The arrival of a legend. When Mariah hit those whistle tones at the end of this song, the music industry stopped. Every singer since has been trying to replicate this debut.
Shedding the hairspray for a western duster, Bon Jovi went solo for the Young Guns II soundtrack. It proved that beneath the big hair was a serious songwriter. 1990 top 100 songs
"That's a rough, rugged and raw..." This song single-handedly invented "new jack swing" for the masses. If you weren't trying to do the running man to this bassline, were you even alive in 1990? The arrival of a legend
The boy band craze was at its absolute peak. NKOTB told us to take it "step by step," and millions of screaming teenage girls happily obliged. 1990 top 100 songs