Editing 1992 in music (section)

===January–February===
* [[January 11]]
** [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana's]] ''[[Nevermind]]'' album goes to No. 1 in the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart, establishing the widespread popularity of the [[Grunge]] movement of the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/10-years-later-cobain-lives-his-music-wbna4652653|title=10 years later, Cobain lives on in his music|last=Olsen|first=Eric|date=April 9, 2004|publisher=Today.com Interactive|access-date=April 20, 2008}}</ref>
** [[Paul Simon]] is the first major artist to tour South Africa after the end of the United Nations [[South Africa under apartheid#Cultural and sporting isolation|cultural boycott]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/1992/01/24/paul-simon-plays-south-africa/|title=50 WAYS TO LEAVE SOUTH AFRICA|last=unattributed|date=n.d.|work=Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc.|access-date=April 28, 2008|archive-date=December 16, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216041847/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,309330,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 16]] – [[Mick Jagger]] attends the Hollywood première of his new movie, ''Freejack'', at [[Mann's Chinese Theatre]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=63 Freejack Los Angeles Premiere Photos & High Res Pictures - Getty Images |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/freejack-los-angeles-premiere |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=www.gettyimages.com}}</ref>
* [[January 25]] – The inaugural [[Big Day Out]] festival takes place in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], headlined by [[Violent Femmes]] and [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/every-big-day-out-line-up/11539046 |title=The definitive guide to every Big Day Out line-up ever |work=ABC |date=September 30, 2019 |access-date=August 31, 2020 |first=Dan |last=Condon}}</ref>
* [[February 5]] – [[New Kids on the Block]] interrupt their tour to perform on ''[[The Arsenio Hall Show]]'' in response to rumors that the group lip-synchs its concerts.<ref>{{cite news|title= New Kids on the Block Let Singing Do the Talking|work= The Los Angeles Times|date=1992-02-06|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-06-me-2060-story.html|access-date=2012-04-03 | first=Steve | last=Hochman}}</ref>
* [[February 16]] – Slavic music is featured at the Oulu Music Festival, with concerts and opera productions in [[Oulu]], Finland, until February 26.<ref name="zeit.de">Tas Toth, "[http://www.zeit.de/1992/09/finnland-viele-festivals-im-norden-europas Finnland: Viele Festivals im Norden Europas]", ''Die Zeit'' no. 6 (February 21, 1992).</ref>
* [[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 [[auto racing|racing car]] driver.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyrock.com/reviews/motleycrue.asp |title=The Sultans of Sleaze |last=Darling |first=Spyder |date=November 1998 |publisher=NY Rock |access-date=April 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513070131/http://www.nyrock.com/reviews/motleycrue.asp |archive-date=May 13, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[February 24]]
** [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana's]] [[Kurt Cobain]] marries [[Hole (band)|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://postalmuseum.si.edu/artofthestamp/subpage+table+images/artwork/rarities/Elvis+Ballot/elvisballot.htm|title=The Elvis Stamp: America Elects a King {{pipe}} National Postal Museum|website=Postalmuseum.si.edu}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[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.
** The [[34th Annual Grammy Awards]] are presented in [[New York City|New York]], hosted by [[Whoopi Goldberg]]. [[Natalie Cole]]'s ''[[Unforgettable... with Love]]'' wins [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], while her "virtual duet" cover of "[[Unforgettable (Nat King Cole song)#Natalie and Nat King Cole version|Unforgettable]]" with her late father, [[Nat King Cole]], wins both [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]. [[Marc Cohn]] wins [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]].