Z107.3’s This Week in Pop Music History: JT, *NSYNC, Spice Girls, Blink and more [VIDEOS]
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!
January 20th - January 26th: See how Daft Punk, Blink 182, Ke$ha, Justin Timberlake, *NSYNC, Paula Cole, and the Spice Girls marked this week in history for pop music from the past 30 years.
1997 - Daft Punk
French duo Daft Punk release their debut album, Homework in the UK. The album only reaches #150 in the USA but is a big hit in Europe.
1998 - *NSYNC
The boy band releases their debut single "I Want You Back", making them an official rival of other American boy band Backstreet Boys.
1998 - Paula Cole
The TV show Dawson's Creek debuts on the WB with the Paula Cole hit song "I DOn't Want to Wait" as it's theme song.
1998 - Spice Girls
The Spice Girls movie Spice World hits theaters in the U.S.
2010 - Ke$ha
Kesha's debut album, Animal, hits #1, featuring the song "TiK ToK".
2014 - Justin Timberlake
JT receives seven Grammy nominations and takes home three awards, including Best R&B Song for "Pusher Lover Girl".
2015 - Blink 182
The pop-punk band announces co-singer/ guitarist Tom DeLonge's resignation.