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Some quick facts about 1990:
• Wilson Phillips’ "Hold On " is No.1 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100.
• Other big songs that year include: MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This," Madonna’s "Vogue," Paula Abdul’s "Opposites Attract,” New Kids on the Block’s “Step by Step,” Bell Biv DeVoe’s “Poison," and Roxette’s "It Must Have Been Love."
• Janet Jackson’s Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 is the biggest selling album of the year.
• Mariah Carey, En Vogue, Wilson Phillips, and Bell Biv DeVoe release their debut albums.
• Ghost is the highest grossing film of the year.
• Other big film releases that year include: Home Alone, Back to the Future Part III, Pretty Woman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Kindergarten Cop.
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Beverly Hills, 90210, In Living Color, TaleSpin, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Twin Peaks, and Tiny Toon Adventures are among the television shows that premiere.
• The Smurfs, Pee-wee's Playhouse, DuckTales, 227, Mr. Belvedere, and The Tracey Ullman Show all end their runs.
• Jim Henson died.
• Milli Vanilli return their Best New Artist Grammy because they didn't sing on their album.
• Chris Farley, Tim Meadows, Chris Rock, and Adam Sandler join the cast of Saturday Night Live.
• Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman marry.