In the 80s, the biggest British boyband was Wham! 5 UK Number Ones, they broke America and then broke up. Afterwards George Michael went on to be a very big popstar, and other Wham! member Andrew Ridgeley did not. It set in the pop-consuming public's minds that only one member can win a boyband breakup. In the 90s, Take That were the biggest British boyband. The five working-class lads from the North of England earned 8 UK Number Ones in three years. However when in 1996 they split up, there could only be one George Michael.