1995 in music explained

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995.__TOC__

Events

January 18 – Jerry Garcia crashes his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California, USA, but is not injured in the accident.^[1]
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.^[2]
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.^[3] He was later released on appeal.
February 12 – Iron Butterfly bassist Philip Taylor Kramer disappeared^[4] 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.
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.^[5]
February 19 – Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee marries Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson on a beach in Cancún, Mexico.^[6]
February 25 – Lyle Lovett suffered 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).^[7]
March 1 – R.E.M. drummer Bill Berry left the stage during a concert in Switzerland concert after suffering a brain aneurysm. He underwent successful brain surgery two days later in Switzerland.^[8]
March 8 – Former Helloween drummer, Ingo Schwichtenberg, commits suicide by jumping under a subway train.
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.^[9] The album remained at the top of the charts for four weeks.
March 28 – Lyle Lovett and actress Julia Roberts announce their separation after 21 months of marriage.^[10]
March 31
- Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla Perez is shot dead by Yolanda Saldivar, her former personal assistant and former fan club president, who had recently been fired for embezzlement.^[11]
- During a performance in Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA, Jimmy Page narrowly escaped being stabbed by a man who rushed the stage with a knife.^[12] 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.^[13] They later divorce.
May 2 – The European Festival of Youth Choirs is held in Basel, Switzerland.
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.^[14]
June 1 – Alan Wilder leaves Depeche Mode.^[15]
August 28
- Oingo Boingo announce that they will break up following a series of Halloween shows in Los Angeles, California, USA. Lead singer Danny Elfman goes on to establish 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.
September 2 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.^[16]
October – The first International Guitar Festival is held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
October 11 – Tupac Shakur was 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.
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 – Bob Dylan toured with Patti Smith.
Sam Phillips made her motion picture debut in the Bruce Willis action film, Die Hard With a Vengeance. Phillips played one of the main terrorists in the film.
Three members of R.E.M., Bill Berry, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe, fell ill while on the band's "Monster Tour". Berry suffered an aneurysm which required immediate surgery, Stipe suffered a hiatus hernia and Mills underwent an appendectomy.
Tool fired Paul D'Amour.

Bands formed

See * Musical groups established in 1995

Bands disbanded

Bands reformed

The Misfits (hiatus since 1983)
The Beatles (since 1970; Free As A Bird)
Journey (band) (since 1987)

Albums released

January

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
16	The Rapture	Siouxsie and the Banshees	-
17	Do You Want More?!!!??!	The Roots	-
19	Waiting for the Punchline	Extreme	-
24	This Child	Susan Aglukark	-
	One Hour	Cluster	-
	Ham Fisted	Local H	-
	Balance	Van Halen	-
	Jerky Boys: The Movie soundtrack	Various Artists	-
27	Octopus	The Human League	-
30	Nice Ass	Free Kitten	-
30	Leftism	Leftfield	-

February

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
6	Mobile Safari	The Pastels	-
7		Alison Krauss	Compilation
	Good News from the Next World	Simple Minds	-
	The Woman in Me	Shania Twain	-
8	Fourth Dimension	Stratovarius	-
14	King	Belly	-
	It's Five O'Clock Somewhere	Slash's Snakepit	-
	Hanky Panky	The The	Hank Williams Covers CD
17	No Protection	Massive Attack	Remix CD
20	Maxinquaye	Tricky	UK
21	World of Morrissey	Morrissey	Compilation
22	Pain Killer	Energy Orchard	-
27	Alive in Studio A	Bruce Dickinson	2x Live CD
	Cerebral Caustic	The Fall	-
	To Bring You My Love	PJ Harvey	-
	Undisclosed Files Addendum	Hawkwind	Live
	Greatest Hits	Bruce Springsteen	Greatest Hits
28	Deluxe	Better Than Ezra	Elektra re-release
	Pieces Of You	Jewel	-
	13 Unlucky Numbers	Wax	-

March

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	The Original Donkey Kong Country Soundtrack	DK Jamz	-
6	Cha Cha Cha	EMF	-
6	Beggar on a Beach of Gold	Mike + the Mechanics	-
10	Forever You	Zard	-
13	In Debt	Disco Inferno	Compilation
13	The Bends	Radiohead	-
14	Collective Soul	Collective Soul	-
	In a Major Way	E-40	-
	Elastica	Elastica	-
	A Boy Named Goo	Goo Goo Dolls	-
	Above	Mad Season	-
	Everything Is Wrong	Moby	-
	Smart	Sleeper	-
	100% Fun	Matthew Sweet	-
	Me Against the World	Tupac Shakur	-
	Encomium: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin	Various Artists	Tribute
21	Symbolic	Death	-
	Made in England	Elton John	-
	Dopes to Infinity	Monster Magnet	-
	Brainbloodvolume	Ned's Atomic Dustbin	-
	Naveed	Our Lady Peace	US
22	Teeth and Tissue	The Headstones	-
23	The Edges of Twilight	The Tea Party	Canada
27	D'eux	Celine Dion	France
	Frogstomp	Silverchair	Debut
	Wild Love	Smog	-
28	Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous	Big L	-
	Santa Monica '72	David Bowie	US, Live
	King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime	Faith No More	-
	Only Everything	Juliana Hatfield	-
		Ol' Dirty Bastard	-
	Subhuman Race	Skid Row	-

April

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
3	Live Bites	Scorpions	Germany; Live +3 studio tracks
4	Thank You	Duran Duran	-
	Rub It Better	General Public	-
	This Is How We Do It	Montell Jordan	Debut
	Nihil	KMFDM	-
	Lemonade and Brownies	Sugar Ray	-
5	Imaginations from the Other Side	Blind Guardian	-
5	Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing	Strapping Young Lad	-
6	Dandys Rule, OK?	The Dandy Warhols	-
6	Now That's What I Call Music! 30 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
7	94 Diskont	Oval	-
7	Running on Ice	Vertical Horizon	-
11	Wowee Zowee	Pavement	-
	Astro Creep: 2000	White Zombie	-
	Friday soundtrack	Various Artists	-
18	Once upon the Cross	Deicide	-
	Burnt Offerings	Iced Earth	-
	Walk on Water	UFO	Japan-only release until 1997
24	Wolfheart	Moonspell	-
24	Plastic Green Head	Trouble	-
25	THRAK	King Crimson	-
25	The Infamous	Mobb Deep	-
27	The Future of What	Unwound	-
28	Rainmaker	Fair Warning	-

May

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Machiavelli and the Four Seasons	TISM	-
2		Ian Anderson	-
2	Sittin' on Chrome	Masta Ace Incorporated	-
8	Short Bus	Filter	-
	Nobody Else	Take That	-
	Tilt	Scott Walker	-
9	Nemesisters	Babes in Toyland	-
	God of Love	Bad Brains	-
	The Return of the Space Cowboy	Jamiroquai	US
	Domination	Morbid Angel	-
15	Orchid	Opeth	Europe
15	I Should Coco	Supergrass	-
21	The Inevitable	Squirrel Nut Zippers	-
23	God of Love	Bad Brains	-
	Sparkle and Fade	Everclear	-
	Forever Blue	Chris Isaak	-
25	Oolooloo	The Pietasters	-
29	Land of the Free	Gamma Ray	-
29	P•U•L•S•E	Pink Floyd	2x Live CD
30	Freaks of Nature	Kansas	-
30	Pocahontas soundtrack	Various Artists	-
31	Blues for Greeny	Gary Moore	-
?	RarestOneBowie	David Bowie	Compilation

June

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Further Down the Spiral	Nine Inch Nails	Remix CD
5	Days Like This	Van Morrison	-
5	Still Not Black Enough	W.A.S.P.	-
6	The Best of Branigan	Laura Branigan	Greatest Hits
	Derrumbe	Gerardo	-
	Hi™ How Are You Today?	Ashley MacIsaac	-
	Let Your Dim Light Shine	Soul Asylum	-
7	Stanley Road	Paul Weller	-
8	Forbidden	Black Sabbath	-
12	Red Medicine	Fugazi	-
12	Draconian Times	Paradise Lost	-
13	Head Over Heels	Paula Abdul	-
	The Unboxed Set	Angry Samoans	Box Set
	Post	Björk	-
	Demanufacture	Fear Factory	Sophomore. Debut with Christian Olde Wolbers
	Jagged Little Pill	Alanis Morissette	-
	About Time	Pennywise	-
	Two Headed	Spirit of the West	-
19	Replenish	Reef	Debut
20	F-Punk	Big Audio Dynamite	-
	Boheme	Deep Forest	-
	Lorada	Johnny Hallyday	-
	HIStory	Michael Jackson	2x CD Compilation/New
	Tigerlily	Natalie Merchant	-
	Incidental Music 1991-95	Superchunk	Compilation
	I Am an Elastic Firecracker	Tripping Daisy	-
	A Northern Soul	The Verve	US
25	Sleater-Kinney	Sleater-Kinney	-
26	Exit Planet Dust	The Chemical Brothers	UK
27	These Days	Bon Jovi	-
	Singles	Alison Moyet	Compilation
	Modernday Folklore	Ian Moore	-

July

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
3	Grand Prix	Teenage Fanclub	-
4	Brothas Doobie	Funkdoobiest	-
	Foo Fighters	Foo Fighters	-
	Teenage Politics	MxPx	-
11	...And the Circus Leaves Town	Kyuss	-
	Sacrifice	Motörhead	-
	Boombastic	Shaggy	-
	Dangerous Minds soundtrack	Various Artists	-
18	'Til Shiloh	Buju Banton	-
	Use Your Fingers	The Bloodhound Gang	-
	Hidden Treasures	Megadeth	Rarities EP
	Bette of Roses	Bette Midler	-
	¡Adios Amigos!	Ramones	-
	Chants and Dances of the Native Americans	Sacred Spirit	-
	Dreaming of You	Selena	-
		Social Distortion	Compilation
	Miss Thang	Monica	-
25	E 1999 Eternal	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony	-
	Destroy Erase Improve	Meshuggah	-
	The Presidents of the United States of America	The Presidents of the United States of America	Columbia re-release; Remixed
	311	311	-
28	Seed	Prototype	-

August

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Answer That and Stay Fashionable	AFI	-
	Killer Cuts	Robin Beanland	-
	Set Your Goals	CIV	-
	Bad Habits	Colin James	-
	Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...	Raekwon	-
	Now That's What I Call Music! 31 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
7	The Twenty-Seven Points	The Fall	2x Live CD
7	Alternative	Pet Shop Boys	2xCD
8	Ben Folds Five	Ben Folds Five	-
	Brown Bag	Citizen King	-
	Penthouse	Luna	-
15	Garbage	Garbage	US
	A Moment of Forever	Kris Kristofferson	-
	King Ferus also known as Macedonian Wedding Soul Cooking	Ferus Mustafov	-
18	Goofyfoot	Phranc	EP
21	Viva Last Blues	Palace Music	-
22	Mandylion	The Gathering	-
	...And Out Come the Wolves	Rancid	-
	Tindersticks (second album)	Tindersticks	-
23	The Damnation Game	Symphony X	-
25	Methodrone	The Brian Jonestown Massacre	-
28	Southpaw Grammar	Morrissey	UK
29	The Road Home	Heart	Live
	It Matters to Me	Faith Hill	-
	Conspiracy	Junior M.A.F.I.A.	-

September

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
4	Roots to Branches	Jethro Tull	UK
5	Sommersprossen	Die Flippers	-
5	American Standard	Seven Mary Three	-
8	Stranger in Us All	Rainbow	-
11	The Great Escape	Blur	-
12	Circus	Lenny Kravitz	-
	A Medio Vivir	Ricky Martin	-
	One Hot Minute	Red Hot Chili Peppers	-
19	Greatest Hits (1985-1995)	Michael Bolton	Greatest Hits
	NOLA	Down	-
	A Change of Seasons	Dream Theater	Studio/Live EP
	See You on the Other Side	Mercury Rev	-
	Ledbetter Heights	Kenny Wayne Shepherd	-
	Here's Where the Strings Come In	Superchunk	-
	Huang Chung	Wang Chung	Re-release
21	Paranoid and Sunburnt	Skunk Anansie	-
25	Voice of Reason	Harem Scarem	-
26	Ballbreaker	AC/DC	-
	Bienvenue chez moi	Florent Pagny	Compilation
	Ring Them Bells	Joan Baez	US; Live
	1. Outside	David Bowie	-
	Abriendo Puertas	Gloria Estefan	-
	Tails	Lisa Loeb	-
	Washing Machine	Sonic Youth	-
	Peel Slowly and See	The Velvet Underground	Box Set
29	Herzeleid	Rammstein	Debut
?	On	Echobelly	-
?	Hate Rock 'N' Roll	The Jesus and Mary Chain	Compilation

October

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Up All Night	East 17	UK
2	Soup	Blind Melon	-
	The X Factor	Iron Maiden	-
	(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	Oasis	-
3	Daydream	Mariah Carey	-
3	Adrenaline	Deftones	Debut
6	Raoul and the Kings of Spain	Tears for Fears	-
9	Tambu	Toto	-
10	It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah	Black Grape	-
	Modern Rock	The Clean	-
	Insomniac	Green Day	-
	Riddle Box	Insane Clown Posse	-
	KRS-One	KRS-One	-
	Tragic Kingdom	No Doubt	-
	Hello	Poe	-
	Pleasure e.p.	Semisonic	EP
11	Up	Great Big Sea	-
11	Life on a Plate	Millencolin	-
16	The Lone Ranger	Suggs	Solo debut
16	Twisted	Hallucinogen	-
17	Anamorphosée	Mylène Farmer	-
17	Plastic Planet	G//Z/R	-
23	The Final Experiment	Ayreon	-
23	Ozzmosis	Ozzy Osbourne	-
24	Stomp 442	Anthrax	-
	The Buddha of Suburbia	David Bowie	US, Soundtrack
	Woman's Gotta Have It	Cornershop	-
	Groove Theory (album)	Groove Theory	-
	Erasure	Erasure	-
	Jealous One's Envy	Fat Joe	-
	RagNaRok	GWAR	-
	Smells Like Children	Marilyn Manson	EP
	All We Got Iz Us	Onyx	-
	Return of the Rentals	The Rentals	-
	Dead Winter Dead	Savatage	-
	Life	Simply Red	-
	Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness	The Smashing Pumpkins	2x CD
Resident Alien	Spacehog	-
30	Different Class	Pulp	-
31	20 Mothers	Julian Cope	-
	III: Temples Of Boom	Cypress Hill	-
		Def Leppard	Greatest Hits
	Dogg Food	Tha Dogg Pound	-
	Always Drink Upstream from the Herd	Riders in the Sky	-
	The Individualist	TR-i (Todd Rundgren)	-
?	Sex & Misery	Voice of the Beehive	-

November

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Fungus Amongus	Incubus	Debut
6	Made in Heaven	Queen	-
7	Demanufacture	Fear Factory	Limited Edition Digipak Bonus Tracks.
	Alice In Chains	Alice in Chains	-
	All Ages	Bad Religion	Compilation
	Ragged Ass Road	Tom Cochrane	-
	Liquid Swords	GZA	-
	Something to Remember	Madonna	Compilation
	Original Soundtracks 1	Passengers	-
	Letters from Chutney	Rainbow Butt Monkeys	Debut. Final Album as Rainbow Butt Monkeys
	Clouds In My Coffee	Carly Simon	Box Set
14	Slaughter of the Soul	At the Gates	-
	Your Little Secret	Melissa Etheridge	-
	Welcome to the Neighborhood	Meat Loaf	-
	R. Kelly	R. Kelly	-
20	The Beatles Anthology, Volume 1	The Beatles	UK; Compilation
20	Now That's What I Call Music! 32 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
21	The Bridge	Ace of Base	-
	Fresh Horses	Garth Brooks	-
	Gangsta's Paradise	Coolio	-
	Jesus Freak	dc Talk	-
	Pet Your Friends	Dishwalla	-
	Enrique Iglesias	Enrique Iglesias	Debut
	The Ghost of Tom Joad	Bruce Springsteen	-
	Mr. Smith	LL Cool J	-
27	The Gallery	Dark Tranquillity	-
28		Various Artists	-
?	I'm with Stupid	Aimee Mann	-

December

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Fly	Sarah Brightman
5	We Got It	Immature	-
5	Saturday Morning (Cartoons' Greatest Hits)	Various Artists	Tribute CD
15	Final Bell / Ghost in the Ruins	Savatage	Live

Release Date Unknown

Facts and Fictions - Asian Dub Foundation
Delete Yourself – Atari Teenage Riot
Diaspora – Natacha Atlas
Company of Strangers – Bad Company
Obey – Brainbombs
Ima - BT
The Pastoral - Not Rustic - World of Their Greatest Hits – Country Teasers
Savage Poetry – Edguy
25 Cents - The Flys
Wave of Popular Feeling – Groundswell (Three Days Grace)
Alien 4 – Hawkwind
Everything I Long For – Hayden
You'd Prefer an Astronaut - Hum
The Jester Race - In Flames
Smokin – Kid Jonny Lang
Ask the Fish – Leftover Salmon
Pezcore - Less Than Jake
Mental Aquaducts (demo) - Limp Biscut (Limp Bizkit)
Gush – Lowlife
En Route – Moebius & Plank
Doubelievengod – Natas
Neu! 4 – Neu!
Nine Livez - Nine
Human – Gary Numan
Strange Cargo Hinterland – William Orbit
Caca Bonita (EP) - Papa Roach
Dudebox (EP) – Pezz (Billy Talent)
The Remix Album – Prince Ital Joe & Marky Mark
White Zone – Psychedelic Warriors (Hawkwind)
Doesn't Matter Anyway EP – Savatage
Soapy Water and Mister Marmalade – Sham 69
Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot – Sparklehorse
...Until Now - Stir
Mirror Mirror - 10cc
Totally Crushed Out! – that dog.
Infernal Love – Therapy?
Rock!!!!! – Violent Femmes

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest aggregated positions in the charts of 1995.^[17]

	Artist	Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Coolio	Gangsta's Paradise	1995	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; Éire: 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
2	Shaggy	Boombastic	1995	UK 1 – September 1995, Italy 1 of 1995, Éire 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, Holland 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
3	Take That	Back for Good	1995	UK 1 – April 1995, Sweden 1 – April 1995, Norway 1 – April 1995, Germany 1 – April 1995, Éire 1 – March 1995, Australia 1 for 2 weeks August 1995, Holland 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
4	Michael Jackson	You Are Not Alone	1995	UK 1 – September 1995, US BB 1 of 1995, Switzerland 1 – September 1995, Poland 1 – August 1995, Éire 1 – September 1995, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks September 1995, Austria 2 – September 1995, Germany 3 – September 1995, Sweden 5 – August 1995, Holland 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
5	U2	Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me	1995	Norway 1 – June 1995, Poland 1 – January 1995, Éire 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, Holland 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

Top hits

"1st Of Tha Month" - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
"All Over You" – Live
"Alright" – Supergrass
"Ants Marching" – Dave Matthews Band
"Any Man of Mine" – Shania Twain
"As I Lay Me Down" – Sophie B. Hawkins
"Baby" – Brandy
"Back for Good" – Take That
"Beautiful Life" – Ace of Base
"Believe" – Elton John
"Best Friend" – Brandy
"Better Man'- Pearl Jam
"Blessed" – Elton John
"Breakfast at Tiffany's" – Deep Blue Something
"Big Poppa'- Biggie Smalls
"Buddy Holly" – Weezer
"Bullet With Butterfly Wings" – The Smashing Pumpkins
"Bulls on Parade" – Rage Against the Machine
"Can't Stop Lovin' You" – Van Halen
"Carnival" – Natalie Merchant
"Only One" – Goo Goo Dolls
"Charmless Man" - Blur
"Connection" – Elastica
"Cotton Eye Joe" – Rednex
"Country House" - Blur
"Creep" – TLC
"Dear Mama – 2Pac
"December" – Collective Soul
"Dieu m'a donné la foi" - Ophélie Winter
"Don't Take It Personal" – Monica
"Dreaming of you" – Selena
"Exhale (Shoop, Shoop)" – Whitney Houston
"Fantasy" – Mariah Carey
"Feel Me Flow" - Naughty by Nature
"Flat Top" – Goo Goo Dolls
"Freak Like Me" – Adina Howard
"Gangsta's Paradise" - Coolio featuring L.V.
"Good" – Better Than Ezra
"Hand In My Pocket" – Alanis Morissette
"Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?" – Bryan Adams
"Hey Man, Nice Shot" – Filter
"Hook" – Blues Traveler
"I Alone" – Live
"I Believe" - Blessid Union of Souls
"I Know" – Dionne Farris
"I Want You"- Madonna
"If You Love Me" – Brownstone
"In the House of Stone and Light" – Martin Page
"It's Midnight Cinderella" – Garth Brooks
"I wanna be with u" – Fun Factory
"Je sais pas" – Céline Dion
"Just tah Let U Know" – Eazy E
"Keep Their Heads Ringin'" – Dr. Dre
"Kiss From A Rose" – Seal
"Life's a Bitch" – Nas
"Lightning Crashes" – Live
"Lump" – The Presidents of the United States of America
"Macarena" – Los del Río
"Marta's Song" - Deep Forest
"Misery" – Soul Asylum
"Missing" – Everything But The Girl
"No More I Love You's" – Annie Lennox
"One More Chance (Remix)" - The Notorious B.I.G.
"Only Wanna Be With You" – Hootie & the Blowfish
"Pour que tu m'aimes encore" – Céline Dion
"Respect" - Alliance Ethnik
"Rock And Roll Is Dead" – Lenny Kravitz
"Roll To Me" – Del Amitri
"Run-Around" – Blues Traveler
"Runaway" – Janet Jackson
"Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)" – Scatman John
"Scatman's World" – Scatman John
"Scream" – Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson
"She" - Green Day
"She's Every Woman" – Garth Brooks
"Snuff the Punk" – P.O.D.
"Stutter" – Elastica
"Take a Bow" – Madonna
"The Sweetest Taboo" – Sade
"The World I Know" – Collective Soul
"This Ain't a Love Song" – Bon Jovi
"This Is A Call" – Foo Fighters
"This Is How We Do It" – Montell Jordan
"Three in the Power of One" – P.O.D.
"Tomorrow" – Silverchair
"Water Runs Dry" – Boyz II Men
"When I Come Around" – Green Day
"Waterfalls" – TLC (released in 1994)
"Wonderwall" – Oasis
"Yeha-Noha" – Sacred Spirit
"You Are Not Alone" – Michael Jackson
"You Oughta Know" – Alanis Morissette
"You'll See" – Madonna

See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1995

Classical music

Osvaldas 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
Ludovico Einaudi – Chatrang Overture
Andrew Glover – Fractured Vistas
Ulrich Leyendecker – Violin Concerto
Theo Loevendie – Piano Concerto
Krzysztof Penderecki – Violin Concerto No. 2 Metamorphosen
Stanisław Skrowaczewski – Passacaglia Immaginaria
Michael Tippett – The Rose Lake
Malcolm Williamson – A Year of Birds

Opera

Roger Ames – Hearts on Fire
Michael Easton – The Selfish Giant (for children)
Stewart Wallace – Harvey Milk

Musical theater

Hello, Dolly! – Broadway revival
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying – Broadway revival
Victor/Victoria – Broadway production

Musical films

Arabian Knight – animated feature
Pocahontas – animated feature

Deaths

January 31 – George Abbott, US librettist and director
February 10 – Tony Secunda (54), Marc Bolan's former manager (heart attack)
February 18 – Bob Stinson (35), The Replacements (complications caused by drug and alcohol abuse)
February 23 – Melvin Franklin, The Temptations, (brain seizure)
March 5 – Vivian Stanshall (51), eccentric British musician (house fire)
March 9 – Ingo Schwichtenberg (29), Helloween, (suicide)
March 16 – Heinrich Sutermeister (84), Swiss composer
March 26 – Eazy-E (31), rapper and record producer (AIDS)
March 29 – Jimmy McShane, singer (Baltimora) (AIDS)
March 31 – Selena (23), singer (murdered)
April 4 – Priscilla Lane, US singer and actress (lung cancer)
April 6 – Delroy Wilson (46), reggae artist (cirrhosis of the liver)
April 14 – Burl Ives, singer, actor
April 25 - Ginger Rogers, US actress, dancer and singer
May 8 – Teresa Teng, singer
May 16 – Lola Flores, singer and dancer
May 25 - Dick Curless, country singer
June 4 – Ernest Borneman, jazz musician and critic
June 12 – Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pianist
June 14 – Rory Gallagher, Irish blues/rock guitarist
July 2 – Zdeněk Košler (67), conductor
July 8 – Günter Bialas (87), composer
July 23 – Miklós Rózsa, film score composer
August 9 – Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead (diabetes-related)
August 11 - Allan McCarthy, Canadian singer of Men without hats
August 16 - Bobby DeBarge, Lead singer of Switch (AIDS)
August 18 – Alan Dell, BBC Radio 2 DJ
August 19 – Pierre Schaeffer, composer and pioneer of Musique concrète
August 23 – Dwayne Goettel, Skinny Puppy, drug overdose
August 26 – Ronnie White (57),the Miracles, co-writer of the Temptations hit "My Girl" (with Smokey Robinson), leukemia.
August 30 – Sterling Morrison (53), The Velvet Underground guitarist (Non-Hodgkin lymphoma)
October 19 – Don Cherry, jazz trumpeter
October 21
- Maxene Andrews, singer, member of The Andrews Sisters
- Shannon Hoon, lead singer of group Blind Melon Drug Overdose
- Hans Helfritz, composer
October 26 – Gorni Kramer, Italian bandleader and songwriter
November 7 - Jerry Daniels, The Ink Spots
November 8 – Ion Baciu (64), conductor
November 17 – Alan Hull, formerly of Lindisfarne
November 21
- Peter Grant, manager of The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, Bad Company, myocardial infarction
- Matthew Ashman, guitarist of Adam & The Ants, Bow Wow Wow
November 23 – Junior Walker, musician
December 25
- Dean Martin, singer, actor (cancer)
- Nicolas Slonimsky, conductor and composer
December 27 – Shura Cherkassky, pianist
December 29 – Hans Henkemans (82), Dutch composer
date unknown
- Erica Morini, violinist
- Roland Wolf (musician), Einstürzende Neubauten

Awards

The 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

Grammy Awards

Grammy Awards of 1995

Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1995

Mercury Music Prize

Dummy – Portishead wins.

MTV Video Music Awards

1995 MTV Video Music Awards

Charts

Triple J Hottest 100
Main article: Triple J Hottest 100, 1995

Notes and References

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News: Selena: 1971-1995/Singer Selena shot to death/Suspect nabbed after standoff. Villafranca. Armando. Patty Reinert. 1995-04-01. Houston Chronicle. Hearst Newspapers LLC. A1. 2008-12-18. 2008-12-18. http://www.webcitation.org/5dAHzvX0V.
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