Javi said:

It always amazes me that some American people only know and like American music. Some critical opinions say that people in the US only know US culture. I don't agree with this, but threads like this make me have some doubts.

For Europeans, the 90s was hugely pop-rock, being different to the 80s mainly in that the most part were "organic" bands, without the big electronic influence of the previous decade. I'm hugely surprised that only a couple of people here have mentioned "Britpop", with bands like Suede, Blur, Oasis, Pulp and The Boo Radleys, who were among the best and most successful bands of the 90s.

Definitely, the 90s was the last great pop decade.

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Umm, why wouldn't it be like this?

No offense, but I'm American and I grew up on American music. I've lived an American life.

The only reason I would know of an foriegn arists is if they blew up, like Adele or...well Adele is the only person that comes to mind lol.

Timmy84 said:

Trust me, Terrib3, being a '90s child, pop music was definitely more around than wasn't around...

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Yep. The last good pop artists/music were in the 90s imo.

Terrib3Towel said:

Javi said:

It always amazes me that some American people only know and like American music. Some critical opinions say that people in the US only know US culture. I don't agree with this, but threads like this make me have some doubts.

For Europeans, the 90s was hugely pop-rock, being different to the 80s mainly in that the most part were "organic" bands, without the big electronic influence of the previous decade. I'm hugely surprised that only a couple of people here have mentioned "Britpop", with bands like Suede, Blur, Oasis, Pulp and The Boo Radleys, who were among the best and most successful bands of the 90s.

Definitely, the 90s was the last great pop decade.

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Umm, why wouldn't it be like this?

No offense, but I'm American and I grew up on American music. I've lived an American life.

The only reason I would know of an foriegn arists is if they blew up, like Adele or...well Adele is the only person that comes to mind lol.

Maybe to have a wider and richer musical experience?

I am European and live an European life, but American music has also enriched me. It's not that bad to have interest in other musical cultures, believe me. If you had this interest, you wouldn't say that pop didn't exist in the 90s.

Also, if you had an open mind, at least you would have said: "pop music didn't exist in the United States", but not "pop music didn't exist at all", which is what you actually wrote.

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Hudson said:

Javi said:

It always amazes me that some American people only know and like American music. Some critical opinions say that people in the US only know US culture. I don't agree with this, but threads like this make me have some doubts.

Most Americans ARE that way. Especialy about 80s and 90s music when there was no internet to explore what was popular in Europe that was not in America.

at least the 1980s via I Want My MTV!!!

I thought America was exposed to a lot of Europop, and European bands?

OldFriends4Sale said:

Hudson said:

Most Americans ARE that way. Especialy about 80s and 90s music when there was no internet to explore what was popular in Europe that was not in America.

at least the 1980s via I Want My MTV!!!

I thought America was exposed to a lot of Europop, and European bands?

many Euro-bands/artists of the '90s were popular in the US the same way that Garth Brooks was popular in Europe: well-known, but not stars

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Javi said:

Also, if you had an open mind, at least you would have said: "pop music didn't exist in the United States", but not "pop music didn't exist at all", which is what you actually wrote.

He would still be wrong if he said that. Pop music was alive and well in the states in the 90s--see the list I posted earlier--he just has a bad memory.

Gunsnhalen said:

JabarR74 said:

The Party

.. i hate to be rude but is the one in short shorts a girl or boy?

See for yourself!

JoeTyler said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

at least the 1980s via I Want My MTV!!!

I thought America was exposed to a lot of Europop, and European bands?

many Euro-bands/artists of the '90s were popular in the US the same way that Garth Brooks was popular in Europe: well-known, but not stars

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What heading would groups like Duran Duran Wham Culture Club Sade Brand New Heavies & Cyndie Lauper fall under?

This discussion is actually fascinating, especially 80s Pop...

educate me, educate, im wide open

thekidsgirl said:

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no wonder Posh never smiles.

OldFriends4Sale said:

JoeTyler said:

many Euro-bands/artists of the '90s were popular in the US the same way that Garth Brooks was popular in Europe: well-known, but not stars

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What heading would groups like Duran Duran Wham Culture Club Sade Brand New Heavies & Cyndie Lauper fall under?

This discussion is actually fascinating, especially 80s Pop...

educate me, educate, im wide open

I don't know man

I've always found puzzling that MANy British acts from the 80s managed to get superstars status in the USA, but not the '90s acts (other than the Spice Girls)

perhaps it is TRUE that the USA and Europe/UK took COMPLETEY different roads after the grunge revolution: Europe/UK (britpop-electronica-dance), USA (modern R&b, hip-hop, female singer-songwriters, nu-metal)

There was a major shift from 1992 to 1996 where everything was "Alternative", and alternative became pop, and it was awesome.

Gunsnhalen said:

Terrib3Towel said:

Hip Hop really started to dominate in the 90s. I'm on my iPod so I can't post the videos, but there are videos of the #1 hits of the 90s and most of them are hip-hop and R&B songs. This is on the pop charts btw. I've read music articles on the "anti-pop" movement of the 90s, I guess there is some truth to it? Teeny-pop blew up from 99-01 and music sales were at an all-time high. Then illegal downloading started and we all know the rest lol. I can't really think of many pop acts from the 90s, there's MJ and Whitney but they had established careers by the 90s. Mariah was pop for a bit, but went hip hop. Michael Bolton perhaps? I really don't know many non-R&B acts of the 90s.

Grunge, alternative, r&B and of course hip-hop kind of owned

But there was 90's dance pop like real mccoy, snap!, CeCe Pennison, amber etc.

Otherwise it was either alternative singer songwriter types, hip-hop r&b..

I never really noticed this honestly till this thread

Along with dance-pop, Latin Freestyle was also still being played in the early 90's.

Timmy84 said:

Trust me, Terrib3, being a '90s child, pop music was definitely more around than wasn't around...

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In fairness, gangsta rap (no thanks to record label execs given THAT style of hip-hop/rap the most attention for financial gain) did keep dance-pop off of FM radio from 1995-99.

I know this for a fact because in 1995 Planet Soul's Set U Free was THE last dance track to ever be played on FM radio in the USA until 1999. By then, dance-pop came back thanks to BSB, *NSYNC, & Britney.