1995 in music

Contents

1 Events

2 Albums released

3 Top hits

10.1 Grammy Awards
10.2 Country Music Association Awards
10.3 Eurovision Song Contest
10.4 Mercury Music Prize

11 Charts

11.1 KROQ
11.2 Triple J Hottest 100

Events

January 18 - Jerry Garcia wrecks his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California. Garcia is not injured in the accident.
February 6 - Rapper Tupac Shakur is sentenced to 1 1/2 to 4 1/2 years in prison on a sexual assault charge.
February 12 - Iron Butterfly bassist Philip Taylor Kramer disappeared from Highway 101 when he was trying to get back home from the Los Angeles International Airport. He tried calling his family, related people and 911 for somebody to help him, but they did not.
February 19 - Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee marries Bay Watch actress Pamela Anderson on a beach in Cancun. (The bride wore a white bikini.)
February 25 - Lyle Lovett has an accident while riding his motorcycle in Mexico, breaking his collarbone. The accident prevented Lovett from attending the Grammy Awards. (He ended up winning 2 awards)
March 1 - R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry leaves the stage during a Switzerland concert after suffering a brain aneurysm, which requires immediate surgery
March 3 - R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry undergoes successful brain surgery, following a brain aneurysm two days earlier in Switzerland.
March 17 - Madonna holds a premiere for her new Bedtime Stories video. The party is called the "world's biggest pajama party" due to the fact that the 1500 guests wear pj's and teddy bears.
March 25 - In New Zealand, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder is rescued after being carried 250 feet offshore by a riptide.
March 28 - Lyle Lovett and actress Julia Roberts announced that they were separating after 21 months of marriage
March 31 - Selena is shot and killed by her former personal assistant and former fan club president, who had been fired for embezzlement.
April 29 - Tupac Shakur marries Keisha Morris inside the Clinton Correctional Facility. Shakur is serving a 4½ year jail term on sexual assault charges
May 5 - Guns n' Roses drummer Steven Adler is arraigned on a felony count of possession of heroin, in addition to two misdemeanor drug charges.
May - The 2nd EJCF was held in Basel. Next time was in 1998.
August - The First Tibetan Freedom Concert is organized by Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys in Los Angeles. The proceeds from the ticket event go to the Millareppa Foundation, which exposes human rights violations in Tibet by the Chinese government. Artists appearing included The Beastie Boys, Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chili Peppers and A Tribe Called Quest.
August 9 - Jerry Garcia dies of a heart attack while in drug rehab at Serenity Knolls in Marin County, California. The remaining members of the Grateful Dead choose to disband it due to this event.
August 28 - Oingo Boingo announces that the band will break up following a series of Halloween shows in L.A. Lead singer Danny Elfman goes on to a career scoring major motion pictures, including every film directed by Tim Burton.
September 2 - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland, Ohio.
October - The first International Guitar Festival is held in Buenos Aires.
November 19 - Part One of The Beatles Anthology television mini-series airs on ABC. The first installment ends with the music video for "Free As A Bird", the first new Beatles recording since their break up in 1970.
November 20 - Part Two of The Beatles Anthology television mini-series airs on ABC. (Volume One of The Beatles Anthology CD series is also released on this day.)
November 21 - Part Three of The Beatles Anthology television mini-series airs on ABC.
Sam Phillips makes her motion picture debut in the Bruce Willis action film, Die Hard With a Vengeance. Phillips plays one of the main terrorists in the film.
Garth Brooks will release his 6th studio album, "Fresh Horses", which will debut at #2 on the pop charts and remain at #1 on the country charts for several weeks.
3 members R.E.M., Bill Berry, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe, fall ill to various illnesses while on the "Monster Tour". Berry suffered an aneurism which required immediate surgery, Stipe suffered a hiatal hernia and Mills underwent an appendectomy.
Nada Surf's career begins
Nada Surf recorded High/Low, which will be a blockbuster album in 1996
Phil Collins recorded Dance Into the Light, which will be a blockbuster album in 1996
Tool recorded Ænima, which will be a blockbuster album in 1996
MxPx releases Teenage Politics
The Offspring re-issues The Offspring (the 1989 album)
Ritmi i Rrugës form - the pioneering and most successful Albanian rap group.
System of a Down forms
The Ataris form
Days of the New form
Eve 6 forms
Godsmack forms
Nickelback forms
Coal Chamber forms
Big Drill Car disbands
Kyuss disbands in October
Alanis Morissette resurrects her dying music career with the album Jagged Little Pill
MP3 files start flourishing on the Internet

Albums released

Me Against the World - 2Pac
Thank You For The Music - ABBA (4-CD box set)
Head Over Heels - Paula Abdul
Daydream - Mariah Carey (first album by a female solo artist to debut at #1)
The Bridge - Ace of Base
Ballbreaker - AC/DC (their first album in five years)
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette (her American debut album)
Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains (final album)
Stomp 442 - Anthrax
Die for the Government - Anti-Flag
Slaughter of the Soul - At the Gates
The Final Experiment - Ayreon
All Ages - Bad Religion
The Beatles Anthology, volume 1 - The Beatles
Deluxe - Better Than Ezra
Post - Björk
Imaginations From the Other Side - Blind Guardian
Soup - Blind Melon (final album)
Cheshire Cat - Blink-182
Kiss Your Ass Goodbye - Blue Meanies
These Days - Bon Jovi
E 1999 Eternal - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
1.OUTSIDE - David Bowie
Fresh Horses - Garth Brooks
Exit Planet Dust - The Chemical Brothers
Set Your Goals - CIV
Ragged Ass Road - Tom Cochrane
Comme si j'étais là... - Dalida (remix album)
Symbolic - Death
Alive in Studio A - Bruce Dickinson
Once Upon the Cross - Deicide
Pet Your Friends - Dishwalla
NOLA - Down
A Change of Seasons - Dream Theater
Savage Poetry - Edguy
Elastica - Elastica (debut)
Close Your Eyes - Kurt Elling
Cha Cha Cha - EMF (final album before disbanding)
Sparkle & Fade - Everclear
Flood - Everon
Jealous One's Envy - Fat Joe
Demanufacture - Fear Factory
Big Choice - Face to Face
Short Bus - Filter
Land of the Free - Gamma Ray
Garbage - Garbage (their debut album)
Mandylion - The Gathering
Liquid Swords - GZA
Insomniac - Green Day
Sickness - Gridlock
It Matters to Me - Faith Hill
Cracked Rear View - Hootie & the Blowfish
Burnt Offerings - Iced Earth
The Jester Race - In Flames
Bad Habits - Colin James
2 - Jerky Boys
Roots to Branches - Jethro Tull
...And the Circus Leaves Town - Kyuss (final album)
Ask The Fish - Leftover Salmon
Circus - Lenny Kravitz
Five Smokin' Tracks From Lit - Lit
Above - Mad Season
Question the Answers - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Dopes to Infinity - Monster Magnet
Wolfheart - Moonspell
Domination - Morbid Angel
Southpaw Grammar - Morrissey
World of Morrissey - Morrissey
Teenage Politics - MxPx
Further Down the Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
Brainbloodvolume - Ned's Atomic Dustbin (final album)
Tragic Kingdom - No Doubt
(What's the Story) Morning Glory - Oasis
The Offspring - The Offspring (a re-issue)
Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version - Ol' Dirty Bastard (solo debut)
Naveed - Our Lady Peace
Ozzmosis - Ozzy Osbourne
Draconian Times - Paradise Lost
Vitalogy - Pearl Jam
About Time - Pennywise
Goofyfoot - Phranc
P-U-L-S-E - Pink Floyd (live)
Hello - Poe (debut)
The Presidents of the United States of America - The Presidents of the United States of America (debut)
Different Class - Pulp
The Bends - Radiohead
Herzeleid - Rammstein (debut)
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx - Raekwon
One Hot Minute - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Return Of (The Rentals) - The Rentals (debut)
Dead Winter Dead - Savatage
Frogstomp - Silverchair
Subhuman Race - Skid Row
Sleater-Kinney - Sleater-Kinney
It's Five O' Clock Somewhere - Slash's Snakepit (debut)
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins (double CD set)
Mainliner: Wreckage From the Past - Social Distortion (a re-issue)
Let Your Dim Light Shine - Soul Asylum
Rotting Piñata - Sponge
The Ghost of Tom Joad - Bruce Springsteen
Fourth Dimension - Stratovarius
Acid Yantra - Sun Dial
I Should Coco - Supergrass (debut)
Jerky Boys: The Movie - Soundtrack
Raoul and the Kings of Spain - Tears for Fears
Hanky Panky - The The
311 - 311
Tambu - Toto
I Am an Elastic Firecracker - Tripping Daisy
Peel Slowly and See - The Velvet Underground
Running on Ice - Vertical Horizon
A Northern Soul - The Verve
Still Not Black Enough - W.A.S.P.
Ledbetter Heights - Kenny Wayne Shepherd (debut)
Adios Amigos - The Ramones (Last studio album released).

Top hits

"All Over You" - Live
"Tomorrow" - Silverchair
"You Oughta Know" - Alanis Morissette
"She's Every Woman" - Garth Brooks
"J.A.R." - Green Day
"Beautiful Life" - Ace of Base
"Rock And Roll Is Dead" - Lenny Kravitz
"I'll Be There For You" - Rembrandts
"One Of Us" - Joan Osborne
"California Love" - Dr. Dre
"Carnival" - Natalie Merchant
"Connection" - Elastica
"Only Wanna Be With You" - Hootie & the Blowfish
"Hook" - Blues Traveler
"Wonderwall" - Oasis
"Roll To Me" - Del Amitri
"Breakfast At Tiffany's" - Deep Blue Something
"Life's a Bitch" - Nas
"Misery" - Soul Asylum
"Run-Around" - Blues Traveler
"Hey Man, Nice Shot" Filter
"Buddy Holly" - Weezer
"You Gotta Be" - Des'ree
"Jusqu'au boût du rêve" - Dalida (remix)
"Laissez-moi danser" - Dalida (remix)ch
"Besame Mucho" - Dalida (remix)
"Take A Bow" - Madonna
"Fantasy" - Mariah Carey
"When I Come Around" - Green Day
"Don't Take It Personal" - Monica
"Missing" - Everything But The Girl
"As I Lay Me Down" - Sophie B. Hawkins
"Today" - The Smashing Pumpkins
"Good" - Better Than Ezra
"You Are Not Alone" - Michael Jackson
"You'll See" - Madonna
"Baby" - Brandy
"It's Midnight Cinderella" - Garth Brooks
"Hand In My Pocket" - Alanis Morissette
"Alright" - Supergrass
"Stutter" - Elastica
"Waterfalls" - TLC

See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1995

Classical music

Osvaldas Balakauskas - Requiem
Harrison Birtwistle - Panic (premiered at Last Night of the Proms)
Elliott Carter - String Quartet No.5
Mario Davidovsky - Concertino for violin and chamber orchestra
Mario Davidovsky - Flashbacks for flute (piccolo and alto flute), clarinet (bass clarinet), violin violoncello, piano and percussion
Ludovico Einaudi - Chatrang Overture
Theo Loevendie - Piano Concerto
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski - Passacaglia Immaginaria
Michael Tippett - The Rose Lake
Malcolm Williamson - A Year of Birds