The biggest music stars of the '90s: where are they now?

Roxette - The Swedish duo, having already found success in the 1980s, took on the '90s with hits like 'Spending My Time,' 'It Must Have Been Love,' 'How Do You Do,' 'Sleeping in My Car,' and 'Crash! Boom! Bang,' among others. In addition to the English versions, the pair also reissued the same songs in Spanish.

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Roxette - While never maintaining the momentum achieved in the '90s, Roxette continued to release albums throughout the following decade. They took their latest album 'Good Karma' to the road in 2016 as they celebrated 30 years in the music industry.

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Alanis Morissette - The Canadian singer spoke for a generation with her album 'Jagged Little Pill' (1995), composing confessional lyrics delivered in a hard rock style. These hymns include the remarkable 'You Oughta Know,' 'Ironic,' 'Head over Feet,' and 'You Learn.' She currently has four Grammys under her belt.

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Alanis Morissette - Her second album, 'Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie' (1998) showcased hits like 'Thank U' and 'So Pure.' The following year she appeared in the acclaimed 'Alanis Morissette MTV Unplugged' concert. A live album followed.

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Alanis Morissette - Subsequent albums were relatively successful, though she never repeated her 1990s promises. Now 43, she continues to write, record, and perform.

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Ace of Base - The ABBA wannabees were one of the biggest European music phenomenon in the 1990s. Formed by Ulf Ekberg and siblings Jonas, Malin and Jenny Berggren, the quartet found fame with 'Wheel of Fortune,' 'All That She Wants,' 'The Sign,' 'Do not Turn Around,' 'Beautiful Life,' and 'Cruel Summer.'

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Ace of Base - Today the band still records and performs, but the golden years of the 1990s are long behind them. Their last studio recording was 'The Golden Ratio' (2010).

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Hanson - Formed by brothers Taylor Hanson (keyboard and voice), Isaac Hanson (guitar and vocals) and Zac Hanson (drums and vocals), the trio caught the attention of a teen crowd with their honest, clean-cut pop sound. Remember 'Mmmbop,' 'Save Me,' 'Will Come To You,' 'Where's The Love,' and 'Weird?'

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Hanson - All now married with kids, the brothers have mostly shied away from the madness of showbizz, but went on the road in 2017 to celebrate their 25-year career. An album, 'Wintry Mix,' was released in time for Christmas 2017.

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Lou Bega - In 1999, the German pop singer found fame with the catchy 'Mambo No. 5,' which topped the charts in Austria, Canada, Finland, Hungary, Portugal, Switzerland, and across the Middle East.

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Lou Bega - He followed this up with 'I Got a Girl,' 'Give It Up,' and 'Sweet Like Cola.' Another single 'Hands up for Love' was only released in 2016. Bega will appear at July's Festival de Poupet in France.

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Vengaboys - The Dutch act was another 1990s' Eurodance favorite, with holiday hits like 'We're Going to Ibiza,' 'Boom Boom Boom Boom,' and 'Shalala Lala.'

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Vengaboys - If you are nostalgic for the '90s and Vengaboys' old hits, note that the quartet will be touring this year with their 'Non Stop World Tour' series of concerts.

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Natalie Imbruglia - The Australian star achieved international recognition with her debut album 'Left of the Middle,' released in 1997. Its first single 'Torn' tore up the charts in several countries.

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Natalie Imbruglia - When 'Torn' turned 20 in 2017, some fans were surprised by the revelation that the song was a cover version, as reported in the NME. 'Torn' was written by alternative rock band Ednaswap in 1993, but was only recorded in 1995, by Danish songstress Lia Sørensen, two years before Imbruglia had a go.

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Sinéad O'Connor - 'Nothing Compares 2 U,' a track written by Prince for the band The Family, enjoyed rebirth in the voice of Irish vocalist O'Connor. The song, considered the most popular of her career, made her an instant star and the subsequent album 'Do not Want What I Have not Got' climbed to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

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Sinéad O'Connor - Time, however, has not been so kind to O'Connor. Despite still performing, her career has been overshadowed by controversy, personal dramas, and health issues including depression, bipolar disorder, and even threats of suicide.

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Jewel - The 1990s saw her record a number of songs, with hits including 'Who Will Save Your Soul,' 'You Were Meant For Me,' 'Foolish Games,' 'Hands,' and 'Down So Long,' raising her profile.

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Jewel - The singer has never disappeared from the music scene, but her global visibility has diminished somewhat due, perhaps, to a shift in musical direction towards country music.

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Deee-Lite - A huge club hit in 1990, 'Groove Is in the Heart' helped define the decade and the group that composed and performed it. Formed in New York, Deee-Lite released three albums. The band's 'face,' Lady Miss Kier, who was a fashion icon at the time, still sings, writes, and works as a DJ.

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Fugees - The hip-hop outfit drew plaudits from around the world with their unforgettable cover of 'Killing Me Softly.' The album 'The Score' (1996) garnered three Grammys. The trio, hampered by petty in-fighting, eventually disbanded.

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Fugees - Lauryn Hill - Life after the The Fugees saw lead singer Lauryn Hill win further acclaim with the album 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' (1998), which scooped five Grammys. However, her career trajectory has been bumpy, and for a while Hill ventured into the acting business.

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Fugees - Wyclef Jean - The rapper, of Haitian origin, is enjoying a prolific career. Besides solo work including 'Carnival III: The Fall and Rise of a Refugee' (2017), he has collaborated as a producer with a host of other music stars.

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Fugees - Pras Michel - A fellow ex-Fugee, the American rapper and music producer Pras Michel has also explored acting and worked as a movie producer.

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4 Non Blondes - In the early 1990s everybody was singing 'What's Up?', released by the group fronted by Linda Perry. The track enjoyed a reboot of sorts after it was included in the soundtrack of the show 'Sense8'. The group disbanded in 1995, though Perry is still active as a songwriter and producer.

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Duran Duran - At the forefront of the British New Romantics music scene throughout the 1980s, Duran Duran continued turning out hits well into the '90s with songs like 'Ordinary World,' 'Come Undone,' and 'Electric Barbarella.'

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Duran Duran - The band's gloss has worn thin since then, but its members remain a tight, professional unit still recording and performing. The last album released was 'Paper Gods' (2015). And as recently as 2017, Duran Duran were gigging at music festivals, including Lollapalooza.

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Aqua - Formed in Denmark in 1989, it took another eight years before the band enjoyed their breakout hit 'Barbie Girl,' taken from the album 'Aquarium' (1997). After a hiatus of sorts, the band has reunited, according to Celebs Now.

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Aqua - In 2017, when 'Barbie Girl' turned 20, vocalist Lene Nystrom told the Straits Times she cared little about the criticism regarding that song, as it's part of the history of Aqua.

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Vanilla Ice - The rapper enjoyed lots of airplay with 'Ice Ice Baby,' but the track included a sample from the Queen and David Bowie duet 'Under Pressure,' a fact not lost on the British superstars who accused Vanilla Ice of plagiarism.

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Vanilla Ice - The rapper enjoyed a brief career resurgence in the early '90s, but quickly faded from the music scene, eventually leaving the industry. Today, according to Rolling Stone, the former rapper has done well in the real estate business: he runs a website, The Vanilla Ice Project, where he buys and sells real estate in Florida.

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The biggest music stars of the '90s: where are they now?

They were some of the top names in music that charted big during that decade. But what are they doing now?

12/04/18 | StarsInsider

CELEBRITY Stars

The 1990s saw the birth of many great acts in the music industry. Several top bands and solo acts dominated the charts during that distant decade. But while some are still center stage and enjoy a high profile, others have faded away and are no longer part of the scene. So where are they now, and what are they doing?

Browse the gallery and find out what happened after the music stopped.