Number one finished wayyyy ahead of the rest of the pack.
The 1990s may have been the decade that spawned musical acts such as Whigfield and The Vengaboys, but looking back now, it wasn’t a bad decade for music at all.
That claim is backed up when you look at the most popular songs of the decade on Spotify, which were
cobbled together by Matt Daniels, data scientist and editor of Polygrap, after he pored through data from the hugely popular music streaming site.
The songs on Daniels’ radar were limited to those that charted on the Billboard Top 100 list, but that’s still a pretty vast collection and, regardless of your own personal taste, it’s hard to dispute the popularity of all the songs that made the top ten.
We certainly can’t argue with number one, although how Hanson’s MMMBop didn’t get in there we’ll never know.
The most popular ‘90s songs on Spotify
10. Whitney Houston – ‘I Will Always Love You’ (Play count: 27.48 million)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JWTaaS7LdU
Clip via whitneyhoustonVEVO
9. Radiohead – ‘Creep’ (28.93 million)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFkzRNyygfk
Clip via Radiohead
8. Metallica – ‘Enter Sandman’ (29.16 million)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD-E-LDc384
Clip via MetallicaTV
7. Dr. Dre – ‘Still Dre’ (30.3 million)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CL6n0FJZpk
Clip via DrDreVEVO
6. Nirvana – ‘Come As You Are’ (30.36 million)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vabnZ9-ex7o
Clip via NirvanaVEVO
5. Blackstreet – ‘No Diggity’ (30.91 million)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KL9mRus19o
Clip via BlackstreetVEVO
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers – ‘Under the Bridge’ (33.62 million)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwlogyj7nFE
Clip via Red Hot Chili Peppers
3. Oasis – ‘Wonderwall’ (34.35 million)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hzrDeceEKc
Clip via Oasis
2. Goo Goo Dolls – ‘Iris’ (35.66 million)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdYWuo9OFAw
Clip via Goo Goo Dolls
1. Nirvana – ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ (50.65 million)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg
Clip via NirvanaVEVO
