1995 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995.

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Specific genres[]

Events[]

January–February[]

  • January 1 – Mo Ostin steps down as chairman and CEO of Warner Music Group.
  • January 8 – Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder hosts "Self-Pollution Radio", a four-and-a-half hour radio broadcast with live performances by Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, and others. Any station with a satellite receiver could pick up and carry the program.[1]
  • January 10 – Michel Sardou begins a record-breaking run of 113 shows at the Paris Olympia.[2]
  • January 14 – Perry Farrell is arrested for cocaine possession, being under the influence and possession of a syringe at a Los Angeles hotel.[3]
  • January 18 – Jerry Garcia crashes his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California, USA, but is not injured in the accident.[4]
  • January 20–February 5 – The Big Day Out festival takes place in Australia and New Zealand, headlined by Ministry, Primal Scream, Hole, The Cult and The Offspring.[5] Originally, Oasis were also named in the lineup, but had to cancel their performance due to co-frontman Liam Gallagher losing his voice.
  • January 27 – Live from the House of Blues premieres on TBS.
  • February 1 – Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers band member Richey James Edwards goes missing after leaving the London Embassy Hotel, UK at 7 am.[6]
  • February 7 – Rapper Tupac Shakur is sentenced to one-and-a-half to four-and-a-half years in prison on a sexual abuse charge.[7] He was later released on appeal.
  • February 12 – Iron Butterfly bassist Philip Taylor Kramer disappeared[8] from Highway 101, USA as he tried to get back home from the Los Angeles International Airport. He tried calling his family and 911 for help, but received none.
  • February 14 – Richey Edwards' Vauxhall Cavalier is found abandoned in a service station on the Bristol side of the Severn Bridge in the UK, with evidence that he had been living in it. Although he was near a notorious suicide spot, there is still no evidence to suggest he committed suicide.[9]
  • February 19
    • Roxette play to a crowd of 12,000 in Beijing, China, becoming the first Western band to be allowed to perform in the Workers' Indoor Arena for ten years.[10]
    • Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee marries Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson on a beach in Cancún, Mexico.[11]
  • February 25 – Lyle Lovett suffers a broken collarbone in an accident while riding his motorcycle in Mexico. The accident prevented Lovett from attending the Grammy Awards (he ended up winning two awards).[12]

March–April[]

  • March 1
    • R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry leaves the stage during a concert in Switzerland after suffering a brain aneurysm. He undergoes successful brain surgery two days later in Switzerland.[13]
    • The 37th Annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles, hosted by Paul Reiser. Bruce Springsteen won four awards, including Song of the Year for "Streets of Philadelphia", while Tony Bennett's MTV Unplugged live album wins Album of the Year and Sheryl Crow's "All I Wanna Do" wins Record of the Year. Crow also wins Best New Artist.
  • March 8 – Former Helloween drummer, Ingo Schwichtenberg, commits suicide by jumping under a subway train.[14]
  • March 13 – Radiohead album The Bends and Elastica album Elastica are released.
  • March 14 – With the release of Me Against the World, Tupac Shakur became the first male solo artist to have a number one album on the American Billboard 200 chart while in prison.[15] The album remained at the top of the charts for four weeks.
  • March 26 – Rapper Eric Lynn Wright, better known as Eazy-E, dies of complications from AIDS.[16]
  • March 28 – Lyle Lovett and actress Julia Roberts announce their separation after 21 months of marriage.[17]
  • March 30 – Celine Dion releases D'eux, which goes on to be the most successful French-language album of all time.[18]
  • March 31
    • Tejano singer Selena is shot and killed by Yolanda Saldivar, her former personal assistant and former fan club president, who had recently been fired for embezzling money from the fan club. The event was called "Black Friday" by Hispanics worldwide.
    • During a performance in Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA, Jimmy Page narrowly escapes being stabbed by a man who rushes the stage with a knife.[19] The man was tackled by security guards who were injured in the brawl.
  • April 17 – Ed Rosenblatt replaces David Geffen as chairman and CEO of Geffen Records.[20]
  • April 22 - Janet Jackson ends her Janet World Tour in London, England after nearly two years of touring.
  • April 29 – Tupac Shakur marries Keisha Morris inside the Clinton Correctional Facility, New York, USA. Shakur was serving a four-and-a-half year jail term on sexual assault charges.[21] They would later divorce.

May–June[]

  • May 5 – Former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler is arraigned on a felony count of possession of heroin, in addition to two misdemeanor drug charges.[22]
  • May 13 – The 40th Eurovision Song Contest, held at Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland, is won by Irish-Norwegian band Secret Garden, representing Norway with the song "Nocturne". This is the last competition with only one host until 2013.
  • May 15 – Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland is arrested outside a motel in Pasadena, California, for possession of heroin and cocaine.[23]
  • May 19 – Sam Phillips makes her motion picture debut in the Bruce Willis action film, Die Hard with a Vengeance. Phillips played one of the main terrorists in the film.
  • June 1 – Alan Wilder leaves Depeche Mode.[24]
  • June 13 – Icelandic singer Björk releases Post, her critically acclaimed second album as a solo artist. The musically diverse album contained some of her most popular work to date, including "Army of Me", "Hyperballad", "I Miss You" and a Betty Hutton cover of "It's Oh So Quiet".
  • June 16 – Michael Jackson released his first double-album HIStory, which became the best-selling multiple-album of all-time, with 35 million copies (70 million copies) sold worldwide.

July–August[]

  • July 3 – The members of TLC file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, declaring debts of over $3.5 million.
  • July 9 – The Grateful Dead performs its final show with Jerry Garcia at Soldier Field in Chicago he dies one month later of a heart attack at the age of 53.
  • July 14 – George Michael and Sony Music complete their acrimonious split. In 1994 Michael lost a lawsuit seeking to be released from his Sony contract, but he vowed to never sing for the company again. Michael will now record for the new label DreamWorks Records.[25]
  • July 17 – Robbie Williams announces he is quitting Take That.[26]
  • July 18 – Selena becomes the first Hispanic singer to have an album debut and peak at number-one on the US Billboard 200 chart. She also becomes the first and only female singer to place five albums simultaneously on the Billboard 200 chart.
  • August 9
    • Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead passes away of a heart attack at age 53. In cities all over the United States, deadheads spontaneously gather to mourn his death and celebrate his life.[27]
    • Kiss performs on MTV Unplugged. The band's current lineup is joined by original members Peter Criss and Ace Frehley, setting the stage for the band's reunion tour the following year.
  • August 12 – The Offspring's Dexter Holland marries hairstylist Kristine Luna, who co-wrote the band's song "Session" from Ignition.[28]
  • August 22 – Rancid release their third studio album ...And Out Come the Wolves. Along with Green Day's Dookie and The Offspring's Smash (both released a year before), this album helped revive mainstream popular interest in punk rock in the mid-1990s, and becomes one of the best-selling independent records of all time. ...And Out Come the Wolves eventually goes platinum.
  • August 28
    • Oingo Boingo announce that they will break up following a series of Halloween shows in Los Angeles, California, USA.[citation needed] Lead singer Danny Elfman has established a career scoring motion pictures.
    • The official end of Sarah Records is marked with a farewell party featuring live sets by many of the label's acts. It was the last live appearance by The Orchids before they split up.[citation needed]
  • August 29 – Al Jourgensen and Mike Scaccia of Ministry are arrested for heroin possession in two separate incidents in Texas.[29]

September–October[]

  • September 1 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.[30]
  • September 8 – For Squirrels vocalist Jack Vigliatura, bassist Bill White and manager Tim Bender are all killed in a van accident near Savannah, Georgia.[29]
  • September 15 – Alternative-country magazine No Depression publishes its first issue, with Son Volt on the cover.
  • September 27 – Time Warner agrees to sell back its 50 percent share of Interscope Records. The media giant had come under intense fire for the explicit lyrics of rap artists on the label.[31]
  • October 2
    • The first International Guitar Festival is held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[32]
    • Oasis release their second album, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?. The album spawns several number one singles around the world and eventually becomes the third best-selling album in the UK ever.
  • October 10
    • Mariah Carey performed at Madison Square Garden to promote her album Daydream.
    • Green Day release their fourth album Insomniac. While it didn't sell as well as their previous album Dookie, it still sold 4 million copies.
  • October 11 – Tupac Shakur is released from Clinton Correctional Facility, New York, USA, on US$1.4 million bail which was posted by Suge Knight. In return Tupac signed a three-album deal with Knight's Death Row Records.
  • October 21 – Blind Melon singer Shannon Hoon is found dead of a cocaine overdose at the age of 28.
  • October 23 – Def Leppard enters the Guinness Book of World Records by performing three shows in three continents in the same day, playing Tangier, Morocco, London, England and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[33]
  • October 24 – The Smashing Pumpkins released their album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
  • October 30 – Oasis released their single Wonderwall

November–December[]

  • November 6
    • Cher releases her first album in four years, It's A Man's World, her first original recording for Warner Music Group. The album would get its U.S. debut in June 1996.
    • Queen releases their final studio album that includes contributions from all original members following Freddie Mercury's death four years earlier. It goes on to be a huge success, selling 20 million copies worldwide.
  • November 21
    • dc Talk release their 4th studio album Jesus Freak. It was a departure from their previous hip hop albums taking on a rap rock sound. It achieved the biggest 1st week sales for a Christian album selling more than 80,000 copies in its first week and entering the Billboard Top 200 at #16. It is known as one of the most important Christian albums of all time.
    • The Offspring re-release their debut album (which originally appeared in 1989), on CD for the first time. This proves to be the band's final release on Epitaph Records; they leave Epitaph and sign with Columbia Records the next year.
    • Enrique Iglesias releases his debut album, in Spanish. It tops the Latin album charts and would go on to win a Grammy and produce five No. 1 singles on Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks chart.[citation needed]
  • December 4 – The Beatles release "Free As A Bird" as their first new single in over 20 years.
  • December 21 – Madonna is subpoenaed to testify on January 3, 1996, against her stalker, Robert Hoskins, at the Criminal Courts Building in Los Angeles, California, USA. Hoskins was shot by a security guard outside her estate in Los Angeles in May 1995 for trespassing on her property and threatening to marry or kill her.
  • December 31 – The twenty-fourth annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with appearances by Brandy, Goo Goo Dolls, Kool & The Gang, Martin Page, and The Rembrandts.

Also in 1995[]

  • In Flames hires Björn Gelotte & Anders Fridén.
  • Three members of R.E.M., Bill Berry, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe, fall ill while on the band's "Monster Tour". Berry suffers an aneurysm which required immediate surgery, Stipe suffers a hiatal hernia and Mills undergoes an appendectomy.
  • Paul D'Amour leaves Tool.
  • John Denver – The Wildlife Concert (US single: "For You")
  • Kid 'n Play disbands.

Bands formed[]

  • See * Musical groups established in 1995

Bands disbanded[]

  • See Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1995

Bands reformed[]

  • The Misfits (hiatus since 1983)
  • Journey (since 1987)
  • E Street Band (1995 Reunion Tour; officially reformed in 1999)

Albums released[]

See also: Category:1995 albums

January–March[]

Date Album Artist Notes
J
A
N
U
A
R
Y 		1 Daredevil Fu Manchu -
3 Amok Sentenced -
Higher Learning Various Artists Soundtrack
Old Enough to Know Better Wade Hayes -
6 Mary Lou Lord Mary Lou Lord EP
My Starting Point Is Here Aaron Kwok UFO Record Semi-finale
To Persist Nicky Wu
10 Demon Knight Various Artists Soundtrack
Dah Shinin' Smif-N-Wessun -
From the Bottom Up Brownstone -
16 University Throwing Muses -
17 Do You Want More?!!!??! The Roots -
The Fun of Open Discussion John Hartford & Bob Carlin -
The Rapture Siouxsie and the Banshees -
23 Behind Closed Doors Thunder -
The Great Annihilator Swans -
Hafted Maul Dead Voices on Air -
Hard Times Laughing Hyenas -
Octopus The Human League -
24 Balance Van Halen -
Charlie Parker with Strings Charlie Parker -
Cocktails Too Short -
Ham Fisted Local H -
Hog Wild Hank Williams, Jr. -
The Jerky Boys Various Artists Soundtrack
You Gotta Love That Neal McCoy -
30 Nice Ass Free Kitten -
Leftism Leftfield -
Good News from the Next World Simple Minds -
The Sky Moves Sideways Porcupine Tree -
F
E
B
R
U
A
R
Y 		3 Of Chaos and Eternal Night Dark Tranquillity Compilation
6 Mobile Safari The Pastels -
Pygmalion Slowdive -
7 Now That I've Found You: A Collection Alison Krauss Compilation
Waiting for the Punchline Extreme -
The Woman in Me Shania Twain -
8 Fourth Dimension Stratovarius -
10 Dream In The Absence of The Night Dream Dave Wong UFO Record Semi-finale
14 Black Lita Ford -
Hanky Panky The The -
It's Five O'Clock Somewhere Slash's Snakepit -
King Belly -
Nevermore Nevermore -
Thinkin' About You Trisha Yearwood -
15 ¡Leche con Carne! No Use for a Name -
17 No Protection Massive Attack Remix CD
Cheshire Cat Blink-182 Debut
20 Maxinquaye Tricky UK
Big Red Car The Wiggles -
21 Murder Love Snow -
Safe + Sound DJ Quik -
World of Morrissey Morrissey Compilation
22 Pain Killer Energy Orchard -
27 Alive in Studio A Bruce Dickinson Live
Cerebral Caustic The Fall -
Delete Yourself! Atari Teenage Riot -
To Bring You My Love PJ Harvey -
Undisclosed Files Addendum Hawkwind Live
Greatest Hits Bruce Springsteen Compilation
28 Ball-Hog or Tugboat? Mike Watt -
Deluxe Better Than Ezra Elektra re-release
Do You Wanna Ride? Adina Howard Debut
Big Choice Face to Face -
Manic Compression Quicksand -
Pieces Of You Jewel Debut
13 Unlucky Numbers Wax -
Train a Comin' Steve Earle -
M
A
R
C
H 		6 Beggar on a Beach of Gold Mike + the Mechanics -
7 Power of Inner Strength Grip Inc. -
Ultraphobic Warrant -
Wonderful Adam Ant -
10 Forever You Zard -
13 The Bends Radiohead -
In Debt Disco Inferno Compilation
14 Above Mad Season -
A Boy Named Goo Goo Goo Dolls -
Collective Soul Collective Soul -
Elastica Elastica -
Encomium: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin Various Artists Led Zeppelin tribute
Everything Is Wrong Moby -
Feels Like Home Linda Ronstadt -
In a Major Way E-40 -
Me Against the World 2Pac -
Medusa Annie Lennox -
100% Fun Matthew Sweet -
Smart Sleeper -
20 Succour Seefeel [34]
21 Alien Love Secrets Steve Vai EP
Brainbloodvolume Ned's Atomic Dustbin -
Conversation Peace Stevie Wonder -
The Edges of Twilight The Tea Party -
Dopes to Infinity Monster Magnet -
Home Blessid Union of Souls Debut
Made in England Elton John -
Naveed Our Lady Peace US
One Track Mind Railroad Jerk -
Relish Joan Osborne -
Symbolic Death -
Yes Morphine -
22 Teeth and Tissue The Headstones -
27 D'eux Celine Dion -
Frogstomp Silverchair Debut
Ocean Beach Red House Painters -
Ventolin Aphex Twin EP
Wild Love Smog -
28 A.M. Wilco Debut
Candy Rain Soul for Real -
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime Faith No More -
Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous Big L -
My Brother the Cow Mudhoney -
Only Everything Juliana Hatfield -
Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version Ol' Dirty Bastard -
Subhuman Race Skid Row -
Tank Girl soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack
We Get There When We Do Suddenly, Tammy! -

April–June[]

Date Album Artist Notes
A
P
R
I
L 		2 No Mercy Daddy Yankee -
3 Live Bites Scorpions Live
4 Alien Lanes Guided by Voices -
Civilization Phaze III Frank Zappa -
Lemonade and Brownies Sugar Ray Debut
Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings John Prine -
Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing Strapping Young Lad -
Nihil KMFDM -
The Road Goes On Forever The Highwaymen -
Rub It Better General Public -
Thank You Duran Duran -
This Is How We Do It Montell Jordan Debut
5 Imaginations from the Other Side Blind Guardian -
6 Dandys Rule, OK? The Dandy Warhols -
Now That's What I Call Music! 30 Various Artists UK series; Compilation
7 94 Diskont Oval -
Running on Ice Vertical Horizon -
10 Picture This Wet Wet Wet -
11 Astro Creep: 2000 White Zombie -
Blonder and Blonder The Muffs -
Friday soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack
3 FireHouse -
Wowee Zowee Pavement -
You'd Prefer an Astronaut Hum -
18 Burnt Offerings Iced Earth -
Once upon the Cross Deicide -
A Small Deadly Space Fight -
Walk on Water UFO Japan-only release until 1997
24 ...I Care Because You Do Aphex Twin [35]
Plastic Green Head Trouble -
Wolfheart Moonspell -
25 Ain't Had Enough Fun Little Feat -
Come Together: America Salutes the Beatles Various Artists Country music tribute to The Beatles
Cuando los Ángeles Lloran Maná -
Drift Flotsam and Jetsam -
The Infamous Mobb Deep -
THRAK King Crimson -
28 Rainmaker Fair Warning -
? Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic) Behemoth Debut
M
A
Y 		1 Machiavelli and the Four Seasons TISM -
Octagon Bathory -
2 Divinities: Twelve Dances with God Ian Anderson -
Electr-O-Pura Yo La Tengo -
Fear No Evil Slaughter -
Fun Trick Noisemaker The Apples In Stereo Debut
MTV Unplugged Bob Dylan Live
Poverty's Paradise Naughty by Nature -
Sittin' on Chrome Masta Ace Incorporated -
Spirit of the Wild Ted Nugent -
8 Nobody Else Take That -
Short Bus Filter -
Tilt Scott Walker -
9 Domination Morbid Angel -
God of Love Bad Brains -
Clutch Clutch -
Kojak Variety Elvis Costello Live
Nemesisters Babes in Toyland -
The Return of the Space Cowboy Jamiroquai US
Some Rainy Morning Robert Cray -
12 Destroy Erase Improve Meshuggah -
15 I Should Coco Supergrass Debut
Orchid Opeth -
17 Boomerang Hanson Debut
21 The Inevitable Squirrel Nut Zippers -
22 The Angel and the Dark River My Dying Bride -
Black in Mind Rage -
P.H.U.Q. The Wildhearts -
23 Dwight Live Dwight Yoakam Live
Root Down Beastie Boys EP
Dysfunctional Dokken -
Forever Blue Chris Isaak -
God of Love Bad Brains -
LP The Rembrandts LP
Sparkle and Fade Everclear -
Tales from the Punchbowl Primus -
25 Oolooloo The Pietasters -
29 Grand Prix Teenage Fanclub -
Land of the Free Gamma Ray -
Pulse Pink Floyd Live
A Spanner in the Works Rod Stewart -
Sex Affairs E-Rotic Debut
30 Freaks of Nature Kansas -
Goodfellas Show and A.G. -
Love and Money Eddie Money -
Pocahontas soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack
31 Blues for Greeny Gary Moore -
Happy Days Catherine Wheel -
? Rarestonebowie David Bowie Compilation
J
U
N
E 		1 Further Down the Spiral Nine Inch Nails Remix CD
Masquerade in Blood Sodom -
Vibrator Terence Trent D'Arby -
5 Days Like This Van Morrison -
Panzerfaust Darkthrone -
Still Not Black Enough W.A.S.P. -
6 And the Music Speaks All-4-One -
Batman Forever Various Artists Soundtrack
The Best of Branigan Laura Branigan Compilation
Derrumbe Gerardo -
Glow The Innocence Mission -
Hi™ How Are You Today? Ashley MacIsaac -
Let Your Dim Light Shine Soul Asylum -
8 Forbidden Black Sabbath -
9 69/96 Cornelius -
12 Draconian Times Paradise Lost -
Infernal Love Therapy? -
Red Medicine Fugazi -
13 About Time Pennywise -
Demanufacture Fear Factory Sophomore; Debut with Christian Olde Wolbers
Head Over Heels Paula Abdul -
Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette -
Menace to Sobriety Ugly Kid Joe -
Post Björk -
Two Headed Spirit of the West -
The Unboxed Set Angry Samoans Box Set
15 Subterranean In Flames EP
Stanley Road Paul Weller -
19 Replenish Reef Debut
20 Boheme Deep Forest -
F-Punk Big Audio Dynamite -
Fast Stories... from Kid Coma Truly -
HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I Michael Jackson
I Am an Elastic Firecracker Tripping Daisy -
Incidental Music 1991-95 Superchunk Compilation
Lorada Johnny Hallyday -
A Northern Soul The Verve US
Oddities, Abnormalities and Curiosities Circle Jerks -
Tigerlily Natalie Merchant -
22 Grandpaw Would Ben Lee Debut
24 Afraid of Sunlight Marillion -
25 Chat Chat Takako Minekawa -
Sleater-Kinney Sleater-Kinney -
26 The Drive Haddaway -
Exit Planet Dust The Chemical Brothers UK
A Very Fine Love Dusty Springfield US
27 Apollo 13 soundtrack James Horner Soundtrack
Fey Fey Debut
Gov't Mule Gov't Mule -
I Wish Skee-Lo -
A Live One Phish Live
Mirror Ball Neil Young -
Modernday Folklore Ian Moore -
Singles Alison Moyet Compilation
These Days Bon Jovi -
? Mirror Mirror 10cc -

July–September[]

Date Album Artist Notes
J
U
L
Y 		3 Brown Sugar D'Angelo Debut
Think with Your Heart Debbie Gibson -
4 Brothas Doobie Funkdoobiest -
Foo Fighters Foo Fighters Debut
Teenage Politics MxPx -
Vol V – Believe Soul II Soul -
11 311 311 -
...And the Circus Leaves Town Kyuss -
Boombastic Shaggy -
Dangerous Minds soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack
14 Off the Hook Xscape -
18 ¡Adios Amigos! Ramones -
Bette of Roses Bette Midler -
Chants and Dances of the Native Americans Sacred Spirit -
Clueless soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack
Dreaming of You Selena Posthumous
Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality Guru -
Hidden Treasures Megadeth Rarities EP
The Long Goodbye Procol Harum -
Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Home Geraldine Fibbers -
Mainliner: Wreckage from the Past Social Distortion Compilation
Miss Thang Monica Debut
Not a Pretty Girl Ani DiFranco -
Reflections After 7 -
'Til Shiloh Buju Banton -
Totally Crushed Out! That Dog -
Use Your Fingers The Bloodhound Gang -
21 Elliott Smith Elliott Smith -
25 Destroy Erase Improve Meshuggah -
E 1999 Eternal Bone Thugs-n-Harmony -
The Presidents of the United States of America The Presidents of the United States of America Columbia re-release; Remixed
28 Seed Prototype -
31 The Garden Merril Bainbridge Debut; AUS
A
U
G
U
S
T 		1 Answer That and Stay Fashionable AFI -
Bad Habits Colin James -
Fight for Your Mind Ben Harper -
Killer Cuts Robin Beanland -
Now That's What I Call Music! 31 Various Artists Compilation
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Raekwon -
Set Your Goals CIV -
We Care Whale -
Wholesale Meats and Fish Letters to Cleo -
7 Alternative Pet Shop Boys Compilation
The Twenty-Seven Points The Fall Live
8 Ben Folds Five Ben Folds Five Debut
Brown Bag Citizen King -
Hot Charity Rocket from the Crypt -
I Remember You Brian McKnight -
Penthouse Luna -
The Sacrilicious Sounds of the Supersuckers Supersuckers -
Spirit of '73: Rock for Choice Various Artists -
14 Deep Dead Blue Elvis Costello and Bill Frisell Live
Dogs of War Saxon -
Donkey Rhubarb Aphex Twin EP[36]
15 Dirt Track Date Southern Culture on the Skids -
Garbage Garbage US
I Just Wasn't Made for These Times Brian Wilson -
King Ferus Ferus Mustafov also known as Macedonian Wedding Soul Cooking
A Moment of Forever Kris Kristofferson -
Mortal Kombat soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack
Real Brothas B.G. Knocc Out and Dresta -
Soup Blind Melon -
True Forever Andy Lau Philips Record Begins
18 Goofyfoot Phranc EP
21 Viva Last Blues Palace Music -
22 ...And Out Come the Wolves Rancid -
Hit & Run Holiday My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult -
I Heard They Suck Live!! NOFX Live
Mandylion The Gathering -
Pet Your Friends Dishwalla -
Pucker! The Selecter -
Tindersticks Tindersticks Second album
23 The Damnation Game Symphony X -
25 Methodrone The Brian Jonestown Massacre -
28 Southpaw Grammar Morrissey UK
29 Cheapness and Beauty Boy George -
Conspiracy Junior M.A.F.I.A. -
Faith Faith Evans Debut
It Matters to Me Faith Hill -
The Road Home Heart Live
Wind Can't Stop Aaron Kwok UFO Record Finale
? Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot Sparklehorse -
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E
P
T
E
M
B
E
R 		1 Crossover Yoshinori Sunahara -
Ocean Drive Lighthouse Family -
4 Roots to Branches Jethro Tull UK
5 American Standard Seven Mary Three -
Nowhere to Here Blue Rodeo -
Sommersprossen Die Flippers -
Take Me Higher Diana Ross -
8 Ask for It Hole EP
Stranger in Us All Rainbow -
11 The Great Escape Blur -
12 4,5,6 Kool G Rap Solo debut
Circus Lenny Kravitz -
Dear You Jawbreaker -
Inside Out MC Hammer -
A Medio Vivir Ricky Martin -
Nine High a Pallet Brute. -
One Hot Minute Red Hot Chili Peppers -
Planet B.A.D. Big Audio Dynamite Compilation
Timeless Goldie -
19 A Change of Seasons Dream Theater EP
Clouds Taste Metallic The Flaming Lips -
Coast to Coast Motel G. Love & Special Sauce -
Gilt Machines of Loving Grace -
Greatest Hits (1985–1995) Michael Bolton Compilation
Here's Where the Strings Come In Superchunk -
Huang Chung Wang Chung Re-release
Ledbetter Heights Kenny Wayne Shepherd -
NOLA Down Debut
Randy Newman's Faust Randy Newman -
See You on the Other Side Mercury Rev -
Trace Son Volt Debut
21 On Echobelly -
Paranoid and Sunburnt Skunk Anansie -
25 Forever Failure Paradise Lost [37]
Hard Wired Front Line Assembly -
Voice of Reason Harem Scarem -
26 Abriendo Puertas Gloria Estefan -
Ballbreaker AC/DC -
Best of Country Christmas, Vol. 5 Various artists Compilation
Bienvenue chez moi Florent Pagny Compilation
The Carnival Bizarre Cathedral -
Exit the Dragon Urge Overkill -
Forgiven, Not Forgotten The Corrs Debut
The Gold Experience Prince -
Haunted Six Feet Under Debut
Outside David Bowie -
Peel Slowly and See The Velvet Underground Box Set
Ring Them Bells Joan Baez US; Live
Tails Lisa Loeb -
Washing Machine Sonic Youth -
Wrecking Ball Emmylou Harris -
29 Herzeleid Rammstein Debut
30 Romantique 96 Pizzicato Five -
? Hate Rock 'N' Roll The Jesus and Mary Chain Compilation

October–December[]

Date Album Artist Notes
O
C
T
O
B
E
R 		1 Up All Night East 17 -
Kim Kyung Ho Kim Kyung Ho -
2 Grown Man Loudon Wainwright III -
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis -
The X Factor Iron Maiden -
3 Adrenaline Deftones Debut
Curb Servin' WC and the Maad Circle -
Daydream Mariah Carey -
Example For Squirrels -
Jesus Wept P.M. Dawn -
Lucy Candlebox -
Starting Over Reba McEntire Platinum; over 1 million copies sold
This Is Greta! Greta -
6 Raoul and the Kings of Spain Tears for Fears -
9 Ima BT Debut
Tambu Toto -
10 All You Can Eat k.d. lang -
Design of a Decade: 1986–1996 Janet Jackson Compilation
Disco Volante Mr. Bungle -
Frampton Comes Alive! II Peter Frampton Live
Happy Nowhere Dog's Eye View Debut
Hello Poe -
Insomniac Green Day -
It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah Black Grape -
KRS-One KRS-One -
Mind of Mystikal Mystikal Debut
Modern Rock The Clean -
Pleasure Semisonic EP
Riddle Box Insane Clown Posse -
Scream, Dracula, Scream! Rocket from the Crypt -
Time Fleetwood Mac -
Tragic Kingdom No Doubt -
Us and Them: Symphonic Pink Floyd Jaz Coleman and The London Philharmonic Orchestra -
Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon Various Artists John Lennon tribute
11 Life on a Plate Millencolin -
Up Great Big Sea -
14 Robyn Is Here Robyn -
16 The Lone Ranger Suggs -
Twisted Hallucinogen -
17 Alive in America Steely Dan Live
Anamorphosée Mylène Farmer -
El Concierto Luis Miguel Live
Hypnotize the Moon Clay Walker -
Plastic Planet G//Z/R -
The R*tist 4*merly Known as Dangerous Toys Dangerous Toys -
18 This Is Christmas Luther Vandross Christmas
23 The Final Experiment Ayreon -
Lone Star 119 Nicky Wu UFO Record Finale
Swingin' with Raymond Chumbawamba -
Would Rather Not Free Dave Wong -
24 All We Got Iz Us Onyx -
Christmas Here with You The Four Tops Christmas
The Buddha of Suburbia David Bowie Soundtrack
Dead Winter Dead Savatage Christmas
Erasure Erasure -
Groove Theory Groove Theory -
Here's to the Ladies Tony Bennett -
The Isle of View The Pretenders Live
It's a Mystery Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band -
Jealous One's Envy Fat Joe -
Life Simply Red -
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins -
Ozzmosis Ozzy Osbourne -
RagNaRok GWAR -
Resident Alien Spacehog -
Return of the Rentals The Rentals -
Smells Like Children Marilyn Manson EP
Stomp 442 Anthrax -
Tapestry Revisited: A Tribute to Carole King Various Artists Carole King tribute
20 Fingers 20 Fingers -
1200 Curfews Indigo Girls Live
Woman's Gotta Have It Cornershop -
27 The Bridge Ace of Base -
30 Different Class Pulp -
31 Always Drink Upstream from the Herd Riders in the Sky -
Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom Cypress Hill -
Dogg Food Tha Dogg Pound -
Gone Dwight Yoakam -
The Individualist TR-i (Todd Rundgren) -
20 Mothers Julian Cope -
Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995) Def Leppard Compilation
? The Worldhood of the World (As Such) NoMeansNo -
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6 I'm with Stupid Aimee Mann -
Tri Repetae Autechre -
It's A Man's World Cher European release only
Jake's Progress soundtrack Elvis Costello and Richard Harvey Soundtrack
Made in Heaven Queen -
7 Alice In Chains Alice in Chains -
All Ages Bad Religion Compilation
Clouds In My Coffee Carly Simon Box Set
Demanufacture Fear Factory Limited Edition Digipak with Bonus Tracks
Gangsta's Paradise Coolio -
Letters from Chutney Rainbow Butt Monkeys Debut; only album before name change to Finger Eleven
Liquid Swords GZA -
Original Soundtracks 1 Passengers -
Ragged Ass Road Tom Cochrane -
Road Tested Bonnie Raitt Live
Sunny Day Real Estate Sunny Day Real Estate -
Love Songs (Elton John album) Elton John Compilation (Europe)
Something to Remember Madonna Compilation +3 new tracks
Soul Food Goodie Mob Debut
13 Aglio e Olio Beastie Boys EP
Now That's What I Call Music! 32 Various Artists Compilation
Stripped The Rolling Stones Live
14 Labcabincalifornia The Pharcyde -
New Beginning Tracy Chapman -
R. Kelly R. Kelly -
Slaughter of the Soul At the Gates -
Southern Gal Terry Ellis -
Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album Various Artists Soundtrack
Your Little Secret Melissa Etheridge -
Welcome to the Neighborhood Meat Loaf -
16 Bif Naked Bif Naked Debut
17 Storm of the Light's Bane Dissection -
20 The Beatles Anthology, Volume 1 The Beatles Compilation
21 Enrique Iglesias Enrique Iglesias Debut
Fresh Horses Garth Brooks -
The Ghost of Tom Joad Bruce Springsteen -
Jesus Freak dc Talk -
I Refuse to Be Lonely Phyllis Hyman -
Live by Yo Rep Three 6 Mafia EP
Mr. Smith LL Cool J -
Natural Wonder Stevie Wonder Live
27 The Gallery Dark Tranquillity -
Eternal E Eazy-E Posthumous
Bizarre Fruit II M People -
N/A Grayfolded Grateful Dead Live
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4 Balto: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack
How Long Has This Been Going On Van Morrison Live
5 The Memory of Trees Enya -
Merkin Ball Pearl Jam featuring Neil Young EP
1990-Sick Spice 1 -
Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits Various Artists Compilation
We Got It Immature -
10 Dancehall Dreamer Pat Green -
12 Xorcist X-Raided -
14 Cibo Matto Cibo Matto -
15 Final Bell / Ghost in the Ruins Savatage Live
? Greed Killing Napalm Death EP

Release date unknown[]

Biggest hit singles[]

The following songs achieved the highest aggregated positions in the charts of 1995.[38]

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1 Coolio Gangsta's Paradise 1995 United States United Kingdom: 1 – October 1995; United States Billboard: 1 of 1995; The Netherlands: 1 – October 1995; Sweden: 1 – October 1995; Austria: 1 – November 1995; Switzerland: 1 – November 1995; Norway: 1 – October 1995; Italy: 1 of 1996; Germany: 1 – January 1996; Republic of Ireland: 1 – October 1995; New Zealand: 1 for 9 weeks October 1995; Australia: 1 for 13 weeks January 1996; France: 3 – October 1995; Poland: 3 – October 1995; Australia: 6 of 1995; United States Billboard: 11 of 1995; United States Cash Box: 12 of 1995; Germany: 16 of the 1990s; Scrobulate: 27 of rap; Pop Culture Madness: 31 of 1995; Global: 33 (5 million sold) – 1995; Europe: 48 of the 1990s; Rate Your Music: 69 of 1995; Acclaimed: 439
2 Shaggy Boombastic 1995 Jamaica UK 1 – September 1995, Italy 1 of 1995, Republic of Ireland 1 – September 1995, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks September 1995, Australia 1 for 1 weeks May 1996, Norway 2 – September 1995, Germany 2 – September 1995, US BB 3 of 1995, Austria 3 – October 1995, Switzerland 3 – October 1995, Netherlands 4 – September 1995, Sweden 4 – September 1995, US BB 6 of 1995, POP 7 of 1995, France 8 – August 1995, Australia 8 of 1996, US CashBox 23 of 1995, Scrobulate 34 of dancehall, Germany 181 of the 1990s
3 Take That Back for Good 1995 United Kingdom UK 1 – April 1995, Sweden 1 – April 1995, Norway 1 – April 1995, Germany 1 – April 1995, Republic of Ireland 1 – March 1995, Australia 1 for 2 weeks August 1995, Netherlands 2 – April 1995, Switzerland 2 – April 1995, Austria 3 – May 1995, US BB 7 of 1995, Australia 9 of 1995, Poland 10 – January 1995, Italy 28 of 1995, RYM 53 of 1995, OzNet 126, Germany 128 of the 1990s
4 Michael Jackson You Are Not Alone 1995 United States UK 1 – September 1995, US BB 1 of 1995, Switzerland 1 – September 1995, Poland 1 – August 1995, Republic of Ireland 1 – September 1995, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks September 1995, Austria 2 – September 1995, Germany 3 – September 1995, Sweden 5 – August 1995, Netherlands 6 – August 1995, Norway 9 – September 1995, US CashBox 13 of 1995, Australia 25 of 1995, Italy 45 of 1995, Germany 262 of the 1990s
5 U2 Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me 1995 Republic of Ireland Norway 1 – June 1995, Poland 1 – January 1995, Republic of Ireland 1 – June 1995, New Zealand 1 for 1 weeks July 1995, Australia 1 for 6 weeks October 1995, UK 2 – June 1995, Austria 4 – July 1995, Switzerland 5 – July 1995, Netherlands 9 – June 1995, Germany 9 – July 1995, Sweden 15 – August 1995, US BB 16 of 1995, Australia 16 of 1995, Italy 27 of 1995, POP 59 of 1995, RYM 72 of 1995

Top hits[]

  • "1st Of Tha Month" – Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
  • "'74–'75" – The Connells
  • "Adiemus" – Adiemus
  • "A Girl Like You" – Edwyn Collins
  • "Agua Dulce, Agua Salá" – Julio Iglesias
  • "Alice (Who The X Is Alice?)" – Gompie
  • "All Over You" – Live
  • "Alright" – Supergrass
  • "Angel (Ladadi O-Heyo)" - Jam & Spoon & Plavka
  • "Ants Marching" – Dave Matthews Band
  • "Any Man of Mine" – Shania Twain
  • "Anything" – 3T
  • "Anywhere Is" – Enya
  • "Army of Me" – Björk
  • "As I Lay Me Down" – Sophie B. Hawkins
  • "Baby" – Brandy
  • "Baby Baby" – Corona
  • "Baby Boy" – Me & My
  • "Back for Good" – Take That
  • "Back in the U.K." – Scooter
  • "Bang and Blame" – R.E.M.
  • "Beautiful Life" – Ace of Base
  • "Bedtime Story" – Madonna
  • "Believe" – Elton John
  • "Be My Lover" – La Bouche
  • "Best Friend" – Brandy
  • "Better Man" – Pearl Jam
  • "Blessed[disambiguation needed]" – Elton John
  • "Breakfast at Tiffany's" – Deep Blue Something
  • "Big Poppa" – The Notorious B.I.G.
  • "Blind" – KoЯn
  • "Boombastic" – Shaggy
  • "Boom Boom Boom" – The Outhere Brothers
  • "Buddy Holly" – Weezer
  • "Bullet" – Fluke
  • "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" – The Smashing Pumpkins
  • "Candy Rain" – Soul For Real
  • "Can't Stop Lovin' You" – Van Halen
  • "Captain Jack" – Captain Jack
  • "Captive Heart" – Selena
  • "Carnival" – Natalie Merchant
  • "Catch a Fire" – Haddaway
  • "Charmless Man" – Blur
  • "Colors of the Wind" – Vanessa L. Williams
  • "Come and Get Your Love" – Real McCoy
  • "Common People" – Pulp
  • "Connection" – Elastica
  • "Conquest of Paradise" – Vangelis
  • "Cotton-Eyed Joe" – Rednex
  • "Country House" – Blur
  • "Creep" – TLC
  • "Dear Mama" – 2Pac
  • "December" – Collective Soul
  • "Dieu m'a donné la foi" – Ophélie Winter
  • "Diggin' on You" – TLC
  • "Disco 2000" – Pulp
  • "Do What's Good For Me" – 2 Unlimited
  • "Do You Really Want Me (Show Respect)" – Robyn
  • "Don't Give Me Your Life" – Alex Party
  • "Don't You Know" – Pandora
  • "Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle)" – The Outhere Brothers
  • "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)" – Monica
  • "Dreamer" – Livin' Joy
  • "Dreaming of You" – Selena
  • "Dub-I-Dub" – Me & My
  • "Earth Song" – Michael Jackson
  • "Electric" – Leila K
  • "Everlasting Love" – Gloria Estefan
  • "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" – Whitney Houston
  • "Fairground" – Simply Red
  • "Fantasy" – Mariah Carey
  • "Father and Son" – Boyzone
  • "Find Me (Odyssey to Anyoona)" – Jam & Spoon & Plavka
  • "Flat Top" – Goo Goo Dolls
  • "Fly Away" – Haddaway
  • "Flying High" – Captain Hollywood Project
  • "Freak Like Me" – Adina Howard
  • "Fred Come to Bed" – E-Rotic
  • "Gangsta's Paradise" – Coolio & L.V.
  • "Generation of Love" – Masterboy
  • "Good" – Better Than Ezra
  • "Gold" – Prince
  • "Grind" – Alice in Chains
  • "Hakuna Matata" – Jimmy Cliff & Lebo M.
  • "Hand In My Pocket" – Alanis Morissette
  • "Hard as a Rock" – AC/DC
  • "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?" – Bryan Adams
  • "Heaven for Everyone" – Queen
  • "Here I Go" – 2 Unlimited
  • "Herz an Herz" – Blümchen
  • "Hey Lover" – LL Cool J & Boyz II Men
  • "Hey Man, Nice Shot" – Filter
  • "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" – U2
  • "Hook" – Blues Traveler
  • "How Deep Is Your Love" – Portrait
  • "Human Nature" – Madonna
  • "Hurt" – Nine Inch Nails
  • "I Alone" – Live
  • "I Believe" – Blessid Union of Souls
  • "I Can Love You Like That" – All-4-One
  • "I Could Fall in Love" – Selena
  • "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" – Meat Loaf
  • "I'm Getting Used To You" – Selena
  • "I Got a Girl" – Tripping Daisy
  • "I Got 5 on It" – Luniz & Michael Marshall
  • "I Got Id" – Pearl Jam & Neil Young
  • "I Hate U" – Prince
  • "I Know" – Dionne Farris
  • "I Want You" – Madonna
  • "I Wish" – Skee-Lo
  • "If I Wanted To" – Melissa Etheridge
  • "If You Love Me" – Brownstone
  • "If You Only Let Me In" – MN8
  • "If You Think You're Lonely Now" – K-Ci Hailey
  • "Independent Love Song" – Scarlet
  • "Inseparables" – Lynda Thomas
  • "Inside Out" – Culture Beat
  • "In the House of Stone and Light" – Martin Page
  • "In the Summertime" – Shaggy
  • "It's Oh So Quiet" – Björk
  • "It's Midnight Cinderella" – Garth Brooks
  • "I Wanna Be A Hippy" – Technohead
  • "I Wanna B With U" – Fun Factory
  • "I'll Be There for You" – The Rembrandts
  • "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By" – Method Man & Mary J. Blige
  • "I've Got a Little Something for You" – MN8
  • "Je sais pas" – Céline Dion
  • "Julia Says" – Wet Wet Wet
  • "Just" – Radiohead
  • "Just a Girl" – No Doubt
  • "Just tah Let U Know" – Eazy-E
  • "Keep Their Heads Ringin'" – Dr. Dre
  • "Key to My Life" – Boyzone
  • "Kiss From A Rose" – Seal
  • "Knockin'" – Double Vision
  • "Laila" – Blue System
  • "La La La Hey Hey" – The Outhere Brothers
  • "Leave Home" – The Chemical Brothers
  • "Let Her Cry" – Hootie & the Blowfish
  • "Let It Rain" – East 17
  • "Lick It" – 20 Fingers
  • "Life Is Sweet" – The Chemical Brothers & Tim Burgess
  • "Lie to me" – Bon Jovi
  • "Life's a Bitch" – Nas
  • "Lightning Crashes" – Live
  • "Like a Rolling Stone" - The Rolling Stones
  • "Love Is All Around" – DJ BoBo
  • "Love Me for a Reason" – Boyzone
  • "Lucky Love" – Ace of Base
  • "Lump" – The Presidents of the United States of America
  • "Macarena" – Los del Río
  • "Marta's Song" – Deep Forest
  • "Mief (Nimm mich jetzt, auch wenn ich stinke)" – Die Doofen
  • "Misery" – Soul Asylum
  • "Mis-Shapes" – Pulp
  • "Missing" – Everything But The Girl
  • "Missing My Baby" – Selena
  • "Miss Sarajevo" – Passengers
  • "Misunderstood Man" – Cliff Richard
  • "Mouth" – Merril Bainbridge
  • "Move Your Ass!" – Scooter
  • "My Friends" – Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • "Name" – Goo Goo Dolls
  • "Never Forget" – Take That
  • "No More I Love You's" – Annie Lennox
  • "Not Over Yet" – Grace
  • "Ode to My Family" – The Cranberries
  • "Old Pop in an Oak" – Rednex
  • "One Man in My Heart" – Human League
  • "One More Chance (Remix)" – The Notorious B.I.G.
  • "One of Us" – Joan Osborne
  • "Only One" – Goo Goo Dolls
  • "Only Wanna Be With You" – Hootie & the Blowfish
  • "Original" – Leftfield & Toni Halliday
  • "Over My Shoulder" – Mike + The Mechanics
  • "Player's Anthem" – Junior M.A.F.I.A.
  • "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" – Céline Dion
  • "Push the Feeling On" – Nightcrawlers
  • "Renegade Master" – Wildchild
  • "Respect" – Alliance Ethnik
  • "Right in the Night" – Jam & Spoon & Plavka
  • "Right Type of Mood" – Herbie
  • "River of Deceit" – Mad Season
  • "Rock and Roll Is Dead" – Lenny Kravitz
  • "Roll to Me" – Del Amitri
  • "Roll with It" – Oasis
  • "Run-Around" – Blues Traveler
  • "Runaway" – Janet Jackson
  • "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)" – Scatman John
  • "Scatman's World" – Scatman John
  • "Scream" – Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson
  • "Sex on the Phone" – E-Rotic
  • "Set You Free" – N-Trance
  • "She" – Green Day
  • "She's a River" – Simple Minds
  • "She's Every Woman" – Garth Brooks
  • "Shut Up (and Sleep with Me)" – Sin With Sebastian
  • "Shy Guy" – Diana King
  • "Sick Of Myself" – Matthew Sweet
  • "Sie ist weg" – Die Fantastischen Vier
  • "Simple & Funky" - Alliance Ethnik
  • "Snuff the Punk" – P.O.D.
  • "So Good" – Boyzone
  • "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" – Bon Jovi
  • "Something for the Pain" – Bon Jovi
  • "Some Might Say" – Oasis
  • "Sorted for E's & Wizz" – Pulp
  • "Stayin' Alive" – N-Trance
  • "Strange World" – Ké
  • "Stutter" – Elastica
  • "Surrender Your Love" – Nightcrawlers
  • "Sympathy for the Devil" – Guns N' Roses
  • "Take a Bow" – Madonna
  • "Te Extraño, Te Olvido, Te Amo" – Ricky Martin
  • "Tell Me When" – The Human League
  • "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" – Bucketheads
  • "The First the Last Eternity (Till the End)" – Snap!
  • "The Universal" – Blur
  • "The World I Know" – Collective Soul
  • "There Is a party" – DJ BoBo
  • "Think of You" – Whigfield
  • "This Ain't a Love Song" – Bon Jovi
  • "This Is A Call" – Foo Fighters
  • "This Is How We Do It" – Montell Jordan
  • "This Time I'm Free" – Dr. Alban
  • "Three in the Power of One" – P.O.D.
  • "Thunder" – East 17
  • "Til I Hear It from You" – Gin Blossoms
  • "Tomorrow" – Silverchair
  • "Tosh" – Fluke
  • "Too Hot" – Coolio
  • "Total Eclipse of the Heart" – Nicki French
  • "Try Me Out" – Corona
  • "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" – Freak Power
  • "Two Can Play That Game" – Bobby Brown
  • "Walking in Memphis" – Cher
  • "Water Runs Dry" – Boyz II Men
  • "Whatever" – Oasis
  • "When I Come Around" – Green Day
  • "When Love & Hate Collide" – Def Leppard
  • "Warped" – Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • "Waterfalls" – TLC
  • "What'll I Do" – Janet Jackson
  • "Where the Wild Roses Grow" – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds & Kylie Minogue
  • "Whoops Now" – Janet Jackson
  • "Wish You Were Here" – Rednex
  • "Wonderwall" – The Mike Flowers Pops
  • "Wonderwall" – Oasis
  • "Yeha-Noha" – Sacred Spirit
  • "You Are Not Alone" – Michael Jackson
  • "You Belong to Me" – JK & Shena
  • "You Oughta Know" – Alanis Morissette
  • "You'll See" – Madonna
  • "Your Loving Arms" – Billie Ray Martin
  • "Zombie" – The Cranberries

Top ten best albums of the year[]

The following ten albums from 1995 are the highest rated, as per aggregate ratings compiled from over 33,000 different "greatest album" charts.[39] Results accurate as of April 2018.

  1. Radiohead – The Bends
  2. Oasis – (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
  3. The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
  4. Pulp – Different Class
  5. Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill
  6. Björk – Post
  7. GZA – Liquid Swords
  8. Elliott Smith – Elliott Smith
  9. P.J. Harvey – To Bring You My Love
  10. Pavement – Wowee Zowee

Classical music[]

  • Osvaldas Balakauskas – Requiem
  • Sally Beamish – Viola Concerto
  • Luciano Berio – Sequenza XII
  • Harrison Birtwistle – Panic (premiered at Last Night of the Proms)
  • Elliott Carter – String Quartet No.5
  • Mario Davidovsky – Violin Concertino
  • Mario Davidovsky – Flashbacks for flute/piccolo/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano, and percussion
  • Frédéric Durieux – Départ for clarinet
  • Ludovico Einaudi – Chatrang Overture
  • Lorenzo Ferrero
    • Seven Seconds, for clarinet, violin, and piano
    • Shadow Lines, for flute and live electronics
  • Philip Glass
    • Saxophone Quartet
    • String Sextet
    • Melodies for saxophone
    • Symphony No. 3, for string orchestra
    • Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra
  • Andrew Glover – Fractured Vistas
  • Simeon ten Holt
    • Schaduw noch Prooi, for 2 pianos
    • Eadem sed Aliter, for piano
  • Houtaf Khoury
    • Concerto for basset horn and orchestra
    • Concerto for soprano saxophone, 6 percussionists and string orchestra[40]
  • Wojciech Kilar – How Will I Calm Myself, for voice and piano
  • Ulrich Leyendecker – Violin Concerto
  • Theo Loevendie – Piano Concerto
  • Krzysztof Penderecki – Violin Concerto No. 2 Metamorphosen
  • Karl Aage Rasmussen – Three Friends, for orchestra
  • John Serry Sr. – Concerto For Free Bass Accordion, piano transcription #1
  • Stanisław Skrowaczewski – Passacaglia Immaginaria
  • Michael Tippett – The Rose Lake
  • Malcolm Williamson – A Year of Birds

Opera[]

  • Roger Ames – Hearts on Fire
  • Michael Easton – The Selfish Giant (for children)
  • Stewart Wallace – Harvey Milk

Jazz[]

Main article: 1995 in jazz

Musical theater[]

Musical films[]

Births[]

  • January 1 – Poppy (entertainer), American singer/songwriter, ambient music composer and YouTuber
  • January 3 – Jisoo, South Korean singer, actress and member of girl group BLACKPINK
  • January 7 – Leslie Grace, American singer
  • January 8 – Victoria Duffield, Canadian singer and actor
  • January 20 – Joey Bada$$, American rapper
  • January 22 – Lexa, Brazilian singer, songwriter and dancer
  • January 27 – Raz Fresco, Canadian rapper and producer
  • February 3 – Orla Gartland, Irish singer, songwriter, youtuber, guitarist, multi instrumentalist and activist
  • February 15 – Megan Thee Stallion, American rapper, musician, and producer
  • February 16 – Denzel Curry, American rapper, singer and songwriter {Billie Eilish}
  • February 21 – Giveon, American singer-songwriter
  • February 25 – Francesca Michielin, Italian singer-songwriter
  • March 3 – Maine Mendoza, Filipina entertainer
  • April 5 – Daniel Caesar, Canadian singer-songwriter RNB/soul musician
  • April 11 – Dodie Clark, British singer-songwriter, musician, author and entertainer
  • April 19 – Arizona Zervas, American singer
  • April 21 – Madison Love, Japanese American singer-songwriter, producer and musician
  • April 24
    • Kehlani, American singer songwriter
    • Ludmilla, Brazilian singer and songwriter
  • April 26
    • Lorenzo Fragola, Italian singer
    • Daniel Padilla, Filipino actor and singer
  • April 27 – Sarah Close, British singer-songwriter, youtuber
  • April 28 – Melanie Martinez (singer), American singer, songwriter, photographer, and director
  • May 4 – Shameik Moore, American actor, singer, and dancer
  • May 10 – Yoan Garneau, Canadian singer-songwriter
  • May 24 – Kiiara, American singer/songwriter
  • June 4 – Shiori Tamai, Japanese singer[citation needed]
  • June 5 – Troye Sivan, South African-Australian singer/songwriter/actor/youtuber
  • June 15 – Tash Sultana, Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
  • June 20 – Serayah (actress), n American actress, model and singer
  • June 23 – Lauren Aquilina, English songwriter-singer, musician, music producer
  • June 26
    • Reema Major, Sudanese-Canadian rapper
    • Mitch James – New Zealand independent musician
  • July 1 – Hoài Lâm, Vietnamese pop singer and actor
  • July 2
    • Ruth B, Canadian singer/songwriter
    • Shirley Setia, Indian singer
  • July 4 – Post Malone, American rapper, singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • July 11 – Tyler Medeiros, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer
  • July 13 – The Japanese House, aka Amber Bain, an English singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist
  • July 15 – Elyar, Azerbaijani-English musician, pop star, music producer, and singer-songwriter (Collaborator with Leadley)
  • July 22
    • Marília Mendonça, Brazilian singer and songwriter
    • Armaan Malik, Indian singer and songwriter
  • July 23 – Hwasa, South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer and member of MAMAMOO
  • August 1 – Derrick Monasterio, Filipino actor, dancer and singer
  • August 8 – Malin Reitan, Norwegian singer
  • August 22 – Dua Lipa, British singer/songwriter
  • August 24 – Wenwen Han, Chinese child actress and violinist
  • August 29 – Gud (music producer), Swedish DJ and producer best known as a member of rapper Yung Lean's Stockholm-based group Sad Boys
  • September 18 – Megan Lee, Korean-American singer-songwriter and actress
  • September 19 – Chase Rice, American singer-songwriter
  • September 22 – Nayeon, South Korean singer and member of TWICE
  • September 25
    • Ryan Beatty, American singer
    • Sofía Reyes, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
  • September 29 – Julien Baker, American singer and guitarist
  • October 4 – Caitlyn Shadbolt, Australian singer-songwriter
  • October 13 – Jimin, South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and member of BTS
  • October 22 – Doja Cat, American singer, rapper and songwriter
  • November 6 – Anja Nissen, Danish-Australian singer, songwriter, dancer and actress
  • November 29 – Laura Marano, American actress and singer
  • December 15 -Leadley, British musician, singer-songwriter, activist and youtuber (Collaborator with Elyar)
  • December 27 – Caroline Pennell, American singer-songwriter
  • December 30 –
    • V, South Korean singer-songwriter, actor, and member of BTS
    • Dominic Fike, American singer and rapper

Deaths[]

  • January 1 – Ted Hawkins, soul blues singer-songwriter, 58
  • January 24 – David Cole, producer (C+C Music Factory), 32
  • January 31 – George Abbott US librettist and director, 107
  • February 6 – Art Taylor, jazz drummer, 65
  • February 12 – Tony Secunda, Marc Bolan's former manager, 54 (heart attack)
  • February 18
    • Bob Stinson, guitarist (The Replacements), 35 (complications caused by drug and alcohol abuse)
    • Denny Cordell, English record producer, 51
  • February 23 – Melvin Franklin, The Temptations, 52 (brain seizure)
  • March 5 – Vivian Stanshall, eccentric British musician, 51 (house fire)
  • March 9 – Ingo Schwichtenberg, Helloween, 29 (suicide)
  • March 16 – Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer, 84
  • March 17 – Sunnyland Slim, blues pianist, 88
  • March 26 – Eazy-E, rapper and record producer, 31 (AIDS)
  • March 29
    • Jimmy McShane, singer (Baltimora) (AIDS)
    • Roland Wolf, keyboardist (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Einstürzende Neubauten), 29 or 30 (car accident)
  • March 30 – Paul A. Rothchild, American record producer, 59
  • March 31 – Selena, singer, 23 (murdered)
  • April 4 – Priscilla Lane, US singer and actress, 79 (lung cancer)
  • April 6 – Delroy Wilson, reggae artist, 46 (cirrhosis of the liver)
  • April 14 – Burl Ives, singer and actor, 85
  • April 25 – Ginger Rogers, US actress, dancer and singer, 83
  • May 6 – Barbarito Diez, Cuban singer and bandleader, 85
  • May 8 – Teresa Teng, singer, 42
  • May 16 – Lola Flores, Spanish singer and dancer, 72
  • May 25 – Dick Curless, country singer. 63
  • June 4 – Ernest Bornemann, jazz musician and critic, 80
  • June 12 – Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli pianist, 75
  • June 14 – Rory Gallagher, Irish blues/rock guitarist, 47 (complications from liver transplant)
  • June 30
    • Phyllis Hyman, R&B, soul and jazz singer, 45 (suicide by overdose of barbiturates)
    • Nazariy Yaremchuk, Ukrainian singer, 43
  • July 1 – Wolfman Jack, disk jockey, 57
  • July 2 – Zdeněk Košler, conductor, 67
  • July 8 – Günter Bialas, composer, 87
  • July 23 – Miklós Rózsa, film score composer, 88
  • July 25 – Charlie Rich, country singer and musician, 62
  • July 28 – Eddie Hinton, songwriter and session musician, 51
  • August 9 – Jerry Garcia, Grateful Dead, 53 (diabetes-related)
  • August 11
    • Allan McCarthy, Canadian singer of Men Without Hats, 38
    • Herbert Sumsion, English church musician, 96
  • August 16 – Bobby DeBarge, lead singer of Switch, 39 (AIDS)
  • August 18 – Alan Dell BBC Radio 2 disc jockey, 71
  • August 19
    • John Gilmore, jazz saxophonist, 63
    • Pierre Schaeffer, composer and pioneer of Musique concrète, 85
  • August 23 – Dwayne Goettel, industrial keyboard player (Skinny Puppy), 31 (drug overdose)
  • August 26 – Ronnie White, the Miracles, co-writer of the Temptations hit "My Girl" (with Smokey Robinson), 57 leukemia.
  • August 30 – Sterling Morrison, The Velvet Underground guitarist, 53 (Non-Hodgkin lymphoma)
  • September 5 – Salil Chowdhury, Indian film composer and poet, 71
  • September 27 – Alison Steele, American disc jockey, 58
  • October 19 – Don Cherry, jazz trumpeter, 58
  • October 21
    • Maxene Andrews, singer, member of The Andrews Sisters, 79
    • Shannon Hoon, lead singer of group Blind Melon, 28 (drug overdose)
    • Hans Helfritz, German composer, 93
  • October 26 – Gorni Kramer, Italian bandleader and songwriter, 82
  • October 31
    • Alan Bush, composer, pianist and conductor, 94
    • Erika Morini, violinist, 91
  • November 2 – Florence Greenberg, music executive and producer, 82
  • November 3 – Isang Yun (Yun I-sang), composer, 78
  • November 7 – Jerry Daniels, The Ink Spots, 79
  • November 8 – Ion Baciu, conductor, 64
  • November 17 – Alan Hull, singer-songwriter and founder of Lindisfarne, 50 (heart thrombosis)
  • November 21
    • Peter Grant, manager of The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, Bad Company, 60 (myocardial infarction)
    • Matthew Ashman, guitarist of Adam and the Ants, Bow Wow Wow, 35
  • November 23 – Junior Walker, R&B and soul musician, 64
  • November 26 – David Briggs, record producer, 51
  • December 10 – Darren Robinson, rapper (The Fat Boys), 28
  • December 25
    • Dean Martin, singer and actor, 78 (cancer)
    • Nicolas Slonimsky, Russian-born conductor and composer, 101
  • December 27 – Shura Cherkassky, American classical pianist, 86
  • December 29 – Hans Henkemans Dutch composer, 82
  • date unknown – Mogens Ellegaard, accordionist, 59 or 60

Awards[]

  • The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The Allman Brothers Band, Al Green, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Martha and the Vandellas, Neil Young and Frank Zappa
  • Inductees of the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame include Charles Wesley (writer of "Hark The Herald Angels Sing")
  • Udit Narayan wins the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award.
  • Tetsuya Komuro (producer) & trf win the Japan Record Award for "Overnight Sensation"t the 37th Japan Record Awards.[41]

Grammy Awards[]

  • Grammy Awards of 1995

Country Music Association Awards[]

Eurovision Song Contest[]

Mercury Music Prize[]

  • Dummy – Portishead wins.

MTV Video Music Awards[]

Charts[]

Triple J Hottest 100
Main article: Triple J Hottest 100, 1995

See also[]

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