[Shaun]

Yeah I've decided to go ahead with it.

However, before I start, I should let you know of some changes.

One - The time taken for rounds to finish will be longer now - for reasons I shall get to below.
Two - Each of the artists shall now have a URL attached to them: each URL is a YouTube video of a song of theirs. I would prefer it if, should you not know anything about the said artist, you listen to this song and judge on its merits. This should really be the bare minimum you do. I appreciate that there'll be a lot of them you've never heard of: but that's rather the point. I'd like this to be a learning experience
Three - there are SOME artists that did indeed start in the 1980s. This is slightly unfortunate, but considering the sheer volume of 80s bands, and the fact that these acts will have been more prominent in the 90s, I've decided to include them.
Four - similarly, some of the artists will have started late, in 1998/9. There was some debate as to whether they should count for this or not - because you will take, say, Jay-Z for example, and think "ooh I love Empire State of Mind!"
Please do not.
This is the 90s survivor. Therefore I'll be linking him to a song of his from the 90s It's no good voting for Shakira because Hips Don't Lie was a choooon, because in the 90s she was pretty irrelevant. (and yes, I should have put her in the 00s one).
Five - still no MMAI.
Six - just for those that are interested, the rounds breakdown goes like this:

Stage: 5 rounds of 8x4 = 40 going (from 160)
Stage 2: 3 rounds of 10x4 = 30 going (from 120)
Stage 3: 3 rounds of 6x5 = 18 going (from 90)
Stage 4: 2 rounds of 9x4 = 18 going (from 72)
Stage 5: 2 rounds of 9x3 = 18 going (from 54)
Stage 6: 9x4 = 18 going (from 36)
Stage 7: 6x3 = 6 going (from 18)
Stage 8: 3-3-3-3
Stage 9: 3-3-3
Stage 10: 2-2-2
Final: 4

That's all I'll post the first round in a few minutes, once I've got links for all the videos