The 1990s (pronounced "nineteen-nineties"; shortened to "the '90s" or "the Nineties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1990, and ended on December 31, 1999.
The 1990s saw a rise in the awareness of multiculturalism compared to the 1980s, as well as the advance of alternative media. Music movements like grunge, the rave scene, and hip hop became popular with young people worldwide, aided by then-new technology such as cable televisionand t…