 1978 to 1985, with the name Encuentro. Due to a political campaign slogan, the name was changed to Los Chicos, which translates to The Kids. They enjoyed huge success during the early 1980s, particularly in Puerto Rico and Central America. A movie (Conexin Caribe) was filmed and a tv show hosted weekly on Puerto Rico’s WAPA-TV. Many songs, including Puerto Rico son Los Chicos, Ave Mara and Mamma Mia became radio favorites, and memorabilia items like posters were mass produced. Los Chicos became national sponsors for Malta Corona and Mahones Savage (Savage Jeans).

E.M.D.: A Swedish trio consisting of Erik Segerstedt, Mattias Andrasson and Danny Saucedo. All three members have participated on the Swedish version of Idol,with Danny being in the Top 11 and Erik being a finalists of Idol 2006, and Mattias being the third runner-up of Idol 2007. After both Erik and Danny had released successful solo albums, E.M.D. released its first single “All for Love” December 19, 2007. “All for Love” went into Swedish national record chart immediately. E.M.D. released their first album, A State of Mind, in May 2008. The album debuted at #1 on the Swedish Album Chart and produced four domestic chart topping singles.

Flame: A Japanese boy band. Their sound was originally pop with a hip-hop influence until late 2003, when they attempted a more urban sound. In 2008, English-born singer-songwriter Lee Taylor joined the band altering their sound dramatically. Their latest single, Hanashitaku wa Nai, is a mix of rock and pop, and is representative of the new musical direction the band has taken since Taylor joined. Hanashitaku wa Nai was used as the opening theme to the anime Marginal Prince. On March 1, 2010, the band officially disbanded.

Distinct Nature: A Canadian boy band. They achieved seldom fame during the late 1990s and early 2000s primarily in Canada. They are most known for their radio-friendly 1999 single, “Human,” which was sampled and interpolated from the 1986 hit “Human”, performed by the synthpop trio The Human League. That single was later followed by “You and I” and “Easier Said Than Done”. They were together for 10 years prior, to finally calling the group quits in late 2001.

Michie Morrow; a music lover and artist on his way. Michie has been able to put together his own music thanks to music maker software available online. And, you can do the same.