Co-ed group

RBD are described as a pop co-ed group

A co-ed group, also known as a coed group,[1] mixed-gender group[2] or mixed-sex group,[3] is a vocal group that includes both male and female singers,[4] usually in their teenage years or in their twenties.[5]

Historically, co-ed groups have not been as common in pop music as girl groups and boy groups.[1][2][6] Music industry pundits have pointed out that such groups are difficult to market to the typical target demographic of teen pop acts, namely pre-teen and teen girls. According to music writer Jake Austen, girl groups and boy group appeal to young girls in distinct ways, with girl groups marketed as role models and boy groups marketed as objects of desire, and mixing the two is "unnecessarily confusing".[2] Slate's Dann Halem echoed this sentiment, adding that "it's hard to croon convincingly about the pop world's staple subject—teen-age yearning and heartache—if you're harmonizing with the object of your affection."[1]

  1. ^ a b c Halem, Dan (20 April 2001). "No Backstreet Girls Allowed". Slate. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Austen, Jake (1 July 2005). TV-a-Go-Go: Rock on TV from American Bandstand to American Idol. Chicago Review Press. pp. 224, 225. ISBN 978-1556525728. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  3. ^ Railton, Diane (October 2001). "The Gendered Carnival of Pop". Popular Music. 20 (3). Cambridge University Press: 321–331. doi:10.1017/S0261143001001520. ISSN 0261-1430. JSTOR 853624. S2CID 193180327. Archived from the original on 2021-10-31. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  4. ^ "'Popstars' goes co-ed next season". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 16 July 2001. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  5. ^ Olsen, Dale A. (30 Jun 2008). Popular Music of Vietnam: The Politics of Remembering, the Economics of Forgetting. Routledge. pp. 112, 113. ISBN 9781135858506. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  6. ^ McCormick, Moira (25 March 2005). "A*Teens are drawing the tweens". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 13. p. 61. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2020.