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year 1991 was the year that grunge music

Grunge music

Grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area....
made its popular breakthrough. Nirvana

Nirvana (band)

Nirvana was an American Rock music band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987....
's Nevermind
Nevermind

Nevermind is the second studio album by the American Rock music band Nirvana , released on September 24, 1991. Produced by Butch Vig, Nevermind was the group's first release on Geffen Records....
, led by the surprise hit single "Smells Like Teen Spirit

Smells Like Teen Spirit

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a song by the American Rock music band Nirvana . It is the opening track and lead Single from the band's 1991 breakthrough album Nevermind....
", became the most popular U.S. album of the year. Followed immediately by other grunge bands like Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam is an American rock music band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder , Jeff Ament , Stone Gossard , and Mike McCready ....
, Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains is an American Rock music band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1987 by guitarist Jerry Cantrell and vocalist Layne Staley. Although widely associated with grunge music, the band's sound incorporates Heavy metal music and acoustic music elements....
, Soundgarden

Soundgarden

Soundgarden was an American Rock music band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1984 by lead singer and drummer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto....
and Stone Temple Pilots

Stone Temple Pilots

Stone Temple Pilots is a Grammy Award-winning American Rock music band consisting of Scott Weiland , brothers Robert DeLeo and Dean DeLeo , and Eric Kretz ....
, grunge dominated the U.S. charts for the next few years. Its success effectively ended pop-oriented, 1980s glam metal

Glam metal

Glam metal is a term used to describe the visual style of certain heavy metal music bands that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States....
groups like Def Leppard

Def Leppard

Def Leppard are an England Rock music band from Sheffield, who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Largely on the strength of their albums Pyromania and Hysteria , Def Leppard became one of the List of best-selling music artists rock bands throughout the 1980s, selling over 65 million albums worldw...
, Mötley Crüe

Mötley Crüe

M?tley Cr?e are a Grammy Award-nominated American hard rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, California in 1981.The band was founded by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx and drum kit Tommy Lee, who were later joined by lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead vocalist Vince Neil....
, Poison

Poison (band)

Poison is an United States hard rock band that achieved great success and popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They have become icons of the 80s MTV era and have had widespread commercial success....
and Ratt

Ratt

Ratt is an United States heavy metal music band that formed in San Diego and enjoyed significant commercial success in the 1980s. The band is most notable for their songs "Round and Round ," "Wanted Man ," "Lay It Down ," "You're in Love " and "Back For More." Though the group lost popularity in the following decade, Ratt has been recognized...
, whose sales and critical viability were beginning to decline for about two years previously.

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The year 1991 was the year that grunge music

Grunge music

Grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area....
made its popular breakthrough. Nirvana

Nirvana (band)

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Pearl Jam

Alice in Chains

Soundgarden

Stone Temple Pilots

Glam metal

Glam metal is a term used to describe the visual style of certain heavy metal music bands that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States....
groups like Def Leppard

Def Leppard

Mötley Crüe

Poison (band)

Ratt

Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses is an American Rock music band, formed in Los Angeles, California, California in 1985. The band, led by frontman and co-founder Axl Rose, has gone through numerous line-up changes and controversies since their formation....
's popularity flourished with the release of the albums, Use Your Illusion I
Use Your Illusion I

Use Your Illusion I is the third studio album by hard rock band Guns N' Roses. It was the one of two albums released in conjunction with the Use Your Illusion Tour, the other named Use Your Illusion II, thus they are sometimes seen together as a double album....
and II
Use Your Illusion II

Use Your Illusion II is the fourth studio album by hard rock band Guns N' Roses. It was one of two albums released in conjunction with the Use Your Illusion Tour, and as a result the two albums are sometimes seen together as a double album....
. Van Halen

Van Halen

Van Halen is a hard rock band formed in in 1972. They enjoyed success from the release of their Van Halen in 1978. As of 2007 Van Halen has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide and have had the most number one hits on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart....
also seemed to continue with their popularity throughout 1991, with the release of For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge is the ninth album by the United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1991 in music. The album's title came from lead singer Sammy Hagar, who wanted to push the issue of censorship with naming Van Halen's album with a vulgarity, stating, "That's when censorship was a big issue....
. Grunge also ended Los Angeles' status as the city for rock music stardom, and established Seattle as such.

A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest is an United States Hip hop music group, formed in 1988. The group is composed of rapper/producer Q-Tip , rapper Phife Dawg , and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad....
's Low End Theory
The Low End Theory

The Low End Theory is the second album by A Tribe Called Quest, released on September 24, 1991 through Jive Records. With the pairing of Q-Tip and Phife Dawg's lyrics, at turns socially charged, abstract and concretely grounded in reality, with groovy jazz sampling , the album includes guests Brand Nubian , Diamond D and Leaders of the...
was released this year; it would go on to be considered one of the best hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
albums of the 1990s. A Tribe Called Quest, along with De La Soul

De La Soul

De La Soul is an American hip hop music group formed in 1987 in Amityville, New York. They are best known for their eclectic sampling and quirky, surreal lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres....
, Dream Warriors

Dream Warriors

The Dream Warriors were a Canada alternative hip hop duet from Toronto, Ontario, composed of King Lou and Capital Q. They were Master of Ceremonies of Caribbean heritage....
, Gang Starr

Gang Starr

Gang Starr was an influential East Coast hip hop group that consisted of Guru and DJ Premier. The group was known mainly for their unique style, which combines elements of New York swing jazz and hip hop music....
and the Poor Righteous Teachers

Poor Righteous Teachers

Poor Righteous Teachers are a Hip hop music group from Trenton, New Jersey, New Jersey, founded in 1989. Often referred to as PRT by their fans, Poor Righteous Teachers are known as pro-Black conscious hip hop artists, with musical content inspired by the teachings of the Nation of Gods and Earths....
, helped define what came to be known as alternative rap with important releases this year.

Queen

Queen (band)

Queen were an England rock music band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, lead vocalist Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Meddows-Taylor, with bassist John Deacon completing the lineup the following year....
frontman Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury , was a United Kingdom singer-songwriter, pianist, guitarist and co-founder of the Rock music Musical ensemble Queen . As a performer, he was known for his vocal prowess and flamboyant performances....
died at home in London on November 24, due to AIDS

AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the HIV ....
complications. Rumors had been circulating that Mercury had AIDS, but the death came as a shock to millions of fans and the music industry. The remaining members of Queen formed the Mercury Phoenix Trust

The Mercury Phoenix Trust

The Mercury Phoenix Trust is a Foundation that fights AIDS worldwide.After the death of Freddie Mercury from AIDS-related causes in London in 1991, the remaining members of Queen and Jim Beach, their manager, organised The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert....
and the following year, a tribute concert

The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert

The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness was an open-air concert held on Easter Monday, 20 April 1992 at London's Wembley Stadium , televised live worldwide to an estimated audience of one billion viewers....
was staged in Wembley Stadium. A sell-out crowd in attendance witnessed the three surviving members reuniting to play along with performances by the likes of David Bowie

David Bowie

David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and Arrangement. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s....
, Elton John

Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John Order of the British Empire is an England singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.In his four-decade career, John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially during the 1970s....
, Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses

Def Leppard

Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal music band that formed in 1981 in Los Angeles. Founded when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in a local newspaper, Metallica's line-up has primarily consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, and lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, while going through a number of bassists....
, Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox is a British musician, vocalist and Academy Award-winning songwriter. She is both a solo artist and the lead singer of the musical duo Eurythmics, hailed as "The Greatest White Soul Singer Alive" by members of the rock industry on the VH1 show 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll in 1999....
, and George Michael

George Michael

Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou , best known as George Michael, is a two-time Grammy Award winning, England singer-songwriter, who has had a career as frontman of the duo Wham! as well as a soul music-influenced, solo Pop music musician....
.

Queen's

Queen (band)

Bohemian Rhapsody

"Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by the English Rock music band Queen . It was written by Freddie Mercury for the band's 1975 album A Night at the Opera ....
goes to number one for the second time, which is the only time a single has gone to number one in the same version more than once. It was also the only time a single has gone to number one more than once on the UK Christmas charts. It has now spent a total of 14 weeks on top of the UK charts.

1991 was also the year CCM

Contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian Music is a genre of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christianity. The term is typically used to refer to the Nashville, Tennessee-based pop music, Rock music, and Contemporary worship music Christian music industry, currently represented by artists such as...
, or contemporary Christian music, reached a new peak. Amy Grant

Amy Grant

Amy Lee Grant is an United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, media personality and occasional actress, best known for her contemporary Christian music....
, who had already crossed back and forth between CCM and pop in the mid-80s, achieved her (and CCM's) first #1 hit on the pop charts with the hit single "Baby Baby." Another single, "That's What Love Is For," would also top the charts, this time in the Adult Contemporary field. Meanwhile, Grant's album Heart In Motion
Heart in Motion

Heart in Motion is the twelfth album by Contemporary Christian music singer Amy Grant, released in 1991 .In contrast with its predecessor, the natural-sounding Lead Me On , Heart In Motion consisted of songs that were heavy in the style of mainstream music of the time....
reaches #11 on the pop chart and #1 on the Christian chart despite its non-religious objective, and quickly becomes a best-seller. Another CCM crossover artist in 1991 is Michael W. Smith

Michael W. Smith

Michael W. Smith is a Grammy Award-winning United States singer-songwriter, musician, recording artist, composer, and actor. He is one of the best-selling and most influential artists in Contemporary Christian Music, and he has achieved considerable success in the mainstream music industry as well....
, who achieves a Top Ten pop hit with his single "Place In This World." The subsequent album, Go West Young Man
Go West Young Man

Go West Young Man is an album released in 1990 by Contemporary Christian music singer Michael W. Smith. Michael W. Smith most notably performed "Place in This World" and "For You" on various shows, ie....
, is also a hit.

The massive success of Garth Brooks

Garth Brooks

Troyal Garth Brooks is an American country music artist. His eponymous first album was released in 1989; it peaked at #2 in the US country album chart and reached #13 on the Billboard 200 pop album chart....
in this year sets the stage for the mid-1990s influx of pop-oriented country music

Country music

Country music is a blend of popular American music forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in Traditional music, Celtic music, gospel music, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s....
ians. In addition, several soon-to-be pivotal bands form or release debuts, including Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band

Dave Matthews Band is an United States rock music band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, Virginia in 1991. Founding members include singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bass guitar Stefan Lessard, violinist Boyd Tinsley, and drum kit Carter Beauford....
, Phish

Phish

eruses4|the band|deceptive internet practices|Phishing}}Phish is an United States band noted for their musical improvisation, extended jam sessions, exploration of music between genres, and their "fiercely loyal fans." Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983, the band's four members performed together for over 20 years until their hia...
, Spin Doctors

Spin Doctors

Spin Doctors are an American jam band/alternative rock group formed in New York City, best known for their 1993 hits, "Two Princes" and "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong", which charted at #7 & #17 respectively on the American pop chart....
) and stoner metal (Kyuss

Kyuss

'Kyuss' was an influential stoner rock/desert rock band, originally from Palm Desert, California. After forming in the late 1980s and releasing an EP under the name Sons of Kyuss in 1990, the band shortened its name to Kyuss....
, Sleep

Sleep (band)

Sleep was a doom metal#Stoner doom band from San Jose, California. Active during the 1990s, Sleep earned much critical and record label attention from early in their career....
, The Obsessed

The Obsessed

The Obsessed was a doom metal band from Maryland led by Scott Weinrich, who also fronted Saint Vitus , Spirit Caravan, Place of Skulls and The Hidden Hand ....
). Massive Attack

Massive Attack

Massive Attack are a United Kingdom trip hop group, founded in 1988 by Robert Del Naja, Daddy G, and Andrew Vowles in Bristol, England. The trio were together prior to the formation of this band, as part of The Wild Bunch ....
's Blue Lines
Blue Lines

Blue Lines is the debut album by British electronica group Massive Attack, released on April 8, 1991 by Virgin Records.Generally considered the first trip hop album--though the term wasn't coined until several years later--Blue Lines was a success in the United Kingdom, though sales were limited elsewhere....
, while unique at the time, invented the sound that would eventually become known as trip hop

Trip hop

Trip hop is a music genre also known as the Bristol sound. The trip hop description was applied to the musical trend in the mid-1990s of downtempo electronic music that grew out of England's hip hop music and house music scenes....
. Entombed

Entombed (band)

Entombed is a Sweden death metal band which formed in 1987 under the name of Nihilist . Though Entombed began their career as an early pioneer of Scandinavian death metal, by the early 1990s their sound had broadened to include hardcore punk and other influences....
's Clandestine
Clandestine (album)

Clandestine is an album by Scandinavian death metal band Entombed , released in 1991 in music. It helped establish a distinctively Swedish sound in the death metal genre, while being more accessible than its predecessor, the atonal debut Left Hand Path ....
and Dismember

Dismember (band)

Dismember is a Sweden death metal band that formed from members of Carnage in 1988. They are well known in the extreme metal underground....
's Like an Ever Flowing Stream
Like an Ever Flowing Stream

Like an Ever Flowing Stream is the debut album by Sweden death metal band Dismember , released in May 1991 . The title may refer to the Bible Book of Amos 5:24, "Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream" ....
are early releases from the Scandinavian metal scene. On the other side of the Atlantic, New York death metal band Suffocation

Suffocation

Suffocation is the process of being Asphyxia.It may also refer to:* Suffocation , a brutal death metal band.* Suffocate, a song by the post-grunge band Finger Eleven from their 2000 album The Greyest of Blue Skies....
release their debut full-length Effigy of the Forgotten

Effigy of the Forgotten

Effigy of the Forgotten is the debut full-length album by New York-based brutal death metal band Suffocation , released in 1991. The cover artwork was created by Dan Seagrave....
, often considered one of the most influential extreme metal albums ever recorded. Trance music

Trance music

Trance is a style of electronic dance music developed in the early 1990s. Trance music is generally characterized by a tempo of between approximately 128 and 150 beats per minute, melodic synthesizer phrase , and a musical form that is progressive as it builds up and down throughout a track....
rises to prominence in the underground dance scene of Frankfurt, Germany, pioneered by such producers as Dance 2 Trance

Dance 2 Trance

Dance 2 Trance is believed by many to be one of the first trance music acts. The promotional vinyl release of their song "We Came In Peace", from 1990, is one of the first pieces of music in history to fall into the "trance" genre....
and Resistance D. U2

U2 are a rock music band from Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The band consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. .The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency....
release their seventh album Achtung Baby
Achtung Baby

Achtung Baby is the seventh studio album by Republic of Ireland rock music band U2. It was released on 19 November 1991, nearly two years after lead vocalist Bono announced the band would have to "go away and dream it all up again", following the mixed response to 1988's Rattle and Hum and their own sense of musical stagnation....
, considered by many of their fans to be their best album. Metallica

Metallica

Metallica (album)

Metallica is the fifth studio album by the American Heavy metal music band Metallica, released August 12, 1991 through Elektra Records. It features some of Metallica's most popular songs, "Enter Sandman", "The Unforgiven ", "Nothing Else Matters" , "Wherever I May Roam" and "Sad but True"....
, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers are a Grammy Award-winning American Rock music band formed in Los Angeles, California, California, in 1983. For most of the band's existence, the members are vocalist Anthony Kiedis, guitarist John Frusciante, bassist Flea , and drummer Chad Smith....
broke through to the mainstream with their critically and commercially acclaimed Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Blood Sugar Sex Magik is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on September 24, 1991. Produced by Rick Rubin, it was the band's first record released on Warner Bros....
.

Timeline

January 18 - Three people are crushed to death during an AC/DC
AC/DC

AC/DC are an Australian rock music rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by brothers Malcolm Young and Angus Young. Although the band are commonly classified as hard rock, and considered pioneers of heavy metal music, they have always classified their music as "rock and roll"....
concert in Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC....
when audience members rush the stage.
February 27 - James Brown is granted an early parole and released from jail. Brown had been arrested after leading police on a high speed chase through two states in 1989. Pop Will Eat Itself
Pop Will Eat Itself

Pop Will Eat Itself were an England band formed in Stourbridge, with band members from Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country....
documented the affair with their song, "Not Now James, We're Busy".
February 28 - Hollywood, California's Record Plant Studios
Record Plant Studios

Record Plant Studios were three famous recording studios which were started and run by Gary Kellgren and Chris Stone . The first opening of the Record Plant was in New York, New York at 321 West 44th Street , in 1968....
recording studio closes its doors. Among the albums recorded at the Record Plant were The Eagles' Hotel California
Hotel California

Hotel California is an album released by the United States rock music band Eagles in late 1976 . It is the first Eagles album without founding member Bernie Leadon and the first album with Joe Walsh....
, Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac are a United Kingdom/United States rock music band formed in 1967 which have experienced a high turnover of personnel and varied levels of success....
's Rumours
Rumours

Rumours is the thirteenth album by Rock music band Fleetwood Mac, released in 1977 in music. It was the second album recorded with this line-up, following the successful self-titled Fleetwood Mac album in 1975....
and Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. A prominent figure in popular music during the latter half of the 20th century, Wonder has recorded more than thirty US top ten hits, won twenty-two Grammy Awards , plus one for Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, won an Academy Award for Best Song, an...
's Songs in the Key of Life
Songs in the Key of Life

Songs in the Key of Life is an album by American musician Stevie Wonder, released on Motown on September 28, 1976 . It was the last of five consecutive albums widely hailed as his "classic period", along with Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions and Fulfillingness' First Finale....
March 1 - The Billboard 200
Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
album chart starts incorporating electronically monitored sales data provided by Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan

Nielsen SoundScan is an information system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett that tracks sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada....
, thus beginning what chart aficionados tag as the "SoundScan era".
March 11 - Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson

Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Born in Gary, Indiana and raised in Encino, Los Angeles, California, she is the youngest child of the Jackson family of musicians....
signs a $30 million (US) contract with Virgin Records
Virgin Records

Virgin Records is a United Kingdom record label founded by England entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972 in music. It was later sold to Thorn EMI, and then, in the US, merged with Capitol Records in 2007 to create the Capitol Music Group....
, making her the highest paid female recording artist ever.
March 16 - Seven members of country music singer Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire

Reba Nell McEntire is an United States country music singer, performer and actress. Sometimes referred to as "The Queen of Country", she is known for her lively stage-shows and pop-tinged ballads....
's band and her road manager are killed when their private plane crashes in California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, near the U.S.-Mexico border. McEntire travels on a separate plane.
March 20

Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson is an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene at the age of 11 as a member of The Jackson 5 and began a solo career in 1971 while still a member of the group....
signs a $1 billion contract with Sony
Sony

is a multinational corporation list of conglomerates corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest media conglomerates with revenue exceeding US$99.1 billion ....
.
Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton Order of the British Empire is an English blues-rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. He is "probably most famous for his mastery of the Stratocaster guitar." Clapton has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Yardbirds, of Cream , and as a solo performer, being the only person to...
's four-year-old son, Conor, dies after falling 53 stories from a New York City apartment window (which would inspire Clapton to write the hit single "Tears in Heaven
Tears in Heaven

"Tears in Heaven" is a ballad written by Eric Clapton and Will Jennings about the pain Clapton felt following the 1991 death of his four-year-old son, Conor, who fell from a 53rd-story window in his mother's friend's New York City condominium....
").

March 24 - The Black Crowes
The Black Crowes

The Black Crowes are an United States of American, blues music-oriented hard rock jam band that have sold over 20 million albums. They were hailed by Melody Maker as "The Most Rock 'n' Roll Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World"....
are dropped as the opening act of ZZ Top
ZZ Top

ZZ Top is an American Rock music trio formed in late 1969 in Houston, Texas, United States. The group members are Billy Gibbons , Dusty Hill , and Frank Beard ....
's tour for repeatedly insulting the tour's sponsor, Miller Beer.
March 27 - New Kids on the Block
New Kids on the Block

New Kids on the Block is an USA pop group that enjoyed success in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a boy band which went on to sell 80 million records world-wide....
's Donnie Wahlberg
Donnie Wahlberg

Donald Edmond Wahlberg, Jr. is an United States singer, actor and film producer. He is a member of the popular 1980s and 1990s boy band New Kids on the Block and is the older brother of fellow actor/musician Mark Wahlberg....
is arrested in Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is Kentucky's largest city and county seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. The city's estimated population as of 2006 is listed as 557,789, with a population of 1,233,733 in the Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area....
for allegedly setting his hotel room on fire.
March 28 - George Harrison
George Harrison

George Harrison Order of the British Empire was an English Rock music guitarist, singer-songwriter and film producer. He achieved international fame as lead guitarist in The Beatles, and is listed number 21 in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of "The 100 Best Guitarists of All Time"....
, Phil Collins
Phil Collins

Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, Royal Victorian Order, is an England singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboardist and actor best known as the lead singer and drummer of England progressive rock group Genesis and as a Grammy Award and Academy Award-winning solo artist....
and others attend funeral services for Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton Order of the British Empire is an English blues-rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. He is "probably most famous for his mastery of the Stratocaster guitar." Clapton has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Yardbirds, of Cream , and as a solo performer, being the only person to...
's late son, Conor.
April 28 - Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter who was born in Burbank, Los Angeles County, California, California. Raitt is best known for her songs "Nick of Time ", "Something to Talk About", "Love Sneaking Up on You", and the ballad "I Can't Make You Love Me." Raitt is also an avid political activist and has received nine Gra...
marries actor Michael O'Keefe
Michael O'Keefe

Michael Raymond O'Keefe is an Academy Award-nominated United States film and television actor....
in New York.
May 7 - In Macon, Georgia
Macon, Georgia

Macon is a city located in central Georgia , USA. It is among the largest metropolitan areas in Georgia, and the county seat of Bibb County, Georgia....
, a judge dismisses a wrongful death lawsuit against Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is a Grammy Award winning England singer-songwriter, whose career has now spanned four decades. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead vocalist of pioneering English heavy metal music band Black Sabbath, and eventually achieved a multi-RIAA certification solo career which revolutionized the heavy metal genre....
. The suit was filed by a local couple that believed their son was inspired to attempt suicide
Suicide

Suicide is the intentional taking of one's own life. Many dictionaries also note the metaphorical sense of "willful destruction of one's self-interest"....
by Osbourne's music.
May 10 - Truth or Dare, a documentary chronicling singer Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)

Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....
's 1990 Blond Ambition Tour
Blond Ambition Tour

The Blond Ambition World Tour is the third concert tour by United States singer-songwriter, Madonna . The tour supported her fourth studio album, Like a Prayer, as well as the soundtrack, I'm Breathless....
, is released to theatres.
June 18 - Van Halen
Van Halen

Van Halen is a hard rock band formed in in 1972. They enjoyed success from the release of their Van Halen in 1978. As of 2007 Van Halen has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide and have had the most number one hits on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart....
releases their ninth album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge is the ninth album by the United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1991 in music. The album's title came from lead singer Sammy Hagar, who wanted to push the issue of censorship with naming Van Halen's album with a vulgarity, stating, "That's when censorship was a big issue....
, spawing the huge ballad hit Right Now
Right Now

Right Now may refer to:Music:*Right Now , a song written by Herbie Mann and Carl Sigman*Right Now , a 1972 album by Wizz Jones*Right Now *Right Now , debut album by Leon Jackson...
and the Top Billboard 30 hit "Top of the World
Top of the World (Van Halen song)

"Top of the World" is a rock music song written by the group Van Halen for their 1991 album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. It is one of six singles issued for the album, and spent four non-consecutive weeks at the top of the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the U.S., becoming their eighth number one on this chart....
"
July - Launch of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music
Australian Festival of Chamber Music

The Australian Festival of Chamber Music is a highly regarded and successful ten day international festival focused on Chamber Music but also featuring tours of regional and remote Australia, fine food, Master classes for musicians and lecture series by international scientists themed on the Great Barrier Reef....
.
August 13 - Metallica
Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal music band that formed in 1981 in Los Angeles. Founded when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in a local newspaper, Metallica's line-up has primarily consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, and lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, while going through a number of bassists....
releases their most successful album, "Metallica" (also called "The Black Album"). This album is somewhat of a departure from the thrash metal
Thrash metal

Thrash metal , is an extreme metal subgenre of heavy metal music that is characterized by its fast tempo and aggression. Thrash metal songs typically use fast, percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with Shred guitar-style lead work....
sound they helped pioneer. It is one of the best selling albums of all time
August 27

Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam is an American rock music band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder , Jeff Ament , Stone Gossard , and Mike McCready ....
releases their debut album, "Ten". While initially slow to sell, it became #2 on the Billboard charts within a year and has since become certified twelve times Platinum in the United States.
Dr. Dre
Dr. Dre

Andre Romelle Young , primarily known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, record executive, and actor. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records, also having produced albums for and overseeing the careers of many rappers signed to tho...
pleads no contest to charges that he beat up a woman at a West Hollywood nightclub. Dr. Dre is sentenced to 24 months probation.

September 17 - Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses is an American Rock music band, formed in Los Angeles, California, California in 1985. The band, led by frontman and co-founder Axl Rose, has gone through numerous line-up changes and controversies since their formation....
release the highly anticipated albums Use Your Illusion I
Use Your Illusion I

Use Your Illusion I is the third studio album by hard rock band Guns N' Roses. It was the one of two albums released in conjunction with the Use Your Illusion Tour, the other named Use Your Illusion II, thus they are sometimes seen together as a double album....
& II
Use Your Illusion II

Use Your Illusion II is the fourth studio album by hard rock band Guns N' Roses. It was one of two albums released in conjunction with the Use Your Illusion Tour, and as a result the two albums are sometimes seen together as a double album....
which debut at the two highest spots on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
, the first such feat for a rock act. The albums went on to sell 7 million copies each and spawned the most expensive music videos ever made and a very controversy-laden multi-year world tour.
September 24 - Nirvana
Nirvana (band)

Nirvana was an American Rock music band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987....
releases Nevermind
Nevermind

Nevermind is the second studio album by the American Rock music band Nirvana , released on September 24, 1991. Produced by Butch Vig, Nevermind was the group's first release on Geffen Records....
, debuting at #144 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
. Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers are a Grammy Award-winning American Rock music band formed in Los Angeles, California, California, in 1983. For most of the band's existence, the members are vocalist Anthony Kiedis, guitarist John Frusciante, bassist Flea , and drummer Chad Smith....
release their 5th album Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Blood Sugar Sex Magik is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on September 24, 1991. Produced by Rick Rubin, it was the band's first record released on Warner Bros....
and A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest

A Tribe Called Quest is an United States Hip hop music group, formed in 1988. The group is composed of rapper/producer Q-Tip , rapper Phife Dawg , and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad....
release their 2nd album The Low End Theory
The Low End Theory

The Low End Theory is the second album by A Tribe Called Quest, released on September 24, 1991 through Jive Records. With the pairing of Q-Tip and Phife Dawg's lyrics, at turns socially charged, abstract and concretely grounded in reality, with groovy jazz sampling , the album includes guests Brand Nubian , Diamond D and Leaders of the...
on the same day.
Tupac Shakur
Tupac Shakur

Tupac Amaru Shakur , also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American Rapping. In addition to his status as a top-selling recording artist, Shakur was a promising actor and a social activist....
's solo career begins with his first album, 2Pacalypse Now
2Pacalypse Now

2Pacalypse Now is the debut album of 2pac, released in November 1991.Though less polished and lacking the hard-hitting produced beats of his later albums, it is his most overtly political work....
, however it does not do well. 6 year old Qa'id Walker is shot dead by a stray bullet during a confrontation between Tupac's entourage and a rival group.
October 25 - Steely Dan
Steely Dan

Steely Dan is an United States jazz-Rock music band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. The band reached a peak of popularity in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock and roll, funk, rhythm and blues, and Pop music....
spontaneously reunites.
November 19 - U2 release Achtung Baby, considered by many to be one of their best, if not their best, album. It is their 3rd #1 album, with 2 Billboard (magazine) Top 10 singles and 4 Billboard (magazine) Top 40 singles
November 23 - Lead singer of Queen
Queen (band)

Queen were an England rock music band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, lead vocalist Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Meddows-Taylor, with bassist John Deacon completing the lineup the following year....
, Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury , was a United Kingdom singer-songwriter, pianist, guitarist and co-founder of the Rock music Musical ensemble Queen . As a performer, he was known for his vocal prowess and flamboyant performances....
, reveals he hasAIDS
AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the HIV ....
; he dies the following day.
November 26 - Michael Jackson releases his blockbuster album Dangerous
Dangerous (album)

Dangerous is the eighth album by Michael Jackson, released on November 26, 1991. It became his second to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart, where it spent the next four consecutive weeks....
, lead by the controversial hit single Black or White
Black or White (song)

"Black or White" was the first single taken from Michael Jackson's Dangerous album, released in October 1991. The single is considered the biggest selling rock song of the 1990's....
.
November 30 - Following on the steps of the Billboard 200
Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
, the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
also begins its "SoundScan era" by incorporating and merging electronically measured sales and airplay data from Nielsen and BDS
Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems

Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems, better known as BDS, is a service that tracks monitored radio, television and internet airplay of songs based on the number of spins and detections....
respectively.
Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston

Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an United States singer, songwriter,actress, record producer, film producer, and former model . Houston rose to international fame in the mid-1980s and her crossover success opened doors for many other African American women to find success in booty shaking & pop music and movies....
sings "The Star-Spangled Banner
The Star-Spangled Banner

"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from a poem written in 1814 by then 35-year-old amateur poet Francis Scott Key who wrote "Defence of Fort McHenry" after seeing the bombardment of Fort McHenry at Baltimore, Maryland, Maryland, by Royal Navy ships in the Chesapeake Bay during th...
" at the Super Bowl
Super Bowl

In professional American football, the Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League . The game and its ancillary festivities constitute Super Bowl Sunday....
. The recording is then released and becomes a hit single.
Britney Spears
Britney Spears

'Britney Jean Spears' is a Grammy Awards-winning American pop music singer, dancer, actress, and glamour model.Raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Louisiana, Spears first appeared on national television in 1992 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The New Mickey Mouse Club#199...
appears on Star Search
Star Search

Star Search was a television show that was produced from 1983 to 1995 and hosted by Ed McMahon. A relaunch was produced in 2002 - 2004. The show was originally filmed at the old Earl Carroll Theatre at 6230 Sunset Blvd....
Country music legend Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers

Kenneth Ray "Kenny" Rogers is an United States country music singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor and entrepreneur.He has been very successful, charting more than 70 hit singles across various music genres and topping the country and pop album charts for more than 420 individual weeks in the United States alone....
starts his restaurant chain, "Kenny Rogers Roasters," serving up tasty chicken.
Perry Farrell
Perry Farrell

Perry Farrell is an United States musician who is the frontman for the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction. Farrell created the touring festival Lollapalooza as a farewell tour for Jane's Addiction in 1991; it has since evolved into an annual festival....
organizes the first Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza

Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring alternative rock, hip hop music, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths....
tour as a farewell for his just-dissolved band, Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction

Jane's Addiction is an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. For most of its career, the band was composed of vocalist Perry Farrell, bassist Eric Avery, guitarist Dave Navarro, and drummer Stephen Perkins....
Nas joins Main Source
Main Source

Main Source was an innovative, acclaimed Toronto and New York-based hip hop music group comprising Toronto natives Sir Scratch, K-Cut, and Queens, NY natives Large Professor and Mikey D....
The Pharcyde
The Pharcyde

The Pharcyde is an alternative hip hop group from the West coast of the United States. The group was formed in South Central Los Angeles , where the group's members grew up....
signs to Delicious Vinyl
Delicious Vinyl

Delicious Vinyl is an United States independent record label founded by Matt Dike and Michael Ross in 1987 in music and based in Los Angeles, California....
, their first label
The original surviving members of Bill Haley and His Comets from the 1950s reunite for a European concert tour, and soon after resume regular touring and recording engagements that continue as of 2005.

Bands formed

See Musical groups established in 1991

Bands disbanded

Bronski Beat
Bronski Beat

Bronski Beat were a popular United Kingdom synth pop Trio of the 1980s....
Bros
Bros

Bros were a British boy band active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, consisting of twin brothers Matt Goss and Luke Goss along with Craig Logan....
Devo
Devo

Devo , often spelled DEVO or DEV-O, is an American Rock music group formed in Akron, Ohio in 1973. They are best known for their 1980 hit "Whip It", which made it to #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart....
Dire Straits
Dire Straits

Dire Straits were a United Kingdom Rock music, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler , his younger brother David Knopfler , John Illsley , and Pick Withers , and managed by Ed Bicknell....
Fields of the Nephilim
Fields of the Nephilim

Fields of the Nephilim is a gothic rock band formed in Stevenage, Hertfordshire in 1984 in music. The original line-up consisted of vocalist Carl McCoy, saxophonist Gary Whisker, Tony Pettit on bass, guitarist Paul Wright and drummer Alexander "Nod" Wright....
Flipper's Guitar
Flipper's Guitar

Flipper's Guitar were a Tokyo-based J-pop duo Keigo Oyamada and Kenji Ozawa. The band were influenced by the chirpy sound of United Kingdom 80's Pop groups like Haircut 100, Exhibit B The Style Council and Aztec Camera, as well as the fashionably eclectic sounds of early 90s Britain, from indie dance to acid jazz....
Furniture
Furniture (band)

Furniture was a United Kingdom Pop music band , active from 1979 to 1991 and best known for their 1986 Top 30 hit "Brilliant Mind".Since its break-up, the band has retained a certain cult appeal - partly due to the high quality of the songwriting and partly due to the band's career ....
Galaxie 500
Galaxie 500

Galaxie 500 was an United States indie rock trio that formed in 1987 and split up in 1991 after releasing three albums....
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction

Jane's Addiction is an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. For most of its career, the band was composed of vocalist Perry Farrell, bassist Eric Avery, guitarist Dave Navarro, and drummer Stephen Perkins....
The La's
The La's

The La's are an England rock music band from Liverpool consisting of frontman Lee Mavers and John Power , plus a rotating cast of guitarists and drummers....
Mantronix
Mantronix

Mantronix was an influential 1980s hip hop and electro music group founded by Disc jockey#Hip Hop DJs Kurtis Mantronik , and rapper MC Tee . Mantronix underwent several Music genre changes during its 7-year existence , from old school hip hop to Electro-hop to house music, but the group is primarily remembered for its original, heavily Syn...
The Men They Couldn't Hang
The Men They Couldn't Hang

The Men They Couldn't Hang are a British rock band whose mixture of folk music and punk rock is not dissimilar to that of The Pogues .The original group consisted of Stefan Cush , Paul Simmonds , Philip "Swill" Odgers , Jon Odgers and Shanne Bradley ....
Moev
Moev

Founded in 1981 by Tom Ferris and Cal Stephenson, Moev is an electronic music group that recorded on Atlantic Records, Nettwerk Records, Go! Records and Cop International....
This Mortal Coil
This Mortal Coil

This Mortal Coil was a dream pop band headed up by Ivo Watts-Russell, founder of the British 4AD Records label. Although Watts-Russell and John Fryer were technically the only two official members, the band's recorded output featured a large rotating cast of supporting artists, many who were signed to, or otherwise associated with, 4AD....
N.W.A.
N.W.A.

N.W.A was a Compton, California, California-based hip hop music group widely considered one of the seminal acts of the gangsta rap sub-genre. Active from 1986 to 1991, the group endured controversy due to the explicit nature of their lyrics....
The Primitives
The Primitives

The Primitives were a United Kingdom alternative rock band from Coventry formed in 1985 by Keiron McDermott , PJ Court , Steve Dullaghan and Pete Tweedie ....
Queen
Queen (band)

Queen were an England rock music band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, lead vocalist Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Meddows-Taylor, with bassist John Deacon completing the lineup the following year....
The Replacements
The Replacements

The Replacements were an American rock music band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minnesota in 1979. The band was composed of guitarist and vocalist Paul Westerberg, guitarist Bob Stinson, bassist Tommy Stinson, and drummer Chris Mars for most of their career....
Talk Talk
Talk Talk

Talk Talk were a popular British Rock music group that were active from 1981 to 1991. In mainstream circles, the group is most well known for their early synthpop singles, including the international hits "Today", "Talk Talk", "It's My Life ", "Such a Shame", "Dum Dum Girl", "Life's What You Make It " and "Living in Another World"....
Talking Heads
Talking Heads

Talking Heads was an American rock music rock band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison....
Transvision Vamp
Transvision Vamp

Transvision Vamp was a popular British alternative rock group. Formed in 1988 by Nick Christian Sayer and Wendy James the band enjoyed chart success in the late 1980's....
Wang Chung
Wang Chung (band)

Wang Chung are a UK New Wave music musical group.The group found their greatest success in the North America, with five Top 40 hits in the US, all charting between 1984 and 1987 ....

Albums released

January

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
9	The Singles Collection The Singles Collection (The Specials album) *The Singles Collection* is a compilation album by the The Specials....	The Specials The Specials The Specials are an England 2 Tone ska revival Musical ensemble formed in 1977 in Coventry. They have had Chart-topper in the United Kingdom, and their music is featured in film and television soundtracks....	Compilation
15	A Little Ain't Enough A Little Ain't Enough *A Little Ain't Enough* was the third full-length album by David Lee Roth , released in 1991. It was certified Gold on April 11, 1991. Produced by Bob Rock, the album featured the lead guitar work of the legendary guitarist Jason Becker, a then up-and-coming guitarist who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease a week after joining the...	David Lee Roth David Lee Roth David Lee Roth is an United States Rock and roll vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality, best known as the lead singer of Van Halen....
15
Step in the Arena Step in the Arena *Step in the Arena* is the second album by underground Hip hop music duo Gang Starr, released in January 1991. In 1991 the album was rated 3.5 out of 5 in The Source....	Gang Starr Gang Starr Gang Starr was an influential East Coast hip hop group that consisted of Guru and DJ Premier. The group was known mainly for their unique style, which combines elements of New York swing jazz and hip hop music....
22	Chagall Guevara Chagall Guevara (album) *Chagall Guevara* is the title of the only full length album by the band Chagall Guevara, released in 1991, on MCA Records....	Chagall Guevara Chagall Guevara Chagall Guevara was an United States rock music band formed in 1989 by solo artist Steve Taylor, guitarists Dave Perkins and Lynn Nichols , bassist Wade Jaynes, and drummer Mike Mead....
22
The Soul Cages The Soul Cages *The Soul Cages* is the third studio album released by Sting . Released in 1991, it became his second #1 album in the United Kingdom. While a relatively little-known album to casual fans, with a similar lack of popularity to 1996's Mercury Falling, this very personal and introspective album spawned four singles, "All This Time ", "Why S...	Sting
25	Into the Light Into the Light (Gloria Estefan album) *Into the Light* is a concept album, the second studio solo album released by American singer Gloria Estefan, but is the fourteenth overall, released in 1991 ....	Gloria Estefan Gloria Estefan Gloria Estefan is a Grammy Award-winning American singer and songwriter. She is in the top 100 of best selling music artists with over 90 million albums sold worldwide, with 26.5 million in the United States alone....
29	Divinyls Divinyls (album) *Divinyls* is the fourth studio album by Australian band Divinyls, released on January 29, 1991 by Virgin Records. The album was the band's most successful,, peaking at No.5 in Australia and No.15 in the US....	Divinyls Divinyls Divinyls are an Australian Rock music band formed in Sydney in 1980 and featuring Singer Christina Amphlett and guitarist Mark McEntee. As the focal point, Amphlett performed on stage wearing a school uniform and fishnet stockings, often using an illuminated neon tube as a prop and displaying aggression towards band members and the audience....

	Mo' Ritmo Mo' Ritmo *Mo' Ritmo* is the debut album of Latin rap artist Gerardo. It was released on January 29, 1991 on Interscope Records, the first such album to be released by the record company....	Gerardo Gerardo Gerardo Mej?a , better known as simply Gerardo is a Latin rapping and singer who later became a recording industry executive. Born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, he has based his career in Los Angeles, California, California since his family moved to Glendale, California, when he was 12 years old....	Debut
	When You're a Boy When You're a Boy When You're a Boy is the debut solo album by Susanna Hoffs. It begins with the Billboard Top 40 single "My Side of the Bed", includes the track "Unconditional Love" , and ends with a cover song of "Boys Keep Swinging", the 1979 in music written by David Bowie and Brian Eno....	Susanna Hoffs Susanna Hoffs Susanna Lee Hoffs is an United States vocalist, guitarist and actress best known as a member of the all-female pop band The Bangles....

Doubt Doubt (album) *Doubt* is the second album by the British rock band Jesus Jones in 1991. The album reached #25 in the US and topped the UK chart....	Jesus Jones Jesus Jones Jesus Jones is a United Kingdom rock & roll band . The London-based group sound recording and reproduction and performed in the late 1980s, throughout the 1990s, and into the 2000s....
Uncle Anesthesia Uncle Anesthesia *Uncle Anesthesia* is the Screaming Trees' fifth album and first full-length album release on Epic Records, released on January 29, 1991. It includes two of the four tracks from the band's previous Epic release, 1990's Something About Today EP, including the song that would give the LP its title....	Screaming Trees Screaming Trees Screaming Trees was an American Rock music band formed in Ellensburg, Washington in 1985 by vocalist Mark Lanegan, guitarist Gary Lee Conner, bass player Van Conner and drummer Mark Pickerel....
?	Babyteeth Babyteeth *Babyteeth* was the first album released by the band Therapy?. It was released in July 1991, on Wiiija Records. The album was recorded in 1990 at Homestead Studio in Randalstown, Northern Ireland and reached number 1 in both the UK and Irish Indie Charts....	Therapy? Therapy? Therapy? are an alternative metal musical ensemble from Northern Ireland. The band was formed in 1989 by guitarist/vocalist Andy Cairns from Ballyclare and drummer Fyfe Ewing from Larne, Northern Ireland....

February

Day	Album	Artist
5	Innuendo Innuendo (album) *Innuendo* is a 1991 album by England rock band Queen . It is the band's fourteenth studio album and the last to be composed entirely of new material....	Queen Queen (band) Queen were an England rock music band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, lead vocalist Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Meddows-Taylor, with bassist John Deacon completing the lineup the following year....
11	Coolin' at the Playground Ya Know! Coolin' at the Playground Ya Know! *Coolin? at the Playground Ya Know!* is the debut album from Another Bad Creation. It was released on February 11, 1991 on Motown Records....	Another Bad Creation Another Bad Creation Another Bad Creation is an United States rhythm and blues and hip hop music musical group from Atlanta, Georgia....
19	Green Mind Green Mind *Green Mind* is the fourth studio album by alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr, released in 1991. It was the band's first release after bassist Lou Barlow's departure, as well as the first released by a major label....	Dinosaur Jr Dinosaur Jr Dinosaur Jr. is an American alternative rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1984. Originally called Dinosaur prior to legal issues that forced the group to change their name, the band disbanded in 1997 until reuniting in 2005....
21	Marc Cohn Marc Cohn (album) *Marc Cohn* is the self-titled debut album by United States singer-songwriter Marc Cohn, released in 1991.The album peaked at #38 on the Billboard 200 Chart and was RIAA certified Gold on February 12, 1992 and RIAA certified Platinum on April 2, 1996....	Marc Cohn Marc Cohn Marc Cohn is a singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for his song "Walking in Memphis" from his eponymous 1991 album Marc Cohn ....
25	Recurring Recurring (album) *Recurring* was the fourth and final Spacemen 3 studio album, finally released in 1991, some time after the band had broken up. By the time the album was recorded, relations between the band had soured to the extent that the record is in 2 parts - the first side by Peter Kember, and the second by Jason Pierce....	Spacemen 3 Spacemen 3 Spacemen 3 were an England Rock music band who formed in 1982 and whose career spanned from the post-punk to acid house eras....
26	Hooked Hooked (album) *Hooked* is the fifth full length studio album by Great White. It was released in 1991. Though lacking a recognizable single and not commercially as successful as ...Twice Shy it still managed to peak at #18 on the Billboard200 album charts and it was critically well received....	Great White Great White Great White is an American hard rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1978. The band gained popularity during the 1980s and early 1990s. The band released several albums in the late 1980s and gained airplay on MTV with music videos for songs like "Once Bitten, Twice Shy"....
26
1916 1916 (album) *1916* is the ninth studio album by the English Heavy metal music band Mot?rhead. It was released on February 26, 1991 on WTG Records.This was their first album recorded for WTG after the legal battle with GWR Records was resolved....	Motörhead Motörhead Mot?rhead are a British hard rock band formed in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Lemmy, who has remained the sole constant member. Usually a power trio, Mot?rhead had particular success in the early 1980s with several successful singles in the UK Singles Chart....
?	Day 1 Day 1 *Day 1* is Robbie Nevil's third album, released in 1991....	Robbie Nevil Robbie Nevil Robbie Nevil is an United States pop music singer-songwriter/record producer / guitarist....

March

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
4	Peggy Suicide Peggy Suicide *Peggy Suicide* is the fifth official solo album by Julian Cope , released in 1991. It was accompanied with extensive notes in which Cope explained the meaning of each song and stated that the entire album was a meditation on humanity's relationship to mother Earth....	Julian Cope Julian Cope Julian Cope is a British Rock music musician, author, antiquary, musicologist, and poet who came to prominence in 1978 as the singer and songwriter in Liverpool post-punk band The Teardrop Explodes....	UK; May 7 in US; Double Album
4	The White Room The White Room *The White Room* was a 1991 album by United Kingdom house music group The KLF. Originally scheduled to be released in 1989 as the soundtrack to a film of the same name, the album's direction was changed after both the film and the original soundtrack LP were cancelled at the last moment....	The KLF The KLF The KLF, also known as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu , The Timelords and other names, were one of the seminal bands from the Music of the United Kingdom acid house movement during the late 1980s and early 1990s....
5	Kill Uncle Kill Uncle *Kill Uncle* is Morrissey's second solo album, released on March 5, 1991. It is generally considered Morrissey's most unconventional album, probably due to its mature torch song aspects combined with quirky music and lyrics that range from ironic and tongue-in-cheek to some of his more introspective....	Morrissey Morrissey Steven Patrick Morrissey , known primarily as Morrissey, is a British singer-songwriter. After a short stint in the punk rock band The Nosebleeds in the late 1970s, he rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the alternative rock band The Smiths....
5
Heart in Motion Heart in Motion *Heart in Motion* is the twelfth album by Contemporary Christian music singer Amy Grant, released in 1991 .In contrast with its predecessor, the natural-sounding Lead Me On , Heart In Motion consisted of songs that were heavy in the style of mainstream music of the time....	Amy Grant Amy Grant Amy Lee Grant is an United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, media personality and occasional actress, best known for her contemporary Christian music....
12	Free Free (Rick Astley album) *Free* is Rick Astley's third album, released in 1991 in music. It was his first album not to be produced by the noted production team of Stock Aitken Waterman....	Rick Astley Rick Astley Richard Paul Astley is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Astley is married to producer Lene Bausager and has one daughter. Astley has released or appeared on recordings that have sold more than 40 million copies worldwide....

	Mind Funk Mind Funk (album) *Mind Funk* is the first album, released in 1991, of the band, Mind Funk....	Mind Funk Mind Funk Mind Funk were a stoner rock/grunge band containing members of Chemical Waste and several other bands, originally known as "Mind Fuck" but were forced by Epic Records, the record label they were signed to, to change their name....

	Out of Time Out of Time (album) *Out of Time* is the seventh album by the American alternative rock band R.E.M., released on Warner Bros. Records in 1991. With Out of Time R.E.M.'s status grew from that of a cult band to a massive international act....	R.E.M. R.E.M. R.E.M. is an American Rock music band formed in Athens, Georgia, Georgia , in 1980 by Michael Stipe , Peter Buck , Mike Mills , and Bill Berry ....
The Real Ramona The Real Ramona *The Real Ramona* is an album by Throwing Muses. Released in 1991, it was the last album recorded by the band before the departure of founding member Tanya Donelly....	Throwing Muses Throwing Muses Throwing Muses are an alternative rock musical ensemble formed in 1981 in Newport, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, that toured and recorded extensively until 1997, when its members began concentrating more on other projects....
Everybody's Angel Everybody's Angel *Everybody's Angel* is a 1991 album by Tanita Tikaram. Jennifer Warnes provided backing vocals on some tracks on the album. One of these songs, "Only The Ones We Love", was released as lead single....	Tanita Tikaram Tanita Tikaram Tanita Tikaram is a British people pop music/folk music singer-songwriter, best known for the hit record "Twist in My Sobriety" and "Good Tradition" from her 1988 debut album, Ancient Heart....
19	Chill of an Early Fall Chill Of An Early Fall *Chill of an Early Fall* is a 1991 album by American country music singer George Strait. It was released by MCA Records. The album produced the singles "If I Know Me" and "You Know Me Better Than That", both of which reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in 1991....	George Strait George Strait George Harvey Strait is a Grammy Award -winning United States country music singer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend....
26	The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991 The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991 *The Bootleg Series Volumes 1?3 1961?1991* is a compilation box set by Bob Dylan. Released in 1991 to satisfy enormous demand for Dylan's much-bootleg recording unissued material, it contains rarities and unreleased works from the sessions for 1962's eponymous debut Bob Dylan to 1989's Oh Mercy....	Bob Dylan	Box Set
	The Human Factor The Human Factor (album) *The Human Factor* is the fourth album by Metal Church, released in 1991 ....	Metal Church Metal Church Metal Church is an United States heavy metal music band from Aberdeen, Washington. They formed as Shrapnel in 1981, their first album was released in 1984, and the band's most recent work, This Present Wasteland, was released in 2008 in heavy metal music....

	Lean Into It Lean into It *Lean into It* is an album by hard rock band Mr. Big , released in 1991. Known as the band's breakthrough release, it peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200 charts, while the single "To Be With You" became the band's first and only song to hit number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100....	Mr. Big Mr. Big (band) Mr. Big is an United States Hard rock supergroup . Formed in 1988, Mr. Big is particularly popular in Japan. Mr. Big are probably best known for their 1991 rock hit, "Green-Tinted Sixties Mind", as well as their 1992 acoustic Billboard Hot 100...

Ribbed Ribbed *Ribbed* is the third studio album by NOFX, it was released on March 26, 1991....	NOFX NOFX NOFX is an United States punk rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California , in 1983.The band was formed by vocalist and bassist Fat Mike and guitarist Eric Melvin....
Vagabond Heart Vagabond Heart *Vagabond Heart* is the 16th studio album by the singer-songwriter Rod Stewart, released in 1991. The album reached #10 in the US, and reached #2 in the UK....	Rod Stewart Rod Stewart Roderick David "Rod" Stewart Order of the British Empire is a British singer and songwriter born and raised in London, England and currently residing in Epping....
27	Spiderland Spiderland *Spiderland* is the second studio album by the American indie rock band Slint, released on March 27, 1991 on Touch and Go Records. Featuring dramatically alternating Dynamics and vocals ranging from spoken word to shouting, the album contains narrative lyrics that emphasize alienation....	Slint Slint Slint was a Rock music band consisting of Brian McMahan , David Pajo , Britt Walford , Todd Brashear and Ethan Buckler . They formed in Louisville, Kentucky, Kentucky, United States in 1986 from the remains of Squirrel Bait....
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Good-bye My Loneliness Good-bye My Loneliness (album) *Good-bye My Loneliness* is the debut album of Zard and was released on March 27, 1991. Ai wa Kurayami no Naka de was used as the 22nd opening theme to the anime series Detective Conan, making it one of the first songs to be used for an anime even after the initial song was released....	Zard Zard was a Japanese pop group. Originally a group of five members, with lead vocalist Izumi Sakai as group leader. However, Sakai was the only member who stayed on the group while others joined and left regularly....
28	Joyride	Roxette Roxette Roxette is a Sweden pop music duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle.This duo achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s with their hit singles "The Look", "Listen To Your Heart", "It Must Have Been Love" and "Joyride "....
?	Outland Outland (Gary Numan album) *Outland* is the 12th studio album, and tenth under his own name, by electronic music pioneer Gary Numan, released in 1991. It was Numan's second and last studio album to be released by IRS Records, reaching #39 on the UK Album Charts charts....	Gary Numan Gary Numan Gary Numan is an English singer, composer, and musician. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of commercial electronic music and has been described as the "King of synthpop." Numan is widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars "....
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Extremely Live Extremely Live *Extremely Live* is a live album by United States rapping Vanilla Ice. Released in March 1991, it is the rapper's second major label release, after To the Extreme....	Vanilla Ice Vanilla Ice Robert Matthew Van Winkle , best known as Vanilla Ice, is an United States rapping known for the 1990 smash hit "Ice Ice Baby."...

April

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	School of Fish School of Fish (album) *School of Fish* is the debut album by School of Fish. It was released in March 1991....	School of Fish School of Fish School of Fish was an alternative rock band which formed in 1989 and disbanded in 1994.The core members were Josh Clayton-Felt and Michael Ward who would play club dates in Los Angeles, California as a duo accompanied by programmed drums and bass....
2	Arise Arise (album) *Arise* is the fourth studio album by Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura, released in 1991 through Roadrunner Records. Upon its release, the album received top reviews from heavy metal music magazines such as Rock Hard , Kerrang! and Metal Forces....	Sepultura Sepultura Sepultura is a Brazilian Heavy metal music band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal and thrash metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, and their later experiments melding hardcore punk and industrial music with extreme metal provided a blueprint for the groove metal gen...
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Mane Attraction Mane Attraction *Mane Attraction* was the fourth studio music album by the hard rock band White Lion. It was released in 1991 by Atlantic Records, and reached #61 on The Billboard 200....	White Lion White Lion White Lion is an United States/Denmark glam metal band that formed in New York City in 1983 by Denmark vocalist Mike Tramp and United States guitarist Vito Bratta....
6	Now! That's What I Call Music 19 Now! That's What I Call Music 19 (U.K. series) *Now! That's What I Call Music 19* or *Now 19* was released in 1991. The album is the 19th edition of the Now That's What I Call Music series....	Various Artists	Compilation
8	Flashpoint Flashpoint (album) *Flashpoint* is a live album by British rock band The Rolling Stones. It was released in 1991, having been recorded throughout 1989 and 1990 on the mammoth Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour....	The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones are an English rock music band formed in 1962 in London when multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones and pianist Ian Stewart were joined by vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards....	Live
8	Real Life Real Life (Simple Minds album) *Real Life* is an album by Simple Minds, released in April 1991 . Seen as a return to the sound of Once Upon a Time , after the stylistic departure of 1989's Street Fighting Years, Real Life reached #2 in the UK, but failed to chart in the USA, despite hitting the Top 40 with "See the Lights", which was also their only #1 sing...	Simple Minds Simple Minds Simple Minds are a rock music band from Scotland, who had their greatest worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The band, from the south side of Glasgow, produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s, and later went on to produce some politically inspired and critically praised work....
9	L'Autre L'Autre *l'Autre* is the debut album of Et Sans, an Experimental rock Canada group. It was released in November 2001 by Locust Music.The entire album consists of one song, approximately 42 minutes and 17 seconds long, named after the album title....	Mylène Farmer Mylène Farmer Myl?ne Farmer born Myl?ne Jeanne Gautier is a France singer, songwriter, occasional actress and author. She has sold more than 25 million records and is among the most successful recording artists of all time in France....
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The Ghosts That Haunt Me The Ghosts That Haunt Me *The Ghosts That Haunt Me* is the 1991 debut album by Crash Test Dummies. It featured their hit "Superman's Song".The artwork featured on the cover is by 19th century illustrator Gustav Dor? and is from 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge....	Crash Test Dummies Crash Test Dummies The Crash Test Dummies are a Canada folk-rock group from Winnipeg, Manitoba, popular in the early 1990s....
15	The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld *The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld* is a seminal 1991 in music ambient house concept album by the electronic music collective The Orb....	The Orb The Orb The Orb are an English electronic music group known for popularising chill out music in the 1990s and spawning the genre of ambient house. Founded in 1988 by Alex Paterson and The KLF member Jimmy Cauty, The Orb began as ambient music and dub music disc jockeys in London....
16	Auberge Auberge *Auberge* is an album by Chris Rea, released in 1991. The album as well as the title song was mostly notable for the association of the Caterham Super Seven that he owned, in which he called it the "Blue Seven"....	Chris Rea Chris Rea Christopher Anton Rea is a singer-songwriter from Middlesbrough, England, recognisable for his distinctive, raspy voice. Rea has sold over 30 million albums worldwide....

	Temple of the Dog Temple of the Dog (album) *Temple of the Dog* is the only studio album by the American Rock music band Temple of the Dog, released on April 16, 1991 through A&M Records....	Temple of the Dog Temple of the Dog Temple of the Dog was an American Rock music band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. It was conceived by Chris Cornell of Soundgarden as a tribute to his friend, the late Andrew Wood, lead singer of Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone....
The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life *The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life* is a double disc live album by Frank Zappa, released in 1991 . The album was one of three to be recorded during the 1988 world tour, along with Broadway the Hard Way and Make a Jazz Noise Here....	Frank Zappa Frank Zappa Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock music, jazz, electronic music, orchestral, and musique concr?te works....	2 discs; Live
22	Shift-Work Shift-Work *Shift-Work* is a 1991 LP by the British rock band The Fall . Released through Phonogram Records, it marked, in the opinion of critic Ted Mills, a change in direction for the group, as "repetitious grooves became interspersed with pop song structures." Non-vinyl versions of the record feature the single "White Lighting", originally recorded...	The Fall
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Hoodoo Hoodoo (album) *Hoodoo* is the third solo album by singer/songwriter Alison Moyet.The album includes singles "It Won't Be Long", "Wishing You Were Here", "This House" and "Hoodoo"....	Alison Moyet Alison Moyet Alison Moyet , is an England Popular music singer-songwriter noted for her bluesy voice....
23	Time, Love & Tenderness Time, Love & Tenderness *Time, Love & Tenderness* is an album by Michael Bolton. It was produced by Walter Afanasieff and Michael Bolton. The album topped the Billboard 200 chart and produced four Top 40 singles: a cover of Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" reached #4, "Time, Love and...	Michael Bolton Michael Bolton Michael Bolton , is an United States singer-songwriter and a former heavy metal music singer, best known for his soft rock ballads and tenor vocals....

	The Reality of My Surroundings The Reality of My Surroundings *The Reality of My Surroundings* is the third album by Fishbone, released on April 23, 1991. It was the first album to feature former Miles Davis music director John Bigham , who joined in 1989 during the Truth and Soul tour....	Fishbone Fishbone Fishbone is an American alternative rock band that plays a fusion of ska, punk rock, funk metal and more. The band was formed in 1979 in the ghettos of South Los Angeles Los Angeles by Angelo Moore, also known as "Dr....
Ordinary Average Guy Ordinary Average Guy *Ordinary Average Guy* is the ninth studio album by Joe Walsh, released in 1991 ....	Joe Walsh Joe Walsh Joseph Fidler "Joe" Walsh is an United States guitarist, songwriter, and rock musician. He has been a member of three successful bands, the James Gang, Barnstorm , and The Eagles....
27	True Love True Love (Pat Benatar album) *True Love* is the ninth album by Pat Benatar, it is a jump blues record released in 1991. It peaked at #37 on the U.S. Billboard 200. Pat Benatar recorded the album with Neil Giraldo, Myron Grombacher and the Roomful of Blues horn section and drummer....	Pat Benatar Pat Benatar Pat Benatar is a four-time Grammy Award-winning United States singer best known for hit songs like "Love Is a Battlefield" and "Hit Me with Your Best Shot"....
30	Cooleyhighharmony Cooleyhighharmony *Cooleyhighharmony* is the debut 1991 album by Motown group Boyz II Men. Executive produced by Michael Bivins of New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe, the album features the hit singles "Motownphilly" and "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday", a G.C....	Boyz II Men Boyz II Men Boyz II Men is an Grammy Award-winning American Contemporary R&B/soul music singing group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1988 as a quintet which originally included Marc Nelson, Boyz II Men found fame as a quartet, with the members being Nathan Morris, Michael McCary, Shawn Stockman, and Wanya Morris, on Motown Records during the...

	Spartacus Spartacus (The Farm album) *Spartacus* is the 1991 debut album of Liverpool-based pop group The Farm , released in the height of Madchester. It reached number one in the UK album chart, staying there for a week....	The Farm The Farm The Farm may stand for:...	Debut
Why Do Birds Sing? Why Do Birds Sing? *Why Do Birds Sing?*, Violent Femmes' fifth studio album, is one of their more popular offerings. It was released on April 30, 1991 ....	Violent Femmes Violent Femmes The Violent Femmes, formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1980, are an American alternative rock band, noted for laying the groundwork for folk punk....

May

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
3	Grippe Grippe (album) Grippe is the debut album from alternative rock, indie rock band, Jawbox. It was released in May 1991 in music on Dischord Records.Recorded throughout the year of 1990, Jawbox's first effort was generally brushed off by critics as a sloppy but promising debut....	Jawbox Jawbox Jawbox was a post hardcore/indie rock band from Washington, D.C.. Its members were J. Robbins , Bill Barbot , Kim Coletta , Adam Wade & Zach Barocas ....
7	Star Time Star Time *Star Time* is a 1991 in music 71-track, 4-CD box set by James Brown. Its contents span most of the length of his career up to the time of its release, starting in 1956 in music with his first hit record, "Please, Please, Please", and ending with "Unity ", his 1984 in music collaboration with Afrika Bambaataa....	James Brown James Brown James Joseph Brown, Jr. was an United States entertainer. He is recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th century popular music and was renowned for his vocals and feverish dancing....	Box Set
	5,000,000 5,000,000 *5,000,000* is the second album by Dread Zeppelin, released in 1991. .The title is a reference to the Elvis Presley album, 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong....	Dread Zeppelin Dread Zeppelin Dread Zeppelin is an United States band best known for Cover version the songs of Led Zeppelin in a reggae style sung by an Elvis Presley Elvis impersonator named Tortelvis , though their act now encompasses many other songs and other styles of music....

Hard at Play Hard at Play *Hard at Play* is the sixth album by American rock music band Huey Lewis and the News. It was released in 1991 on EMI America Records....	Huey Lewis and the News
9	Ex:el Ex:el *ex:el* is an album by electronic music group 808 State that was released in 1991.The album features a couple of guest vocalists. Bernard Sumner, of Joy Division and New Order fame, sang on "Spanish Heart." Bj?rk, who sang on "Qmart" and "Ooops," is also credited with co-writing the two songs....	808 State 808 State 808 State are an English electronic music outfit formed in 1988 in Manchester, taking their name from the Roland TR-808 drum machine and the "state of mind" shared by the members....
13	Pop Life Pop Life (album) *Pop Life* is the fifth studio album released by British girl group Bananarama in 1991 and is the only album released which features Jacquie O'Sullivan, who replaced Siobhan Fahey in Bananarama upon her departure in 1988....	Bananarama Bananarama Bananarama are an United Kingdom girl group who have had success on the pop and dance charts since 1982. Although there have been line-up changes during the years, the group enjoyed its most popular success as a trio, made up of lifelong friends Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward and Sara Dallin....	UK
	De La Soul Is Dead De La Soul Is Dead *De La Soul Is Dead* is De La Soul's second full-length album, released in 1991 . The album was produced by Prince Paul, whose work on 3 Feet High and Rising was highly praised by music critics....	De La Soul De La Soul De La Soul is an American hip hop music group formed in 1987 in Amityville, New York. They are best known for their eclectic sampling and quirky, surreal lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres....

Positively Phranc Positively Phranc *Positively Phranc* is an album by folk singer-songwriter Phranc, released in 1991.Unlike 1989's polished I Enjoy Being a Girl , Positively Phranc marks a return to her raw acoustic solo work....	Phranc Phranc Phranc is an United States singer-songwriter whose career has spanned several decades....
14	Spellbound	Paula Abdul Paula Abdul Paula Julie Abdul is an United States Pop music singer, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality.In the 1980s, Abdul rose from being a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers to being a sought-after choreographer at the height of the music video era, then to being a pop music-Contemporary R&B singer with a string of hits in...

	Mighty Like a Rose Mighty Like a Rose *Mighty Like a Rose* is an album by United Kingdom musician Elvis Costello. The title is presumably a reference to the pop standard "Mighty Lak' a Rose", although that tune does not appear on the album....	Elvis Costello Elvis Costello Elvis Costello is an England musician and singer-songwriter. Costello came to prominence as an early participant in London's Pub rock scene in the mid-1970s, and later became associated with the punk rock and New Wave musical genres, before establishing his own unique voice in the 1980s....

	Schubert Dip Schubert Dip *Schubert Dip* is an album by the rock band EMF , released in 1991. The name is a pun on the name of the popular sweet Sherbet and the nineteenth-century composer Franz Schubert....	EMF EMF (band) EMF are an indie dance band from the United Kingdom. The band came to prominence at the middle of the 1980s coming from the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire....

	Don't Rock the Jukebox Don't Rock The Jukebox *Don't Rock The Jukebox* is the second solo album by Country music singer Alan Jackson. It was released on May 14, 1991. Like his previous album, this one produced five singles on the Hot Country Songs charts: the title track, "Someday", "Dallas", "Love's Got a Hold on You" all reached Number One, while "Midnight in Montgomery" reached #3...	Alan Jackson Alan Jackson Alan Eugene Jackson is an American country music artist who has sold over 50 million records. He was influenced by the neotraditional country country of the 1980s, and he was one of the most popular country singers of the 1990s, blending both honky tonk music and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits....
O.G. Original Gangster	Ice T Ice T Tracy Marrow , better known by his stage name Ice-T, is a Grammy Award and NAACP Image Award winning rapper, actor, and author. He is credited with helping to pioneer gangsta rap, a sub-genre of hip hop music, in the late 1980s....
Yerself Is Steam Yerself Is Steam *Yerself Is Steam* is the debut album by Mercury Rev, released in 1991. The title is a malapropism of the phrase "Your self-esteem."...	Mercury Rev Mercury Rev Mercury Rev is an United States rock music musical band, formed in the mid 1980s in Buffalo, New York. Original personnel were David Baker , Jonathan Donahue , Sean Mackowiak, a.k.a....
Sailing the Seas of Cheese Sailing the Seas of Cheese *Sailing the Seas of Cheese* is the second album and major-label debut by Primus , released on May 14, 1991.Sailing the Seas of Cheese was Primus' breakthrough album, spawning singles "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" and "Tommy the Cat", and fan favorites such as "Those Damned Blue Collar Tweekers" and "American Life", among others....	Primus Primus (band) Primus is an United States Rock music band currently composed of singer and bass guitar Les Claypool, guitarist Larry LaLonde, and drummer Tim Alexander....
17	Whispers Whispers (album) *Whispers* is the title of the second studio album by singer-songwriter & Record producer Thomas Anders, released in 1991. The album was produced by Paul Muggleton & Mike Paxman and mixed by Stephen W Tayler....	Thomas Anders Thomas Anders Thomas Anders is a Germany singer, composer and record producer. Anders was the lead singer of Germany's popular pop-duo Modern Talking, which was produced by Dieter Bohlen in 1984?1987 and in 1998?2003....
21	Pink Bubbles Go Ape Pink Bubbles Go Ape *Pink Bubbles Go Ape* is the fourth studio album by Germany power metal band Helloween, released in 1991. It marked the departure of guitarist Kai Hansen, with Roland Grapow replacing him....	Helloween Helloween Helloween are a Germany power metal/speed metal band founded in the mid 1980s by members of Iron Fist and Powerfool. The band is known as one of the pioneering power metal bands, being part of the German Heavy metal music/speed/power metal scene that included Accept, Running Wild , Blind Guardian, Grave Digger , Sinner , and Rage ....
28	Electronic Electronic (album) *Electronic* is the self-titled debut album by British supergroup Electronic , formed by Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr. It was first released in May 1991 on the Factory Records label, and reissued in remastered form in 1994 by Parlophone after Factory collapsed....	Electronic Electronic (band) Electronic were an alternative dance group formed by New Order singer and guitarist Bernard Sumner and ex-The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr. They co-wrote the majority of their output between 1989 and 1998, collaborating with Neil Tennant on three tracks in their early years, and former Kraftwerk member Karl Bartos on nine songs in 1995....

	Niggaz4Life	N.W.A. N.W.A. N.W.A was a Compton, California, California-based hip hop music group widely considered one of the seminal acts of the gangsta rap sub-genre. Active from 1986 to 1991, the group endured controversy due to the explicit nature of their lyrics....

Gish Gish *Gish* is the debut album by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. Released in 1991, frontman Billy Corgan described Gish as a "very spiritual album." Despite peaking at only number 195 on the Billboard 200 upon its release, Gish is currently certified Music recording sales certification by the Recording Industry...	The Smashing Pumpkins The Smashing Pumpkins The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. While the group has gone through several lineup changes, The Smashing Pumpkins consisted of Billy Corgan , James Iha , D'arcy Wretzky , and Jimmy Chamberlin for most of the band's recording career....
Music From the Movie Jungle Fever Jungle Fever (soundtrack) "Jungle Fever" is the 1991 soundtrack album by Stevie Wonder released on Motown Records to Spike Lee's movie Jungle Fever. Wonder was asked by director Spike Lee to compose the film soundtrack and film score to the film, which depicted a black businessman falling for a white female associate....	Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. A prominent figure in popular music during the latter half of the 20th century, Wonder has recorded more than thirty US top ten hits, won twenty-two Grammy Awards , plus one for Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, won an Academy Award for Best Song, an...
29	Like an Ever Flowing Stream Like an Ever Flowing Stream *Like an Ever Flowing Stream* is the debut album by Sweden death metal band Dismember , released in May 1991 . The title may refer to the Bible Book of Amos 5:24, "Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream" ....	Dismember Dismember (band) Dismember is a Sweden death metal band that formed from members of Carnage in 1988. They are well known in the extreme metal underground....

June

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
4	Funke, Funke Wisdom Funke, Funke Wisdom *Funke, Funke Wisdom* is the fourth album by rapper, Kool Moe Dee....	Kool Moe Dee Kool Moe Dee Mohandas Dewese , better known as Kool Moe Dee, is an United States Old school hip hop MC prominent in the late 1970s, throughout the 1980s and early 1990s....
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Make a Jazz Noise Here Make a Jazz Noise Here *Make a Jazz Noise Here* is a live double album by Frank Zappa. It was first released in June 1991, and was the third Zappa album to be compiled of recordings from his 1988 world tour, following Broadway the Hard Way and The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life ....	Frank Zappa Frank Zappa Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock music, jazz, electronic music, orchestral, and musique concr?te works....
11	Love Hurts Love Hurts (Cher album) *Love Hurts* is the twenty first album by United States singer-actress Cher, released on June 11, 1991 by Geffen Records. The RIAA certified it Gold on August 27, 1991....	Cher Cher Cher is an American pop music singer-songwriter, actor, film director and recording industry. She has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards and was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame....

	Unforgettable... with Love Unforgettable... with Love *Unforgettable... with Love* is a 1991 album by Natalie Cole, which focuses on covers of songs originally performed by Cole's father, Nat King Cole....	Natalie Cole Natalie Cole Natalie Maria Cole is an influential United States singer-songwriter and performer who has won ten Grammy Awards. She achieved success in her early career as an R&B star, but smoothly changed her repertoire toward a more jazz orientated musical style in the early 1990s....

	Prime of My Life Prime of My Life *Prime of My Life* is the eighth album by American Soul music singer-songwriter Phyllis Hyman. It was released by Philadelphia International Records on June 11, 1991 ....	Phyllis Hyman Phyllis Hyman Phyllis Linda Hyman was an United States Soul music singer and Tony Award-nominated actress....

Seal Seal (1991 album) *Seal* is Seal 's eponymous 1991 debut album and contained the UK singles: "Killer " , "Crazy " and "Future Love Paradise". The album debuted at #1 in the UK....	Seal Seal (musician) Seal Henry Olusegun Kwassi Olumide Adelo Samuel is a British Soul music singer and songwriter. His name Olusegun means "God is victorious"....
Slave to the Grind Slave to the Grind *Slave to the Grind* is Skid Row 's second album, released on June 11, 1991. Slave to the Grind is notable for being the first heavy metal album to hit #1 during the SoundScan era, and many other metal albums followed, such as Metallica by Metallica, and Far Beyond Driven by Pantera....	Skid Row Skid Row (heavy metal band) Skid Row is an United States Heavy metal music band, formed in 1986 in Toms River, New Jersey. They are named after Phil Lynott and Gary Moore's Skid Row ....
Superstition Superstition (album) *Superstition* is an album by Siouxsie & the Banshees, released in 1991. The first single, "Kiss Them for Me," gave the band its first top-forty Billboard Hot 100 hit in the United States, peaking at number 23....	Siouxsie & the Banshees Siouxsie & the Banshees Siouxsie & the Banshees were a British Rock music band formed in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bassist Steven Severin, the only constant members....
14	Slow, Deep and Hard	Type O Negative Type O Negative Type O Negative is a Heavy metal music band from Brooklyn, New York City. Although commonly viewed as a gothic metal band, Type O has also incorporated elements of doom metal, thrash metal, blues, punk rock/hardcore punk, alternative rock and, progressive rock into their work, and often describe their sound as Black Sabbath-meets-The Beatles,...
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You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 *You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4* is a two-CD set of live recordings by Frank Zappa, recorded between 1969 and 1988, and released in 1991....	Frank Zappa Frank Zappa Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock music, jazz, electronic music, orchestral, and musique concr?te works....	2 discs; Live
16	The Globe The Globe (album) *The Globe* is a Rock music album by Big Audio Dynamite II. It was released on June 16 1991, just after their limited UK-only album Kool-Aid and includes edited and/or altered versions of some of its songs....	Big Audio Dynamite II
18	Derelicts of Dialect Derelicts of Dialect *Derelicts of Dialect* was Brooklyn rappers 3rd Bass's second LP , released on Def Jam. The album is considered to be a critical success , and gained publicity by featuring the surprise mainstream hit Pop Goes the Weasel, a battle rap aimed at then-popular white rapper Vanilla Ice....	3rd Bass 3rd Bass 3rd Bass was an American hip-hop group that rose to fame in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and was notable for being one of the first successful interracial hip-hop groups....
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For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge *For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge* is the ninth album by the United States hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1991 in music. The album's title came from lead singer Sammy Hagar, who wanted to push the issue of censorship with naming Van Halen's album with a vulgarity, stating, "That's when censorship was a big issue....	Van Halen Van Halen Van Halen is a hard rock band formed in in 1972. They enjoyed success from the release of their Van Halen in 1978. As of 2007 Van Halen has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide and have had the most number one hits on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart....
24	Holidays in Eden	Marillion Marillion Marillion are a United Kingdom Rock group. Formed in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England in 1979, their recorded studio output comprises fifteen albums and is generally regarded as comprising two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988 after their first four albums, and the subsequent arr...
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Baby Baby (album) *Baby* is an album by the band Yello. It was released in 1991 under the label Mercury Records. An early cut of the album was used as the incidental soundtrack for the film The Adventures of Ford Fairlane....	Yello Yello Yello is a Switzerland electronica band consisting of Dieter Meier and Boris Blank . They are probably best known for their singles "The Race " and "Oh Yeah ", which feature a mix of electronic music and manipulated vocals....
25	Attack of the Killer B's Attack of the Killer B's *Attack of the Killer B's* is the name of a compilation album of B-sides, Cover versions and rarities by the thrash metal band Anthrax . The album was released in June 1991 by Megaforce Records/Island Records....	Anthrax Anthrax (band) Anthrax is a New York City-based Heavy metal music band that released its first full-length album in 1984. The band was one of the most popular of the 1980s thrash metal scene and is notable for being the first to combine heavy metal with Hip hop music music....	Rarities album
	Whirlpool Whirlpool (Chapterhouse album) *Whirlpool* is the debut album by United Kingdom band Chapterhouse. The album was reissued in 2006, on the label Cherry Red, with seven bonus tracks taken from three EPs released in the same time frame as the album....	Chapterhouse Chapterhouse For the religious buildings, see Chapter houseChapterhouse were a United Kingdom shoegazing band of the early 1990s, originally from Reading, Berkshire, Berkshire, England....

	Hollywood Vampires Hollywood Vampires *Hollywood Vampires* is the third official full-length L.A. Guns album. Released in 1991, the meticulous production gives the album a sound typical of the period -- a full sound, with lots of background harmony vocals, layered guitars, additional keyboard tracks....	L.A. Guns L.A. Guns L.A. Guns is an American rock band whose music is frequently associated with the L.A. glam metal scene which grew up around the Sunset Strip in the 1980s, in particular the sleaze rock subgenre....

	Luck of the Draw Luck of the Draw (album) *Luck of the Draw* is the eleventh album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 1991 . After being nominated for Grammy awards in four different categories for the album Nick of Time , Raitt went for a creative retreat in Northern California to begin work on Luck of the Draw....	Bonnie Raitt Bonnie Raitt Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter who was born in Burbank, Los Angeles County, California, California. Raitt is best known for her songs "Nick of Time ", "Something to Talk About", "Love Sneaking Up on You", and the ballad "I Can't Make You Love Me." Raitt is also an avid political activist and has received nine Gra...
All Souled Out All Souled Out *All Souled Out* is an EP by Pete Rock & CL Smooth. It was released in the summer of 1991 to rave reviews and spawned a modest hit in "The Creator"....	Pete Rock & CL Smooth Pete Rock & CL Smooth Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth were an influential rap group from Mount Vernon, New York, New York. They made their debut in the Hip hop music world with their 1991 EP, All Souled Out....	EP
Go Figure	Spirit of the West Spirit of the West Spirit of the West are a Canada folk rock band, who were popular on the Canadian folk music scene in the 1980s before evolving a blend of hard rock, Britpop, and Celtic folk influences which made them one of Canada's most successful alternative rock acts in the 1990s....
?	The Tea Party The Tea Party (album) *The Tea Party* is the eponymous debut album of Canadian rock group The Tea Party. The album was originally recorded as a demo which the band submitted to several record companies, however the trio was not signed to any recording contract and decided to release the album independently....	The Tea Party The Tea Party The Tea Party were a Canada rock and roll band with blues, progressive rock, Indian and Middle Eastern influences, dubbed "Moroccan roll" by the media....	Debut

July

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Butchered at Birth Butchered at Birth *Butchered at Birth* is the second album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse. It was released in 1991 through Metal Blade Records. The album was banned in Germany until June 2006, due to the gory cover art made by artist Vince Locke, which featured a slaughtered mother-to-be being carved by a zombie, her baby apparently about to be...	Cannibal Corpse Cannibal Corpse Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band, formed in Buffalo, New York in 1988. The band has released eleven studio albums, one boxed set, and one live album....

	This is an EP Release This is an EP Release *This is an EP Release* is the second release from rap group, Digital Underground. This is also a Hip hop music landmark for rap star, Tupac Shakur, who made his debut on the song "Same Song."...	Digital Underground Digital Underground Digital Underground is an Alternative hip hop group from Oakland, California....	EP
	We Can't Be Stopped We Can't Be Stopped *We Can't Be Stopped* was the 4th studio album by Geto Boys, released in 1991. It was among their most successful records in terms of units sold....	Geto Boys Geto Boys Geto Boys is a rap Musical ensemble from Houston, Texas, consisting of Scarface , Willie D and Bushwick Bill. The original Ghetto Boys consisted of the following members: Prince Jonny C, Sire Jukebox; DJ Reddy Red; and Little Billy, the dancer who later came to be known as Bushwick Bill....

	1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours 1,039/Smoothed out Slappy Hours *1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours* is a collection of early recordings by American punk rock band Green Day. Although it is often referred to as the group's first album, this is not factually correct....	Green Day Green Day Green Day is an American Rock music trio formed in 1987. The band has consisted of Billie Joe Armstrong , Mike Dirnt , and Tr? Cool for the majority of its existence....	Compilation
13-Point Program to Destroy America 13-Point Program to Destroy America *13-Point Program to Destroy America* is the debut album by the United States punk rock band Nation of Ulysses. The album's title is in reference to the Black Panther Party's Black Panther Party#The Ten Point Program and J....	Nation of Ulysses Nation of Ulysses Nation of Ulysses was a post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C. The band formed in Spring 1988 with four members and was known as simply "Ulysses." The original group consisted of Ian Svenonius on vocals and trumpet, Steve Kroner on guitar, Steve Gamboa on bass guitar, and James Canty on drums....
Pure Poverty Pure Poverty *Pure Poverty* is the second album from Hip hop music group Poor Righteous Teachers. The album was another acclaimed effort for the group, but wasn't as commercially successful as their debut....	Poor Righteous Teachers Poor Righteous Teachers Poor Righteous Teachers are a Hip hop music group from Trenton, New Jersey, New Jersey, founded in 1989. Often referred to as PRT by their fans, Poor Righteous Teachers are known as pro-Black conscious hip hop artists, with musical content inspired by the teachings of the Nation of Gods and Earths....
2	Hey Stoopid Hey Stoopid *Hey Stoopid* is a studio album from Heavy metal music singer and shock rock-musician Alice Cooper. It was released on July 2, 1991 with guest appearances from Slash , Ozzy Osbourne, Vinnie Moore, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Nikki Sixx and Mick Mars ....	Alice Cooper Alice Cooper Alice Cooper is an American rock music singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, and boa constrictors, Cooper has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville, heavy metal music, and garage rock to create a theatrical brand of rock musi...

	A Future Without a Past A Future Without a Past *A Future Without A Past* is the debut album from Hip hop music group Leaders of the New School, members include Busta Rhymes, Dinco D, Charlie Brown and Cut Monitor Milo....	Leaders of the New School Leaders of the New School The Leaders of the New School were an United States hip hop music crew composed of Uniondale, New York natives Charlie Brown, Dinco D, Busta Rhymes and Cut Monitor Milo, Busta Rhymes' cousin....

	God Fodder God Fodder *God Fodder* is the first full-length album by British rock band Ned's Atomic Dustbin in 1991....	Ned's Atomic Dustbin Ned's Atomic Dustbin Ned's Atomic Dustbin is an English Grebo rock band formed in Stourbridge in West Midlands in November 1987. The band took their name from an episode of The Goon Show....

	Into the Great Wide Open Into the Great Wide Open *Into the Great Wide Open* is the eighth studio album by United States rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, first released in July 1991 ....	Tom Petty Tom Petty Thomas Earl Petty is an United Statesn singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and a member of Mudcrutch....
Woodface Woodface *Woodface* is the critically acclaimed third studio album from New Zealand rock band Crowded House. Released in 1991, it features the singles "Chocolate Cake", "Fall At Your Feet", "Weather with You", "Four Seasons In One Day", and "It?s Only Natural"....	Crowded House Crowded House Crowded House is a rock music group formed in Sydney, Australia and led by New Zealand musician and singer-songwriter Neil Finn. Finn is widely recognised as the primary songwriter and creative direction of the band, having led it through several incarnations, drawing members from New Zealand , Australia and the United States ....
The Ruler's Back The Ruler's Back *The Ruler's Back* is the second album released by rapper Slick Rick. It was released on July 2, 1991 for Def Jam Recordings and was produced by Vance Wright and Mr....	Slick Rick Slick Rick Ricky Walters , better known by stage names Slick Rick, MC Ricky D and Rick the Ruler, is a Grammy Award-nominated British-American rapper....
Trisha Yearwood Trisha Yearwood (album) *Trisha Yearwood* is the eponymous debut album by future country music superstar Trisha Yearwood. It features her first Billboard Hot Country Songs hit "She's in Love with the Boy", which reached the top of the country charts in June of 1991....	Trisha Yearwood Trisha Yearwood Patricia Lynn Yearwood, known professionally as Trisha Yearwood is an American country music artist, best known for her series of major hits throughout the 1990s decade and into the new millennium....
3	Am I Cool or What? Am I Cool or What? *Am I Cool or What?* is a compact disc featuring songs inspired by the comic strip cat Garfield. It was released on July 31, 1991 by GRP Records....	Various Artists	Soundtrack
5	Blessed Are the Sick Blessed Are the Sick *Blessed Are the Sick* is the second official release from death metal band Morbid Angel. It features an overall slower musical sound, although containing very fast riffs, and reveals another side of the band, with classical music undertones ....	Morbid Angel Morbid Angel Morbid Angel is an United States death metal band based in Tampa, Florida. They, along with Death , Possessed , Obituary , Massacre , Deicide , Cannibal Corpse, and a handful of others were crucial in the development of the death metal genre and its standards, separating it from the thrash metal genre completely....
9	Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey: Music from the Motion Picture Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey: Music from the Motion Picture *Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey: Music from the Motion Picture* is the licensed soundtrack to the 1991 Orion Pictures film Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey....	Various Artists
9
Boyz N the Hood soundtrack Boyz N the Hood *Boyz N the Hood* is an Academy Award-nominated 1991 in film hood film written and directed by John Singleton. Starring Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Morris Chestnut, Nia Long, Angela Bassett, Regina King, and Larry Fishburne, the film depicts life in poor South Central Los Angeles, California, and was filmed and released in the summer of 1...	Various Artists
16	Amen Amen (Salif Keita album) *Amen* is the third studio album from Malian artist Salif Keita. It was released in 1991 by Mango Records and produced by Joe Zawinul....	Salif Keita Salif Keita Salif Keita is an internationally recognized afro-pop singer-songwriter from Mali. He is unique not only because of his reputation as the Golden Voice of Africa, but because he has albinism and is a direct descendant of the founder of the Mali Empire, Sundiata Keita....

	Biscuits (EP)	Living Colour Living Colour Living Colour is an American funk metal band from New York City, formed in 1983. A prominent all-African American band of that movement, which also included Jane's Addiction, Faith No More, Primus , and 24-7 Spyz in the late 1980s, Living Colour rose to fame with their debut album Vivid in 1988....	EP
Beat the Boots Beat the Boots *Beat the Boots* is a collection of bootleg recordings by Frank Zappa which were originally distributed illegally but were released officially by Rhino Entertainment in 1991....	Frank Zappa Frank Zappa Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock music, jazz, electronic music, orchestral, and musique concr?te works....	Live; Box Set
23	Homebase Homebase (album) *Homebase* is the 1991 fourth album by hip-hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. It reached #12 in the mainstream U.S. charts. The album was certified double Platinum album, reached #5 Top R&B/Hip Hop albums, and won an American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Album....	DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

	João João (album) Track listing# "Eu Sambo Mesmo" # "Siga" # "Rosinha" # "M?laga" # "Una Mujer" # "Eu e Meu Cora??o # "You Do Something to Me" # "Palpite Infeliz" ...	João Gilberto João Gilberto Jo?o Gilberto is a Grammy Award-winning Brazilian singer and guitarist. He is credited with having created the bossa nova beat and is known as the "Father of Bossa Nova." His seminal recordings, including many songs by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, established the new musical genre in the late 1950s....

Breaking Atoms Breaking Atoms *Breaking Atoms* is the debut album of hip hop music group Main Source, released July 23, 1991 on Wild Pitch Records. It is widely thought of as a very influential album and is notable for the debut appearance of rapper Nas....	Main Source Main Source Main Source was an innovative, acclaimed Toronto and New York-based hip hop music group comprising Toronto natives Sir Scratch, K-Cut, and Queens, NY natives Large Professor and Mikey D....
Music for the People Music for the People (album) *Music for the People* is the debut album of American Hip Hop group Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. The album was a major success, reaching #1 on the independent albums chart, and #21 on the Billboard 200; thanks to the platinum selling hit single, "Good Vibrations "....	Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch was a hip-hop group led by Mark Wahlberg. Members included Scott Ross , Hector Barros , Duffy Culligan , Terry Yancey and Anthony Thomas ....
30	Widespread Panic Widespread Panic (album) *Widespread Panic* is the self-titled, second studio album by the Athens, GA based band Widespread Panic. It was first released by Capricorn Records and Warner Bros....	Widespread Panic Widespread Panic Widespread Panic is an United States band from Athens, Georgia. The current lineup includes guitarist/singer John Bell , bassist Dave Schools, drummer Todd Nance, percussionist Domingo "Sunny" Ortiz, keyboardist John Hermann, and guitarist Jimmy Herring....
31	Steady Diet of Nothing Steady Diet of Nothing *Steady Diet of Nothing* is the second full-length album by American punk band Fugazi , released in 1991. The title 'Steady Diet of Nothing' taken from a quote by the late American stand-up comedian Bill Hicks....	Fugazi Fugazi (band) Fugazi is an United States punk band that formed in Washington, D.C. in 1987. The band's continual members were guitarists and vocalists Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto, bassist Joe Lally and drummer Brendan Canty....

August

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
3	To Mother To Mother *To Mother* is the first EP recorded by Babes in Toyland consisting of the outtakes from the previous release Spanking Machine, but was rerecorded in Europe after their tour with Sonic Youth which can be seen on 1991: The Year Punk Broke....	Babes in Toyland Babes in Toyland (band) Babes in Toyland was an American punk rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1987. Between 1989 and 1995 the band recorded three studio albums, and were associated with grunge music....	EP
5	Brainstorm Brainstorm (Young MC album) *Brainstorm* is the second album by rapper, Young MC. The album was released in 1991 for Capitol Records. After the huge success of his debut album, Stone Cold Rhymin', Young MC signed a two album deal with Capitol Records....	Young MC Young MC Marvin Young better known by his stage name Young MC is a British born, American Rapping. He is best known for his 1989 Chart-topper "Bust a Move "....
6	Harem Scarem Harem Scarem (album) *Harem Scarem* is the 1991 debut album by the Hard rock Harem Scarem. Music videos were shot for the songs; "Slowly Slipping Away", "Honestly", and "With a Little Love"....	Harem Scarem Harem Scarem Harem Scarem were a Canada hard rock band from Toronto, Ontario. The band achieved popularity in their native Canada in the early 1990's. The band scored one major hit, "Slowly Slipping Away", in 1991....

	Blue Lines Blue Lines *Blue Lines* is the debut album by British electronica group Massive Attack, released on April 8, 1991 by Virgin Records.Generally considered the first trip hop album--though the term wasn't coined until several years later--Blue Lines was a success in the United Kingdom, though sales were limited elsewhere....	Massive Attack Massive Attack Massive Attack are a United Kingdom trip hop group, founded in 1988 by Robert Del Naja, Daddy G, and Andrew Vowles in Bristol, England. The trio were together prior to the formation of this band, as part of The Wild Bunch ....

	Madra Madra (album) *Madra* is the debut album of Miranda Sex Garden. It stands apart from their later works in that it is entirely a cappella and the songs are all English Madrigal ....	Miranda Sex Garden Miranda Sex Garden Miranda Sex Garden was a band from London, England. Formed in 1990, they were originally a trio of madrigal singers, their first album, Madra , was entirely a cappella, with the songs all based on traditional English verse....
1000 Smiling Knuckles 1000 Smiling Knuckles *1000 Smiling Knuckles* is the fourth album by the Grunge music group Skin Yard. It is generally regarded as the group's best effort....	Skin Yard Skin Yard Skin Yard was a Grunge music band from Seattle, Washington, who were active from 1985 to 1992. The group never gained any mainstream audience, but were an influence on their contemporaries ? most notably Soundgarden, The Melvins, and Green River ? alongside whom they are considered the early pioneers of the sound that would later be called g...
Ask the Ages Ask the Ages *Ask the Ages* was the last album released by jazz guitarist Sonny Sharrock before his death in 1994 ....	Sonny Sharrock Sonny Sharrock Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock was an United States jazz guitarist. He was once married to singer Linda Sharrock, with whom he sometimes recorded and performed....
12	Metallica ("The Black Album") Metallica (album) *Metallica* is the fifth studio album by the American Heavy metal music band Metallica, released August 12, 1991 through Elektra Records. It features some of Metallica's most popular songs, "Enter Sandman", "The Unforgiven ", "Nothing Else Matters" , "Wherever I May Roam" and "Sad but True"....	Metallica Metallica Metallica is an American heavy metal music band that formed in 1981 in Los Angeles. Founded when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in a local newspaper, Metallica's line-up has primarily consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, and lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, while going through a number of bassists....
13	Brand New Man Brand New Man *Brand New Man* is the debut album by country duo Brooks & Dunn. The album produced four consecutive Number One singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in "Brand New Man", "Boot Scootin' Boogie", "My Next Broken Heart", and "Neon Moon"; in addition, "Lost and Found" was a #6....	Brooks & Dunn Brooks & Dunn Brooks & Dunn are an American country music duo, consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn . Both Brooks and Dunn had worked as singer-songwriters before the duo's formation, charting singles of their own in the late 1980s....
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Cypress Hill Cypress Hill (album) *Cypress Hill* is the self titled debut album of Cypress Hill, released in August 1991.It was both critically and commercially hailed eventually allowing it to be certified double Platinum by the RIAA....	Cypress Hill Cypress Hill Cypress Hill is an American Hip hop music group from South Gate, California. Originally called DVX, the name was changed after Mellow Man Ace left in 1988....
20	Pocket Full of Kryptonite Pocket Full of Kryptonite *Pocket Full of Kryptonite* is the first studio album by United States jam band Spin Doctors, released in August 1991. It peaked at #1 and #3 on Billboard Music Charts's Heatseekers and Billboard 200 albums charts, respectively....	Spin Doctors Spin Doctors Spin Doctors are an American jam band/alternative rock group formed in New York City, best known for their 1993 hits, "Two Princes" and "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong", which charted at #7 & #17 respectively on the American pop chart....

	Little Magnets Versus the Bubble of Babble Little Magnets Versus the Bubble of Babble *Little Magnets Versus The Bubble Of Babble* is the third album from UK pop/rock band Transvision Vamp. The album was released in 1991 in music, two years after their UK #1 album Velveteen ....	Transvision Vamp Transvision Vamp Transvision Vamp was a popular British alternative rock group. Formed in 1988 by Nick Christian Sayer and Wendy James the band enjoyed chart success in the late 1980's....

Honey Lingers Honey Lingers *Honey Lingers* is the second album from alternative rock band Voice of the Beehive. Released in 1991 on London Records, the album earned positive reviews from music crititcs and was a success on U.S....	Voice of the Beehive Voice of the Beehive Voice of the Beehive are an English American college rock/Alternative rock musical ensemble, formed in London in 1986 by Californian sibling Tracey Bryn and Melissa Brooke Belland, daughters of The Four Preps singer, Bruce Belland....	US
The Comfort Zone The Comfort Zone (album) *The Comfort Zone* is the second studio album by United States R&B singer Vanessa L. Williams, released by Polydor Records on August 20 1991 ....	Vanessa L. Williams Vanessa L. Williams Vanessa Lynn Williams is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Williams made history on September 17, 1983 when she became the first woman of African descent to be crowned Miss America....
26	Leisure Leisure (album) *Leisure* is the debut album by English alternative rock band Blur . The album was released on 26 August 1991 in the United Kingdom, and peaked at #7 in the UK Albums Chart....	Blur Blur (band) Blur are an English alternative rock band who formed in London in 1989. The four members of the band are singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree....	UK
27	Backlash Backlash (album) *Backlash*, is the second and final album by American Album-oriented_rock Supergroup Bad English, released in 1991....	Bad English Bad English Bad English was an United States rock band Supergroup formed in 1988, reuniting keyboardist Jonathan Cain with singer John Waite and bassist Ricky Phillips, his former bandmates in The Babys....

	Ten Ten (Pearl Jam album) *Ten* is the debut studio album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on August 27, 1991 through Epic Records. Following the disbanding of bassist Jeff Ament and guitarist Stone Gossard's previous group Mother Love Bone, the two recruited vocalist Eddie Vedder, guitarist Mike McCready, and drummer Dave Krusen to form Pea...	Pearl Jam Pearl Jam Pearl Jam is an American rock music band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder , Jeff Ament , Stone Gossard , and Mike McCready ....

Harmony Ranch Harmony Ranch *Harmony Ranch* is a recording released by the Western music band Riders in the Sky in 1991....	Riders in the Sky Riders in the Sky Riders In The Sky is a Western swing and comedy group which began performing in 1977; their style also appeals to children, and they are sometimes considered a children's music....	Live
fear Fear (Toad the Wet Sprocket album) *Fear* is an album by Toad the Wet Sprocket released in 1991. The album was preceded by the single "Is It For Me", which failed to chart well....	Toad the Wet Sprocket Toad the Wet Sprocket Toad the Wet Sprocket is an United States alternative rock band formed in 1986. The band consists of singer/guitarist Glen Phillips, guitarist Todd Nichols, bass guitar Dean Dinning, and drummer Randy Guss....

September

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
2	Guaranteed Guaranteed (Level 42 album) *Guaranteed* is a studio album released in 1991 by the British musical group Level 42. It is their first album of the 1990s. The album was released by RCA records and it was the first Level 42 studio album released by a different label other than Polydor....	Level 42 Level 42 Level 42 is an England pop rock and jazz-funk music band who had a number of worldwide and UK hits during the 1980s and 1990s. The band gained fame for its high-calibre musicianship - especially that of Mark King , whose percussive Slapping guitar technique provided the driving groove of many of the band's hits....
2
Tin Machine II Tin Machine II *Tin Machine II* is an album by Tin Machine, originally released by Victory Music in 1991....	Tin Machine Tin Machine Tin Machine was a hard rock rock band formed in 1988, famous for being fronted by singer David Bowie.The group recorded two studio albums before dissolving in 1992, when Bowie returned to his solo career....
3	Travelers and Thieves Travelers and Thieves Blues Traveler's second album, released on A&M Records in 1991.Track listing# "The Tiding" ? 1:30# "Onslaught" ? 6:08# "Ivory Tusk" ? 5:15...	Blues Traveler Blues Traveler Blues Traveler is an American rock music band, formed in Princeton, New Jersey in 1987. The band has been influenced by a variety of genres, including blues-rock, psychedelic rock, folk rock, soul music, and Southern rock....

	Horrorscope Horrorscope (Overkill album) Horrorscope is the fifth studio album by thrash metal band Overkill in 1991 on Atlantic Records. It was their 5th full-length album, and the first to feature the guitar duo of Merritt Gant and Rob Cannavino....	Overkill Overkill (band) Overkill is an United States thrash metal band, formed in 1980 in New Jersey. The band has been recording since 1984, releasing 14 studio albums, 2 EPs, 2 live albums and a "cover version" album....

	Ratt & Roll 81-91 Ratt & Roll 81-91 *Ratt & Roll 81-91* is a compilation album collecting most of the biggest hits from 1983 to 1991 from the American glam-metal band Ratt. It charted at #57....	Ratt Ratt Ratt is an United States heavy metal music band that formed in San Diego and enjoyed significant commercial success in the 1980s. The band is most notable for their songs "Round and Round ," "Wanted Man ," "Lay It Down ," "You're in Love " and "Back For More." Though the group lost popularity in the following decade, Ratt has been recognized...	Greatest Hits
	Roll the Bones Roll the Bones *Roll the Bones* is the fourteenth studio album by Canada rock music band Rush , released in 1991 . The album won the 1992 Juno Award for best album cover design....	Rush Rush (band) Rush is a Canadian Rock music band originally formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale, Toronto neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, currently composed of bass guitar, keyboard instrument, and singer Geddy Lee; electric guitar Alex Lifeson; and drum kit and lyricist Neil Peart....
Mistaken Identity Mistaken Identity (Donna Summer album) *Mistaken Identity* is an album released in 1991 in music by Donna Summer.Since making her name as the biggest female star of the disco era in the 1970s, Summer had experimented with different musical genres throughout the 1980s with varying degrees of success....	Donna Summer Donna Summer Donna Summer is an United States singer-songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of music.Summer was trained as a gospel music singer prior to her introduction to the music industry....
Naughty by Nature Naughty by Nature (album) *Naughty by Nature* is the self-titled second album from Naughty by Nature, released on September 3, 1991 on Tommy Boy. It is not their debut album despite common belief, as in 1989 they released the album The Independent Leaders under the group name The New Style....	Naughty by Nature Naughty by Nature Naughty by Nature is a Grammy Award-winning United States Hip hop music group that at the time of its formation in 1989 consisted of Treach, Vin Rock, and the DJ Kay Gee....
10	Ropin' the Wind Ropin' the Wind *Ropin' the Wind* is United States country music artist Garth Brooks' third album, released on Tuesday, September 10, 1991. It was the first album to debut at #1 on both the Country and Billboard 200s in the United States....	Garth Brooks Garth Brooks Troyal Garth Brooks is an American country music artist. His eponymous first album was released in 1989; it peaked at #2 in the US country album chart and reached #13 on the Billboard 200 pop album chart....

	On Every Street On Every Street *On Every Street* is the sixth and final studio album by United Kingdom Rock band Dire Straits, released in 1991 . It made #1 on the UK Albums Chart....	Dire Straits Dire Straits Dire Straits were a United Kingdom Rock music, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler , his younger brother David Knopfler , John Illsley , and Pick Withers , and managed by Ed Bicknell....

	Catfish Rising Catfish Rising *Catfish Rising* is an album by the United Kingdom Rock music group Jethro Tull , released in 1991. It is the first blues-oriented Tull album since 1968's This Was....	Jethro Tull Jethro Tull (band) Jethro Tull are a United Kingdom rock music group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the songs, vocals and flute work of Ian Anderson , who has led the band since its founding, and guitarist Martin Barre, who has #Lineups....

	Showstoppers Showstoppers *Showstoppers* is an album by singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, released in 1991. It was his first album to not feature any original music....	Barry Manilow Barry Manilow Barry Manilow is an United States singer-songwriter, musician, arrangement, record producer and conducting, best known for such recordings as "I Write the Songs", "Mandy ", "Weekend in New England" and "Copacabana "....
Solace Solace (Sarah McLachlan album) *Solace* is a 1991 album by Sarah McLachlan. It was the album that first made her a star in Canada, spawning the hit singles "The Path of Thorns " and "Into the Fire " and being certified Music recording sales certification for sales of 200,000 copies in Canada....	Sarah McLachlan Sarah McLachlan Sarah Ann McLachlan, Order of Canada, Order of British Columbia is a Canada musician, singer and songwriter.She is known for the emotional sound of her ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range....
Blow Up	The Smithereens The Smithereens The Smithereens are a rock band from Carteret, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. The group, formed in 1980, has consisted of Pat DiNizio , Jim Babjak , Mike Mesaros , and Dennis Diken until 2006, when Mike left the band....
Psychotic Supper Psychotic Supper (album) *Psychotic Supper* is the third studio album from the rock band Tesla .The album was a tribute to the band's namesake Nikolai Tesla, an American inventor....	Tesla Tesla (band) Tesla is an United States hard rock band formed in Sacramento, California, California in 1984, and have sold over 16 million albums in the United States as of 2008....
17	Emotions Emotions (album) *Emotions* is the second studio album by American singer Mariah Carey, released in the United States on September 17, 1991 by Columbia Records....	Mariah Carey Mariah Carey Mariah Carey is an United States singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S....

	Use Your Illusion I Use Your Illusion I *Use Your Illusion I* is the third studio album by hard rock band Guns N' Roses. It was the one of two albums released in conjunction with the Use Your Illusion Tour, the other named Use Your Illusion II, thus they are sometimes seen together as a double album....	Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses is an American Rock music band, formed in Los Angeles, California, California in 1985. The band, led by frontman and co-founder Axl Rose, has gone through numerous line-up changes and controversies since their formation....

	Use Your Illusion II Use Your Illusion II *Use Your Illusion II* is the fourth studio album by hard rock band Guns N' Roses. It was one of two albums released in conjunction with the Use Your Illusion Tour, and as a result the two albums are sometimes seen together as a double album....	Guns N' Roses
Pretty on the Inside Pretty on the Inside *Pretty on the Inside* is Hole 's first studio album, released in 1991 by Caroline Records .The recording took place at L.A.'s Music Box Studios....	Hole Hole (band) Hole was an American alternative rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1989 and disbanded in 2002. The band was fronted by vocalist/rhythm guitarist Courtney Love, who co-founded Hole with lead guitarist Eric Erlandson when he responded to an ad she placed in the punk zine Flipside ....
No More Tears No More Tears *No More Tears* is an album by Ozzy Osbourne. It was released on September 17, 1991 and it was re-issued on August 22, 1995.Guitarist Zakk Wylde contributed songwriting and guitar to the album, while Mot?rhead's bassist/vocalist Lemmy wrote the lyrics for four songs....	Ozzy Osbourne Ozzy Osbourne John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is a Grammy Award winning England singer-songwriter, whose career has now spanned four decades. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead vocalist of pioneering English heavy metal music band Black Sabbath, and eventually achieved a multi-RIAA certification solo career which revolutionized the heavy metal genre....
18	C.M.B. C.M.B. *C.M.B.* is Color Me Badd's debut album after their contribution to the "New Jack City" soundtrack. The album features the guys' Top 5 U.S. hit singles:...	Color Me Badd Color Me Badd Color Me Badd was an R&B vocal group that was formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States The original members of the group were Bryan Abrams ; Mark Calderon ; Sam Watters and Kevin Thornton ....
19	Mad Mad World Mad Mad World *Mad Mad World* is the first solo album released by Canada singer Tom Cochrane on February 17, 1992. The first single from the album "Life Is a Highway" became a hit in late 1991 and hit #1 in Canada and #6 on the Billboard Hot 100....	Tom Cochrane Tom Cochrane Tom Cochrane, Order of Canada is a Canada singer-songwriter and musician, best known for his hit songs "Life Is a Highway", "Lunatic Fringe", "White Hot", "Boy Inside the Man", "Big League" and "I Wish You Well"....	Canada; released in US in Feb '92
19	Live Train to Heartbreak Station Live Train To Heartbreak Station Live Train To Heartbreak Station is a live album by Cinderella , released in 1991 as an import....	Cinderella Cinderella (band) Cinderella is an United States rock music band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They emerged in the mid-1980s with a series of multi-platinum albums and hit singles whose music videos received heavy MTV rotation....	Live
20	The Pod The Pod *The Pod* is the second studio album by Ween, originally released by Shimmy Disc in 1991....	Ween Ween Ween is an alternative rock group formed in 1984 in New Hope, Pennsylvania when Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo met in an eighth grade typing class....
23	Waking Up the Neighbours Waking Up the Neighbours *Waking Up the Neighbours* is an album by Canada singer/songwriter Bryan Adams released in 1991 and his sixth studio album. The album was recorded at Battery Studios in England, and at The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, mixed at Mayfair Studios in England, and mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk in New York City....	Bryan Adams Bryan Adams Bryan Adams, Order of Canada, Order of British Columbia is a Canada Rock music singer-songwriter and photographer. Rolling Stone magazine describes Adams as having an ?unerring gift for radio-friendly pop hooks" and in 1992, Adams won the Grammy Awards of 1992, for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" fo...	Canada; released Sept. 24 in US
	Prisoners in Paradise Prisoners in Paradise *Prisoners in Paradise* is the fifth studio album by the Sweden hard rock band Europe . It was released on September 23,1991, by Epic Records and spawned hits such as the title track, Prisoners in Paradise and I'll Cry for You....	Europe Europe (band) Europe is a Sweden Rock music band formed in Upplands V?sby in 1979 under the name Force by vocalist Joey Tempest and guitarist John Norum. Although widely associated with glam metal, the band's sound incorporates heavy metal music and hard rock elements....

	Sigh No More Sigh No More *Sigh No More* is the second studio album released by Germany power metal band, Gamma Ray in 1991 by Noise Records....	Gamma Ray Gamma Ray (band) Gamma Ray is a power metal band from north Germany, founded by former Helloween guitarist, singer, and songwriter Kai Hansen....

Wretch Wretch (album) *Wretch* is the debut full-length album by Kyuss, released in 1991 after renaming the band from their original name Sons of Kyuss....	Kyuss Kyuss 'Kyuss' was an influential stoner rock/desert rock band, originally from Palm Desert, California. After forming in the late 1980s and releasing an EP under the name Sons of Kyuss in 1990, the band shortened its name to Kyuss....
Trompe le Monde Trompe le Monde *Trompe le Monde* is the Pixies' fourth and final full-length studio album, released on September 23, 1991 through the 4AD record label. After the surf-pop of Bossanova, the album saw a return to the abrasive sound of the band's early albums, even incorporating two songs, "Subbacultcha" and "Distance Equals Rate Times Time", pre-dating...	Pixies
24	Nevermind Nevermind *Nevermind* is the second studio album by the American Rock music band Nirvana , released on September 24, 1991. Produced by Butch Vig, Nevermind was the group's first release on Geffen Records....	Nirvana Nirvana (band) Nirvana was an American Rock music band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987....

	Blood Sugar Sex Magik Blood Sugar Sex Magik *Blood Sugar Sex Magik* is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on September 24, 1991. Produced by Rick Rubin, it was the band's first record released on Warner Bros....	Red Hot Chili Peppers Red Hot Chili Peppers Red Hot Chili Peppers are a Grammy Award-winning American Rock music band formed in Los Angeles, California, California, in 1983. For most of the band's existence, the members are vocalist Anthony Kiedis, guitarist John Frusciante, bassist Flea , and drummer Chad Smith....

	Ceremony Ceremony (album) *Ceremony* is an album by The Cult that was first released on 10 September 1991....	The Cult The Cult The Cult are an England Rock music band which gained a dedicated following in their native Britain with mid-1980s singles like "She Sells Sanctuary" before breaking into the American metal market in the late '80s with "Love Removal Machine"....

	Rock the House Live!	Heart Heart (band) Heart is a Rock music band whose founding members came from Seattle, Washington, Washington, United States in the early 1970s. Going through several lineup changes, the only constant members of the group are sisters Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson ....	Live
Face the Nation Face the Nation (Kid 'n Play album) *Face the Nation* is the third and final album by hip-hop duo Kid 'n Play. The album was released on September 24, 1991 for Select Records and was produced by Eric "Quicksilver" Johnson, Christopher Martin , Pete Rock and Hurby Luv Bug....	Kid 'n Play Kid 'n Play Kid 'n Play was a hip-hop music and comedy duo from New York City that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The duo comprised Christopher "Kid" Reid and Christopher Martin ....
Hymns to the Silence Hymns to the Silence *Hymns to the Silence* is a double album by Northern Ireland singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1991 It peaked at No. 5 in the UK. It was his first ever studio double album....	Van Morrison Van Morrison George Ivan Morrison Order of the British Empire is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician since the late 1950s....
The Low End Theory The Low End Theory *The Low End Theory* is the second album by A Tribe Called Quest, released on September 24, 1991 through Jive Records. With the pairing of Q-Tip and Phife Dawg's lyrics, at turns socially charged, abstract and concretely grounded in reality, with groovy jazz sampling , the album includes guests Brand Nubian , Diamond D and Leaders of the...	A Tribe Called Quest A Tribe Called Quest A Tribe Called Quest is an United States Hip hop music group, formed in 1988. The group is composed of rapper/producer Q-Tip , rapper Phife Dawg , and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad....
30	Ebbhead Ebbhead Ebbhead is the fourth album of the United Kingdom Electronic body music group Nitzer Ebb. Co-produced by Depeche Mode's Alan Wilder in collaboration with Flood , it was released by Mute Records on ....	Nitzer Ebb Nitzer Ebb Nitzer Ebb are a British electronic body music group formed in 1982 by Essex school friends Bon Harris , Douglas McCarthy , and David Gooday ....

October

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	The Greatest Hits The Greatest Hits (Cheap Trick album) *The Greatest Hits* is the first compilation album by Cheap Trick. It contains many of Cheap's Trick's popular songs, as well as a previously unreleased cover version of The Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour , which according to the liner notes, was an outtake from the Lap of Luxury album....	Cheap Trick Cheap Trick Cheap Trick is a United States Rock music band formed in the 1970s and consisting of Robin Zander , Rick Nielsen , Tom Petersson , and Bun E. Carlos ....	Greatest Hits
	For My Broken Heart For My Broken Heart For My Broken Heart was the first album recorded after an airplane crash which killed most of the members of Reba McEntire's touring band. The album is, as McEntire states in the album's notes, "a form of healing for all our broken hearts" and the songs were chosen to that effect....	Reba McEntire Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire is an United States country music singer, performer and actress. Sometimes referred to as "The Queen of Country", she is known for her lively stage-shows and pop-tinged ballads....

	Diamonds and Pearls Diamonds and Pearls *Diamonds and Pearls* is Prince 's thirteenth album, which was released in 1991. It was the first Prince album to be officially co-credited with the New Power Generation, and spawned many hit singles, including "Gett Off", "Cream ", "Money Don't Matter 2 Night", "Insatiable ", and the title track....	Prince Prince (musician) Prince Rogers Nelson is an United States musician. He performs under the Mononymous person name of Prince, but has also been known by various other names, among them an Love Symbol ... & the New Power Generation New Power Generation The New Power Generation is the current backing group of musician Prince . They debuted on the 1991 album Diamonds and Pearls. The name of the group comes from a song on his 1990 album Graffiti Bridge ; however, the phrase "Welcome to the New Power Generation" was already mentioned on the opening track of 1988's Lovesexy....

Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black	Public Enemy
Scamboogery Scamboogery *Scamboogery* is the second album by thrash metal band Scatterbrain....	Scatterbrain Scatterbrain Scatterbrain was an Eclecticism in music Thrash metal band formed in 1989 when Long Island, New York hardcore group Ludichrist featuring Tommy Christ and Glen Cummings regrouped and changed their name....
4	Streets: A Rock Opera Streets: A Rock Opera *Streets: A Rock Opera* is a concept album by Savatage, dealing with the rise and fall of the musician DT Jesus. It was originally released in October 1991 on Atlantic Records....	Savatage Savatage Savatage is a progressive metal band founded by the brothers Jon Oliva and Criss Oliva in 1978 at Astro Skate in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Although they were known mainly as a progressive metal band, their origins could be attributed to classic Heavy metal music, as expressed by their debut album, Sirens ....
4
Miscellaneous T Miscellaneous T *Miscellaneous T* is a 1991 b-side and remix compilation album by the alternative rock band They Might Be Giants. It is a re-release of Don't Let's Start which was only released in the UK and West Germany....	They Might Be Giants They Might Be Giants They Might Be Giants is a Grammy Award-winning Music of the United States alternative rock band which began as a duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell, and currently also includes Marty Beller, Dan Miller , and Danny Weinkauf....	B-Sides & Remixes
8	Screamadelica Screamadelica *Screamadelica* is a 1991 album by Primal Scream and was their first to be a commercial success. In 1998 Q readers voted it the 27th greatest album of all time....	Primal Scream Primal Scream Primal Scream are a Brit awards Scotland alternative rock group formed in 1982 in Glasgow by Bobby Gillespie and Jim Beattie . The current lineup consists of Gillespie, Andrew Innes , Martin Duffy , Gary Mounfield , and Darrin Mooney ....

	Badmotorfinger Badmotorfinger *Badmotorfinger* is the third studio album by the American alternative rock band Soundgarden, released on October 8, 1991 through A&M Records....	Soundgarden Soundgarden Soundgarden was an American Rock music band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1984 by lead singer and drummer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto....

Sports Weekend: As Nasty As They Wanna Be, Pt. 2 Sports Weekend: As Nasty As They Wanna Be, Pt. 2 *Sports Weekend: As Nasty As They Wanna Be Part II* is the fifth album by The 2 Live Crew and the sequel to As Nasty As They Wanna Be. A clean version was released later that same year titled *Sports Weekend: As Clean As They Wanna Be Part II* and was the sequel to As Clean As They Wanna Be....	2 Live Crew 2 Live Crew 2 Live Crew is a hip hop music group from Miami, Florida. They caused considerable controversy with the sexual themes in their work, particularly on their 1989 album As Nasty As They Wanna Be....
Cool as Ice Cool As Ice (album) *Cool as Ice* is the soundtrack to Cool as Ice. The album peaked at #89 on the Billboard 200....	Vanilla Ice Vanilla Ice Robert Matthew Van Winkle , best known as Vanilla Ice, is an United States rapping known for the 1990 smash hit "Ice Ice Baby."...
9	The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move... It's the Infectious Grooves	Infectious Grooves Infectious Grooves The Infectious Grooves are a funk metal band led by Suicidal Tendencies frontman Mike Muir. It also features former Excel guitarist Adam Siegel, ex-Suicidal Tendencies bassist Robert Trujillo , and ex-Jane's Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins....
14	Let's Get to It Let's Get to It *Let's Get to It* is the fourth album by Australian Pop music singer Kylie Minogue. It was released by PWL on October 14, 1991. It was well received by music critics, and it was described as being "superior" to Minogue's previous album releases....	Kylie Minogue Kylie Minogue Kylie Ann Minogue, Order of the British Empire, , is an Australian pop singer-songwriter and occasional actress. She rose to prominence in the late 1980s through her role in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987....
15	Vinyl Vinyl (album) *Vinyl* is the fourth album by an alternative rock group Dramarama , released in 1991....	Dramarama Dramarama Dramarama may refer to:* Dramarama , an alternative rock band* Dramarama , a 1980s British television series* Dramarama , a 2006 film that was to star Lindsay Lohan but was unreleased...

	Chorus Chorus (Erasure album) *Chorus*, Erasure's fifth proper studio album, was released by Mute Records in the UK and Sire Records in the U.S. in 1991 ....	Erasure Erasure Erasure are an England synthpop Duet formed by songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer Andy Bell in 1985. It was the third successful pop group co-formed by Clarke ....

As Ugly as They Wanna Be As Ugly as They Wanna Be *As Ugly as They Wanna Be* is an Extended play by the North America Heavy metal music band Ugly Kid Joe. It was released in 1991. The title of the album is a parody of 2 Live Crew's 1989 album As Nasty as They Wanna Be....	Ugly Kid Joe Ugly Kid Joe Ugly Kid Joe was an United States hard rock band from Isla Vista, California, California. The band?s name is a pun on the band Pretty Boy Floyd ....
Mr. Bad Example Mr. Bad Example *Mr. Bad Example* is an album by United States singer/songwriter Warren Zevon, released in 1991. ....	Warren Zevon Warren Zevon Warren William Zevon was an American rock music singer-songwriter and musician noted for weaving his offbeat, sardonic view of life into his music, composing dark, sometimes humorous songs often laced with political or historical themes....
17	The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth *The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth* is the debut album by United Kingdom folk metal group Skyclad , and is thus probably the first ever folk metal album, with the track "The Widdershins Jig" in particular pointing the way for the genre....	Skyclad Skyclad In Wicca and Wicca-based Neopaganism, skyclad is used to refer to ritual nudity. Many Wiccan groups, or covens, perform some or all of their rituals skyclad....
19	Decade of Decadence Decade of Decadence *Decade of Decadence* is an album by M?tley Cr?e, released on October 19, 1991. It was the sixth album and the first of many greatest hits compilations released by the group....	Mötley Crüe Mötley Crüe M?tley Cr?e are a Grammy Award-nominated American hard rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, California in 1981.The band was founded by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx and drum kit Tommy Lee, who were later joined by lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead vocalist Vince Neil....	Compilation
22	Human Human (album) *Human* is the fourth album by death metal band Death , released in 1991. The album marked the beginning of a major stylistic change for Death....	Death Death (band) Death was an influential American death metal band founded in 1983 by guitarist and vocalist Chuck Schuldiner, considered a "pioneering death metal vocalist/guitarist"....

	I Wish My Brother George Was Here I Wish My Brother George Was Here *I Wish My Brother George Was Here* is the first album released by Del tha Funkee Homosapien....	Del tha Funkee Homosapien Del tha Funkee Homosapien Teren Delvon Jones , better known as Del tha Funkee Homosapien, is an alternative hip hop artist....

	Pennywise Pennywise (album) *Pennywise* is the self-titled debut album by the punk band Pennywise , released on Epitaph Records on October 22, 1991....	Pennywise Pennywise (band) Pennywise is an American punk rock band that was formed in 1988, and is named after the It from the Stephen King novel, It .Between their 1991 Pennywise debut and 2005's The Fuse, Pennywise had released an album every two years on Epitaph Records, a label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz....
Effigy of the Forgotten Effigy of the Forgotten *Effigy of the Forgotten* is the debut full-length album by New York-based brutal death metal band Suffocation , released in 1991. The cover artwork was created by Dan Seagrave....	Suffocation Suffocation (band) Suffocation is an United States brutal death metal band. The band was formed in 1990 and has since released five studio albums....
Girlfriend Girlfriend (album) *Girlfriend* is the third album by Matthew Sweet, his most commercially and critically successful album to date, named one of the Top 100 albums of the 1990's by Rolling Stone....	Matthew Sweet Matthew Sweet Sidney Matthew Sweet is an United States alternative rock/power pop musician. He was part of the burgeoning Music of Athens, Georgia music scene in the early and mid-1980s before gaining commercial success during the early 1990s....
28	Rush Street	Richard Marx Richard Marx Richard Noel Marx is an adult contemporary and pop/rock singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He had a string of hit singles in the late 1980s and 1990s, including "Endless Summer Nights", "Right Here Waiting", "Now and Forever ", and "Hazard "....
29	Prince of Darkness Prince of Darkness (Big Daddy Kane album) *Prince of Darkness* is the fourth album by rapper Big Daddy Kane, released in late 1991 on Cold Chillin' Records. The album received harsh reviews and is widely considered to be his worst effort....	Big Daddy Kane Big Daddy Kane Antonio Hardy , better known by his stage name, Big Daddy Kane, is an African-American rapper. He started his career in 1986 as a member of the rap group, the Juice Crew....
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Death Certificate	Ice Cube Ice Cube O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube is an United States of America rapper, actor, screenwriter, and film producer.He began his career as a member of the rap group N.W.A along with group leader Eazy-E, and later launched a successful solo career in music and Film....
30	Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious *Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious* is the third album from the band Carcass , released in 1991 through Earache Records. It could be described as a concept album, as many of the tracks describe economical ways to dispose of dead bodies ....	Carcass Carcass (band) Carcass are an English grindcore / death metal band from Liverpool. They formed in 1985 and disbanded a decade later. A reunion was enacted in 2008 without one of its original members, drummer Ken Owen....
?	Krov za Krov (Blood for Blood)	Aria

	For Keeps For Keeps (album) *For Keeps* is an album by The Field Mice....	The Field Mice The Field Mice The Field Mice were the most popular band on the seminal, cult indie label Sarah Records. Initially a duo from South London suburb of Mitcham comprising Bob Wratten and Michael Hiscock, their first EP, "Emma's House," was released in late 1988....
Queer Queer (album) *Queer* is the eighth studio album by the British pop group Thompson Twins.Before the album's release, it appeared as if the band was on the verge of commercial rebirth....	Thompson Twins Thompson Twins The Thompson Twins were a Great Britain Pop music group that were formed in April 1977 and disbanded in May 1993. They achieved considerable popularity in the mid-1980s, scoring a string of hits in the UK, the United States and around the globe....

November

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Infrared Roses Infrared Roses *Infrared Roses* is a Live album compilation album by the Grateful Dead. It is a conglomeration of their famous Musical improvisation segments "Drums" and "Space."...	Grateful Dead Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of Rock music, Folk music, bluegrass music, blues, reggae, country music, jazz, Psychedelic rock, space rock and gospel music?and for live performances of long musical improvisati...	Live Compilation
	Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Beauty and the Beast (soundtrack) *Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack* is the soundtrack of Disney 1991 Academy Award-winning animated feature Beauty and the Beast ....	Various Artists

Night of the Stormrider Night of the Stormrider *Night of the Stormrider* is United States heavy metal music band Iced Earth's second full-length album. It is a concept album about a man who is betrayed by religion and turns away from it in anger....	Iced Earth Iced Earth Iced Earth is an United States Heavy metal music band from Tampa, Florida, Florida that combines influences from thrash metal, power metal, progressive metal, opera, speed metal and New Wave of British Heavy Metal....	UK
4	Loveless Loveless (album) *Loveless* is the second studio album by alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine . Released on 4 November 1991, Loveless was recorded over a two-year period between 1989 and 1991 in nineteen recording studios....	My Bloody Valentine
6	Ricky Martin Ricky Martin (1991 album) *Ricky Martin* is the debut album by Puerto Rico singer Ricky Martin, released on November 6, 1991 on Sony BMG. It sold over 500,000 copies worldwide....	Ricky Martin Ricky Martin Enrique Mart?n Morales , better known by his stage name Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rico pop singer who rose to fame, first as a member of the Latin American music boy band Menudo , then as a solo artist since 1991....
10	Sadisfaction Sadisfaction *Sadisfaction* is the first album by Gregorian .Originally, Gregorian was conceived as a more pop-oriented group in the vein of Enigma . Under this concept, they recorded this album, with lead vocals provided by The Sisters of Oz: Susana Espelleta and Birgit Freud....	Gregorian Gregorian (band) Gregorian is a Germany Band , headed by Frank Peterson, performing Gregorian chant-inspired versions of modern pop music and rock music songs. Because it features both vocal harmony and instrumental accompaniment, the music cannot be considered true Gregorian chant....
11	Essential Essential (Divinyls album) *Essential* is a collection of hits by the Divinyls. It contains songs from their first three albums spanning from 1981-1988. The compilation was released in 1991, the same year as their self titled album Divinyls....	Divinyls Divinyls Divinyls are an Australian Rock music band formed in Sydney in 1980 and featuring Singer Christina Amphlett and guitarist Mark McEntee. As the focal point, Amphlett performed on stage wearing a school uniform and fishnet stockings, often using an illuminated neon tube as a prop and displaying aggression towards band members and the audience....	Greatest Hits
	We Can't Dance We Can't Dance *We Can't Dance* is the fourteenth studio album by Genesis , recorded and released in 1991. It was their last studio album featuring vocalist/drummer Phil Collins, who would leave Genesis amicably in 1996 before returning for 2007's Turn It On Again: The Tour....	Genesis Genesis (band) Genesis are an English rock music band formed in 1967. With approximately 150 million albums sold worldwide, Genesis are among the top 30 List of best-selling music artists....

Live Baby Live Live Baby Live *Live Baby Live* is Australian rock band INXS's first live album. It was released in 1991 and features tracks recorded in Paris, New York, Chicago, London, Dublin, Glasgow, Rio de Janeiro, Montreal, Spain, Switzerland, Melbourne, Sydney, Philadelphia, and Las Vegas....	INXS INXS INXS is an Australian Rock music and New Wave music band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney. Mainstays are Garry Gary Beers on bass guitar, Andrew Farriss on Keyboard instrument, Jon Farriss on Drum kit, Tim Farriss on lead guitar and Kirk Pengilly on guitar/saxophone....	Live
12	80-85 80-85 *80-85* is the first compilation album by Bad Religion, released in 1991 after the band had risen to success. It contains a list of tracks from their early recordings before the come-back of the 1988 release Suffer ....	Bad Religion Bad Religion Bad Religion is an United States punk band, founded in Southern California in 1980 by Jay Bentley , Greg Graffin , Brett Gurewitz and Jay Ziskrout ....	Compilation
	Clandestine Clandestine (album) *Clandestine* is an album by Scandinavian death metal band Entombed , released in 1991 in music. It helped establish a distinctively Swedish sound in the death metal genre, while being more accessible than its predecessor, the atonal debut Left Hand Path ....	Entombed Entombed (band) Entombed is a Sweden death metal band which formed in 1987 under the name of Nihilist . Though Entombed began their career as an early pioneer of Scandinavian death metal, by the early 1990s their sound had broadened to include hardcore punk and other influences....

	For the Boys	Bette Midler Bette Midler Bette Midler is an American singing, actress and comedienne, also known as The Divine Miss M. During her career, she has won four Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and a Tony Awards, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards....	Soundtrack
	Swallow This Live Swallow This *Swallow This Live* is a live compilation album by glam rock band Poison . The album was released on November 12 1991 through Capitol Records....	Poison Poison (band) *Poison* is an United States hard rock band that achieved great success and popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They have become icons of the 80s MTV era and have had widespread commercial success....	2 discs; Live
	2Pacalypse Now 2Pacalypse Now *2Pacalypse Now* is the debut album of 2pac, released in November 1991.Though less polished and lacking the hard-hitting produced beats of his later albums, it is his most overtly political work....	2Pac Tupac Shakur Tupac Amaru Shakur , also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American Rapping. In addition to his status as a top-selling recording artist, Shakur was a promising actor and a social activist....
In Celebration of Life In Celebration of Life *In Celebration of Life*, is Yanni's seventh album, released on the Private Music label in 1991, . It topped at #3 on "Billboard Magazine "Top New Age Albums" chart and at #60 on the "Billboard 200" in the same year....	Yanni Yanni Yanni is a self-taught pianist, keyboardist, and composer. Yanni left his homeland at the age of 18 to attend the University of Minnesota. After receiving a B.A....
19	Beckology Beckology *Beckology* by guitarist Jeff Beck was released in 1991 as a 3 CD career retrospective. Beckology covers the work of a guitarist widely acknowledged as one of the most influential and gifted exponents of the electric guitar from early days with The Tridents through to his Guitar Shop album in 1989....	Jeff Beck Jeff Beck Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck is an England rock music guitarist. He was one of the three noted guitarists — the others being Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page — to have played with The Yardbirds....	Box Set
	Live Live (Happy Mondays album) *Live* was the first official Live album, and overall sixth, album by the United Kingdom band Happy Mondays, recorded live at Elland Road stadium, Leeds, England on June 1, 1991....	Happy Mondays Happy Mondays Happy Mondays are a British alternative rock band from Salford, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1980, the musical group's original line-up was Shaun Ryder on lead vocals, his brother Paul Ryder on bass guitar, lead guitarist Mark Day , keyboardist Paul Davis , and drummer Gary Whelan ....	Live
	Cool Hand Loc Cool Hand Loc *Cool Hand Loc* is the second studio album by Tone Loc. The album was released in 1991 for Delicious Vinyl. The album was not as successful as Tone's previous album Loc-ed After Dark, only making it to #46 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop album charts....	Tone Loc Tone Loc Tone Loc is the stage name of Anthony Terrell Smith , a Grammy Award nominated United States rapper and actor, best known for his deep, gravelly human voice and his million selling hit singles, "Wild Thing " and "Funky Cold Medina"....

	The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection *The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection* is the first compilation album by Yngwie J. Malmsteen. It was released in November 1991.Track listing...	Yngwie Malmsteen

Laughing Stock Laughing Stock *Laughing Stock* was Talk Talk's fifth and final studio album. Released in 1991, it was the only album the band released on the jazz-based Verve Records, after acrimoniously leaving EMI....	Talk Talk Talk Talk Talk Talk were a popular British Rock music group that were active from 1981 to 1991. In mainstream circles, the group is most well known for their early synthpop singles, including the international hits "Today", "Talk Talk", "It's My Life ", "Such a Shame", "Dum Dum Girl", "Life's What You Make It " and "Living in Another World"....
Achtung Baby Achtung Baby *Achtung Baby* is the seventh studio album by Republic of Ireland rock music band U2. It was released on 19 November 1991, nearly two years after lead vocalist Bono announced the band would have to "go away and dream it all up again", following the mixed response to 1988's Rattle and Hum and their own sense of musical stagnation....	U2 U2 U2 are a rock music band from Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The band consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. .The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency....
26	Dangerous Dangerous (album) *Dangerous* is the eighth album by Michael Jackson, released on November 26, 1991. It became his second to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart, where it spent the next four consecutive weeks....	Michael Jackson Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson is an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene at the age of 11 as a member of The Jackson 5 and began a solo career in 1971 while still a member of the group....

	Keep It Comin' Keep It Comin' Keep It Comin is R&B artist Keith Sweat's third album. It was released on November 26, 1991 .Keep It Comin' is considered one of the final albums of the new jack swing era....	Keith Sweat Keith Sweat Keith Sweat, born on July 22, 1961 in Harlem, New York, is an United States Contemporary R&B/soul music, singer-songwriter, record producer and a major contributor to the New jack swing era....
Hook: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Hook (film) *Hook* is a 1991 family film fantasy film directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, Charlie Korsmo and Amber Scott....	John Williams John Williams John Towner Williams is an United States composer, conducting and pianist. In a career that spans six decades, Williams has composed many of the most famous film scores in Hollywood history, including Star Wars music, Superman music, Born on the Fourth of July , Harry Potter music and all but two of Steven Spielberg's feature fil...
30	Now That's What I Call Music! 20 Now That's What I Call Music! 20 (U.K. series) *Now That's What I Call Music! 20* or *Now 20* was released in 1991. The album is the 20th edition of the Now That's What I Call Music series, and saw the debut of a new Now logo that is still used ....	Various Artists	Compilation
?	No Jive No Jive *No Jive* is an album released by the Scotland rock band Nazareth released in 1991 on Griffin Records....	Nazareth Nazareth (band) Nazareth are a Scottish rock music band that had several hard rock chart-topper in the mid 1970s, including the Felice and Boudleaux Bryant songwriter ballad, "Love Hurts."...

December

Day	Album	Artist
6	Forest of Equilibrium Forest of Equilibrium *Forest of Equilibrium* is the debut album of the UK doom metal band Cathedral . It was released in 1991 on Earache Records. It is considered a classic of it's genre....	Cathedral Cathedral (band) Cathedral are a doom metal band from Coventry, England. The group forged a link between 1980s doom metal and a 1990s extreme metal aesthetic, making doom slower and heavier....
10	Until the End of the World soundtrack Until the End of the World (soundtrack) *Until the End of the World* is a soundtrack album to the Until the End of the World, released in 1991 on Warner Bros. One song on the album, U2's "Until the End of the World ", had been previously released on that band's 1991 album Achtung Baby ? all of the other songs were original contributions, although some appeared on subsequent a...	Various Artists
15	V V (Legião Urbana album) V is the fifth album by Brazilian rock band Legi?o Urbana, recorded in the last quarter of 1991 and released on the Odeon Records label on December 15, 1991....	Legião Urbana Legião Urbana Legi?o Urbana is one of the most successful rock bands in Brazil's history. Originally created in 1983, the band continued to exist until 1996, with the death of its vocalist, Renato Russo....
25	Mo Sagasanai Mo Sagasanai (album) is the second album of Zard and was released on December 25, 1991.Track listingAll lyrics by Izumi Sakai#####Forever#Lonely Soldier Boy...	Zard Zard was a Japanese pop group. Originally a group of five members, with lead vocalist Izumi Sakai as group leader. However, Sakai was the only member who stayed on the group while others joined and left regularly....
?	Spine of God Spine of God *Spine of God* is the debut album by United States rock band Monster Magnet, released in 1992. It is the band's first official full-length album....	Monster Magnet Monster Magnet Monster Magnet is an United States hard rock band. Hailing from Red Bank, New Jersey, New Jersey, the group was founded by Dave Wyndorf , John McBain , Tom Diello , and Tim Cronin ....

Release Date Unknown

Baby Animals
Baby Animals (album)

Baby Animals is the self-titled debut album by Australian band the Baby Animals, released in 1991. The album debuted at number six on the ARIA Album Charts and spent six weeks at number one, eventually going eight times platinum and becoming the highest-selling debut Australian rock album of all time ....
- Baby Animals
Baby Animals

Baby Animals are a 1990s hard rock band from Australia....
(debut)
Spirit Electricity
Spirit Electricity

Spirit Electricity is an EP from hardcore punk and reggae pioneers Bad Brains recorded live in concert in 1988 during the same tour that spawned the live albums The Youth Are Getting Restless and Live ....
(EP) - Bad Brains
Bad Brains

Bad Brains are an American hardcore punk/roots reggae band formed in Washington, D.C. in 1977. They are widely regarded as being among the pioneers of the genre, though the band's members objected to the term "hardcore" to describe their music....
War Master
War Master

War Master is a Bolt Thrower album, recorded at Slaughterhouse studios in September 1990, produced by Bolt Thrower and Colin Richardson. It is released on Earache Records: Mosh 29 in 1991....
- Bolt Thrower
Early On (1964-1966)
Early On (1964-1966)

Early On is a compilation album by David Bowie, released in 1991....
- David Bowie
David Bowie

David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and Arrangement. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s....
Don't Fear the Reaper
Don't Fear the Reaper (EP)

Don't Fear the Reaper, the second extended play from the duo of J. G. Thirlwell and Lydia Lunch, finds the pair taking on classic cover version and new songs in equal measure....
(EP) - Clint Ruin and Lydia Lunch
Lydia Lunch

Lydia Lunch is an United States singer, poet, writer, and actress....
Love's Secret Domain
Love's Secret Domain

Love's Secret Domain is the third album by Coil and was released in 1991. It marked a departure from the brooding synthesizers and melodies of their first two albums, focusing more on acid house Sampling ....
- Coil
Coil (band)

Coil were an English cross-genre, industrial music experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as "Jhonn Balance"—and his partner Peter Christopherson, aka 'Sleazy'....
Woodface
Woodface

Woodface is the critically acclaimed third studio album from New Zealand rock band Crowded House. Released in 1991, it features the singles "Chocolate Cake", "Fall At Your Feet", "Weather with You", "Four Seasons In One Day", and "It?s Only Natural"....
- Crowded House
Crowded House

Crowded House is a rock music group formed in Sydney, Australia and led by New Zealand musician and singer-songwriter Neil Finn. Finn is widely recognised as the primary songwriter and creative direction of the band, having led it through several incarnations, drawing members from New Zealand , Australia and the United States ....
Island - Current 93
Current 93

Current 93 are an eclectic United Kingdom experimental music group, working since the early 1980s in folk music-based musical forms. The band was founded in 1982 by David Tibet ....
with HÖH
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson

Hilmar ?rn Hilmarsson also known as H?H , is an accomplished musician, an art director, and allsherjargo?i of the ?slenska ?satr?arf?lagi? ....
85-86
85-86

85-86 is a collection of unreleased and hard to find recordings including some of the 1985 demo, live material, and outtakes from 1986 by Dag Nasty....
- Dag Nasty
Dag Nasty

Dag Nasty was a Washington D.C. hardcore punk band formed in 1985 by Brian Baker of Minor Threat, Colin Sears and Roger Marbury , both of Bloody Mannequin Orchestra, and Shawn Brown later of Swiz and Jesuseater ....
Open Doors, Closed Windows
Open Doors, Closed Windows

Open Doors, Closed Windows was released in 1991 on Ch? Records in the United Kingdom. It was Disco Inferno 's debut album, and would be released in the United States four years later as part of the band's compilation album, In Debt....
- Disco Inferno
Disco Inferno (band)

Disco Inferno was a band formed in Essex in the late 1980s by Ian Crause , Paul Wilmott , Rob Whatley and Daniel Gish .After the departure of Gish the three-piece Disco Inferno recorded the single 'Entertainment' with producer Charlie McIntosh....
Believing in Better
Believing in Better

Believing in Better is the second studio album by Lennie Gallant, released in 1991 . The album helped earn Gallant Male Artist of the Year from the East Coast Music Awards and also garnered two Juno Award nominations....
- Lennie Gallant
Lennie Gallant

Lennie Gallant, Order of Canada is a Canada singer-songwriter. His music crosses into the folk music, Celtic music, Rock music and country music genres....
On the Way Down from the Moon Palace
On the Way Down From the Moon Palace

On the Way Down From the Moon Palace is the debut solo album by Lisa Germano. It was originally released in 1991 on Germano's own label, Major Bill Records....
- Lisa Germano
Lisa Germano

Lisa Germano is an United States Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who has released seven albums featuring her often-hushed vocal style, confessional lyrics, and distinctive violin....
Hammerbox
Hammerbox (album)

Hammerbox is the debut album of Seattle rock music band Hammerbox....
- Hammerbox
Hammerbox

Hammerbox was an United States grunge band from Seattle, Washington . The band formed around 1990 and disbanded in 1994 when lead singer Carrie Akre left the band to form Goodness ....
Havana 3am
Havana 3am (album)

Havana 3am is an eponymously named debut album by post-The Clash Paul Simonon's band Havana 3am....
- Havana 3am
Havana 3am

Havana 3am was the short-lived post-The Clash band of bassist Paul Simonon formed shortly after the official Clash break up in 1986.The band consisted of Simonon on bass, American musician Gary Myrick on guitar, Nigel Dixon from the British band Whirlwind on lead vocals, and Travis Williams, a drummer who they found by a newspaper annou...
BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (Hawkwind album)

BBC Radio One Live in Concert is a 1991 live album of a 1972 concert by Hawkwind."It was recorded straight to quarter inch tape - there were no overdubs and no possibility of remixing....
- Hawkwind
Hawkwind

Hawkwind are a United Kingdom Rock Band , one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. Notable fantasy fiction and science fiction writer Michael Moorcock was an occasional collaborator....
Palace Springs
Palace Springs (album)

Palace Springs is a predominantly live album by the United Kingdom space rock group Hawkwind, recorded during their North America tour in 1989, and released in 1991....
- Hawkwind
I'm on Your Side
I'm on Your Side

I'm on Your Side is the fourth album by Jennifer Holliday, released in 1991. The song "I'm on Your Side", a cover version of an Angela Bofill hit, was released as a single, peaking at #10 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks....
- Jennifer Holliday
Jennifer Holliday

Jennifer-Yvette Holliday is a two-time Grammy Award-winning United States singer and actress. She started her career on Broadway theatre in musicals such as Dreamgirls, and later became a successful recording artist....
Night of the Stormrider
Night of the Stormrider

Night of the Stormrider is United States heavy metal music band Iced Earth's second full-length album. It is a concept album about a man who is betrayed by religion and turns away from it in anger....
- Iced Earth
Iced Earth

Iced Earth is an United States Heavy metal music band from Tampa, Florida, Florida that combines influences from thrash metal, power metal, progressive metal, opera, speed metal and New Wave of British Heavy Metal....
Page of Life - Jon & Vangelis
Jon & Vangelis

Jon & Vangelis is the collaborative effort between the singer Jon Anderson , and the Greece synthesizer musician Vangelis. Together they released a number of successful albums in the 1980s....
San Antorium
San Antorium

San Antorium was Lowlife 's fourth album, released in 1991 in Scotland on Nightshift Records. The LP was recorded at Tower Studios in Glasgow, Scotland....
- Lowlife
Lowlife (band)

Lowlife was a Scotland alternative rock/dream pop Musical ensemble, active from 1985 to 1997. Although the group never obtained mainstream popularity, they developed a cult following that continues to this day....
It's... Madness Too
It's... Madness Too

'It's... Madness Too' is a compilation album by the British pop band Madness , released in 1991 in music. It combines some of the band's hit singles and b-sides and is a sequel to It's......
- Madness
Madness (band)

Madness are an English Pop music/ska band from Camden Town, London, that formed in 1976. As of 2008, the band have continued to perform with their most recognised lineup of seven members, although their lineup has varied slightly over the years....
Distant Plastic Trees
Distant Plastic Trees

Distant Plastic Trees is the 1991 debut album by The Magnetic Fields, featuring the lead vocals of Susan Anway. Merge Records reissued the album in 1994 as a double album compilation with the band's following release, The Wayward Bus ....
- The Magnetic Fields
The Magnetic Fields

The Magnetic Fields is a band led by singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt. Albums released by Merritt under the name "Magnetic Fields" often make extensive use of synthesizers underlying clever lyrics, often about love, that are by turns ironic, bitter, and humorous....
Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo
Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo

Qui s?me le vent r?colte le tempo is French hip hop MC Solaar's first album. The title is a pun on the French language version of the Biblical proverb "qui s?me le vent r?colte la temp?te" ....
- MC Solaar
MC Solaar

MC Solaar is the stage name of Claude M'Barali , a francophone hip hop music artist. Solaar is one of the most internationally popular and influential French rappers.,...
Clown Heaven and Hell
Clown Heaven and Hell

Clown Heaven and Hell was the debut extended play by Me Mom & Morgentaler, released in 1991....
(EP) - Me Mom & Morgentaler
Bullhead
Bullhead (album)

Bullhead is an album by the Melvins released in 1991 through Boner Records. This album is notable for having longer song lengths than previous Melvins albums....
- The Melvins
The Melvins

The Melvins are an American sludge metal band that usually perform as a power trio. Aside from the 1984 incarnation which included Buzz, Mike Dillard on drums, and Matt Lukin, Singer/guitarist Buzz Osborne and drummer Dale Crover are constant members....
Daniela Mercury
Daniela Mercury (album)

Daniela Mercury is the eponymous solo debut album by Daniela Mercury, released in 1991 in Brazil by independent record company Eldorado. The songs "Swing da Cor" and "Menino do Pel?", both recorded with Olodum, were released as Single s and became major hits in Brazil....
- Daniela Mercury
Daniela Mercury

Daniela Mercuri de Almeida P?voas better known as Daniela Mercury is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Brazilian ax? music, samba-reggae and M?sica Popular Brasileira singer, songwriter and record producer....
Word of Mouth
Word of Mouth (Mike + The Mechanics album)

Word of Mouth is the third album by Mike + The Mechanics, released in 1991....
- Mike + The Mechanics
Boys Will Be Boyz
Boys Will Be Boyz

Boys Will Be Boyz is the third studio album by Contemporary Christian Music pop rock band Newsboys, released in 1991 in music....
- Newsboys
Newsboys

Newsboys is a Grammy Award-nominated Christian pop rock band . The band was formed in Australia in 1985 and has been one of the most popular and best-selling Christian music artists of the past two decades....
The Nymphs
The Nymphs (album)

The Nymphs is the first album recorded by The Nymphs. It was produced by Bill Price , and released 1991 by Geffen Records....
- The Nymphs
The Nymphs

The Nymphs were an alternative rock band of the late 1980s and early 1990s with lead singer Inger Lorre. The band was signed to Geffen Records, and released their only album in 1991 in music....
Lunar Womb
Lunar Womb

Lunar Womb is the second album by The Obsessed. It was released in 1991 by Hellhound Records. It was reissued in 2006 by MeteorCity. The painting on the cover is entitled Saturn Devouring His Son by Francisco de Goya....
- The Obsessed
The Obsessed

The Obsessed was a doom metal band from Maryland led by Scott Weinrich, who also fronted Saint Vitus , Spirit Caravan, Place of Skulls and The Hidden Hand ....
Orbital - Orbital
Orbital (band)

Orbital are an English Electronic music duo from Sevenoaks consisting of brothers Phil Hartnoll and Paul Hartnoll whose career lasted from 1989 until 2004 and have now reformed in 2009....
World Outside - The Psychedelic Furs
Architect of Fear
Architect of Fear

Architect of Fear is the eighth full-length album by the band Raven , released in 1991 ....
- Raven
Raven (band)

Raven are an England Heavy metal music band associated with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. They had a hit with the single "On and On", and refer to their music as "athletic rock"....
Foxbase Alpha
Foxbase Alpha

Foxbase Alpha is the debut album by British band Saint Etienne , released in 1991.The album was recorded in a style which is close to the house music sound of the time, but songs like "Nothing Can Stop Us" and "Wilson" display the group's characteristic love of '60s pop and several samples....
- Saint Etienne
Saint Etienne (band)

Saint Etienne are an England indie dance act, fronted by Sarah Cracknell . Former music journalism Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs are the other regular members of the band....
Magia
Magia (Shakira album)

Magia is Colombian musician Shakira's debut album. The songs are a collection penned by her since she was 8, however it was hampered by a lack of recording and production cohesion and did not fare well commercially....
- Shakira
Shakira

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll known simply as Shakira, is a Colombian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer and philanthropist who emerged as a Prodigy in the music scene of Latin America in the mid-1990s....
Information Libre
Information Libre

Information Libre is an album by punk band Sham 69, released in 1991 ....
- Sham 69
Sham 69

Sham 69 are an England punk rock band that formed in Hersham in 1975.Although not as commercially successful as many of their contemporaries, albeit with a greater number of chart entries, Sham 69 has been a huge musical and lyrical influence on the Oi! and streetpunk genres....
Suit suit...hehehe
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SUIT.. SUIT.. HE..HE.. is Slank's first Album. It was released in 1991.Track listing#Aku Gila#American Style#''Apatis Blues...
- Slank
Slank

Slank is an Indonesian rock music band. It was founded in 1983 by some teenagers in a small street in Jakarta called Gang Potlot. They had played rock music everywhere until they got an opportunity to make an album....
Volume One
Volume One (Sleep album)

Volume One is the debut album by the United States band Sleep . It was the only album recorded with original guitarist Justin Marler, before he became an Orthodox monk....
- Sleep
Sleep (band)

Sleep was a doom metal#Stoner doom band from San Jose, California. Active during the 1990s, Sleep earned much critical and record label attention from early in their career....
The Best of Spandau Ballet
The Best of Spandau Ballet

The Best Of Spandau Ballet is a compilation album by Spandau Ballet. It was released in 1991 by Chrysalis Records....
- Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet

Spandau Ballet are a popular United Kingdom band famous in the 1980s. Initially inspired by the New Romantic fashion, they quickly steered in to a mixture of funk, jazz, soul and synthpop, then eventually mellowed into a mainstream pop music act....
By Heart
By Heart (Brenda K. Starr album)

By Heart is Brenda K. Starr's official second album, , released in 1990 on Sony Records. It is considered her best English language album and one of her best moments overall....
- Brenda K. Starr
Brenda K. Starr

Brenda K. Starr is an United States singer originally in Pop music , but now mostly in Salsa music-based music. She is also well known for her 1980s work with Freestyle music....
Jah Won't Pay the Bills - Sublime
Sublime (band)

Sublime is an American ska-punk band that originated in Long Beach, California. Founded in 1988, Sublime consisted of Bradley Nowell , Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson ....
No Pocky for Kitty
No Pocky for Kitty

No Pocky for Kitty is Superchunk's second studio album. It was recorded April 21-23, 1991, at the Chicago Recording Company by Steve Albini and released on Matador Records in 1991....
- Superchunk
Superchunk

Superchunk is an American indie rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, consisting of singer/guitarist Mac McCaughan, guitarist Jim Wilbur, bassist Laura Ballance, and drummer Jon Wurster....
Tossing Seeds
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- Superchunk
Raise
Raise (album)

Raise is the first studio album by the United Kingdom alternative rock band, Swervedriver. The album only contained six new songs; "Son of Mustang Ford", "Rave Down" and "Sandblasted" had all appeared on earlier EPs and singles released by the band between 1990 to 1991....
- Swervedriver
Swervedriver

Swervedriver is an England alternative rock band from Oxford. Their sound was frequently compared to Sonic Youth, The Stooges, Dinosaur Jr., The Who, Catherine Wheel, and former labelmates My Bloody Valentine and Ride ....
Unsane
Unsane (album)

Unsane was the 1991 debut album of New York noise-rock group Unsane....
- Unsane
Unsane

Unsane is a New York City rock music trio, formed in 1988.They are generally classified as noise rock, but their music also touches on elements of hardcore punk and heavy metal music....
Surprise
Surprise (Crystal Waters album)

Surprise is the debut album by singer-songwriter, Crystal Waters, released in 1991. Although the album stalled at #197 on the Billboard 200, the album performed better in both the Dance music and Urban contemporary music markets....
- Crystal Waters
Crystal Waters

Crystal Waters is a dance music singer and songwriter, as well as the great-niece of singer/actor Ethel Waters.She enjoyed three major dance-pop hits in the early/mid 1990s: "Gypsy Woman " , "100% Pure Love" and "Say......

Biggest hit singles

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

#	Artist	Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Bryan Adams Bryan Adams Bryan Adams, Order of Canada, Order of British Columbia is a Canada Rock music singer-songwriter and photographer. Rolling Stone magazine describes Adams as having an ?unerring gift for radio-friendly pop hooks" and in 1992, Adams won the Grammy Awards of 1992, for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" fo...	(Everything I Do) I Do it For You (Everything I Do) I Do It for You " I Do It for You" is a song co-written and performed by Bryan Adams, featured on his 1991 album Waking up the Neighbours and on the soundtrack for the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves ....	1991	UK 1 - Jun 1991, US BB 1 of 1991, US CashBox 1 of 1991, Holland 1 - Jul 1991, Sweden 1 - Aug 1991, Austria 1 - Aug 1991, Switzerland 1 - Jul 1991, Norway 1 - Jul 1991, Poland 1 - Jul 1991, Germany 1 - Jan 1992, Éire 1 - Jul 1991, New Zealand 1 for 8 weeks Aug 1991, Australia 1 for 11 weeks Oct 1991, US BB 3 of 1991, Australia 3 of 1991, POP 3 of 1991, Europe 5 of the 1990s, TOTP 6, Global 7 (10 M sold) - 1991, Italy 9 of 1991, Germany 9 of the 1990s, Scrobulate 30 of ballad, Virgin 60, Party 70 of 2007, RYM 73 of 1991, Poland 96 of all time, OzNet 121, Belgium 150 of all time
2	Michael Jackson Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson is an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene at the age of 11 as a member of The Jackson 5 and began a solo career in 1971 while still a member of the group....	Black Or White Black or White (song) "Black or White" was the first single taken from Michael Jackson's Dangerous album, released in October 1991. The single is considered the biggest selling rock song of the 1990's....	1991	UK 1 - Nov 1991, US BB 1 of 1991, Sweden 1 - Nov 1991, Switzerland 1 - Nov 1991, Norway 1 - Nov 1991, Poland 1 - Nov 1991, Éire 1 - Nov 1991, New Zealand 1 for 8 weeks Nov 1991, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Feb 1992, Austria 2 - Nov 1991, Germany 2 - Jan 1992, Holland 3 - Nov 1991, Italy 3 of 1991, US BB 19 of 1991, POP 19 of 1991, Australia 24 of 1992, US CashBox 29 of 1992, RYM 96 of 1991, Germany 115 of the 1990s
3	Roxette Roxette Roxette is a Sweden pop music duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle.This duo achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and early 1990s with their hit singles "The Look", "Listen To Your Heart", "It Must Have Been Love" and "Joyride "....	Joyride Joyride (Roxette song) "Joyride", written by Per Gessle, was the first single released from Sweden pop music Roxette 1991 album Joyride , the follow-up to the group's highly successful Look Sharp! ....	1991	US BB 1 of 1991, Holland 1 - Mar 1991, Sweden 1 - Mar 1991, Austria 1 - Mar 1991, Switzerland 1 - Mar 1991, Norway 1 - Mar 1991, Germany 1 - Mar 1991, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Jul 1991, Poland 3 - Apr 1991, UK 4 - Mar 1991, France 7 - Apr 1991, Australia 13 of 1991, Italy 24 of 1991, Germany 24 of the 1990s, US CashBox 33 of 1991, US BB 35 of 1991, POP 37 of 1991
4	Scorpions	Wind of Change	1991	Holland 1 - Apr 1991, Sweden 1 - Mar 1991, Austria 1 - Jun 1991, Switzerland 1 - Feb 1991, Norway 1 - Apr 1991, Poland 1 - Mar 1991, Germany 1 of the 1990s, Germany 1 - Apr 1991, UK 2 - Sep 1991, US BB 4 of 1991, Scrobulate 9 of ballad, France 10 - Dec 1990, US BB 24 of 1991, Europe 26 of the 1990s, POP 26 of 1991, RYM 142 of 1990
5	R.E.M. R.E.M. R.E.M. is an American Rock music band formed in Athens, Georgia, Georgia , in 1980 by Michael Stipe , Peter Buck , Mike Mills , and Bill Berry ....	Losing My Religion Losing My Religion "Losing My Religion" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. The song was released as the first single from the group's 1991 album Out of Time ....	1991	Holland 1 - Mar 1991, Poland 1 - Apr 1991, Europe 1 of the 1990s, US BB 4 of 1991, Norway 4 - Jun 1991, Sweden 5 - Mar 1991, RYM 5 of 1991, Austria 7 - Aug 1991, Switzerland 11 - Oct 1991, Belgium 12 of all time, UK 19 - Mar 1991, US BB 28 of 1991, Virgin 30, US CashBox 39 of 1991, 39 in 2FM list, Poland 44 of all time, Acclaimed 44, POP 61 of 1991, Scrobulate 69 of rock, Italy 70 of 1991, OzNet 90, WXPN 106, RIAA 143, Rolling Stone 169

Top hits

"À nos actes manqués
À nos actes manqués

"? nos actes manqu?s" is a 1991 song recorded by the France trio Jean-Jacques Goldman, Carole Fredericks and Michael Jones . Released as the second Single from their eponymous album, the song was one of the summer hits in France and was the trio's most successful single in terms of ranks on the chart....
" - Fredericks
Carole Fredericks

Carole Denise Fredericks was an American singer most famous for her recordings in France.She was the youngest sister of blues musician Taj Mahal ....
, Goldman
Jean-Jacques Goldman

Jean-Jacques Goldman is a French people singer and songwriter. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world, and in 2003 was the second-highest-grossing French pop singer, after Johnny Hallyday....
, Jones
"Alive" - Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam is an American rock music band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder , Jeff Ament , Stone Gossard , and Mike McCready ....
"All The Man That I Need
All the Man That I Need

"All the Man That I Need" is the second single from Whitney Houston's third album I'm Your Baby Tonight, a number-one hit in the US....
" - Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston

Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an United States singer, songwriter,actress, record producer, film producer, and former model . Houston rose to international fame in the mid-1980s and her crossover success opened doors for many other African American women to find success in booty shaking & pop music and movies....
"American Music
American Music

American Music can refer to:* American Music Records* American Music * the Music of the United States* Music of the Americas* A song by the Violent Femmes...
" - The Violent Femmes
"Baby Baby" - Amy Grant
Amy Grant

Amy Lee Grant is an United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, media personality and occasional actress, best known for her contemporary Christian music....
"Black Or White
Black or White (song)

"Black or White" was the first single taken from Michael Jackson's Dangerous album, released in October 1991. The single is considered the biggest selling rock song of the 1990's....
" - Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson is an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene at the age of 11 as a member of The Jackson 5 and began a solo career in 1971 while still a member of the group....
"Bohemian Rhapsody
Bohemian Rhapsody

"Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by the English Rock music band Queen . It was written by Freddie Mercury for the band's 1975 album A Night at the Opera ....
/These Are the Days of Our Lives
These Are the Days of Our Lives

"These Are the Days of Our Lives" is a song by the United Kingdom Rock and roll musical band Queen . It is the eighth track on the album Innuendo ....
" - Queen
Queen (band)

Queen were an England rock music band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, lead vocalist Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Meddows-Taylor, with bassist John Deacon completing the lineup the following year....
"Bring The Noise" - Public Enemy and Anthrax
Anthrax (band)

Anthrax is a New York City-based Heavy metal music band that released its first full-length album in 1984. The band was one of the most popular of the 1980s thrash metal scene and is notable for being the first to combine heavy metal with Hip hop music music....
"Can't Stop This Thing We Started
Can't Stop This Thing We Started

"Can't Stop This Thing We Started" is a song by Bryan Adams. The song was the second single from Adams' 1991-album Waking Up the Neighbours, a successor of the massive hit single " I Do It for You"....
" - Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams, Order of Canada, Order of British Columbia is a Canada Rock music singer-songwriter and photographer. Rolling Stone magazine describes Adams as having an ?unerring gift for radio-friendly pop hooks" and in 1992, Adams won the Grammy Awards of 1992, for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" fo...
"Can't Let Go" - Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey is an United States singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S....
"Chocolate Cake" - Crowded House
Crowded House

Crowded House is a rock music group formed in Sydney, Australia and led by New Zealand musician and singer-songwriter Neil Finn. Finn is widely recognised as the primary songwriter and creative direction of the band, having led it through several incarnations, drawing members from New Zealand , Australia and the United States ....
"Chorus" - Erasure
Erasure

Erasure are an England synthpop Duet formed by songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer Andy Bell in 1985. It was the third successful pop group co-formed by Clarke ....
"Close My Eyes" - Marillion
Marillion

Marillion are a United Kingdom Rock group. Formed in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England in 1979, their recorded studio output comprises fifteen albums and is generally regarded as comprising two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988 after their first four albums, and the subsequent arr...
"Coming Out of the Dark
Coming Out of the Dark

"Coming Out of the Dark" is a single by American singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan. It was released in 1991 worldwide as the leading and first single of the album Into the Light , becoming the singer?s third number one in the U.S....
" - Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan

Gloria Estefan is a Grammy Award-winning American singer and songwriter. She is in the top 100 of best selling music artists with over 90 million albums sold worldwide, with 26.5 million in the United States alone....
"Crucified
Crucified (song)

"Crucified" is a 1991 song recorded by the Swedish band Army of Lovers. It is the first Single from their second album Massive Luxury Overdose and the seventh single to be released by the band....
" - Army of Lovers
Army Of Lovers

Army of Lovers was a Sweden dance music group founded in 1987 by three members of a band called Barbie, namely Alexander Bard, Jean-Pierre Barda and Camilla Henemark....
"Désenchantée
Désenchantée

"D?senchant?e" is a 1991 in music song recorded by the France singer-songwriter Myl?ne Farmer. First Single from her third studio album L'Autre..., it was released on March 18, 1991 and achieved a great success in France, topping the chart for more than two months....
" - Mylène Farmer
Mylène Farmer

Myl?ne Farmer born Myl?ne Jeanne Gautier is a France singer, songwriter, occasional actress and author. She has sold more than 25 million records and is among the most successful recording artists of all time in France....
"Do You Remember" - Phil Collins
Phil Collins

Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, Royal Victorian Order, is an England singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboardist and actor best known as the lead singer and drummer of England progressive rock group Genesis and as a Grammy Award and Academy Award-winning solo artist....
"Do Anything" - Natural Selection
Natural selection

Natural selection is the process by which favorable heritable trait become more common in successive generations of a population of Reproduction organisms, and unfavorable heritable traits become less common, due to differential reproduction of genotypes....
"Don't Cry
Don't Cry

"Don't Cry" is a song by hard rock band Guns N' Roses, two versions of which were released simultaneously on different albums. The version with the original lyrics is the fourth track on Use Your Illusion I, while the version with the alternate lyrics is the thirteenth track on Use Your Illusion II....
" - Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses is an American Rock music band, formed in Los Angeles, California, California in 1985. The band, led by frontman and co-founder Axl Rose, has gone through numerous line-up changes and controversies since their formation....
"Emotions" - Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey is an United States singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S....
"Enter Sandman
Enter Sandman

"Enter Sandman" is a song by American Heavy metal music band Metallica, featured as the opening track and lead Single from their eponymous 1991 album Metallica ....
" - Metallica
Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal music band that formed in 1981 in Los Angeles. Founded when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in a local newspaper, Metallica's line-up has primarily consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, and lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, while going through a number of bassists....
"Every Heartbeat" - Amy Grant
Amy Grant

Amy Lee Grant is an United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, media personality and occasional actress, best known for her contemporary Christian music....
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You
(Everything I Do) I Do It for You

" I Do It for You" is a song co-written and performed by Bryan Adams, featured on his 1991 album Waking up the Neighbours and on the soundtrack for the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves ....
" - Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams, Order of Canada, Order of British Columbia is a Canada Rock music singer-songwriter and photographer. Rolling Stone magazine describes Adams as having an ?unerring gift for radio-friendly pop hooks" and in 1992, Adams won the Grammy Awards of 1992, for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" fo...
"Everyday Sunshine
Everyday Sunshine

"Everyday Sunshine" is a song by the Alternative rock band Fishbone from their 1991 in music album The Reality of My Surroundings....
- Fishbone
Fishbone

Fishbone is an American alternative rock band that plays a fusion of ska, punk rock, funk metal and more. The band was formed in 1979 in the ghettos of South Los Angeles Los Angeles by Angelo Moore, also known as "Dr....
"Fall At Your Feet" - Crowded House
Crowded House

Crowded House is a rock music group formed in Sydney, Australia and led by New Zealand musician and singer-songwriter Neil Finn. Finn is widely recognised as the primary songwriter and creative direction of the band, having led it through several incarnations, drawing members from New Zealand , Australia and the United States ....
"Get Here" - Oleta Adams
Oleta Adams

Oleta Adams is an United States soul , jazz, and Gospel music singer and pianist....
"Get The Funk Out" - Extreme
Extreme (band)

Extreme is an American Rock music band that reached the height of their popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s.Among some of Extreme's musical influences are Queen and Van Halen; The band have described their music as 'Funky Metal'....
"The Globe
The Globe (song)

"The Globe" is a song by Big Audio Dynamite, and released as a single, from their album The Globe . It samples the 1982 song, "Should I Stay or Should I Go", which was written by Mick Jones during his tenure with The Clash....
" - Big Audio Dynamite II
"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" - C&C Music Factory
"Good For Me" - Amy Grant
Amy Grant

Amy Lee Grant is an United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, media personality and occasional actress, best known for her contemporary Christian music....
"Good Times" - INXS
INXS

INXS is an Australian Rock music and New Wave music band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney. Mainstays are Garry Gary Beers on bass guitar, Andrew Farriss on Keyboard instrument, Jon Farriss on Drum kit, Tim Farriss on lead guitar and Kirk Pengilly on guitar/saxophone....
and Jimmy Barnes
Jimmy Barnes

Jimmy Barnes is a popular Australian rock music singer, with a unique vocal style. He was born James Dixon Swan on 28 April 1956 in Glasgow, Scotland....
"Give it Away" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers are a Grammy Award-winning American Rock music band formed in Los Angeles, California, California, in 1983. For most of the band's existence, the members are vocalist Anthony Kiedis, guitarist John Frusciante, bassist Flea , and drummer Chad Smith....
"Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless) - Crystal Waters
Crystal Waters

Crystal Waters is a dance music singer and songwriter, as well as the great-niece of singer/actor Ethel Waters.She enjoyed three major dance-pop hits in the early/mid 1990s: "Gypsy Woman " , "100% Pure Love" and "Say......
"Holding On" - Beverley Craven
Beverley Craven

Beverley Craven is a United Kingdom singer-songwriter, who is best known for her hit record single and albums. Her greatest success was in 1991 with her United Kingdom hit single, "Promise Me"....
"I Can't Make You Love Me
I Can't Make You Love Me

"I Can't Make You Love Me" is a 1991 in music popular song, written by Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin and recorded by Bonnie Raitt on her Luck of the Draw album from that year....
" - Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter who was born in Burbank, Los Angeles County, California, California. Raitt is best known for her songs "Nick of Time ", "Something to Talk About", "Love Sneaking Up on You", and the ballad "I Can't Make You Love Me." Raitt is also an avid political activist and has received nine Gra...
"I Don't Wanna Cry
I Don't Wanna Cry

"I Don't Wanna Cry" is a song written by Mariah Carey and Narada Michael Walden, and produced by Walden for Carey's debut album, Mariah Carey ....
" - Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey is an United States singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S....
"I Touch Myself
I Touch Myself

"I Touch Myself" is a 1991 pop rock song written by Christina Amphlett, Tom Kelly , Billy Steinberg and Mark McEntee for Australian rock band Divinyls' self titled album....
" - Divinyls
Divinyls

Divinyls are an Australian Rock music band formed in Sydney in 1980 and featuring Singer Christina Amphlett and guitarist Mark McEntee. As the focal point, Amphlett performed on stage wearing a school uniform and fishnet stockings, often using an illuminated neon tube as a prop and displaying aggression towards band members and the audience....
"I Can't Dance
I Can't Dance

"I Can't Dance" is the fourth track from the Genesis album We Can't Dance and was the second single from the album . The song peaked at #7 in both the United States and the UK Singles Chart....
" - Genesis
Genesis (band)

Genesis are an English rock music band formed in 1967. With approximately 150 million albums sold worldwide, Genesis are among the top 30 List of best-selling music artists....
"I Wanna Sex You Up
I Wanna Sex You Up

"I Wanna Sex You Up" is a hit single for R&B group Color Me Badd in 1991 in music, released as the first single from their debut album C.M.B.....
" - Color Me Badd
Color Me Badd

Color Me Badd was an R&B vocal group that was formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States The original members of the group were Bryan Abrams ; Mark Calderon ; Sam Watters and Kevin Thornton ....
"It's in His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)" - Cher
Cher

Cher is an American pop music singer-songwriter, actor, film director and recording industry. She has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards and was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame....
"It's Only Natural
It's Only Natural

"It's Only Natural" is a 1991 song by Australian/New Zealand rock group Crowded House from their 1991 album Woodface. The single was originally released as a promotional single in June 1991 with the intent to release the song as the lead single for Woodface, however due to changes made, the single was released in September 1992 instea...
" - Crowded House
Crowded House

Crowded House is a rock music group formed in Sydney, Australia and led by New Zealand musician and singer-songwriter Neil Finn. Finn is widely recognised as the primary songwriter and creative direction of the band, having led it through several incarnations, drawing members from New Zealand , Australia and the United States ....
"Learning To Fly" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

This article is about the Rock band. For information on the eponymous debut album see Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is an United States Rock music band, formed in 1976 by Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, and Benmont Tench and known for hit singles such as "American Girl ", "Breakdown " and "Mary Jane's Last Da...
"Let's Talk About Sex
Let's Talk About Sex

"Let's Talk About Sex" is the name of a controversy hit song released by the United States Hip hop music trio Salt-n-Pepa. It was released as a single from their Blacks' Magic album in the year 1991, and achieved a great success in many countries, including Australia, Austria, Germany and Switzerland where it was a number-one hit....
" - Salt-N-Pepa
Salt-N-Pepa

Salt-N-Pepa is a Grammy Award-winning United States Hip hop music trio from Queens, New York that came onto the music scene in 1985 in music. The group, consisting of Cheryl James , now Cheryl Wray, Sandra Denton , and DJ, Spinderella , has sold over 15 million albums and singles worldwide and are one of the top selling rap acts, either male...
"Little Miss Can't Be Wrong" - Spin Doctors
Spin Doctors

Spin Doctors are an American jam band/alternative rock group formed in New York City, best known for their 1993 hits, "Two Princes" and "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong", which charted at #7 & #17 respectively on the American pop chart....
"Live And Let Die" - Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses is an American Rock music band, formed in Los Angeles, California, California in 1985. The band, led by frontman and co-founder Axl Rose, has gone through numerous line-up changes and controversies since their formation....
"Feed My Frankenstein" - Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper is an American rock music singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades. With a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, and boa constrictors, Cooper has drawn equally from horror movies, vaudeville, heavy metal music, and garage rock to create a theatrical brand of rock musi...
"Live For Loving You" - Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan

Gloria Estefan is a Grammy Award-winning American singer and songwriter. She is in the top 100 of best selling music artists with over 90 million albums sold worldwide, with 26.5 million in the United States alone....
"Losing My Religion
Losing My Religion

"Losing My Religion" is a song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M. The song was released as the first single from the group's 1991 album Out of Time ....
" - R.E.M.
R.E.M.

R.E.M. is an American Rock music band formed in Athens, Georgia, Georgia , in 1980 by Michael Stipe , Peter Buck , Mike Mills , and Bill Berry ....
"Love To Hate You" - Erasure
Erasure

Erasure are an England synthpop Duet formed by songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer Andy Bell in 1985. It was the third successful pop group co-formed by Clarke ....
"Love Will Never Do (Without You)
Love Will Never Do (Without You)

"Love Will Never Do " is a song by United States contemporary R&B/pop music singer Janet Jackson....
" - Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson

Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Born in Gary, Indiana and raised in Encino, Los Angeles, California, she is the youngest child of the Jackson family of musicians....
"More Than Words" - Extreme
Extreme (band)

Extreme is an American Rock music band that reached the height of their popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s.Among some of Extreme's musical influences are Queen and Van Halen; The band have described their music as 'Funky Metal'....
"Motownphily" - Boyz II Men
Boyz II Men

Boyz II Men is an Grammy Award-winning American Contemporary R&B/soul music singing group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1988 as a quintet which originally included Marc Nelson, Boyz II Men found fame as a quartet, with the members being Nathan Morris, Michael McCary, Shawn Stockman, and Wanya Morris, on Motown Records during the...
"Mysterious Ways" - U2
U2

U2 are a rock music band from Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The band consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. .The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency....
"No more tears" - Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is a Grammy Award winning England singer-songwriter, whose career has now spanned four decades. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead vocalist of pioneering English heavy metal music band Black Sabbath, and eventually achieved a multi-RIAA certification solo career which revolutionized the heavy metal genre....
"O.P.P.
O.P.P. (song)

"O.P.P." is a 1991 song recorded by rap group Naughty by Nature. The song made it to the US Top 40 , propelling their self titled album Naughty by Nature to platinum status....
" - Naughty by Nature
Naughty by Nature

Naughty by Nature is a Grammy Award-winning United States Hip hop music group that at the time of its formation in 1989 consisted of Treach, Vin Rock, and the DJ Kay Gee....
"One" - U2
U2

U2 are a rock music band from Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The band consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. .The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency....
"People Are Strange
People Are Strange

"People Are Strange" is a single released by The Doors in September 1967 . It also appears on their second album Strange Days which was also released in September 1967....
" - Echo & the Bunnymen
Echo & the Bunnymen

Echo & the Bunnymen are an English post-punk group, formed in Liverpool in 1978. Their original lineup consisted of singer Ian McCulloch , guitarist Will Sergeant and bassist Les Pattinson, supplemented by a drum machine....
"Pop Goes The Weasel
Pop Goes the Weasel

"Pop Goes the Weasel" is a jig, often sung as a nursery rhyme, that dates back to 17th century England, and was spread across the British Empire by colonists....
" - 3rd Bass
3rd Bass

3rd Bass was an American hip-hop group that rose to fame in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and was notable for being one of the first successful interracial hip-hop groups....
"Poundcake" - Van Halen
Van Halen

Van Halen is a hard rock band formed in in 1972. They enjoyed success from the release of their Van Halen in 1978. As of 2007 Van Halen has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide and have had the most number one hits on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart....
"Radio Song
Radio Song

"Radio Song" is the fourth single released by R.E.M. from their 1991 album Out of Time , where it appeared as the opening track.Singer Michael Stipe once said that he hoped everyone had enough sense of humor to realize that he was "kind of taking the piss of everyone," himself included....
" - R.E.M.
R.E.M.

R.E.M. is an American Rock music band formed in Athens, Georgia, Georgia , in 1980 by Michael Stipe , Peter Buck , Mike Mills , and Bill Berry ....
"Right Now
Right Now (Van Halen song)

"Right Now" is a rock music song written by the group Van Halen for their 1991 album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. The song reflects on living for the moment and not being afraid of making a change....
" - Van Halen
Van Halen

Van Halen is a hard rock band formed in in 1972. They enjoyed success from the release of their Van Halen in 1978. As of 2007 Van Halen has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide and have had the most number one hits on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart....
"Right Here, Right Now" - Jesus Jones
Jesus Jones

Jesus Jones is a United Kingdom rock & roll band . The London-based group sound recording and reproduction and performed in the late 1980s, throughout the 1990s, and into the 2000s....
"Rescue Me
Rescue Me (Madonna song)

"Rescue Me" is a song by United States singer-songwriter Madonna . It was the second single to be released from her 1990 greatest hits compilation The Immaculate Collection on February 26, 1991 by Sire Records....
" - Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)

Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....
"Romantic" - Karyn White
Karyn White

Karyn White is a Grammy Award-nominated Dance-pop/Contemporary R&B singer who became popular during the late 1980s....
"Rush" - Big Audio Dynamite II
"Rush Rush" - Paula Abdul
Paula Abdul

Paula Julie Abdul is an United States Pop music singer, dancer, choreographer, actress and television personality.In the 1980s, Abdul rose from being a cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers to being a sought-after choreographer at the height of the music video era, then to being a pop music-Contemporary R&B singer with a string of hits in...
"Saga Africa
Saga Africa

"Saga Africa" is a song recorded by the former professional tennis player Yannick Noah, released in 1991 as the first Single from his debut album, Black & What....
" - Yannick Noah
Yannick Noah

Yannick Noah is a pop-soul singer, former professional tennis player from France. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 1983, and as a highly-successful captain of France Davis Cup team and France Fed Cup team teams....
"Sexuality" - Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg

Stephen William Bragg , better known as Billy Bragg, is an England musician who blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs....
"Shameless
Shameless (song)

"Shameless" is the title of a song written by American singer Billy Joel and recorded on his 1989 album Storm Front . His version was a #40 single on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts....
" - Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks

Troyal Garth Brooks is an American country music artist. His eponymous first album was released in 1989; it peaked at #2 in the US country album chart and reached #13 on the Billboard 200 pop album chart....
"Shiny Happy People
Shiny Happy People

"Shiny Happy People" is a song by the band R.E.M. It appeared on their 1991 album Out of Time and was released as a single in the same year....
" - R.E.M.
R.E.M.

R.E.M. is an American Rock music band formed in Athens, Georgia, Georgia , in 1980 by Michael Stipe , Peter Buck , Mike Mills , and Bill Berry ....
"Sit Down" - James
James (band)

James are an England Rock music band from Manchester. They formed in 1981 and were active throughout the 80s, but most successful during the 90s....
"Smells Like Teen Spirit
Smells Like Teen Spirit

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a song by the American Rock music band Nirvana . It is the opening track and lead Single from the band's 1991 breakthrough album Nevermind....
" - Nirvana
Nirvana (band)

Nirvana was an American Rock music band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987....
"Someday
Someday (Mariah Carey song)

"Someday" is a song written by Mariah Carey and Ben Margulies, and produced by Ric Wake for Carey's debut album, Mariah Carey . It was released as the album's third single in the first quarter of 1991 and is a jackswing-influenced track....
" - Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey is an United States singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S....
"Something To Talk About" - Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter who was born in Burbank, Los Angeles County, California, California. Raitt is best known for her songs "Nick of Time ", "Something to Talk About", "Love Sneaking Up on You", and the ballad "I Can't Make You Love Me." Raitt is also an avid political activist and has received nine Gra...
"Sunless Saturday
Sunless Saturday

"Sunless Saturday" is a song by the Alternative rock band Fishbone from their 1991 in music album The Reality of My Surroundings. It remains, to this day, the band's highest charting single....
- Fishbone
Fishbone

Fishbone is an American alternative rock band that plays a fusion of ska, punk rock, funk metal and more. The band was formed in 1979 in the ghettos of South Los Angeles Los Angeles by Angelo Moore, also known as "Dr....
"Temptation" - Corina
Corina

Corina may refer to:* Corina , dance pop singer* Culina language, an Arauan language of Brazil and PeruPeople with the given name Corina:...
"That's What Love Is For" - Amy Grant
Amy Grant

Amy Lee Grant is an United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, media personality and occasional actress, best known for her contemporary Christian music....
"The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)
The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)

"The Shoop Shoop Song " is a song written by Rudy Clark. The best known recordings of the song include a 1963 version by Betty Everett and a 1991 version by Cher, both of which made it into the Billboard Hot 100....
" - Cher
Cher

Cher is an American pop music singer-songwriter, actor, film director and recording industry. She has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards and was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame....
"The Show Must Go On" - Queen
Queen (band)

Queen were an England rock music band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, lead vocalist Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Meddows-Taylor, with bassist John Deacon completing the lineup the following year....
"There's No Other Way
There's No Other Way

"There's No Other Way" is a song by Blur and was released 15 April 1991 as their second single , reaching number eight in the UK Singles Chart ....
" - Blur
Blur (band)

Blur are an English alternative rock band who formed in London in 1989. The four members of the band are singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree....
"Top of the World
Top of the World (Van Halen song)

"Top of the World" is a rock music song written by the group Van Halen for their 1991 album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. It is one of six singles issued for the album, and spent four non-consecutive weeks at the top of the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the U.S., becoming their eighth number one on this chart....
" - Van Halen
Van Halen

Van Halen is a hard rock band formed in in 1972. They enjoyed success from the release of their Van Halen in 1978. As of 2007 Van Halen has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide and have had the most number one hits on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart....
"Touch Me (All Night Long)
Touch Me (All Night Long)

"Touch Me " is the title of a 1991 hit single by United Kingdom dance-pop singer-songwriter Cathy Dennis. The song is included on her debut album, Move to This, where it is listed as either "All Night Long " or just "All Night Long"....
" - Cathy Dennis
Cathy Dennis

Cathy Dennis is a Grammy Awards award-winning dance-pop singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. After a moderately successful international solo career, Dennis has latterly achieved great success as a writer of pop songs, scoring seven UK number 1s and winning five Ivor Novello Awards....
"Train in Vain (Stand By Me)
Train in Vain

"Train in Vain" is a song from the album London Calling by the United Kingdom punk rock band The Clash. The song was not originally listed on the album's track listing,c) ?Train in Vain,? written in one night and recorded the next day, was initially going to be given away as a promotion with the British rock magazine New Musical Express....
" - The Clash
The Clash

The Clash were an English Rock music band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk rock. Along with punk rock, they experimented with reggae, ska, Dub music, funk, Hip hop music and rockabilly....
"Twist and Shout" - Deacon Blue
Deacon Blue

Deacon Blue are a Glasgow pop music band . The name of the band was rumoured to be taken from the title of a Steely Dan song, whose lyrics seem to reflect the group's early outlook:...
"Unbelievable" - EMF
EMF

EMF may stand for:In music:* EMF , a British band* E.M.F. , a 1983 album by GG Allin* Electronic Music Foundation, a not-for-profit organization...
"Under The Bridge" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers are a Grammy Award-winning American Rock music band formed in Los Angeles, California, California, in 1983. For most of the band's existence, the members are vocalist Anthony Kiedis, guitarist John Frusciante, bassist Flea , and drummer Chad Smith....
"Walking in Memphis
Walking in Memphis

"Walking in Memphis" is the signature song of United States singer-songwriter Marc Cohn, from his self-titled 1991 album Marc Cohn . The song became Cohn's biggest hit, peaking at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and, after being re-released in fall 1991, reached #22 on the UK chart....
" - Marc Cohn
Marc Cohn

Marc Cohn is a singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for his song "Walking in Memphis" from his eponymous 1991 album Marc Cohn ....
"Weather with You
Weather with You

"Weather with You" is a 1991 song by rock group Crowded House. It was the third and most successful single released from the group's third studio album Woodface, reaching top fifty charts in six countries with a peak of #7 in the United Kingdom....
" - Crowded House
Crowded House

Crowded House is a rock music group formed in Sydney, Australia and led by New Zealand musician and singer-songwriter Neil Finn. Finn is widely recognised as the primary songwriter and creative direction of the band, having led it through several incarnations, drawing members from New Zealand , Australia and the United States ....
"When Something's Wrong With My Baby" - John Farnham
John Farnham

John Peter Farnham, Order of Australia is an English people-born Australian Pop music singer who performed as Teen idol, Johnny Farnham, from 1964–1979 and then as Adult Contemporary singer John Farnham....
+ Jimmy Barnes
Jimmy Barnes

Jimmy Barnes is a popular Australian rock music singer, with a unique vocal style. He was born James Dixon Swan on 28 April 1956 in Glasgow, Scotland....
"Who Said I Would" - Phil Collins
Phil Collins

Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, Royal Victorian Order, is an England singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboardist and actor best known as the lead singer and drummer of England progressive rock group Genesis and as a Grammy Award and Academy Award-winning solo artist....
"When A Man Loves A Woman" - Michael Bolton
Michael Bolton

Michael Bolton , is an United States singer-songwriter and a former heavy metal music singer, best known for his soft rock ballads and tenor vocals....
"What Comes Naturally" - Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton

Sheena Shirley Orr, better known by her stage name, Sheena Easton is a Scotland singer and actress. Easton became famous for being the focus of an episode in the United Kingdom television program The Big Time , which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract, and got her a deal with EMI....
"Where Does My Heart Beat Now" - Celine Dion
Celine Dion

C?line Marie Claudette Dion Order of Canada National Order of Quebec is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actor. Born to a large, impoverished family, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband Ren? Ang?lil mortgaged his home to finance her first record....
"Wicked Game
Wicked Game

"Wicked Game" is a 1989 song by Chris Isaak from his third studio album Heart Shaped World. It is written in the key of B minor and utilizes the B Dorian mode modal scale....
" - Chris Isaak
Chris Isaak

Christopher Joseph Isaak is an United States rock music musician and occasional actor....
"Wind of Change" - Scorpions
"Violent Blue" - Chagall Guevara
Chagall Guevara

Chagall Guevara was an United States rock music band formed in 1989 by solo artist Steve Taylor, guitarists Dave Perkins and Lynn Nichols , bassist Wade Jaynes, and drummer Mike Mead....
"You Could Be Mine" - Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses is an American Rock music band, formed in Los Angeles, California, California in 1985. The band, led by frontman and co-founder Axl Rose, has gone through numerous line-up changes and controversies since their formation....

See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1991

Published popular music

"Dreamland" w. Alan Bergman
Alan Bergman

Alan Bergman is a prolific United States lyricist and songwriter.Born in Brooklyn, New York, he studied at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UCLA....
& Marilyn Bergman
Marilyn Bergman

Marilyn Bergman is a composer, songwriter and author.She was born Marilyn Keith in Brooklyn, New York and studied psychology and English studies at New York University....
m. Dave Grusin
Dave Grusin

David Grusin is an Academy Award-winning United States composer, arranger and pianist. Grusin has composed many film score for feature films and television, and he has won numerous awards for his soundtrack work....
"Look Around" w. Betty Comden
Betty Comden

Betty Comden , was one-half of the musical-comedy duo Comden and Green, who provided lyrics, librettos, and screenplays to some of the most beloved and successful musical films and Broadway theatre shows of the mid-20th century....
& Adolph Green
Adolph Green

Adolph Green was an United States lyricist and playwright who, with long-time collaborator Betty Comden, penned the screenplays and songs for some of the most beloved movie musicals, particularly as part of Arthur Freed's production unit at Metro Goldwyn Mayer, during the genre's heyday....
m. Cy Coleman
Cy Coleman

For the fictional principal Seymour Kaufman, see Room 222.Cy Coleman was an American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist....
from the musical The Will Rogers Follies

Classical music

John Corigliano
John Corigliano

John Corigliano is an American composer of classical music and a teacher of music. He is a distinguished professor of music at Lehman College in the City University of New York....
- Symphony no. 1
George Crumb
George Crumb

George Crumb is an American composer of modern and avant-garde music. He is noted as an explorer of unusual timbres and extended technique. Examples include spoken flute and glass marbles poured onto an open piano....
- Easter Dawning for carillon
Mario Davidovsky
Mario Davidovsky

Mario Davidovsky is an Argentina-United States composer. Born in Argentina, he emigrated in 1960 to the US, where he lives today. He is best known for his series of compositions called Synchronisms, which in live performance incorporate both acoustic instruments and electroacoustic sounds played from a tape....
- Simple Dances for flute, two percussion, piano, and cello
Cello

The violoncello is a bowed string instrument. A person who plays a cello is called a cellist. The cello is used as a solo instrument, in chamber music, and as a member of the string section of an orchestra....
Joël-François Durand
Joël-François Durand

Jo?l-Fran?ois Durand is a France composer resident in the United States....
- un feu distinct for flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello
Ulrich Leyendecker
Ulrich Leyendecker

Ulrich Leyendecker is a Germany composer of classical music. His output consists mainly of symphony, concertos, chamber music and instrumental music....
- Symphony No. 3
Witold Lutoslawski
Witold Lutoslawski

Witold Lutoslawski was one of the major European composers of the 20th century, and one of the pre-eminent Poland musicians during his last three decades....
- Chantefleurs et Chantefables
Joan Tower
Joan Tower

Joan Tower is a contemporary classical music American classical music composer, pianist and conductor. Lauded by the New Yorker as "one of the most successful woman composers of all time", her bold and energetic compositions have been performed in concert halls around the world....
- Concerto for Orchestra

Opera

John Adams
John Coolidge Adams

John Coolidge Adams is a Pulitzer Prize for Music-winning American composer with strong roots in minimalist music. His best-known works include Harmonielehre , On the Transmigration of Souls , a choral piece commemorating the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks , and Shaker Loops, a minimalist four-movement work for string...
- The Death of Klinghoffer
The Death of Klinghoffer

The Death of Klinghoffer is an opera by the contemporary United States composer John Coolidge Adams to an English libretto by the poet Alice Goodman....
Harrison Birtwistle
Harrison Birtwistle

Sir Harrison Paul Birtwistle Order of the Companions of Honour is a United Kingdom contemporary composer....
- first performance of the opera Gawain
Gawain (opera)

Gawain is an opera with music by Harrison Birtwistle to a libretto by David Harsent. The story is based on the medieval tale Sir Gawain and the Green Knight....
at the Royal Opera House
Royal Opera House

The Royal Opera House is an opera house and major performing arts venue in the London district of Covent Garden. The large building, often referred to as simply "Covent Garden", is the home of Royal Opera, London , Royal Ballet, London and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House....
, London.
Daniel Catan
Daniel Catán

Daniel Cat?n is a Mexico composer known particularly for his operas.He was born in Mexico City.He studied philosophy at the University of Sussex and music at the University of Southampton....
- Rappaccini’s Daughter
John Corigliano
John Corigliano

John Corigliano is an American composer of classical music and a teacher of music. He is a distinguished professor of music at Lehman College in the City University of New York....
- The Ghosts of Versailles
Daron Hagen
Daron Hagen

Daron Aric Hagen is an United States composer of contemporary classical music and opera....
- Shining Brow
Shining Brow

Shining Brow is an English language opera by Daron Hagen, first performed by the Madison Opera in Madison, Wisconsin, April 21, 1993. It is based on events in the life of architect Frank Lloyd Wright....
Meredith Monk
Meredith Monk

Meredith Jane Monk is an United States composer, performer, director, vocalist, film-maker, and choreographer. Since the 1960s, Monk has created multi-disciplinary works which dwell in the spaces between music, theatre, and dance: "I work in between the cracks, where the voice starts dancing, where the body starts singing, where theater beco...
- Atlas

Musical theater

Miss Saigon
Miss Saigon

Miss Saigon is a West End theatre musical theatre by Claude-Michel Sch?nberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr....
(Claude-Michel Schönberg
Claude-Michel Schönberg

Claude-Michel Sch?nberg is a French record producer, actor, singer, popular songwriter, and musical theatre composer, best known for his collaborations with the librettist Alain Boublil....
and Alain Boublil
Alain Boublil

Alain Boublil is a librettist, born in Tunisia in 1941, best known for his collaborations with the composer Claude-Michel Sch?nberg.These include:...
) - Broadway production opened at the Broadway Theatre
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
on April 11 and ran for 4097 performances
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden (musical)

The Secret Garden is a musical theater based on the 1909 The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The musical's book and lyrics are by Marsha Norman, with music by Lucy Simon....
- Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
production opened at the St. James Theatre
St. James Theatre

The St. James Theatre is located at 246 W. 44th St. Broadway , New York City, New York. It was built by Abe Erlanger, theatrical producer and a founding member of the Theatrical Syndicate, on the site of the original Sardi's restaurant....
on April 25 and ran for 706 performances
Song of Singapore - off-Broadway production opened at the Irving Place Theatre on May 7 and ran for 459 performances
Will Rogers Follies
Will Rogers Follies

The Will Rogers Follies is a Tony Award-winning Musical theatre with a book by Peter Stone, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Cy Coleman....
- Broadway production opened at the Palace Theatre
Palace Theatre, New York

The Palace Theatre is a legitimate Broadway theatre theater located at 1564 Broadway in midtown-Manhattan....
on May 1 and ran for 983 performances

Musical films

Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)

Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 Cinema of the United States animated cartoon family film. It is the thirtieth List of Disney animated features produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation....
animated feature
For the Boys
For the Boys

For the Boys is a 1991 in film feature film which tells the story of an 1940s actress/singer who teams with a famous performer to entertain United States troops....

Deaths

January 8 - Steve Clark
Steve Clark

Stephen Maynard Clark was one of the co-lead guitarists for Great Britain hard rock band Def Leppard up until his death in 1991....
, 30, guitarist of Def Leppard
Def Leppard

Def Leppard are an England Rock music band from Sheffield, who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Largely on the strength of their albums Pyromania and Hysteria , Def Leppard became one of the List of best-selling music artists rock bands throughout the 1980s, selling over 65 million albums worldw...
(accidental overdose)
February 6 - Danny Thomas
Danny Thomas

Danny Thomas was an United States nightclub comedian and television and film actor, best known for starring in the television sitcom Make Room for Daddy....
, singer and actor
February 17 - Gitta Alpár
Gitta Alpár

Gitta Alp?r was a Hungary-born opera and operetta soprano.In 1931, Alpar married actor Gustav Fr?hlich, with whom she had a child, Julika. The marriage was dissolved in 1935 because Alpar was Jewish and the marriage was illegal in National Socialist Germany....
, opera singer
February 21 - Margot Fonteyn
Margot Fonteyn

Dame Margot Fonteyn de Arias, Order of the British Empire, , the British prima ballerina Ballerina#Prima ballerina assoluta, was considered by many to be the greatest English ballerina, and one of the greatest dancers of the 20th Century....
, ballerina
February 26 - Slim Gaillard
Slim Gaillard

Bulee "Slim" Gaillard was an American jazz singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist, noted for his vocalese singing and word play. A related singer in the idiom of humorous jazz singing is Babs Gonzales, who also flourished in the 1940s....
, jazz musician
March 2 - Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg was a France singer-songwriter, actor and Film director. Gainsbourg's varied musical style and individuality made him difficult to categorize....
, 62, singer and songwriter (heart attack)
March 14

Jerome Doc Pomus
Doc Pomus

Doc Pomus was a twentieth century United States blues singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lyricist of many rock and roll hit record....
, 65, songwriter (cancer)
Howard Ashman
Howard Ashman

Howard Ashman was an United States playwright and movie music lyricist. Ashman first studied at Boston University and Goddard College and then went on to achieve his master's degree from Indiana University in 1974....
, lyricist

March 15 - Bud Freeman
Bud Freeman

Lawrence "Bud" Freeman was a United States jazz musician, bandleader, amd composer, known mainly for playing the tenor saxophone, but also able at the clarinet....
, jazz musician
March 21 - Leo Fender
Leo Fender

Clarence Leonidas Fender , also known as Leo Fender, was a Greece-United States inventor who founded Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company, now known as Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, and later founded MusicMan and G&L Musical Instruments ....
, inventor of the electric guitar
Electric guitar

An electric guitar is a type of guitar that uses pickup to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current, which is made louder with an instrument amplifier and a speaker....
March 25 - Eileen Joyce
Eileen Joyce

Eileen Alannah Joyce Order of St Michael and St George was an internationally celebrated Australian pianist of transcendental skills and an enormous repertoire, and whose career spanned over 30 years and took her to every continent....
, pianist (b. 1908)
April 8 - Per Yngve Ohlin, aka 'Dead', 22, vocalist of Mayhem (suicide)
April 13 - Wilhelm Lanzky-Otto
Wilhelm Lanzky-Otto

Wilhelm Lanzky-Otto was a Denmark-born horn player. He is credited with inspiring a generation of Scandinavia horn players. He was educated in Copenhagen as a pianist, organist and horn player....
, horn virtuoso
April 20 - Steve Marriott
Steve Marriott

Stephen Peter Marriott , popularly known as Steve Marriott, was a successful and versatile English singer-songwriter, guitarist and musician....
, 44, singer, songwriter and guitarist (Small Faces and Humble Pie
Humble pie

To eat humble pie, in common usage, is to apologize and face humiliation for a serious error. Humble pie, or umble pie, is also a term for a variety of pastries, originally based on medieval meat tripe pies....
) (smoke inhalation)
April 21 - Willi Boskovsky
Willi Boskovsky

Willi Boskovsky was an Austrian violinist and conductor.Willi Boskovsky joined the Vienna Academy of music at the age of nine. He was the concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra from 1936 to 1979....
, conductor
April 23 - Johnny Thunders
Johnny Thunders

Johnny Thunders, born John Anthony Genzale, Jr. , was an Italian American rock and roll/punk rock guitarist, singer and songwriter.Though he disapproved of the term "punk rock", Thunders is widely recognized as a seminal influence on the genre, particularly for his penetrating guitar sound....
, 38, rock guitarist and singer (drug-related)
May 8 - Jean Langlais
Jean Langlais

Jean Langlais was a French composer of modern classical music, organist, and improviser....
, composer
May 9 - Yanka Dyagileva
Yanka Dyagileva

Yanka Dyagileva was a Russian poet, songwriter and singer. one of the brightest figures of Russian underground punk-rock music. She played solo and with several artists, such as Egor Letov and Velikie Oktyabri rock band....
, poet and singer
May 19 - Odia Coates
Odia Coates

Odia Coates was an United States singer, best known for her work with Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Anka....
, 49, singer (breast cancer)
May 23 - Wilhelm Kempff
Wilhelm Kempff

Wilhelm Walter Friedrich Kempff was a world-renowned Germany virtuoso pianist and composer. Although his repertory included Bach, Liszt, Chopin, Schumann, and Brahms, Kempff was particularly well-known for his interpretations of the music of Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert, both of whose complete sonatas he recorded at least once....
, pianist and composer
May 24

Dirk Schoufs, A memebr of Belgian Band Vaya Con Dios
Vaya Con Dios

may refer to:* Vaya con Dios , a song written by Larry Russell, Inez James, and Buddy Pepper in 1953.* Vaya Con Dios , a Belgian band.** Vaya Con Dios , debut album of the band...
Gene Clark
Gene Clark

Gene Clark, born Harold Eugene Clark was an United States singer-songwriter, and one of the founding members of the folk-rock group The Byrds....
, 46, singer-songwriter (The Byrds
The Byrds

The Byrds were an American Rock music band. Formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964, The Byrds underwent several lineup changes, with frontman Roger McGuinn remaining the sole consistent member until the group's disbandment in 1973....
) (alcohol-related)

May 27 - Leopold Nowak
Leopold Nowak

Leopold Nowak was a musicologist chiefly known for editing the works by Anton Bruckner for the International Bruckner Society. He reconstructed the original form of some of those works, most of which had been revised and edited many times....
, musicologist
June 1 - David Ruffin
David Ruffin

David Ruffin was an American soul music singer most famous for his work as lead singer of The Temptations from 1964 to 1968 . His was the lead voice on such classic songs as "My Girl " and "Ain't Too Proud to Beg"....
, 50, singer (cocaine overdose)
June 4 - MC Trouble
MC Trouble

MC Trouble was a hip hop music artist, and the first female rapper signed to Motown Records.MC Trouble had a minor hit with the song " Make You Mine" featuring labelmates The Good Girls released May 25, 1990....
, 20, rapper (epileptic seizure)
June 6 - Stan Getz
Stan Getz

Stanley Gayetzky or Stanley Gayetsky , usually known by his stage name Stan Getz, was an American jazz saxophone player. Known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, Getz's prime influence was the wispy, mellow tone of his idol, Lester Young....
, US saxophonist
June 9 - Claudio Arrau
Claudio Arrau

Claudio Arrau Le?n was a Chilean pianist known for his interpretations of a vast repertoire spanning from the baroque music to 20th century classical music composers, especially Chopin and Beethoven....
, pianist
June 14 - Joy Finzi
Joy Finzi

Joy Finzi was an artist and founder of the Finzi Trust, a foundation named for her deceased husband, composer Gerald Finzi.She was born Joyce Black in Hampstead, London....
, founder of the Finzi Trust
July 11 - Honorata de la Rama
Honorata de la Rama

Honorata ?Atang? de la Rama was a singer and bodabil performer who became the first Filipino people film actress.Atang de la Rama was born in Tondo, Manila on January 11, 1905....
, singer
August 28 - Vince Taylor
Vince Taylor

Vince Taylor was a British rock and roll singer.As the frontman for The Playboys, Taylor was successful primarily in the UK and Europe during the late 1950s and early 1960s, afterwards falling into obscurity amidst personal problems and drug abuse....
, 52, rock and roll singer
September 4

Charlie Barnet
Charlie Barnet

Charles Daly Barnet was an United States jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. His major recordings were "Skyliner", "Cherokee", "The Wrong Idea", "Scotch and Soda", and "Southland Shuffle"....
, US bandleader
Dottie West
Dottie West

Dottie West was an United States country music singer, and was one of Country music's most influential and groundbreaking female artists. Dottie West's career started in the early-60s, with her Top 10 hit, "Here Comes My Baby Back Again", which won her the first Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1965....
, American Country Singer

September 8 - Alex North
Alex North

Alex North was an United States composer responsible for the first jazz-based film score and one of the first modernism scores written in Hollywood, ....
, composer
September 17 - Zino Francescatti
Zino Francescatti

Ren?-Charles Francescatti, known as Zino Francescatti was a French virtuoso violinist.Zino Francescatti was born in Marseilles, to a musical family....
, violinist
September 28

Miles Davis
Miles Davis

Miles Dewey Davis III was an United States jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Davis was at the forefront of almost every major development in jazz from World War II to the 1990s: he played on various early bebop records and recorded one of the first cool jaz...
, musician
Eugène Bozza
Eugène Bozza

Eug?ne Joseph Bozza was a France composer.Bozza, who studied composition, conducting, and violin at the Paris Conservatoire, was known primarily for his chamber music....
, composer

October 6 - Igor Talkov
Igor Talkov

Igor Vladimirovich Talkov was a Russian rock singer-songwriter.He is o