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In the 1990s, music had gone through the rap and house revolution, totally changing the landscape of music. While up to the 1980s, music seemed to get louder and louder, the 1990s music seemed to take a step back in rhythm, going from the aforementioned rap revolution, to the slower, romantic lyrics of late '90s bands, while also witnessing a rise in alternative rock, and a couple of attempts at bringing back '80s style of pop. By the end of the decade electronic dance music (house, techno) was ubiquitous and the charts were full of manufactured corporate groups. The decade also witnessed a revival of disco and a return in the use of real instruments, which had been completely abandoned by most musicians in 1980 in an attempt to distant themselves from a disco sound.

Many of the top selling albums ever were released in the 1990s, such as:
  • Shania Twain (Come On Over) (1997): 40 million copies
  • Spice Girls (Spice) (1996): 30 million copies
  • Alanis Morissette (Jagged Little Pill) (1995): 30 million copies
  • Hootie & the Blowfish (Cracked Rear View) (1994): 16 million copies
  • Pearl Jam (Ten) (1991): 12 million copies
  • Green Day (Dookie) (1994): 10 million copies
  • Jewel (Pieces of You) (1995): 12 million copies
  • Nirvana (Nevermind) (1991): 10 million copies


    • Among the groups who started or became famous during the 1990s and may have continued fame into the 2000s
  • 2 Unlimited
  • 3 Doors Down
  • 311
  • 4 Non Blondes
  • 4 Runner
  • 95 South
  • 98 Degrees
  • 2pac
  • A-Teens
  • Ace of Base
  • Acid Bath
  • Aerosmith
  • AFI
  • Air
  • Alice in Chains
  • Alien Ant Farm
  • Alisha's Attic
  • All-4-One
  • All Saints
  • Allure
  • Amon Amarth
  • American Hi-Fi
  • Amiel
  • Angelfish
  • Aphex Twin
  • Aqua
  • The Aquabats
  • Army of Lovers
  • Arrested Development
  • Atomic Kitten
  • Backstreet Boys
  • Baha Men
  • Barenaked Ladies
  • Beastie Boys
  • Beck
  • Ben Folds Five
  • Better Than Ezra
  • Beyond Solace
  • Big Audio Dynamite II
  • Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (Swing Revival)
  • Bikini Kill
  • Biohazard
  • Blackstreet
  • Blind Melon
  • blink-182
  • Bloodhound Gang
  • Blues Traveler
  • Blur
  • bôa
  • Bon Jovi
  • Bootsauce
  • Bourbon Tabernacle Choir
  • Boyz II Men
  • Bran Van 3000
  • Brittany Goodwin
  • Brother Cane
  • The Breeders
  • Bronco
  • BT
  • Burzum
  • Bush
  • Butthole Surfers
  • By Divine Right
  • Bachelor Girl
  • Black Box
  • The Black Crowes
  • BlackGirl
  • Blessid Union of Souls
  • Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony
  • Bowling for Soup
  • Butterfingers
  • Black Label Society
  • Blaque
  • Brian Setzer Orchestra
  • C&C Music Factory
  • Cake
  • Candlebox
  • Cannibal Corpse
  • Catherine Wheel
  • The Cardigans
  • The Cash Brothers
  • Change of Heart
  • The Chemical Brothers
  • Cherry Poppin' Daddies (Swing Revival)
  • Children of Bodom
  • Cibo Matto
  • Citizen King
  • CIV
  • CKY
  • Clawfinger
  • Collapsed Lung
  • Collective Soul
  • Color Me Badd
  • Coolio
  • Cornershop
  • The Corrs
  • Corrosion of Conformity
  • Counting Crows
  • The Cranberries
  • Cradle of Filth
  • Crash Test Dummies
  • Creed
  • The Crystal Method
  • Cub
  • Chumbawamba
  • Cursive
  • Cypress Hill
  • Daft Punk
  • Damn Yankees
  • Dave Matthews Band
  • Days of the New
  • Deee-Lite
  • Def Leppard
  • Deftones
  • Delerium
  • Deep Blue Something
  • Destiny's Child
  • Digital Underground
  • Dishwalla
  • Dixie Chicks
  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
  • The Donnas
  • Dog Eat Dog
  • Dope
  • Down
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  • Dream Theater
  • Dream Warriors
  • Dru Hill
  • DVDA
  • Eagle-Eye Cherry
  • Econoline Crush
  • Eels
  • Elastica
  • EMF
  • Emperor
  • En Vogue
  • Enigma
  • Eve 6
  • Everclear
  • Extreme
  • Eazy-E
  • Faith No More
  • The Family Jewels
  • Fatboy Slim
  • Fastball
  • Fear Factory
  • Filter
  • Finger Eleven
  • Finntroll
  • Firehouse
  • Five
  • Folk Implosion
  • Foo Fighters
  • For Real
  • Fountains of Wayne
  • Fuel
  • Fugazi
  • The Fugees
  • Garbage
  • The Get Up Kids
  • Gin Blossoms
  • Ginuwine
  • Girls Against Boys
  • G.M.S.
  • Godsmack
  • Goo Goo Dolls
  • God Lives Underwater
  • Matthew Good Band
  • Grandaddy
  • Gravediggaz
  • Gravity Kills
  • Great Big Sea
  • Green Day
  • Grinspoon
  • Gruntruck
  • Guided by Voices
  • Guns N' Roses
  • H20
  • Hanson
  • p.e.
  • Heimlich Maneuver
  • Helmet
  • hHead
  • Hieroglyphics
  • HIM
  • Hole
  • Honeyz
  • Hootie and the Blowfish
  • House of Pain
  • H-Blockx
  • I Mother Earth
  • Incubus
  • Infidels
  • Innosense
  • Intermix
  • Insane Clown Posse
  • INXS
  • Jagged Edge
  • James
  • Jamiroquai
  • Jane's Addiction
  • Jedi Mind Tricks
  • Jesus Jones
  • Jewel
  • The Jesus Lizard
  • Jimmy Eat World
  • Jodeci
  • Jurassic 5
  • K-Ci and JoJo
  • The KLF
  • Kerbdog
  • Kidneythieves
  • King Cobb Steelie
  • Kittens
  • Kittie
  • KoЯn
  • Kris Kross
  • K's Choice
  • Kula Shaker
  • L7
  • Lacuna Coil
  • La Bouche
  • La Ley
  • Lamb
  • The Lemonheads
  • Len
  • Less Than Jake
  • Letters to Cleo
  • Limp Bizkit
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  • Lit
  • Līve
  • Local H
  • Lodestar
  • Londonbeat
  • Long Beach Dub Allstars
  • Los Enanitos Verdes
  • Lostprophets
  • The Lowest of the Low
  • Luscious Jackson
  • Madball
  • Madonna
  • Maná
  • Manic Street Preachers
  • Mansun
  • Marcy Playground
  • Marilyn Manson
  • Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
  • Richard Marx
  • Massive Attack
  • Matchbox Twenty
  • Matthew Good Band
  • Mayhem
  • Mazzy Star
  • Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
  • Meat Puppets
  • Megadeth
  • The Melvins
  • Menswear
  • Metallica
  • The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (Ska punk)
  • Mindless Self Indulgence
  • The Misfits
  • Modern Talking
  • Mötley Crüe
  • Montel Jordan
  • Mr. Big
  • Mr. Bungle
  • Mudhoney
  • Muse
  • Mushroomhead
  • Music Instructor
  • MxPx
  • N2Deep
  • Nada Surf
  • Nailbomb
  • Nelson
  • New Found Glory
  • New Kids on the Block
  • The New Pornographers
  • New Radicals
  • Nightwish
  • Nine Inch Nails
  • Nirvana
  • No Doubt (Third wave ska)
  • No Use for a Name
  • NOFX
  • *NSYNC
  • Oakenfold, Paul
  • Oasis
  • Ocean Colour Scene
  • The Offspring
  • Onyx
  • Opeth
  • Orange 9mm
  • The Orb
  • Orbital
  • Orgy
  • Otep
  • Our Lady Peace
  • OutKast
  • Overcast
  • O*Town
  • Portishead
  • Pantera
  • Papa Roach
  • Pavement
  • Pearl Jam
  • Pennywise
  • Phair, Liz
  • Phantom Planet
  • Phish
  • PIG
  • Pitchshifter
  • Pizzicato Five
  • Placebo
  • P.M. Dawn
  • Polaris
  • Porno for Pyros
  • Poison
  • Powerman 5000
  • Presidents of the United States of America
  • Primal Scream
  • Primus
  • The Prodigy
  • Prozzäk
  • Public Enemy
  • Puff Daddy & the Family
  • Pulp
  • Queens of the Stone Age
  • Radiohead
  • Rage Against the Machine
  • Rammstein
  • Rancid
  • Rasputina
  • Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Reel Big Fish (Third wave ska)
  • Refused
  • R.E.M.
  • The Rembrandts
  • Republica
  • Rhapsody of Fire
  • Rheostatics
  • Right Said Fred
  • Rocket From the Crypt
  • The Rollins Band
  • The Roots
  • Rose Chronicles
  • Roxette
  • The Ruff Ryders
  • Rusted Root
  • Savage Garden
  • Scooter
  • Scorpions
  • Seal
  • Section 8
  • Selena
  • Semisonic
  • Send no flowers
  • Senser
  • Sepultura
  • Seven Mary Three
  • Seven Year Bitch
  • Shaggy
  • She Moves
  • Shakespears Sister
  • Shootyz Groove
  • Sick of It All
  • Silverchair
  • Sister Hazel
  • Six Feet Under
  • Sixpence None the Richer
  • Skunk Anansie
  • Skydiggers
  • Slaughter
  • Slaves on Dope
  • Slipknot
  • Sloan
  • The Smashing Pumpkins
  • Snap!
  • Sneaker Pimps
  • Social Distortion
  • Soulfly
  • Soul Asylum
  • Soul Coughing
  • Soundgarden
  • The Soup Dragons
  • Spacemen 3
  • Spice Girls
  • Spin Doctors
  • Sponge
  • Squirrel Nut Zippers (Swing Revival)
  • Stabbing Westward
  • Stereophonics
  • The Stone Roses
  • Stone Temple Pilots
  • Stratovarius
  • String Cheese Incident
  • Sublime
  • Sugar Ray
  • Sunny Day Real Estate
  • Superdrag
  • Switchfoot
  • SWV
  • System of a Down
  • Tad
  • Take That
  • Temple of the Dog
  • The Pretenders
  • The Screaming Trees
  • Therapy?
  • Third Eye Blind
  • Thumb
  • TLC
  • Toad the Wet Sprocket
  • Toadies
  • The Tomorrowpeople
  • Tonic
  • Tool
  • The Tragically Hip
  • A Tribe Called Quest
  • UB40
  • Ugly Kid Joe
  • Ultrasound
  • Van Halen
  • The Vandals
  • Vertical Horizon
  • The Verve
  • The Verve Pipe
  • Veruca Salt
  • Violent Femmes
  • The Wallflowers
  • Warrant
  • The Wedding Present
  • Weezer
  • Eric West
  • Westlife
  • The White Stripes
  • White Zombie
  • Wilco
  • Wild Orchid
  • Wilson Phillips
  • Wool
  • Wu-Tang Clan
  • Within Temptation
  • Rob Zombie
  • White Zombie

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