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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996.

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Events[]

January[]

• January 8 – Robert Hoskins is found guilty and convicted on five charges of assault, stalking, and threatening to kill Madonna.^[1]
• January 16
  • At the trial of two American teenagers, Nicholaus McDonald and Brian Bassett, for the murder of Bassett's parents and young brother, defense lawyers attempt to lay the blame for the murders on the fact the pair had been listening to "Israel's Son" by Silverchair prior to the crimes, which are dubbed the "Israel's Son Murders". Murmur Records released an official response, stating that Silverchair do not condone violence of any kind and that the song "seeks to criticize violence and war by portraying them in all their horror."^[2]
  • Jamaican authorities open fire on Jimmy Buffett's seaplane, Hemisphere Dancer, mistaking it for a drug trafficker's plane. U2 singer Bono and Island Records executive, Chris Blackwell, are also on the plane; no-one is injured.^[3]
• January 18 – Lisa Marie Presley files for divorce from Michael Jackson.^[4]
• January 19–February 4 – The Big Day Out festival takes place in Australia and New Zealand, headlined by Porno for Pyros and Rage Against the Machine.^[5]
• January 25 – Madonna receives death threats from Argentine Peronists who are enraged and insulted that she is playing Eva Peron in Evita.^[6] After she arrives in Argentina, over 50 walls throughout the city have been spray-painted with the words: ¡Viva Evita! ¡Fuera Madonna! (Long Live Evita! Get Out, Madonna!).^[7]
• January 26 – The controversial musical Rent is given its first public performance at the New York Theatre Workshop, a day after the death of its creator, Jonathan Larson.^[8]
• January 28 – Chris Isaak makes a guest appearance on the television show Friends.^[9]
• January 29
  • La Fenice opera house in Venice, Italy, is destroyed by fire.^[10]
  • Kiss reveals that they have reunited with original members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, with a surprise appearance on the American Music Awards. The band took to the podium in full makeup and costume for the first time since 1983.^[11]
  • Garth Brooks refuses to accept his American Music Award for Favorite Overall Artist, briefly explaining his belief that all music is "made up of a lot of people".^[12]

February[]

• February 4 – Former Milli Vanilli band member Rob Pilatus is hospitalized when a man hits him over the head with a baseball bat in Hollywood, while Pilatus is attempting to steal the man's car.^[13]
• February 13
  • Tupac Shakur releases the first ever rap double album, All Eyez on Me, one of the most influential albums in hip hop history. All Eyez on Me achieves platinum sales in just four hours and reaches No. 1 on the Billboard 200 charts.^{[citation needed]}
  • Take That formally announce that they are splitting up.
• February 14 – The Artist Formerly Known As Prince marries backup dancer Mayte Garcia who is fifteen years his junior.^{[citation needed]}
• February 19 – Jarvis Cocker disrupts a performance by Michael Jackson at the BRIT Awards. During an elaborate staging of "Earth Song" Cocker crashed the stage, lifted his shirt and pointed his bottom in Jackson's direction before getting into a scuffle with security. Cocker later stated that his actions were "a form of protest at the way Michael Jackson sees himself as some kind of Christ-like figure with the power of healing".^[14]
• February 20
  • Snoop Dogg and his bodyguard are acquitted of first degree murder. The jury deadlocks on voluntary manslaughter charges and a mistrial is declared.
  • Storytellers premieres on VH1. The first episodes features Ray Davies.
• February 22 – MCA Records buys half of Interscope Records. Time Warner had owned half of Interscope until September 1995 when it sold off its share due to political pressure for the explicit lyrics of the label's gangsta rap artists.^[15]
• February 28 – The 38th Annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. Alanis Morissette won four awards, including Album of the Year for Jagged Little Pill, while Seal's "Kiss from a Rose" wins both Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Hootie & the Blowfish win Best New Artist. The ceremony also notably features the reunion of the original lineup of Kiss, introduced by Tupac Shakur for their first appearance in full makeup and outfits since 1979.

March[]

• March 4 – The Beatles' second reunion song is released as part of their first reunion since the band's breakup 26 years earlier. The song is a finished version of "Real Love", a John Lennon demo from 1980.^[16]
• March 13 – Ramones fans riot in Buenos Aires, Argentina after waiting all night for concert tickets only to find out that the show had been sold out.^[17]
• March 16 – Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men's 16th consecutive week stay at No. 1 in the American charts with "One Sweet Day" ends when Celine Dion's "Because You Loved Me" reaches #1. "One Sweet Day" enjoyed the longest consecutive stay at No. 1 in the Billboard Hot 100's history.^[18]
• March 18 – The Sex Pistols announce that they will be reuniting for a 20th anniversary tour.^[19]
• March 28 – Phil Collins announces that he is leaving Genesis to focus on his solo career.^[20]

April[]

• April 1
  • Roberto Alagna marries Angela Gheorghiu backstage at the New York Metropolitan Opera.^[21]
  • John Squire announces his departure from The Stone Roses.
• April 3 – M.C. Hammer files for bankruptcy.
• April 4 – The Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia's widow, Deborah, scatter part of Garcia's ashes in the Ganges River in India.
• April 10 – Alice in Chains plays at Majestic Theatre in New York City for a MTV unplugged record and video to be released in July.
• April 15 – The remaining part of Jerry Garcia's ashes are scattered near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
• April 16 – Madonna announces that she is four months pregnant by Carlos Leon, her then boyfriend and trainer.
• April 17 – Carlo Bergonzi gives his American farewell concert at Carnegie Hall.
• April 24 – This Train, Rick Elias, Jimmy A, Phil Keaggy, Carolyn Arends, Third Day and Ashley Cleveland perform a tribute concert for Rich Mullins at Nashville's Cafe Milano. Speakers included Reunion Records executive Terry Hemmings, record producer Reed Arvin, disc jockey Jon Rivers, and author Brennan Manning.
• April 28 – Oasis play the second of two gigs in Maine Road, home of Manchester City F.C., featured on the video "…There and Then".

May[]

• May 8
  • The Galway Early Music Festival is launched in Ireland.
  • In Los Angeles, a judge rules against Tommy Lee and wife, actress Pamela Anderson Lee, in their attempt to keep Penthouse from publishing still photos taken from an X-rated home movie that was stolen from their home.
• May 11 – A 17-year-old fan is crushed in the festival seating section at a concert by The Smashing Pumpkins in Dublin, Ireland, despite the presence of 110 security guards and repeated admonishments from the band telling the crowd to stop surging towards the stage. The fan dies of her injuries the next day and the band cancels that night's show in Belfast as a result.^[22]
• May 18 – The 1996 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, Norway, is won by Irish singer Eimear Quinn, with the song "The Voice". It is Ireland's record seventh, and most recent, win at Eurovision.
• May 25 – Sublime lead singer Bradley Nowell dies of a heroin overdose.
• May 30 – Depeche Mode leader Dave Gahan is arrested upon his release from hospital, having overdosed on a heroin and cocaine 'speedball' in a Los Angeles hotel room and been pronounced clinically dead for two minutes in an ambulance. Gahan is ordered by the court to complete a nine-month rehabilitation.

June[]

• June 2 – Alice Cooper performs at Sammy Hagar's club, Cabo Wabo, in Mexico. It was recorded and released the next year as a live album.
• June 12 – The final of the Eurovision Young Musicians 1996 competition is held in Lisbon, Portugal. The winner is German violinist and pianist Julia Fischer.
• June 15–16 – The first Tibetan Freedom Concerts are held in San Francisco.
• June 19 – Japanese duo Chage and Aska become the first Asian group to participate in MTV Unplugged.^[23]
• June 21 – The Sex Pistols start their reunion tour in Lahti, Finland.
• June 25 – Jay-Z releases his debut album Reasonable Doubt.
• June 26 – Sammy Hagar leaves Van Halen.
• June 27 – DJ Screw, creator of chopped and screwed rap and leader of Screwed Up Click, records the 35 minute long June 27 freestyle with Houston rappers Big Moe, Bird, Key-C, Yungstar, Big Pokey, DeMo, Haircut Joe and Kay-Luv.^[24]
• June 28 – Kiss kicks off the Alive/Worldwide reunion tour at Tiger Stadium in Detroit. It's the first tour by the original lineup of the band since 1979.

July[]

• July 3
  • This World releases their first album since 1986
  • Alice in Chains performs their last concert with lead singer Layne Staley in Kansas City, Missouri while touring with Kiss.
• July 8 – The Spice Girls release their debut single "Wannabe" in the United Kingdom. The song proves to be a global hit, hitting number 1 in 31 countries and becoming not only the biggest selling debut single by an all-female group^{[citation needed]} but also the biggest-selling single by an all-female group of all time.^{[citation needed]}
• July 11 – Robert Simpson's second string quintet receives its première at the Cheltenham International Festival by the Maggini Quartet with , cellist.
• July 13 – Phil Anselmo of Pantera overdoses on heroin after a Texas homecoming gig.
• July 16 - Michael Jackson performed a concert for Hassanal Bolkiah's 50th birthday at the Jerudong Park Amphitheater.
• July 19 – The Proms in the Park event is launched in London, UK.
• July 27 – Adrian Erlandsson & Patrik Jensen form The Haunted.^[25]

August[]

• August 1 – MTV2 is launched. The first video played is "Where It's At" by Beck.^[26]
• August 6 – Influential punk rock group The Ramones play their final show at The Palace in Hollywood.
• August 10-11 – Oasis play the largest free-standing gigs in British history at Knebworth House, Stevenage. 2.7 Million people apply for tickets and a sold-out crowd of 350,000 attend the concerts, 175,000 each night. Stone Roses guitarist John Squire joins the band onstage to play guitar to Champagne Supernova.
• August 15–16 – Phish hosts The Clifford Ball at Plattsburgh Air Force Base. The event is the first of their festivals, currently totaling nine. 70,000 people show up. Some say the event is considered a precursor to the large scale music festivals of today.
• August 27 – Aaliyah released her album One in a Million

September[]

• September 4 – At the MTV Video Music Awards, Van Halen makes a surprise appearance with original singer David Lee Roth.
• September 7
  • Rapper Tupac Shakur is shot several times in what is apparently a drive-by shooting, whilst being driven from the MGM Grand Hotel along Sunset Strip in Las Vegas after seeing the allegedly fixed Mike Tyson versus Bruce Seldon boxing match. He dies six days later.
  • Michael Jackson starts the HIStory World Tour.
• September 10 – Wal-Mart announces it will not be carrying Sheryl Crow's upcoming self titled album because of the lyric "Watch out, sister, watch out, brother/watch our children while they kill each other/with a gun they bought at Wal-Mart Discount Stores."
• September 11 – David Bowie's single "Telling Lies" becomes the first song offered as a digital single by a major record label (Virgin Records). Bowie launches the single by hosting an online chat in which he and two other people pretending to be him answer questions from the audience; Bowie tells the truth, while the other two are "telling lies".^[27]
• September 12 – Controversy follows The Eagles when the band dedicates "Peaceful Easy Feeling" to Saddam Hussein at a United States Democratic Party fundraiser held in Los Angeles.^{[citation needed]}
• September 13 – Tupac Shakur dies as a result of injuries sustained six days earlier.
• September 21 – Meg White marries John Anthony Gillis, who took Meg's name and changed his name to Jack White. They would form The White Stripes one year later.
• September 24 – Weezer releases its second record, 'Pinkerton'. Due to its darker vibe and its departure from their earlier style, it sold less well and was critically panned.^[28]
• September 27 – Sasha and Digweed release Northern Exposure, which has gone on to be considered one of the greatest dance albums of all time.

October[]

• October 4
  • Eddie and Alex Van Halen announce that David Lee Roth will not be continuing as lead singer of Van Halen and that Gary Cherone will be the band's next vocalist.
  • C-Block releases the single "So Strung Out", which reaches fourth chart position in Germany.
• October 6 – Country singers Faith Hill and Tim McGraw get married.
• October 13 – Prince's son Gregory Nelson dies from Pfeiffer Syndrome.
• October 14 – Madonna gives birth to daughter Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon.
• October 15 – Korn's second studio album, Life is Peachy, debuts at number 3 on the Billboard 200 and goes on to sell 6 million copies worldwide.^[29]
• October 27 – Pop-Up Video premieres on VH1.
• October 28 – MTV India is launched.
• October 29
  • Slash announces in a faxed statement that he is officially leaving Guns N' Roses.^[30]
  • Ian Brown and Mani officially dissolve The Stone Roses
• October 31 – David Brookes is fined £45 in Hampstead Magistrates' Court for disrupting the "quiet enjoyment" of the public by playing his bagpipes on Hampstead Heath. Described as "a pain in the neck" by a spokesperson for the College of Pipers in Glasgow, Brookes vowed to buy a bicycle in order to continue playing in the open air, so "they'll just have to catch me." He said he had been piping on the heath for twenty years and had been given permission to do so, adding that he was surprised by the ruling because social workers were allowed to distribute condoms there.^[31]

November[]

• November 8 – After having been premièred at the Sundance Film Festival in January, the film Hype!, a documentary on the Seattle grunge scene, opens to general audiences.
• November 12 – Eminem releases his debut studio album "Infinite"
• November 24 – Crowded House plays its farewell concert on the steps of the Sydney Opera House in Australia, in front of an audience of almost 200,000. Proceeds from this concert support the Sydney Children's Hospital. The band subsequently reunites a decade later with a new studio album and tour.

December[]

• December 7 – The Sex Pistols finish their reunion tour in Santiago, Chile.
• December 16 – Max Cavalera leaves Sepultura because of Sepultura not renewing his wife Gloria's contract as manager as well as being overwhelmed by the death of his stepson.^{[citation needed]}
• December 31 – The twenty-fifth annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with appearances by Shawn Colvin, KC & the Sunshine Band, Spice Girls, Squirrel Nut Zippers and Usher.

Also in 1996[]

• Jesper Strömblad leaves Hammerfall.
• House of Pain breaks up which leads to DJ Lethal joining Limp Bizkit.
• The Monkees embark on their 30th Anniversary Reunion Tour.
• Singer Tori Amos is sued when a man crashes his car after being distracted by a billboard advertising her album. The billboard featured a photo of Amos breastfeeding a piglet.^{[citation needed]}
• Coal Chamber signs with Roadrunner Records and Mikey "Bug" Cox replaces John Tor.
• The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is passed in the United States, deregulating the number of radio and TV stations that any one broadcaster can own.

Bands formed[]

• See Musical groups established in 1996

Bands disbanded[]

• See Musical groups disestablished in 1996

Bands reunited[]

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• The Monkees
• New Edition
• Poison
• Kiss
• Devo
• Supertramp
• Patti Smith

Albums released[]

January–March[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
J A N U A R Y	1	Cut in Half and Also Double	Emily Haines	-
		Splay	Shiner	-
		Inquilaab	Junoon	-
	2	Grom	Behemoth	-
	9	Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp	Kid Rock	-
		Right in the Middle of It	Chely Wright	-
		Victor	Alex Lifeson	-
		Young, Rich & Dangerous	Kris Kross	-
	12	Music of My Life	Jo Stafford	-
	15	Loops of Fury	Chemical Brothers	EP
		Predator	Accept	-
		Total Death	Darkthrone	-
	16	Viva! La Woman	Cibo Matto	-
		Words	Tony Rich	-
	18	Rising	Yoko Ono	-
	22	Boys for Pele	Tori Amos	-
		The Cult of Ray	Frank Black	-
	23	10 Speed	Mystery Machine	-
		Helter Skelter	The D.O.C.	-
		The Trouble with the Truth	Patty Loveless	-
		Wither Blister Burn & Peel	Stabbing Westward	-
	25	Hey Man	Mr. Big	-
		Stormblåst	Dimmu Borgir	-
	26	Maniacal Laughter	The Bouncing Souls	-
	29	Advance	LFO	[32]
	30	Beautiful Girls	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Diatribes	Napalm Death	-
		Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Filth Pig	Ministry	-
		Millions Now Living Will Never Die	Tortoise	-
		Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton	Eazy-E	-
		Total	Total	-
	31	Heavy Petting Zoo	NOFX	-
F E B R U A R Y	5	Don't Stop	Status Quo	-
	6	Kids on the Street	Cherry Poppin' Daddies	-
		Sackcloth 'n' Ashes	16 Horsepower	-
		Tennessee Moon	Neil Diamond	-
	13	All Eyez on Me	2Pac	2x CD
		Congratulations I'm Sorry	Gin Blossoms	-
		Looking East	Jackson Browne	-
		The Score	The Fugees	-
	17	Purpendicular	Deep Purple	Europe
	19	Skunkworks	Bruce Dickinson	-
	20	Affliction	Econoline Crush	-
		Bloom	Audio Adrenaline	-
		Come Find Yourself	Fun Lovin' Criminals	Debut
		Firewater	Silkworm	-
		The Jester Race	In Flames	-
		Murder Ballads	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	-
		Pies Descalzos	Shakira	-
		Roots	Sepultura	-
		Set the Twilight Reeling	Lou Reed	-
		Take Me to Your Leader	Newsboys	-
	23	Our Band Could Be Your Life: A Tribute to D Boon and the Minutemen	Various Artists	Tribute to Minutemen
	27	Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy	The Refreshments	-
		Goldfinger	Goldfinger	-
		The Gray Race	Bad Religion	-
		High on the Hog	The Band	-
		Lay It Down	Cowboy Junkies	-
		Peach Fuzz	Enuff Z'Nuff	US
		Pogue Mahone	The Pogues	-
		The Process	Skinny Puppy	-
M A R C H	1	Milk & Kisses	Cocteau Twins	-
	4	After Murder Park	The Auteurs	-
		Myra Lee	Cat Power	-
	5	Gravity Kills	Gravity Kills	-
		House of GVSB	Girls Against Boys	-
		I Feel Alright	Steve Earle	-
		Naughty Little Doggie	Iggy Pop	-
		Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip	Various Artists	Red Hot AIDS benefit
		The Time of the Oath	Helloween	-
	11	Beat the Bastards	The Exploited	-
		Refresh the Demon	Annihilator	-
		Regular Urban Survivors	Terrorvision	-
	12	Bad Hair Day	"Weird Al" Yankovic	-
		Black Love	The Afghan Whigs	-
		Falling into You	Celine Dion	US
		Gato Negro	7 Year Bitch	-
		Kiss Unplugged	Kiss	Live
		Mercury Falling	Sting	-
		Roots	Sepultura	-
	17	MMMBop	Hanson	-
	18	Another Way to Shine	Spiritual Beggars	-
		The Beatles Anthology, Volume 2	The Beatles	Compilation
		Karate	Karate	-
	19	Born on a Pirate Ship	Barenaked Ladies	-
		The Burdens of Being Upright	Tracy Bonham	Debut
		Colossal Head	Los Lobos	-
		Girl 6	Prince	Soundtrack
		No. 2 Live Dinner	Robert Earl Keen	Live
		Off Parole	Rappin' 4-Tay	-
		The Resurrection	Geto Boys	-
		Second Toughest in the Infants	Underworld	-
		Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files	Various Artists	Soundtrack to The X-Files TV series
	25	Call the Doctor	Sleater-Kinney	-
		Made Again	Marillion	2x CD; Live
		Now That's What I Call Music! 33 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
	26	40 More Reasons to Hate Us	Anal Cunt	-
		The Coming	Busta Rhymes	Solo Debut
		Free Spirit	Bonnie Tyler	-
		Golden Heart	Mark Knopfler	-
		On Avery Island	Neutral Milk Hotel	-
		Regretfully Yours	Superdrag	-
		Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop	Stone Temple Pilots	-
		Under the Bushes Under the Stars	Guided by Voices	-
		Villains	The Verve Pipe	-
	?	Hesher	Nickelback	EP
		Hits	Mike + The Mechanics	Compilation

April–June[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
A P R I L	1	A Maximum High	Shed Seven	UK
		Milk & Kisses	Cocteau Twins	UK
	2	Count the Days	Citizen King	EP
		The In Sound from Way Out!	Beastie Boys	-
		Crimson	Edge of Sanity	-
		The Golden Age	Cracker	-
		Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite	Maxwell	Debut
		Oz Factor	Unwritten Law	-
		10 Song Demo	Rosanne Cash	-
	5	Reject All American	Bikini Kill	-
	8	Moseley Shoals	Ocean Colour Scene	-
		Repetition	Unwound	-
	9	Death Threatz	MC Eiht	-
		Emperor Tomato Ketchup	Stereolab	-
		The Great Divide	Semisonic	-
		Here to Save You All	Chino XL	-
		Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks	Various Artists	Tribute
		The Villain in Black	MC Ren	-
	16	As Good as Dead	Local H	-
		Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt	Veruca Salt	EP
		Blue Moon	Toby Keith	-
		Borderline	Brooks & Dunn	-
		Evil Empire	Rage Against the Machine	Sophomore
		Farewell	Oingo Boingo	-
		Ice Cream Man	Master P	-
		Make Your Mama Proud	Fastball	-
		Sell, Sell, Sell	David Gray	-
		Shot	The Jesus Lizard	-
		This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About	Modest Mouse	Debut
		You? Me? Us?	Richard Thompson	-
	18	Destroy All Monsters/Live in Japan	Raven	Live
		The Forgotten Tales	Blind Guardian	Compilation
	22	Episode	Stratovarius	-
		Wildest Dreams	Tina Turner	-
	23	Through Silver in Blood	Neurosis	-
		Blue Clear Sky	George Strait	-
		Fairweather Johnson	Hootie & the Blowfish	-
		Guitar Slinger	The Brian Setzer Orchestra	-
		Just Fred	Fred Schneider	-
		Less Talk, More Rock	Propagandhi	-
		New Beginning	SWV	-
	29	Arise Therefore	Palace	-
		Casanova	The Divine Comedy
		Nearly God	Tricky	-
		Klassics with a "K"	Kostars	-
		To the Faithful Departed	The Cranberries	-
	30	Az Yet	Az Yet	Debut
		Crash	Dave Matthews Band	-
	?	Drunk on the Moon	No Knife	-
		Eventually	Paul Westerberg	-
		Tin Cans with Strings to You	Far	-
M A Y	1	Ass Cobra	Turbonegro	-
		Curb	Nickelback	-
	6	1977	Ash	-
		Seasick (album)	Imperial Teen	-
		Backstreet Boys	Backstreet Boys	Debut; Europe only
		Dr. Octagonecologyst	Kool Keith	-
		Electriclarryland	Butthole Surfers	-
		The It Girl	Sleeper	-
	7	The Great Southern Trendkill	Pantera	-
		Imperial Drag	Imperial Drag	-
		Infotainment?	Pitchshifter	-
		Now in a Minute	Donna Lewis	Debut
		Teri Yakimoto	Guttermouth	-
		Trouble at the Henhouse	The Tragically Hip	-
		Twister: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Seasick	Imperial Teen	-
		Wild Mood Swings	The Cure	-
	13	Slang	Def Leppard	-
	14	All This Useless Beauty	Elvis Costello & The Attractions	-
		Elegy	Amorphis	-
		Amazing Disgrace	The Posies	-
		Long Line	Peter Wolf	-
		Looking in the Shadows	The Raincoats	-
		Now & Forever	Color Me Badd	-
		Milk and Scissors	The Handsome Family	-
		Older	George Michael	-
		Today's Specials	The Specials	Covers album
		Too Much Too Young: The Gold Collection	The Specials	Compilation
		You've Got to Believe in Something	Spin Doctors	-
	20	The Beautiful Game	Various artists	-
		Duncan Sheik	Duncan Sheik	-
		Ear Candy	King's X	-
		Everything Must Go	Manic Street Preachers	-
		Fuzzy Logic	Super Furry Animals	Debut
		Prozaic	Honeycrack	Debut
		Love in Space	Hawkwind	Live
	21	Bringing Down the Horse	The Wallflowers	-
		Chim Chim's Badass Revenge	Fishbone	-
		Destruction by Definition	The Suicide Machines	Debut
		Dilate	Ani DiFranco	-
		Down on the Upside	Soundgarden	-
		Gettin' It	Too $hort	-
		Let It Rock	Great White	-
		Morningrise	Opeth	-
		Perspective	Jason Becker	-
		Pure Instinct	Scorpions	-
		Rubbing Doesn't Help	Magnapop	-
		Vile	Cannibal Corpse	-
		Walking Wounded	Everything but the Girl	-
	22	Live at the Budokan	Blur	Live album
	25	Roomic Cube	Takako Minekawa	-
	27	Blood on Ice	Bathory	-
	28	Good God's Urge	Porno for Pyros	-
		Take It From The Man!	The Brian Jonestown Massacre	-
		Undisputed Attitude	Slayer	-
J U N E	1	Oh Lord! When? How?	The Hives	Debut EP
		Supershitty to the Max!	The Hellacopters	Debut
	3	Romeo's Heart	John Farnham	-
	4	Banana Wind	Jimmy Buffett	-
		Copperopolis	Grant Lee Buffalo	-
		Delinquent Habits	Delinquent Habits	Debut
		Destiny	Gloria Estefan	US
		Dimestore Hoods	Dimestore Hoods	US
		18 til I Die	Bryan Adams	-
		Future Rhythm	Digital Underground	-
		Hot	Squirrel Nut Zippers	-
		Ice-T VI: Return of the Real	Ice-T	-
		Legal Drug Money	Lost Boyz	Debut
		Load	Metallica	-
		Me and You	Kenny Chesney	-
		My Heart	Donell Jones	-
		Revival	Core	US
		Spirit	Willie Nelson	-
	6	Tigermilk	Belle & Sebastian	-
	7	Dreamland	Robert Miles	-
	10	The Light User Syndrome	The Fall	-
		Swansong	Carcass	-
		Peace at Last	The Blue Nile	-
	11	T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M.	George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars	-
	12	One Chord to Another	Sloan	Canada
	17	Macarena Non Stop	Los del Río	-
		Upgrade & Afterlife	Gastr del Sol	-
		Nocturnal	Heltah Skeltah	-
		Don Solaris	808 State	-
	18	Arena	Asia	-
		Book of Shadows	Zakk Wylde	-
		Gone Again	Patti Smith	-
		Odelay	Beck	-
		High/Low	Nada Surf	-
		Just Like You	Keb' Mo'	-
		Live from Neon Park	Little Feat	Live
		Nocturnal (Heltah Skeltah album)	Heltah Skeltah	-
		The Patti Smith Masters	Patti Smith	Box set
		The Road to Ensenada	Lyle Lovett	-
		Rocket	Primitive Radio Gods	-
		Secrets	Toni Braxton	-
		Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request	The Brian Jonestown Massacre	-
		Very Proud of Ya	AFI	-
	24	Morningrise	Opeth	Europe
	25	America Is Dying Slowly	Various Artists	Red Hot AIDS benefit
		Braver New World	Jimmie Dale Gilmore	-
		Dust	Screaming Trees	-
		Get On Up and Dance	Quad City DJ's	-
		H2O	H2O	Debut
		Peace Beyond Passion	Me'shell Ndegeocello	-
		Ranetoe Serdce (Broken Heart)	Lyapis Trubetskoy	-
		Reasonable Doubt	Jay-Z	Debut
		Back To The World	Tevin Campbell	-
		Xtort	KMFDM	-
		You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!!	Kiss	Live

July–September[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
J U L Y	2	Broken Arrow	Neil Young and Crazy Horse	—
		The Final Tic	Crucial Conflict	—
		It Was Written	Nas	—
		It's Martini Time	The Reverend Horton Heat	—
		Jawbox	Jawbox	—
		Live from the Fall	Blues Traveler	Live
		Stakes Is High	De La Soul	-
		Wax Ecstatic	Sponge	—
	3	None So Vile	Cryptopsy	—
	8	Today Is Another Day	Zard	—
	9	Building the Bridge	REO Speedwagon	—
		Blue	LeAnn Rimes	—
		Chaos and Disorder	Prince	-
		Irresistible Bliss	Soul Coughing	—
		Scenery and Fish	I Mother Earth	—
	15	Stag	Melvins	–
	16	Lemon Parade	Tonic	—
		No Lunch	D Generation	—
		Outpost	The Samples	—
		12 Golden Country Greats	Ween	—
	17	Placebo	Placebo	Debut
	22	Technicolour	Disco Inferno	—
	23	Demo Evergreen Terrace 1996	Evergreen Terrace	EP
		The Dark Saga	Iced Earth	—
		Miracle of Science	Marshall Crenshaw	—
		Songs for a Blue Guitar	Red House Painters	—
		Static Prevails	Jimmy Eat World	—
		Three Snakes and One Charm	The Black Crowes	—
		Tidal	Fiona Apple	—
	24	Shape	Frente!	—
	26	The Return of the Aquabats	The Aquabats	—
	29	Drum 'n' Bass for Papa	Plug	—
		Irreligious	Moonspell	—
		A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular	Hooverphonic	Belgium
		The Crow: City of Angels	Various Artists	Soundtrack
	30	Beats, Rhymes and Life	A Tribe Called Quest	—
		Mista	Mista	—
		Republica	Republica	—
		Sublime	Sublime	—
		Unplugged	Alice in Chains	Live
	?	Not So Tough Now	Frenzal Rhomb	-
		Rockin' down the Highway: The Wildlife Concert	The Doobie Brothers	Live
		This World	This World	—
A U G U S T	6	Anne Murray	Anne Murray	—
		Interstate 8	Modest Mouse	EP
		Music from the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle	Olivia Tremor Control	—
		No End of Love	John Hartford	-
		Oedipus Schmoedipus	Barry Adamson	—
		Shake a Lil' Somethin'	2 Live Crew	—
		Songs and Music from "She's the One"	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	Soundtrack
		Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation	Various Artists	Vic Chestnutt benefit album
	9	Theli	Therion	—
	12	First Band on the Moon	The Cardigans	—
		Now That's What I Call Music! 34 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
	13	Beautiful Freak	Eels	—
		Unreleased and Revamped	Cypress Hill	-
		The Curtain Hits the Cast	Low	—
		Fantastic Planet	Failure	—
		Friction, Baby	Better Than Ezra	—
		Full Circle	Randy Travis	—
		Put it in Your Mouth	Akinyele	EP
		Turn the Radio Off	Reel Big Fish	—
	15	Supersexy Swingin' Sounds	White Zombie	Remix
	18	Acrobatic Tenement	At the Drive-In	—
	19	Becoming X	Sneaker Pimps	—
	20	Cowboy Songs	Riders in the Sky	—
		Die for the Government	Anti-Flag	-
		Into the Unknown	Mercyful Fate	-
		Nada Es Igual	Luis Miguel	—
		October Rust	Type O Negative	—
		Paradise in Me	K's Choice	—
		Songs of Love and Hate	Godflesh	—
	26	Snap! Attack: The Best of Snap!	Snap!	—
		Awaken	The Blood Divine	—
		The Half Tail	Wolfstone	—
		Voyager	Mike Oldfield	—
	27	ATLiens	OutKast	—
		Bad As I Wanna B	MC Lyte	—
		Don't Back Down	The Queers	—
		Gabrielle	Gabrielle	—
		The Latch-Key Child	A+	—
		No Code	Pearl Jam	—
		One in a Million	Aaliyah	—
		Rent: Original Broadway Cast Recording	Broadway cast of Rent	—
		The Restless Kind	Travis Tritt	—
		A Small Circle of Friends: Germs	Various Artists	Germs tribute
		Veiled	Leah Andreone	—
	28	Written in the Sand	Michael Schenker Group	—
S E P T E M B E R	2	Bilingual	Pet Shop Boys	UK
		Coming Up	Suede	—
		Double Allergic	Powderfinger	—
		Man	Neneh Cherry	—
	3	Did I Shave My Legs for This?	Deana Carter	US
		Jennifer Love Hewitt	Jennifer Love Hewitt	—
	9	Another Level	Blackstreet	—
		C'mon Kids	The Boo Radleys	—
		Excerpts from a Love Circus	Lisa Germano	—
		Face to Face	Face to Face	—
		Like Cats and Dogs	Catherine Wheel	Compilation
		Wrong Side of Beautiful	Dub War	Debut
		Travelling Without Moving	Jamiroquai	UK
	10	The Doctor Came at Dawn	Smog	—
		High School High soundtrack	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Home Again	New Edition	—
		Mr. Happy Go Lucky	John Mellencamp	—
		New Adventures in Hi-Fi	R.E.M.	US
		Nine Objects of Desire	Suzanne Vega	—
		Test for Echo	Rush	—
		What Would the Community Think	Cat Power	—
		William Bloke	Billy Bragg	—
	13	Dynamite	Stina Nordenstam	—
	14	In a Bar, Under the Sea	dEUS	—
	16	K	Kula Shaker	UK
		Spiders	Space	—
	17	Fashion Nugget	Cake	—
		Fire Garden	Steve Vai	—
		Rhythmeen	ZZ Top	—
		Six	Whodini	—
		White Light, White Heat, White Trash	Social Distortion	—
	23	Angry Machines	Dio	Europe
		Animal Rights	Moby	—
		Better Living Through Chemistry	Fatboy Slim	—
		Dance Hall at Louse Point	PJ Harvey and John Parish	—
		Louder Than Hell	Manowar	Europe
		Londinium	Archive
	24	Best of the Beast	Iron Maiden	Compilation
		The Garden	Merril Bainbridge	US
		Illadelph Halflife	The Roots	—
		Pinkerton	Weezer	—
		Sheryl Crow	Sheryl Crow	—
		Susanna Hoffs	Susanna Hoffs	—
		Signify	Porcupine Tree	—
		That Thing You Do! Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Walking on Locusts	John Cale	—
		Who Can You Trust?	Morcheeba	—
	27	How Bizarre	OMC	—
		Northern Exposure	Sasha and Digweed	DJ mix
		112	112	—
	30	First Grand Constitution and Bylaws	Secret Chiefs 3	—

October–December[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
O C T O B E R	1
		Ænima	Tool	—
		The Graveyard	King Diamond	-
		At the Speed of Life	Xzibit	—
		Belly to Belly	Warrant	—
		Black Dots	Bad Brains	—
		A Few Small Repairs	Shawn Colvin	—
		From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah	Nirvana	Live Compilation
		Fountains of Wayne	Fountains of Wayne	—
		Greatest Hits	Thompson Twins	Compilation
		The Moment	Kenny G	—
		The Natural Bridge	Silver Jews	—
		Soul on Ice	Ras Kass	—
		This Is the Time	Michael Bolton	Christmas Album
		Yourself or Someone Like You	Matchbox 20	—
	2	Black Earth	Arch Enemy	-
		A Worm's Life	Crash Test Dummies	-
	3	Plays Metallica by Four Cellos	Apocalyptica	Covers
	5	Republica	Republica	—
	8	Antichrist Superstar	Marilyn Manson	—
		Baja Sessions	Chris Isaak	—
		Brown	P.O.D.	-
		Christmas Island	Jimmy Buffett	Christmas
		East Side Militia	Chemlab	—
		Factory Showroom	They Might Be Giants	—
		Ginuwine...the Bachelor	Ginuwine	—
		Karen Carpenter (album)	Karen Carpenter	-
		No Doubt	702	—
		No Talking, Just Head	The Heads	Members of Talking Heads
		Satan Is Real Again, or Feeling Good About Bad Thoughts	Country Teasers	—
		Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison	Van Morrison, Georgie Fame, Mose Allison and Ben Sidran	—
	11	The Starres Are Marching Sadly Home (Theinmostlightthirdandfinal)	Current 93	EP
	14	Sutras	Donovan	—
	15	Breathe	Midnight Oil	—
		Car Button Cloth	The Lemonheads	—
		Genius of America	The Tubes	—
		Justus	The Monkees	—
		Kind Hearted Woman	Michelle Shocked	—
		Life Is Peachy	Korn	—
		No Doy	Moe	—
		Now I Got Worry	Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	—
		Overnight Sensation	Motörhead	—
		Recovering the Satellites	Counting Crows	—
		Red Hot + Rio	Various Artists	Red Hot Organization AIDS benefit
		Stories Told & Untold	Bad Company	—
		This Fire	Paula Cole	—
		Billy Breathes	Phish	-
	22	Autobiography of Mistachuck	Chuck D	—
		Best Of – Volume I	Van Halen	Compilation +2 new tracks
		Bow Down	Westside Connection	—
		Time Will Reveal	Above the Law	—
		Dance into the Light	Phil Collins	—
		Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire	Firewater	Debut
		Motel California	Ugly Kid Joe	—
		Public Cowboy #1: The Music of Gene Autry	Riders in the Sky	—
		Soundtracks for the Blind	Swans	—
		Trial by Fire	Journey	—
		Truth Crushed to Earth Shall Rise Again	House of Pain	—
		12 Soulful Nights of Christmas	Jermaine Dupri	Christmas
	23	Actual Fantasy	Ayreon	—
		Wiseblood	Corrosion of Conformity	—
	24	Goatlord	Darkthrone	Demo
	25	Evita	Madonna	Soundtrack
		Thank God for Mental Illness	The Brian Jonestown Massacre	—
28	The Beatles Anthology, Volume 3	The Beatles	Compilation; UK
	A Different Beat	Boyzone	-
	Hubert Kah	Hubert Kah	-
	Keys to Ascension	Yes	Studio + Live
29	American Hardcore	L.A. Guns	-
	Among My Swan	Mazzy Star	-
	Archaeology	The Rutles	—
	Being There	Wilco	Double album
	Danzig 5: Blackacidevil	Danzig	—
	Da Storm	O.G.C.	-
	Fever In Fever Out	Luscious Jackson	—
	Ironman	Ghostface Killah	—
	Romeo + Juliet	Various Artists	soundtrack
	Skillet	Skillet	—
31	Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.	Slipknot	—
	Back in the Shootin' Match	Ace Troubleshooter	-
N O V E M B E R	1	Around the World Hit Singles: The Journey So Far	East 17	Compilation
	4	Richard D. James Album	Aphex Twin	[33]
		Spice	Spice Girls	UK
	5	Beavis and Butt-head Do America: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory	Makaveli	—
		Just the Same	Terri Clark	—
		Star Bright	Vanessa Williams	Christmas
		Take You There	k-os	—
		Tierna La Noche	Fey	—
		II	The Presidents of the United States of America	—
		Unchained	Johnny Cash	—
		Unknown Country	The Clean	—
	9	Further Along	The Dubliners	—
	11	Pre-Millennium Tension	Tricky	—
	12	About to Choke	Vic Chesnutt	—
		Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1	Chaka Khan	Compilation
		Hard Core	Lil' Kim	Debut
		Infinite	Eminem	Debut
		Losing Streak	Less Than Jake	—
		Nico	Blind Melon	—
		Space Jam: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Tha Doggfather	Snoop Doggy Dogg	—
	18	If You're Feeling Sinister	Belle & Sebastian	—
		Now That's What I Call Music! 35 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
	19	Blood Brothers	Bruce Springsteen	EP
		Daylight: Music from the Motion Picture	Ralph Edelman and Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Dru Hill	Dru Hill	—
		Dusk and Her Embrace	Cradle of Filth	—
		Emancipation	Prince	3xCD
		Endtroducing.....	DJ Shadow	—
		Hell on Earth	Mobb Deep	—
		House of Music	Tony! Toni! Tone!	—
		Ill Na Na	Foxy Brown	—
		Life in General	MxPx	—
		Razorblade Suitcase	Bush	—
		Rock Spectacle	Barenaked Ladies	Live album
		Summer of '78	Barry Manilow	—
		Sunfish Holy Breakfast	Guided by Voices	—
	22	Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!	Enigma	—
		Remember	Rusted Root	—
	25	Enter Suicidal Angels	Dark Tranquillity	—
		Someday Maybe	The Clarks	—
		Telegram	Björk	UK; Remix
	26	The Aeroplane Flies High	The Smashing Pumpkins	Box Set
		Broken China	Richard Wright	UK
		Enigma	Keith Murray	-
		Poison's Greatest Hits: 1986-1996	Poison	Compilation
		The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album	Whitney Houston	Soundtrack
	29	Switchstance	Quarashi	EP
		Tormented	Staind	—
		Voice of Love	Diana Ross	Complication +3 new tracks
	?	Brave Murder Day	Katatonia	-
		Live Around the World	Meat Loaf	Live
D E C E M B E R	2	Telling Everybody	Human Nature	-
	3	Nerf Herder	Nerf Herder	—
		One Fierce Beer Coaster	The Bloodhound Gang	—
		Punk-O-Rama Vol. 2	Various Artists	Compilation
	5	Christmas on Death Row	Various Artists	Christmas
	10	Five Smokin' Tracks from Lit	Lit	EP
		Lama Rabi Rabi	Ghost	—
		Muddy Waters	Redman	—
		This Is Teen-C Power!	Bis	EP
	16	Machines Against the Rage	TISM	Live

Release date unknown[]

Biggest hit singles[]

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1996.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart entries
1	Los Del Rio	"Macarena"	1995		US BB 1 of 1996, Netherlands 1 – Aug 1993, Austria 1 – Feb 1996, Switzerland 1 – Mar 1996, Germany 1 – Apr 1996, Australia 1 for 9 weeks Nov 1996, UK 2 – Jul 1996, US BB 2 of 1996, Norway 2 – Jun 1996, Australia 2 of 1996, POP 2 of 1996, Global 7 (10 M sold) – 1993, Sweden 8 – Jun 1996, Germany 26 of the 1990s, Party 102 of 2007
2	Spice Girls	"Wannabe"	1996		UK 1 – Jul 1996, US BB 1 of 1997, Netherlands 1 – Aug 1996, Sweden 1 – Aug 1996, Switzerland 1 – Aug 1996, Norway 1 – Aug 1996, Germany 1 – Aug 1996, Republic of Ireland 1 – Aug 1996, New Zealand 1 for 1 weeks Nov 1996, Australia 1 for 11 weeks Jan 1997, US BB 3 of 1997, POP 3 of 1997, Austria 4 – Aug 1996, Australia 5 of 1996, Poland 22 – Aug 1996, Italy 31 of 1996, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1996, Scrobulate 59 of pop, RYM 94 of 1996, Germany 170 of the 1990s, OzNet 963, Acclaimed 1504
3	Celine Dion	"Because You Loved Me"	1996		US Billboard 1 – Mar 1996 (33 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 1 – Mar 1996 (19 weeks), Australia 1 of 1996, Australia 1 for 3 weeks – Aug 1996, ASCAP song of 1996, Oscar in 1996 (film 'Up Close & Personal') (Nominated), Grammy in 1996 (Nominated), Golden Globe in 1996 (film 'Up Close & Personal') (Nominated), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Apr 1996), US BB 3 of 1996, Switzerland 3 – Jun 1996 (32 weeks), ARC 4 of 1996 (peak 1 22 weeks), Holland 4 – May 1996 (15 weeks), Poland 4 – May 1996 (20 weeks), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1996), POP 4 of 1996, UK 5 – Jun 1996 (16 weeks), Belgium 5 – Jun 1996 (16 weeks), US Radio 9 of 1996 (peak 1 21 weeks), Japan (Osaku) 11 of 1996 (peak 2 22 weeks), Sweden 12 – Aug 1996 (4 weeks), Germany 13 – Oct 1996 (3 months), Brazil 19 of 1996, Switzerland 20 of 1996, Austria 23 – Jun 1996 (3 weeks), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Jun 1996), Party 134 of 1999
4	Oasis	"Wonderwall"	1995		New Zealand 1 for 1 weeks Mar 1996, Australia 1 for 1 weeks May 1996, UK 2 – Nov 1995, Scrobulate 2 of rock, Sweden 4 – Nov 1995, RYM 4 of 1995, Norway 5 – Dec 1995, US BB 8 of 1996, Netherlands 9 – Dec 1995, Australia 10 of 1996, Austria 12 – Mar 1996, Poland 15 – Jan 1996, US BB 16 of 1996, Switzerland 17 – Feb 1996, POP 20 of 1996, Virgin 22, Germany 24 – Feb 1996, Europe 70 of the 1990s, Acclaimed 123, Belgium 146 of all time, WXPN 856
5	Robert Miles	"Children"	1996		Sweden 1 – Mar 1996, Austria 1 – Apr 1996, Switzerland 1 – Jan 1996, Norway 1 – Apr 1996, Germany 1 – Feb 1996, UK 2 – Feb 1996, France 2 – Feb 1996, Netherlands 3 – Feb 1996, Italy 3 of 1996, US BB 21 of 1996, Australia 26 of 1996, Germany 32 of the 1990s, Scrobulate 71 of house, RYM 159 of 1996, OzNet 336

Top hits[]

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Classical music[]

• Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen – Trumpet Concerto No. 2
• Michael Berkeley – Viola Concerto (revised)
• Elliott Carter – Clarinet Concerto
• Mario Davidovsky – Quartet No. 2 for oboe, violin, viola, violoncello
• Peter Maxwell Davies –
  • Strathclyde Concerto No 10: Concerto for Orchestra
  • Symphony No. 6
• Joël-François Durand – Les raisons des forces mouvantes for organ
• Lorenzo Ferrero – My Piece of Africa, for violin, viola, violoncello, and contrabass
• Francesco Filidei – Danza macabra, for organ
• Joep Franssens
  • Sanctus for orchestra
  • Winter Child for piano
• Vinko Globokar – Oblak Semen, for trombone
• Alexander Goehr – Viola Concerto
• Sofia Gubaidulina – Viola Concerto
• Hans Werner Henze – Labyrinth (revision of 1951 work)
• – Homage a Nelson Mandela
• Wojciech Kilar –
  • Agnus Dei for mixed choir a cappella
  • Piano Concerto No. 1
• Frederik Magle – Christmas cantata: A newborn child, before eternity, God!
• John Pickard – Third Symphony
• David Sawer – Tiroirs
• John Serry Sr. – Five Children's Pieces, for piano
• Juan Maria Solare – Diez Estudios Escénicos
• Karlheinz Stockhausen – Orchester-Finalisten

Opera[]

• Lorenzo Ferrero – La nascita di Orfeo
• Daron Hagen – Vera of Las Vegas
• Franz Hummel – Gesualdo (14 January 1996, Kaiserslautern)^[34]
• James MacMillan – Inés de Castro
• Michael Obst – Solaris (4 December, Muffathalle, Munich Biennale)^[35]
• Karlheinz Stockhausen – Freitag aus Licht (12 September, Leipzig Opera)^[36]

Jazz[]

Musical theater[]

• Chicago (Kander and Ebb) – Broadway revival
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Stephen Sondheim) – Broadway revival
• I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change – off Broadway production
• The King and I (Rodgers and Hammerstein) – Broadway revival
• Once Upon a Mattress – Broadway revival
• Rent (Jonathan Larson) – Broadway production opened at the Nederlander Theatre and ran until 2008
• State Fair – Broadway production opened at the Music Box Theatre and ran for 110 performances

Musical films[]

• Aur Ek Prem Kahani
• Everyone Says I Love You
• Evita
• Glastonbury the Movie
• Grace of My Heart
• Hommage à Noir
• Hype!
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame
• James and the Giant Peach
• Saajan Chale Sasural
• That Thing You Do!

Births[]

• January 12 – Ella Henderson, English singer and songwriter
• January 15 – Dove Cameron, American actress and singer
• January 16 – Jennie Kim, South Korean rapper, singer, and model (Blackpink)
• January 17 – Alma (Finnish singer), Finnish singer, songwriter, music producer, musician and activist
• January 23 – Chachi Gonzales, American actress and dancer
• January 27 – Braeden Lemasters, American actor and singer
• January 28 – Emily Piriz, American singer
• February 3 – Rhap Salazar, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor
• February 9 – Kelli Berglund, American actress, singer and dancer
• February 19 – Mabel (singer), Spanish-born Swedish-British singer and songwriter
• February 24 – Cristian Imparato, Italian singer
• March 24 – Jack Edward Johnson, pop rap musician in duo Jack & Jack
• March 26 – Kathryn Bernardo, Filipina singer and actress
• April 3 – Sarah Jeffery Canadian actress, dancer and singer
• April 11 – Summer Walker, American singer-songwriter
• April 14 – Abigail Breslin, American singer and actress
• May 14 – Martin Garrix – Dutch DJ and record producer
• May 15 – Birdy (singer), English musician, singer and songwriter
• May 31 – Normani Kordei, American singer, songwriter, dancer and member of girl group Fifth Harmony
• June 1 – Tom Holland (actor), English actor and dancer
• June 15 – Aurora (singer), Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer
• June 25 – Lele Pons, Venezuelan-American internet personality, actress, singer, dancer and host
• June 27 – Lauren Jauregui, American singer, songwriter and dancer and member of girl group Fifth Harmony
• July 2 – Beret, Spanish pop singer
• July 11 – Alessia Cara, Canadian singer-songwriter
• July 13 – Jena Irene, American singer-songwriter
• July 16 - Luke Hemmings, Australian singer songwriter, musician, member of 5SOS
• July 18 – Yung Lean, a Swedish rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer
• August 1
  • Cymphonique Miller, American actress and singer
  • Ellona Santiago, Filipino-American singer
• September 1 – Zendaya, American actress, singer and dancer
• September 5 – Sigrid, Norwegian singer-songwriter
• September 6 – Lil Xan, American rapper (Noah Cyrus)
• September 10 – Jack Finnegan Gilinsky, pop rap musician in duo Jack & Jack
• September 17 – Slayyyter,American musician
• September 19 – Pia Mia, Guamanian singer, songwriter and model
• October 1 – Shenseea, Jamaican dancehall reggae performer and deejay (Jamaican).
• October 14 – Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon, first child of Madonna (in Los Angeles, California)
• October 15 – Zelo, South Korean rapper
• October 29 – Astrid S, Norwegian singer-songwriter-model
• November 1 – Lil Peep, American rapper (d. 2017)
• November 6 – Stefanie Scott, American actress and singer
• November 7 – Lorde, New Zealand indie pop singer-songwriter
• November 19 – RiceGum, American YouTube personality, comedien and musician.
• December 11 – Hailee Steinfeld, American actress and singer-songwriter
• December 17 – Kungs, French DJ, record producer and musician.

Deaths[]

• January 20 – Gerry Mulligan, saxophonist, 68
• January 21, in a car accident, the London Boys:
  • Edem Ephraim, 37
  • Dennis Fuller, 37
• January 25 – Jonathan Larson, composer and writer of the hit Broadway musical Rent, 35 (aortic aneurysm)
• January 26 – Henry Lewis, American bassist and conductor, 63 (heart attack)
• January 30 – Bob Thiele, record producer, 73
• February 2 – Gene Kelly, actor and dancer, 83
• February 3 – Audrey Meadows, American actress and singer, 73
• February 7 – Boris Tchaikovsky, composer, 70
• February 15 – Wild Jimmy Spruill, guitarist, 61
• February 16 – Brownie McGhee, blues singer and guitarist, 80
• February 17 – Evelyn Laye, English actress and singer, 95
• February 20 – Toru Takemitsu, composer, 65
• February 21 – Morton Gould, composer conductor arranger ASCAP President, 82
• February 26 – Mieczysław Weinberg, composer, 76
• March 4 – Minnie Pearl, comedian and country musician, 83
• March 15 – Olga Rudge, violinist, 101
• March 22 – Don Murray, drummer (The Turtles), 50 (post-operative complications)
• March 31 – Jeffrey Lee Pierce, singer and songwriter (The Gun Club), 37
• April 2 – Booba Barnes, blues singer and guitarist, 59 (cancer)
• April 18 – Bernard Edwards (Chic), 43 (pneumonia)
• May 8 – Celedonio Romero, leader of the Romeros guitar quartet, 83
• May 10 – Ethel Smith, organist, 93
• May 11 – Walter Hyatt, singer/songwriter, 46
• May 17
  • Kevin Gilbert, studio engineer, songwriter with Toy Matinee, Tuesday Night Music Club, 29 (asphyxiation)
  • Johnny "Guitar" Watson – guitarist, 61 (myocardial infarction)
• May 25 – Brad Nowell, lead singer and guitarist of Sublime, 28 (heroin overdose)
• May 30 – John Kahn, rock bassist, 48
• June 15 – Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer, 79
• June 20 – Jim Ellison, singer and guitarist of Material Issue, 32
• July 12 – Jonathan Melvoin, touring keyboardist for The Smashing Pumpkins, 34 (heroin overdose)
• July 16 – John Panozzo, drummer for Styx and brother of Chuck Panozzo, 47
• July 17
  • Chas Chandler (The Animals), 57 (heart attack)
  • Marcel Dadi, French country and western guitarist, 44 (in the crash of TWA Flight 800)
• July 22 – Rob Collins, original keyboardist of The Charlatans, 31
• July 29 – Jason Thirsk, Pennywise bassist, 28 (suicide)
• August 11 – Mel Taylor, drummer (The Ventures), 62 (cancer)
• August 13 – David Tudor, pianist and composer, 70
• August 14
  • Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor, 84
  • Al Cleveland, songwriter and producer, 66 (heart disease)
• August 23 – Jurriaan Andriessen, Dutch composer, 71
• September 1 – Vagn Holmboe, Danish composer, 83
• September 9 – Bill Monroe, bluegrass singer, composer and mandolin player, 84
• September 12 – Eleazar de Carvalho, Brazilian orchestral conductor and composer, 84
• September 13 – Tupac Shakur, rapper, poet, actor, 25 (shot)
• September 28 – Bob Gibson, folk singer/songwriter, 64
• October 2 – Joonas Kokkonen, Finnish composer, 75
• October 6 – Ted Daffan, country musician, 84
• October 11 – Renato Russo, lead singer and composer for Legião Urbana, 36
• October 17
  • Berthold Goldschmidt, German composer, 93
  • Chris Acland, Lush drummer, 30 (suicide)
• November 2 – Eva Cassidy, American vocalist, 33 (skin cancer)
• November 5 – Eddie Harris, jazz saxophonist, pianist and organist, 62
• November 10 – Manik Varma, Indian classical musician, 76
• November 13 – Bill Doggett, jazz and R&B pianist and organist, 80 (heart attack)
• November 30 – Tiny Tim, musician, 64
• December 5 – Wilf Carter, Canadian country musician, 91
• December 10 – Faron Young, country singer, 64
• December 29 – Mireille, French singer, 90
• December 29 – Jerry Knight, vocalist, bassist, songwriter and producer, 44

Awards[]

• Eurovision Song Contest 1996
• Grammy Awards of 1996
• 1996 MTV Video Music Awards
• Mercury Music Prize, awarded to Different Class, the album by Pulp.
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The following artists were inducted: David Bowie, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Jefferson Airplane, Little Willie John, Pink Floyd, The Shirelles and The Velvet Underground.
• Glenn Gould Prize: Toru Takemitsu (laureate); Tan Dun (protégé)

Charts[]

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See also[]

• 1996 in music (UK)
• Category:Record labels established in 1996
• Triple J Hottest 100, 1996

References[]

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