N-Joi/Saffron

N-Joi is an English rave / techno band formed in 1989 by Nigel Champion and Mark Franklin. Their early material was highly influential in the UK rave scene, with many bands inspired by their sound and live performance. Republica vocalist Saffron (Samantha Spracking, Jun 3) started her career by performing live with the band. N-Joi is mainly remembered for the piano track "Anthem" from that period. They also scored two #1 hits on the US Dance chart with "Mindflux" (only released in US) in February 1992 and the remixed "New Anthem" in March 1996.
Saffron went on to become lead singer for the elctronica group, Republica are best known the "Ready to go". However, their biggest hit in the UK was "Drop dead gorgeous", which reached #7 in 1997.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Mar 1991   23	Adrenalin (EP)
Apr 1991    8	Anthem
Feb 1992   12	Live In Manchester (Parts 1 + 2)
Jul 1993   33	The Drumstruck (EP)

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Mar 1997   13	Ready To Go
May 1997    7	Drop Dead Gorgeous
Oct 1998   20	From Rush Hour With Love

What happened next?
In 2006, N-Joi returned to the top of the Official UK Dance Chart with a set of remixes of their biggest hit "Anthem". Saffron left Republica in 2001 but rejoined in 2008.

Nightcrawlers

Nightcrawlers is a house music project, assembled by Scottish born (Sep 6) producer, DJ and vocalist John Reid. The debut single "Living Inside a Dream" was not a success but the 1992 dance song "Push the Feeling On" fared much better. In its original release, the song reached #7 on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart, and briefly crossed over to pop radio, peaking at #80 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Push The Feeling On" was then remixed by Mark Kinchen (MK), an American producer, who totally reinvented the track, stripping down the song to edited vocal samples, creating an unusual sounding track. MK's "Dub Of Doom" mix in 1992, was heavily played underground for a number of years in the UK, and reached #22 in the UK Singles Chart in October 1994 when commercially released. It was then re-released with new mixes in early 1995, making UK #3 and #1 on the UK Dance chart. MK continued to remix the Nightcrawlers singles with "Surrender Your Love" (UK #7, also UK Dance #1), "Don't Let The Feeling Go" (UK #13), "Let's Push It" (UK #23) and "Should I Ever (Fall in Love)" (UK #34). MK also worked closely with John Reid on the Nightcrawlers album "Let's Push It", repeatedly remixing tracks to his trademark sound.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Oct 1994   22	Push The Feeling On
Mar 1995    3	Push The Feeling On (remix)
May 1995    7	Surrender Your Love
Sep 1995   13	Don't Let The Feeling Go
Jan 1996   23	Let's Push It
Jul 1996   30	Keep On Pushing Your Love (featuring Alysha Warren)
Aug 1996   34	Should I Ever (Fall In Love)

What happened next?
In 2004, thanks to new remixes of the track, Nightcrawlers's "Push The Feeling On" re-entered the U.S. Dance chart, this time reaching #1. In 2021, the MK remix of "Push the Feeling On" was sampled by British producer Henry 'Riton' Smithson, who had teamed up with social media stars Mufasa and Hypeman to record the track, called "Friday" and was credited as Riton X Nightcrawlers featuring Mufasa and Hypeman. It reached #4 in February 2021.

Nicki French

Nicki French is an English dance singer. Best known for the 1994 dance version of Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart", which reached the UK Top 5 and #2 in the States. It reached #1 in a number of countries including: Brazil, Canada, Japan and Spain. The dance version was a #1 on Canada Dance chart for 2 weeks in August 1995.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1995    5	Total Eclipse Of The Heart

What happened next?
Nicki French went on to represent the UK in the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest with "Don't Play That Song Again". It reached #34 in the UK chart. She has become a bit of fixture in Eurovision scene, co-hosting the London Eurovision Party. She has made numerous roles in musicals and pantomime. "Haunted Heart" was her most recent release in 2020.

New Order

New Order is an English band formed in 1980 by vocalist and guitarist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris after the demise of Joy Division. New Order's integration of post-punk with electronic and dance music made them one of the most acclaimed and influential bands of the 1980s.
They continued their success into the 1990s, starting by making a football song actually cool when they teamed up with England Football Team for the UK chart topper "World in Motion", which included a rap from John Barnes in 1990. They followed up with a UK #4 hit "Regret" which with "World" reached #1 on the US Dance chart. Remixes of "True Faith" and "Blue Monday" were released in 1994 and 1995. The latter reaching #1 on the UK dance chart.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jun 1990    1	World In Motion
Apr 1993    4	Regret
Jul 1993   22	Ruined In A Day
Sep 1993   13	World (The Price Of Love)
Dec 1993   22	Spooky
Nov 1994    9	True Faith (remix)
Jan 1995   21	Nineteen63
Aug 1995   17	Blue Monday (2nd remix)

What happened next?
New Order released the single "Be a Rebel" 5 years after their previous release in September 2020. A music video for the single, directed by NYSU, premiered on YouTube on December 2. IN 2021, New Order announced their plans to release a live album and concert film of their 2018 show at London’s Alexandra Palace, directed by Mike Christie. Entitled Education Entertainment Recreation (Live at Alexandra Palace), it will be released on May 7.

New Atlantic/Berri

New Atlantic was an English rave band from Southport created by Cameron Saunders and Richard Lloyd. They are best known for their hit "I Know", which reached UK #12 in March 1992. The song crossed over to the United States, where it reached #15 on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart in June 1992. They would produce Berri's UK top 5 hit, a dance cover of Elkie Brooks' "Sunshine after the rain" (originally written by Ellie Greenwich).
Berri (Rebecca Sleight) is an English singer. Along with "Sunshine after the rain", she had another top 20 hit with "Shine like a star".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1992   12	I Know
Nov 1994   26	The Sunshine After The Rain New Atlantic / U4EA featuring Berri
Sep 1995    4	The Sunshine After The Rain
Dec 1995   20	Shine Like A Star

What happened next?
In 2000, Berri recorded the dance track "Do U Believe" with Plasma. In 2014, Berri provided vocals to "The Perfect Kiss" for Mono Life. In 2017, Berri returned to the stage appearing at the 'Return to the 80s and 90s' festival in Leicester in August 2017. Afterwards, she worked with a number of bands, including Degrassi, hailing from Tooting Bec. Berri also performed and recorded as part of the folk duo The Raggy Anns.
Cameron Saunders more recently has been a part of the group, The Young Punx.

Neneh Cherry

Neneh Mariann Cherry (nee Karlsson) or just Neneh Cherry is a Swedish born (Mar 10) singer. She is from a very successful family with jazz trumpeter Don Cherry as step-father and Eagle- Eye Cherry as a step brother and of course her daughter Mabel successful right now. After the success of her debut album "Raw Like Sushi" and its lead single "Buffalo Stance", she had a top 25 hit in the UK with a reworking of Cole Porter's "I've got you under my skin" from the "Red Hot + Blue" AIDS fundraising album. Her second album, "Homebrew", featured the songs "Money Love" and "Buddy X". Her biggest hits came from collaborations with Youssou N'Dour on "7 seconds" reaching #3 in the UK and her only #1 in the UK to date was with Cher and Chrissie Hynde with Eric Clapton on "Love can build a bridge" in 1995. Her third album, "Man" served up another UK Top 10 in "Woman". In 1999, Dreem Teem remixed and produced a 1999 version of "Buddy X"

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Sep 1990   25	I've Got You Under My Skin
Oct 1992   23	Money Love
Jun 1993   35	Buddy X
Jun 1994    3	7 Seconds (Youssou N'Dour featuring Neneh Cherry)
Mar 1995    1	Love Can Build A Bridge (Cher, Chrissie Hynde & Neneh Cherry with Eric Clapton)
Aug 1996    9	Woman
Dec 1996   38	Kootchi
Nov 1999   15	Buddy X 99 (Dreem Teem vs Neneh Cherry)

What happened next?
Neneh Cherry is still recording to this day. Her last solo effort was "Kong" in 2018 from the album, "Broken Politics". She was featured artist on the Avalanches' "Wherever you go".

Naughty By Nature

Naughty By Nature is an American hip hop trio consisting of Treach (Anthony Criss), Vin Rock (Vincent Brown), and DJ Kay Gee (Keir Lamont Gist). Originally their were named "The New Style". They are best known for the hits "O.P.P." and "Hip Hop Hooray". "O.P.P." sampled the Jackson 5's "ABC" reached #6 on the US chart. Naughty By Natures settled out of court when Tony D accused them of stealing a sample from his album "Music Makes You Move". "Hip Hop Hooray" reached the top 20 in the UK and #8 in the States. Its video was directed by Spike Lee and featured cameos by their mentor, Queen Latifah, Eazy-E, Run-D.M.C., and Da Youngstas.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jun 1992   35	O.P.P.
Jan 1993   22	Hip Hop Hooray
Nov 1993   20	Hip Hop Hooray (remix)
Apr 1995   23	Feel Me Flow

What happened next?
Kay Gee left in Naughty By Nature late 2000. In 2001, "Here comes the money" was used as the ring entrance theme for WWE's Shane McMahon. The group disbanded in 2002. In May 2006, Kay Gee reunited with Treach and rejoined Naughty by Nature at a concert at B.B. King's nightclub. They released couple more projects, "The mixtape" and seventh album, "Anthem Inc". Vin Rock fell out and left in 2013 but returned in 2015. On May 2, 2019, the Mixtape Tour commenced in Cincinnati, OH. Performers on this tour include Naughty by Nature, Salt-N-Pepa, Debbie Gibson, and Tiffany, with New Kids on the Block being billed as the headline performers.

LL Cool J

James Todd Smith, better known as Ladies Love Cool James (or just LL Cool J) is an American born (Jan 14) rapper/singer and actor. In the UK, he is best known for his version of Rufus and Chaka Khan's "Ain't Nobody", which reached #1 for 1 week on the UK chart in 1997. He also reached #1 on the Canada Dance chart with "Phenomenon" in 1997.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Mar 1991   36	Around The Way Girl (re-issue)
Apr 1993   37	How I'm Comin'
Jan 1996   17	Hey Lover (featuring Boyz II Men)
Jun 1996   15	Doin' It (featuring guest vocals by LeShaun)
Oct 1996    7	Loungin'
Feb 1997    1	Ain't Nobody
Nov 1997    9	Phenomenon
Mar 1998   10	Father

What happened next?
These days LL Cool J is better known for starring in TV series "NCIS: Los Angeles" with Chris O'Donnell. He also hosts the American version of "Lip Sync Battle" with Chrissy Teigen. He owns Rock the Bells.

Livin Joy

Livin' Joy was an Italian Eurodance group and consisted of Italian brothers Paolo and Gianni Visnadi (also members of Alex Party), originally singer Janice Robinson. They are best known for "Dreamer" for which was a sleeper hit, with the first time around reaching #18 on the UK chart in 1994. On the back of reaching US Dance #1, it was eventually re-issued and topped the UK singles chart in May 1995. On both releases, it reached the top spot UK Dance chart. "Don't stop movin'" was ` also #1 onthe UK dance chart in June 1996.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Sep 1994   18	Dreamer
May 1995    1	Dreamer (remix)
Jun 1996    5	Don't Stop Movin'
Nov 1996    9	Follow The Rules
Apr 1997   12	Where Can I Find Love
Aug 1997   17	Deep In You

What happened next?
After the first album, "Don't stop movin'" Janice Robinson left the group and was replace by Tameka Starr (Doris Diggs). Janice Robinson subsequently re-released 2005 remixes of "Dreamer", credited as a solo release, which charted at #5 on the US dance chart. Janice appears on 2018 season of X Factor in the UK.

Lisa Stansfield

Lisa Jane Stansfield or just Lisa Stansfield is an English born (Apr 11) singer in Rochdale. She is probably best known for the song "All around the world", which was a UK #1 in 1989. However, it was released at the start of 1990 in North America where it was #1 on both the US and Canada dance chart in March and April 1990. It reached #3 on the US chart. She sung on "These Are The Days Of Our Lives" with Queen and George Michael, which was part of the "Five Live EP" that reached #1 in 1993. Working with a number of remixers, she had no less than 6 US Dance Chart #1s with "This is the right time" (1990), "Change" (1991), "People hold on" (1997), "Never never gonna give you up" (1997), "Never gonna fall" (1997) and "I'm leavin'" (1998). The Dirty Scoundrels reworking of "People hold on" was #1 on the UK Dance chart in January 1997.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1990   10	Live Together
May 1990   25	What Did I Do To You (EP)
Oct 1991   10	Change
Dec 1991   20	All Woman
Mar 1992   14	Time To Make You Mine
Jun 1992   28	Set Your Loving Free
Dec 1992   10	Someday (I'm Coming Back)
May 1993    1	Five Live EP	(George Michael & Queen with Lisa Stansfield)
Jun 1993    8	In All The Right Places
Oct 1993   15	So Natural
Dec 1993   32	Little Bit Of Heaven
Jan 1997    4	People Hold On (vs The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)
Mar 1997    9	The Real Thing
Jun 1997   25	Never Never Gonna Give You Up

What happened next?
Lisa Stansfield In December 2016, Billboard magazine listed her among the 100 Top Dance Club Artists of All Time (as 46th). Her most recent releases were "Billionaire" and "Never ever" in 2018.

Mr President

Mr President Mr President is a German Eurodance project led by Robin Masters and Kai Matthiesen. They are best known for the crossover world hit "Coco Jamboo" released in 1996, which was #1 in Austria, Czech Republic, Sweden and Switzerland. The group was popular in Europe for the dance hits "Up'n'Away", "I'll Follow the Sun", "I Give You My Heart", "4 on the Floor" and "Jojo Action".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jun 1997    8	Coco Jamboo

What happened next?
There have been many vocalists over the years. Judith Hildebrandt (T Seven) who left the project in 2000. Daniela Haak (Lady Danii) who also appeared in Kai Matthiesen's project Reset. Rapper Sir Prophet Of Funk left the project due to disagreements with the group after the success of "Up'n'Away". Follow-up rapper was Delroy Rennalls (Lazy D). T-Seven eventual replacement was Myra who did background-vocals for Mr. President before and was also involved to the project Paffendorf.

Mr Oizo

Mr Oizo is a pseudonym of French born (Apr 14) musician and movie director Quentin Dupieux. Best known for the instrumental track "Flat Beat" that was used in commercials featuring the puppet Flat Eric for Levi's jeans. Oizo is a homophonic intentional misspelling of the word "oiseau," (pronounced wa-ZO) which means "bird" in the French language.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Apr 1999    1	Flat Beat

What happened next?
Mr Oizo as Quentin went on to write and direct a few films, Rubber (2010), Realite (2014) and Deerskin (2019).

M People

M People is an English group formed by Mike Pickering (Feb 24). He was the keyboardist/programmer, songwriter and founder member. Naturally, the M comes from his first name. Also in the band was formed by former Hot House vocalist Heather Small (Jan 20) and keyboardist/programmer Paul Heard (October 5), formerly of Orange Juice and Working Week. Andrew Lovell (Shovell) later joined in 1994 on percussion. They are best known for UK Top 10 hits, "Movin on up" and "One night in Heaven" from the album, "Elegant Slumming" and "Sight for Sore eyes" and "Open your heart" from the album, "Bizarre Fruit". They had 4 US Dance #1s with "Moving on up" (also a Canada Dance #1), "One night in Heaven", "Excited" and "Open your heart". They had 10 UK Top 10 hits in the 90s.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Oct 1991   29	How Can I Love You More
Mar 1992   35	Colour My Life
Apr 1992   38	Someday
Oct 1992   29	Excited
Jun 1993    6	One Night In Heaven
Sep 1993    2	Moving On Up
Dec 1993    9	Don't Look Any Further
Mar 1994    5	Renaissance
Sep 1994   31	Elegantly American (remix)
Nov 1994    6	Sight For Sore Eyes
Feb 1995    9	Open Your Heart
Jun 1995    9	Search For The Hero
Oct 1995   32	Love Rendezvous
Nov 1995   11	Itchycoo Park
Feb 1996    8	How Can I Love You More (remix)
Oct 1997    8	Just For You
Dec 1997   33	Fantasy Island
Mar 1998    8	Angel Street
Nov 1998   12	Testify
Feb 1999   13	Dreaming

What happened next?
Heather Small launched a solo career and released a couple of albums of which her most notable song was "Proud" as it was also used as the official theme for the London 2012 Olympic bid (in 2007).
In December 2016, Billboard magazine listed M People among the 100 Top Dance Club Artists of All Time (as 83th). In 2019, it was announced that a box set of the M People catalogue was scheduled to be released. The box set, titled Renaissance, was released in March 2020 and included all five of the group's albums, as well as a large selection of bonus remixes and two DVDs that presented the group's music videos and live performances from the Come Again tour. Also included was a book with notes from the band, rare photos and a handwritten copy of the lyrics to "Search for the Hero".

Mory Kante

Mory Kante was a Guinea born (Mar 29) vocalist. He is best known for the international hit "Yeke Yeke", which was remixed a couple of times in 1995 and 1996. The latter remix spent 1 week at #1 on the UK Dance chart in November 1996.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Mar 1995   25	Yeke Yeke (re-issue)
Nov 1996   28	Yeke Yeke (remix)

What happened next?
Mory Kante was among Africa's top musicians including Tiken Jah Fakoly, Amadou & Mariam and the rapper Didier Awadi that banded together for the recording of "Africa Stop Ebola", a song offering sound advice aimed at raising awareness in the wake of the Ebola crisis. The song, released in November 2014, transcended public service announcements and sold 250,000 copies with all proceeds going to medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). Tragically he passed away on May 22th, 2020 in Conkary, Guinea, partly due not being able recieve treatment in France caused by restrictions from COVID panademic.

Montell Jordan

Montell Du'Sean Barnett better known as Montell Jordan is an American born (Dec 3) R&B singer. He is best known for the party anthem, "This is how we do it". "This is how we do it," which sampled Slick Rick's "Children's Story" spent 7 weeks at #1 in States and 2 weeks at #1 on the Canada Dance chart.
He also appeared in the Eddie Murphy, the Nutty Professor as himself, performing "Somethin' 4 Da Honeyz" (sampling Kool and the Gang's "Summer Madness") and supplied the track "I like" for the movie soundtrack. "Let's ride" (featuring Master P and Silkk the Shocker) reached #2 in the States and #1 on their R&B chart.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
May 1995   11	This Is How We Do It
Sep 1995   15	Somethin' 4 Da Honeyz
Oct 1996   24	I Like (featuring Slick Rick)
May 1998   25	Let's Ride

What happened next?
Montell Jordan reached #4 in the States and #1 on the R&B chart in 2000. His most recent release was his album, "Masterpiece," which included the single "When I'm Around You" featuring Lecrae. These days, Montell is a pastor. To this day, "This is how we do it" has been used in some many films, TV shows and adverts, he better be getting some royalities for it!

90s Act Profile:

Moby

Richard Melville Hall other known as Moby is an American born (Sep 11) electronic producer and remixer. He is best known for the such tracks as "Go" and "Move" and the turn of the century UK#1 album "Play", which spawned so many hit singles.
Moby's debut hit was UK Top 10 hit, "Go" which sampled the theme tune to Twin Peaks. The follow-up was "Next is the E", which renamed for the UK release to "I feel it" due to the drug connection to ectasy. Carole Sylvan and Rozz Morehead provided vocals for the US Dance #1, "Move". Moby released the album, "Everything is wrong" which included the songs "Hymn" and "Everytime you touch me". He was remixed the James Bond theme tune, which was used for the 1997 bond movie, "Tomorrow never dies" and was biggest UK hit in the 90s.
The next released the album, "Play", with so many samples including "Honey" sampling Bessie Jones and Group's "Sometimes" and "Bodyrock" sampling Spoonie G and the Treacherous 3's "Love Rap". Whilst the vocals for "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad" was supplied by a soloist from the Shining Light Gospel choir circa 1950.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	USDance	Song
Oct 1991   10	18	Go
May 1992    -	 6	Drop a beat
Jul 1993   38	 8	I Feel It / Thousand
Sep 1993   21	 1	Move
May 1994   31	10	Hymn
Oct 1994   30	 9	Feeling So Real
Feb 1995   28	17	Everytime You Touch Me
Jul 1995   34	 -	Into The Blue
Sep 1995    -	10	Bring Back My Happiness
Nov 1997    8	 1	James Bond Theme (Moby's Re-Version)
Sep 1998   33	 -	Honey
May 1999   33	 -	Run On
Jul 1999   38	 6	Bodyrock
Oct 1999   16	 -	Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad

What happened next?
Moby would have his biggest UK hit to date in July 2000, when Porcelain also from the album "Play" made #5. "Play" spawned 6 UK top 40 hits in total. Interestingly, Moby never had a top 100 hit in States until "South Side" featuring Gwen Stefani also from the album "Play" made #14. His only other top 100 hit in USA was with A$AP Rocky in 2018 with "A$AP Forever" (#63). Moby's most recent albums have been "All visible objects" in 2020 and "Reprise" in 2021, which was his 19th studio album and featured orchestral and acoustic reworking of songs in his career.

Mighty Dub Katz

Mighty Dub Katz was a project created by the duo of Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) and Gareth Hansome (GMoney). Best known for dance hit "Magic Carpet Ride", which was #1 on the Canada dance chart as well as top 10 in Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland. It had samples of Chakacha's "Yo Soy Cubano" (1970), Sandee's "Notice me" (1988) and Laid back's "White horse" (1983). "Just another groove" was a #1 hit on the UK Dance Chart.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1997   24	Magic Carpet Ride

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson or just Michael Jackson was an American born (Aug 29) singer, songwriter, and dancer. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. At the start of the 90s, Michael had taken a couple of years from recording after the success of "Bad". He returned at the end of the 1991 with the lead single from the "Dangerous" album, "Black or white", which reached #1 practically everywhere, UK, Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand and most of Europe. The full-length video was a bit controversial back then when Jackson smashed a car up for no apparent reason. The follow-up was top 10 in most countries and #1 in New Zealand and the Canada Dance chart in 1992. "In the closet" (1992) and "Who is it" (1993) were also US Dance #1s.
The next album was HIStory, which featured as its lead single, his duet with sister Janet on "Scream", a US Dance #1 in 1995. Two UK #1s came from this album, "You are not alone" and the "Earth Song". A whole remix album called "Blood on the dance floor", which the lead single and title track also reached #1 in the UK.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	US	Song
Nov 1991    1	 1	Black Or White
Jan 1992   14	 -	Black Or White (remix)
Feb 1992    3	 3	Remember The Time / Come Together
May 1992    8	 6	In The Closet
Jul 1992   10	14	Who Is It
Sep 1992   13	26	Jam
Dec 1992    2	27	Heal The World
Feb 1993    2	 -	Give In To Me
Jul 1993    9	 7	Will You Be There
Dec 1993   33	 -	Gone Too Soon
Jun 1995    3	 5	Scream / Childhood (Michael & Janet)
Sep 1995    1	 1	You Are Not Alone
Dec 1995    1	 -	Earth Song
Apr 1996    4	30	They Don't Care About Us
Aug 1996    2	 -	Why (3T featuring Michael Jackson)
Nov 1996    4	91	Stranger In Moscow
May 1997    1	42	Blood On The Dancefloor
Jul 1997    5	 -	History / Ghosts

What happened next?
Michael Jackson had been dogged by his fair share of disputes and controversy in his private life. In 2009, he announced at a press conference at the London O2 Arena that he would play a short tour, "This is it", his first tour since the 1997 HIStory World Tour. Tragically, just 3 weeks before his first performance in London, on June 25, 2009, he died of a heart attack for which Conrad Murray, his physician was convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

Messiah

Messiah was formed in 1988 during London's acid house craze by college friends Ali Ghani and Mark Davies. When the pair met at an Iggy Pop concert, they decided to purchase some electronic equipment and make music for fun. When musical chemistry became evident, they began to get into the English techno and rave scene. The duo's brand of techno encompasses the aggression and volume of punk and the diva vocals of house music.
Messiah are best known for "Temple of dreams". The vocals were supplied by Elizabeth Fraser (of The Cocteau Twins) with samples from Prince's "Eye No", quotes from the movies "Running Man" and "VideoDrome". The lyrics are from "Song To The Siren", which was a track on Tim Buckley's 1970 album "Starsailor".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jun 1992   20	Temple Of Dreams
Sep 1992   19	I Feel Love (featuring Precious Wilson)
Nov 1993   29	Thunderdome

What happened next?
Messiah have not released anything since the Progenitor project and the 1997 single "Meditator" although Ali Ghani alledgedly was featured on a couple of early 2000 albums (not sure if this is a different Ali Ghani), while Mark collaborated with Ben Townsend and Wayme Foster on "Second Take" in 2014.

Meryn Cadell

Meryn Cadell is Canadian based American born singer who is best known in Canada for the surprise top 40 hit in Canada in 1992. It was taken from the album, Angel Food For Thought. "The Sweater" is a monologue, with a musical backing track, revolving around a sweater left behind by a teenager's crush and the thoughts it inspired.

90s (Discography):

Date	Album
1991	Angel food for thought
1992	Barbie
1993	Bombazine
1997	6 Blocks

What happened next?
After "6 Blocks", Meryn Cadell retired from the music suiness Meryn Cadell. Cadell is a transgender man who transitioned in 2003. In 2007, Bongo Beat released an expanded edition of Angel Food for Thought, including two tracks that were previously available only on cassette as well as the video for "The Sweater". The CD was remastered by Graemme Brown. Cadell became a professor researching in creative (song) writing and has teached at the University of British Columbia.

Meredith Brooks

Meredith Anne Brooks or just Meredith-Brooks is an American born (Jun 12) singer-songwriter and guitarist who is best known for the 1997 international hit "Bitch". "Bitch" reached #2 on the US Billboard chart and made the top 10 in the UK. A follow up single "I need" gave her a second UK Top 40 hit.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1997    6	Bitch
Dec 1997   28	I Need

What happened next?
Meredith Brooks' last release was "Where lovers meet" in 2004. Interestingly in 2002, she produced Jennifer Love Hewitt's album BareNaked and appeared on VH1 Divas Las Vegas as a guest guitar soloist with Celine Dion and Anastacia. In 2018 the song "I'm a Mess" was a worldwide chart hit for Bebe Rexha. While an original song, it does borrow some of its melody from Brooks' earlier hit "Bitch". As a result, Meredith Brooks is listed as a co-writer of the song.

Me & My

Me & My are a Danish Eurodance duo consisting of sisters Susanne (July 27) and Penille (July 24) Georgi. Originally they were known as the SuPer Sisters. They are best known for the international dance hit with "Dub I Dub". It was top 10 in Belgium, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Spain and Sweden where it reached #2. It reached #2 on the Canada Dance chart. It was #1 in their native Denmark. They released a self-titled album, which also had "Baby boy", a Belgian and Finnish Top 10 as well as #2 in Denmark.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	Den	Song
1995	 1	Dub-I-Dub
1995	 2	Baby Boy
1996	12	Lion Eddie
1999	 3	Let the love go on

What happened next?
Me & My released a further two albums, "Let The Love Go On" and "Flying high". They also collaborated with other Danish artists on a single "Selv En Dråbe" for charity in Denmark. In 2002, Me & My and the danish female-artist Nicole recorded a latino/dance-track "Te Quiero". On 11 November 2016 Me & My released a remix single of "Two Are Stronger Than One". The remix was done by Stormby (Matt Eriksson), who was asked by their biggest Danish fan for help to get it remixed.

M-Beat

Marlon Hart better known as M-Beat is an jungle musician and producer. He is best known for his collaboration with General Levy on the UK Top 10 hit, "Incredible". His father is Junior Hart, who owned Renk Records. He also collaborated with Nazlyn on Anita Baker's "Sweet Love" and with Jamiroquai on "Do u know where you're coming from".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jun 1994   39	Incredible (featuring General Levy)
Sep 1994    8	Incredible (remix) (featuring General Levy)
Dec 1994   18	Sweet Love (featuring Nazlyn)
Jun 1996   12	Do U Know Where You're Coming From (featuring Jamiroquai)

What happened next?
M-Beat's last release was "99 Red Problems" in 2005.

Maxx

Maxx is a German Eurodance project created by music executive "The Hitman" (David Brunner) and music producer Jurgen Wind (George Torpey). They are best known for the singles "Get away" and "No more (I can't stand it)" which both reached the top 10 in the UK. Maxx had Gary B (Boris Kohler) provided rap and originally singer Samira Besic provided vocals. Besic mysteriously left the project just before "Get away" was released and had dancer/model replacing her for promotion of the song. Linda Meek became the vocalist throughout Maxx's remaining success.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
May 1994    4	Get-A-Way
Aug 1994    8	No More (I Can't Stand It)
Oct 1994   21	You Can Get It

What happened next?
Maxx broke up in 1995. Maxx returned with Linda Meek returning as vocalist and have performed at some 90s festivals.

Maxi Priest

Max Alfred Elliott better known as Maxi Priest is an English born (Jun 10) reggae vocalist with Jamaican roots. In the mainstream, his style was a fusion of reggae, R&B and soul. He is best known for the US #1 and Canada Dance #1, "Close to you". He collaborated with host of artists including Shabba Ranks on "Housecall", Appache Indian on "Fe' Real" and Shaggy on "That Girl". "That girl" sampled Booker T and the MGs "Green Onions" and was a Canada Dance #1 in September 1996.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jun 1990    7	Close To You
Aug 1991   31	Housecall (Shabba Ranks featuring Maxi Priest)
Nov 1992   33	Just Wanna Know / Fe' Real
Nov 1992   33	Fe' Real (featuring Apache Indian)
Mar 1993   40	One More Chance
May 1993    8	Housecall (remix) (Shabba Ranks featuring Maxi Priest)
Jun 1996   15	That Girl (featuring Shaggy)
Sep 1996   36	Watching The World Go By

What happened next?
In 2003, Maxi Priest played for local football team, Southall FC. Music-wise, he has kept recording and 2014 album "Easy to Love" reached #2 on the Billboard Reggae chart. His most recent release was "NRG" in 2018. Maxi continues to tour and is due to play a couple of gigs in Oxford next week with Big Mountain and will part of the Giants of UK reggae alongside Aswad and Dawn Penn in September 2021.

Max-a-million

Max-A-Million was a project created by Chicago producers, 20 Fingers and consisted of A'Lisa B, Duran Estevez and Tommye. Max-A-Million released one album, "Take your time" and included the lead single "Fat Boy", which spent 2 weeks at #1 on the Canada Dance chart in September 1995. A dance cover of the Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" also reached #1 on the Canada Dance Chart in 1996. Other singles included SOS Band's "Take your time" and "Everybody's Groovin".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date CanDance	Song
1994	1	Fat Boy
1995	3	Take your time (Do it right?)
1995	1	Sexual Healing
1995	8	Everybody's Groovin

What happene next?
The group disbanded in 1998. However, the name Max-A-Million is still owned by Duran Estevez, who chose to use it as his alias. He is now managed by Chappell Entertainment.

Massive Attack

Massive Attack is a collaborative British music production group from Bristol, England. They are best known for their debut single and the one-camera-shot-video for "Unfinished Sympathy", which featured Shara Nelson on vocals. At the time of release, they shortened their name to "Massive" tio avoid controversy relating to the Gulf War. They returned to being "Massive Attack" for their next single, "Safe from Harm". They also scored a UK Dance #1 with "Risingson" in 1997. Other top 20 hits include "Protection" and Teardrop".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1991   13	Unfinished Sympathy
Jun 1991   25	Safe From Harm
Feb 1992   27	Massive Attack EP
Oct 1994   24	Sly
Jan 1995   14	Protection
Apr 1995   28	Karmacoma
Jul 1997   11	Risingson
May 1998   10	Teardrop
Jul 1998   30	Angel

What happened next?
On 28 November 2019, Robert Del Naja announced that Massive Attack partnered with a research centre based at the University of Manchester to explore music industry climate impact. trying to get a "resulting roadmap to decarbonisation will be shared with other touring acts, promoters and festival/venue owners to assist swift and significant emissions reductions."

Mary Kiani

Mary McKloskey better known as Mary Kiani is a Scottish born (Mar 27) singer. She is best known for dance hits in the mid-90s such as the UK Dance #1, "When I call your name", "Let the music play" and "100.00%". She originally was part of techno/house group the Time Frequency.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1995   18	When I Call Your Name
Dec 1995   35	I Give It All To You / I Imagine
Apr 1996   19	Let The Music Play
Jan 1997   23   100.00%

What happened next?
Mary Kiani's last release was "Family" in 2015. She still does bit and pieces including something with Burns Night

Mary J Blige

Mary J Blige is an American born (Jan 11) singer, songwriter and rapper. She is best known in the States for US Top 10 hits, "Real Love" and "Not gonna cry". In the UK, she probably better known for the UK Top 10 hits, "Everything" and the collaboration with George Michael of Stevie Wonder's "As". Her debut album "What's the 411?" was successful in the States, with leading singles "You remind me" and "Real Love" reaching #1 on US R&B chart. The third single "Reminisce" broke into the UK Top 40 and consequently "Real Love" was remixed/re-released as a follow-up. "You don't have to worry" containing a sample of James Brown's 1974 track "Papa Don't Take No Mess" was featured on the soundtrack to the 1993 film "Who's the man?" Her second album "My Life" featured "Be Happy", which sampled "Curtis Mayfield's You're Too Good To Me" and Rose Royce's "I'm going down". A couple soundtrack hits followed with the old Carole King song "(You make me feel like a) Natural Woman" from the movie "New York Undercover" and "Not gon' cry" from the movie "Waiting to Exhale". In 1995, she collaborated with Method Man on "You're All I Need", which is the only 90s song that reached the Top 10 in both the States and the UK. Her third album, "Share my world" featured "Love is all we need" that contains a sample of Rick James' "Moonchild" and UK #6 hit, "Everything", which was based on Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye's 1974 hit "You Are Everything".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1993   31	Reminisce
Aug 1993   26	Real Love
Dec 1993   36	You Don't Have To Worry
May 1994   29	My Love
Dec 1994   30	Be Happy
Apr 1995   12	I'm Goin' Down
Jul 1995   10	I'll Be There For You / You're All I Need To Get By (Method Man featuring Mary J Blige)
Sep 1995   17	Mary Jane (All Night Long)
Dec 1995   23	(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman
Mar 1996   39	Not Gon' Cry
Mar 1997   30	Can't Knock The Hustle (Jay-Z featuring Mary J Blige)
May 1997   15	Love Is All We Need
Aug 1997    6	Everything
Nov 1997   19	Missing You
Jul 1998   22	Seven Days (featuring George Benson)
Mar 1999    4	As	George Michael & Mary J Blige
Aug 1999   29	All That I Can Say

What happened next?
Mary J Blige has come through a lot from a troubled upbrining and has matured to the well respected "Queen of Hip Hop Soul" that she is now. Her biggest UK hit was when she reached UK#2 enhancing U2's original "One" in 2005. Although, she had some acting credits mostly related to singing cross-over projects. She shot into the acting world when she starred in the period drama "Mudblood", where she received an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress and best original song.

Martine McCutcheon

Martine McCutcheon (Martine Kimberley Sherrie McCutcheon) is an English born (May 14) singer, television personality and actress. She is best known singing wise for the UK#1 1999 hit, "Perfect Moment", which was originally recorded by Polish female vocalist Edyta Gorniak in 1997.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Apr 1999    1	Perfect Moment
Sep 1999    6	I've Got You
Dec 1999    6	Talking In Your Sleep / Love Me

What happened next?
Over the years, Martine McCutcheon returned to stage and television in the UK. Her most recent album was "Lost and Found" featuring the lead single "Say I'm not alone" in 2017. In 2021, she took part in second season of the Masked Singer UK as Swan.

Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch

Mark Wahlberg (a.k.a. Marky Mark) is an American actor but before he went down the acting avenue, he, his abs and the funky bunch were all the rage in 1991 when "Good Vibrations" was US #1 hit for 1 week in October 1991. "Good Vibrations" also featured the vocal talents of the late Loleatta Holloway. They also had another US Top 10 hit with the reworking of Lou Reed's "(Walk on the) Wild side". The Funky Bunch was composed of Scott Ross (alias Scottie Gee), Hector Barros (alias Hector the Booty Inspector), Terry Yancey (alias DJ-T), and Anthony Thomas (alias Ashey Ace).

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1991   14	Good Vibrations	(featuring Loleatta Holloway)

What happened next?
The group disbanded after a less successful second album "You gotta believe" compared to their debut "Music for the people". Mark Wahleberg continued to release work and collaborated with Reggae musician Prince Ital Joe and together had German #1 hit with "United". Wahlberg retired from music in 1998 to become a rather successful Hollywood actor.