Quote from: laoghaire on July 04, 2019, 12:45:45 PMI noticed during a recent review of chart toppers of the 80s that they were pretty diverse. But in the 90s, suddenly half the number ones for the decade (I may be exaggerating but not by a lot, I think) were Mariah, and a quarter were Janet. I assume the industry changed, not that our tastes suddenly all went to Mariah and Janet, or that there were slim pickings for chrt toppers in the 99s (hell no!).I assume you are talking of the US here. In the UK, the charts were actually more interesting in the 90s than the 80s if anything. Granted, since 1999 or so, the charts aren't worth paying attention to, in the UK as much as if not more than in the US. Mariah and Janet were moderately big artists in the UK, but were also treated as the type of music your mum would listen to. Actually, Jarvis Cocker, a Britpop legend of sorts, trolled Janet's brother Michael at an awards ceremony and most of the UK music press and public were on Jarvis's side if anything.
I noticed during a recent review of chart toppers of the 80s that they were pretty diverse. But in the 90s, suddenly half the number ones for the decade (I may be exaggerating but not by a lot, I think) were Mariah, and a quarter were Janet. I assume the industry changed, not that our tastes suddenly all went to Mariah and Janet, or that there were slim pickings for chrt toppers in the 99s (hell no!).
Yeah, sorry about that, that was indeed just US number ones. Interesting that you had more diverse chart toppers in the 90s than 80s. I'm allergic to Mariah. Break out into hives and everything.