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Originally Posted by Chula Vista
What a lot of people don't remember is what was playing on the radio and topping the charts right before Nirvana broke. You had steady doses of MJ, Whitney Houston, Boys to Men, and lots of other artists that were far from being considered rock.
Nevermind broke big on the strength of those singles and ultimately knocked Michael Jackson out of the #1 spot on the Billboard album charts.
All of a sudden crunchy guitars and heavy drums were mainstream again once the grunge bandwagon gained full speed.
To me that is Nirvana's legacy. They were the ones that busted down the R&B, pop, and ballad dominance of the airwaves.
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Is it just me or is this post basically "Nirvana made white people cool again"?
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Originally Posted by Neapolitan
Oh, Nevermind.
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