Editing Timeline of musical events (section)

== 1990s ==
{{Main|1990s in music}}
*'''[[1999 in music]]''', '''[[1999 in British music]]''', '''[[1999 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[1999 in South Korean music]]'''
**Arrival of [[...Baby One More Time (album)|Britney Spears]], [[Coldplay]], [[Jenni Rivera]], [[Christina Aguilera]], [[Jessica Simpson]], [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]], [[Muse (band)|Muse]] and [[Jennifer Lopez]].
**Deaths of [[Barış Manço]], [[Rick Danko]], [[Scatman John]] and [[Curtis Mayfield]].
**Notable releases:
***[[Dr. Dre]]'s ''[[2001 (Dr. Dre album)|2001]]''
***[[Moby]]'s ''[[Play (Moby album)|Play]]''
***[[Sigur Rós]]' ''[[Ágætis byrjun]]''
***[[Santana (band)|Santana]]' ''[[Supernatural (Santana album)|Supernatural]]''
***[[The Flaming Lips]]' ''[[The Soft Bulletin]]''
***[[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]'s ''[[Californication (album)|Californication]]''
***[[MF Doom]]'s ''[[Operation: Doomsday]]''
***[[Eminem]]'s ''[[The Slim Shady LP]]''
***[[The Dismemberment Plan]]'s ''[[Emergency & I]]''
***[[Nine Inch Nails]]' ''[[The Fragile]]''
***[[Rage Against the Machine]]'s ''[[The Battle of Los Angeles (album)|The Battle of Los Angeles]]''
***[[Opeth]]'s ''[[Still Life (Opeth album)|Still Life]]''
***[[Mos Def]]'s ''[[Black on Both Sides]]''
***[[Fiona Apple]]'s ''[[When the Pawn...]]''
***[[Mr. Bungle]]'s ''[[California (Mr. Bungle album)|California]]''
***[[Blur (band)|Blur]]'s ''[[13 (Blur album)|13]]''
***[[Built to Spill]]'s ''[[Keep It Like a Secret]]''
***[[Dream Theater]]'s ''[[Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory]]''
***[[The Magnetic Fields]]' ''[[69 Love Songs]]''
***[[The Roots]]'s ''[[Things Fall Apart (album)|Things Fall Apart]]''
***[[Wilco]]'s ''[[Summerteeth]]''
***[[Blink-182]]'s ''[[Enema of the State]]''
***[[American Football (band)|American Football]]'s ''[[American Football (1999 album)|first self-titled album]]''
***[[Fatboy Slim]]'s ''[[You've Come a Long Way, Baby]]''
***[[Lynda Thomas]]' ''[[Mi Día de la Independencia]]''
***[[Jamiroquai]]'s ''[[Synkronized]]''
***[[Backstreet Boys]]' ''[[Millennium (Backstreet Boys album)|Millennium]]''
***[[Christina Aguilera]]' ''[[Christina Aguilera (album)|self-titled debut album]]''
***[[Lou Bega]]'s ''[[Mambo No. 5#Lou Bega version|Mambo No. 5]]''
***[[Ricky Martin]]'s ''[[Livin' la Vida Loca]]''
***[[Eiffel 65]]'s ''[[Europop (album)|Europop]]''
***[[Hikaru Utada]]'s ''[[First Love (Hikaru Utada album)|First Love]]''
***[[Boredoms]]' ''[[Vision Creation Newsun]]''
***[[Darude]]' ''[[Before the Storm (Darude album)|Before the Storm]]''
***[[Mogwai]]'s ''[[Come On Die Young]]''
***[[Burzum]]'s ''[[Hliðskjálf (album)|Hliðskjálf]]''
***[[Mr. Oizo]]'s ''[[Analog Worms Attack]]''
***[[Susumu Yokota]]'s ''[[Sakura (Susumu Yokota album)|Sakura]]''
***[[Trey Parker]] and [[Marc Shaiman]]'s [[South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] to the [[Comedy Central]] animated film ''[[South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut]]''
**[[Benny Andersson]] and [[Björn Ulvaeus]]'s ABBA musical ''[[Mamma Mia! (musical)|Mamma Mia!]]'' first performed.
*'''[[1998 in music]]''', '''[[1998 in British music]]''', '''[[1998 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[1998 in South Korean music]]'''
**Deaths of:
***[[Frank Sinatra]]
***[[Hide (musician)|Hide]]
***[[Linda McCartney]]
**[[Lauryn Hill]] releases ''[[The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill]]''.
**[[Neutral Milk Hotel]] releases ''[[In the Aeroplane Over the Sea]]''.
**[[The Offspring]] releases ''[[Americana (The Offspring album)|Americana]]''.
**"[[I Don't Want to Miss a Thing]]" by [[Aerosmith]], from the Michael Bay film ''[[Armageddon (1998 film)|Armageddon]]'', becomes the first song by a rock band to debut at No. 1.
**[[Insane Clown Posse]] gets dropped from [[the Walt Disney Company]]'s record label [[Hollywood Records]] after the release of ''[[The Great Milenko]]'', in order for Disney to prevent a violent [[Southern Baptist Church]] protest due to [[Walt Disney World]]'s [[Gay Days at Walt Disney World|Gay Days]] events.
**[[Madonna]] releases her seventh studio album ''[[Ray of Light]]'' which goes on to sell over 16 million copies, become universally acclaimed and win 4 Grammy Awards.
**[[Robbie Williams]] releases ''[[I've Been Expecting You]]'' 
**[[Lauryn Hill]] releases ''[[The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill]]'' 
**[[Boris (band)|Boris]] release ''[[Amplifier Worship]]''
**[[Massive Attack]] release ''[[Mezzanine (album)|Mezzanine]]''
**[[System of a Down]] release ''[[System of a Down (album)|their self-titled debut album]]''
**[[Outkast]] release ''[[Aquemini]]'' 
**[[Duster (band)|Duster]] release ''[[Stratosphere (Duster album)|Stratosphere]]'' 
**[[Elliott Smith]] releaseS ''[[XO (Elliott Smith album)|XO]]''
**[[Refused]] release ''[[The Shape of Punk to Come]]'' 
**[[Queens of the Stone Age]] release ''[[Queens of the Stone Age (album)|self-titled debut album]]''
**[[Belle and Sebastian]] release ''[[The Boy with the Arab Strap]]'' 
**[[Black Star (rap duo)|Black Star]] release ''[[Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star]]'' 
**[[The Smashing Pumpkins]] release ''[[Adore (album)|Adore]]'' 
**[[Pearl Jam]] release ''[[Yield (album)|Yield]]'' 
**[[Gorguts]] release ''[[Obscura (album)|Obscura]]'' 
**[[Air (French band)|Air]] release ''[[Moon Safari]]'' 
**[[Boards of Canada]] release ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]''
**[[Tortoise (band)|Tortoise]] release ''[[TNT (Tortoise album)|TNT]]''
**[[Autechre]] releases ''[[LP5]]''
**[[Don Caballero]] releases ''[[What Burns Never Returns]]''
**[[Amon Tobin]] releases ''[[Permutation (Amon Tobin album)|Permutation]]''
**[[Dirty Three]] release ''[[Ocean Songs]]''
**[[Gas (musician)|Gas]] releases ''[[Zauberberg (album)|Zauberberg]]'' and ''[[Königsforst]]''
**[[Andrea Bocelli]] and [[Celine Dion]] release "[[The Prayer (Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli song)|The Prayer]]" from the animated Warner Bros. film ''[[Quest for Camelot]]''
**[[Geri Halliwell]] leaves the [[Spice Girls]]
**[[Death (metal band)|Death]] releases their final album ''[[The Sound of Perseverance]]''.
*'''[[1997 in music]]''', '''[[1997 in British music]]''', '''[[1997 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[1997 in South Korean music]]'''
**Debuts of ''[[Backstreet Boys (1997 album)|Backstreet Boys]]'' and ''[[Life thru a Lens|Robbie Williams]]'' (after leaving Take That)
**Death of [[John Denver]], [[Jeff Buckley]], [[Townes Van Zandt]], [[The Notorious B.I.G.]], [[Michael Hutchence]], [[Fela Kuti]], and [[Velvet]].
**Notable releases:
***[[Lynn Ahrens]], [[Stephen Flaherty]], and [[David Newman (composer)|David Newman]]'s [[Anastasia (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] to the animated feature film ''[[Anastasia (1997 film)|Anastasia]]''.
***[[Radiohead]]'s ''[[OK Computer]]''
***[[Björk]]'s [[Homogenic]]
***[[Janet Jackson]]'s [[The Velvet Rope]]
***[[Mariah Carey]]'s ''[[Number 1's (Mariah Carey album)|#1's]]'', selling 17 million copies.
***[[Blur (band)|Blur]] release the single "[[Song 2]]" to a chart-topping success.
***[[Celine Dion]]'s ''[[Let's Talk About Love]]'', which sold over 31 million copies worldwide. Lead single "[[My Heart Will Go On]]", from the James Cameron film ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'', became the best selling single of the year and the second best selling single by a female artist of all time.
***[[Elton John]] and [[Tim Rice]]'s [[The Lion King (musical)|musical version]] of the [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney Animation]] film ''[[The Lion King]]''
***[[The Verve]]'s ''[[Urban Hymns]]''
***[[Shania Twain]]'s ''[[Come On Over]]''
***[[Elliott Smith]]'s ''[[Either/Or (album)|Either/Or]]''
***[[Modest Mouse]]'s ''[[The Lonesome Crowded West]]''
***[[Spiritualized]]'s ''[[Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space]]''
***[[Portishead (band)|Portishead]]'s ''[[Portishead (album)|self-titled debut album]]''
***[[Yo La Tengo]]'s ''[[I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One]]''
***[[Built to Spill]]'s ''[[Perfect from Now On]]''
***[[Ween]]'s ''[[The Mollusk]]''
***[[Deftones]]' ''[[Around the Fur]]''
***[[The Prodigy]]'s ''[[The Fat of the Land]]''
***[[Metallica]]'s ''[[Reload (Metallica album)|Reload]]''
***[[Blur (band)|Blur]]'s ''[[Blur (self-titled album)|self-titled album]]''
***[[Foo Fighters]]' ''[[The Colour and the Shape]]''
***[[Stereolab]]'s ''[[Dots and Loops]]''
***[[Buena Vista Social Club]]'s ''[[Buena Vista Social Club (album)|self-titled debut album]]''
***[[Daft Punk]]'s ''[[Homework (Daft Punk album)|Homework]]''
***[[Godspeed You! Black Emperor]]'s ''[[F♯ A♯ ∞]]''
***[[Mogwai]]'s ''[[Mogwai Young Team]]''
***[[The Chemical Brothers]]' ''[[Dig Your Own Hole]]''
***[[Biosphere (musician)|Biosphere]]'s ''[[Substrata (album)|Substrata]]''
***[[Squarepusher]]'s ''[[Hard Normal Daddy]]''
***[[Autechre]]'s ''[[Chiastic Slide]]''
***[[Amon Tobin]]'s ''[[Bricolage (album)|Bricolage]]''
***[[Christoph de Babalon]]'s ''[[If You're Into It, I'm Out of It]]''
***[[Fishmans]]' ''[[Uchū Nippon Setagaya]]''
***[[Fantastic Plastic Machine (musician)|Fantastic Plastic Machine]]'s ''[[The Fantastic Plastic Machine (album)|self-titled debut album]]''
***[[Cornelius (musician)|Cornelius]]' ''[[Fantasma (Cornelius album)|Fantasma]]''
*'''[[1996 in music]]''', '''[[1996 in British music]]''', '''[[1996 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[1996 in South Korean music]]'''
**Death of [[Ella Fitzgerald]], [[Tupac Shakur]], [[Zeki Müren]] and [[Brad Nowell]].
**Arrival of [[Lynda Thomas]], [[Spice Girls]].
**[[Guns N' Roses]] break up, later reuniting for 2008's ''[[Chinese Democracy]]''.
**[[Pink Floyd]] disband.
**[[Celine Dion]] released the album ''[[Falling into You]]'', selling over 32 million copies worldwide.
**[[Max Cavalera]] leaves [[Sepultura]], later going on to form [[Soulfly]].
**Notable releases:
***[[Sepultura]]'s ''[[Roots (Sepultura album)|Roots]]''
***[[Jonathan Larson]]'s ''[[Rent (musical)|Rent]]''
***[[Jamiroquai]]'s ''[[Travelling Without Moving]]''
***[[Spice Girls]]' ''[[Spice (album)|Spice]]''
***[[DJ Shadow]]'s ''[[Endtroducing.....]]''
***[[Weezer]]'s ''[[Pinkerton (album)|Pinkerton]]''
***[[Fishmans]]' ''[[Long Season]]''
***[[Tool (band)|Tool]]'s ''[[Ænima]]''
***[[Aphex Twin]]'s ''[[Richard D. James Album]]''
***[[Belle and Sebastian]]'s ''[[If You're Feeling Sinister]]''
***[[Swans (band)|Swans]]' ''[[Soundtracks for the Blind]]''
***[[Burzum]]'s ''[[Filosofem]]''
***[[Beck]]'s ''[[Odelay]]''
***[[Outkast]] ''[[ATLiens]]''
***[[Metallica]]'s ''[[Load (album)|Load]]''
***[[Tortoise (band)|Tortoise]]'s ''[[Millions Now Living Will Never Die]]''
***[[Toshinori Kondo]] and [[DJ Krush]]'s ''[[Ki-Oku]]''
**Debut album:
***[[Supergrass]]'s ''[[I Should Coco]]''
***[[Neutral Milk Hotel]]'s ''[[On Avery Island]]'' 
***[[Jay-Z]] ''[[Reasonable Doubt (album)|Reasonable Doubt]]''
***[[Robert Miles]]'s ''[[Dreamland (Robert Miles album)|Dreamland]]'' 
*'''[[1995 in music]]''', '''[[1995 in British music]]''', '''[[1995 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[1995 in South Korean music]]'''
**A year after the [[1994 Eurovision Song Contest]] interval performance, Irish dance show ''[[Riverdance]]'' debuts.
**[[Michael Jackson]] releases ''[[HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I]]'', the best-selling multi-disc album of all time.<ref name="HIStory 20 million copies">{{cite news |first=Laura |last=Putti |url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2001/08/24/il-nuovo-michael-jackson-fa-un-tuffo.html |title=Il nuovo Michael Jackson fa un tuffo nel passato |newspaper=La Repubblica |date=August 24, 2001 |access-date=2009-05-10}}</ref><ref>[https://www.today.com/popculture/return-king-pop-wbna15529981 Michael Jackson<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> This double album contains "[[You Are Not Alone]]" – the first single ever to enter the Billboard Hot 100 at number one.<ref name="MTV&nbsp;— Michael Jackson Biography">[http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/jackson_michael/artist.jhtml MTV – Michael Jackson Biography] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804113359/http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/jackson_michael/artist.jhtml |date=August 4, 2012 }}</ref>
**Death of [[Jerry Garcia]], [[Dean Martin]], [[Phyllis Hyman]], [[Selena]], [[Burl Ives]], and [[Eazy-E]].
**[[Mariah Carey]] becomes the first female artist in history to have a song debut at number one with ''[[Fantasy (Mariah Carey song)|Fantasy]]''.
** [[Coolio]] and [[L.V. (singer)|L.V.]] release the award-winning single "[[Gangsta's Paradise]]" from the film ''[[Dangerous Minds]]''
** Mariah Carey and band [[Boyz II Men]] releases the multiple-record holding "[[One Sweet Day]]", the single with the most weeks at number and the Song of the Decade 1990–1999.
** Italian tenor [[Andrea Bocelli]] first performs and releases the acclaimed opera song "[[Con te partirò]]".
** Italian DJ [[Robert Miles]] releases his debut single "[[Children (composition)|Children]]" to universal acclaim.
**[[Los del Río]] release "[[Macarena (song)|Macarena]]", the record breaking dance song of all time.
**[[Queen (band)|Queen]] releases their final album ''[[Made in Heaven]]'' following the death of frontman [[Freddie Mercury]].
**Notable releases:
***[[Death (metal band)|Death]]'s ''[[Symbolic (Death album)|Symbolic]]''
***[[The Smashing Pumpkins]]' ''[[Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness]]''
***[[Radiohead]]'s ''[[The Bends (album)|The Bends]]''
***[[Björk]]'s ''[[Post (Björk album)|Post]]''
***[[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]' ''[[(What's the Story) Morning Glory?]]''
***[[GZA]]'s ''[[Liquid Swords]]''
***[[Death (metal band)|Death]]'s ''[[Symbolic (Death album)|Symbolic]]''
***[[Elliott Smith]]'s ''[[Elliott Smith (album)|self-titled album]]''
***[[Mobb Deep]]'s ''[[The Infamous|The Infamous Mobb Deep]]''
***[[Pulp (band)|Pulp]]'s ''[[Different Class]]''
***[[Swans (band)|Swans]]' ''[[The Great Annihilator]]''
***[[Ulver]]'s ''[[Bergtatt – Et eeventyr i 5 capitler]]''
***[[PJ Harvey]]'s ''[[To Bring You My Love]]''
***[[Pavement (band)|Pavement]]'s ''[[Wowee Zowee]]''
***[[Raekwon]]'s ''[[Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...]]''
***[[The Chemical Brothers]]' ''[[Exit Planet Dust]]''
***[[Sonic Youth]]'s ''[[Washing Machine (album)|Washing Machine]]''
***[[David Bowie]]'s ''[[Outside (David Bowie album)|Outside]]''
***[[Alice in Chains]]' ''[[Alice in Chains (album)|self-titled album]]''
***[[Dissection (band)|Dissection]]'s ''[[Storm of the Light's Bane]]''
***[[Blur (band)|Blur]]'s ''[[The Great Escape (Blur album)|The Great Escape]]''
***[[Three 6 Mafia]]'s ''[[Mystic Stylez]]''
***[[Aphex Twin]]'s ''[[...I Care Because You Do]]''
***[[Autechre]]'s ''[[Tri Repetae]]''
***[[Slowdive]]'s ''[[Pygmalion (album)|Pygmalion]]''
***[[Oval (musical project)|Oval]]'s ''[[94 Diskont]]''
***[[Porcupine Tree]]'s ''[[The Sky Moves Sideways]]''
***[[Hallucinogen (musician)|Hallucinogen]]'s ''[[Twisted (Hallucinogen album)|Twisted]]''
*'''[[1994 in music]]''', '''[[1994 in British music]]''', '''[[1994 in Norwegian music]]'''
**Deaths of:
***[[Dinah Shore]]
***[[Kurt Cobain]]
**Debuts by: 
***[[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] (''[[Definitely Maybe]]'')
***[[Weezer]] (''[[Weezer (1994 album)|The Blue Album]]'')
***[[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]] (''[[Brandy (album)|Brandy]]'')
***[[Nas]] (''[[Illmatic]]'')
***[[The Notorious B.I.G.]] (''[[Ready to Die]]'')
***[[Portishead (band)|Portishead]] (''[[Dummy (album)|Dummy]]'')
***[[Sunny Day Real Estate]] (''[[Diary (Sunny Day Real Estate album)|Diary]]'')
**Other albums released:
***[[Pink Floyd]]'s ''[[The Division Bell]]'', their last album until 2014's ''[[The Endless River]]''.
***[[Madonna]]'s ''[[Bedtime Stories (Madonna album)|Bedtime Stories]]''
***[[Blur (band)|Blur]]'s ''[[Parklife]]''
***[[Green Day]]'s major-label debut, ''[[Dookie (album)|Dookie]]'', with the hits "[[Longview (song)|Longview]]", "[[Welcome to Paradise]]", "[[Basket Case (song)|Basket Case]]", "[[When I Come Around]]" and "[[She (Green Day song)|She]]".
***[[The Offspring]]'s ''[[Smash (The Offspring album)|Smash]]''
***[[Common (rapper)|Common]]'s ''[[Resurrection (Common album)|Resurrection]]''
***[[Soundgarden]]'s ''[[Superunknown]]''
***[[R.E.M.]]'s ''[[Monster (R.E.M. album)|Monster]]''
***[[NOFX]]'s ''[[Punk in Drublic]]''
***[[Jeff Buckley]]'s ''[[Grace (Jeff Buckley album)|Grace]]''
***[[Aphex Twin]]'s ''[[Selected Ambient Works Volume II]]''
***[[Global Communication]]'s ''[[76:14]]''
***[[Nine Inch Nails]]' ''[[The Downward Spiral]]''
***[[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]'s [[live album]] ''[[MTV Unplugged in New York]]''
***[[Bad Religion]]'s ''[[Stranger than Fiction (Bad Religion album)|Stranger Than Fiction]]''. With this album, the band earned their first (and only) US gold record in its 15-year career.
***[[Mariah Carey]]'s ''[[Merry Christmas (Mariah Carey album)|Merry Christmas]]'', with its multi-platinum lead single "[[All I Want for Christmas Is You (Mariah Carey song)|All I Want for Christmas Is You]]", which eventually becomes the nineteenth best-selling digital single of the 20th century.
***[[Beck]]'s major-label debut, ''[[Mellow Gold]]''.
***[[The Prodigy]]'s ''[[Music for the Jilted Generation]]''.
*'''[[1993 in music]]''', '''[[1993 in British music]]''', '''[[1993 in Norwegian music]]'''
** Debuts by:
*** [[Cynic (band)|Cynic]] (''[[Focus (Cynic album)|Focus]]'')
*** [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]] (''[[Rancid (1993 album)|Rancid]]'')
*** [[Snoop Dogg|Snoop Doggy Dogg]] (''[[Doggystyle]]'')
*** [[Tool (band)|Tool]] (''[[Undertow (Tool album)|Undertow]]'')
*** [[Wu-Tang Clan]] (''[[Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)|Enter the Wu-Tang]]'')
*** [[Radiohead]] (''[[Pablo Honey]]'')
*** [[Björk]] (''[[Debut (Björk album)|Debut]]'')
*** [[Autechre]] (''[[Incunabula (album)|Incunabula]]'')
*** [[Earth (American band)|Earth]] (''[[Earth 2 (album)|Earth 2]]'')
*** [[Seefeel]] (''[[Quique (album)|Quique]]'')
**[[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] release their final album, titled ''[[In Utero (album)|In Utero]]''.
**Birth of [[Ariana Grande]]
**Deaths of [[Frank Zappa]], [[Marian Anderson]], and [[Dizzy Gillespie]].
**[[Mariah Carey]] releases her 32-million selling ''[[Music Box (Mariah Carey album)|Music Box]]'' album.
**[[Bad Religion]] signs to [[Atlantic Records]], where the band later achieves success.
** Other albums released:
*** [[Death (metal band)|Death]]'s ''[[Individual Thought Patterns]]''
*** [[Duran Duran]]'s ''[[Duran Duran (1993 album)|The Wedding Album]]''
*** [[Morbid Angel]]'s ''[[Covenant (Morbid Angel album)|Covenant]]''
*** [[Pestilence (band)|Pestilence]]'s ''[[Spheres (Pestilence album)|Spheres]]''
*** [[Sepultura]]'s ''[[Chaos A.D.]]''
*** [[Sting (musician)|Sting]]'s ''[[Ten Summoner's Tales]]''
*** [[Slowdive]]'s ''[[Souvlaki (album)|Souvlaki]]''
*** [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]' ''[[Siamese Dream]]''
*** [[A Tribe Called Quest]]'s ''[[Midnight Marauders]]''
*** [[Pearl Jam]]'s ''[[Vs. (Pearl Jam album)|Vs.]]''
*** [[Meat Loaf]]'s ''[[Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell]]''
*** [[Orbital (band)|Orbital]]'s ''[[Orbital (1993 album)|Orbital]]''
*'''[[1992 in music]]''', '''[[1992 in British music]]''', '''[[1992 in Norwegian music]]''', '''[[1992 in South Korean music]]'''
** Debuts by:
*** [[Body Count (band)|Body Count]] (''[[Body Count (album)|Body Count]]'')
*** [[Aphex Twin]] (''[[Selected Ambient Works 85–92]]'')
*** [[Dr. Dre]] (''[[The Chronic]]'')
*** [[The Future Sound of London]] (''[[Accelerator (The Future Sound of London album)|Accelerator]]'')
*** [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]] (''[[Slanted and Enchanted]]'')
*** [[Rage Against the Machine]] (''[[Rage Against the Machine (album)|Rage Against the Machine]]'')
*** [[Stone Temple Pilots]] (''[[Core (Stone Temple Pilots album)|Core]]'')
*** [[Sublime (band)|Sublime]] (''[[40oz. to Freedom]]'')
*** [[Therapy?]] (''[[Nurse (album)|Nurse]]'')
*** [[Red House Painters]] (''[[Down Colorful Hill]]'')
*** [[Ugly Kid Joe]] (''[[America's Least Wanted]]'')
*** [[Tori Amos]] (''[[Little Earthquakes]]'')
**Death of [[John Cage]] and [[Yutaka Ozaki]].
**[[U2]] start the ''[[Zoo TV Tour]]''
**[[Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert]]
**Birth of [[Selena Gomez]]
**Other releases:
***[[R.E.M.]]'s ''[[Automatic for the People]]''
***[[Alice in Chains]]' ''[[Dirt (Alice in Chains album)|Dirt]]''
***[[Sonic Youth]]'s ''[[Dirty (Sonic Youth album)|Dirty]]''
***[[Dream Theater]]'s ''[[Images and Words]]''
***[[Pantera]]'s ''[[Vulgar Display of Power]]''
***[[Tom Waits]]' ''[[Bone Machine]]''
***[[Darkthrone]]'s ''[[A Blaze in the Northern Sky]]''
***[[Megadeth]]'s ''[[Countdown to Extinction]]''
***[[Kyuss]]' ''[[Blues for the Red Sun]]''
***[[The Cure]]'s ''[[Wish (The Cure album)|Wish]]''
***[[Sade (band)|Sade]]'s ''[[Love Deluxe]]''
***[[Beastie Boys]]' ''[[Check Your Head]]''
***[[The Orb]]'s ''[[U.F.Orb]]''
***[[Madonna]]'s sexually-provocative book ''[[Sex (book)|Sex]]'', which was accompanied by the double-platinum album ''[[Erotica (Madonna album)|Erotica]]''. It becomes one of the most controversial books and albums ever released, but enjoys commercial success. From it, Madonna made $500&nbsp;million for her label.<ref>[[Sex (book)|Sex]]</ref>
***The [[The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album|soundtrack]] to the film ''[[The Bodyguard (1992 film)|The Bodyguard]]'', the best selling soundtrack album of all time, selling over 45 million copies worldwide to date. Its leading single "[[I Will Always Love You]]" became the best selling single by a female artist ([[Whitney Houston]]) of all time, selling over 15 million copies.
***[[Faith No More]]'s ''[[Angel Dust (Faith No More album)|Angel Dust]]''
***[[Obituary (band)|Obituary]]'s ''[[The End Complete]]''
***''[[Artificial Intelligence (compilation album)|Artificial Intelligence]]'', [[Warp Records|Warp]]'s compilation album by various artists is released.
***Japanese pop band [[Dreams Come True (band)|Dreams Come True]] release their album ''[[The Swinging Star]]'', whose track ''Sweet Sweet Sweet'' originated as the ending theme of the [[Sega Genesis]] video game ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'', for which [[Masato Nakamura]] composed the music.
*'''[[1991 in music]]''', '''[[1991 in British music]]''', '''[[1991 in Norwegian music]]'''
** Debut albums by:
*** [[Blur (band)|Blur]] (''[[Leisure (album)|Leisure]]'')
*** [[Cypress Hill]] (''[[Cypress Hill (album)|Cypress Hill]]'')
*** [[EMF (band)|EMF]] (''[[Schubert Dip]]'')
*** The [[Infectious Grooves]] (''[[The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...It's the Infectious Grooves]]'')
*** [[Kyuss]] (''[[Wretch (album)|Wretch]]'')
*** [[Pearl Jam]] (''[[Ten (Pearl Jam album)|Ten]]'')
*** [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] (''[[Gish]]'')
*** [[Beck]] (''[[Golden Feelings]]'')
*** [[Massive Attack]] (''[[Blue Lines]]'')
*** [[LFO (British band)|LFO]] (''[[Frequencies (album)|Frequencies]]'')
*** [[The Orb]] (''[[The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld]]'')
*** [[Orbital (band)|Orbital]] (''[[Orbital (1991 album)|Orbital]]'')
*** [[Electronic (band)|Electronic]] (''[[Electronic (album)|Electronic]]'')
*** [[Biosphere (musician)|Biosphere]] (''[[Microgravity (album)|Microgravity]]'')
*** [[Nightmares on Wax]] (''[[A Word of Science: The First and Final Chapter]]'')
**Arrival of [[Blue Man Group]]
**Death of [[Miles Davis]], [[Freddie Mercury]], [[Eric Carr]], [[Steve Clark]].
**Notable releases:
***[[Death (metal band)|Death]]'s ''[[Human (Death album)|Human]]''
***[[Michael Jackson]]'s ''[[Dangerous (Michael Jackson album)|Dangerous]]''
***[[Metallica]]'s ''[[Metallica (album)|Metallica]]''
***[[Morbid Angel]]'s ''[[Blessed Are the Sick]]''
***[[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]'s [[Sunset Boulevard (musical)|musical adaptation]] of the 1950 film ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]''
***[[Enya]]'s ''[[Shepherd Moons]]''
***[[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]'s ''[[Nevermind]]''
***[[Bryan Adams]]'s "[[(Everything I Do) I Do It For You]]" from the film ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]''
***[[Pestilence (band)|Pestilence]]'s ''[[Testimony of the Ancients]]''
***[[Sepultura]]'s ''[[Arise (Sepultura album)|Arise]]''
***[[U2]]'s ''[[Achtung Baby]]''
***[[The KLF]]'s ''[[The White Room (KLF album)|The White Room]]''
***[[808 State]]'s ''[[ex:el]]''
***[[Kraftwerk]]'s ''[[The Mix (Kraftwerk album)|The Mix]]''
***[[Ultramarine (band)|Ultramarine]]'s ''[[Every Man and Woman Is a Star]]''
***[[Primal Scream]]'s ''[[Screamadelica]]''
***[[Red Hot Chili Peppers|Red Hot Chili Pepper]]'s [[Blood Sugar Sex Magik]]
***[[Sonny Sharrock]]'s ''[[Ask the Ages]]''
**[[Mariah Carey]] wins the [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist]]. Mariah Carey becomes the only artist in history to have their first 5 consecutive singles reach number one in the United States.
*'''[[1990 in music]]''', '''[[1990 in British music]]''', '''[[1990 in Norwegian music]]'''
**Debut albums by [[Alice in Chains]] (''[[Facelift (album)|Facelift]]''), [[Cannibal Corpse]] (''[[Eaten Back to Life]]''), [[Mariah Carey]] (''[[Mariah Carey (album)|Mariah Carey]]''), [[Deee-Lite]] (''[[World Clique]]''), [[Green Day]] (''[[39/Smooth]]''), [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] (''[[Strap It On (album)|Strap It On]]''), [[Ice Cube]] (''[[AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted]]''), [[Primus (band)|Primus]] (''[[Frizzle Fry]]''), [[Ride (band)|Ride]] (''[[Nowhere (album)|Nowhere]]'') and [[A Tribe Called Quest]] (''[[People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm]]'') are released.
**Death of [[Sarah Vaughan]], [[Leonard Bernstein]], [[Luigi Nono]], [[Johnnie Ray]], and [[Sammy Davis Jr.]]
**[[Milli Vanilli]] becomes [[Milli Vanilli lip syncing scandal|exposed as a music fraud]].
**[[The Three Tenors]] (consisting of [[Plácido Domingo]], [[José Carreras]] and [[Luciano Pavarotti]]) perform their first concert at the [[Baths of Caracalla]] in Rome, with a recording of the concert turned into ''[[Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert]]'', becoming the fastest-selling classical album of all time.
**Notable releases:
***[[Slayer]]'s ''[[Seasons in the Abyss]]''
***[[Obituary (band)|Obituary]]'s ''[[Cause of Death (album)|Cause of Death]]''
***[[Pantera]]'s ''[[Cowboys from Hell]]''
***[[Megadeth]]'s ''[[Rust in Peace]]''
***[[Judas Priest]]'s ''[[Painkiller (Judas Priest album)|Painkiller]]''
***[[Depeche Mode]]'s ''[[Violator (album)|Violator]]''
***[[Cocteau Twins]]'s ''[[Heaven or Las Vegas]]''
***[[Sonic Youth]]'s ''[[Goo (album)|Goo]]''
***[[Fugazi]]'s ''[[Repeater (album)|Repeater]]''
***[[Ride (band)|Ride]]'s ''[[Nowhere (album)|Nowhere]]''
***[[Pixies (band)|Pixies]]' ''[[Bossanova (Pixies album)|Bossanova]]''
***[[Sinéad O'Connor]]' ''[[I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got]]''

=== List of 10 best-selling albums of the 1990s ===
#[[Whitney Houston]] / Various artists – ''[[The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album|The Bodyguard]]'' – 45 million<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.houstonpress.com/artattack/2012/02/the_films_of_whitney_houston.php?page=2|title=Whitney Houston: An Overview of Her Films|last=Hlavaty|first=Craig|newspaper=[[Houston Press]]|date=February 13, 2012|access-date=June 30, 2012|archive-date=January 3, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103073841/http://blogs.houstonpress.com/artattack/2012/02/the_films_of_whitney_houston.php?page=2|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bet.com/article/hi8ep2/adele-s-21-closing-in-on-billboard-charts-record|title=Adele's 21 Closing in on Billboard Charts Record|publisher=[[Black Entertainment Television]]|date=January 26, 2012|access-date=June 30, 2012}}</ref> – 1992
#[[Shania Twain]] – ''[[Come On Over (Shania Twain album)|Come on Over]]'' – 40 million<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kiriblakeley/2011/05/10/why-shania-twain-cant-sing/|title=Why Shania Twain Can't Sing|last=Blakeley|first=Kiri|magazine=[[Forbes]]|date=May 10, 2011|access-date=2012-08-23}}</ref> – 1997
#[[Alanis Morissette]] – ''[[Jagged Little Pill]]'' – 33 million<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1630912/20100201/knowles_beyonce.jhtml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120529182229/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1630912/20100201/knowles_beyonce.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 29, 2012|title='You Oughta Know': The Story Behind Beyonce's Grammy Cover|last=Montgomery|first=James|date=February 1, 2010|work=[[MTV]]|publisher=[[MTV Network]]|access-date=2008-05-03}}</ref> – 1995
#[[Mariah Carey]] – ''[[Music Box (Mariah Carey album)|Music Box]]'' – 32 million<ref name="Undercover musicbox">{{cite web|url=http://www.undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=4687|title=Mariah Carey Has the Right Energy in E=MC2|last=Cashmere|first=Paul|date=April 24, 2008|publisher=Undercover Pty., Ltd.|access-date=2008-05-08}}</ref> – 1993
#[[Celine Dion]] – ''[[Falling into You]]'' – 32 million<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/film/812414-metro-film-fight-club-avatar-v-the-hurt-locker-v-inglourious-basterds-v-up-in-the-air|title=Oscars 2010 special: Avatar v The Hurt Locker v Inglourious Basterds v Up In The Air|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=March 8, 2010|work=[[Metro.co.uk]]|publisher=[[Associated Newspapers]]|access-date=2010-03-23|archive-date=February 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214124921/http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/film/812414-metro-film-fight-club-avatar-v-the-hurt-locker-v-inglourious-basterds-v-up-in-the-air|url-status=dead}}</ref> – 1996
#[[Michael Jackson]] – ''[[Dangerous (Michael Jackson album)|Dangerous]]'' – 32 million<ref name="Dangerous 32 million copies worldwide">{{cite news |first=Claudia |last=Bidasio |title=Gli imperdibili di Michel Jackson |url=http://www.menstyle.it/cont/musica/musica-r/0805/1900/dangerous-8.asp# |work=[[MenStyle.it]] |date=May 19, 2008 |access-date=2009-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627140245/http://www.menstyle.it/cont/musica/musica-r/0805/1900/dangerous-8.asp |archive-date=June 27, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Dangerous 32 million copies worldwide2">{{cite news|title=Michael Jackson sulla sedia a rotelle |url=http://www.affaritaliani.it/entertainment/micheal-jackson110708.html |work=[[Affari Italiani]] |date=July 11, 2008 |access-date=2009-05-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822095924/http://www.affaritaliani.it/entertainment/micheal-jackson110708.html |archive-date=August 22, 2008 }}</ref> – 1991
#[[Celine Dion]] – ''[[Let's Talk About Love]]'' – 31 million<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/books/learning-to-love-cline-dion/article16178/|title=Learning to Love Celine Dion|newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]|date=June 15, 2009|last=Anderson|first=Jason|access-date=2009-12-27|location=Toronto}}</ref> – 1997
#[[Madonna]] – ''[[The Immaculate Collection]]'' – 30 million<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2012/0323/1224313742569.html|title=Girl gone wild: is it time for Madonna to grow up?|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=March 23, 2012|access-date=2012-09-21|archive-date=March 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323121356/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2012/0323/1224313742569.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20071113jk.html|title=Words to Live by: Goh Hotoda|last=Kawaguchi|first=Judith|date=October 23, 2007|work=[[The Japan Times]]|publisher=Toshiaki Ogasawara |access-date=2009-12-02}}</ref> – 1990
#[[Britney Spears]] – ''[[...Baby One More Time (album)|...Baby One More Time]]'' – 30 million<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4723158/With-dreams-in-her-heart.html|title=With dreams in her heart|publisher=[[Telegraph Media Group|The Telegraph]]|date=April 28, 2001|access-date=2012-09-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/articles/b07kr5/the-top-10-worst-albums-that-went-platinum|title=The Top 10 Worst Albums that Went Platinum|author=dsussman|publisher=[[Spike (TV channel)|Spike]]|date=February 11, 2010|access-date=2012-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405050851/http://www.spike.com/articles/b07kr5/the-top-10-worst-albums-that-went-platinum|archive-date=April 5, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> – 1999
#[[Backstreet Boys]] – ''[[Millennium (Backstreet Boys album)|Millennium]]'' – 30 million<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/backstreet_boys_unite/55725|title=Backstreet Boys Unite!|first=Josh|last=Grossberg|publisher=[[E!|E! Entertainment Television]]|date=July 25, 2007|access-date=2012-01-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/643602.stm|title=Liz the 'Fame' Dame|work=BBC News|access-date=2012-01-07|date=February 15, 2000}}</ref> – 1999