Joseph Mulrey McIntyre (born December 31, 1972), known professionally as Joey or Joe McIntyre, is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of New Kids on the Block being the youngest member. He has sold over 1 million records worldwide as a solo artist.
McIntyre was born in Needham, Massachusetts. His parents were Thomas McIntyre, a union official, and his wife Katherine (neé Bowen) a community theater actress. His mother died on November 30, 2014, after a long battle with Alzheimer's. He is the youngest of nine children with older siblings, Judy, Alice, Susan, Tricia, Carol, Jean, Kate, and Tommy, in an Irish-American Catholic family. McIntyre graduated from Catholic Memorial School in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, an all-male Catholic private school. He shares the same birth date as his sister, Carol. Another sister, Judy, is an actress.
Just before his 13th birthday, he joined New Kids on the Block, replacing Mark Wahlberg. Since the other four members of the band were already long-time school friends, he initially found it difficult to mesh with them. They eventually became one of the most successful boy bands of the late 20th century, producing two number one albums on the US Billboard charts. In 1991, Forbes listed the band as the highest-earning entertainers, beating Madonna and Michael Jackson. They split in 1994, but have reunited several times since.