UK choir is world's favourite boyband

THEY can lay claim to being the world's biggest boyband with millions of fans globally - yet many of us haven't heard of South London sensations Libera.

- Paul Jeeves

The choir with its rolling cast of 50 boys aged seven to 16 are big in Japan, sell out tours in the US, Philippines and South Korea and count Beach Boy Brian Wilson among their fans.

Libera were founded in 1999 by Robert Prizeman, pushing the boundaries of choral singing from their rehearsal spot at St Philip's Church in Norbury.