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[edit] Events

January 21 - MTV's Unplugged premieres on cable television with musical guest, Squeeze
February 6 - Billy Idol is involved in a serious motorcycle accident, resulting in several broken bones. Idol had been scheduled to have a major role in Oliver Stone's film The Doors, but due to his injuries, the role was reduced down almost to a bit part.
February 14 - 50,000 fans watch The Rolling Stones play the first of 10 concerts at Tokyo's Korakuen Dome, the beginning of the Stones' first ever tour of Japan.
February 16
- Ike Turner is sentenced to 4 years in prison for possession of cocaine.
- Aerosmith appears in the Saturday Night Live sketch Wayne's World, where they perform the Wayne's World theme song.
February 24 - The Byrds (Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman and David Crosby) reunite, for the first time in 25 years, to perform at a Los Angeles, California tribute to Roy Orbison. The three are joined unexpectedly on stage by Bob Dylan, who sings "Mr. Tambourine Man" with the band.
February 27 - In Time Magazine, Milli Vanilli "singer" Rob Pilatus states that their group is, "more talented than any Bob Dylan or Paul McCartney. Mick Jagger can't produce a sound. I'm the new Elvis."
March 19 - Depeche Mode released the Violator, one of the best criticised and important albums of the alternative music.
March 20 - Gloria Estefan's tour bus is involved in an accident. Estefan suffers several broken bones in her back.
March 25 - Mötley Crüe's Tommy Lee is arrested for allegedly exposing his backside during a performance in Augusta, Georgia
April 4 - Gloria Estefan returns to Miami, Florida after undergoing back surgery in March following a tour bus accident.
April 6 - Mötley Crüe's Tommy Lee suffers a mild concussion after falling off of scaffolding above his elevated drum kit during a performance in New Haven, CT.
April 7 - Neil Young, Elton John, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Guns N' Roses and Jackson Browne perform at Farm Aid IV in Indiana. John dedicates "Candle in the Wind" to AIDS patient Ryan White during his performance. White died later that evening.
April 13 - Madonna opens up her landmark, yet controversial, Blond Ambition Tour in Tokyo.
April 16 - a massive tribute concert is held at Wembley Stadium for recently freed anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela, who makes a 45-minute speech at the event. Performers include Anita Baker, Tracy Chapman, Peter Gabriel, The Neville Brothers and Neil Young. The event is broadcast to 61 countries around the world.
April 25 - Jimi Hendrix's Fender Stratocaster that he used to perform his famous version of the "Star Spangled Banner" at Woodstock, is auctioned off in London for $295,000
May 8 - In Los Angeles, California, Tom Waits wins a $2.5 million lawsuit against Frito-Lay for unlawfully using a sound alike of Waits in its Doritos television commercials.
May 26 - Gin Blossoms sign a contract with A&M Records
May 27 - The Stone Roses stage a legendary concert at Spike Island, Cheshire
May 29 - Toronto police threaten to arrest Madonna if she performs her simulated masturbation scene during her performance of "Like a Virgin" on her Blond Ambition Tour. Madonna refuses to change her show, and the police decide not to press charges, later denying that they had ever threatened to press charges (a claim refuted by footage captured during the filming of Madonna's 1991 documentary Truth or Dare).
June 2 - Vision of Love, Mariah Carey's debut single, enters the Billboard Hot 100 chart and will eventually reach the #1 spot for four consecutive weeks in the summer. She releases a further five singles, all of which reach number one in the US, making her the only artist ever to have their first five singles reach number one. She (as of 2006) scored another eleven number one singles, bringing her total to seventeen. She would then go on to become the most successful female artist in the history of music.
June 10 - members of rap group 2 Live Crew are arrested and charged with obscenity after a performance in a Hollywood, Florida nightclub.
June 30 - Step by Step, New Kids on the Block's first single from their new album reaches the top of the Billboard charts and will stay there for a total of 3 weeks. It would become the boy band pioneers' biggest selling single.
July 7 - The Three Tenors give their first concert, at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome.
July 14 - Jean Michel Jarre's concert Paris la Defense attracts 2.5 million spectators.
August 5 - Madonna ends her controversial Blond Ambition Tour in Nice, France.
August 24 - A judge rules that heavy metal band Judas Priest is not responsible for the suicide and attempted suicide of two Nevada youths who shot themselves after listening to the band's music.
September - In the UK, two singles, "Groove is in the Heart" by Deee-Lite and "The Joker" by Steve Miller Band (featured in a current TV jeans commercial), are announced to have sold the same number of copies in one week and a tie-break is used to decide which should be number one. "The Joker" wins, as it had climbed the most from the previous week.
September 10 - Will Smith hits primetime television with the debut of the sitcom, The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.
September 11 - After a decade of performing in the Francophone world, Céline Dion makes her formal English-language debut in the United States with the release of her album Unison.
October - Jamaaladeen Tacuma records Boss of the Bass, that will be a blockbuster in 1991.
October 22 - Pearl Jam, then named "Mookie Blaylock," play their first show as a band at the Off Ramp club in Seattle, Washington.
October 31st - Fear Factory plays their first show.
Fall - For the first time, Amy Grant and Gary Chapman hold a night of music at their Franklin, Tennessee Riverstone Farm, for local teenagers. Performers included Rich Mullins, Rick Elias, Charlie Peacock, Wes King and Michael W. Smith. The event becomes known as "The Loft".
November 27 - "Vocal" group Milli Vanilli admits to lip-synching hits such as "Girl You Know It's True." They later have their Grammy award revoked.
December - The Smashing Pumpkins begin recording Gish, which will be a blockbuster album in 1991.
December 13 - Genesis'88 stage weekly Acid House night in legally acquired warehouse in Stratford, London under the banner imagine

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Dance music breaks out.
Madonna's "Justify My Love" music video is banned by MTV. The singer appears on Nightline to defend the video.
Pennywise signs a contract to their recent label Epitaph Records
The poorly received Cop Rock premieres on television, TV's first (and last) musical police drama.
Christina Aguilera appears on Star Search.
Garth Brooks releases his second album, "No Fences" and wins various awards across the music industry, including "best new country artist."
Del Amitri's second album, and first for five years, Waking Hours effectively relaunches their career. It provides them with the UK hit Nothing Ever Happens and the minor US hit Kiss This Thing Goodbye.
Sons of Kyuss changed their named to Kyuss, add new members except guitarist Josh Homme.
After a hiatus of 7 years, rock group Styx (band) reform to record a new album and tour without long time guitarist Tommy Shaw who was committed to Damn Yankees at the time. With his blessing, A&M recording artist Glen Burtnik joins Styx and release "Edge of The Century". The first single was Burnik's "Love Is The Ritual" which barely entered the Billboard 100. The follow-up single -- a religiously inspired ballad entitled "Show Me The Way" with Dennis DeYoung on vocals -- became a minor hit but then suddenly skyrocketed to the #1 spot on the Billboard 100 after radio stations took the liberty and produced their own versions of the song featuring comments from Operation: Desert Storm soldiers during the solo break -- a move that reportedly didn't sit well with the band, who believed it unfairly politicized their music, the Christian religious faith, and the sacrifices of the troops.

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[edit] Bands disbanded

[edit] Albums released

Contents:	Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December

[edit] January

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
5	Flood	They Might Be Giants	-
15	Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic	The Sundays	UK
16	The Hit List	Joan Jett	Covers album
23	Stick It to Ya	Slaughter	-
29	A Bit of What You Fancy	The Quireboys	UK

[edit] February

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
12	Chill Out	The KLF	-
13	Just Say Ozzy	Ozzy Osbourne	US; Live
13	Shake Your Money Maker	The Black Crowes	-
19	Lloyd Cole	Lloyd Cole	UK
	Extricate	The Fall	-
	Heading for Tomorrow	Gamma Ray	-
20	Dark at the End of the Tunnel	Oingo Boingo	-
20	The Language of Life	Everything but the Girl	-
22	Damn Yankees	Damn Yankees	-
	Gold Afternoon Fix	The Church	-
	Submarine Bells	The Chills	-
	The Caution Horses	Cowboy Junkies	-
25	Blue Sky Mining	Midnight Oil	-
27	Here in the Real World	Alan Jackson	-
27	Highwayman 2	The Highwaymen	-
28	Ah Via Musicom	Eric Johnson	-

[edit] March

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Poison	Bell Biv DeVoe	-
6	New Funky Nation	Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.	-
12	Beg to Differ	Prong	-
13	Kid 'n Play's Funhouse	Kid 'n Play	-
	Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em	MC Hammer	-
	Pretty Woman soundtrack	Various Artists	-
	Spiritual Healing	Death	-
19	Blacks' Magic	Salt-N-Pepa	-
	Manic Nirvana	Robert Plant	-
	My Romance	Carly Simon	Covers album
	Violator	Depeche Mode	-
20	Changesbowie	David Bowie	Compilation
	Fear of a Black Planet	Public Enemy	-
	I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got	Sinéad O'Connor	-
23	Recycler	ZZ Top	-
26	Brigade	Heart	-
	Sex Packets	Digital Underground	-
	Still Got the Blues	Gary Moore	-
	The Best of Van Morrison	Van Morrison	UK
	Unison	Celine Dion	Canada
27	Forever Everlasting	Everlast	-
	Livin' Like Hustlers	Above the Law	-
	Social Distortion	Social Distortion	-

[edit] April

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
3	Born to Sing	En Vogue	-
10	Act III	Death Angel	-
	Behind the Mask	Fleetwood Mac	-
	Days of Open Hand	Suzanne Vega	-
	Laura Branigan	Laura Branigan	-
11	Songs for Drella	Lou Reed and John Cale	-
11	Vanity/Nemesis	Celtic Frost	-
16	Hammerheart	Bathory	-
17	Johnny Gill	Johnny Gill	-
17	People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm	A Tribe Called Quest	-
23	Life	Inspiral Carpets	-
24	Goodbye Jumbo	World Party	-
25	Back For Another Taste	Helix	-
30	The Internationale	Billy Bragg	Mini-LP

[edit] May

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Charmed Life	Billy Idol	-
	The Winding Sheet	Mark Lanegan	-
	When the Storm Comes Down	Flotsam and Jetsam	-
5	Now That's What I Call Music 17 (UK series)	Various Artists	UK; Compilation
8	Eclipse	Yngwie Malmsteen	US
	Greatest Hits	The Bangles	Greatest Hits
	Shut Up and Dance	Paula Abdul	Remix album
	Tattooed Millionaire	Bruce Dickinson	-
	Wilson Phillips	Wilson Phillips	-
	Young Lions	Adrian Belew
11	Screaming Life/Fopp	Soundgarden	Compilation
14	DAAS Icon	Doug Anthony All Stars	-
15	Lock up the Wolves	Dio	-
	Reflections of Passion	Yanni	Compilation
	Ten	Y&T	-
16	AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted	Ice Cube	-
16	World Power	Snap!	-
21	Vol. II: 1990 - A New Decade	Soul II Soul	-
22	I'm Breathless	Madonna	-
25	Hell to Pay	Jeff Healey	Canada
29	Bloodletting	Concrete Blonde	-
31	Scumdogs of the Universe	GWAR	-

[edit] June

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
5	Step by Step	New Kids on the Block	-
7	Sumerian Cry	Tiamat	-
11	A Catholic Education	Teenage Fanclub	-
11	Live It Up	Crosby, Stills & Nash	-
12	Holy Water	Bad Company	-
	I'll Give All My Love to You	Keith Sweat	-
	Mariah Carey	Mariah Carey	-
	Standard Time Vol. 3 - The Resolution Of Romance	Wynton Marsalis	-
14	Amarok	Mike Oldfield	-
18	Alias	Alias	-
19	A Night on the Town	Bruce Hornsby and the Range	-
22	New Art Riot	Manic Street Preachers	EP
25	Deicide	Deicide	-
	Livonia	His Name Is Alive	-
	Sudden Stop	Colin James	Canada
26	After The Rain	Nelson	-
	Danzig II: Lucifuge	Danzig	-
	Goo	Sonic Youth	-
	Real Men... Wear Black	Cameo	-
30	Biohazard	Biohazard	-
30	Lonely Avenue	Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts	-

[edit] July

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
3	Are You Okay?	Was (Not Was)	-
	Lights...Camera...Revolution!	Suicidal Tendencies	-
	Lofty's Roach Souffle	Harry Connick, Jr.	-
	Love & Emotion	Stevie B	-
	Seven Turns	Allman Brothers Band	-
	Spirits Dancing in the Flesh	Santana	-
	The Hard Way	Steve Earle	-
	We Are in Love	Harry Connick, Jr.	-
10	Bonafide	Maxi Priest	US
	Brick by Brick	Iggy Pop	-
	Flesh and Blood	Poison	-
	Pandemonium	The Time	-
13	Banned in the U.S.A.	2 Live Crew	-
13	Naked Thunder	Ian Gillan	-
16	Tales from the Twilight World	Blind Guardian	-
19	Apple	Mother Love Bone	-
19	Lovegod	The Soup Dragons	-
24	Cowboys from Hell	Pantera	-
	In the Heart of the Young	Winger	-
	Take a Look Around	Master Ace	-
	Un-Led-Ed	Dread Zeppelin	-

[edit] August

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
6	World Clique	Deee-Lite	-
7	Bellybutton	Jellyfish	-
	Blaze of Glory	Jon Bon Jovi	Young Guns II soundtrack
	Brother's Keeper	The Neville Brothers	-
	Pornograffiti	Extreme	-
13	Bossanova	Pixies	-
16	100 Miles and Runnin'	N.W.A.	EP
17	Eaten Back To Life	Cannibal Corpse	-
20	Graffiti Bridge	Prince	Soundtrack
	Liberty	Duran Duran	-
	Tyr	Black Sabbath	-
21	Against the Law	Stryper	-
	Detonator	Ratt	-
	Facelift	Alice in Chains	-
	FireHouse	FireHouse	-
	Persistence of Time	Anthrax	-
	Ritual de lo Habitual	Jane's Addiction	-
	Short Dog's in the House	Too $hort	-
27	No Fences	Garth Brooks	-
28	Time's Up	Living Colour	-
28	Up from the Ashes	Don Dokken	-

[edit] September

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
3	Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1	George Michael	UK
3	Painkiller	Judas Priest	-
4	And the Horse They Rode in On	Soul Asylum	-
	Empire	Queensrÿche	-
	In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up	Ministry	Live
	Rumor Has It	Reba McEntire	-
	The Wild Places	Dan Fogelberg	-
	To the Extreme	Vanilla Ice	-
9	Two Fires	Jimmy Barnes	-
10	Boomania	Betty Boo	-
10	Under the Red Sky	Bob Dylan	-
11	Cherry Pie	Warrant	-
	Soundtrack from Twin Peaks	Angelo Badalamenti	TV soundtrack
	Ragged Glory	Neil Young and Crazy Horse	-
	Unison	Celine Dion	US
12	Never, Neverland	Annihilator	-
16	Exitos de Gloria Estefan	Gloria Estefan	US; Compilation
17	Heaven or Las Vegas	Cocteau Twins	-
	Room to Roam	The Waterboys	-
	The Wall Live in Berlin	Roger Waters	UK; Live
18	Mama Said Knock You Out	LL Cool J	-
18	The Layla Sessions: 20th Anniversary Edition	Derek and the Dominos	Remix + unreleased material
19	Cause of Death	Obituary	-
21	JAPANESKA	The Boom	-
	Lawn Boy	Phish	-
	Nomads Indians Saints	Indigo Girls	-
	Some People's Lives	Bette Midler	-
	The Razors Edge	AC/DC	-
	X	INXS	-
24	Rag and Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers	XTC	Rarities compilation
	Rust in Peace	Megadeth	-
	Souls of Black	Testament	-
25	All Shook Down	The Replacements	-
	Family Style	The Vaughan Brothers (Stevie Ray and Jimmie)	-
	Have You Seen Me Lately	Carly Simon	-
	Ivory	Teena Marie	-
	Superchunk	Superchunk	-
	Without a Net	Grateful Dead	Live

[edit] October

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	No Prayer for the Dying	Iron Maiden	-
2	New Inside	Tiffany	-
8	Enlightenment	Van Morrison	UK
8	Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band	Ringo Starr	Live
9	Change of Season	Hall & Oates	-
	Chronicles	Rush	2-disc compilation
	Edge of the Century	Styx	-
	Seasons in the Abyss	Slayer	-
	Shooting Straight in the Dark	Mary Chapin Carpenter	-
16	Brand New Dance	Emmylou Harris	-
	Hold Me Up	Goo Goo Dolls	-
	Private Times... and the Whole 9!	Al B. Sure!	-
	The Rhythm of the Saints	Paul Simon	-
22	Behaviour	Pet Shop Boys	-
23	Faith Hope Love	King's X	-
	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin	Box Set
	Slaves & Masters	Deep Purple	-
	Wicked Sensation	Lynch Mob	-
29	Choke	The Beautiful South
29	Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3	Traveling Wilburys	-
30	Feeding Frenzy: Jimmy Buffett Live!	Jimmy Buffett	Live
	Heart Still Beating	Roxy Music	Live
	If There Was a Way	Dwight Yoakam	-
	Interiors	Roseanne Cash	-
	Red Hot + Blue	Various Artists	Cole Porter tribute
	Taste of Chocolate	Big Daddy Kane	-
	Too Dark Park	Skinny Puppy	-

[edit] November

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Kool-Aid	Big Audio Dynamite II	-
5	Don't Explain	Robert Palmer	UK
	Mixed Up	The Cure	UK; Remix album
	Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches	Happy Mondays	UK
	Serious Hits... Live!	Phil Collins	Live
	Tripping the Live Fantastic	Paul McCartney	Live
6	Coma of Souls	Kreator	-
	Crazy World	Scorpions	-
	I'm Your Baby Tonight	Whitney Houston	-
	Put Yourself in My Shoes	Clint Black	-
	Refugees of the Heart	Steve Winwood	-
	Stick It Live	Slaughter	Live EP
8	Casino	Blue Rodeo	-
12	Rhythm Of Love	Kylie Minogue	-
13	Anything Is Possible	Debbie Gibson	-
	Five Man Acoustical Jam	Tesla	Live
	The Immaculate Collection	Madonna	Greatest Hits
	Vision Thing	The Sisters of Mercy	-
15	Naïve	KMFDM	-
20	Back from Hell	Run-D.M.C.	-
	Heartbreak Station	Cinderella	-
	Shaking the Tree	Peter Gabriel	Greatest Hits
23	Against the Grain	Bad Religion	-
26	A Social Grace	Psychotic Waltz	-

[edit] December

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Now! That's What I Call Music 18 (UK series)	Various Artists	UK; Compilation
3	MCMXC a.D.	Enigma	-
4	Home Alone Soundtrack	John Williams	-
	One for All	Brand Nubian	-
	The Simpsons Sing the Blues	The Simpsons	-
8	Mermaids soundtrack	Various Artists	US; Soundtrack
13	Gonna Make You Sweat	C+C Music Factory	-

Seraut Wajah - Ebiet G. Ade
Pepe Aguilar Con Tambora - Pepe Aguilar
Albi Achikah - Ragheb Alama
Enchanted - Marc Almond
Humanap Ka Ng Panget - Andrew E.
America-South Africa - Art Ensemble of Chicago
Yellow Man With Heart With Wings - Robert Ashley
Riverside - Luka Bloom
Black Milk - Beasts of Bourboun
Maria Bethânia (25 anos) - Maria Bethânia
Victorious against Personal Demons - Beyond
You Lucky People - Big Pig
Rabindra samgita - Debabrata Biswas
Gling-Gló - Björk
Highlights & Lowlives - Blue Cheer
Too Much Sleep - Bongwater
Ichabod and I - The Boo Radleys
Brand New Heavies - Brand New Heavies
As I Came Of Age - Sarah Brightman
The Sinking of the Titanic - Gavin Bryars
Dead City Radio(spoken word) - William S. Burroughs
Pump Action - The Butcher Shop
Groovy, Laidback and Nasty - Cabaret Voltaire
101 Damnations - Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
Dear Agnes - Carpenters collection - Agnes Chan
Waiting For You - Danny Chan
Songbird - Nadia Chan
Freefall (ep) - Chapterhouse
Ezi Oyi Akama - Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe & his Nigerian Sound Makers International
Dreaming - Leslie Cheung
The Decomposition of Violets - Christian Death
In A Live - The Clean
Unnatural History - Coil
Some Like It Cold - Coldcut
Jungle Bass - Bootsy Collins
The Myth Of Rock - Consolidated
Trudge - Controlled Bleeding
Consumer Revolt - Cop Shoot Cop
Droolian - Julian Cope - May 1990
Skellington - Julian Cope
Inside Out - Chick Corea Electric Band
Plural - Gal Costa
Paradise Discotheque - Crime and the City Solution
Ritmo en el Corazon - Celia Cruz and Ray Barretto
Looney Runes - Current 93
Pyst - Datblygu
Charlotte - Miles Davis
Nu Thang - dc Talk
The Flower That Shattered The Stone - John Denver
Christmas Like a Lullaby - John Denver
Sieben Tage Sonnenschein - Die Flippers
Every Brilliant Eye - Died Pretty
World Sinfonia - Al Di Meola
Fire In The Night - Dion DiMucci
Rising - Donovan
The Classics Live - Donovan
Gloryline - Dreams So Real
Strike the Balance - Dub Syndicate
Obey The Time - The Durutti Column
Blood Guts & Pussy - The Dwarves
The North At Its Heights - 808 State
Utd State 90 - 808 State
Dare To Be Different - Tommy Emmanuel
Left Hand Path - Entombed
Business as Usual - EPMD
Diez Años de Esplendor - Esplendor Geometrico
Distino di Belita - Cesária Évora
The Massacre - The Exploited
Kantata Takwa - Iwan Fals
Five - Fancy
The River - Ali Farka Toure
Chain Reaction - John Farnham
Brahms: Lieder - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Set The Booty Upright (ep) - Fishbone
American Grafishy - Flipper
Hispanic Causing Panic - Kid Frost
Repeater - Fugazi
This Is Our Music - Galaxie 500
Cancer Planet Mission - Gaye Bykers on Acid
Tokyo Anal Dynamite - The Gerogerigegege
Ghost - Ghost
Concierto en vivo con Pete Seeger - León Gieco
Live at the Royal Festival Hall 1989 - Dizzy Gillespie
I was the Hunter and I was the Prey - Dave Graney 'n' The Coral Snakes
1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours - Green Day
Slappy - Green Day
Pastoral Hide And Seek - The Gun Club
Allegria - Gypsy Kings
A Bag of Cats - The Hafler Trio
Dislocation - The Hafler Trio
Naked In Garden Hills - Harry Crews (band)
Strap It On - Helmet (band)
Shuffletown - Joe Henry
The House of Love - The House of Love
A Spy in the House of Love - The House of Love
Collected Works - Hunters & Collectors
Que Te Vaya Bien - Cheo Hurtado
Iced Earth - Iced Earth (debut) - Released in Europe only.
Feedback of N.M.S. - Incapacitants
La Baiser - Indochine
The best of Rhoma Irama - Rhoma Irama
Jaka Swara - Rhoma Irama
Red Warrior - Ronald Shannon Jackson
Gold Mother - James
Arvo Pärt, Tabula Rasa - Keith Jarrett
Waiting for Cousteau - Jean Michel Jarre
Live at Hammersmith '84 - Jethro Tull
- (A recording made in 1984 and released in 1990)
Jonathon Goes Country - Jonathan Richman
Neighbourhood Threat - Johnny Crash (one and only album)
1990 - Daniel Johnston
Live at the Opera House - Kamahl
Isambe Monie - Kanda Bongo Man
World Beat - Kaoma
Yiyin Efendiler - Cem Karaca
Parakou - Angélique Kidjo
Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions - Killing Joke
Door to Door - Albert King
Authority - King Sunny Ade & His New African Beats
I've Got That Old Feeling - Alison Krauss
Black Angels - Kronos Quartet
Today Wonder - Ed Kuepper
Confusion Break Bones - Fela Kuti
Loving You, Never Stop - Aaron Kwok
ZIZS - Kalle Laar, Kazamaki Takashi
This Christmas - Patti LaBelle
Two Worlds, One Heart - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Macbeth - Laibach
The Last Temptation of Reid - Lard
The La's - The La's
Rhythm of Love - Lava
Leningrad Cowboys Go America - Leningrad Cowboys
Leon - Leon Lai
Aku Ingin - Indra Lesmana
Les Têtes Brulées - Les Têtes Brulées
Stinky Grooves - Limbomaniacs
Lust - Lords of Acid
A Ti Madrecita - Los Tigres del Norte
From a Scream to a Whisper - Lowlife
Captured Live - Lucky Dube
Tough All Over - Shelby Lynne
It's... Madness - Madness
Yo! - Francis Magalona
Because It's Christmas - Barry Manilow
Southern Cross - Phil Manzanera
Shinsen Na Clitoris - Masonna
Como Un Juguete - Martika
Banking, Violence and the Inner Life Today - McCarthy
Hell with the Lid Off - MC 900 Ft. Jesus
Armed Audio Warfare - Meat Beat Manifesto
Rainbow Electronics - Merzbow
Pentagram - Mezarkabul
Love And Kisses - Dannii Minogue
Terre Des Hommes - Mitsou
Shiver - Jenny Morris
Cover Girl - Anita Mui
Deep - Peter Murphy
Rememberences - David Murray (Quintet)
Glider (ep) - My Bloody Valentine
Confessions Of A Knife - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
Aashiqui - Nadeem-Shravan
Yoru o Yuke - Miyuki Nakajima
Naugad - Nautilus Pompilius
Set - Youssou N'Dour
Brother's Keeper - The Neville Brothers
Hell Is For Wimps - Newsboys
The Good Son - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Gnawa Music Of Marrakesh - Night Spirit Masters
Fun To Be Had - Nitzer Ebb
Unlimited Everything - Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper
Caveat - Nuclear Death
Da Atlântida à Bahia... ... o Mar é o Caminho - Olodum
Erpland - Ozric Tentacles
Ma Maison - Oui Oui
Passion and Warfare - Steve Vai
Contribution - Mica Paris
Home For Christmas - Dolly Parton
Ajda 1990 - Ajda Pekkan
Shinamania - Sir Shina Peters
Beyond Belief - Petra
Gub - Pigface
Cure For Sanity - Pop Will Eat Itself
Frizzle Fry - Primus (Debut)
Beyond Thee Infinite Beat - Psychic TV
Goza Me Timbal - Tito Puente
Shadow In Dreams - Dennis Rea
Volume 2 - Reagan Youth
In Dub - Renegade Soundwave
Beers, Steers, and Queers - Revolting Cocks
Play - Ride
Best of the West Rides Again - Riders in the Sky
Horse Opera - Riders in the Sky
Charcoal Road - Archie Roach
Love Is Strange - Kenny Rogers
Turned On - Rollins Band
Valses Venezolanos - Aldemaro Romero
Beauty - Ryuichi Sakamoto
Welcome to Love - Pharoah Sanders
Here Comes Trouble - Scatterbrain
School of Fish - School of Fish (debut)
Scenic Roots - Seldom Scene
Intercourse - S'Express
Tales of Gil Scott Heron and his Amnesia Express - Gil Scott-Heron
Automaton (Slave with Ewer Device) - Murat Ses
Jatuh Cinta Lagi - Yuni Shara
Shonen Knife (compilation) - Shonen Knife
Memorable Ghazals of Jagjit and Chitra - Jagjit Singh
Fist Sized Chunks - Skin Yard
World Power - Snap!
Sons of Kyuss - Sons of Kyuss
- Originally recorded by Kyuss' original name of the same title.
Too Much Pork for Just One Fork - Southern Culture on the Skids
Taking Drugs to Make Music to Take Drugs To - Spacemen 3
Up for Grabs - Spin Doctors
Affection - Lisa Stansfield
10 - The Stranglers
Back To The Coast - Nikki Sudden
Pesta Panen - Elvy Sukaesih
Other Way Out - Sun Dial (debut)
Anonymous Bodies in an Empty Room - Swans (band)
Live Au Zenith - Tabou Combo
Strange Things - Tackhead
Firmament - Alan Tam (Alan Tam Wing Lun)
Spiral - Tananas
Celebrated Blazons - Cecil Taylor
Everybody Wants To Shag The Teardrop Explodes - The Teardrop Explodes
Ave Maria - Kiri Te Kanawa
Souls of Black - Testament
Magic Music - Third Ear Band
Past To Present - Toto
Toy Matinee - Toy Matinee
Cake - Trash Can Sinatras
Tears of Civilisation - Paula Tsui
No Depression - Uncle Tupelo
Footprints - Jai Uttal
Passion and Warfare - Steve Vai
Nineteen 90 - Regine Velasquez
The Wonder - Tom Verlaine
Debacle: The First Decade - Violent Femmes
GodWeenSatan: The Oneness - Ween
Wild Side Of The City Lights - Link Wray
Heart Over Mind - Tammy Wynette
Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection – various artists
Death of Vinyl - various artists
Mouvements - various artists
Objekt 4 - various artists
Nights Without Sleeping - Chaba Zahouania
The Style of Mombassa - Zein Musical Party
Garista (re-release) - zoviet*france:
Look Into Me - zoviet*france:
(untitled) - an untitled album by :$OVIET:FRANCE: (re-release)

[edit] Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1990.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart Entries
1	Sinead O'Connor	Nothing Compares 2 U	1990	Image:Flag of Ireland.svg	UK 1 - Jan 1990, US BB 1 of 1990, Holland 1 - Jan 1990, Sweden 1 - Feb 1990, Austria 1 - Mar 1990, Switzerland 1 - Feb 1990, Norway 1 - Feb 1990, Poland 1 - Mar 1990, Germany 1 - Feb 1990, Eire 1 - Jan 1990, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks Apr 1990, Australia 1 for 8 weeks May 1990, KROQ 1 of 1990, Australia 3 of 1990, US CashBox 4 of 1990, Italy 8 of 1990, Europe 8 of the 1990s, RYM 9 of 1990, Germany 19 of the 1990s, Poland 59 of all time, Belgium 90 of all time, Acclaimed 113, OzNet 138, Rolling Stone 162, WXPN 661
2	Madonna	Vogue	1990	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	UK 1 - Apr 1990, US BB 1 of 1990, US CashBox 1 of 1990, Sweden 1 - Apr 1990, Norway 1 - Apr 1990, Poland 1 - Apr 1990, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks May 1990, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Aug 1990, Holland 2 - Apr 1990, Switzerland 2 - Apr 1990, Italy 5 of 1990, Germany 6 - Apr 1990, France 7 - Apr 1990, Austria 7 - May 1990, POP 7 of 1990, US BB 8 of 1990, RYM 8 of 1990, Australia 10 of 1990, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1990, Party 181 of 2007, Germany 230 of the 1990s, Acclaimed 521, OzNet 881
3	Vanilla Ice	Ice Ice Baby	1990	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	UK 1 - Nov 1990, US BB 1 of 1990, Holland 1 - Nov 1990, Eire 1 - Dec 1990, New Zealand 1 for 7 weeks Dec 1990, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Apr 1991, Sweden 2 - Nov 1990, Switzerland 2 - Nov 1990, Norway 2 - Dec 1990, Germany 2 - Jan 1991, Austria 3 - Nov 1990, US BB 4 of 1990, POP 4 of 1990, France 5 - Dec 1990, Australia 15 of 1991, US CashBox 21 of 1990, Party 42 of 2007, Italy 65 of 1991, Germany 82 of the 1990s, RYM 188 of 1990
4	MC Hammer	U Can't Touch This	1990	Image:Flag of the United States.svg	Holland 1 - Jul 1990, Sweden 1 - Aug 1990, Australia 1 of 1990, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks Jul 1990, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Oct 1990, Switzerland 2 - Jul 1990, UK 3 - Jun 1990, Germany 3 - Jul 1990, US BB 5 of 1990, Austria 5 - Aug 1990, POP 5 of 1990, France 6 - Jun 1990, Norway 6 - Aug 1990, US BB 8 of 1990, Scrobulate 18 of rap, US CashBox 39 of 1990, RYM 63 of 1990, Germany 147 of the 1990s, RIAA 201, Party 214 of 1999, Acclaimed 1797
5	Enigma	Sadness	1990	Image:Sin bandera.svg	UK 1 - Dec 1990, Holland 1 - Nov 1990, France 1 - Dec 1990, Austria 1 - Nov 1990, Switzerland 1 - Nov 1990, Norway 1 - Dec 1990, Germany 1 - Jan 1991, Eire 1 - Jan 1991, Sweden 2 - Dec 1990, Poland 2 - Dec 1990, US BB 5 of 1991, Italy 7 of 1991, Germany 21 of the 1990s, POP 43 of 1991, RYM 47 of 1990, OzNet 226

[edit] Top hits on record

"Advice For The Young At Heart" - Tears for Fears
"All I Wanna Do (Is Make Love To You)" - Heart
"Better the Devil You Know" - Kylie Minogue
"Bird On A Wire" - The Neville Brothers
"Black Cat" - Janet Jackson
"Blaze of Glory" - Bon Jovi
"Blue Savannah" - Erasure
"Blue Sky Mine" - Midnight Oil
"Chain Reaction - John Farnham
"Cherry Pie" - Warrant
"Close to You" - Maxi Priest
"Come Back to Me" - Janet Jackson
"Crying in the Rain" - a-ha
"Dancing Pompokolin" - B. B. Queens
"Dangerous" - Roxette
"Downtown Train" - Rod Stewart
"Elephant Stone" - The Stone Roses
"Enjoy the Silence" - Depeche Mode
"Epic" - Faith No More
"Escapade" - Janet Jackson
"Every Beat Of My Heart" - Taylor Dayne
"Everybody Everybody" - Black Box
"Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" - The Blues Brothers
"Forever" - Kiss
"Four Bacharach And David Songs (EP)" - Deacon Blue
"Friends In Low Places" - Garth Brooks
"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now!)" - C+C Music Factory
"Groove Is In The Heart" - Deee-Lite
"Hard To Handle" - The Black Crowes
"Hello" - The Beloved
"Higher Ground" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Hippychick" - Soho
"Hold On" - En Vogue
"Hold On" - Wilson Philips
"I Go To Extremes" - Billy Joel
"I Wish It Would Rain Down" - Phil Collins
"Ice Ice Baby" - Vanilla Ice
"It Must Have Been Love" - Roxette
"I'll Be Your Shelter" - Taylor Dayne
"I'm Your Baby Tonight - Whitney Houston
"Janie's Got a Gun" - Aerosmith
"Jukebox In Siberia" - Skyhooks
"Just Like Jesse James" - Cher
"Justify My Love" - Madonna
"Killer" - Adamski feat. Seal
"Lay Down Your Guns" - Jimmy Barnes
"Listen To Your Heart" - Roxette
"Loaded" - Primal Scream
"Love And Kisses" - Dannii Minogue
"Love Takes Time" - Mariah Carey
"Love Shack" - The B-52's
"Love Will Lead You Back" - Taylor Dayne
"More Than Words Can Say" - Alias
"Nothing Compares 2 U" - Sinéad O'Connor
"Opposites Attract" - Paula Abdul
"Poison" - Bell Biv Devoe
"Policy of Truth - Depeche Mode
"Rhythm Nation" - Janet Jackson
"Right Here Right Now" - Jesus Jones
"Roam" - The B-52's
"Sacrifice / Healing hands" - Elton John
"She Ain't Worth It" - Glenn Medeiros feat. Bobby Brown
"Step by Step" - New Kids on the Block
"Step Back in Time" - Kylie Minogue
"Suicide Blonde" - INXS
"Summer Rain" - Belinda Carlisle
"Tears on My Pillow" - Kylie Minogue
"That's Freedom" - John Farnham
"The Other Side" - Aerosmith
"The Power" - Snap!
"Three Strange Days" - School of Fish (debut single)
"The Thunder Rolls" - Garth Brooks
"Tom's Diner" - Suzanne Vega
"U Can't Touch This" - M.C. Hammer
"Unbelievable" - EMF (debut single)
"Vision of Love" - Mariah Carey
"Vogue" - Madonna
"Wash Your Face In My Sink" - Dream Warriors
"What it Takes" - Aerosmith
"Wouldn't It Be Nice" - The Beach Boys
"Your Baby Never Looked Good in Blue" - Exposé

[edit] Charts

[edit] Other significant singles

"Little Fluffy Clouds" - The Orb (Sampling led to legal action.)
Sampling copyright debate continues over the Soho single Hippychick, which uses a sample from How Soon Is Now? by The Smiths.

[edit] Published popular music

"Keep It Together" w.m. S. Bray & Madonna
"The Simpsons theme song" m. Danny Elfman

[edit] Most Critically Acclaimed Songs of 1990

This info is taken from AcclaimedMusic.net ^[1]

1. "Nothing Compares 2 U", Sinead O'Connor
2. "Groove Is in the Heart", Deee-Lite
3. "There She Goes", The LAs
4. "Step On", Happy Mondays
5. "Loaded", Primal Scream
6. "Friends in Low Places" Garth Brooks
7. "Vogue", Madonna
8. "Mama Said Knock You Out", LL Cool J
9. "Being Boring", Pet Shop Boys
10. "The Humpty Dance", Digital Underground

[edit] Classical music

Mario Davidovsky
- Biblical Songs for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
- Concertante for string quartet and orchestra
John Harbison - The Flight into Egypt (cantata)
Paul Lansky - Smalltalk
Alvin Lucier - Music for Piano with One or More Snare Drums
John McCabe - Flute Concerto
Meredith Monk - Book Of Days
John Pickard - The Flight of Icarus
Takashi Yoshimatsu - Symphony No. 1 Kamui-Chikap
John Zorn - The Dead Man

[edit] Opera

Gerald Barry - The Intelligence Park
Azio Corghi - Blimunda
Mark Lanz Weiser - Purgatory (chamber opera, based on a play by William Butler Yeats)

[edit] Musical theater

Aspects of Love (Andrew Lloyd Webber) - Broadway production
A Change in the Heir Broadway production
Five Guys Named Moe Broadway production
Shogun Broadway production
Sunday in the Park with George (Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine - London production)
Truly Blessed Broadway production

[edit] Computer and video game music

[edit] Awards

The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Hank Ballard, Bobby Darin, The Four Seasons, The Four Tops, The Kinks, The Platters, Simon and Garfunkel and The Who
Grammy Awards of 1990
Eurovision Song Contest 1990: Toto Cutugno
Luc Ferrari wins the International Koussevitzky Prize for Recordings for his composition Histoire du plaisir et de la désolation
Juno Awards: Best Composer: David Tyson/Christopher Ward
Dalida virtually receives the "Star Registry" awards with the International Diploma three years after her death in USA.
Scottish composer Thomas Wilson is awarded a CBE.
Kumar Sanu wins the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award
Anuradha Paudwal wins the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award

[edit] Music festivals

In Australia, the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival is founded by Michael Easton and Len Vorster.

[edit] Births

February 3 - Sean Kingston, R&B artist
July 24 - Ben McKenzie, Australian singer
November 7 - Matt Corby, Australian singer
December 20 - JoJo, R&B artist
December 3 - Gunnar Larsen, Badassed Guitarist

[edit] Deaths

January 18 - Melanie Appleby of British duo Mel and Kim, liver cancer
January 23 - Allen Collins, Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist, complications from pneumonia
February 8 - Del Shannon, suicide by shotgun
February 24 - Johnnie Ray, liver failure
March 6 - Mala (Pakistani singer)
March 16 - Andrew Wood, Mother Love Bone
April 3 - Sarah Vaughan, lung cancer
June 20 - June Christy, US singer
July 15 - Heavy D & the Boyz back-up singer Trouble T Roy misjudges the edge of the stage following a show and falls to his death.
August 27 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, blues guitarist performer
September 13 - Phil Napoleon, jazz trumpeter
October 14 - Leonard Bernstein, American composer and conductor
October 16 - Art Blakey, jazz drummer
October 16 - Jorge Bolet, pianist
November 3 - Mary Martin, US singer and actress
December 2 - Aaron Copland, American composer
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