1990 - 2002
1990
• New Kids On The Block and Madonna perform well over here with 8 and 5 hits respectively.
• Euro dance band Milli Vanilli admits to lip-synching hits such as "Girl You Know Its True," and has their Grammy award revoked.
• The much crtiticised Pop/Rap music charts well with MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice's 'Ice Ice Baby'.
• Prince's 'Nothing Compares 2 U' provides a massive hit for Ireland's
Sinead O'Connor, also thanks to her genuinely heartfelt video performance.
• Second time around for New Order with England's World Cup entry 'World In Motion'.
• Top Selling Single: Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
• Top Selling Album: Phil Collins - ...But Seriously
1991
• Seattle band Nirvana releases the song 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' on the LP Nevermind and whith it comes the grunge movement.
• Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' hits the top spot for the second time since 1975 following the death of Freddie Mercury.
• Bryan Adams spends 16 weeks on top of the charts with '(Everything I Do) I Do It For You' from the film 'Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves'
• Top Selling Single: Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
1992
• Compact discs surpass cassette tapes as the preferred medium for
recorded music.
• Boy bands East 17 and Take That debut with considerable success.
• Soundtrack for the film 'The Body Guard', gives Whitney Houston
her biggest hit with 'I Will Always Love You'.
• Madonna grabs the headlines with the launch of her controversial soft core, pornographic book photo book simply called 'Sex'.
• The Fugees form in NY. The line up includes a young Lauryn Hill who will go on to celebrate huge solo success and help bring Hip Hop Soul to
the charts.
• Top Selling Single: Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
1993
• Creation boss Alan McGhee discovers the Gallagher Brothers - Oasis,
in Glasgow.
• Number ones from Pop/Dance acts Ace Of Base, Culture Beat,
2 Unlimited and Take That rule the waves.
• Also a good year for Ragga/Pop releases by Chaka Demus and Pliers,
Shaggy and Shabba Ranks.
• Noel Edmonds' brainchild, Mr Blobby, scores a Christmas hit and provide the year's most bizarre tune in 'Mr Blobby'.
• Top Selling Single: Meatloaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But
I Won't Do That)
1994
• Nirvana's Kurt Cobain kills himself at the age of 27.
• Blur, Oasis, Pulp and Suede set the scene
for the Britpop sound.
• The west country's Trip Hop acts Portishead, Tricky and
Massive Attack gain critical acclaim bringing their melanchonic sound
to the fore.
• 'Love Is All Around' by Wet Wet Wet spends over 12 weeks in
the top position.
• Nillson's ballad 'Without You' hits the spot for Mariah Carey.
• Top Selling Single: Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around
1995
• Blur and Oasis battle it out for Britpop glory.
• Heartaches for millions of girls when Robbie Williams announces
his departure from Take That and seals the imminent demise of the band.
• The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum opens in Cleveland, USA.
• Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia dies.
• Top Selling Single: Robson & Jerome - Unchained Melody
• Top Selling Album: Oasis - What's The Story? Morning Glory
1996
• The Spice Girls arrive with 'Wannabe' and their unconvincing 'Girl Power' slogan.
• Ex-Housemartins Bassman and man of many profiles, Norman Cook releases
'Better Living thru Chemistry' ander the guise of Fatboy Slim.
• Ex-Take That, Robbie Williams offers the first in a long line
of successful releases with the single 'Freedom'.
• Janet Jackson becomes the highest paid musician in history when
she signs an $80 million deal with Virgin Records.
• Jazz great Ella Fitzgerald dies.
• US west coast rapper Tupac Shakur and east coast's Biggie Smalls
die in retaliatory shootings.
• Top Selling Single: Fugees - Killing Me Softly
1997
• Elton John's version of 'Candle In The Wind' in honour of Princess Di becomes the fastest selling single of all time.
• Manufactured Girl/Boy band Steps hold the claim of having the
biggest-selling single of the '90s with '5-6-7-8'.
• Prince Michael Junior is born to Michael Jackson and wife Debbie Rowe.
• British/American band Katrina & The Waves win the Eurovision
Song Contest with 'Love Shine A Light'.
• Top Selling Single: Elton John - Something About The Way You
Look Tonight/Candle In The Wind 97
• Top Selling Album: Oasis - Be Here Now
1998
• Legendary crooner Frank Sinatra dies of a heart attack at age
82.
• World Cup releases by the likes of the Spice Girls and Echo
& The Bunnymen, Del Amitri, Fat Les and Euro '96's Baddiel,
Skinner and the Lightning Seeds flood the airwaves.
• The 'Queen Of Country', Tammy Wynette, dies at the age of 55.
• Ex of sixties couple Sonny and..., Cher makes a third come back
in a Pop/dance guise with the smash 'Believe'.
• Beatle's wife Linda McCartney dies aged 56.
• Girl band All Saints emerge as one of the most popular groups
of the year.
• TV cartoon South Park's Chef aka Isaac Hayes, of seventies 'Shaft'
soundtrack fame, claims the last number one position of the year with his 'Chocolate
Salty Balls'.
• Top Selling Single: Cher %u2013 Believe
• Top Selling Album: Corrs - Talk On Corners
1999
• Britney Spears bursts onto the scene with her Swedish produced
dance hit 'Baby One More Time'.
• Dr Dre protegé and future multi-platinum rapper Eminem,
aka Slim Shady, hits us with the hilarious 'My Name Is' taken from his self
titled album.
• 'Sweet Like Chocolate' by Shanks & Bigfoot exposes the underground
UK Garage sound to the masses.
• Thanks to the Artful Dodger's hit, Re-Rewind, at just 18 years
old, Craig David becomes the youngest ever British male artist to feature
on a UK number one.
• The merger of two major recording labels, Universal and Polygram, causes
upheaval in the recording industry. It is estimated that the new company, Universal
Music Group, controls 25% of the worldwide music market.
• Sixties diva Dusty Springfield dies aged 60.
• Top Selling Single: Britney Spears - Baby One More Time
• Top Selling Album: Shania Twain - Come On Over
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