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      This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1991.


      Specific locations


      1991 in British music
      1991 in Norwegian music
      1991 in South Korean music


      Specific genres


      1991 in country music
      1991 in heavy metal music
      1991 in hip hop music
      1991 in Latin music
      1991 in jazz


      Events




      = Summary

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      Although the year 1991 is the year that grunge music made its popular breakthrough, heavy metal was still the dominant form of rock music for the year. Therefore, Nirvana's Nevermind, led by the surprise hit single "Smells Like Teen Spirit", was not the most popular U.S. album of the year. The most popular album was Metallica's self-titled "black album". Nirvana's success was eventually followed by other grunge bands like Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, and Stone Temple Pilots, as grunge climbed the U.S. charts for the next few years. Its success eventually ended the reign of the glam metal and other hard rock groups that enjoyed massive success in the 1980s like Mötley Crüe, Poison, Warrant, Cinderella, and Ratt, whose sales were still going strong by 1991. Also during the year, the rock band Guns N' Roses's popularity flourished with the release of their albums Use Your Illusion I & Use Your Illusion II, both selling over 15 million copies total. Def Leppard's next album Adrenalize, released in March 1992, would go on to reach multi-platinum status and prove to be the last major commercial success for 1980s hair metal. A Tribe Called Quest's Low End Theory is released this year; it would go on to be considered one of the best hip hop albums of the 1990s. A Tribe Called Quest, along with De La Soul, Dream Warriors, Gang Starr and the Poor Righteous Teachers, help define what comes to be known as alternative rap with important releases this year.
      On November 24, the death of Freddie Mercury, who had confirmed to the press that he had AIDS only a day before his death, came as a shock to millions of fans and the music industry. The remaining members of Queen formed the Mercury Phoenix Trust and the following year, a tribute concert would be staged in Wembley Stadium, in front of a sell-out crowd.
      Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" (released as a double A-side with "These Are the Days of Our Lives") went to number one for the second time in the U.K.. It is also the only time a single has gone to number one more than once on the UK Christmas charts.
      During the year, Billboard started using Nielsen SoundScan for its sales source for the music charts. Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data for Nielsen on 1 March 1991. The 25 May issue of Billboard published Billboard 200 and Country Album charts based on SoundScan "piece count data," and the first Hot 100 chart to debut with the system was released on 30 November 1991. Previously, Billboard tracked sales by calling stores across the U.S. and asking about sales – a method that was inherently error-prone and open to outright fraud. Indeed, while transitioning from the calling to tracking methods, the airplay and sales charts (already monitored by Nielsen) and the Hot 100 (then still using the calling system) often did not match (for instance Paula Abdul's "Promise of a New Day" and Roxette's "Fading Like a Flower" reached much higher Hot 100 peaks than their actual sales and airplay would have allowed them to). Although most record company executives conceded that the new method was far more accurate than the old, the chart's volatility and its geographical balance initially caused deep concern, before the change and the market shifts it brought about were accepted across the industry. Tower Records, the country's second-largest retail chain, was originally not included in the sample because its stores are equipped with different technology to measure sales. At first, some industry executives complained that the new system – which relied on high-tech sales measurement rather than store employee estimates – was based on an inadequate sample, one that favored established and mainstream acts over newcomers.
      1991 was also the year CCM, or contemporary Christian music, reached a new peak. Amy Grant, who had already crossed back and forth between CCM and Contemporary Pop in the mid-80s, achieved her first solo No. 1 hit on the pop charts with the hit single "Baby Baby," becoming the first single by a CCM artist to reach No. 1 (despite the fact the song was a pop song and was void of any Christian references). Another single, "That's What Love Is For," would also top the charts, this time in the Adult Contemporary field. Meanwhile, Grant's album Heart In Motion reaches No. 11 on the pop chart and No. 1 on the Christian chart despite its non-religious objective, and quickly becomes a best-seller. Another CCM crossover artist in 1991 is Michael W. Smith, who achieves a Top Ten pop hit with his single "Place In This World." The subsequent album, Go West Young Man, is also a hit. Jon Gibson's hit "Jesus Loves Ya" still holds the record as the longest playing hit single in Christian music history. The track spent eleven weeks at No. 1 and became the top selling CCM single of 1991. Only three artists received more airplay on Christian radio stations in that year other than Gibson; Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith and BeBe & CeCe Winans.
      The massive success of Garth Brooks in this year set the stage for the mid-1990s influx of pop-oriented country musicians. Several soon-to-be pivotal bands formed or released debut recordings, including Dave Matthews Band, Live, Phish, Spin Doctors and stoner metal (Kyuss, Sleep, The Obsessed). Massive Attack's Blue Lines, pioneered the sound that would eventually become known as trip hop. Entombed's Clandestine and Dismember's Like an Ever Flowing Stream were early releases from the Scandinavian metal scene. In the US, New York death metal band Suffocation released their debut full-length Effigy of the Forgotten, often considered one of the most influential of extreme metal albums. Trance music rose to prominence in the underground dance scene of Frankfurt, Germany, pioneered by such producers as Dance 2 Trance and Resistance D. U2 released their seventh album Achtung Baby, considered by many of their fans to be their best. Metallica's self-titled album was their most commercially successful, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers broke through to the mainstream with Blood Sugar Sex Magik. R.E.M. released their massive commercial breakthrough album Out of Time.


      = January–March

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      15 January – A new all-star rendition of the John Lennon song "Give Peace a Chance" is released, featuring Yoko Ono, Lenny Kravitz, Peter Gabriel, Alannah Myles, Tom Petty, Bonnie Raitt and many more, billed as "The Peace Choir". The single has been rushed to market in response to the imminent Gulf War.
      16 January – The sixth annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is held in New York. The event goes forward despite a tense atmosphere caused by the US President's announcement of the Gulf War the same evening. The inductees are Ike & Tina Turner, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, LaVern Baker, The Byrds, The Impressions, Wilson Pickett and Howlin' Wolf.
      18 January – Three people are crushed to death during an AC/DC concert in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, when audience members rush the stage.
      18–27 January – The massive nine-day festival Rock in Rio II is held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The headliners are a-ha, Prince, INXS, Guns N' Roses, New Kids on the Block, George Michael and Happy Mondays.
      19 January – Janet Jackson with seventh single from Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814, "Love Will Never Do (Without You)", becomes the only artist to have seven singles from the same album chart in the top five.
      27 January – Whitney Houston sings "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Super Bowl. The recording is then released and becomes a hit single.
      31 January – DJ Magazine is launched under its new name.
      5 February – Queen release their final album of Freddie Mercury's lifetime, entitled Innuendo. This album includes hit singles such as "The Show Must Go On", "Headlong", "These Are The Days Of Our Lives" and "Innuendo".
      20 February – The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards are presented in New York, hosted by Garry Shandling. Quincy Jones' Back on the Block wins Album of the Year, Phil Collins' "Another Day in Paradise" wins Record of the Year and Bette Midler's version of "From a Distance" wins Song of the Year. Mariah Carey wins Best New Artist.
      27 February – James Brown is granted an early parole and released from jail, following his arrest after a high-speed car chase through two states in 1989. Pop Will Eat Itself documented the affair with their song, "Not Now James, We're Busy".
      28 February – Hollywood's Record Plant Studios recording studio closes down. Among the albums recorded at the Record Plant were The Eagles' Hotel California, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life.
      1 March – Nielsen SoundScan begins tracking sales data for Nielsen.
      11 March – Janet Jackson signs a US$30 million contract with Virgin Records, making her the highest paid female recording artist ever.
      12 March – R.E.M. release their seventh studio album, Out of Time. The album would serve as the band's breakthrough, catapulting the Georgia alternative rock band from cult status to a massive international act.
      16 March – Seven members of country music singer Reba McEntire's band and her road manager are killed when their private plane crashes in California, near the U.S.-Mexico border. McEntire travels on a separate plane. The disaster inspires the title song of her next album, For My Broken Heart.
      20 March
      Michael Jackson signs a contract with Sony for 1 billion dollars.
      Eric Clapton's four-year-old son, Conor, dies after falling 49 stories from a New York City apartment window; the event later inspires Clapton to write the hit single "Tears in Heaven".
      24 March – The Black Crowes are dropped as the opening act of ZZ Top's tour for repeatedly insulting the tour's sponsor, Miller Beer.
      27 March – New Kids on the Block star Donnie Wahlberg is arrested in Louisville, Kentucky for allegedly setting his hotel room on fire.
      28 March – George Harrison, Phil Collins and others attend funeral services for Eric Clapton's late son, Conor.


      = April–June

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      17 April – Nirvana performs "Smells Like Teen Spirit" live for the first time at the OK Hotel in Seattle, Washington.
      28 April – Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York.
      4 May – The Eurovision Song Contest 1991 is held in Rome, Italy, and, after a highly controversial voting segment, Sweden's Fångad av en stormvind by Carola is declared the winner.
      7 May – In Macon, Georgia, a judge dismisses a wrongful death lawsuit against Ozzy Osbourne. The suit was filed by a local couple that believed their son was inspired to attempt suicide by Osbourne's music.
      10 May – Truth or Dare, a documentary chronicling singer Madonna's 1990 Blond Ambition Tour, is released to theatres.
      24 May – Guns N' Roses kick off their 26-month world Use Your Illusion Tour in Alpine Valley in East Troy.
      25 May – The Billboard 200 album chart starts incorporating electronically monitored sales data provided by Nielsen SoundScan, thus beginning what chart aficionados tag as the "SoundScan era".
      28 May – The Smashing Pumpkins release their debut album Gish, establishing the band as one of the most important of the alternative scene.
      7 June – ABC revives the late-night rock performance series In Concert.
      21 June – The Mérida State Symphony Orchestra is founded in Venezuela.
      28 June – Paul McCartney's classical composition, the Liverpool Oratorio, receives its première at the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral.


      = July–September

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      2 July
      Launch of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music.
      Hollywood Bowl Orchestra gives its first public performance.
      During the Use Your Illusion Tour, Axl Rose assaults a member of the audience watching the show on camera, after security fails to respond to the singer's orders to confiscate the camera. After the attack, Rose angrily says, "Thanks to the lame-ass security, I'm goin' home!" and storms off the stage.
      13 July – Pianist Keith Jarrett records his Vienna Concert at the Vienna Staatsoper.
      18 July – Perry Farrell launches the first Lollapalooza tour as a farewell for his just-dissolved band, Jane's Addiction. Other acts appearing on the tour include Siouxsie and the Banshees, Nine Inch Nails, Rollins Band, Fishbone and Rage Against the Machine.
      12 August – Metallica release their most successful album, Metallica (also called "The Black Album"). Something of a departure from the thrash metal sound they helped pioneer, it becomes one of the best-selling albums of all time
      15 August – Paul Simon's Concert in the Park takes place in Central Park. The free concert is broadcast live on HBO.
      20 August – The six-day International Pop Underground Convention opens in Olympia, Washington.
      27 August
      Pearl Jam release their debut album, Ten. While initially slow to sell, it becomes No. 2 on the Billboard charts within a year and has since become certified thirteen times Platinum in the United States.
      Dr. Dre pleads no contest to charges that he beat up a woman at a West Hollywood nightclub. Dr. Dre is sentenced to 24 months probation.
      10 September – Nirvana releases the single for "Smells Like Teen Spirit," a song that would achieve unprecedented success the following year and become a trailblazer for grunge and alternative rock as a whole.
      17 September – Rock band Guns N' Roses release their first full-length follow up to their debut album Appetite for Destruction in the form of the double album Use Your Illusion I & Use Your Illusion II. Both go on to sell a combined excess of 1.3 million on their first week of sale in the US alone.
      23 September
      Primal Scream releases Screamadelica, which would go on to win the first Mercury Prize in 1992.
      The TV Series Baywatch begins its second season with a new theme song performed and co-written by former Survivor member Jimi Jamison, "I'm Always Here".
      Bryan Adams releases his sixth album Waking up the Neighbours produced by Mutt Lange, achieving diamond status in his native Canada for the second time.
      24 September – Retrospectively considered by critics to be a seminal date in music history, as it saw the release of several key albums:
      Nevermind, the sophomore album from Seattle-based band Nirvana, which would go on to popularize the grunge movement nationwide and be considered both a defining album of Generation X and one of the greatest albums in the history of popular music.
      The Low End Theory, the sophomore album from hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, which came to also be regarded as one of the greatest albums of all time, as well as a defining album for alternative hip hop.
      Blood Sugar Sex Magik, the fifth album from funk rock band the Red Hot Chili Peppers, which, alongside Nevermind, also helped to popularize alternative rock.
      Trompe le Monde, the fourth album from influential alternative rock band the Pixies, their last before their breakup two years later. It would be the band's final full-length LP for 22 years.


      = October–December

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      8 October – Soundgarden releases their breakout album Badmotorfinger.
      3 November – A free tribute concert is held at Golden Gate Park in memory of concert promoter Bill Graham, killed in a helicopter crash three weeks earlier at the age of 60. Performers include Santana, Grateful Dead, Journey and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
      7 November
      Bryan Adams's 16-week stay at the top of the UK Singles Chart with "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)" is finally ended by U2 single "The Fly", having already set a new record for the longest consecutive stay at the top of the UK Singles Chart.
      Izzy Stradlin quits Guns N' Roses.
      Frank Zappa's children, Dweezil and Moon, announce to an audience in New York that their father is unable to attend the tribute concert to his music because he is seriously ill with prostate cancer.
      14 November – The new Michael Jackson music video "Black or White" premieres simultaneously in 27 countries to an audience of 500 million people. Controversy is immediately generated by the video's last four minutes in which Jackson smashes windows, vandalizes a car and causes a building to explode, as well as suggestively grabs his crotch repeatedly while dancing.
      19 November
      U2 releases album Achtung Baby.
      Luis Miguel releases Romance which revitalized the popularity of boleros in the 1990s.
      24 November – Freddie Mercury, lead singer of Queen, dies from AIDS-related complications at the age of 45 one day after making the disease public. The same day, Eric Carr, formerly of KISS, also dies from complications of heart cancer.
      26 November – Michael Jackson releases his worldwide hit album Dangerous. It comes four years after Bad and goes on to sell more than 32 million copies worldwide.
      30 November – Following in the steps of the Billboard 200, the Billboard Hot 100 also begins a new era by incorporating and merging electronically measured sales and airplay data from SoundScan and BDS respectively.
      1 December
      A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert, featuring Kathleen Battle and Frederica von Stade, a jazz band led by Wynton Marsalis, and orchestra and chorus conducted by André Previn, is recorded for television.
      George Harrison plays Yokohama, Japan. The brief Japanese tour with Eric Clapton marks his first set of formal concert performances since 1974.
      4 December – The Judds give their final concert performance as a duo.
      31 December – The twentieth annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with appearances by Boyz II Men, Simply Red, Vanessa L. Williams, Another Bad Creation, Restless Heart, Michael Bivins and Barry Manilow.


      = Also in 1991

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      Aerosmith signs a new deal with Sony Music worth an estimated $30 million.
      The Rolling Stones sign a new contract with Virgin Records.
      Country music legend Kenny Rogers starts his restaurant chain, Kenny Rogers Roasters.
      Tupac Shakur's solo career begins with his first album, 2Pacalypse Now. Six-year-old Qa'id Walker-Teal is shot dead by a stray bullet during a confrontation between Tupac's entourage and a rival group.
      Mangue Bit is originated in Recife, Brazil, circa 1991.


      Bands formed


      See Musical groups established in 1991


      Bands disbanded


      The Osborn Sisters


      Bands reformed


      The Knack
      Procol Harum


      Albums released




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      Biggest hit singles


      The following songs achieved the highest chart positions
      in the charts of 1991.


      Top 40 Chart hit singles




      = Other Chart hit singles

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      Notable singles




      = Other Notable singles

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      Top best albums of the year


      All albums have been named albums of the year for their hits in the charts.
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      Nirvana – Nevermind
      Pearl Jam – Ten
      My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
      U2 – Achtung Baby
      Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik
      Metallica – Metallica
      Primal Scream – Screamadelica
      Slint – Spiderland
      A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory
      Massive Attack – Blue Lines
      Talk Talk – Laughing Stock


      Published popular music


      "Dreamland" w. Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman m. Dave Grusin
      "Look Around" w. Betty Comden & Adolph Green m. Cy Coleman from the musical The Will Rogers Follies
      "Moja domovina"


      Classical music


      John Corigliano – Symphony No. 1
      George Crumb – Easter Dawning for carillon
      Mario Davidovsky – Simple Dances for flute, two percussion, piano, and cello
      Joël-François Durand – un feu distinct for flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello
      Lorenzo Ferrero
      Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
      Parodia, for chamber ensemble
      Zaubermarsch, for small orchestra
      Sofia Gubaidulina
      Gerade und ungerade (Чет и нечет) for seven percussionists, including cymbalom
      Silenzio for bayan, violin, and cello
      Angelo Gilardino
      Musica per l'Angelo della Melancholia, for guitar
      Variazioni sulla Fortuna, for guitar
      Karel Goeyvaerts
      Opbouw (Construction), for orchestra
      De Zang van Aquarius, version for symphony orchestra
      Jan Klusák – Stesk po Mozartovi
      Ulrich Leyendecker – Symphony No. 3
      Witold Lutosławski – Chantefleurs et Chantefables
      Pehr Henrik Nordgren
      Going On for double bass and percussion, Op. 77
      Odotus (Awaiting) for male choir, Op. 78
      Cronaca for string orchestra, Op. 79
      Streams for chamber orchestra, Op. 80
      Kaija Saariaho – ...à la Fumée
      John Serry Sr. –
      A Savior Is Born, for organ and voice
      Dreams Trilogy, for piano
      La Culebra, for solo flute
      Karlheinz Stockhausen –
      Elufa, for flute and basset horn, with electronic music ad lib., 9. ex Nr. 64
      Freia, for flute ex 91⁄2 Nr. 64
      Joan Tower – Concerto for Orchestra
      Takashi Yoshimatsu
      Sagittarius Ecologue for bassoon and harp
      Symphony No. 2 "at Terra" for orchestra
      Fuzzy Bird Sonata for saxophone and piano
      3 White Landscapes for flute, bassoon, and harp
      Wind Color Vector for Guitar


      Opera


      John Adams – The Death of Klinghoffer, first performance on 19 March at the Théatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium
      Harrison Birtwistle – Gawain, first performance on 30 May at the Royal Opera House, London
      Daniel Catán – Rappaccini's Daughter (La hija de Rappaccini)
      John Corigliano – The Ghosts of Versailles
      Meredith Monk – Atlas


      Jazz




      Musical theater


      Miss Saigon (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) – Broadway production opened at the Broadway Theatre on 11 April and ran for 4097 performances
      The Secret Garden – Broadway production opened at the St. James Theatre on 25 April and ran for 706 performances
      Song of Singapore – off-Broadway production opened at the Irving Plaza on 7 May and ran for 459 performances
      Will Rogers Follies – Broadway production opened at the Palace Theatre on 1 May and ran for 983 performances


      Musical films


      Beauty and the Beast (animated feature)
      The Commitments
      The Five Heartbeats
      For the Boys
      Kilukkam
      Stepping Out
      Stones at the Max
      El Acompañamiento
      Thalapathi


      Births


      8 January
      Asuka Hinoi Japanese singer
      Shin Ji-min, South Korean singer and rapper
      9 January – 3lau, American DJ and producer
      12 January – Pixie Lott, British singer, songwriter and actress
      13 January – Goo Hara, Member of Kara, Korean singer (d. 2019)
      14 January – Cat Torres, Australian singer-songwriter, musician, contestant on The Voice Australia
      23 January – Torres, American independent singer, songwriter, musician and artist
      28 January – C. J. Harris, American singer (D.2023)
      1 February – Martha Heredia, Dominican singer
      7 February – Gabbie Hanna, American rapper, singer, musician, comedienne and author
      8 February
      Nam Woo-hyun, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor
      Sierra Deaton, former member of Alex & Sierra, singer, songwriter and dancer.
      10 February
      Ceng De Ping, Taiwanese singer
      Emma Roberts, American actress and singer
      11 February – Never Shout Never (Christofer Ingle), American musician
      12 February – Casey Abrams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      14 February – Karol G, Colombian singer-songwriter
      15 February – Maruv, Ukrainian singer-songwriter, record producer
      17 February – Ed Sheeran, British singer-songwriter and businessmen (worked with Taylor Swift, Anne-Marie, Nina Nesbitt, Camila Cabello, Tori Kelly, Kasey Chambers, Stormzy, Cardi B and Maisie Peters)
      11 February – Allday, Australian musician, rapper, singer-songwriter (The Veronicas, Troye Sivan)
      21 February – William Bowery, British musician, producer and songwriter on Folklore and Evermore and Midnights by Taylor Swift
      24 February – Tyler Bryant, American rock musician (Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown, Dead Cool Dropouts, Lisa Origliasso, The Veronicas)
      26 February
      CL, South Korean singer/songwriter/rapper
      Lee Chang-sub, South Korean singer
      4 March – Sarah Bonito, British-Japanese singer and lead vocalist of Kero Kero Bonito
      6 March – Tyler, the Creator, American rapper and record producer
      8 March – Devon Werkheiser, American actor and musician
      10 March – Kenshi Yonezu, Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer
      11 March
      Chingiz Mustafayev, Azerbaijani singer-songwriter and guitarist
      Qian Lin, Chinese singer
      13 March – Luan Santana, Brazilian singer-songwriter
      16 March – Wolfgang Van Halen, American bassist
      25 March
      Liang Bo, Chinese singer-songwriter
      Kevin Garrett, American musician, worked with Alessia Cara
      March 26 – Ari Lennox, American R&B singer
      March 27 – London on da Track, American record producer, rapper, and songwriter (Summer Walker)
      28 March
      Amy Bruckner, American actress and singer
      Hoya, South Korean singer and actor
      29 March – Irene, South Korean singer and actress (Red Velvet)
      30 March
      Joey Cook, American singer
      NF, American rapper
      2 April – Quavo, American rapper and frontman of hip-hop trio Migos
      3 April – Hayley Kiyoko, American singer, songwriter, advocate and dancer
      4 April
      Jesse Jo Stark, American singer-songwriter
      Lucas Lucco, Brazilian singer-songwriter
      Jamie Lynn Spears, American television personality, comedienne, actress and singer
      7 April – Anne-Marie, British singer songwriter, dancer, activist, and musician
      8 April – Andrea Ross, American singer and actress
      10 April – Amanda Michalka (AJ), American singer-songwriter, musician and actress
      15 April – Daiki Arioka, Japanese singer (Hey! Say! JUMP)
      18 April
      Joey Gaydos, American actor and guitarist
      Edgar Barrera, Mexican-American songwriter, producer, and musician based in Miami, Florida.
      23 April – Caleb Johnson, American singer
      27 April – Eric Fukusaki, Peruvian singer based in Japan
      30 April – Lindsay Pearce, American singer and actress
      10 May – Ray Dalton, American singer-songwriter
      12 May – Jennifer Damiano, American actress and singer
      15 May – Jed Elliott, British bassist (The Struts)
      16 May = Joey Graceffa, American YouTuber, vlogger, actor, author, producer and musician.
      17 May
      Daniel Curtis Lee, American actor and rapper
      DJ Akademiks, Jamaican Hip Hop blogger
      Adil Omar, Pakistani rapper and producer
      18 May – Spellling, American singer
      19 May – Jordan Pruitt, American singer
      20 May – Bastian Baker, Swiss singer, songwriter, and performer
      22 May
      Brooke Simpson, American singer-songwriter
      Suho, South Korean singer (Exo)
      23 May – Lena Meyer-Landrut, German singer-songwriter and dancer
      24 May – Erika Umeda, Japanese singer
      25 May – Guy Lawrence of EDM House garage band, Disclosure
      26 May
      Amber Bondin, Maltese singer
      Channel Tres, American singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer
      27 May – Channii, Dutch singer-songwriter
      29 May
      Kristen Alderson, American actress and singer
      Matoma, Norwegian DJ and record producer
      31 May – Azealia Banks, American rapper, singer and songwriter
      6 June – Ashley Park, American actress, singer, and dancer
      7 June – Fetty Wap American rapper
      12 June – Jessie Reyez, Colombian-Canadian singer-songwriter
      14 June – Jesy Nelson, English singer-songwriter, dancer and former member of Little Mix, now solo.
      16 June
      Lim Young-woong, South Korean trot singer
      Joe McElderry, British singer
      17 June – Shura, British singer-songwriter, musician and producer
      20 June – Hannah Diamond, British singer-songwriter and visual artist
      23 June – Katie Armiger, American singer
      24 June – Max Ehrich, American singer, actor and dancer
      27 June – Rayvon Owen, American singer
      28 June – Seohyun, member of South Korean pop girl group Girls' Generation
      29 June – Caleidra, British singer-songwriter
      30 June – MC Davo, Mexican rapper, singer and composer
      1 July
      Sanah Moidutty, Indian singer songwriter
      Burna Boy, Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer.
      2 July – Burna Boy, Nigerian musician
      5 July – Sam Fischer, Australian songwriter, singer, producer and musician (Demi Lovato)
      7 July – Alesso, Swedish producer and DJ
      9 July
      Mitchel Musso, American actor and musician
      Clara Hagman, Former Ace of Base member and singer
      Adrianne Lenker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      10 July
      María Chacón, Mexican actress and singer
      Angel Haze, American rapper and singer-songwriter
      12 July – Dexter Roberts, American singer
      15 July – Yuki Kashiwagi, Japanese idol singing group member
      16 July – Emma Louise, Australian indie-pop singer-songwriter
      17 July – Mann, American rapper
      18 July – Karina Pasian, American Russian multi lingual classical musician and singer
      21 July – Lucy Spraggan, British musician
      26 July – Nathan Hartono, Singaporean singer and actor
      29 July – Miki Ishikawa, American actress and singer
      30 July
      David Carreira, Portuguese singer, model and actor
      Diana Vickers, British singer
      31 July – Abhay Jodhpurkar, Indian singer
      1 August – Kelsy Karter, New Zealand singer-songwriter
      9 August
      Candela Vetrano, Argentine actress, singer and model
      Heize, South Korean singer, rapper, and songwriter
      11 August – Milica Pavlović, Swiss-born Serbian singer
      13 August – Dave Days, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      21 August
      Tess Gaerthé, Dutch singer and actress
      Jesse Rutherford, American singer and musician
      26 August – Alok, Brazilian DJ and record producer
      30 August – Guru Randhawa, Indian singer, songwriter and music composer
      3 September
      Moneybagg Yo, American rapper
      Terence Lam, Hong Kong singer-songwriter
      Samantha Marie Ware, is an American theatre and TV actress and singer. (also known by her singer stage name Sameya)
      8 September
      Nicole Dollanganger, Canadian singer, songwriter, activist and artist (Lana Del Rey, Grimes)
      Alex Kinsey, former member of Alex & Sierra, singer-songwriter and instrumentalist.
      9 September – Hunter Hayes, American country singer
      11 September – Kygo, Norwegian producer and DJ
      12 September – Imri Ziv, Israeli singer-songwriter
      15 September – Alex Florea, Romanian singer
      16 September – Noname, American singer-songwriter, rapper, musician & poet
      22 September – Chelsea Tavares, American actress and singer
      23 September – Key, South Korean singer and actor
      26 September – Ant Clemons, American singer, rapper, songwriter
      27 September – Rachel Cheung, Hong Kong classical pianist
      1 October – Via Vallen, Indonesian dangdut singer
      4 October
      Nicolai Kielstrup, Danish singer
      Leigh-Anne Pinnock, English singer-songwriter, dancer, activist, philanthropist, and member of Little Mix
      5 October – Betty Who, Australian singer-songwriter
      7 October – Lay Zhang, Chinese singer-songwriter, record producer, director and dancer (EXO)
      6 October – Roshon Fegan, American actor, singer and rapper
      10 October
      Gabriella Cilmi, Australian-Italian blues and pop singer-songwriter
      Lali Espósito, Argentine actress, singer, dancer, model, and songwriter
      11 October – Joey Walker, Australian musician, singer and producer (King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard)
      17 October – Brenda Asnicar, Argentine actress and singer
      18 October – Tyler Posey, American musician and actor
      19 October – Colton Dixon, American singer
      22 October – Arianna Afsar, American musician
      29 October – Parris Goebel, New Zealand-born choreographer, dancer, singer, director and actress
      31 October – Jordan-Claire Green, American actress and musician
      5 November – Flume, Australian record producer, musician and DJ
      8 November – Riker Lynch, American actor, singer and bassist
      10 November – Elina Nechayeva, Estonian soprano
      11 November – Emma Blackery British singer-songwriter, musician, comedienne, entertainer and YouTuber (sometime: beauty blogger, Gaming blogger)
      13 November – Matt Bennett, American actor and singer (Victorious, Ariana Grande)
      14 November – Gallant, American musician
      18 November – Tommy Cash, Estonian rapper
      22 November – Saki Shimizu, Japanese singer
      23 November – Harley "Kicks" Alexander-Sule of Rizzle Kicks, and sometimes working under the name: Jimi Charles Moody
      25 November – Kevin Woo, American-South Korean singer and dancer (U-KISS and Xing)
      28 November – Hannah Diamond, English singer-songwriter, photographer, musician, producer and visual artist. (Charli XCX, A G Cook)
      2 December
      Charlie Puth, American singer, musician, songwriter and record producer
      Ainsley Melham, Australian singer, dancer and actor
      7 December
      Remi Matsuo, Japanese singer-songwriter and artist (Glim Spanky)
      Dori Sakurada, Japanese actor and singer
      9 December – PnB Rock, American hip hop recording artist (d. 2022)
      Choi Min-ho, South Korean singer (Shinee)
      11 December – Anna Bergendahl Swedish Irish singer
      12 December – Jasmine Murray, American singer
      13 December
      Jay Greenberg, American composer
      Dermot Kennedy – Irish singer-songwriter and musician
      14 December
      Offset, American rapper and member of hip-hop trio Migos
      Stefflon Don, British-Jamaican rapper, singer and songwriter
      15 December – Alana Haim, Alana Mychal Haim, American guitarist, singer, keyboardist, musician and actress (member of band Haim)
      19 December
      Tom Walker, Scottish singer-songwriter (Zara Larsson, Dodie)
      Jack River, Australian singer-songwriter, musician and producer
      19 December
      Declan Galbraith, British singer
      Keiynan Lonsdale, Australian actor, dancer and singer-songwriter
      22 December – DaBaby, American rapper
      23 December – YoungstaCPT, South African rapper
      24 December – Louis Tomlinson, English singer, songwriter and television personality. (British singer in the band One Direction)
      27 December – Chloe Bridges, American actress, singer and pianist
      30 December – Tyler Carter, American singer, rapper and songwriter (Issues, Woe Is Me)
      Unknown – DallasK, American music producer and songwriter
      Unknown – Sylvaine, Norwegian musician


      Deaths


      1 January – Buck Ram, American singer and songwriter (The Platters), 83
      6 January – Ahmed Adnan Saygun, Turkish composer and musicologist, 83
      8 January – Steve Clark, guitarist of Def Leppard, 30 (overdose of codeine)
      14 January – Chitragupta, film composer, 73
      20 January – Stan Szelest, keyboard player (The Band), 47
      6 February – Danny Thomas, singer and actor, 79
      9 February – James Cleveland, gospel singer, 59
      13 February – Flaviano Labò, operatic tenor, 64
      17 February – Gitta Alpár, operatic soprano, 88
      20 February – Isabelle Delorme, pianist, composer and music teacher, 90
      21 February – Margot Fonteyn, ballerina, 71
      26 February – Slim Gaillard, jazz musician, 75
      2 March – Serge Gainsbourg, singer and songwriter, 62 (heart attack)
      6 March – Sir Joseph Lockwood, record company executive, 86
      13 March – Jimmy McPartland, 83, jazz musician
      14 March
      Jerome Doc Pomus, songwriter, 65
      Howard Ashman, lyricist, 40 (AIDS-related)
      15 March – Bud Freeman, jazz musician, 84
      18 March – Dezider Kardoš, Slovak composer, 76
      21 March – Leo Fender, inventor of the electric guitar, 81
      25 March – Eileen Joyce, pianist, 83
      1 April – Martha Graham, 96, American dancer and choreographer
      4 April – Louis Guglielmi, 75, French composer
      7 April
      Henry Glover, American songwriter, producer and trumpet player, 69
      Ruth Page, American dancer and choreographer, 92
      8 April – Per Yngve Ohlin, aka 'Dead', vocalist of Mayhem, 22 (suicide)
      13 April – Wilhelm Lanzky-Otto, horn virtuoso, 82
      17 April – Jack Yellen, 98, American lyricist
      18 April – Barry Rogers, 55, American jazz and salsa trombonist
      20 April – Steve Marriott, singer, songwriter and guitarist (Small Faces and Humble Pie), 44 (killed in house fire)
      21 April – Willi Boskovsky, conductor, 81
      23 April – Johnny Thunders, rock guitarist and singer, 38 (drug-related)
      26 April
      Leo Arnaud, composer, 86
      Carmine Coppola, flautist and composer, 80
      28 April – Ken Curtis, American singer and actor, 74
      29 April – Gonzaguinha, Brazilian singer and composer, 45 (car accident)
      3 May – Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer and composer (b. 1907)
      8 May
      Jean Langlais, composer, 84
      Rudolf Serkin, pianist, 88
      9 May? – Yanka Dyagileva, poet and singer, 24 (drowned)
      19 May – Odia Coates, singer, 49 (breast cancer)
      23 May – Wilhelm Kempff, pianist and composer, 95
      24 May
      Dirk Schoufs, a member of Belgian Band Vaya Con Dios (AIDS-related)
      Gene Clark, singer-songwriter (The Byrds), 46 (heart attack)
      27 May – Leopold Nowak, musicologist, 86
      1 June – David Ruffin, singer (The Temptations), 50 (overdose of cocaine)
      4 June – MC Trouble, rapper, 20 (epileptic seizure)
      6 June – Stan Getz, US saxophonist, 64
      9 June – Claudio Arrau, pianist, 88
      14 June – Joy Finzi, founder of the Finzi Trust, 84
      6 July – Herminio Giménez, composer, 86
      11 July – Honorata de la Rama, singer, 89
      15 July – Bert Convy, American game show host, actor and singer, 57 (brain tumor)
      28 August – Vince Taylor, rock and roll singer, 52 (cancer)
      4 September
      Charlie Barnet, American bandleader, 77
      Dottie West, American country singer, 58 (car accident)
      8 September – Alex North, composer, 80
      17 September
      Zino Francescatti, violinist, 89
      Rob Tyner, lead singer of MC5, 46 (heart attack)
      20 September – Tom Anderson, Shetland fiddler
      25 September – Sydney MacEwan, singer of traditional Scottish and Irish songs, 82
      28 September
      Miles Davis, jazz trumpeter and composer, 65 (stroke)
      Eugène Bozza, composer, 86
      6 October – Igor Talkov, Russian singer/songwriter, 34 (murdered)
      9 October – Roy Black, 48, singer and actor (heart failure)
      16 October – Ole Beich, guitarist and bassist, 36 (drowned)
      17 October – Tennessee Ernie Ford, country musician, 72
      25 October – Bill Graham, rock concert promoter, 60 (helicopter crash)
      27 October – Sir Andrzej Panufnik, Polish composer, 75
      31 October
      Joseph Papp, Broadway producer, 70
      Garvin Bushell, multi-instrumentalist
      2 November – Mort Shuman, songwriter, 54 (complications following a liver operation)
      3 November – Chris Bender, R&B singer, 19 (murdered)
      8 November – Frances Faye, singer, 79
      11 November – Morton Stevens, film composer, 62
      15 November – Jacques Morali, disco composer, 44 (AIDS)
      24 November
      Freddie Mercury, singer, 45 (AIDS)
      Eric Carr, drummer, 41 (cancer)
      10 December – Headman Shabalala, member of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, 46 (shot)
      13 December – Stuart Challender, conductor, 44 (AIDS-related)
      20 December
      Lal Chand Yamla Jatt, Indian folk singer, 77
      Waldemar Kazanecki, Polish pianist, conductor and composer, 62
      22 December – Édouard Woolley, tenor, actor, composer and music educator


      Awards


      Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees: Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
      Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees: LaVern Baker, The Byrds, John Lee Hooker, The Impressions, Wilson Pickett, Jimmy Reed and Ike and Tina Turner
      1991 Country Music Association Awards
      1991 Grammy Awards
      1991 MTV Video Music Awards
      Eurovision Song Contest 1991
      Kumar Sanu – Filmfare Best Male Playback Award
      33rd Japan Record Awards


      Charts


      List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1991
      1991 in British music#Charts
      List of Oricon number-one singles of 1991


      See also


      1991 in music (UK)
      Record labels established in 1991


      References

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