1992 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1992.
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Events
January–February
- January 11
- Nirvana's Nevermind album goes to No. 1 in the US Billboard 200 chart, establishing the widespread popularity of the Grunge movement of the 1990s.[1]
- Paul Simon is the first major artist to tour South Africa after the end of the United Nations cultural boycott.[2]
- January 16 – Mick Jagger attends the Hollywood première of his new movie, Freejack, at Mann's Chinese Theatre.[citation needed]
- February 5 - New Kids on the Block interrupt their tour to perform on the The Arsenio Hall Show in response to rumors that the group lip-synchs its concerts.[3]
- February 18 – Vince Neil leaves Mötley Crüe after 11 years as the band's lead singer, to spend more time on his career as a racing car driver.[4]
- February 24
- Nirvana's Kurt Cobain marries Hole's Courtney Love.
- The U.S. Postal Service unveils two potential designs for its proposed Elvis Presley postage stamp for fans to vote on. One design is of a young, 1950s Elvis, and the other is of a much older, 1970s Elvis. The young Elvis wins the vote, and the stamp is issued the following January.[5]
- February 25 - Six major record companies reach an agreement to phase out the longbox form of compact disc packaging by April 1993, due to complaints that the packaging is environmentally wasteful.
March–April
- March 10 – At the 1992 Soul Train Music Awards, Prince wins the "Heritage" award for lifetime achievement.
- March 14 – Farm Aid Five takes place in Irving, Texas, USA, hosted by Willie Nelson. Artists performing at the event include John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Paul Simon. Approximately 40,000 people attend the event.[citation needed]
- March 24 – A judge in Chicago, Illinois, USA, approves cash rebates of up to US$3 to anyone proving they bought Milli-Vanilli recordings prior to the beginning of the lip synching scandal on November 27, 1990.
- April 1 – Billy Idol, on trial for punching a woman in the face, pleads no contest. Idol is fined and ordered to make public service announcements against alcohol and drug abuse.[6]
- April 20 – The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert takes place at Wembley Stadium in London, England. All proceeds go to AIDS research.
- April 24 – David Bowie marries fashion model Iman.[7]
- April 30 – In Los Angeles, California, USA, Madonna's bustier is stolen from a display in Frederick's of Hollywood. A US$1,000 reward is offered for its return.[8]
May–June
- May
- The first Europäisches Jugendchorfestival,(EJCF) (European Festival of Youth Choirs) is held in Basel, Switzerland. It is decided to make it a triennial event.
- Rob Halford announces he is leaving Judas Priest.
- May 6 – Selena releases her album Entre A Mi Mundo which contains her first No. 1 hit, "Como La Flor".
- May 7 – John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers leaves the band prior to the publication of a Rolling Stone magazine cover featuring them; he has to be digitally edited out of the photo.[9] Frusciante returned to the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1998.[citation needed]
- May 11 – A. R. Rahman's debut film Roja is released. The soundtrack is regarded as a milestone that changed the face of Tamil film music and subsequently contemporary Indian music. Time magazine's film critic, Richard Corliss, stated in 2005 that the "astonishing debut work parades Rahman's gift for alchemizing outside influences until they are totally Tamil, totally Rahman," naming it one of the magazine's "10 Best Soundtracks" of all time.
- June 27
- Michael Jackson starts the Dangerous World tour, supporting his Dangerous album in Munich, Germany.
- Guitarist Stefanie Sargent of up-and-coming punk rock band 7 Year Bitch dies of asphyxiation after returning home from a party in which she had drunk alcohol and taken a small amount of heroin. She was 24.
July–August
- July – The BudaFest Summer Opera and Ballet Festival is launched in Budapest, Hungary.[10]
- July 4 – Mark Heard suffers a heart attack while performing at the Cornerstone Festival in Illinois, USA. Heard goes to hospital immediately after finishing his set, but dies two weeks after being discharged in August.
- July 11 – "November Rain" by Guns N' Roses enters the world record books when it becomes the longest single, at 8 minutes, 57 seconds, to reach the US Top 20. The single's video has a budget of over US$1.5 million, becoming the most expensive at the time.
- July 18 – Whitney Houston marries Bobby Brown.
- July 28 - Ice-T announces that the controversial track "Cop Killer" is being pulled from Body Count's self-titled album.
- August
- Rozalla becomes the first artist from Zimbabwe to chart on the US Billboard magazine chart.
- Former Beatle, George Harrison, tells Billboard magazine that he recently discovered that he was born on February 24, and not February 25 as he had thought for most of his life.[11]
- Haitian military authorities ban the playing of RAM's single "Fèy"; first performed at the Port-au-Prince Carnival in February, the song was widely interpreted as an anthem of support for exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.[12]
- August 8 - Metallica frontman James Hetfield is burned by a pyrotechnics blast during a concert at Montreal's Olympic Stadium, forcing the group to cancel the second hour of the show. Co-headliners Guns N' Roses take the stage, but walk off early with Axl Rose complaining of throat problems. The abbreviated show causes angry fans to riot in the streets of Montreal.
- August 18 - Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love become parents of a daughter, Frances Bean Cobain.
- August 27 – John Lennon's original handwritten lyrics to "A Day in the Life" are auctioned and sold for US$87,000.[citation needed]
September–October
- September 17 - Frank Zappa, in his final professional public appearance, conducts the Ensemble Modern at the Frankfurt Festival in Germany. Zappa, who is seriously ill with prostate cancer, receives a 20-minute ovation.[13]
- October 3 – Sinéad O'Connor stirs up controversy when she rips up a picture of the Pope on the US television show, Saturday Night Live.[14]
- October 16 - A massive Bob Dylan tribute concert is held at Madison Square Garden in New York. John Cougar Mellencamp, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, June Carter Cash, Johnny Cash and Tracy Chapman are among the many performers, but much attention becomes focused on Sinéad O'Connor, who is loudly booed by much of the audience in response to the Saturday Night Live incident two weeks earlier.
- October 20 - Singer-songwriter Madonna releases her fifth studio album, Erotica which became one of her most controversial album to date due to overtly sexual contents.
- October 31 – "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men posts a 12th consecutive week at No. 1 in the US charts, ending a 36-year record previously held by Elvis Presley. Boyz II Men's record was broken on March 6, 1993, by Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You".
November–December
- November 2 – Southern hick metal band Vikings From Torah released their first, and last, album titled "Warscoff"
- November 9 – Australian-born singer Kylie Minogue ends her working relationship with UK songwriters and record producers Stock Aitken Waterman and the record label PWL.
- November 15
- Megan Jasper of Sub Pop creates the grunge speak hoax, tricking The New York Times into printing an article on supposed slang used in the grunge scene in Seattle, USA.[15]
- Ozzy Osbourne plays the final concert of his "retirement" tour at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, California. He is joined on stage by his three former Black Sabbath bandmates for a reunion performance. Black Sabbath opened the show with Rob Halford as lead vocalist, filling in for Ronnie James Dio who had left the band days earlier.
- The Jacksons: An American Dream, a two-part miniseries based on the Jackson family, premieres on ABC.
- December 3 - Bill Wyman announces he is quitting The Rolling Stones.
- December 17 – The soundtrack to Whitney Houston's debut film, The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album is released. The album goes on to certified 17x platinum by the RIAA and 45 million copies worldwide. To date the album is still the best selling soundtrack of all time.
- December 31
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau announces his retirement from the stage to an audience at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich.
- The twenty-first annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with appearances by TLC, Bell Biv DeVoe, Slaughter, Jon Secada, The Village People and Barry Manilow.
Also in 1992
- David Isberg quits Opeth from his vocalist position. Current gutiarist Mikael Åkerfeldt fills his position.
- Vibe, a new magazine focusing on R&B and hip-hop music, launches with a special Fall preview issue.
Bands formed
Bands disbanded
Bands reformed
Albums released
January – March
April – June
July – September
October – December
Release Date Unknown
Biggest hit singles
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1992.[16]
| # | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart Entries |
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| 1 | Whitney Houston | I Will Always Love You | 1992 |  |
UK 1 – Nov 1992, US BB 1 of 1992, Holland 1 – Nov 1992, Sweden 1 – Nov 1992, Switzerland 1 – Dec 1992, Norway 1 – Dec 1992, Poland 1 – Nov 1992, Germany 1 – Jan 1993, Éire 1 – Dec 1992, Australia 1 for 10 weeks Mar 1993, Grammy in 1993, Austria 2 – Dec 1992, Australia 2 of 1993, US CashBox 5 of 1993, Japan 5 of all time (international songs), Italy 7 of 1992, Global 7 (10 M sold) – 1992, POP 10 of 1992, Europe 19 of the 1990s, TOTP 19, AFI 65, Germany 67 of the 1990s, Scrobulate 90 of ballad, RIAA 108, RYM 172 of 1992, Party 280 of 1999, Acclaimed 802 |
| 2 | Nirvana | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 1992 | |
New Zealand 1 for 1 weeks Feb 1992, Sweden 2 – Jan 1992, Norway 2 – Jan 1992, Poland 2 – Jan 1992, Germany 2 – Jan 1992, Holland 3 – Nov 1991, RYM 3 of 1991, Acclaimed 3, US BB 5 of 1992, Scrobulate 5 of rock, US BB 6 of 1992, Switzerland 6 – Feb 1992, Europe 6 of the 1990s, POP 6 of 1992, UK 7 – Nov 1991, Belgium 7 of all time, 7 in 2FM list, Rolling Stone 9, France 10 – Dec 1991, Austria 11 – Feb 1992, Virgin 16, Poland 23 of all time, US CashBox 27 of 1992, Italy 29 of 1992, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1991, WXPN 53, RIAA 80, Germany 152 of the 1990s, TheQ 321, OzNet 900 |
| 3 | Boyz II Men | End of the Road | 1992 | |
UK 1 – Sep 1992, US BB 1 of 1992, US CashBox 1 of 1992, Holland 1 – Oct 1992, Éire 1 – Nov 1992, New Zealand 1 for 7 weeks Oct 1992, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Feb 1993, US BB 3 of 1992, Sweden 3 – Oct 1992, Norway 3 – Nov 1992, POP 3 of 1992, Poland 6 – Sep 1992, Switzerland 7 – Oct 1992, Germany 7 – Jan 1993, Australia 21 of 1992, Austria 29 – Nov 1992, Scrobulate 89 of rnb, Germany 337 of the 1990s |
| 4 | Snap! | Rhythm is a Dancer | 1992 |  |
UK 1 – Jul 1992, Holland 1 – Apr 1992, Austria 1 – May 1992, Switzerland 1 – Apr 1992, Italy 1 of 1992, Germany 1 – Apr 1992, Éire 1 – Aug 1992, France 3 – Apr 1992, Sweden 4 – May 1992, Norway 4 – Jun 1992, US BB 5 of 1993, Germany 6 of the 1990s, US CashBox 12 of 1993, Australia 12 of 1992, US BB 17 of 1992, POP 17 of 1993, Scrobulate 65 of 90s, RYM 96 of 1992 |
| 5 | Mr Big | To Be With You | 1992 | |
US BB 1 of 1992, Holland 1 – Mar 1992, Sweden 1 – Feb 1992, Switzerland 1 – Mar 1992, Norway 1 – Mar 1992, Germany 1 – Mar 1992, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks Mar 1992, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Aug 1992, Austria 2 – Apr 1992, UK 3 – Mar 1992, Poland 5 – Jan 1992, Australia 7 of 1992, US CashBox 9 of 1992, POP 25 of 1992, Germany 47 of the 1990s, OzNet 386 |
Top hits on record
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- "All 4 Love" – Color Me Badd (released in 1991)
- "All I Want" – Toad the Wet Sprocket
- "Ain't No Doubt" - Jimmy Nail
- "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg – TLC
- "A Million Love Songs" - Take That
- "Angry Chair" – Alice in Chains
- "Atesle Barut" – Sertab Erener
- "A Whole New World" – Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle
- "Baby Got Back" – Sir Mix-a-Lot
- "Baby-Baby-Baby – TLC
- "Barcelona" - Freddie Mercury
- "Because the Night" - Co.Ro featuring Tarlisa
- "Be My Baby" – Vanessa Paradis
- "Be Quick or Be Dead" - Iron Maiden
- "Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)" – Mint Condition (released in 1991)
- "Breath of Life" – Erasure
- "Bullet in the Head" – Rage Against the Machine
- "Come and Talk to Me" – Jodeci
- "Come as You Are" – Nirvana
- "Connected" – Stereo MCs
- "Could It Be Magic" - Take That
- "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" – Sophie B. Hawkins
- "Das Boot" – U 96
- "Deeply Dippy" - Right Said Fred
- "Diamonds and Pearls" – Prince
- "Didi" - Khaled
- "Die da!? - Die Fantastischen Vier
- "Digging in the Dirt" – Peter Gabriel
- "Do I Have to Say the Words?" - Bryan Adams
- "Don't Be Afraid" – Aaron Hall
- "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" – Elton John & George Michael
- "Don't Talk Just Kiss" - Right Said Fred
- "Don't You Want Me" - Felix
- "Driven by You" – Brian May
- "Dur dur d'être bébé" – Jordy
- "Dixie-Narco (EP)" – Primal Scream
- "Drive" – R.E.M.
- "Ebeneezer Goode" - The Shamen
- "El Visa" – Cheb Hasni
- "End of the Road" – Boyz II Men
- "Erotica" – Madonna
- "Even Better Than The Real Thing" – U2
- "Even Flow" – Pearl Jam
- "Everytime We Touch" – Maggie Reilly
- "Forever Love" – Color Me Badd
- "Free Your Mind" – En Vogue
- "Friday I'm In Love" – The Cure
- "God Gave Rock and Roll to You II" – Kiss
- "Hazard" – Richard Marx
- "Heal the World" – Michael Jackson
- "Heaven Sent" – INXS
- "High" - The Cure
- "Hold on My Heart" – Genesis
- "House of Love" – East 17
- "How Do You Do!" – Roxette
- "How Do You Talk to an Angel" – The Heights
- "Human Touch" – Bruce Springsteen
- "I Adore Mi Amore" – Color Me Badd (released in 1991)
- "I Can't Dance" – Genesis
- "I Drove All Night - Roy Orbison
- "I Found Heaven" - Take That
- "If You Asked Me To" - Celine Dion
- "I Still Believe in You" – Cliff Richard
- "In Bloom" – Nirvana
- "In the Closet" – Michael Jackson
- "Invisible Touch" (Live) – Genesis
- "Iron Lion Zion" – Bob Marley
- "I'll Be There" – Mariah Carey
- "I'm Too Sexy" – Right Said Fred (released in 1991)
- "I Palindrome I" – They Might Be Giants
- "It's a Fine Day" - Opus III
- "It's My Life" – Dr Alban
- "It's Only Natural" – Crowded House
- "It's Probably Me" – Sting & Eric Clapton
- "It Will Make Me Crazy" - Felix
- "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" - U96
- "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston
- "It Only Takes a Minute" - Take That
- "It Was a Good Day" – Ice Cube
- "Jam" – Michael Jackson
- "James Brown Is Dead" - L.A. Style
- "Jeremy" – Pearl Jam
- "Jesus He Knows Me" – Genesis
- "Jimmy Olsen's Blues" – Spin Doctors
- "Joy" – François Feldman
- "Jump" – Kris Kross
- "Jump Around" – House of Pain
- "Just Another Day" – Jon Secada
- "Justified & Ancient" – The KLF
- "Keep the Faith" – Bon Jovi
- "Killing in the Name" – Rage Against the Machine
- "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" – Guns N' Roses
- "Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)" – Tears For Fears
- "Layla" – Eric Clapton
- "Le Chat" – Pow woW
- "Let's Get Rocked" – Def Leppard
- "Lithium" – Nirvana
- "Life Is a Highway" – Tom Cochrane (released in 1991)
- "LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)" - The Shamen
- "Man on the Moon" – R.E.M.
- "Midlife Crisis" – Faith No More
- "Motorcycle Emptiness" – Manic Street Preachers
- "Mrs. Robinson" – Lemonheads
- "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" – En Vogue
- "My Name Is Prince" - Prince
- "Never a Time" – Genesis
- "No Ordinary Love" – Sade
- "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" – Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg
- "Nothing Else Matters" – Metallica
- "November Rain" – Guns N' Roses
- "One" – U2
- "One Love" - Dr. Alban
- "Open Sesame" - Leila K
- "Passin' Me By" – The Pharcyde
- "People Everyday" - Arrested Development
- "Please Don't Go" – Double You
- "Please Don't Go" - KWS
- "Real Love" – Mary J. Blige featuring The Notorious B.I.G.
- "Remedy" – The Black Crowes
- "Remember The Time" – Michael Jackson
- "Rhythm Is a Dancer" – Snap!
- "Rump Shaker" – Wreckx-n-Effect
- "Save the Best for Last" – Vanessa L. Williams
- "Scenario" – A Tribe Called Quest
- "Sesame's Treet" - Smart E's
- "Sex Type Thing" – Stone Temple Pilots
- "Sexy MF" - Prince
- "Sleeping Satellite" – Tasmin Archer
- "Sliver" – Nirvana
- "Slow Motion" – Color Me Badd
- "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" – Patty Smyth and Don Henley
- "Song of Ocarina" – Jean-Philippe Audin and Diego Modena
- "Starship Edelweiss" - Edelweiss
- "Stay" – Shakespears Sister
- "Step It Up" – Stereo MCs
- "Supermodel (You Better Work)" – RuPaul
- "Sweat (A La La La La Long)" – Inner Circle
- "Sweet Lullaby" – Deep Forest
- "Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton
- "Temple of Love" - The Sisters of Mercy
- "Tennessee" – Arrested Development
- "The Best Things in Life Are Free" – Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson
- "Them Bones" – Alice in Chains
- "The Last Song" - Elton John
- "The Magic Friend" - 2 Unlimited
- "The One" - Elton John
- "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven" - Bryan Adams
- "Green Jellÿ" – Green Jellÿ
- "Thinkin' Back" – Color Me Badd
- "This New Year" – Cliff Richard
- "This Used to Be My Playground" – Madonna
- "To Be With You" – Mr. Big
- "Too Funky" – George Michael
- "Too Much Love Will Kill You" – Brian May
- "Twilight Zone" – 2 Unlimited
- "Uhh Ahh" – Boyz II Men (released in 1991)
- "Under the Bridge" – Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Viva Las Vegas" - ZZ Top
- "Walk" – Pantera
- "Walking on Broken Glass" – Annie Lennox
- "We All Need Love" – Double You
- "Weather With You" – Crowded House
- "We Are the Champions" – Hank Marvin featuring Brian May
- "What About Your Friends – TLC
- "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" – U2
- "Why" – Annie Lennox
- "Who Is It" – Michael Jackson
- "Wishing on a Star" – The Cover Girls
- "Workaholic" - 2 Unlimited
- "Would?" – Alice in Chains
- "Would I Lie to You?" – Charles & Eddie
- "Yesterdays" - Guns N' Roses
- "You Bring on the Sun" – Londonbeat
Top ten best albums of the year
All albums have been named albums of the year for their hits in the charts.[17]
- R.E.M. – Automatic for the People
- Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine
- Pavement – Slanted & Enchanted
- Alice in Chains – Dirt
- Tori Amos – Little Earthquakes
- Dr. Dre – The Chronic
- Faith No More – Angel Dust
- Sublime – 40 Oz. To Freedom
- Sonic Youth – Dirty
- Beastie Boys – Check Your Head
Classical music
- Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen – Arctic Landscape for Military Band
- Milton Babbitt
- Septet, but Equal
- Counterparts for brass quintet[18]
- Leonardo Balada
- Symphony No. 4 Lausanne
- Celebracio for orchestra
- Mario Davidovsky – Synchronisms No. 10 for guitar and electronic sounds
- Lorenzo Ferrero
- La ruta de Cortés (symphonic poem)
- Movimento americano
- Philip Glass – Symphony No. 1 Low
- Percy Grainger – Bridal Lullaby transcribed for orchestra by John Pickard
- Vagn Holmboe – Svaerm for string quartet (partially arranged from earlier violin duos)
- Elena Kats-Chernin – Clocks
- Ka Nin Chan – Saxophone Quartet
- Andreas Kunstein
- String Quartet No. 1
- 10 Epigrams for toy piano
- Witold Lutosławski – Symphony No. 4
- William Mathias – Flute Concerto
- Krzysztof Penderecki – Symphony No. 5 Korean
- Alwynne Pritchard – Glimpsed Most Clearly From The Corner Of Your Eye (for seven cellos)
- Karlheinz Stockhausen – Signale zur Invasion, for trombone and electronic music, or unaccompanied trombone
- Joan Tower – Violin Concerto
- Malcolm Williamson – Requiem for a Tribe Brother
- Iannis Xenakis – La Déesse Athéna (Oresteïa III) (1992), for baritone solo and mixed ensemble of 11 instruments
Opera
- Antonio Braga – 1492 epopea lirica d'America
- Karel Goeyvaerts – Aquarius
- Daron Hagen – Shining Brow
- Jukka Linkola – Elina
Musical theater
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The following musicals opened in 1992.
- Crazy for You – (Broadway production)
- Falsettoes – (Broadway production)
- Guys and Dolls – (Broadway revival)
- Jelly's Last Jam – Broadway production
- The Most Happy Fella – Broadway revival
Musical films
- Aladdin – Animated feature film by Walt Disney Animation Studios
- Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads
- Celibidache – You Don't Do Anything, You Just Let It Evolve (documentary by Jan Schmidt-Garre)
- Chnam Oun 16
- The Muppet Christmas Carol
- Mushketeri dvadsat' let spustya
- Pure Country
- Roja – Tamil Indian film by Mani Ratnam
Soundtracks
- Aladdin Academy Award winner for Best Song and Best Film Score
- Batman Returns – score Danny Elfman
- The Bodyguard – Whitney Houston
- Boomerang – Boyz II Men, Tribe Called Quest, P.M. Dawn, Babyface
- Bram Stoker's Dracula
- Coneheads – Paul Simon, R.E.M., Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Cool World – David Bowie, The Cult, Ministry, Moby, Brian Eno
- Deep Cover – Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg
- Far and Away – score by John Williams
- Juice – Naughty by Nature, Too Short, EPMD, Cypress Hill
- The Last of the Mohicans - score by Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman
- Lethal Weapon 3 – Eric Clapton, Sting
- Malcolm X – Arrested Development (group), Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles
- Mambo Kings – Los Lobos, Linda Ronstadt, Tito Puente
- Medicine Man – score by Jerry Goldsmith
- Mo' Money – Color Me Badd, Public Enemy, Bell Biv DeVoe, Janet Jackson
- Rush – Eric Clapton
- Singles – Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, The Smashing Pumpkins, Jimi Hendrix, Soundgarden
- Sister Act – Etta James, Whoopi Goldberg, C+C Music Factory
- South Central – Scarface, Cameo (band), Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.
- Toys – Tori Amos, Enya, Frankie Goes to Hollywood
- Wayne's World – Queen, Jimi Hendrix, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath
Births
- January 19 – Mac Miller, American rapper
- April 27 - Allison Iraheta, singer
- June 30 – Lynx and Lamb Gaede
- July 22 – Selena Gomez, actress and singer-songwriter
- August 18 – Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love
- August 20 – Demi Lovato, actress and singer-songwriter
- August 29 – Mallu Magalhães, a Brazilian singer, songwriter and musician
- November 21 - Conor Maynard, British singer
- November 23 – Miley Cyrus, actress and singer, also known as Hannah Montana
- September 16 – Nick Jonas (Jonas brothers)
- December 18 – Bridgit Mendler, actress and singer
Deaths
- January 14 - Jerry Nolan, drummer for The New York Dolls, 45
- January 15 – Dee Murray, bassist for Elton John, 45 (cancer)
- January 17 – Charlie Ventura, tenor saxophonist and bandleader, 75
- January 27 – Allan Jones, singer and actor, 84
- January 29 – Willie Dixon, blues singer-songwriter & musician, 76
- February 12 – Stella Roman, operatic soprano, 87
- February 21 – Jane Pickens Langley of the Pickens Sisters
- March 4 – Mary Osborne, jazz guitarist, 70 (liver cancer)
- March 10 – Giorgos Zampetas, Greek composer, 67
- March 20 – Georges Delerue, composer, 66
- March 21 – Shaik Dawood Khan, tabla virtuoso, 75
- March 27 – Harald Sæverud, composer
- April 4 – Arthur Russell, cellist and disco musician, 40 (AIDS)
- April 20 – Johnny Shines, guitarist
- April 25 – Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese singer, 26 (pulmonary edema)
- April 27 – Olivier Messiaen, composer, 83
- April 30 – Toivo Kärki, composer, arranger and producer, 76
- May 7 – Tiny Timbrell, guitarist
- May 17 – Lawrence Welk, accordion player and bandleader, 89
- May 23 – Joyce Barker, operatic soprano, 60
- June 3 – Ettore Campogalliani, music teacher and composer, 89
- June 8 – Alfred Uhl, composer, 83
- June 18 – Peter Allen, Australian songwriter, 48 (AIDS)
- June 20 – Sir Charles Groves, conductor, 77
- July 4 – Ástor Piazzolla, tango musician and composer
- July 21 – Aloys Fleischmann, composer and musicologist
- July 25 – Alfred Drake, US singer and actor, 77
- July 26 – Mary Wells, Motown singer, 49 (laryngeal cancer)
- July 29 – William Mathias, composer, 57
- August 2 – Michel Berger, French composer and songwriter, 44 (heart attack)
- August 5 – Jeff Porcaro, drummer, Toto, 38 (heart attack)
- August 12 – John Cage, U.S. composer
- August 16 – Mark Heard, U.S. singer, 40 (heart attack)
- September 19 – Sir Geraint Evans, operatic baritone, 70
- October 3 – Peter Klein, lyric tenor, 85
- October 5 – Eddie Kendricks, singer, (The Temptations) 52 (lung cancer)
- October 7 – Harold Truscott, composer, pianist, broadcaster and writer on music, 78
- October 25 – Roger Miller, singer, 56 (lung cancer)
- November 10 – Hilda Hölzl, operatic soprano, 65
- November 13 – Ronnie Bond (The Troggs), 52
- November 14 – Teddy Riley, New Orleans jazz trumpeter and bandleader
- November 21 – Severino Gazzelloni, flautist
- November 23 – Roy Acuff, "King of Country Music", fiddler, 89
- November 27 – Daniel Santos, singer and composer of bolero
- November 29 – Paul Ryan, singer, songwriter and record producer, 44 (cancer)
- December 9 – Cesar Gonzmart, violinist, 72
- December 10 - Kate Buchdahl, violinist, 28 (Hodgkin's lymphoma)
- December 15 – Otto Lington, composer, orchestra leader and violinist, 89
- December 21
- Philip Farkas, horn player, 78
- Albert King, blues guitarist and singer, 69
- Nathan Milstein, violinist, 88
- December 26 - Nikita Magaloff, pianist, 80
Awards
- Eurovision Song Contest: Main article: Eurovision Song Contest 1992
- Filmfare Best Male Playback Award: Awarded to Kumar Sanu
- Grammy Awards: Main article: Grammy Awards of 1992
- Japan Record Awards: Main article: 34th Japan Record Awards
- Mercury Music Prize: Awarded to Primal Scream for Screamadelica
- Ramon Magsaysay Award: Awarded to Ravi Shankar
- 1992 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards: First prize awarded to "暗戀你" sung by Jacky Cheung
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The following artists were inducted: Bobby Blue Bland, Booker T. and the M.G.s, Johnny Cash, The Isley Brothers, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Sam & Dave, and The Yardbirds
See also
- 1992 in British music
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1992 (U.S.)
- Record labels established in 1992
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