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Date Unknown- Christian Rockers label Tooth and Nail Records is formed.
January 8 - The U.S. Postal service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. The design was voted on in February of 1992.
January 12 - Cream reunites for a performance at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Los Angeles, California. Other inductees include Creedence Clearwater Revival, Ruth Brown, The Doors, Van Morrison, and Sly & The Family Stone.
January 13 - Bobby Brown is arrested in Augusta, Georgia for simulating a sex act onstage.
February 9 - 311 releases their first studio album, "Music"
February 10 - Oprah Winfrey interviews Michael Jackson during a prime time special. It is Jackson's first interview in fifteen years.
February 14 - Harry Nilsson suffers a non-fatal heart attack
March 4 - Patti LaBelle receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
March 6 - Whitney Houston's single "I Will Always Love You" posts its 14th week at number one, becoming the longest running number one single of all time.
March 22 - Depeche Mode becomes the first alternative British band to achieve the number one in U.S.A. on Billboard 200, with the album Songs of Faith and Devotion.
April - Green Day signs a contract to Reprise Records
April 12 - Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from Lenny Kravitz.
April 16 - Paul McCartney headlines a concert at the Hollywood Bowl to celebrate "Earth Day". Other performers included Ringo Starr, Steve Miller and Don Henley
April 20 - Aerosmith releases their massively successful album Get a Grip, which becomes their first album to debut at #1, sells 7 million copies in a 2-year timespan in the United States alone, sells 20 million copies worldwide, and wins the band two Grammy awards
Shania Twain is ready to enter the Music Industry as she signs her first record contract to Mercury Records and realeses her 1993 self titled debut album Shania Twain
April 21 - Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman marries Suzanne Accosta
April 17 - The Bangles' Susanna Hoffs marries screenwriter Jay Roach in Los Angeles, California
April 24 - Willie Nelson, John Cougar Mellencamp, Neil Young and more than 30 other artists perform at Farm Aid 6 in Ames, Iowa
April 29 - An animated version of Barry White appears on an episode of The Simpsons.
May 18 - Moldovan-American singer Svetlana, releases her debut album. In that day of the release, Svetlana turned 13 years old.
May 31 - Oasis plays at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow supporting 18 Wheeler. They were spotted by Creation Records boss Alan McGGee who was among the audience and offered them their first contract after the show.
June 7 - Prince announces that he is changing his name to an unpronounceable symbol.
June 21 - Jamiroquai's debut album Emergency on Planet Earth goes straight to number one in the UK, and stays there for four weeks.
July 9 - The Velvet Underground follow up a headlining reunion tour of Europe with an opening slot ahead of U2 in Naples. Tensions in the band lead to a breakup soon after; this turns out to be their final show.^[1]
July - European singers Björk and Svetlana, join together for the "From Iceland To Moldova Tour". Both girls toured to the United States, UK, France, Japan, etc. It was one of the most seen tours back in 1993.
July 17 - SWV's single Weak peaked at #1 in the U.S. Billboard charts. It lasted 7 weeks on the chart.
August 10 - Mayhem guitarist Euronymous is stabbed to death by Count Grishnackh in Oslo, Norway, causing the temporary end of Mayhem.
August 10 - Billy Joel releases River of Dreams his final pop/rock studio album to date.
August 28 - Bruce Dickinson plays his final show with Iron Maiden (until his return in 1999). The show was broadcast on British television, and later released on VHS and dvd.
September 21 - Nirvana's final studio album, In Utero, is released
September - Ace of Base releases their huge record breaking debut album The Sign, also known as Happy Nation, and Happy Nation U.S Version. The Sign went on to sell 23 million copies worldwide, including 10 million in the United States.
October 17 - Savatage guitarist and co-founder Christopher Michael "Criss" Oliva killed in a car accident by a seven-time drunk driver.
November - A new opera house opens in Helsinki, Finland
November 19 - Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder is arrested in New Orleans on charges of public drunkenness after a bar room brawl.
December 4 - Frank Zappa dies of prostate cancer.
The Pro Art Symphony Orchestra is founded in San Francisco.
Michael Jackson denies child molestation charges in a four minute statement that is broadcast live on television.
Garth Brooks releases his "In Pieces" album, despite being heavily pop oriented it surprisingly gets rave reviews from the country music industry and goes on to become his fourth chart-topping album.
Natalie Merchant leaves 10,000 Maniacs after being in the band for twelve years.
New Order break up whilst on the tour for their album Republic, and apparently do not speak to each other for another 5 years.

Bands formed

Bands disbanded

Celtic Frost
The Darling Buds
fIREHOSE
Happy Mondays
The Hard-Ons
Information Society (Lead singer continued recording under name)
Pixies (reform in 2004)
Metal Church
Naked City
Poison Idea
Triumph
X
Yellow Magic Orchestra
The Zorros (Singer and drummer had motorcycle accidents.)

Bands reformed

Albums released

January

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
11	The Way We Walk, Volume Two: The Longs	Genesis	Live
12	No Cure for Cancer	Denis Leary	-
19	12 Inches of Snow	Snow	-
	Amon, Feasting the Beast	Deicide	Compilation
	The Juliet Letters	Elvis Costello and The Brodsky Quartet	-
	The Wheel	Roseanne Cash	-
26	Let's Knife	Shonen Knife	-
26	Live at the Royal Albert Hall	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Live

February

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Objection Overruled	Accept	-
1	Off the Ground	Paul McCartney	-
2	In God We Trust	Brand Nubian	-
2	Star	Belly	-
3	Earth 2	Earth	-
9	Spilt Milk	Jellyfish	-
9	Where You Been	Dinosaur Jr	-
15	Serenades	Anathema	-
16	Sarsippius' Ark	Infectious Grooves	-
	Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.	2Pac	-
	Tabula Rasa	Einstürzende Neubauten	-
19	Happy Nation	Ace of Base	Europe only
22	New Wave	The Auteurs	-
22	Pablo Honey	Radiohead	-
23	Duran Duran ("The Wedding Album")	Duran Duran	-
	Hard Workin' Man	Brooks & Dunn	-
	Joey Lawrence	Joey Lawrence	-
	Live: Right Here, Right Now	Van Halen	2x CD, Live
	Mr. Machinery Operator	fIREHOSE	-
	19 Naughty III	Naughty by Nature	-
	Scenes from the Second Storey	The God Machine	-
	Superstar Car Wash	Goo Goo Dolls	-

March

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?	The Cranberries	-
8	The Ringmaster	Insane Clown Posse	-
9	Animals with Human Intelligence	Enuff Z'nuff	-
	Are You Gonna Go My Way	Lenny Kravitz	-
	The Best of Van Morrison Volume Two	Van Morrison	Compilation
	So Tough	Saint Etienne	-
10	Music	311	-
15	Coverdale-Page	Coverdale-Page	-
16	14 Shots to the Dome	LL Cool J	-
	I Hear Black	Overkill	-
	The Polyfuze Method	Kid Rock	-
22	A Real Live One	Iron Maiden	Live
	Songs of Faith and Devotion	Depeche Mode	-
	Space Age Batchelor Pad Music	Stereolab	EP
23	This Time	Dwight Yoakam	-
25	Peligro	Shakira	-
29	Suede	Suede	-

April

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
6	Edge of Thorns	Savatage	-
	In My Time	Yanni	-
	Superjudge	Monster Magnet	-
	Undertow	Tool	-
13	Today's Active Lifestyles	Polvo	-
13	San Francisco Days	Chris Isaak	-
20	Dive	Sarah Brightman	-
	Get a Grip	Aerosmith	-
	Jerky Boys	Jerky Boys	-
	Pork Soda	Primus	-
	Shania Twain	Shania Twain	-
	Toby Keith	Toby Keith	-
26	The Infotainment Scan	The Fall	-
27	Exposed	Vince Neil	-
27	Porno for Pyros	Porno for Pyros	-

May

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
3	Republic	New Order	-
4	Down with the King	Run-D.M.C.	-
	Rid of Me	PJ Harvey	-
	SlaughtaHouse	Masta Ace	-
	Thousand Roads	David Crosby	-
	Which Doobie U B?	Funkdoobiest	-
10	Modern Life is Rubbish	Blur	-
10	Rancid	Rancid	-
17	Emergency on Planet Earth	Jamiroquai	UK
18	Alive III	Kiss	Live
	Bacdafucup	Onyx	-
	Svetlana	Svetlana	-
	janet.	Janet Jackson	US
24	More ABBA Gold: More ABBA Hits	ABBA	Greatest Hits
25	Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe	Fishbone	-
25	Sound of White Noise	Anthrax	-
31	The Daily Grind	No Use for a Name	EP

June

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Boces	Mercury Rev	-
	Gravity's Rainbow	Pat Benatar	-
	Souvlaki	Slowdive	-
4	Pottymouth	Bratmobile	-
7	There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You	Palace Brothers	-
8	Last Action Hero soundtrack	Various Artists	-
8	Too Long in Exile	Van Morrison	-
11	Mood Swings	Harem Scarem	-
14	Mi Tierra	Gloria Estefan	-
19	Crazy Legs	Jeff Beck	-
21	Gold Against the Soul	Manic Street Preachers	-
22	Covenant	Morbid Angel	-
	Elemental	Tears for Fears	-
	Exile in Guyville	Liz Phair	-
	Here's to New Dreams	Raven-Symoné	-
	Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid	Collective Soul	-
	It Won't Be the Last	Billy Ray Cyrus	-
	Transmissions from the Satellite Heart	The Flaming Lips	-
24	Audience with the Mind	The House of Love	-
25	Mortal Kombat II: Music from the Arcade Game Soundtrack	Dan Forden	limited-time offer
28	Insanity and Genius	Gamma Ray	-
28	Live & Loud	Ozzy Osbourne	Live
29	Back to Broadway	Barbra Streisand	-
30	Individual Thought Patterns	Death	-
30	In on the Kill Taker	Fugazi	-

July

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
5	Julius Caesar	Smog	-
6	No World Order	TR-i (Todd Rundgren)	-
6	Zooropa	U2	-
10	Yoreru Omoi	Zard	-
13	Altered Beast	Matthew Sweet	-
13	Debut	Björk	-
19	Debravation	Deborah Harry	UK
20	Bargainville	Moxy Früvous	-
	Black Sunday	Cypress Hill	-
	Candlebox	Candlebox	-
	Picture of Health	The Headstones	-
26	The Battle Rages On	Deep Purple	-
27	Fake Train	Unwound	-
27	Siamese Dream	The Smashing Pumpkins	-

August

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
3	Voice of Jamaica	Buju Banton	-
3	Tuesday Night Music Club	Sheryl Crow	-
10	River of Dreams	Billy Joel	-
16	Breaking Things	ALL	-
17	Bloody Kisses	Type O Negative	-
	Over My Heart	Laura Branigan	-
	Rise	Bad Brains	-
24	Kerosene Hat	Cracker	-
	Set the World on Fire	Annihilator	-
	Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements	Stereolab	-
30	Tales of Ephidrina	Amorphous Androgynous	-
30	Unknown Road	Pennywise	-
31	Earth Vs The Wildhearts	The Wildhearts	-
	In Pieces	Garth Brooks	-
	Last Splash	The Breeders	-
	Music Box	Mariah Carey	-

September

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	One Night in Time	Donovan	-
1	Shinola	Energy Orchard	-
2	Chaos A.D.	Sepultura	-
10	Icky Mettle	Archers of Loaf	-
14	August and Everything After	Counting Crows	-
	Bat out of Hell II: Back into Hell	Meat Loaf	-
	Focus	Cynic	-
20	The Problem With Me	Seam	-
21	Concentration	Machines of Loving Grace	-
	Face the Heat	Scorpions	-
	Houdini	The Melvins	-
	In Utero	Nirvana	-
	Recipe for Hate	Bad Religion	-
	Show	The Cure	Live
	Yes I Am	Melissa Etheridge	-
22	Double Easy - The U.S. Singles	Happy Mondays	US-only Compilation
28	93 'til Infinity	Souls of Mischief	-
	Body & Soul	Rick Astley	-
	Cowgirl's Prayer	Emmylou Harris	-
	Faithlift	Spirit of the West	-
	Icon	Paradise Lost	-
	Live Seeds	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	Live
	Morbid Florist	Anal Cunt	-
	Return of the Boom Bap	KRS-One	-
	They're All Gonna Laugh at You!	Adam Sandler	-

October

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
4	Wolverine Blues	Entombed	-
5	Alapalooza	"Weird Al" Yankovic	-
	Gentlemen	The Afghan Whigs	-
	Laid	James	-
	So Tonight That I Might See	Mazzy Star	-
	Steppin' Out	Tony Bennett	Fred Astaire Tribute
	The Body-Hat Syndrome	Digital Underground	-
8	A Bigger Piece of Sky	Robert Earl Keen	-
11	I'm Alive	Jackson Browne	-
11	Imaginary Friend	Th' Faith Healers	-
12	Angst	KMFDM	-
	Aurora Gory Alice	Letters To Cleo	-
	God Shuffled His Feet	Crash Test Dummies	-
	Hey Man, Smell My Finger	George Clinton	-
	Take Me as I Am	Faith Hill	-
18	A Real Dead One	Iron Maiden	Live
	Heartwork	Carcass	-
	Together Alone	Crowded House	-
19	4-Track Demos	PJ Harvey	Demos
	Counterparts	Rush	-
	Enta da Stage	Black Moon	-
	Inhaler	Tad	-
	Mexican Moon	Concrete Blonde	-
	Vs.	Pearl Jam	-
22	Fumbling Towards Ecstasy	Sarah McLachlan	-
25	The Greatest Hits	Technotronic	Greatest Hits
26	Born to Choose	Various Artists	-
	Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew	Mudhoney	EP
	Paris	The Cure	Live
	World Gone Wrong	Bob Dylan	-

November

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
2	Duets	Frank Sinatra	-
	Find Your Way	Gabrielle	-
	So Far So Good	Bryan Adams	Compilation
	The Yellow Shark	Frank Zappa	-
3	Angels Cry	Angra	-
8	Live at Donington	Iron Maiden	Live
9	Both Sides	Phil Collins	-
	Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)	Wu-Tang Clan	-
	Love Tara	Eric's Trip	-
	Midnight Marauders	A Tribe Called Quest	-
	Poetenes Evangelium	Morten Harket	-
	The Colour of My Love	Celine Dion	North America
16	Black Reign	Queen Latifah	-
	Deluxe	Better Than Ezra	Swell Records; re-issued on Elektra in 1995
	Desire Walks On	Heart	-
	Romulus Hunt: A Family Opera	Carly Simon	-
	The One Thing	Michael Bolton	-
21	Dreams Never Die	Tiffany	-
22	Nightcap	Jethro Tull	UK; archive recordings
23	Doggystyle	Snoop Dogg	-
	Duets	Elton John	-
	The Sign	Ace of Base	North American/Japanese version of Happy Nation
	Live Shit: Binge & Purge	Metallica	Live
	"The Spaghetti Incident?"	Guns N' Roses	Covers album
	Squint	Steve Taylor	-
26	Live MCMXCIII	The Velvet Underground	Live
29	Bastards	Motörhead	-

December

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
6	Songs of Faith and Devotion Live	Depeche Mode	Live
6	The Cross of Changes	Enigma	-
7	Lethal Injection	Ice Cube	-
8	Charlie Hunter Trio	Charlie Hunter Trio	-
9	Pop Smear	The Verve Pipe	-
21	Diary of a Mad Band	Jodeci	-

Unknown Release Date

And the Forests Dream Eternally - Behemoth
As canções que você fez pra mim - Maria Bethânia
Baazigar - Alka Yagnik
Blood Music - Chapterhouse
Bridges To Bert - Leftover Salmon
Brindo a la Vida, al Bolero, a Ti - Vikki Carr
Collusion - :zoviet*france:
Distant Echoes - Jade Warrior
Dorothy Fields: Close as Pages in a Book - Barbara Cook
Far Gone - Love Battery
Fire - Hey
Footsoldier in the Moonlight - Donnie Iris
Freedom - Yothu Yindi - November 1993
Freestyle - Ayibobo
Golden Feelings - Beck
Great Big Sea - Great Big Sea
I Don't Love My Guru Anymore - Kristian Hoffman
Immortal Songs - Fairuz
Med Cezier - Levent Yüksel
Melt - various artists
Meron akang no! - Francis Magalona
Mr. Mention - Buju Banton
Néné - Alpha Yaya Diallo
Oran Gila - Iwan Fals
Our Bodies Our Selves - The Mr. T Experience
Out the Shizzy - 7 Seconds
Piss! - Slank
Rock n' Roll Christmas - Dion DiMucci
Sehnsucht nach Irgenwdo - Die Flippers
Shiva Space Machine - Me Mom & Morgentaler
Spirit of the Forest - Baka Beyond
Near Death Experience- Cro-Mags
Souled Out - Panjabi MC
The Serpentine Similar - Gastr del Sol
This Should Not Be - Bo Diddley
Tindersticks - Tindersticks - July 1993
Total 2 - various artists
Tribal Thunder - Dick Dale
II D Extreme - II D Extreme
Ultimate Alternative Wavers - Built to Spill
UltraElectroMagneticPop! - The Eraserheads
Undisputed Father of the Blues - Junior Wells
Vena Cava - Diamanda Galás

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1993.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Meatloaf	I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)	1993	UK 1 - Oct 1993, US BB 1 of 1993, Holland 1 - Oct 1993, Austria 1 - Nov 1993, Switzerland 1 - Nov 1993, Norway 1 - Oct 1993, Germany 1 - Jan 1994, Eire 1 - Oct 1993, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1993, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Dec 1993, Sweden 2 - Oct 1993, Poland 5 - Nov 1993, Australia 5 of 1993, France 10 - Sep 1993, US BB 15 of 1993, Europe 20 of the 1990s, Germany 28 of the 1990s, US CashBox 32 of 1994, POP 34 of 1993, Belgium 210 of all time, OzNet 375
2	UB40	I Can't Help Falling in Love With You	1993	UK 1 - May 1993, US BB 1 of 1993, US CashBox 1 of 1993, Holland 1 - May 1993, Sweden 1 - Jun 1993, Austria 1 - Jul 1993, New Zealand 1 for 11 weeks Jun 1993, Australia 1 for 7 weeks Oct 1993, Switzerland 2 - Jun 1993, Germany 2 - Jun 1993, Australia 3 of 1993, Norway 4 - Jun 1993, US BB 6 of 1993, POP 6 of 1993, France 10 - May 1993, Poland 12 - Aug 1993, Scrobulate 48 of reggae, Germany 85 of the 1990s, Italy 88 of 1993, OzNet 836
3	Four Non Blondes	What's Up?	1993	Holland 1 - Jul 1993, Sweden 1 - Aug 1993, Austria 1 - Aug 1993, Switzerland 1 - Jul 1993, Norway 1 - Jul 1993, Poland 1 - Jul 1993, Germany 1 - Jul 1993, Eire 1 - Jul 1993, UK 2 - Jun 1993, Italy 8 of 1993, Australia 10 of 1993, US BB 14 of 1993, Germany 17 of the 1990s, US BB 31 of 1993, Scrobulate 46 of 90s, US CashBox 50 of 1993, RYM 61 of 1993, Europe 62 of the 1990s, POP 67 of 1993, Belgium 209 of all time
4	Snow	Informer	1993	US BB 1 of 1993, Sweden 1 - Mar 1993, Switzerland 1 - Apr 1993, Norway 1 - Apr 1993, Germany 1 - Apr 1993, Eire 1 - Apr 1993, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks May 1993, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1993, UK 2 - Mar 1993, Holland 2 - Mar 1993, Austria 3 - May 1993, Australia 6 of 1993, US CashBox 9 of 1993, US BB 13 of 1993, POP 51 of 1993, Germany 52 of the 1990s, Italy 68 of 1993
5	Haddaway	What is Love?	1993	US BB 1 of 1993, Holland 1 - Apr 1993, France 1 - Apr 1993, Austria 1 - May 1993, Switzerland 1 - Apr 1993, Norway 1 - Apr 1993, Eire 1 - Jul 1993, POP 1 of 1993, UK 2 - Jun 1993, Sweden 2 - Mar 1993, Germany 2 - Mar 1993, Scrobulate 4 of 90s, Italy 5 of 1993, Germany 10 of the 1990s, US BB 11 of 1993, RYM 154 of 1993