They all broke the crtieria of 350 million plays. Today we will go through the 40 albums that amass the highest number of cumulative streams. Now that this music is democratized in most countries, how do they perform? The same question can be raised for the new generation of R&B artists that poppep up during that decade. MC Hammer debuted the decade strong and then various more got hugely popular, among them 2Pac, Notorious B.I.G., and Snoop Doggy Dogg flooded the US radio stations although the phenomenon struggled to go global. Obviously, the 90s was also the decade that saw rap music cross over the general public. British artists took back the attention of many in mid 90s thanks to groups like Oasis, Radiohead, the Verve, and Blur. Nirvana, Metallica, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, R.E.M., Guns N’ Roses, and many more reached the masses. The American scene, especially from Seattle, was everywhere around 1991/1992. Rock continued its road with two major movements. Instead, boys bands like the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC exploded. The male field was almost empty although Michael Jackson was still walking around the big stage. A second wave of popular females led by Britney Spears arrived at the end of the decade too. Céline Dion and Mariah Carey ruled over these years while Shania Twain, Madonna, Alanis Morissette, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, and Enya also managed huge successes. Undoubtedly, the 90s was the decade of divas. So which are these albums that continue to appeal the masses so many years after their release? It tells they are regarded as the greatest by a lot of people.
Surely, nearly 20 years after the end of this era, to belong to the most remembered music that came out of it tells something. Some artists are arguably critics darlings, but some others are favored by the general public and we are left wondering who are we to contradict them. Of course, the elitist press will think it’s outrageous to call the most streamed albums from the 90s the greatest ones.
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