What was the worst year for popular music?

In honor of the Frampton thread and the merits of music in 1976, what would you say is the worst year for popular music? I'll go with 1988. Rick Astley, Hungry Eyes, etc., etc.

http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/top-100-songs-of-the-year/?year=1988

 

Any year after 1999. Pop music has sucked for a while now.
It's the independent and out of the mainstream rock and Americana/alt-country artists that are putting out the best music nowadays.

 

1988 also gave us New Kids on the Block, Richard Marx and Bon Jovi's "New Jersey,", but it was hardly the worst.

That year was not half bad as far as new artists. I submit Guns 'n' Roses, which was an awesome antidote to the hair metal that ruled at the time.

 

well, in 1982 "Asia" by Asia was the top-selling album. that's pretty bad.

 

Did a sporcle quiz - 1989 deserves a mention. The Billboard top 10 includes Poison (every rose...), Chicago (Look Away), Paula Abdul (twice), Milli Vanilli (enough said) and Will To Power (Baby I love your way/Free Bird medley)....I'm sure it gets worse from there.

 

I agree with '82.
It was just close enough in time to some terrible pop acts of the late 70s.
I mean K.C. and The Sunshine Band was still performing big at that time for fk's sake.
Just a weird time overall, like prepubescence.
It wasn't quite vintage '80s and wasn't quite '70s. Not a porthole into either.
It unleashed Madonna, The Fat Boys and A-Ha.

 

1999 was when I graduated high school and started college, so it would have been nice to have a great soundtrack to such an important year in my life, instead we got boy bands and pop princesses jammed down our throats, not to mention a lot of the horrible rap-rock. Limp Bizkit doesn't exactly hold up.

 

I think 1999 might be our winner, just on the strength/stench of that horrible song by robo-Cher.

 

Another late '90s high schooler here. The music of our time plain sucked. No other way to put it.

 

The answer to the question is always "this year," because music was always better "back in my day."

 

Fellow 1999 grad, and I agree. So many frosted tips and giant jeans. I know that's fashion, but you can extrapolate it.

 

Amazing the number of 1981 babies on this board. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had to be huge with y'all.