The Best Albums of 1990
Popular music in the 1990s saw the continuation of teen pop and dance-pop trends which had emerged in the 1970s and 1980s. Furthermore, hip hop grew and continued
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Popular music in the 1990s saw the continuation of teen pop and dance-pop trends which had emerged in the 1970s and 1980s. Furthermore, hip hop grew and continued
Continue readingMadonna made music videos a marketing tool and was among the first to make them an art form. Many of
Continue readingPaula Abdul hit it big in 1988. With her debut album Forever Your Girl, she was the first female to have four
Continue readingMichael Jackson, along with Prince, was the first African American artist to have his music videos in heavy rotation on MTV, with
Continue readingMelissa Morgan brought her cover of “Do Me, Baby” to the top of the R&B charts in 1986. During the mid-1980s
Continue readingThe 1985 concert Live Aid held at Wembley Stadium would see some of the biggest British artists of the era perform, with Queen widely
Continue readingBy 1984, a majority of groups signed to independent record labels were mining from a variety of rock and particularly 1960s rock
Continue readingBy about 1983, the original movement had dissolved, with surviving acts dropping most of the fashion elements to pursue mainstream
Continue readingJackson’s Thriller (1982) is the best-selling album of all time, selling 25 million copies during the decade. In 1982, Melle Mel and Duke Bootee recorded
Continue readingThe arrival of MTV in 1981 would usher in the new wave’s most successful era. British artists, unlike many of their American counterparts, had
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