The 1980s saw New Wave entering the year as the single biggest mainstream market, with heavy metal, punk rock and hardcore punk, and hip hop achieving increased crossover success. With the demise of punk rock, a new generation of punk-influenced genres arose, including Gothic rock, post-punk, alternative rock, emo and thrash metal. Hip hop underwent its first diversification, with Miami bass, Chicago hip house, Washington DC go go, Detroit ghettotech, Los Angeles electroclash and the golden age of old school hip hop in New York City. House music developed in Chicago, techno music developed in Detroit which also saw the flowering of the Detroit Sound in gospel. This helped inspire the greatest crossover success of Christian Contemporary Music (CCM), as well as the Miami Sound of Cuban pop. 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Categories: Timelines of music | Periods of American music ... The influence of the music of African-Americans has most set the United States apart from that of Western Europe. ... From independence to the start of the Civil, American music underwent many changes. ... The music history of the United States during the Civil War was an important period in the development of American music. ... The latter part of the 19th century saw the increased popularization of African American music and the growth and maturity of folk styles like the blues. ... // Native Americans Main article: Native American music Modern Native American pow-wows arose around the turn of the 20th century. ... Many musical styles flourished and combined in the 1940s and 1950s, most likely because of the influence of radio had in creating a mass market for music. ... The 1960s was a tumultuous period for the United States, with the Cold War, Vietnam War and Civil Rights causing massive public unrest. ... 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Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor... Ghettotech is a form of electronic dance music based in Detroit that combines Chicagos ghetto house, electro, hip-hop, techno, and grafts the perceived raunch of Miami Bass. ... Nickname: City of Angels Official website: http://www. ... Nickname: The Big Apple Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... House music is a collection of styles of electronic dance music, the earliest forms of which originated in the United States in the early- to mid-1980s. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... Techno is a form of electronic music that emerged in Detroit, mid-1980s with influences from electro, chicago house and Germany, which subsequently developed in the 1990s into numerious and varied subgenres. ... Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor... Gospel music may refer either to the religious music that first came out of African-American churches in the 1930s or, more loosely, to both black gospel music and to the religious music composed and sung by white southern Christian artists. ... Love Song Contemporary Christian music (CCM), or Christian pop music, is a sub-genre of Christian music. ...

In the beginning of the 1990s, formulaic metal bands dominated the charts until 1991, when G Funk gangsta rap, led by Dr. Dre, and Seattle-born grunge music, led by Nirvana, knocked metal off the charts. Both genres were full of energy at the beginning of the decade, with grunge reacting against the perceived superficiality of recent rock trends, and Dr. Dre's Death Row Records stable of artists proudly placing the West Coast on the hip hop map. Both genres died out, however, both in the matter of the few months later in the decade. In its place arose a variety of brief, minor trends that failed to catch on. In rock, third wave of ska and pop punk bands, British techno music, funk metal, nu metal, riot grrl, alternative rock and industrial rock achieved sporadic success. Hip hop saw the East Coast reassert its primacy, and other cities, including Atlanta, Saint Louis, Detroit and New Orleans became major centers of commercial hip hop. Alternative hip hop also flourished into the next millennium, when it accompanied the much-hyped garage rock revival and a massive pop interest in teen idol boy bands and divas, many with a Latin flourish. The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... G-funk (Gangsta-funk or Ghetto-funk) is a type of hip hop music that emerged from West Coast gangsta rap in the early 1990s. ... Gangsta rap is a subgenre of hip hop music which involves a lyrical focus on the lifestyles of inner-city criminals. ... Dr. Dre (born Andre Romel Young on February 18, 1965, in Compton, California) is an African-American record producer, rapper, and record executive, and is one of the wealthiest, most influential, most successful and well-known producers in the field of hip hop music. ... City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water 369. ... Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is a genre of alternative rock inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock. ... Nirvana was a popular American rock band from Aberdeen, Washington. ... Death Row Records is a record company that was founded by Suge Knight and Dr. Dre in 1991, distributed by Jimmy Iovines Interscope Records. ... The third wave of ska music (ska punk, skacore) arose in the 1990s in the United States. ... Pop punk is used for two separate subgenres of punk rock music: the kind typically found on Lookout! Records, which stray very little from the three-chord formula that The Ramones pioneered, as well as a newer subgenre of melodic, more emotional punk, which includes by bands like NOFX and... Techno is a form of electronic music that emerged in Detroit, mid-1980s with influences from electro, chicago house and Germany, which subsequently developed in the 1990s into numerious and varied subgenres. ... Funk metal is a type of music that incorporates hard-driving heavy metal guitar riffs and the pounding bass rhythms characteristic of funk. ... Nu metal (or aggro metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal music. ... Riot grrl (also frequently spelled riot grrrl) is a form of hardcore punk rock music, known for its militant feminist stance. ... The terms alternative rock and alternative music were coined in the 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired music genres which didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... Industrial rock is a musical genre which is a fusion of industrial music and rock music. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... Nickname: Gateway City, Gateway to the West, or Mound City Official website: http://stlouis. ... Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... Alternative hip hop or Underground rap is a style of hip hop music distinguished by beats, samples, and lyrics that differ from the general template of popular commercial hip hop. ... Garage rock (performed by garage bands, not to be confused with UK Garage dance music) was a simple, raw form of rock and roll that emerged in the mid-1960s, largely in the United States. ... A teen idol is a famous person who generates attention from large numbers of teenagers. ... A boyband (British English)—or boy band (American English)—is a type of pop group featuring between three and six young male singers who are usually also dancers. ... This article is about female singers considered divas. ...

1980s

The American music industry of the very early 1980s was in a state of flux, which Reebee Garofolo claims reflects the state of American society, in turmoil with the election of Ronald Reagan (p. 353). Disco, the most popular style of the late 1970s, was dead, and the once vibrant field of punk rock was fractured, producing offshoots like New Wave music. The term New Wave was used very loosely, describing a vast range of styles from the arty punk of Elvis Costello to the Talking Heads and the New Romantics; this vagueness temporarily threw the "marketing categories of the music industry" into "disarray" (Garofolo, 353). The record industry itself suffered a recession during this period, a feat which many had thought impossible during the early 1970s, when the industry's profits had risen phenomenally quickly. Between 1978 and 1979, sales within the United States dropped by 11% (Garofolo, 354). Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... New Wave is a term that has been used to describe many developments in music, but is most commonly associated with a movement in American, Australian, British, Canadian and European popular music, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus, aka Elvis Costello. ... Talking Heads were an American rock band existing between 1974 and 1991, composed of David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, and Jerry Harrison. ... New Romantic was a New Wave music subgenre and fashion movement that occurred primarily in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s. ...

New Wave's main-stream popularity was brief. By 1984 (1984 in music), hair metal, long a dormant part of the Los Angeles music scene, started its reign on the charts. Led by hypermasculine bands like Quiet Riot (Metal Health), Van Halen (Van Halen) and Mötley Crüe (Shout at the Devil), hair metal reached its popular peak in the late 1980s with Def Leppard's Hysteria. Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction burst onto the scene late in the decade, and launched a new, short-lived era of more machoistic posturing and harsh, critical lyrics, mixed with the occasional ballad and virtuosic riff. Cover of the Guns N Roses album Appetite for Destruction. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1983 in music, other events of 1984, 1985 in music, 1980s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 27 - singer Michael Jacksons hair catches fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial. ... Nickname: City of Angels Official website: http://www. ... Quiet Riot is an American heavy metal band, whose 1983 & 1984 success started the 1980s glam metal scene. ... Metal Health was the breakthrough album for the American hair metal band Quiet Riot. ... Van Halen is an International rock band formed in the early-1970s. ... Van Halen is the self-titled debut album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1978 (see 1978 in music). ... Mötley Crüe (pronounced as mott-ley crew) is an American heavy metal/Glam Metal band whose members include Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, and Vince Neil. ... Shout at the Devil is the second album by the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... Def Leppard are a British rock band from Sheffield, England, that formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. ... Hysteria is the fourth album by British hard rock band Def Leppard, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). ... Guns N Roses (GNR) is an American hard rock band. ... Appetite for Destruction was rock and roll band Guns N Roses breakthrough album. ...

Black music in the 1980s focused on two developments. A smooth, ballad-oriented pop-soul fusion labeld contemporary R&B evolved and dominated the pop charts, especially in the early part of the decade. Lionel Richie (Can't Slow Down), Michael Jackson (Thriller), Whitney Houston (Whitney Houston) and Prince (Purple Rain) exemplified this field. The other major development in black music was the rise of hip hop as a commercial force. Soul music is a combination of rhythm and blues and gospel which began in the late 1950s in the United States. ... Rhythm and blues (or R&B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Jerry Wexler at Billboard magazine, used to designate upbeat popular music performed by African American artists that combined jazz and blues. ... Lionel Sandrasinghi Richie, Jr. ... Cant Slow Down is Lionel Richies second album which was released on October 11, 1983. ... For other people with the same name, see Michael Jackson (disambiguation) Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29, 1958), also known by the nicknames King of Pop and Wacko Jacko, is an American musician whose successful music career and controversial personal life have been at the forefront of pop culture for... It has been suggested that Thriller fiction be merged into this article or section. ... Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963) is an American pop singer, dramatic-soprano, songwriter, actress, film producer, and former model. ... Whitney Houston is the self-titled debut album by American R&B singer Whitney Houston, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). ... Prince (born Prince Rogers Nelson on June 7, 1958), known as (or, The Artist Formerly Known As Prince) from 1993 to 2000, is a popular and influential American musician. ... Music from the Motion Picture Purple Rain (also called just Purple Rain) was a 1984 album by Prince and the Revolution. ... Hip hop music (also referred to as rap or rap music) is a style of noise pollution. ...

Hip hop

Hip hop began its course to mainstream popularity with occasional fringe success in the early 80s -- Kurtis Blow (Kurtis Blow) and LL Cool J (Radio) introduced the sound to white listeners, while Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force ("Planet Rock") and Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five ("The Message") innovated new methods in MCing and DJing. Distinct regional variations including Miami bass, LA electro hop, DC go go and Chicago hip house became popular locally and influenced later artists. Of these, bass artists like 2 Live Crew (2 Live Crew Is What We Are) became most famous for sexually explicit lyrics and controversy, while hip house has proven enormously influential on the then developing house music scene and would go on to influence much of electronica and techno. Kurtis Blow (born Kurtis Walker August 9, 1959) is one of the pioneer rappers in the recording industry and hip hops first mainstream star. ... Kurtis Blow, (born Curtis Walker on August 9, 1959), is one of the most influential early rappers and hip hops first mainstream star. ... James Todd Smith (born January 14, 1968) is an American hip hop artist better known by his stage name, LL Cool J (Ladies Love Cool James). He is best known for romantic ballads like I Need Love as well as hardcore rap like I Cant Live Without My Radio. ... Afrika Bambaataa (born April 10, 1960) is a DJ and community leader from the South Bronx, who in the late 1970s, was instrumental in the early development of hip hop. ... This article is about the UK radio station. ... DJ Grandmaster Flash was one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing. ... This article describes the paraphrase of the Holy Bible. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Electro hop is a form of dance music mixed with hip hop which arose in Southern California in the early 1980s. ... Alternate meanings: See Go go (disambiguation) Go Go is a form of funk music which arose in the 1980s in Washington D.C.. In the late 1970s, funk had gone electronic, influenced by then popular disco acts, and began using drum machines, synthesizers and other instruments that many purists derided. ... Hip house, also known as house rap, is a mixture of house music and hip-hop which arose during the 1980s in New York. ... 2 Live Crew is a controversial rap group, largely due to the sexual themes of one album, As Nasty As They Wanna Be (1989). ... Album cover for 2 Live Crew Is What We Are is an album by now-defunct rap group 2 Live Crew. ... House music is a collection of styles of electronic dance music, the earliest forms of which originated in the United States in the early- to mid-1980s. ... Electronica is a rather vague term that covers a wide range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. ... Techno is a form of electronic music that emerged in Detroit, mid-1980s with influences from electro, chicago house and Germany, which subsequently developed in the 1990s into numerious and varied subgenres. ...

Punk rock

In the 1980s, punk music began incorporating reggae, ska and other international influences, while heavy metal diversified in the wake of the success of hair metal. Thrash, death and power metal emerged. Pop bands like U2 (The Joshua Tree) and post-punk bands like R.E.M. (Murmur) also led an interest in the alternative rock scene. All around the country, pop- and hard rock-oriented bands evolving in a state of popular dismissal but critical acclaim had developed a unique sound. Bands like the Pixies (Doolittle) and Hüsker Dü (New Day Rising) made only minor waves on the charts, but fermented a serious revolution in music. A new generation of listeners hated the bombastic, corporate sterility of formulaic hair metal bands, and reacted against them. Reggae is a music genre developed in Jamaica. ... Ska is a form of Jamaican music which began in the early 1960s. ... It has been suggested that Teutonic thrash be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Florida death metal be merged into this article or section. ... Power metal is a style of heavy metal music. ... U2 is an Irish rock band featuring Bono (Paul David Hewson) on vocals, guitar and harmonica, The Edge (David Howell Evans) on guitar, keyboards and vocals, Adam Clayton on bass, and Larry Mullen, Jr. ... The Joshua Tree is an album by U2, released on March 9, 1987 on Island Records (see 1987 in music). ... Post punk generally refers to the particularly fertile and creative period following the initial punk rock explosion. During the first wave of punk, roughly spanning 1976-1983, bands such as The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones and The Damned began to challenge the current styles and conventions of rock... R.E.M. is a rock band formed in Athens, Georgia in early 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and vocalist Michael Stipe. ... This article is about the R.E.M. album named Murmur, for alternate meanings see Murmur. ... The terms alternative rock and alternative music were coined in the 1980s to describe punk rock-inspired music genres which didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... Hard rock is a form of rock and roll music which finds its closest roots in early 1960s garage rock and in Jimi Hendrixs psychedelic rock. ... Pixies are an alternative rock music group. ... Doolittle refers to a number of people and things: Doolittle is the Pixies second full-length album, released in March 1989. ... Hüsker Dü was an influential rock music group from Minneapolis-St. ... New Day Rising is a 1985 hardcore punk album by the Minnesota band Hüsker Dü, released on SST Records. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Classic Metal. ...

Other genres

The 1980s also saw intense diversification in salsa music, which added Latin rap, jazz and other influences. Cuban songo influenced the form, and helped lead to a period of Cuban salsa dominating the genre. Popular salsa from the United States during the '80s including salsa romantica and Miami Sound performers. Salsa music is a diverse and predominantly Caribbean and Latin genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos abroad. ... Latin rap is not a homogeneous musical style but rather a term that covers all hip-hop music recorded by Latinos, as in Chicano Rap, Hip Hop Latino, and Hip Hop en espanol. ... Jazz is an original American musical art form originating around the early 1920s in New Orleans, rooted in Western music technique and theory, and is marked by the profound cultural contributions of African Americans. ... The word Songo has a number of meanings: The Songo people of northern Angola. ... Also known as Salsa Monga (Limp Salsa) is a commercialized toned down version of salsa music that emerged in the mid 80s. ...

1980s gospel was marked by a slick, pop form of Contemporary Christian Music (CCM), most influentially performed by artists like Amy Grant, as well as both traditional and radical singers and choirs, including Kirk Franklin and the Sounds of Blackness. The Detroit Sound of gospel arose during the '80s and remained current in the '90s, dominated by The Winans and The Clarks. The Beautiful Letdown, a 2003 CCM album by Switchfoot. ... Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960 in Augusta, Georgia) is an American singer-songwriter whose music has strong Christian themes. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Sounds Of Blackness is a gospel music ensemble from Minneapolis Minnesota who scored several big hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the nineties. ... The Winans family is a large family of gospel musicians who have recorded as several different groups and individual projects. ... The Clarks Retrospective The Clarks are a country-influenced rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Over the course of seventeen years they have produced a total of 12 studio, live, and solo releases, and have marked their territory as perhaps the most influential band to ever call Pittsburgh home. ...

Klezmer music took two different directions during the 1980s. Perennial favorites The Klezmatics, alongside artists like the Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band and Brave Old World, radically reinvented the genre, adding influences from around the world. Another movement, based primarily in Europe, brought klezmer back to its traditional roots. Klezmer (from Yiddish כלזמיר, etymologically from Hebrew kli zemer כלי זמר, vessel of song) is a musical tradition which parallels Hasidic and Ashkenazic Judaism. ... The Klezmatics is an American klezmer music group. ... The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band are a Canadian folk music band, who play a brand of klezmer music, traditional Eastern European Jewish dance music. ... Brave Old World is an international klezmer band formed in 1989. ...

In 1983, R. Carlos Nakai, a Navajo-Ute, released Changes, a multi-platinum album that launched a revival in the Native American flute. Combined with sounds of nature and ambient electronics, this set the stage for the modern incarnation of New Age music. Three years later, a tradition of Navajo spoken word poetry began with John Trudell's Aka Graffiti Man. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... R. Carlos Nakai is a Native American Flutist. ... Navajo blanket Navajo Nation (Navajo: Naabeehó Dineé) is the name of a sovereign Native American nation established by the Diné. The Navajo Indian Reservation covers about 27,000 square miles (70,000 square kilometres) of land, occupying all of northeastern Arizona, and extending into Utah and New Mexico, and is... The Utes (yoots) are an ethnically related group of American Indians now living primarily in Utah and Colorado. ... Changes is the ninth album by The Monkees. ... The Flute (Ger. ... New Age music, sometimes referred to as space music, is a vaguely defined style of music that is generally quite melodic and often primarily instrumental. ... Spoken word is a form of music or artistic performance in which lyrics, poetry, or stories are spoken rather than sung. ... John Trudell (born February 15, 1946 in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American author, a poet, musician and a former political activist. ...

In 1981, David Byrne and Brian Eno released My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, which defined what came to be known as world music by fusing African and Arab vocals over trance-like dance beats. A year later, Peter Gabriel launched WOMAD in Britain; the festival has since become a world music showcase and launched the careers of artists like Youssou N'Dour. In 1986, Paul Simon's blockbuster Graceland made world music briefly mainstream, bringing in South African artists like Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Mahlathini & the Mahotella Queens. In 1989, David Byrne and Peter Gabriel founded record labels (Luaka Bop and RealWorld, respectively) that soon dominated the field. 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... David Byrne (born May 14, 1952 in Dumbarton, Scotland) is a musician best known as a founding member and the principal songwriter of the New Wave band Talking Heads. ... Brian Eno in 1977 Brian Peter George St. ... My Life in the Bush of Ghosts is a 1981 album by Brian Eno and David Byrne, titled after Amos Tutuolas 1954 novel of the same name. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Cover art from the album So, Gabriels biggest commercial success Peter Brian Gabriel (born February 13, 1950, in Cobham, Surrey) is an English musician. ... World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD) is a festival started in England in 1982. ... Youssou NDour Youssou NDour (born October 11, 1959 in Dakar, Senegal) is a singer. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Publicity still for Youre the One, released in 2000 This article is about the musician; for other Paul Simons, see Paul Simon (disambiguation). ... Graceland is an album released in 1986 by Paul Simon. ... Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a chorus from South Africa that is noted for singing a cappella mbube music. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Luaka Bop is the world music label established by David Byrne, former guitarist and songwriter for the punk rock/new wave band Talking Heads. ...

1990s

The result of hair metal's decline was the grunge explosion in the early 1990s. By 1992 (1992 in music), hair metal bands were massively unpopular as grunge groups like Nirvana (Nevermind), Pearl Jam (Ten) and Alice in Chains (Dirt) dominated the charts. Their success lasted only a few years, however, as bands found it difficult to maintain their "alternative" sound after going mainstream. Cover of the Nirvana album Nevermind. ... Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is a genre of alternative rock inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... See also: 1991 in music, other events of 1992, 1993 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // Events 1992 was a pivotal year in the development of music. ... Nirvana was a popular American rock band from Aberdeen, Washington. ... Nevermind is the second studio album from the American grunge band, Nirvana. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ten is Pearl Jams first album, released on August 27, 1991 through Epic Records. ... Alice in Chains was an influential grunge group formed by lead singer Layne Staley (1967–2002) in the mid-1980s as Alice N Chainz before the spelling of the name was changed. ... Dirt is a grunge album by Alice in Chains, released on September 29, 1992 (see 1992 in music). ...

In addition, former N.W.A. member Dr. Dre (The Chronic) brought gangsta rap to pop audiences. By the mid-90s, alternative rock groups had died out among mainstream listeners, and gangsta rap took over. The middle of the decade also saw a boom in electronic music's (sometimes referred to generically as "electronica") popularity. Despite the fact that Detroit originally developed techno and Chicago developed house both in the mid-1980s, these forms remained largely underground and unknown in their country of origin. Electronic music genres were popularized primarily in Britain through the acid house, rave of the late 1980s and early 1990s and were later reinterpreted and "re-exported" back into the United States. Electronica's many permutations achieved some mainstream success throughout the last half of the decade. Bubblegum pop like the Spice Girls also returned after a decade of more-or-less dormancy during the period of hair metal and grunge, both highly opposed to clean, slick and shiny content. N.W.A (the abbreviation stands for Niggaz with Attitude) was a hip hop group that popularized gangsta rap with the groundbreaking Straight Outta Compton (1989) album, a vicious hardcore record that became an underground hit notorious for its hardcore lyrics, especially those of Fuck Tha Police, which resulted in... Dr. Dre (born Andre Romel Young on February 18, 1965, in Compton, California) is an African-American record producer, rapper, and record executive, and is one of the wealthiest, most influential, most successful and well-known producers in the field of hip hop music. ... The Chronic is the highly influential debut album from American rap producer Dr. Dre. ... Gangsta rap is a subgenre of hip hop music which involves a lyrical focus on the lifestyles of inner-city criminals. ... Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ... Electronica is a rather vague term that covers a wide range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. ... Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor... Techno is a form of electronic music that emerged in Detroit, mid-1980s with influences from electro, chicago house and Germany, which subsequently developed in the 1990s into numerious and varied subgenres. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... House music is a collection of styles of electronic dance music, the earliest forms of which originated in the United States in the early- to mid-1980s. ... Acid house is a variant of house music characterized by the use of simple tone generators with tempo-controlled resonant filters. ... Rave music consists of forms of electronic bollocks for dancing that are associated with the wank rave scene. ... Bubblegum pop (bubblegum rock, bubblegum music) is a genre of popular music and rock and roll. ... The Spice Girls were an all female pop group who formed in 1993 in London, UK. After releasing their debut single, Wannabe, in 1996 the group went to become a pop phenomenon that dominated popular music towards the end of the 20th century. ...

Gangsta rap in the 1980s had focused on the two coasts originally, with West Coast pioneers like Ice-T ("6 N Da Mornin'") and Too $hort (Born to Mack) and East Coast artists like Schoolly D (Saturday Night - The Album) achieving fame among blacks and mainstream success being limited to hardcore groups like N.W.A. (Straight Outta Compton), politically controversial groups like Public Enemy (It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back) and fledgling alternative hip hop groups like De La Soul (3 Feet High and Rising) and A Tribe Called Quest (The Low End Theory). East Coast rappers like Slick Rick (The Great Adventures of Slick Rick) had defined that coast's sound in the late 80s, and it had been far and away the center for hip hop until Dr. Dre's The Chronic put the West Coast on the hip hop map. Boasting a radio-friendly G funk sound, based primarily off funk samples, West Coast rap soon became the dominant sound among pop audiences with rappers like Snoop Doggy Dogg (Doggystyle) and Tupac Shakur (Me Against the World) achieving mainstream success. East Coast rappers like Notorious B.I.G. (Ready to Die) and Nas (Illmatic) tended to be more well-received critically, but were consistently unable to match the West Coast in pop sales. The rivalry between the two coasts came to a head by 1996 (1996 in music), when the deaths of Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur rocked the world of hip hop. With West Coast head Suge Knight imprisoned (unrelated to the murders) and East Coast quickly becoming dominated by Puff Daddy's releases aimed at purely pop audiences, rap music splintered. A new generation of southern rappers like OutKast (ATLiens) and Goodie Mob (Soul Food) emerged from Atlanta, as well as vibrant scenes in St. Louis and New Orleans. The Fugees (The Score) also fused hip hop sounds with dub, dancehall and reggae, popular Jamaican forms, to great mainstream success. East Coast rap's reputation among critics during its popular domination by watered-down pop acts like Puff Daddy (No Way Out) and Mase (Harlem World) was saved by the Wu Tang Clan (Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)), DMX (And Then There Was X), Busta Rhymes (The Coming) and other rappers that used a distinctively East Coast sound without catering to mainstream markets. On the West Coast, a period of relatively poor sales for Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg and the imprisonment of Suge Knight, led to the subsequent collapse of Death Row Records and a drought in mainstream popularity. In the late part of the decade, Eminem (The Marshall Mathers LP) emerged as one of the country's biggest stars. The Missouri-born rapper achieved success early in his career with radio-friendly hooks and pop beats; he quickly became the first white rapper to cross over to mainstream audiences without losing his critical viability. Ice T Tracy Marrow (born February 16, 1958 in Newark, New Jersey), better known as Ice-T, is an American rapper, author and actor. ... Too Short, or Too $hort, (born Todd Anthony Shaw on April 28, 1966) is a rapper who started his career in his hometown of Oakland, California. ... Born to Mack is a 1985 album by Too $hort. ... // Background Schoolly D is the moniker of Jesse B. Weaver, Jr. ... Saturday Night! - The Album is a spectacular vinyl recording of pre-gangster rap pioneer Schooly D, who is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... N.W.A (the abbreviation stands for Niggaz with Attitude) was a hip hop group that popularized gangsta rap with the groundbreaking Straight Outta Compton (1989) album, a vicious hardcore record that became an underground hit notorious for its hardcore lyrics, especially those of Fuck Tha Police, which resulted in... Straight Outta Compton is a Gangsta rap defining genre album by N.W.A first released in 1989. ... Public Enemy, also known as PE, are a seminal hip hop group known for their politically charged lyrics and their interest in the concerns of the African American community. ... It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is a 1988 (see 1988 in music) album by the hip hop group Public Enemy. ... Alternative hip hop or Underground rap is a style of hip hop music distinguished by beats, samples, and lyrics that differ from the general template of popular commercial hip hop. ... De La Soul (Spanish for From The Soul) is a massively influential hip hop group, hailing from Amityville, Long Island, New York. ... 3 Feet High and Rising is the debut album from American hip hop trio De La Soul. ... A Tribe Called Quest were an influential rap group of the 1990s, originally formed in Queens, New York City in 1988. ... The Low End Theory is the critically acclaimed alternative hip hop second album by A Tribe Called Quest, released on September 24, 1991 (see 1991 in music) on Jive Records. ... In the early 1990s, two styles of hip hop were popular. ... Slick Rick Slick Rick (born January 14, 1965) is an East Coast rapper, known for a series of hip hop recordings during the 1980s. ... The Great Adventures of Slick Rick is a hardcore rap album by East Coast hip hop performer Slick Rick, released in 1988 (see 1988 in music). ... Dr. Dre (born Andre Romel Young on February 18, 1965, in Compton, California) is an African-American record producer, rapper, and record executive, and is one of the wealthiest, most influential, most successful and well-known producers in the field of hip hop music. ... The Chronic is the highly influential debut album from American rap producer Dr. Dre. ... G-funk (Gangsta-funk or Ghetto-funk) is a type of hip hop music that emerged from West Coast gangsta rap in the early 1990s. ... Funk is a distinct style of music originated by African-Americans, e. ... In the 1980s, hip hop music began to break into the mainstream of the United States. ... Snoop Dogg Calvin Cordozar Broadus (born October 20, 1971 in Long Beach, California) is a rap musician and actor. ... Doggystyle is the debut album by American West Coast (G Funk) hip hop artist Snoop Doggy Dogg, released on November 23, 1993 (see 1993 in music). ... Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971–September 13, 1996) was an American hip hop artist, poet and actor. ... Me Against the World is a rap album by Tupac Shakur, released on February 27, 1995 (see 1995 in music). ... Christopher Wallace (May 21, 1972 - March 9, 1997), also known as Biggie Smalls (after a stylish gangster in the 1975 comedy, Lets Do it Again), but best known as The Notorious B.I.G. (Business Instead of Game). ... Ready to Die is a gangsta rap album by East Coast hip hop artist Notorious B.I.G., released on September 13, 1994 (see 1994 in music). ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Illmatic is the debut hip hop album by Nas, released on April 19, 1994 (see 1994 in music) on Columbia Records. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... See also: 1995 in music, other events of 1996, 1997 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 8 - Madonnas stalker, Robert Hoskins is found guilty and convicted on 5 charges of assault, stalking, and threatening to kill her. ... Suge Knight Marion Knight Jr. ... Sean John Combs (born November 4, 1969 aka P. Diddy, Puff Daddy, Sean Puffy Combs) is an American record producer and CEO and founder of Bad Boy Entertainment, one of the driving forces in hip hop in the mid to late 1990s. ... OutKast is a American hip hop duo based out of Atlanta, Georgia. ... ATLiens is the second major label music album by the hip-hop duo OutKast. ... Goodie Mob is one of the premiere hip hop acts to come out of the Dirty South. ... Soul Food is the 1995 debut album for the Goodie MOb, released by LaFace Records. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... Nickname: Gateway City, Gateway to the West, or Mound City Official website: http://stlouis. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... The Fugees are an American music group, popular during the mid-1990s, whose repertoire includes primarily hip hop, with elements of soul, and Caribbean music (particularly reggae). ... The Score is a 1996 album released by The Fugees. ... Dub is a form of Jamaican music, which developed in the early 1970s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Reggae is a music genre developed in Jamaica. ... Sean John Combs (born November 4, 1969 aka P. Diddy, Puff Daddy, Sean Puffy Combs) is an American record producer and CEO and founder of Bad Boy Entertainment, one of the driving forces in hip hop in the mid to late 1990s. ... No Way Out is an album by (then) Puff Daddy and the Bad Boy Family. ... Ma$e Ma$e (born Mason Durrell Betha on August 27, 1978 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American rapper, best known as a successful artist on Sean Combs (Diddy) hip hop label Bad Boy Records during the late 1990s. ... Harlem World is the multi-platinum debut album by rapper Mase, released October 28, 1997. ... The Wu-Tang Clan is a pioneering hardcore rap group, originally from Staten Island, New York, USA (Staten Island is referred to as Shaolin in their lyrics). ... Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers is the 1993 (see 1993 in music) debut album by the Wu-Tang Clan, a collective of American hip hop musicians. ... DMX (center) in Cradle 2 the Grave with Gabrielle Union and Drag-On Earl Simmons (born December 18, 1970 in Baltimore, Maryland), also known as Dark Man X, The Divine Master of the Unknown, or simply DMX, is an African-American rapper and actor, who was most famous in the... | Name = ...And Then There Was X | Type = | Artist = [[DMX]] | Cover = | Background = | Released = December 21, 1999 | Recorded = | Genre = [[Hardcore Rap]] | Length = mm:ss | Label = | Producer = | Reviews = | Last album = | This album = | Next album = }} ...And Then There Was X is a hip hop album by American rapper DMX, released on December 21, 1999. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... The Coming was the first solo album released by former Leaders of the New School representative Busta Rhymes. ... Death Row Records is a record company that was founded by Suge Knight and Dr. Dre in 1991, distributed by Jimmy Iovines Interscope Records. ... This article is about the rapper Eminem. ... The Marshall Mathers LP is the sophomore major-label album from American rapper Eminem. ... Official language(s) English Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 21st 69,709 mi²; 180,693 km² 240 mi; 385 km 300 mi; 480 km 1. ...

Alanis Morissette also reached popularity during this point, giving rise to the singer-songwriter traditions of predecessors Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Tracy Chapman. Her album Jagged Little Pill became one of the most popular albums of the decade. Following her success included other popular female performers including Fiona Apple and Jewel. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... Tapestry (1971) Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is a Jewish American singer and songwriter. ... Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943, in Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada), is a musician and painter. ... Tracy Chapman on the cover of her self-titled album Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for legendary singles Fast Car, Talkin Bout a Revolution, and Baby can I hold you She is a multi platinum and multi grammy award winning artist Born... Jagged Little Pill was Canadian singer/songwriter Alanis Morissettes third album, released on June 13, 1995 (see 1995 in music). ... Fiona Apple (born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter. ... Jewel Kilcher (born May 23, 1974 in Payson, Utah) is a singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist, and author, better known by her first name, Jewel. ...

Other 90s trends

Power pop bands like Weezer (The Blue Album), jam bands like Phish (A Picture of Nectar) and pop-punk and skacore groups like Green Day (Dookie) and Sublime (Sublime) rose to some prominence, with late punk and ska bands achieving the most mainstream success. No Doubt (Tragic Kingdom), Rancid (...And Out Come the Wolves) and similar bands released blockbuster albums in the middle of the decade. Power pop is a long-standing musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop music. ... Weezer is an American rock band. ... The Blue Album is the title of three notable albums: The Blue Album by 311 The Blue Album the debut by Weezer The Beatles 1967-1970 by The Beatles (a greatest hits double-LP released in 1973, known as The Blue Album because of its cover) This is a disambiguation... The term jam band is commonly used to describe psychedelic rock-influenced bands whose concerts largely consist of bands reinterpreting their songs as springboards into extended improvisational pieces of music. ... This article is about the musical group. ... United States band Phishs 3rd released studio album. ... Pop punk is a term applied to a style of punk rock music, most popular in the 2000s but beginning in the late 1970s. ... The third wave of ska music (ska punk, skacore) arose in the 1990s in the United States. ... Green Day is a California-based band, consisting of Billie Joe Armstrong (lead vocals, lead guitar), Mike Dirnt (born Michael Pritchard; bass, backing vocals), and Tré Cool (born Frank Edwin Wright III; drums, backing vocals). ... Dookie is the third album by the pop-punk band Green Day. ... Sublime was a garage punk, ska band from Long Beach, California, playing a mix of reggae and dub, ska, punk, and hip hop. ... Sublime is the self-titled hit album released by the eponymous band just two months after the tragic death of lead singer and guitarist Brad Nowell. ... No Doubt is an American alternative rock band whose music was initially influenced heavily by ska, punk and New Wave. ... Tragic Kingdom is the third album by ska punk band No Doubt, released in 1995 (see 1995 in music). ... Rancid is a punk band formed in 1991 in Berkeley, California, by former members of Operation Ivy, Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong. ... ...And Out Come the Wolves is an album by the punk rock band Rancid, released in August of 1995 (see 1995 in music). ...

The American indie rock scene also thrived in the early and mid 90s, with bands such as Pavement, Guided By Voices, and Sonic Youth having a little success. Mostly these bands went unnoticed by the average music consumer but indie albums such as Slanted and Enchanted, Bee Thousand, and Goo are now acknowledged as some of the best of the decade. Pavement was a 1990s american indie-rock band. ... Bob Pollard, lead singer and songwriter for Guided by Voices, drinking next to a sign inspired by the popular line from A Salty Salute, the bands drinking anthem. ... Sonic Youth is a rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ... Slanted & Enchanted is Pavementss influential first studio album. ... Bee Thousand is the name of a lo-fi rock album by Guided By Voices released on June 20th, 1994. ... Goo is an album by alternative rock band Sonic Youth, released on June 26, 1990. ...

After a decade of hip hop influenced R&B recordings from artists such as Mary J. Blige, TLC, and BLACKstreet, early 1970s the sounds of soul music re-emerged with a sub-genre called neo soul; Lauryn Hill (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill), Erykah Badu (Baduizm) and D'Angelo (Voodoo) spearheaded this movement. Most of the conteporary music scene continued to follow the pop-styled template set by Michael Jackson, Prince, Whitney Houston and others during the 1980s, and continued by Boyz II Men, Mariah Carey, and Babyface. Successful stars such as Usher, Beyonce & Destiny's Child, and others finding fame during this period. In hard rock, multiple trends developed. Mary Jane Blige (born January 11, 1971 (disputed — see talk page)) is a three-time Grammy Award-winning American R&B/Hip-Hop Soul singer, songwriter and producer. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... BLACKstreet was an American R&B group founded in 1994 (see 1994 in music) by Teddy Riley, a New Jack Swing pioneer known for his work as a member of Guy. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Neo soul (also known as nu soul) is a musical genre that fuses contemporary R&B, 1970s style soul, and hip hop. ... Lauryn Hill (born May 25, 1975 in South Orange, New Jersey), is a seven time Grammy award winning musician, and record producer, initially establishing her reputation as the most visible and vocal member of The Fugees, then continuing on to a solo career, releasing The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. ... The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is the debut solo album by Lauryn Hill of the recently reunited Fugees. ... Erykah Badu Erykah Badu (born Erica Abi Wright on February 26, 1971 in Dallas, Texas) is an American R&B/hip hop artist whose work crosses over into jazz. ... Baduizm is the debut album by American nu soul singer Erykah Badu, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). ... DAngelo in his music video for Untitled (How Does It Feel) DAngelo (born Michael Eugene Archer on February 11, 1974 in Richmond, Virginia) is an African-American soul singer, pianist, songwriter, and record producer. ... Voodoo is a neo soul album by DAngelo, released on January 11, 2000 (see 2000 in music). ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... Boyz II Men is an American R&B/soul singing group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... For the album of the same name, see Mariah Carey (album). ... Kenneth Babyface Edmonds (born April 10, 1958 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an R&B and pop singer, songwriter, keyboardist, record producer, film producer, and entreprenuer. ... Usher Raymond IV (born October 14, 1978), known commonly as Usher, is an American singer, dancer, songwriter and actor. ... Beyonc in 2004 with her five Grammys. ... Destinys Child was an American R&B group. ... Hard rock is a form of rock and roll music which finds its closest roots in early 1960s garage rock and in Jimi Hendrixs psychedelic rock. ...

Thrash metal, invented in the early 80s by bands like Metallica (Kill 'Em All) and Slayer (Reign in Blood), achieved some mainstream success before mutating into nu metal (such as System of a Down (Toxicity)) in the latter half of the 1990s. Rapcore bands (that mix hip hop and metal) also emerged; Limp Bizkit (Significant Other) and KoЯn (Peachy) were the most popular, drawing heavily upon early pioneers in the field like Pantera (A Vulgar Display of Power), Faith No More (Angel Dust) and Anthrax (Among the Living). The 1990s also saw a boom in funk metal bands like Red Hot Chili Peppers (Californication) and female singer-songwriters like Tori Amos (Boys for Pele), relying on late 80s pioneers like Tracy Chapman (Tracy Chapman) and P.J. Harvey (Rid of Me). It has been suggested that Teutonic thrash be merged into this article or section. ... Metallica is an American heavy metal band formed in October 1981. ... Kill Em All is Metallicas first album, released July, 1983 on Megaforce Records // Impact Released in 1983, Kill Em All was the first album to completely feature everything that made the nascent Bay Area thrash metal scene so unique, and while even today it is still uncompromisingly heavy, upon... Slayer is an American thrash metal band, founded in Huntington Park, California (not Huntington Beach as has often been reported) in 1981 by Tom Araya (bass guitar, vocals), Kerry King, Jeff Hanneman (guitars) and Dave Lombardo (drums). ... Reign in Blood  is a thrash metal album by American thrash metal band Slayer, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music) through Def Jam Records (later re-released on Rubins Def American/American Recordings). ... Nu metal (or aggro metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal music. ... System Of A Down (sometimes referred to as SoaD, S.O.A.D., or System) is a rock band from Los Angeles, California that formed in 1995. ... Look up toxic and toxicity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Rapcore is a music genre that fuses many elements of hip hop music with the instrumentation of hardcore punk and/or heavy metal. ... Limp Bizkit (pronounced limp biscuit) is an American rapcore band who, with Korn, is often credited with starting the popularization of the genre sometimes dubbed nu metal. ... Significant Other is the second album by Limp Bizkit. ... Korn logo KoЯn. ... Pantera was a popular heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas that formed in 1981. ... Vulgar Display of Power is a thrash metal album by heavy metal band Pantera, released on February 25, 1992 (see 1992 in music). ... The band in 1997. ... Angel Dust has several meanings: Angel dust is a common name for the drug phencyclidine (PCP) Angel Dust, the fourth album by the rock band Faith No More Angel Dust, a heavy metal / power metal band from Germany Angeldust, a late-1990s industrial band formed by Klay Scott of Circle... Among the Living is the name of the third album by the band Anthrax. ... Funk metal is a type of music that incorporates hard-driving heavy metal guitar riffs and the pounding bass rhythms characteristic of funk. ... The Red Hot Chili Peppers is a California-based band from Los Angeles birthed from the Funk-Rock movement of the 1980s and early 1990s. ... Californication is the seventh album by American funk metal band the Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on June 8, 1999 (see 1999 in music). ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... Tori Amos Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter. ... Boys For Pele, the Grammy-nominated third album by singer and songwriter Tori Amos, is perhaps her least well-known and yet best-selling album to date. ... Tracy Chapman on the cover of her self-titled album Tracy Chapman (born March 30, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for legendary singles Fast Car, Talkin Bout a Revolution, and Baby can I hold you She is a multi platinum and multi grammy award winning artist Born... Tracy Chapman is the self-titled debut album by American singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman, released in 1988 (see 1988 in music). ... Polly Jean Harvey, born October 9, 1969 in Weymouth, Dorset is a British singer and songwriter. ... Released in 1993, PJ Harveys second album was largely recorded by the controversial engineer Steve Albini, bar one track (Man-Size Sextet by Head/Harvey/Ellis). ...

Another major musical style of the 1990s was pop-country groups, beginning with honky tonk crooners like Clint Black (Killin' Time), Alan Jackson (A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'Bout Love)) and Garth Brooks (Ropin' the Wind), the sound exploded into mainstream audiences with the crossover success of Shania Twain (Come on Over), the Dixie Chicks (Fly), Faith Hill (Breathe) and other female singers in the middle of the decade. Honky tonk was originally the name of a type of bar common throughout the southern United States, also Honkatonk or Honkey-tonk. ... Clint Patrick Black (born February 4, 1962 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA) is a country music singer, songwriter and producer. ... Killin Time is a 1989 (see 1989 in music) album by pop-country singer Clint Black. ... Alan Jackson on the cover of his #1 album Drive Alan Jackson (born October 17, 1958) is an American country music singer and songwriter, who became one of the best-selling country musicians of the 1990s. ... A Lot About Livin (And a Little Bout Love) is Alan Jacksons third album, released in 1992. ... Garth Brooks, from his No Fences album Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American country music singer songwriter and charity director. ... Ropin the Wind is Garth Brooks third album, released in September 1991. ... Shania Twain, OC (born August 28, 1965) is a Canadian singer and songwriter who has been very successful in the country and pop music genres, setting several sales records for female artists and for country artists. ... Come on Over is an album by Shania Twain, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). ... The Dixie Chicks: Martie, Natalie and Emily The Dixie Chicks are an American country music all-female trio. ... Fly is the fifth album by American country band Dixie Chicks, released in 1999 (see 1999 in music). ... Audrey Faith Perry, later known as Faith Hill (born September 21, 1967 in Jackson, Mississippi), is a successful American country singer, known for her commercial success as well as her much-publicized marriage to country singer Tim McGraw. ... Breathe is the fourth album by country artist Faith Hill, released in 1999 (see 1999 in music). ...

Verdell Primeaux and Johnny Mike released Sacred Path: Healing Songs of the Native American Church, an influential album that fused Peyote Songs with electronic backwashes and other modern flourishes. In 1994, part Mohawk Robbie Robertson (of The Band) put together the soundtrack for a documentary as part of an exploration of his Native American heritage. The resulting album, Music for the Native Americans, was extremely popular and has proven itself influential, bringing Native American artists to some segments of mainstream audiences. Peyote songs are a form of Native American music, performed as part of the Native American Church. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The Mohawk (Kanienkeh or Kanienkehaka meaning People of the Flint) are an indigenous people of North America who live around Lake Ontario and the St. ... Jaime Robert Robertson (born July 5, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a songwriter, guitarist and singer, probably best known for his membership in The Band. ... The Band on the cover of their second album: Manuel, Helm, Danko, Hudson, Robertson The Band were an influential Canadian-American rock and roll group of the 1960s and 1970s. ... Soundtrack refers to the recorded sound accompanying a visual medium such as a motion picture, television show, or video game. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

2000s

Since the turn of the millennium, two major developments in American popular music have occurred. The dominance of bubblegum pop like *NSYNC (No Strings Attached) and Backstreet Boys (Backstreet's Back) continued from the 90s, and also grew to include Latin stars like Shakira (Laundry Service), Ricky Martin (Sound Loaded) and Christina Aguilera (Christina Aguilera). In addition to these slick sounds, a growing number of domestic and foreign garage rock bands have achieved notable success, including The Strokes (Is This It?) and the White Stripes (White Blood Cells). *NSYNC is a five-part pop music vocal group, sometimes referred to as a boy band, formed in Orlando, Florida, USA. The group members are Lance Bass, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick, and Justin Timberlake. ... No Strings Attached is a pop album by American boy band *NSYNC, released on March 21, 2000 (see 2000 in music). ... The Backstreet Boys, or BSB, is a boy band and pop group that rose to considerable popularity in the late 1990s, and has since broken music and concert sales records, having reported sales of more than 87 million albums (38 million in U.S.) to make them the highest-selling... Backstreet Boys Backstreets Back The track list is: Everybody (Backstreets Back) As Long As You Love Me All I Have To Give Thats The Way I Like It 10,000 Promises Like A Child Hey, Mr. ... Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977), better known simply as Shakira, is a five-time Grammy winner Latin pop singer and songwriter. ... Laundry Service is an album by Shakira, released in 2001. ... Ricky Martin Ricky Martin (born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on December 24, 1971 as Enrique Martin Morales), is a successful Puerto Rican pop singer who rose to fame, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1990. ... Sound Loaded is a 2000 album by Ricky Martin. ... Christina Maria Aguilera (born December 18, 1980) is an American pop singer-songwriter. ... Christina Aguilera is the self-titled debut album of pop singer Christina Aguilera. ... Garage rock (performed by garage bands, not to be confused with UK Garage dance music) was a simple, raw form of rock and roll that emerged in the mid-1960s, largely in the United States. ... The Strokes is an American rock band that rose to fame in the early 2000s. ... Is This It? is The Strokes debut LP, released on September 25, 2001 (see 2001 in music). ... The White Stripes are a minimalist rock and roll duo from Detroit, formed in 1997. ... White Blood Cells is the third album by American rock band The White Stripes, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music). ...