The 1980s made pop music mainstream, but the 1990s were actually the greatest pop decade. These are three female stars who hit No. 1 in 1990.

In 1996, it was a good time to be a female pop star. Indeed, these are three female pop stars who hit No. 1 in 1996 and became legends.

Jill Sobule, the singer and songwriter whose 1995 hit “I Kissed a Girl” was the rare pop song of that era to take an openly queer theme into the cultural mainstream, died Thursday. She was 66. Her ...