I Miss the '90s: Bollywood

Santoor solos, sweeping strings and a solid wall of percussion mark the best songs of the '90s. A few singers dominated the scene—Alka Yagnik's airy soprano and Kumar Sanu's strapping tenor seemed to be everywhere, while rising star Kavita Krishnamurthy lent a classically influenced purity to her tracks, and Udit Narayan melted hearts with his unabashed sweetness.