Editing 1991 in music

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[[File:Trent Reznor Lollapalooza 1991.jpg|right|thumb|[[Trent Reznor]] at [[Lollapalooza]] 1991.]]
This is a list of notable events in '''music''' that took place in the year '''1991'''.

==Specific locations==
*[[1991 in British music]]
*[[1991 in Norwegian music]]
*[[1991 in South Korean music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1991 in country music]]
*[[1991 in heavy metal music]]
*[[1991 in hip-hop|1991 in hip hop music]]
*[[1991 in Latin music]]
*[[1991 in jazz]]

==Events==
===Summary===
Although the year 1991 is the year that [[grunge]] music made its popular breakthrough, heavy metal was still the dominant form of rock music for the year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2011/09/23/showbiz/music/nirvana-nevermind/index.html|title='Nevermind,' never again? |first=Mark |last=Morgenstein|work=CNN|access-date=10 June 2018}}</ref> Therefore, [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]'s ''[[Nevermind]]'', led by the surprise hit single "[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]", was not the most popular U.S. album of the year. The most popular album was [[Metallica]]'s self-titled [[Metallica (album)|"black album"]]. Nirvana's success was eventually followed by other grunge bands like [[Pearl Jam]], [[Soundgarden]], [[Alice in Chains]], and [[Stone Temple Pilots]], as grunge climbed the U.S. charts for the next few years. Its success eventually ended the reign of the [[glam metal]] and other [[hard rock]] groups that enjoyed massive success in the 1980s like [[Mötley Crüe]], [[Poison (American band)|Poison]], [[Warrant (American band)|Warrant]], [[Cinderella (band)|Cinderella]], and [[Ratt]], whose sales were still going strong by 1991. Also during the year, the rock band [[Guns N' Roses]]'s popularity flourished with the release of their albums ''[[Use Your Illusion I]]'' & ''[[Use Your Illusion II]]'', both selling over 15 million copies total. [[Def Leppard]]'s next album ''[[Adrenalize]]'', released in March 1992, would go on to reach multi-platinum status and prove to be the last major commercial success for 1980s [[hair metal]]. [[A Tribe Called Quest]]'s ''[[The Low End Theory|Low End Theory]]'' is released this year; it would go on to be considered one of the best [[Hip-hop|hip hop]] albums of the 1990s. A Tribe Called Quest, along with [[De La Soul]], [[Dream Warriors (band)|Dream Warriors]], [[Gang Starr]] and the [[Poor Righteous Teachers]], help define what comes to be known as [[Alternative hip-hop|alternative rap]] with important releases this year.

On November 24, the death of [[Freddie Mercury]], who had confirmed to the press that he had AIDS only a day before his death,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1991/nov/25/paulmyers|title=Queen star dies after Aids statement|last=Myers|first=Paul|date=25 November 1991|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=10 June 2018}}</ref> came as a shock to millions of fans and the music industry. The remaining members of Queen formed [[the Mercury Phoenix Trust]] and the following year, a [[The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert|tribute concert]] would be staged in Wembley Stadium, in front of a sell-out crowd. 
[[Queen (band)|Queen's]] "[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]" (released as a double A-side with "[[These Are the Days of Our Lives]]") went to number one for the second time in the U.K.. It is also the only time a single has gone to number one more than once on the UK Christmas charts.

During the year, [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] started using [[Nielsen SoundScan]] for its sales source for the music charts. Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data for ''Nielsen'' on 1 March 1991. The 25 May issue of ''Billboard'' published [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and Country Album charts based on SoundScan "piece count data," and the first Hot 100 chart to debut with the system was released on 30 November 1991. Previously, ''Billboard'' tracked sales by calling stores across the U.S. and asking about sales – a method that was inherently error-prone and open to outright fraud. Indeed, while transitioning from the calling to tracking methods, the airplay and sales charts (already monitored by Nielsen) and the Hot 100 (then still using the calling system) often did not match (for instance [[Paula Abdul]]'s "[[Promise of a New Day]]" and [[Roxette]]'s "[[Fading Like a Flower]]" reached much higher Hot 100 peaks than their actual sales and airplay would have allowed them to). Although most record company executives conceded that the new method was far more accurate than the old, the chart's volatility and its geographical balance initially caused deep concern, before the change and the market shifts it brought about were accepted across the industry. [[Tower Records]], the country's second-largest retail chain, was originally not included in the sample because its stores are equipped with different technology to measure sales. At first, some industry executives complained that the new system – which relied on high-tech sales measurement rather than store employee estimates – was based on an inadequate sample, one that favored established and mainstream acts over newcomers.

1991 was also the year [[Contemporary Christian music|CCM]], or contemporary Christian music, reached a new peak. [[Amy Grant]], who had already crossed back and forth between CCM and Contemporary Pop in the mid-80s, achieved her first solo No. 1 hit on the pop charts with the hit single "[[Baby Baby (Amy Grant song)|Baby Baby]]," becoming the first single by a CCM artist to reach No. 1 (despite the fact the song was a pop song and was void of any Christian references). Another single, "[[That's What Love Is For]]," would also top the charts, this time in the Adult Contemporary field. Meanwhile, Grant's album ''[[Heart In Motion]]'' reaches No. 11 on the pop chart and No. 1 on the Christian chart despite its non-religious objective, and quickly becomes a best-seller. Another CCM crossover artist in 1991 is [[Michael W. Smith]], who achieves a Top Ten pop hit with his single "Place In This World." The subsequent album, ''[[Go West Young Man (Michael W. Smith album)|Go West Young Man]]'', is also a hit. [[Jon Gibson (Christian musician)|Jon Gibson]]'s hit "Jesus Loves Ya" still holds the record as the longest playing hit single in [[Christian music]] history. The track spent eleven weeks at No. 1 and became the top selling CCM single of 1991.<ref>{{Citation|title=Love Education|date=5 June 1997|asin=B000008P2A}}</ref> Only three artists received more [[airplay]] on [[Christian radio]] stations in that year other than Gibson; Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith and [[BeBe & CeCe Winans]].

The massive success of [[Garth Brooks]] in this year set the stage for the mid-1990s influx of pop-oriented [[Country music|country musicians]]. Several soon-to-be pivotal bands formed or released debut recordings, including [[Dave Matthews Band]], [[Live (band)|Live]], [[Phish]], [[Spin Doctors]] and [[stoner metal]] ([[Kyuss]], [[Sleep (band)|Sleep]], [[The Obsessed]]). [[Massive Attack]]'s ''[[Blue Lines]]'', pioneered the sound that would eventually become known as [[trip hop]]. [[Entombed (band)|Entombed]]'s ''[[Clandestine (album)|Clandestine]]'' and [[Dismember (band)|Dismember]]'s ''[[Like an Ever Flowing Stream]]'' were early releases from the [[Scandinavian metal]] scene. In the US, New York death metal band [[Suffocation (band)|Suffocation]] released their debut full-length ''[[Effigy of the Forgotten]]'', often considered one of the most influential of extreme metal albums. [[Trance music]] rose to prominence in the underground dance scene of [[Frankfurt]], Germany, pioneered by such producers as [[Dance 2 Trance]] and Resistance D. [[U2]] released their seventh album ''[[Achtung Baby]]'', considered by many of their fans to be their best. [[Metallica]]'s [[Metallica (album)|self-titled album]] was their most commercially successful, and the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] broke through to the mainstream with ''[[Blood Sugar Sex Magik]]''. [[R.E.M.]] released their massive commercial breakthrough album ''[[Out of Time (album)|Out of Time]]''.

===January–March===
*[[8 January]] – [[Def Leppard]] guitarist [[Steve Clark]] dies of respiratory failure from a lethal mixture of alcohol and prescription drugs. He was 30 years old.
*[[15 January]] – A new all-star rendition of the [[John Lennon]] song "[[Give Peace a Chance]]" is released, featuring [[Yoko Ono]], [[Lenny Kravitz]], [[Peter Gabriel]], [[Alannah Myles]], [[Tom Petty]], [[Bonnie Raitt]] and many more, billed as "The Peace Choir". The single has been rushed to market in response to the imminent [[Gulf War]].
*[[16 January]] – The sixth annual [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] induction ceremony is held in New York. The event goes forward despite a tense atmosphere caused by the US President's announcement of the Gulf War the same evening. The inductees are [[Ike & Tina Turner]], [[Jimmy Reed]], [[John Lee Hooker]], [[LaVern Baker]], [[The Byrds]], [[The Impressions]], [[Wilson Pickett]] and [[Howlin' Wolf]].
*[[18 January]] – Three people are crushed to death during an [[AC/DC]] concert in [[Salt Lake City]], Utah, United States, when audience members rush the stage.
*18–[[27 January]] – The massive nine-day festival [[Rock in Rio#Rock in Rio 2|Rock in Rio II]] is held in [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]. The headliners are [[a-ha]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]], [[INXS]], [[Guns N' Roses]], [[New Kids on the Block]], [[George Michael]] and [[Happy Mondays]].
*[[19 January]]  – [[Janet Jackson]] with seventh single from ''[[Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814]]'', "[[Love Will Never Do (Without You)]]", becomes the only artist to have seven singles from the same album chart in the top five.
*[[27 January]] – [[Whitney Houston]] sings "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]" at the [[Super Bowl]]. The recording is then released and becomes a hit single.
*[[31 January]] – ''[[DJ Magazine]]'' is launched under its new name.<ref>{{cite journal|title=20 Years of DJ Mag – A Retrospective|journal=DJ Mag|date=9 October 2012|url=https://djmag.com/content/20-years-dj-mag-retrospective|access-date=25 September 2017|language=en}}</ref>
*[[5 February]] – [[Queen (band)|Queen]] release their final album of [[Freddie Mercury]]'s lifetime, entitled [[Innuendo (album)|''Innuendo'']]. This album includes hit singles such as [[The Show Must Go On (Queen song)|"The Show Must Go On"]], [[Headlong (song)|"Headlong"]], "[[These Are The Days Of Our Lives]]" and "[[Innuendo (song)|Innuendo"]].
*[[20 February]] – The [[33rd Annual Grammy Awards]] are presented in [[New York City|New York]], hosted by [[Garry Shandling]]. [[Quincy Jones]]' ''[[Back on the Block]]'' wins [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], [[Phil Collins]]' "[[Another Day in Paradise]]" wins [[Record of the Year]] and [[Bette Midler]]'s version of "[[From a Distance#Bette Midler version|From a Distance]]" wins [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]. [[Mariah Carey]] wins [[Best New Artist]].
*[[27 February]] – [[James Brown]] is granted an early parole and released from jail, following his arrest after a high-speed car chase through two states in 1989. [[Pop Will Eat Itself]] documented the affair with their song, "Not Now James, We're Busy".
*[[28 February]] – Hollywood's [[Record Plant Studios]] recording studio closes down. Among the albums recorded at the Record Plant were [[The Eagles]]' ''[[Hotel California (Eagles album)|Hotel California]]'', [[Fleetwood Mac]]'s ''[[Rumours (album)|Rumours]]'' and [[Stevie Wonder]]'s ''[[Songs in the Key of Life]]''.
*[[1 March]] – [[Nielsen SoundScan]] begins tracking sales data for Nielsen.
*[[11 March]] – [[Janet Jackson]] signs a [[US$]]30 million contract with [[Virgin Records]], making her the highest paid female recording artist ever.
*[[12 March]] – [[R.E.M.]] release their seventh studio album, ''[[Out of Time (album)|Out of Time]]''. The album would serve as the band's breakthrough, catapulting the Georgia [[alternative rock]] band from cult status to a massive international act.
*[[16 March]] – Seven members of country music singer [[Reba McEntire]]'s band and her road manager are killed when their private plane crashes in California, near the [[U.S.-Mexico border]]. McEntire travels on a separate plane. The disaster inspires the title song of her next album, ''[[For My Broken Heart]]''.
*[[20 March]]
**[[Michael Jackson]] signs a contract with [[Sony]] for 1 billion dollars.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/21/movies/michael-jackson-gets-thriller-of-deal-to-stay-with-sony.html|title=Michael Jackson Gets Thriller of Deal To Stay With Sony|last=Randall Rothenberg|date=21 March 1991|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>
**[[Eric Clapton]]'s four-year-old son, Conor, dies after falling 49 stories from a New York City apartment window; the event later inspires Clapton to write the hit single "[[Tears in Heaven]]".
*[[24 March]] – [[The Black Crowes]] are dropped as the opening act of [[ZZ Top]]'s tour for repeatedly insulting the tour's sponsor, [[Miller Beer]].
*[[27 March]] – [[New Kids on the Block]] star [[Donnie Wahlberg]] is arrested in [[Louisville, Kentucky]] for allegedly setting his hotel room on fire.
*[[28 March]] – [[George Harrison]], [[Phil Collins]] and others attend funeral services for [[Eric Clapton]]'s late son, Conor.

===April–June===
*[[17 April]] – [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] performs "[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]" live for the first time at the [[OK Hotel]] in [[Seattle, Washington]].
*[[28 April]] – [[Bonnie Raitt]] marries actor [[Michael O'Keefe]] in New York.
*[[4 May]] – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 1991]] is held in [[Rome, Italy]], and, after a highly controversial voting segment, Sweden's ''[[Fångad av en stormvind]]'' by [[Carola Häggkvist|Carola]] is declared the winner.
*[[7 May]] – In [[Macon, Georgia]], a judge dismisses a [[wrongful death]] lawsuit against [[Ozzy Osbourne]]. The suit was filed by a local couple that believed their son was inspired to attempt suicide by Osbourne's music.
*[[10 May]] – ''[[Madonna: Truth or Dare|Truth or Dare]]'', a documentary chronicling singer [[Madonna]]'s 1990 [[Blond Ambition Tour]], is released to theatres.
*[[24 May]] – [[Guns N' Roses]] kick off their 26-month world [[Use Your Illusion Tour]] in [[Alpine Valley]] in [[East Troy]].
*[[25 May]] – The [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart starts incorporating electronically monitored sales data provided by [[Nielsen SoundScan]], thus beginning what chart aficionados tag as the "SoundScan era".
*[[28 May]] – [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] release their debut album ''[[Gish]]'', establishing the band as one of the most important of the alternative scene.
*[[7 June]] – [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] revives the late-night rock performance series ''[[In Concert (American TV series)|In Concert]]''.
*[[21 June]] – The [[Mérida State Symphony Orchestra]] is founded in Venezuela.
*[[28 June]] – [[Paul McCartney]]'s classical composition, the ''[[Liverpool Oratorio]]'', receives its première at the [[Liverpool Anglican Cathedral]].

===July–September===
*[[2 July]] 
**Launch of the [[Australian Festival of Chamber Music]].
**[[Hollywood Bowl Orchestra]] gives its first public performance.
**During the [[Use Your Illusion Tour]], [[Axl Rose]] assaults a member of the audience watching the show on camera, after security fails to respond to the singer's orders to confiscate the camera. After the attack, Rose angrily says, "Thanks to the lame-ass security, I'm goin' home!" and storms off the stage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spinner.com/2009/11/10/freakiest-concert-moments/|title=Slacker Radio Featured|first= |last= |website=Slacker Radio|access-date=11 January 2010|archive-date=6 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306003531/http://www.spinner.com/2009/11/10/freakiest-concert-moments/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[13 July]] – Pianist [[Keith Jarrett]] records his [[Vienna Concert]] at the [[Vienna Staatsoper]].
*[[18 July]] – [[Perry Farrell]] launches the first [[Lollapalooza]] tour as a farewell for his just-dissolved band, [[Jane's Addiction]]. Other acts appearing on the tour include [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]], [[Nine Inch Nails]], [[Rollins Band]], [[Fishbone]] and [[Rage Against the Machine]].
*[[12 August]] – [[Metallica]] release their most successful album, ''[[Metallica (album)|Metallica]]'' (also called "The Black Album"). Something of a departure from the [[thrash metal]] sound they helped pioneer, it becomes one of the best-selling albums of all time<ref>[https://www.riaa.com/gp/bestsellers/diamond.asp RIAA.com Diamond Certified Albums] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060818085906/http://www.riaa.com/gp/bestsellers/diamond.asp |date=18 August 2006 }}</ref>
*[[15 August]] – [[Paul Simon's Concert in the Park]] takes place in [[Central Park]]. The free concert is broadcast live on [[HBO]].
*[[20 August]] – The six-day [[International Pop Underground Convention]] opens in [[Olympia, Washington]].
*[[27 August]]
**[[Pearl Jam]] release their debut album, [[Ten (Pearl Jam album)|''Ten'']]. While initially slow to sell, it becomes No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' charts within a year and has since become certified thirteen times Platinum in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine
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**[[Dr. Dre]] pleads no contest to charges that he beat up a woman at a West Hollywood nightclub. Dr. Dre is sentenced to 24 months probation.
*[[10 September]] – [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] releases the single for "[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]," a song that would achieve unprecedented success the following year and become a trailblazer for [[grunge]] and [[alternative rock]] as a whole.
*[[17 September]] – [[Rock music|Rock]] band [[Guns N' Roses]] release their first full-length follow up to their debut album ''[[Appetite for Destruction]]'' in the form of the double album ''[[Use Your Illusion I]]'' & ''[[Use Your Illusion II]]''. Both go on to sell a combined excess of 1.3 million on their first week of sale in the US alone.
*[[23 September]]
**[[Primal Scream]] releases [[Screamadelica]], which would go on to win the first [[Mercury Prize]] in 1992. 
**The TV Series ''[[Baywatch]]'' begins its second season with a new theme song performed and co-written by former [[Survivor (band)|Survivor]] member [[Jimi Jamison]], "[[I'm Always Here]]".
**[[Bryan Adams]] releases his sixth album ''[[Waking Up the Neighbours]]'' produced by [[Mutt Lange]], achieving diamond status in his native [[Canada]] for the second time.
*[[24 September]] – Retrospectively considered by critics<ref>{{Cite news |last=Condran |first=Ed |date=September 21, 2021 |title=Is Sept. 24, 1991, the greatest day in music history? |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/sep/21/is-sept-24-1991-the-greatest-day-in-music-history/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210922141318/https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/sep/21/is-sept-24-1991-the-greatest-day-in-music-history/ |archive-date=September 22, 2021 |access-date=August 11, 2024 |work=[[The Spokesman-Review]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tedder |first=Michael |date=September 24, 2021 |title=Memoria: The Most Consequential Release Date In Alt-Rock Was 30 Years Ago Today |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2161757/nirvana-rhcp-pixies-sept-24-1991/columns/sounding-board/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210924135353/https://www.stereogum.com/2161757/nirvana-rhcp-pixies-sept-24-1991/columns/sounding-board/ |archive-date=September 24, 2021 |access-date=August 11, 2024 |website=[[Stereogum]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hart |first=Ron |date=September 24, 2021 |title=September 24, 1991: A Banner Release Day for Musical Masterworks |url=https://www.spin.com/2021/09/september-24-1991-a-banner-release-day-for-musical-masterworks/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924182304/https://www.spin.com/2021/09/september-24-1991-a-banner-release-day-for-musical-masterworks/ |archive-date=September 24, 2021 |access-date=August 12, 2024 |website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sylvester |first=Daniel |date=September 19, 2021 |title=Remembering September 24, 1991, the Day Underground Music Hit the Mainstream |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/september_24_1991_greatest_album_release_day_nirvana_nevermind_red_hot_chili_peppers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921005447/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/september_24_1991_greatest_album_release_day_nirvana_nevermind_red_hot_chili_peppers |archive-date=September 21, 2021 |access-date=August 12, 2024 |website=[[Exclaim!]]}}</ref> to be a seminal date in music history, as it saw the release of several key albums:
**''[[Nevermind]]'', the sophomore album from Seattle-based band [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], which would go on to popularize the [[grunge]] movement nationwide and be considered both a defining album of [[Generation X]] and one of the greatest albums in the history of popular music.
**''[[The Low End Theory]]'', the sophomore album from hip hop group [[A Tribe Called Quest]], which came to also be regarded as one of the greatest albums of all time, as well as a defining album for [[Alternative hip-hop|alternative hip hop]].
**''[[Blood Sugar Sex Magik]]'', the fifth album from funk rock band the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], which, alongside ''Nevermind'', also helped to popularize [[alternative rock]].
**''[[Trompe le Monde]]'', the fourth album from influential alternative rock band the [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]], their last before their breakup two years later. It would be the band's final full-length LP for 22 years.

===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]].

===Also in 1991===
*[[Aerosmith]] signs a new deal with [[Sony Music]] worth an estimated $30 million.
*[[The Rolling Stones]] sign a new contract with [[Virgin Records]].
*Country music legend [[Kenny Rogers]] starts his restaurant chain, [[Kenny Rogers Roasters]].
*[[Tupac Shakur]]'s solo career begins with his first album, ''[[2Pacalypse Now]]''. Six-year-old Qa'id Walker-Teal is shot dead by a stray bullet during a confrontation between Tupac's entourage and a rival group.
*[[Mangue Bit]] is originated in [[Recife]], Brazil, circa 1991.

==Bands formed==
* ''See [[:Category:Musical groups established in 1991|Musical groups established in 1991]]''

==Bands disbanded==
* [[SHeDAISY|The Osborn Sisters]]

==Bands reformed==
* [[The Knack]]
* [[Procol Harum]]

==Albums released==
{{See also|:Category:1991 albums}}

===January–March===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="24" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br>A<br>N<br>U<br>A<br>R<br>Y'''
| align="center"|8
| ''[[Fly Me Courageous]]'' || [[Drivin N Cryin]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|14
| ''[[Soulside Journey]]'' || [[Darkthrone]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Solid Ball of Rock]]'' || [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"|15
| ''Eight Track Stomp'' || [[Chickasaw Mudd Puppies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Little Ain't Enough]]'' || [[David Lee Roth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Quik Is the Name]]'' || [[DJ Quik]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Step In the Arena]]'' || [[Gang Starr]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Is an EP Release]]'' || [[Digital Underground]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"|16
| ''[[2nd Wind]]'' || [[Todd Rundgren]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|21
| ''[[1916 (album)|1916]]'' || [[Motörhead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Soul Cages]]'' || [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|22
| ''[[Into the Light (Gloria Estefan album)|Into the Light]]'' || [[Gloria Estefan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[You've Got to Stand for Something]]'' || [[Aaron Tippin]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|24
| ''[[Tyranny (For You)]]'' || [[Front 242]] || US
|-
| rowspan="10" align="center"|29
| ''[[The Singles Collection (The Specials album)|The Singles Collection]]'' || [[The Specials]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Native Son (album)|Native Son]]'' || [[Judybats]] ||-
|-
| ''Candy Carol'' || [[Book of Love (band)|Book of Love]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Divinyls (album)|Divinyls]]'' || [[Divinyls]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Doubt (album)|Doubt]]'' || [[Jesus Jones]] ||-
|-
| ''Glad 'N Greasy'' || [[Beat Farmers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mo' Ritmo]]'' || [[Gerardo Mejía|Gerardo]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Party Mix!]]/[[Mesopotamia (EP)|Mesopotamia]]'' || [[The B-52's]] || Re-issue with remixes
|-
| ''[[When You're a Boy]]'' || [[Susanna Hoffs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Uncle Anesthesia]]'' || [[Screaming Trees]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="24" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''F<br>E<br>B<br>R<br>U<br>A<br>R<br>Y'''
| rowspan="2" align="center"|4
| ''[[Innuendo (album)|Innuendo]]'' || [[Queen (band)|Queen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Everybody's Angel]]'' || [[Tanita Tikaram]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|5
| ''[[International Pop Overthrow (album)|International Pop Overthrow]]'' || [[Material Issue]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|11
| ''[[Coolin' at the Playground Ya Know!]]'' || [[Another Bad Creation]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|12
| ''Cresta'' || [[The Hollow Men (band)|The Hollow Men]] || US
|-
| ''[[Marc Cohn (album)|Marc Cohn]]'' || [[Marc Cohn]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Saigon Kick (album)|Saigon Kick]]'' || [[Saigon Kick]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|15
| ''[[8-Way Santa]]'' || [[Tad (band)|Tad]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|18
| ''[[Heaven's Open]]'' || [[Mike Oldfield]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|19
| ''[[Green Mind]]'' || [[Dinosaur Jr.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ink (The Fixx album)|Ink]]'' || [[The Fixx]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Name Above the Title]]'' || [[John Wesley Harding (singer)|John Wesley Harding]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Night Ride Home]]'' || [[Joni Mitchell]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Road Apples (album)|Road Apples]]'' || [[The Tragically Hip]] || US
|-
| ''[[Young Black Teenagers (album)|Young Black Teenagers]]'' || [[Young Black Teenagers]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|20
| ''The Last Days of Pompeii'' || [[Nova Mob]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lo Flux Tube]]'' || [[OLD (band)|OLD]]
| –
|-
| ''[[Piouhgd]]'' || [[Butthole Surfers]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|25
| ''[[Auberge (album)|Auberge]]'' || [[Chris Rea]] ||-
|-
| ''[[On the Prowl (Loudness album)|On the Prowl]]'' || [[Loudness (band)|Loudness]] || Self-cover album
|-
| align="center"|26
| ''[[Hooked (Great White album)|Hooked]]'' || [[Great White]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|?
| ''[[Different World (Uriah Heep album)|Different World]]'' || [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Frigid Stars LP]]'' || [[Codeine (band)|Codeine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Recurring (album)|Recurring]]'' || [[Spacemen 3]] || US
|-
| rowspan="47" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''M<br>A<br>R<br>C<br>H'''
| rowspan="5" align="center"|4
| ''[[Kill Uncle]]'' || [[Morrissey]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ex:el]]'' || [[808 State]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Peggy Suicide]]'' || [[Julian Cope]] || UK; 7 May in US; Double Album
|-
| ''[[Ray (Frazier Chorus album)|Ray]]'' || [[Frazier Chorus]]- 
| –
|-
| ''[[The White Room (KLF album)|The White Room]]'' || [[The KLF]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"|5
| ''[[Dollars & Sex]]'' || [[The Escape Club]] ||-
|-
| ''[[New Jack City (soundtrack)|New Jack City]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Heart in Motion]]'' || [[Amy Grant]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Time for a Witness]]'' || [[The Feelies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Truly Blessed]]'' || [[Teddy Pendergrass]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|6
| ''[[Extremely Live]]'' || [[Vanilla Ice]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center"|12
| ''[[Black and White (BoDeans album)|Black and White]]'' || [[BoDeans]] ||-
|-
| ''Cereal Killers'' || [[Too Much Joy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Freakshow (BulletBoys album)|Freakshow]]'' || [[BulletBoys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Free (Rick Astley album)|Free]]'' || [[Rick Astley]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live Hardcore Worldwide]]'' || [[Boogie Down Productions]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Mind Funk (album)|Mind Funk]]'' || [[Mind Funk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Out of Time (album)|Out of Time]]'' || [[R.E.M.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Real Ramona]]'' || [[Throwing Muses]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unreal World]]'' || [[The Godfathers]] || US
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|15
| ''[[Goat (album)|Goat]]'' || [[The Jesus Lizard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love's Secret Domain]]'' || [[Coil (band)|Coil]] || US
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|18
| ''[[Outland (Gary Numan album)|Outland]]'' || [[Gary Numan]] || –
|-
| ''[[Gothic (Paradise Lost album)|Gothic]]'' || [[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Capitol Collectors Series (Jo Stafford album)|Capitol Collectors Series]]'' || Jo Stafford ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Eurythmics album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Eurythmics]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|19
| ''[[Bag-a-Trix]]'' || [[Whodini]] ||- 
|-
| ''[[Chill of an Early Fall]]'' || [[George Strait]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Make Way for the Motherlode]]'' || [[Yo-Yo (rapper)|Yo-Yo]] ||-
|-
| ''Prince of the Deep Water'' || [[The Blessing (rock band)|The Blessing]] ||- 
|-
| align="center"|21
| ''[[Checkin' Out the Ghosts]]'' || [[Kim Carnes]] || Japan
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |25
| ''[[Joyride (Roxette album)|Joyride]]'' || [[Roxette]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vagabond Heart]]'' || [[Rod Stewart]] ||-
|-
| ''Now! That's What I Call Music 19'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center" |26
| ''[[The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[The Human Factor (album)|The Human Factor]]'' || [[Metal Church]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lean Into It]]'' || [[Mr. Big (American band)|Mr. Big]] ||-
|-
| ''No Warning'' || [[Dave Wakeling]] || US
|-
| ''[[Places I Have Never Been]]'' || [[Willie Nile]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ribbed]]'' || [[NOFX]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Strength (Enuff Z'nuff album)|Strength]]'' || [[Enuff Z'nuff]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|27
| ''[[Good-bye My Loneliness (album)|Good-bye My Loneliness]]'' || [[Zard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spiderland]]'' || [[Slint]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|?
| ''Dance to the Holy Man'' || [[The Silencers (band)|The Silencers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In the Kingdom]]'' || [[Whitecross (band)|Whitecross]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Infidel (album)|The Infidel]]'' || [[Doubting Thomas (band)|Doubting Thomas]] || Debut
|-
|}

===April–June===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="45" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br>P<br>R<br>I<br>L'''
| rowspan="2" align="center"|1
| ''[[King of the Jews (album)|King of the Jews]]'' || [[Oxbow (band)|Oxbow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[School of Fish (album)|School of Fish]]'' || [[School of Fish]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|2
| ''[[Arise (Sepultura album)|Arise]]'' || [[Sepultura]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mama Said (album)|Mama Said]]'' || [[Lenny Kravitz]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mane Attraction]]'' || [[White Lion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Word of Mouth (Mike + The Mechanics album)|Word of Mouth]]'' || [[Mike + The Mechanics]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|8
| ''[[Blue Lines]]'' || [[Massive Attack]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Flashpoint (album)|Flashpoint]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] || Live +2 new studio tracks
|-
| ''[[Real Life (Simple Minds album)|Real Life]]'' || [[Simple Minds]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|9
| ''[[The Ghosts That Haunt Me]]'' || [[Crash Test Dummies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[True Love (Pat Benatar album)|True Love]]'' || [[Pat Benatar]] ||-
|-
| ''[[L'Autre...]]'' || [[Mylène Farmer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Ten Commandments (Malevolent Creation album)|The Ten Commandments]]'' || [[Malevolent Creation]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|15
| ''[[Brotherhood (The Doobie Brothers album)|Brotherhood]]'' || [[The Doobie Brothers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[One from the Vault]]'' || [[Grateful Dead]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld]]'' || [[The Orb]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|16
| ''[[Alanis (album)|Alanis]]'' || [[Alanis Morissette]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] || 2 discs; Live
|-
| ''[[LaTour (album)|LaTour]]'' || [[LaTour]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Ripe (Banderas album)|Ripe]]'' || [[Banderas (duo)|Banderas]] || US
|-
| ''[[Temple of the Dog (album)|Temple of the Dog]]'' || [[Temple of the Dog]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Way to Salvation]]'' || [[King Missile]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|21
|''[[Luna Sea (Luna Sea album)|Luna Sea]]''
|[[Luna Sea]]
|Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|22
| ''[[Hoodoo (Alison Moyet album)|Hoodoo]]'' || [[Alison Moyet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shift-Work (album)|Shift-Work]]'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center"|23
| ''[[13 Engines]]'' || [[13 Engines]] || US
|-
| ''[[And Now the Legacy Begins]]'' || [[Dream Warriors (band)|Dream Warriors]] || US
|-
| ''[[Flyin' the Flannel]]'' || [[Firehose (band)|Firehose]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kinky (Hoodoo Gurus album)|Kinky]]'' || [[Hoodoo Gurus]] || US
|-
| ''[[Ordinary Average Guy]]'' || [[Joe Walsh]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Reality of My Surroundings]]'' || [[Fishbone]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Renegade (Charlie Daniels album)|Renegade]]'' || [[Charlie Daniels]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Time, Love & Tenderness]]'' || [[Michael Bolton]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"|26
| ''[[Power of Love (Luther Vandross album)|Power of Love]]'' || [[Luther Vandross]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|29
| ''[[Whirlpool (Chapterhouse album)|Whirlpool]]'' || [[Chapterhouse (band)|Chapterhouse]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Space I'm In]]'' || [[The Candyskins]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center"|30
| ''Birdland'' || [[Birdland (band)|Birdland]] || US
|-
| ''[[Cooleyhighharmony]]'' || [[Boyz II Men]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Laughter & Lust]]'' || [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fred Schneider and the Shake Society|Fred Schneider]]'' || [[Fred Schneider]] || Re-issue
|-
| ''[[Spartacus (The Farm album)|Spartacus]]'' || [[The Farm (British band)|The Farm]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Union (Yes album)|Union]]'' || [[Yes (band)|Yes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Why Do Birds Sing?]]'' || [[Violent Femmes]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|?
| ''[[The Drill (album)|The Drill]]'' || [[Wire (band)|Wire]]
| –
|-
| ''[[The Young Gods Play Kurt Weill]]'' || [[The Young Gods]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="44" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''M<br>A<br>Y'''
| align="center"|2
| ''[[Blessed Are the Sick]]'' || [[Morbid Angel]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|3
| ''[[Bullhead (album)|Bullhead]]'' || [[Melvins]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|6
| ''Legenda'' || [[Armia]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center"|7
| ''[[5,000,000]]'' || [[Dread Zeppelin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Best of The Waterboys 81–90]]'' || [[The Waterboys]] || US
|-
| ''[[Friendly Fa$cism]]'' || [[Consolidated (band)|Consolidated]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hard at Play]]'' || [[Huey Lewis and the News]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Peggy Suicide]]'' || [[Julian Cope]] || US
|-
| ''[[Schubert Dip]]'' || [[EMF (band)|EMF]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Star Time (album)|Star Time]]'' || [[James Brown]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Sugar Tax (album)|Sugar Tax]]'' || [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Terminator X & The Valley of the Jeep Beets]]'' || [[Terminator X]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|13
| ''[[De La Soul Is Dead]]'' || [[De La Soul]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pop Life (Bananarama album)|Pop Life]]'' || [[Bananarama]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Positively Phranc]]'' || [[Phranc]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center"|14
| ''[[Don't Rock the Jukebox]]'' || [[Alan Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[God Fodder]]'' || [[Ned's Atomic Dustbin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Maria Dimension]]'' || [[The Legendary Pink Dots]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mighty Like a Rose]]'' || [[Elvis Costello]] ||-
|-
| ''[[O.G. Original Gangster]]'' || [[Ice-T]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sailing the Seas of Cheese]]'' || [[Primus (band)|Primus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spellbound (Paula Abdul album)|Spellbound]]'' || [[Paula Abdul]] ||-
|-
| ''What Comes Around Goes Around'' || [[Tuff (band)|Tuff]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Yerself Is Steam]]'' || [[Mercury Rev]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|17
| ''[[Whispers (Thomas Anders album)|Whispers]]'' || [[Thomas Anders]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|20
| ''[[Seal (1991 album)|Seal]]'' || [[Seal (musician)|Seal]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)]]'' || [[Paul McCartney]] || Live acoustic
|-
| ''Shadow Thief of the Sun'' || [[Zoviet France]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|21
| ''[[Pink Bubbles Go Ape]]'' || [[Helloween]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slinky]]'' || [[Milltown Brothers]] || US
|-
| align="center"|25
| ''[[Virtual Rabbit]]'' || [[Susumu Hirasawa]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|27
| ''[[Seamonsters]]'' || [[The Wedding Present]] ||-
|-
| ''Shahbaaz'' || [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center"|28
| ''[[Electronic (album)|Electronic]]'' || [[Electronic (band)|Electronic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Forever My Lady]]'' || [[Jodeci]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Gish]]'' || [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Jungle Fever (soundtrack)|Jungle Fever]]'' || [[Stevie Wonder]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Like an Ever Flowing Stream]]'' || [[Dismember (band)|Dismember]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Never Loved Elvis]]'' || [[The Wonder Stuff]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Niggaz4Life]]'' || [[N.W.A]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|29
|''[[Mars (B'z album)|Mars]]''
|[[B'z]]
|EP
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|?
| ''[[Contradictions Collapse]]'' || [[Meshuggah]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Grippe (album)|Grippe]]'' || [[Jawbox]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rumor and Sigh]]'' || [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="35" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''J<br>U<br>N<br>E'''
| rowspan="2" align="center"|3
| ''[[Fellow Hoodlums]]'' || [[Deacon Blue]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love and Kisses (Dannii Minogue album)|Love and Kisses]]'' || [[Dannii Minogue]] ||UK
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|4
| ''[[Back on the Bus, Y'all]]'' || [[Indigo Girls]] ||Live
|-
| ''[[Funke, Funke Wisdom]]'' || [[Kool Moe Dee]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Make a Jazz Noise Here]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] ||Live
|-
| align="center"|6
| ''[[White Light From the Mouth of Infinity ]]'' || [[Swans (band)|Swans]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|10
| ''[[The Mix (Kraftwerk album)|The Mix]]'' || [[Kraftwerk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Superstition (Siouxsie and the Banshees album)|Superstition]]'' || [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center"|11
| ''[[Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991]]'' || [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] ||-
|-
| ''Owl'' || Nathalie Archangel ||-
|-
| ''[[Prime of My Life]]'' || [[Phyllis Hyman]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slave to the Grind]]'' || [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slow, Deep and Hard]]'' || [[Type O Negative]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unforgettable... with Love]]'' || [[Natalie Cole]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Warm Your Heart]]'' || [[Aaron Neville]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"|14
| ''[[You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] || 2 discs; Live
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|18
| ''[[Love Hurts (Cher album)|Love Hurts]]'' || [[Cher]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Derelicts of Dialect]]'' || [[3rd Bass]] ||-
|-
| ''[[For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge]]'' || [[Van Halen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Turtle Soup (Mock Turtles album)|Turtle Soup]]'' || [[The Mock Turtles]] || US
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|24
| ''[[Holidays in Eden]]'' || [[Marillion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unusual Heat]]'' || [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Baby (Yello album)|Baby]]'' || [[Yello]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center"|25
| ''[[All Souled Out]]'' || [[Pete Rock & CL Smooth]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Attack of the Killer B's]]'' || [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] || Rarities album
|-
| ''[[Electric Landlady]]'' || [[Kirsty MacColl]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fireball Zone]]'' || [[Ric Ocasek]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hollywood Vampires (L.A. Guns album)|Hollywood Vampires]]'' || [[L.A. Guns]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Luck of the Draw (album)|Luck of the Draw]]'' || [[Bonnie Raitt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Surprise (Crystal Waters album)|Surprise]]'' || [[Crystal Waters]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"|?
| ''[[Twilight of the Gods (album)|Twilight of the Gods]]'' || [[Bathory (band)|Bathory]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Solace (Sarah McLachlan album)|Solace]]'' || [[Sarah McLachlan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Forest (album)|The Forest]]'' || [[David Byrne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Tea Party (album)|The Tea Party]]'' || [[The Tea Party (band)|The Tea Party]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[United States of Islam]]'' || [[Muslimgauze]] ||-
|-
|}

===July–September===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="51" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br>U<br>L<br>Y'''
| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center;"|1
| ''[[13-Point Program to Destroy America]]''|| [[The Nation of Ulysses]]||-
|-
| ''[[1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours]]'' || [[Green Day]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Butchered at Birth]]'' || [[Cannibal Corpse]] ||-
|-
|''[[Jealousy (X Japan album)|Jealousy]]'' || [[X Japan]]|| –
|-
| ''[[Psycho Surgery]]'' || [[Tourniquet (band)|Tourniquet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pure Poverty]]'' || [[Poor Righteous Teachers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Sky is Falling and I Want My Mommy]]'' || [[Jello Biafra]] & [[Nomeansno]] ||-
|-
| ''[[To Mother (EP)|To Mother]]'' || [[Babes in Toyland (band)|Babes in Toyland]] || EP
|-
| ''Tumor Circus'' || [[Tumor Circus]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Victory Gardens]]'' || [[John & Mary]] || US
|-
| ''[[The World as Best as I Remember It, Volume One]]'' || [[Rich Mullins]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center"|2
| ''[[Different Lifestyles]]'' || [[BeBe & CeCe Winans]] ||-
|-
| ''Dying Young: Original Soundtrack Album'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Hey Stoopid]]'' || [[Alice Cooper]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Into the Great Wide Open]]'' || [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Peaceful Journey]]'' || [[Heavy D & the Boyz]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Ruler's Back]]'' || [[Slick Rick]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shades of Two Worlds]]'' || [[The Allman Brothers Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Trisha Yearwood (album)|Trisha Yearwood]]'' || [[Trisha Yearwood]] ||-
|-
| ''[[We Can't Be Stopped]]'' || [[Geto Boys]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|3
| ''[[Am I Cool or What?]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center"|9
| ''[[Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey: Music from the Motion Picture]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Boyz n the Hood (soundtrack)|Boyz n the Hood]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Forbidden Places]]'' || [[Meat Puppets]] ||-
|-
| ''James'' || [[James (band)|James]] || US
|-
| ''Starcaster'' || Head Candy || Debut
|-
| ''[[When Love Comes Down]]'' || [[Jimi Jamison]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Woodface]]'' || [[Crowded House]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|15
| ''[[Baby Teeth (Therapy? album)|Babyteeth]]'' || [[Therapy?]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|16
| ''[[Biscuits (EP)|Biscuits]]'' || [[Living Colour]] || EP
|-
| ''[[The Globe (album)|The Globe]]'' || [[Big Audio Dynamite II]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Straight Checkn 'Em]]'' || [[Compton's Most Wanted]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vocally Pimpin']]'' || [[Above the Law (group)|Above the Law]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|22
| ''[[Frequencies (album)|Frequencies]]'' || [[LFO (British band)|LFO]] ||Debut
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center"|23
| ''[[Breaking Atoms]]'' || [[Main Source]] ||-
|-
| ''[[C.M.B.]]'' || [[Color Me Badd]] ||Debut
|-
| ''Circa'' || [[Mary's Danish]] ||-
|-
| ''Emotional Hooligan'' || [[Gary Clail]] || US
|-
| ''[[Homebase (album)|Homebase]]'' || [[DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince]] ||-
|-
| ''[[João (album)|João]]'' || [[João Gilberto]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Music for the People (Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch album)|Music for the People]]'' || [[Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Play (Squeeze album)|Play]]'' || [[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|26
| ''[[Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge]]'' || [[Mudhoney]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Praise the Lard]]'' || [[Pig (musical project)|Pig]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"|30
| ''[[A Future Without a Past...]]'' || [[Leaders of the New School]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Day 1 (album)|Day 1]]'' || [[Robbie Nevil]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jah Kingdom]]'' || [[Burning Spear]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Widespread Panic (album)|Widespread Panic]]'' || [[Widespread Panic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[World Outside]]'' || [[The Psychedelic Furs]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|?
| ''[[Steady Diet of Nothing]]'' || [[Fugazi]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slavestate]]'' || [[Godflesh]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="34" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br>U<br>G<br>U<br>S<br>T'''
| align="center"|5
| ''[[Brainstorm (album)|Brainstorm]]'' || [[Young MC]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|6
| ''[[1000 Smiling Knuckles]]'' || [[Skin Yard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ask the Ages]]'' || [[Sonny Sharrock]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Harem Scarem (album)|Harem Scarem]]'' || [[Harem Scarem]] ||-
|-
| ''Madra'' || [[Miranda Sex Garden]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience]]'' || [[P.M. Dawn]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Perspex Island]]'' || [[Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|12
| ''[[Metallica (album)|Metallica]]'' || [[Metallica]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mental Vortex]]'' || [[Coroner (band)|Coroner]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|13
| ''[[Brand New Man]]'' || [[Brooks & Dunn]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Cypress Hill (album)|Cypress Hill]]'' || [[Cypress Hill]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Mr. Bungle (album)|Mr. Bungle]]'' || [[Mr. Bungle]] || Debut
|-
| align="center"|16
| ''[[Sebadoh III|III]]'' || [[Sebadoh]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|19
| ''[[Strangeitude]]'' || [[Ozric Tentacles]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|20
| ''[[The Comfort Zone (album)|The Comfort Zone]]'' || [[Vanessa L. Williams]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Help Yourself (Julian Lennon album)|Help Yourself]]'' || [[Julian Lennon]] || US
|-
| ''[[Honey Lingers]]'' || [[Voice of the Beehive]] || US
|-
| ''[[Little Magnets Versus the Bubble of Babble]]'' || [[Transvision Vamp]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Notorious (Joan Jett album)|Notorious]]'' || [[Joan Jett and the Blackhearts]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pocket Full of Kryptonite]]'' || [[Spin Doctors]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|23
| ''[[Mistaken Identity (Donna Summer album)|Mistaken Identity]]'' || [[Donna Summer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Paradise Lost (Cirith Ungol album)|Paradise Lost]]'' || [[Cirith Ungol (band)|Cirith Ungol]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" align="center"|27
| ''[[Leisure (album)|Leisure]]'' || [[Blur (band)|Blur]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Aces (album)|Aces]]'' || [[Suzy Bogguss]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Altered State (Altered State album)|Altered State]]'' || [[Altered State (band)|Altered State]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Backlash (Bad English album)|Backlash]]'' || [[Bad English]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Big Shot in the Dark]]'' || [[Timbuk3]] ||-
|-
| ''[[fear (Toad the Wet Sprocket album)|fear]]'' || [[Toad the Wet Sprocket]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Fire Inside (Bob Seger album)|The Fire Inside]]'' || [[Bob Seger]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Need a Haircut]]'' || [[Biz Markie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lovescape]]'' || [[Neil Diamond]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Prodigal Stranger]]'' || [[Procol Harum]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ten (Pearl Jam album)|Ten]]'' || [[Pearl Jam]] || Debut
|-
| align="center"|?
| ''[[Scrabbling at the Lock]]'' || [[The Ex (band)|The Ex]] & [[Tom Cora]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="66" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''S<br>E<br>P<br>T<br>E<br>M<br>B<br>E<br>R'''
| rowspan="5" align="center"|2
| ''[[Guaranteed (Level 42 album)|Guaranteed]]'' || [[Level 42]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Catfish Rising]]'' || [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Just for a Day]]'' || [[Slowdive]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ropin' the Wind]]'' || [[Garth Brooks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tin Machine II]]'' || [[Tin Machine]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|3
| ''[[Roll the Bones]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Horrorscope (Overkill album)|Horrorscope]]'' || [[Overkill (band)|Overkill]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nature of a Sista']]'' || [[Queen Latifah]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Naughty by Nature (album)|Naughty by Nature]]'' || [[Naughty by Nature]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ratt & Roll 81–91]]'' || [[Ratt]] || Greatest Hits
|-
| ''[[Travelers and Thieves]]'' || [[Blues Traveler]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"|9
| ''[[On Every Street]]'' || [[Dire Straits]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|10
| ''[[Abort (album)|Abort]]'' || [[Tribe (band)|Tribe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blow Up (The Smithereens album)|Blow Up]]'' || [[The Smithereens]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Force Behind the Power]]'' || [[Diana Ross]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Leap of Faith (Kenny Loggins album)|Leap of Faith]]'' || [[Kenny Loggins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Psychotic Supper]]'' || [[Tesla (band)|Tesla]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Showstoppers (album)|Showstoppers]]'' || [[Barry Manilow]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|12
| ''[[Screw It!]]'' || [[Danger Danger]] || Japanese release date
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|16
| ''[[Foxbase Alpha]]'' || [[Saint Etienne (band)|Saint Etienne]] ||<ref name=beeb>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/b33c43da-5fe9-4595-9172-b4083c74e891 |title=Was September 1991 the best month ever for albums? |last1=Richards |first1=Sam |date=16 September 2016 |website=[[bbc.co.uk]]|access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Laughing Stock]]'' || [[Talk Talk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wings of Joy]]'' || [[Cranes (band)|Cranes]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="10" align="center"|17
| ''[[Use Your Illusion I]]'' || [[Guns N' Roses]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Use Your Illusion II]]'' || [[Guns N' Roses]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No More Tears]]'' || [[Ozzy Osbourne]] || US
|-
| ''[[Emotions (Mariah Carey album)|Emotions]]'' || [[Mariah Carey]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pretty on the Inside]]'' || [[Hole (band)|Hole]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Act Like You Know]]'' || [[MC Lyte]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ain't a Damn Thang Changed]]'' || [[WC and the Maad Circle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Best O' Boingo]]'' || [[Oingo Boingo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Don't Try This at Home (Billy Bragg album)|Don't Try This at Home]]'' || [[Billy Bragg]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Still Feel Gone]]'' || [[Uncle Tupelo]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"|19
| ''[[Mad Mad World]]'' || [[Tom Cochrane]] || Canada; released in US in Feb '92
|-
| align="center"|20
| ''[[The Pod]]'' || [[Ween]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center"|23
| ''[[Decade of Decadence]]'' || [[Mötley Crüe]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Ceremony (The Cult album)|Ceremony]]'' || [[The Cult]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Screamadelica]]'' || [[Primal Scream]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sigh No More (Gamma Ray album)|Sigh No More]]'' || [[Gamma Ray (band)|Gamma Ray]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shake Me Up]]'' || [[Little Feat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Trompe le Monde]]'' || [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wretch (album)|Wretch]]'' || [[Kyuss]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" align="center"|24
| ''[[Nevermind]]'' || [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blood Sugar Sex Magik]]'' || [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Waking Up the Neighbours]]'' || [[Bryan Adams]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Curtis Stigers (album)|Curtis Stigers]]'' || [[Curtis Stigers]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Face the Nation (Kid 'n Play album)|Face the Nation]]'' || [[Kid 'n Play]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hymns to the Silence]]'' || [[Van Morrison]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Low End Theory]]'' || [[A Tribe Called Quest]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Prove You Wrong]]'' || [[Prong (band)|Prong]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Queer (Thompson Twins album)|Queer]]'' || [[Thompson Twins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rock the House Live!]]'' || [[Heart (band)|Heart]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Rock 'til You Drop]]'' || [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"|30
| ''[[Stars (Simply Red album)|Stars]]'' || [[Simply Red]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ebbhead]]'' || [[Nitzer Ebb]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Orbital (1991 album)|Orbital]]'' || [[Orbital (band)|Orbital]] ||Debut<ref name=beeb />
|-
| ''[[Raise (album)|Raise]]'' || [[Swervedriver]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Storyville (album)|Storyville]]'' || [[Robbie Robertson]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|?
| ''[[Live Train to Heartbreak Station]]'' || [[Cinderella (band)|Cinderella]] || Live
|-
| ''Meridian'' || [[Monks of Doom]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Ghost Sonata (album)|The Ghost Sonata]]'' || [[Tuxedomoon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Late Night Grande Hotel]]'' || [[Nanci Griffith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Year's Girl (album)|This Year's Girl]]'' || [[Pizzicato Five]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tribal Voice]]'' || [[Yothu Yindi]] ||-
|-
|}

===October–December===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="54" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''O<br>C<br>T<br>O<br>B<br>E<br>R'''
| rowspan="6" align="center"|1
| ''[[Diamonds and Pearls]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] & [[The New Power Generation]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black]]'' || [[Public Enemy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[For My Broken Heart]]'' || [[Reba McEntire]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Greatest Hits (Cheap Trick album)|The Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Cheap Trick]] || Greatest Hits
|-
| ''Scamboogery'' || [[Scatterbrain (band)|Scatterbrain]] ||-
|-
| ''[[White Noise (Cop Shoot Cop album)|White Noise]]'' || [[Cop Shoot Cop]] ||-  
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center"|3
| ''[[Everclear (album)|Everclear]]'' || [[American Music Club]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|4
| ''[[Streets: A Rock Opera]]'' || [[Savatage]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Welcome to My Dream]]'' || [[MC 900 Ft. Jesus]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|7
| ''[[Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio]]'' || [[Paul McCartney]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|8
| ''[[Badmotorfinger]]'' || [[Soundgarden]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cool as Ice (album)|Cool as Ice]]'' || [[Vanilla Ice]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Miscellaneous T]]'' || [[They Might Be Giants]] || B-Sides & Remixes
|-
| ''[[Mr. Scarface Is Back]]'' || [[Scarface (rapper)|Scarface]] || Solo Debut
|-
| ''[[To Whom It May Concern...]]'' || [[Freestyle Fellowship]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Whenever We Wanted]]'' || [[John Mellencamp]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|9
| ''[[The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...It's the Infectious Grooves]]'' || [[Infectious Grooves]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|14
| ''[[The First Letter]]'' || [[Wire (band)|Wire]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Let's Get to It]]'' || [[Kylie Minogue]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live Your Life Be Free]]'' || [[Belinda Carlisle]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"|15
| ''[[As Ugly as They Wanna Be]]'' || [[Ugly Kid Joe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Chorus (Erasure album)|Chorus]]'' || [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mr. Bad Example]]'' || [[Warren Zevon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Private Line (album)|Private Line]]'' || [[Gerald LeVert]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vinyl (Dramarama album)|Vinyl]]'' || [[Dramarama]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|17
| ''[[The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth]]'' || [[Skyclad (band)|Skyclad]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="13" align="center"|22
| ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 soundtrack)|Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists ||-
|-
| ''[[Dondestan]]'' || [[Robert Wyatt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Effigy of the Forgotten]]'' || [[Suffocation (band)|Suffocation]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Girlfriend (Matthew Sweet album)|Girlfriend]]'' || [[Matthew Sweet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Human (Death album)|Human]]'' || [[Death (metal band)|Death]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Wish My Brother George Was Here]]'' || [[Del the Funky Homosapien]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Mississippi Lad]]'' || [[Teddy Edwards]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pennywise (album)|Pennywise]]'' || [[Pennywise (band)|Pennywise]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Second Coming (Shotgun Messiah album)|Second Coming]]'' || [[Shotgun Messiah]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin]]'' || Various Artists || Tribute album
|-
| ''[[Weld (album)|Weld]]'' || [[Neil Young]] || Live; initially packaged with ''[[Arc (Neil Young & Crazy Horse album)|Arc]]'' CD
|-
| ''[[A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (Black Sheep album)|A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing]]'' || [[Black Sheep (group)|Black Sheep]] || Debut
|-
| ''Wound'' || [[Skin Chamber]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|28
| ''[[Greatest Hits II (Queen album)|Greatest Hits II]]'' || [[Queen (band)|Queen]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Rush Street (album)|Rush Street]]'' || [[Richard Marx]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|29
| ''[[Death Certificate (album)|Death Certificate]]'' || [[Ice Cube]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Organized Konfusion (album)|Organized Konfusion]]'' || [[Organized Konfusion]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Parallels (album)|Parallels]]'' || [[Fates Warning]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pearl of Great Price (album)|Pearl of Great Price]]'' || [[Will (band)|Will]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Prince of Darkness (Big Daddy Kane album)|Prince of Darkness]]'' || [[Big Daddy Kane]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Too Legit to Quit]]'' || [[MC Hammer|Hammer]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|30
| ''[[Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious]]'' || [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Pocky for Kitty]]'' || [[Superchunk]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"|?
| ''[[Cold World (EP)|Cold World]]'' || [[Godflesh]] || EP
|-
|''[[McIntyre, Treadmore and Davitt]]'' || [[Half Man Half Biscuit]] ||-
|-
| ''[[For Keeps (album)|For Keeps]]'' || [[The Field Mice]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Like Never Before]]'' || [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Penny Century (The Clouds album)|Penny Century]]'' || [[The Clouds (Australian band)|The Clouds]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="42" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''N<br>O<br>V<br>E<br>M<br>B<br>E<br>R'''
| rowspan="2" align="center"|1
| ''[[Infrared Roses]]'' || [[Grateful Dead]] || Live Compilation
|-
| ''[[Mule Bone (album)|Mule Bone]]'' || [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|4
| ''[[Live Baby Live]]'' || [[INXS]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Discography: The Complete Singles Collection|Discography, The Complete Singles Collection]]'' || [[Pet Shop Boys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Loveless (My Bloody Valentine album)|Loveless]]'' || [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shepherd Moons]]'' || [[Enya]] ||-
|-
| ''[[0 + 2 = 1]]'' || [[Nomeansno]] ||-
|- 
| ''[[Bandwagonesque]]'' || [[Teenage Fanclub]] ||-
|- 
| rowspan="3" align="center"|5
| ''[[Blind (Corrosion of Conformity album)|Blind]]'' || [[Corrosion of Conformity]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Paul Simon's Concert in the Park]]'' || [[Paul Simon]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Sky Is Crying (album)|The Sky Is Crying]]'' || [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]] || Recorded 1984–'89
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"|11
| ''[[We Can't Dance]]'' || [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Night of the Stormrider]]'' || [[Iced Earth]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Bitterblue]]'' || [[Bonnie Tyler]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Essential (Divinyls album)|Essential]]'' || [[Divinyls]] || Greatest Hits
|-
| ''[[Wall of Hits]]'' || [[Slade]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center"|12
| ''[[2Pacalypse Now]]'' || [[2Pac]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[80–85]]'' || [[Bad Religion]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Angel Rat]]'' || [[Voivod (band)|Voivod]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Clandestine (album)|Clandestine]]'' || [[Entombed (band)|Entombed]] ||-
|-
| ''[[For the Boys (soundtrack)|For the Boys]]'' || [[Bette Midler]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[In Celebration of Life]]'' || [[Yanni]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Real Love (Lisa Stansfield album)|Real Love]]'' || [[Lisa Stansfield]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sticks and Stones (Tracy Lawrence album)|Sticks and Stones]]'' || [[Tracy Lawrence]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Swallow This Live]]'' || [[Poison (band)|Poison]] || 2 discs; Live
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|18
| ''[[Achtung Baby]]'' || [[U2]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 20'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"|19
| ''[[Beckology]]'' || [[Jeff Beck]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Cool Hand Lōc]]'' || [[Tone Lōc]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Inner Child (album)|Inner Child]]'' || [[Shanice]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pandora's Box (album)|Pandora's Box]]'' || [[Aerosmith]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Romance (Luis Miguel album)|Romance]]'' || [[Luis Miguel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[T.E.V.I.N.]]'' || [[Tevin Campbell]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|26
| ''[[Dangerous (Michael Jackson album)|Dangerous]]'' || [[Michael Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hook (film)#Musical Score|Hook: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' || [[John Williams]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Keep It Comin']]'' || [[Keith Sweat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ricky Martin (1991 album)|Ricky Martin]]'' || [[Ricky Martin]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|27
|''[[In the Life (album)|In the Life]]''
|[[B'z]]
| –
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"|?
| ''[[Brown (Grotus album)|Brown]]'' || [[Grotus]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Every Man and Woman Is a Star]]'' || [[Ultramarine (band)|Ultramarine]] ||- 
|-
| ''[[No Jive]]'' || [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sadisfaction]]'' || [[Gregorian (band)|Gregorian]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''D<br>E<br>C<br>E<br>M<br>B<br>E<br>R'''
| align="center"|3
| ''[[Affairs of the Heart (album)|Affairs of the Heart]]'' || [[Jody Watley]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|6
| ''[[Forest of Equilibrium]]'' || [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spine of God]]'' || [[Monster Magnet]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|10
| ''[[Until the End of the World (soundtrack)|Until the End of the World]]'' || Various Artists ||-
|-
| align="center"|12
| ''[[Lovelyville]]'' || [[Thinking Fellers Union Local 282]] ||- 
|-
| align="center"|15
| ''[[V (Legião Urbana album)|V]]'' || [[Legião Urbana]] ||-
|-
| align="center"|17
| ''[[Kerplunk (album)|Kerplunk]]'' || [[Green Day]] || LP Vinyl USA Release
|-
| align="center"|25
| ''[[Mō Sagasanai (album)|Mō Sagasanai]]'' || [[Zard]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center"|31
| ''[[Juice (soundtrack)|Juice]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Mental Jewelry]]'' || [[Live (band)|Live]] || Debut
|-
|}

===Release date unknown===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
*''85–86'' – [[Dag Nasty]]
*''[[30 Something]]'' – [[Carter USM]] 
*''Addicted to Jesus'' – [[Carman (singer)|Carman]]
*''Alice in Wonderland No. 1'' – [[Randy Greif]]
*''Alice in Wonderland No. 2'' – [[Randy Greif]]
*''Alice in Wonderland No. 3'' – [[Randy Greif]]
*''[[All True Man]]'' – [[Alexander O'Neal]]
*''[[Amen (Salif Keita album)|Amen]]'' – [[Salif Keita]] 
*''Angst'' – [[Lacrimosa (band)|Lacrimosa]]
*''[[Architect of Fear]]'' – [[Raven (band)|Raven]]
*''[[Artistic Vice]]'' – [[Daniel Johnston]]
*''[[Baby Animals (album)|Baby Animals]]'' – [[Baby Animals]] (debut)
*''[[BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (Hawkwind album)|BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert]]'' – [[Hawkwind]]
*''[[The Beast Inside]]'' – [[Inspiral Carpets]] 
*''[[Believing in Better]]'' – [[Lennie Gallant]]
*''[[The Best of Spandau Ballet]]'' – [[Spandau Ballet]]
*''[[The Big Wheel (album)|The Big Wheel]]'' – [[Runrig]]
*''[[Bluesiana II]]'' – [[Dr. John]]
*''[[Boomerang (Mad at the World album)|Boomerang]]'' – [[Mad at the World]]
*''[[Border Drive-In Theatre]]'' – [[The Raindogs]]
*''[[Boys Will Be Boyz]]'' – [[Newsboys]]
*''[[By Heart (Brenda K. Starr album)|By Heart]]'' – [[Brenda K. Starr]]
*''[[Cadillac Rag]]'' – [[John Hartford]]
*''Caporal Grille'' – [[Golden Sounds|Zangalewa]]
*''[[Chagall Guevara (album)|Chagall Guevara]]'' – [[Chagall Guevara]] 
*''[[Civil Rites]]'' – [[Resurrection Band|REZ]] 
*''[[Clown Heaven and Hell]]'' (EP) – [[Me Mom and Morgentaler]]
*''[[Coming Down (album)|Coming Down]]'' – [[Daniel Ash]]
*''[[The Commitments (film)|The Commitments]]'' – Various Artists (soundtrack)
*''[[Daisychain Reaction]]'' – [[Poster Children]]
*''[[Daniela Mercury (album)|Daniela Mercury]]'' – [[Daniela Mercury]]
*''Day By Day'' – [[E. T. Mensah]]
*''[[A Different Kind of Weather]]'' – [[The Dream Academy]]
*''[[Don't Fear the Reaper (EP)|Don't Fear the Reaper]]'' (EP) – [[Clint Ruin]] and [[Lydia Lunch]]
*''[[Distant Plastic Trees]]'' – [[The Magnetic Fields]]
*''[[Drive Like Jehu (album)|Drive Like Jehu]]'' - [[Drive Like Jehu]]
*''[[Du ciment sous les plaines]]'' – [[Noir Désir]]
*''[[Early On (1964–1966)]]'' – [[David Bowie]]
*''[[Eggnog (album)|Eggnog]]'' (EP) – [[Melvins]]
*''[[Electric Barnyard]]'' – [[The Kentucky Headhunters]]
*''[[Ella Returns to Berlin]]'' – [[Ella Fitzgerald]]
*''Fillet Show'' - [[Hum (band)|Hum]]
*''[[Fire and Love]]'' – [[Guardian (band)|Guardian]]
*''The First of Too Many'' – [[Senseless Things]]
*''Fis Fis Tziganes'' – [[Okay Temiz]]
*''[[Freaks (X Marks the Pedwalk album)|Freaks]]'' – [[X Marks the Pedwalk]]
*''[[Ghosts (Techno Animal album)|Ghosts]]'' – [[Techno Animal]]
*''[[Girly Sound]]'' – [[Liz Phair]]
*''Girlsville'' – [[Thee Headcoatees]]
*''[[Go Figure (album)|Go Figure]]'' – [[Spirit of the West]] 
*''[[Good Woman (Gladys Knight album)|Good Woman]]'' – [[Gladys Knight]]
*''Hangover (Бодун)'' – [[Auktyon]]
*''[[Hammerbox (album)|Hammerbox]]'' – [[Hammerbox]]
*''[[Hartford & Hartford]]'' – [[John Hartford]] & [[Jamie Hartford]]
*''[[Havana 3am (Havana 3am album)|Havana 3am]]'' – [[Havana 3am]]
*''[[Harmony Ranch]]'' – [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]] 
*''[[Hung Far Low]]'' – [[The Honeymoon Killers]]
*''I Scream Sunday'' – [[One Bad Pig]]
*''[[I'm on Your Side]]'' – [[Jennifer Holliday]]
*''[[Industrial (album)|Industrial]]'' – [[Pitchshifter]]
*''[[Information Libre]]'' – [[Sham 69]]
*''Inside Out'' – [[Idle Cure]]
*''[[Island (HÖH and Current 93 album)|Island]]'' – [[HÖH]] and [[Current 93]]
*''[[It's... Madness Too]]'' – [[Madness (band)|Madness]]
{{col-2}}
*''[[Jahmekya]]'' – [[Ziggy Marley]]
*''Jah Won't Pay the Bills'' – [[Sublime (band)|Sublime]]
*''[[Kinetic Faith]]'' – [[Bride (band)|Bride]]
*''[[Krov za krov]]'' – [[Aria (band)|Aria]]
*''[[Life 'n Perspectives of a Genuine Crossover]]'' – [[Urban Dance Squad]]
*''Life's Too Short'' – [[Marshall Crenshaw]]
*''[[Love's Secret Domain]]'' – [[Coil (band)|Coil]]
*''[[Lunar Womb]]'' – [[The Obsessed]]
*''[[Magia (Shakira album)|Magia]]'' – [[Shakira]]
*''Magnetic Dance'' – [[Okay Temiz]]
*''Milestone'' – [[The Temptations]]
*''[[Mr. Lucky (John Lee Hooker album)|Mr. Lucky]]'' – [[John Lee Hooker]]
*''[[The Nymphs (album)|The Nymphs]]'' – [[The Nymphs]]
*''[[On the Way Down from the Moon Palace]]'' – [[Lisa Germano]]
*''The Only Solution: Another Revolution'' – [[The Fatima Mansions]]
*''[[Open Doors, Closed Windows]]'' – [[Disco Inferno (band)|Disco Inferno]]
*''[[Ophelia's Shadow]]'' – [[Toyah Willcox|Toyah]]
*''[[Orbital (1991 album)|Orbital]]'' – [[Orbital (band)|Orbital]]
*''[[Out for the Count]]'' – [[Show of Hands]]
*''[[Out of the Grey (Out of the Grey album)|Out of the Grey]]'' – [[Out of the Grey]]
*''[[Page of Life]]'' – [[Jon and Vangelis]]
*''[[Palace Springs]]'' – [[Hawkwind]]
*''[[Pop Pop]]'' – [[Rickie Lee Jones]]
*''[[The Promise (T'Pau album)|The Promise]]'' – [[T'Pau (band)|T'Pau]]
*''[[Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo]]'' – [[MC Solaar]]
*''Ransom'' – Ransom
*''[[Revolution Girl Style Now!]]'' – [[Bikini Kill]]
*''Rise of the Common Woodpile'' – [[Caroliner|Caroliner Rainbow Open Wound Chorale]]
*''Rock, Stock, and Barrel'' – Angelica
*''The Sadness of Things'' – [[Steven Stapleton]] & [[David Tibet]]
*''[[San Antorium]]'' – [[Lowlife (band)|Lowlife]]
*''Sexplosion!'' – [[My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult]]
*''[[Shakill's Warrior]]'' – [[David Murray (saxophonist)|David Murray]]
*''Silver Lining'' – [[Nils Lofgren]]
*''[[Soul Show: Live at Delta 88]]'' – [[Joan Osborne]] (live)
*''Soul Survivor'' – Ken Tamplin
*''[[Spirit Electricity]]'' (EP) – [[Bad Brains]]
*''[[Stars Crash Down]]'' – [[Hue and Cry (band)|Hue and Cry]]
*''[[Stranger in This Town]]'' – [[Richie Sambora]]
*''[[Struck by Lightning (album)|Struck by Lightning]]'' – [[Graham Parker]]
*''Suit suit...hehehe'' – [[Slank]]
*''[[Surprise (Crystal Waters album)|Surprise]]'' – [[Crystal Waters]]
*''Ten Stories'' – [[Rick Elias]]
*''Themes and Dreams'' – [[The Shadows]] (compilation)
*''[[Tossing Seeds]]'' – [[Superchunk]]
*''[[Total Castration]]'' – [[Zeni Geva]]
*''[[Unity (311 album)|Unity]]'' - [[311 (band)|311]]
*''[[Unsane (album)|Unsane]]'' – [[Unsane (band)|Unsane]]
*''[[Unseen Power]]'' – [[Petra (band)|Petra]]
*''Unseen Worlds'' – [[Laurie Spiegel]]
*''Voices'' – [[Kenny Thomas (singer)|Kenny Thomas]]
*''[[Volume One (Sleep album)|Volume One]]'' – [[Sleep (band)|Sleep]]
*''[[War Master]]'' – [[Bolt Thrower]]
*''[[Welcome to Love]]'' – [[Pharoah Sanders]]
*''[[Watershed (Grant McLennan album)|Watershed]]'' – [[Grant McLennan]] 
*''Wonder Wheel'' – Speed the Plough
*''[[World on a String]]'' – [[Red Allen]]
{{col-end}}

== Biggest hit singles ==
The following songs achieved the highest [http://tsort.info/music/yr1991.htm chart positions]
in the charts of 1991.

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! #
! Artist
! Title
! Year
! Country
! Chart Entries
|-
| 1  || [[Bryan Adams]] || [[(Everything I Do) I Do It for You|(Everything I Do) I Do it For You]] || 1991 || {{flagicon|Canada}} || UK 1 - Jun 1991 (25 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Jun 1991 (22 weeks), US BB 1 of 1991, US CashBox 1 of 1991, ARC 1 of 1991 (peak 1 17 weeks), US Radio 1 of 1991 (peak 1 12 weeks), Holland 1 - Jul 1991 (21 weeks), Sweden 1 - Aug 1991 (15 weeks), Finland 1 for 1 week - Aug 1991, Austria 1 - Aug 1991 (8 months), Brazil 1 of 1991, Switzerland 1 - Jul 1991 (34 weeks), Norway 1 - Jul 1991 (21 weeks), Poland 1 - Jul 1991 (44 weeks), Belgium 1 - Jul 1991 (20 weeks), Germany 1 - Jan 1992 (7 months), ODK Germany 1 - Jul 1991 (34 weeks) (5 weeks at number 1) (23 weeks in top 10), Eire 1 for 11 weeks - Jul 1991, Canada RPM 1 for 9 weeks - Aug 1991, Canada 1 of 1991, New Zealand 1 for 8 weeks - Aug 1991, Australia 1 for 11 weeks - Jul 1991, Europe 1 for 18 weeks - Jul 1991, Germany 1 for 5 weeks - Oct 1991, Spain 1 for 1 week - Oct 1991, Top Song of 1991 of the Billboard 50th list, US 3 X Platinum (certified by RIAA in Sep 1991), UK 2 x Platinum (certified by BPI in Sep 1991), Japan (Tokyo) 2 - Jul 1991 (30 weeks), Oscar in 1991 (film 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves') (Nominated), Grammy in 1991 (Nominated), Golden Globe in 1991 (film 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves') (Nominated), Germany Platinum (certified by BMieV in 1991), Switzerland 3 of 1991, Australia 3 of 1991, POP 3 of 1991, Europe 5 of the 1990s (1991), TOTP 6, UK sales 7 of the 1990s (1,520 k in 1991), Japan (Osaku) 9 of 1991 (peak 1 21 weeks), Italy 9 of 1991, Germany 9 of the 1990s (peak 1 25 weeks), UKMIX 10, Billboard 50th song 16, 55th Billboard 100 18 (1991), Billboard100 19, Scrobulate 30 of ballad, France (InfoDisc) 46 of the 1990s (peak 1, 30 weeks, 508k sales estimated, 1991), nuTsie 55 of 1990s, Virgin 60, DMDB 78 (1991), Poland 96 of all time, Holland free40 99 of 1991, OzNet 121, Belgium 150 of all time, RYM 73 of 1991, Global 7 (10 M sold) - 1991, Party 70 of 2007
|-
| 2  || [[Michael Jackson]] || [[Black or White]] || 1991 || {{flagicon|US}} || UK 1 - Nov 1991 (21 weeks), US Billboard 1 - Nov 1991 (19 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 1 - Nov 1991 (20 weeks), Finland 1 for 1 week - Nov 1991, Switzerland 1 - Nov 1991 (30 weeks), Norway 1 - Nov 1991 (17 weeks), Poland 1 - Nov 1991 (20 weeks), Belgium 1 - Nov 1991 (14 weeks), Italy 1 for 8 weeks - Nov 1991, Eire 1 for 1 week - Nov 1991, Canada RPM 1 for 2 weeks - Dec 1991, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks - Nov 1991, Australia 1 for 5 weeks - Nov 1991, Europe 1 for 10 weeks - Nov 1991, Spain 1 for 1 week - Jan 1992, ARC 2 of 1991 (peak 1 13 weeks), Austria 2 - Nov 1991 (5 months), Germany 2 - Jan 1992 (5 months), ODK Germany 2 - Nov 1991 (34 weeks) (13 weeks in top 10), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jan 1992), Holland 3 - Nov 1991 (10 weeks), Italy 3 of 1991, Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1992), Sweden 11 - Jul 2009 (5 weeks), US BB 14 of 1992, Japan (Osaku) 14 of 1992 (peak 1 21 weeks), Switzerland 14 of 1992, Brazil 16 of 1992, POP 19 of 1991, Australia 24 of 1992, US CashBox 29 of 1992, US Radio 36 of 1991 (peak 1 8 weeks), Canada 37 of 1992, nuTsie 60 of 1990s, Germany 115 of the 1990s (peak 2 15 weeks), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Dec 1991), RYM 96 of 1991
|-
| 3  || [[R.E.M.]] || [[Losing My Religion]] || 1991 || {{flagicon|US}} || Holland 1 - Mar 1991 (13 weeks), Poland 1 - Apr 1991 (24 weeks), Belgium 1 - Apr 1991 (11 weeks), Europe 1 of the 1990s (1991), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2017 (1991), MTV Video of the year 1991, nuTsie 2 of 1990s, Grammy in 1991 (Nominated), US Billboard 4 - Apr 1991 (21 weeks), Norway 4 - Jun 1991 (11 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Sep 1991), US (Sup) Gold (certified by RIAA in Oct 2009), Sweden 5 - Mar 1991 (9 weeks), Holland free40 7 of 1991, Austria 7 - Aug 1991 (4 months), Switzerland 11 - Oct 1991 (9 weeks), Belgium 12 of all time, UK 19 - Mar 1991 (9 weeks), Japan (Osaku) 24 of 1991 (peak 8 20 weeks), Canada 28 of 1991, ARC 29 of 1991 (peak 3 14 weeks), Brazil 30 of 1991, Virgin 30, US BB 33 of 1991, US CashBox 39 of 1991, 39 in 2FM list, US Radio 44 of 1991 (peak 4 9 weeks), Poland 44 of all time, Acclaimed 44 (1991), Japan (Tokyo) 46 - Mar 1991 (9 weeks), POP 61 of 1991, Vinyl Surrender 66 (1991), Scrobulate 69 of rock, Italy 70 of 1991, OzNet 90, WXPN 106, RIAA 143, Rolling Stone 169, RYM 5 of 1991, WFUV 86, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500
|-
| 4  || [[Roxette]] || [[Joyride (Roxette song)|Joyride]] || 1991 || {{flagicon|Sweden}} || US Billboard 1 - Mar 1991 (19 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 1 - Mar 1991 (18 weeks), Holland 1 - Mar 1991 (13 weeks), Sweden 1 - Mar 1991 (12 weeks), Austria 1 - Mar 1991 (5 months), Switzerland 1 - Mar 1991 (25 weeks), Norway 1 - Mar 1991 (16 weeks), Belgium 1 - Mar 1991 (13 weeks), Germany 1 - Mar 1991 (5 months), ODK Germany 1 - Mar 1991 (32 weeks) (8 weeks at number 1) (15 weeks in top 10), Canada RPM 1 for 3 weeks - May 1991, Australia 1 for 3 weeks - Apr 1991, Europe 1 for 10 weeks - Mar 1991, Germany 1 for 8 weeks - Apr 1991, Spain 1 for 1 week - May 1991, Switzerland 2 of 1991, Poland 3 - Apr 1991 (12 weeks), UK 4 - Mar 1991 (10 weeks), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 1991), Canada 6 of 1991, France 7 - Apr 1991 (2 weeks), Australia 13 of 1991, Japan (Osaku) 14 of 1991 (peak 1 19 weeks), US BB 23 of 1991, Italy 24 of 1991, Germany 24 of the 1990s (peak 1 20 weeks), US CashBox 33 of 1991, US Radio 37 of 1991 (peak 2 9 weeks), POP 37 of 1991, ARC 42 of 1991 (peak 1 13 weeks), Brazil 50 of 1991
|-
| 5  || [[Enigma (German band)|Enigma]] || [[Sadeness (Part I)]] || 1990 || {{flagicon|Germany}} || UK 1 - Dec 1990 (12 weeks), Holland 1 - Nov 1990 (13 weeks), France 1 - Dec 1990 (2 weeks), Austria 1 - Nov 1990 (5 months), Switzerland 1 - Nov 1990 (21 weeks), Norway 1 - Dec 1990 (14 weeks), Belgium 1 - Dec 1990 (12 weeks), Italy 1 for 5 weeks - Feb 1991, Germany 1 - Jan 1991 (5 months), ODK Germany 1 - Oct 1990 (27 weeks) (11 weeks at number 1) (16 weeks in top 10), Eire 1 for 1 week - Jan 1991, Europe 1 for 9 weeks - Jan 1991, Germany 1 for 11 weeks - Nov 1990, Spain 1 for 1 week - Feb 1991, Sweden 2 - Dec 1990 (5 weeks), Poland 2 - Dec 1990 (14 weeks), Germany Platinum (certified by BMieV in 1991), Japan (Tokyo) 4 - Mar 1991 (15 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Apr 1991), US Billboard 5 - Feb 1991 (18 weeks), Switzerland 6 of 1991, Italy 7 of 1991, Brazil 13 of 1991, Germany 21 of the 1990s (peak 1 18 weeks), POP 43 of 1991, US BB 63 of 1991, Canada 68 of 1991, US Radio 73 of 1991 (peak 7 7 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 88 of the 1990s (peak 1, 26 weeks, 385k sales estimated, 1990), Japan (Osaku) 92 of 1991 (peak 13 18 weeks), OzNet 226, UK Silver (certified by BPI in Jan 1991), RYM 47 of 1990
|}

==Top 40 Chart hit singles==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>Song title</big> 
! <big>Artist(s)</big> 
! <big>Release date(s)</big> 
! <big>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</big>
! <big>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</big>
! <big>Highest chart position</big>
! <big>Other Chart Performance(s)</big>
|-
||"[[3 a.m. Eternal]]" || [[The KLF]] || {{Date table sorting|011991}}|January 1991 || 5 || 1 || 1 (Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom) || [[3 a.m. Eternal#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[À nos actes manqués]]" || [[Fredericks Goldman Jones]] || 1991 || n/a || n/a || 1 (Québec) || 1 (France Airplay Chart [AM & FM Stations]) – 2 (France) – 11 (Europe [European Airplay Top 50]) – 17 (Europe [Eurochart Hot 100]) 
|-
|| "[[The Actor (Michael Learns to Rock song)|The Actor]]" || [[Michael Learns to Rock]] || {{Date table sorting|111991}}|November 1991 || n/a || n/a || 1 (Indonesia, Norway) || 4 (Denmark) – 7 (Sweden) – 32 (Switzerland) – 54 (Europe)
|-
|| "[[Addams Groove]]" || [[MC Hammer]] || {{Date table sorting|121991}}|December 1991 || 7 || 4 || 4 (Ireland, United Kingdom) || [[Addams Groove#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Alive (Pearl Jam song)|Alive]]" || [[Pearl Jam]] || {{Date table sorting|071991}}|July 1991 || n/a || 16 || 9 (Australia) || 13 (Ireland) – 13 (Netherlands [Dutch top 40]) – 16 (Belgium) – 15 (U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock) – 18 (U.S. Billboard Alternative Airplay) – 19 (Netherlands [Single Top 100]) – 20 (New Zealand) – 44 (Germany)
|-
|| "[[All the Man That I Need]]" || [[Whitney Houston]] || {{Date table sorting|011991}}|January 1991 || 1 || 13 || 1 (Canada, Cuba, United States) || [[All the Man That I Need#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[All This Time (Sting song)|All This Time]]" || [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] || {{Date table sorting|011991}}|January 1991 || 5 || 22 || 1 (Canada) || [[All This Time (Sting song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]] 
|-
|| "[[Always Look on the Bright Side of Life]]" (reissue) || [[Monty Python]] || {{Date table sorting|091991}}|September 1991 || n/a || 3 || 1 (Ireland) || [[Always Look on the Bright Side of Life#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Always There (Side Effect song)|Always There]]" || [[Incognito (band)|Incognito]] & [[Jocelyn Brown]] || {{Date table sorting|071991}}|July 1991 || n/a || 6 || 2 (Luxembourg, Netherlands [Single Top 100]) || [[Always There (Side Effect song)#Incognito & Jocelyn Brown version|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Angelina (PSY song)|Angelina]]" || P.S.Y. || 1991 || n/a || n/a || 9 (France) || 13 (France [Airplay Chart – AM Stations]) – 49 (Europe)
|-
|| "[[Any Dream Will Do (song)|Any Dream Will Do]]" || [[Jason Donovan]] || {{Date table sorting|061991}}|June 1991 || n/a || 1 || 1 (Ireland, United Kingdom) || [[Any Dream Will Do (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|}

===Other Chart hit singles===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*"Anasthasia" – [[T99]]
*"[[Baby Baby (Amy Grant song)|Baby Baby]]" – [[Amy Grant]] (#1 US, #2 CAN, NZ, UK)
*"[[Bacardi Feeling (Summer Dreamin')]]" – [[Kate Yanai]] (#1 AUT, GER, #2 SWI)
*"[[Baila Me]]" – [[Gipsy Kings]] (#5 NLD, #7 BE, #10 AUT)
*"[[Beauty and the Beast (Disney song)|Beauty and the Beast]]" – [[Celine Dion]] & [[Peabo Bryson]] (#2 CAN, #8 NZ, #9 US)
*"[[Buenos Amigos]]" – [[Alvaro Torres]] & [[Selena]] (#1 US Latin)
*"[[The Big L.]]" – [[Roxette]] (#9 IRL, #10 SWE)
*"[[Black or White]]" – [[Michael Jackson]]
*"[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]" – [[Queen (band)|Queen]] (#1 UK, IRL, NLD, #5 AUS)
*"[[Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter]]" – [[Iron Maiden]] (#1 UK, FIN, #5 IRL)
*"[[Calling Elvis]]" – [[Dire Straits]] (#1 POL, #2 BE, NOR, SWI) 
*"[[Call My Name (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song)|Call My Name]]" - [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark|OMD]]
*"[[Can't Stop This Thing We Started]]" – [[Bryan Adams]] (#1 CAN, #2 NLD, US)
*"[[Can't Let Go (Mariah Carey song)|Can't Let Go]]" – [[Mariah Carey]] (#2 US, #3 CAN)
*"[[Caribbean Blue]]" – [[Enya]] (#8 IRL)
*"[[Change (Lisa Stansfield song)|Change]]" – [[Lisa Stansfield]] (#2 IT, #6 SP, #7 NLD)
*"[[Chorus (Erasure song)|Chorus]]" – [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]] (#1 ARG, SING, #3 UK)
*"[[Colour of Love (Snap song)|Colour of Love]]" – [[Snap!]] (#3 IT, #4 AUT, SWI, #6 SWE)
*"[[Coming Out of the Dark]]" – [[Gloria Estefan]] (#1 US, CAN, SP, #4 JAP)
*"[[Crazy (Seal song)|Crazy]]" – [[Seal (musician)|Seal]] (#1 BE, NLD, SWE, SWI)
*"[[Cream (Prince song)|Cream]]" – [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] (#1 US, #2 AUS, #3 NOR, SWI)
*"[[Crucified (Army of Lovers song)|Crucified]]" – [[Army of Lovers]] (#1 BE, #2 NLD, #3 AUT)
*"[[Cry for Help]]" – [[Rick Astley]] (#4 CAN, #7 UK, US)
*"[[Danca tago-mago]]" – [[Kaoma]] (#3 FR, #6 BE, POR)
*"[[Darlin' (Roch Voisine song)|Darlin']]" – [[Roch Voisine]] (#2 FR, #5 BE)
*"[[Deep, Deep Trouble]]" – [[The Simpsons]] (#1 IRL, #7 UK, #10 NZ)
*"[[Déjeuner en paix]]" – [[Stephan Eicher]] (#2 FR, #8 BE)
*"[[Désenchantée]]" – [[Mylène Farmer]] (#1 FR, #9 CAN)
*"[[Dis-moi bébé]]" – [[Benny B]] feat. DJ Daddy K (#4 FR, BE)
*"[[Dizzy (Tommy Roe song)|Dizzy]]" – [[Vic Reeves]] & [[The Wonder Stuff]] (#1 UK)
*"[[Do the Bartman]]" – [[The Simpsons]] (#1 AUS, IRL, NZ, NOR, UK)
*"[[Do You Remember? (Phil Collins song)|Do You Remember?]]" – [[Phil Collins]] (#4 US)
*"[[Do Anything (song)|Do Anything]]" – [[Natural Selection (group)|Natural Selection]] (#2 US)
*"[[Don't Cry]]" – [[Guns N' Roses]] (#1 FIN, IRL, #2 NZ, NOR)
*"[[Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me]]" – [[George Michael]] & [[Elton John]] (#1 CAN, FR, IT, NLD, NOR, SWI, UK, US)
*"[[E vado via]]" – [[Félix Gray]] & [[Didier Barbelivien]] (#5 FR)
*"[[Emotions (Mariah Carey song)|Emotions]]" – [[Mariah Carey]] (#1 CAN, US, #3 NZ)
*"[[Enter Sandman]]" – [[Metallica]] (#1 FIN, #2 NOR, #4 POL, #5 UK)
*"[[Natal (song)|Esperança do natal]]" – [[Chico & Roberta]] (#3 FR)
*"[[Every Heartbeat]]" – [[Amy Grant]] (#2 US, #7 CAN)
*"[[Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)]]" – [[Rozalla]] (#2 BE, CAN, NLD, SP, #3 SWI, #6 GER, SWE, UK)
*"[[(Everything I Do) I Do It for You]]" – [[Bryan Adams]]
*"[[Fångad av en stormvind]]" – [[Carola Häggkvist]]
*"[[Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)]]" – [[Roxette]]
*"[[Finally (CeCe Peniston song)|Finally]]" – [[CeCe Peniston]] (#2 UK, #5 US, IRL, #6 NLD)
*"[[The First Time (Surface song)|The First Time]]" – [[Surface]]
*"[[The Fly (U2 song)|The Fly]]" – [[U2]] (#1 AUS, IRL, NZ, NOR, SP, UK)
*"[[From a Distance]]" – [[Bette Midler]] (#6 UK, #8 AUS)
*"[[Future Love Paradise]]" – [[Seal (musician)|Seal]] (#6 NLD, #7 SWI, #8 IRL, #9 NOR)
*"[[Get Here]]" – [[Oleta Adams]] (#5 UK, US)
*"[[Get Ready for This]]" – [[2 Unlimited]] (#2 AUS, SP, UK, #3 IRL)
*"[[Gett Off]]" – [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] (#4 UK, #8 AUS)
*"[[G.L.A.D]]" – [[Kim Appleby]]
*"[[Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)]]" – [[C+C Music Factory]] (#3 US)
*"[[Good Vibrations (Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch song)|Good Vibrations]]" – [[Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch]] (#1 US, #1 SWI, #2 NOR)
*"[[The Grease Megamix]]" – [[John Travolta]] & [[Olivia Newton-John]] (#1 AUS, SP, #3 NLD, UK)
*"[[Give It Away (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)|Give it Away]]" – [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] (#9 UK)
*"[[Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)]]" – [[Crystal Waters]] (#1 NLD, IT, SP, SWI)
*"[[Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)]]" – [[C+C Music Factory]] (#3 US, #4 SP, #9 NZ)
*"[[Highwire (song)|Highwire]]" – [[The Rolling Stones]]
*"[[Hold You Tight (song)|Hold You Tight]]" – [[Tara Kemp]] (#3 US)
*"[[Hole Hearted]]" – [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]]
*"[[How to Dance]]" – [[Bingoboys]] & Princessa
*"[[I Adore Mi Amor]]" – [[Color Me Badd]] (#1 US, #8 CAN, NZ)
*"[[I Believe (EMF song)|I Believe]]" – [[EMF (band)|EMF]]
*"[[I Don't Wanna Cry]]" – [[Mariah Carey]] (#1 US, #2 CAN)
*"[[I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)]]" – [[Hi-Five]] (#1 US)
*"[[I Love Your Smile]]" – [[Shanice]] (#1 NLD, #2 CAN, US, UK)
*"[[I Touch Myself]]" – [[Divinyls]] (#1 AUS, #4 US, #8 IRL)
*"[[I Wanna Sex You Up]]" – [[Color Me Badd]] (#1 NZ, UK, #2 US)
*"[[I Wonder Why (Curtis Stigers song)|I Wonder Why]]" – [[Curtis Stigers]] (#5 UK, #9 US)
*"[[Il faut laisser le temps au temps]]" – [[Félix Gray]] & [[Didier Barbelivien]] (#1 FR)
*"[[Innuendo (song)|Innuendo]]" – [[Queen (band)|Queen]] (#1 UK, #3 SWI, #4 NLD, IRL, IT)
*"[[It Ain't Over 'til It's Over]]" – [[Lenny Kravitz]] (#2 CAN, US)
*"[[It's Grim Up North]]" – [[The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu]]
*"[[It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday]]" – [[Boyz II Men]] (#2 US)
*"[[I've Been Thinking About You]]" – [[Londonbeat]] (#1 AUS, AUT, BE, CAN, FIN, GER, IT, NLD, SP, SWE, SWI, US)
*"[[J'ai des doutes]]" – [[Sara Mandiano]] (#10 FR)
*"[[J'ai peur]]" – [[François Feldman]] and [[Joniece Jamison]] (#7 FR)
*"[[Joyride (Roxette song)|Joyride]]" – [[Roxette]]
*"[[Jump to the Beat]]" - [[Dannii Minogue]]
*"Just A Groove" – [[Nomad (British band)|Nomad]] (#6 NLD, #10 BE, SWI)
*"[[Just the Way It Is, Baby]]" – [[The Rembrandts]] (#6 GER, #9 AUT, FR)
*"[[Kiss Them for Me (song)|Kiss Them for Me]]" – [[T'Pau (band)|T'Pau]] (#1 UK, #2 US)
*"[[La Berceuse du petit diable]]" – [[Roch Voisine]] (#3 FR, #6 BE)
*"[[La Zoubida]]" – [[Lagaf']] (#1 FR)
*"[[Last Train to Trancentral]]" – [[The KLF]]
*"[[Le Dormeur]]" – Pleasure Game (#5 BE, #9 FR)
*"[[Learning to Fly (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song)|Learning to Fly]]" – [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]] (#1 FIN, #2 UK, NLD, #4 GER, NOR)
*"[[Let There Be Love (Simple Minds song)|Let There Be Love]]" – [[Simple Minds]] (#4 NLD, #5 IRL, #6 UK)
*"[[Let's Talk About Sex]]" – [[Salt-n-Pepa]] (#1 AUS, AUT, BE, NLD, SWI)
*"[[Losing My Religion]]" – [[R.E.M.]]
*"[[Love and Understanding]]" – [[Cher]] (#6 AUT, #7 IRL, #9 BE, NLD)
*"[[Love Is a Wonderful Thing (Michael Bolton song)|Love Is a Wonderful Thing]]" – [[Michael Bolton]] (#2 CAN, #4 US)
*"[[Love of a Lifetime (FireHouse song)|Love of a Lifetime]]" – [[FireHouse]]
*"[[Love... Thy Will Be Done]]" – [[Martika]] (#1 AUS, #4 NZ, #7 CAN)
*"[[Love to Hate You]]" – [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]] (#4 FIN, SWE, UK, #5 IRL, #6 AUT)
*"[[Mea Culpa (Part II)]]" – [[Enigma (German band)|Enigma]] (#4 FR, #7 GER, IT, SP)
*"[[Mega Mix (Snap! song)|Mega Mix]]" – [[Snap!]] (#5 NLD, SWI, #7 NZ, #10 SP)
*"[[Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)]]" / "[[I Want You (Marvin Gaye song)|I Want You]]" – [[Robert Palmer]]
*"[[Mistadobalina]]" – [[Del tha Funkee Homosapien]]
*"[[More Than Words]]" – [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]] (#1 BE, CAN, NLD, NZ, US)
*"[[The Motown Song]]" – [[Rod Stewart]] (#1 CAN, #10 US)
*"[[Motownphilly]]" – [[Boyz II Men]] (#3 US)
*"[[Move Any Mountain]]" – [[The Shamen]] (#4 UK, SWI, #5 FIN, #8 BE)
*"[[Move That Body (Technotronic song)|Move That Body]]" – [[Technotronic]] (#3 IRL, #10 SWI)
*"[[Mysterious Ways (song)|Mysterious Ways]]" – [[U2]] (#1 IRL, #3 AUS, NZ)
*"[[No Son of Mine]]" – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] (#1 CAN, #3 GER, #4 NOR)
*"[[Now That We Found Love]]" – [[Heavy D & the Boyz]] (#2 NL, SWE, UK, #4 GER, SWI)
*"[[Obsession (Army of Lovers song)|Obsession]]" – [[Army of Lovers]] (#2 SWE, #5 FIN, SWI, #7 GER)
*"[[The One and Only (song)|The One and Only]]" – [[Chesney Hawkes]] (#1 UK, AUT, #2 SWE)
*"[[One More Try (Timmy T song)|One More Try]]" – [[Timmy T]] (#1 US, #2 NLD, #5 SWE)
*"[[O.P.P. (song)|O.P.P.]]" – [[Naughty by Nature]] (#4 CAN, #6 SWI, US)
*"[[Pandora's Box (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song)|Pandora's Box]]" – [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]] (#7 AUT, SWE, UK)
*"[[Piece of My Heart (Tara Kemp song)|Piece of My Heart]]" – [[Tara Kemp]] (#7 US)
*"[[Place in This World]]" – [[Michael W. Smith]] (#6 US)
*"[[Place des grands hommes]]" – [[Patrick Bruel]] (#4 FR)
*"[[Poupée psychédélique]]" – [[Thierry Hazard]] (#2 FR)
*"[[Promise Me (Beverley Craven song)|Promise Me]]" – [[Beverley Craven]] (#2 BE, #3 UK, #6 FR)
*"[[The Promise of a New Day]]" – [[Paula Abdul]] (#1 US, CAN)
*"[[Qu'est-ce qu'on fait maintenant ?]]" – [[Benny B]] feat. DJ Daddy K (#2 FR, BE)
*"[[Qui a le droit... (live)]]" – [[Patrick Bruel]] (#1 FR)
*"[[Radio Song]]" – [[R.E.M.]] (#5 IRL)
*"[[Regrets (Mylène Farmer and Jean-Louis Murat song)|Regrets]]" – [[Mylène Farmer]] and [[Jean-Louis Murat]] (#2 BE, #3 FR)
*"[[Ride Like the Wind]]" – [[East Side Beat]] (#3 UK, #4 BE, IRL, #6 NLD)
*"[[Right Here, Right Now (Jesus Jones song)|Right Here, Right Now]]" – [[Jesus Jones]] (#2 US)
*"[[Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)]]" – [[De La Soul]] (#1 FIN, SWI, #2 NLD)
*"[[Rescue Me (Madonna song)|Rescue Me]]" – [[Madonna]] (#3 UK, IRL, #9 US)
*"[[Rhythm of My Heart]]" – [[Rod Stewart]] (#1 CAN, IRL, #2 AUT)
*"[[Rocket Man (song)#Kate Bush version|Rocket Man]]" – [[Kate Bush]] 
*"[[Romantic (song)|Romantic]]" – [[Karyn White]] (#1 US)
*"[[Romantic World]]" – [[Dana Dawson]] (#4 FR)
*"[[Rush (BAD song)|Rush]]" – [[Big Audio Dynamite II]] (#1 AUS, NZ)
*"[[Rush Rush (Paula Abdul song)|Rush Rush]]" – [[Paula Abdul]] (#1 CAN, US, #2 AUS)
*"[[Saga Africa]]" – [[Yannick Noah]] (#2 FR)
*"[[Sailing on the Seven Seas]]" – [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark|OMD]] (#3 UK, #9 GER)
*"[[Saltwater (Julian Lennon song)|Saltwater]]" – [[Julian Lennon]] (#6 UK)
*"[[Secret Love (Bee Gees song)|Secret Love]]" – [[Bee Gees]] (#2 AUT, GER, #5 BE, UK)
*"[[Set Adrift on Memory Bliss]]" – [[P.M. Dawn]] (#1 NZ, US)
*"[[Senza una donna]]" – [[Zucchero]] & [[Paul Young]] (#1 BE, IT, NOR, SWE)
*"[[Send Me an Angel (Scorpions song)|Send Me An Angel]]" – [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] (#3 POL, #4 NLD, SWE, #5 GER)
*"[[Shiny Happy People]]" – [[R.E.M.]] (#2 IRL, #5 CAN, #6 UK)
*"[[Shocked (song)|Shocked]]" – [[Kylie Minogue]] (#1 SLO, #2 IRL, #6 SA, UK)
*"[[The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)]]" – [[Cher]] (#1 AUT, IRL, NOR, UK)
*"[[Should I Stay or Should I Go]]" – [[The Clash]] (#1 UK, #2 IRL, NZ, #3 BE, NLD, NOR, POL)
*"[[The Show Must Go On (Queen song)|The Show Must Go On]]" – [[Queen (band)|Queen]] (#2 FR, #3 POL, #7 GER, NLD)
*"[[Silent Lucidity]]" – [[Queensrÿche]]
*"[[Sit Down (James song)|Sit Down]]" – [[James (band)|James]] (#2 UK)
*"[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]" – [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] (#1 BE, FR, NZ, SP, #2 GER, NOR)
*"[[So Sad (Gregorian song)|So Sad]]" – [[Gregorian (band)|Gregorian]] (#1 POR, #9 FR)
*"[[Someday (Mariah Carey song)|Someday]]" – [[Mariah Carey]] (#1 CAN, US)
*"[[Something Got Me Started]]" – [[Simply Red]] (#5 AUT, NLD, IT, #6 SWI)
*"[[Spending My Time]]" – [[Roxette]] (#9 GER, IT)
*"[[Stars (Simply Red song)|Stars]]" – [[Simply Red]] (#8 UK)
*"[[Strike It Up]]" – [[Black Box (band)|Black Box]] (#4 NLD, #8 IRL, US)
*"[[Summertime (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince song)|Summertime]]" – [[DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince]] (#4 US, #5 NZ)
*"[[Sunshine on a Rainy Day]]" – [[Zoë (British singer)|Zoë]]
*"[[That's What Love Is For]]" – [[Amy Grant]] (#7 US)
*"[[There Will Never Be Another Tonight]]" – [[Bryan Adams]] (#2 CAN)
*"[[There's No Other Way]]" – [[Blur (band)|Blur]] (#8 UK)
*"[[These Are the Days of Our Lives]]" – [[Queen (band)|Queen]]
*"[[Things That Make You Go Hmmm...]]" – [[C+C Music Factory]] (#2 NZ, #4 UK, US)
*"[[Too Blind to See It (Kym Sims song)|Too Blind to See It]]" – [[Kym Sims]]
*"[[Too Legit to Quit (song)|Too Legit to Quit]]" – [[MC Hammer]] (#4 NZ, #5 US, #6 UK)
*"[[Touch Me (All Night Long)]]" – [[Cathy Dennis]] (#2 US, #5 UK, #9 CAN)
*"[[Tout c'qui nous sépare]]" – [[Jil Caplan]] (#6 FR)
*"[[Twist and Shout (Deacon Blue song)|Twist and Shout]]" – [[Deacon Blue]] (#10 UK)
*"[[Unbelievable (EMF song)|Unbelievable]]" – [[EMF (band)|EMF]] (#1 US, #3 SWI, UK)
*"[[Under the Bridge]]" – [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] (#1 AUS, BE, NLD, #2 NZ)
*"[[Unfinished Sympathy]]" – [[Massive Attack]] (#1 NLD, #9 SWI)
*"[[Unforgettable (Irving Gordon song)|Unforgettable]]" – [[Natalie Cole]] & [[Nat King Cole]] (#2 AUS, #7 NZ, #10 IRL)
*"[[The Unforgiven (song)|The Unforgiven]]" – [[Metallica]] (#2 GR, #9 POL)
*"[[Walking in Memphis]]" – [[Marc Cohn]] (#7 IRL)
*"[[We Should Be Together (Cliff Richard song)|We Should Be Together]]" – [[Cliff Richard]] (#9 IRL, #10 UK)
*"[[What Do I Have to Do]]" – [[Kylie Minogue]]
*"[[What Time Is Love?]]" – [[The KLF]] (#5 UK, #6 GER)
*"[[What Comes Naturally (song)|What Comes Naturally]]" – [[Sheena Easton]] (#3 AUS)
*"[[When a Man Loves a Woman (song)|When a Man Loves a Woman]]" – [[Michael Bolton]]
*"[[When Something Is Wrong with My Baby]]" – [[John Farnham]] + [[Jimmy Barnes]] (#3 AUS, #6 NZ)
*"[[When You Tell Me That You Love Me]]" – [[Diana Ross]] (#1 IRL, #2 UK)
*"[[Where Does My Heart Beat Now]]" – [[Celine Dion]] (#4 NOR, US, #6 CAN)
*"[[Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes off You)]]" – [[Pet Shop Boys]] (#2 FIN, IRL, SP, #3 SWI, #4 UK)
*"[[Wildside (Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch song)|Wildside]]" – [[Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch]]
*"[[Wind of Change (Scorpions song)|Wind of Change]]" – [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]]
*"[[You (Ten Sharp song)|You]]" – [[Ten Sharp]] (#1 FR, NOR, SWE)
*"[[You Could Be Mine]]" – [[Guns N' Roses]] (#1 FIN, IRL, NZ, SP)
*"[[You're in Love (Wilson Phillips song)|You're in Love]]" – [[Wilson Phillips]]
}}

==Notable singles==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>Song title</big> 
! <big>Artist(s)</big> 
! <big>Release date(s)</big> 
! <big>Other Chart Performance(s)</big>
|-
|"[[Don't Go Now]]" || [[Ratcat]] || {{Date table sorting|041991}}|April 1991 || 1 (Australia)
|-
|"[[Losing My Religion]]" || [[R.E.M.]] || {{Date table sorting|021991}}|February 1991 || [[Losing My Religion#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Man in the Box]]" || [[Alice in Chains]] ||  {{Date table sorting|011991}}|January 1991 || 18 (U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock)
|- 
|"[[Planet of Sound]]" || [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]] || {{Date table sorting|051991}}|May 1991  || n/a
|-
|"[[Safe from Harm (song)|Safe from Harm]]" || [[Massive Attack]] || {{Date table sorting|051991}}|May 1991 || [[Safe from Harm (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Sexuality (Billy Bragg song)|Sexuality]]" || [[Billy Bragg]] || {{Date table sorting|091991}}|September 1991 || 2 (U.S. Billboard Alternative Airplay) – 27 (UK Singles Chart)
|-
|"[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]" || [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] || {{Date table sorting|091991}}|September 1991 || [[Smells Like Teen Spirit#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"To Here Knows When" || [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] || {{Date table sorting|021991}}|February 1991 || 29 (UK Singles Chart)
|-
|"[[Treaty (song)|Treaty]]" || [[Yothu Yindi]] || {{Date table sorting|061991}}|June 1991 || [[Treaty (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Unfinished Sympathy]]" || [[Massive Attack]] || {{Date table sorting|021991}}|February 1991 || [[Unfinished Sympathy#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Vapour Trail (song)|Vapour Trail]]" || [[Ride (band)|Ride]] || {{Date table sorting|041991}}|April 1991 || n/a
|-
|"[[When You Sleep]]" || [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] || {{Date table sorting|111991}}|November 1991 || n/a
|}

===Other Notable singles===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*"Alive And Living Now" – [[The Golden Palominos]]
*"D.C." – [[Died Pretty]]
*"[[Hieronymous (song)|Hieronymous]]" b/w "Lucy's Eyes" – [[The Clouds (Australian band)|The Clouds]]
*"[[I Think I Love You#Voice of the Beehive version|I Think I Love You]]" – [[Voice of the Beehive]]
*"Squirrel" b/w "It's Time" – [[Levitation (band)|Levitation]]
}}

==Top best albums of the year==
All albums have been named albums of the year for their hits in the charts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.besteveralbums.com/yearstats.php?y=1991|title=Best albums of 1991 |publisher=besteveralbums |year=2005 |access-date=31 December 2011}}</ref>
'
# [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] – ''[[Nevermind]]''
# [[Pearl Jam]] – ''[[Ten (Pearl Jam album)|Ten]]''
# [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] – ''[[Loveless (My Bloody Valentine album)|Loveless]]''
# [[U2]] – ''[[Achtung Baby]]''
# [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] – ''[[Blood Sugar Sex Magik]]''
# [[Metallica]] – ''[[Metallica (album)|Metallica]]''
# [[Primal Scream]] – ''[[Screamadelica]]''
# [[Slint]] – ''[[Spiderland]]''
# [[A Tribe Called Quest]] – ''[[The Low End Theory]]''
# [[Massive Attack]] – ''[[Blue Lines]]''
# [[Talk Talk]] – ''[[Laughing Stock]]''

== Published popular music ==
* "Dreamland" w. [[Alan Bergman]] & [[Marilyn Bergman]] m. [[Dave Grusin]]
* "Look Around" w. [[Betty Comden]] & [[Adolph Green]] m. [[Cy Coleman]] from the musical ''[[The Will Rogers Follies]]''
*"[[Moja domovina]]"

== Classical music ==
*[[John Corigliano]] – [[Symphony No. 1 (Corigliano)|Symphony No. 1]]
*[[George Crumb]] – ''Easter Dawning'' for carillon
*[[Mario Davidovsky]] – ''Simple Dances'' for flute, two percussion, piano, and cello
*[[Joël-François Durand]] – ''un feu distinct'' for flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello
*[[Lorenzo Ferrero]]
**Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
**''Parodia'', for chamber ensemble
**''Zaubermarsch'', for small orchestra
*[[Sofia Gubaidulina]]
**''Gerade und ungerade (Чет и нечет)'' for seven percussionists, including cymbalom
**''Silenzio'' for bayan, violin, and cello
*[[Angelo Gilardino]]
**''Musica per l'Angelo della Melancholia'', for guitar
**''Variazioni sulla Fortuna'', for guitar
*[[Karel Goeyvaerts]]
**''[[Aquarius (opera)#Other works of the Aquarius project|Opbouw]]'' (Construction), for orchestra
**''[[Aquarius (opera)#Other works of the Aquarius project|De Zang van Aquarius]]'', version for symphony orchestra
*[[Jan Klusák]] – ''Stesk po Mozartovi''
*[[Ulrich Leyendecker]] – Symphony No. 3
*[[Witold Lutosławski]] – ''[[Chantefleurs et Chantefables]]''
*[[Pehr Henrik Nordgren]]
**''Going On'' for double bass and percussion, Op. 77
**''Odotus'' (Awaiting) for male choir, Op. 78
**''Cronaca'' for string orchestra, Op. 79
**''Streams'' for chamber orchestra, Op. 80
*[[Kaija Saariaho]] – ''[[...à la Fumée]]''
*[[John Serry Sr.]] –
** ''A Savior Is Born'', for organ and voice
** ''Dreams Trilogy'', for piano
** ''La Culebra'', for solo flute
*[[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] –
**''[[Freitag aus Licht#Individual works from Freitag|Elufa]]'', for flute and basset horn, with electronic music ad lib., 9. ex Nr. 64
**''[[Freitag aus Licht#Individual works from Freitag|Freia]]'', for flute ex 9{{frac|1|2}} Nr. 64
*[[Joan Tower]] – [[Concerto for Orchestra (Tower)|Concerto for Orchestra]]
*[[Takashi Yoshimatsu]]
**''Sagittarius Ecologue'' for bassoon and harp
**Symphony No. 2 "at Terra" for orchestra
**''Fuzzy Bird Sonata'' for saxophone and piano
**''3 White Landscapes'' for flute, bassoon, and harp
**''Wind Color Vector'' for Guitar

== Opera ==
*[[John Coolidge Adams|John Adams]] – ''[[The Death of Klinghoffer]]'', first performance on 19 March at the [[La Monnaie|Théatre Royal de la Monnaie]], [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]
*[[Harrison Birtwistle]] – ''[[Gawain (opera)|Gawain]]'', first performance on 30 May at the [[Royal Opera House]], [[London]]
*[[Daniel Catán]] – ''[[Rappaccini's Daughter]]'' (''La hija de Rappaccini'')
*[[John Corigliano]] – ''[[The Ghosts of Versailles]]''
*[[Meredith Monk]] – ''[[Atlas (opera)|Atlas]]''

== Jazz ==
{{Main|1991 in jazz}}

== Musical theater ==
* ''[[Miss Saigon]]'' ([[Claude-Michel Schönberg]] and [[Alain Boublil]]) – Broadway production opened at the Broadway Theatre on 11 April and ran for 4097 performances
* ''[[The Secret Garden (musical)|The Secret Garden]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[St. James Theatre]] on 25 April and ran for 706 performances
* ''[[Song of Singapore]]'' – off-Broadway production opened at the [[Irving Plaza]] on 7 May and ran for 459 performances
* ''[[Will Rogers Follies]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Palace Theatre (New York City)|Palace Theatre]] on 1 May and ran for 983 performances

== Musical films ==
* ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' (animated feature)
* ''[[The Commitments (film)|The Commitments]]''
* ''[[The Five Heartbeats]]''
* ''[[For the Boys]]''
* ''[[Kilukkam]]''
* ''[[Stepping Out (1991 film)|Stepping Out]]''
* ''[[Stones at the Max]]''
* ''[[El Acompañamiento]]''
* ''[[Thalapathi]]''

== Births ==
*[[8 January]]
**[[Asuka Hinoi]] Japanese singer
**[[Shin Ji-min]], South Korean singer and rapper
*[[9 January]] – [[3lau]], American DJ and producer
*[[12 January]] – [[Pixie Lott]], British singer, songwriter and actress<ref>{{cite book|author=Delilah Grace|title=Pixie Lott|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8eeaAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT8|date=8 November 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-722-8|pages=8}}</ref>
*[[13 January]] – [[Goo Hara]], Member of Kara, Korean singer (d. 2019)
*[[14 January]] – [[Cat Torres]], Australian singer-songwriter, musician, contestant on The Voice Australia
*[[23 January]] – [[Torres (musician)|Torres]], American independent singer, songwriter, musician and artist
*[[28 January]] – [[C. J. Harris (singer)|C. J. Harris]], American singer (D.2023) 
*[[1 February]] – [[Martha Heredia]], Dominican singer
*[[7 February]] – [[Gabbie Hanna]], American rapper, singer, musician, comedienne and author
*[[8 February]] 
** [[Nam Woo-hyun]], South Korean singer, dancer, and actor
** Sierra Deaton, former member of [[Alex & Sierra]], singer, songwriter and dancer. 
*[[10 February]]
**[[Ceng De Ping]], Taiwanese singer
**[[Emma Roberts]], American actress and singer
*[[11 February]] – [[Never Shout Never]] (Christofer Ingle), American musician
*[[12 February]] – [[Casey Abrams]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[14 February]] – [[Karol G]], Colombian singer-songwriter
*[[15 February]] – [[Maruv]], Ukrainian singer-songwriter, record producer 
*[[17 February]] – [[Ed Sheeran]], British singer-songwriter and businessmen (worked with [[Taylor Swift]], [[Anne-Marie]], [[Nina Nesbitt]], [[Camila Cabello]], [[Tori Kelly]], [[Kasey Chambers]], [[Stormzy]], [[Cardi B]] and [[Maisie Peters]])
*[[11 February]] – [[Allday]], Australian musician, rapper, singer-songwriter (The Veronicas, Troye Sivan)
*[[21 February]]
**[[Solar (singer)|Solar]], South Korean singer, songwriter and actress ([[Mamamoo]])
**[[William Bowery]], British musician, producer and songwriter on ''[[Folklore (Taylor Swift album)|Folklore]]'' and ''[[Evermore]]'' and ''[[Midnights]]'' by [[Taylor Swift]]
*[[24 February]] – [[Tyler Bryant]], American rock musician ([[Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown]], Dead Cool Dropouts, Lisa Origliasso, [[The Veronicas]])
*[[26 February]]
**[[CL (singer)|CL]], South Korean singer/songwriter/rapper
**[[Lee Chang-sub]], South Korean singer
*[[4 March]] – [[Sarah Bonito]], British-Japanese singer and lead vocalist of [[Kero Kero Bonito]]
*[[6 March]] – [[Tyler, the Creator]], American rapper and record producer
*[[8 March]] – [[Devon Werkheiser]], American actor and musician
*[[10 March]] – [[Kenshi Yonezu]], Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer
*[[11 March]]
**[[Chingiz Mustafayev (singer)|Chingiz Mustafayev]], Azerbaijani singer-songwriter and guitarist
**[[Qian Lin]], Chinese singer
*[[13 March]] – [[Luan Santana]], Brazilian singer-songwriter
*[[16 March]] – [[Wolfgang Van Halen]], American bassist
*[[25 March]]
**[[Liang Bo]], Chinese singer-songwriter
**[[Kevin Garrett (musician)|Kevin Garrett]], American musician, worked with [[Alessia Cara]]
*[[March 26]] – [[Ari Lennox]], American R&B singer
*[[March 27]] – [[London on da Track]],  American record producer, rapper, and songwriter ([[Summer Walker]]) 
*[[28 March]]
**[[Amy Bruckner]], American actress and singer
**[[Hoya (singer)|Hoya]], South Korean singer and actor<ref>{{cite book|author=Mark Russell|title=K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution|page=63|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ|date=April 29, 2014|publisher=Tuttle Publishing|isbn=978-1-4629-1411-1}}</ref>
*[[29 March]] – [[Irene (singer)|Irene]], South Korean singer and actress ([[Red Velvet (group)|Red Velvet]])
*[[30 March]]
**[[Joey Cook]], American singer
**[[NF (rapper)|NF]], American rapper
*[[2 April]] – [[Quavo]], American rapper and frontman of hip-hop trio [[Migos]]
*[[3 April]] – [[Hayley Kiyoko]], American singer, songwriter, advocate and dancer
*[[4 April]]
** [[Jesse Jo Stark]], American singer-songwriter
**[[Lucas Lucco]], Brazilian singer-songwriter
**[[Jamie Lynn Spears]], American television personality, comedienne, actress and singer
*[[7 April]] – [[Anne-Marie]], British singer songwriter, dancer, activist, and musician
*[[8 April]] – Andrea Ross, American singer and actress
*[[10 April]] – [[Amanda Michalka]] (AJ), American singer-songwriter, musician and actress
*[[15 April]] – [[Daiki Arioka]], Japanese singer ([[Hey! Say! JUMP]])
*[[18 April]] 
** [[Joey Gaydos]], American actor and guitarist
** [[Edgar Barrera]], Mexican-American songwriter, producer, and musician based in Miami, Florida. 
*[[23 April]] – [[Caleb Johnson]], American singer
*[[27 April]] – [[Eric Fukusaki]], Peruvian singer based in Japan
*[[30 April]] – [[Lindsay Pearce]], American singer and actress
*[[10 May]] – [[Ray Dalton]], American singer-songwriter
*[[12 May]] – [[Jennifer Damiano]], American actress and singer
*[[15 May]] – [[The Struts|Jed Elliott]], British bassist ([[The Struts]])
*[[16 May]] = [[Joey Graceffa]], American YouTuber, vlogger, actor, author, producer and musician. 
*[[17 May]]
**[[Daniel Curtis Lee]], American actor and rapper
**[[DJ Akademiks]], Jamaican Hip Hop blogger
**[[Adil Omar]], Pakistani rapper and producer
*[[18 May]] – [[Spellling]], American singer
*[[19 May]] – [[Jordan Pruitt]], American singer
*[[20 May]] – [[Bastian Baker]], Swiss singer, songwriter, and performer
*[[22 May]]
**[[Brooke Simpson]], American singer-songwriter
**[[Suho]], South Korean singer ([[Exo]])
*[[23 May]] – [[Lena Meyer-Landrut]], German singer-songwriter and dancer
*[[24 May]] – [[Erika Umeda]], Japanese singer
*[[25 May]] – Guy Lawrence of EDM House garage band, [[Disclosure (band)|Disclosure]] 
*[[26 May]]
**[[Amber Bondin]], Maltese singer
**[[Channel Tres]], American singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer
*[[27 May]] – Channii, Dutch singer-songwriter
*[[29 May]]
**[[Kristen Alderson]], American actress and singer
**[[Matoma]], Norwegian DJ and record producer
*[[31 May]] – [[Azealia Banks]], American rapper, singer and songwriter
* [[6 June]] – [[Ashley Park (actress)|Ashley Park]], American actress, singer, and dancer  
*[[7 June]] – [[Fetty Wap]] American rapper
*[[12 June]] – [[Jessie Reyez]], Colombian-Canadian singer-songwriter
*[[14 June]] – [[Jesy Nelson]], English singer-songwriter, dancer and former member of [[Little Mix]], now solo.
*[[16 June]]
**[[Lim Young-woong]], South Korean trot singer
**[[Joe McElderry]], British singer
*[[17 June]] – [[Shura (English singer)|Shura]], British singer-songwriter, musician and producer
*[[20 June]] – [[Hannah Diamond]], British singer-songwriter and visual artist
*[[23 June]] – [[Katie Armiger]], American singer
*[[24 June]] – [[Max Ehrich]], American singer, actor and dancer
*[[27 June]] – [[Rayvon Owen]], American singer
*[[28 June]] – [[Seohyun]], member of [[K-pop|South Korean pop]] [[girl group]] [[Girls' Generation]]
*[[29 June]] – [[Caleidra]], British singer-songwriter
*[[30 June]] – [[MC Davo]], Mexican rapper, singer and composer<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.buenamusica.com/mc-davo/biografia|title=MC Davo Biografia, historia y legado musical|website=buenamusica.com}}</ref>
*[[1 July]] 
** [[Sanah Moidutty]], Indian singer songwriter
** [[Burna Boy]], Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer.
*[[2 July]] – [[Burna Boy]], Nigerian musician
*[[5 July]] – [[Sam Fischer]], Australian songwriter, singer, producer and musician ([[Demi Lovato]])
*[[7 July]] – [[Alesso]], Swedish producer and DJ
*[[9 July]]
**[[Mitchel Musso]], American actor and musician
**[[Clara Hagman]], Former Ace of Base member and singer
**[[Adrianne Lenker]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[10 July]]
**[[María Chacón]], Mexican actress and singer
**[[Angel Haze]], American rapper and singer-songwriter
*[[12 July]] – [[Dexter Roberts]], American singer
*[[15 July]] – [[Yuki Kashiwagi]], Japanese idol singing group member
*[[16 July]] – [[Emma Louise]], Australian indie-pop singer-songwriter
*[[17 July]] – [[Mann (rapper)|Mann]], American rapper
*[[18 July]] – [[Karina Pasian]], American Russian multi lingual classical musician and singer
*[[21 July]] – [[Lucy Spraggan]], British musician
*[[26 July]] – [[Nathan Hartono]], Singaporean singer and actor
*[[29 July]] – [[Miki Ishikawa]], American actress and singer
*[[30 July]]
**[[David Carreira]], Portuguese singer, model and actor
**[[Diana Vickers]], British singer
*[[31 July]] – [[Abhay Jodhpurkar]], Indian singer
*[[1 August]] – [[Kelsy Karter]], New Zealand singer-songwriter 
*[[9 August]]
**[[Candela Vetrano]], Argentine actress, singer and model
**[[Heize]], South Korean singer, rapper, and songwriter
*[[11 August]] – [[Milica Pavlović]], Swiss-born Serbian singer
*[[13 August]] – [[Dave Days]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[21 August]]
**[[Tess Gaerthé]], Dutch singer and actress
**[[Jesse Rutherford (singer)|Jesse Rutherford]], American singer and musician
*[[26 August]] – [[Alok (DJ)|Alok]], Brazilian DJ and record producer
*[[30 August]] – [[Guru Randhawa]], Indian singer, songwriter and music composer
*[[3 September]] 
**[[Moneybagg Yo]], American rapper
**[[Terence Lam]], Hong Kong singer-songwriter
**[[Samantha Marie Ware]], is an American theatre and TV actress and singer. (also known by her singer stage name Sameya)
*[[8 September]] 
** [[Nicole Dollanganger]], Canadian singer, songwriter, activist and artist (Lana Del Rey, Grimes)
** Alex Kinsey, former member of [[Alex & Sierra]], singer-songwriter and instrumentalist. 
*[[9 September]] – [[Hunter Hayes]], American country singer
*[[11 September]] – [[Kygo]], Norwegian producer and DJ
*[[12 September]] – [[Imri Ziv]], Israeli singer-songwriter
*[[15 September]] – [[Alex Florea]], Romanian singer
*[[16 September]] – [[Noname (rapper)|Noname]], American singer-songwriter, rapper, musician & poet
*[[22 September]] – [[Chelsea Tavares]], American actress and singer
*[[23 September]] – [[Key (entertainer)|Key]], South Korean singer and actor
*[[26 September]] – [[Ant Clemons]], American singer, rapper, songwriter
*[[27 September]] – [[Rachel Cheung]], Hong Kong classical pianist 
*[[1 October]] – [[Via Vallen]], Indonesian [[dangdut]] singer
*[[4 October]]
**[[Nicolai Kielstrup]], Danish singer
**[[Leigh-Anne Pinnock]], English singer-songwriter, dancer, activist, philanthropist, and member of [[Little Mix]]
*[[5 October]] – [[Betty Who]], Australian singer-songwriter
*[[7 October]] – [[Lay Zhang]], Chinese singer-songwriter, record producer, director and dancer ([[EXO]])
*[[6 October]] – [[Roshon Fegan]], American actor, singer and rapper
*[[10 October]]
**[[Gabriella Cilmi]], Australian-Italian blues and pop singer-songwriter
**[[Lali Espósito]], Argentine actress, singer, dancer, model, and songwriter
*[[11 October]] – [[Joey Walker]], Australian musician, singer and producer ([[King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard]])
*[[17 October]] – [[Brenda Asnicar]], Argentine actress and singer
*[[18 October]] – [[Tyler Posey]], American musician and actor
*[[19 October]] – [[Colton Dixon]], American singer
*[[22 October]] – [[Arianna Afsar]], American musician
*[[29 October]] – [[Parris Goebel]], New Zealand-born choreographer, dancer, singer, director and actress
*[[31 October]] – [[Jordan-Claire Green]], American actress and musician
*[[5 November]] – [[Flume (musician)|Flume]], Australian record producer, musician and DJ
*[[8 November]] – [[Riker Lynch]], American actor, singer and bassist
*[[10 November]] – [[Elina Nechayeva]], Estonian soprano
*[[11 November]] – [[Emma Blackery]] British singer-songwriter, musician, comedienne, entertainer and YouTuber (sometime: beauty blogger, Gaming blogger) 
*[[13 November]] – [[Matt Bennett]], American actor and singer (''[[Victorious]]'', [[Ariana Grande]])
*[[14 November]] – [[Gallant (singer)|Gallant]], American musician
*[[18 November]] – [[Tommy Cash (rapper)|Tommy Cash]], Estonian rapper
*[[22 November]] – [[Saki Shimizu]], Japanese singer
*[[23 November]] –  Harley "Kicks" Alexander-Sule of [[Rizzle Kicks]], and sometimes working under the name:  Jimi Charles Moody
*[[25 November]] – [[Kevin Woo]], American-South Korean singer and dancer ([[U-KISS]] and [[Xing (band)|Xing]])
*[[28 November]] – [[Hannah Diamond]], English singer-songwriter, photographer, musician, producer and visual artist. (Charli XCX, A G Cook)
*[[2 December]]
**[[Charlie Puth]], American singer, musician, songwriter and record producer
**[[Ainsley Melham]], Australian singer, dancer and actor
*[[7 December]]
**[[Remi Matsuo]], Japanese singer-songwriter and artist ([[Glim Spanky]])
**[[Dori Sakurada]], Japanese actor and singer<ref>{{Citation| title =Sakurada Dori's Official Blog Profile| url =http://dori.amuse.moo.jp/?pid=8902| access-date =16 April 2009| language =ja| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090303083756/http://dori.amuse.moo.jp/?pid=8902| archive-date =3 March 2009}}</ref>
*[[9 December]] – [[PnB Rock]], American hip hop recording artist (d. [[2022]])
*[[Choi Min-ho]], South Korean singer ([[Shinee]])
*[[11 December]] – [[Anna Bergendahl]] Swedish Irish singer
*[[12 December]] – [[Jasmine Murray]], American singer
*[[13 December]]
**[[Jay Greenberg (composer)|Jay Greenberg]], American composer
**[[Dermot Kennedy]] – Irish singer-songwriter and musician
*[[14 December]]
**[[Offset (rapper)|Offset]], American rapper and member of hip-hop trio [[Migos]]
**[[Stefflon Don]], British-Jamaican rapper, singer and songwriter
*[[15 December]] – [[Alana Haim]], Alana Mychal Haim, American guitarist, singer, keyboardist, musician and actress (member of band [[Haim (band)|Haim]])
*[[19 December]]
**[[Tom Walker (singer)|Tom Walker]], Scottish singer-songwriter (Zara Larsson, Dodie)
**[[Jack River (musician)|Jack River]], Australian singer-songwriter, musician and producer
*[[19 December]]
**[[Declan Galbraith]], British singer
**[[Keiynan Lonsdale]], Australian actor, dancer and singer-songwriter
*[[22 December]] – [[DaBaby]], American rapper
*[[23 December]] – [[YoungstaCPT]], South African rapper
*[[24 December]] – [[Louis Tomlinson]], English singer, songwriter and television personality. (British singer in the band [[One Direction]])
*[[27 December]] – [[Chloe Bridges]], American actress, singer and pianist 
*[[30 December]] – [[Tyler Carter]], American singer, rapper and songwriter (Issues, Woe Is Me)
*Unknown – [[DallasK]], American music producer and songwriter
*Unknown – [[Sylvaine]], Norwegian musician

== Deaths ==
*[[1 January]] – [[Buck Ram]], American singer and songwriter ([[The Platters]]), 83
*[[6 January]] – [[Ahmed Adnan Saygun]], Turkish composer and musicologist, 83
*[[8 January]] – [[Steve Clark]], guitarist of [[Def Leppard]], 30 (overdose of codeine)
*[[14 January]] – [[Chitragupta (composer)|Chitragupta]], film composer, 73
*[[20 January]] – [[Stan Szelest]], keyboard player ([[The Band]]), 47
*[[6 February]] – [[Danny Thomas]], singer and actor, 79
*[[9 February]] – [[James Cleveland]], gospel singer, 59
*[[13 February]] – [[Flaviano Labò]], operatic tenor, 64
*[[17 February]] – [[Gitta Alpár]], operatic soprano, 88
*[[20 February]] – [[Isabelle Delorme]], pianist, composer and music teacher, 90
*[[21 February]] – [[Margot Fonteyn]], ballerina, 71
*[[26 February]] – [[Slim Gaillard]], jazz musician, 75
*[[2 March]] – [[Serge Gainsbourg]], singer and songwriter, 62 (heart attack)
*[[6 March]] – Sir [[Joseph Lockwood]], record company executive, 86
*[[13 March]] – [[Jimmy McPartland]], 83, jazz musician
*[[14 March]]
**Jerome [[Doc Pomus]], songwriter, 65
**[[Howard Ashman]], lyricist, 40 (AIDS-related)
*[[15 March]] – [[Bud Freeman]], jazz musician, 84
*[[18 March]] – [[Dezider Kardoš]], Slovak composer, 76
*[[21 March]] – [[Leo Fender]], inventor of the electric guitar, 81
*[[25 March]] – [[Eileen Joyce]], pianist, 83
*[[1 April]] – [[Martha Graham]], 96, American dancer and choreographer
*[[4 April]] – [[Louis Guglielmi]], 75, French composer
*[[7 April]]
**[[Henry Glover]], American songwriter, producer and trumpet player, 69
**[[Ruth Page (ballerina)|Ruth Page]], American dancer and choreographer, 92
*[[8 April]] – [[Per Yngve Ohlin]], aka 'Dead', vocalist of [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]], 22 (suicide)
*[[13 April]] – [[Wilhelm Lanzky-Otto]], horn virtuoso, 82
*[[17 April]] – [[Jack Yellen]], 98, American lyricist
*[[18 April]] – [[Barry Rogers]], 55, American jazz and salsa trombonist
*[[20 April]] – [[Steve Marriott]], singer, songwriter and guitarist ([[Small Faces]] and [[Humble Pie]]), 44 (killed in house fire)
*[[21 April]] – [[Willi Boskovsky]], conductor, 81
*[[23 April]] – [[Johnny Thunders]], rock guitarist and singer, 38 (drug-related)
*[[26 April]]
**[[Leo Arnaud]], composer, 86
**[[Carmine Coppola]], flautist and composer, 80
*[[28 April]]  – [[Ken Curtis]], American singer and actor, 74
*[[29 April]] – [[Gonzaguinha]], Brazilian singer and composer, 45 (car accident)
*[[3 May]] – [[Mohammed Abdel Wahab]], Egyptian singer and composer (b. 1907)
*[[8 May]]
**[[Jean Langlais]], composer, 84
**[[Rudolf Serkin]], pianist, 88
*[[9 May]]? – [[Yanka Dyagileva]], poet and singer, 24 (drowned)
*[[19 May]] – [[Odia Coates]], singer, 49 (breast cancer)
*[[23 May]] – [[Wilhelm Kempff]], pianist and composer, 95
*[[24 May]]
** Dirk Schoufs, a member of Belgian Band [[Vaya Con Dios (band)|Vaya Con Dios]] (AIDS-related)
**[[Gene Clark]], singer-songwriter ([[The Byrds]]), 46 (heart attack)
*[[27 May]] – [[Leopold Nowak]], musicologist, 86
*[[1 June]] – [[David Ruffin]], singer ([[The Temptations]]), 50 (overdose of cocaine)
*[[4 June]] – [[MC Trouble]], rapper, 20 (epileptic seizure)
*[[6 June]] – [[Stan Getz]], US saxophonist, 64
*[[9 June]] – [[Claudio Arrau]], pianist, 88
*[[14 June]] – [[Joy Finzi]], founder of the Finzi Trust, 84
*[[6 July]]  – [[Herminio Giménez]], composer, 86
*[[11 July]]  – [[Honorata de la Rama]], singer, 89
*[[15 July]] – [[Bert Convy]], American game show host, actor and singer, 57 (brain tumor)
*[[28 August]] – [[Vince Taylor]], rock and roll singer, 52 (cancer)
*[[4 September]]
**[[Charlie Barnet]], American bandleader, 77
**[[Dottie West]], American country singer, 58 (car accident)
*[[8 September]] – [[Alex North]], composer, 80
*[[17 September]]
**[[Zino Francescatti]], violinist, 89
**[[Rob Tyner]], lead singer of [[MC5]], 46 (heart attack)
*[[20 September]] – [[Tom Anderson (fiddler)|Tom Anderson]], Shetland fiddler
*[[25 September]] – [[Sydney MacEwan]], singer of traditional Scottish and Irish songs, 82
*[[28 September]]
**[[Miles Davis]], jazz trumpeter and composer, 65 (stroke)
**[[Eugène Bozza]], composer, 86
*[[6 October]] – [[Igor Talkov]], Russian singer/songwriter, 34 (murdered)
*[[9 October]] – [[Roy Black (singer)|Roy Black]], 48, singer and actor (heart failure)
*[[16 October]] – [[Ole Beich]], guitarist and bassist, 36 (drowned)
*[[17 October]] – [[Tennessee Ernie Ford]], country musician, 72
*[[25 October]] – [[Bill Graham (promoter)|Bill Graham]], rock concert promoter, 60 (helicopter crash)
*[[27 October]] – Sir [[Andrzej Panufnik]], Polish composer, 75
*[[31 October]] 
**[[Joseph Papp]], Broadway producer, 70
**[[Garvin Bushell]], multi-instrumentalist
*[[2 November]] – [[Mort Shuman]], songwriter, 54 (complications following a liver operation)
*[[3 November]] – [[Chris Bender (singer)|Chris Bender]], R&B singer, 19 (murdered)
*[[8 November]] – [[Frances Faye]], singer, 79
*[[11 November]] – [[Morton Stevens]], film composer, 62
*[[15 November]] – [[Jacques Morali]], disco composer, 44 (AIDS)
*[[24 November]]
**[[Freddie Mercury]], singer, 45 (AIDS)<ref>{{cite web |title=Freddie Mercury {{!}} Biography, Parents, Songs, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Freddie-Mercury |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=9 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
**[[Eric Carr]], drummer, 41 (cancer)
*[[10 December]] – [[Headman Shabalala]], member of [[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]], 46 (shot)
*[[13 December]] – [[Stuart Challender]], conductor, 44 (AIDS-related)
*[[20 December]] 
** [[Lal Chand Yamla Jatt]], Indian folk singer, 77<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/the-lost-legend/|title=The lost legend|date=14 September 2009|author=Jaskiran Kapoor|website=Indian Express|access-date=15 December 2024}}</ref>
** [[Waldemar Kazanecki]], Polish pianist, conductor and composer, 62<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.metason.net/artistinfo?name=Waldemar%20Kazanecki|title=Artist Info|website=Music Metason|access-date=15 December 2024}}</ref>
*[[22 December]] – [[Édouard Woolley]], tenor, actor, composer and music educator

== Awards ==
*[[Country Music Hall of Fame]] Inductees: [[Felice and Boudleaux Bryant]]
*[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] Inductees: [[LaVern Baker]], [[The Byrds]], [[John Lee Hooker]], [[The Impressions]], [[Wilson Pickett]], [[Jimmy Reed]] and [[Ike Turner|Ike]] and [[Tina Turner]]
*[[1991 Country Music Association Awards]]
*[[1991 Grammy Awards]]
*[[1991 MTV Video Music Awards]]
*[[Eurovision Song Contest 1991]]
*[[Kumar Sanu]] – [[Filmfare Best Male Playback Award]]
*[[33rd Japan Record Awards]]

==Charts==
* [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1991]]
* [[1991 in British music#Charts]]
* [[List of Oricon number-one singles of 1991]]

==See also==
* [[1991 in British music|1991 in music (UK)]]
* [[:Category:Record labels established in 1991|Record labels established in 1991]]

==References==
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