1993 in music

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See also: 1992 in music, other events of 1993, 1994 in music, 1990s in music and the list of 'years in music'

Events

• January 8 - The U.S. Postal service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. The design was voted on in February of 1992.
• January 12 - Cream reunites for a performance at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Los Angeles, California. Other inductees include Creedence Clearwater Revival, Ruth Brown, The Doors, Van Morrison, and Sly & The Family Stone.
• January 13 - Bobby Brown is arrested in Augusta, Georgia for simulating a sex act onstage.
• February 10 - Oprah Winfrey interviews Michael Jackson during a prime time special. It is Jackson's first interview in 15 years.
• February 14 - Harry Nilsson suffers a non fatal heart attack
• March 4 - Patti LaBelle receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• March 6 - Whitney Houston's single "I Will Always Love You" posts its 14th week at number one, becoming the longest running #1 single of all time (though this would be broken in 1996).
• April - Green Day signs a contract to Reprise Records
• April 12 - Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from Lenny Kravitz.
• April 16 - Paul McCartney headlines a concert at the Hollywood Bowl to celebrate "Earth Day". Other performers included Ringo Starr, Steve Miller and Don Henley
• April 21 - Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman marries Suzanne Accosta
• April 17 - The Bangles' Susanna Hoffs marries screenwriter Jay Roach in Los Angeles, California
• April 24 - Willie Nelson, John Cougar Mellencamp, Neil Young and more than 30 other artists perform at Farm Aid 6 in Ames, Iowa
• April 29 - An animated version of Barry White appears on an episode of The Simpsons.
• June 7 - Prince announces that he is changing his name to an unpronouncable symbol:
• June 21 - Jamiroquai's Debut Album Emergency on Planet EarthGoes Straight To Number One In The U.K, And Stays There For Four Weeks.
• August 28 - Bruce Dickinson plays his final show with Iron Maiden (until his return in 1999). The show was broadcast on British television, and later released on VHS and dvd.
• September 21 - Nirvana's final studio album, In Utero, is released
• September- Ace of Base releases their huge record breaking debut album The Sign, also known as Happy Nation, and Happy Nation U.S Version. The Sign went on to sell 23 million copies worldwide, including 10 million in the United States.
• November - New opera house opens in Helsinki, Finland
• November 19 - Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder was arrested in New Orleans on charges of public drunkenness after a bar room brawl.
• December 4 - Frank Zappa dies of prostate cancer.
• The Pro Art Symphony Orchestra is founded in San Francisco.
• The Wu-Tang Clan's musical career begins
• Beck's musical career begins
• Bush's musical career begins
• Weezer's musical career begins
• Michael Jackson denies child molestation charges in a four minute statement which is broadcast live on television.
• Big Ass Truck form
• Citizen King form
• The Crystal Method form
• Spice Girls form in London, England
• Jimmy Eat World form
• Jurassic 5 form
• Muse form
• Nada Surf form
• Oasis form in Manchester, England
• Rammstein (band) form in East Germany
• Thug Life form
• Garth Brooks releases his "In Pieces" album, despite being heavily pop oriented it surprisingly gets rave reviews from the country music industry and goes on to become his fourth chart-topping album.
• Natalie Merchant leaves 10,000 Maniacs after being in the band for twelve years.
• New Order break up whilst on the tour for their album Republic, and apparently do not speak to each other for another 5 years.

Albums released

• More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits - ABBA
• Happy Nation - Ace of Base
• Happy Nation U.S Version - Ace of Base
• The Sign - Ace of Base
• Get a Grip - Aerosmith
• Breaking Things - ALL
• Tales of Ephidrina - Amorphous Androgynous
• Set the World on Fire - Annihilator
• Sound of White Noise - Anthrax
• Con el Corazon en la Mano - Aterciopelados
• Midnight Marauders - A Tribe Called Quest
• Freestyle - Ayibobo
• Rise - Bad Brains
• Recipe For Hate - Bad Religion
• Spirit of the Forest - Baka Beyond
• Top d`Coroa - Bau
• Golden Feelings - Beck
• Mellow Gold - Beck
• Crazy Legs - Jeff Beck
• Gravity's Rainbow - Pat Benatar
• As canções que você fez pra mim - Maria Bethânia
• Debut - Björk
• Back in the bahish mood - Face Baukchoice
• Flyswatter - Blink-182 (debut EP demo)
• Modern Life Is Rubbish - Blur
• In God We Trust - Brand Nubian
• Pottymouth - Bratmobile
• Last Splash - The Breeders
• In Pieces - Garth Brooks
• Candlebox - Candlebox
• Blood Music - Chapterhouse
• Charlie Hunter Trio - Charlie Hunter Trio
• Hey Man, Smell My Finger - George Clinton (funk musician)
• Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid - Collective Soul (debut)
• Both Sides - Phil Collins
• Mexican Moon - Concrete Blonde
• Close As Pages In A Book - Barbara Cook
• Coverdale Page - Coverdale Page
• Near Death Experience - Cro-Mags
• August and Everything After - Counting Crows (debut)
• Kerosene Hat - Cracker
• Show - The Cure
• Paris - The Cure
• Focus - Cynic
• Black Sunday - Cypress Hill
• Tribal Thunder - Dick Dale
• Individual Thought Patterns - Death
• Amon: Feasting the Beast - Deicide
• Songs of Faith and Devotion - Depeche Mode
• The Body-hat Syndrome - Digital Underground
• Where You Been - Dinosaur Jr.
• Rock & Roll Christmas - Dion DiMucci
• The Colour of My Love - Céline Dion
• One Night in Time - Donovan
• The Wedding Album - Duran Duran
• Earth 2 - Earth
• Emerson, Lake and Palmer Live at the Royal Albert Hall - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• Wolverine Blues - Entombed
• UltraElectroMagneticPop! - The Eraserheads
• Immortal Songs - Fairuz
• Orang Gila - Iwan Fals
• Mr. Machinery Operator - fIREHOSE
• Give a Monkey a Brain, and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe - Fishbone
• Transmissions from the Satellite Heart - The Flaming Lips
• Mortal Kombat II Soundtrack - Dan Forden
• In on the Kill Taker - Fugazi
• Find Your Way - Gabrielle
• Vena Cava - Diamanda Galás
• Insanity and Genius - Gamma Ray
• Superstar Car Wash - Goo Goo Dolls (first album in three years)
• Great Big Sea - Great Big Sea (debut)
• The Spaghetti Incident? - Guns N' Roses
• Cowgirl's Prayer - Emmylou Harris
• Debravation - Deborah Harry
• Fire - Hey
• Take Me As I Am - Faith Hill (debut)
• I Don't Love My Guru Anymore - Kristian Hoffman
• The Ringmaster - Insane Clown Posse (2nd Joker's card)
• A Real Dead One - Iron Maiden
• A Real Live One - Iron Maiden
• Live at Donington - Iron Maiden
• Emergency on Planet Earth - Jamiroquai
• janet. - Janet Jackson
• Spilt Milk - Jellyfish
• Jerky Boys 1 - Jerky Boys (debut)
• Nightcap - Jethro Tull
• Joey Lawrence - Joey Lawrence
• Diary of A Mad Band - Jodeci
• A Bigger Piece Of Sky - Robert Earl Keen
• Happy Hour - King Missile
• Luiza - Ithamara Koorax
• Shania Twain - Shania Twain (debut)
• Are You Gonna Go My Way? - Lenny Kravitz
• Bridges To Bert - Leftover Salmon
• Aurora Gory Alice - Letters To Cleo (debut)
• Short, Sweet and Dread - Little Annie Anxiety Bandez
• Exile in Guyville - Liz Phair (debut)
• Far Gone - Love Battery
• Concentration - Machines of Loving Grace
• Meron akong ano! - Francis Magalona
• Gold Against the Soul - Manic Street Preachers
• Music Box - Mariah Carey
• SlaughtaHouse - Masta Ace Incorporated
• So Tonight That I Might See - Mazzy Star
• Off the Ground - Paul McCartney
• - Meat Loaf
• Houdini - Melvins
• Boces - Mercury Rev
• Something for Joey - Mercury Rev
• Superjudge - Monster Magnet
• Covenant - Morbid Angel
• Too Long in Exile - Van Morrison
• Bastards - Motörhead
• Bargainville - Moxy Früvous
• Gun Crazy - Mr. T Experience
• Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew - Mudhoney
• Jidai -Time Goes Around - Miyuki Nakajima
• Are You Normal? - Ned's Atomic Dustbin
• Republic - New Order
• Live Seeds - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
• In Utero - Nirvana (final studio album)
• Don't Miss the Train - No Use for a Name
• Igniton - The Offspring
• I Hear Black - Overkill
• Icon - Paradise Lost
• Vs. - Pearl Jam
• Unknown Road - Pennywise
• Rid of Me - PJ Harvey
• 4-Track Demos - PJ Harvey
• Porno for Pyros - Porno for Pyros (debut)
• Pork Soda - Primus
• Pablo Honey - Radiohead (debut)
• Counterparts - 15th studio album by Rush
• Edge of Thorns - Savatage
• Chaos A.D. - Sepultura
• Out the Shizzy - 7 Seconds
• Peligro - Shakira
• - Carly Simon
• Skunkhour - Skunkhour
• Smeared - Sloan
• Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins
• Doggystyle - Snoop Doggy Dogg
• Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements - Stereolab
• The Groop Played Space Age Bachelor Pad Music - Stereolab
• Squint-Steve Taylor
• Libertine - Sun Dial
• Return Journey - Sun Dial
• On the Mouth - Superchunk
• Elemental - Tears for Fears
• Greatest Hits - Technotronic
• Music - 311 (debut)
• Dreams Never Die - Tiffany
• Undertow - Tool (debut full-length)
• Kingdom of Desire - Toto
• Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. - Tupac Shakur
• Bloody Kisses - Type O Negative
• Zooropa - U2
• Live MCMXCIII - The Velvet Underground
• Pop Smear - The Verve Pipe (debut full-length)
• Pull - Winger
• Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan
• Baazigar - Alka Yagnik
• Néné - Alpha Yaya Diallo
• Shampoo Horn - Dweezil Zappa (with his brother Ahmet)
• Thousand Roads - David Crosby
• Alapalooza - "Weird Al" Yankovic

Top hits

• "Again" - Janet Jackson
• "Ain't Nothing But a G Thang" - Dr Dre featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg
• "All for Love" - Bryan Adams Rod Stewart Sting
• "All That She Wants" - Ace of Base
• "Alright" - Kris Kross featuring Supercat
• "Amazing" - Aerosmith
• "American Honky Tonk Bar Association" - Garth Brooks
• "Angel" - John Secada
• "Anniversary" - Tony Toni Toné
• "Another Sad Love Song" - Toni Braxton
• "Award Tour" - A Tribe Called Quest
• "Baby I'm Yours" - Shai
• "Bad Boys" - Inner Circle
• "Bad Girl" - Madonna
• "Bahmister" - Face Baukchoice
• "Bed of Roses" - Bon Jovi
• "Better Than You" - Lisa Keith
• "Bombtrack" - Rage Against the Machine
• "Boom! Shake the Room" - Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince
• "Both Sides Of The Story" - Phil Collins
• "Break It Down Again" - Tears for Fears
• "Breathe Again" - Toni Braxton
• "Bullet In The Head" - Rage Against the Machine
• "By The Time This Night Is Over" - Kenny G (with Peabo Bryson)
• "Can We Talk" - Tevin Campbell
• "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" - Taylor Dayne
• "Can't Help Falling In Love" - UB40
• "Cats In the Cradle" - Ugly Kid Joe
• "Check Yo Self" - Ice Cube featuring Das EFX
• "Come Baby Come" - K7
• "Come Inside" - Intro
• "Come Undone" - Duran Duran
• "Comforter" - Shai
• "Creep" - Radiohead
• "Cry for You" - Jodeci
• "Cryin'" - Aerosmith
• "The Crying Game" - Boy George
• "Dazzey Duks" - Duice
• "Dedicated" -R. Kelly and Public Announcement
• "Deeper And Deeper" - Madonna
• "Ditty" - Paperboy
• "Don't Walk Away" - Jade
• "Dre Day" - Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg
• "Dreamlover"- Mariah Carey
• "Dreams" - Gabrielle
• "Enter The Wu- Tang: 36 Chamber"- The Wu-Tang Clan
• "Everybody Hurts" - R.E.M.
• "Fields of Gold" - Sting
• "Forever In Love" - Kenny G
• "Freak Me" - Silk
• "Gangsta Lean" - D.R.S.
• "Get Away" - Bobby Brown
• "Getto Jam" - Domino
• "Girl, I've Been Hurt" - Snow
• "Girl U For Me" - Silk
• "Hat 2 Da Back" - TLC
• "Have I Told You Lately" - Rod Stewart
• "Heal the World" - Michael Jackson
• "Heart-Shaped Box" - Nirvana
• "Hero" - Mariah Carey
• "Hey Jealousy" - Gin Blossoms
• "Hey Mr. D.J." - Zhané
• "Hip Hop Hooray" - Naughty by Nature
• "Hopelessly" - Rick Astley
• "Human Behavior" - Björk
• "I Don't Wanna Fight" - Tina Turner
• "I Feel You" - Depeche Mode
• "I Get Around" - 2 Pac
• "I Have Nothing"- Whitney Houston
• "(I Know I Got) Skillz" - Shaquille O'Neal
• "I Will Always Love You"- Whitney Houston
• "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" - Meat Loaf
• "I'll Never Get Over You (Getting Over Me)" - Exposé
• "I'm Every Woman"- Whitney Houston
• "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" - The Proclaimers
• "I'm So Into You" - SWV
• "If" - Janet Jackson
• "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" - Sting
• "If I Had No Loot" - Tony Toni Toné!
• "In These Arms" - Bon Jovi
• "Informer" - Snow
• "Insane in the Brain" - Cypress Hill
• "It Was a Good Day" - Ice Cube
• "Jessie" - Joshua Kadison
• "Just Kickin' It" - Xscape
• "Keep Ya Head Up" - 2Pac
• "Knockin Da' Boots" - H-Town
• "Lately" - Jodeci
• "Let Me Ride" - Dr. Dre featuring George Clinton
• "Linger" - The Cranberries
• "Livin' on the Edge" - Aerosmith
• "Looking Through Patient Eyes" - PM Dawn
• "Love Can Move Mountains" - Celine Dion
• "Love Don't Love You" - En Vogue
• "Love Is" - Vanessa Williams and Brian McKnight
• "Love Shoulda Brought You Home" - Toni Braxton
• "Man On The Moon" - R.E.M.
• "Mr. Vain" - Culture Beat
• "Mr. Wendal" - Arrested Development
• "Never Keeping Secrets" - Babyface
• "Never Should've Let You Go" - Hi-Five
• "Nothin' My Love Can't Fix" - Joey Lawrence
• "No Mistakes" - Patty Smyth
• "No Ordinary Love" - Sade
• "No Rain" - Blind Melon
• "On the Sea" - Vertical Horizon
• "One Last Cry" - Brian McKnight
• "One Woman" - Jade
• "Ooh Child" - Dino
• "Ordinary World" - Duran Duran
• "Passin' Me By" - The Pharcyde
• "Pets" - Porno for Pyros
• "Please Forgive Me" - Bryan Adams
• "Plush" - Stone Temple Pilots
• "The Power of Love" - Celine Dion
• "Quality Time" - Hi-Five
• "Rain" - Madonna
• "Reason to Believe" - Rod Stewart (with Ronnie Wood)
• "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" - Digable Planets
• "The Red Strokes" - Garth Brooks
• "Regret" - New Order
• "Return of the Crazy One" - Digital Underground
• "Right Here/Human Nature" - SWV
• "The Right Kind of Love" - Jeremy Jordan
• "The River of Dreams" - Billy Joel
• "Rooster" - Alice in Chains
• "RuffNeck" - MC Lyte
• "Run to You" - Whitney Houston
• "Runaway Train" - Soul Asylum
• "Said I Loved You...But I Lied" - Michael Bolton
• "Shoop" - Salt-N-Pepa
• "Show Me Love" - Robin S.
• "The Sign" - Ace of Base
• "Simple Life" - Elton John
• "Slam" - Onyx
• "Sleeping Satellite" - Tasmin Archer
• "Slow and Sexy" - Shabba Ranks (featuring Johnny Gill)
• "So Much in Love" - All-4-One
• "Something in Your Eyes" - Bel Biv DeVoe
• "Sober" - Tool
• "Somebody Dance With Me" - DJ Bobo
• "Somebody to Love" - George Michael and Queen
• "Soul to Squeeze" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• "Stand Up (Kick Love Into Motion)" - Def Leppard
• "Standing Outside The Fire" - Garth Brooks
• "Stay Forever - Joey Lawrence
• "Steam" - Peter Gabriel
• "Sweat (A La La La La Long)" - Inner Circle
• "Sweet Thing" - Mary J. Blige
• "The World Around Me" - King's X
• "That's The Way Love Goes" - Janet Jackson
• "That's What Love Can Do" - Boy Krazy
• "Three Little Pigs" - Green Jellÿ
• "Time and Chance" - Color Me Badd
• "Two Princes" - The Spin Doctors
• "Two Steps Behind" - Def Leppard
• "U.N.I.T.Y." - Queen Latifah
• "Very Special" - Big Daddy Kane
• "Wannagirl" - Jeremy Jordan
• "Weak" - SWV
• "What Is Love" - Haddaway
• "What's My Name" - Snoop Doggy Dogg
• "What's Up" - 4 Non Blondes
• "What's Up Doc? (Can We Rock)" - Fu-Schnickens with Shaquille O'Neal
• "When I Fall In Love" - Celine Dion and Clive Griffin
• "Who Is It" - Michael Jackson
• "A Whole New World" - Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle
• "Whoomp! (There It Is)" - Tag Team
• "Whoot, There It Is" - 95 South
• "Will You Be There" - Michael Jackson
• "Would?" - Alice in Chains

See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1993

Top Ten Selling Albums of the Year

• 1. The Bodyguard - Whitney Houston
• 2. Breathless - Kenny G
• 3. Unplugged- Eric Clapton
• 4. janet. - Janet Jackson
• 5. Some Gave All - Billy Ray Cyrus
• 6. The Chronic - Dr. Dre
• 7. Pocket Full Of Kryptonite - Spin Doctors
• 8. Ten - Pearl Jam
• 9. The Chase - Garth Brooks
• 10. Core - Stone Temple Pilots

• John Adams - Violin Concerto
• Luciano Berio - Rage and Outrage
• Pierre Boulez - ...explosante-fixe...
• Alvin Curran - VSTO (string quartet)
• Michael Daugherty - Bizarro
• Mario Davidovsky - Shulamit's Dream for soprano and orchestra
• David Diamond - Symphony No. 11
• Joël-François Durand - Concerto for piano and orchestra
• Krzysztof Penderecki - Polish Requiem (revised version)
• Harold Schiffmann - Sestetto Concertato
• Takashi Yoshimatsu - Concerto for Trombone, Op. 55 "Orion Machine"

• Daron Hagen - Shining Brow
• Theo Loevendie - Gassir, the Hero
• Michael Nyman - Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs
• Randolph Peters - Nosferatu

• Annie Warbucks     off-Broadway production
• Blood Brothers (Willy Russell) - Broadway production
• Cyrano     Broadway production
• Goodbye Girl     Broadway production
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat     Broadway revival
• Kiss of the Spiderwoman     Broadway production
• My Fair Lady (Lerner & Loewe) - Broadway revival
• She Loves Me     Broadway revival

Births

Deaths

• March 3 - Carlos Montoya, guitarist, 89
• March 28 - Buddy Red Bow (44), Lakota country and western singer
• March 31 - Mitchell Parish, 92, US lyric writer
• April 30 - Mick Ronson, guitarist, liver cancer
• May 30 - Sun Ra, jazz composer
• June 5 - Harold Jenkins also known as Conway Twitty country rock singer
• July 14 – Léo Ferré, French singer, songwriter and composer
• September 9 - Helen O'Connell
• September 22 - Maurice Abravanel, conductor
• October 23 - Elena Nicolai, opera singer
• October 31 - River Phoenix, 23, actor and singer of Aleka's Attic
• November 3 - Léon Theremin, inventor of the Theremin musical instrument
• December 4 - Frank Zappa, U. S. rock musician/composer
• December 5 - Doug Hopkins, guitarist and songwriter for Gin Blossoms

Awards

• The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The Animals, The Band, Duane Eddy, The Grateful Dead, Elton John, John Lennon, Bob Marley and Rod Stewart

• Grammy Awards of 1993

• Eurovision Song Contest 1993

• Suede - Suede wins.

Charts

• KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1993

• Triple J Hottest 100, 1993

External Charts

• [Pop Culture Madness 1993 Music Chart]

Other Notable Singles Released

• Another Body Murdered - Faith No More & Boo-Yaa TRIBE

 

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