Z’s This Week In Pop Music: Taylor Swift, Woodstock 94, Nirvana [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!
August 12th - August 18th: See how Nirvana, Taylor Swift, the Jonas Brothers, Alicia Keys, Katy Perry and the 25th anniversary of the Woodstock '94 marked this week in history for pop music from the past 30 years.
1991 - Nirvana
This week in 1991, the iconic grunge song "Smells Like Teen Spirit is filmed. The video becomes a turning point for MTV and Nirvana becomes a mainstream success.
1994 - Woodstock '94
Woodstock is revived and brings all of the hottest acts together in one festival, including: Salt 'N Pepa, the Cranberries, Green Day, Metallica, Aerosmith, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, amongst others.
2001 - Alicia Keys
New York City's singer/songwriter is #1 on Billboard Hot 100 with "Fallin'".
2008 - Jonas Brothers
The Jonas Brothers' release A Little Bit Longer, which includes the popular single "Burning Up,". It debuts in America at #1.
2011 - Katy Perry
Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" hits #1 on the Hot 100. She becomes the second artist with five #1 singles from the same album, Teenage Dream tying with Michael Jackson's five-time chart topping album Bad.
2017 - Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift wins a lawsuit against David Mueller, a DJ at KYGO in Denver for groping her during a photo session in 2013. She is awarded $1.