Were the 90s the best decade for music?

Among U.S. adults, 70s and 80s music were the best decades for music with 21\% and 22\% of the vote respectively. The 1960s and the 1990s were next with both garnering 14\% of the vote from the 17,000 polled. Less than 6\% believe the best music came from the 2000s or from the 1950s or earlier.

How did music evolve in the 1990s?

Popular music in the 1990s saw the continuation of teen pop and dance-pop trends which had emerged in the 1970s and 1980s. The 1990s also saw a resurgence of older styles in new contexts, including third wave ska and swing revival, both of which featured a fusion of horn-based music with rock music elements.

What makes 90s music so special?

Unlike most other eras, the notion of 90s music is hard to pin down. Oddball and eclectic, the decade defies easy categorisation, but it’s this cross-pollination of sounds that left a boundary-breaking legacy that remains today.

What happened to 90s grunge?

As the trajectory of 90 music continued to be reshaped by grunge, the genre itself began to peter out by the middle of the decade. Some influential bands struggled with catastrophic substance-abuse issues. Others felt a disenchantment with becoming part of the establishment they worked so hard to surmount.

What makes Nirvana such a great example of 90s music?

But what makes Nirvana such a great microcosm of 90s music was that their sound was not singular in scope. It referenced everything from punk to garage rock to indie pop to country and blues. Heavy metal didn’t disappear; it just reconfigured itself.

What happened to female singers in the 90s?

Towards the decade’s end, a rise of feminism (and female spending power) in 90s music would trickle up the pop charts. This led to an explosion of multi-platinum singer-songwriters: Sarah McLachlan, Alanis Morissette, Sheryl Crow, Lisa Loeb, Paula Cole, Fiona Apple, Jewel, and the lone woman of color, Tracy Chapman.