I'm sure in the 90s there were crap singers, but a lot less. Looking back, I wasn't too wild about the BSBs but I liked a few of their songs, especially I Want It That Way and Show Me the Meaning. And even my sister thought Hansen was gross when they were popular, and she was 10. I was 8 when Mmmbop became a hit in 1997 and I'm like "are they supposed to be girls?" But it's a really catchy song, and the music video makes it even more fun. I think I was still a bit young to really appreciate a lot of the bands of the late 90s. However, I really liked Sugar Ray and Fastball and Smash Mouth's songs. And Nsync when they were popular.
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Your list just proves there was as much garbage then as there is now.
I could list a bunch of garbage manufactured singers from the 70's and 80's too.
The only difference is that I wouldn't lump Christina or Taylor Swift in with those other people, because they will still be famous, whereas all those other people are mostly forgotten because they suck. I'm not saying I love Christina or Taylor Swift, but they've proven successful past the teen-pop manufactured music.
The only other one on your list that is like that is Justin Timberlake.
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As a 90s kid I wouldn't say better but I would say the singer's could actually sing. Show me the meaning of being of being lonely would destroy any song by the boy bands we seem to have right now. Ignore the peiple saying they listen to real music and hate pop because those morons are in every generation and they need to have seats. I'm 25 and listen to just about everything, right now I'm all about Ella Fitzgerald and The Strokes but I will still listen to Brittney Spears first album and be bought back to the 5th grade and enjoy it. The only thing I would say about this generation of music not even just pop, it's harder to find really good music, you have to search a little harder for it.
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Pop Music today is more all-encompassing due to the rise of social media and instant communications. Even back in the late 90s when the Internet was evolving into what it is today, musicians still relied on live concert tours, press releases, press junkets, ads on MTV/commercial television, and magazine articles/covers to get their name out. This in turn conditioned fans to feel a sense of anticipation and interesta sort of build-up to the grand reveal. Now, it's nothing more than a Tweet mentioning a general release on iTunes with a possible appearance of the song in a TV show or movie as a precursor. Pop stars today are also extensions of brand names, which is nothing new and goes back 60+ years, but today it's more advanced and more pervasive.
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I think Justin Bieber (or his handlers) were not smart at all about marketing him.
They didn't make efforts to keep him relevant - they seemed to try briefly by getting him a couple of acting jobs, but he was TERRIBLE at acting. They got him a movie "documentary" (copying people like Katy Perry and One Direction) but this was way past his peak of success and the film flopped because of it. Now he's lost much of his fan base because they grew up, and he's done nothing new.
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Fame and Pop music from EVERY era has had a relatively short life-span, but if we're just talking about the "music" then you have to take into account the dawn and explosion social media has had as an effect of how music, and entertainment in general is consumed in today's society.
Most amateur musicians before that only had access to physical instruments and if they were fortunate enough afford to rent a professional sound studio to record their own music. Today, people can download terabytes worth of mp3 libraries and use any available sound mixing software to remix their own songs. You see it on Youtube with the countless teenage boys and girls with libraries of song covers and original works accompanied as well with their own music videos (shot on their smartphones of course).
Pop Music today is more all-encompassing due to the rise of social media and instant communications. Even back in the late 90s when the Internet was evolving into what it is today, musicians still relied on live concert tours, press releases, press junkets, ads on MTV/commercial television, and magazine articles/covers to get their name out. This in turn conditioned fans to feel a sense of anticipation and interesta sort of build-up to the grand reveal. Now, it's nothing more than a Tweet mentioning a general release on iTunes with a possible appearance of the song in a TV show or movie as a precursor. Pop stars today are also extensions of brand names, which is nothing new and goes back 60+ years, but today it's more advanced and more pervasive.
I guess you could say that through all of the toxic buzz and hype, the music and artistry that go into songwriting and composing has been lost more than ever before, and there were CRAPPY pop stars going back to the 50s and 60s, but in today's market the non-talent types have more tools to stay relevant and even make more money than their predecessors.

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I grew up listening to the Spice Girls, Britney Spears and all the known boy bands. Music from the late 90's were much more cheesy, a bit corny and were all centered around young love. Which of course I loved as a young girl. The lyrics today are more suggestive and raunchy. It moved toward sex and explicit body image. Lets be honest, music that is marketed for young teens are designed to generate massive amount of revenue. Anyone who thinks its good music needs to re-evaluate themselves.

"Late 90s and early 00s had better pop music and overall feel of the pop industry. "
What about the Osmonds and the Partirdge Family-the 70s mnusic and TV shows were akmaong the best..b68
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Late 90s and early 00s had better pop music and overall feel of the pop industry. I think because pop was starting to be "it" again, and so it had a lot to prove. Pop stars were more involved in their image and attempted to promote their work really well.
Now a days, with twitter, social media and overproduced amount of paparazzi armies, celebrities tend to do 50% or less promotion and work than what they did back in the day.
Also, now a days, it seems like its harder to keep their personal lives hushed and under control. Teen idols going bad has reached a new interest level and unfortunately, with this, it makes it harder for these teen idols to think twice before messing up.

Back in the SIXTIES, which you forgot all about, you could hear talented Annette and Hayley. The first boy bands were the Osmonds and De Franco Family but in the Ed Sullivan, Milton Berle era (explaining the big-band brasses and strings used with the rock guitars back thenwhen I was already ten.I'm gettin' to beee an ollllld man..) BTW Lorde (and the recently teenaged, before 2011,) Adele write all their stuff and are excellent!
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"Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez from Nsync. Keri Russell being a 90's tv star with ''Felicity''."
Disney channel back in the 90s was nothing like it became years later. When "MMC" was cancelled, those people had dropped out of Disney to go back to being normal kids and search for they're careers. However, with the likes of Hilary Duff, Miley, the HSM cast, Selena, Demi,& the Jonas brothers, none of them would be as famous as they are/were if it wasn't for Disney.

One thing that I did like about the 90's though is that the pop stars did not come from Disney.
Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake and JC Chasez from Nsync. Keri Russell being a 90's tv star with ''Felicity''.
Everybody knows that Disney is not known for producing stars with too much talent.
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I was born in '94. I call myself a Transition Baby (lol) because I spent half of my childhood in the 90's and the other half in the 2000s.
Honestly, I believe that the music from 90's is better, but not by a lot. Both of the eras feature insanely auto-tuned artists and horribly manufactured and overly-processed music. One thing that I did like about the 90's though is that the pop stars did not come from Disney. Everybody knows that Disney is not known for producing stars with too much talent. They choose kids solely based on looks, give them a TV show, auto-tune their "singing" voices, and give them a career. Back then, Disney stars stayed on Disney and you wouldn't have to suffer through their crappy music on the Top 40 Station.
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oh and lets not forget S Club 7, they were my favourite childhood pop band back then.

some interesting facts about justin bieber
http://freehotmusic.org/index.php/off-topic/59-graphics/145-interestin g-facts-of-justin-bieber

i think now is more cool than the 90's, check some facts about justin bieber for example
http://www.freehotmusic.o1354rg/index.php/off-topic/59-graphics/145-intere sting-facts-of-justin-bieber

Some of the 90's music was quite good as for this, think Bieber is the cherry ontop of the mall rat Disney pop continuum, It can't get worse than this skinny vane warped little mutt , where materialism & the shallow collide in perfect stupidity.
He looks like he's going to have problems with speed later, head on collisions with walls, trucks , trains & such.

Yeah he kind of was the original Justin Beiber back in the early to mid 2000s.

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90s was one of the best decades ever for music, and the ea5b4rly 00s. most of today's mainstream music is sickening, I'm christian and there was some especially great christian music from the 90s, that's when you bands like Jars of Clay, Newsboys (the real Newsboys)were just getting started, Amy Grant was still pretty good, switchfoot, I think came about the late 90s early 00s.. and there there is Lifehouse.. I was born in 1990. so maybe I'm a bit nostalgic of that era. everything just seemed better then. if you want anything good from today. you have to go Alternative/Indie. like mumford & sons, of Monsters and Men. Imagine Dragons, the Lumineers to name a few. the 80s was pretty good. hate anything pretty much from the 70s though

I was born in 1991, so music to me back in the late '90s and early '00s growing up has it's hit or miss. Oh, you also forgot No Authority, 98 Degrees, LFO, Aaron Carter, BBMak, O-Town, Play, and B2K . Aaron was such a babe back in the day and most people now often refer to him as the original Justin Beiber (which is something that offends me sometimes lol).

The 90's had great music across the board.. Jodeci, EnVogue, Janet Jackson, After 7, Monica, Brandy, Usher, Mariah Carey,Brian McKnight.. That is just a few in the R&B realm. Tupac, Ice Cube, Scarface, Jay-Z,Nas.. And God knows how many other great hip-hop artists.. Pop had Madonna, Pink,Destiny's Child, Paula Abdul.. Hell even Michael Jackson was still making music throughout the 90's. This is just a small list of the unbelievably talented artists of that decade. Nothing being produced today can match it..

Thanks for the recs, I'll check em out!
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