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The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 16)

Apr 20, 2023Apr 27, 2024 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ Leave a comment

British audiences weren't as familiar with hip hop titan Busta Rhymes before 1998. Thanks to a thundering sample of the theme from KnightRider, they soon were...

The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 15)

Apr 13, 2023Apr 27, 2024 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ Leave a comment

A number of false starts happened before Savage Garden broke it big in the UK. When they did, it was with one of the year's most romantic love songs...

The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 14)

Apr 6, 2023Apr 27, 2024 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ Leave a comment

The age old story of girl being spotted by guy on a nightclub floor did come true for Billie Myers - with a song that was a massive hit on both sides of the Atlantic...

The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 13)

Mar 30, 2023Mar 29, 2025 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ 1 Comment

Even though it was the love theme from a film she was then too young to see, LeAnn Rimes enjoyed one of the year's most enduring - and biggest selling hits...

The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 12)

Mar 23, 2023Mar 29, 2025 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ 1 Comment

With only a modest set of top 40 hits to their name, it took covering some old favourites - with guest vocals from Shelley Nelson - for Tin Tin Out to become top 10 hitmakers...

The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 11)

Mar 16, 2023Apr 27, 2024 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ 3 Comments

Run DMC had helped pioneer the breakthrough of hip hop in the early 80s - and were pivotal in a revival, thanks to Jason Nevins turning a classic track of theirs into a hard house floorfiller...

The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 10)

Mar 9, 2023Apr 27, 2024 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ 1 Comment

Following up a megahit like "Torn" was never going to be an easy task. But with her second single, Natalie Imbruglia established her own artistry whilst continuing her huge success...

The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 9)

Mar 2, 2023Apr 27, 2024 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ Leave a comment

After spending much of the 90s at a commercial crossroads, collaborating with William Orbit kicked off a second imperial phase for Madonna that lasted well into the new millennium...

The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 8)

Feb 23, 2023Apr 27, 2024 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ Leave a comment

A laidback tribute to Bollywood film star Asha Bhosle was then reworked by one Mr Fatboy Slim into a breakbeat stormer that sent Cornershop to the top of the charts...

The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 7)

Feb 16, 2023Apr 27, 2024 ~ Alex the Pensmith ~ 2 Comments

Multi Academy Award winning and box office record breaking, James Cameron's blockbuster Titanic had a ballad for the theme song equally as gigantic as the film's subject...

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