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Contents [hide]
1 Events
2 Headline text
3 Headline text
4 Bands formed
5 Bands disbanded
6 Albums released
6.1 January
6.2 February
6.3 March
6.4 April
6.5 May
6.6 June
6.7 July
6.8 August
6.9 September
6.10 October
6.11 November
6.12 December
7 Biggest hit singles
8 Top hits on record
9 Charts
10 Other significant singles
11 Published popular music
12 Most Critically Acclaimed Songs of 1990
13 Classical music
14 Opera
15 Musical theater
16 Computer and video game music
17 Awards
18 Music festivals
19 Births
20 Deaths
21 References


[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 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, Village People, or Paul McCartney. Mick Jagger can't produce a sound. I'm the new Elvis."
March 19 - Depeche Mode released the album Violator, one of the most critically sucsessful and important albums of the alternative music era.
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 18 - The Rolling Stones open their Urban Jungle European tour in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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.
July 24 - Pantera releases their major label debut, Cowboys from Hell, one of the pioneering albums of "groove metal," catapulting the group to the forefront of the metal scene.
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
August 27 - Stevie Ray Vaughn dies sadly after a show in a helicopter crash.
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
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 formed
A.F.I.
The Corrs
311
Allegiance
Anathema
At the Gates
The Brian Setzer Orchestra
Brisbane Birralee Voices
[[Carpathian Forest]]
D12
Earth
En Vogue
The Frames
Green Carnation
Gumball
Ilium
In Flames
Infectious Grooves
Jellyfish
LTK Commune
Lagwagon
Letters to Cleo
Marduk
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Mortification
My Dying Bride
Opeth
Pearl Jam
Pigface
Plaid Tongued Devils
RAM
Russian National Orchestra
Septic Flesh
Starkweather
Stone Temple Pilots
Sun Dial
Take That
The Aquanettas
The Tea Party
Tool
Torture Squad
Unwritten Law
Vertical Horizon
Wilson Philips
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Burn the Priest

[edit] Bands disbanded
Camper Van Beethoven
Eurythmics
Guadalcanal Diary
The Lurkers
Mother Love Bone
Pussy Galore
Spandau Ballet
Starship
The Style Council
The Vaselines

[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
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 -
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 -
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 -
Vanity/Nemesis Celtic Frost -
16 Hammerheart Bathory -
17 Johnny Gill Johnny Gill -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Naked Thunder Ian Gillan -
16 Tales from the Twilight World Blind Guardian -
19 Apple Mother Love Bone -
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 Short -
27 No Fences Garth Brooks -
28 Time's Up Living Colour -
Up from the Ashes Don Dokken -

[edit] September
Day Album Artist Notes
3 Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 George Michael UK
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 -
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 -
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
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! -
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 -
28 The Rhythm of the Saints Paul Simon -
29 Choke The Beautiful South
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 positions in the charts of 1990.[1]

# Artist Title Year Country of origin Chart Entries
1 Sinead O'Connor Nothing Compares 2 U 1990 UK 1 - January 1990; US Billboard 1 of 1990; Netherlands 1 - January 1990; Sweden 1 - February 1990; Austria 1 - March 1990; Switzerland 1 - February 1990; Norway 1 - February 1990; Poland 1 - March 1990; Germany 1 - February 1990; Éire 1 - January 1990; New Zealand 1 for five weeks, April 1990; Australia 1 for eight weeks, May 1990; KROQ 1 of 1990; Australia 3 of 1990; US Cash Box 4 of 1990; Italy 8 of 1990; Europe 8 of the 1990s; Rate Your Music 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 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 UK 1 - Nov 1990, US BB 1 of 1990, Holland 1 - Nov 1990, Éire 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 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 Sadeness 1990 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, Éire 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
"À toutes les filles..." - Félix Gray and Didier Barbelivien
"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
"Bo le lavabo" - Lagaf'
"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 (released in 1989)
"Jukebox In Siberia" - Skyhooks
"Just Like Jesse James" - Cher
"Justify My Love" - Madonna
"Killer" - Adamski feat. Seal
"Lay Down Your Guns" - Jimmy Barnes
"Le Jerk" - Thierry Hazard
"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
"Maldòn (la musique dans la peau) - Zouk Machine
"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 (released in 1989)
"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
"Vous êtes fous!" - Benny B
"Wash Your Face In My Sink" - Dream Warriors
"What it Takes" - Aerosmith (released in 1989)
"White and Black Blues" - Joëlle Ursull
"Wouldn't It Be Nice" - The Beach Boys
"Your Baby Never Looked Good in Blue" - Exposé

[edit] Charts
United States: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1990
Canada: RPM number-one hits of 1990, RPM number-one albums of 1990

[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 [2]

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
November 23 - Ronald "R-Dogg" Melcher, Harmonica Player
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
December 18 - Paul Tortelier, cellist

[edit] References
^ Hawtin, Steve (10 February 2008). Songs from the Year 1990. Steve Hawtin/TsorT. Retrieved on 2008-04-26.
^ www.acclaimedmusic.net
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