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!

July 21st - July 27th: See how The WeekndAaliyah, Beyonce, The Plain White T's, Limp Bizkit,Amy Winehouse and Magic! marked this week in history for pop music from the past 30 years.

 

1999 - Limp Bizkit

All hell breaks loose at the 30th anniversary Woodstock show.  The band performs "Break Stuff" which leads to rioting and chaos within the festival.  The event is dubbed "Apocalypse Woodstock" by MTV, who covered the festival.

2001 - Aaliyah

Sadly, it is this week in 2001 that R&B singer Aaliyah gives her final performance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.  One month later, the singer passes due to a plane crash in the Bahamas.

2002 - Beyonce

Queen Bee makes her film debut in the Austin Powers sequel Goldmember.  She stars as Foxxy Cleopatra who is a "whole lotta woman".

2007 - Plain White T's

The acoustic tune 'Hey There, Delilah" is running up Billboard's Hot 100, spending 2 weeks at number one and 16 weeks all together on the chart.

2011 - The Weeknd

This week in 2011, The Weeknd nervously performs his first show ever.  The show is at the Mod Club in Toronto.

2011 - Amy Winehouse

Amy died this week in 2011 after years of struggle with drugs and alcohol.  She dies in London of alcohol poisoning at the age of 27.

2014 - Magic!

A band out of no where brings the ear worm 'Rude' to our radio waves and is number one on Billboard's Hot 100 this week in 2015.

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