Pop loudness in the 1990s

-10 Median integrated LUFS
-12.4 to -7.8 Range
27 Tracks

Distribution

-13 to -12 LUFS: 1 track-12 to -11 LUFS: 4 tracks-11 to -10 LUFS: 6 tracks-10 to -9 LUFS: 13 tracks-9 to -8 LUFS: 1 track-8 to -7 LUFS: 2 tracks -13 LUFS -10 LUFS -7 LUFS

Loudest and quietest

Loudest: 311 — T&P Combo
-7.8 LUFS
Quietest: 311 — Leaving Babylon
-12.4 LUFS

Most-represented engineers

Joe Gastwirt
n=27 · median -10 LUFS

Other decades

Pop in the 2000s →

This database is hand-curated and not exhaustive — treat this cohort as a sample of 27 measured tracks, not a survey of every Pop release from the 1990s.