1996 in music

none 1996 1996 music radio television film This is a list of notable events in music that occurred in 1996. Specific locations 1996 in British music 1996 in Norwegian music 1996 in Scandinavian music 1996 in South Korean music Specific genres 1996 in classical music 1996 in country music 1996 in heavy metal music 1996 in hip-hop 1996 in jazz 1996 in Latin music 1996 in progressive rock Events January January 8 – Robert Hoskins is convicted on five charges of assault, stalking, and threatening to kill Madonna.https://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431648/19960112/madonna.jhtml Madonna Faces Stalker In Court anonymous January 12, 1996 MTV Networks April 15, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080411164844/https://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1431648/19960112/madonna.jhtml April 11, 2008 dead January 16 Two American teenagers, Nicholaus McDonald and Brian Bassett, are tried for the murder of Bassett's parents and younger brother. At the trial, defense lawyers attempt to blame the murders on the fact the pair had been listening to "Israel's Son" by Silverchair before the crimes. The murders are dubbed the "Israel's Son Murders". Murmur Records releases an official response, stating that the members of Silverchair do not condone violence of any kind, and that the song "seeks to criticize violence and war by portraying them in all their horror".http://www.seattlepi.com/archives/1996/9601180034.asp ATTORNEY WANTS TO OPEN TEEN'S MURDER TRIAL WITH ROCK SONG P-I Staff and News Services January 18, 1996 Seattle Post-Intelligencer April 15, 2008 June 2011 Jamaican authorities open fire on Jimmy Buffett's seaplane, Hemisphere Dancer, mistaking it for a drug trafficker's plane. U2 singer Bono and Island Records executive Chris Blackwell are also on the plane during the incident. No one is injured.http://www.buffettworld.com/incidents/jamaicamistaica/ Incidents -> Jamaica Mistaica anonymous n.d. BuffettWorld April 15, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080408113434/https://www.buffettworld.com/incidents/jamaicamistaica/ April 8, 2008 January 18 – Lisa Marie Presley files for divorce from Michael Jackson.http://www.cnn.com/US/9601/jacko_presley/ She's out of his life anonymous January 18, 1996 Cable News Network, Inc. (CNN) April 16, 2008 The two were wed on May 26, 1994. January 19–February 4 – The Big Day Out festival takes place in Australia and New Zealand, headlined by Porno for Pyros and Rage Against the Machine.https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/every-big-day-out-line-up/11539046 The definitive guide to every Big Day Out line-up ever ABC September 30, 2019 August 31, 2020 Dan Condon January 25 – Madonna receives death threats from Argentine Peronists, who are enraged and insulted that she was playing Eva Peron in Evita. (Artes y Espectaculos) ARGENTINA: Evita y Madonna, iguales y distintas IPS Agencia de Noticias http://www.ipsnoticias.net/1996/02/artes-y-espectaculos-argentina-evita-y-madonna-iguales-y-distintas/ www.ipsnoticias.net 2016-02-02 February 16, 1996 es Valente Marcela After she arrives in Argentina, over 50 walls throughout the city are spray-painted with the words: ¡Viva Evita! ¡Fuera Madonna! (Long Live Evita! Get Out, Madonna!).http://www.elmundo.es/papel/hemeroteca/1996/01/21/cultura/78600.html Madonna empieza a pasar los primeros apuros en Buenos Aires Juan Ignacio January 21, 1996 Mundinteractivos, S.A. (El Mundo) es April 16, 2008June 2016 medicmedic January 26 – The first public performance of the controversial musical Rent takes place at the New York Theatre Workshop, a day after the death of its creator, Jonathan Larson.Creative Team – Jonathan Larson https://web.archive.org/web/20130605223723/http://siteforrent.com/creativeteam_details.php?url_identifier=jonathan-larson-1 June 5, 2013 January 28 – Chris Isaak makes a guest appearance on the television show Friends.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0583439/ "Friends" The One After the Superbowl: Part 1 (1996) anonymous n.d. IMDb.com, Inc. April 16, 2008 January 29 La Fenice opera house in Venice, Italy, is destroyed by fire.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1250826.stm Two jailed for Venice opera arson anonymous March 30, 2001 BBC April 16, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20090509000816/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1250826.stm May 9, 2009 live Garth Brooks refuses to accept his American Music Award for Favorite Overall Artist, briefly explaining his belief that all music is "made up of a lot of people".https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/31/arts/critic-s-notebook-music-awards-for-a-mythical-middle-america.html CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK; Music Awards for a Mythical Middle America Pareles John January 31, 1996 The New York Times April 16, 2008 dead https://archive.today/20120714083724/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9506E2D61639F932A05752C0A960958260 July 14, 2012 February February 8 – The Telecommunications Act of 1996 is signed into law in the United States, deregulating the number of radio and TV stations that any one broadcaster can own. February 4 – Former Milli Vanilli band member Rob Pilatus is hospitalized after being hit over the head with a baseball bat in Hollywood while attempting to steal a man's car.http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/daily/02-96/02-06-96/zpeople.htm#XINDEX7 People, places & things in the news Compiled from wire reports n.d. South Coast Media Group April 20, 2008 February 13 Tupac Shakur releases the first ever rap double album, All Eyez on Me, one of the most influential albums in hip-hop history. All Eyez on Me quickly achieves platinum sales and reaches No. 1 on the Billboard 200 charts.Sexton Paul 2023-03-02 'All Eyez On Me': 2Pac's Poignant And Seminal 1996 Milestone https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/2pac-all-eyez-on-me-album/ 2024-04-03 uDiscover Music en-US Take That formally announces that they are disbanding. February 14 – The artist formerly known as Prince marries backup dancer Mayte Garcia, who is fifteen years his junior.2017-04-10 Prince's Ex-Wife Details Their Life in Memoir — But It's No 'Tell-All' https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/prince-ex-wife-mayte-garcia-memoir-interview-7752782/ 2023-09-29 Billboard February 19 – Jarvis Cocker disrupts a performance by Michael Jackson at the BRIT Awards. During an elaborate staging of "Earth Song", Cocker crashes the stage, lifts his shirt, and points his bottom in Jackson's direction before getting into a scuffle with security. Cocker later states that his actions were "a form of protest at the way Michael Jackson sees himself as some kind of Christ-like figure with the power of healing".http://www.metro.co.uk/music/855603-brit-awards-2011-top-five-moments-through-the-years Brit Awards 2011: Top five moments Through the years Lee, Ann February 15, 2011 Metro August 9, 2012 February 20 Sepultura releases their album Roots. Snoop Dogg and his bodyguard are acquitted of first-degree murder. The jury deadlocks on voluntary manslaughter charges, and a mistrial is declared. Storytellers premieres on VH1. The first episode features Ray Davies. February 22 – MCA Records buys half of Interscope Records. Time Warner had owned half of Interscope until September 1995, when it sold off its share due to political pressure over the label's gangsta rap artists' explicit lyrics.February 22, 1996 MCA Takes Half of Interscope https://www.nydailynews.com/1996/02/22/mca-takes-half-of-interscope/ 2025-04-26 New York Daily News Associated Press February 28 – The 38th Annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. Alanis Morissette wins four awards, including Album of the Year for Jagged Little Pill, while Seal's "Kiss from a Rose" wins both Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Hootie & the Blowfish win Best New Artist. The ceremony also notably features the reunion of the original lineup of Kiss, introduced by Tupac Shakur, for their first appearance in full makeup and outfits since 1979.Online KISS KISS Online :: KISS Chronology The Complete History Of KISS https://www.kissonline.com/history 2024-04-03 KISS Online en Frank Sinatra wins the award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance for "Duets II", his first win since 1966. March March 4 – The Beatles' second reunion song is released as part of their first reunion since the band's breakup 26 years earlier. The song is a finished version of "Real Love", a John Lennon demo from 1980.http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/the-beatles The Beatles February 5, 2009 2007 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. https://web.archive.org/web/20100104020931/http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/the-beatles January 4, 2010 dead March 13 – Ramones fans riot in Buenos Aires, Argentina after waiting all night for concert tickets, only to find the show is sold out.https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27352-2004Mar3.html Entertainment Highlights in History February 5, 2009 March 3, 2004 Associated Press The Washington Post March 16 – Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men's 16th consecutive week stay at No. 1 in the American charts with "One Sweet Day" ends when Celine Dion's "Because You Loved Me" reaches No. 1. "One Sweet Day" enjoyed the longest consecutive stay at No. 1 in the Billboard Hot 100's history.Catlin Roger December 24, 1998 Old Songs In New Packages Are Hot Gifts The Greatest Season https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-the-greatest-season/171114133/ 2025-04-26 Hartford Courant 63 Newspapers.com March 18 – The Sex Pistols announce they will reunite for a 20th anniversary tour.http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/sex-pistols Sex Pistols February 5, 2009 2007 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. https://web.archive.org/web/20090208230714/http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/sex-pistols February 8, 2009 live March 28 – Phil Collins announces he is leaving Genesis to focus on his solo career.https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/genesis-reuniting-after-decade-apart-1.587873 Genesis reuniting after decade apart February 5, 2009 October 19, 2006 CBC News https://web.archive.org/web/20070120095825/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2006/10/19/genesis-reunion.html January 20, 2007 live April April 1 Roberto Alagna marries Angela Gheorghiu backstage at the New York Metropolitan Opera.Martha Duffy, "So Happy Together", Time magazine, April 29, 1996 https://web.archive.org/web/20130602032200/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C984477-1%2C00.html June 2, 2013 John Squire announces his departure from The Stone Roses. April 3 – M.C. Hammer files for bankruptcy. April 4 – The Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia's widow, Deborah, scatter part of Garcia's ashes in the Ganges River in India. April 10 – Alice in Chains plays at Majestic Theatre in New York City for an MTV unplugged record and video to be released in July. April 15 – The remainder of Jerry Garcia's ashes are scattered near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. April 16 Madonna announces she is four months pregnant by Carlos Leon, her then-boyfriend and trainer. Rage Against the Machine releases their second studio album, Evil Empire. April 17 – Carlo Bergonzi gives his American farewell concert at Carnegie Hall. April 24 – This Train, Rick Elias, Jimmy A, Phil Keaggy, Carolyn Arends, Third Day and Ashley Cleveland perform a tribute concert for Rich Mullins at Nashville's Cafe Milano. Speakers include Reunion Records executive Terry Hemmings, record producer Reed Arvin, disc jockey Jon Rivers, and author Brennan Manning. April 28 – Oasis play the second of two gigs in Maine Road, home of Manchester City F.C., featured on the video "...There and Then". May May 8 The Galway Early Music Festival is launched in Ireland. A judge rules against Tommy Lee and wife, actress Pamela Anderson Lee, in their attempt to keep Penthouse from publishing still photos taken from an X-rated home movie that was stolen from their home in Los Angeles. May 11 – A 17-year-old fan is crushed in the festival seating section at a concert by The Smashing Pumpkins in Dublin, Ireland, despite the presence of 110 security guards and repeated admonishments from the band telling the crowd to stop surging towards the stage. The fan dies of her injuries the next day, and the band cancels that night's show in Belfast as a result.http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434230/fan-crushed-at-smashing-pumpkins-show.jhtml https://web.archive.org/web/20110610014613/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434230/fan-crushed-at-smashing-pumpkins-show.jhtml dead June 10, 2011 Fan Crushed At Smashing Pumpkins Show May 17, 1996 Mtv.com August 9, 2012 May 18 – The 1996 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Oslo Spektrum in Oslo, Norway, is won by Irish singer Eimear Quinn, with the song "The Voice". It is Ireland's record seventh, and most recent, win at Eurovision. May 25 – Sublime lead singer Bradley Nowell dies of a heroin overdose at age 28. May 30 – Depeche Mode leader Dave Gahan is arrested upon his release from hospital, having overdosed on a heroin and cocaine 'speedball' in a Los Angeles hotel room and been pronounced clinically dead for two minutes in an ambulance. Gahan is ordered by the court to complete a nine-month rehabilitation. June June 2 – Alice Cooper performs at Sammy Hagar's club, Cabo Wabo, in Mexico. It will be recorded and released, the following year, as a live album. June 8 – Tracy Bonham becomes the first female solo artist to reach number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart with the single "Mother Mother". Tracy Bonham Alternative Airplay https://www.billboard.com/artist/tracy-bonham/chart-history/mrt/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20211117175104/https://www.billboard.com/artist/tracy-bonham/chart-history/mrt/ 2021-11-17 2023-02-20 Billboard June 12 – Julia Fischer, the German violinist and pianist, wins the final of the Eurovision Young Musicians 1996 competition in Lisbon, Portugal. June 15–16 – San Francisco holds the first Tibetan Freedom Concerts. June 19 – Japanese duo Chage and Aska become the first Asian group to participate in MTV Unplugged.http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/14/talkasia.chageaska.script/index.html Chage & Aska Talkasia Transcript CNN 2005-12-14 2009-01-03 June 21 – The Sex Pistols start their reunion tour in Lahti, Finland. June 25 – Jay-Z releases his debut album Reasonable Doubt. June 26 – Sammy Hagar leaves Van Halen. June 27 – DJ Screw, creator of chopped and screwed rap and leader of Screwed Up Click, records the 35 minute long June 27 freestyle with Houston rappers Big Moe, Bird, Key-C, Yungstar, Big Pokey, DeMo, Haircut Joe and Kay-Luv.https://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Why-June-27-Houston-holiday-for-hip-hop-rap-Screw-8327694.php Why June 27 should be a Houston holiday for hip-hop fans Houston Chronicle 2019-06-27 June 28 – Kiss kicks off the Alive/Worldwide reunion tour at Tiger Stadium in Detroit, the first tour by the original lineup of the band since 1979. July July 3 This World release their first album since 1986. Alice in Chains perform their last concert with lead singer Layne Staley in Kansas City, Missouri while touring with Kiss. July 8 – The Spice Girls release their debut single "Wannabe" in the United Kingdom. The song proved to be a global hit, hitting number 1 in 31 countries and becoming not only the biggest-selling debut single by an all-female group, but also the biggest-selling single by an all-female group of all time.Rosenberg Sari February 22, 1997: "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls Hit No. 1, Ushering in the Girl Power Era https://www.mylifetime.com/she-did-that/february-22-1997-wannabe-by-the-spice-girls-hit-no-1-ushering-in-the-girl-power-era 2024-04-03 Lifetime en July 11 – Robert Simpson's second string quintet receives its première at the Cheltenham International Festival by the Maggini Quartet with Pal Banda, cellist. July 13 – Phil Anselmo of Pantera overdoses on heroin after a Texas homecoming gig. Anselmo went into cardiac arrest but was revived after about five minutes by paramedics.Phil Anselmo's Overdose: The Night Heavy Metal Held its Breath Heavy Chronicle https://www.heavychronicle.com/campfire-stories/phil-anselmos-overdose-the-night-metal-held-its-breath/ July 16 – Michael Jackson performs a concert for Hassanal Bolkiah's 50th birthday at the Jerudong Park Amphitheater. July 19 – The Proms in the Park event is launched in London, UK. July 27 – Adrian Erlandsson & Patrik Jensen form The Haunted.The Haunted – No false pride, no fashion, no fake set of values https://web.archive.org/web/20140221180937/http://www.the-haunted.com/site/?p=band February 21, 2014 August August 1 – MTV2 is launched. The first video is "Where It's At" by Beck.Boehlert Eric October 3, 1996 Pop Journal Rolling Stone Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. 744 26 August 6 – Punk rock group The Ramones play their final show at "The Palace" in Hollywood. August 10–11 – Oasis play the largest free-standing gigs in British history at Knebworth House, Stevenage. 2.7 million people apply for tickets and a sold-out crowd of 350,000 attend the concerts; 175,000 each night. Stone Roses guitarist John Squire joins the band onstage to play guitar to Champagne Supernova. August 15–16 – Phish hosts The Clifford Ball at Plattsburgh Air Force Base. The event is the first of their festivals, currently totaling ten.Phish Magnaball: A 3-Day Festival August 21st-23rd https://phish.com/magnaball/ 2022-09-21 phish.com 70,000 people show up. Some say the event is considered a precursor to the large-scale music festivals of today. August 27 – Aaliyah releases her album One in a Million. September September 4 – At the MTV Video Music Awards, Van Halen makes a surprise appearance with original singer David Lee Roth. September 7 Rapper Tupac Shakur is shot several times in a drive-by shooting, while being driven from the MGM Grand Hotel along Sunset Strip in Las Vegas after seeing the Mike Tyson versus Bruce Seldon boxing match. He dies six days later. Michael Jackson starts the HIStory World Tour. September 10 – Wal-Mart announces it will not carry Sheryl Crow's upcoming self-titled album, because of the lyric "Watch out, sister, watch out, brother/watch our children while they kill each other/with a gun they bought at Wal-Mart Discount Stores." September 11 – David Bowie's single "Telling Lies" becomes the first song offered as a digital single by a major record label (Virgin Records). Bowie launches the single by hosting an online chat in which he and two other people pretending to be him answer questions from the audience; Bowie tells the truth, while the other two are "telling lies".Levine Robert Cyberspace Oddity The Web Magazine 3 1 February–March 1997 30–33 September 12 – Controversy follows The Eagles when the band dedicates "Peaceful Easy Feeling" to Saddam Hussein at a United States Democratic Party fundraiser held in Los Angeles.Simmons Sylvie 2006-06-02 'Nowadays the fans keep their clothes on' https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jun/02/popandrock.shopping2 2024-04-03 The Guardian en-GB 0261-3077 September 12 — Ricardo López mails Icelandic singer Björk a device disguised as a book designed to spray sulfuric acid on her face with the goal of disfiguring or killing her, before shooting and killing himself on camera in his apartment in Hollywood, Florida. His body is found on September 16, and subsequently the device is intercepted by Scotland Yard before it can reach Björk. September 13 – Tupac Shakur dies as a result of injuries sustained six days earlier. September 17 — Tool releases their second album Ænima. September 21 – Meg White marries John Anthony Gillis, who changes his name to Jack White. They will form The White Stripes the following year. September 24 – Weezer releases its second record, Pinkerton. Its darker vibe, and departure from their earlier style, mean it sells less well and is critically panned upon its release. However, it later garners a cult following and is eventually considered among the band's best work.https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/sep/24/weezer-pinkerton-anniversary-rock-rivers-cuomo-emo Weezer's Pinkerton and the invention of the manic pixie dream boys Levinson Alana 2016-09-24 The Guardian 2020-01-22 en-GB 0261-3077 September 27 – Sasha and Digweed release Northern Exposure, which has gone on to be considered one of the greatest dance albums of all time. October October 4 Eddie and Alex Van Halen announce David Lee Roth will not be continuing as lead singer of Van Halen and Gary Cherone will be the band's next vocalist. C-Block releases the single "So Strung Out", which reaches the fourth chart position in Germany. October 5 — Alternative metal band Deftones incite a riot at KUPD's U-Fest at Desert Sky Pavilion (now known as Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre) incited by lead singer Chino Moreno due to rumors that he and other members were intoxicated before their set due to their discovery of the death of Dana Wells, the late stepson of Max Cavalera. This also resulted in the band having a physical altercation with the gothic metal band Type O Negative at The Purgatory, a former Phoenix local bar after the concert due to them not being able to perform as the 10th and final set of U-Fest after the Deftones set due to the excessive rioting. October 6 – Country singers Tim McGraw and Faith Hill marry. October 13 – Prince's son Gregory Nelson dies from Pfeiffer Syndrome. October 14 – Madonna gives birth to daughter Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon. October 15 – Korn's second studio album, Life Is Peachy, debuts at number 3 on the Billboard 200 and goes on to sell 6 million copies worldwide.Korn's Sophomore Album 'Life is Peachy' Turns 20 http://billboard.ph/korns-sophomore-album-life-peachy-turns-20/ Billboard 31 January 2018 October 27 – Pop-Up Video receives its première on VH1. October 28 – MTV India launches. October 29 Slash announces, in a faxed statement, he is officially leaving Guns N' Roses.Hendrickson Matt December 12, 1996 Slash Leaves Guns N' Roses Rolling Stone Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. 749 24 Ian Brown and Mani officially dissolve The Stone Roses. October 31 – David Brookes is fined £45 in Hampstead Magistrates' Court for disrupting the "quiet enjoyment" of the public by playing his bagpipes on Hampstead Heath. Described as "a pain in the neck" by a spokesperson for the College of Pipers in Glasgow, Brookes vows to buy a bicycle to continue playing in the open air, so "they'll just have to catch me." He says he has been piping on the heath for twenty years and has been given permission to do so, adding he's surprised by the ruling because social workers are allowed to distribute condoms there.John Ezard, "Piper Pays for His Tune", The Guardian (1 November 1996):2. November November 8 – After its première at the Sundance Film Festival in January, the film Hype!, a documentary on the Seattle grunge scene, opens to general audiences. November 12 – Eminem releases his debut studio album Infinite. November 24 – Crowded House play their farewell concert on the steps of the Sydney Opera House in Australia, in front of an audience of almost 200,000. Proceeds support the Sydney Children's Hospital. The band will reunite a decade later with a new studio album and tour. December December 7 – The Sex Pistols finish their reunion tour in Santiago, Chile. December 14 – The 25th OTI Festival, held at the es Teatro Nacional no of the es Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana no in Quito, Ecuador, is won by the song "es Manos no", written by Chema Purón and Eduardo Leiva sv Eduardo Leyva, and performed by Anabel Russ representing Spain. December 16 – Max Cavalera leaves Sepultura. Speculation for his departure includes claims that he was upset that the band did not renew his wife Gloria's contract as manager, as well as for being overwhelmed by the death of his stepson. Cavalera later denies those theories and says he left the band simply because the members had grown apart.Kennelty Greg July 20, 2022 MAX CAVALERA Says It Was His Fault He Left SEPULTURA, Not His Wife's Fault Metal Injection https://metalinjection.net/news/max-cavalera-says-it-was-his-fault-he-left-sepultura-not-his-wifes-fault#:~:text=Max%20Cavalera%20leaving%20Sepultura%20in,Nailbomb%2C%20and%20Killer%20Be%20Killed. December 31 – The twenty-fifth annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with appearances by Shawn Colvin, KC & the Sunshine Band, Spice Girls, Squirrel Nut Zippers and Usher. Also in 1996 Jesper Strömblad leaves Hammerfall. House of Pain break up; this will lead to DJ Lethal joining Limp Bizkit. The Monkees embark on their 30th Anniversary Reunion Tour. Singer Tori Amos is sued when a man crashes his car after being distracted by a billboard advertising her album. The billboard featured a photo of Amos breastfeeding a piglet.Tori Amos: 'We all carry around our damage' https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/tori-amos-we-all-carry-around-our-damage-1.4702858 2024-04-03 The Irish Times en Coal Chamber signs with Roadrunner Records and Mikey "Bug" Cox replaces John Tor. Bands formed See Musical groups established in 1996 Bands disbanded See Musical groups disestablished in 1996 Bands on hiatus Black Sabbath Bands reunited October 2008 The Monkees New Edition Poison Kiss Devo Supertramp Patti Smith Albums released :Category:1996 albums January–March DateAlbumArtistNotes JANUARY1 Cut in Half and Also Double Emily Haines - Inquilaab Junoon - Splay Shiner -2 Grom Behemoth -9 Victor Alex Lifeson - Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp Kid Rock - Right in the Middle of It Chely Wright - Star Maps Possum Dixon - Young, Rich & Dangerous Kris Kross -12 Expecting to Fly The Bluetones - Music of My Life Jo Stafford -15 Loops of Fury The Chemical Brothers EP Predator Accept - Total Death Darkthrone -16 El Producto Walt Mink - Viva! La Woman Cibo Matto - Words Tony Rich -19 Painting on Glass The 3rd and the Mortal -22 The Cult of Ray Frank Black -23 Boys for Pele Tori Amos - Wither Blister Burn & Peel Stabbing Westward - 10 Speed Mystery Machine - Helter Skelter The D.O.C. - The Trouble with the Truth Patty Loveless -25 Hey Man Mr. Big Japan Stormblåst Dimmu Borgir -26 Horsedrawn Wishes Rollerskate Skinny - Maniacal Laughter The Bouncing Souls -29 Advance LFO http://warp.net/records/releases/lfo/advance Warp Records LFO:Advance August 18, 2014 August 12, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140812082731/http://warp.net/records/releases/lfo/advance dead30 Millions Now Living Will Never Die Tortoise - Beautiful Girls Various Artists Soundtrack Diatribes Napalm Death - Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood Various Artists Soundtrack Filth Pig Ministry - How I Quit Smoking Lambchop - Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton Eazy-E - Total Total -31 Filosofem Burzum - Heavy Petting Zoo NOFX -? The Secrets of the Black Arts Dark Funeral Debut FEBRUARY5 Purpendicular Deep Purple - Don't Stop Status Quo - Free Spirit Bonnie Tyler -6 The Heart Speaks Terence Blanchard - Kids on the Street Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Sackcloth 'n' Ashes 16 Horsepower - Tennessee Moon Neil Diamond -7Beat Out! Glay -13 All Eyez on Me 2Pac 2x CD Congratulations I'm Sorry Gin Blossoms - Here in After Immolation - Looking East Jackson Browne - The Score Fugees - What the Hell Happened to Me? Adam Sandler -19 Skunkworks Bruce Dickinson -20 Affliction Econoline Crush - Bloom Audio Adrenaline - Come Find Yourself Fun Lovin' Criminals Debut Firewater Silkworm - The Jester Race In Flames - Murder Ballads Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Pies Descalzos Shakira - Roots Sepultura - Set the Twilight Reeling Lou Reed - Take Me to Your Leader Newsboys - What I Live to Do James Bonamy -23 Our Band Could Be Your Life: A Tribute to D Boon and the Minutemen Various Artists Tribute to Minutemen26 The Mission Captain Jack -27 Dead Man Neil Young Soundtrack Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy The Refreshments - Goldfinger Goldfinger Debut The Gray Race Bad Religion - Heartbreak Town Steve Azar - High on the Hog The Band - Lay It Down Cowboy Junkies - Peach Fuzz Enuff Z'Nuff US Pogue Mahone The Pogues - The Process Skinny Puppy - The Speed of Cattle Archers of Loaf Compilation Static Age Misfits -MARCH4 Mercury Falling Sting - Hits Mike + The Mechanics Compilation After Murder Park The Auteurs - Myra Lee Cat Power -5 Gravity Kills Gravity Kills - House of GVSB Girls Against Boys - I Feel Alright Steve Earle - Lovelife Lush - Naughty Little Doggie Iggy Pop - Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip Various Artists Red Hot AIDS benefit The Time of the Oath Helloween US11 Arena Asia - Beat the Bastards The Exploited - Refresh the Demon Annihilator - Regular Urban Survivors Terrorvision - Tarantula Ride - Thomas Wade & Wayward Thomas Wade & Wayward -12 All Scratched Up! Down by Law - Bad Hair Day "Weird Al" Yankovic - Black Love The Afghan Whigs - Falling into You Celine Dion US Gato Negro 7 Year Bitch - Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts Velocity Girl - Kiss Unplugged Kiss Live Start Packing Run On - Surrender to the Air Surrender to the Air -18 Emperor Tomato Ketchup Stereolab - Another Way to Shine Spiritual Beggars - The Beatles Anthology, Volume 2 The Beatles Compilation +1 new track Karate Karate -19 Born on a Pirate Ship Barenaked Ladies - The Burdens of Being Upright Tracy Bonham Debut Colossal Head Los Lobos - Fifa Angélique Kidjo - Gently Liza Minnelli - Girl 6 Prince Soundtrack Kollage Bahamadia - No. 2 Live Dinner Robert Earl Keen Live Off Parole Rappin' 4-Tay - The Resurrection Geto Boys - Second Toughest in the Infants Underworld - Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files Various Artists Soundtrack to The X-Files TV series23 Holy Land Angra –25 Greatest Hits Take That Compilation Golden Heart Mark Knopfler - Made Again Marillion 2x CD; Live Call the Doctor Sleater-Kinney - Now That's What I Call Music! 33 (UK series) Various Artists Compilation26 40 More Reasons to Hate Us Anal Cunt - The Coming Busta Rhymes Solo Debut Deathshead Extermination Crisis - Hissing Prigs in Static Couture Brainiac - Jo Dee Messina Jo Dee Messina - On Avery Island Neutral Milk Hotel - Regretfully Yours Superdrag - Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop Stone Temple Pilots - Under the Bushes Under the Stars Guided by Voices - Villains The Verve Pipe -? Kveldssanger Ulver - Welcome to the Infant Freebase The Soundtrack of Our Lives Debut April–June DateAlbumArtistNotes APRIL1 Wildest Dreams Tina Turner Europe A Maximum High Shed Seven UK Democracy Killing Joke UK2 Count the Days Citizen King EP The In Sound from Way Out! Beastie Boys - Crimson Edge of Sanity - Dopesick Eyehategod - The Golden Age Cracker - Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite Maxwell Debut Oz Factor Unwritten Law - 10 Song Demo Rosanne Cash -5 Reject All American Bikini Kill - Sorrow Throughout the Nine Worlds Amon Amarth EP8 Moseley Shoals Ocean Colour Scene -9 Repetition Unwound - Death Threatz MC Eiht - The Great Divide Semisonic - Here to Save You All Chino XL - Revival Gillian Welch Debut Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks Various Artists Tribute The Villain in Black MC Ren -15 Number Two Express Christian McBride - Reverence Faithless - Today's Specials The Specials Covers album Milk & Kisses Cocteau Twins UK16 Evil Empire Rage Against the Machine - The Forgotten Tales Blind Guardian Compilation As Good as Dead Local H - Blow It Out Your Ass It's Veruca Salt Veruca Salt EP Blue Moon Toby Keith - Borderline Brooks & Dunn - Farewell Oingo Boingo - Ice Cream Man Master P - Make Your Mama Proud Fastball - Sell, Sell, Sell David Gray - Shot The Jesus Lizard - This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About Modest Mouse Debut You? Me? Us? Richard Thompson -18 Destroy All Monsters/Live in Japan Raven Live22 Episode Stratovarius - Return of the Mack Mark Morrison - Style Luna Sea -23 Blue Clear Sky George Strait - Fairweather Johnson Hootie & the Blowfish - Guitar Slinger The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Just Fred Fred Schneider - Less Talk, More Rock Propagandhi - New Beginning SWV - Sacred Cow Geggy Tah - Through Silver in Blood Neurosis - Telephono Spoon -29 To the Faithful Departed The Cranberries - Arise Therefore Palace Music - Casanova The Divine Comedy - Goosefair China Drum Debut In Sides Orbital - Louder Than Hell Manowar - Love Your Self Abuse Baby Chaos - Nearly God Tricky - Klassics with a "K" Kostars -30 After the Satellite SingsCMJ New Music Report Upcoming Releases: April 30 15 April 1996 47 46 3 (Issue 470) 0890-0795 College Media, Inc. 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Pitchshifter - Now in a Minute Donna Lewis Debut Seasick Imperial Teen Debut Teri Yakimoto Guttermouth - Trouble at the Henhouse The Tragically Hip - Twister: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack13 Older George Michael - Slang Def Leppard - Too Much Too Young: The Gold Collection The Specials Compilation14 All Set Buzzcocks - All This Useless Beauty Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Elegy Amorphis - Amazing Disgrace The Posies - Long Line Peter Wolf - Looking in the Shadows The Raincoats - Now & Forever Color Me Badd - Milk and Scissors The Handsome Family - Rude Awakening Prong - You've Got to Believe in Something Spin Doctors -15 Curb Nickelback Debut The Cleanest War Morning Again Debut EP20 The Beautiful Game Various artists - Duncan Sheik Duncan Sheik - Ear Candy King's X - Everything Must Go Manic Street Preachers - Fuzzy Logic Super Furry Animals Debut Joy (Within)! William Hooker and Billy Bang Live Love in Space Hawkwind Live Prozaic Honeycrack Debut21 Bringing Down the Horse The Wallflowers - Chim Chim's Badass Revenge Fishbone - Destruction by Definition The Suicide Machines Debut Dilate Ani DiFranco - Down on the Upside Soundgarden - Gettin' It Too Short - Let It Rock Great White - Near-Life Experience Come - Perspective Jason Becker - Pure Instinct Scorpions - Rubbing Doesn't Help Magnapop - Steel on a Mission Lil' ½ Dead - Vile Cannibal Corpse -22 Live at the Budokan Blur Japan25 Retropolis The Flower Kings - Roomic Cube Takako Minekawa -27 Blood on Ice Bathory - The Future Is Medium Compulsion - Gabrielle Gabrielle -28 Good God's Urge Porno for Pyros - High Lonesome Sound Vince Gill - Infliction Scheer - Miracle Puff Johnson - Take It From The Man! The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Undisputed Attitude Slayer -JUNE1 Oh Lord! When? How? The Hives Debut EP Supershitty to the Max! 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George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars -12 One Chord to Another Sloan Canada 17 Don Solaris 808 State - Free Peace Sweet Dodgy - Macarena Non Stop Los del Río Compilation Placebo Placebo Debut Upgrade & Afterlife Gastr del Sol -18 A Ass Pocket of Whiskey R. L. Burnside and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Book of Shadows Zakk Wylde - Gone Again Patti Smith - High/Low Nada Surf Debut Just Like You Keb' Mo' - Live from Neon Park Little Feat Live Nocturnal Heltah Skeltah Debut Odelay Beck - The Patti Smith Masters Patti Smith Box set The Road to Ensenada Lyle Lovett - Rocket Primitive Radio Gods - Secrets Toni Braxton - Somewhere Inside Chris Cummings - Teknowhore Bile - Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Third Day Third Day - Very Proud of Ya AFI -24 Morningrise Opeth Europe25 America Is Dying Slowly Various Artists Red Hot AIDS benefit Back To The World Tevin Campbell - Braver Newer World Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Dust Screaming Trees - Get On Up and Dance Quad City DJ's - H2O H2O Debut Peace Beyond Passion Me'shell Ndegeocello - Psychoanalysis: What Is It? Prince Paul Debut Ranetoe Serdce (Broken Heart) Lyapis Trubetskoy - Reasonable Doubt Jay-Z Debut Xtort KMFDM - You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!! 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Corps Bis - July–September DateAlbumArtistNotes JULY2 Broken Arrow Neil Young and Crazy Horse - The Final Tic Crucial Conflict - It Was Written Nas - It's Martini Time The Reverend Horton Heat - Jawbox Jawbox - Live from the Fall Blues Traveler Live Stakes Is High De La Soul - Wax Ecstatic Sponge -3 None So Vile Cryptopsy -8 Today Is Another Day Zard -9 Blue LeAnn Rimes - Building the Bridge REO Speedwagon - Chaos and Disorder Prince - Irresistible Bliss Soul Coughing - Scenery and Fish I Mother Earth -15 Shape Frente! - It Ain't 4 Play Funk Mobb - The Quickening The Vandals - Wild Cowboys Sadat X Debut 16 Stag Melvins - 12 Golden Country Greats Ween - Lemon Parade Tonic - No Lunch D Generation - Outpost The Samples -20 Sweet 19 Blues Namie Amuro Debut solo album22 Technicolour Disco Inferno -23 Demo Evergreen Terrace 1996 Evergreen Terrace EP The Dark Saga Iced Earth - Miracle of Science Marshall Crenshaw - Return of the Frog Queen Jeremy Enigk - Songs for a Blue Guitar Red House Painters - Static Prevails Jimmy Eat World - Three Snakes and One Charm The Black Crowes - Tidal Fiona Apple - Tragic Orange 9mm -29 The Crow: City of Angels Various Artists Soundtrack Drum 'n' Bass for Papa Plug - Irreligious Moonspell - A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular Hooverphonic Belgium30 Beats, Rhymes and Life A Tribe Called Quest - Mista Mista - Republica Republica - Songs Rich Mullins Compilation Sublime Sublime - Unplugged Alice in Chains Live? Not So Tough Now Frenzal Rhomb - Rockin' down the Highway: The Wildlife Concert The Doobie Brothers Live This World This World - AUGUST1 Brave Murder Day Katatonia - Ravendusk in My Heart Diabolical Masquerade -6 Anne Murray Anne Murray - Interstate 8 Modest Mouse EP Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle The Olivia Tremor Control - No End of Love John Hartford - Oedipus Schmoedipus Barry Adamson - Paranormalized Six Finger Satellite - Shake a Lil' Somethin' 2 Live Crew - Songs and Music from "She's the One" Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Soundtrack Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation Various Artists Vic Chesnutt benefit album9 Theli Therion -12 Now That's What I Call Music! 34 (UK series) Various Artists Compilation13 Beautiful Freak Eels Debut Presents Author Unknown Jason Falkner Debut The Curtain Hits the Cast Low - Fantastic Planet Failure - Friction, Baby Better Than Ezra - Full Circle Randy Travis - Limbo Throwing Muses - Put it in Your Mouth Akinyele EP Turn the Radio Off Reel Big Fish - Unreleased and Revamped Cypress Hill EP Supersexy Swingin' Sounds White Zombie Remix18 Acrobatic Tenement At the Drive-In Debut Velvet Darkness They Fear Theatre of Tragedy -19 Becoming X Sneaker Pimps - Nothing for Juice The Mountain Goats -20 Cowboy Songs Riders in the Sky - Die for the Government Anti-Flag - Harmacy Sebadoh - Into the Unknown Mercyful Fate - Nada Es Igual Luis Miguel - October Rust Type O Negative - Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop) Sam Phillips - Paradise in Me K's Choice US Receiving the Gift of Flavor The Urge - Songs of Love and Hate Godflesh - Weird Food and Devastation The Connells -26 Awaken The Blood Divine - The Half Tail Wolfstone - Snap! Attack: The Best of Snap! Snap! Compilation Voyager Mike Oldfield -27 112 112 - ATLiens OutKast - Bad As I Wanna B MC Lyte - Don't Back Down The Queers - Joe Nichols Joe Nichols - The Latch-Key Child A+ - No Code Pearl Jam - One in a Million Aaliyah - Rent: Original Broadway Cast Recording Broadway cast of Rent - The Restless Kind Travis Tritt - A Small Circle of Friends: Germs Various Artists Germs tribute Veiled Leah Andreone -28 Dusk and Her Embrace Cradle of Filth - Still Life The Paradise Motel - Written in the Sand Michael Schenker Group -SEPTEMBER2 Bilingual Pet Shop Boys - Coming Up Suede - Double Allergic Powderfinger - A Happy Pocket Trash Can Sinatras - Man Neneh Cherry -Psyencehide -3 Did I Shave My Legs for This? Deana Carter US Jennifer Love Hewitt Jennifer Love Hewitt -6 First Band on the Moon The Cardigans Sweden9 Another Level Blackstreet - C'mon Kids The Boo Radleys - Excerpts from a Love Circus Lisa Germano - Face to Face Face to Face - Forever Alone, Immortal Lux Occulta - Like Cats and Dogs Catherine Wheel Compilation Travelling Without Moving Jamiroquai UK Wild Opera No-Man -10 30° Everywhere The Promise Ring - The Doctor Came at Dawn Smog - High School High soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack Home Again New Edition - Live Art Bela Fleck & the Flecktones - Mr. Happy Go Lucky John Mellencamp - Neurotic Outsiders Neurotic Outsiders - New Adventures in Hi-Fi R.E.M. US Nine Objects of Desire Suzanne Vega - Not in My Airforce Robert Pollard - Popular Favorites Oblivians - Test for Echo Rush - What Would the Community Think Cat Power - William Bloke Billy Bragg -13 Dynamite Stina Nordenstam - Superbuick Mushroomhead -16 Better Living Through Chemistry Fatboy Slim Debut Endtroducing..... DJ Shadow UK K Kula Shaker UK In a Bar, Under the Sea dEUS - Live Wired Front Line Assembly Live Album Spiders Space -17 Ænima Tool - Appalachia Waltz Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer & Mark O'Connor - Black Eye Fluffy - Fashion Nugget Cake - Fire Garden Steve Vai - Rhythmeen ZZ Top - Six Whodini - White Light, White Heat, White Trash Social Distortion -20 Freedom in the Groove Joshua Redman -23 Animal Rights Moby - Best of the Beast Iron Maiden Compilation Louder Than Hell Manowar Europe Londinium Archive - Dance Hall at Louse Point PJ Harvey and John Parish -24 Acid Bubblegum Graham Parker - All the Nations Airports Archers of Loaf - Everything Sucks Descendents - FYULABA SNFU - The Garden Merril Bainbridge US The Genius of Komeda Komeda - Illadelph Halflife The Roots - Pinkerton Weezer - Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow - Susanna Hoffs Susanna Hoffs - That Thing You Do! Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack Walking on Locusts John Cale - Who Can You Trust? Morcheeba -27 How Bizarre OMC - Northern Exposure Sasha and Digweed DJ mix30 Signify Porcupine Tree - First Grand Constitution and Bylaws Secret Chiefs 3 - Way Beyond Blue Catatonia Debut October–December DateAlbumArtistNotes OCTOBER1 At the Speed of Life Xzibit - Belly to Belly Warrant - Black Dots Bad Brains - Comic Book Whore Jane Jensen Debut A Few Small Repairs Shawn Colvin - Fountains of Wayne Fountains of Wayne Debut From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah Nirvana Live Compilation The Graveyard King Diamond - Greatest Hits Thompson Twins Compilation The Moment Kenny G - The Natural Bridge Silver Jews - Soul on Ice Ras Kass - This Is the Time Michael Bolton Christmas Yourself or Someone Like You Matchbox 20 Debut A Worm's Life Crash Test Dummies -2 Black Earth Arch Enemy -4 Angry Machines Dio Japan7 Broken China Richard Wright -8 Antichrist Superstar Marilyn Manson - All Because of You Daryle Singletary - Baja Sessions Chris Isaak - Brown P.O.D. - Cheer Up Plexi Debut Christmas Island Jimmy Buffett Christmas Club Chipmunk: The Dance Mixes The Chipmunks - East Side Militia Chemlab - Factory Showroom They Might Be Giants - Ginuwine... the Bachelor Ginuwine - Karen Carpenter Karen Carpenter - No Doubt 702 - No Talking, Just Head The Heads Members of Talking Heads Satan Is Real Again, or Feeling Good About Bad Thoughts Country Teasers - Sunburnt Martin Phillipps and The Chills - Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison Van Morrison, Georgie Fame, Mose Allison and Ben Sidran - The Third Rail Railroad Jerk - Under These Rocks and Stones Chantal Kreviazuk CAN11 The Starres Are Marching Sadly Home (Theinmostlightthirdandfinal) Current 93 EP14 Like Gods of the Sun My Dying Bride - Interpreter Julian Cope - Ivy and the Big Apples Spiderbait - Sutras Donovan -15 Billy Breathes Phish - Breathe Midnight Oil - Car Button Cloth The Lemonheads - Corey Hart Corey Hart - Genius of America The Tubes - Justus The Monkees - Kind Hearted Woman Michelle Shocked - Life Is Peachy Korn - No Doy Moe - Now I Got Worry The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Overnight Sensation Motörhead - The Past Didn't Go Anywhere Ani DiFranco and Utah Philips - Recovering the Satellites Counting Crows - Red Hot + Rio Various Artists Red Hot Organization AIDS benefit Shack-man Medeski, Martin & Wood - Stories Told & Untold Bad Company - This Fire Paula Cole - Wiseblood Corrosion of Conformity - Wrath of the Math Jeru the Damaja -19 Trailer Park Beth Orton -21 Dance into the Light Phil Collins - Young in Love Aaron Pritchett -22 12 Soulful Nights of Christmas Jermaine Dupri Christmas Autobiography of Mistachuck Chuck D - Bow Down Westside Connection - Business Is Business PMD - Firing Squad M.O.P. - Get Off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire Firewater Debut Motel California Ugly Kid Joe - Public Cowboy #1: The Music of Gene Autry Riders in the Sky - Remember Rusted Root - Soundtracks for the Blind Swans - Time Will Reveal Above the Law - Trial by Fire Journey - Truth Crushed to Earth Shall Rise Again House of Pain -23 Actual Fantasy Ayreon -24 Goatlord Darkthrone Demo25 Long Season Fishmans - Thank God for Mental Illness The Brian Jonestown Massacre -28 The Beatles Anthology, Volume 3 The Beatles Compilation; UK Evita Madonna Soundtrack Keys to Ascension Yes Studio + Live A Different Beat Boyzone - Hubert Kah Hubert Kah -29 Space Jam: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture Various Artists Soundtrack Romeo + Juliet Various Artists Soundtrack American Hardcore L.A. Guns - Among My Swan Mazzy Star - Archaeology The Rutles - Being There Wilco Double album Danzig 5: Blackacidevil Danzig - Da Storm O.G.C. - Everything I Love Alan Jackson - Fever In Fever Out Luscious Jackson - From I Extreme II Another II D Extreme - Ironman Ghostface Killah - Mic City Sons Heatmiser - Skillet Skillet -31 Back in the Shootin' Match Ace Troubleshooter - Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. Slipknot -? The Acoustic Album Toyah - Hacked Up for Barbecue Mortician - NOVEMBER4 Around the World Hit Singles: The Journey So Far East 17 Compilation Dahlia X Japan - Richard D. James Album Aphex Twin http://warp.net/releases/richard-d-james-album/ Warp Aphex Twin Richard D. James Album 23 April 2015 Spice Spice Girls Debut5 II The Presidents of the United States of America - Beavis and Butt-head Do America: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory Makaveli - Early Recordings Joan Osborne - Just the Same Terri Clark - The Politics of Ecstasy Nevermore - Ride the Fader Chavez - Star Bright Vanessa Williams Christmas Take You There k-os - Tierna La Noche Fey - Unchained Johnny Cash - Unknown Country The Clean -8 Sahra Khaled –11 Voice of Love Diana Ross Compilation +3 new tracks Dizzy Heights The Lightning Seeds – Spice Spice Girls US Pre-Millennium Tension Tricky -12 About to Choke Vic Chesnutt - Beat Bowery Electric - Tha Doggfather Snoop Doggy Dogg - Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1 Chaka Khan Compilation Hard Core Lil' Kim Debut Infinite Eminem Debut Losing Streak Less Than Jake - Nico Blind Melon Compilation Paegan Terrorism Tactics Acid Bath - 18 Dusk and Her Embrace Cradle of Filth - Beloved Glay - If You're Feeling Sinister Belle & Sebastian - Now That's What I Call Music! 35 (UK series) Various Artists Compilation19 Daylight: Music from the Motion Picture Ralph Edelman and Various Artists Soundtrack Dru Hill Dru Hill - Emancipation Prince 3xCD Hell on Earth Mobb Deep - House of Music Tony! 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Bis EP Envy of Angels The Mutton Birds - Further Along The Dubliners - Live Around the World Meat Loaf LiveDECEMBER1 Hi Scores Boards of Canada EP2 Telling Everybody Human Nature -3 Christmas on Death Row Various Artists Christmas Nerf Herder Nerf Herder - One Fierce Beer Coaster Bloodhound Gang - Punk-O-Rama Vol. 2 Various Artists Compilation10 Five Smokin' Tracks from Lit Lit EP Lama Rabi Rabi Ghost - Muddy Waters Redman - This Is Teen-C Power! Bis EP12TrueL'Arc-en-Ciel -16 Machines Against the Rage TISM Live17 666.667 Club Noir Désir -18ImaginatorNelsonJapanese release date Release date unknown All the Pretty Little Horses – Current 93 Better Can't Make Your Life Better – Lilys Bleed Your Cedar – Elysian Fields Blend – BoDeans Boc Maxima – Boards of Canada Chixdiggit! – Chixdiggit Classics – Joey Beltram The Closing Chronicles – Nightingale Corey Hart – Corey Hart Dead Man Walking – Various Artists Digilogue (compact disc version) – :zoviet*France: Creature – Moist Eleventeen (EP) – Eve 6 Experiment Zero – Man or Astro-man? Garibaldi Guard! – U.S. Bombs G. – Gotthard Get Fired Up – Murk Get Your Legs Broke – Len Hamsters of Rock (EP) – Spacehog Hank Plays Holly – Hank Marvin Hank Plays Live – Hank Marvin Introducing Save Ferris (EP) – Save Ferris Irène Schweizer & Han Bennink – Irène Schweizer and Han Bennink Katatonia/Primordial – Katatonia/Primordial La Passione – Chris Rea Lucky – Skin Lynda – Lynda Thomas Petitioning the Empty Sky – Converge A Man Amongst Men – Bo Diddley Message from Home – Pharoah Sanders Moss Elixir – Robyn Hitchcock Music of Hair – Andrew Bird Mystic Journey – Arlo Guthrie Nénette et Boni – Tindersticks Neu! '72 Live in Düsseldorf – Neu! Notwithstanding – Chalk FarM Out of the Everywhere – Angie Aparo Remy Zero – Remy Zero The Secret Vampire Soundtrack – Bis – EP Shady Grove – Jerry Garcia & David Grisman Shakespearean Fish – Melanie Doane Silent Steeples – Dispatch Six Pence for the Sauces (EP) – Drake Tungsten The Smiths Is Dead – Various Artists – The Smiths tribute Tao of the One Inch Punch – One Inch Punch Time – Steeleye Span Using Sickness as a Hero – Human Remains Wild Hog in the Red Brush – John Hartford XTC – Anthony Hamilton Biggest hit singles The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1996. # Artist Title Year Country Chart entries 1 Spice Girls "Wannabe" 1996 UK UK 1 – Jul 1996, US BB 1 of 1997, Netherlands 1 – Aug 1996, Sweden 1 – Aug 1996, Switzerland 1 – Aug 1996, Norway 1 – Aug 1996, Germany 1 – Aug 1996, Republic of Ireland 1 – Aug 1996, New Zealand 1 for 1 week Nov 1996, Australia 1 for 11 weeks Jan 1997, US BB 3 of 1997, POP 3 of 1997, Austria 4 – Aug 1996, Australia 5 of 1996, Poland 22 – Aug 1996, Italy 31 of 1996, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1996, Scrobulate 59 of pop, RYM 94 of 1996, Germany 170 of the 1990s, OzNet 963, Acclaimed 1504 2 Los Del Rio "Macarena" 1995 Spain US BB 1 of 1996, Netherlands 1 – Aug 1993, Austria 1 – Feb 1996, Switzerland 1 – Mar 1996, Germany 1 – Apr 1996, Australia 1 for 9 weeks Nov 1996, UK 2 – Jul 1996, US BB 2 of 1996, Norway 2 – Jun 1996, Australia 2 of 1996, POP 2 of 1996, Global 7 (10 M sold) – 1993, Sweden 8 – Jun 1996, Germany 26 of the 1990s, Party 102 of 2007 3 Fugees "Killing Me Softly with His Song" 1996 US UK 1 - Jun 1996 (20 weeks), Holland 1 - Jun 1996 (15 weeks), Finland 1 for 7 weeks - Jul 1996, Austria 1 - Jul 1996 (5 months), Switzerland 1 - Jun 1996 (27 weeks), Norway 1 - Jun 1996 (18 weeks), Belgium 1 - Jul 1996 (17 weeks), Italy 1 for 6 weeks - Jul 1996, Germany 1 - Jun 1996 (5 months), New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks - May 1996, Australia 1 for 7 weeks - Jun 1996, Europe 1 for 8 weeks - Jul 1996, Sweden 5 - Aug 1996 (4 weeks), Switzerland 6 of 1996, Italy 6 of 1996, Brazil 11 of 1996, Japan (Tokyo) 12 - Apr 1996 (22 weeks), US Radio 15 of 1996 (peak 1 16 weeks), POP 21 of 1996 4 Celine Dion "Because You Loved Me" 1996 Canada US Billboard 1 – Mar 1996 (33 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 1 – Mar 1996 (19 weeks), Australia 1 of 1996, Australia 1 for 3 weeks – Aug 1996, ASCAP song of 1996, Oscar in 1996 (film 'Up Close & Personal') (Nominated), Grammy in 1996 (Nominated), Golden Globe in 1996 (film 'Up Close & Personal') (Nominated), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Apr 1996), US BB 3 of 1996, Switzerland 3 – Jun 1996 (32 weeks), ARC 4 of 1996 (peak 1 22 weeks), Holland 4 – May 1996 (15 weeks), Poland 4 – May 1996 (20 weeks), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1996), POP 4 of 1996, UK 5 – Jun 1996 (16 weeks), Belgium 5 – Jun 1996 (16 weeks), US Radio 9 of 1996 (peak 1 21 weeks), Japan (Osaku) 11 of 1996 (peak 2 22 weeks), Sweden 12 – Aug 1996 (4 weeks), Germany 13 – Oct 1996 (3 months), Brazil 19 of 1996, Switzerland 20 of 1996, Austria 23 – Jun 1996 (3 weeks), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Jun 1996), Party 134 of 1999 5 Toni Braxton "Un-Break My Heart" 1996 US US Billboard 1 - Oct 1996 (42 weeks), Sweden 1 - Nov 1996 (12 weeks), Brazil 1 of 1997, Switzerland 1 - Dec 1996 (29 weeks), Poland 1 - Nov 1996 (26 weeks), Europe 1 for 2 weeks - Jan 1997, UK 2 - Nov 1996 (19 weeks), Holland 2 - Oct 1996 (19 weeks), Norway 2 - Dec 1996 (23 weeks), Belgium 2 - Jan 1997 (22 weeks), Germany 2 - Jan 1997 (6 months), ODK Germany 2 - Nov 1996 (31 weeks) (14 weeks in top 10), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Dec 1996), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Jan 1997), US BB 4 of 1997, Austria 4 - Jan 1997 (5 months), France Gold (certified by SNEP in Jun 1997), Switzerland 7 of 1997, ARC 8 of 1996 (peak 1 19 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 9 - Nov 1996 (26 weeks) Top 40 Chart hit singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) US UK Highest chart position Other Chart Performance(s)"1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" Coolio February 1996 5 13 2 (Iceland, New Zealand) See chart performance entry"1979" The Smashing Pumpkins January 1996 12 16 2 (Canada, Iceland) See chart performance entry*"All By Myself" Céline Dion December 1996 4 6 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry"Always Be My Baby" Mariah Carey May 1996 1 3 1 (Canada, United States) See chart performance entry"Bailando" Paradisio September 1996 n/a n/a 1 (5 countries) See chart performance entry"Cosmic Girl" Jamiroquai November 1996 n/a 6 2 (Belgium) See chart performance entry"Firestarter" The Prodigy March 1996 30 1 1 (5 countries) See chart performance entry Other Chart hit singles 30em "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" - 2Pac & Snoop Dogg "A Design for Life" - Manic Street Preachers "Ahead by a Century" – The Tragically Hip "Aicha" – Khaled "Beautiful Ones" – Suede "The Beautiful People" – Marilyn Manson "Because You Loved Me" – Celine Dion "Before" – Pet Shop Boys "Betcha by Golly, Wow" – Prince "Between You And Me" – dc Talk "Beyond the Invisible" – Enigma "Big Bang Baby" – Stone Temple Pilots "Blue Jeans" – Lynda Thomas "Bohemian Rhapsody" - The Braids "Boomerang" – Blümchen "Born Slippy .NUXX" – Underworld "Bound for the Floor" – Local H "Brain Stew / Jaded" – Green Day "Break My Stride" – Unique II "Breakfast at Tiffany's" – Deep Blue Something "Breathe" – The Prodigy "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" – The Smashing Pumpkins "Bulls on Parade" – Rage Against the Machine "Burden in My Hand" – Soundgarden "California Love" – Tupac Shakur / Dr. Dre "Champagne Supernova" – Oasis "Change the World" – Eric Clapton "Charmless Man" – Blur "Child" – Mark Owen "Children" – Robert Miles "C'Mon N' Ride It (The Train)" – Quad City DJ's "Coco Jamboo" – Mr. President "Cold Rock a Party" – MC Lyte & Missy Elliott "Crash Into Me" – Dave Matthews Band "Crying in the Rain" – Culture Beat "Da Bomb" – Inner Circle "Dance into the Light" – Phil Collins "Desperately Wanting" – Better Than Ezra "Do You Know (What It Takes)" – Robyn "Don't Look Back in Anger" – Oasis "Don't Speak" – No Doubt "Don't Stop Movin'" – Livin' Joy "Down" – 311 "Drill Instructor" – Captain Jack "E-Bow the Letter" – R.E.M. & Patti Smith "El Amor No Tiene Edad" – Lynda Thomas "Everyday Is a Winding Road" – Sheryl Crow "Everything Falls Apart" – Dog's Eye View "Fable" – Robert Miles "Falling into You" – Celine Dion "Fastlove" – George Michael "Flava" – Peter Andre "Follow You Down" – Gin Blossoms "Forever Love" – Gary Barlow "Free as a Bird" – The Beatles "Freed from Desire" – Gala "Freedom" – Robbie Williams "Fu-Gee-La" – Fugees "Funky" – Tic Tac Toe "Get Down (You're the One for Me)" – Backstreet Boys "Get Money" – Junior M.A.F.I.A. "Gira Que Gira" – Lynda Thomas "Give Me One Reason" – Tracy Chapman "GoldenEye" – Tina Turner "Goldfinger" - Ash "Guilty" – Gravity Kills "Hand in My Pocket" – Alanis Morissette "Head over Feet" – Alanis Morissette "Heaven" – U96 "Heaven Beside You" – Alice in Chains "Hero of the Day" – Metallica "How Bizarre" – OMC "How Can You Live With Yourself" – The Tubes "How Deep Is Your Love" – Take That "How Do U Want It" – Tupac Shakur "I Ain't Mad at Cha" – 2Pac "I Believe I Can Fly" – R. Kelly "I Belong to You" – Gina G "I Can't Help Myself" – The Kelly Family "I Don't Wanna Be a Star" – Corona "I Feel You" - Peter Andre "I Give You My Heart" – Mr. President "I Love You Always Forever" – Donna Lewis "I Need You" – 3T "I Want to Come Over" – Melissa Etheridge "I Want You Back" – 'N Sync "Ich Find' Dich Scheisse" – Tic Tac Toe "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" – Nas & Lauryn Hill "If It Makes You Happy" – Sheryl Crow "If You Ever" – East 17 & Gabrielle "If Your Girl Only Knew" – Aaliyah "I'll Never Break Your Heart" – Backstreet Boys "I'll Stick Around" – Foo Fighters "I'm Raving" – Scooter "In the Meantime" – Spacehog "Insomnia" – Faithless "Ironic" – Alanis Morissette "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" – Celine Dion "It's Oh So Quiet" – Björk "Jealousy" – Natalie Merchant "Jesus to a Child" – George Michael "Keep On Jumpin'" – Todd Terry & Martha Wash & Jocelyn Brown "Killing Me Softly With His Song" – Fugees "King of New Orleans" – Better Than Ezra "King Nothing" – Metallica "Kleiner Satellit (Piep, Piep)" – Blümchen "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" - Dunblane "Last Night" – Az Yet "Let's Make a Night to Remember" – Bryan Adams "Lemon Tree" – Fool's Garden "Loungin" – LL Cool J & Total "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" – Madonna "Love Message" – Love Message "Macarena" – Los Del Mar "Macarena" – Los Del Rio "Mama Said" – Metallica "Mysterious Girl" – Peter Andre "Name" – Goo Goo Dolls "Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry" – Ace of Base "A Neverending Dream" – X-Perience "Nobody" – Keith Sweat & Athena Cage "Nobody Knows" – The Tony Rich Project "No Diggity" – Blackstreet & Dr. Dre "Novocaine for the Soul" – Eels "No Woman No Cry" – Fugees "Number One" – Alexia "Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)" - Hootie & the Blowfish "One and One" – Robert Miles "One by One" – Cher "One Headlight" – The Wallflowers "One in a Million" – Aaliyah "One More Chance" – Madonna "One Sweet Day" – Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" – Bryan Adams "Ooh Aah...Just a Little Bit" – Gina G "Open Arms" – Mariah Carey "Over Now" – Alice in Chains "Paparazzi" - Xzibit "Pepper" – Butthole Surfers "Peaches" – The Presidents of the United States of America "People of the Sun" – Rage Against the Machine "Pony" – Ginuwine "Popular" – Nada Surf "Pray" – DJ BoBo "Pretty Noose" – Soundgarden "Professional Widow" – Tori Amos "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" – Backstreet Boys "Reach" – Gloria Estefan "Ready or Not" – Fugees "Real Love" – The Beatles "Rebel Yell" – Scooter "Return of the Mack" – Mark Morrison "Roses Are Red" – Aqua "Salva Mea" – Faithless "Salvation" – The Cranberries "Se a vida e (That's the Way Life Is)" – Pet Shop Boys "Setting Sun" – The Chemical Brothers "Seven Days and One Week" – B.B.E. "Sexy Eyes" – Whigfield "Sinnerman" – Extra Fancy "Slight Return" – The Bluetones "So Strung Out" – C-Block "Soldier, Soldier" – Captain Jack "Spaceman" – Babylon Zoo "Spinning the Wheel" – George Michael "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" – Primitive Radio Gods "Stranger in Moscow" – Michael Jackson "Street Dreams" – Nas "Stupid Girl" – Garbage "Summer Is Crazy" – Alexia "Take Cover" – Mr. Big "Tattva" – Kula Shaker "Tha Crossroads" – Bone Thugs-N-Harmony "That Girl" – Maxi Priest & Shaggy "That Thing You Do!" – The Wonders "That's What My Love Is For" – Anne Murray & Aaron Neville "The 13th" – The Cure "Theme from Mission: Impossible" – Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen "They Don't Care About Us" – Michael Jackson "Three Lions" – Baddiel & Skinner & Lightning Seeds "Tic, Tic Tac" – Carrapicho "Time to Say Goodbye" – Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman "Throw These Guns Away" - Dunblane "To Love You More" – Celine Dion "Tonight, Tonight" – The Smashing Pumpkins "Trash" – Suede "Tucker's Town" – Hootie & the Blowfish "Twisted" – Keith Sweat "Un-Break My Heart" – Toni Braxton "Until It Sleeps" – Metallica "Vapors" – Snoop Doggy Dogg "Verpiss' dich" – Tic Tac Toe "Virtual Insanity" – Jamiroquai "Walking on the Milky Way" – OMD "Wannabe" – Spice Girls "We've Got It Goin' On" – Backstreet Boys "When You're Gone" – The Cranberries "What I Got" – Sublime "Whatever You Want" – Tina Turner "What's Love Got to Do with It" – Warren G "Where Do You Go" – No Mercy "Where It's At" – Beck "Who Wants to Live Forever" – Dune "Who Will Save Your Soul" – Jewel "Who You Are" – Pearl Jam "Why" – 3T & Michael Jackson "Wonder" – Natalie Merchant "Wonderwall" – Oasis "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check" – Busta Rhymes "Words" – Boyzone "Wrong" – Everything but the Girl "The X-Files" – DJ Dado "The X-Files" – Mark Snow "You Don't Fool Me" – Queen "You Learn" – Alanis Morissette "You Must Love Me" – Madonna "You Oughta Know" – Alanis Morissette "You Showed Me" – The Lightning Seeds "You Were Meant For Me" – Jewel "You're Makin' Me High" – Toni Braxton "Zehn kleine Jagermeister" – Die Toten Hosen "Zero" – The Smashing Pumpkins Notable singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) Other Chart Performance(s)"1979" The Smashing Pumpkins January 1996 See chart performance entry Other Notable singles 30em "Elevator Song" – Dubstar Classical music Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen – Trumpet Concerto No. 2 Michael Berkeley – Viola Concerto (revised) Elliott Carter – Clarinet Concerto Mario Davidovsky – Quartet No. 2 for oboe, violin, viola, violoncello Peter Maxwell Davies – Strathclyde Concerto No 10: Concerto for Orchestra Symphony No. 6 Joël-François Durand – Les raisons des forces mouvantes for organ Lorenzo Ferrero – My Piece of Africa, for violin, viola, violoncello, and contrabass Francesco Filidei – Danza macabra, for organ Joep Franssens Sanctus for orchestra Winter Child for piano Vinko Globokar – Oblak Semen, for trombone Alexander Goehr – Viola Concerto Sofia Gubaidulina – Viola Concerto Hans Werner Henze – Labyrinth (revision of 1951 work) Wojciech Kilar – Agnus Dei for mixed choir a cappella Piano Concerto No. 1 Frederik Magle – Christmas cantata: A newborn child, before eternity, God! John Pickard – Third Symphony David Sawer – Tiroirs John Serry Sr. – Five Children's Pieces, for piano Juan Maria Solare – Diez Estudios Escénicos Karlheinz Stockhausen – Orchester-Finalisten Opera Lorenzo Ferrero – La nascita di Orfeo Daron Hagen – Vera of Las Vegas Franz Hummel – Gesualdo (14 January 1996, Kaiserslautern)Eckhard Roelcke, "Mördermusik", Die Zeit 1996, no. 5 (26 January). James MacMillan – Inés de Castro Michael Obst – Solaris (4 December, Muffathalle, Munich Biennale)Eleanore Buening, "Die Soap mit den Aliens", Die Zeit 1996, no. 51 (13 December). Karlheinz Stockhausen – Freitag aus Licht (12 September, Leipzig Opera)Heinz Josef Herbort, "Erlösung trotz alledem: Freitag, Karlheinz Stockhausens fünfte LICHT-Oper, in Leipzig uraufgeführt", Die Zeit 1996, no. 39 (20 September). Jazz 1996 in jazz Musical theater Chicago (Kander and Ebb) – Broadway revival A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Stephen Sondheim) – Broadway revival I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change – off Broadway production The King and I (Rodgers and Hammerstein) – Broadway revival Once Upon a Mattress – Broadway revival Rent (Jonathan Larson) – Broadway production opened at the Nederlander Theatre and ran until 2008 State Fair – Broadway production opened at the Music Box Theatre and ran for 110 performances Musical films Aur Ek Prem Kahani Everyone Says I Love You Evita Glastonbury the Movie Grace of My Heart Hommage à Noir The Hunchback of Notre Dame Hype! James and the Giant Peach Saajan Chale Sasural That Thing You Do! Births January 1 Kun, Chinese singer (WayV) Stunna 4 Vegas, American rapper and songwriter January 3 Florence Pugh, English actress and singer-songwriter MohBad, Nigerian musician (d. 2023) January 12 – Ella Henderson, English singer and songwriter January 13 – Lauren Sanderson, American singer-songwriter January 15 – Dove Cameron, American actress and singer January 16 – Jennie Kim, South Korean rapper, singer, and model (Blackpink) January 17 – Alma, Finnish singer, songwriter, music producer, musician and activist January 23 – Chachi Gonzales, American actress and dancer January 25 - Calum Hood, Australian musician and singer (5 Seconds of Summer). January 27 – Braeden Lemasters, American actor, musician, voice actor, and singer (Wallows) January 28 – Emily Piriz, American singer January 31 – Master KG, South African DJ, singer and record producer February 1 – Doyoung, South Korean singer (NCT) February 2 – Remi Wolf, American singer-songwriter February 3 – Rhap Salazar, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor February 5 – Fireboy DML, Nigerian singer February 6 – Dalton Rapattoni, American singer February 8 – Joichiro Fujiwara, Japanese singer (Naniwa Danshi) February 9 Chungha, South Korean singer Kelli Berglund, American actress, singer and dancer February 19 Mabel, Spanish-born Swedish-British singer-songwriter and activist Ashnikko, American singer, songwriter, rapper and activist February 24 – Cristian Imparato, Italian singer February 27 – Ten, Thai singer and dancer (WayV) February 29 – Jony, Azerbaijani-Russian singer March 2 - Reve (singer), Canadian singer-songwriter March 3 – Jeremy Zucker, American singer March 12 – Aristo Sham, Hong Kong classical pianist March 17 – Tokischa, Dominican rapper, internet entertainer, and performance artist (Close with Madonna) March 24 – Jack Edward Johnson, pop rap musician in duo Jack & Jack March 26 Kathryn Bernardo, Filipina singer and actress Fredo Bang, American rapper April 2 – Zach Bryan, American singer-songwriter, activist, and USA Navy veteran April 3 – Sarah Jeffery Canadian actress, dancer and singer April 4 – Austin Mahone, American singer April 5 – Mura Masa, a Guernsey-born electronic music producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist April 10 – Loïc Nottet, Belgian singer April 11 – Summer Walker, American singer-songwriter April 14 – Abigail Breslin, American singer and actress April 18 Clau, Brazilian singer Ski Mask the Slump God, American rapper and songwriter April 19 – Sam Woolf, American singer May 1 – Mahalia (singer), British singer, songwriter and actress May 5 – Jax (singer), American singer-songwriter May 6 – Ocasional Talento, Bolivian rapper (d. 2025) May 9 – 6ix9ine, American rapper May 10 – Pressa, Canadian rapper May 14 Martin Garrix – Dutch DJ and record producer Cole Bennett, American music video director and videographer May 15 – Birdy (singer), English musician, singer and songwriter May 16 – Baby Tate (rapper), American rapper, singer, and record producer May 19 - BlocBoy JB, American rapper and songwriter May 31 – Normani Kordei, American singer, songwriter and dancer (Fifth Harmony) June 2 – Morissette, Filipino singer and songwriter June 4 – Skip Marley, Jamaican singer (son of Cedella Marley and David Minto) June 7 – Shane Eagle, South African rapper and songwriter June 10 – Wen Junhui, Chinese singer, dancer, and actor (Seventeen) June 15 Aurora, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer Hoshi, South Korean singer and dancer (Seventeen) June 19 – Priscilla Alcantara, Brazilian singer June 25 – Lele Pons, Venezuelan-American internet personality, actress, singer, dancer and host June 27 – Lauren Jauregui, American singer, songwriter and dancer (Fifth Harmony) July 2 – Beret, Spanish pop singer July 11 – Alessia Cara, Canadian singer-songwriter July 13 – Jena Irene, American singer-songwriter July 16 Kevin Abstract, American rapper, singer and songwriter (Brockhampton) Chayce Beckham, American singer Luke Hemmings, Australian singer-songwriter and musician (5 Seconds of Summer) Marthe De Pillecyn, Belgian singer and actress members of (K3) July 17 – Wonwoo, South Korean rapper and singer (Seventeen) July 18 – Yung Lean, Swedish rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer July 23 Danielle Bradbery, American country pop singer Klava Koka, Russian singer August 1 Cymphonique Miller, American actress and singer Ellona Santiago, Filipino-American singer August 8 – Phoebus Ng, Hong Kong singer and actor (P1X3L) August 19 - Katja Glieson, an Australian-German singer September 1 – Zendaya, American actress, singer and dancer September 3 – Joy, South Korean singer, actress and host September 5 – Sigrid, Norwegian singer-songwriter September 6 – Lil Xan, American rapper September 10 – Jack Finnegan Gilinsky, pop rap musician in duo Jack & Jack September 11 – Swarmz, British Rapper September 16 - Baka Prase, Serbian rapper, YouTuber, internet personality, actor and entertainer September 17 – Slayyyter, American musician September 19 Pia Mia, Guamanian singer, songwriter and model Sabrina Claudio. American singer and songwriter September 26 – Marina Sena, Brazilian singer September 27 – Mk.gee, American singer-songwriter, music producer, and multi-instrumentalist October 1 – Shenseea, Jamaican dancehall reggae performer and deejay October 7 – Lewis Capaldi, Scottish comedian, singer-songwriter, musician and activist October 10 – Oscar Zia, Swedish singer-songwriter October 14 Lourdes Leon, (Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon), American fashion model, dancer and singer. (first child of Madonna) (As of August 2022, Leon began releasing her music under the moniker Lolahol.) Madison Cunningham, American singer, songwriter and guitarist. October 15 – Zelo, South Korean rapper October 29 Emilia Mernes, Argentine singer Astrid S, Norwegian singer-songwriter-model October 30 – Mizuki Fukumura, Japanese actress and singer (Morning Musume) November 1 Lil Peep, American rapper (d. 2017) Jeongyeon, South Korean singer (TWICE) November 6 – Stefanie Scott, American actress and singer November 7 – Lorde, New Zealand singer-songwriter November 9 – Momo Hirai, Japanese singer and dancer (TWICE) November 19 – RiceGum, American YouTube personality, comedian and musician. November 23 – Lia Marie Johnson, American actress, singer, and Internet personality December 1 – MC Cheung Tin-fu, Hong Kong singer and actor November 6 - Talia Mar, English singer-songwriter and internet personality December 9 – AleXa, Korean-American singer. December 11 Hailee Steinfeld, American actress and singer-songwriter Clementine Creevy, American singer-songwriter, actor, musician and model December 12 Gabi Martins, Brazilian singer and songwriter Samia (musician), American musician, singer-songwriter and actress December 17 – Kungs, French DJ, record producer and musician December 29 Dylan Minnette, American actor, musician and singer (Wallows) Sana Minatozaki, Japanese singer and dancer (TWICE) December 30 - Stephanie Del Valle, a Puerto Rican musician, model and beauty queen Unknown: Alaska Reid, American singer-songwriter and producer Dora Jar, American bedroom pop musician Deaths January 20 – Gerry Mulligan, saxophonist, 68 January 21 – the London Boys: Edem Ephraim, 36 Dennis Fuller, 36 January 25 – Jonathan Larson, composer and writer of the hit Broadway musical Rent, 35 (aortic aneurysm) January 26 – Henry Lewis, American bassist and conductor, 63 (heart attack) January 30 – Bob Thiele, record producer, 73 February 2 – Gene Kelly, actor and dancer, 83 February 3 – Audrey Meadows, American actress and singer, 73 February 7 – Boris Tchaikovsky, composer, 70 February 15 – Wild Jimmy Spruill, guitarist, 61 February 16 – Brownie McGhee, blues singer and guitarist, 80 February 17 – Evelyn Laye, English actress and singer, 95 February 20 – Toru Takemitsu, composer, 65 February 21 – Morton Gould, composer, conductor, arranger and ASCAP President, 82 February 26 – Mieczysław Weinberg, composer, 76 March 4 – Minnie Pearl, comedian and country musician, 83 March 15 – Olga Rudge, violinist, 101 March 22 – Don Murray, drummer (The Turtles), 50 (post-operative complications) March 31 – Jeffrey Lee Pierce, singer and songwriter (The Gun Club), 37 April 2 – Booba Barnes, blues singer and guitarist, 59 (cancer) April 18 – Bernard Edwards (Chic), 43 (pneumonia) May 8 – Celedonio Romero, leader of the Romeros guitar quartet, 83 May 10 – Ethel Smith, organist, 93 May 11 – Walter Hyatt, singer-songwriter, 46 May 17 Kevin Gilbert, studio engineer, songwriter with Toy Matinee, Tuesday Night Music Club, 29 (asphyxiation) Johnny "Guitar" Watson – guitarist, 61 (myocardial infarction) May 25 – Brad Nowell, lead singer and guitarist of Sublime, 28 (heroin overdose) May 30 – John Kahn, rock bassist, 48 June 15 – Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer, 79 June 20 – Jim Ellison, singer and guitarist of Material Issue, 32 July 12 – Jonathan Melvoin, touring keyboardist for The Smashing Pumpkins, 34 (heroin overdose) July 16 – John Panozzo, drummer for Styx and brother of Chuck Panozzo, 47 July 17 Chas Chandler (The Animals), 57 (heart attack) Marcel Dadi, French country and western guitarist, 44 (in the crash of TWA Flight 800) July 22 – Rob Collins, original keyboardist of The Charlatans, 33 July 29 – Jason Thirsk, Pennywise bassist, 28 (suicide) August 11 – Mel Taylor, drummer (The Ventures), 62 (cancer) August 13 – David Tudor, pianist and composer, 70 August 14 Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor, 84 Al Cleveland, songwriter and producer, 66 (heart disease) August 16 – Miles Goodman, American film and television score composer, 47 August 23 – Jurriaan Andriessen, Dutch composer, 71 September 1 – Vagn Holmboe, Danish composer, 83 September 9 – Bill Monroe, bluegrass singer, composer, and mandolin player, 84 September 12 – Eleazar de Carvalho, Brazilian orchestral conductor and composer, 84 September 13 – Tupac Shakur, rapper, poet, actor, 25 (shot) September 28 – Bob Gibson, folk singer/songwriter, 64 October 2 – Joonas Kokkonen, Finnish composer, 75 October 6 – Ted Daffan, country musician, 84 October 11 – Renato Russo, lead singer and composer for Legião Urbana, 36 October 17 Berthold Goldschmidt, German composer, 93 Chris Acland, Lush drummer, 30 (suicide) November 2 – Eva Cassidy, American vocalist, 33 (skin cancer) November 5 – Eddie Harris, jazz saxophonist, pianist and organist, 62 November 10 – Manik Varma, Indian classical musician, 76 November 13 – Bill Doggett, jazz and R&B pianist and organist, 80 (heart attack) November 30 – Tiny Tim, musician, 64 December 5 – Wilf Carter, Canadian country musician, 91 December 10 – Faron Young, country singer, 64 December 15 – Dave Kaye, British pianist, 90 December 29 Mireille, French singer, 90 Jerry Knight, vocalist, bassist, songwriter and producer, 44 Awards 1996 Country Music Association Awards Eurovision Song Contest 1996 Grammy Awards of 1996 American Music Awards of 1996 1996 MTV Video Music Awards 1996 MTV Europe Music Awards Brit Awards 1996 Mercury Music Prize, awarded to Different Class, the album by Pulp. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: David Bowie, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Jefferson Airplane, Little Willie John, Pink Floyd, The Shirelles and The Velvet Underground. Glenn Gould Prize: Toru Takemitsu (laureate); Tan Dun (protégé) Charts Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1996 List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1996 List of number-one R&B singles of 1996 (U.S.) 1996 in British music#Charts List of Oricon number-one singles of 1996 List of number-one singles of 1996 (Canada) See also 1996 in music (UK) :Category:Record labels established in 1996 Triple J Hottest 100, 1996 References 30em Category:20th century in music Category:Music by year