Act Members Notable 1990’s Songs Notable Facts
George Michael “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down
on Me,” “Jesus to a Child,”
“Praying for Time”
Born Georgios Panayiotou,
Michael urged a boycott
of Cliff Richard’s 1999
Christmas single “The
Millennium Prayer,”
considering it a “vile”
exploitation of Richard’s
Christian faith.Monica “Angel of Mine,” “Don’t
Take It Personal (Just One
of Dem Days),” “The First
Night”
Born Monica Arnold, Monica
is related by marriage to
the rapper Ludacris.Alanis Morissette* “Ironic,” “You Learn,” “You
Oughta Know”
In 2005, Morissette released
an acoustic version of her
albumJagged Little Pillthat
was available exclusively at
Starbucks coffeeshops.Naughty by Nature Vincent “Vin Rock” Brown,
Anthony “Treach” Criss, Kier
“DJ Kay Gee” Gist
“Hip Hop Hooray,”
“Jamboree,” “O.P.P.”Brown is a cousin of
the heavyweight boxer
Mike Tyson.98 Degrees Justin Jeffre, Drew Lachey,
Nick Lachey, Jeff Timmons
“Because of You,” “The
Hardest Thing,” “Invisible
Man”Nick Lachey was married
to the pop singer and
actress Jessica Simpson from
2003 to 2006.Nirvana* Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl,
Krist Novoselic
“About a Girl,” “Come as
You Are,” “Smells Like Teen
Spirit”Cobain wrote “Smells Like
Teen Spirit” unaware that
Teen Spirit was the name
of a popular deodorant.The Notorious B.I.G. “Hypnotize,” “Mo Money Mo
Problems,” “One More
Chance/Stay with Me”
Born Christopher Wallace,
the Notorious B.I.G. (also
known as Biggie Smalls)
was shot to death in 1997.Pearl Jam Dave Abbruzzese, Jeff
Ament, Stone Gossard,
Jack Irons, Mike McCready,
Eddie Vedder
“Alive,” “Better Man,” “Even
Flow,” “Jeremy,” “Last Kiss”Pearl Jam’s song “Jeremy”
is based on two real-life
instances of teenage suicide.P.M. Dawn Attrell “Prince Be” Cordes,
Jarrett Cordes
“I’d Die Without You,”
“Looking Through Patient
Eyes,” “Set Adrift on
Memory Bliss”“Set Adrift on Memory Bliss”
samples Spandau Ballet’s
1983 hit “True.”Prince “Cream,” “Diamonds and
Pearls,” “The Most Beautiful
Girl in the World”
After he changed his
name to a logo-like symbol
in 1993, Prince (born
Prince Roger Nelson)
was commonly referred to
as “The Artist Formerly
Known as Prince.”The Nineties in America Music: Popular Musicians 1009