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Complex Magazine 90s Female R&B Pyramid of Excellence

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Nick Ashford was someone I greatly admired, had the honor of knowing, and was the real-life inspiration for Cowboy Curtis' hair. RIP Nick. - Pee Wee Herman
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Reply #1 posted 08/23/14 7:41am

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Nick Ashford was someone I greatly admired, had the honor of knowing, and was the real-life inspiration for Cowboy Curtis' hair. RIP Nick. - Pee Wee Herman
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Nick Ashford was someone I greatly admired, had the honor of knowing, and was the real-life inspiration for Cowboy Curtis' hair. RIP Nick. - Pee Wee Herman
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Reply #3 posted 08/23/14 7:42am

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Nick Ashford was someone I greatly admired, had the honor of knowing, and was the real-life inspiration for Cowboy Curtis' hair. RIP Nick. - Pee Wee Herman
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Reply #4 posted 08/23/14 1:06pm

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Destiny Child's came out in 98 but they were more so a early 00's group. I never considered them to be a 90's group. Total is VERY underrated. Their sound really defines the 90's.

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Reply #5 posted 08/24/14 3:37am

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Eternal were pretty big in the UK. They were a British group. Interesting to see Ashanti near the bottom, she blew up with Fat Joe in the early 2000s.

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Reply #6 posted 08/24/14 6:55am

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I loved Nuttin Nyce - still listen to thier 'Down for whateva' album all the time - shame they didn't blow up.

The title track is a perfect New Jack Swing track!

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Reply #7 posted 08/24/14 8:06am

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joi and ashanti should not be on this list since its all groups

Nick Ashford was someone I greatly admired, had the honor of knowing, and was the real-life inspiration for Cowboy Curtis' hair. RIP Nick. - Pee Wee Herman
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Reply #8 posted 08/24/14 9:19am

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Replace Destiny's Child (who really soared high in the early '00s) with Jade and bump them up to the "All Stars" category.
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Reply #9 posted 08/24/14 10:42am

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Adorecream said:

Eternal were pretty big in the UK. They were a British group. Interesting to see Ashanti near the bottom, she blew up with Fat Joe in the early 2000s.

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Agreed with the bolded. Here in the Netherlands, they were very successful as well. In fact, they went toe-to-toe with En Vogue on the charts. Their albums post- Always & Forever after Louise left continued to spawn hits over here.

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SWV, on the other hand, was mostly known for 'Right Here', and then dropped off the radar of the Dutch audience, barring R&B fans. I don't think Xscape was ever even a thing over here, but as personal preferences go I never did care for Xscape, and I much prefer Brownstone, Jade, and Blaque.

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In my mind, the baton pass pretty much went like: En Vogue---->TLC------>Destiny's Child (into the 2000s).

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Reply #10 posted 08/24/14 10:55am

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scorp84 said:

Replace Destiny's Child (who really soared high in the early '00s) with Jade and bump them up to the "All Stars" category.

Agree, their success and sound defined the 90's as well.

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Reply #11 posted 08/24/14 11:26am

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There was a group called 'Indonesia', though? Interesting. Were they actually a group of Indonesian American girls?

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Reply #12 posted 08/24/14 4:53pm

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There was a male R&B one on the website too.

PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever
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Reply #13 posted 08/24/14 8:48pm

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I believe For Real is one of those groups that should have been

in The Hitmakers category. They were underrated.

Shades of Lace too. Out of all the female acts from that period

Jade and EnVogue were by far my favorite.

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Reply #14 posted 08/24/14 9:00pm

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Interesting compilation. TLC were the biggest girl group of the 90's though mainstream wise, people want to say Spice Girls. I always thought of DC as more 90's than 00's cause their first 2 albums did come out in the 90's and they could have been in hitmakers though I know the majority of hits were in the 00's, and 2 big ones (No No No and Bills Bills Bills) were in the 90's, and their iconic hits still heard on the radio were released in the 00's.

Total were really cool, should have had more recognition. Also, I agree Eternal were bigger in the UK than on this side of the world so not really fair to call them one hit wonder

I would argue 702 had 2 classic albums. They had mainstream success with the second album, but the first one is a classic r&b/hip hop record and they'd done well on those charts. I remember the popularity of that album and songs from there being performed at school talent shows.

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