5566 (band)

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5566 is a Taiwanese boy band thus named because of their five members Zax Wang, Jason Hsu, Sam Wang, Rio Peng, and the band leader, Tony Sun. To date they have acted in three idol dramas, My MVP Valentine (MVP Qing Ren), Westside Story (Xi Jie Shao Nian) and Mr. Fighting (Ge Dou Tian Wang) and have released seven albums: MVP Lover TV Sound Track, 1st Album (1st Album), Westside Story TV Sound Track, Boyfriend (2nd Album), C'est si bon, Mr. Fighting TV Sound Track and Long Time No See (3rd Album).They have recently performed their concert in march 2006 at which they temporary bidded farwell to fans as they headed off for acting in mainland China.

5566 began their singing career in 2002.

[edit] Grouping

This band has a particular way in grouping, that is, besides some significant occasions they do perform together; they also joined some play in Taiwanese drama, or participated as the anchor of some variety shows in separated fashion. Ever since their debut in 2002, they have became a focus of Taiwanese entertainment industry.

[edit] Controversy

However, since they were exaggerated in their performance style, behaviors, and verbal expressions. For example, they were accused of bullying junior artists or mocking others, molesting or being literally rude to female artists, attacking journalists, and having bad attitudes to their “plagiarism incident.” They often aroused criticism from some public media and audience. On the other hand, the age of 5566 fans is majorly concentrated in elementary school and junior high school stage in Taiwan (who might not have the economic ability to afford their album.) However while they continue releasing their albums and featured products, kids spend big amounts of money collecting them. In this case, college students and some of the adults consider 5566’s idolization an immature behavior. In many web occasions in Taiwan, we can see many arguments and antagonism caused by 5566, and even some explicit literal attacks and polemics have been stirred.