1991 in music

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Trent Reznor at Lollapalooza 1991.

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1991.

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Events[]

Summary[]

Although the year 1991 is the year that grunge music made its popular breakthrough, heavy metal was still the dominant form of rock music for the year.[1] So, Nirvana's Nevermind, led by the surprise hit single "Smells Like Teen Spirit", was not the most popular U.S. album of the year. That award goes to heavy metal band Metallica and their self-titled 'black' album. Nirvana's success was eventually followed by other grunge bands like Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, in 1992 by Alice in Chains and Stone Temple Pilots, grunge climbed the U.S. charts for the next few years. Its success eventually ended the reign of the glam metal and other hard rock groups that enjoyed massive success in the 1980s like Mötley Crüe, Poison, Warrant, Cinderella, and Ratt whose sales were still going strong by 1991. Also during the year, the rock band Guns N' Roses's popularity flourished with the release of their albums Use Your Illusion I & Use Your Illusion II, both selling over 15 million copies total. Def Leppard's next album Adrenalize, released in March 1992, would go on to reach multi-platinum status and prove to be the last major commercial success for 1980s hair metal. A Tribe Called Quest's Low End Theory is released this year; it would go on to be considered one of the best hip hop albums of the 1990s. A Tribe Called Quest, along with De La Soul, Dream Warriors, Gang Starr and the Poor Righteous Teachers, help define what comes to be known as alternative rap with important releases this year.

On 24 November, Queen frontman Freddie Mercury died. Mercury was at home in London on 24 November, due to AIDS complications. Rumors had been circulating that Mercury had AIDS and he confirmed it to the press a day before his death,[2] but the death comes as a shock to millions of fans and the music industry. The remaining members of Queen form the Mercury Phoenix Trust and the following year, a tribute concert is staged in Wembley Stadium. A sell-out crowd in attendance witness the three surviving members reuniting to play along with performances by the likes of David Bowie, Elton John, Guns N' Roses, Def Leppard, Metallica, Annie Lennox, and George Michael.

Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" (released as a double A side with "These are the Days of Our Lives") goes to number one for the second time in the U.K., which is one of the few times a single has gone to number one in the same version more than once (another example is Chubby Checkers' "The Twist," which was No. 1 in 1960 & 1962). It is also the only time a single has gone to number one more than once on the UK Christmas charts. It has now spent a total of 14 weeks on top of the UK charts.

During the year, Billboard Magazine started using Nielsen Soundscan for its sales source for the music charts. Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data for Nielsen on 1 March 1991. The 25 May issue of Billboard published Billboard 200 and Country Album charts based on SoundScan "piece count data," and the first Hot 100 chart to debut with the system was released on 30 November 1991. Previously, Billboard tracked sales by calling stores across the U.S. and asking about sales – a method that was inherently error-prone and open to outright fraud. Indeed, while transitioning from the calling to tracking methods, the airplay and sales charts (already monitored by Nielsen) and the Hot 100 (then still using the calling system) often did not match (for instance Paula Abdul's "Promise of a New Day" and Roxette's "Fading Like a Flower" reached much higher Hot 100 peaks than their actual sales and airplay would have allowed them to). Although most record company executives conceded that the new method was far more accurate than the old, the chart's volatility and its geographical balance initially caused deep concern, before the change and the market shifts it brought about were accepted across the industry. Tower Records, the country's second-largest retail chain, was originally not included in the sample because its stores are equipped with different technology to measure sales. At first, some industry executives complained that the new system – which relied on high-tech sales measurement rather than store employee estimates – was based on an inadequate sample, one that favored established and mainstream acts over newcomers.

1991 is also the year CCM, or contemporary Christian music, reaches a new peak. Amy Grant, who had already crossed back and forth between CCM and Contemporary Pop in the mid-80s, achieves her first solo No. 1 hit on the pop charts with the hit single "Baby Baby," becoming the first single by a CCM artist to reach No. 1 (despite the fact the song was a pop song and was void of any Christian references). Another single, "That's What Love Is For," would also top the charts, this time in the Adult Contemporary field. Meanwhile, Grant's album Heart In Motion reaches No. 11 on the pop chart and No. 1 on the Christian chart despite its non-religious objective, and quickly becomes a best-seller. Another CCM crossover artist in 1991 is Michael W. Smith, who achieves a Top Ten pop hit with his single "Place In This World." The subsequent album, Go West Young Man, is also a hit. Jon Gibson's hit "Jesus Loves Ya" still holds the record as the longest playing hit single in Christian music history. The track spent eleven weeks at No. 1 and became the top selling CCM single of 1991.[3] Only three artists received more airplay on Christian radio stations in that year other than Gibson; Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith and BeBe & CeCe Winans.

The massive success of Garth Brooks in this year sets the stage for the mid-1990s influx of pop-oriented country musicians. In addition, several soon-to-be pivotal bands form or release debuts, including Dave Matthews Band, Live, Phish, Spin Doctors and stoner metal (Kyuss, Sleep, The Obsessed). Massive Attack's Blue Lines, while unique at the time, pioneers the sound that would eventually become known as trip hop. Entombed's Clandestine and Dismember's Like an Ever Flowing Stream are early releases from the Scandinavian metal scene. On the other side of the Atlantic, New York death metal band Suffocation release their debut full-length Effigy of the Forgotten, often considered one of the most influential extreme metal albums ever recorded. Trance music rises to prominence in the underground dance scene of Frankfurt, Germany, pioneered by such producers as Dance 2 Trance and Resistance D. U2 release their seventh album Achtung Baby, considered by many of their fans to be their best album. Metallica also release their most commercially successful self-titled album, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers break through to the mainstream with their critically and commercially acclaimed Blood Sugar Sex Magik. R.E.M. release their massive commercial breakthrough album Out of Time. 1991 also brought us the revolutionary Sailing the Seas of Cheese, the first release of a Primus album on a major label. When it came to music, 1991 was one of the most successful years of the 1990s.

January–March[]

  • 15 January – A new all-star rendition of the John Lennon song "Give Peace a Chance" is released, featuring Yoko Ono, Lenny Kravitz, Peter Gabriel, Alannah Myles, Tom Petty, Bonnie Raitt and many more, billed as "The Peace Choir". The single has been rushed to market in response to the imminent Gulf War.
  • 16 January – The sixth annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is held in New York. The event goes forward despite a tense atmosphere due to the President's announcement of the Gulf War the same evening. The inductees are Ike & Tina Turner, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, LaVern Baker, The Byrds, The Impressions, Wilson Pickett and Howlin' Wolf.
  • 18 January – Three people are crushed to death during an AC/DC concert in Salt Lake City, Utah, when audience members rush the stage.
  • 18–27 January – The massive nine-day festival Rock in Rio II is held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The headliners are a-ha, Prince, INXS, Guns N' Roses, New Kids on the Block, George Michael and Happy Mondays.
  • 19 JanuaryJanet Jackson with seventh single from Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814, "Love Will Never Do (Without You)", making her the only artist to have seven singles from the same album chart in the top five.
  • 27 JanuaryWhitney Houston sings "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Super Bowl. The recording is then released and becomes a hit single.
  • 31 JanuaryDJ Magazine is founded.
  • 5 FebruaryQueen release their final album while Freddie Mercury is still alive, entitled Innuendo. This album includes hit singles such as The Show Must Go On, Headlong, These Are The Days Of Our Lives and Innuendo.
  • 20 February – The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards are presented in New York, hosted by Garry Shandling. Quincy Jones' Back on the Block wins Album of the Year, Phil Collins' "Another Day in Paradise" wins Record of the Year and Bette Midler's version of "From a Distance" wins Song of the Year. Mariah Carey wins Best New Artist.
  • 27 FebruaryJames Brown is granted an early parole and released from jail, following his arrest after a high-speed car chase through two states in 1989. Pop Will Eat Itself documented the affair with their song, "Not Now James, We're Busy".
  • 28 February – Hollywood's Record Plant Studios recording studio closes down. Among the albums recorded at the Record Plant were The Eagles' Hotel California, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life.
  • 1 MarchNielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data for Nielsen.
  • 11 MarchJanet Jackson signs a US$30 million contract with Virgin Records, making her the highest paid female recording artist ever.
  • 12 MarchR.E.M. release their seventh studio album, Out of Time. The album would serve as the band's breakthrough, catapulting the Georgia alternative rock band from cult status to a massive international act.
  • 16 March – Seven members of country music singer Reba McEntire's band and her road manager are killed when their private plane crashes in California, near the U.S.-Mexico border. McEntire travels on a separate plane. The disaster inspires the title song of her next album, For My Broken Heart.
  • 20 March
    • Michael Jackson signs a contract with Sony for 1 billion dollars.[4]
    • Eric Clapton's four-year-old son, Conor, dies after falling 49 stories from a New York City apartment window, which would inspire Clapton to write the hit single "Tears in Heaven".
  • 24 MarchThe Black Crowes are dropped as the opening act of ZZ Top's tour for repeatedly insulting the tour's sponsor, Miller Beer.
  • 27 MarchNew Kids on the Block star Donnie Wahlberg is arrested in Louisville, Kentucky for allegedly setting his hotel room on fire.
  • 28 MarchGeorge Harrison, Phil Collins and others attend funeral services for Eric Clapton's late son, Conor.

April–June[]

  • 17 AprilNirvana performs "Smells Like Teen Spirit" live for the first time at the OK Hotel in Seattle, Washington.
  • 28 AprilBonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York.
  • 4 May – The Eurovision Song Contest 1991 is held in Rome, Italy and, after a highly controversial voting segment, Sweden's Fångad av en stormvind by Carola is declared the winner.
  • 7 May – In Macon, Georgia, a judge dismisses a wrongful death lawsuit against Ozzy Osbourne. The suit was filed by a local couple that believed their son was inspired to attempt suicide by Osbourne's music.
  • 10 MayTruth or Dare, a documentary chronicling singer Madonna's 1990 Blond Ambition Tour, is released to theatres.
  • 24 MayGuns N' Roses kick off their 26-month world Use Your Illusion Tour in Alpine Valley in East Troy.
  • 25 May – The Billboard 200 album chart starts incorporating electronically monitored sales data provided by Nielsen SoundScan, thus beginning what chart aficionados tag as the "SoundScan era".
  • 28 MayThe Smashing Pumpkins releases their debut album Gish, establishing the band as one of the most important of the alternative scene.
  • 7 JuneABC revives the late-night rock performance series In Concert.
  • 21 June – The Mérida State Symphony Orchestra is founded in Venezuela.
  • 28 JunePaul McCartney's classical composition, the Liverpool Oratorio, receives its première at the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral.

July–September[]

  • 2 July
    • Launch of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music.
    • Hollywood Bowl Orchestra gives its first public performance.
    • During the Use Your Illusion Tour, Axl Rose assaults a member of the audience watching the show on camera, after security fails to respond to the singer's orders to confiscate the camera. After the attack, Rose angrily says, "Thanks to the lame-ass security, I'm goin' home!" and storms off the stage.[5]
  • 9 July – American rock singer-songwriter Jimi Jamison (Survivor) releases his debut solo album When Love Comes Down.
  • 13 July – Pianist Keith Jarrett records his Vienna Concert at the Vienna Staatsoper.
  • 18 JulyPerry Farrell launches the first Lollapalooza tour as a farewell for his just-dissolved band, Jane's Addiction. Other acts appearing on the tour include Siouxsie and the Banshees, Nine Inch Nails, Rollins Band, Fishbone and Rage Against the Machine.
  • 12 AugustMetallica releases their most successful album, Metallica (also called "The Black Album"). Something of a departure from the thrash metal sound they helped pioneer, it becomes one of the best-selling albums of all time[6]
  • 13 AugustJermaine Jackson's "Word To The Badd!!" reaches #78 on the Billboard Hot 100
  • 15 AugustPaul Simon's Concert in the Park takes place in Central Park. The free concert is broadcast live on HBO.
  • 20 August – The six-day International Pop Underground Convention opens in Olympia, Washington.
  • 27 August
    • Pearl Jam release their debut album, Ten. While initially slow to sell, it becomes No. 2 on the Billboard charts within a year and has since become certified thirteen times Platinum in the United States.[7]
    • Dr. Dre pleads no contest to charges that he beat up a woman at a West Hollywood nightclub. Dr. Dre is sentenced to 24 months probation.
  • 3 SeptemberPrimal Scream releases Screamadelica.
  • 10 SeptemberNirvana released their hit song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" that trailblazed grunge rock.
  • 17 SeptemberRock band Guns N' Roses release their first full length follow up to their debut album Appetite for Destruction in the form of the double album Use Your Illusion I & Use Your Illusion II. Both go on to sell a combined excess of 1.3 million on their first week of sale in the USA alone.
  • 23 September
    • The TV Series Baywatch begins the second season with a new theme song performed and co-written by former Survivor member Jimi Jamison, "I'm Always Here".
    • Bryan Adams releases his sixth album Waking up the Neighbours produced by Mutt Lange, achieving diamond status in his native Canada for the second time.
  • 24 September – Seattle-based band Nirvana release their second album Nevermind, that in the beginning of 1992 replaces Michael Jackson's album Dangerous at number one on the Billboard charts. Nevermind would then make the Grunge movement explode and become one of the most famous rock albums of all time. It is considered the emblem of the Generation X. Blood Sugar Sex Magik, the Red Hot Chili Peppers album, was also released on this date, as well as the hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest also released their second album, The Low End Theory, on this day.

October–December[]

  • 3 November – A free tribute concert is held at Golden Gate Park in memory of concert promoter Bill Graham, killed in a helicopter crash three weeks earlier at the age of 60. Performers include Santana, Grateful Dead, Journey and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
  • 7 November
    • Bryan Adams's 16-week stay at the top of the UK Singles Chart with "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)" is finally ended by U2 single "The Fly", having already set a new record for the longest consecutive stay at the top of the UK Singles Chart.
    • Izzy Stradlin quits Guns N' Roses.
    • Frank Zappa's children, Dweezil and Moon, announce to an audience in New York that their father is unable to attend the tribute concert to his music because he is seriously ill with prostate cancer.
  • 14 November – The new Michael Jackson music video "Black or White" premieres simultaneously in 27 different countries to an audience of 500 million people. Controversy is immediately generated by the video's last four minutes in which Jackson smashes windows, vandalizes a car and causes a building to explode, as well as suggestively grabs his crotch repeatedly while dancing.
  • 19 November
    • U2 releases album Achtung Baby.
    • Luis Miguel releases Romance which revitalized the popularity of boleros in the 1990s.[8]
  • 24 NovemberFreddie Mercury, lead singer of Queen, dies from AIDS-related complications at the age of 45 one day after making the disease public. The same day, Eric Carr, formerly of KISS, also dies from complications of heart cancer.
  • 26 NovemberMichael Jackson releases his worldwide hit album Dangerous.
  • 30 November – Following in the steps of the Billboard 200, the Billboard Hot 100 also begins a new era by incorporating and merging electronically measured sales and airplay data from SoundScan and BDS respectively.
  • 1 December
    • A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert, featuring Kathleen Battle and Frederica von Stade, a jazz band led by Wynton Marsalis, and orchestra and chorus conducted by André Previn, is recorded for television.
    • George Harrison plays Yokohama, Japan. The brief Japanese tour with Eric Clapton marks his first set of formal concert performances since 1974.
  • 4 DecemberThe Judds give their final concert performance as a duo.
  • 31 December – The twentieth annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with appearances by Boyz II Men, Simply Red, Vanessa L. Williams, Another Bad Creation, Restless Heart, Michael Bivins and Barry Manilow.

Also in 1991[]

  • Aerosmith signs a new deal with Sony Music worth an estimated $30 million.
  • The Rolling Stones sign a new contract with Virgin Records.
  • Country music legend Kenny Rogers starts his restaurant chain, Kenny Rogers Roasters.
  • Tupac Shakur's solo career begins with his first album, 2Pacalypse Now. Six-year-old Qa'id Walker-Teal is shot dead by a stray bullet during a confrontation between Tupac's entourage and a rival group.
  • Mangue Bit is originated in Recife, Brazil, circa 1991.

Bands formed[]

  • See Musical groups established in 1991

Bands disbanded[]

  • See Musical groups disestablished in 1991

Bands reformed[]

  • The Knack
  • Procol Harum

Albums released[]

January–March[]

Date Album Artist Notes
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1 This Year's Girl Pizzicato Five -
Contradictions Collapse Meshuggah Debut
8 Fly Me Courageous Drivin N Cryin -
9 The Singles Collection The Specials Compilation
13 Soulside Journey Darkthrone Debut
15 Eight Track Stomp Chickasaw Mudd Puppies -
Quik Is the Name DJ Quik Debut
A Little Ain't Enough David Lee Roth -
Step In the Arena Gang Starr -
16 2nd Wind Todd Rundgren -
Native Son Judybats -
21 1916 Motörhead -
22 The Soul Cages Sting -
24 Tyranny (For You) Front 242 US
29 Candy Carol Book of Love -
Divinyls Divinyls -
Doubt Jesus Jones -
Glad 'N Greasy Beat Farmers -
Mo' Ritmo Gerardo Debut
Party Mix!/Mesopotamia The B-52's Re-issue with remixes
When You're a Boy Susanna Hoffs -
Uncle Anesthesia Screaming Trees -
? Into the Light Gloria Estefan -
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4 Solid Ball of Rock Saxon -
5 Innuendo Queen -
International Pop Overthrow Material Issue -
10 Recurring Spacemen 3 US
11 Coolin' at the Playground Ya Know! Another Bad Creation Debut
12 The Hollow Men The Hollow Men US
Marc Cohn Marc Cohn -
Saigon Kick Saigon Kick -
15 8-Way Santa Tad
18 Heaven's Open Mike Oldfield -
19 Green Mind Dinosaur Jr. -
Ink The Fixx -
Night Ride Home Joni Mitchell -
The Name Above the Title John Wesley Harding -
Road Apples The Tragically Hip US
Young Black Teenagers Young Black Teenagers Debut
20 The Last Days of Pompeii Nova Mob -
Lo Flux Tube OLD
Piouhgd Butthole Surfers -
26 Hooked Great White -
? Different World Uriah Heep -
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3 Love's Secret Domain Coil US
4 Peggy Suicide Julian Cope UK; 7 May in US; Double Album
Ray Frazier Chorus-
The White Room The KLF -
Ex:el 808 State -
5 Dollars & Sex The Escape Club -
New Jack City Various Artists Soundtrack
Heart in Motion Amy Grant -
Kill Uncle Morrissey -
Time for a Witness The Feelies -
Truly Blessed Teddy Pendergrass -
6 Extremely Live Vanilla Ice Live
12 Cereal Killers Too Much Joy -
Live Hardcore Worldwide Boogie Down Productions Live
Everybody's Angel Tanita Tikaram -
Free Rick Astley -
Mind Funk Mind Funk -
Out of Time R.E.M. -
Outland Gary Numan US
The Real Ramona Throwing Muses -
Freakshow BulletBoys -
Unreal World The Godfathers US
15 Goat The Jesus Lizard -
16 The Infidel Doubting Thomas Debut
18 Capitol Collectors Series Jo Stafford -
Greatest Hits Eurythmics US
19 Chill of an Early Fall George Strait -
Make Way for the Motherlode Yo-Yo -
Prince of the Deep Water The Blessing -
Bag-a-Trix Whodini -
Gothic Paradise Lost -
21 Checkin' Out the Ghosts Kim Carnes Japan
26 Black and White The BoDeans -
The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 Bob Dylan Box Set
The Human Factor Metal Church -
Lean Into It Mr. Big -
No Warning Dave Wakeling US
Places I Have Never Been Willie Nile -
Ribbed NOFX -
Strength Enuff Z'nuff -
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II The Secret of the Ooze: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack
Vagabond Heart Rod Stewart -
27 Good-bye My Loneliness Zard -
Spiderland Slint -
28 Joyride Roxette -

April–June[]

Date Album Artist Notes
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1 King of the Jews Oxbow -
School of Fish School of Fish -
2 Arise Sepultura -
Mama Said Lenny Kravitz -
Mane Attraction White Lion -
Word of Mouth Mike + The Mechanics -
6 Alanis Alanis Morissette Debut
Now! That's What I Call Music 19 Various Artists Compilation
8 Blue Lines Massive Attack Debut
Flashpoint The Rolling Stones Live +2 new studio tracks
Real Life Simple Minds -
9 The Ghosts That Haunt Me Crash Test Dummies -
L'Autre... Mylène Farmer -
15 Brotherhood The Doobie Brothers -
One from the Vault Grateful Dead Live
The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld The Orb -
16 Auberge Chris Rea -
The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life Frank Zappa 2 discs; Live
LaTour LaTour Debut
Ripe Banderas US
Temple of the Dog Temple of the Dog -
The Way to Salvation King Missile -
22 Hoodoo Alison Moyet -
Shift-Work The Fall -
23 13 Engines 13 Engines US
And Now the Legacy Begins Dream Warriors US
Flyin' the Flannel Firehose -
Kinky Hoodoo Gurus US
Ordinary Average Guy Joe Walsh -
The Reality of My Surroundings Fishbone -
Time, Love & Tenderness Michael Bolton -
26 Power of Love Luther Vandross -
27 True Love Pat Benatar -
30 Birdland Birdland US
Cooleyhighharmony Boyz II Men Debut
Laughter & Lust Joe Jackson -
Fred Schneider Fred Schneider Re-issue
Spartacus The Farm Debut
Union Yes -
Why Do Birds Sing? Violent Femmes -
? The Young Gods Play Kurt Weill The Young Gods -
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2 Blessed Are the Sick Morbid Angel -
3 Bullhead Melvins -
5 Sugar Tax Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark -
6 Legenda Armia -
7 5,000,000 Dread Zeppelin -
Friendly Fa$cism Consolidated -
Schubert Dip EMF -
Terminator X & The Valley of the Jeep Beets Terminator X -
The Best of The Waterboys 81–90 The Waterboys US
Hard at Play Huey Lewis and the News -
Peggy Suicide Julian Cope US
Star Time James Brown Box Set
Sugar Tax Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark -
9 Ex:el 808 State -
13 De La Soul Is Dead De La Soul -
Pop Life Bananarama UK
Positively Phranc Phranc -
14 Don't Rock the Jukebox Alan Jackson -
God Fodder Ned's Atomic Dustbin -
The Maria Dimension The Legendary Pink Dots -
Mighty Like a Rose Elvis Costello -
O.G. Original Gangster Ice-T -
Sailing the Seas of Cheese Primus -
Spellbound Paula Abdul -
What Comes Around Goes Around Tuff -
Yerself Is Steam Mercury Rev -
17 Whispers Thomas Anders -
20 Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) Paul McCartney Live acoustic
21 Pink Bubbles Go Ape Helloween -
Slinky Milltown Brothers US
22 Shadow Thief of the Sun Zoviet France -
24 Seal Seal Debut
25 Virtual Rabbit Susumu Hirasawa -
27 Seamonsters The Wedding Present -
Shahbaaz Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn -
28 Electronic Electronic -
Forever My Lady Jodeci Debut
Gish The Smashing Pumpkins Debut
Jungle Fever Stevie Wonder Soundtrack
Like an Ever Flowing Stream Dismember -
Never Loved Elvis The Wonder Stuff -
Niggaz4Life N.W.A -
? Grippe Jawbox -
Rumor and Sigh Richard Thompson -
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1 The Tea Party The Tea Party Debut
3 Love and Kisses Dannii Minogue UK
4 Back on the Bus, Y'all Indigo Girls -
Funke, Funke Wisdom Kool Moe Dee -
Make a Jazz Noise Here Frank Zappa -
6 White Light From the Mouth of Infinity Swans -
7 Dance to the Holy Man The Silencers US
The Forest David Byrne -
Space I'm In The Candyskins US
10 Fellow Hoodlums Deacon Blue -
Superstition Siouxsie and the Banshees -
11 Owl Nathalie Archangel -
Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991 Lynyrd Skynyrd -
The Mix Kraftwerk -
Prime of My Life Phyllis Hyman -
Slave to the Grind Skid Row -
Unforgettable... with Love Natalie Cole -
Warm Your Heart Aaron Neville -
13 Love Hurts Cher -
14 Slow, Deep and Hard Type O Negative -
Unusual Heat Foreigner -
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 Frank Zappa 2 discs; Live
16 The Globe Big Audio Dynamite II -
18 Derelicts of Dialect 3rd Bass -
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Van Halen -
Turtle Soup The Mock Turtles US
24 Baby Yello -
Holidays in Eden Marillion -
25 All Souled Out Pete Rock & CL Smooth EP
Attack of the Killer B's Anthrax Rarities album
Electric Landlady Kirsty MacColl -
Fireball Zone Ric Ocasek -
Hollywood Vampires L.A. Guns -
Luck of the Draw Bonnie Raitt -
Surprise Crystal Waters -
29 Twilight of the Gods Bathory -
Solace Sarah McLachlan -
? United States of Islam Muslimgauze -

July–September[]

Date Album Artist Notes
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1 13-Point Program to Destroy America The Nation of Ulysses -
1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours Green Day Compilation
Butchered at Birth Cannibal Corpse -
This Is an EP Release Digital Underground EP
Pure Poverty Poor Righteous Teachers -
The Sky is Falling and I Want My Mommy Jello Biafra & Nomeansno
Tumor Circus Tumor Circus Debut
Victory Gardens John & Mary US
2 Dying Young: Original Soundtrack Album Various Artists Soundtrack
Different Lifestyles BeBe & CeCe Winans -
Hey Stoopid Alice Cooper -
Into the Great Wide Open Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers -
Peaceful Journey Heavy D & the Boyz -
The Ruler's Back Slick Rick -
Shades of Two Worlds The Allman Brothers Band -
Trisha Yearwood Trisha Yearwood -
We Can't Be Stopped Geto Boys -
3 Am I Cool or What? Various Artists Soundtrack
9 Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey: Music from the Motion Picture Various Artists Soundtrack
Boyz n the Hood Various Artists Soundtrack
Forbidden Places Meat Puppets -
James James US
Starcaster Head Candy Debut
When Love Comes Down Jimi Jamison Debut
Woodface Crowded House -
15 Babyteeth Therapy? -
16 Vocally Pimpin' Above the Law -
Biscuits Living Colour EP
Straight Checkn 'Em Compton's Most Wanted -
22 Frequencies LFO Debut
23 C.M.B. Color Me Badd -
Breaking Atoms Main Source -
Circa Mary's Danish -
Emotional Hooligan Gary Clail US
Homebase DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince -
João João Gilberto -
Music for the People Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch -
Play Squeeze -
26 Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge Mudhoney -
Praise the Lard Pig -
30 A Future Without a Past... Leaders of the New School -
Day 1 Robbie Nevil -
Widespread Panic Widespread Panic -
World Outside The Psychedelic Furs -
? Steady Diet of Nothing Fugazi -
Slavestate Godflesh EP
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3 To Mother Babes in Toyland EP
5 Brainstorm Young MC -
6 Ask the Ages Sonny Sharrock -
1000 Smiling Knuckles Skin Yard -
Blue Lines Massive Attack -
Harem Scarem Harem Scarem -
Madra Miranda Sex Garden -
Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience P.M. Dawn -
Perspex Island Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians -
12 Mental Vortex Coroner -
Metallica Metallica -
13 Brand New Man Brooks & Dunn Debut
Cypress Hill Cypress Hill Debut
Mr. Bungle Mr. Bungle Debut
16 III Sebadoh -
19 Strangeitude Ozric Tentacles -
20 The Comfort Zone Vanessa L. Williams -
Help Yourself Julian Lennon US
Honey Lingers Voice of the Beehive US
Little Magnets Versus the Bubble of Babble Transvision Vamp -
Notorious Joan Jett and the Blackhearts -
Pocket Full of Kryptonite Spin Doctors -
23 Mistaken Identity Donna Summer -
26 Leisure Blur Debut
27 Altered State Altered State Debut
Backlash Bad English -
Big Shot in the Dark Timbuk3 -
fear Toad the Wet Sprocket -
I Need a Haircut Biz Markie -
The Fire Inside Bob Seger -
Abort Tribe -
The Prodigal Stranger Procol Harum -
Ten Pearl Jam Debut
Lovescape Neil Diamond
? Scrabbling at the Lock The Ex & Tom Cora -
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1 The Ghost Sonata Tuxedomoon -
2 Guaranteed Level 42 -
Just for a Day Slowdive -
Tin Machine II Tin Machine -
3 Horrorscope Overkill -
Nature of a Sista Queen Latifah -
Naughty by Nature Naughty by Nature -
Ratt & Roll 81–91 Ratt Greatest Hits
Roll the Bones Rush -
Travelers and Thieves Blues Traveler -
10 Blow Up The Smithereens -
Catfish Rising Jethro Tull -
The Force Behind the Power Diana Ross -
Leap of Faith Kenny Loggins -
On Every Street Dire Straits -
Psychotic Supper Tesla -
Ropin' the Wind Garth Brooks -
Showstoppers Barry Manilow -
16 Foxbase Alpha Saint Etienne [9]
Laughing Stock Talk Talk -
Wings of Joy Cranes Debut
17 Act Like You Know MC Lyte -
Best O' Boingo Oingo Boingo -
Don't Try This at Home Billy Bragg -
Emotions Mariah Carey -
No More Tears Ozzy Osbourne -
Pretty on the Inside Hole -
Still Feel Gone Uncle Tupelo -
Use Your Illusion I Guns N' Roses -
Use Your Illusion II Guns N' Roses -
19 Live Train to Heartbreak Station Cinderella Live
Mad Mad World Tom Cochrane Canada; released in US in Feb '92
20 The Pod Ween -
22 Meridian Monks of Doom -
23 Screamadelica Primal Scream -
Shake Me Up Little Feat -
Sigh No More Gamma Ray -
Trompe le Monde Pixies -
Waking Up the Neighbours Bryan Adams Canada; released 24 Sep in US
Wretch Kyuss -
24 Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers -
Ceremony The Cult -
Curtis Stigers Curtis Stigers Debut
Face the Nation Kid 'n Play -
Hymns to the Silence Van Morrison -
The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest -
Nevermind Nirvana -
Prove You Wrong Prong -
Rock the House Live! Heart Live
Rock 'til You Drop Status Quo -
Queer Thompson Twins -
30 Ebbhead Nitzer Ebb -
Orbital Orbital Debut[9]
Raise Swervedriver -
Stars Simply Red -
Storyville Robbie Robertson -
? Tribal Voice Yothu Yindi -

October–December[]

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1 Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black Public Enemy -
Diamonds and Pearls Prince & The New Power Generation -
For My Broken Heart Reba McEntire -
The Greatest Hits Cheap Trick Greatest Hits
Scamboogery Scatterbrain -
White Noise Cop Shoot Cop -
3 Mr. Scarface Is Back Scarface Solo Debut
Everclear American Music Club -
4 Welcome to My Dream MC 900 Ft. Jesus -
Miscellaneous T They Might Be Giants B-Sides & Remixes
Streets: A Rock Opera Savatage -
8 Badmotorfinger Soundgarden -
Cool as Ice Vanilla Ice Soundtrack
To Whom It May Concern... Freestyle Fellowship Debut
Whenever We Wanted John Mellencamp -
9 The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...It's the Infectious Grooves Infectious Grooves -
11 Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio Paul McCartney -
14 The First Letter Wir -
Let's Get to It Kylie Minogue -
Live Your Life Be Free Belinda Carlisle -
15 As Ugly as They Wanna Be Ugly Kid Joe -
Chorus Erasure -
Mr. Bad Example Warren Zevon -
Private Line Gerald LeVert -
Vinyl Dramarama -
17 The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth Skyclad -
19 Decade of Decadence Mötley Crüe Compilation
22 Dondestan Robert Wyatt -
Effigy of the Forgotten Suffocation -
Girlfriend Matthew Sweet -
Human Death -
I Wish My Brother George Was Here Del tha Funkee Homosapien Debut
Mississippi Lad Teddy Edwards -
Pennywise Pennywise -
Second Coming Shotgun Messiah -
Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin Various Artists Tribute album
Weld Neil Young Live; initially packaged with Arc CD
A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Black Sheep Debut
Wound Skin Chamber Debut
28 Greatest Hits II Queen Compilation
Rush Street Richard Marx -
29 Death Certificate Ice Cube -
Organized Konfusion Organized Konfusion Debut
Parallels Fates Warning -
Pearl of Great Price Will Debut
Prince of Darkness Big Daddy Kane -
Too Legit to Quit Hammer -
30 Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious Carcass -
No Pocky for Kitty Superchunk -
? Cold World Godflesh EP
For Keeps The Field Mice -
Penny Century The Clouds Debut
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1 Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists -
Infrared Roses Grateful Dead Live Compilation
Night of the Stormrider Iced Earth UK
4 0 + 2 = 1 Nomeansno -
Bandwagonesque Teenage Fanclub -
Discography, The Complete Singles Collection Pet Shop Boys -
Loveless My Bloody Valentine -
Shepherd Moons Enya -
5 Paul Simon's Concert in the Park Paul Simon Live
6 The Sky Is Crying Stevie Ray Vaughan Recorded 1984–'89
6 Ricky Martin Ricky Martin -
10 Sadisfaction Gregorian -
11 Bitterblue Bonnie Tyler -
Essential Divinyls Greatest Hits
Live Baby Live INXS Live
Wall of Hits Slade Compilation
We Can't Dance Genesis -
12 80–85 Bad Religion Compilation
Angel Rat Voivod -
Clandestine Entombed -
For the Boys Bette Midler Soundtrack
In Celebration of Life Yanni -
Real Love Lisa Stansfield -
Swallow This Live Poison 2 discs; Live
2Pacalypse Now 2Pac Debut
18 Now That's What I Call Music! 20 Various Artists Compilation
19 Achtung Baby U2 -
Beckology Jeff Beck Box Set
Cool Hand Lōc Tone Lōc -
Inner Child Shanice -
Pandora's Box Aerosmith Box Set
Romance Luis Miguel -
T.E.V.I.N. Tevin Campbell Debut
26 Dangerous Michael Jackson -
Hook: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack John Williams -
Keep It Comin' Keith Sweat -
? Brown Grotus Debut
Every Man and Woman Is a Star Ultramarine -
No Jive Nazareth -
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3 Affairs of the Heart Jody Watley -
6 Forest of Equilibrium Cathedral -
10 Until the End of the World Various Artists -
12 Lovelyville Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 -
15 V Legião Urbana -
17 Kerplunk Green Day LP Vinyl USA Release
25 Mō Sagasanai Zard -
31 Juice Various Artists Soundtrack
Mental Jewelry Live Debut
? Spine of God Monster Magnet -

Release date unknown[]

Biggest hit singles[]

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1991.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1 Bryan Adams (Everything I Do) I Do it For You 1991 Canada UK 1 – Jun 1991, US BB 1 of 1991, US CashBox 1 of 1991, Holland 1 – Jul 1991, Sweden 1 – Aug 1991, Austria 1 – Aug 1991, Switzerland 1 – Jul 1991, Norway 1 – Jul 1991, Poland 1 – Jul 1991, Germany 1 – Jan 1992, Republic of Ireland 1 – Jul 1991, New Zealand 1 for 8 weeks Aug 1991, Australia 1 for 11 weeks Oct 1991, US BB 3 of 1991, Australia 3 of 1991, POP 3 of 1991, Europe 5 of the 1990s, TOTP 6, Global 7 (10 M sold) – 1991, Italy 9 of 1991, Germany 9 of the 1990s, Scrobulate 30 of ballad, Virgin 60, Party 70 of 2007, RYM 73 of 1991, Poland 96 of all time, OzNet 121, Belgium 150 of all time
2 Michael Jackson Black or White 1991 United States UK 1 – Nov 1991, US BB 1 of 1991, Sweden 1 – Nov 1991, Switzerland 1 – Nov 1991, Norway 1 – Nov 1991, Poland 1 – Nov 1991, Republic of Ireland 1 – Nov 1991, New Zealand 1 for 8 weeks Nov 1991, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Feb 1992, Austria 2 – Nov 1991, Germany 2 – Jan 1992, Holland 3 – Nov 1991, Italy 3 of 1991, US BB 19 of 1991, POP 19 of 1991, Australia 24 of 1992, US CashBox 29 of 1992, RYM 96 of 1991, Germany 115 of the 1990s
3 Roxette Joyride 1991 Sweden US BB 1 of 1991, Holland 1 – Mar 1991, Sweden 1 – Mar 1991, Austria 1 – Mar 1991, Switzerland 1 – Mar 1991, Norway 1 – Mar 1991, Germany 1 – Mar 1991, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Jul 1991, Poland 3 – Apr 1991, UK 4 – Mar 1991, France 7 – Apr 1991, Australia 13 of 1991, Italy 24 of 1991, Germany 24 of the 1990s, US CashBox 33 of 1991, US BB 35 of 1991, POP 37 of 1991
4 Scorpions Wind of Change 1990 Germany Holland 1 – Apr 1991, Sweden 1 – Mar 1991, Austria 1 – Jun 1991, Switzerland 1 – Feb 1991, Norway 1 – Apr 1991, Poland 1 – Mar 1991, Germany 1 of the 1990s, Germany 1 – Apr 1991, UK 2 – Sep 1991, US BB 4 of 1991, Scrobulate 9 of ballad, France 10 – Dec 1990, US BB 24 of 1991, Europe 26 of the 1990s, POP 26 of 1991, RYM 142 of 1990
5 R.E.M. Losing My Religion 1991 United States Holland 1 – Mar 1991, Poland 1 – Apr 1991, Europe 1 of the 1990s, US BB 4 of 1991, Norway 4 – Jun 1991, Sweden 5 – Mar 1991, RYM 5 of 1991, Austria 7 – Aug 1991, Switzerland 11 – Oct 1991, Belgium 12 of all time, UK 19 – Mar 1991, US BB 28 of 1991, Virgin 30, US CashBox 39 of 1991, 39 in 2FM list, Poland 44 of all time, Acclaimed 44, POP 61 of 1991, Scrobulate 69 of rock, Italy 70 of 1991, OzNet 90, WXPN 106, RIAA 143, Rolling Stone 169

Top hits[]

  • "3 a.m. Eternal" – The KLF (#1 FIN, UK, #3 GER)
  • "À nos actes manqués" – Fredericks Goldman Jones (#2 FR)
  • "Addams Groove" – MC Hammer (#4 IRL, UK)
  • "Alive" – Pearl Jam (#9 AUS)
  • "All the Man That I Need" – Whitney Houston (#1 US, CAN)
  • "All This Time" – Sting (#1 CAN, #5 US, #7 NOR)
  • "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" – Monty Python (#1 IRL, #2 AUS, #3 GER, UK)
  • "Always There" – Incognito & Jocelyn Brown (#6 UK, #2 NLD. #8 SWI)
  • "Any Dream Will Do" – Jason Donovan (#1 UK)
  • "Baby Baby" – Amy Grant (#1 US, #2 CAN, NZ, UK)
  • "Bacardi Feeling (Summer Dreamin')" – Kate Yanai (#1 AUT, GER, #2 SWI)
  • "Baila Me" – Gipsy Kings (#5 NLD, #7 BE, #10 AUT)
  • "Beauty and the Beast" – Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson (#2 CAN, #8 NZ, #9 US)
  • "Buenos Amigos" – Alvaro Torres & Selena (#1 US Latin)
  • "The Big L." – Roxette (#9 IRL, #10 SWE)
  • "Black or White" – Michael Jackson
  • "Bohemian Rhapsody" – Queen (#1 UK, IRL, NLD, #5 AUS)
  • "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" – Iron Maiden (#1 UK, FIN, #5 IRL)
  • "Calling Elvis" – Dire Straits (#1 POL, #2 BE, NOR, SWI)
  • "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" – Bryan Adams (#1 CAN, #2 NLD, US)
  • "Can't Let Go" – Mariah Carey (#2 US, #3 CAN)
  • "Caribbean Blue" – Enya (#8 IRL)
  • "Change" – Lisa Stansfield (#2 IT, #6 SP, #7 NLD)
  • "Chorus" – Erasure (#1 ARG, SING, #3 UK)
  • "Colour of Love" – Snap! (#3 IT, #4 AUT, SWI, #6 SWE)
  • "Coming Out of the Dark" – Gloria Estefan (#1 US, CAN, SP, #4 JAP)
  • "Crazy" – Seal (#1 BE, NLD, SWE, SWI)
  • "Cream" – Prince (#1 US, #2 AUS, #3 NOR, SWI)
  • "Crucified" – Army of Lovers (#1 BE, #2 NLD, #3 AUT)
  • "Cry for Help" – Rick Astley (#4 CAN, #7 UK, US)
  • "Danca tago-mago" – Kaoma (#3 FR, #6 BE, POR)
  • "Darlin'" – Roch Voisine (#2 FR, #5 BE)
  • "Deep, Deep Trouble" – The Simpsons (#1 IRL, #7 UK, #10 NZ)
  • "Déjeuner en paix" – Stephan Eicher (#2 FR, #8 BE)
  • "Désenchantée" – Mylène Farmer (#1 FR, #9 CAN)
  • "Dis-moi bébé" – Benny B feat. DJ Daddy K (#4 FR, BE)
  • "Dizzy" – Vic Reeves & The Wonder Stuff (#1 UK)
  • "Do the Bartman" – The Simpsons (#1 AUS, IRL, NZ, NOR, UK)
  • "Do You Remember?" – Phil Collins (#4 US)
  • "Do Anything" – Natural Selection (#2 US)
  • "Don't Cry" – Guns N' Roses (#1 FIN, IRL, #2 NZ, NOR)
  • "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" – George Michael & Elton John (#1 CAN, FR, IT, NLD, NOR, SWI, UK, US)
  • "E vado via" - Félix Gray & Didier Barbelivien (#5 FR)
  • "Emotions" – Mariah Carey (#1 CAN, US, #3 NZ)
  • "Enter Sandman" – Metallica (#1 FIN, #2 NOR, #4 POL, #5 UK)
  • "Esperança do natal" – Chico & Roberta (#3 FR)
  • "Every Heartbeat" – Amy Grant (#2 US, #7 CAN)
  • "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" – Rozalla (#2 BE, CAN, NLD, SP, #3 SWI, #6 GER, SWE, UK)
  • "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" – Bryan Adams
  • "Fångad av en stormvind" – Carola Häggkvist
  • "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)" – Roxette
  • "Finally" – CeCe Peniston (#2 UK, #5 US, IRL, #6 NLD)
  • "The Fly" – U2 (#1 AUS, IRL, NZ, NOR, SP, UK)
  • "From a Distance" – Bette Midler (#6 UK, #8 AUS)
  • "Future Love Paradise" – Seal (#6 NLD, #7 SWI, #8 IRL, #9 NOR)
  • "Get Here" – Oleta Adams (#5 UK, US)
  • "Get Ready for This" – 2 Unlimited (#2 AUS, SP, UK, #3 IRL)
  • "Gett Off" – Prince (#4 UK, #8 AUS)
  • "G.L.A.D" – Kim Appleby
  • "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" – C+C Music Factory (#3 US)
  • "Good Vibrations" – Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch (#1 US, #1 SWI, #2 NOR)
  • "The Grease Megamix" – John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (#1 AUS, SP, #3 NLD, UK)
  • "Give it Away" – Red Hot Chili Peppers (#9 UK)
  • "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)" – Crystal Waters (#1 NLD, IT, SP, SWI)
  • "Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)" – C+C Music Factory (#3 US, #4 SP, #9 NZ)
  • "Highwire" – The Rolling Stones
  • "Hold You Tight" – Tara Kemp (#3 US)
  • "Hole Hearted" – Extreme
  • "How to Dance" – Bingoboys & Princessa
  • "I Adore Mi Amor" – Color Me Badd (#1 US, #8 CAN, NZ)
  • "I Don't Wanna Cry" – Mariah Carey (#1 US, #2 CAN)
  • "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" – Hi-Five (#1 US)
  • "I Love Your Smile" – Shanice (#1 NLD, #2 CAN, US, UK)
  • "Innuendo" – Queen (#1 UK, #3 SWI, #4 NLD, IRL, IT)
  • "I Touch Myself" – Divinyls (#1 AUS, #4 US, #8 IRL)
  • "I Wanna Sex You Up" – Color Me Badd (#1 NZ, UK, #2 US)
  • "I Wonder Why" – Curtis Stigers (#5 UK, #9 US)
  • "Il faut laisser le temps au temps" - Félix Gray & Didier Barbelivien (#1 FR)
  • "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over" – Lenny Kravitz (#2 CAN, US)
  • "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" – Boyz II Men (#2 US)
  • "I've Been Thinking About You" – Londonbeat (#1 AUS, AUT, BE, CAN, FIN, GER, IT, NLD, SP, SWE, SWI, US)
  • "J'ai des doutes" – Sara Mandiano (#10 FR)
  • "J'ai peur" - François Feldman and Joniece Jamison (#7 FR)
  • "Joyride" – Roxette
  • "Just A Groove" – Nomad (#6 NLD, #10 BE, SWI)
  • "Just the Way It Is, Baby" – The Rembrandts (#6 GER, #9 AUT, FR)
  • "Kiss Them for Me" – T'Pau (#1 UK, #2 US)
  • "La Berceuse du petit diable" – Roch Voisine (#3 FR, #6 BE)
  • "La Zoubida" - Lagaf' (#1 FR)
  • "Last Train to Trancentral" – The KLF
  • "Le Dormeur" – Pleasure Game (#5 BE, #9 FR)
  • "Learning to Fly" – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (#1 FIN, #2 UK, NLD, #4 GER, NOR)
  • "Let's Talk About Sex" – Salt-n-Pepa (#1 AUS, AUT, BE, NLD, SWI)
  • "Let There Be Love" – Simple Minds (#4 NLD, #5 IRL, #6 UK)
  • "Losing My Religion" – R.E.M.
  • "Love and Understanding" – Cher (#6 AUT, #7 IRL, #9 BE, NLD)
  • "Love of a Lifetime" – FireHouse
  • "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" – Michael Bolton (#2 CAN, #4 US)
  • "Love... Thy Will Be Done" – Martika (#1 AUS, #4 NZ, #7 CAN)
  • "Love to Hate You" – Erasure (#4 FIN, SWE, UK, #5 IRL, #6 AUT)
  • "Mea Culpa (Part II)" – Enigma (#4 FR, #7 GER, IT, SP)
  • "Mega Mix" – Snap! (#5 NLD, SWI, #7 NZ, #10 SP)
  • "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" / "I Want You" – Robert Palmer
  • "Mistadobalina" – Del tha Funkee Homosapien
  • "More Than Words" – Extreme (#1 BE, CAN, NLD, NZ, US)
  • "The Motown Song" – Rod Stewart (#1 CAN, #10 US)
  • "Motownphilly" – Boyz II Men (#3 US)
  • "Move Any Mountain" – The Shamen (#4 UK, SWI, #5 FIN, #8 BE)
  • "Move That Body" – Technotronic (#3 IRL, #10 SWI)
  • "Mysterious Ways" – U2 (#1 IRL, #3 AUS, NZ)
  • "No Son of Mine" – Genesis (#1 CAN, #3 GER, #4 NOR)
  • "Now That We Found Love" – Heavy D & the Boyz (#2 NL, SWE, UK, #4 GER, SWI)
  • "O.P.P." – Naughty by Nature (#4 CAN, #6 SWI, US)
  • "Obsession" – Army of Lovers (#2 SWE, #5 FIN, SWI, #7 GER)
  • "The One and Only" – Chesney Hawkes (#1 UK, AUT, #2 SWE)
  • "One More Try" – Timmy T (#1 US, #2 NLD, #5 SWE)
  • "Qui a le droit... (live)" – Patrick Bruel (#1 FR)
  • "Pandora's Box" – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (#7 AUT, SWE, UK)
  • "Piece of My Heart" – Tara Kemp (#7 US)
  • "Place in This World" – Michael W. Smith (#6 US)
  • "Place des grands hommes" - Patrick Bruel (#4 FR)
  • "Poupée psychédélique" - Thierry Hazard (#2 FR)
  • "Promise Me" – Beverley Craven (#2 BE, #3 UK, #6 FR)
  • "Qu'est-ce qu'on fait maintenant ?" - Benny B feat. DJ Daddy K (#2 FR, BE)
  • "Radio Song" – R.E.M. (#5 IRL)
  • "Regrets" - Mylène Farmer and Jean-Louis Murat (#2 BE, #3 FR)
  • "Ride Like the Wind" – East Side Beat (#3 UK, #4 BE, IRL, #6 NLD)
  • "Right Here, Right Now" – Jesus Jones (#2 US)
  • "Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)" – De La Soul (#1 FIN, SWI, #2 NLD)
  • "Rescue Me" – Madonna (#3 UK, IRL, #9 US)
  • "Rhythm of My Heart" – Rod Stewart (#1 CAN, IRL, #2 AUT)
  • "Rocket Man" – Kate Bush
  • "Romantic" – Karyn White (#1 US)
  • "Romantic World" - Dana Dawson (#4 FR)
  • "Rush" – Big Audio Dynamite II (#1 AUS, NZ)
  • "Rush Rush" – Paula Abdul (#1 CAN, US, #2 AUS)
  • "Saga Africa" – Yannick Noah (#2 FR)
  • "Sailing on the Seven Seas" – OMD (#3 UK, #9 GER)
  • "Saltwater" – Julian Lennon (#6 UK)
  • "Secret Love" – Bee Gees (#2 AUT, GER, #5 BE, UK)
  • "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" – P.M. Dawn (#1 NZ, US)
  • "Senza una donna" – Zucchero & Paul Young (#1 BE, IT, NOR, SWE)
  • "Send Me An Angel" – Scorpions (#3 POL, #4 NLD, SWE, #5 GER)
  • "Shiny Happy People" – R.E.M. (#2 IRL, #5 CAN, #6 UK)
  • "Shocked" – Kylie Minogue (#1 SLO, #2 IRL, #6 SA, UK)
  • "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" – Cher (#1 AUT, IRL, NOR, UK)
  • "Should I Stay or Should I Go" – The Clash (#1 UK, #2 IRL, NZ, #3 BE, NLD, NOR, POL)
  • "The Show Must Go On" – Queen (#2 FR, #3 POL, #7 GER, NLD)
  • "Silent Lucidity" – Queensrÿche
  • "Sit Down" – James (#2 UK)
  • "Smells Like Teen Spirit" – Nirvana (#1 BE, FR, NZ, SP, #2 GER, NOR)
  • "So Sad" – Gregorian (#1 POR, #9 FR)
  • "Someday" – Mariah Carey (#1 CAN, US)
  • "Something Got Me Started" – Simply Red (#5 AUT, NLD, IT, #6 SWI)
  • "Spending My Time" – Roxette (#9 GER, IT)
  • "Stars" – Simply Red (#8 UK)
  • "Strike It Up" – Black Box (#4 NLD, #8 IRL, US)
  • "Summertime" – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (#4 US, #5 NZ)
  • "That's What Love Is For" – Amy Grant (#7 US)
  • "The Actor" – Michael Learns to Rock
  • "The First Time" – Surface
  • "The Promise of a New Day" – Paula Abdul (#1 US, CAN)
  • "There's No Other Way" – Blur (#8 UK)
  • "There Will Never Be Another Tonight" – Bryan Adams (#2 CAN)
  • "These Are the Days of Our Lives" – Queen
  • "Things That Make You Go Hmmm..." – C+C Music Factory (#2 NZ, #4 UK, US)
  • "Too Legit to Quit" – MC Hammer (#4 NZ, #5 US, #6 UK)
  • "Touch Me (All Night Long)" – Cathy Dennis (#2 US, #5 UK, #9 CAN)
  • "Tout c'qui nous sépare" - Jil Caplan (#6 FR)
  • "Twist and Shout" – Deacon Blue (#10 UK)
  • "Unbelievable" – EMF (#1 US, #3 SWI, UK)
  • "Under the Bridge" – Red Hot Chili Peppers (#1 AUS, BE, NLD, #2 NZ)
  • "Unfinished Sympathy" – Massive Attack (#1 NLD, #9 SWI)
  • "Unforgettable" – Natalie Cole & Nat King Cole (#2 AUS, #7 NZ, #10 IRL)
  • "The Unforgiven" – Metallica (#2 GR, #9 POL)
  • "Walking in Memphis" – Marc Cohn (#7 IRL)
  • "We Should Be Together" – Cliff Richard (#9 IRL, #10 UK)
  • "What Do I Have to Do" – Kylie Minogue
  • "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" – John Farnham + Jimmy Barnes (#3 AUS, #6 NZ)
  • "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" – Diana Ross (#1 IRL, #2 UK)
  • "What Time Is Love?" – The KLF (#5 UK, #6 GER)
  • "What Comes Naturally" – Sheena Easton (#3 AUS)
  • "When a Man Loves a Woman" – Michael Bolton
  • "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" – Celine Dion (#4 NOR, US, #6 CAN)
  • "Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You)" – Pet Shop Boys (#2 FIN, IRL, SP, #3 SWI, #4 UK)
  • "Wildside" – Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
  • "Wind of Change" – Scorpions
  • "You" – Ten Sharp (#1 FR, NOR, SWE)
  • "You Could Be Mine" – Guns N' Roses (#1 FIN, IRL, NZ, SP)
  • "You're in Love" – Wilson Phillips

Top best albums of the year[]

All albums have been named albums of the year for their hits in the charts.[10] '

  1. NirvanaNevermind
  2. Pearl JamTen
  3. My Bloody ValentineLoveless
  4. U2Achtung Baby
  5. Red Hot Chili PeppersBlood Sugar Sex Magik
  6. MetallicaMetallica
  7. Primal ScreamScreamadelica
  8. SlintSpiderland
  9. A Tribe Called QuestThe Low End Theory
  10. Massive AttackBlue Lines
  11. Talk TalkLaughing Stock

Published popular music[]

Classical music[]

  • John CoriglianoSymphony No. 1
  • George CrumbEaster Dawning for carillon
  • Mario DavidovskySimple Dances for flute, two percussion, piano, and cello
  • Joël-François Durandun feu distinct for flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello
  • Lorenzo Ferrero
    • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
    • Parodia, for chamber ensemble
    • Zaubermarsch, for small orchestra
  • Sofia Gubaidulina
    • Gerade und ungerade (Чет и нечет) for seven percussionists, including cymbalom
    • Silenzio for bayan, violin, and cello
  • Angelo Gilardino
    • Musica per l'Angelo della Melancholia, for guitar
    • Variazioni sulla Fortuna, for guitar
  • Karel Goeyvaerts
    • Opbouw (Construction), for orchestra
    • De Zang van Aquarius, version for symphony orchestra
  • Jan KlusákStesk po Mozartovi
  • Ulrich Leyendecker – Symphony No. 3
  • Witold LutosławskiChantefleurs et Chantefables
  • Pehr Henrik Nordgren
    • Going On for double bass and percussion, Op. 77
    • Odotus (Awaiting) for male choir, Op. 78
    • Cronaca for string orchestra, Op. 79
    • Streams for chamber orchestra, Op. 80
  • Kaija Saariaho...à la Fumée
  • John Serry Sr.
    • A Savior Is Born, for organ and voice
    • Dreams Trilogy, for piano
    • La Culebra, for solo flute
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen
    • Elufa, for flute and basset horn, with electronic music ad lib., 9. ex Nr. 64
    • Freia, for flute ex 9½ Nr. 64
  • Joan TowerConcerto for Orchestra
  • Takashi Yoshimatsu
    • Sagittarius Ecologue for bassoon and harp
    • Symphony No. 2 "at Terra" for orchestra
    • Fuzzy Bird Sonata for saxophone and piano
    • 3 White Landscapes for flute, bassoon, and harp
    • Wind Color Vector for Guitar

Opera[]

  • John AdamsThe Death of Klinghoffer, first performance on 19 March at the Théatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium
  • Harrison BirtwistleGawain, first performance on 30 May at the Royal Opera House, London
  • Daniel CatánRappaccini’s Daughter (La hija de Rappaccini)
  • John CoriglianoThe Ghosts of Versailles
  • Meredith MonkAtlas

Jazz[]

Musical theater[]

  • Miss Saigon (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) – Broadway production opened at the Broadway Theatre on 11 April and ran for 4097 performances
  • The Secret Garden – Broadway production opened at the St. James Theatre on 25 April and ran for 706 performances
  • – off-Broadway production opened at the Irving Plaza on 7 May and ran for 459 performances
  • Will Rogers Follies – Broadway production opened at the Palace Theatre on 1 May and ran for 983 performances

Musical films[]

Births[]

  • 8 January
  • 9 January3LAU, American DJ and producer
  • 12 JanuaryPixie Lott, British singer, songwriter and actress[11]
  • 13 JanuaryGoo Hara, Member of Kara, Korean singer
  • 14 JanuaryCat Torres, Australian singer-songwriter, musician, contestant on The Voice Australia
  • 23 JanuaryTorres (musician), American independent singer, songwriter, musician and artist
  • 28 JanuaryC.J. Harris, American singer
  • 1 FebruaryMartha Heredia, Dominican singer
  • 7 FebruaryGabbie Hanna, American rapper, singer, musician, comedienne and author
  • 8 FebruaryNam Woo-hyun, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor
  • 10 February
    • Ceng De Ping, Taiwanese singer
    • Emma Roberts, American actress and singer
  • 11 FebruaryNever Shout Never (Christofer Ingle), American musician
  • 12 FebruaryCasey Abrams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 14 FebruaryKarol G, Colombian singer-songwriter
  • 17 FebruaryEd Sheeran, British singer-songwriter and businessmen (worked with Taylor Swift, Anne-Marie, Nina Nesbitt, Camila Cabello, Tori Kelly, Kasey Chambers, Stormzy, Cardi B and Maisie Peters)
  • 11 FebruaryAllday, Australian musician, rapper, singer-songwriter (The Veronicas, Troye Sivan)
  • 21 February - William Bowery, British musician, producer and songwriter on Folklore and Evermore by Taylor Swift
  • 24 FebruaryTyler Bryant, American rock musician (Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown, Dead Cool Dropouts, Lisa Origliasso)
  • 26 February
    • CL (singer), South Korean singer/songwriter/rapper
    • Lee Chang-sub, South Korean singer
  • 6 MarchTyler, The Creator, American rapper and record producer
  • 8 MarchDevon Werkheiser, American actor and musician
  • 10 MarchKenshi Yonezu, Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, record producer
  • 11 March
  • 13 March - Luan Santana, Brazilian singer-songwriter
  • 16 MarchWolfgang Van Halen, American bassist
  • 25 March
  • 28 MarchAmy Bruckner, American actress and singer
  • 29 MarchIrene, South Korean singer and actress (Red Velvet)
  • 30 MarchNF (rapper), American rapper
  • 2 AprilQuavo, American rapper (migos)
  • 3 AprilHayley Kiyoko, American singer, songwriter, advocate and dancer
  • 4 April
    • Lucas Lucco, Brazilian singer-songwriter
    • Jamie Lynn Spears, American comedienne, singer and actress
  • 7 AprilAnne-Marie, British singer songwriter, dancer, activist, and musician
  • 8 April – Andrea Ross, American singer and actress
  • 10 AprilAmanda Michalka (AJ), American singer-songwriter, musician and actress
  • 15 AprilDaiki Arioka, Japanese singer (Hey! Say! JUMP)
  • 18 AprilJoey Gaydos, American actor and guitarist
  • 27 AprilEric Fukusaki, Peruvian singer based in Japan
  • 30 AprilLindsay Pearce, American singer and actress
  • 10 MayRay Dalton, American singer-songwriter
  • 12 MayJennifer Damiano, American actress and singer
  • 15 MayJed Elliott, British bassist (The Struts)
  • 17 May
  • 19 MayJordan Pruitt, American singer
  • 20 MayBastian Baker, Swiss singer, songwriter, and performer.
  • 22 May
    • Brooke Simpson, American singer-songwriter
    • Suho, South Korean singer (EXO)
  • 23 MayLena Meyer-Landrut, German singer-songwriter and dancer
  • 24 MayErika Umeda, Japanese singer
  • 25 May - Guy Lawrence of EDM House garage band, Disclosure (band)
  • 26 MayAmber Bondin, Maltese singer
  • 27 May – Channii, Dutch singer-songwriter
  • 29 May
    • Kristen Alderson, American actress and singer
    • Matoma, Norwegian DJ and record producer.
  • 31 MayAzealia Banks, American rapper, singer and songwriter
  • 7 JuneFetty Wap American Rapper
  • 12 JuneJessie Reyez, Colombian-Canadian singer-songwriter
  • 14 June – Jesy Nelson, English singer-songwriter, dancer and member of Little Mix
  • 16 JuneJoe McElderry, British singer
  • 17 JuneShura, British singer-songwriter, musician and producer
  • 23 JuneKatie Armiger, American singer.
  • 24 June -Max Ehrich, American singer, actor and dancer
  • 28 JuneSeohyun, member of South Korean pop girl group Girls' Generation
  • 29 JuneNaomi (singer-songwriter), British singer-songwriter
  • 30 JuneMC Davo, Mexican rapper, singer and composer[12]
  • 1 JulySanah Moidutty, Indian singer songwriter
  • 5 July - Sam Fischer, Australian song writer, singer, producer and musician (Demi Lovato)
  • 7 JulyAlesso, Swedish producer and DJ
  • 9 July
    • Mitchel Musso, American actor and musician
    • Clara Hagman, Former Ace of Base member and singer
  • 10 July
    • María Chacón, Mexican actress and singer
    • Angel Haze, American rapper and singer-songwriter
  • 12 JulyDexter Roberts, American singer
  • 15 JulyYuki Kashiwagi, Japanese idol singing group member
  • 17 JulyMann, American rapper
  • 18 JulyKarina Pasian, American Russian multi lingual classical musician and singer
  • 21 JulyLucy Spraggan, British musician
  • 26 JulyNathan Hartono, Singaporean singer and actor
  • 29 JulyMiki Ishikawa, American actress and singer
  • 30 July
    • David Carreira, Portuguese singer, model and actor
    • Diana Vickers, British singer
  • 31 JulyAbhay Jodhpurkar, Indian singer
  • 9 August
    • Candela Vetrano, Argentine actress, singer and model
    • Heize, South Korean singer, rapper, and songwriter
  • 13 AugustDave Days, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 21 August
    • Tess Gaerthé, Dutch singer and actress
    • Jesse Rutherford, American singer and musician
  • 26 AugustAlok, Brazilian DJ and record producer
  • 8 SeptemberNicole Dollanganger, Canadian singer, songwriter, activist and artist (Lana Del Rey, Grimes)
  • 9 SeptemberHunter Hayes, American country singer
  • 11 SeptemberKygo, Norwegian producer and DJ
  • 12 SeptemberImri Ziv, Israeli singer-songwriter
  • 16 SeptemberNoname (rapper), American singer-songwriter, rapper, musician & poet
  • 22 SeptemberChelsea Tavares, American actress and singer
  • 23 SeptemberKey (singer) South Korean singer, actor
  • 1 OctoberVia Vallen, Indonesian dangdut singer
  • 4 October
    • Nicolai Kielstrup, Danish singer
    • Leigh-Anne Pinnock, English singer-songwriter, dancer and member of Little Mix
  • 5 OctoberBetty Who, Australian singer-songwriter
  • 7 OctoberLay Zhang, Chinese singer-songwriter, record producer, director and dancer (EXO)
  • 10 October
    • Gabriella Cilmi, Australian-Italian blues and pop singer-songwriter
    • Lali Espósito, Argentine actress, singer, dancer, model, and songwriter.
  • 17 OctoberBrenda Asnicar, Argentine actress and singer
  • 18 OctoberTyler Posey, American musician and actor
  • 29 OctoberParris Goebel, New Zealand-born choreographer, dancer, singer, director and actress
  • 31 OctoberJordan-Claire Green, American actress and musician
  • 5 NovemberFlume (musician), Australian record producer, musician and DJ
  • 8 NovemberRiker Lynch, American actor, singer and bassist
  • 11 NovemberEmma Blackery British singer-songwriter, musician, beauty blogger, comedienne, and youtuber
  • 13 NovemberMatt Bennett, American actor and singer (Victorious, Ariana Grande)
  • 14 NovemberGallant (singer), American Musician
  • 18 November – , Estonian rapper
  • 22 NovemberSaki Shimizu, Japanese singer
  • 23 November – Harley "Kicks" Alexander-Sule of Rizzle Kicks, and sometimes working under the name: Jimi Charles Moody
  • 25 NovemberKevin Woo, American-South Korean singer and dancer (U-KISS and )
  • 28 NovemberHannah Diamond, English singer-songwriter, photographer, musician, producer and visual artist. (Charlie XCX, A G Cook)
  • 2 December
    • Charlie Puth, American singer, musician, songwriter and record producer.
    • Ainsley Melham, Australian singer, dancer and actor
  • 7 DecemberDori Sakurada, Japanese actor and singer[13]
  • 9 DecemberPnB Rock, American hip hop recording artist
  • 11 DecemberAnna Bergendahl Swedish Irish singer
  • 13 December
    • Jay Greenberg, American composer
    • Dermot Kennedy – Irish singer-songwriter and musician
  • 14 December
    • Offset (rapper), American rapper of the team (Migos)
    • Stefflon Don, British-Jamaican rapper, singer and songwriter.
  • 15 December – Alana Mychal Haim, American guitarist, singer and keyboardist, member of sisterhood and band Haim (Haim, American pop rock band from Los Angeles)
  • 19 December
    • Tom Walker (singer), Scottish singer-songwriter (Zara Larsson, Dodie)
    • Jack River, Australian singer-songwriter, musician and producer
  • 19 December
    • Declan Galbraith, British singer
    • Keiynan Lonsdale, Australian actor, dancer and singer-songwriter
  • 22 DecemberDaBaby, American rapper
  • 23 DecemberYoungstaCPT, South African rapper
  • 24 DecemberLouis Tomlinson, English singer, songwriter and television personality. (British singer in the band One Direction)
  • 27 DecemberChloe Bridges, American actress, singer and pianist
  • 30 DecemberTyler Carter, American singer, rapper and songwriter (Issues, Woe Is Me)
  • DallasK, American music producer and songwriter

Deaths[]

  • 1 JanuaryBuck Ram, American singer and songwriter (The Platters), 83
  • 6 JanuaryAhmed Adnan Saygun, Turkish composer and musicologist, 83
  • 8 JanuarySteve Clark, guitarist of Def Leppard, 30 (overdose of codeine)
  • 14 JanuaryChitragupta, film composer, 73
  • 20 JanuaryStan Szelest American keyboard player (The Band), 47
  • 6 FebruaryDanny Thomas, singer and actor, 79
  • 9 FebruaryJames Cleveland, gospel singer, 59
  • 13 FebruaryFlaviano Labò, operatic tenor, 64
  • 17 FebruaryGitta Alpár, operatic soprano, 88
  • 20 FebruaryIsabelle Delorme, pianist, composer and music teacher, 90
  • 21 FebruaryMargot Fonteyn, ballerina, 71
  • 26 FebruarySlim Gaillard, jazz musician, 75
  • 2 MarchSerge Gainsbourg, singer and songwriter, 62 (heart attack)
  • 13 MarchJimmy McPartland, 83, jazz musician
  • 14 March
    • Jerome Doc Pomus, songwriter, 65
    • Howard Ashman, lyricist, 40 (AIDS-related)
  • 15 MarchBud Freeman, jazz musician, 84
  • 18 MarchDezider Kardoš, Slovak composer, 76
  • 21 MarchLeo Fender, inventor of the electric guitar, 81
  • 25 MarchEileen Joyce, pianist, 83
  • 1 AprilMartha Graham, 96, American dancer and choreographer
  • 4 AprilLouis Guglielmi, 75, French composer
  • 7 April
    • Henry Glover, American songwriter, producer and trumpet player, 69
    • Ruth Page, American dancer and choreographer, 92
  • 8 AprilPer Yngve Ohlin, aka 'Dead', vocalist of Mayhem, 22 (suicide)
  • 13 AprilWilhelm Lanzky-Otto, horn virtuoso, 82
  • 17 AprilJack Yellen, 98, American lyricist
  • 18 AprilBarry Rogers, 55, American jazz and salsa trombonist
  • 20 AprilSteve Marriott, singer, songwriter and guitarist (Small Faces and Humble Pie), 44 (killed in house fire)
  • 21 AprilWilli Boskovsky, conductor, 81
  • 23 AprilJohnny Thunders, rock guitarist and singer, 38 (drug-related)
  • 26 April
    • Leo Arnaud, composer, 86
    • Carmine Coppola, flautist and composer, 80
  • 28 AprilKen Curtis, American singer and actor, 74
  • 29 AprilGonzaguinha, Brazilian singer and composer, 45 (car accident)
  • 3 MayMohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer and composer (b. 1907)
  • 8 May
    • Jean Langlais, composer, 84
    • Rudolf Serkin, pianist, 88
  • 9 May? – Yanka Dyagileva, poet and singer, 24 (drowned)
  • 19 MayOdia Coates, singer, 49 (breast cancer)
  • 23 MayWilhelm Kempff, pianist and composer, 95
  • 24 May
    • Dirk Schoufs, a member of Belgian Band Vaya Con Dios (AIDS-related)
    • Gene Clark, singer-songwriter (The Byrds), 46 (heart attack)
  • 27 MayLeopold Nowak, musicologist, 86
  • 1 JuneDavid Ruffin, singer (The Temptations), 50 (overdose of cocaine)
  • 4 JuneMC Trouble, rapper, 20 (epileptic seizure)
  • 6 JuneStan Getz, US saxophonist, 64
  • 9 JuneClaudio Arrau, pianist, 88
  • 14 JuneJoy Finzi, founder of the Finzi Trust, 84
  • 6 JulyHerminio Giménez, composer, 86
  • 11 JulyHonorata de la Rama, singer, 89
  • 15 JulyBert Convy, American game show host, actor, and singer, 57 (brain tumor)
  • 28 AugustVince Taylor, rock and roll singer, 52 (cancer)
  • 4 September
    • Charlie Barnet, US bandleader, 77
    • Dottie West, American country singer, 58 (car accident)
  • 8 SeptemberAlex North, composer, 80
  • 17 September
    • Zino Francescatti, violinist, 89
    • Rob Tyner, lead singer of MC5, 46 (heart attack)
  • 20 SeptemberTom Anderson, Shetland fiddler
  • 25 SeptemberSydney MacEwan, singer of traditional Scottish and Irish songs, 82
  • 28 September
    • Miles Davis, jazz trumpeter and composer, 65 (stroke)
    • Eugène Bozza, composer, 86
  • 6 OctoberIgor Talkov, Russian singer/songwriter, 34 (murdered)
  • 9 OctoberRoy Black, 48, singer and actor (heart failure)
  • 16 OctoberOle Beich, guitarist and bassist, 36 (drowned)
  • 17 OctoberTennessee Ernie Ford, country musician, 72
  • 25 OctoberBill Graham, rock concert promoter, 60 (helicopter crash)
  • 27 October – Sir Andrzej Panufnik, Polish composer, 75
  • 31 October
    • Joseph Papp, Broadway producer, 70
    • Garvin Bushell, multi-instrumentalist
  • 2 NovemberMort Shuman, songwriter, 54 (complications following a liver operation)
  • 3 NovemberChris Bender, R&B singer, 19 (murdered)
  • 8 NovemberFrances Faye, singer, 79
  • 11 NovemberMorton Stevens, film composer, 62
  • 15 NovemberJacques Morali, disco composer, 44 (AIDS)
  • 24 November
    • Freddie Mercury, singer, 45 (AIDS)
    • Eric Carr, drummer, 41 (cancer)
  • 10 DecemberHeadman Shabalala, member of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, 46 (shot)
  • 13 DecemberStuart Challender, conductor, 44 (AIDS-related)
  • 22 DecemberÉdouard Woolley, tenor, actor, composer and music educator

Awards[]

See also[]

  • 1991 in music (UK)
  • Record labels established in 1991

References[]

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  2. ^ Myers, Paul (25 November 1991). "Queen star dies after Aids statement". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
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