January 8 – Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder hosts "Self-Pollution Radio", a four-and-a-half hour radio broadcast with live performances by Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, and others. Any station with a satellite receiver could pick up and carry the program.[1]
February 7 – Rapper Tupac Shakur is sentenced to one-and-a-half to four-and-a-half years in prison on a sexual abuse charge.[7] He is later released on appeal.
February 14 – Richey Edwards' Vauxhall Cavalier is found abandoned in a service station on the Bristol side of the Severn Bridge in the UK, with evidence that he had been living in it. Although he was near a notorious suicide spot, there is still no evidence to suggest he committed suicide.[9]
Roxette play to a crowd of 12,000 in Beijing, China, becoming the first Western band to be allowed to perform in the Workers' Indoor Arena for ten years.[10]
February 25 – Lyle Lovett suffers a broken collarbone in an accident while riding his motorcycle in Mexico. The accident prevented Lovett from attending the Grammy Awards (he ended up winning two awards).[12]
R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry leaves the stage during a concert in Switzerland after suffering a brain aneurysm. He undergoes successful brain surgery two days later in Switzerland.[13]
March 14 – With the release of Me Against the World, Tupac Shakur became the first male solo artist to have a number one album on the American Billboard 200 chart while in prison.[15] The album remained at the top of the charts for four weeks.
Tejano singer Selena is shot and killed by Yolanda Saldivar, her former personal assistant and former fan club president, who had recently been fired for embezzling money from the fan club. The event was called "Black Friday" by Hispanics worldwide.
During a performance in Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA, Jimmy Page narrowly escapes being stabbed by a man who rushes the stage with a knife.[18] The man was tackled by security guards who were injured in the brawl.
April 29 – Tupac Shakur marries Keisha Morris inside the Clinton Correctional Facility, New York, USA. Shakur was serving a four-and-a-half year jail term on sexual assault charges. They would later divorce.
May–Juneedit
May 5 – Former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler is arraigned on a felony count of possession of heroin, in addition to two misdemeanor drug charges.[20]
June 16 – Michael Jackson released his first double-album HIStory, which became the best-selling multiple-album of all-time, with 35 million copies (70 million copies) sold worldwide.
July–Augustedit
July 3 – The members of TLC file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, declaring debts of over $3.5 million.
July 14 – George Michael and Sony Music complete their acrimonious split. In 1994 Michael lost a lawsuit seeking to be released from his Sony contract, but he vowed to never sing for the company again. Michael will now record for the new label DreamWorks Records.[23]
July 18 – Selena becomes the first Hispanic singer to have an album debut and peak at number-one on the US Billboard 200 chart. She also becomes the first and only female singer to place five albums simultaneously on the Billboard 200 chart.
Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead passes away of a heart attack at age 53. In cities all over the United States, deadheads spontaneously gather to mourn his death and celebrate his life.[25]
August 22 – Rancid release their third studio album ...And Out Come the Wolves. Along with Green Day's Dookie and The Offspring's Smash (both released a year before), this album helped revive mainstream popular interest in punk rock in the mid-1990s, and becomes one of the best-selling independent records of all time. ...And Out Come the Wolves eventually goes platinum.
Oingo Boingo announce that they will break up following a series of Halloween shows in Los Angeles, California, USA.[citation needed] Lead singer Danny Elfman has established a career scoring motion pictures.
The official end of Sarah Records is marked with a farewell party featuring live sets by many of the label's acts. It was the last live appearance by The Orchids before they split up.[citation needed]
September 27 – Time Warner agrees to sell back its 50 percent share of Interscope Records. The media giant had come under intense fire for the explicit lyrics of rap artists on the label.[29]
The first International Guitar Festival is held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[30]
Oasis release their second album, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?. The album spawns several number one singles around the world and eventually becomes the third best-selling album in the UK of all time.
Green Day release their fourth album Insomniac. While it didn't sell as well as their previous album Dookie, it still sold 4 million copies.
October 11 – Tupac Shakur is released from Clinton Correctional Facility, New York, USA, on US$1.4 million bail which was posted by Suge Knight. In return, Tupac signed a three-album deal with Knight's Death Row Records.
Cher releases her first album in four years, It's A Man's World, her first original recording for Warner Music Group. The album would get its U.S. debut in June 1996.
dc Talk release their 4th studio album Jesus Freak. It was a departure from their previous hip hop albums taking on a rap rock sound. It achieved the biggest 1st week sales for a Christian album selling more than 80,000 copies in its first week and entering the Billboard Top 200 at #16. It is known as one of the most important Christian albums of all time.
The Offspring re-release their debut album (which originally appeared in 1989), on CD for the first time. This proves to be the band's final release on Epitaph Records; they leave Epitaph and sign with Columbia Records the next year.
Enrique Iglesias releases his debut album, in Spanish. It tops the Latin album charts and would go on to win a Grammy and produce five No. 1 singles on Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks chart.[citation needed]
December 21 – Madonna is subpoenaed to testify on January 3, 1996, against her stalker, Robert Hoskins, at the Criminal Courts Building in Los Angeles, California, USA. Hoskins was shot by a security guard outside her estate in Los Angeles in May 1995 for trespassing on her property and threatening to marry or kill her.
United Kingdom: 1 – October 1995; United States Billboard: 1 of 1995; The Netherlands: 1 – October 1995; Sweden: 1 – October 1995; Austria: 1 – November 1995; Switzerland: 1 – November 1995; Norway: 1 – October 1995; Italy: 1 of 1996; Germany: 1 – January 1996; Republic of Ireland: 1 – October 1995; New Zealand: 1 for 9 weeks October 1995; Australia: 1 for 13 weeks January 1996; France: 3 – October 1995; Poland: 3 – October 1995; Australia: 6 of 1995; United States Billboard: 11 of 1995; United States Cash Box: 12 of 1995; Germany: 16 of the 1990s; Scrobulate: 27 of rap; Pop Culture Madness: 31 of 1995; Global: 33 (5 million sold) – 1995; Europe: 48 of the 1990s; Rate Your Music: 69 of 1995; Acclaimed: 439
UK 1 – September 1995, Italy 1 of 1995, Republic of Ireland 1 – September 1995, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks September 1995, Australia 1 for 1 weeks May 1996, Norway 2 – September 1995, Germany 2 – September 1995, US BB 3 of 1995, Austria 3 – October 1995, Switzerland 3 – October 1995, Netherlands 4 – September 1995, Sweden 4 – September 1995, US BB 6 of 1995, POP 7 of 1995, France 8 – August 1995, Australia 8 of 1996, US CashBox 23 of 1995, Scrobulate 34 of dancehall, Germany 181 of the 1990s
UK 1 – April 1995, Sweden 1 – April 1995, Norway 1 – April 1995, Germany 1 – April 1995, Republic of Ireland 1 – March 1995, Australia 1 for 2 weeks August 1995, Netherlands 2 – April 1995, Switzerland 2 – April 1995, Austria 3 – May 1995, US BB 7 of 1995, Australia 9 of 1995, Poland 10 – January 1995, Italy 28 of 1995, RYM 53 of 1995, OzNet 126, Germany 128 of the 1990s
UK 1 – September 1995, US BB 1 of 1995, Switzerland 1 – September 1995, Poland 1 – August 1995, Republic of Ireland 1 – September 1995, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks September 1995, Austria 2 – September 1995, Germany 3 – September 1995, Sweden 5 – August 1995, Netherlands 6 – August 1995, Norway 9 – September 1995, US CashBox 13 of 1995, Australia 25 of 1995, Italy 45 of 1995, Germany 262 of the 1990s
Norway 1 – June 1995, Poland 1 – January 1995, Republic of Ireland 1 – June 1995, New Zealand 1 for 1 weeks July 1995, Australia 1 for 6 weeks October 1995, UK 2 – June 1995, Austria 4 – July 1995, Switzerland 5 – July 1995, Netherlands 9 – June 1995, Germany 9 – July 1995, Sweden 15 – August 1995, US BB 16 of 1995, Australia 16 of 1995, Italy 27 of 1995, POP 59 of 1995, RYM 72 of 1995
The following ten albums from 1995 are the highest rated, as per aggregate ratings compiled from over 33,000 different "greatest album" charts.[37] Results accurate as of April 2018.
January 17 - Heather Baron-Gracie, British singer, songwriter, and musician best known as the lead guitarist and vocalist for the indie rock band Pale Waves.
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The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject You may improve this article discuss the issue on the talk page or create a new article as appropriate November 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995 List of years in music table 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 In radio 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 In television 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 In film 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Philosophy Science Contents 1 Specific locations 2 Specific genres 3 Events 3 1 January February 3 2 March April 3 3 May June 3 4 July August 3 5 September October 3 6 November December 3 7 Also in 1995 4 Bands formed 5 Bands disbanded 6 Bands reformed 7 Albums released 7 1 January March 7 2 April June 7 3 July September 7 4 October December 7 5 Release date unknown 8 Biggest hit singles 9 Top 40 Chart hit singles 9 1 Other Chart hit singles 10 Notable singles 10 1 Other Notable singles 11 Top ten best albums of the year 12 Classical music 13 Opera 14 Jazz 15 Musical theater 16 Musical films 17 Births 18 Deaths 19 Awards 19 1 Grammy Awards 19 2 Country Music Association Awards 19 3 Eurovision Song Contest 19 4 Mercury Music Prize 19 5 MTV Video Music Awards 20 Charts 21 See also 22 ReferencesSpecific locations edit1995 in British music 1995 in Norwegian music 1995 in South Korean musicSpecific genres edit1995 in classical music 1995 in country music 1995 in heavy metal music 1995 in hip hop music 1995 in Latin music 1995 in jazzEvents editJanuary February edit January 1 Mo Ostin steps down as chairman and CEO of Warner Music Group January 8 Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder hosts Self Pollution Radio a four and a half hour radio broadcast with live performances by Pearl Jam Soundgarden Mudhoney and others Any station with a satellite receiver could pick up and carry the program 1 January 10 Michel Sardou begins a record breaking run of 113 shows at the Paris Olympia 2 January 14 Perry Farrell is arrested for cocaine possession being under the influence and possession of a syringe at a Los Angeles hotel 3 January 18 Jerry Garcia crashes his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley California USA but is not injured in the accident 4 January 20 February 5 The Big Day Out festival takes place in Australia and New Zealand headlined by Ministry Primal Scream Hole The Cult and The Offspring 5 Originally Oasis were also named in the lineup but had to cancel their performance due to co frontman Liam Gallagher losing his voice January 27 Live from the House of Blues premieres on TBS February 1 Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers band member Richey James Edwards goes missing after leaving the London Embassy Hotel UK at 7 am 6 February 7 Rapper Tupac Shakur is sentenced to one and a half to four and a half years in prison on a sexual abuse charge 7 He is later released on appeal February 12 Iron Butterfly bassist Philip Taylor Kramer disappears 8 from Highway 101 USA as he tried to get back home from the Los Angeles International Airport He tried calling his family and 911 for help but received none His remains are found in 1999 February 14 Richey Edwards Vauxhall Cavalier is found abandoned in a service station on the Bristol side of the Severn Bridge in the UK with evidence that he had been living in it Although he was near a notorious suicide spot there is still no evidence to suggest he committed suicide 9 February 19 Roxette play to a crowd of 12 000 in Beijing China becoming the first Western band to be allowed to perform in the Workers Indoor Arena for ten years 10 Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee marries Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson on a beach in Cancun Mexico 11 February 25 Lyle Lovett suffers a broken collarbone in an accident while riding his motorcycle in Mexico The accident prevented Lovett from attending the Grammy Awards he ended up winning two awards 12 March April edit March 1 R E M drummer Bill Berry leaves the stage during a concert in Switzerland after suffering a brain aneurysm He undergoes successful brain surgery two days later in Switzerland 13 The 37th Annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles hosted by Paul Reiser Bruce Springsteen won four awards including Song of the Year for Streets of Philadelphia while Tony Bennett s MTV Unplugged live album wins Album of the Year and Sheryl Crow s All I Wanna Do wins Record of the Year Crow also wins Best New Artist March 8 Former Helloween drummer Ingo Schwichtenberg commits suicide by jumping under a subway train 14 March 13 Radiohead album The Bends and Elastica album Elastica are released March 14 With the release of Me Against the World Tupac Shakur became the first male solo artist to have a number one album on the American Billboard 200 chart while in prison 15 The album remained at the top of the charts for four weeks March 26 Rapper Eric Lynn Wright better known as Eazy E dies of complications from AIDS 16 March 28 Lyle Lovett and actress Julia Roberts announce their separation after 21 months of marriage 17 March 30 Celine Dion releases D eux which goes on to be the most successful French language album of all time citation needed March 31 Tejano singer Selena is shot and killed by Yolanda Saldivar her former personal assistant and former fan club president who had recently been fired for embezzling money from the fan club The event was called Black Friday by Hispanics worldwide During a performance in Auburn Hills Michigan USA Jimmy Page narrowly escapes being stabbed by a man who rushes the stage with a knife 18 The man was tackled by security guards who were injured in the brawl April 17 Ed Rosenblatt replaces David Geffen as chairman and CEO of Geffen Records 19 April 22 Janet Jackson ends her Janet World Tour in London England after nearly two years of touring April 29 Tupac Shakur marries Keisha Morris inside the Clinton Correctional Facility New York USA Shakur was serving a four and a half year jail term on sexual assault charges They would later divorce May June edit May 5 Former Guns N Roses drummer Steven Adler is arraigned on a felony count of possession of heroin in addition to two misdemeanor drug charges 20 May 13 The 40th Eurovision Song Contest held at Point Theatre in Dublin Ireland is won by Irish Norwegian band Secret Garden representing Norway with the song Nocturne This is the last competition with only one host until 2013 May 15 Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland is arrested outside a motel in Pasadena California for possession of heroin and cocaine 21 May 19 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 June 1 Alan Wilder leaves Depeche Mode 22 June 13 Icelandic singer Bjork releases Post her critically acclaimed second album as a solo artist The musically diverse album contained some of her most popular work to date including Army of Me Hyperballad I Miss You and a Betty Hutton cover of It s Oh So Quiet June 16 Michael Jackson released his first double album HIStory which became the best selling multiple album of all time with 35 million copies 70 million copies sold worldwide July August edit July 3 The members of TLC file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy declaring debts of over 3 5 million July 9 The Grateful Dead performs its final show with Jerry Garcia at Soldier Field in Chicago He dies one month later of a heart attack at the age of 53 July 14 George Michael and Sony Music complete their acrimonious split In 1994 Michael lost a lawsuit seeking to be released from his Sony contract but he vowed to never sing for the company again Michael will now record for the new label DreamWorks Records 23 July 17 Robbie Williams announces he is leaving Take That 24 July 18 Selena becomes the first Hispanic singer to have an album debut and peak at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart She also becomes the first and only female singer to place five albums simultaneously on the Billboard 200 chart August 9 Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead passes away of a heart attack at age 53 In cities all over the United States deadheads spontaneously gather to mourn his death and celebrate his life 25 Kiss performs on MTV Unplugged The band s current lineup is joined by original members Peter Criss and Ace Frehley setting the stage for the band s reunion tour the following year August 12 The Offspring s Dexter Holland marries hairstylist Kristine Luna who co wrote the band s song Session from Ignition 26 August 22 Rancid release their third studio album And Out Come the Wolves Along with Green Day s Dookie and The Offspring s Smash both released a year before this album helped revive mainstream popular interest in punk rock in the mid 1990s and becomes one of the best selling independent records of all time And Out Come the Wolves eventually goes platinum August 23 Dwayne Goettel of Skinny Puppy dies of a heroin overdose at his parents home in Edmonton Alberta Canada August 28 Oingo Boingo announce that they will break up following a series of Halloween shows in Los Angeles California USA citation needed Lead singer Danny Elfman has established a career scoring motion pictures The official end of Sarah Records is marked with a farewell party featuring live sets by many of the label s acts It was the last live appearance by The Orchids before they split up citation needed August 29 Al Jourgensen and Mike Scaccia of Ministry are arrested for heroin possession in two separate incidents in Texas 27 September October edit September 1 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland Ohio USA 28 September 5 The Luminis Villa George Enescu Memorial House becomes an official memorial to the composer September 5 The Backstreet Boys release their debut single We ve Got It Goin On September 8 For Squirrels vocalist Jack Vigliatura bassist Bill White and manager Tim Bender are all killed in a van accident near Savannah Georgia 27 September 15 Alternative country magazine No Depression publishes its first issue with Son Volt on the cover September 27 Time Warner agrees to sell back its 50 percent share of Interscope Records The media giant had come under intense fire for the explicit lyrics of rap artists on the label 29 October 2 The first International Guitar Festival is held in Buenos Aires Argentina 30 Oasis release their second album What s the Story Morning Glory The album spawns several number one singles around the world and eventually becomes the third best selling album in the UK of all time October 10 Mariah Carey performs at Madison Square Garden to promote her album Daydream Green Day release their fourth album Insomniac While it didn t sell as well as their previous album Dookie it still sold 4 million copies October 11 Tupac Shakur is released from Clinton Correctional Facility New York USA on US 1 4 million bail which was posted by Suge Knight In return Tupac signed a three album deal with Knight s Death Row Records October 21 Blind Melon singer Shannon Hoon is found dead of a cocaine overdose at the age of 28 October 23 Def Leppard enters the Guinness Book of World Records by performing three shows in three continents in the same day playing Tangier Morocco London England and Vancouver British Columbia Canada 31 October 24 The Smashing Pumpkins release their album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness October 30 Oasis release their single Wonderwall November December edit November 6 Cher releases her first album in four years It s A Man s World her first original recording for Warner Music Group The album would get its U S debut in June 1996 Queen releases their final studio album that includes contributions from all original members following Freddie Mercury s death four years earlier It goes on to be a huge success selling 20 million copies worldwide November 21 dc Talk release their 4th studio album Jesus Freak It was a departure from their previous hip hop albums taking on a rap rock sound It achieved the biggest 1st week sales for a Christian album selling more than 80 000 copies in its first week and entering the Billboard Top 200 at 16 It is known as one of the most important Christian albums of all time The Offspring re release their debut album which originally appeared in 1989 on CD for the first time This proves to be the band s final release on Epitaph Records they leave Epitaph and sign with Columbia Records the next year Enrique Iglesias releases his debut album in Spanish It tops the Latin album charts and would go on to win a Grammy and produce five No 1 singles on Billboard s Hot Latin Tracks chart citation needed December 4 The Beatles release Free As A Bird as their first new single in over 20 years December 21 Madonna is subpoenaed to testify on January 3 1996 against her stalker Robert Hoskins at the Criminal Courts Building in Los Angeles California USA Hoskins was shot by a security guard outside her estate in Los Angeles in May 1995 for trespassing on her property and threatening to marry or kill her December 31 The twenty fourth annual New Year s Rockin Eve special airs on ABC with appearances by Brandy Goo Goo Dolls Kool amp The Gang Martin Page and The Rembrandts Also in 1995 edit In Flames hires Bjorn Gelotte amp Anders Friden Three members of R E M Bill Berry Mike Mills and Michael Stipe fall ill while on the band s Monster Tour Berry suffers an aneurysm which required immediate surgery Stipe suffers a hiatal hernia and Mills undergoes an appendectomy Paul D Amour leaves Tool John Denver The Wildlife Concert US single For You Kid n Play disbands Bands formed editSee Musical groups established in 1995Bands disbanded editSee Category Musical groups disestablished in 1995Bands reformed editMisfits hiatus since 1983 Journey since 1987 E Street Band 1995 Reunion Tour officially reformed in 1999 Albums released editSee also Category 1995 albums January March edit Date Album Artist NotesJANUARY 3 A Thousand Memories Rhett Akins Amok Sentenced Higher Learning Various Artists SoundtrackOld Enough to Know Better Wade Hayes 6 Mary Lou Lord Mary Lou Lord EPMy Starting Point Is Here Aaron Kwok UFO Record Semi finaleTo Persist Nicky Wu10 Dah Shinin Smif N Wessun Demon Knight Various Artists SoundtrackFrom the Bottom Up Brownstone 16 The Rapture Siouxsie and the Banshees University Throwing Muses 17 Do You Want More The Roots The Fun of Open Discussion John Hartford amp Bob Carlin Look What the Rookie Did Zumpano Second Coming The Stone Roses US20 The Last Supper Belphegor 23 Behind Closed Doors Thunder The Great Annihilator Swans Hafted Maul Dead Voices on Air Hard Times Laughing Hyenas Octopus The Human League 24 Balance Van Halen Charlie Parker with Strings Charlie Parker Cocktails Too Short Good Times Subway Ham Fisted Local H Hog Wild Hank Williams Jr The Jerky Boys Various Artists SoundtrackYou Gotta Love That Neal McCoy 25 Melody Boulevard Joe Hisaishi Prick Prick 27 Fist City Tribe 8 Debut30 The Sky Moves Sideways Porcupine Tree Good News from the Next World Simple Minds Dogs of War Saxon Leftism Leftfield Millennium Fever Apollo 440 Nice Ass Free Kitten 31 and the Beat Goes On Scooter Facts and Fictions Asian Dub Foundation DebutPharos Seti Personal Best Team Dresch DebutDaredevil Fu Manchu FEBRUARY 3 Of Chaos and Eternal Night Dark Tranquillity Compilation6 World of Morrissey Morrissey CompilationMobile Safari The Pastels Pygmalion Slowdive 7 All in the Game Crime Boss Being Myself Juvenile Now That I ve Found You A Collection Alison Krauss CompilationWaiting for the Punchline Extreme The Woman in Me Shania Twain 8 Fourth Dimension Stratovarius 9 Adak Izel Out of My Heads Jennifer Rush Worry Bomb Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine 10 Amid Its Hallowed Mirth Novembers Doom Dream In The Absence of The Night Dream Dave Wong UFO Record Semi finaleSorcery Kataklysm 13 Chewyfoot Wingtip Sloat 14 Black Lita Ford Hanky Panky The The It s Five O Clock Somewhere Slash s Snakepit King Belly Nevermore Nevermore Thinkin About You Trisha Yearwood 15 Leche con Carne No Use for a Name 17 No Protection Massive Attack Remix CDCheshire Cat Blink 182 Debut18 Painted Desert Ikue Mori 20 Big Red Car The Wiggles Maxinquaye Tricky UKSingle History IV 1991 1994 The Alfee 21 Murder Love Snow Safe Sound DJ Quik 27 Alive in Studio A Bruce Dickinson LiveCerebral Caustic The Fall Delete Yourself Atari Teenage Riot Greatest Hits Bruce Springsteen CompilationTo Bring You My Love PJ Harvey Undisclosed Files Addendum Hawkwind Live28 13 Unlucky Numbers Wax 1000 Fires Traci Lords DebutBall Hog or Tugboat Mike Watt Big Choice Face to Face Deluxe Better Than Ezra Elektra re releaseDiaspora Natacha Atlas DebutDo You Wanna Ride Adina Howard DebutEx All Time Favourites Shirley Kwan Here Comes Success Band of Susans Manic Compression Quicksand Pieces of You Jewel DebutTrain a Comin Steve Earle Pain Killer Energy Orchard Black Secret Technology A Guy Called Gerald MARCH 1 Life The Cardigans Sweden6 Beggar on a Beach of Gold Mike the Mechanics Medusa Annie Lennox 7 Power of Inner Strength Grip Inc Ultraphobic Warrant Wonderful Adam Ant 10 Forever You Zard The Presidents of the United States of America The Presidents of the United States of America PopLlama release13 The Bends Radiohead Elastica Elastica Smart Sleeper In Debt Disco Inferno Compilation14 100 Fun Matthew Sweet Above Mad Season A Boy Named Goo Goo Goo Dolls Collective Soul Collective Soul Encomium A Tribute to Led Zeppelin Various Artists Led Zeppelin tributeEverything Is Wrong Moby Feels Like Home Linda Ronstadt In a Major Way E 40 Me Against the World 2Pac 20 Orbus Terrarum The Orb Made in England Elton John Succour Seefeel 32 21 Alien Love Secrets Steve Vai EPBrainbloodvolume Ned s Atomic Dustbin Conversation Peace Stevie Wonder Dopes to Infinity Monster Magnet The Edges of Twilight The Tea Party Home Blessid Union of Souls DebutNaveed Our Lady Peace USOne Track Mind Railroad Jerk Relish Joan Osborne Symbolic Death Yes Morphine 27 D eux Celine Dion Frogstomp Silverchair DebutOcean Beach Red House Painters Ventolin Aphex Twin EPWild Love Smog 28 A M Wilco DebutAnother Night Real McCoy Candy Rain Soul for Real Faith in Me Faith in You Doug Stone John Michael Montgomery John Michael Montgomery King for a Day Fool for a Lifetime Faith No More Lifestylez ov da Poor amp Dangerous Big L My Brother the Cow Mudhoney Only Everything Juliana Hatfield Return to the 36 Chambers The Dirty Version Ol Dirty Bastard Subhuman Race Skid Row Tank Girl soundtrack Various Artists SoundtrackWe Get There When We Do Suddenly Tammy 31 Amita Tata Young Tata Young Debut Teeth and Tissue The Headstones One Day Jang Pil Soon April June edit Date Album Artist NotesAPRIL 3 THRAK King Crimson Live Bites Scorpions Live4 Alien Lanes Guided by Voices Civilization Phaze III Frank Zappa Lemonade and Brownies Sugar Ray DebutLost Dogs and Mixed Blessings John Prine Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing Strapping Young Lad Nihil KMFDM The Rhythm of the Night Corona DebutThe Road Goes On Forever The Highwaymen Rub It Better General Public Thank You Duran Duran This Is How We Do It Montell Jordan DebutImaginations from the Other Side Blind Guardian 6 Dandys Rule OK The Dandy Warhols Now That s What I Call Music 30 Various Artists UK series Compilation7 94 Diskont Oval Clockseed Vampire Rodents Running on Ice Vertical Horizon 10 Picture This Wet Wet Wet 11 3 FireHouse Astro Creep 2000 White Zombie Blonder and Blonder The Muffs Friday Various Artists SoundtrackInfrared Riding Hood Tad Wowee Zowee Pavement You d Prefer an Astronaut Hum 14 Walk on Water UFO Japan only release until 199718 A Small Deadly Space Fight Burnt Offerings Iced Earth Once upon the Cross Deicide This Beautiful Mess Sixpence None the Richer Further Flying Saucer Attack 19 I Hate You with a Passion Dre Dog 21 Born Annoying Helmet Compilation24 I Care Because You Do Aphex Twin 33 Plastic Green Head Trouble Such Friends Are Dangerous Excuse 17 Wolfheart Moonspell 25 Ain t Had Enough Fun Little Feat Come Together America Salutes the Beatles Various Artists Country music tribute to The BeatlesCuando los Angeles Lloran Mana Drift Flotsam and Jetsam The Infamous Mobb Deep 28 Rainmaker Fair Warning Vibrator Terence Trent D Arby No Mercy Daddy Yankee Sventevith Storming Near the Baltic Behemoth DebutMAY 1 Jerk of All Trades Lunachicks Machiavelli and the Four Seasons TISM Octagon Bathory Stylin Up Christine Anu Debut2 Divinities Twelve Dances with God Ian Anderson Electr O Pura Yo La Tengo Fear No Evil Slaughter Fun Trick Noisemaker The Apples In Stereo DebutMTV Unplugged Bob Dylan LivePoverty s Paradise Naughty by Nature Sittin on Chrome Masta Ace Incorporated Spirit of the Wild Ted Nugent 5 Everything Sucks Reel Big Fish 8 Green Wheels Merzbow Nobody Else Take That Short Bus 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Fey DebutGov t Mule Gov t Mule I Wish Skee Lo A Live One Phish LiveMirror Ball Neil Young Modernday Folklore Ian Moore Only Heaven The Young Gods Singles Alison Moyet CompilationThese Days Bon Jovi Chat Chat Takako Minekawa Sleater Kinney Sleater Kinney Mirror Mirror 10cc July September edit Date Album Artist NotesJULY 4 Foo Fighters Foo Fighters DebutBrown Sugar D Angelo DebutThink with Your Heart Debbie Gibson Brothas Doobie Funkdoobiest Teenage Politics MxPx Vol V Believe Soul II Soul 11 Dangerous Minds soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack311 311 Sleepy Eyed Buffalo Tom 34 And the Circus Leaves Town Kyuss Boombastic Shaggy Off the Hook Xscape 18 Adios Amigos Ramones Bette of Roses Bette Midler Cesaria Cesaria Evora Chants and Dances of the Native Americans Sacred Spirit Clueless soundtrack Various Artists SoundtrackDreaming of You Selena PosthumousGuru s Jazzmatazz Vol 2 The New Reality Guru Hidden Treasures Megadeth Rarities EPThe Long Goodbye Procol Harum Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Home Geraldine Fibbers Mainliner Wreckage from the Past Social Distortion CompilationMiss Thang Monica DebutNot a Pretty Girl Ani DiFranco Reflections After 7 Restless Shelby Lynne The Show the After Party the Hotel Jodeci Til Shiloh Buju Banton Totally Crushed Out That Dog Use Your Fingers The Bloodhound Gang 21 Elliott Smith Elliott Smith La Alteracion Akina Nakamori Live in Progress The Alfee 24 Caution to the Wind Pura Fe Debut25 E 1999 Eternal Bone Thugs n Harmony The Presidents of the United States of America The Presidents of the United States of America Columbia re release Remixed28 Invisible La Ley Seed Prototype 31 The Garden Merril Bainbridge Debut AUSAUGUST 1 Answer That and Stay Fashionable AFI Bad Habits Colin James Fight for Your Mind Ben Harper Killer Cuts Robin Beanland Now That s What I Call Music 31 Various Artists CompilationOnly Built 4 Cuban Linx Raekwon Set Your Goals CIV We Care Whale Wholesale Meats and Fish Letters to Cleo 7 Alternative Pet Shop Boys CompilationSweden The Mountain Goats The Twenty Seven Points The Fall Live8 Ben Folds Five Ben Folds Five DebutBrown Bag Citizen King Hot Charity Rocket from the Crypt I Remember You Brian McKnight Penthouse Luna The Sacrilicious Sounds of the Supersuckers Supersuckers Spirit of 73 Rock for Choice Various Artists 14 Deep Dead Blue Elvis Costello and Bill Frisell LiveDonkey Rhubarb Aphex Twin EP 35 15 Garbage Garbage USDirt Track Date Southern Culture on the Skids I Just Wasn t Made for These Times Brian Wilson King Ferus Ferus Mustafov also known as Macedonian Wedding Soul CookingA Moment of Forever Kris Kristofferson Mortal Kombat soundtrack Various Artists SoundtrackReal Brothas B G Knocc Out and Dresta Soup Blind Melon True Forever Andy Lau Philips Record Begins18 Goofyfoot Phranc EP21 Stranger in Us All Ritchie Blackmore s Rainbow Viva Last Blues Palace Music 22 And Out Come the Wolves Rancid Good News in Hard Times The Sisters of Glory DebutHit amp Run Holiday My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult I Heard They Suck Live NOFX LiveMandylion The Gathering Pet Your Friends Dishwalla Pucker The Selecter Tindersticks Tindersticks Second album25 Methodrone The Brian Jonestown Massacre 28 Southpaw Grammar Morrissey UK29 Cheapness and Beauty Boy George Conspiracy Junior M A F I A Faith Faith Evans DebutFreedom Bondage Zeni Geva It Matters to Me Faith Hill The Road Home Heart LiveWind Can t Stop Aaron Kwok UFO Record Finale Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot Sparklehorse The Damnation Game Symphony X Sargasso Sea Pram New Moon Daughter Cassandra Wilson No Doubt Petra SEPTEMBER 1 Crossover Yoshinori Sunahara Ocean Drive Lighthouse Family 4 Roots to Branches Jethro Tull UK5 American Standard Seven Mary Three Nowhere to Here Blue Rodeo Sommersprossen Die Flippers Take Me Higher Diana Ross 8 Ask for It Hole EP11 The Great Escape Blur Serpentine Gallery Switchblade Symphony Debut12 One Hot Minute Red Hot Chili Peppers Circus Lenny Kravitz Dear You Jawbreaker Inside Out MC Hammer A Medio Vivir Ricky Martin Nine High a Pallet brute Planet B A D Big Audio Dynamite CompilationTimeless Goldie Up Great Big Sea Canada18 Paranoid and Sunburnt Skunk Anansie DebutOn Echobelly 19 A Change of Seasons Dream Theater EPClouds Taste Metallic The Flaming Lips Coast to Coast Motel G Love amp Special Sauce Gilt Machines of Loving Grace Greatest Hits 1985 1995 Michael Bolton CompilationHere s Where the Strings Come In Superchunk Huang Chung Wang Chung Re releaseIn The Grass Splendora DebutLedbetter Heights Kenny Wayne Shepherd NOLA Down DebutRandy Newman s Faust Randy Newman See You on the Other Side Mercury Rev Trace Son Volt Debut25 Outside David Bowie Forever Failure Paradise LostHerzeleid Rammstein DebutFriendly Fire Shara Nelson Hard Wired Front Line Assembly Voice of Reason Harem Scarem 26 Ballbreaker AC DC The Gold Experience Prince Peel Slowly and See The Velvet Underground Box SetWashing Machine Sonic Youth Abriendo Puertas Gloria Estefan 4 5 6 Kool G Rap Solo debutBest of Country Christmas Vol 5 Various artists CompilationBienvenue chez moi Florent Pagny CompilationExit the Dragon Urge Overkill For Lovers Only The Temptations Forgiven Not Forgotten The Corrs DebutHaunted Six Feet Under DebutRing Them Bells Joan Baez US LiveTails Lisa Loeb Wrecking Ball Emmylou Harris 29 Tambu Toto EuropeThe Carnival Bizarre Cathedral Jack Ingram Jack Ingram Romantique 96 Pizzicato Five Bring em All In Mike Scott Hate Rock N Roll The Jesus and Mary Chain CompilationOctober December edit Date Album Artist NotesOCTOBER 2 What s the Story Morning Glory Oasis Corte en Tramite Javiera y Los Imposibles DebutGrown Man Loudon Wainwright III The X Factor Iron Maiden 3 The Dismemberment Plan Adrenaline Deftones DebutCurb Servin WC and the Maad Circle Daydream Mariah Carey Diamond over 10 million copies soldExample For Squirrels Jesus Wept P M Dawn Lucy Candlebox Starting Over Reba McEntire Platinum over 1 million copies soldThis Is Greta Greta 9 Life Simply Red Ima BT Debut10 Insomniac Green Day Tragic Kingdom No Doubt Design of a Decade 1986 1996 Janet Jackson Compilation 2 new tracksRaoul and the Kings of Spain Tears for Fears Time Fleetwood Mac Frampton Comes Alive II Peter Frampton LiveAll You Can Eat k d lang Disco Volante Mr Bungle Happy Nowhere Dog s Eye View DebutHello Poe It s Great When You re Straight Yeah Black Grape KRS One KRS One Lonestar Lonestar Mind of Mystikal Mystikal DebutModern Rock The Clean Pleasure Semisonic EPRiddle Box Insane Clown Posse Scream Dracula Scream Rocket from the Crypt Us and Them Symphonic Pink Floyd Jaz Coleman and The London Philharmonic Orchestra Working Class Hero A Tribute to John Lennon Various Artists John Lennon tributeThe Worldhood of the World As Such NoMeansNo 11 Life on a Plate Millencolin 13 Robyn Is Here Robyn Sweden16 The Isle of View The Pretenders LiveThe Lone Ranger Suggs Twisted Hallucinogen 17 The Alien Conspiracy Crisis n T i Alive in America Steely Dan LiveAnamorphosee Mylene Farmer Amanda Marshall Amanda Marshall DebutEl Concierto Luis Miguel LiveHypnotize the Moon Clay Walker Plastic Planet G Z R The R tist 4 merly Known as Dangerous Toys Dangerous Toys 18 This Is Christmas Luther Vandross Christmas20 10 Wings Miyuki Nakajima Do You Like My Tight Sweater Moloko 23 Ozzmosis Ozzy Osbourne Vault Def Leppard Greatest Hits 1980 1995 Def Leppard CompilationErasure Erasure The Final Experiment Ayreon Swingin with Raymond Chumbawamba Dear Sir Cat Power Lone Star 119 Nicky Wu UFO Record FinaleWould Rather Not Free Dave Wong 24 Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness The Smashing Pumpkins Smells Like Children Marilyn Manson EP20 Fingers 20 Fingers 1200 Curfews Indigo Girls LiveAll We Got Iz Us Onyx Christmas Here with You The Four Tops ChristmasDead Winter Dead Savatage ChristmasFormula OLD Get Lost The Magnetic Fields Groove Theory Groove Theory Here s to the Ladies Tony Bennett It s a Mystery Bob Seger amp the Silver Bullet Band Jealous One s Envy Fat Joe Ragnarok Gwar Resident Alien Spacehog Return of the Rentals The Rentals Spinner Brian Eno amp Jah Wobble Stomp 442 Anthrax Tapestry Revisited A Tribute to Carole King Various Artists Carole King tributeWoman s Gotta Have It Cornershop 27 Friction Breach 30 Welcome to the Neighborhood Meat Loaf Different Class Pulp The Bridge Ace of Base 31 20 Mothers Julian Cope Always Drink Upstream from the Herd Riders in the Sky Cypress Hill III Temples of Boom Cypress Hill Dogg Food Tha Dogg Pound Gone Dwight Yoakam The Individualist TR i Todd Rundgren On Top of the World 8Ball amp MJG Kim Kyung Ho Kim Kyung Ho NOVEMBER 1 Fungus Amongus Incubus DebutSalt Peter Ruby Debut6 Made in Heaven Queen Love Songs Elton John CompilationIt s A Man s World Cher European release onlyI m with Stupid Aimee Mann Jake s Progress soundtrack Elvis Costello and Richard Harvey SoundtrackTri Repetae Autechre 7 Alice In Chains Alice in Chains Something to Remember Madonna Compilation 3 new tracksGangsta s Paradise Coolio All Ages Bad Religion CompilationAll of This Love Pam Tillis Better Late Than Never Craig Goldy Clouds In My Coffee Carly Simon Box SetDemanufacture Fear Factory Limited Edition Digipak with Bonus TracksDouble or Nothing Erick Sermon Rising Yoko Ono Letters from Chutney Rainbow Butt Monkeys Debut only album before name change to Finger ElevenLiquid Swords GZA Original Soundtracks 1 Passengers Ragged Ass Road Tom Cochrane Rising Yoko Ono IMA Road Tested Bonnie Raitt LiveSunny Day Real Estate Sunny Day Real Estate Soul Food Goodie Mob Debut13 Stripped The Rolling Stones LiveAglio e Olio Beastie Boys EPUp All Night East 17 Now That s What I Call Music 32 Various Artists Compilation14 Labcabincalifornia The Pharcyde New Beginning Tracy Chapman Parachute Guster DebutR Kelly R Kelly Slaughter of the Soul At the Gates Southern Gal Terry Ellis Waiting to Exhale Original Soundtrack Album Various Artists SoundtrackWhere Forever Begins Ken Mellons Your Little Secret Melissa Etheridge 16 Bif Naked Bif Naked Debut17 Storm of the Light s Bane Dissection 20 The Beatles Anthology Volume 1 The Beatles Compilation 1 new trackThe Memory of Trees Enya 21 The Ghost of Tom Joad Bruce Springsteen Enrique Iglesias Enrique Iglesias DebutFresh Horses Garth Brooks Jesus Freak dc Talk I Refuse to Be Lonely Phyllis Hyman Live by Yo Rep Three 6 Mafia EPLivin Proof Group Home DebutMr Smith LL Cool J Natural Wonder Stevie Wonder LiveThe Wheel Keeps on Rollin Asleep at the Wheel 22 Amore Toshinori Yonekura 27 Bizarre Fruit II M People Eternal E Eazy E PosthumousThe Gallery Dark Tranquillity N A Become the Other Ozric Tentacles Desperate Scared But Social Emily s Sassy Lime DebutElectronic Pleasure N Trance DebutGrayfolded Grateful Dead LiveIzlamaphobia Muslimgauze Scratch or Stitch Melt Banana DECEMBER 1 The Blood Splat Rating System Powerman 5000 4 Balto Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists SoundtrackHow Long Has This Been Going On Van Morrison Live5 1990 Sick Spice 1 Merkin Ball Pearl Jam featuring Neil Young EPSaturday Morning Cartoons Greatest Hits Various Artists CompilationWe Got It Immature 8 Cutterpillow Eraserheads Last of the Ghetto Astronauts Matthew Good Band Taiyō no Shōnen Hideaki Tokunaga 12 Glyph Harold Budd amp Hector Zazou Lonesome Questions Jack Ingram Xorcist X Raided 14 Cibo Matto Cibo Matto 15 Final Bell Ghost in the Ruins Savatage Live18 Low On Ice Alec Empire Dancehall Dreamer Pat Green Odoru Issunboushi Ningen Isu Di Dar Faye Wong Greed Killing Napalm Death EPRelease date unknown edit 12 Haunted Episodes Graham Parker 25 Cents The Flys 1979 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts EP Abandoned Garden Michael Franks The Acoustic Album Toyah The Age of Electric The Age of Electric Ahitanaman Life Garden Alfaro Vive Carajo At the Drive In EP Alien 4 Hawkwind Aphrokubist Improvisations Vol 9 Broun Fellinis Ask the Fish Leftover Salmon Balaee Fi Zamany Nawal El Zoghbi Bowery Electric Bowery Electric The Breathing Shadow Nightingale Bumper to Bumper Stroke 9 Caca Bonita EP Papa Roach Can We Go Home Now The Roches Carpet Ceremonial Oath Carry the Day Henry Threadgill Cha Cha Cha EMF Company of Strangers Bad Company Coughing Up a Storm Frenzal Rhomb Defiance of the Ugly By the Merely Repulsive Malformed Earthborn Devil Dog Road Liar Devil in the Details Saigon Kick Doubelievengod Natas Dreamtime Wisdom Modern Time Vision Wirrinyga Band Dudebox EP Pezz Billy Talent Dyslexicon Dandelion En Route Moebius amp Plank Everything I Long For Hayden Evil Stig Joan Jett and The Gits Exotica 2000 Korla Pandit Five Ways of Disappearing Kendra Smith Fly Sarah Brightman The Future of What Unwound Gainsbourgsion April March A Glorious Lethal Euphoria The Mermen Gush Lowlife Hank Plays Cliff Hank Marvin Human Gary Numan A Hundred Lovers Timbuk3 حبك موت I Love You Till Death Ahlam Intelligence DJ Rap Jill Sobule Jill Sobule Lament Rez Band Lamprey Bettie Serveert The Light Spock s Beard Loituma Loituma Looking Back Toyah Ma Bassmahlak Najwa Karam Musically Incorrect Y amp T Mental Aquaducts demo Limp Biscut Limp Bizkit Move Me Nazareth Neu 4 Neu Nine Livez Nine Obey Brainbombs One Hour Cluster Pacer The Amps Pain Dub War Palabras Omara Portuondo The Pastoral Not Rustic World of Their Greatest Hits Country Teasers Pezcore Less Than Jake Project Infinity Man or Astro Man The Remix Album Prince Ital Joe amp Marky Mark Rock Violent Femmes Rockabilly Filly Rosie Flores Savage Poetry Edguy Scent of Attraction Patra Sea of Light Uriah Heep Shampoo or Nothing Shampoo Silver Sweepstakes Knapsack Smokin Kid Jonny Lang Soapy Water and Mister Marmalade Sham 69 Some Call It Godcore Half Man Half Biscuit Spacegirl and Other Favorites The Brian Jonestown Massacre Strange Cargo Hinterland William Orbit Strange Emotion Audio Sports Super Compact Disc Masonna This Child Susan Aglukark To Love and Be Loved Anne Clark Throbbing Pouch Wagon Christ Until Now Stir Vee Vee Archers of Loaf The Very Best of The Blues Brothers The Blues Brothers compilation Wave of Popular Feeling Groundswell White Zone Psychedelic Warriors Hawkwind The Zero State Arthur Loves PlasticBiggest hit singles editThe following songs achieved the highest aggregated positions in the charts of 1995 36 Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries1 Coolio Gangsta s Paradise 1995 nbsp United Kingdom 1 October 1995 United States Billboard 1 of 1995 The Netherlands 1 October 1995 Sweden 1 October 1995 Austria 1 November 1995 Switzerland 1 November 1995 Norway 1 October 1995 Italy 1 of 1996 Germany 1 January 1996 Republic of Ireland 1 October 1995 New Zealand 1 for 9 weeks October 1995 Australia 1 for 13 weeks January 1996 France 3 October 1995 Poland 3 October 1995 Australia 6 of 1995 United States Billboard 11 of 1995 United States Cash Box 12 of 1995 Germany 16 of the 1990s Scrobulate 27 of rap Pop Culture Madness 31 of 1995 Global 33 5 million sold 1995 Europe 48 of the 1990s Rate Your Music 69 of 1995 Acclaimed 4392 Shaggy Boombastic 1995 nbsp UK 1 September 1995 Italy 1 of 1995 Republic of Ireland 1 September 1995 New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks September 1995 Australia 1 for 1 weeks May 1996 Norway 2 September 1995 Germany 2 September 1995 US BB 3 of 1995 Austria 3 October 1995 Switzerland 3 October 1995 Netherlands 4 September 1995 Sweden 4 September 1995 US BB 6 of 1995 POP 7 of 1995 France 8 August 1995 Australia 8 of 1996 US CashBox 23 of 1995 Scrobulate 34 of dancehall Germany 181 of the 1990s3 Take That Back for Good 1995 nbsp UK 1 April 1995 Sweden 1 April 1995 Norway 1 April 1995 Germany 1 April 1995 Republic of Ireland 1 March 1995 Australia 1 for 2 weeks August 1995 Netherlands 2 April 1995 Switzerland 2 April 1995 Austria 3 May 1995 US BB 7 of 1995 Australia 9 of 1995 Poland 10 January 1995 Italy 28 of 1995 RYM 53 of 1995 OzNet 126 Germany 128 of the 1990s4 Michael Jackson You Are Not Alone 1995 nbsp UK 1 September 1995 US BB 1 of 1995 Switzerland 1 September 1995 Poland 1 August 1995 Republic of Ireland 1 September 1995 New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks September 1995 Austria 2 September 1995 Germany 3 September 1995 Sweden 5 August 1995 Netherlands 6 August 1995 Norway 9 September 1995 US CashBox 13 of 1995 Australia 25 of 1995 Italy 45 of 1995 Germany 262 of the 1990s5 U2 Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me 1995 nbsp Norway 1 June 1995 Poland 1 January 1995 Republic of Ireland 1 June 1995 New Zealand 1 for 1 weeks July 1995 Australia 1 for 6 weeks October 1995 UK 2 June 1995 Austria 4 July 1995 Switzerland 5 July 1995 Netherlands 9 June 1995 Germany 9 July 1995 Sweden 15 August 1995 US BB 16 of 1995 Australia 16 of 1995 Italy 27 of 1995 POP 59 of 1995 RYM 72 of 1995Top 40 Chart hit singles editSong title Artist s Release date s US UK Highest chart position Other Chart Performance s 1st of tha Month Bone Thugs N Harmony June 1995 14 15 7 New Zealand 4 U S Billboard Hot Rap Songs 12 U S Billboard Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs 46 Netherlands Single Top 100 3 Is Family Dana Dawson June 1995 n a 9 5 Italy See chart performance entry 74 75 The Connells August 1995 n a 14 1 Norway Sweden See chart performance entry Adiemus Adiemus November 1995 n a 48 4 Switzerland 6 Germany 7 Austria 18 Netherlands Dutch Top 40 Agua Dulce Agua Sala Julio Iglesias April 1995 n a n a 6 Netherlands Dutch Top 40 1 US Billboard Latin Pop Airplay 3 US Billboard Hot Latin Songs 9 Netherlands Dutch Single Top 199 Alice Who The X Is Alice Gompie February 1995 n a 17 1 Belgium Netherlands Dutch Top 40 Netherlands Single Top 100 See chart performance entry All Over You Live January 1995 n a 48 18 Canada See chart performance entry Alright Supergrass July 1995 n a 2 2 United Kingdom See chart performance entry Angel Ladadi O Heyo Jam amp Spoon amp Plavka November 1995 n a 26 2 Netherlands Dutch Top 40 Italy See chart performance entry Ants Marching Dave Matthews Band September 1995 n a n a 30 Canada See chart performance entry Any Man of Mine Shania Twain April 1995 31 118 31 United States 1 Canada Country Tracks US Billboard Hot Country Songs Anything 3T December 1995 15 2 2 Ireland Sweden United Kingdom See chart performance entry Anywhere Is Enya November 1995 n a 7 1 Poland See chart performance entry Army of Me Bjork April 1995 n a 10 1 Iceland See chart performance entry As I Lay Me Down Sophie B Hawkins February 1995 6 24 6 Canada See chart performance entry Axel F Clock March 1995 n a 7 5 Netherlands Dutch Top 40 Scotland See chart performance entryOther Chart hit singles edit Baby Brandy Baby Baby Corona Baby Boy Me amp My Back for Good Take That Back in the U K Scooter Bang and Blame R E M Beautiful Life Ace of Base Bedtime Story Madonna Believe Elton John Be My Lover La Bouche Best Friend Brandy Better Man Pearl Jam Blessed Elton John The Bomb These Sounds Fall into My Mind Bucketheads Breakfast at Tiffany s Deep Blue Something Big Poppa The Notorious B I G Blind KoYan Boombastic Shaggy Boom Boom Boom The Outhere Brothers Buddy Holly Weezer Bullet Fluke Bullet with Butterfly Wings The Smashing Pumpkins Candy Rain Soul For Real Can t Stop Lovin You Van Halen Can t Stop Raving Dune Captain Jack Captain Jack Captive Heart Selena Carnival Natalie Merchant Catch a Fire Haddaway Charmless Man Blur Colors of the Wind Vanessa L Williams Come and Get Your Love Real McCoy Common People Pulp Connection Elastica Conquest of Paradise Vangelis Cotton Eyed Joe Rednex Country House Blur Creep TLC Dear Mama 2Pac December Collective Soul Dieu m a donne la foi Ophelie Winter Diggin on You TLC Disco 2000 Pulp Do What s Good For Me 2 Unlimited Do You Really Want Me Show Respect Robyn Don t Give Me Your Life Alex Party Don t You Know Pandora Don t Stop Wiggle Wiggle The Outhere Brothers Don t Take It Personal Just One of Dem Days Monica Dreamer Livin Joy Dreaming of You Selena Dub I Dub Me amp My Earth Song Michael Jackson Electric Leila K Everlasting Love Gloria Estefan Exhale Shoop Shoop Whitney Houston Fairground Simply Red Fantasy Mariah Carey Father and Son Boyzone Find Me Odyssey to Anyoona Jam amp Spoon amp Plavka The First the Last Eternity Till the End Snap Flat Top Goo Goo Dolls Fly Away Haddaway Flying High Captain Hollywood Project Freak Like Me Adina Howard Fred Come to Bed E Rotic Gangsta s Paradise Coolio amp L V Generation of Love Masterboy A Girl Like You Edwyn Collins Gold Prince Good Better Than Ezra Grind Alice in Chains Hakuna Matata Jimmy Cliff amp Lebo M Hand In My Pocket Alanis Morissette Hard as a Rock AC DC Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman Bryan Adams Heaven for Everyone Queen Here I Go 2 Unlimited Herz an Herz Blumchen Hey Lover LL Cool J amp Boyz II Men Hey Man Nice Shot Filter Higher State of Consciousness Josh Wink Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me U2 Hook Blues Traveler How Deep Is Your Love Portrait Human Nature Madonna Hurt Nine Inch Nails I Alone Live I Believe Blessid Union of Souls I Can Love You Like That All 4 One I Could Fall in Love Selena I Got a Girl Tripping Daisy I Got 5 on It Luniz amp Michael Marshall I Got Id Pearl Jam amp Neil Young I Hate U Prince I Know Dionne Farris I Wanna B With U Fun Factory I Wanna Be A Hippy Technohead I Want You Madonna I Wish Skee Lo I d Lie for You And That s the Truth Meat Loaf If I Wanted To Melissa Etheridge If You Love Me Brownstone If You Only Let Me In MN8 If You Think You re Lonely Now K Ci Hailey I ll Be There for You The Rembrandts I ll Be There for You You re All I Need to Get By Method Man amp Mary J Blige I m Getting Used To You Selena In the House of Stone and Light Martin Page In the Summertime Shaggy Independent Love Song Scarlet Inseparables Lynda Thomas Inside Out Culture Beat It s Oh So Quiet Bjork It s Midnight Cinderella Garth Brooks I ve Got a Little Something for You MN8 Je sais pas Celine Dion Julia Says Wet Wet Wet Just Radiohead Just a Girl No Doubt Just tah Let U Know Eazy E Keep Their Heads Ringin Dr Dre Key to My Life Boyzone Kiss From A Rose Seal Knockin Double Vision Laila Blue System La La La Hey Hey The Outhere Brothers Last Christmas Whigfield Leave Home The Chemical Brothers Let Her Cry Hootie amp the Blowfish Let It Rain East 17 Lick It 20 Fingers Life Is Sweet The Chemical Brothers amp Tim Burgess Lie to me Bon Jovi Life s a Bitch Nas Lightning Crashes Live Like a Rolling Stone The Rolling Stones Love Is All Around DJ BoBo Love Me for a Reason Boyzone Lucky Love Ace of Base Lump The Presidents of the United States of America Macarena Los del Rio Marta s Song Deep Forest Mief Nimm mich jetzt auch wenn ich stinke Die Doofen Magic Carpet Ride Mighty Dub Katz Misery Soul Asylum Mis Shapes Pulp Missing Everything But The Girl Missing My Baby Selena Miss Sarajevo Passengers Misunderstood Man Cliff Richard Mouth Merril Bainbridge Move Your Ass Scooter My Friends Red Hot Chili Peppers Name Goo Goo Dolls Never Forget Take That No More I Love You s Annie Lennox Not Over Yet Grace Ode to My Family The Cranberries Old Pop in an Oak Rednex One Man in My Heart Human League One More Chance Remix The Notorious B I G One of Us Joan Osborne Only One Goo Goo Dolls Only Wanna Be With You Hootie amp the Blowfish Original Leftfield amp Toni Halliday Over My Shoulder Mike The Mechanics Player s Anthem Junior M A F I A Pour que tu m aimes encore Celine Dion Push the Feeling On Nightcrawlers Reach Up Papa s Got a Brand New Pigbag Perfecto Allstarz Red Light Special TLC Renegade Master Wildchild Respect Alliance Ethnik Right in the Night Jam amp Spoon amp Plavka Right Type of Mood Herbie River of Deceit Mad Season Rock and Roll Is Dead Lenny Kravitz Roll to Me Del Amitri Roll with It Oasis Run Around Blues Traveler Runaway Janet Jackson Scatman Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop Scatman John Scatman s World Scatman John Scream Michael Jackson amp Janet Jackson Set You Free N Trance Sex on the Phone E Rotic She Green Day She s a River Simple Minds She s Every Woman Garth Brooks Shut Up and Sleep with Me Sin With Sebastian Shy Guy Diana King Sick Of Myself Matthew Sweet Sie ist weg Die Fantastischen Vier Simple amp Funky Alliance Ethnik Snuff the Punk P O D So Good Boyzone Someday I ll Be Saturday Night Bon Jovi Something for the Pain Bon Jovi Some Might Say Oasis Sorted for E s amp Wizz Pulp Stayin Alive N Trance Strange World Ke Stutter Elastica Surrender Your Love Nightcrawlers Sympathy for the Devil Guns N Roses Take a Bow Madonna Te Extrano Te Olvido Te Amo Ricky Martin Tell Me When The Human League There Is a party DJ BoBo Think of You Whigfield This Ain t a Love Song Bon Jovi This Is A Call Foo Fighters This Is How We Do It Montell Jordan This Time I m Free Dr Alban Three in the Power of One P O D Thunder East 17 Til I Hear It from You Gin Blossoms Tomorrow Silverchair Too Hot Coolio Tosh Fluke Total Eclipse of the Heart Nicki French Try Me Out Corona Turn On Tune In Cop Out Freak Power Two Can Play That Game Bobby Brown The Universal Blur Walking in Memphis Cher Warped Red Hot Chili Peppers Water Runs Dry Boyz II Men Waterfalls TLC Whatever Oasis What ll I Do Janet Jackson When I Come Around Green Day When Love amp Hate Collide Def Leppard Where the Wild Roses Grow Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds amp Kylie Minogue Whoops Now Janet Jackson Wish You Were Here Rednex Wonderwall The Mike Flowers Pops Wonderwall Oasis The World I Know Collective Soul XXL Mylene Farmer Yeha Noha Sacred Spirit You Are Not Alone Michael Jackson You Belong to Me JK amp Shena You Oughta Know Alanis Morissette You ll See Madonna Your Loving Arms Billie Ray Martin Zombie The CranberriesNotable singles editSong title Artist s Release date s Other Chart Performance s Alright Supergrass July 1995 See chart performance entryOther Notable singles edit Da Funk Daft Punk Radar MorphineTop ten best albums of the year editThe following ten albums from 1995 are the highest rated as per aggregate ratings compiled from over 33 000 different greatest album charts 37 Results accurate as of April 2018 Radiohead The Bends Oasis What s the Story Morning Glory The Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Pulp Different Class Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill Bjork Post GZA Liquid Swords Elliott Smith Elliott Smith P J Harvey To Bring You My Love Pavement Wowee ZoweeClassical music editOsvaldas Balakauskas Requiem Sally Beamish Viola Concerto Luciano Berio Sequenza XII Harrison Birtwistle Panic premiered at Last Night of the Proms Elliott Carter String Quartet No 5 Mario Davidovsky Violin Concertino Mario Davidovsky Flashbacks for flute piccolo alto flute clarinet bass clarinet violin violoncello piano and percussion Frederic Durieux Depart for clarinet Ludovico Einaudi Chatrang Overture Lorenzo Ferrero Seven Seconds for clarinet violin and piano Shadow Lines for flute and live electronics Philip Glass Saxophone Quartet String Sextet Melodies for saxophone Symphony No 3 for string orchestra Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra Andrew Glover Fractured Vistas Simeon ten Holt Schaduw noch Prooi for 2 pianos Eadem sed Aliter for piano Houtaf Khoury Concerto for basset horn and orchestra Concerto for soprano saxophone 6 percussionists and string orchestra 38 Wojciech Kilar How Will I Calm Myself for voice and piano Ulrich Leyendecker Violin Concerto Theo Loevendie Piano Concerto Krzysztof Penderecki Violin Concerto No 2 Metamorphosen Karl Aage Rasmussen Three Friends for orchestra John Serry Sr Concerto For Free Bass Accordion piano transcription 1 Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Passacaglia Immaginaria Michael Tippett The Rose Lake Malcolm Williamson A Year of BirdsOpera editRoger Ames Hearts on Fire Michael Easton The Selfish Giant for children Stewart Wallace Harvey MilkJazz editMain article 1995 in jazzMusical theater editDracula opened on 13 October in Prague starring Daniel Hulka Hello Dolly Broadway revival How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Broadway revival Kristina fran Duvemala opened on 7 October in Malmo Sweden Victor Victoria Broadway production opened at the Marquis Theatre and ran for 734 performancesMusical films editAkropol Arabian Knight animated feature Bye Bye Birdie Empire Records Gesualdo Death for Five Voices Monster Mash Pocahontas animated feature The Show Whatever Will Be Will Be Whisper of the HeartBirths editJanuary 1 Poppy American singer songwriter ambient music composer and YouTuber January 3 Jisoo South Korean singer actress and member of girl group BLACKPINK January 5 Whindersson Nunes Brazilian youtuber and musician January 7 Leslie Grace American singer Jessica Darrow American singer and actor January 8 Victoria Duffield Canadian singer and actor January 12 Nathy Peluso Argentine singer songwriter dancer and pedagogue January 17 Heather Baron Gracie British singer songwriter and musician best known as the lead guitarist and vocalist for the indie rock band Pale Waves January 20 Joey Bada American rapper January 22 Lexa Brazilian singer songwriter and dancer January 27 Raz Fresco Canadian rapper and producer February 3 Orla Gartland Irish singer songwriter YouTuber guitarist multi instrumentalist and activist February 7 Masha Mnjoyan Armenian singer February 15 Megan Thee Stallion American rapper musician and producer February 16 Denzel Curry American rapper singer and songwriter Billie Eilish February 21 Giveon American singer songwriter February 25 Francesca Michielin Italian singer songwriter March 3 Maine Mendoza Filipina entertainer March 5 Lolo Zouai French born American R amp B and pop musician March 6 Aimyon Japanese singer and songwriter March 11 Sasha Alex Sloan American singer songwriter April 5 Daniel Caesar Canadian singer songwriter RNB soul musician April 6 Tomberlin American musician and singer songwriter April 11 Dodie Clark British singer songwriter musician author and entertainer April 19 Arizona Zervas American singer rapper songwriter Madison Love American songwriter and singer April 21 Madison Love Japanese American singer songwriter producer and musician April 24 Kehlani American singer songwriter Ludmilla Brazilian singer and songwriter April 26 Lorenzo Fragola Italian singer Daniel Padilla Filipino actor and singer April 27 Sarah Close British singer songwriter YouTuber April 28 Melanie Martinez American singer songwriter photographer and director May 2 Lucy Dacus American singer songwriter and producer May 3 Zach Sobiech American singer songwriter and musician d 2013 May 4 Shameik Moore American actor singer and dancer May 9 Devito Serbian singer May 10 Yoan Garneau Canadian singer songwriter Aya Nakamura French Malian singer songwriter May 24 Kiiara American singer songwriter June 1 Matthew Lewin American producer Magdalena Bay June 4 Shiori Tamai Japanese singer citation needed June 5 Troye Sivan South African Australian singer songwriter actor and YouTuber June 8 Tom Grennan English singer songwriter June 11 Tems Nigerian singer June 14 Alexandra Savior American singer June 15 Tash Sultana Australian singer songwriter and multi instrumentalist June 20 Serayah American actress model and singer June 23 Lauren Aquilina English singer songwriter musician music producer June 26 Reema Major Sudanese Canadian rapper Mitch James New Zealand independent musician July 1 Taeyong South Korean rapper dancer and member of NCT Hoai Lam Vietnamese pop singer and actor July 2 Ruth B Canadian singer songwriter Shirley Setia Indian singer July 4 Post Malone American rapper singer songwriter and guitarist July 7 Anson Lo Hong Kong singer MIRROR July 11 Tyler Medeiros Canadian singer songwriter and dancer July 12 Yohio Swedish singer and songwriter active in Japan 39 July 13 The Japanese House aka Amber Bain an English singer songwriter musician multi instrumentalist July 15 Elyar Azerbaijani English musician pop star music producer and singer songwriter Collaborator with Leadley July 16 CKay Nigerian singer songwriter musician and record producer July 22 Marilia Mendonca Brazilian singer and songwriter d 2021 Armaan Malik Indian singer and songwriter July 23 Hwasa South Korean singer songwriter dancer and member of MAMAMOO August 1 Derrick Monasterio Filipino actor dancer and singer August 8 Malin Reitan Norwegian singer August 11 Tierra Whack American rapper singer and songwriter August 16 Hjalmer Larsen Danish singer August 22 Dua Lipa British singer songwriter August 24 Wenwen Han Chinese child actress and violinist August 29 Gud Swedish DJ and producer best known as a member of rapper Yung Lean s Stockholm based group Sad Boys September 8 Jeremy Lee Hong Kong singer MIRROR September 18 Megan Lee Korean American singer songwriter and actress September 19 Chase Rice American singer songwriter September 22 Nayeon South Korean singer and member of TWICE September 25 Ryan Beatty American singer Sofia Reyes Mexican singer songwriter and actress September 29 Julien Baker American singer and guitarist October 4 Caitlyn Shadbolt Australian singer songwriter Mikolas Josef Czech singer songwriter October 10 Da Vinchi Haitian American actor and rapper October 13 Jimin South Korean singer songwriter dancer and member of BTS October 14 Jeleel American rapper October 19 Enca Haxhia Albanian singer October 21 Doja Cat American singer rapper and songwriter October 26 Yuta Nakamoto Japanese singer and member of NCT November 6 Anja Nissen Danish Australian singer songwriter dancer and actress November 20 Michael Clifford Australian musician best known as the lead guitarist of the pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer November 29 Laura Marano American actress and singer December 3 Angele Belgian singer songwriter December 6 Tai Verdes American singer December 15 Leadley British musician singer songwriter activist and YouTuber collaborator with Elyar December 17 Tkay Maidza Zimbabwean born Australian singer songwriter and rapper December 18 Mica Tenenbaum Argentine singer Magdalena Bay December 23 Jawny American singer songwriter and producer December 27 Caroline Pennell American singer songwriter December 30 V South Korean singer songwriter actor and member of BTS Dominic Fike American singer songwriter multi instrumentalist actor and rapperDeaths editJanuary 1 Ted Hawkins soul blues singer songwriter 58 January 24 David Cole producer C C Music Factory 32 January 31 George Abbott US librettist and director 107 February 6 Art Taylor jazz drummer 65 February 12 Tony Secunda Marc Bolan s former manager 54 heart attack February 18 Bob Stinson guitarist The Replacements 35 complications caused by drug and alcohol abuse Denny Cordell English record producer 51 February 23 Melvin Franklin The Temptations 52 brain seizure March 5 Vivian Stanshall eccentric British musician 51 house fire March 9 Ingo Schwichtenberg Helloween 29 suicide March 16 Heinrich Sutermeister Swiss composer 84 March 17 Sunnyland Slim blues pianist 88 March 26 Eazy E rapper and record producer 31 AIDS March 28 Mogens Ellegaard accordionist 60 March 29 Jimmy McShane singer Baltimora AIDS Roland Wolf keyboardist Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Einsturzende Neubauten 29 or 30 car accident March 30 Paul A Rothchild American record producer 59 March 31 Selena singer 23 murdered April 4 Priscilla Lane US singer and actress 79 lung cancer April 6 Delroy Wilson reggae artist 46 cirrhosis of the liver April 14 Burl Ives singer and actor 85 April 25 Ginger Rogers US actress dancer and singer 83 May 6 Barbarito Diez Cuban singer and bandleader 85 May 8 Teresa Teng singer 42 May 16 Lola Flores Spanish singer and dancer 72 May 25 Dick Curless country singer 63 June 4 Ernest Bornemann jazz musician and critic 80 June 12 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli pianist 75 June 14 Rory Gallagher Irish blues rock guitarist 47 complications from liver transplant June 30 Phyllis Hyman R amp B soul and jazz singer 45 suicide by overdose of barbiturates Nazariy Yaremchuk Ukrainian singer 43 July 1 Wolfman Jack disc jockey 57 40 July 2 Zdenek Kosler conductor 67 July 8 Gunter Bialas composer 87 July 23 Miklos Rozsa film score composer 88 July 25 Charlie Rich country singer and musician 62 July 28 Eddie Hinton songwriter and session musician 51 August 9 Jerry Garcia Grateful Dead 53 diabetes related August 11 Allan McCarthy Canadian singer of Men Without Hats 38 Herbert Sumsion English church musician 96 August 16 Bobby DeBarge lead singer of Switch 39 AIDS August 18 Alan Dell BBC Radio 2 disc jockey 71 August 19 John Gilmore jazz saxophonist 63 Pierre Schaeffer composer and pioneer of Musique concrete 85 August 23 Dwayne Goettel industrial keyboard player Skinny Puppy 31 drug overdose August 26 Ronnie White the Miracles co writer of the Temptations hit My Girl with Smokey Robinson 57 leukemia August 30 Sterling Morrison The Velvet Underground guitarist 53 Non Hodgkin lymphoma September 5 Salil Chowdhury Indian film composer and poet 71 Benyamin Sueb Indonesian actor comedian and singer 56 heart attack 41 September 27 Alison Steele American disc jockey 58 October 19 Don Cherry jazz trumpeter 58 liver cancer 42 October 21 Maxene Andrews singer member of The Andrews Sisters 79 Shannon Hoon lead singer of group Blind Melon 28 drug overdose Hans Helfritz German composer 93 October 26 Gorni Kramer Italian bandleader and songwriter 82 October 31 Alan Bush composer pianist and conductor 94 Erika Morini violinist 91 November 2 Florence Greenberg music executive and producer 82 November 3 Isang Yun Yun I sang composer 78 November 7 Jerry Daniels The Ink Spots 79 November 8 Ion Baciu conductor 64 November 17 Alan Hull singer songwriter and founder of Lindisfarne 50 heart thrombosis November 21 Peter Grant manager of The Yardbirds Led Zeppelin Bad Company 60 myocardial infarction Matthew Ashman guitarist of Adam and the Ants Bow Wow Wow 35 November 23 Junior Walker R amp B and soul musician 64 November 26 David Briggs record producer 51 December 10 Darren Robinson rapper The Fat Boys 28 December 25 Dean Martin singer and actor 78 cancer Nicolas Slonimsky Russian born conductor and composer 101 December 27 Shura Cherkassky American classical pianist 86 December 29 Hans Henkemans Dutch composer 82Awards editThe following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame The Allman Brothers Band Al Green Janis Joplin Led Zeppelin Martha and the Vandellas Neil Young and Frank Zappa Inductees of the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame include Charles Wesley writer of Hark The Herald Angels Sing Udit Narayan wins the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award Tetsuya Komuro producer amp trf win the Japan Record Award for Overnight Sensation t the 37th Japan Record Awards 43 Grammy Awards edit Grammy Awards of 1995Country Music Association Awards edit 1995 Country Music Association AwardsEurovision Song Contest edit Eurovision Song Contest 1995Mercury Music Prize edit Dummy Portishead wins MTV Video Music Awards edit 1995 MTV Video Music AwardsCharts editTriple J Hottest 100 Main article Triple J Hottest 100 1995See also edit1995 in British music Record labels established in 1995References edit January 1995 The Unofficial Pearl Jam History Page Archived from the original on May 14 2013 Retrieved July 28 2012 Bertrand Tessier 2015 Sardou 50 annees ensemble Paris Fayard p 205 ISBN 978 2 213 68740 7 Wiederhorn Jon March 9 1995 In the News Rolling Stone No 703 Straight Arrow Publishers Inc p 26 This Week in Entertainment History January 16 2016 January 22 2006 KXTV Associated Press Archived from the original on August 19 2008 Retrieved December 17 2008 Condon Dan September 30 2019 The definitive guide to every Big Day Out line up ever ABC Retrieved August 31 2020 Strickman Andrew January 31 2002 Manic Legally Dead Tomorrow Rolling Stone Archived from the original on April 14 2009 Retrieved December 17 2008 James George February 8 1995 Rapper Faces Prison Term For Sex Abuse The New York Times Archived from the original on July 14 2012 Retrieved December 17 2008 Remains identified as Iron Butterfly bass player CNN Showbuzz Cable News Network June 4 1999 Archived from the original on February 7 2005 Retrieved December 17 2008 Sullivan Caroline Alex Bellos February 22 1995 Sweet exile The Guardian London Guardian News and Media Archived from the original on November 25 2009 Retrieved December 17 2008 Levin Mike December 23 1995 Hong kong comes into Focus Billboard p 66 Retrieved October 22 2010 Rush George Joanna Molloy February 21 1995 Baywatch Bride Watch Anderson Weds Tommy Lee NY Daily News New York Archived from the original on November 23 2010 Retrieved December 17 2008 Hilburn Robert March 2 1995 4 Grammys for Poignant Song by Springsteen Baltimore Sun Archived from the original on June 4 2011 Retrieved December 17 2008 Browne David March 17 1995 R E M Road Worriers Entertainment Weekly Archived from the original on October 12 2008 Retrieved December 18 2008 Memory of Ingo Schwichtenberg www kingofdrums net Retrieved January 16 2019 Sewell Tony 1997 Black Masculinities and Schooling How Black Boys Survive Modern Schooling Trentham Books p 206 ISBN 978 1 85856 040 3 Pareles Jon March 28 1995 Eazy E 31 Performer Who Put Gangster Rap on the Charts The New York Times Archived from the 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