The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please improve this article and discuss the issue on the talk page. (November 2009) This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995. List of years in music (Table) … 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 •    1992 • 1993 • 1994 – 1995 – 1996 • 1997 • 1998 •    1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 … Related time period or subjects … 1992 • 1993 • 1994 – 1995 – 1996 • 1997 • 1998 … … 1960s • 1970s • 1980s – 1990s – 2000s • 2010s • 2020s … … 19th century – 20th century – 21st century … Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Science more Keith Richards, Rolling Stones Voodoo Loungue World Tour, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1995 Contents 1 Events 1.1 January–February 1.2 March–April 1.3 May–June 1.4 July–August 1.5 September–October 1.6 November–December 1.7 Unknown dates 2 Bands formed 3 Bands disbanded 4 Bands reformed 5 Albums released 5.1 January 5.2 February 5.3 March 5.4 April 5.5 May 5.6 June 5.7 July 5.8 August 5.9 September 5.10 October 5.11 November 5.12 December 5.13 Release Date Unknown 6 Biggest hit singles 7 Top hits 8 Classical music 9 Opera 10 Musical theater 11 Musical films 12 Deaths 13 Awards 13.1 Grammy Awards 13.2 Country Music Association Awards 13.3 Eurovision Song Contest 13.4 Mercury Music Prize 13.5 MTV Video Music Awards 14 Charts 15 See also 16 References Events January–February 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 disappeared4 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–April 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.citation needed 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 26 – Rapper Eric Lynn Wright, better known as Eazy-E, dies of complications from AIDS.10 March 28 – Lyle Lovett and actress Julia Roberts announce their separation after 21 months of marriage.11 March 31- Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla Perez is shot and killed by Yolanda Saldivar, her former personal assistant and former fan club president, who had recently been fired for embezzlement 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–June 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 June 16 – Michael Jackson released his first double-album HIStory, which became the best-selling multiple-album of all-time, with 22 millions copies sold worldwide. June 30– Tony Award nominated Actress and Singer Phyllis Hyman commits suicide after battling years of depression. July–August August 12 – The Offspring's Dexter Holland marries hairstylist Kristine Luna, who co-wrote one of the band's songs "Session".16 August 22 – Rancid release their third studio album ...And Out Come the Wolves. Along with Green Day's Dookie and The Offspring's Smash (both released a year before), this album helped revive mainstream popular interest in punk rock in the mid-1990s, and becomes one of the best-selling independent records of all time. ...And Out Come the Wolves eventually goes platinum. August 28 July 18 The Ramones release their final studio album, Adios Amigos! Oingo Boingo announce that they will break up following a series of Halloween shows in Los Angeles, California, USA.citation needed Lead singer Danny Elfman 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.citation needed September–October September 2 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.17 September 5 - The LuminişVilla, George Enescu Memorial House, becomes an official memorial to the composer. October – The first International Guitar Festival is held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.citation needed October 2 – Oasis release their second album, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?. The album spawns several number one singles around the world and eventually becomes the third best-selling album in the UK ever. October 11 – Tupac Shakur is released from Clinton Correctional Facility, New York, USA, on US$1.4 million bail which was posted by Suge Knight. In return Tupac signed a three-album deal with Knight's Death Row Records. November–December November 21 – The Offspring release their self-titled debut album (which originally six years earlier) on CD for the first time. This proves to be the band's final release on Epitaph Records, as they get dropped from that label the next year. December 4 - The Beatles release Free As A Bird as their first new single in over 20 years. December 21 – Madonna is subpoenaed to testify on January 3, 1996 against her stalker, Robert Hoskins at the Criminal Courts Building in Los Angeles, California, USA. Hoskins was shot by a security guard outside her estate in Los Angeles in May 1995 for trespassing on her property and threatening to marry or kill her. December – Cryptopsy begins to record None So Vile. December – Bob Dylan toured with Patti Smith. Unknown dates 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. John Denver - The Wildlife Concert (US single: "For You") Bands formed See * Musical groups established in 1995 Bands disbanded Beat Farmers Big Drill Car (reform in 2008) Cap'n Jazz Carcass (reform in 2007) Comsat Angels Concrete Blonde Coroner The Cult (reform in 1999) D.I. (reform in 1997) Dire Straits Drive Like Jehu Eugenius Grateful Dead Kid N Play Kyuss Living Colour (reform in 2001) Nudeswirl Oingo Boingo Pink Floyd Quicksand Skinny Puppy (reform in 2000) Slowdive Slowdown Virginia Sugar Suicidal Tendencies (reform in 1997) Sunny Day Real Estate (reform in 1997) Sven Gali Tall Tales and True X-Clan (reform in 2006) Bands reformed The Misfits (hiatus since 1983) Journey (since 1987) E Street Band (1995 Reunion Tour; officially reformed in 1999) Albums released Contents: Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December

Country Artist George Strait also released "Strait out of the Box" this year. It was released September 12. Strait released "Check Yes or No" off of the set and it quickly went to Number One becoming his 33rd Number One hit out of 57 he would eventually have. "Strait out of the Box" also contains a duet with George Strait and Frank Sinatra, "Fly Me to the Moon." "Strait out of the Box" would go on to sell millions of copies, eventually going 8X Platinum making it one of the best-selling albums of the year. 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 - Leftism Leftfield - February Day Album Artist Notes 6 Mobile Safari The Pastels - 7 Now That I've Found You: A Collection 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 -Debut 13 Unlucky Numbers Wax - Do You Wanna Ride? Adina Howard -Debut ? Of Chaos and Eternal Night Dark Tranquillity March Day Album Artist Notes 1 The Original Donkey Kong Country Soundtrack DK Jamz - 6 Cha Cha Cha EMF - Beggar on a Beach of Gold Mike + the Mechanics - 10 Forever You Zard - 13 In Debt Disco Inferno Compilation The Bends Radiohead - 14 Collective Soul Collective Soul - In a Major Way E-40 - Elastica Elastica - A Boy Named Goo Goo Goo Dolls - Medusa Annie Lennox - 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 - Lights On, Lights Off EB3 - 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 - Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version Ol' Dirty Bastard - Subhuman Race Skid Row - A.M. (album) Wilco - 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 - Civilization Phaze III Frank Zappa - 5 Imaginations from the Other Side Blind Guardian - Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing Strapping Young Lad - 6 Dandys Rule, OK? The Dandy Warhols - Now That's What I Call Music! 30 (UK series) Various Artists Compilation 7 94 Diskont Oval - 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 - Plastic Green Head Trouble - 25 THRAK King Crimson - Ain't Had Enough Fun Little Feat - 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 Divinities: Twelve Dances with God Ian Anderson - Fun Trick Noisemaker The Apples In Stereo - 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 - Some Rainy Morning Robert Cray - The Return of the Space Cowboy Jamiroquai US Domination Morbid Angel - 15 Orchid Opeth Europe I Should Coco Supergrass - 17 Boomerang Hanson - 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 Grand Prix Teenage Fanclub - Land of the Free Gamma Ray - P•U•L•S•E Pink Floyd 2x Live CD 30 Freaks of Nature Kansas - 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 - 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 - 9 69/96 Cornelius - 12 Red Medicine Fugazi - 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 - 16 HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I Michael Jackson 2x CD Compilation/New - 19 Replenish Reef Debut 20 F-Punk Big Audio Dynamite - Boheme Deep Forest - Lorada Johnny Hallyday - Tigerlily Natalie Merchant - Incidental Music 1991-95 Superchunk Compilation I Am an Elastic Firecracker Tripping Daisy - A Northern Soul The Verve US 22 Grandpaw Would Ben Lee Debut 25 Chat Chat Takako Minekawa - Sleater-Kinney Sleater-Kinney - 26 Exit Planet Dust The Chemical Brothers UK A Very Fine Love Dusty Springfield US 27 These Days Bon Jovi - Singles Alison Moyet Compilation Modernday Folklore Ian Moore - ? Oddities, Abnormalities and Curiosities Circle Jerks - July Day Album Artist Notes 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 - The Long Goodbye Procol Harum - ¡Adios Amigos! Ramones - Chants and Dances of the Native Americans Sacred Spirit - Dreaming of You Selena Posthumous. - Mainliner: Wreckage from the Past 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 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 - Hit & Run Holiday My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult - 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. - Faith Faith Evans September Day Album Artist Notes 1 Crossover Yoshinori Sunahara 4 Roots to Branches Jethro Tull UK 5 Sommersprossen Die Flippers - 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 - Haunted Six Feet Under Peel Slowly and See The Velvet Underground Box Set 29 Herzeleid Rammstein Debut 30 Romantique 96 Pizzicato Five - ? On Echobelly - Hate Rock 'N' Roll The Jesus and Mary Chain Compilation October Day Album Artist Notes 1 Up All Night East 17 2 Soup Blind Melon - The X Factor Iron Maiden - (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis - 3 Daydream Mariah Carey - Adrenaline Deftones Debut 6 Raoul and the Kings of Spain Tears for Fears - 9 Tambu Toto - Ima BT Debut 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 - Life on a Plate Millencolin - 16 The Lone Ranger Suggs Solo debut Twisted Hallucinogen - 17 El Concierto Luis Miguel Live Anamorphosée Mylène Farmer - Plastic Planet G//Z/R - 23 The Final Experiment Ayreon - 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 - Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995) 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) - 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 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 - Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton Eazy-E - 27 The Gallery Dark Tranquillity - 28 Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album Various Artists - ? I'm with Stupid Aimee Mann - December Day Album Artist Notes 1 Fly Sarah Brightman 5 We Got It Immature - Saturday Morning (Cartoons' Greatest Hits) Various Artists Tribute CD 15 Final Bell / Ghost in the Ruins Savatage Live Release Date Unknown Pandora's Toys - Aerosmith (compilation) The Age of Electric - The Age of Electric Facts and Fictions - Asian Dub Foundation Alfaro Vive, Carajo! EP - At the Drive-In Delete Yourself – Atari Teenage Riot Diaspora – Natacha Atlas Company of Strangers – Bad Company Bif Naked - Bif Naked The Very Best of The Blues Brothers – The Blues Brothers (compilation) Obey – Brainbombs Ima - BT Carpet - Ceremonial Oath The Pastoral - Not Rustic - World of Their Greatest Hits – Country Teasers Dyslexicon - Dandelion Savage Poetry – Edguy 25 Cents - The Flys Wave of Popular Feeling – Groundswell Alien 4 – Hawkwind Everything I Long For – Hayden You'd Prefer an Astronaut - Humcitation needed The Jester Race - In Flames Evil Stig - Joan Jett and The Gits 1979 - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Smokin – Kid Jonny Lang Ask the Fish – Leftover Salmon Pezcore - Less Than Jake Mental Aquaducts (demo) - Limp Biscut (Limp Bizkit) Gush – Lowlife Hank Plays Cliff - Hank Marvin En Route – Moebius & Plank A Who Dat? - Mystidious Misfitss Doubelievengod – Natas Neu! 4 – Neu! The Breathing Shadow - Nightingale 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 Jill Sobule - Jill Sobule Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot – Sparklehorse ...Until Now - Stir Bumper to Bumper - Stroke 9 Mirror Mirror - 10cc Totally Crushed Out! – that dog. Infernal Love – Therapy? The Acoustic Album - Toyah Looking Back - Toyah Sea of Light - Uriah Heep Rock!!!!! – Violent Femmes Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest aggregated positions in the charts of 1995.18 # Artist Title Year Country 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 This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2008) "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 "Bedtime Story" - Madonna "Believe" – Elton John "Best Friend" – Brandy "Better Man" - Pearl Jam "Blessed" – Elton John "Breakfast at Tiffany's" – Deep Blue Something "Big Poppa"- The Notorious B.I.G. "Blind" – KoЯn "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" - Blurcitation needed "Connection" – Elastica "Cotton Eye Joe" – Rednex "Country House" - Blurcitation needed "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 "Had to Be" - Cliff Richard and Olivia Newton-John "Hand In My Pocket" – Alanis Morissette "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?" – Bryan Adams "Hey Man, Nice Shot" – Filter "Hook" – Blues Traveler "Human Nature" - Madonna "I Alone" – Live "I Believe" - Blessid Union of Soulscitation needed "I Got a Girl" - Tripping Daisy "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 (released in 1994) "Misunderstood Man" - Cliff Richard "No More I Love You's" – Annie Lennox "One Man in My Heart" - Human League "One More Chance (Remix)" - The Notorious B.I.G. "One of Us" - Joan Osborne "Only Wanna Be With You" – Hootie & the Blowfish "Over My Shoulder" - Mike & The Mechanics "Paninaro '95" - Pet Shop Boys "Player's Anthem" - Junior M.A.F.I.A. "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 "Say It Ain't So"" - Weezer "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 "Tell Me When" - Human League "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 Lorenzo Ferrero Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano and Orchestra Palm Beach Ouverture Seven Seconds Shadow Lines Andrew Glover – Fractured Vistas Ulrich Leyendecker – Violin Concerto Theo Loevendie – Piano Concerto Krzysztof Penderecki – Violin Concerto No. 2 Metamorphosen John Serry Sr. - Concerto For Free Bass Accordion (For Piano) 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 24 - David Cole, C+C Music Factory 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 June 30 - Phyllis Hyman, R & B/Soul/Jazz Singer (suicide) July 2 – Zdeněk Košler (67), conductor July 8 – Günter Bialas (87), composer July 23 – Miklós Rózsa, film score composer July 25 - Charlie Rich, country singer and musician August 9 – Jerry Garcia, 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 October 31 - Erica Morini, violinist 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 and 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 Roland Wolf (musician), Einstürzende Neubauten Awards This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2008) 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 Country Music Association Awards Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 1995 Mercury Music Prize Dummy – Portishead wins. MTV Video Music Awards 1995 MTV Video Music Awards Charts

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