 
The members of New Kids On The Block - Jordan Knight,
Joe McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, Jonathan Knight
(Jordan's brother), and Danny Wood - all hail from
Boston. The group was formed by producer Maurice
Starr after his success with the young boy band New
Edition. The group recorded their first LP
while still in their mid-teens, but with their second
LP, New Kids On The Block became a worldwide
phenomenon selling millions of LPs and topping the
charts. The band's fan base was mostly teenage girls
which left the boys often scorned by critics and with
a fan base that was growing up - resulting in a short
dominance of the charts for a few years.
New Kids On The Block was formed when producer
Maurice Starr was looking to create a 'white version'
of New Edition. Starr held auditions
to form the group with Donnie Wahlberg and his
brother Mark being the first members. Donnie was able
to get his brother's friend Danny Wood involved,
followed by Jordan and Jonathan Knight. Mark Wahlberg
ended up leaving the group because of its impending
'boy band' image and later hit the charts as Marky
Mark & The Funky Bunch before embarking
on a critically acclaimed acting career. Jaime Kelley
was briefly signed on to the group and replaced with
Joey McIntyre (only 12 at the time). The original
name of the group "Nynuk" was changed to
New Kids On The Block.
New Kids On The Block released New
Kids On The Block.
(available for download at   ) The LP had little success at
first but ended up selling a few million copies after
the boys hit it big with subsequent releases.
Starr had the boys back in the studio to record their
sophomore LP with attempts at making their music
sound less 'teen pop' and create more of an edge with
their sound.
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Singles Artist of the Year
New Kids On The Block hit the Top 40 with "Please Don't Go Girl."
(available for download at ) Originally, the release of
"Please Don't Go Girl" gained little radio
response and the band was very close to being dropped
by their record label until the song began to get
heavy play at a Florida radio station which led to
increased label promotion and national attention.
New Kids On The Block released Hangin'
Tough.
(available for download at )
New Kids On The Block hit the Top 10 with "Please Don't Go Girl."
Hangin'
Tough was
certified gold.
 # 1
Singles Artist of the Year (# 1
Group/Duo)
New Kids On The Block hit the Top 40 with "You Got It (The Right Stuff)." (available for download
at ) With this single, New Kids On
The Block began to get heavy exposure on MTV
resulting in their fan base expanding with each
single.
New Kids On The Block hit the Top 10 with "You Got It (The Right Stuff)."
 Hangin'
Tough was
certified platinum.
The single "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" was certified gold.
New Kids On The Block hit the Top 40 with "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)."
(available for download at )
New Kids On The Block hit the Top 10 with "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)."
Hangin'
Tough was
certified 2x platinum.
New Kids On The Block hit #1 for 1 week with "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)."
New Kids On The Block topped the Billboard Hot 100
chart for a weeks with "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)."
The single "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)" was certified gold.
 Hangin'
Tough was
certified 3x platinum.
New Kids On The Block hit the Top 40 with "Hangin' Tough."
(available for download at )
The single "Hangin' Tough" was certified gold.
New Kids On The Block hit the Top 10 with "Hangin' Tough."
New Kids On The Block hit #1 for a week with "Hangin' Tough."
New Kids On The Block topped the Billboard Hot 100
chart for a weeks with "Hangin' Tough."
The holiday LP Merry,
Merry Christmas was released.
New Kids On The Block topped the Billboard 200 LP
chart for 2 weeks with Hangin'
Tough.
Hangin'
Tough was
certified 4x platinum and New
Kids On The Block was certified gold.
New Kids On The Block hit the Top 40 with "Cover Girl."
(available for download at )
The video for "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography.
New Kids On The Block hit the Top 40 with "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind)" from their debut LP.
(available for download at )
 Hangin'
Tough was
certified 5x platinum.
New Kids On The Block hit the Top 10 with "Cover Girl."
Hangin'
Tough was
certified 6x platinum, and New
Kids On The Block and Merry,
Merry Christmas were certified platinum.
New Kids On The Block hit the Top 10 with "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind)."
The single "Cover Girl" was certified gold and "Hangin' Tough" was certified platinum.
New Kids On The Block hit the Top 40 with "This One's For The Children." Proceeds from the
single went to the United Cerebral Palsy charity.
(available for download at )
New Kids On The Block topped the UK singles chart for
3 weeks with "You Got It (The Right Stuff)."
Hangin'
Tough was
certified 7x platinum and Merry,
Merry Christmas was certified 2x platinum.
New Kids On The Block hit the Top 10 with "This One's For The Children."
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Singles Artist of the Year
 New
Kids On The Block was certified 2x platinum.
The single "This One's For The Children" was certified gold.
New Kids On The Block won 2 American Music Awards for Favorite
Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group and Favorite Pop/Rock Album (Hangin'
Tough).
New Kids On The Block topped the UK singles chart for
2 weeks with "Hangin' Tough."
New Kids On The Block were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video - Long Form (Hangin'
Tough).
New Kids On The Block released Step
By Step.
(available for download at )
Hangin'
Tough was
certified 8x platinum.
New Kids On The Block hit the Top 40 with "Step By Step."
(available for download at )
New Kids On The Block hit the Top 10 and #1 for 2 weeks with "Step By Step."
New Kids On The Block topped the Billboard Hot 100
chart with 3 weeks with "Step By Step."
New Kids On The Block topped the Billboard 200 LP
chart for a week with Step
By Step.
New Kids On The Block topped the UK LP charts for a
week with Step
By Step.
The single "Step By Step" was certified platinum.
Step
By Step
was certified 3x platinum.
New Kids On The Block hit the Top 40 with "Tonight."
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New Kids On The Block hit the Top 10 with "Tonight."
 New
Kids On The Block was certified 3x platinum.
New Kids On The Block had not only dominated the
charts, but were everywhere with merchandising and
concert tours.
The remix LP No
More Games: The Remix Album was released.
(available for download at )
No
More Games: The Remix Album was certified gold.
New Kids On The Block were nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite
Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group.
New Kids On The Block hit the Top 40 as 'NKOTB' with
"If You Go Away." The single was a
moderate hit but showed that the group's fan base was
moving on.
(available for download at )
New Kids On The Block officially split from producer
Maurice Starr to record their next LP with Columbia
Records as 'NKOTB.'
New Kids On The Block released Face
The Music
as NKOTB. The LP showed more input from the boys and
some critical recognition, but failed to generate the
same commercial success as previous releases.
New Kids On The Block announced they were officially
breaking up to pursue solo ventures.
Jordan Knight and Joe McIntyre began solo careers
that resulted in a few Top 40 singles in the late
90's. Donnie Wahlberg went into an acting career with
notable roles in the films The Sixth Sense
and Saw II and the TV series Boomtown.
Jonathan Knight (who reportedly left
the group's last concert tour due to panic attacks)
went into real estate. Danny Wood did some recording
and producing.
 New
Kids On The Block: Greatest Hits was released.
(available for download at )
New
Kids On The Block: Super Hits was released.
(available for download at )
# 103 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25
Years
chart.
VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the
80's
included "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" at # 92.
New Kids On The Block reunited to perform on the Today
Show and the performance resulted in one of the
show's largest outside audiences (if not the largest
to date).
New Kids On The Block returned to the Top 40 with
" Summertime."
(available for download at )
New Kids On The Block released Greatest
Hits.
New Kids On The Block released The
Block and
start touring North America in the fall.
New Kids On The Block topped the Billboard Top
Internet Albums chart with The
Block.
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