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Originally Posted by opendoor
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.
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Wow, I was going to prove you wrong by digging up some Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, etc., but you're right, the #1 songs of the 90s were way lamer than I thought. You wouldn't even know grunge existed by that list.