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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Haha I'm sorry but the fact rock music has had 1 true #1 hit in the last 12 years should tell you all you need to know.
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Here's a list of #1s from 1990s that could even remotely be considered rock songs:
Barenaked Ladies: One Week (1999)
Aerosmith: I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (1999)
Jon Bon Jovi: Blaze of Glory (1990)
Real golden age stuff there. And those are really stretching the definition of a "rock song". There's the odd ballad by rock musicians that made it to #1 in the '90s (some crappy Bryan Adams songs, Extreme, Meat Loaf), but other than that, nothing. It was all Boyz II Men, Mariah Carey, Paula Abdul, etc. just like it is now. Mainstream radio determines chart positions and it's sucked for a good 25 years, so it's nothing new.