As the Britpop movement waned and Grunge faded to black, Girl Power rose higher on its platform boots while other strains of Pop music - Euro, Punk, Techno - took over the charts.
A selection of songs made to be terrible - some clearly achieved that goal.
Do you know the girl singer on Eminem's "Stan"? If so, this quiz is for you.
Fiona's highly-anticipated third album almost didn't make it. Here's how it finally came together after two years and a leak.
Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai were two of Graham's co-writers for some '80s rock classics.
If the name Citizen Dick means anything to you, there's a chance you'll get some of these right.
"Missing You" was a spontaneous outpouring of emotion triggered by a phone call. John tells that story and explains what MTV meant to his career.
In 1939, a polka craze swept America thanks to "Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out The Barrel)."
Ed Sheeran's "Bloodstream" was written after an experience taking MDMA during a wedding celebration in Ibiza; it's basically about all the feelings that he got from that time.
"Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who is about a revolution, but it doesn't have a happy ending, since in the end the new regime becomes just like the old one. Pete Townshend thought that whoever was in power was destined to become corrupt.
The disco song "Good Tmes" by Chic was a huge influence on early rap, providing the bassline for "Rapper's Delight."
ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson conceived "Dancing Queen" as a dance song with the working title "Boogaloo," drawing inspiration from the 1974 George McCrae disco hit "Rock Your Baby." Their manager Stig Anderson came up with the title "Dancing Queen."
The actress Michelle Pfeiffer gets namechecked in the 2014 megahit "Uptown Funk" ("Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold"). When it was released, "Riptide" by Vance Joy was on the charts; that song also mentions her ("Closest thing to Michelle Pfeiffer that you've ever seen").