I'd say the worst years of pop were between 1990-1994. and then 2000-2007. Grunge and alternative had taken over in the 90's and the mainstays of pop were still popular but churning out very boring music: Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Michael Bolton, and Celine Dion. The pop metal bands weren't relevant anymore and tried to get harder but most of them failed. And then after the boy-band/single teen girl explosion in 1999, all the copycats came and it got pretty stale during that time.
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