1993 in music

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This is a summary of significant events in music in 1993.

Albert Collins playing event on Washington Mall before the inauguration of US President Bill Clinton.

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Specific genres[]

Events[]

January–February[]

  • January 8 – The U.S. Postal Service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. The design was voted on in February 1992.[1]
  • January 9The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album becomes the first album in history, since the Nielsen SoundScan introduced a computerized sales monitoring system in May 1992, to sell over 1 million copies in one week in the US.
  • January 12Cream reunites for a performance at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Los Angeles, USA.[2] Other inductees include Creedence Clearwater Revival, Ruth Brown, The Doors, Van Morrison, and Sly & The Family Stone.
  • January 13Bobby Brown is arrested in Augusta, Georgia, USA for simulating a sex act onstage.[3]
  • January 24February 1 – The Big Day Out festival takes place in Australia, expanding from its original Sydney venue to include Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide. The festival is headlined by Iggy Pop and Sonic Youth.[4]
  • January 25 – Musician and anti-government activist Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is charged with murder and conspiracy after (according to the Nigerian police) an electrician was beaten to death at his home by his bodyguards.[5]
  • January 31Michael Jackson plays the halftime show of Super Bowl XXVII. The performance is a ratings success and begins a trend of the NFL signing big-name acts to play at the Super Bowl in order to increase the spectacle and hype surrounding the game.
  • February 10Oprah Winfrey interviews Michael Jackson during a US television prime time special. It becomes one of the most watched interviews in television history and is Jackson's first in fourteen years.[6]
  • February 14Harry Nilsson suffers a non-fatal heart attack.[7]
  • February 24 – The 35th Annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles, hosted by Garry Shandling. Eric Clapton won six awards out of nine nominations.

March–April[]

  • March 4Patti LaBelle receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, USA.[8]
  • March 6Whitney Houston's single "I Will Always Love You" posts its 14th week at number 1 in the US.
  • March 20–28 – The second Kempsey Country Music Heritage Week is held in Kempsey, New South Wales.[9]
  • March 22Depeche Mode hits number one in U.S on the Billboard 200 with the album Songs of Faith and Devotion.
  • March 23Luciano Pavarotti undergoes surgery in Rome to remove part of the cartilage in his right knee, after cancelling his La Scala debut of I Pagliacci when he could no longer stand because of acute pain.[10]
  • March 29Suede release their eponymous debut album. It enters the album chart at number 1 in the UK, setting a new record for the fastest-selling debut album by a UK act in Britain.
  • April 12
    • Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from Lenny Kravitz, after a two-year separation.[11]
    • The Grateful Dead sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the San Francisco Giants' home opener at Candlestick Park.
  • April 17The Bangles' Susanna Hoffs marries screenwriter Jay Roach in Los Angeles, USA.[12]
  • April 21 – Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman marries designer Suzanne Accosta in France.[13]
  • April 22The Who's Tommy opens on Broadway.
  • April 24Willie Nelson, John Cougar Mellencamp, Neil Young and more than 30 other artists perform at Farm Aid 6 in Ames, Iowa, US.
  • April 29 – An animated version of Barry White appears on an episode of the US television cartoon series, The Simpsons.[14]

May–June[]

  • May 6 – A government official announced that the Malaysian cabinet will commission musicians to speed up the tempo of the country's national anthem in an effort to make it more dynamic.[15]
  • May 10Hugh Whitaker, former drummer of The Housemartins, is sentenced to six years in jail for attacking an ex–business partner with an axe.[16]
  • May 15 – The 1993 Eurovision Song Contest, held at Green Glens Arena in Millstreet, Ireland, is won by singer Niamh Kavanagh, representing the host country with the song "In Your Eyes". Ireland equal France and Luxembourg's tally of five total Eurovision victories.
  • Janet Jackson's "That's The Way Love Goes" reaches number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and spends eight consecutive weeks at the top spot.
  • May 18 - Janet Jackson releases her 5th studio album titled Janet. It becomes her 3rd consecutive album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming the first album by a female artist to debut at number one in the Nielsen SoundScan Era. It also becomes the highest first week album sales by a female artist in history during that time, selling 350,000 copies.
  • May 27 – June 6 – The second Brisbane Biennial International Music Festival is held.[17]
  • June 7
    • On his 35th birthday, Prince announces that he is changing his name to an unpronounceable symbol. This led to him being called The Artist Formerly Known as Prince until 2000.[18]

July–August[]

  • July 7 – Singer Mia Zapata of punk band The Gits is found dead after being beaten, sexually assaulted and strangled in the Capitol Hill district of Seattle. Her murder goes unsolved for a decade until DNA evidence leads to an arrest and conviction.
  • July 17Guns N' Roses play the final gig on their Use Your Illusion Tour. This will be the last time the original band plays together on stage until 2016.
  • July 18 – At a Lollapalooza concert in Philadelphia, Rage Against the Machine uses their entire 14-minute performance time to protest their single "Killing in the Name" being banned from radio. With only guitar feedback for sound, the group appears on stage naked with the letters "PMRC" painted on their chests and electrical duct tape over their mouths.
  • July 21Ilaiyaraaja becomes the first Asian composer to have a symphony performed by a major UK orchestra (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra).
  • August 3 – Aharon Gorev's Klezmer Symphony, the first of its kind, is featured on the opening concert of the sixth annual International Klezmer Festival in Safed, Israel.[19]
  • August 5 – Singer Natalie Merchant announces on MTV that she is leaving 10,000 Maniacs after 12 years in the band.
  • August 10Mayhem guitarist Euronymous is stabbed to death by fellow band member Varg Vikernes in Oslo, Norway, causing the temporary end of Mayhem.
  • August 24 – News breaks to the public that Michael Jackson is being investigated on allegations of child molestation.
  • August 28Bruce Dickinson plays his final show with Iron Maiden (until his return in 1999) in London. The show is broadcast on British television, and later released on VHS and DVD.

September–October[]

  • September 2Snoop Dogg and his bodyguard are charged with the August 25 murder of a 20-year-old gang member in a drive-by shooting. They are cleared of the charges in 1996.
  • September 14 – A civil lawsuit is filed against Michael Jackson by thirteen-year-old Jordan Chandler and his parents, accusing the singer of sexually abusing the boy over the course of their friendship.
  • September 20Depeche Mode becomes among the earliest bands to go on the Internet to interact with fans, as the group holds a question-and-answer session on AOL. The event is marred by technical difficulties as many participants, including the band members themselves, have trouble logging on to the chat.
  • September 25Madonna starts The Girlie Show World Tour in London, England. And visit some countries for the very first time like Brazil, Argentina, Israel, Turkey, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Australia.
  • September 30 – October 2 – The Abu Ghosh Vocal Music Festival is held, featuring music of Jewish, Christian, and Moslem cultural traditions, and a performance of Handel's Messiah by the Ave Sol Choir from Riga and the Rehovot Camerata Orchestra directed by Avner Biron.[20]
  • October 1MTV Latin America is launched.
  • October 1–3 – Annual Australian Bush Music Festival takes place in Glen Innes.[21]
  • October 17Savatage guitarist and co-founder Christopher Michael "Criss" Oliva killed in a car accident.
  • October 31Tupac Shakur is arrested and charged with shooting two off-duty police officers in Atlanta. The charges are later dropped.

November–December[]

  • November 6–7 – The second annual Tooheys Sydney Country Music Festival, is held at Clarendon (Hawkesbury) Racecourse, in Sydney.[22]
  • November 11Michael Jackson ends his Dangerous World Tour in Mexico City, Mexico.
  • November 12 – Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, responding to an announcement by the Arts Council that they would fund only two of London's four orchestras starting in 1994, confirms he plans to hand back his knighthood and consider leaving the country if this support were to be withdrawn.[23]
  • November 18Nirvana play their unplugged concert in New York for MTV.
  • November 19Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder is arrested in New Orleans, USA on charges of public drunkenness after a bar room brawl.
  • November 19Madonna ends her tour in Tokyo, Japan.
  • November 24 - Janet Jackson begins her Janet World Tour in Cincinnati, Ohio. The opening concert was covered by MTV in a television special featuring brief live performances and coverage from the show.
  • December 22Michael Jackson makes his first public statement regarding the child molestation allegations leveled against him. In a videotaped address, Jackson calls the accusations "totally false" and asks the public to "wait to hear the truth before you label or condemn me."
  • December 31 – The 22nd annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with appearances by Brooks & Dunn, Daryl Hall, Kiss, Joey Lawrence, SWV, and Barry Manilow.

Also in 1993[]

  • Rick Astley retires from the music industry at the age of 27 after selling 40 million records in a five-year period.[24]
  • Keiko Abe becomes the first woman to be inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame.[25]

Bands formed[]

  • See Musical groups established in 1993

Bands disbanded[]

  • See Musical groups disestablished in 1993

Bands reformed[]

  • Big Star
  • Luv'
  • Steely Dan
  • The Seekers

Albums released[]

January–March[]

Date Album Artist Notes
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5 Mark Collie Mark Collie -
Slo*Blo Cell -
6 Lucky Thirteen Neil Young Compilation + unreleased
11 So Close Dina Carroll -
The Way We Walk, Volume Two: The Longs Genesis Live
12 American Grafishy Flipper -
Blue Funk Heavy D & the Boyz -
Edge of Excess Triumph US
No Cure for Cancer Denis Leary -
Tha Triflin' Album King Tee -
Wake Up Screaming Every Mother's Nightmare -
18 Songs from the Mirror Fish Covers
19 12 Inches of Snow Snow -
Body, Mind, Soul Debbie Gibson -
The Erosion of Sanity Gorguts -
The Juliet Letters Elvis Costello and The Brodsky Quartet -
The Wheel Rosanne Cash -
20 Friends Can Be Lovers Dionne Warwick -
25 Barry Live in Britain Barry Manilow Live
Dusk The The -
Perverse Jesus Jones -
Star Belly -
26 Fire in the Dark Billy Dean -
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1 Gorgeous 808 State -
Objection Overruled Accept -
2 Black Mafia Life Above the Law -
In God We Trust Brand Nubian -
Joey Lawrence Joey Lawrence Debut
Rift Phish -
3 Earth 2 Earth -
8 Native Tongue Poison -
Wandering Spirit Mick Jagger -
9 Music 311 -
Off the Ground Paul McCartney -
Slip Quicksand -
Spilt Milk Jellyfish -
Where You Been Dinosaur Jr. -
10 On the Mouth Superchunk -
15 Serenades Anathema -
16 Body Exit Mind New Fast Automatic Daffodils -
The Last Rebel Lynyrd Skynyrd -
Sarsippius' Ark Infectious Grooves -
Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. 2Pac -
Tabula Rasa Einstürzende Neubauten -
19 Happy Nation Ace of Base Europe only
22 New Wave The Auteurs -
Pablo Honey Radiohead Debut
23 19 Naughty III Naughty by Nature -
Boy Krazy Boy Krazy -
The Crying Game: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album Various Artists Soundtrack
Duran Duran Duran Duran -
Fuzzy Grant Lee Buffalo -
Hard Workin' Man Brooks & Dunn -
Live: Right Here, Right Now Van Halen 2x CD, Live
Magic & Madness Circus of Power -
Scenes from the Second Storey The God Machine -
Sister Sweetly Big Head Todd and the Monsters -
Slow Dancing with the Moon Dolly Parton -
Smoke Drivin N Cryin -
Superstar Car Wash Goo Goo Dolls -
? Mr. Machinery Operator Firehose -
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1 Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? The Cranberries -
Against Perfection Adorable Debut
2 CB4 Various Artists Soundtrack
Nanci Griffith Nanci Griffith -
Stain Living Colour -
The Weedkiller's Daughter John & Mary US
5 Cereal Killer Soundtrack Green Jellÿ
8 Frank Black Frank Black -
9 Alibis Tracy Lawrence -
Animals with Human Intelligence Enuff Z'nuff -
Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz -
The Best of Van Morrison Volume Two Van Morrison Compilation
Everyday Widespread Panic -
Link Øystein Sevåg -
Numb Hammerbox -
So Tough Saint Etienne -
Ten Summoner's Tales Sting -
15 Coverdale-Page Coverdale-Page -
16 Colour of Your Dreams Carole King -
I Hear Black Overkill -
The Polyfuze Method Kid Rock -
19 Till Death Do Us Part Geto Boys -
21 Instant Replay Pizzicato Five Live
22 A Real Live One Iron Maiden Live
Songs of Faith and Devotion Depeche Mode -
Space Age Bachelor Pad Music Stereolab EP
23 Ahead of Their Time The Mothers of Invention Live 1968
The Bliss Album…? (Vibrations of Love and Anger and the Ponderance of Life and Existence) P.M. Dawn -
For the Beauty of Wynona Daniel Lanois -
Glazed Mystery Machine -
Home Invasion Ice-T -
Independent Worm Saloon Butthole Surfers -
Songs from the Rain Hothouse Flowers -
This Time Dwight Yoakam -
25 Big Body P-Model -
Peligro Shakira -
29 Phobia The Kinks -
Suede Suede -
30 14 Shots to the Dome LL Cool J -
Ask Questions Later Cop Shoot Cop -
Bacdafucup Onyx Debut
Here Come the Lords Lords of the Underground Debut

April–June[]

Date Album Artist Notes
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6 Beaster Sugar EP
Black Tie White Noise David Bowie -
Edge of Thorns Savatage -
Harbor Lights Bruce Hornsby -
In My Time Yanni -
Superjudge Monster Magnet -
Undertow Tool Debut
12 In Concert/MTV Plugged Bruce Springsteen Live
13 Learning to Flinch Warren Zevon Live
San Francisco Days Chris Isaak -
Taxi Bryan Ferry -
Today's Active Lifestyles Polvo -
Waiting for You Gordon Lightfoot -
19 Five Live George Michael and Queen Live EP
20 Dive Sarah Brightman -
Earth and Sun and Moon Midnight Oil -
The Full-Custom Gospel Sounds of the Reverend Horton Heat The Reverend Horton Heat -
Get a Grip Aerosmith -
The Grand Tour Aaron Neville -
Pork Soda Primus -
Shania Twain Shania Twain -
Toby Keith Toby Keith -
26 The Infotainment Scan The Fall -
Bubble & Scrape Sebadoh -
27 Exposed Vince Neil -
Porno for Pyros Porno for Pyros -
Frosting on the Beater The Posies -
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3 Formaldehyde (album) Terrorvision Debut
Republic New Order -
4 Down with the King Run–D.M.C. -
Dragline Paw -
Kill My Landlord The Coup Debut
Rid of Me PJ Harvey -
SlaughtaHouse Masta Ace -
Thousand Roads David Crosby -
Which Doobie U B? Funkdoobiest -
Live! Selena Live
7 With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness At the Gates -
10 Modern Life Is Rubbish Blur -
On the Night Dire Straits Live
Rancid Rancid -
11 Out of Body The Hooters -
Symphony or Damn Terence Trent D'Arby -
Tell Me Why Wynonna Judd -
Whatever Aimee Mann Debut
17 Dreamland Aztec Camera -
Emergency on Planet Earth Jamiroquai Debut, UK
18 Alive III Kiss Live
Pull Winger
Janet Janet Jackson US
Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 Guru -
Painted Desert Serenade Joshua Kadison -
19 Organix The Roots Debut
21 Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? Nomeansno -
24 More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits ABBA Greatest Hits
Unplugged...and Seated Rod Stewart Live
25 Dream Harder The Waterboys -
Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe Fishbone -
Kamakiriad Donald Fagen -
Me Amarás Ricky Martin -
Sound of White Noise Anthrax -
26 Charlie Parker on Dial: The Complete Sessions Charlie Parker -
31 Chameleon Helloween -
How to Clean Everything Propagandhi Debut
The Daily Grind No Use for a Name EP
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1 Boces Mercury Rev -
Far Gone Love Battery -
Gravity's Rainbow Pat Benatar -
Hootie Mack Bell Biv DeVoe -
Souvlaki Slowdive -
2 All Samples Cleared! Biz Markie -
4 Pottymouth Bratmobile -
7 Elemental Tears for Fears -
There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You Palace Brothers -
8 Breaking Silence Janis Ian -
Last Action Hero Various Artists Soundtrack
Saturation Urge Overkill -
Supermodel of the World RuPaul -
Too Long in Exile Van Morrison -
Wide River Steve Miller Band -
11 Mood Swings Harem Scarem -
14 Mi Tierra Gloria Estefan -
Liberator Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark -
15 14 Songs Paul Westerberg
Neil Young Unplugged Neil Young Live
Psychoderelict Pete Townshend
19 Crazy Legs Jeff Beck -
21 Gold Against the Soul Manic Street Preachers -
Joy and Blues Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers -
A Storm in Heaven Verve Debut
22 Ain't No Other MC Lyte -
Aries Luis Miguel -
Covenant Morbid Angel -
Exile in Guyville Liz Phair -
Experience the Divine Bette Midler Greatest Hits
Here's to New Dreams Raven-Symoné Debut
Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid Collective Soul Debut
It Won't Be the Last Billy Ray Cyrus -
Sons of Soul Tony! Toni! Toné! -
Transmissions from the Satellite Heart The Flaming Lips -
24 Audience with the Mind The House of Love -
Under a Funeral Moon Darkthrone -
25 Mortal Kombat II: Music from the Arcade Game Soundtrack Dan Forden limited-time offer
28 Insanity and Genius Gamma Ray -
Live & Loud Ozzy Osbourne Live
29 Back to Broadway Barbra Streisand -
Crazy Legs Jeff Beck Gene Vincent covers
Cyberpunk Billy Idol -
Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys The Beach Boys Box set
Poetic Justice Various Artists Soundtrack
30 Hat Full of Stars Cyndi Lauper -
Individual Thought Patterns Death -
In on the Kill Taker Fugazi -

July–September[]

Date Album Artist Notes
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1 Walthamstow East 17 Debut
5 Julius Caesar Smog -
6 No World Order TR-i (Todd Rundgren) -
Sweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria Williams Various Artists Victoria Williams tribute
Vagina Diner Akinyele Debut
Zooropa U2 -
10 Yoreru Omoi Zard -
12 The Sound of Speed The Jesus and Mary Chain Compilation
13 Altered Beast Matthew Sweet -
Debut Björk Solo Debut
Toni Braxton Toni Braxton Debut
What Is a Rumpletilskin? Rumpletilskinz Debut
19 Debravation Deborah Harry UK
20 The Anthology Bachman–Turner Overdrive Compilation
Bargainville Moxy Früvous -
Black Sunday Cypress Hill -
Candlebox Candlebox -
Chrome Catherine Wheel -
Picture of Health The Headstones -
Whoomp! (There It Is) Tag Team -
22 Bill Tripping Daisy Debut
26 The Battle Rages On... Deep Purple -
Born Gangstaz Boss -
Evolution Oleta Adams -
27 Haircut George Thorogood -
Fake Train Unwound -
Promises and Lies UB40 -
Represent Fat Joe -
Sex & Religion Vai -
Siamese Dream The Smashing Pumpkins -
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1 Now That's What I Call Music! 25 Various Artists Compilation UK
3 Become What You Are The Juliana Hatfield Three -
Da Bomb Kris Kross -
The Outer Limits Voivod -
Tuesday Night Music Club Sheryl Crow -
Voice of Jamaica Buju Banton -
9 Perfect Teeth Unrest [26]
10 Dig I Mother Earth -
Emergency on Planet Earth Jamiroquai US
Live James Taylor 2-disc; Live
River of Dreams Billy Joel -
16 Breaking Things ALL -
Liberation The Divine Comedy -
17 Bloody Kisses Type O Negative -
Earth vs the Wildhearts The Wildhearts -
Enemy of the Sun Neurosis -
Everything Joe -
Over My Heart Laura Branigan -
Rise Bad Brains -
The World Is Yours Scarface -
Transnational Speedway League: Anthems, Anecdotes, and Undeniable Truths Clutch -
24 For the Cool in You Babyface -
Kerosene Hat Cracker -
Pure Pleasure Shaggy -
Set the World on Fire Annihilator -
Sleeper Tribe -
Spinning Around the Sun Jimmie Dale Gilmore -
Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements Stereolab -
You Been Played Smooth -
30 Last Splash The Breeders -
Skydancer Dark Tranquillity -
Tales of Ephidrina Amorphous Androgynous -
Unknown Road Pennywise -
31 Giant Steps The Boo Radleys -
In Pieces Garth Brooks -
Music Box Mariah Carey -
Up on the Roof: Songs from the Brill Building Neil Diamond Covers album
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1 One Night in Time Donovan -
Shinola Energy Orchard -
2 Chaos A.D. Sepultura -
6 Post Historic Monsters Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine -
Wild Wood Paul Weller -
7 American Caesar Iggy Pop -
Human Wheels John Mellencamp -
10 Grin Coroner -
Icky Mettle Archers of Loaf -
13 Into the Labyrinth Dead Can Dance -
14 August and Everything After Counting Crows -
Cure for Pain Morphine -
Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell Meat Loaf -
Focus Cynic -
The Hits/The B-Sides Prince 3-disc compilation; Discs 1 and 2 also sold separately
Judgement Night Various Artists Soundtrack
Some Fantastic Place Squeeze -
Traffic from Paradise Rickie Lee Jones -
War of Words Fight debut album
21 Concentration Machines of Loving Grace -
Face the Heat Scorpions -
Houdini Melvins -
In Utero Nirvana -
The Problem with Me Seam -
Recipe for Hate Bad Religion -
Show The Cure Live
Stone Cold World A.L.T. -
Yes I Am Melissa Etheridge -
22 Double Easy – The U.S. Singles Happy Mondays US-only Compilation
24 Buhloone Mindstate De La Soul -
27 Very Pet Shop Boys -
Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) Digable Planets -
Transfusion Powderfinger EP
28 93 'til Infinity Souls of Mischief -
187 He Wrote Spice 1 -
Believe in Me Duff McKagan -
Body & Soul Rick Astley -
Cowgirl's Prayer Emmylou Harris -
Easy Come, Easy Go George Strait -
Faithlift Spirit of the West -
Icon Paradise Lost -
Live Seeds Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Live
Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings The Police Box set
Morbid Florist Anal Cunt EP
Nothing Above My Shoulders but the Evening Ray Lynch -
Return of the Boom Bap KRS-One -
They're All Gonna Laugh at You! Adam Sandler -
Violent New Breed Shotgun Messiah -
Water Saigon Kick -
29 Real Belinda Carlisle -

October–December[]

Date Album Artist Notes
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1 Those of the Unlight Marduk -
4 Get into You Dannii Minogue -
Thirteen Teenage Fanclub -
Wolverine Blues Entombed -
5 Alapalooza "Weird Al" Yankovic -
Anodyne Uncle Tupelo -
The Body-Hat Syndrome Digital Underground -
Christmas Interpretations Boyz II Men Christmas
Dos Altered State -
Gentlemen The Afghan Whigs -
Laid James -
Mezcal Head Swervedriver -
Painful Yo La Tengo -
Phaseshifter Redd Kross -
Retro Active Def Leppard Compilation
So Tonight That I Might See Mazzy Star -
Steppin' Out Tony Bennett Fred Astaire Tribute
Titanic Days Kirsty MacColl -
Shame + A Sin Robert Cray -
8 A Bigger Piece of Sky Robert Earl Keen -
10 C'est déjà ça Alain Souchon -
11 Everything Changes Take That -
I'm Alive Jackson Browne -
Imaginary Friend Th' Faith Healers -
Tindersticks Tindersticks -
12 Angst KMFDM -
Aurora Gory Alice Letters To Cleo -
Come On Feel The Lemonheads The Lemonheads -
Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles Various Artists Eagles tribute
Hey, Man, Smell My Finger George Clinton -
Take Me as I Am Faith Hill -
Very Necessary Salt-n-Pepa -
18 Heartwork Carcass -
A Real Dead One Iron Maiden Live
Silhouette in Red Bonnie Tyler -
Together Alone Crowded House -
19 4-Track Demos PJ Harvey Demos
Counterparts Rush -
The Christmas Album David Foster and Various Artists Christmas
Electra 2000 Hum -
Enta da Stage Black Moon -
Inhaler Tad -
Mexican Moon Concrete Blonde -
Plantation Lullabies Meshell Ndegeocello -
Possum Dixon Possum Dixon debut
Show The Cure Live
Vs. Pearl Jam -
20 Greatest Hits Richard Marx Compilation
22 Fumbling Towards Ecstasy Sarah McLachlan -
23 Get in Where You Fit In Too Short -
24 It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa Eazy-E -
26 Born to Choose Various Artists -
Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew Mudhoney EP
I'm Ready Tevin Campbell -
God Shuffled His Feet Crash Test Dummies -
MTV Unplugged 10,000 Maniacs Live
No Alternative Various Artists AIDS Benefit
Paris The Cure Live
Pussy Whipped Bikini Kill -
Shaq Diesel Shaquille O'Neal Debut
The Song Remembers When Trisha Yearwood -
Try Anything Once Alan Parsons -
When My Heart Finds Christmas Harry Connick, Jr. Christmas
World Gone Wrong Bob Dylan -
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1 The Red Shoes Kate Bush -
2 The Black Rider Tom Waits Soundtrack
Duets Frank Sinatra -
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues k.d. lang Soundtrack
Find Your Way Gabrielle -
First Christmas BeBe & CeCe Winans Christmas
Full Moon, Dirty Hearts INXS -
Jericho The Band -
So Far So Good Bryan Adams Compilation
The Yellow Shark Frank Zappa -
3 Angels Cry Angra -
Espresso Logic Chris Rea UK
8 The Buddha of Suburbia David Bowie TV soundtrack
Live at Donington Iron Maiden Live
Paul Is Live Paul McCartney Live
Freedom Yothu Yindi -
9 Both Sides Phil Collins -
The Colour of My Love Celine Dion North America
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan -
12 Play R. Kelly Debut
Intimacy Jody Watley -
Love Tara Eric's Trip -
Midnight Marauders A Tribe Called Quest -
Poetenes Evangelium Morten Harket -
Remember Two Things The Dave Matthews Band Independent release
Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix Various Artists Jimi Hendrix tribute
15 Flashback Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Compilation
Now That's What I Call Music! 26 Various Artists Compilation
On Aphex Twin EP
16 Black Reign Queen Latifah -
Deluxe Better Than Ezra Swell Records; re-issued on Elektra in 1995
Desire Walks On Heart -
Hand on the Torch Us3 -
The One Thing Michael Bolton -
Romulus Hunt: A Family Opera Carly Simon -
Shock of the Hour MC Ren -
The Singles Collection David Bowie Compilation
Straight Up Sewaside Das EFX -
18 Montage Kenny G Compilation
21 Dreams Never Die Tiffany -
22 Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones Compilation
Nightcap Jethro Tull UK; archive recordings
23 The Beavis and Butt-head Experience Various Artists -
Doggystyle Snoop Doggy Dogg -
Duets Elton John -
Gypsy Bette Midler Soundtrack
The Album Haddaway -
High-Tech Redneck George Jones -
Live Shit: Binge & Purge Metallica Live Box
No Need for Alarm Del the Funky Homosapien -
Pale Sun, Crescent Moon Cowboy Junkies -
The Sign Ace of Base North American/Japanese version of Happy Nation
"The Spaghetti Incident?" Guns N' Roses Covers album
Squint Steve Taylor -
Winter Light Linda Ronstadt -
26 Live MCMXCIII The Velvet Underground Live
29 Bastards Motörhead -
Incunabula Autechre [27]
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1 Acid Eaters Ramones -
Dubnobasswithmyheadman Underworld -
6 Songs of Faith and Devotion Live Depeche Mode Live
The Cross of Changes Enigma -
7 Domino Domino -
Lethal Injection Ice Cube -
Right Back at Cha Shai EP
What's the 411? Remix Mary J. Blige Remix
8 Charlie Hunter Trio Charlie Hunter Trio -
9 Pop Smear The Verve Pipe -
10 Soli Deo Gloria Apoptygma Berzerk -
14 Beethoven's 2nd: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Ralph Edelman and Various Artists Soundtrack
Dance of December Souls Katatonia -
Desensitized Pitchshifter -
Wayne's World 2 Various Artists Soundtrack
21 Diary of a Mad Band Jodeci -
N/A Dick's Picks Volume 1 Grateful Dead Live
Quique Seefeel [28]

Release date unknown[]

Biggest hit singles[]

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1993.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart entries
1 Meat Loaf I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) 1993 United States UK 1 – Oct 1993, US BB 1 of 1993, The Netherlands 1 – Oct 1993, Austria 1 – Nov 1993, Switzerland 1 – Nov 1993, Norway 1 – Oct 1993, Germany 1 – Jan 1994, Republic of Ireland 1 – Oct 1993, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1993, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Dec 1993, Sweden 2 – Oct 1993, Poland 5 – Nov 1993, Australia 5 of 1993, France 10 – Sep 1993, US BB 15 of 1993, Europe 20 of the 1990s, Germany 28 of the 1990s, US CashBox 32 of 1994, POP 34 of 1993, Belgium 210 of all time, OzNet 375
2 UB40 I Can't Help Falling in Love With You 1993 United Kingdom UK 1 – May 1993, US BB 1 of 1993, US CashBox 1 of 1993, The Netherlands 1 – May 1993, Sweden 1 – Jun 1993, Austria 1 – Jul 1993, New Zealand 1 for 11 weeks Jun 1993, Australia 1 for 7 weeks Oct 1993, Switzerland 2 – Jun 1993, Germany 2 – Jun 1993, Australia 3 of 1993, Norway 4 – Jun 1993, US BB 6 of 1993, POP 6 of 1993, France 10 – May 1993, Poland 12 – Aug 1993, Scrobulate 48 of reggae, Germany 85 of the 1990s, Italy 88 of 1993, OzNet 836
3 4 Non Blondes What's Up? 1993 United States The Netherlands 1 – Jul 1993, Sweden 1 – Aug 1993, Austria 1 – Aug 1993, Switzerland 1 – Jul 1993, Norway 1 – Jul 1993, Poland 1 – Jul 1993, Germany 1 – Jul 1993, Republic of Ireland 1 – Jul 1993, UK 2 – Jun 1993, Italy 8 of 1993, Australia 10 of 1993, US BB 14 of 1993, Germany 17 of the 1990s, US BB 31 of 1993, Scrobulate 46 of 90s, US CashBox 50 of 1993, RYM 61 of 1993, Europe 62 of the 1990s, POP 67 of 1993, Belgium 209 of all time
4 Snow Informer 1992 Canada US BB 1 of 1993, Sweden 1 – Mar 1993, Switzerland 1 – Apr 1993, Norway 1 – Apr 1993, Germany 1 – Apr 1993, Republic of Ireland 1 – Apr 1993, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks May 1993, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1993, UK 2 – Mar 1993, The Netherlands 2 – Mar 1993, Austria 3 – May 1993, Australia 6 of 1993, US CashBox 9 of 1993, US BB 13 of 1993, POP 51 of 1993, Germany 52 of the 1990s, Italy 68 of 1993
5 Haddaway What is Love? 1993 Trinidad and Tobago US BB 1 of 1993, The Netherlands 1 – Apr 1993, France 1 – Apr 1993, Austria 1 – May 1993, Switzerland 1 – Apr 1993, Norway 1 – Apr 1993, Republic of Ireland 1 – Jul 1993, POP 1 of 1993, UK 2 – Jun 1993, Sweden 2 – Mar 1993, Germany 2 – Mar 1993, Scrobulate 4 of 90s, Italy 5 of 1993, Germany 10 of the 1990s, US BB 11 of 1993, RYM 154 of 1993

Top hits[]

  • "7" – Prince (US #7)
  • "Again" – Janet Jackson (US #1, CAN #2)
  • "Ain't It Fun" – Guns N' Roses (#5 SWE, #9 UK)
  • "All for Love" – Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting (#1 AUS, AUT, CAN, DEN, FIN, GER, IRL, IT, JAP, SWE, SWI, US)
  • "All That She Wants" – Ace of Base (#1 AUS, AUT, BE, CAN, DEN, GER, IT, SP, SWI, UK)
  • "Almost Unreal" – Roxette (#6 NOR, #7 UK, #8 SWE)
  • "Alright" – Kris Kross & Super Cat (#8 NZ)
  • "Angel" – Jon Secada (#1 US Latin)
  • "Animal Nitrate" – Suede (#7 UK)
  • "Anniversary" – Tony! Toni! Toné! (#10 US)
  • "Another Sad Love Song" – Toni Braxton (#7 US)
  • "Anything" – Culture Beat (#3 AUT, IRL, #4 FR, GER, NLD, SP)
  • "Are You Gonna Go My Way" – Lenny Kravitz (#1 AUS, #2 NZ, #4 FR, UK)
  • "Babe" – Take That (#1 UK, IRL)
  • "Bad Boys" (theme from Cops) – Inner Circle (#1 FIN, NOR, #2 SWE, #8 US)
  • "Bad Girl" – Madonna (#3 IT, #10 UK)
  • "Bed of Roses" – Bon Jovi (#9 NLD, SWI, #10 US, AUS)
  • "Believe" – Lenny Kravitz
  • "Big Gun" – AC/DC (#5 SWI, #8 NOR)
  • "Bombtrack" – Rage Against the Machine
  • "Boom Shack-A-Lak" – Apache Indian (#5 UK)
  • "Boom! Shake the Room" – Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince (#1 AUS, IRL, SP, UK)
  • "Both Sides of the Story" – Phil Collins (#2 CAN, #3 IT, #7 BE, UK)
  • "Break It Down Again" – Tears for Fears (#4 CAN, #7 IT)
  • "Breathe Again" – Toni Braxton (#2 AUS, NZ, UK, #3 US)
  • "Bye Bye Baby" – Madonna (#7 IT)
  • "Ça plane pour moi" – leila K
  • "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)" – Us3 (#9 US)
  • "Can You forgive Her?" – Pet Shop Boys (#2 FIN, FR, #7 UK)
  • "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" – Taylor Dayne (#2 AUS, #6 JAP)
  • "Can't Help Falling in Love" – UB40
  • "Cat's in the Cradle" – Ugly Kid Joe (#1 AUS, #2 NOR, #4 NZ, SWE)
  • "Come Baby Come" – K7 (#3 IRL, UK)
  • "Come Undone" – Duran Duran (#1 ISR, #2 CAN, #6 IT, #7 US)
  • "Condemnation" – Depeche Mode (#3 SWE, #5 FIN, #9 SP, UK)
  • "Cose della vita" – Eros Ramazzotti (#1 BE, #3 SP, #4 IT)
  • "Creep" – Radiohead (#3 NOR, #6 AUS, #7 UK)
  • "Cryin'" – Aerosmith (#1 NOR, POL, #3 SWE)
  • "The Crying Game" – Boy George (#1 CAN, #15 US)
  • "Darla dirladada" – G.O. Culture (#1 FR)
  • "Deep" – East 17 (#5 UK, JAP, #6 SWE, #7 AUS, IRL)
  • "Deeper and Deeper" – Madonna (#1 ITA, #2 CAN, #6 UK, IRE, #7 US)
  • "Don't Walk Away" – Jade (#4 US, #7 UK)
  • "Do You See the Light (Looking For)" – Snap! (#1 FIN, #4 BE, #8 AUT, #9 IRL, NLD)
  • "Dre Day" – Dr. Dre & Snoop Doggy Dogg (#8 US)
  • "Dreamlover" – Mariah Carey (#1 US, CAN)
  • "Dreams" – Gabrielle (#1 UK, #2 AUS, IRL, #5 IT, SWE)
  • "Dum Da Dum" – Melodie MC
  • "Easy" – Faith No More (#1 AUS, #2 NOR, #3 BE, FIN, UK)
  • "Everybody Hurts" – R.E.M. (#3 FR, #6 AUS, IRL, #7 UK)
  • "Exterminate!" – Snap! (#1 FIN, SP, #2 IRL, SWI, UK)
  • "Faces" – 2 Unlimited (#2 NLD, #3 BE, #4 SP)
  • "Feels Like Heaven" – Urban Cookie Collective (#5 UK, #10 AUS)
  • "Fever" – Madonna (#1 FIN, #6 IRL, UK)
  • "For Whom the Bell Tolls" – Bee Gees (#1 BRA, #4 UK, #6 IRL)
  • "Freak Me" – Silk (#1 US, #3 AUS)
  • "Gangsta Lean" – D.R.S. (#1 NZ, #4 US)
  • "Get-A-Way" – Maxx (#3 AUT, NLD, SWE, #4 DEN, UK)
  • "Getto Jam" – Domino
  • "Girl I've Been Hurt" – Snow
  • "Girl U For Me" – Silk
  • "Give In to Me" – Michael Jackson & Slash
  • "Give It Up" – Cut 'N' Move
  • "Go on Move" – Reel 2 Real
  • "Go West" – Pet Shop Boys
  • "Got to Get It" – Culture Beat
  • "Hat 2 da Back" – TLC
  • "Have I Told You Lately" – Rod Stewart
  • "Heart-Shaped Box" – Nirvana
  • "Hero" – Mariah Carey
  • "Hey Mr. D.J." – Zhané (#6 US, #9 AUS)
  • "Higher Ground" – UB40 (#8 UK, NLD, NZ)
  • "Hip Hop Hooray" – Naughty by Nature (#6 NZ, #8 US)
  • "Hope of Deliverance" – Paul McCartney (#1 SP, #3 GER, #4 AUT, NOR)
  • "I Don't Wanna Fight" – Tina Turner (#1 CAN, #7 NZ, #8 BE, IT, NOR)
  • "I Feel You" – Depeche Mode
  • "I Get Around" – 2Pac
  • "I Have Nothing" – Whitney Houston (#1 US, CAN, UK)
  • "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston (#1 US, AUS, NZ, UK)
  • "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" – Meat Loaf
  • "I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me" – Exposé (#8 US)
  • "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" – Bon Jovi
  • "I'm Every Woman" – Whitney Houston
  • "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" – The Proclaimers
  • "I'm So Into You" – SWV
  • "If" – Janet Jackson
  • "If I Can't Have You" – Kim Wilde
  • "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" – Sting (#17 US)
  • "If I Had No Loot" – Tony! Toni! Toné!
  • "In All the Right Places" - Lisa Stansfield
  • "In These Arms" – Bon Jovi
  • "Is It Love" – Twenty 4 Seven
  • "It Keeps Rainin'" – Bitty McLean (UK #2)
  • "Informer" – Snow
  • "I've Got You Under My Skin" – Frank Sinatra & Bono
  • "Jessie" – Joshua Kadison (#6 AUT, NLD, #9 DEN)
  • "Just Kickin' It" – Xscape (#2 US)
  • "Keep on Dancing" – DJ BoBo (#1 FIN, #2 SWI, #5 GER)
  • "La solitudine" – Laura Pausini (#1 BE, IT, NLD)
  • "Life" – Haddaway (#1 FIN, SP, SWE)
  • "Linger" – The Cranberries (#3 IRL, #4 CAN)
  • "Little Bird" - Annie Lennox
  • "Living on My Own" – Freddie Mercury (#1 UK, FR)
  • "Looking Through Patient Eyes" – P.M. Dawn (#1 CAN, #6 US)
  • "Love Can Move Mountains" – Celine Dion (#2 CAN)
  • "Love Is" – Vanessa L. Williams & Brian McKnight (#3 US)
  • "Love Sees No Colour" – U96 (#3 AUT, #4 FIN, SWE, SWI, #5 SP)
  • "Love Song for a Vampire" – Annie Lennox (#3 UK, IRL)
  • "Luv 4 Luv" – Robin S. (#4 NLD, #5 BE)
  • "Man on the Moon" – R.E.M. (#4 CAN)
  • "Mary Jane's Last Dance" – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (#5 CAN)
  • "Maximum Overdrive" – 2 Unlimited (#1 FIN, SP, #4 BE, #5 NLD)
  • "More and More" – Captain Hollywood Project (#1 GER, #2 BE, #3 AUT, NOR, SWE, SWI)
  • "Moving on up" – M People (#2 UK, #3 FR, #4 AUT, IRL, NZ)
  • "Mr. Jones" – Counting Crows (#1 CAN, #7 FR)
  • "Mr. Vain" – Culture Beat (#1 AUS, AUT, BE, FIN, GER, IRL, IT, NLD, NOR, SWI, UK)
  • "Night in Motion" – U96 (#7 AUT, FIN, #9 GER)
  • "No Limit" – 2 Unlimited (#1 AUT, BE, FIN, FR, IRL, NLD, NOR, SP, SWE, SWI, UK)
  • "No Rain" – Blind Melon (#1 CAN, #8 AUS)
  • "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" – Dr. Dre & Snoop Doggy Dogg (#2 US)
  • "One Night in Heaven" – M People (#6 UK)
  • "Only with You" – Captain Hollywood Project (#2 FIN, #3 BE, SP, #4 GER)
  • "Oh Carolina" – Shaggy (#1 UK, IRL, #2 AUT, NZ)
  • "Open Sesame" – Leila K (#1 BE, #2 NLD, #3 IT)
  • "Ordinary World" – Duran Duran (#1 CAN, #2 IT, #3 IRL, US)
  • "Please Forgive Me" – Bryan Adams (#1 CAN, AUS, BE, IRL, NOR)
  • "Plush" – Stone Temple Pilots
  • "Power of American Natives" – Dance 2 Trance & Linda Rocco (#3 NDL, FIN, #5 NOR)
  • "The Power of Love" – Celine Dion (#1 CAN, AUS, US)
  • "Pray" – Take That (#1 UK, #2 IRL, ISR)
  • "Queen of the Night" – Whitney Houston
  • "Rain" – Madonna (#2 CAN, JAP, #5 AUS, #7 UK, IRE, #9 ITA)
  • "The Red Strokes" – Garth Brooks (#7 IRL)
  • "Regret" – New Order (#4 UK, #5 URL)
  • "Relax '93" - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
  • "Relight My Fire" – Take That & Lulu (#1 UK, ISR)
  • "Right Here/Human Nature" – SWV (#3 UK, #7 NZ)
  • "Rooster" – Alice in Chains
  • "The River of Dreams" – Billy Joel (#1 AUS, NZ, #2 AUT, CAN, IRL, SWI)
  • "Rubberband Girl" – Kate Bush
  • "Run to You" – Whitney Houston
  • "Runaway Train" – Soul Asylum (#1 CAN, #2 NZ, NOR, SWE, SWI)
  • "Sad but True" – Metallica
  • "Said I Loved You...But I Lied" – Michael Bolton (#2 AUS, #3 CAN, #6 US)
  • "Salta" – King África (ARG)
  • "She Don't Let Nobody" – Chaka Demus & Pliers (#4 UK, #9 IRL)
  • "Shoop" – Salt-n-Pepa (#2 AUS, #5 US)
  • "Shout" – Louchie Lou & Michie One (UK #7)
  • "Show Me Love" – Robin S. (#5 US)
  • "Schrei nach Liebe" – Die Ärzte
  • "The Sign" – Ace of Base (#1 AUS, CAN, FIN, GER, NZ, SP, US)
  • "Sing Hallelujah" – Dr. Alban (#2 BE, FIN, #4 GER, SWI)
  • "Slam" – Onyx (#4 US)
  • "Slave to the Music" – Twenty 4 Seven (#2 AUS, #4 SWE, #5 NOR)
  • "Sleeping Satellite" – Tasmin Archer (#1 UK, IRL, #4 SWE, #5 SWI)
  • "Sober" – Tool
  • "Somebody Dance with Me" – DJ BoBo (#1 SWE, SWI, #3 AUT, NOR)
  • "Somebody to Love" (live) – Queen & George Michael (#1 UK, IRL, #6 NLD, #8 NZ)
  • "Soul to Squeeze" – Red Hot Chili Peppers (#6 NZ, #9 AUS)
  • "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" – U2 (#1 IRL, #4 US, #5 AUS, FIN)
  • "Steam" – Peter Gabriel (#10 UK)
  • "Sweat" – U.S.U.R.A. (#4 IT, #9 AUT)
  • "Sweet Harmony" – The Beloved (#3 AUT, #6 GER, SWI, #8 UK)
  • "Sweet Thing" – Mick Jagger (#7 AUT, #8 FR, SWI, #9 NOR)
  • "Tease Me" – Chaka Demus & Pliers (#3 UK, #5 AUS, NLD)
  • "That's the Way Love Goes" – Janet Jackson (#1 US, AUS, FR, HUN, NZ)
  • "The Key The Secret" – Urban Cookie Collective (#2 UK)
  • "The Promise Man" – Basic Element
  • "The Rhythm of the Night" – Corona (#1 IT, #2 UK, #3 IRL, SP)
  • "Three Little Pigs" – Green Jellÿ (#5 UK, #6 AUS)
  • "Tribal Dance" – 2 Unlimited (#1 FIN, SP, #2 GER, IRL, SWE)
  • "True Love" – Elton John & Kiki Dee (#2 UK)
  • "Trust Me" – Pandora (#2 FIN, #3 SWE, #8 NOR)
  • "Two Princes" – Spin Doctors (#1 SWE, #2 CAN, NLD, NOR)
  • "U Got 2 Let the Music" – Cappella (#1 AUT, FIN, SWI)
  • "Walking in My Shoes" – Depeche Mode (#3 FIN, #6 SP, #8 SWE)
  • "We Are Family" (remix) - Sister Sledge
  • "Weak" – SWV (#6 US)
  • "What Is Love" – Haddaway
  • "What's up?" – 4 Non Blondes
  • "Wheel of Fortune" – Ace of Base (#1 NOR, #2 DEN, #4 GER)
  • "Whoomp! (There It Is)" – Tag Team (#2 US, #6 NLD)
  • "Why Can't I Wake Up with You" – Take That (#2 UK, #7 IRL)
  • "Wild World" – Mr. Big (#7 SWI, #9 CAN, #10 SWE)
  • "Will You Be There" – Michael Jackson
  • "Wir zwei allein" – David Hasselhoff &

Top 10 selling albums of the year[]

  1. The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack AlbumWhitney Houston
  2. BreathlessKenny G
  3. Unplugged- Eric Clapton
  4. janet.Janet Jackson
  5. Some Gave AllBilly Ray Cyrus
  6. The ChronicDr. Dre
  7. Pocket Full Of KryptoniteSpin Doctors
  8. TenPearl Jam
  9. The ChaseGarth Brooks
  10. CoreStone Temple Pilots

Top 10 best albums of the Year[]

All albums have been named albums of the year for their hits in the charts.[30]

  1. NirvanaIn Utero
  2. The Smashing PumpkinsSiamese Dream
  3. Wu-Tang ClanEnter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
  4. Pearl JamVs.
  5. Counting CrowsAugust And Everything After
  6. BjörkDebut
  7. BlurModern Life is Rubbish
  8. Liz PhairExile in Guyville
  9. SuedeSuede
  10. SlowdiveSouvlaki

Classical music[]

  • John AdamsViolin Concerto
  • Mounir Anastas – Né du néant for alto saxophone & fixed media[31]
  • Luciano BerioRage and Outrage
  • Pierre Boulez...explosante-fixe... (fourth version)
  • Alvin CurranVSTO (string quartet)
  • Michael DaughertyBizarro
  • Mario DavidovskyShulamit's Dream for soprano and orchestra
  • David Diamond – Symphony No. 11
  • Joël-François Durand – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
  • Ivan Fedele – Piano Concerto
  • Lorenzo Ferrero
    • Introito (from "Requiem per le vittime della mafia")
    • Maschere (incidental music)
  • Philip GlassIn the Summer House, incidental music
  • Vinko GlobokarDiscours IX , for two pianos
  • Klaus HuberWinter Seeds, for accordion
  • Houtaf Khoury
    • Concerto No. 1, for viola and orchestra
    • Intermezzo, for large orchestra
    • Sonate-Poème, for violin and piano
    • String Quartet No. 2
    • Cantata, for baritone and large orchestra
    • Piece, for piano[32]
  • Frederik Magle – Symphony for organ No. 2, Let There Be Light
  • Krzysztof PendereckiPolish Requiem (revised version)
  • R. Murray Schafer – Concerto for Accordion and Orchestra
  • Harold Schiffmann – Sestetto concertato
  • Alfred Schnittke
    • Symphony No. 7
    • Concerto Grosso No. 6 for piano, violin and string orchestra
    • Peer Gynt: Epiloque, for violoncello, piano and tape
    • Improvisation, for solo cello
  • Karlheinz StockhausenHelikopter-Streichquartett
  • Bent SørensenSterbende Gärten for violin and orchestra
  • Takashi Yoshimatsu – Concerto for Trombone, Op. 55, Orion Machine

Opera[]

  • Daron HagenShining Brow
  • Theo LoevendieGassir, the Hero
  • Michael NymanNoises, Sounds & Sweet Airs
  • Randolph PetersNosferatu
  • Steve ReichThe Cave
  • Alfred SchnittkeGesualdo
  • Karlheinz StockhausenDienstag aus Licht (May 28, Leipzig Opera)
  • Hugo WeisgallEsther (October, New York City Opera)

Jazz[]

Musical theater[]

Musical films[]

Births[]

  • January 2Bryson Tiller, American singer-songwriter
  • January 7Nico Santos, German singer-songwriter
  • January 12
    • Zayn Malik, British R&B singer, songwriter, rapper and former member of the band (One Direction)
    • D.O., Korean singer and actor (EXO)
  • January 13Sachika Misawa, Japanese voice actress and singer
  • January 30Cautious Clay, American singer-songwriter and record producer
  • February 6Tinashe, American singer-songwriter, dancer, performer and actress (The Stunners)
  • February 19Victoria Justice, American singer-songwriter and actress
  • March 4Bobbi Kristina Brown, American singer (d. 2015)
  • March 9Suga, South Korean rapper, songwriter, record producer, and member of BTS
  • March 15Alyssa Reid, Canadian singer-songwriter
  • March 23 - JP Saxe, Canadian singer and songwriter, collaborator with Julia Michaels
  • March 30Anitta, Brazilian singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and record producer.
  • April 14
    • Graham Phillips, actor and singer
    • Ellington Ratliff, drummer and actor
    • Rozes (musician), American musician, singer and songwriter
  • April 16Chance the Rapper, independent American Christian rapper
  • April 18Nathan Sykes, English singer, songwriter and record producer, former member of The Wanted
  • April 25Shiloh, Canadian singer
    • Ashe (singer), American singer-songwriter and musician
  • May 1Victoria Monet, American singer-songwriter and musician
  • May 6Naomi Scott, English actress and singer
  • May 11James Reid, Filipino singer-actor
  • May 13
    • Debby Ryan, American singer and actress
    • Tones and I, Australian singer-songwriter
  • May 14Miranda Cosgrove, American singer and actress
  • May 16IU, Korean singer-songwriter and actress
  • May 17GoldLink, American rapper
  • May 18Kyle (musician), American rapper, singer and songwriter
  • June 6
    • Vic Mensa, American rapper (Kids These Days)
    • Tom Swoon, Polish DJ and producer
  • June 7George Ezra, English singer-songwriter and musician
  • June 25 – Piero Vergara, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor
  • June 26Ariana Grande, American singer-songwriter, actress, performer, musician and advocate
  • June 27Rejjie Snow, an Irish hip hop recording artist and record producer
  • July 2 - , American rapper, singer and songwriter
  • July 3Vince Staples, American rapper and actor (Billie Eilish)
  • July 5Hollie Cavanagh, English-American singer
  • July 6Melissa Steel, British singer
  • July 7
    • Ally Brooke, American singer, dancer and songwriter, member of Fifth Harmony
    • Vintage Culture, Brazilian DJ and Producer
    • Capital Steez, American rapper (Pro Era) (d. 2012)
  • July 10 – Perrie Edwards, English singer-songwriter, dancer and member of Little Mix
  • July 17Kali Uchis, Colombian-American singer, songwriter, poet, record producer, music video director, and fashion designer
  • July 18
    • Lee Taemin, Korean singer (SHINee)
    • Casey Veggies, American rapper and songwriter
  • July 26
    • Taylor Momsen, American rock singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, former actress and model (The Pretty Reckless)
    • Stormzy, English grime and hip hop artist
  • July 28
    • Cher Lloyd, British rapper, singer songwriter
    • La'Porsha Renae, American singer-songwriter and Americal Idol alumni
  • August 6Yaeji, Korean-American multilingual musician and music producer
  • August 11Alyson Stoner, American dancer, singer, actor, youtuber and model
  • August 23Keke Palmer, American actress, singer, songwriter and presenter
  • August 29Liam Payne, British singer of the band One Direction
  • September 1Megan Nicole, American singer-songwriter and youtuber
  • September 7Mohamed Ali, Danish singer
  • September 13
    • Niall Horan, Irish singer, songwriter and musician (One Direction)
    • Alice Merton, German-Canadian-English singer and songwriter
  • September 16Tayla Parx, American RNB songwriter and producer
  • September 24
    • Ben Platt, American singer-songwriter and actor
    • Alina Baraz, American RNB soul singer-songwriter
  • September 25Rosalía (singer), Spanish singer and songwriter
  • October 4Mina, German singer
  • October 13Tiffany Trump, American Georgetown Law student, singer and socialite
  • October 25Grandson (musician), Canadian-American singer-songwriter and musician
  • November 1Pabllo Vittar, Brazilian singer-songwriter and drag queen
  • November 13Julia Michaels, American singer and songwriter
  • November 24Ivi Adamou, Greek Cypriot singer
  • November 26Erena Ono, Japanese singer
  • November 27Aubrey Peeples, American actress and singer
  • November 29Alex Hope (songwriter), Australian ARIA and APRA Award-winning producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.
  • December 7Jasmine Villegas, American singer
  • December 8AnnaSophia Robb, American singer and actress
  • December 10Rachel Trachtenburg, American singer and actress (Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players and Supercute!)
  • December 22
    • Ali Lohan, American actress, model and singer
    • Meghan Trainor, American singer-songwriter, musician and producer
  • December 29Chloe Kohanski, American singer-songwriter, 2017 American The Voice winner
  • December 30Krishane, Jamaican pop artist (Tinie Tempah, Jess Glynne)

Deaths[]

  • January 6
    • Dizzy Gillespie, jazz trumpet virtuoso and co-founder of bebop, 76
    • Rudolf Nureyev, ballet dancer, 54
  • January 13Gordon Tobing, Indonesian folk singer, 67
  • January 15Sammy Cahn, songwriter, 79
  • February 3Karel Goeyvaerts, composer, 69
  • February 25Toy Caldwell, guitarist (The Marshall Tucker Band), 45
  • February 26Pina Carmirelli, violinist, founder member of the Boccherini Quintet, 78
  • March 3Carlos Montoya, guitarist, 89
  • March 31Mitchell Parish, 92, US lyric writer
  • April 19Steve Douglas, saxophonist, 54
  • April 23Daniel Jones, composer, 80
  • April 30Mick Ronson, guitarist, 46 (liver cancer)
  • May 22Juice Wilson, jazz violinist, 89
  • May 30Sun Ra, jazz composer, 79
  • June 5Conway Twitty (real name: Harold Jenkins) country rock singer, 59
  • June 9Arthur Alexander, country soul singer, 53
  • June 10Arleen Auger, American operatic soprano, 53 (brain tumor)
  • June 13John Campbell, blues guitarist, 41 (heart failure)
  • June 28GG Allin, punk singer, 36 (heroin overdose)
  • July 7Mia Zapata (The Gits), 27 (murdered)
  • July 14Léo Ferré, French singer, songwriter and composer, 76
  • July 19Szymon Goldberg, Polish-born American violinist and conductor, 84
  • July 21Richard Tee, pianist and singer, 49 (prostate cancer)
  • August 5Eugen Suchoň, Slovak composer, 84
  • August 7Roy Budd, jazz pianist and film composer, 46 (brain haemorrhage)
  • August 10Øystein Aarseth, aka Euronymous, black metal guitarist of Mayhem fame, 25 (murdered)
  • August 17Phil Seymour, drummer, guitarist and singer, 41 (cancer)
  • August 21Tatiana Troyanos, operatic mezzo-soprano, 54 (breast cancer)
  • August 25Janna Allen, songwriter, 36 (leukemia)
  • August 26Rockin' Dopsie, zydeco accordionist and singer, 61
  • September 9Helen O'Connell, singer, actress and dancer, 73
  • September 22Maurice Abravanel, conductor, 90
  • September 24Ian Stuart Donaldson, musician, frontman of Skrewdriver, 36 (car crash)
  • October 23Elena Nicolai, opera singer, 88
  • October 31River Phoenix, actor and singer of Aleka's Attic, 23 (drug overdose)
  • November 3Léon Theremin, inventor of the Theremin musical instrument, 97
  • November 6Torsten Fenslau, (Culture Beat), 29 (car accident)
  • November 7Adelaide Hall, jazz singer, actress, entertainer, 92
  • November 11Erskine Hawkins, trumpet player and bandleader, 79
  • November 16Lucia Popp, Slovak operatic soprano, 54 (brain cancer)
  • November 18Arvid Fladmoe, Norwegian composer and conductor, 78
  • November 20Sidney Griller, violinist and founder of the Griller Quartet, 82
  • November 22Anthony Burgess, composer and polymath best known as a novelist, 76
  • November 24Albert Collins, blues guitarist and singer, 61 (cancer)
  • November 26César Guerra-Peixe, violinist and composer, 79
  • November 30David Houston, singer, 57 (brain aneurysm)
  • December 1Ray Gillen, former vocalist of Black Sabbath and Badlands, 34 (AIDS-related)
  • December 4Frank Zappa, "Mothers of Invention" musician/composer, 52 (prostate cancer)
  • December 5Doug Hopkins, guitarist and songwriter for Gin Blossoms, 32 (suicide)
  • December 12Joan Cross, operatic soprano, 93
  • December 19Michael Clarke, drummer (The Byrds), 47

Awards[]

Filmfare Awards[]

  • Kumar SanuFilmfare Best Male Playback Award
  • Alka Yagnik & Ila Arun win the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award

Grammy Awards[]

  • 1993 Grammy Awards

Country Music Association Awards[]

  • 1993 CMA Awards

Country Music Hall of Fame[]

  • Willie Nelson

Eurovision Song Contest[]

Japan Record Awards[]

Mercury Music Prize[]

  • SuedeSuede wins.

Glenn Gould Prize[]

  • Oscar Peterson (laureate), Benny Green (protégé)

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[]

  • The Doors, Cream, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Sly and the Family Stone, Etta James, Van Morrison, Ruth Brown and Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers

Charts[]

Triple J Hottest 100[]

See also[]

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