90s Is The Most Popular Decade For Music Streamers

Axios reports:

Music from the 1990s is more popular than music from any other decade right now — even current tunes, according to data that Luminate shared with Axios.

Savor this moment … a rare point of cross-generational consensus. They may not agree on bangs or jeans styles, but Gen Xers, millennials and “zoomers” (Gen Z) all appear to love ’90s music.

In the early months of 2022, audio streaming of current titles was down 3.5% year over year, according to Luminate. Meanwhile, streams of older catalogs (songs more than 18 months ago) are up 20% since last year.

Read the full article. Below is the longest-running #1 single of the 90s. Hit the link for a graph of the current popularity of each decade’s music.