Being the Bangor station that provides you with mostly today's hottest music but also provides you with a healthy dose of yester-year's tunes with Back In the Cafe, we are providing you with a little music history of the 1990's, 2000's and this decade.Get to know a little about the artists that have shaped your musical vocabulary by taking in what has led to the music landscape of today.  Behold... Z107.3's This Week In Pop Music History!

August 4th - August 10th: See how Sia, Coolio, Destiny's Child, Eminem, Plain White T's and Nickelback marked this week in history for pop music from the past 30 years.

1995 - Coolio

The movie for Dangerous Minds, starring Michelle Pfieiffer, is about to hit theaters and the soundtrack ends up topping the Billboard Albums chart thanks to Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise."

2001 - Destiny's Child

Our favorite girl group is #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with the '00's gurl anthem "Bootylicious".

2005 - Nickelback

America's favorite band they hate to love releases their first single "Photograph" from their album All the Right Reasons.

2007 - Plain White T's

Super striped and the simply acoustic song 'Hey There Delilah' is number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.  So pretty............

 

2010 - Eminem

Michigan rap star Eminem is #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Love the Way You Lie" which great success and help from pop star Rihanna.

2016 - Sia

The mysterious Australian pop prodigy peaks at #1 this week in 2016 with the hit "Cheap Thrills" featuring Sean Paul.

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