Ricky Martin was a member of which boy band?
Ricky Martin's 1999 Grammys performance built up the kind of buzz he needed to send "Livin' la Vida Loca" to the top of the charts and make him a global superstar. But he'd already been a touring, salaried teen idol for fifteen years, with a Spanish-language solo album out and a "General Hospital" run on his résumé. Which boy band was Ricky Martin a member of before going solo?
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Correct Answer: Menudo
(Source)Age limits aren't new; pilots retire at 65, and for a while Leonardo DiCaprio's girlfriends couldn't be older than 25. Still, it seems kinda bizarre that Menudo would drop you when you hit 16 (later 18). It's like the ship of Theseus, but with a boy band instead of a boat. Ricky Martin made it in on his third try in 1984 and landed on "Evolución" as a 12-year-old. The pay was $60,000 a year (roughly $175,000 today), paid to teens who couldn't drive themselves home.
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