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1990 in music

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1991 in music

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1992 in music

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1993 in music

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1994 in music

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1995 in music

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    • The Smashing Pumpkins releases a double disc album entitled Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, selling 10 million copies in the U.S alone.
    • Eazy-E dies of AIDS
    • Oasis releases the mammoth hit album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? which becomes the second best selling album of all time in the United Kingdom[citation needed] and goes on to sell 19 million copies worldwide. Oasis accepted as the biggest band in the world[citation needed] and probably the biggest band in the UK since Queen.[citation needed]
    • Nirvana's drummer, Dave Grohl, releases the first and self-titled Foo Fighters record.
    • Selena died at Corpus Christi, Texas on March 31 after she was shot 16 days before her 24th birthday.
    • Alanis Morissette releases Jagged Little Pill, which has gone on to become the second highest selling album by a female[citation needed] behind fellow Canadian Shania Twain's Come on Over[citation needed]. Though it was not thought to sell more than two hundred and fifty thousand copies it has sold thirty million copies worldwide. This was a beginning of the move toward female artists for normally male genres.[citation needed]
    • Ricky Martin releases his third album A Medio Vivir. This was the first album by Martin officially released in the US and marks a turning point in Martin's musical style[citation needed], previous albums were mostly ballad driven[citation needed] but A Medio Vivir featured more songs with a slight rock edge[citation needed]. The lead single María is also notable for being the first song by Martin in which musically he displays his Latin roots[citation needed]. The album peaks at #11 on Billboards Top Latin Albums eventually going Gold. A more uptempo remix of the single María is later released with Spanglish lyrics and afro-Caribbean beats. This version of the song was hugely successful in Europe becoming the second best selling single in the world that year[citation needed] and would become indicative of Martin's overall style in later albums.[citation needed]
    • Enrique Iglesias releases his self-titled debut album which becomes instantly successful throughout the Spanish speaking world particularly in Mexico and Argentina and the Latin Market in the US were it peaked at #1 on Billboard's Top Latin Albums fast becoming Platinum. The album is notable for outselling his father Julio Iglesias's album La Carretera[citation needed] which he had brought out earlier in the year. The single "Experiencia Religiosa" would hit the top spot in over eighteen countries and all five singles went to #1 on Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks. The album would eventually sell seven million copies becoming one of the most successful debuts of all time by a Spanish artist. The album would also win a Grammy for best Latin Pop Performance.

1996 in music

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1997 in music

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1998 in music

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1999 in music

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