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INTERVIEW – ANNE RANI: Danish Superstar of Lankan descent-BY Tharishi Hewavithanagamage   Source:Island Music transcends time and borders. The variety of genres available today caters to everyone’s tastes in music, from classical music to rock, R&B, rap and more. Accessibility to songs today comes at the touch of a button, all provided by streaming giants like Spotify and Apple Music. But the 90s era was very different and produced many songs that are considered timeless classics today. Apart from hip-hop and rap, genres like R&B and urban music became extremely popular in the 90s. Ground-breaking and eclectic most songs from the era were outcomes of bold experimentation and creative fusions. Trends picked up with teen-pop and dance-pop music from boy bands and girl bands such as ‘NSync, The Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls, TLC and Destiny’s Child to name a few. They topped charts around the world and their releases continue to ...