Editing 1991 in music (section)

===October–December===
*[[8 October]] – [[Soundgarden]] releases their breakout album ''[[Badmotorfinger]]''.
*[[3 November]] – A free tribute concert is held at [[Golden Gate Park]] in memory of concert promoter [[Bill Graham (promoter)|Bill Graham]], killed in a helicopter crash three weeks earlier at the age of 60. Performers include [[Santana (band)|Santana]], [[Grateful Dead]], [[Journey (band)|Journey]] and [[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young]].
*[[7 November]]
**[[Bryan Adams]]'s 16-week stay at the top of the [[UK Singles Chart]] with "[[Everything I Do (I Do It For You)]]" is finally ended by [[U2]] single "[[The Fly (U2 song)|The Fly]]", having already set a new record for the longest consecutive stay at the top of the UK Singles Chart.
**[[Izzy Stradlin]] quits [[Guns N' Roses]].
**[[Frank Zappa]]'s children, [[Dweezil]] and [[Moon Zappa|Moon]], announce to an audience in New York that their father is unable to attend the tribute concert to his music because he is seriously ill with prostate cancer.
*[[14 November]] – The new [[Michael Jackson]] music video "[[Black or White]]" premieres simultaneously in 27 countries to an audience of 500 million people. Controversy is immediately generated by the video's last four minutes in which Jackson smashes windows, vandalizes a car and causes a building to explode, as well as suggestively grabs his crotch repeatedly while dancing.
*[[19 November]] 
**[[U2]] releases album ''[[Achtung Baby]]''.
**[[Luis Miguel]] releases ''[[Romance (Luis Miguel album)|Romance]]'' which revitalized the popularity of [[bolero]]s in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Ageless+romance+with+bolero.-a017482173|title=Ageless Romance with Bolero|last=Holston|first=Mark|journal=Américas|publisher=Organization of American States|date=1 September 1995|access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref> 
*[[24 November]] – [[Freddie Mercury]], lead singer of [[Queen (band)|Queen]], dies from AIDS-related complications at the age of 45 one day after making the disease public. The same day, [[Eric Carr]], formerly of [[Kiss (band)|KISS]], also dies from complications of [[heart cancer]].
*[[26 November]] – [[Michael Jackson]] releases his worldwide hit album ''[[Dangerous (Michael Jackson album)|Dangerous]]''. It comes four years after ''[[Bad (album)|Bad]]'' and goes on to sell more than 32 million copies worldwide. 
*[[30 November]] – Following in the steps of the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] also begins a new era by incorporating and merging electronically measured sales and airplay data from [[SoundScan]] and [[Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems|BDS]] respectively.
*[[1 December]] 
**[[A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert]], featuring [[Kathleen Battle]] and Frederica von Stade, a jazz band led by [[Wynton Marsalis]], and orchestra and chorus conducted by [[André Previn]], is recorded for television.
**[[George Harrison]] plays [[Yokohama]], [[Japan]]. The brief Japanese tour with [[Eric Clapton]] marks his first set of formal concert performances since 1974.
*[[4 December]] – [[The Judds]] give their final concert performance as a duo.
*[[December 17]] - Judge [[Kevin Duffy|Kevin Thomas Duffy]] rules, in singer-songwriter [[Gilbert O'Sullivan]]'s [[Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc.|lawsuit]] against rapper [[Biz Markie]], that all future samples must be cleared.
*[[31 December]] – The twentieth annual ''[[New Year's Rockin' Eve]]'' special airs on ABC, with appearances by [[Boyz II Men]], [[Simply Red]], [[Vanessa L. Williams]], [[Another Bad Creation]], [[Restless Heart]], [[Michael Bivins]] and [[Barry Manilow]].