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Series

A Year in Music

20195 seasons

A year-by-year look at our musical landscape, including the biggest artists, songs and albums as well as the new acts we'd be hearing for years to come.

Synopsis

A year-by-year look at our musical landscape, including the biggest artists, songs and albums as well as the new acts we'd be hearing for years to come.

Episodes

Seasons & episodes

2 seasons

Episode 1

1. 1989

Oct 4, 2020

Lzzy Hale shares highlights of the year. Michael Jackson is crowned King of Pop, Glam rock is replaced by Grunge, the New Kids on the Block debuts, the Berlin Wall comes down, and more.

Episode 2

2. 1993

Oct 11, 2020

Lzzy Hale looks at the biggest events in music for 1993: Grunge is at it's peak, Hip Hop dominates, Rap stars feud, Country crosses over, and Janet Jackson comes into her own.

Episode 3

3. 1998

Oct 18, 2020

1998 is the Year of the Woman in pop music, but boy bands dominate the charts. Elton John is knighted, and Hip Hop becomes more commercial.

Episode 4

4. 2001

Oct 25, 2020

The music industry trades print for digital, female artists dominate the charts, and the events of 9/11 unite the nation.

Episode 5

5. 1986

Nov 1, 2020

Rock and hip-hop cross over like never before, musicians unite to use their voices to inspire, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Simple Minds Bon Jovi and the Rolling Stones top the charts

Episode 6

6. 2005

Nov 15, 2020

Halestorm's Lzzy Hale looks back on the year 2005; the year's musical breakups; humanitarianism; Mariah Carey; the birth of YouTube; Hurricane Katrina.

Production

The details

Release

2019

Seasons

5 seasons

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