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5[[foldercontrol]]
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7[[folder:Musicians #-A]]
8* Music/MuZiq
9* Music/TwoLiveCrew
10* Music/TwoBrothersOnThe4thFloor
11* Music/ThirdBass
12* 4 Non Blondes
13* Music/The5thDimension
14* Music/SixteenHorsepower
15* Music/ThirtySixCrazyfists
16* Music/The77s
17* Music/ThreeEleven
18* Music/OttoOttoTre
19* 8Ball & MJG
20* Music/TenCc
21* Music/TenThousandManiacs. Formed in the 80s, reached their mainstream peak in 1993.
22** Spun off: Natalie Merchant's solo career.
23* Music/ARKane
24* Music/ATeens
25* Music/{{Aaliyah}}
26* Music/PaulaAbdul
27* Music/AbneyPark
28* Music/{{Aborted}}
29* Music/AboveTheLaw
30* Music/{{Accept}}
31* Music/{{ACDC}}
32* Music/AceOfBase
33** 1992/1993 - ''[[Music/HappyNation Happy Nation / The Sign]]''
34* Music/AcidBath
35* Music/AcidMothersTemple
36* Music/AdamAnt
37** 1990 - ''Music/MannersAndPhysique''
38* Music/BryanAdams
39* Music/TheAdicts
40* Music/TraceAdkins
41* Music/{{Aerosmith}}
42** 1989/90 - ''Music/{{Pump}}'' (was released in 1989, but several songs were released in 1990)
43** 1993 - ''Music/GetAGrip''
44* Music/AesopRock
45* Music/TheAfghanWhigs
46* Music/{{AFI}}
47* Music/AfroCeltSoundSystem
48* Music/{{Afroman}}
49* Music/{{Agalloch}}
50* Music/AgentSteel
51* Music/ChristinaAguilera. Debuted in 1999.
52* Music/{{Air|Band}}
53* Music/AirSupply
54* Music/{{Alabama}}
55* Music/TheAlarm
56* Music/AliProject
57* Music/AliceInChains
58** 1992 - ''Music/{{Dirt|Album}}''
59* Music/AlienAntFarm
60* Music/AlkalineTrio
61* Music/{{ALL}}
62* Music/GaryAllan
63* Music/GGAllin: Batshit insane and controversial rock musician. Better known for his outrageously offensive stage acts than his music.
64* Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand
65* Music/HerbAlpert
66* Music/{{Alphaville}}
67* Music/{{America}}
68* Music/AmericanFootball
69* Music/AmonAmarth
70* Music/AmonDuulII
71* Music/{{Amorphis}}
72* Music/ToriAmos
73** 1992 - ''Music/LittleEarthquakes''
74* Music/NamieAmuro
75* Music/AnalCunt
76* Music/{{Anastacia}}
77* Music/{{Anathema|Band}}
78* Music/AndOne. German EBM group, started in 1989 and still going today.
79* Music/LaurieAnderson
80* Music/{{Angelcorpse}}
81* Music/{{Angra}}
82* Music/PaulAnka
83* Music/{{Annihilator}}
84* Music/MarcAnthony
85* Music/{{Anthrax}}
86* Music/AphexTwin
87** 1992 - ''Music/SelectedAmbientWorks8592''
88** 1994 - ''Music/SelectedAmbientWorksVolumeII''
89** 1995 - ''Music/ICareBecauseYouDo''
90** 1996 - ''Music/RichardDJamesAlbum''
91* Music/ApologetiX
92* Music/Apollo440
93* Music/FionaApple
94* Music/{{Aqua}}
95* Music/{{Arashi}}. Debuted in 1999.
96* Music/{{Ariya}} - Russian HeavyMetal band
97* Music/RicardoArjona
98* Music/ATribeCalledQuest
99** 1991 - ''Music/TheLowEndTheory''
100** 1996 - ''Music/BeatsRhymesAndLife''
101* Music/AlBSure
102* Music/BillAnderson
103* Music/AnohniAndTheJohnsons
104* Music/AntiFlag
105* Music/{{Apocalyptica}}
106* Music/Apollo440
107* Music/TheAquabats
108** 1997 - ''Music/TheFuryOfTheAquabats''
109* Music/LArcEnCiel
110* Music/{{Arch Enemy|Band}}
111* Music/{{Archive}}
112* Music/{{Arcturus}}
113* Arrested Development
114* Music/TheArrogantWorms
115* Music/EduardArtemyev
116* Music/DieArzte
117* Music/IkueAsazaki
118* Music/{{Ash}}
119* Music/{{Asia}}
120* Music/TheAssociates
121* Music/RickAstley
122* Music/AtTheDriveIn
123* Music/AtTheGates
124* Music/{{Atheist}}
125* Music/JuanAtkins
126* Music/{{Atmosphere}}
127* Music/AugieMarch
128* Music/TheAustinLoungeLizards
129* Music/{{Autechre}}
130* Music/{{Autopsy}}
131* Music/EmilieAutumn. Her debut album was released in 1997.
132* Music/TheAvalanches
133* Music/{{Avantasia}}. Project started in 1999.
134* Music/AvengedSevenfold. The band formed in 1999. Though their first album came out in 2001 and they would only achieve widespread recognition and success c. 2005.
135* Music/AxeMurderBoyz
136* Music/AxelRudiPell
137* Music/RoyAyers
138* Music/EvaAyllon
139* Music/CharlesAznavour
140[[/folder]]
141
142[[folder:Musicians B-C]]
143* Music/TheB52s
144* Music/{{Bz}}
145* Music/BabesInToyland
146* Music/{{Babyface}}
147* Music/BurtBacharach
148* Music/BackstreetBoys
149* Music/BadBrains
150* Music/BadCompany
151* Music/BadReligion
152* Music/ErykahBadu
153* Music/JoanBaez
154* Music/AdrianBaker
155* Music/AnitaBaker
156* Music/BalSagoth
157* Creator/LongJohnBaldry
158* Music/{{Bananarama}}
159* Music/TheBand
160* Music/TheBangles: After breaking up in 1989, they reformed in 1998, recording a song for the soundtrack of ''[[Film/AustinPowers Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me]]'' (directed by Jay Roach, frontwoman Susanna Hoffs' husband). Though, longtime bassist Michael Steele would leave the group in 2005.
161* Music/BandaXXI
162* Music/TonyBanks
163* Music/BarenakedLadies
164* Music/GaryBarlow
165* Music/WildWillyBarrett. Released a pair of albums which saw him return to his genres' roots.
166* Music/BaronRojo
167* Music/{{Basehead}}
168* Music/ShirleyBassey
169* Music/{{Bathory}}
170* Music/TheBeachBoys
171** 1992 - ''Music/SummerInParadise''
172** 1996 - ''Music/StarsAndStripesVolume1''
173* Music/BeastieBoys were just as big in the eighties, but the nineties saw them reinvent themselves. They also started to mature, with their humor being genuine instead of a StealthParody. Their two biggest hits, "Sabotage" and "Intergalactic", were released in this period.
174* Music/TheBeatles: The (then-)three surviving members released a new album trilogy in 1995 and 1996, which included a couple previously-unreleased songs.
175** 1995-6: ''Music/TheBeatlesAnthology''
176* Music/BeatHappening. An influential indie pop band of the 1980s. Released some of their greatest hits in 1991 and 1992.
177* Music/TheBeautifulSouth
178* Music/{{Beck|Musician}}
179** 1994 - ''Music/MellowGold''
180** 1996 - ''Music/{{Odelay}}''
181* Music/JeffBeck
182* Music/TheBeeGees
183* Music/{{Behemoth}}
184* Music/BellBivDeVoe: A spinoff group of Music/NewEdition consisting of Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, and Ronnie [=DeVoe=]; they quickly became major players in the R&B scene with their debut album ''Poison''.
185* Music/BelleAndSebastian
186* Music/{{Belly|Band}}
187* Music/{{Belphegor}}
188* Music/PatBenatar
189* Music/MitchBenn
190* Music/TonyBennett: After decades out of the spotlight, triumphantly returned to mainstream prominence when a new generation of listeners began to appreciate the Great American Songbook.
191* Music/BersuitVergarabat
192* Music/BetterThanEzra
193* Music/Bi2: A [[RussianMedia Russian]] AlternativeRock band that was originally formed in 1988 but only became popular in the late 1990s and throughout the 2000s.
194* Music/JelloBiafra
195* Music/BigAudioDynamite
196* Music/BigBigTrain
197* Music/BigCountry
198* Music/BigDaddy
199* Music/BigL
200* Music/BigPun
201* Music/BikiniKill
202* Music/AndrewBird
203* Music/BillyTalent
204* Music/TheBlackCrowes
205* Music/{{Bjork}}
206** 1993 - ''Music/{{Debut}}''
207** 1995 - ''Music/{{Post}}''
208** 1997 - ''Music/{{Homogenic}}''
209* Music/ClintBlack
210* Music/TheBlackEyedPeas
211* Music/BlackLabelSociety
212* Music/BlackSabbath
213* Music/MaryJBlige
214* Music/BlindGuardian
215* Music/BlindMelon
216* Music/Blink182
217* Music/{{Blondie|Band}}
218* Music/BloodhoundGang
219* Music/BlueCheer
220* Music/BlueManGroup
221* Music/TheBlueNile
222* Music/BlueOctober
223* Music/BlueOysterCult
224* Music/BluesTraveler
225* Music/BluetileLounge
226* Music/TheBluetones
227* Music/{{Blur}}
228** 1994 - ''Music/{{Parklife}}''
229* Music/BlutAusNord
230* Music/{{Blutengel}}
231* Music/BoaUK
232* Music/BoardsOfCanada
233** 1998 - ''Music/MusicHasTheRightToChildren''
234* Music/BodyCount
235** 1992 - ''Music/{{Body Count|Album}}''
236* Music/EricBogle
237* Music/BohrenUndDerClubOfGore
238* Music/BoltThrower
239* Music/MichaelBolton
240* Music/BonJovi
241* Music/BoneThugsNHarmony. One of the most influential, and iconic rap groups in Hip-Hop history. And one of the best selling, if not ''THE'' best selling rap groups of all time. Their influence and style can be heard all the way into TheNewTens with dozens of rappers utilizing their style to various degrees of success. Though [[DudeWheresMyRespect their respect was hard to earn]]
242** Music/E1999Eternal
243* Music/TheBooRadleys: their first record came out in 1990, their last (until a reunion in 2020) in 1999.
244* Music/{{Boredoms}}
245* Music/{{Boris}}
246* Music/{{Boston}}
247* Music/{{Botch}}
248* Music/DavidBowie: Experienced a major artistic renaissance during this decade, attributed to a combination of the formation of Tin Machine in the waning years of the previous decade, a shift in sound away from mainstream pop rock, and an inward shift in focus, writing music for himself instead of for a set target audience; consequently, fans and critics generally consider this decade and the following two a silver age-- sometimes even a second golden age-- for Bowie's work.
249** 1993 - ''Music/BlackTieWhiteNoise''
250** 1993 - ''Music/TheBuddhaOfSuburbia''
251** 1995 - ''[[Music/{{Outside}} 1. Outside]]''
252** 1997 - ''Music/{{Earthling}}''
253** 1999 - ''Music/HoursDavidBowieAlbum''
254* Music/BowlingForSoup: Formed in 1994.
255* Music/BoyMeetsGirl
256* Music/BoyzIIMen, Kings of the prom anthem.
257** 1991 - ''Music/{{Cooleyhighharmony}}''
258** 1994 - ''[[Music/TwoAlbum II]]''
259* Boyzone
260* Music/BillyBragg
261* Music/GlennBranca
262* Music/{{Brandy}}
263* Music/LauraBranigan
264* Music/ToniBraxton
265* Music/BreakingBenjamin. Formed in 1998.
266* Music/Breed77
267* Music/TheBreeders
268* Music/TheBrianJonestownMassacre
269* Music/BrightEyes: debuted in the 90s, had their breakthrough early in the next decade.
270* Music/SarahBrightman
271* Music/{{Broadcast}}
272* Music/BrokenHope
273* Music/GarthBrooks:
274** 1990 - ''Music/NoFences''
275** 1999 - ''Music/InTheLifeOfChrisGaines''
276* Meredith Brooks
277* Music/BrooksAndDunn
278* Music/BrothaLynchHung
279* Music/JamesBrown
280** 1991 - ''Music/StarTime''
281* Music/BobbyBrown
282* Music/JacksonBrowne
283* Music/BillBruford
284* Music/{{BT}}
285* Music/MichaelBuble
286* Music/BuckTick
287* Music/{{Buckcherry}}
288* Music/{{Buckethead}}
289* Music/JeffBuckley
290** 1994 - ''Music/{{Grace}}''
291** 1998 - ''Music/SketchesForMySweetheartTheDrunk''
292* Music/BuenaVistaSocialClub
293** 1997 - ''Music/BuenaVistaSocialClub''
294* Music/RodrigoBueno
295* Music/JimmyBuffett
296* Music/BuiltToSpill
297* Music/BrianBurton
298* Music/{{Burzum}}
299* Music/{{Bush}}
300* Music/KateBush
301** 1993 - ''Music/{{The Red Shoes|Album}}''
302* Music/BustaRhymes
303* Music/ButtholeSurfers: Debuted in the 80s, made their commercial breakthrough in this decade.
304* Music/ArminVanBuuren first found success with his 1995 track "Blue Fear" (though he didn't release a studio album until 2003).
305* Music/{{Buzzcocks}}
306* Music/{{Buzzoven}}
307* Music/TracyByrd
308* Music/DavidByrne: Continued his solo career in this decade after the official breakup of Music/TalkingHeads in 1991; his music from this era was critically unpopular but is well-loved among Talking Heads fans.
309** 1992 - ''Music/UhOhDavidByrneAlbum''
310** 1994 - ''Music/DavidByrneAlbum''
311** 1997 - ''Music/{{Feelings}}''
312* Music/CabaretVoltaire
313* Music/{{CAKE}}
314* Music/JohnCale
315* Music/{{Calexico}}
316* Music/{{Camel}}
317* Music/{{Cameo}}
318* Music/TevinCampbell
319* Music/{{Candiria}}
320* Music/{{Candlemass}}
321* Music/CannibalCorpse
322* Music/JerryCantrell
323* Music/CaptainJack
324* Music/{{Caparezza}}
325* Music/{{Capercaille}}
326* Music/CapnJazz
327* Music/{{Caramell}}
328* Music/{{Caravan}}
329* Music/{{Carcass}}
330* Music/{{Cardiacs}}
331* Music/TheCardigans. The most successful of a 90s wave of Swedish alternative pop acts.
332* "Music/CatHairballs"
333* Music/MariahCarey. One of the best selling artists of the decade. Debuting in 1990, she achieved the impressive feat of scoring a Billboard #1 hit in every calendar year of the decade. Her musical contributions included her 5-octave vocal range showcase, helping popularize rerecorded dance remixes (starting with "Dreamlover"), as well as the singer/rapper collaboration ("Fantasy" remix featuring O.D.B.). With her 6th studio album Butterfly, she switched her sound from adult contemporary to a more urban sound and it became a fan favorite. She also released a Christmas album in 1994 which boasts the holiday classic "All I Want For Christmas Is You."
334** 1995 - ''Music/{{Daydream}}''
335** 1997 - ''Music/{{Butterfly}}''
336* Music/BelindaCarlisle
337* Music/WendyCarlos
338* Music/EricCarmen
339* Music/AaronCarter
340* Music/NekoCase
341* Music/JohnnyCash. Made a significant comeback through his collaborations with Music/RickRubin.
342* Music/CatPower
343** 1998 - ''Music/MoonPix''
344* Music/{{Cathedral|Band}}
345* Music/CatherineWheel
346* Music/CattleDecapitation
347* Music/NickCave. A relatively successful lead singer of the 1980s. Reached the peak of his popularity by 1996.
348** 1994 - ''Music/LetLoveIn''
349** 1996 - ''Music/MurderBallads''
350* Music/CelestialNavigations
351* Music/CelticFrost
352* Music/{{Cenotaph}}
353* Music/CephalicCarnage
354* Music/AgnesChan
355* Music/JoseMariChan
356* Music/TracyChapman
357* Music/RayCharles
358* Music/ChasAndDave
359* Music/TheChasm
360* Music/CheapTrick
361* Music/LouisChedid released three albums during that decade: ''Zap'', ''Ces Mots Sont Pour Toi'' and ''Répondez-Moi''.
362* Music/TheChemicalBrothers
363* Music/{{Cher}}
364* Music/EagleEyeCherry
365* Music/NenehCherry
366* Music/KennyChesney
367* Music/MarkChesnutt
368* Music/{{Chevelle}}
369* Music/{{Chic}}
370* Music/{{Chicago|Band}}
371* Music/TheChicks: Formed in 1989 as the Dixie Chicks.
372* Music/ChokingVictim
373* Music/ChristieFrontDrive
374* Music/{{Chrome|Band}}
375* Music/{{Chthonic}}
376* Music/{{Chumbawamba}}
377* Music/TheChurchBand
378* Music/CharlotteChurch
379* Music/CiboMatto
380* Music/ClanOfXymox
381* Music/{{Clannad}}
382* Gilby Clarke
383** 1994 - ''Music/PawnshopGuitars''
384* Music/EricClapton
385** 1994 - ''Music/FromTheCradle''
386* Music/TheClarkSisters
387* Music/PetulaClark
388* Music/{{Clawfinger}}
389* Music/OtisClay
390* Music/JohnnyClegg
391* Music/GeorgeClinton
392* Music/{{Clutch}}
393* Music/CoalChamber, one of the earliest NuMetal bands.
394* Music/BruceCockburn
395* Music/JoeCocker
396* Music/CocteauTwins. An influential DreamPop band of the 1980s, they reached the peak of their popularity in the early to mid 1990s.
397* Music/DavidAllanCoe
398* Music/LeonardCohen
399** 1992 - ''Music/TheFuture''
400* Music/{{Coil}}
401* Music/{{Cold}}
402* Music/Cold187um
403* Music/ColdChisel
404* Music/LloydCole
405* Music/PaulaCole
406* Music/BootsyCollins
407* Music/PhilCollins: His solo career from the 1980s continued to thrive during this decade, though at the expense of his tenure with Music/{{Genesis|Band}}, and only several of his singles hit the Top 40 during this period. He also wrote music for Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'' at the end of the decade.
408* Music/CollectiveSoul
409* Color Me Badd (yeah you know you liked 'em)
410* Music/AliceColtrane
411* Music/ShawnColvin
412* Music/SeanCombs
413* Music/{{Commodores}}
414* Music/{{Common}}
415* Compton's Most Wanted
416* Music/{{Conception}}
417* Creator/HarryConnickJr
418* Music/StompinTomConnors
419* Music/{{Converge}}
420* Music/AliceCooper
421* Music/ImaniCoppola
422* Music/ChrisCornell
423* Music/{{Cornershop}}
424* Music/{{Coroner}}
425* Music/TheCorrs: An Irish band of siblings. While they achieved more mainstream success at the very beginning of the next decade, their run from the middle of this decade onwards is widely regarded as their best.
426* Music/FerryCorsten
427* Music/{{Coolio}}
428* Music/ElvisCostello
429* Music/CountingCrows
430* Music/{{Covenant}}
431* Music/TheCowsills
432* Music/CradleOfFilth
433* Music/TheCramps
434* Music/TheCranberries
435* Music/CrashTestDummies
436* Music/TheCreatures
437* Music/{{Creed|Band}}
438* Music/CrimsonGlory
439* Music/DavidCrosby
440* Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung
441* Music/SherylCrow
442* Music/{{Crowbar}}
443* Music/CrowdedHouse Started in the 80s but released two successful albums in the 90s.
444** 1993 - ''Music/TogetherAlone''
445* Music/DavidCrowderBand
446* Crowsdell
447* Music/Crush40
448* Music/TheCruxshadows
449* Music/CeliaCruz
450* Music/{{Cryptopsy}}
451* Music/TheCult
452* Music/CultureClub
453* Music/{{The Cure|Band}}
454* Music/Current93
455* Music/{{Curve}}
456* Music/{{Custard}}
457* Music/{{Cynic}}
458* Music/CypressHill
459** 1993 - ''Music/{{Black Sunday|Album}}''
460* Music/BillyRayCyrus
461[[/folder]]
462
463[[folder:Musicians D-E]]
464* [[Music/DADBand D-A-D]]
465* Music/DAngelo
466** 1999 - ''Music/BrownSugar''
467* Music/CristinaDAvena
468* Music/{{DOA}}
469* [[Music/DReamGroup D:Ream]]
470* Da Brat
471* Music/DaYoopers
472* Music/DaddyDJ
473* Music/DaddyYankee
474* Music/DaftPunk
475** 1997 - ''Music/{{Homework}}''
476* Music/DickDale
477* Music/HeatherDale
478* Music/{{Dalek}}
479* Music/DamnYankees
480* Music/TheDamnedBand
481* Music/TheDandyWarhols
482* Music/DangerDanger
483* Music/DanielAmos
484* Music/{{Danielson}}
485* Music/{{Danzig}}
486* Music/DarkAngel
487* Music/DarkTranquillity
488* Music/TheDarkestOfTheHillsideThickets
489* Music/{{Darkthrone}}
490* Music/MilesDavis: Finished recording ''Live In Montreux'' with Quincy Jones in 1991, but died during the recording sessions for his final studio album ''Doo-Bop''. ''Doo Bop'' was posthumously released in 1992, and ''Monreux'' later in 1993.
491** 1992 - ''Music/DooBop''
492** 1998 - ''Music/{{Panthalassa}}'', an ambient album compiled by Bill Laswell.
493* Music/DaytonFamily
494* Music/DCTalk
495* Music/ChrisDeBurgh
496* Music/DeLaSoul
497* Music/DeaconBlue
498* Music/DeadCanDance
499* Music/TheDeadMilkmen
500* Music/DeadOrAlive
501* Music/{{Death}}
502* Music/DeathAngel
503* Music/DeathCabForCutie
504* Music/DeathInJune
505* Music/DeedsOfFlesh
506* Music/DeepPurple
507* Music/{{Deerhoof}}
508* Music/RickDees
509* Music/DefLeppard
510* Music/{{Deftones}}
511** 1997 - ''Music/AroundTheFur''
512* Music/{{Deicide}}
513* Music/DelAmitri
514* Music/DelThaFunkeeHomosapien
515* Music/{{Delerium}}
516* Music/{{Delirious}}. British ChristianRock band that debuted in 1992.
517* Music/{{Demilich}}
518* Music/DemolitionHammer
519* Music/DenkiGroove
520* Music/JohnDenver: Recorded his last studio albums this decade. Died in 1997.
521* Music/DepecheMode. A successful 1980's band, gained international stardom in 1990 and retained it by adopting elements of {{grunge}} from 1993 onwards.
522** 1990 - ''Music/{{Violator}}''
523** 1993 - ''Music/SongsOfFaithAndDevotion''
524** 1997 - ''Music/{{Ultra}}''
525* Music/{{Descendents}}
526* Music/DestinysChild
527** 1998 - ''[[Music/DestinysChild1998 Destiny's Child]]''
528** 1999 - ''Music/TheWritingsOnTheWall''
529* Music/{{Deus}}
530** 1994 - ''Music/WorstCaseScenario''
531** 1996 - ''Music/InABarUnderTheSea''
532** 1999 - ''Music/TheIdealCrash''
533* Music/DevilDoll
534* Music/{{Devo}}
535* Music/{{Devourment}}
536* Music/ToshimitsuDeyama
537* Music/NeilDiamond
538* Music/DiamondHead
539* Music/DiamondRio
540* Music/{{Dice}}
541* Music/BruceDickinson
542* Music/BoDiddley
543* Music/JoeDiffie
544* Music/AniDiFranco
545* Music/DigablePlanets
546* Music/DigitalUnderground
547* Music/TheDillards
548* Music/TheDillingerEscapePlan
549* Music/DimmuBorgir
550* Music/TheDingees
551* Music/DinosaurJr. A 1980s band which had released albums through independent labels. Switched to a major label early in the decade, releasing most of their hits between 1991 and 1994.
552* Music/RonnieJamesDio
553* Music/CelineDion. Her career started in the 1980s. But the 1990s was the height of her career.
554* Music/DirEnGrey
555* Music/DireStraits reformed and put out one final album before breaking up for good in 1995, after which frontman Mark Knopfler shifted focus to a smaller-scale but constantly active solo career.
556** 1991 - ''Music/OnEveryStreet''
557* Music/TheDirtbombs
558* Music/DirtyRottenImbeciles
559* Music/{{Discharge}}
560* Music/{{Disciple}}
561* Music/DiscoInferno
562* Music/DiscordanceAxis
563* Music/{{Disembowelment}}
564* Music/{{Disgorge}}
565* Music/{{Dismember}}
566* Music/{{Dissection}}
567* Music/TheDivineComedy
568* Music/{{Divinyls}}
569* Music/DJJazzyJeffAndTheFreshPrince: Continued releasing material until 1994. Creator/WillSmith would go solo in 1997
570* Music/DJQuik: After releasing a series of successful mixtapes, his debut album ''Quik Is The Name'' is released in 1991.
571* Music/DJShadow
572** 1996 - Music/{{Endtroducing}}
573* Music/{{DMX}}
574* Music/DogFashionDisco
575* Music/{{Dokken}}
576* Music/ThomasDolby
577* Music/FatsDomino
578* Music/PinoDonaggio
579* Music/{{Donovan}}
580* Creator/JasonDonovan: His success kept going on in the early 1990's globaly (except for [[AmericansHateTingle Italy, North America]], and Australia), until the time in 1992 where he sued a magazine for acussing him of lying about his sexuality, thus making his singing career go into a downfall
581* Music/TheDoobieBrothers
582* Music/{{Down}}
583* Music/{{Dope}}
584* Music/{{Dorso}}
585* Music/DougAnthonyAllStars
586* Dr. Alban
587* Music/DrDre
588** 1992 - ''Music/TheChronic''
589* Music/DreamTheater hit success in the early 1990s, cementing them as the leaders of ProgressiveMetal.
590** 1992 - ''Music/ImagesAndWords''
591** 1999 - ''Music/MetropolisPt2ScenesFromAMemory'
592* Music/DropkickMurphys
593* Music/DruHill released their first album in 1996.
594* Music/DschinghisKhan
595* Music/TheDubliners
596* Music/DuranDuran – Though most identified with the '80s, they came back into prominence in mid-decade with...
597** 1993 - ''[[Music/TheWeddingAlbum Duran Duran]]'' – More often known as ''The Wedding Album'' to distinguish it from the group's 1981 debut album.
598* Music/IanDuryAndTheBlockheads
599* Music/DyingFetus
600* Music/BobDylan
601** 1992 - ''Music/GoodAsIBeenToYou''
602** 1997 - ''Music/TimeOutOfMind''
603* Music/AndrewE
604* [[Music/{{E40}} E-40]]
605* Music/ENomine
606* Music/{{Eagles}}
607* Music/SteveEarle
608* Music/{{Earth}}
609* Music/EarthWindAndFire
610* Music/SheenaEaston
611* Music/EazyE
612* Music/EchoAndTheBunnymen broke up early into this decade, only to reform in the second half, remaining active into the present day since then.
613* Music/EdgeOfSanity
614* Music/{{Edguy}}
615* Music/ToddEdwards
616* Music/{{Eels}}
617** 1996 - ''Music/BeautifulFreak''
618* Music/Eiffel65
619* Music/EinsturzendeNeubauten
620* Elastica
621* Music/ElectricWizard
622* Music/ElioELeStorieTese
623* Music/MissyElliott
624* Music/EmergencyBroadcastNetwork
625* Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer
626* Music/{{Eminem}} burst into the music scene with his commercial debut album, ''The Slim Shady LP'', giving MoralGuardians a reason to [[MediaScaremongering panic]] about rap again.
627** 1999 - ''Music/TheSlimShadyLP''
628* Music/{{Emperor}}
629* Music/EnVogue
630* Music/{{Enigma}}
631* Music/BrianEno
632* Music/{{Enslaved}}
633* Music/{{Entombed}}
634* Music/{{Enya}}
635* Music/{{Epidemia}}
636* Music/{{EPMD}}
637* Music/{{Era}}
638* Music/TheEraserheads
639** 1993 - ''Music/{{Ultraelectromagneticpop}}''
640* Music/{{Erasure}}
641* Music/SertabErener
642* Music/EricBAndRakim
643* Music/ErsteAllgemeineVerunsicherung
644* Music/{{Esham}}
645* Music/GloriaEstefan.
646* Music/MelissaEtheridge
647* Music/{{ETHS}}
648* Music/{{Europe}}
649* Music/{{Eurythmics}}. The 1980s duo reunited in 1999, releasing a new album.
650* Music/FaithEvans
651* Music/SaraEvans
652* [[Creator/NardwuarTheHumanServiette The Evaporators]]
653* Music/EveRapper released her first album in 1999.
654* Music/Eve6
655* Music/{{Everclear}}
656* Music/{{Evergrey}}
657* Music/EverythingButTheGirl
658* Music/{{Excuse17}}
659* Music/{{Exhumed}}
660* Music/{{Extreme}}
661* Music/ExodusBand
662* Music/{{Eyehategod}}
663[[/folder]]
664
665[[folder:Musicians F-G]]
666* Music/{{Failure}}
667* Music/FairportConvention
668* Music/FaithNoMore, a band that would inspire countless bands to come.
669* Music/MarianneFaithfull
670* Music/{{Falco}}: Died in 1998.
671* Music/{{The Fall|Band}}
672* Music/DieFantastischenVier
673* Music/{{Fantomas}}
674* Music/ArtFarmer
675* Music/MyleneFarmer
676* Music/FascinatingAida
677* Music/{{Fastbacks}}
678* Music/FatboySlim
679* Music/TheFatimaMansions
680* Music/{{Faust}}
681* Music/{{Fear|Band}}
682* Music/FearFactory, an IndustrialMetal band who served as one of the genre's {{Trope Codifier}}s.
683** 1995 - ''Music/{{Demanufacture}}''
684* Music/{{Feeder}}
685* Music/{{Feist}}
686* Music/JoseFeliciano
687* Music/BradFiedel
688* Music/FieldsOfTheNephilim
689* Music/{{Filter}}
690* Music/{{Finntroll}}
691* Music/TheFireman, an experimental duo consisting of Music/PaulMcCartney and music producer Youth, released their first two albums in 1993 and 1998, respectively.
692* Music/{{Fish}}
693* Music/{{Fishbone}}
694* Music/{{Fishmans}}
695* Music/{{Five}}
696* Five For Fighting
697* Music/FiveIronFrenzy
698* Music/FlamingLips. Formed in 1983. Achieved their first taste of mainstream success with their 1993 single "She Don't Use Jelly".
699** 1999 - ''Music/TheSoftBulletin''
700* Music/TheFlashbulb
701* Music/FleetwoodMac
702* Music/{{Flipper}}
703* Music/FlippersGuitar
704* Music/AFlockOfSeagulls
705* Music/FloggingMolly
706* Music/TheFlowerKings
707* Music/{{Fluke|Band}}
708* [[Music/BenFolds Ben Folds Five]]
709* Music/LuisFonsi
710* Music/FooFighters: Dave Grohl's band after Nirvana.
711** 1995 - ''Music/{{Foo Fighters|Album}}''
712** 1997 - ''Music/TheColourAndTheShape''
713* Music/{{Forbidden|Band}}
714* Music/LitaFord
715* Music/{{Foreigner|Band}}
716* Music/TheForgottenRebels
717* Music/FountainsOfWayne
718* Music/TheFourFreshmen
719* Music/FourTops
720* Music/JohnFoxx
721* Music/PeterFrampton
722* Music/ArethaFranklin
723* Music/KirkFranklin
724* Music/KinkyFriedman
725* Music/RobertFripp
726* Music/Front242
727* Music/FrontLineAssembly
728* Music/JohnFrusciante
729* Music/{{Fugazi}}: Frontmen Ian and Guy trope-named "{{Emo}}" and "UsefulNotes/StraightEdge" before starting this PostPunk band; were offered and refused the same major-label ticket as Nirvana, and [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu fired Butch Vig]] after the success of ''Music/{{Nevermind|Album}}''. Went on hiatus right around 9/11, marking the end of an era that began with their hit "Waiting Room" in 1989.
730** 1990 - ''Music/{{Repeater}}''
731* Music/TheFugees
732** 1996 - ''Music/TheScore''
733* Music/FunLovinCriminals
734* Music/FunkerVogt
735* Music/HannahFury
736* Music/PeterGabriel
737** 1992 - ''Music/{{Us}}''
738** 1994 - ''Music/SecretWorldLive''
739* Music/{{Gackt}}
740* Music/GaelicStorm
741* Music/DiamandaGalas
742* Music/GammaRay
743* Music/GangOfFour
744* Music/GangStarr
745* Music/Galaxie500. An influential DreamPop band of the 1980s. Continued enjoying success to 1991.
746* Music/{{Garbage}}
747* Creator/LeifGarrett: Had a brief CareerResurrection towards the end of this period, bleeding into the TurnOfTheMillennium. He also recorded and toured with the band Godspeed towards the end of the decade.
748* Music/TheGathering
749* Music/{{Genesis|Band}}: The progressive rock legends released one last hit album before withering away thereafter, not helped by Music/PhilCollins leaving the group mid-decade. Their final album, 1997's ''Calling All Stations'' (with new lead vocalist Ray Wilson) was unpopular both commercially and critically, and the band members choose to ignore it nowadays.
750** 1991 - ''Music/WeCantDance''
751** 1997 - ''Music/CallingAllStations''
752* Music/LisaGermano
753* Music/TheGetUpKids
754* Music/GetoBoys, which spun off Scarface as a solo artist.
755* Music/TerriGibbs
756* Music/DebbieGibson
757* Creator/TyreseGibson
758* Music/GilbertoGil
759* Music/JoaoGilberto
760* Music/VinceGill
761* Music/DizzyGillespie
762* Music/GinBlossoms
763* Music/GirlsAgainstBoys
764* Music/{{Girlschool}}
765* Music/{{Glassjaw}}
766* Music/GaryGlitter
767* Music/{{Gob}}
768* Music/GodDethroned
769* Music/{{Godflesh}}
770* Music/{{Godsmack}}
771* Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor
772* Music/GogolBordello
773* Music/GoldenEarring
774* Music/DieGoldenenZitronen
775* Music/{{Goldie}}
776* Music/{{Gong}}
777* Music/GooGooDolls
778* Music/MatthewGood
779* Music/GordianKnot
780* Music/{{Gorgoroth}}
781* Music/{{Gorguts}}
782* Music/{{Grandaddy}}
783* Music/AmyGrant
784* Music/TheGratefulDead: Still performed as a band before the death of Jerry Garcia in 1995.
785* Music/{{Grave}}
786* Music/GraveDigger
787* Music/{{Gravediggaz}}
788* Music/DavidGray
789* Music/GreatBigSea
790* Music/TheGreatLukeSki
791* Music/AlGreen
792* Music/CeeLoGreen
793* Music/GreenDay: Achieved their first big burst of popularity in their original incarnation with ''Dookie''.
794** 1994 - ''Music/{{Dookie}}''
795** 1995 - ''Music/{{Insomniac}}''
796** 1997 - ''Music/{{Nimrod}}''
797* Music/GreenJelly
798* Music/{{Grief}}
799* Music/DaveGrohl
800* Music/GuanoApes
801* Music/TheGuessWho
802* Music/GuidedByVoices. A rather obscure 1980s band, they gained critical acclaim and a notable fanbase in this decade.
803* Music/GuniwTools
804* Music/GunsNRoses
805** 1991 - ''Music/UseYourIllusion''
806** 1994 - ''Music/PawnshopGuitars'', guitarist Gilby Clarke's debut solo album.
807* Music/{{Guy}}: Split in 1992 after several tumultuous behind the scenes issues with management and associates, and wouldn't fully reunite until the turn of the millennium.
808* Music/{{GWAR}}
809[[/folder]]
810
811[[folder:Musicians H-J]]
812* Music/SteveHackett
813* Music/DianaHaddad
814* Haddaway: ''"What is love, baby don't hurt me..."''. Add him together with Dr. Alban, and you get [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYj2sTWUx5g this]].
815* Music/NinaHagen
816* Music/MerleHaggard
817* Music/HalfManHalfBiscuit
818* Music/DarylHallAndJohnOates
819* Music/TomTHall
820* Creator/JohnnyHallyday
821* Music/AyumiHamasaki
822* Music/HammerFall
823* Music/HammersOfMisfortune
824* Music/HerbieHancock
825* Music/TheHandsomeFamily
826* Music/{{Hanson}}
827* Music/HanzelUndGretyl
828* Music/HappyMondays. A relatively successful 1980s band. Reached the peak of the popularity early in the decade and promptly crashed it into the ground shortly after, taking Creator/FactoryRecords with them.
829* Music/{{Hardline}}. A HairMetal band that got a late start
830* Music/FrancoiseHardy
831* Music/CoreyHart
832* Music/PJHarvey
833** 1992 - ''Music/{{Dry}}''
834** 1993 - ''Music/RidOfMe''
835** 1995 - ''Music/ToBringYouMyLove''
836** 1998 - ''Music/IsThisDesire''
837* Music/HarveyDanger
838* Creator/DavidHasselhoff
839* Music/HateBand
840* Music/HateEternal
841* Music/{{Hatebreed}}
842* Music/JulianaHatfield
843* Music/TheHaunted
844* Music/HavalinaRailCo
845* Music/ScreaminJayHawkins
846* Music/{{Hawkwind}}
847* Music/YoshikiHayashi
848* Music/{{Hayden}}
849* Music/IsaacHayes
850* Music/OfraHaza
851* Music/{{Hazel}}
852* Music/JeffHealey
853* Music/ImogenHeap
854* Music/{{Heart|Band}}
855* [[Music/HiroshiMorie Heath]]
856* Music/Heaven17
857* Music/HeavensGate
858* Music/HeavensToBetsy
859* Music/HeavyD, though debuting in 1987, his wave of success really took off in this decade.
860* Music/HedPE
861* Helium
862* Music/HelloProject
863* Music/{{Helloween}}
864* Music/{{Helmet}}
865* Music/{{Helstar}}
866* Music/HemorrhoyRogers
867* Music/{{Hermetica}}
868* Music/TyHerndon
869* Music/JacquesHigelin
870* Music/MunetakaHiguchi
871* Music/FaithHill
872* Music/LaurynHill
873** 1998 - ''Music/TheMiseducationOfLaurynHill''
874* Music/{{HIM}}
875* Music/UnknownHinson
876* Music/SusumuHirasawa
877* Music/HisNameIsAlive
878* Music/TheHives
879* Music/AllanHoldsworth
880* Music/{{Hole}} (Music/CourtneyLove's band)
881** 1991 - ''Music/PrettyOnTheInside''
882** 1994 - ''Music/LiveThroughThis''
883** 1997 - ''Music/MyBodyTheHandGrenade''
884** 1998 - ''Music/CelebritySkin''
885* Music/{{Hoobastank}}
886* Music/JohnLeeHooker
887* Music/HootieAndTheBlowfish
888* Music/{{Hooverphonic}}
889* Music/HaruomiHosono
890* Music/HouseOfKrazees
891* Music/HouseOfPain
892* Music/WhitneyHouston
893* Music/GlennHughes
894* Music/{{Hum}}
895* Music/TheHumanLeague
896* Music/HumanNature
897* Music/PhyllisHyman
898* Music/{{Hypocrisy}}
899* Music/IHateMyself
900* Music/IceCube
901* Music/IceT
902* Music/IcedEarth
903* Music/{{Icehouse}}
904* Music/{{Idlewild}}
905* Music/BillyIdol: After the warmly-received ''Charmed Life'' in 1990, Idol followed it up with the critically-panned ''Cyberpunk'' three years later. [[CreatorKiller His career never recovered]].
906* Music/EnriqueIglesias debuted in '95 and hasn't stopped since.
907* Music/{{Illdisposed}}
908* Music/NatalieImbruglia
909* Music/{{Immolation}}
910* Music/{{Immortal|Band}}
911* Music/InExtremo
912* Music/InFlames
913* Music/{{Incubus}}
914* Music/IndianSummer
915* Music/IndigoGirls
916* Music/InformationSociety
917* Music/InkubusSukkubus
918* Music/InsaneClownPosse
919** 1992 - ''Music/CarnivalOfCarnage''
920** 1997 - ''Music/TheGreatMilenko''
921* Music/InsanePoetry
922* Music/{{INXS}}
923* Music/IronMaiden
924* Music/IronSavior
925* Music/MarkIsham
926* Music/TomoakiIshizuka
927* Music/{{Isis}}
928* [[Music/CatStevens Yusuf Islam]]
929* Music/TheIsleyBrothers
930* Music/{{JBO}}
931* Music/JDilla - Made his debut in 1995.
932* Music/JackOffJill
933* Music/AlanJackson
934* Music/JanetJackson
935** 1993 - ''Music/JanetPeriod''
936** 1997 - ''Music/TheVelvetRope''
937* Music/JoeJackson
938* Music/MichaelJackson: Still a million seller at the start of the decade, his reputation began to suffer from 1993 onwards due to allegations of child molestation.
939** 1991 - ''Music/{{Dangerous|Album}}''
940** ''Music/RememberTheTime''
941** 1995 - ''Music/HistoryPastPresentAndFutureBookI''
942* Music/MillieJackson
943* Music/JadWio
944* Music/JagPanzer
945* Music/JagaJazzist
946* Music/MickJagger
947* Music/LosJaivas
948* Music/JakProgresso
949* Music/EttaJames
950* Music/RickJames
951* Music/{{Jamiroquai}}
952* Music/{{Jandek}}
953* Music/JanesAddiction. A relatively successful band of the 1980s. Reached the peak of their career early in the decade before breaking up acrimoniously in 1991.
954* Music/JeanMichelJarre
955* Music/JarsOfClay
956* Music/{{Jawbox}}
957* Music/{{Jawbreaker}}
958* Music/JayZ also premiered with a classic album called ''Reasonable Doubt''
959* Wyclef Jean
960* Music/JediMindTricks
961* Music/JeffersonStarship
962* Music/{{Jellyfish}}
963** Splinter acts: Imperial Drag, The Grays and Jason Falkner.
964* Music/WaylonJennings
965* Music/TheJesusAndMaryChain
966* Music/TheJesusLizard. An obscure 1980s band. Achieved cult status in this decade.
967* Music/JethroTull
968* Music/JoanJett
969* Music/{{Jewel}}
970* Music/{{JFA}}
971* Music/JimsBigEgo
972* Music/AntonioCarlosJobim
973* Music/{{Jodeci}}: Debuted in 1991, and introduced HipHopSoul to the world.
974* Music/BillyJoel (debuted in TheSixties, became a successful solo artist in TheSeventies, remained popular through TheEighties and into the first half of this decade)
975* Music/RoggaJohansson
976* Music/EltonJohn. Debuted in the 1960s, but managed to score major hits within this decade.
977** 1992 - ''[[Music/TheOneAlbum The One]]''
978** 1994 - ''[[Music/TheLionKing1994 The Lion King]]'' (soundtrack album)
979** 1995 - ''Music/MadeInEngland''
980** 1997 - ''Music/TheBigPicture''
981* Music/EricJohnson
982* Music/DanielJohnston
983* Music/GeorgeJones
984* Music/QuincyJones
985* Music/TomJones
986* Music/JorgeBenJor
987* Music/JerryJoseph
988* Music/{{Journey|Band}}
989* Music/JoyElectric
990* Music/JuanMutant
991* Music/JudasPriest: Released an album in 1990, then briefly went on hiatus upon Rob Halford's departure before finding a new lead vocal and releasing another in 1997.
992** 1990 - ''Music/{{Painkiller}}''
993* Music/CledusTJudd
994* Music/WynonnaJudd
995* Music/TheJudds
996* Music/JudgeDread
997* Music/JungleRot
998[[/folder]]
999
1000[[folder:Musicians K-L]]
1001* Music/{{Kagrra}}
1002* Music/TheKaisers
1003* Music/{{Kamelot}}
1004* Music/YokoKanno
1005* Music/{{Kansas}}
1006* Music/{{Kataklysm}}
1007* Music/{{Katatonia}}
1008* Music/KatrinaAndTheWaves
1009* Music/TobyKeith
1010* Music/RKelly
1011* Music/{{Kenickie}}
1012* Music/{{Kent}}
1013* Music/TheKentuckyHeadhunters
1014* Music/NikKershaw
1015* Music/SammyKershaw
1016* Music/KidNPlay: Initially had some decent commercial success at the start of the decade, thanks to ''Film/HouseParty'', but their musical success came to an almost immediate halt in 1991, and they would eventually break up four years later.
1017* Music/KidRock
1018** 1993 - ''Music/ThePolyfuzeMethod''
1019** 1996 - ''Music/EarlyMorninStonedPimp''
1020** 1998 - ''Music/DevilWithoutACause''
1021* Music/KillHannah
1022* Music/KillingJoke
1023* Music/JuniorKimbrough. Released first solo album in 1992. Died in 1998.
1024** Music/SadDaysLonelyNights''
1025* Music/BBKing
1026* Music/CaroleKing
1027* Music/KingBlackAcid
1028* Music/KingsX
1029* Music/KingCrimson
1030* Music/KingDiamond
1031* Music/KingMissile
1032* Music/TheKinks
1033* Music/LeylandKirby
1034* Music/{{KISS}}
1035** 1992 - ''[[Music/RevengeKISSAlbum Revenge]]''
1036** 1997 - ''Music/CarnivalOfSoulsTheFinalSessions''
1037** 1998 - ''Music/PsychoCircus''
1038* Music/KitchensOfDistinction
1039* Music/EarthaKitt
1040* Music/{{Kittens}}
1041* Music/{{Kittie}}
1042* Music/LosKjarkas
1043* Music/TheKLF: Reached peak of their success early in this decade before leaving the music industry in 1992, and briefly re-emerged as 2K for the "Fuck The Millennium" single in 1997 after critiquing the art world as K Foundation, which involved [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Foundation_Burn_a_Million_Quid the burning of a million pounds]].
1044* Music/{{Klymaxx}}
1045* Music/{{KMFDM}}
1046* Music/TheKnack
1047* Music/GladysKnight. First "official" solo album in 1991.
1048* Music/{{Knorkator}}
1049* Music/FrankieKnuckles
1050* Komar and Melamid
1051** 1997 - "[[Music/ThePeoplesChoiceMusic The Most Unwanted Song]]"
1052* Music/KoolAndTheGang
1053* Music/KoolKeith
1054* Music/KoolMoeDee
1055* Music/{{Korn}} - The creators of NuMetal, a controversial genre that defined rock music later in the decade.
1056** 1994 - ''Music/KornAlbum''
1057** 1998 - ''Music/FollowTheLeader''
1058* Music/KottonmouthKings
1059* Music/TheKovenant: A Norwegian melodic black metal band that shifted to IndustrialMetal in 1999 after being forced to change their name from Covenant.
1060** 1997 - ''Music/InTimesBeforeTheLight''
1061* Music/AlisonKraussAndUnionStation
1062* Music/LennyKravitz
1063* Music/{{Kreator}}
1064* Music/{{Krisiun}}
1065* Kriss Kross
1066* Music/KRSOne
1067* Music/DieKrupps
1068* Music/KulaShaker
1069* Music/{{Kuroyume}}
1070* Music/FelaKuti. Still active until his death in 1997.
1071* Music/{{Kyuss}}. Influential in the "Stoner Rock"/"Stoner Metal" sub-genre, a fusion of DoomMetal and PsychedelicRock.
1072* Music/{{L7}}
1073* Music/TheLas
1074* Music/PattiLaBelle. String of hits in the early 90's.
1075* Music/LacunaCoil
1076* Music/ShawnLane
1077* Music/CyndiLauper
1078* Music/TracyLawrence
1079* Music/{{Lagwagon}}
1080* Music/{{Laibach}}
1081* Music/LambOfGod
1082* Music/LassieSingers
1083* Music/TheLawrenceArms
1084* Music/TheLeatherNun
1085* Music/KeithLeBlanc
1086* Music/LeeviAndTheLeavings
1087* Music/LegiaoUrbana, vocalist Renato Russo died in 1996 and the band released their last, posthumous album in 1997.
1088* Music/LemonJelly
1089* Music/{{Leningrad}}
1090* Music/LeningradCowboys
1091* [[Music/{{Eurythmics}} Annie Lennox]], the Eurythmics' singer, began her solo career in 1992.
1092* Music/LessThanJake
1093* Music/{{Leviathan}}
1094* Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews
1095* Music/JerryLeeLewis
1096* Music/{{LFO}}
1097* Music/LifterPuller, "The last band before the internet."
1098* Music/GordonLightfoot
1099* Music/LightningBolt. Released their first recordings in 1999.
1100* Music/LilJon & the East Side Boyz
1101* Music/LilKim
1102* Lighthouse Family
1103* Music/TheLightningSeeds
1104* Music/LimpBizkit
1105** 1997 - ''Music/ThreeDollarBillYall''
1106** 1999 - ''Music/SignificantOther''
1107* Music/LiquidTensionExperiment
1108* Music/{{Lit}}
1109** 1999 - "Music/{{Miserable}}"
1110* Music/{{Live}}. A relatively obscure 1980s band. Released most of their hits in this decade.
1111* Music/LivingColour
1112* Music/LLCoolJ
1113* Music/LittleFeet
1114* Music/LittleRichard
1115* Music/LisaLoeb
1116* Music/KennyLoggins
1117* Music/{{Loituma}}
1118* Music/{{Lonestar}}
1119* Music/{{Loop}}
1120* Music/JenniferLopez. Debuted in 1999.
1121* Music/LordsOfAcid
1122* Los del Rio
1123* Music/LostDogs
1124* Music/{{Loudness}}
1125* Music/{{Love|Band}}
1126* Music/CourtneyLove. Hole's debut, ''Pretty on the Inside'', was released in 1991.
1127* Music/MikeLove
1128** 1996 - ''Music/CatchAWave''
1129** 1998 - ''Music/SaluteNASCAR'' (with Music/DavidMarks and Music/BruceJohnston)
1130* Music/LoveAndRockets
1131* Music/LoveHate
1132* Music/LoveSpiralsDownwards
1133* Music/PattyLoveless
1134* Music/{{Loverboy|Band}}
1135* Music/LyleLovett
1136* Music/{{Low}}
1137* Music/NickLowe
1138* Music/ArjenAnthonyLucassen
1139** 1995/1996/1998 - ''Music/{{Ayreon}}'' (the first three albums of this eight part series)
1140* Music/{{Lucybell}}
1141* Music/LuciferLusciousViolenoue
1142* Music/{{Ludacris}} released his first album in 1999.
1143* Music/LudwigVon88
1144* Music/LunaSea
1145* Music/LusciousJackson
1146* Music/{{Lush}}
1147* Music/LesLuthiers
1148* Music/JohnLydon
1149* Bjorn Arild Lynne
1150** 1995 - "Music/{{Wormsong}}"
1151* Lyube
1152** 1992 - "Music/DontPlayTheFoolAmerica"
1153[[/folder]]
1154
1155[[folder:Musicians M]]
1156* Music/{{Macabre}}
1157* Music/KirstyMacColl
1158* Music/MachineHead
1159* Music/CraigMack started in the 1980s, but he made his mark in 1994 with the Platinum single "Flava In ya Ear".
1160* Music/MadnessBand
1161* Music/{{Madonna}} may have gotten her start in the 1980s, but her contribution to the 1990s music scene was also very important (explaining why she was one of the only pop artists to escape the genre's commercial nadir during this decade): she brought an underground dance craze to the forefront in 1990 with "Vogue," released one of the riskiest and most socially conscious albums of her career with ''Erotica'', which dealt with topics including HIV/AIDS, homosexuality, sex and fetishes... and then near the end of the decade she reinvented her self yet ''again'' by releasing an album of electronica music that quickly cemented her status in the industry as an icon: ''Ray Of Light''. The album touched on everything from death to rebirth to love to breakups to motherhood to religion and spirituality.
1162** 1990 - ''Music/ImBreathless''
1163** 1990 - ''Music/TheImmaculateCollection''
1164** 1992 - ''Music/{{Erotica}}''
1165** 1994 - ''Music/BedtimeStories''
1166** 1998 - ''Music/RayOfLight''
1167* Music/{{Magma}}
1168* Music/TheMagneticFields
1169** 1999 - ''Music/SixtyNineLoveSongs''
1170* Music/MagoDeOz
1171* Music/TimMaia. Died in 1998.
1172* Music/MaliceMizer
1173* Music/{{Malignancy}}
1174* Music/YngwieMalmsteen
1175* Music/AManCalledAdam
1176* Music/ManOrAstroman
1177* Music/HarryManfredini
1178* Music/ManicStreetPreachers
1179* Music/ManillaRoad
1180* Music/BarryManilow
1181* Music/MannheimSteamroller
1182* Music/{{Manowar}}
1183* Music/MarilynManson, the ultimate nemesis of the 1990's MoralGuardians
1184** 1994 - ''Music/PortraitOfAnAmericanFamily''
1185** 1995 - ''Music/SmellsLikeChildren''
1186** 1996 - ''Music/AntichristSuperstar''
1187** 1998 - ''Music/MechanicalAnimals''
1188* Music/BizMarkie
1189* Music/{{Mansun}}
1190* Music/MarcyPlayground
1191* Music/{{Marduk}}
1192* Music/{{Marillion}}
1193* Music/RobinMark
1194* Music/PetraMarklund
1195* Music/DavidMarks
1196* [[Creator/MarkWahlberg Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch]]
1197* Music/LeneMarlin
1198* Music/MarthaAndTheMuffins
1199* Music/MaxMartin
1200* Music/RickyMartin
1201* Music/SandyMarton
1202* Music/JohnMartyn
1203* Music/RichardMarx
1204* Music/MassiveAttack
1205** 1998 - ''Music/{{Mezzanine}}''
1206* Music/MasterP
1207* Music/MatchboxTwenty
1208* Music/JohnnyMathis
1209* Music/{{Matmos}}
1210* Music/SeikoMatsuda
1211* Music/HidetoMatsumoto
1212* Music/YumiMatsutoya
1213* Music/KathyMattea
1214* Music/DaveMatthewsBand
1215* Music/MaudlinOfTheWell
1216* Music/MaximumTheHormone
1217* Maxwell
1218* Music/BrianMay
1219* Music/{{Mayday}}
1220* Music/CurtisMayfield. Still active until his death in 1999.
1221* Music/{{Mayhem}}
1222* Music/MazzyStar. Formed in 1989, reached their commercial peak in 1993 with "Fade Into You".
1223* Music/MCHammer, though he started recording and making hits in the late 1980s.
1224* Music/MartinaMcBride
1225* Music/PaulMcCartney
1226* Music/NealMcCoy
1227* Music/RebaMcEntire
1228* Music/BobbyMcFerrin
1229* Music/TimMcGraw
1230* Music/LoreenaMcKennitt
1231* Music/SarahMcLachlan
1232* Music/JohnMcLaughlin
1233* Music/DonMcLean
1234* Music/JamesMcMurtry
1235* Music/BrianMcNeill
1236* Music/{{MDC}}
1237* Music/MeatLoaf
1238** 1993 - "Music/IdDoAnythingForLoveButIWontDoThat"
1239* Music/MeatPuppets
1240* Music/TheMeatmen
1241* Music/{{Mecano}}
1242* Music/{{Megadeth}}
1243** 1990 - ''Music/RustInPeace''
1244* Music/JohnMellencamp
1245* Music/MeltBanana, Yasuko Onuki's musical project, formed in 1991-1992
1246* Music/{{Melvins}}
1247* Music/TheMenTheyCouldntHang
1248* Music/MenWithoutHats
1249* Music/MentalAsAnything
1250* Music/TheMentors
1251* Music/{{Menudo}}
1252* Music/FrancoDeVita
1253* Music/FreddieMercury: Died in 1991, but still had some posthumous hits.
1254* Music/{{Merzbow}}
1255* Music/MercuryRev. Formed in the late 1980s. Achieved cult status during this decade.
1256* Music/{{Meshuggah}}
1257* Music/JoDeeMessina
1258* Music/MetalChurch
1259* Music/{{Metallica}} reinvented themselves in the early 1990s with the proto-grunge [[SelfTitledAlbum Black Album]], followed by [[ImportantHaircut cutting their hair]].
1260** 1991 - ''Music/MetallicaAlbum''
1261** 1996 and 1997 - ''Music/LoadAndReLoad''
1262** 1998 - ''Music/GarageInc''
1263* Music/PatMetheny
1264* Music/{{Mew}}
1265* Michael Learns To Rock: Formed in 1988 and debut their first album in 1991. The Danish band was notoriously popular among South East Asians to this very day.
1266* Music/GeorgeMichael
1267** 1990 - ''Music/ListenWithoutPrejudiceVolume1''
1268** 1996 - ''Music/{{Older}}''
1269* Music/MidnightOil
1270* Music/MidnightSyndicate
1271* Music/TheMightyMightyBosstones
1272* [=MilkCan=] from ''VideoGame/UmJammerLammy''
1273** 1999 - ''Music/MakeItSweet''
1274* Music/MikeAndTheMechanics
1275* Music/SteveMillerBand
1276* Music/MilliVanilli. The group's lip-syncing scandal in 1990 made pop music as a whole a [[GenreKiller dead genre]] for a good portion of the decade outside of the dance club scene.
1277* Music/RonnieMilsap
1278* Music/MindlessSelfIndulgence
1279* Music/{{Mineral}}
1280* Music/{{Ministry}}
1281* Music/KylieMinogue
1282** 1997 - ''Music/ImpossiblePrincess''
1283* Music/TheMisfits
1284* Music/TheMission
1285* Music/JoniMitchell
1286* Music/{{Miyavi}}
1287* Music/MobbDeep
1288* Music/{{Moby}}
1289** 1999 - ''Music/{{Play}}''
1290* Music/ModestMouse
1291* The Moffats
1292* Music/{{Mogwai}}
1293* Music/{{Molotov}}
1294* Music/{{Momus}}
1295* Music/{{Monica}}
1296* Music/TheMonkees
1297* Music/MonsterMagnet
1298* Music/{{Moonshake}}
1299* Music/JohnMichaelMontgomery
1300* Music/MontgomeryGentry
1301* Music/TheMoodyBlues
1302* Music/MandyMoore
1303* Music/{{Moonsorrow}}
1304* Music/{{Moonspell}}
1305* Music/MorbidAngel
1306* Morcheeba
1307* Music/LorrieMorgan
1308* Music/AlanisMorissette
1309** 1995 - ''Music/JaggedLittlePill''
1310* Music/GiorgioMoroder
1311* Music/{{Morphine}}
1312* Music/{{Morrissey}}. A popular 1980s singer and former frontman of Music/TheSmiths, he continued releasing hit albums until 1997.
1313* Music/NealMorse
1314* Music/{{Mortification}}
1315* Music/{{Mortiis}}. Debut album released in 1993.
1316* Music/MosDef
1317* Music/MotleyCrue
1318* Music/{{Motorhead}}
1319** 1991 - ''Music/Nineteen16''
1320* Music/TheMountainGoats
1321* Music/MoxyFruvous
1322* Music/MoymoyPalaboy
1323* Music/MrBig
1324* Music/MrBungle
1325* Music/{{Mudhoney}}
1326* Music/MunchenerFreiheit
1327* [[/index]]Franchise/TheMuppets:[[index]]
1328** 1993 - ''Music/MuppetBeachParty''
1329** 1994 - ''Music/KermitUnpigged''
1330** 1995 - ''Music/SesameStreetPlatinumAllTimeFavorites''
1331* Music/PeterMurphy
1332* Music/{{Muse}}. Formed in 1994. Their first album came out in 1999.
1333** 1999 - ''Music/{{Showbiz}}''
1334* Music/{{Mushroomhead}}
1335* Music/MyBloodyValentine. 1980s band, released their biggest album in 1991 and eventually went on hiatus in 1995.
1336** 1991 - ''Music/{{Loveless}}''
1337* Music/MyDyingBride
1338* Music/MyLifeStory
1339* Music/{{Mya}}. First album released in April 1998.
1340* Music/{{Myzery}}
1341* Music/{{NWA}} Formed in 1986.
1342[[/folder]]
1343
1344[[folder:Musicians N-P]]
1345* Music/NadaSurf
1346* Music/{{Naglfar}}
1347* Music/NapalmDeath. Debuted in the 1980s, but became the kings of {{Grindcore}} in the 1990s.
1348* Music/{{Nas}} debuted with his classic album ''Illmatic''
1349** 1994 - ''Music/{{Illmatic}}''
1350* Music/MiltonNascimento
1351* Music/{{Natas}}
1352* Music/{{Natasja}}
1353* Naughty by Nature
1354* Music/NautilusPompilius
1355* Music/{{Necro}}
1356* Music/{{Necrophagist}}
1357* Music/{{Necrophobic}}
1358* Music/{{Negativland}}
1359* Music/NeguraBunget
1360* Music/WillieNelson
1361* Music/{{Nena}}
1362* [[Music/PharrellWilliams The Neptunes]]
1363* Music/NerfHerder
1364* Music/MichaelNesmith
1365* Music/{{Neuraxis}}
1366* Music/{{Neurosis}}. Debuted in the 1980s, but did their most important work pioneering post-metal in the 1990s.
1367* Music/NeutralMilkHotel
1368** 1996 - ''Music/OnAveryIsland''
1369** 1998 - ''Music/InTheAeroplaneOverTheSea''
1370* Music/{{Nevermore}}
1371* Music/NewEdition
1372* Music/NewFoundGlory
1373* Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock
1374* Music/NewKingdom
1375* Music/NewOrder: Started and were widely popular in the preceding decade, but continued to be active for the first few years of this decade, achieving their highest-charting hit in 1990 with "World in Motion". The band temporarily went on hiatus after releasing their one and only album in this decade due to CreativeDifferences and burnout from touring, before eventually reconvening in 1998.
1376** 1993 - ''Music/{{Republic}}''
1377** Music/{{Electronic}}: Bernard Sumner's side project with Johnny Marr that was active and successful in the [=90s=] Eurodance scene.
1378* Music/NewRadicals: Released only one album at the end of the decade, including their one hit "You Get What You Give" and the oft-covered "Someday We'll Know", before dissolving shortly after.
1379* Creator/AnthonyNewley: Released one album, ''Too Much Woman'' in 1992, and died on April 14, 1999.
1380* Music/RandyNewman
1381* Music/{{Newsboys}}
1382* Music/OliviaNewtonJohn
1383* Music/NickelCreek
1384* Music/{{Nickelback}}
1385* Music/StevieNicks
1386* Music/NightRanger
1387* Music/{{Nightwish|Band}}
1388* Music/{{Nile}}
1389* Music/NineInchNails: Trent Reznor's one-man doomfest that John [=McCain=] famously pretended to like; started in the 80's, but achieved Reznor's biggest successes here.
1390** 1992 - ''Music/{{Broken|Album}}''
1391** 1994 - ''Music/TheDownwardSpiral''
1392** 1999 - ''Music/{{The Fragile|1999}}''
1393* Music/{{Nirvana}}: Founded in the late 80s, they helped define the decade's sound in the early 90's before frontman Kurt Cobain committed suicide in 1994.
1394** 1991 - ''Music/{{Nevermind|Album}}''
1395** 1992 - ''Music/{{Incesticide}}''
1396** 1993 - ''Music/InUtero''
1397** 1994 - ''Music/MTVUnpluggedInNewYork''
1398** Music/KurtCobain: Didn't have a solo career of his own, but (unwillingly) became the face of Generation X (the demographic, not the band) during this decade, even after his 1994 suicide.
1399* Music/{{Nits}}
1400* Music/MojoNixon
1401* Music/NoDoubt
1402** 1995 - ''Music/TragicKingdom''
1403* No Limit
1404* Music/{{NOFX}}
1405* Music/NokturnalMortum
1406* Music/{{Nomeansno}}
1407* Music/{{Nothingface}}
1408* Music/TheNotoriousBIG
1409** 1994 - ''Music/ReadyToDie''
1410** 1997 - ''Music/LifeAfterDeath''
1411* Music/NovembersDoom
1412* Music/NowThatsWhatICallMusic released albums throughout the 1990's.
1413* Music/NSync
1414* Music/NuclearAssault
1415* Music/TedNugent
1416* Music/{{Nujabes}}
1417* Music/GaryNuman
1418* Music/NurseWithWound
1419* Music/LauraNyro
1420* Music/SineadOConnor
1421* Music/NataliaOShea
1422* Music/TheOakRidgeBoys
1423* Music/{{Oasis}}: Hugely successful in their native Britain, they were to the UK music scene what Nirvana was to the US music scene. Their rise and fall during this decade directly coincided with the peak and downfall of {{Britpop}} in the 1990's.
1424** 1994 - ''Music/DefinitelyMaybe''
1425** 1995 - ''Music/WhatsTheStoryMorningGlory''
1426** 1997 - ''Music/BeHereNow''
1427* Music/{{Oathean}}
1428* Music/ConorOberst: started his career in 1993.
1429* Music/{{Obituary}}
1430* [[Music/LegionOfTheDamned Occult]]
1431* Music/OfMontreal
1432* Music/TheOffspring
1433** 1994 - ''Music/{{Smash|Album}}''
1434* Music/OingoBoingo
1435* Music/OkkervilRiver
1436* Music/BabatundeOlatunji
1437* Music/Old97s
1438* Music/OldCrowMedicineShow
1439* Music/MikeOldfield: Broke free from his restrictive contract with Creator/VirginRecords and signed onto WEA and Creator/RepriseRecords at the start of this decade, shifting to a more electronic sound that would define most of his later output.
1440** 1992 - ''Music/TubularBellsII''
1441** 1998 - ''Music/TubularBellsIII''
1442* Music/{{OLIVIA}}
1443* Music/TheOliviaTremorControl
1444* Music/{{OMC}}
1445* Music/{{Omega}}
1446* Music/OneDove
1447* Music/YokoOno
1448* Music/OnkelKonkelAndHisKonkelbar
1449* Music/{{Oomph}}
1450* Operation Re-Information
1451* Music/{{Opeth}}
1452** 1999 - ''Music/{{Still Life|OpethAlbum}}''
1453* The Orb
1454* Music/KristinaOrbakaite
1455* Music/{{Orbital}}
1456* Music/OrchestralManoeuvresInTheDark
1457* Music/LaOrejaDeVanGogh
1458* Music/{{Origin}}
1459* Music/RizOrtolani
1460* Joan Osborne
1461* Music/OzzyOsbourne
1462* Music/JohnOtway
1463* Music/OurLadyPeace
1464* Music/TheOutfield
1465* Music/{{Outkast}}
1466* Music/{{Outrage}}
1467* Music/{{Overkill}}
1468* Music/BuckOwens
1469* Music/PDQBach
1470* Music/{{POD}}
1471* Jennifer Paige
1472* Music/{{Pain}}
1473* Music/PainOfSalvation
1474* Music/BradPaisley
1475* Music/PaleSaints
1476* Music/PandaBear
1477* Music/PansyDivision
1478* Music/{{Pantera}}
1479* Music/PapaRoach
1480* Music/ThePaperChase
1481* Music/{{Pappo}}
1482* Music/ParadiseLost
1483* Music/ParachuteExpress
1484* Music/OsParalamasDoSucesso
1485* [[Music/{{Satan}} Pariah]]
1486* Music/SarinaParis
1487* Music/VanDykeParks
1488** 1995 - ''Music/OrangeCrateArt'' (with Music/BrianWilson)
1489* Music/ParokyaNiEdgar
1490* Music/DollyParton
1491* Music/PatoFu
1492* Music/PatricioReyYSusRedonditosDeRicota
1493* Music/MikePatton
1494* Music/LauraPausini
1495* Music/{{Pavement}}
1496* Music/{{Peaches}}
1497* Music/CharliePeacock
1498* Music/PearlJam
1499** 1991 - ''Music/{{Ten|PearlJamAlbum}}''
1500* Music/AnnPeebles
1501* Music/PenguinCafeOrchestra
1502* Music/{{Pentagram}}
1503* Music/PepeDeluxe
1504* Music/PereUbu
1505* Music/{{Pestilence}}
1506* Music/PetShopBoys
1507* Music/PeterPaulAndMary
1508* Music/RedPeters
1509* Music/{{Petra}}
1510* Music/TomPetty
1511** 1993 - "Music/MaryJanesLastDance"
1512* Music/LizPhair
1513** 1993 - ''Music/ExileInGuyville''
1514* Music/{{Phantom Planet|Band}}
1515* Music/ThePharcyde
1516* Music/{{Phish}}
1517* Music/PigDestroyer
1518* Music/ThePillows
1519* Music/PinkCream69
1520* Music/PinkFloyd: Continued under the leadership of David Gilmour until their first break-up in 1995.
1521** 1994 - ''Music/TheDivisionBell''
1522* Music/PinkMartini
1523* Music/PitchShifter
1524* Music/{{Pixies}}: A popular 1980s band, released a number of hits in 1990 and 1991 before breaking up (they would later reform during the next decade).
1525* Music/PizzicatoFive
1526* Music/{{Placebo}}
1527* Music/JoelPlaskett
1528* Music/{{Plumb}}
1529* Music/PMDawn
1530* Music/{{Poe}}
1531* Music/ThePogues
1532* Music/{{Poison}}
1533* [[/index]]''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' got its start within this decade, and quickly grew big enough to get soundtrack albums of its own.[[index]]
1534** 1999 - ''Music/Pokemon2BAMaster''
1535* Music/BasilPoledouris
1536* Music/BarryLouisPolisar
1537* Music/{{Polysics}}
1538* Music/IggyPop
1539* Music/PopWillEatItself
1540* Music/PorcupineTree
1541** 1999 - ''Music/StupidDream''
1542* Music/{{Portishead}}
1543** 1994 - ''Music/{{Dummy}}''
1544* Music/ThePosies: PowerPop revivalists from the land of grunge who put out a series of AlternativeRock hits through the decade.
1545* Music/Powerman5000
1546* Music/PoxyBoggards
1547* Music/PrefabSprout
1548* Music/ThePresidentsOfTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica
1549* Music/BillyPreston
1550* Music/{{Pretenders}}
1551* Music/PrettyMaids
1552* Music/ThePrettyThings
1553* Music/CharleyPride
1554* Music/{{Primal Fear|Band}}
1555* Music/PrimalScream. A relatively minor 1980s band, achieved first major hit in 1991.
1556** 1991 - ''Music/{{Screamadelica}}''
1557** 1997 - ''Music/VanishingPoint''
1558* Music/{{Primordial}}
1559* Music/{{Primus}}. A relatively obscure 1980s band, achieved first major hit in 1991.
1560** 1990 - ''Music/FrizzleFry''
1561** 1991 - ''Music/SailingTheSeasOfCheese''
1562** 1995 - ''Music/TalesFromThePunchbowl''
1563* Music/{{Prince}}: Controversially changed his name to an unpronounceable "Love Symbol" in 1993 (to circumvent his contract with Creator/WarnerBrosRecords, who owned the trademark to his given name) and would stick with it all the way until [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000]]. During this time, he was commonly referred to as "the artist formerly known as 'Prince'", a moniker so obtuse and prone to public mockery that it inspired [[TheTropeFormerlyKnownAsX its own trope]].
1564* Music/LosPrisioneros
1565* Music/TheProclaimers: Popular in 1980s UK, achieved first major US hit in 1993.
1566* Music/ProcolHarum
1567* Music/TheProdigy
1568** 1992 - ''Music/{{Experience}}''
1569** 1994 - ''Music/MusicForTheJiltedGeneration''
1570** 1997 - ''Music/TheFatOfTheLand''
1571* Music/{{Propaganda}}
1572* Music/{{Prozzak}} - Debuted in 1998.
1573* Music/ThePsychedelicFurs
1574* Music/PsychopathicRydas
1575* Music/PublicEnemy
1576** 1990 - ''Music/FearOfABlackPlanet''
1577* Music/PublicImageLtd
1578* Music/PuddleOfMudd
1579* Music/TitoPuente
1580* Music/PuffyAmiYumi
1581* Music/AllaPugacheva
1582* Music/{{Pulp}}: Formed in 1978. Achieved mainstream success in the mid-90s with the albums ''His n' Hers'' and ''Different Class''.
1583* Music/PungentStench
1584* Music/{{Puya}}
1585[[/folder]]
1586
1587[[folder:Musicians P-R]]
1588* Music/{{Quatermass}} II
1589* Music/SuziQuatro
1590* Music/{{Queen|Band}}: Went mostly dormant after their lead singer Music/FreddieMercury died in 1991, but achieved a still-ongoing second wave of mainstream popularity as a result of Mercury's death.
1591** 1991 - ''Music/{{Innuendo}}'' – The group's final album during Mercury's lifetime.
1592** 1995 - ''Music/MadeInHeaven'' - Made from Mercury's final recordings
1593* Music/QueenLatifah
1594* Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge
1595* Music/{{Queensryche}}
1596* Music/QuietRiot
1597* Music/{{The Radiators|US}}
1598* Music/RadioactiveChickenHeads
1599* Music/{{Radiohead}}: Formed in the middle of the previous decade as On a Friday, signed onto Creator/ParlophoneRecords and adopted the "Radiohead" moniker in 1991; started releasing music one year later, but didn't hit it big until the mid-to-late 1990's, as Britpop and electronica took over from grunge.
1600** 1993 - ''Music/PabloHoney''
1601** 1995 - ''Music/TheBends''
1602** 1997 - ''Music/OKComputer''
1603* Music/RageBand
1604* Music/RageAgainstTheMachine
1605* Music/RafaelOrozcoMaestre
1606* Music/GerryRafferty
1607* [[Music/{{Japan}} Rain Tree Cow]]
1608* Music/{{Rainbow}}
1609* Music/BonnieRaitt
1610* [[Music/LesRallizesDenudes Les Rallizes Dénudés]]
1611* Music/{{Rammstein}}
1612* Music/{{Ramones}}: Released several comeback albums, winning over some Generation X fans, before splitting up mid-decade.
1613* Music/{{Rancid}}
1614* Music/TheRasmus
1615* Music/{{Rasputina}}
1616* Music/RataBlanca
1617* Music/{{Ratt}}
1618* Music/RayJ
1619* Music/CollinRaye
1620* Music/RedHotChiliPeppers, Been around since TheEighties but exploded in the 1990s.
1621** 1991 - ''Music/BloodSugarSexMagik'' (their breakout album)
1622** 1999 - ''Music/{{Californication}}'' (their comeback album)
1623* Music/RedHousePainters
1624** 1996 - ''Music/SongsForABlueGuitar''
1625* Music/{{Rednex}}
1626* Music/LouReed
1627* Music/ReelBigFish
1628* Music/{{Refused}}
1629* Music/{{REM}}: perennial musical innovator through the 1980's, kicked off the rise of AlternativeRock at the start of the 1990's. After suffering a near-fatal brain aneurysm in 1995, drummer Bill Berry left the group in 1997 for personal reasons, but urged bandmates Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, and Mike Mills to carry on as a 3-man ensemble. Split in 2011 on amicable terms.
1630** 1991 - ''Music/OutOfTime''
1631** 1992 - ''Music/AutomaticForThePeople''
1632** 1994 - ''Music/{{Monster|REMAlbum}}''
1633** 1996 - ''Music/NewAdventuresInHiFi''
1634** 1998 - ''Music/{{Up|REMAlbum}}''
1635** 1999 - ''Film/ManOnTheMoon''
1636* Music/LaRenga
1637* Music/REOSpeedwagon
1638* Music/TheReplacements: Released their final studio album, ''All Shook Down'', in 1990 before splitting up. The band would later reform in UsefulNotes/TheNewTens.
1639* Music/TheResidents: Still going strong since the 1970s.
1640* Music/RestlessHeart
1641* Music/GraemeRevell
1642* Music/TheReverendHortonHeat
1643* Music/TheRevolutionaryHydra
1644* Music/RhapsodyOfFire
1645* Music/CliffRichard
1646* Music/KeithRichards
1647* Music/LionelRichie
1648* Music/JonathanRichman
1649* Music/{{Ride}}
1650* Music/RidersInTheSky
1651* Music/{{Riff}}
1652* Music/RightSaidFred
1653* Music/LeAnnRimes
1654* Music/TheRippingtons
1655* Music/RightSaidFred
1656* Music/BobRivers
1657* Music/{{Robyn}}
1658* Music/KennyRogers
1659* Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}: Still going strong since the 1960s, with one line-up change (Bill Wyman quitting in 1993).
1660** 1994 - ''Music/VoodooLounge''
1661** 1997 - ''Music/BridgesToBabylon''
1662* Music/HenryRollins
1663* Music/MaxRomeo
1664* Music/LindaRonstadt
1665* Music/TheRoots. Released their debut studio album, ''Organix'' in 1993.
1666** 1993 - ''Music/{{Organix}}''
1667* Music/RosaDeSaron
1668* Music/DianaRoss
1669* Music/DavidLeeRoth
1670* Music/RottingChrist
1671* Music/DavidRovics
1672* Music/{{Roxette}}
1673** 1991 - ''Music/{{Joyride}}''
1674* Music/JordanRudess
1675* Music/RunDMC
1676* Music/ToddRundgren
1677* Music/{{Runforyerlife}}
1678* Music/RunningWild
1679* Music/KateRusby
1680* Music/{{Rush|Band}}
1681** 1991 - ''Music/RollTheBones''
1682** 1993 - ''Music/{{Counterparts}}''
1683** 1996 - ''Music/TestForEcho''
1684* Music/{{Russya}}
1685* Music/TheRutles
1686[[/folder]]
1687
1688[[folder:Musicians S]]
1689* Music/SClub7
1690* Music/LeticiaSabater
1691* Music/{{Sade}}
1692* Music/{{Saga}}
1693* Music/SaintEtienne
1694* Music/SaintVitus
1695* Music/BuffySainteMarie
1696* Music/RyuichiSakamoto
1697* Music/{{Saliva}}
1698* Music/SaltNPepa
1699* Music/PharoahSanders
1700* Music/SandyEJunior
1701* Music/{{Santana}}: The veteran band experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim, scoring brand new hits by the end of the decade.
1702* Music/CarlosSantana
1703* Music/{{Sarcofago}}
1704* Music/PeterSarstedt
1705* Music/JoeSatriani
1706* Music/{{Satyricon}}
1707* Music/SavageGarden
1708* Music/{{Savatage}}
1709** 1991 - ''Music/StreetsARockOpera''
1710** 1994 - ''Music/HandfulOfRain''
1711** 1995 - ''Music/DeadWinterDead''
1712** 1998 - ''Music/TheWakeOfMagellan''
1713* Music/SavesTheDay
1714* Music/SaviourMachine
1715* Music/LesSavyFav
1716* Music/TheSawDoctors
1717* Music/{{Saxon}}
1718* Music/{{Scarface}}
1719* Music/ScatmanJohn
1720* Music/{{Schandmaul}}
1721* Music/SchoollyD
1722* Music/MarkusSchulz: First began [=DJing=] in 1990, with much of his early portfolio consisting of remixes of other artists on this page. Released his first singe, "You Won't See Me Cry", in 1998.
1723* Music/KlausSchulze
1724* Music/PeterSchilling
1725* Music/{{Scooter}}
1726* Music/{{Scorpions|Band}}
1727* Music/GilScottHeron
1728* Music/ScreechingWeasel
1729* Music/ScrittiPolitti
1730* Music/JoeScruggs
1731* Music/{{Seal}}
1732* Music/DanSeals
1733* Music/NeilSedaka
1734* Music/BobSeger
1735* Music/SeikimaII
1736* Music/{{Selena}}
1737* Music/{{Sentenced}}
1738* Music/{{Septicflesh}}
1739* Music/{{Sepultura}}
1740** ''Music/Roots1996''
1741* Sesame Street
1742** 1995 - ''Music/SesameStreetPlatinumAllTimeFavorites''
1743* Music/{{Sevendust}}
1744* Music/ShaNaNa
1745* Music/ShadowsFall
1746* Music/{{Shakira}}. Debuted in 1991. First hit album in 1996.
1747** 1995 - ''Music/PiesDescalzos''
1748** 1996 - "Music/PiesDescalzosSuenosBlancos"
1749** 1998 - ''Music/DondeEstanLosLadrones''
1750* Music/TupacShakur
1751** 1991 - ''Music/TupacalypseNow''
1752** 1993 - ''Music/Strictly4MyNiggaz''
1753** 1995 - ''Music/MeAgainstTheWorld''
1754** 1996 - ''Music/AllEyezOnMe''
1755** 1996 - ''Music/TheDonKilluminatiThe7DayTheory'' (First posthumous release, but was finished before his murder).
1756* Music/RaviShankar
1757* Music/PaulShapera
1758* Music/SonnySharrock. Died of a heart attack in 1994.
1759** 1991 - ''Music/AskTheAges''
1760* Music/{{SHAZNA}}
1761* Music/SheilaOn7
1762* Music/{{Shellac}}
1763* Music/{{Shenandoah}}
1764* Music/ShiinaRingo
1765* Music/ShonenKnife
1766* Music/{{Sia}} has been active in the music industry since 1993, but she was effectively ignored in the mainstream until 2012.
1767* Music/SickPuppies
1768* Music/KubaSienkiewicz
1769* Music/{{Sigh}}
1770* Music/SigurRos
1771** 1999 - ''Music/AgaetisByrjun''
1772* Music/{{Silencer}}
1773* Music/SilverJews
1774* Music/{{Silverchair}}
1775* Music/CarlySimon
1776* Music/PaulSimon
1777* Music/NinaSimone
1778* Music/JessicaSimpson. Debuted in 1999.
1779* [[/index]]''Franchise/TheSimpsons''[[index]]
1780** ''Music/TheSimpsonsSingTheBlues'' (1990)
1781** ''Music/TheYellowAlbum'' (1998)
1782* Music/FrankSinatra: Released his final two albums, the collaborative ''Duets'' and ''Duets II'', before retiring in 1995 and dying three years later.
1783* Music/NancySinatra: Released four albums between 1995 and 1999.
1784* Music/SiouxsieAndTheBanshees. 1970s group. Released some of their greatest hits in this decade.
1785* Music/SimpleMinds. Started in 1977 and peaked in the '80s. Still popular in Europe.
1786* Music/SirMixALot [[StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks liked Big Butts]] and [[CannotTellALie could not lie]].
1787* Music/TheSistersOfMercy. An influential GothRock band of the 1980s. Released another well-received album in 1990.
1788* Music/SixFeetUnder
1789* Music/SixpenceNoneTheRicher
1790* Music/{{Skepticism}}
1791* Music/SkidRow
1792* Music/{{Skillet}}
1793* Music/{{Skinless}}
1794* Music/SkinnyPuppy
1795* Music/SkunkAnansie
1796* Music/{{Skyclad|Band}}
1797* Music/{{Slade}}
1798* Music/SlappHappy
1799* Music/{{Slapshock}}
1800* Music/{{Slash|Musician}}: His side band Slash's Snakepit released a first album
1801* Music/{{Slayer}}
1802* Music/SleaterKinney
1803* Music/{{Sleep}}
1804* Music/SlickRick
1805* Music/{{Slint}}. Started and released their first album during the 1980's, and released their second, final, and most acclaimed album in 1991 before disbanding (an untitled EP consisting of two outtakes from their first album was released three years later). Their second album, alongside ''Spirit of Eden'' and ''Music/LaughingStock'' by Music/TalkTalk, is widely considered a TropeMaker for PostRock as defined today.
1806** 1991 - ''Music/{{Spiderland}}''
1807* Music/{{Slipknot}}
1808** 1999 - ''Music/{{Slipknot|Album}}''
1809* Music/{{Sloan}}
1810* Music/SloughFeg
1811* Music/{{Slowdive}}
1812* Music/SmashMouth
1813* Music/TheSmashingPumpkins
1814** 1993 - ''Music/SiameseDream''
1815** 1995 - ''Music/MellonCollieAndTheInfiniteSadness''
1816*** "Music/TonightTonight"
1817** 1998 - ''Music/{{Adore}}''
1818* Music/ElliottSmith
1819* Music/PattiSmith
1820* Music/TomSmith
1821* Creator/WillSmith: Offically went solo in 1997 after the dissolution of DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince.
1822* Music/SmokingPopes
1823* Music/SneakerPimps
1824* Music/SnoopDogg
1825* Music/{{Snot}}
1826* Music/SnowPatrol
1827* Music/SocialDistortion
1828* Music/{{Sodom}}
1829* Music/{{Soilwork}}
1830* Music/{{Solstice}}
1831* Music/SonVolt
1832* Music/SonataArctica
1833* [[Music/SongsOhia Songs:Ohia]]
1834* Music/SonicYouth. A relatively successful AlternativeRock band of the 1980s. Switched to a major record label in 1990, reaching a much larger audience than before.
1835* Music/JillSobule
1836* Music/{{Sonique}}
1837* Music/SoporAeternusAndTheEnsembleOfShadows
1838* Music/SoulAsylum: Formed in 1983. Reached their commercial peak in 1992 and continued making music throughout the rest of the decade and beyond.
1839* Music/SoulCoughing
1840* Music/{{Soulfly}}
1841* Music/{{Soulwax}}
1842* Music/{{Soundgarden}}: 1994's ''Superunknown'' was their biggest album. They broke up in 1997 due to creative differences, and eventually reformed in 2011; however, frontman Music/ChrisCornell would commit suicide in 2017.
1843* Music/{{Space}}
1844** 1996 - ''Music/{{Spiders|Album}}''
1845* Music/Spacemen3
1846* Music/{{Sparklehorse}}
1847* Music/{{Sparks}}
1848* Music/BritneySpears
1849* Music/TheSpecials
1850* Music/SpiceGirls. The explosive success of "Wannabe" [[BackFromTheDead helped revive]] pop music after half-a-decade of stagnation.
1851* Music/SpinDoctors
1852* Music/{{Spiritualized}}
1853* Music/{{SPOCK}}
1854* Music/SpocksBeard
1855* Music/{{Sponge}}
1856* Music/{{Spoon}}
1857* Music/DustySpringfield
1858* Music/RickSpringfield
1859* Music/BruceSpringsteen
1860* Music/{{Squarepusher}}
1861* Music/{{Squeeze|Band}}
1862* Music/BillySquier
1863* Music/StGermain
1864* Music/{{Staind}}
1865* Music/Starflyer59
1866* Music/RingoStarr
1867* Music/StaticX
1868* Music/TheStatlerBrothers
1869* Music/StatusQuo
1870* Music/SteeleyeSpan
1871* Music/{{Steps}}
1872* Music/{{Stereolab}}
1873* Music/{{Stereophonics}}
1874* Music/RayStevens
1875* Music/AlStewart
1876* Music/JohnStewart
1877* Music/RodStewart
1878** 1991 - ''Music/VagabondHeart''
1879* Music/StiffLittleFingers
1880* Music/{{Sting}}. Continued the successful solo career he started in the 1980s.
1881* Music/StockAitkenWaterman
1882* Music/DougStone
1883* Music/TheStoneRoses
1884* Music/StoneTemplePilots
1885* Music/{{Stormlord}}
1886* Music/StormtroopersOfDeath
1887* Music/GeorgeStrait
1888* Music/TheStranglers
1889* Music/{{Stratovarius}}
1890* Music/StrayCats
1891* Music/BarbraStreisand
1892* Music/TheStringCheeseIncident
1893* Music/{{Stryper}}
1894* Music/{{Styx}}
1895* Music/{{Sublime}}
1896* Music/SubwayToSally
1897* Music/{{Suede}}
1898* Music/{{Suffocation}}
1899* Music/{{Sugababes}}
1900* Music/SugarRay
1901* Music/TheSugarhillGang
1902* Music/{{Sugizo}}
1903* Music/SuicidalTendencies
1904* Music/{{Suicide|Band}}
1905* Music/SuidAkrA
1906* Music/DonnaSummer
1907* Music/{{Summoning}}
1908* Music/SunRa
1909** 1993 - ''Film/SpaceIsThePlace'' (soundtrack album)
1910* Music/TheSundays
1911* Music/OysteinSunde
1912* Music/SunnO
1913* Music/SunnyDayRealEstate. Considered the TropeCodifier for EmoMusic
1914** 1994 - ''Music/{{Diary}}''
1915* Music/{{Sunscreem}}
1916* Music/SuperFurryAnimals
1917* Music/{{Superchunk}}
1918* Music/{{Supergrass}}
1919* Music/{{Supertramp}}
1920* Music/SupremeNTM
1921* Music/BillSutton
1922* Music/{{Swans}}: Released increasingly experimental music throughout this decade, culminating in ''Soundtracks for the Blind'' (1996). They broke up the following year, with Michael Gira forming the band Angels of Light and Jarboe continuing her solo career. Swans would later reform in 2010.
1923** 1996 - ''Music/SoundtracksForTheBlind''
1924* Music/MatthewSweet. Released his biggest album in 1991, continued to release music throughout the decade.
1925* Music/SweetTrip
1926* Music/{{Switchfoot}}
1927* Music/DavidSylvian
1928* Music/SymphonyX
1929* Music/SystemOfADown. Although most associated with the 2000s, this band formed in the middle of this decade and released their first album in 1998.
1930** 1998 - ''Music/{{System of a Down|Album}}''
1931[[/folder]]
1932
1933[[folder:Musicians T]]
1934* Music/{{Taake}}
1935* Music/JohnTabacco
1936* Music/TakeThatBand
1937* Music/YukihiroTakahashi
1938* Music/AkiraTakasaki
1939* Music/TakeoIschi
1940* Music/MariyaTakeuchi
1941* Music/TalkingHeads: Had already unofficially disbanded in 1988, but still put out one last single, [[Film/UntilTheEndOfTheWorld "Sax and Violins"]], in 1991 before publicly confirming their dissolution that same year. Before that, they also completed some new tracks (based on old studio outtakes) for the 1992 GreatestHitsAlbum ''Sand in the Vaseline'' and its European counterpart ''Once in a Lifetime''; of these, "Lifetime Piling Up" was released as a post-breakup single to promote the compilations.
1942* Music/TalkTalk. Started and were most popular during the 1980's, released their final and most acclaimed album in 1991 before disbanding. Said album and its 1988 predecessor are now recognized as the [[TropeMaker starting point]] of PostRock as commonly defined today (alongside ''Music/{{Spiderland}}'' by Music/{{Slint}}, released the same year).
1943** 1991 - ''Music/LaughingStock''
1944** Frontman Mark Hollis briefly reemerged in public to release a self-titled solo album in 1998, going back into retirement immediately afterwards.
1945*** 1998 - ''Music/{{Mark Hollis|Album}}''
1946* Music/{{Tamia}}'s music career broke out in 1996 with several singles before releasing her SelfTitledAlbum in 1998.
1947* Music/TangerineDream
1948* Music/{{Tankard}}
1949* Music/{{Tankcsapda}}
1950* Music/{{Tarot}}
1951* Music/JamesTaylor
1952* Music/MickTaylor
1953* Music/TheTeaParty
1954* Music/TearsForFears: Curt Smith quit the band in 1991 and wouldn't return until the very start of the next decade, leading Roland Orzabal to put out two studio albums and one non-album single himself under the Tears For Fears name.
1955** 1993 - ''Music/{{Elemental|Album}}''
1956** 1995 - ''Music/RaoulAndTheKingsOfSpain''
1957* Music/{{TechN9ne}}
1958* Music/TeenageFanclub. Formed in 1989, released their first album one year later.
1959* Music/TeganAndSara
1960* Music/{{Television}}
1961* Music/TheTemptations
1962* Music/{{Tequilajazzz}}
1963* Music/BrynTerfel
1964* Music/{{Tesla}}
1965* Music/{{Testament}}
1966* Music/{{Thalia}}
1967* Music/TheThe
1968* Music/TheatreOfTragedy
1969* Music/{{Therapy}}
1970* Music/{{Therion}}
1971* Music/TheyMightBeGiants. A relatively successful 1980s band, achieved their greatest popularity early in the decade.
1972** 1990 - ''Music/FloodTheyMightBeGiants''
1973** 1992 - ''Music/Apollo18''
1974** 1994 - ''Music/JohnHenry''
1975** 1996 - ''Music/FactoryShowroom''
1976** 1999 - ''Music/LongTallWeekend''
1977* Music/JGThirlwell
1978* Music/IrmaThomas
1979* Music/RichardThompson
1980* Music/YannTiersen
1981* Music/TheTigerLillies
1982* Music/{{TISM}}
1983* Thievery Corporation
1984* Music/ThirdEyeBlind
1985* Music/ThisMortalCoil
1986** 1991 - ''Music/{{Blood}}''
1987* Music/{{Thor}}
1988* Music/ThousandFootKrutch
1989* Music/ThreeSixMafia (aka Triple 6 Mafia)
1990* Music/ThrowingMuses
1991* Music/ThrushHermit
1992* Music/{{Thursday}}
1993* Music/{{Tiamat}}
1994* Music/{{Tiesto}}
1995* Music/{{Timbaland}}
1996* Music/PamTillis
1997* Music/TinyTim: Continued performing and touring until his death in 1996.
1998* Music/TheTime: Released ''Pandemonium'' in 1990'', and mostly became a touring act until releasing new music in the 2010s.
1999* Music/AaronTippin
2000* Music/{{TLC}} debuted in this decade and would release three albums, the third of which would be their last as a complete group.
2001** 1994 - ''Music/CrazySexyCool''
2002*** "Music/{{Waterfalls}}"
2003* Music/TMRevolution
2004* Music/{{TNT|Band}}
2005* Music/ToadTheWetSprocket
2006* Music/{{Tocotronic}}
2007* Music/TokyoYankees
2008* Music/TomTomClub
2009* Music/TommyTutone
2010* Music/TonesOnTail
2011* Music/TooShort
2012* Music/{{Tool}} debuted in 1990, but took off in the early part of the decade with ''Undertow'' and ''Aenima''
2013* Music/DieTotenHosen
2014* Music/{{Toto}}
2015* Music/{{Tourniquet}}
2016* Music/AllenToussaint
2017* Music/DevinTownsend
2018** 1997 - ''Music/OceanMachineBiomech''
2019* Music/ToyBox
2020* Music/ToyDolls
2021* Music/{{Traffic|Band}}. Made a one-off touring appearance and had one more studio album in 1994.
2022* Music/TheTragicallyHip
2023* Music/{{Train}}
2024* Music/TransSiberianOrchestra
2025** 1996 - ''Music/ChristmasEveAndOtherStories''
2026* Music/TransX
2027* Music/{{Trapt}}
2028* Music/TheTravelingWilburys
2029* Music/{{Travis}} formed in 1990 and released their first album in 1997.
2030* Music/RandyTravis
2031* Music/TrebleCharger
2032* Music/{{Tricky}}. Contributed rhymes and production to Music/MassiveAttack's first two records, ''Blue Lines'' and ''Protection''. Released his debut single and album in 1995.
2033** 1995 - ''Music/{{Maxinquaye}}''
2034* Music/{{Tripod}}
2035* Music/{{Tristania}}
2036* Music/TravisTritt
2037* Music/TroutFishingInAmerica
2038* Music/ViktorTsoi: Died in a car accident before his band Kino released their final SelfTitledAlbum.
2039* Music/{{TSOL}}
2040* Music/TanyaTucker
2041* Music/{{Turbonegro}}
2042* Music/TinaTurner
2043* Music/ShaniaTwain
2044* Music/ConwayTwitty
2045* Music/{{Twiztid}}
2046* Music/BonnieTyler
2047* Music/TypeONegative
2048** 1993 - ''Music/BloodyKisses''
2049** 1996 - ''Music/OctoberRust''
2050** 1999 - ''Music/WorldComingDown''
2051[[/folder]]
2052
2053[[folder:Musicians U-Z]]
2054* Music/{{U2}} reinvented themselves into futuristic techno-alternative-rockers and continued in that direction for the rest of the decade.
2055** 1991 - ''Music/AchtungBaby''
2056** 1993 - ''Music/{{Zooropa}}''
2057** 1997 - ''Music/{{Pop|Album}}''
2058* Music/{{UB40}}
2059* Music/{{UFO|Band}}
2060* Music/{{UGK}}
2061* Music/UglyKidJoe
2062* Music/JamesBloodUlmer
2063* Music/{{Ultravox}}
2064* Music/{{Ulver}}
2065* Music/UncleBonsai
2066* Music/UncleTupelo
2067* Music/{{Underoath}}
2068* Music/{{Underworld|Band}}
2069** 1994 - ''Music/{{dubnobasswithmyheadman}}''
2070* Music/{{Unearth}}
2071* Music/UniversZero
2072* Music/{{UNKLE}}
2073* Music/{{Unleashed}}
2074* Music/{{Unwound}}
2075* Music/KeithUrban
2076* Music/UrbanDanceSquad
2077* Music/MidgeUre
2078* Music/UriahHeep
2079* Music/HikaruUtada: Only made her debut in 1998, but her debut album ''First Love'' became the best-selling album of the decade (and of all time) in Japan.
2080** 1999 - ''Music/{{First Love|HikaruUtadaAlbum}}''
2081* Music/UtahSaints
2082* Music/{{Usher}} (The Music/JustinBieber of his time, particularly noticable with their friendship, and his mentoring of the latter)
2083* Music/{{V6}}
2084* Music/{{V8}}
2085* Music/{{Vader}}. Formed in 1983, debut album released in 1992.
2086* Music/SteveVai
2087* Music/FrankieValliAndTheFourSeasons
2088* Music/VanHalen: The latter half of the Sammy Hagar-led tenure, plus the 1998 album nobody talks about
2089* Music/TownesVanZandt
2090* Music/LutherVandross: Got started in the early '80s but continued to release albums until 2003.
2091* Music/{{Vangelis}}
2092* Music/VanillaIce
2093* Music/GiorgioVanni
2094* Music/{{Varttina}}
2095* Music/StevieRayVaughan: Had one album with his brother Jimmie in 1990 before dying in a helicopter crash.
2096* Music/VazelinaBilopphoggers
2097* Music/VedBuensEnde
2098* Music/SuzanneVega
2099* Music/TheVelvetUnderground: Held a reunion tour throughout Europe in 1993, which produced a LiveAlbum.
2100* Music/VenetianSnares
2101* Music/{{Vengaboys}}
2102* Music/{{Venom|Band}}
2103* Music/{{Verdena}}
2104* Music/VerticalHorizon
2105* Music/VerucaSalt
2106* Music/TheVerve
2107* Music/{{Violence}}
2108* Music/ViolentFemmes
2109* Music/VirginBlack
2110* Music/VisionDivine
2111* Music/VNVNation
2112* Music/{{Voivod}}
2113* Music/{{Voltaire}}
2114* Music/JasminWagner
2115* Music/BunnyWailer
2116* Music/RufusWainwright
2117* Music/TomWaits
2118** 1992 - ''Music/BoneMachine''
2119** 1993 - ''Music/TheBlackRider''
2120** 1999 - ''Music/MuleVariations''
2121* Music/RickWakeman
2122* Music/ClayWalker
2123* Music/ScottWalker
2124* Music/TheWallflowers: Formed in 1989; reached their commercial peak in 1996.
2125* Music/WarBand
2126* Music/SteveWariner
2127* Music/{{Warrant}}
2128* Music/DionneWarwick
2129* Music/WasNotWas
2130* Music/{{WASP|Band}}
2131** 1992 - ''Music/TheCrimsonIdol''
2132* Music/RogerWaters
2133** 1992 - ''Music/AmusedToDeath''
2134* Music/JodyWatley
2135* Music/JohnnyGuitarWatson. Died in 1996.
2136* Music/JeffWayne
2137* Music/JasonWebley
2138* Music/{{Ween}}. Formed in the 1980s, began releasing full-length albums and gained most of their fame in this decade.
2139** 1990 - ''Music/GodWeenSatanTheOneness''
2140** 1991 - ''Music/ThePod''
2141** 1992 - ''Music/PureGuava''
2142** 1997 - ''Music/TheMollusk''
2143* Music/{{Weezer}}
2144** 1994 - ''Music/WeezerTheBlueAlbum''
2145** 1996 - ''Music/{{Pinkerton}}''
2146* Music/WendyAndLisa
2147* Music/{{Westlife}}
2148* Music/BarryWhite
2149* Music/TheWhiteStripes
2150* Music/{{Whitehouse}}
2151* Music/{{Whitesnake}}
2152* Music/TheWiggles - Got their start in 1991 releasing cassettes and performing at preschools. By 1998 they were one of Australia's biggest exports.
2153* Music/{{Wilco}}
2154* Music/DavidWilcox
2155* Music/KimWilde
2156* Music/TheWildhearts
2157* Music/DonWilliams
2158* Music/LucindaWilliams
2159* Music/PaulWilliams
2160* Music/RobbieWilliams
2161* Creator/VanessaWilliams
2162* Music/HankWilliamsJr
2163* Music/HankWilliamsIII
2164* Music/WesleyWillis
2165* Music/MarkWills
2166* Music/BrianWilson
2167** 1991 - ''Music/SweetInsanity''
2168** 1995 - ''Music/IJustWasntMadeForTheseTimes''
2169** 1998 - ''Music/{{Imagination}}''
2170** Music/ThePaleySessions - a series of sessions with Andy Paley that made their way to a series of bootlegs.
2171* Wilson Phillips
2172* Music/{{Winger}}
2173* Music/SteveWinwood
2174* Music/{{Wire}}. 1970s band, managed a comeback early in the decade.
2175* Music/WithinTemptation
2176* Music/LeeAnnWomack
2177* Music/StevieWonder
2178* Music/ChrisWoodMusician
2179* Music/TheWorldInfernoFriendshipSociety
2180* Music/{{Wormed}}
2181* Music/ChelyWright
2182* Music/WuTangClan, the ultimate hip-hop supergroup.
2183* Music/TheWurzels
2184* Music/WutheringHeights
2185* Music/XUSBand
2186* Music/XJapan
2187* Music/XscapeGroup
2188* Music/{{XTC}}
2189* Music/{{Xzibit}} - Released his debut album, ''At the Speed of Life'', on October 15, 1996. Made guest appearances on other songs in 1995.
2190* Music/WeirdAlYankovic: Experienced a creative and public resurgence during this decade following a brief personal slump between 1989 and 1991, and remained active well into TheNewTens.
2191** 1992 - ''Music/OffTheDeepEnd''
2192** 1993 - ''Music/{{Alapalooza}}''
2193** 1996 - ''Music/BadHairDay''
2194** 1999 - ''Music/RunningWithScissors''
2195* Music/TrishaYearwood
2196* Music/{{Yello}}
2197* Music/YellowMagicOrchestra: Regrouped and put out their most recent studio album this decade. Are still technically active, but have mainly focused on touring and side-projects.
2198** 1993 - ''Music/{{Technodon}}''
2199* Music/{{Yellowcard}}
2200* Music/{{Yes}}: Had a final album with any RIAA certification with ''Union''; also made the theme to the 1999 computer game ''VideoGame/{{Homeworld}}''.
2201* Music/YouseiTeikoku
2202* Yo-Yo
2203* Music/YoLaTengo
2204* Music/DwightYoakam
2205* Music/ChristopherYoung
2206* Music/NeilYoung
2207* YUP
2208** 1994 - ''Music/ToppatakkejaJaToledonTerasta''
2209* Music/{{Zao}}
2210* Music/MiaZapata
2211* Music/ZappAndRoger
2212* Music/FrankZappa: Was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer in 1990 and devoted the rest of his life towards tying up loose ends and composing one final masterpiece; he died in 1993, but managed to finish the album before then-- it was released the year after his passing. Releases during his final years consisted solely of live albums, two of which were taken from his final tour in 1988.
2213** 1991 - ''Music/TheBestBandYouNeverHeardInYourLife''
2214** 1991 - ''Music/MakeAJazzNoiseHere''
2215** 1993 - ''Music/TheYellowShark''
2216** 1994 - ''Music/CivilizationPhazeIII''
2217** 1996 - ''Music/{{Lather}}''
2218* Music/ZebraheadBand
2219* Music/BertineZetlitz
2220* Music/WarrenZevon
2221* Music/TheZiggens
2222* Music/RobZombie - White Zombie started in 1985, made their major label debut in 1992. Rob Zombie would later release his debut solo album in 1998 and split White Zombie a month later.
2223* Music/TheZombies
2224* Music/JohnZorn: Highly eclectical and impossible to pigeonhole artist, mostly active in jazz, though his gigantic catalogue has tried out various genres and styles throughout the years.
2225** 1993 - ''Music/{{Radio}}''
2226** 1998 - ''Music/MusicForChildren''
2227* Music/ZovietFrance
2228* Music/{{Zucchero}}
2229* Music/ZZTop
2230[[/folder]]
2231[[/index]]

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