Music of the 90s Introduction

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Music of the 90s Introduction

• Diversity Continues

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Most Popular Musical Trends of the 1990s

• Alternative rock goes mainstream
• Teen pop phenomenon
• Hip hop begins to dominate radios top 40

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POP

• Modern RB and urban pop were the most powerful
  forces in the Top 40 from 1992 to 1998.
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• Teen pop carries over from the late 1980s
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• Ballad songs are very popular.
• There is a revival of the singer-songwriter
  movement of the 1970s
• The swing music revival is sparked

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Rock

• Grunge, the defining genre of the decade, was
  popular from 1991 to 1994. Nirvana
• Pop-punk breaks into the mainstream by 1994 with
  the success of Green Day, The Offspring and
  Weezer
• by the early 2000s this would merge with
  emotional hardcore and start the 2000s emo trend.
  

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Rock Continued

• Bands like Sonic Youth and The Pixies set the
  stage for the rise of Indie Rock in the
  underground scene.
• Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that
  originated in the United Kingdom and the United
  States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely
  diverse.
• The term indie rock, derived from "independent,"
  describes the small and relatively low-budget
  labels on which it is released and the
  do-it-yourself attitude of the bands and artists
  involved.

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Hip Hop

• At the beginning of the 1990s, MC Hammer and
  Vanilla Ice make hip hop popular to the pop
  audience.
• The peak of the West Coast-East Coast rivalry
  takes place in the mid-90s, ending with the
  murders of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls.
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Hip Hop

• By 1998, the first sign of Southern hip hop
  enters the mainstream.
• Lauryn Hill critically acclaimed album, The
  Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. The recording earned
  Hill five Grammy Awards, including the coveted
  Album of the Year and Best New Artist.

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Other Musical Events in the 90s

• The Eurodance wave has took over Europe from
  1991-1997
• 1996-1998 The immense success of the Spice Girls
• Britpop popular in the second half of the 1990s
• Latin American artists begin to be successful in
  America

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Latin American Musical Events in the 90s

• In 1991, 21-year-old singer Luis Miguel becomes
  the biggest international Latin star until the
  late 1990s
• In 1998, Ricky Martin eclipses Luis Miguel as the
  top Latin star
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Latin America

• The mid-1990s, Mexican singer Selena would
  popularize Tex-Mex music until her sudden death
  in 1995
• After Selena's death, young stars Shakira and
  Enrique Iglesias begin to rise into the top of
  the pop charts by the end of the decade.

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Listening

• On the back of your guided notes sheet, briefly
  describe each piece of music from the 90s, then
  tell me what you like or dislike about the piece.
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