(The) Menudo
Who ever said that Boy Bands or Boy (music) Groups are the thing of the millennium? Then move over (whoever invented such a term) because Menudo was already gaining worldwide popularity, (I guess) even before you were out of your nappies. 
Menudo became the first Latin group to record in foreign (not Spanish) languages. Albums were produced in Spanish, English, Portuguese, Italian, and even Tagalog, a language spoken in the Philippines.
The group’s popularity also resulted in weekly TV-shows in Latin America and a movie shown at the Latin Theatre in New York. In 1983, a couple of performances in Mexico broke records in largest audience ever, and Menudo ended up in the “Guinness Book of World Records”. Two of Menudo’s big hits were “Quiero Ser” and “Subete a mi moto”. In 1984 the album Reaching Out was released. It had the group’s most popular songs in English versions.
(Source: Music of Puerto Rico)
The more popular (back then, my favorites) members of the group are: Ricky Martin, Charlie Masso and Robbie Rosa.
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