In the late 1990s, pop music was going through a resurgence, a renaissance, thanks to boy bands and pop starlets. That movement continued for years, and in 2001, pop music was experiencing a bit of a ...
It’s true, 2001 was a strange year. It was a new century, a new millennium. We’d gotten through Y2K and the year 2000. All of a sudden, the world for certain wasn’t going back to the 1990s. And then… ...
The hallmarks of popular music - artist independence and diversity of voices - are threatened by a contracting marketplace of record companies, radio ownership and playlists, as well as increased use ...
When the realities of life get hard, does music get ... happy? “Recession pop” is currently trending as people reach for the music of the mid-2000s for a mood boost. And you know what? It worked.