1993 IN MUSIC

''See also:''

★ 1993 in music (UK)

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Contents

Events

Bands formed

Bands disbanded

Albums released

Biggest hit singles

Top hits

Top Ten Selling Albums of the Year

Deaths

Awards

Filmfare Awards

Charts

Other Notable Singles Released

References

Events

★ Date Unknown- Christian Rock label Tooth and Nail Records is formed.

★ 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 9 - 311 releases their first studio album, "Music"

★ February 10 - Oprah Winfrey interviews Michael Jackson during a prime time special. It is Jackson's first interview in fifteen 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 number one single of all time.

★ March 22 - Depeche Mode becomes the first alternative british band to achieve the number one in U.S.A. on Billboard 200, with the album Songs of Faith and Devotion.

★ 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 20 - Aerosmith releases their massively successful album ''Get a Grip'', which becomes their first album to debut at #1, sells 7 million copies in a 2-year timespan in the United States alone, sells 20 million copies worldwide, and wins the band two Grammy awards

★ 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''.

★ May 31 - Oasis plays at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow supporting 18 Wheeler. They were spotted by Creation Records boss Alan McGee who was among the audience and offered them their first contract after the show.

★ June 7 - Prince announces that he is changing his name to an unpronounceable symbol:

★ June 21 - Jamiroquai's debut album Emergency on Planet Earth goes straight to number one in the UK, and stays there for four weeks.

★ July 9 - The Velvet Underground follow up a headlining reunion tour of Europe with an opening slot ahead of U2 in Naples. Tensions in the band lead to a breakup soon after; this turns out to be their final show.^[1]

★ July 17 - SWV's single Weak peaked at #1 in the U.S. Billboard charts. It lasted 7 weeks on the chart.

★ August 10 - Mayhem guitarist Euronymous is stabbed to death by Count Grishnackh in Oslo, Norway, causing the temporary end of Mayhem.

★ August 10 - Billy Joel releases River of Dreams his final pop/rock studio album to date.

★ 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.

★ October 17 - Savatage guitarist and co-founder Christopher Michael "Criss" Oliva killed in a car accident by a seven-time drunk driver.

★ November - A new opera house opens in Helsinki, Finland

★ November 19 - Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder is 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.

★ Michael Jackson denies child molestation charges in a four minute statement that is broadcast live on television.

★ 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.

Bands formed

★ Backstreet Boys

★ Blonde Redhead

★ Big Ass Truck

★ Braid

★ Cast

★ Christie Front Drive

★ Citizen King

★ The Crystal Method

★ Daft Punk

★ The Dandy Warhols

★ The Dismemberment Plan

★ Glassjaw

★ The Hives

★ II D Extreme

★ Jimmy Eat World

★ Jurassic 5

★ Korn

★ Lighthouse Family

★ Low

★ Modest Mouse

★ Mushroomhead

★ Nada Surf

★ Pidgeonhed

★ Postmen

★ Spice Girls

★ Souls of Mischief

★ Third Eye Blind

★ Thug Life

★ The Wu-Tang Clan

Bands disbanded

★ Celtic Frost

★ The Darling Buds

★ fIREHOSE

★ Happy Mondays

★ The Hard-Ons

★ Information Society (Lead singer continued recording under name)

★ Pixies (reform in 2004)

★ Metal Church

★ Naked City

★ Poison Idea

★ Triumph

★ Sister Double Happiness

★ X

★ Yellow Magic Orchestra

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

★ ''They're All Gonna Laugh at You!'' - Adam Sandler (Debut)

★ ''Get a Grip'' - Aerosmith

★ ''Breaking Things'' - ALL

★ ''Tales of Ephidrina'' - Amorphous Androgynous

★ ''Breaking The Law (EP)'' - Anal Cunt

★ ''Morbid Florist'' - Anal Cunt

★ ''Seranades'' - Anathema

★ ''Set the World on Fire'' - Annihilator

★ ''Sound of White Noise'' - Anthrax

★ ''Icky Mettle'' - Archers of Loaf

★ ''Body & Soul'' - Rick Astley

★ ''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

★ ''Crazy Legs'' - Jeff Beck

★ ''And the Forests Dream Eternally'' - Behemoth

★ ''Gravity's Rainbow'' - Pat Benatar

★ ''Star'' - Belly

★ ''As canções que você fez pra mim'' - Maria Bethânia

★ ''Darkness of Ignorance'' - Abhinanda

★ ''Deluxe'' - Better Than Ezra

★ ''Debut'' - Björk

★ ''Flyswatter'' - Blink-182 (debut EP demo)

★ ''Modern Life Is Rubbish'' - Blur

★ ''In God We Trust'' - Brand Nubian

★ ''Over My Heart'' - Laura Branigan

★ ''Pottymouth'' - Bratmobile

★ ''Last Splash'' - The Breeders

★ ''Dive'' - Sarah Brightman

★ ''In Pieces'' - Garth Brooks

★ ''Candlebox'' - Candlebox

★ ''Heartwork - Carcass

★ ''Brindo a la Vida, Al Bolero, a Ti'' - Vikki Carr

★ ''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

★ ''Thousand Roads'' - David Crosby

★ ''August and Everything After'' - Counting Crows (debut)

★ ''Kerosene Hat'' - Cracker

★ ''Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?'' - The Cranberries (debut)

★ ''Together Alone'' - Crowded House

★ ''Show'' - The Cure

★ ''Paris'' - The Cure

★ ''Focus'' - Cynic

★ ''Black Sunday'' - Cypress Hill

★ ''Tribal Thunder'' - Dick Dale

★ ''The Operation of the Sonne'' - The Dead C

★ ''Individual Thought Patterns'' - Death

★ ''The Battle Rages On'' - Deep Purple

★ ''Amon, Feasting the Beast (album)'' - Deicide

★ ''Songs of Faith and Devotion'' - Depeche Mode

★ ''Sehnsucht nach Irgendwo'' - Die Flippers

★ ''The Body-hat Syndrome'' - Digital Underground

★ ''Where You Been'' - Dinosaur Jr.

★ ''Rock & Roll Christmas'' - Dion DiMucci

★ ''Sad & Dangerous'' - Dirty Three

★ ''The Colour of My Love'' - Céline Dion

★ ''Footsoldier in the Moonlight'' - Donnie Iris

★ ''One Night in Time'' - Donovan

★ ''The Wedding Album'' - Duran Duran

★ ''Earth 2'' - Earth

★ ''Tabula Rasa'' - Einstürzende Neubauten

★ ''Emerson, Lake and Palmer Live at the Royal Albert Hall'' - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

★ ''Shinola'' - Energy Orchard

★ ''Wolverine Blues'' - Entombed

★ ''UltraElectroMagneticPop!'' - The Eraserheads

★ ''Love Tara'' - Eric's Trip

★ ''Mi Tierra'' - Gloria Estefan

★ ''Immortal Songs'' - Fairuz

★ ''The Infotainment Scan'' - The Fall

★ ''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

★ ''Fire In the Sky'' - Half Japanese

★ ''Double Easy - The U.S. Singles'' - Happy Mondays

★ ''Poetenes Evangelium'' - Morten Harket

★ ''Cowgirl's Prayer'' - Emmylou Harris

★ ''Debravation'' - Deborah Harry

★ ''Picture of Health'' - The Headstones (debut)

★ ''Fire'' - Hey

★ ''Take Me as I Am'' - Faith Hill (debut)

★ ''I Don't Love My Guru Anymore'' - Kristian Hoffman

★ ''Audience With the Mind'' - The House of Love

★ ''Lethal Injection'' - Ice Cube

★ ''II D Extreme (self titled debut)'' - II D Extreme

★ ''Sarsippius' Ark'' - Infectious Grooves

★ ''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

★ ''Alive III'' - Kiss

★ ''Luiza'' - Ithamara Koorax

★ ''Shania Twain'' - Shania Twain (debut)

★ ''14 Shots To The Dome'' - LL Cool J

★ ''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

★ ''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

★ ''Shiva Space Machine'' - Me Mom & Morgentaler

★ '' - Meat Loaf

★ ''Houdini'' - Melvins

★ ''Boces'' - Mercury Rev

★ ''Something for Joey'' - Mercury Rev

★ ''Don't Know How to Party'' - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

★ ''Superjudge'' - Monster Magnet

★ ''Covenant'' - Morbid Angel

★ ''Too Long in Exile'' - Van Morrison

★ ''The Best of Van Morrison Volume Two'' - 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

★ ''19 Naughty III'' - Naughty By Nature

★ ''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

★ ''Bacdafucup'' - Onyx (debut)

★ ''I Hear Black'' - Overkill

★ ''There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You'' - Palace Brothers

★ ''Souled Out'' - Panjabi MC

★ ''Icon'' - Paradise Lost

★ ''Vs.'' - Pearl Jam

★ ''Unknown Road'' - Pennywise

★ ''Exile in Guyville'' - Liz Phair (debut)

★ ''Rid of Me'' - PJ Harvey

★ ''4-Track Demos'' - PJ Harvey

★ ''Porno for Pyros'' - Porno for Pyros (debut)

★ ''Today's Active Lifestyles'' - Polvo

★ ''Pork Soda'' - Primus

★ ''Pablo Honey'' - Radiohead (debut)

★ ''Rancid'' - Rancid (debut)

★ ''Down With the King'' - Run DMC

★ ''No World Order'' - Todd Rundgren

★ ''Counterparts'' - 15th studio album by Rush

★ ''So Tough'' - Saint Etienne

★ ''Edge of Thorns'' - Savatage

★ ''The Problem With Me'' - Seam

★ ''Chaos A.D.'' - Sepultura

★ ''Out the Shizzy'' - 7 Seconds

★ ''Peligro'' - Shakira

★ '' - Carly Simon

★ ''Skunkhour'' - Skunkhour

★ ''Piss!'' - Slank

★ ''Smeared'' - Sloan

★ ''Siamese Dream'' - The Smashing Pumpkins

★ ''Julius Caesar'' - Smog

★ ''Doggystyle'' - Snoop Doggy Dogg (debut)

★ ''93 'til Infinity'' - Souls of Mischief

★ ''Faithlift'' - Spirit of the West

★ ''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

★ ''Altered Beast'' - Matthew Sweet

★ ''Mezcal Head'' - Swervedriver

★ ''Elemental'' - Tears for Fears

★ ''Greatest Hits'' - Technotronic

★ ''Music'' - 311 (debut)

★ ''Dreams Never Die'' - Tiffany

★ ''Tindersticks'' - Tindersticks

★ ''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

★ ''Born to Choose'' - Various Artists

★ ''Live MCMXCIII'' - The Velvet Underground

★ ''Pop Smear'' - The Verve Pipe (debut full-length)

★ ''Undisputed Godfather of the Blues'' - Junior Wells

★ ''Pull'' - Winger

★ ''Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)'' - Wu-Tang Clan

★ ''Baazigar'' - Alka Yagnik

★ ''Alapalooza'' - "Weird Al" Yankovic

★ ''In My Time'' - Yanni

★ ''Néné'' - Alpha Yaya Diallo

★ ''Freedom - Yothu Yindi

★ ''Med Cezir'' - Levent Yüksel

★ ''Shampoohorn'' - Dweezil Zappa (with his brother Ahmet)

★ ''Yureru Omoi'' - Zard

Biggest hit singles

The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in 1993.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Meatloaf	I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)	1993	UK 1 - Oct 1993, US BB 1 of 1993, US BB 15 of 1993, US CashBox 32 of 1994, Holland 1 - Oct 1993, Sweden 2 - Oct 1993, France 10 - Sep 1993, Austria 1 - Nov 1993, Switzerland 1 - Nov 1993, Norway 1 - Oct 1993, Australia 5 of 1993, Germany 28 of the 1990s, Germany 1 - Jan 1994, Eire 1 - Oct 1993, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1993, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Dec 1993, Europe 20 of the 1990s, Belgium 210 of all time, POP 34 of 1993, OzNet 375
2	Snow	Informer	1993	UK 2 - Mar 1993, US BB 1 of 1993, US BB 13 of 1993, US CashBox 9 of 1993, Holland 2 - Mar 1993, Sweden 1 - Mar 1993, Austria 3 - May 1993, Switzerland 1 - Apr 1993, Norway 1 - Apr 1993, Australia 6 of 1993, Germany 52 of the 1990s, Germany 1 - Apr 1993, Eire 1 - Apr 1993, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks May 1993, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1993, POP 51 of 1993
3	Haddaway	What is Love?	1993	UK 2 - Jun 1993, US BB 11 of 1993, US BB 1 of 1993, Holland 1 - Apr 1993, Sweden 2 - Mar 1993, France 1 - Apr 1993, Austria 1 - May 1993, Switzerland 1 - Apr 1993, Norway 1 - Apr 1993, Germany 10 of the 1990s, Germany 2 - Mar 1993, Eire 1 - Jul 1993, RYM 154 of 1993, POP 1 of 1993, Scrobulate 4 of 90s
4	Four Non Blondes	What's Up?	1993	UK 2 - Jun 1993, US BB 14 of 1993, US BB 31 of 1993, US CashBox 50 of 1993, Holland 1 - Jul 1993, Sweden 1 - Aug 1993, Austria 1 - Aug 1993, Switzerland 1 - Jul 1993, Norway 1 - Jul 1993, Australia 10 of 1993, Germany 17 of the 1990s, Germany 1 - Jul 1993, Eire 1 - Jul 1993, Europe 62 of the 1990s, Belgium 209 of all time, RYM 61 of 1993, POP 67 of 1993, Scrobulate 46 of 90s
5	Culture Beat	Mr Vain	1993	UK 1 - Aug 1993, US BB 17 of 1994, US BB 38 of 1994, Holland 1 - Jun 1993, Sweden 2 - Jun 1993, France 6 - Jul 1993, Austria 2 - Jul 1993, Switzerland 1 - Jul 1993, Norway 1 - Jul 1993, Australia 11 of 1993, Germany 14 of the 1990s, Germany 1 - May 1993, Eire 1 - Sep 1993, Australia 1 for 1 weeks Jan 1994, POP 17 of 1994

Top hits

★ "Again" - Janet Jackson

★ "Anya" - Deep Purple

★ "Nuthin' 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

★ "Back Seat" - LL Cool J

★ "Bad Boys" - Inner Circle

★ "Bad Girl" - Madonna

★ "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

★ "Cat's 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.

★ "Feed the Tree" - Belly

★ "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 Behaviour" - 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'll Sleep While I'm Dead - Bon Jovi

★ "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.

★ "More and More" - Captain Hollywood Project

★ "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

★ "Oh, the Guilt - Nirvana

★ "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

★ "Queen Of The Night" - Whitney Houston

★ "Rain" - Madonna

★ "Reason to Believe" - Rod Stewart (with Ronnie Wood)

★ "Real Muthaphukkin G's" - Eazy E

★ "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

★ "Seven" - Prince & The New Power Generation

★ "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

★ "We Are The Normal - Goo Goo Dolls

★ "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

★ "Yes I Am"- Melissa Etheridge
''See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1993''

Top Ten Selling Albums of the Year

# ''The Bodyguard'' - Whitney Houston
# ''Breathless'' - Kenny G
# ''Unplugged''- Eric Clapton
# ''janet.'' - Janet Jackson
# ''Some Gave All'' - Billy Ray Cyrus
# ''The Chronic'' - Dr. Dre
# ''Pocket Full Of Kryptonite'' - Spin Doctors
# ''Ten'' - Pearl Jam
# ''The Chase'' - Garth Brooks
# ''Core'' - Stone Temple Pilots
==Classical music==

★ 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"''
==Opera==

★ Daron Hagen - ''Shining Brow''

★ Theo Loevendie - ''Gassir, the Hero''

★ Michael Nyman - ''Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs''

★ Randolph Peters - ''Nosferatu''
==Musical theater==

★ ''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
==Theme music==

★ ''The X-Files'' - Mark Snow

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

★ August 10 - Oystein Aarseth, aka Euronymous, black metal guitarist of Mayhem fame

★ 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 1 - Ray Gillen, former vocalist for Black Sabbath and Badlands

★ 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

Filmfare Awards

★ Kumar Sanu - Filmfare Best Male Playback Award

★ Alka Yagnik & Ila Arun win the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award
===Grammy Awards===

★ Grammy Awards of 1993
===Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest===

★ Eurovision Song Contest 1993
===Mercury Music Prize===

★ ''Suede'' - Suede wins.

Charts

===KROQ===

★ KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1993
===Triple J Hottest 100===

★ Triple J Hottest 100, 1993

Other Notable Singles Released

★ ''Another Body Murdered'' - Faith No More & Boo-Yaa TRIBE

References

1. according to a Velvet Underground gigography(retrieved October 25 2006)