Joey Mcintyre at The Studio at The Factory

Best known as the youngest member of New Kids on the Block, singer Joey McIntyre also enjoyed success as a solo artist and actor. As NKOTB fever cooled down in the mid-’90s, he branched out for the first time on his own, scoring a gold-certified hit with his 1999 debut solo effort, Stay the Same. In the decades that followed, he expanded his acting resumé (notably joining the Broadway casts of Wicked and Waitress), while occasionally dipping back into solo endeavors. Beginning in 2008, he also rejoined his New Kids bandmates for a series of highly successful reunion tours that introduced them to a new generation. In 2008, New Kids on the Block reunited, marking their return with the single “Summertime.” Later that year, they released their comeback album, The Block, which rose to number two on the Billboard 200. In the midst of the highly publicized reunion, McIntyre managed to record another solo album, 2009’s Here We Go Again, before resuming duties with his bandmates. NKOTB embarked on a series of world tours, including a stint with the Backstreet Boys in 2011 that yielded a collaborative album credited to NKOTBSB. Outside of NKOTBSB, McIntyre released a 2011 holiday collection, Come Home for Christmas. Back in the world of acting, he appeared in the 2013 comedy movie The Heat; featured on multiple episodes of the 2016 season of the television series Fuller House; and joined the 2019 cast of another Broadway hit, Waitress. Kicking off the 2020s, McIntyre returned to his solo music, teaming with producer Emanuel Kiriakou (Selena Gomez, Jason Derulo) for the single “Own This Town.”

– allmusic.com