Today, many genre fans look back on the 1990s as one of the best decades for country music. The era marked the end of the Urban Cowboy sound and the pop-influenced music of the previous decade.

The 1990s were a time of technological upheaval, with the mass availability of the personal computer, the growing accessibility of the Internet — and the upending of the music model as we knew it. It ...

Who could forget the most iconic 1990s songs? It was a decade packed with musical genius, cultural shifts, and groundbreaking innovations. Hip-hop was rising as a dominant force in mainstream music.