Music in the 90's

Hip Hop:
This genre of music came around in roughly 1992, this is when Dr. Dre's album 'The Chronic' which provided a template for modern ganster rap which soon evolved into hip hop. By the mid 1990's hip hop had overtaken other forms of music with its huge commerical sales and advertising, and this was aided by some popular artists such as Fugees and 2Pac. The most signficant point in history for this genre of music was in 1998 when Lauryn Hill released her big debut album called 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'. The album won five Grammy awards and due to this huge success it went on to selling over 19 million copies worldwide. Lauryn Hill was used as the main promotion point for the hip hop genre and helped define what this music is - rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted to musical accompaniment.

Britpop:

Countering this movement of hip hop and rock, Britpop soon emerged from british culture which attempted to reject the themes of youth and freedom that came from popular American music. This genre of british music was heavily influenced by the 60's and 70's disco/hippy culture within the capital due to their relaxed and individual artists and also their unique material. Oasis was the most iconic and popular band within this new form of music as they regularly topped the single and album charts but were the only Britpop band to be able to tap into the American market. Towards the end of the 90's Britpop began struggling to compete with major artists so therefore this marked the gradual decline in this genre to the inevitable break up of groups such as Blur, Suede and Pulp.