Editing 1996 in music (section)

===February===
* [[February 4]] – Former [[Milli Vanilli]] band member [[Rob Pilatus]] is hospitalized after being hit over the head with a [[baseball bat]] in Hollywood while attempting to steal a man's car.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/daily/02-96/02-06-96/zpeople.htm#XINDEX7|title=People, places & things in the news|last=Compiled from wire reports|date=n.d.|publisher= South Coast Media Group|access-date=April 20, 2008}}</ref>
* [[February 13]]
** [[Tupac Shakur]] releases the first ever rap double album, ''[[All Eyez on Me]]'', one of the most influential albums in [[Hip-hop|hip hop]] history. ''All Eyez on Me'' quickly achieves [[Music recording certification|platinum]] sales and reaches No. 1 on the [[Billboard 200|'' Billboard'' 200]] charts.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sexton |first=Paul |date=2023-03-02 |title=‘All Eyez On Me’: 2Pac’s Poignant And Seminal 1996 Milestone |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/2pac-all-eyez-on-me-album/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=uDiscover Music |language=en-US}}</ref>
** [[Take That]] formally announces that they are disbanding.
* [[February 14]] – The artist formerly known as [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] marries backup dancer [[Mayte Garcia]], who is fifteen years his junior.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2017-04-10 |title=Prince's Ex-Wife Details Their Life in Memoir — But It's No 'Tell-All' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/prince-ex-wife-mayte-garcia-memoir-interview-7752782/ |access-date=2023-09-29 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
* [[February 19]] – [[Jarvis Cocker]] disrupts a performance by [[Michael Jackson]] at the [[BRIT Awards#Michael Jackson and Jarvis Cocker .281996.29|BRIT Awards]]. During an elaborate staging of "[[Earth Song]]," Cocker crashes the stage, lifts his shirt, and points his bottom in Jackson's direction before getting into a scuffle with security. Cocker later states that his actions were "a form of protest at the way Michael Jackson sees himself as some kind of Christ-like figure with the power of healing".<ref name="brit awards">{{cite news |url=http://www.metro.co.uk/music/855603-brit-awards-2011-top-five-moments-through-the-years |title=Brit Awards 2011: Top five moments Through the years |author=Lee, Ann |date=February 15, 2011 |newspaper=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |access-date=August 9, 2012}}</ref>
* [[February 20]]
** [[Sepultura]] releases their album ''[[Roots (Sepultura album)|Roots]]''.
** [[Snoop Dogg]] and his bodyguard are acquitted of first-degree murder. The jury deadlocks on [[Manslaughter (United States law)#Voluntary manslaughter|voluntary manslaughter]] charges, and a [[Trial#Mistrials|mistrial]] is declared.
** ''[[VH1 Storytellers|Storytellers]]'' premieres on [[VH1]]. The first episode features [[Ray Davies]].
* [[February 22]] – [[MCA Records]] buys half of [[Interscope Records]]. [[Time Warner]] had owned half of Interscope until September 1995, when it sold off its share due to political pressure over the label's [[gangsta rap]] artists' explicit lyrics.<ref name="daily news">{{cite news |date=February 22, 1996 |title=MCA Takes Half of Interscope |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/1996/02/22/mca-takes-half-of-interscope/ |access-date=2025-04-26 |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
* [[February 28]] – The [[38th Annual Grammy Awards]] are presented in [[Los Angeles]], hosted by [[Ellen DeGeneres]]. [[Alanis Morissette]] wins four awards, including [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] for ''[[Jagged Little Pill]]'', while [[Seal (singer)|Seal]]'s "[[Kiss from a Rose]]" 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]]. [[Hootie & the Blowfish]] win [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]]. The ceremony also notably features the reunion of the original lineup of [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], introduced by [[Tupac Shakur]], for their first appearance in full makeup and outfits since 1979.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Online |first=KISS |title=KISS Online :: KISS Chronology {{!}} The Complete History Of KISS |url=https://www.kissonline.com/history |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=KISS Online |language=en}}</ref> Frank Sinatra wins the award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance for "Duets II", his first win since 1966.