Born in the 1990s?
Here's what shaped your world.
BRITPOP AND COOL BRITANNIA
The 1990s belonged to Britpop — Oasis vs Blur, Spice Girls conquering the world, and Tony Blair sweeping to power. The Channel Tunnel opened, Euro '96 was on home soil, and a new, confident Britain felt like the centre of culture again.
Life in the 1990s
Pint of Beer
£1.60
Average House
£65,000
Prime Minister
Major / Blair
Longest-running UK No. 1s of the 1990s
“(Everything I Do) I Do It for You”
Bryan Adams · 1991
“Love Is All Around”
Wet Wet Wet · 1994
“I Will Always Love You”
Whitney Houston · 1992
“Stay”
Shakespears Sister · 1992
“I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)”
Meat Loaf · 1993
“Think Twice”
Celine Dion · 1995
“Unchained Melody / White Cliffs of Dover”
Robson & Jerome · 1995
“Wannabe”
Spice Girls · 1996
“Believe”
Cher · 1998
“Rhythm Is a Dancer”
Snap! · 1992
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Popular UK TV Shows of the 1990s
Coronation Street
ITV
The Bill
ITV
TFI Friday
Channel 4
Famous Faces Born in the 1990s
Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.
Tom Holland
Actor
1 June 1996
Florence Pugh
Actress
3 January 1996
Kaya Scodelario
Actress
13 March 1992
Ed Sheeran
Singer-songwriter
17 February 1991
Dua Lipa
Singer-songwriter
22 August 1995
Callum Turner
Actor
15 February 1990
Harry Kane
Footballer
28 July 1993
Jack Lowden
Actor
2 June 1990
Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
A Car of the 1990s
Ford Fiesta
Britain's favourite small car
Favourite Sweets of the 1990s
Wine Gums
Sherbet Fountain
Maoam
Tangtastics
Push Pops
Chewits
Top Toys & Games of the 1990s
Tamagotchi
Furby
Beanie Babies
Pokémon Cards
Polly Pocket
Your Generation
Millennial
Came of age with Tony Blair's Britain — Cool Britannia, Britpop, dial-up internet, university for everyone, the 7/7 attacks, and the 2008 financial crisis that crushed early careers.
Year by year: the 1990s
Prices, events and music for each year of the decade.
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