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The New Kids topped [[Forbes]] list of most paid entertainers of 1990 — beating out the likes of [[Michael Jackson]] and [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]. Further capitalizing on the fame, at year's end, Columbia Records released [[No More Games/The Remix Album]] — a compilation of the group's biggest hits remixed.
In the blink of an eye, however, tastes in music changed. Just as [[punk rock]] and [[new wave]] broke the [[disco]] trance in the lates [[1970]]'s, in 1990 the rage and intelligence of [[Jane's Addiction]], [[Midnight Oil]], [[Sinead O'Conner]], [[The Cure]], and others were breaking through; [[Nirvana]], [[Alice in Chances]], and the reast of [[Seattle]] were waiting in the wings. In 1990, the Bush-Raegan era was unraveling, [[Milli Vanilli]] was stripped of their [[Grammy Award]], [[Columbia Records]] had a brand new youthful president in [[Don Lenner]], and [[M ariah Carey]] was the 20-year-old new kid at the top of evert Top 40 radio playlist. Radio programmers virtually ignored the next two singles ("Let's Try Again" and 1991's "Games").
By early 1991, the group had become so over-exposed that a public and commercial backlash had formed. Sensing that it was time to give the American market a break, the group released no new material that year — but continued to tour throughout [[Europe]] and [[Asia]]. That summer, Donnie produced the debut album of his brother Mark's group [[Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch]] — which scored a #1 hit with "Good Vibrations," and a platinum album.
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