1990 Top 100 Songs [2021] -

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.

Prince wrote it, but Sinéad owned it. With her shaved head, single tear, and devastatingly raw voice, she turned this into the saddest (and most beautiful) #1 of the decade. 1990 top 100 songs

1990 was a musical fork in the road. On one side, the shiny, synth-driven pop of the late ‘80s was still holding court. On the other, grunge was sharpening its axes in Seattle, and hip-hop was becoming the voice of a new generation. It was the year of the Vanilla Ice high-top fade, the MC Hammer parachute pants, and the birth of the power ballad that could bring a stadium to tears. The arrival of a legend

Thanks to Pretty Woman , this Swedish ballad became the go-to slow dance song for every prom in America. That opening orchestral hit still gives people chills. Prince wrote it, but Sinéad owned it

"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?