Basement Jaxx

Basement Jaxx is an English electronic duo consisting of Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe. Felix and Simon formed group after meeting at a riverboat party on the Thames in 1993. The name of the group came from the regular night club the pair held in Brixton. Their first hit came in 1997 with "Fly Life" and followed up with "Red Alert", which sampled Locksmith's "Far Beyond" from 1980. Their biggest hit to date was "Rendez-Vu", which reached #4.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
May 1997   19	Fly Life
May 1999    5	Red Alert
Aug 1999    4	Rendez-Vu
Nov 1999   12	Jump N' Shout

What happened next?
Basement Jaxx had continued success in the 2000s with 3 more top 10 hits ("Romeo", "Where's your head at?", "Oh my gosh") and countless other top 40 hits. They also won Brit Awards in 2002 and 2004.

Barenaked Ladies

Back in school, a friend once said, "I am going to see Barenaked Ladies!" To which I responded, "I hope your mother is ok that!". Possibly the best named act of all time, Barenaked Ladies were formed in 1988 in Scarborough, in the suburbs of Toronto, Canada. Initially, they were a duo of Ed Robertson and Steven Page before growing into a quintet with brothers Jim and Andy Creeggan and Tyler Stewart. Andy left in 1995 to be replaced by Kevin Hearn. They are best known for their hit singles, "One Week", "The Old Apartment", "Pinch Me", "If I had a million dollars", and "Brian Wilson". The former was a top 5 hit in the UK in 1999. They have won multiple Juno Awards and been nominated for Grammy Awards. Their light-hearted, comedic performance style is a trademark especially at live shows with humorous banter between songs and improvised raps/songs.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1999    5	One Week
May 1999   28	It's All Been Done

What happened next?
Original member Steven Page left the band in 2009 and the group became a quartet. Barenaked Ladies are known in the 2010s for creating the theme tune to the Big Bang Theory. Barenaked Ladies are touring (COVID permitting) in North America (Summer 2021) and in the UK at the end of 2021.

Backstreet Boys

Backstreet Boys is an American boyband pop group originally based in Orlando, Florida. The group is comprised of Kevin Scott Richardson (Oct 3), Nick Carter (Jan 28), Brian 'B-rok' Littrell (Feb 20), AJ McLean (Jan 9) and Howie D (Aug 22). In the UK alone, they had one UK #1, "I want it that way" and a further seven top 3 hits. Their songs are quite popular karoake wise as they are easy to sing (badly).

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jun 1996   14	Get Down (You're The One For Me)
Aug 1996    3	We've Got It Goin' On
Nov 1996    8	I'll Never Break Your Heart (re-issue)
Jan 1997    2	Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)
Mar 1997    4	Anywhere For You
Aug 1997    3	Everybody (Backstreet's Back)
Oct 1997    3	As Long As You Love Me
Feb 1998    2	All I Have To Give
May 1999    1	I Want It That Way
Oct 1999    5	Larger Than Life

What happened next?
Backstreet Boys continued their success with 7 more UK Top 10 hits up to 2005. They embarked on a World Tour called DNA in 2020.

Babylon Zoo

Babylon Zoo were an English rock band formed in 1992 in Wolverhampton, England. The group comprised of Jas Mann, Carrie Melbourne, Dave Goodes and Darrin Mooney. Their song "Spaceman" gained considerable exposure through its (remixed) use in a Levi's jeans television advert in the United Kingdom in late 1995. Released as the band's debut single on 21 January 1996, it entered the UK Singles Chart at number one and stayed there for 5 weeks. Contrary to popular belief Babylon Zoo were not a one-hit wonder with 2 further top 40 hits.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1996    1	Spaceman
Apr 1996   17	Animal Army
Oct 1996   32	The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes

Baby D

Baby D is technically a group although the name comes from the lead vocalist, Dorothy Fearon. In the group, there is MC/Keyboardist Terry Jones (a.k.a. Nino) and Claudio Galdez who plays windsynth. There are best known for their breakout hit, "Let me be your fantasy" which spent 2 weeks at #1 in November 1994. The little known thing about the song was that it was actually first released in 1992 and it took a few remixes before finally reaching the mainstream. They followed up with a couple of further Top 3 hits in "So Pure" and the reworking of the Korgi's "Everybody's got to learn sometime".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Nov 1994    1	Let Me Be Your Fantasy
Jun 1995    3	(Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime) I Need Your Loving
Jan 1996    3	So Pure
Apr 1996   15	Take Me To Heaven

What happened next?
They still perform the occasional live show in the UK and abroad.

ATB

Andre Tanneberger better known by the stage name ATB is a German DJ. musician and producer noted for Trance music. He started life out as part of the group Sequential One before that disbanded. In 1999, at the time when Brits were partying the summer away in Ibiza, ATB's debut single "9pm (til I come)" became the sound coming out of Ibiza and would go on to top the UK chart for 2 weeks as a result. The follow-up "Don't stop" was also popular reaching the UK top 3.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jul 1999    1	9pm (Till I Come)
Oct 1999    3	Don't Stop

What happened next?
ATB had another UK top 10 hit with a cover of Adamski's "Killer" (reached #4) and reworking of York's "The fields of love" and "Let you go" featuring Roberta Harrison also reached top 40. The same combination also did a cover of Olive's "You're not alone" but that was never released in the UK. As recently as yesterday, Andre announced a new music video of "Your love (9pm)".

Arrested Development

Arrested Development not to be confused with the tv series of the same name) is an American hip-hop group founded by Todd Thomas (a.k.a. Speech) and Timothy Barnwell (a.k.a. DJ Headliner) as a positive Afrocentric alternative to gangsta rap popular in the late 1980s. The group was more a collective with Baba Oje as a spirtual elder, Montsho Eshe as a chereographer, Rasa Don on drums and Aerle Taree as a vocalist/stylist. They had a couple of big international hits with "People Everyday" and "Mr Wendal".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Oct 1992    2	People Everyday
Jan 1993    4	Mr Wendal / Revolution
Apr 1993   18	Tennessee
May 1994   33	Ease My Mind

What happened next?
After disappointing sales of the second studio album, "Zinglamaduni", the group broke up in 1996. However, the group reunited in 2000 but Aerle and Headliner did not return. They continue to tour, perform and produce to this day.