This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. In 1996, Jo Dee Messina’s debut single, “Heads Carolina, Tails California,” ...

The 1990s were a great decade in country music, bringing the genre to a new level with record-breaking album sales and sold out arena tours. Two names that helped? Garth Brooks and Shania Twain.

Just like every decade before it — and since — the ‘90s sounded completely different from all other musical eras. It was an incredibly raw time in the music industry, with new genres popping up and ...

No matter your age, it's tough to resist the power of '90s pop song. Delivering hit after iconic hit song, the 199os gave the world all kinds of musical gifts like Britney Spears-and fashion missteps ...

The nineties were a magical time. The entire decade was heavily influenced by a lot of the counterculture movements of the eighties, and it created a melting pot of different styles, sounds, and ...

The '90s left its mark on so many different areas of pop culture: fashion, television, movies, technology, and, arguably most of all, music. It was a time of expression with new sounds, like grunge ...

And then there were two. What a long and unexpected road its been for the 90s Pop Songs Bracket. What started with 64 teams has been whittled all the way down to a pair of championship contenders: ...