Lady GaGa, Backstreet Boys songs banned in China

Lady GaGa and the Backstreet Boys are among the latest acts whose songs have been banned in China.

Officials have added tracks by the singer and boyband to a blacklist of 100 songs that music websites must remove by September 15 in a move to tackle "poor taste and vulgar content" .

Backstreet Boys' 12-year-old hit 'I Want It That Way' will no longer be available to download or stream, as well as Katy Perry's 'Last Friday Night' for its lyrics about streaking in the park, and Beyoncé's 'Run The World (Girls)' for the line: "We run this mutha," The Guardian reports.

GaGa tops the list for the highest number of banned songs, with six tracks due to be removed: 'The Edge of Glory', 'Hair', 'Judas', 'Marry the Night', 'Americano' and 'Bloody Mary'.

Sites which do not delete the content before September 15 will face prosecution, unless owners of the songs resubmit them to the ministry of culture for approval.

China has previously banned Oasis from performing there because of their links to the Free Tibet movement, as well as the Guns N' Roses album Chinese Democracy.

Watch Backstreet Boys' music video for 'I Want It That Way' below: