1991 in music

none alt=Freddie Mercury dies of AIDS|thumb|Freddie Mercury dies of AIDS September 2020 1991 1991 music radio television film right|thumb|Trent Reznor at Lollapalooza 1991. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1991. Specific locations 1991 in British music 1991 in Norwegian music 1991 in Scandinavian music 1991 in South Korean music Specific genres 1991 in country music 1991 in heavy metal music 1991 in hip-hop music 1991 in Latin music 1991 in jazz 1991 in progressive rock Events section May 2026 Summary Although the year 1991 is the year that grunge music made its popular breakthrough, heavy metal was still the dominant form of rock music for the year.https://www.cnn.com/2011/09/23/showbiz/music/nirvana-nevermind/index.html 'Nevermind,' never again? Mark Morgenstein CNN 10 June 2018 Therefore, Nirvana's Nevermind, led by the surprise hit single "Smells Like Teen Spirit", was not the most popular U.S. album of the year. The most popular album was Metallica's self-titled "black album". Nirvana's success was eventually followed by other grunge bands like Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, and Stone Temple Pilots, as grunge climbed the U.S. charts for the next few years. Its success eventually ended the reign of the glam metal and other hard rock groups that enjoyed massive success in the 1980s like Mötley Crüe, Poison, Warrant, Cinderella, and Ratt, whose sales were still going strong by 1991. Also during the year, the rock band Guns N' Roses's popularity flourished with the release of their albums Use Your Illusion I & Use Your Illusion II, both selling over 15 million copies total. Def Leppard's next album Adrenalize, released in March 1992, would go on to reach multi-platinum status and prove to be the last major commercial success for 1980s hair metal. A Tribe Called Quest's Low End Theory is released this year; it would go on to be considered one of the best hip-hop albums of the 1990s. A Tribe Called Quest, along with De La Soul, Dream Warriors, Gang Starr and the Poor Righteous Teachers, help define what comes to be known as alternative rap with important releases this year. On November 24, the death of Freddie Mercury, who had confirmed to the press that he had AIDS only a day before his death,https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1991/nov/25/paulmyers Queen star dies after Aids statement Myers Paul 25 November 1991 The Guardian en 10 June 2018 came as a shock to millions of fans and the music industry. The remaining members of Queen formed the Mercury Phoenix Trust and the following year, a tribute concert would be staged in Wembley Stadium, in front of a sell-out crowd. Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" (released as a double A-side with "These Are the Days of Our Lives") went to number one for the second time in the U.K.. It is also the only time a single has gone to number one more than once on the UK Christmas charts. During the year, Billboard started using Nielsen SoundScan for its sales source for the music charts. Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data for Nielsen on 1 March 1991. The 25 May issue of Billboard published Billboard 200 and Country Album charts based on SoundScan "piece count data," and the first Hot 100 chart to debut with the system was released on 30 November 1991. Previously, Billboard tracked sales by calling stores across the U.S. and asking about sales – a method that was inherently error-prone and open to outright fraud. Indeed, while transitioning from the calling to tracking methods, the airplay and sales charts (already monitored by Nielsen) and the Hot 100 (then still using the calling system) often did not match (for instance Paula Abdul's "Promise of a New Day" and Roxette's "Fading Like a Flower" reached much higher Hot 100 peaks than their actual sales and airplay would have allowed them to). Although most record company executives conceded that the new method was far more accurate than the old, the chart's volatility and its geographical balance initially caused deep concern, before the change and the market shifts it brought about were accepted across the industry. Tower Records, the country's second-largest retail chain, was originally not included in the sample because its stores are equipped with different technology to measure sales. At first, some industry executives complained that the new system – which relied on high-tech sales measurement rather than store employee estimates – was based on an inadequate sample, one that favored established and mainstream acts over newcomers. 1991 was also the year CCM, or contemporary Christian music, reached a new peak. Amy Grant, who had already crossed back and forth between CCM and Contemporary Pop in the mid-80s, achieved her first solo No. 1 hit on the pop charts with the hit single "Baby Baby", becoming the first single by a CCM artist to reach No. 1 (despite the fact the song was a pop song and was void of any Christian references). Another single, "That's What Love Is For", would also top the charts, this time in the Adult Contemporary field. Meanwhile, Grant's album Heart In Motion reaches No. 11 on the pop chart and No. 1 on the Christian chart despite its non-religious objective, and quickly becomes a best-seller. Another CCM crossover artist in 1991 is Michael W. Smith, who achieves a Top Ten pop hit with his single "Place In This World". The subsequent album, Go West Young Man, is also a hit. Jon Gibson's hit "Jesus Loves Ya" still holds the record as the longest playing hit single in Christian music history. The track spent eleven weeks at No. 1 and became the top selling CCM single of 1991.Love Education 5 June 1997 B000008P2A Only three artists received more airplay on Christian radio stations in that year other than Gibson; Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith and BeBe & CeCe Winans. The massive success of Garth Brooks in this year set the stage for the mid-1990s influx of pop-oriented country musicians. Several soon-to-be pivotal bands formed or released debut recordings, including Dave Matthews Band, Live, Phish, Spin Doctors and stoner metal (Kyuss, Sleep, The Obsessed). Massive Attack's Blue Lines, pioneered the sound that would eventually become known as trip hop. Entombed's Clandestine and Dismember's Like an Ever Flowing Stream were early releases from the Scandinavian metal scene. In the US, New York death metal band Suffocation released their debut full-length Effigy of the Forgotten, often considered one of the most influential of extreme metal albums. Trance music rose to prominence in the underground dance scene of Frankfurt, Germany, pioneered by such producers as Dance 2 Trance and Resistance D. U2 released their seventh album Achtung Baby, considered by many of their fans to be their best. Metallica's self-titled album was their most commercially successful, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers broke through to the mainstream with Blood Sugar Sex Magik. R.E.M. released their massive commercial breakthrough album Out of Time. January–March 8 January – Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark dies of respiratory failure from a lethal mixture of alcohol and prescription drugs. He was 30 years old. 15 January – An all-star rendition of the John Lennon song "Give Peace a Chance" is released, featuring Yoko Ono, Lenny Kravitz, Peter Gabriel, Alannah Myles and Tom Petty, Bonnie Raitt, billed as "The Peace Choir". The single was rushed to market in response to the imminent Gulf War. 16 January – The sixth annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is held in New York. The event goes forward despite a tense atmosphere caused by the US President's announcement of the Gulf War the same evening. The inductees are Ike & Tina Turner, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, LaVern Baker, The Byrds, The Impressions, Wilson Pickett and Howlin' Wolf. 18 January – Three people are crushed to death during an AC/DC concert in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, when audience members rush the stage. 18–27 January – The nine-day festival Rock in Rio II is held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The headliners are a-ha, Prince, INXS, Guns N' Roses, New Kids on the Block, George Michael and Happy Mondays. 19 January – Janet Jackson with the seventh single from Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814, "Love Will Never Do (Without You)", becomes the only artist to have seven singles from the same album chart in the top five. 27 January – Whitney Houston sings "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Super Bowl. The recording is then released in the United States and becomes a hit single. 31 January – DJ Magazine is launched under its new name.20 Years of DJ Mag – A Retrospective DJ Mag 9 October 2012 https://djmag.com/content/20-years-dj-mag-retrospective 25 September 2017 en 5 February – Queen release their final album of Freddie Mercury's lifetime, entitled Innuendo. This album includes the singles "The Show Must Go On", "Headlong", "These Are The Days Of Our Lives" and "Innuendo". 20 February – The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards are presented in New York, hosted by Garry Shandling. Quincy Jones' Back on the Block wins Album of the Year, Phil Collins' "Another Day in Paradise" wins Record of the Year and Bette Midler's version of "From a Distance" wins Song of the Year. Mariah Carey wins Best New Artist. 27 February – James Brown is granted an early parole and released from jail, following his arrest after a high-speed car chase through two states in 1989. Pop Will Eat Itself document the affair with their song, "Not Now James, We're Busy". 28 February – Hollywood's Record Plant Studios recording studio closes down. Among the albums recorded at the Record Plant were The Eagles' Hotel California, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life. 1 March – Nielsen SoundScan begins tracking sales data for Nielsen. 11 March – Janet Jackson signs a US$30 million contract with Virgin Records, making her the highest paid female recording artist ever. 12 March – R.E.M. release their seventh studio album, Out of Time. The album would serve as the band's breakthrough, catapulting the Georgia alternative rock band from cult status to an international act. 16 March – Seven members of country music singer Reba McEntire's band and her road manager are killed when their private plane crashes in California, near the U.S.-Mexico border. McEntire travels on a separate plane. The disaster inspires the title song of her next album, For My Broken Heart. 20 March Michael Jackson signs a contract with Sony for 1 billion dollars.https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/21/movies/michael-jackson-gets-thriller-of-deal-to-stay-with-sony.html Michael Jackson Gets Thriller of Deal To Stay With Sony Randall Rothenberg 21 March 1991 The New York Times Eric Clapton's four-year-old son, Conor, dies after falling 49 stories from a New York City apartment window; the event later inspires Clapton to write the hit single "Tears in Heaven". 24 March – The Black Crowes are dropped as the opening act of ZZ Top's tour for repeatedly insulting the tour's sponsor, Miller Beer. 27 March – New Kids on the Block star Donnie Wahlberg is arrested in Louisville, Kentucky for allegedly setting his hotel room on fire. 28 March – George Harrison, Phil Collins and others attend funeral services for Eric Clapton's late son, Conor. April–June 17 April – Nirvana perform "Smells Like Teen Spirit" live for the first time at the OK Hotel in Seattle, Washington. 28 April – Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York. 4 May – The Eurovision Song Contest 1991 is held in Rome, Italy, and Sweden's "Fångad av en stormvind" by Carola is declared the winner. 7 May – In Macon, Georgia, a judge dismisses a wrongful death lawsuit against Ozzy Osbourne. The suit was filed by a local couple that believed their son was inspired to attempt suicide by Osbourne's music. 10 May – Truth or Dare, a documentary chronicling singer Madonna's 1990 Blond Ambition Tour, is released to theatres. 24 May – Guns N' Roses kick off their 26-month world Use Your Illusion Tour in Alpine Valley in East Troy. 25 May – The Billboard 200 album chart starts incorporating electronically monitored sales data provided by Nielsen SoundScan. 28 May – The Smashing Pumpkins release their debut album Gish. 7 June – The American Broadcasting Company revives the late-night rock performance series In Concert. 21 June – The Mérida State Symphony Orchestra is founded in Venezuela. 28 June – Paul McCartney's classical composition, the Liverpool Oratorio, receives its premiere at the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral. July–September 2 July Launch of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music. Hollywood Bowl Orchestra gives its first public performance. During the Use Your Illusion Tour, Axl Rose assaults a member of the audience watching the show on camera, after security fails to respond to the singer's orders to confiscate the camera. After the attack, Rose angrily says, "Thanks to the lame-ass security, I'm goin' home!" and storms off the stage.http://www.spinner.com/2009/11/10/freakiest-concert-moments/ Slacker Radio Featured Slacker Radio 11 January 2010 6 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120306003531/http://www.spinner.com/2009/11/10/freakiest-concert-moments/ dead 13 July – Pianist Keith Jarrett records his Vienna Concert at the Vienna Staatsoper. 18 July – Perry Farrell launches the first Lollapalooza tour as a farewell for his just-dissolved band, Jane's Addiction. Other acts appearing on the tour include Siouxsie and the Banshees, Nine Inch Nails, Rollins Band, Fishbone and Rage Against the Machine. 12 August – Metallica release their most successful album, Metallica (also called "The Black Album"). Something of a departure from the thrash metal sound they helped pioneer, it becomes one of the best-selling albums of all timeRIAA.com Diamond Certified Albums https://web.archive.org/web/20060818085906/http://www.riaa.com/gp/bestsellers/diamond.asp 18 August 2006 15 August – Paul Simon's Concert in the Park takes place in Central Park. The free concert is broadcast live on HBO. 20 August – The six-day International Pop Underground Convention opens in Olympia, Washington. 27 August Dr. Dre pleads no contest to charges that he beat up a woman at a West Hollywood nightclub and is sentenced to 24 months probation. Pearl Jam release their debut album, Ten. While initially slow to sell, it reaches No. 2 on the Billboard charts within a year and is subsequently certified thirteen times Platinum in the United States.http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Albums&f=Top+Pop+Catalog Top Pop Catalog Billboard 2 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090404081837/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Albums&f=Top%2BPop%2BCatalog 4 April 2009 dead 10 September – Nirvana releases the single for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" 17 September – Rock band Guns N' Roses release their first full-length follow up to their debut album Appetite for Destruction in the form of the double album Use Your Illusion I & Use Your Illusion II. Both go on to sell a combined excess of 1.3 million on their first week of sale in the US alone. 23 September Primal Scream releases Screamadelica, which would go on to win the first Mercury Prize in 1992. The TV series Baywatch begins its second season with a new theme song performed and co-written by former Survivor member Jimi Jamison, "I'm Always Here". Bryan Adams releases his sixth album Waking Up the Neighbours produced by Mutt Lange, achieving diamond status in his native Canada for the second time. 24 September – Retrospectively considered by criticsCondran Ed September 21, 2021 Is Sept. 24, 1991, the greatest day in music history? https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/sep/21/is-sept-24-1991-the-greatest-day-in-music-history/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20210922141318/https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/sep/21/is-sept-24-1991-the-greatest-day-in-music-history/ September 22, 2021 August 11, 2024 The Spokesman-ReviewTedder Michael September 24, 2021 Memoria: The Most Consequential Release Date In Alt-Rock Was 30 Years Ago Today https://www.stereogum.com/2161757/nirvana-rhcp-pixies-sept-24-1991/columns/sounding-board/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20210924135353/https://www.stereogum.com/2161757/nirvana-rhcp-pixies-sept-24-1991/columns/sounding-board/ September 24, 2021 August 11, 2024 StereogumHart Ron September 24, 2021 September 24, 1991: A Banner Release Day for Musical Masterworks https://www.spin.com/2021/09/september-24-1991-a-banner-release-day-for-musical-masterworks/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20210924182304/https://www.spin.com/2021/09/september-24-1991-a-banner-release-day-for-musical-masterworks/ September 24, 2021 August 12, 2024 SpinSylvester Daniel September 19, 2021 Remembering September 24, 1991, the Day Underground Music Hit the Mainstream https://exclaim.ca/music/article/september_24_1991_greatest_album_release_day_nirvana_nevermind_red_hot_chili_peppers live https://web.archive.org/web/20210921005447/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/september_24_1991_greatest_album_release_day_nirvana_nevermind_red_hot_chili_peppers September 21, 2021 August 12, 2024 Exclaim! to be a seminal date in music history, as it sees the release of several key albums: Nevermind, the sophomore album from Seattle-based band Nirvana, which will go on to popularize the grunge movement. The Low End Theory, the sophomore album from hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest. Blood Sugar Sex Magik, the fifth album from funk rock band the Red Hot Chili Peppers, which, alongside Nevermind, also helps to popularize alternative rock. Trompe le Monde, the fourth album from alternative rock band the Pixies, their last before their breakup two years later. It will be the band's final full-length LP for 22 years. October–December 8 October – Soundgarden releases their breakout album Badmotorfinger. 3 November – A free tribute concert is held at Golden Gate Park in memory of concert promoter Bill Graham, killed in a helicopter crash three weeks earlier at the age of 60. Performers include Santana, Grateful Dead, Journey and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. 7 November Bryan Adams's 16-week stay at the top of the UK Singles Chart with "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)" is finally ended by U2 single "The Fly", having already set a new record for the longest consecutive stay at the top of the UK Singles Chart. Izzy Stradlin quits Guns N' Roses. Frank Zappa's children, Dweezil and Moon, announce to an audience in New York that their father is unable to attend the tribute concert to his music because he is seriously ill with prostate cancer. 12 November – Genesis release the album We Can't Dance in the United States. 14 November – The new Michael Jackson music video "Black or White" premieres simultaneously in 27 countries to an audience of 500 million people. Controversy is immediately generated by the video's last four minutes in which Jackson smashes windows, vandalizes a car and causes a building to explode, as well as suggestively grabs his crotch repeatedly while dancing. 19 November U2 release the album Achtung Baby in the United States. Luis Miguel releases Romance which revitalizes the popularity of boleros in the 1990s.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Ageless+romance+with+bolero.-a017482173 Ageless Romance with Bolero Holston Mark Américas Organization of American States 1 September 1995 21 March 2015 24 November – Freddie Mercury, lead singer of Queen, dies from AIDS-related complications at the age of 45, one day after making the disease public, in London. The same day, Eric Carr, formerly of Kiss, also dies from complications of heart cancer, in New York. 26 November – Michael Jackson releases his worldwide hit album Dangerous. It comes four years after Bad and goes on to sell more than 32 million copies worldwide. 30 November – Following in the steps of the Billboard 200, the Billboard Hot 100 also begins a new era by incorporating and merging electronically measured sales and airplay data from SoundScan and BDS respectively. 1 December A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert, featuring Kathleen Battle and Frederica von Stade, a jazz band led by Wynton Marsalis, and orchestra and chorus conducted by André Previn, is recorded for television. George Harrison plays Yokohama, Japan. The brief Japanese tour with Eric Clapton marks his first set of formal concert performances since 1974. 4 December – The Judds give their final concert performance as a duo. 14 December - The 20th OTI Festival, held at the es Centro Internacional Acapulco es Centroŵ de Convenciones no in Acapulco, Mexico, is won by the song "es ¿Adónde estás ahora? no", written by Claudia Brant and Sebastián Schon es, and performed by Brant herself representing Argentina. 17 December - Judge Kevin Thomas Duffy rules, in singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan's lawsuit against rapper Biz Markie, that all future samples must be cleared. 31 December – The twentieth annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with appearances by Boyz II Men, Simply Red, Vanessa L. Williams, Another Bad Creation, Restless Heart, Michael Bivins and Barry Manilow. Also in 1991 Aerosmith sign a new deal with Sony Music worth an estimated $30 million. The Rolling Stones sign a new contract with Virgin Records. Country music legend Kenny Rogers starts his restaurant chain, Kenny Rogers Roasters. Tupac Shakur's solo career begins with his first album, 2Pacalypse Now. Approximate date – Mangue Bit is originated in Recife, Brazil. Bands formed See Musical groups established in 1991 Bands disbanded See Musical groups disestablished in 1991 Bands reformed See Musical groups reestablished in 1991 Albums released :Category:1991 albums January–March DateAlbumArtistNotes JANUARY1 Industrial Pitchshifter Debut8 Back from Rio Roger McGuinn - Fly Me Courageous Drivin N Cryin -14 Soulside Journey Darkthrone Debut Solid Ball of Rock Saxon -15 8 Track Stomp Chickasaw Mudd Puppies - A Little Ain't Enough David Lee Roth - Quik Is the Name DJ Quik Debut Step In the Arena Gang Starr - This Is an EP Release Digital Underground -16 2nd Wind Todd Rundgren -21 1916 Motörhead - The Soul Cages Sting -22 You've Got to Stand for Something Aaron Tippin -24 Tyranny (For You) Front 242 -25 All True Man Alexander O'Neal -29 Into the Light Gloria Estefan - The Singles Collection The Specials Compilation Native Son Judybats - Candy Carol Book of Love - Divinyls Divinyls - Doubt Jesus Jones - Glad 'N Greasy Beat Farmers - Mo' Ritmo Gerardo Debut Party Mix!/Mesopotamia The B-52's Re-issue with remixes When You're a Boy Susanna Hoffs - Within the Veil Fear of God Debut Uncle Anesthesia Screaming Trees -? Heavenly vs. Satan Heavenly Debut FEBRUARY4 Innuendo Queen - Everybody's Angel Tanita Tikaram - War Master Bolt Thrower -5 Blood, Sweat & No Tears Stetsasonic - International Pop Overthrow Material Issue -11 Coolin' at the Playground Ya Know! Another Bad Creation Debut12 Cresta The Hollow Men US Marc Cohn Marc Cohn Debut Saigon Kick Saigon Kick Debut15 8-Way Santa Tad -18 30 Something Carter USM - Heaven's Open Mike Oldfield - Hooked Great White Europe Night Ride Home Joni Mitchell UK19 Green Mind Dinosaur Jr. - Ink The Fixx - The Name Above the Title John Wesley Harding - Road Apples The Tragically Hip - Words from the Genius The Genius Debut Young Black Teenagers Young Black Teenagers Debut20 Lo Flux Tube OLD – Piouhgd Butthole Surfers - Tremolo My Bloody Valentine EP22 The Last Days of Pompeii Nova Mob -25 Auberge Chris Rea - On the Prowl Loudness Self-cover album What Evil Lurks The Prodigy EP? Different World Uriah Heep - Frigid Stars LP Codeine Debut Ophelia's Shadow Toyah - Recurring Spacemen 3 USMARCH4 Kill Uncle Morrissey - Ex:el 808 State - Peggy Suicide Julian Cope UK; 7 May in US; Double Album Ray Frazier Chorus – The White Room The KLF -5 Dollars & Sex The Escape Club - Heart in Motion Amy Grant - New Jack City Various Artists Soundtrack Pocket Full of Gold Vince Gill - Time for a Witness The Feelies - Truly Blessed Teddy Pendergrass -6 Extremely Live Vanilla Ice Live12 Black and White BoDeans - Cereal Killers Too Much Joy - Chase the Clouds Keedy - Freakshow BulletBoys - Free Rick Astley - Live Hardcore Worldwide Boogie Down Productions Live Mind Funk Mind Funk - Out of Time R.E.M. - The Real Ramona Throwing Muses - Unreal World The Godfathers US15 Goat The Jesus Lizard - Love's Secret Domain Coil US The Supersonic Storybook Urge Overkill -18 Outland Gary Numan – Gothic Paradise Lost - Capitol Collectors Series Jo Stafford - Greatest Hits Eurythmics - Strange Free World Kitchens of Distinction -19 Bag-a-Trix Whodini - Chill of an Early Fall George Strait - Make Way for the Motherlode Yo-Yo - Prince of the Deep Water The Blessing - 21 Checkin' Out the Ghosts Kim Carnes Japan25 Joyride Roxette - Vagabond Heart Rod Stewart - Now! That's What I Call Music 19 Various Artists Compilation26 The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 Bob Dylan Box Set The Human Factor Metal Church - No Warning Dave Wakeling US Places I Have Never Been Willie Nile - Ribbed NOFX - Strength Enuff Z'nuff - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack27 Good-bye My Loneliness Zard - Spiderland Slint -? Dance to the Holy Man The Silencers - In the Kingdom Whitecross - April–June DateAlbumArtistNotes APRIL1 God Fodder Ned's Atomic Dustbin Debut King of the Jews Oxbow - School of Fish School of Fish -2 Arise Sepultura - Electric Barnyard The Kentucky Headhunters - Lean Into It Mr. Big - Mama Said Lenny Kravitz - Mane Attraction White Lion - Word of Mouth Mike + The Mechanics -8 Blue Lines Massive Attack Debut Flashpoint The Rolling Stones Live +2 new studio tracks Rain Tree Crow Rain Tree Crow Reunion album Real Life Simple Minds -9 The Ghosts That Haunt Me Crash Test Dummies - True Love Pat Benatar - L'Autre... Mylène Farmer - The Ten Commandments Malevolent Creation - Kinky Hoodoo Gurus -15 Brotherhood The Doobie Brothers - One from the Vault Grateful Dead Live The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld The Orb -16 Alanis Alanis Morissette Debut The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life Frank Zappa 2 discs; Live LaTour LaTour Debut Ripe Banderas US Temple of the Dog Temple of the Dog - The Way to Salvation King Missile -21Luna SeaLuna SeaDebut22 Hoodoo Alison Moyet - Shift-Work The Fall - The Beast Inside Inspiral Carpets -23 13 Engines 13 Engines US And Now the Legacy Begins Dream Warriors US Flyin' the Flannel Firehose - Ordinary Average Guy Joe Walsh - The Reality of My Surroundings Fishbone - Renegade Charlie Daniels - Time, Love & Tenderness Michael Bolton -26 Power of Love Luther Vandross -29 Whirlpool Chapterhouse - Space I'm In The Candyskins -30 Birdland Birdland US Cooleyhighharmony Boyz II Men Debut Laughter & Lust Joe Jackson - Fred Schneider Fred Schneider Re-issue Spartacus The Farm Debut Union Yes - Why Do Birds Sing? Violent Femmes -? The Drill Wire – The Young Gods Play Kurt Weill The Young Gods - MAY1 Contradictions Collapse Meshuggah Debut2 Blessed Are the Sick Morbid Angel -3 Bullhead Melvins -6 White Light From the Mouth of Infinity Swans -7 5,000,000 Dread Zeppelin - The Best of The Waterboys 81–90 The Waterboys US Friendly Fa$cism Consolidated - Hard at Play Huey Lewis and the News - Peggy Suicide Julian Cope US Schubert Dip EMF - Star Time James Brown Box Set Sugar Tax Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Terminator X & The Valley of the Jeep Beets Terminator X - Worlds in Collision Pere Ubu -13 De La Soul Is Dead De La Soul - Pop Life Bananarama UK Positively Phranc Phranc -14 Don't Rock the Jukebox Alan Jackson - The Maria Dimension The Legendary Pink Dots - Mighty Like a Rose Elvis Costello - O.G. Original Gangster Ice-T - Sailing the Seas of Cheese Primus - Spellbound Paula Abdul - The One Chubb Rock - What Comes Around Goes Around Tuff - Yerself Is Steam Mercury Rev Debut17 Whispers Thomas Anders -20 Seal Seal Debut Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) Paul McCartney Live acoustic Shadow Thief of the Sun Zoviet France -21 Pink Bubbles Go Ape Helloween - Slinky Milltown Brothers US25 Virtual Rabbit Susumu Hirasawa -27 Seamonsters The Wedding Present - Shahbaaz Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn -28 Cruel Inventions Sam Phillips - Electronic Electronic - Forever My Lady Jodeci Debut Gish The Smashing Pumpkins Debut Jungle Fever Stevie Wonder Soundtrack Like an Ever Flowing Stream Dismember - Never Loved Elvis The Wonder Stuff - Niggaz4Life N.W.A -29MarsB'zEP? Grippe Jawbox - Rumor and Sigh Richard Thompson -JUNE3 Fellow Hoodlums Deacon Blue - Love and Kisses Dannii Minogue UK4 Back on the Bus, Y'all Indigo Girls Live Funke, Funke Wisdom Kool Moe Dee - Make a Jazz Noise Here Frank Zappa Live10 The Mix Kraftwerk - Superstition Siouxsie and the Banshees -11 Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Owl Nathalie Archangel - Prime of My Life Phyllis Hyman - Slave to the Grind Skid Row - Slow, Deep and Hard Type O Negative - Unforgettable... with Love Natalie Cole - Warm Your Heart Aaron Neville -14 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 Frank Zappa 2 discs; Live17 For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Van Halen -18 Love Hurts Cher - Derelicts of Dialect 3rd Bass - Turtle Soup The Mock Turtles US24 Baby Yello - Holidays in Eden Marillion - Magia Shakira- Unusual Heat Foreigner -25 All Souled Out Pete Rock & CL Smooth EP Attack of the Killer B's Anthrax Rarities album Electric Landlady Kirsty MacColl - Fireball Zone Ric Ocasek - Hollywood Vampires L.A. Guns - Luck of the Draw Bonnie Raitt - Surprise Crystal Waters -? Twilight of the Gods Bathory - Solace Sarah McLachlan - The Forest David Byrne - The Tea Party The Tea Party Debut United States of Islam Muslimgauze - July–September DateAlbumArtistNotes JULY1 13-Point Program to Destroy America The Nation of Ulysses- Butchered at Birth Cannibal Corpse - Damn Right, I've Got the Blues Buddy Guy -Jealousy X Japan –Love Versus Money Noiseworks - Psycho Surgery Tourniquet - Pure Poverty Poor Righteous Teachers - The Sky is Falling and I Want My Mommy Jello Biafra & Nomeansno - To Mother Babes in Toyland EP Tumor Circus Tumor Circus Debut Victory Gardens John & Mary US The World as Best as I Remember It, Volume One Rich Mullins - Steady Diet of Nothing Fugazi - World Outside The Psychedelic Furs -2 Different Lifestyles BeBe & CeCe Winans - Dying Young: Original Soundtrack Album Various Artists Soundtrack Hey Stoopid Alice Cooper - Into the Great Wide Open Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Peaceful Journey Heavy D & the Boyz - The Ruler's Back Slick Rick - Shades of Two Worlds The Allman Brothers Band - Trisha Yearwood Trisha Yearwood - We Can't Be Stopped Geto Boys - What Do I Do with Me Tanya Tucker -3 Am I Cool or What? Various Artists Soundtrack9 Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey: Music from the Motion Picture Various Artists Soundtrack Boyz n the Hood Various Artists Soundtrack Forbidden Places Meat Puppets - James James US Starcaster Head Candy Debut When Love Comes Down Jimi Jamison Debut Woodface Crowded House -15 Babyteeth Therapy? -16 Biscuits Living Colour EP The Globe Big Audio Dynamite II - Straight Checkn 'Em Compton's Most Wanted - Vocally Pimpin' Above the Law -22 Frequencies LFO Debut23 Breaking Atoms Main Source Debut C.M.B. Color Me Badd Debut Circa Mary's Danish - Emotional Hooligan Gary Clail US Homebase DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - I'm on Your Side Jennifer Holliday - João João Gilberto - Music for the People Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch - Play Squeeze -26 Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge Mudhoney - Praise the Lard Pig -30 A Future Without a Past... Leaders of the New School - Day 1 Robbie Nevil - Jah Kingdom Burning Spear - Widespread Panic Widespread Panic -? Slavestate Godflesh EP AUGUST5 Brainstorm Young MC -6 1000 Smiling Knuckles Skin Yard - Ask the Ages Sonny Sharrock - Harem Scarem Harem Scarem - Madra Miranda Sex Garden Debut Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience P.M. Dawn Debut Perspex Island Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians -9 Boys Will Be Boyz Newsboys -12 Abracadabra ABC - Hippopotamomus Momus - Metallica Metallica - Mental Vortex Coroner -13 Beneath the Mask Chick Corea Elektric Band - Brand New Man Brooks & Dunn Debut By Heart Brenda K. Starr - Cypress Hill Cypress Hill Debut Mr. Bungle Mr. Bungle Debut16 III Sebadoh -19 Strangeitude Ozric Tentacles -20 The Comfort Zone Vanessa L. Williams - Help Yourself Julian Lennon - Honey Lingers Voice of the Beehive - Little Magnets Versus the Bubble of Babble Transvision Vamp - Notorious Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - Pocket Full of Kryptonite Spin Doctors - Straight Outta Hell's Kitchen Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam -23 Jerry Garcia / David Grisman Jerry Garcia & David Grisman- Mistaken Identity Donna Summer - Paradise Lost Cirith Ungol -27 Leisure Blur Debut Aces Suzy Bogguss - Altered State Altered State Debut Backlash Bad English - Big Shot in the Dark Timbuk3 - fear Toad the Wet Sprocket - The Fire Inside Bob Seger - I Need a Haircut Biz Markie - Jerry Garcia Band Jerry Garcia Band Live Lovescape Neil Diamond - The Prodigal Stranger Procol Harum - Ten Pearl Jam Debut? Scrabbling at the Lock The Ex & Tom Cora -SEPTEMBER2 Guaranteed Level 42 - Catfish Rising Jethro Tull - Just for a Day Slowdive - Ropin' the Wind Garth Brooks - Tin Machine II Tin Machine -3 Roll the Bones Rush - Horrorscope Overkill - Nature of a Sista' Queen Latifah - Naughty by Nature Naughty by Nature - Ratt & Roll 81–91 Ratt Greatest Hits Travelers and Thieves Blues Traveler -9 Home Is in Your Head His Name Is Alive - On Every Street Dire Straits -10 Abort Tribe - Blow Up The Smithereens - The Force Behind the Power Diana Ross - Leap of Faith Kenny Loggins - Psychotic Supper Tesla - Showstoppers Barry Manilow -12 Screw It! Danger Danger Japanese release date16 Laughing Stock Talk Talk - Wings of Joy Cranes Debut17 Use Your Illusion I Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II Guns N' Roses - No More Tears Ozzy Osbourne US Emotions Mariah Carey - Pretty on the Inside Hole - Act Like You Know MC Lyte - Ain't a Damn Thang Changed WC and the Maad Circle - Best O' Boingo Oingo Boingo - Don't Try This at Home Billy Bragg - In the Meantime, In Between Time The Party - Still Feel Gone Uncle Tupelo -19 Mad Mad World Tom Cochrane Canada; released in US in Feb '9220 The Pod Ween -23 Decade of Decadence Mötley Crüe Compilation Ceremony The Cult - Screamadelica Primal Scream - Sigh No More Gamma Ray - Shake Me Up Little Feat - Trompe le Monde Pixies - Worldwide Everything but the Girl - Wretch Kyuss -24 Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers - Curtis Stigers Curtis Stigers Debut Face the Nation Kid 'n Play - Hymns to the Silence Van Morrison - Nevermind Nirvana - The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest - Prove You Wrong Prong - Queer Thompson Twins - Rock the House Live! Heart Live Rock 'til You Drop Status Quo - Waking Up the Neighbours Bryan Adams -30 Changing Faces Bros - Ebbhead Nitzer Ebb - Orbital Orbital Debuthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/b33c43da-5fe9-4595-9172-b4083c74e891 Was September 1991 the best month ever for albums? Richards Sam 16 September 2016 bbc.co.uk 18 September 2016 Raise Swervedriver Debut Stars Simply Red - Storyville Robbie Robertson -? Live Train to Heartbreak Station Cinderella Live Meridian Monks of Doom - The Ghost Sonata Tuxedomoon - Late Night Grande Hotel Nanci Griffith - This Year's Girl Pizzicato Five - Tribal Voice Yothu Yindi - October–December DateAlbumArtistNotes OCTOBER1 Diamonds and Pearls Prince & The New Power Generation - Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black Public Enemy - For My Broken Heart Reba McEntire - The Greatest Hits Cheap Trick Greatest Hits Scamboogery Scatterbrain - White Noise Cop Shoot Cop - 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours Green Day Compilation3 Everclear American Music Club -4 Welcome to My Dream MC 900 Ft. Jesus -7 Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio Paul McCartney -8 Badmotorfinger Soundgarden - Cool as Ice Vanilla Ice Soundtrack Miscellaneous T They Might Be Giants B-Sides & Remixes Mr. Scarface Is Back Scarface Solo Debut To Whom It May Concern... Freestyle Fellowship Debut Whenever We Wanted John Mellencamp -9 The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...It's the Infectious Grooves Infectious Grooves Debut14 The First Letter Wire - Let's Get to It Kylie Minogue - Live Your Life Be Free Belinda Carlisle - Foxbase Alpha Saint Etienne Debut15 Streets: A Rock Opera Savatage - As Ugly as They Wanna Be Ugly Kid Joe EP Chorus Erasure - Mr. Bad Example Warren Zevon - Private Line Gerald LeVert - Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo MC Solaar Debut Vinyl Dramarama -17 The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth Skyclad -22 Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists - Dondestan Robert Wyatt - Effigy of the Forgotten Suffocation - Girlfriend Matthew Sweet - Human Death - I Wish My Brother George Was Here Del the Funky Homosapien Debut Mississippi Lad Teddy Edwards - Pennywise Pennywise Debut Second Coming Shotgun Messiah - Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin Various Artists Tribute album Weld Neil Young Live; initially packaged with Arc CD A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Black Sheep Debut Wound Skin Chamber Debut25 Lust Lords of Acid Debut28 Greatest Hits II Queen Compilation This Is Not the Way Home The Cruel Sea -29 Bite Down Hard Britny Fox - Death Certificate Ice Cube - Organized Konfusion Organized Konfusion Debut Parallels Fates Warning - Pearl of Great Price Will Debut Prince of Darkness Big Daddy Kane - Too Legit to Quit Hammer -30 Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious Carcass - No Pocky for Kitty Superchunk -? Cold World Godflesh EP For Keeps The Field Mice - It's... Madness Too Madness Compilation Like Never Before Taj Mahal -McIntyre, Treadmore and Davitt Half Man Half Biscuit - Penny Century The Clouds Debut NOVEMBER1 Infrared Roses Grateful Dead Live Compilation Lull The Smashing Pumpkins EP Mule Bone Taj Mahal - Not So Soft Ani DiFranco -4 Live Baby Live INXS Live Discography, The Complete Singles Collection Pet Shop Boys - Loveless My Bloody Valentine - Shepherd Moons Enya - 0 + 2 = 1 Nomeansno - Bandwagonesque Teenage Fanclub -5 Rush Street Richard Marx - Blind Corrosion of Conformity - Paul Simon's Concert in the Park Paul Simon Live The Sky Is Crying Stevie Ray Vaughan Recorded 1984–'8911 We Can't Dance Genesis - Night of the Stormrider Iced Earth UK Bitterblue Bonnie Tyler - Real Love Lisa Stansfield - Essential Divinyls Greatest Hits Wall of Hits Slade Compilation12 2Pacalypse Now 2Pac Debut 80–85 Bad Religion Compilation Angel Rat Voivod - Clandestine Entombed - For the Boys Bette Midler Soundtrack In Celebration of Life Yanni - Penicillin on Wax Tim Dog - Sticks and Stones Tracy Lawrence - Swallow This Live Poison 2 discs; Live18 Achtung Baby U2 - Now That's What I Call Music! 20 Various Artists Compilation19 Beckology Jeff Beck Box Set Cool Hand Lōc Tone Lōc - Inner Child Shanice - Pandora's Box Aerosmith Box Set Romance Luis Miguel - T.E.V.I.N. Tevin Campbell Debut26 Dangerous Michael Jackson - Hook: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack John Williams - Keep It Comin' Keith Sweat - Ricky Martin Ricky Martin Debut Unsane Unsane Debut27In the LifeB'z –? Brown Grotus Debut Every Man and Woman Is a Star Ultramarine - The First Years of Piracy Running Wild Island HÖH and Current 93 - No Jive Nazareth -DECEMBER3 Affairs of the Heart Jody Watley -6 Forest of Equilibrium Cathedral - Spine of God Monster Magnet -10 Until the End of the World Various Artists -12 Lovelyville Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - 15 V Legião Urbana -17 Kerplunk Green Day LP Vinyl USA Release25 Mō Sagasanai Zard -31 Juice Various Artists Soundtrack Mental Jewelry Live Debut Release date unknown 85–86 – Dag Nasty Addicted to Jesus – Carman Alice in Wonderland No. 1 – Randy Greif Alice in Wonderland No. 2 – Randy Greif Alice in Wonderland No. 3 – Randy Greif Amen – Salif Keita Angst – Lacrimosa Architect of Fear – Raven Artistic Vice – Daniel Johnston Baby Animals – Baby Animals (debut) BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert – Hawkwind Believing in Better – Lennie Gallant The Best of Spandau Ballet – Spandau Ballet Between the Eyes – Love Battery The Big Wheel – Runrig Bluesiana II – Dr. John Boomerang – Mad at the World Border Drive-In Theatre – The Raindogs Burnt Offering – Jimmy Lyons and Andrew Cyrille Chagall Guevara – Chagall Guevara Civil Rites – REZ Clown Heaven and Hell (EP) – Me Mom and Morgentaler Coming Down – Daniel Ash The Commitments – Various Artists (soundtrack) Cerulean – The Ocean Blue Daisychain Reaction – Poster Children Daniela Mercury – Daniela Mercury Day By Day – E. T. Mensah A Different Kind of Weather – The Dream Academy Don't Fear the Reaper (EP) – Clint Ruin and Lydia Lunch Distant Plastic Trees – The Magnetic Fields Drive Like Jehu - Drive Like Jehu Du ciment sous les plaines – Noir Désir Early On (1964–1966) – David Bowie Eggnog (EP) – Melvins Ella Returns to Berlin – Ella Fitzgerald Fillet Show - Hum Fire and Love – Guardian The First of Too Many – Senseless Things Fis Fis Tziganes – Okay Temiz Freaks – X Marks the Pedwalk Galaxies – Andrew Cyrille and Vladimir Tarasov Ghosts – Techno Animal Girly-Sound – Liz Phair Girlsville – Thee Headcoatees Go Figure – Spirit of the West Good Woman – Gladys Knight Hangover (Бодун) – Auktyon Hammerbox – Hammerbox Hartford & Hartford – John Hartford & Jamie Hartford Havana 3am – Havana 3am Harmony Ranch – Riders in the Sky Hung Far Low – The Honeymoon Killers I Scream Sunday – One Bad Pig Information Libre – Sham 69 Inside Out – Idle Cure Jahmekya – Ziggy Marley Jah Won't Pay the Bills – Sublime The John Fahey Christmas Album – John Fahey Kinetic Faith – Bride Krov za krov – Aria Life 'n Perspectives of a Genuine Crossover – Urban Dance Squad Life's To Short – Marshall Crenshaw Lunar Womb – The Obsessed Magnetic Dance – Okay Temiz Milestone – The Temptations Mr. Lucky – John Lee Hooker The Nymphs – The Nymphs On the Way Down from the Moon Palace – Lisa Germano The Only Solution: Another Revolution – The Fatima Mansions Open Doors, Closed Windows – Disco Inferno Orbital – Orbital Out for the Count – Show of Hands Out of the Grey – Out of the Grey Overlapping Hands: Eight Segments – Marilyn Crispell and Irène Schweizer Page of Life – Jon and Vangelis Palace Springs – Hawkwind Pop Pop – Rickie Lee Jones The Promise – T'Pau Real Men (album) – John S. Hall & Kramer Return to Zero – RTZ Revolution Girl Style Now! – Bikini Kill Rise of the Common Woodpile – Caroliner Rainbow Open Wound Chorale The Sadness of Things – Steven Stapleton & David Tibet San Antorium – Lowlife Sexplosion! – My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult Shakill's Warrior – David Murray Shotgun Wedding – Lydia Lunch and Rowland S. Howard Silver Lining – Nils Lofgren Shadow King – Shadow King Soul Show: Live at Delta 88 – Joan Osborne (live) Special Kiss – Gumball Spirit Electricity (EP) – Bad Brains Stars Crash Down – Hue and Cry Stranger in This Town – Richie Sambora Struck by Lightning – Graham Parker Suit suit...hehehe – Slank Surprise – Crystal Waters Ten Stories – Rick Elias Themes and Dreams – The Shadows (compilation) Tossing Seeds – Superchunk Total Castration – Zeni Geva Unity - 311 Unseen Power – Petra Unseen Worlds – Laurie Spiegel Voices – Kenny Thomas Volume One – Sleep War Master – Bolt Thrower Welcome to the Ball – Vicious Rumors Welcome to Love – Pharoah Sanders Watershed – Grant McLennan Biggest hit singles The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1991. # Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries 1 Bryan Adams (Everything I Do) I Do it For You 1991 Canada UK 1 - Jun 1991 (25 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Jun 1991 (22 weeks), US BB 1 of 1991, US CashBox 1 of 1991, ARC 1 of 1991 (peak 1 17 weeks), US Radio 1 of 1991 (peak 1 12 weeks), Holland 1 - Jul 1991 (21 weeks), Sweden 1 - Aug 1991 (15 weeks), Finland 1 for 1 week - Aug 1991, Austria 1 - Aug 1991 (8 months), Brazil 1 of 1991, Switzerland 1 - Jul 1991 (34 weeks), Norway 1 - Jul 1991 (21 weeks), Poland 1 - Jul 1991 (44 weeks), Belgium 1 - Jul 1991 (20 weeks), Germany 1 - Jan 1992 (7 months), ODK Germany 1 - Jul 1991 (34 weeks) (5 weeks at number 1) (23 weeks in top 10), Eire 1 for 11 weeks - Jul 1991, Canada RPM 1 for 9 weeks - Aug 1991, Canada 1 of 1991, New Zealand 1 for 8 weeks - Aug 1991, Australia 1 for 11 weeks - Jul 1991, Europe 1 for 18 weeks - Jul 1991, Germany 1 for 5 weeks - Oct 1991, Spain 1 for 1 week - Oct 1991, Top Song of 1991 of the Billboard 50th list, US 3 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Sep 1991), UK 2 x Platinum (certified by BPI in Sep 1991), Japan (Tokyo) 2 - Jul 1991 (30 weeks), Oscar in 1991 (film 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves') (Nominated), Grammy in 1991 (Nominated), Golden Globe in 1991 (film 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves') (Nominated), Germany Platinum (certified by BMieV in 1991), Switzerland 3 of 1991, Australia 3 of 1991, POP 3 of 1991, Europe 5 of the 1990s (1991), TOTP 6, UK sales 7 of the 1990s (1,520 k in 1991), Japan (Osaku) 9 of 1991 (peak 1 21 weeks), Italy 9 of 1991, Germany 9 of the 1990s (peak 1 25 weeks), UKMIX 10, Billboard 50th song 16, 55th Billboard 100 18 (1991), Billboard100 19, Scrobulate 30 of ballad, France (InfoDisc) 46 of the 1990s (peak 1, 30 weeks, 508k sales estimated, 1991), nuTsie 55 of 1990s, Virgin 60, DMDB 78 (1991), Poland 96 of all time, Holland free40 99 of 1991, OzNet 121, Belgium 150 of all time, RYM 73 of 1991, Global 7 (10 M sold) - 1991, Party 70 of 2007 2 Michael Jackson Black or White 1991 US UK 1 - Nov 1991 (21 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Nov 1991 (19 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 1 - Nov 1991 (20 weeks), Finland 1 for 1 week - Nov 1991, Switzerland 1 - Nov 1991 (30 weeks), Norway 1 - Nov 1991 (17 weeks), Poland 1 - Nov 1991 (20 weeks), Belgium 1 - Nov 1991 (14 weeks), Italy 1 for 8 weeks - Nov 1991, Eire 1 for 1 week - Nov 1991, Canada RPM 1 for 2 weeks - Dec 1991, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks - Nov 1991, Australia 1 for 5 weeks - Nov 1991, Europe 1 for 10 weeks - Nov 1991, Spain 1 for 1 week - Jan 1992, ARC 2 of 1991 (peak 1 13 weeks), Austria 2 - Nov 1991 (5 months), Germany 2 - Jan 1992 (5 months), ODK Germany 2 - Nov 1991 (34 weeks) (13 weeks in top 10), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jan 1992), Holland 3 - Nov 1991 (10 weeks), Italy 3 of 1991, Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1992), Sweden 11 - Jul 2009 (5 weeks), US BB 14 of 1992, Japan (Osaku) 14 of 1992 (peak 1 21 weeks), Switzerland 14 of 1992, Brazil 16 of 1992, POP 19 of 1991, Australia 24 of 1992, US CashBox 29 of 1992, US Radio 36 of 1991 (peak 1 8 weeks), Canada 37 of 1992, nuTsie 60 of 1990s, Germany 115 of the 1990s (peak 2 15 weeks), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Dec 1991), RYM 96 of 1991 3 R.E.M. Losing My Religion 1991 US Holland 1 - Mar 1991 (13 weeks), Poland 1 - Apr 1991 (24 weeks), Belgium 1 - Apr 1991 (11 weeks), Europe 1 of the 1990s (1991), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2017 (1991), MTV Video of the year 1991, nuTsie 2 of 1990s, Grammy in 1991 (Nominated), US Billboard 4 - Apr 1991 (21 weeks), Norway 4 - Jun 1991 (11 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Sep 1991), US (Sup) Gold (certified by RIAA in Oct 2009), Sweden 5 - Mar 1991 (9 weeks), Holland free40 7 of 1991, Austria 7 - Aug 1991 (4 months), Switzerland 11 - Oct 1991 (9 weeks), Belgium 12 of all time, UK 19 - Mar 1991 (9 weeks), Japan (Osaku) 24 of 1991 (peak 8 20 weeks), Canada 28 of 1991, ARC 29 of 1991 (peak 3 14 weeks), Brazil 30 of 1991, Virgin 30, US BB 33 of 1991, US CashBox 39 of 1991, 39 in 2FM list, US Radio 44 of 1991 (peak 4 9 weeks), Poland 44 of all time, Acclaimed 44 (1991), Japan (Tokyo) 46 - Mar 1991 (9 weeks), POP 61 of 1991, Vinyl Surrender 66 (1991), Scrobulate 69 of rock, Italy 70 of 1991, OzNet 90, WXPN 106, RIAA 143, Rolling Stone 169, RYM 5 of 1991, WFUV 86, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500 4 Roxette Joyride 1991 Sweden US Billboard 1 - Mar 1991 (19 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 1 - Mar 1991 (18 weeks), Holland 1 - Mar 1991 (13 weeks), Sweden 1 - Mar 1991 (12 weeks), Austria 1 - Mar 1991 (5 months), Switzerland 1 - Mar 1991 (25 weeks), Norway 1 - Mar 1991 (16 weeks), Belgium 1 - Mar 1991 (13 weeks), Germany 1 - Mar 1991 (5 months), ODK Germany 1 - Mar 1991 (32 weeks) (8 weeks at number 1) (15 weeks in top 10), Canada RPM 1 for 3 weeks - May 1991, Australia 1 for 3 weeks - Apr 1991, Europe 1 for 10 weeks - Mar 1991, Germany 1 for 8 weeks - Apr 1991, Spain 1 for 1 week - May 1991, Switzerland 2 of 1991, Poland 3 - Apr 1991 (12 weeks), UK 4 - Mar 1991 (10 weeks), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1991), Canada 6 of 1991, France 7 - Apr 1991 (2 weeks), Australia 13 of 1991, Japan (Osaku) 14 of 1991 (peak 1 19 weeks), US BB 23 of 1991, Italy 24 of 1991, Germany 24 of the 1990s (peak 1 20 weeks), US CashBox 33 of 1991, US Radio 37 of 1991 (peak 2 9 weeks), POP 37 of 1991, ARC 42 of 1991 (peak 1 13 weeks), Brazil 50 of 1991 5 Enigma Sadeness (Part I) 1990 Germany UK 1 - Dec 1990 (12 weeks), Holland 1 - Nov 1990 (13 weeks), France 1 - Dec 1990 (2 weeks), Austria 1 - Nov 1990 (5 months), Switzerland 1 - Nov 1990 (21 weeks), Norway 1 - Dec 1990 (14 weeks), Belgium 1 - Dec 1990 (12 weeks), Italy 1 for 5 weeks - Feb 1991, Germany 1 - Jan 1991 (5 months), ODK Germany 1 - Oct 1990 (27 weeks) (11 weeks at number 1) (16 weeks in top 10), Eire 1 for 1 week - Jan 1991, Europe 1 for 9 weeks - Jan 1991, Germany 1 for 11 weeks - Nov 1990, Spain 1 for 1 week - Feb 1991, Sweden 2 - Dec 1990 (5 weeks), Poland 2 - Dec 1990 (14 weeks), Germany Platinum (certified by BMieV in 1991), Japan (Tokyo) 4 - Mar 1991 (15 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Apr 1991), US Billboard 5 - Feb 1991 (18 weeks), Switzerland 6 of 1991, Italy 7 of 1991, Brazil 13 of 1991, Germany 21 of the 1990s (peak 1 18 weeks), POP 43 of 1991, US BB 63 of 1991, Canada 68 of 1991, US Radio 73 of 1991 (peak 7 7 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 88 of the 1990s (peak 1, 26 weeks, 385k sales estimated, 1990), Japan (Osaku) 92 of 1991 (peak 13 18 weeks), OzNet 226, UK Silver (certified by BPI in Jan 1991), RYM 47 of 1990 Top 40 Chart hit singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) US UK Highest chart position Other Chart Performance(s)"3 a.m. Eternal" The KLF January 1991 5 1 1 (Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom) See chart performance entry"À nos actes manqués" Fredericks Goldman Jones 1991 n/a n/a 1 (Québec) 1 (France Airplay Chart [AM & FM Stations]) – 2 (France) – 11 (Europe [European Airplay Top 50]) – 17 (Europe [Eurochart Hot 100]) "The Actor" Michael Learns to Rock November 1991 n/a n/a 1 (Indonesia, Norway) 4 (Denmark) – 7 (Sweden) – 32 (Switzerland) – 54 (Europe) "Addams Groove" MC Hammer December 1991 7 4 4 (Ireland, United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Alive" Pearl Jam July 1991 n/a 16 9 (Australia) 13 (Ireland) – 13 (Netherlands [Dutch top 40]) – 16 (Belgium) – 15 (U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock) – 18 (U.S. Billboard Alternative Airplay) – 19 (Netherlands [Single Top 100]) – 20 (New Zealand) – 44 (Germany) "All the Man That I Need" Whitney Houston January 1991 1 13 1 (Canada, Cuba, United States) See chart performance entry "All This Time" Sting January 1991 5 22 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" (reissue) Monty Python September 1991 n/a 3 1 (Ireland) See chart performance entry "Always There" Incognito & Jocelyn Brown July 1991 n/a 6 2 (Luxembourg, Netherlands [Single Top 100]) See chart performance entry "Angelina" P.S.Y. 1991 n/a n/a 9 (France) 13 (France [Airplay Chart – AM Stations]) – 49 (Europe) "Any Dream Will Do" Jason Donovan June 1991 n/a 1 1 (Ireland, United Kingdom) See chart performance entry Other Chart hit singles 30em "Anasthasia" – T99 "Baby Baby" – Amy Grant (#1 US, #2 CAN, NZ, UK) "Bacardi Feeling (Summer Dreamin')" – Kate Yanai (#1 AUT, GER, #2 SWI) "Baila Me" – Gipsy Kings (#5 NLD, #7 BE, #10 AUT) "Beauty and the Beast" – Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson (#2 CAN, #8 NZ, #9 US) "Buenos Amigos" – Alvaro Torres & Selena (#1 US Latin) "The Big L." – Roxette (#9 IRL, #10 SWE) "Black or White" – Michael Jackson "Bohemian Rhapsody" – Queen (#1 UK, IRL, NLD, #5 AUS) "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" – Iron Maiden (#1 UK, FIN, #5 IRL) "Calling Elvis" – Dire Straits (#1 POL, #2 BE, NOR, SWI) "Call My Name" - OMD "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" – Bryan Adams (#1 CAN, #2 NLD, US) "Can't Let Go" – Mariah Carey (#2 US, #3 CAN) "Caribbean Blue" – Enya (#8 IRL) "Change" – Lisa Stansfield (#2 IT, #6 SP, #7 NLD) "Chorus" – Erasure (#1 ARG, SING, #3 UK) "Colour of Love" – Snap! (#3 IT, #4 AUT, SWI, #6 SWE) "Coming Out of the Dark" – Gloria Estefan (#1 US, CAN, SP, #4 JAP) "Crazy" – Seal (#1 BE, NLD, SWE, SWI) "Cream" – Prince (#1 US, #2 AUS, #3 NOR, SWI) "Crucified" – Army of Lovers (#1 BE, #2 NLD, #3 AUT) "Cry for Help" – Rick Astley (#4 CAN, #7 UK, US) "Danca tago-mago" – Kaoma (#3 FR, #6 BE, POR) "Darlin'" – Roch Voisine (#2 FR, #5 BE) "Deep, Deep Trouble" – The Simpsons (#1 IRL, #7 UK, #10 NZ) "Déjeuner en paix" – Stephan Eicher (#2 FR, #8 BE) "Désenchantée" – Mylène Farmer (#1 FR, #9 CAN) "Dis-moi bébé" – Benny B feat. DJ Daddy K (#4 FR, BE) "Dizzy" – Vic Reeves & The Wonder Stuff (#1 UK) "Do the Bartman" – The Simpsons (#1 AUS, IRL, NZ, NOR, UK) "Do You Remember?" – Phil Collins (#4 US) "Do Anything" – Natural Selection (#2 US) "Don't Cry" – Guns N' Roses (#1 FIN, IRL, #2 NZ, NOR) "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" – George Michael & Elton John (#1 CAN, FR, IT, NLD, NOR, SWI, UK, US) "E vado via" – Félix Gray & Didier Barbelivien (#5 FR) "Emotions" – Mariah Carey (#1 CAN, US, #3 NZ) "Enter Sandman" – Metallica (#1 FIN, #2 NOR, #4 POL, #5 UK) "Esperança do natal" – Chico & Roberta (#3 FR) "Every Heartbeat" – Amy Grant (#2 US, #7 CAN) "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" – Rozalla (#2 BE, CAN, NLD, SP, #3 SWI, #6 GER, SWE, UK) "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" – Bryan Adams "Fångad av en stormvind" – Carola Häggkvist "Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)" – Roxette "Finally" – CeCe Peniston (#2 UK, #5 US, IRL, #6 NLD) "The First Time" – Surface "The Fly" – U2 (#1 AUS, IRL, NZ, NOR, SP, UK) "From a Distance" – Bette Midler (#6 UK, #8 AUS) "Future Love Paradise" – Seal (#6 NLD, #7 SWI, #8 IRL, #9 NOR) "Get Here" – Oleta Adams (#5 UK, US) "Get Ready for This" – 2 Unlimited (#2 AUS, SP, UK, #3 IRL) "Gett Off" – Prince (#4 UK, #8 AUS) "G.L.A.D" – Kim Appleby "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" – C+C Music Factory (#3 US) "Good Vibrations" – Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch (#1 US, #1 SWI, #2 NOR) "The Grease Megamix" – John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (#1 AUS, SP, #3 NLD, UK) "Give it Away" – Red Hot Chili Peppers (#9 UK) "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)" – Crystal Waters (#1 NLD, IT, SP, SWI) "Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)" – C+C Music Factory (#3 US, #4 SP, #9 NZ) "Highwire" – The Rolling Stones "Hold You Tight" – Tara Kemp (#3 US) "Hole Hearted" – Extreme "How to Dance" – Bingoboys & Princessa "I Adore Mi Amor" – Color Me Badd (#1 US, #8 CAN, NZ) "I Believe" – EMF "I Don't Wanna Cry" – Mariah Carey (#1 US, #2 CAN) "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" – Hi-Five (#1 US) "I Love Your Smile" – Shanice (#1 NLD, #2 CAN, US, UK) "I Touch Myself" – Divinyls (#1 AUS, #4 US, #8 IRL) "I Wanna Sex You Up" – Color Me Badd (#1 NZ, UK, #2 US) "I Wonder Why" – Curtis Stigers (#5 UK, #9 US) "Il faut laisser le temps au temps" – Félix Gray & Didier Barbelivien (#1 FR) "Innuendo" – Queen (#1 UK, #3 SWI, #4 NLD, IRL, IT) "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over" – Lenny Kravitz (#2 CAN, US) "It's Grim Up North" – The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" – Boyz II Men (#2 US) "I've Been Thinking About You" – Londonbeat (#1 AUS, AUT, BE, CAN, FIN, GER, IT, NLD, SP, SWE, SWI, US) "J'ai des doutes" – Sara Mandiano (#10 FR) "J'ai peur" – François Feldman and Joniece Jamison (#7 FR) "Joyride" – Roxette "Jump to the Beat" - Dannii Minogue "Just A Groove" – Nomad (#6 NLD, #10 BE, SWI) "Just the Way It Is, Baby" – The Rembrandts (#6 GER, #9 AUT, FR) "Kiss Them for Me" – Siouxsie and the Banshees (#23 US, #32 UK) "La Berceuse du petit diable" – Roch Voisine (#3 FR, #6 BE) "La Zoubida" – Lagaf' (#1 FR) "Last Train to Trancentral" – The KLF "Le Dormeur" – Pleasure Game (#5 BE, #9 FR) "Learning to Fly" – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (#1 FIN, #2 UK, NLD, #4 GER, NOR) "Let There Be Love" – Simple Minds (#4 NLD, #5 IRL, #6 UK) "Let's Talk About Sex" – Salt-n-Pepa (#1 AUS, AUT, BE, NLD, SWI) "Losing My Religion" – R.E.M. "Love and Understanding" – Cher (#6 AUT, #7 IRL, #9 BE, NLD) "Love Is a Wonderful Thing" – Michael Bolton (#2 CAN, #4 US) "Love of a Lifetime" – FireHouse "Love... Thy Will Be Done" – Martika (#1 AUS, #4 NZ, #7 CAN) "Love to Hate You" – Erasure (#4 FIN, SWE, UK, #5 IRL, #6 AUT) "Mea Culpa (Part II)" – Enigma (#4 FR, #7 GER, IT, SP) "Mega Mix" – Snap! (#5 NLD, SWI, #7 NZ, #10 SP) "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" / "I Want You" – Robert Palmer "Mistadobalina" – Del tha Funkee Homosapien "More Than Words" – Extreme (#1 BE, CAN, NLD, NZ, US) "The Motown Song" – Rod Stewart (#1 CAN, #10 US) "Motownphilly" – Boyz II Men (#3 US) "Move Any Mountain" – The Shamen (#4 UK, SWI, #5 FIN, #8 BE) "Move That Body" – Technotronic (#3 IRL, #10 SWI) "Mysterious Ways" – U2 (#1 IRL, #3 AUS, NZ) "No Son of Mine" – Genesis (#1 CAN, #3 GER, #4 NOR) "Now That We Found Love" – Heavy D & the Boyz (#2 NL, SWE, UK, #4 GER, SWI) "Obsession" – Army of Lovers (#2 SWE, #5 FIN, SWI, #7 GER) "The One and Only" – Chesney Hawkes (#1 UK, AUT, #2 SWE) "One More Try" – Timmy T (#1 US, #2 NLD, #5 SWE) "O.P.P." – Naughty by Nature (#4 CAN, #6 SWI, US) "Pandora's Box" – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (#7 AUT, SWE, UK) "Piece of My Heart" – Tara Kemp (#7 US) "Place in This World" – Michael W. Smith (#6 US) "Place des grands hommes" – Patrick Bruel (#4 FR) "Poupée psychédélique" – Thierry Hazard (#2 FR) "Promise Me" – Beverley Craven (#2 BE, #3 UK, #6 FR) "The Promise of a New Day" – Paula Abdul (#1 US, CAN) "Qu'est-ce qu'on fait maintenant ?" – Benny B feat. DJ Daddy K (#2 FR, BE) "Qui a le droit... (live)" – Patrick Bruel (#1 FR) "Radio Song" – R.E.M. (#5 IRL) "Regrets" – Mylène Farmer and Jean-Louis Murat (#2 BE, #3 FR) "Ride Like the Wind" – East Side Beat (#3 UK, #4 BE, IRL, #6 NLD) "Right Here, Right Now" – Jesus Jones (#2 US) "Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)" – De La Soul (#1 FIN, SWI, #2 NLD) "Rescue Me" – Madonna (#3 UK, IRL, #9 US) "Rhythm of My Heart" – Rod Stewart (#1 CAN, IRL, #2 AUT) "Rocket Man" – Kate Bush "Romantic" – Karyn White (#1 US) "Romantic World" – Dana Dawson (#4 FR) "Rush" – Big Audio Dynamite II (#1 AUS, NZ) "Rush Rush" – Paula Abdul (#1 CAN, US, #2 AUS) "Saga Africa" – Yannick Noah (#2 FR) "Sailing on the Seven Seas" – OMD (#3 UK, #9 GER) "Saltwater" – Julian Lennon (#6 UK) "Secret Love" – Bee Gees (#2 AUT, GER, #5 BE, UK) "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" – P.M. Dawn (#1 NZ, US) "Senza una donna" – Zucchero & Paul Young (#1 BE, IT, NOR, SWE) "Send Me An Angel" – Scorpions (#3 POL, #4 NLD, SWE, #5 GER) "Shiny Happy People" – R.E.M. (#2 IRL, #5 CAN, #6 UK) "Shocked" – Kylie Minogue (#1 SLO, #2 IRL, #6 SA, UK) "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" – Cher (#1 AUT, IRL, NOR, UK) "Should I Stay or Should I Go" – The Clash (#1 UK, #2 IRL, NZ, #3 BE, NLD, NOR, POL) "The Show Must Go On" – Queen (#2 FR, #3 POL, #7 GER, NLD) "Silent Lucidity" – Queensrÿche "Sit Down" – James (#2 UK) "Smells Like Teen Spirit" – Nirvana (#1 BE, FR, NZ, SP, #2 GER, NOR) "So Sad" – Gregorian (#1 POR, #9 FR) "Someday" – Mariah Carey (#1 CAN, US) "Something Got Me Started" – Simply Red (#5 AUT, NLD, IT, #6 SWI) "Spending My Time" – Roxette (#9 GER, IT) "Stars" – Simply Red (#8 UK) "Strike It Up" – Black Box (#4 NLD, #8 IRL, US) "Summertime" – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (#4 US, #5 NZ) "Sunshine on a Rainy Day" – Zoë "That's What Love Is For" – Amy Grant (#7 US) "There Will Never Be Another Tonight" – Bryan Adams (#2 CAN) "There's No Other Way" – Blur (#8 UK) "These Are the Days of Our Lives" – Queen "Things That Make You Go Hmmm..." – C+C Music Factory (#2 NZ, #4 UK, US) "Too Blind to See It" – Kym Sims "Too Legit to Quit" – MC Hammer (#4 NZ, #5 US, #6 UK) "Touch Me (All Night Long)" – Cathy Dennis (#2 US, #5 UK, #9 CAN) "Tout c'qui nous sépare" – Jil Caplan (#6 FR) "Twist and Shout" – Deacon Blue (#10 UK) "Unbelievable" – EMF (#1 US, #3 SWI, UK) "Under the Bridge" – Red Hot Chili Peppers (#1 AUS, BE, NLD, #2 NZ) "Unfinished Sympathy" – Massive Attack (#1 NLD, #9 SWI) "Unforgettable" – Natalie Cole & Nat King Cole (#2 AUS, #7 NZ, #10 IRL) "The Unforgiven" – Metallica (#2 GR, #9 POL) "Walking in Memphis" – Marc Cohn (#7 IRL) "We Should Be Together" – Cliff Richard (#9 IRL, #10 UK) "What Do I Have to Do" – Kylie Minogue "What Time Is Love?" – The KLF (#5 UK, #6 GER) "What Comes Naturally" – Sheena Easton (#3 AUS) "When a Man Loves a Woman" – Michael Bolton "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" – John Farnham + Jimmy Barnes (#3 AUS, #6 NZ) "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" – Diana Ross (#1 IRL, #2 UK) "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" – Celine Dion (#4 NOR, US, #6 CAN) "Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You)" – Pet Shop Boys (#2 FIN, IRL, SP, #3 SWI, #4 UK) "Wildside" – Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch "Wind of Change" – Scorpions "You" – Ten Sharp (#1 FR, NOR, SWE) "You Could Be Mine" – Guns N' Roses (#1 FIN, IRL, NZ, SP) "You're in Love" – Wilson Phillips Notable singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) Other Chart Performance(s)"Don't Go Now" Ratcat April 1991 1 (Australia)"Losing My Religion" R.E.M. February 1991 See chart performance entry"Man in the Box" Alice in Chains January 1991 18 (U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock)"Planet of Sound" Pixies May 1991 n/a"Safe from Harm" Massive Attack May 1991 See chart performance entry"Sexuality" Billy Bragg September 1991 2 (U.S. Billboard Alternative Airplay) – 27 (UK Singles Chart)"Smells Like Teen Spirit" Nirvana September 1991 See chart performance entry"To Here Knows When" My Bloody Valentine February 1991 29 (UK Singles Chart)"Treaty" Yothu Yindi June 1991 See chart performance entry"Unfinished Sympathy" Massive Attack February 1991 See chart performance entry"Vapour Trail" Ride April 1991 n/a"When You Sleep" My Bloody Valentine November 1991 n/a Other Notable singles 30em "Alive And Living Now" – The Golden Palominos "D.C." – Died Pretty "Hieronymous" b/w "Lucy's Eyes" – The Clouds "I Think I Love You" – Voice of the Beehive "Squirrel" b/w "It's Time" – Levitation Top best albums of the year All albums have been named albums of the year for their hits in the charts.http://www.besteveralbums.com/yearstats.php?y=1991 Best albums of 1991 besteveralbums 2005 31 December 20112025-11-17 1991 Pop Hits: Rise of Grunge - Back90s – Relive the 90s https://back90s.com/1991-pop-hits-rise-of-grunge/ 2026-01-14 en ' Nirvana – Nevermind Pearl Jam – Ten My Bloody Valentine – Loveless U2 – Achtung Baby Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik Metallica – Metallica Primal Scream – Screamadelica Slint – Spiderland A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory Massive Attack – Blue Lines Talk Talk – Laughing Stock Published popular music "Dreamland" w. Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman m. Dave Grusin "Look Around" w. Betty Comden & Adolph Green m. Cy Coleman from the musical The Will Rogers Follies "Moja domovina" Classical music John Corigliano – Symphony No. 1 George Crumb – Easter Dawning for carillon Mario Davidovsky – Simple Dances for flute, two percussion, piano, and cello Joël-François Durand – un feu distinct for flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello Lorenzo Ferrero Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Parodia, for chamber ensemble Zaubermarsch, for small orchestra Sofia Gubaidulina Gerade und ungerade (Чет и нечет) for seven percussionists, including cymbalom Silenzio for bayan, violin, and cello Angelo Gilardino Musica per l'Angelo della Melancholia, for guitar Variazioni sulla Fortuna, for guitar Karel Goeyvaerts Opbouw (Construction), for orchestra De Zang van Aquarius, version for symphony orchestra Jan Klusák – Stesk po Mozartovi Ulrich Leyendecker – Symphony No. 3 Witold Lutosławski – Chantefleurs et Chantefables Pehr Henrik Nordgren Going On for double bass and percussion, Op. 77 Odotus (Awaiting) for male choir, Op. 78 Cronaca for string orchestra, Op. 79 Streams for chamber orchestra, Op. 80 Kaija Saariaho – ...à la Fumée John Serry Sr. – A Savior Is Born, for organ and voice Dreams Trilogy, for piano La Culebra, for solo flute Karlheinz Stockhausen – Elufa, for flute and basset horn, with electronic music ad lib., 9. ex Nr. 64 Freia, for flute ex 91 2 Nr. 64 Joan Tower – Concerto for Orchestra Takashi Yoshimatsu Sagittarius Ecologue for bassoon and harp Symphony No. 2 "at Terra" for orchestra Fuzzy Bird Sonata for saxophone and piano 3 White Landscapes for flute, bassoon, and harp Wind Color Vector for Guitar Opera John Adams – The Death of Klinghoffer, first performance on 19 March at the Théatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium Harrison Birtwistle – Gawain, first performance on 30 May at the Royal Opera House, London Daniel Catán – Rappaccini's Daughter (La hija de Rappaccini) John Corigliano – The Ghosts of Versailles Meredith Monk – Atlas Jazz 1991 in jazz Musical theater Miss Saigon (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) – Broadway production opened at the Broadway Theatre on 11 April and ran for 4097 performances The Secret Garden – Broadway production opened at the St. James Theatre on 25 April and ran for 706 performances Song of Singapore – off-Broadway production opened at the Irving Plaza on 7 May and ran for 459 performances Will Rogers Follies – Broadway production opened at the Palace Theatre on 1 May and ran for 983 performances Musical films Beauty and the Beast (animated feature) The Commitments The Five Heartbeats For the Boys Kilukkam Stepping Out Stones at the Max El Acompañamiento Thalapathi Births 8 January Asuka Hinoi Japanese singer Shin Ji-min, South Korean singer and rapper 9 January – 3lau, American DJ and producer 12 January – Pixie Lott, British singer-songwriter and actressDelilah Grace Pixie Lott https://books.google.com/books?id=8eeaAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT8 8 November 2011 Omnibus Press 978-0-85712-722-8 8 13 January – Goo Hara, Korean singer (Kara) (d. 2019) 14 January – Cat Torres, Australian singer-songwriter, musician, contestant on The Voice (Australia) 23 January – Torres, American independent singer-songwriter, musician and artist 28 January – C. J. Harris, American singer (d. 2023) 30 January – Reinier Zonneveld, Dutch DJ and record producer 1 February – Martha Heredia, Dominican singer 7 February – Gabbie Hanna, American rapper, singer, musician, comedienne and author 8 February Nam Woo-hyun, South Korean singer, dancer and actor Sierra Deaton, Americansinger-songwriter and dancer (Alex & Sierra) 10 February Ceng De Ping, Taiwanese singer Emma Roberts, American actress and singer 11 February – Christofer Ingle, American indie rock singer-guitarist and painter (Never Shout Never) 12 February – Casey Abrams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 14 February – Karol G, Colombian singer-songwriter 15 February – Maruv, Ukrainian singer-songwriter and record producer 17 February – Ed Sheeran, British singer-songwriter and businessmen (working with Taylor Swift, Anne-Marie, Nina Nesbitt, Camila Cabello, Tori Kelly, Kasey Chambers, Stormzy, Cardi B and Maisie Peters) 21 February Allday, Australian musician, rapper and singer-songwriter (The Veronicas, Troye Sivan) William Bowery, British musician, producer and songwriter on Folklore, Evermore and Midnights by Taylor Swift Solar, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress (Mamamoo) 24 February Tyler Bryant, American rock musician (Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown, Dead Cool Dropouts, Lisa Origliasso, The Veronicas) O'Shea Jackson Jr., American rapper, songwriter and actor 26 February CL, South Korean singer-songwriter and rapper Lee Chang-sub, South Korean singer 4 March – Sarah Bonito, British-Japanese singer, lead vocalist of Kero Kero Bonito 6 March – Tyler, the Creator, American rapper and record producer 8 March – Devon Werkheiser, American actor and musician 10 March – Kenshi Yonezu, Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer 11 March Chingiz Mustafayev, Azerbaijani singer-songwriter and guitarist Qian Lin, Chinese singer 13 March – Luan Santana, Brazilian singer-songwriter 16 March – Wolfgang Van Halen, American bassist 25 March Liang Bo, Chinese singer-songwriter Kevin Garrett, American musician, working with Alessia Cara March 26 – Ari Lennox, American R&B singer March 27 – London on da Track, American record producer, rapper and songwriter (Summer Walker) 28 March Amy Bruckner, American actress and singer Hoya, South Korean singer and actorMark Russell K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution 63 https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ April 29, 2014 Tuttle Publishing 978-1-4629-1411-1 Jutes, Canadian musician and singer-songwriter 29 March – Irene, South Korean singer and actress (Red Velvet) 30 March Joey Cook, American singer NF, American rapper 2 April – Quavo, American rapper and frontman of hip-hop trio Migos 3 April – Hayley Kiyoko, American singer-songwriter, advocate and dancer 4 April Jesse Jo Stark, American singer-songwriter Lucas Lucco, Brazilian singer-songwriter Jamie Lynn Spears, American television personality, comedienne, actress and singer 7 April – Anne-Marie, British singer-songwriter, dancer, activist and musician 8 April – Andrea Ross, American singer and actress 10 April – Amanda Michalka (AJ), American singer-songwriter, musician and actress 15 April – Daiki Arioka, Japanese singer (Hey! 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JUMP) 18 April Joey Gaydos, American actor and guitarist Edgar Barrera, Mexican-American songwriter, producer and musician, based in Miami, Florida. 23 April – Caleb Johnson, American singer 27 April – Eric Fukusaki, Peruvian singer based in Japan 30 April – Lindsay Pearce, American singer and actress 10 May – Ray Dalton, American singer-songwriter 12 May – Jennifer Damiano, American actress and singer 15 May – Jed Elliott, British bassist (The Struts) 16 May – Joey Graceffa, American YouTuber, vlogger, actor, author, producer and musician 17 May Daniel Curtis Lee, American actor and rapper DJ Akademiks, Jamaican hip-hop blogger Adil Omar, Pakistani rapper and producer 18 May – Spellling, American singer 19 May – Jordan Pruitt, American singer 20 May – Bastian Baker, Swiss singer-songwriter and performer 22 May Brooke Simpson, American singer-songwriter Suho, South Korean singer (Exo) 23 May – Lena Meyer-Landrut, German singer-songwriter and dancer 24 May – Erika Umeda, Japanese singer 25 May – Guy Lawrence, garage musician (EDM House, Disclosure) 26 May Amber Bondin, Maltese singer Channel Tres, American singer-songwriter, rapper and record producer 27 May – Channii, Dutch singer-songwriter 29 May Kristen Alderson, American actress and singer Matoma, Norwegian DJ and record producer 31 May – Azealia Banks, American rapper, singer and songwriter 6 June – Ashley Park, American actress, singer and dancer 7 June – Fetty Wap, American rapper 12 June – Jessie Reyez, Colombian-Canadian singer-songwriter 14 June – Jesy Nelson, English singer-songwriter and dancer (Little Mix, later solo) 16 June Lim Young-woong, South Korean trot singer Joe McElderry, British singer 17 June – Shura, British singer-songwriter, musician and producer 20 June – Hannah Diamond, British singer-songwriter and visual artist 23 June – Katie Armiger, American singer 24 June – Max Ehrich, American singer, actor and dancer 27 June – Rayvon Owen, American singer 28 June – Seohyun, member of South Korean pop girl group Girls' Generation 29 June – Caleidra, British singer-songwriter 30 June – MC Davo, Mexican rapper, singer and composerhttps://www.buenamusica.com/mc-davo/biografia MC Davo Biografia, historia y legado musical buenamusica.com 1 July – Sanah Moidutty, Indian singer-songwriter 2 July – Burna Boy, Nigerian singer-songwriter and record producer 3 July – Peggy Gou, South Korean DJ, singer-songwriter and record producer 5 July – Sam Fischer, Australian singer-songwriter, producer and musician (Demi Lovato) 7 July – Alesso, Swedish producer and DJ 9 July Clara Hagman, Swedish singer-songwriter (Ace of Base) Adrianne Lenker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Mitchel Musso, American actor and musician 10 July María Chacón, Mexican actress and singer Angel Haze, American rapper and singer-songwriter 12 July – Dexter Roberts, American singer 15 July – Yuki Kashiwagi, Japanese idol singing group member 16 July – Emma Louise, Australian indie-pop singer-songwriter 17 July – Mann, American rapper 18 July – Karina Pasian, American Russian multilingual classical musician and singer 21 July – Lucy Spraggan, British singer-songwriter 26 July – Nathan Hartono, Singaporean singer and actor 29 July – Miki Ishikawa, American actress and singer 30 July David Carreira, Portuguese singer, model and actor Diana Vickers, British singer 31 July – Abhay Jodhpurkar, Indian singer 1 August – Kelsy Karter, New Zealand singer-songwriter 9 August Candela Vetrano, Argentine actress, singer and model Heize, South Korean singer-songwriter and rapper 11 August – Milica Pavlović, Swiss-born Serbian singer 13 August – Dave Days, American singer-songwriter and guitarist 21 August Tess Gaerthé, Dutch singer and actress Jesse Rutherford, American singer and musician 26 August – Alok, Brazilian DJ and record producer 30 August – Guru Randhawa, Indian singer-songwriter and composer 3 September Moneybagg Yo, American rapper Terence Lam, Hong Kong singer-songwriter Samantha Marie Ware (Sameya), American theatre and TV actress and singer 8 September Nicole Dollanganger, Canadian singer-songwriter, activist and artist (Lana Del Rey, Grimes) Alex Kinsey, American singer-songwriter and instrumentalist (Alex & Sierra) 9 September – Hunter Hayes, American country singer 11 September – Kygo, Norwegian producer and DJ 12 September – Imri Ziv, Israeli singer-songwriter 15 September – Alex Florea, Romanian singer 16 September – Noname, American singer-songwriter, rapper, musician and poet 22 September – Chelsea Tavares, American actress and singer 23 September – Key, South Korean singer and actor 26 September – Ant Clemons, American singer-songwriter and rapper 27 September – Rachel Cheung, Hong Kong classical pianist 1 October – Via Vallen, Indonesian dangdut singer 4 October Nicolai Kielstrup, Danish singer Leigh-Anne Pinnock, English singer-songwriter, dancer, activist and philanthropist (Little Mix) 5 October – Betty Who, Australian singer-songwriter 7 October – Lay Zhang, Chinese singer-songwriter, record producer, director and dancer (EXO) 6 October – Roshon Fegan, American actor, singer and rapper 10 October Gabriella Cilmi, Australian-Italian blues and pop singer-songwriter Lali Espósito, Argentine actress, singer-songwriter, dancer and model 11 October – Joey Walker, Australian musician, singer and producer (King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard) 17 October – Brenda Asnicar, Argentine actress and singer 18 October – Tyler Posey, American musician and actor 19 October – Colton Dixon, American singer 22 October – Arianna Afsar, American musician 29 October – Parris Goebel, New Zealand-born choreographer, dancer, singer, director and actress 31 October – Jordan-Claire Green, American actress and musician 5 November – Flume, Australian record producer, musician and DJ 8 November – Riker Lynch, American actor, singer and bassist 10 November – Elina Nechayeva, Estonian soprano 11 November – Emma Blackery, British singer-songwriter, musician, comedienne, entertainer, YouTuber, streamer, beauty blogger and gaming blogger 13 November – Matt Bennett, American actor and singer (Victorious, Ariana Grande) 14 November – Gallant, American musician 18 November – Tommy Cash, Estonian rapper, singer, dancer and visual artist 22 November – Saki Shimizu, Japanese singer 23 November – Harley "Kicks" or "Sylvester" Alexander-Sule, British hip-hop singer (Rizzle Kicks), sometimes working as Jimi Charles Moody 25 November – Kevin Woo, American-South Korean singer and dancer (U-KISS, Xing) 28 November – Hannah Diamond, English singer-songwriter, photographer, musician, producer and visual artist (Charli XCX, A G Cook) 2 December Charlie Puth, American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer Ainsley Melham, Australian singer, dancer and actor 6 December – Ejae, South Korean and American singer-songwriter 7 December Remi Matsuo, Japanese singer-songwriter and artist (Glim Spanky) Dori Sakurada, Japanese actor and singerSakurada Dori's Official Blog Profile http://dori.amuse.moo.jp/?pid=8902 16 April 2009 ja dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090303083756/http://dori.amuse.moo.jp/?pid=8902 3 March 2009 9 December PnB Rock, American hip-hop recording artist (d. 2022) Choi Min-ho, South Korean singer (Shinee) 11 December – Anna Bergendahl Swedish-Irish singer 12 December – Jasmine Murray, American singer 13 December Jay Greenberg, American composer Dermot Kennedy, Irish singer-songwriter and musician 14 December Offset, American rapper and member of hip-hop trio Migos Stefflon Don, British-Jamaican rapper and singer-songwriter 15 December – Alana Haim, American guitarist, singer, keyboardist, musician and actress (Haim) 19 December Tom Walker, Scottish singer-songwriter (Zara Larsson, Dodie) Jack River, Australian singer-songwriter, musician and producer 19 December Declan Galbraith, British singer Keiynan Lonsdale, Australian actor, dancer and singer-songwriter 22 December – DaBaby, American rapper 23 December – YoungstaCPT, South African rapper 24 December – Louis Tomlinson, English singer-songwriter and television personality. (One Direction) 27 December – Chloe Bridges, American actress, singer and pianist 30 December – Tyler Carter, American singer-songwriter and rapper (Issues, Woe Is Me) Date not known DallasK, American music producer and songwriter Sylvaine, Norwegian metal multi-instumentalist Deaths 1 January – Buck Ram, American singer and songwriter (The Platters), 83 6 January – Ahmed Adnan Saygun, Turkish composer and musicologist, 83 8 January – Steve Clark, guitarist of Def Leppard, 30 (overdose of codeine) 14 January – Chitragupta, film composer, 73 20 January – Stan Szelest, keyboard player (The Band), 47 6 February – Danny Thomas, singer and actor, 79 9 February – James Cleveland, gospel singer, 59 13 February – Flaviano Labò, operatic tenor, 64 17 February – Gitta Alpár, operatic soprano, 88 20 February – Isabelle Delorme, pianist, composer and music teacher, 90 21 February – Margot Fonteyn, ballerina, 71 26 February – Slim Gaillard, jazz musician, 75 2 March – Serge Gainsbourg, singer-songwriter, 62 (heart attack) 6 March – Sir Joseph Lockwood, record company executive, 86 13 March – Jimmy McPartland, jazz musician, 83 14 March Howard Ashman, lyricist, 40 (AIDS-related) Jerome Doc Pomus, songwriter, 65 15 March – Bud Freeman, jazz musician, 84 18 March – Dezider Kardoš, Slovak composer, 76 21 March – Leo Fender, inventor of the electric guitar, 81 25 March – Eileen Joyce, pianist, 83 1 April – Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer, 96 4 April – Louiguy, Spanish-born French composer, 75 7 April Henry Glover, American songwriter, producer and trumpet player, 69 Ruth Page, American ballerina and choreographer, 92 8 April – Per Yngve Ohlin, aka 'Dead', vocalist of Mayhem, 22 (suicide) 13 April – Wilhelm Lanzky-Otto, horn virtuoso, 82 17 April – Jack Yellen, American lyricist, 98 18 April – Barry Rogers, American jazz and salsa trombonist, 55 20 April – Steve Marriott, singer-songwriter and guitarist (Small Faces and Humble Pie), 44 (killed in house fire) 21 April – Willi Boskovsky, conductor, 81 23 April – Johnny Thunders, rock guitarist and singer, 38 (drug-related) 26 April Leo Arnaud, composer, 86 Carmine Coppola, flautist and composer, 80 28 April – Ken Curtis, American singer and actor, 74 29 April – Gonzaguinha, Brazilian singer and composer, 45 (car accident) https://jornaldebeltrao.com.br/geral-arquivo/ha-25-anos-morria-o-cantor-gonzaguinha-proximo-a-marmeleiro/ Mortes trágicas: relembre os acidentes envolvendo cantores e músicos June 26, 2014 Jornal de Beltrao 18 January 2026 es 3 May – Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer and composer, 89 8 May Jean Langlais, composer, 84 Rudolf Serkin, pianist, 88 9 May? – Yanka Dyagileva, poet and singer, 24 (drowned) 19 May – Odia Coates, singer, 49 (breast cancer) 23 May – Wilhelm Kempff, pianist and composer, 95 24 May Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter (The Byrds), 46 (heart attack) Dirk Schoufs, Belgian jazz double bass player Vaya Con Dios, 29 (AIDS-related) 27 May – Leopold Nowak, musicologist, 86 1 June – David Ruffin, singer (The Temptations), 50 (overdose of cocaine) 4 June – MC Trouble, rapper, 20 (epileptic seizure) 6 June – Stan Getz, US saxophonist, 64 9 June – Claudio Arrau, pianist, 88 14 June – Joy Finzi, founder of the Finzi Trust, 84 6 July – Herminio Giménez, composer, 86 11 July – Honorata de la Rama, singer, 89 15 July – Bert Convy, American game show host, actor and singer, 57 (brain tumor) 10 August – Anthony A. Bliss, executive director and general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, 78February 11, 2013 William McClellan Bliss, Anthony A(ddison) Grove Music Online Oxford University Press 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2234400 28 August – Vince Taylor, rock and roll singer, 52 (cancer) 4 September Charlie Barnet, American bandleader, 77 Dottie West, American country singer, 58 (car accident) 8 September – Alex North, composer, 80 17 September Zino Francescatti, violinist, 89 Rob Tyner, lead singer of MC5, 46 (heart attack) 20 September – Tom Anderson, Shetland fiddler 22 September – Tino Casal, Spanish rock singer, 41 (car accident)http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/cantante/Tino/Casal/muere/accidente/elpepicul/19910923elpepicul_5/Tes/ El cantante Tino Casal muere en un accidente de tráfico 18 January 2026 23 September 1991 La Revista Musical Spanish 25 September – Sydney MacEwan, singer of traditional Scottish and Irish songs, 82 28 September Eugène Bozza, composer, 86 Miles Davis, jazz trumpeter and composer, 65 (stroke) 6 October – Igor Talkov, Russian singer-songwriter, 34 (murdered) 9 October – Roy Black, 48, singer and actor (heart failure) 16 October – Ole Beich, guitarist and bassist, 36 (drowned) 17 October – Tennessee Ernie Ford, country musician, 72 25 October – Bill Graham, rock concert promoter, 60 (helicopter crash) 27 October – Sir Andrzej Panufnik, Polish composer, 75 31 October Garvin Bushell,Jazz multi-instrumentalist, 89 Joseph Papp, Broadway producer, 70 2 November – Mort Shuman, songwriter, 54 (complications following liver operation) 3 November – Chris Bender, R&B singer, 19 (murdered) 8 November – Frances Faye, singer, 79 11 November – Morton Stevens, film composer, 62 15 November – Jacques Morali, disco composer, 44 (AIDS) 24 November Eric Carr, drummer, 41 (cancer) Freddie Mercury, singer, 45 (AIDS-related)Freddie Mercury Biography, Parents, Songs, & Facts Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Freddie-Mercury www.britannica.com 9 January 2022 en 10 December – Headman Shabalala, member of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, 46 (shot) 13 December Marcelle Bunlet, French soprano, 912002 Bunlet, Marcelle Grove Music Online Oxford University Press 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O008515 Elizabeth Forbes (musicologist) Elizabeth Forbes Stuart Challender, conductor, 44 (AIDS-related) 20 December Lal Chand Yamla Jatt, Indian folk singer, 77https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/the-lost-legend/ The lost legend 14 September 2009 Jaskiran Kapoor Indian Express 15 December 2024 Waldemar Kazanecki, Polish pianist, conductor and composer, 62https://music.metason.net/artistinfo?name=Waldemar%20Kazanecki Artist Info Music Metason 15 December 2024 22 December – Édouard Woolley, tenor, actor, composer and music educator, 75 Awards Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees: Felice and Boudleaux Bryant Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees: LaVern Baker, The Byrds, John Lee Hooker, The Impressions, Wilson Pickett, Jimmy Reed and Ike and Tina Turner 1991 Country Music Association Awards 1991 Grammy Awards 1991 MTV Video Music Awards Eurovision Song Contest 1991 Kumar Sanu – Filmfare Best Male Playback Award 33rd Japan Record Awards Charts List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1991 1991 in British music#Charts List of Oricon number-one singles of 1991 See also 1991 in music (UK) Record labels established in 1991 References 30em Category:20th century in music Category:Music by year