History Main / NewJackSwing

By 1995, the new jack sound was considered outdated by many, but the genre still survived until 1997, succeeded by its spiritual successors HipHopSoul and NeoSoul, which remain popular today. The last hit single to use the classic new jack swing sound was Michael Jackson's "Blood On The Dance Floor", released in 1997. Despite its decline in the US, [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff it remained moderately popular in Asia]], continuing to inform pop and video game music to an extent up through the early 2000s, rubbing off a bit on western composers as well during that time.

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By 1995, the new jack sound was considered outdated by many, but the genre still survived until 1997, succeeded by its spiritual successors HipHopSoul and NeoSoul, which remain popular today. The last hit single to use the classic new jack swing sound was Michael Jackson's "Blood On The Dance Floor", released in 1997. Despite its decline in the US, it remained moderately popular in Asia, continuing to inform pop and video game music to an extent up through the early 2000s, rubbing off a bit on western composers as well during that time.

In the mid-2000s, new jack swing started making a comeback, fueled by the Teddy Riley-led [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jack_Reunion_Tour "New Jack Reunion Tour"]] in 2006, as well as Creator/{{VH1}}'s Hip Hop Honors paying tribute to the genre in 2007. TheNewTens saw the genre make a return to the charts, with Music/{{Paramore}}'s "Ain't It Fun" and Music/BrunoMars' "That's What I Like" and "Finesse" all hitting the top ten of the ''Billboard Hot 100'' between 2014 and 2018. New jack swing also made its return to mainstream video games with the release of ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' in 2017. New jack swing's heavy influence on K-Pop also helped fuel its revival further during the western K-Pop boom of the 2010s. Coincidentally, Teddy Riley himself personally had a hand in producing for several K-music acts during this period.

In the mid-2000s, new jack swing started making a comeback, fueled by the Teddy Riley-led [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jack_Reunion_Tour "New Jack Reunion Tour"]] in 2006, as well as Creator/{{VH1}}'s Hip Hop Honors paying tribute to the genre in 2007. TheNewTens saw the genre make a return to the charts, with Music/{{Paramore}}'s "Ain't It Fun" and Music/BrunoMars' "That's What I Like" and "Finesse" all hitting the top ten of the ''Billboard Hot 100'' between 2014 and 2018. New jack swing also made its return to mainstream video games with the release of ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' in 2017. New jack swing's heavy influence on K-Pop also helped fuel it's revival further during the western K-Pop boom of the 2010s. Coincidentally, Teddy Riley himself personally had a hand in producing for several K-music acts during this period.

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