Editing 1992 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1992.

==Specific locations==
*[[1992 in British music]]
*[[1992 in Norwegian music]]
*[[1992 in South Korean music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1992 in country music]]
*[[1992 in heavy metal music]]
*[[1992 in hip-hop|1992 in hip hop music]]
*[[1992 in Latin music]]
*[[1992 in jazz]]

==Events==
===January–February===
* [[January 11]]
** [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana's]] ''[[Nevermind]]'' album goes to No. 1 in the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart, establishing the widespread popularity of the [[Grunge]] movement of the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/10-years-later-cobain-lives-his-music-wbna4652653|title=10 years later, Cobain lives on in his music|last=Olsen|first=Eric|date=April 9, 2004|publisher=Today.com Interactive|access-date=April 20, 2008}}</ref>
** [[Paul Simon]] is the first major artist to tour South Africa after the end of the United Nations [[South Africa under apartheid#Cultural and sporting isolation|cultural boycott]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/1992/01/24/paul-simon-plays-south-africa/|title=50 WAYS TO LEAVE SOUTH AFRICA|last=unattributed|date=n.d.|work=Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc.|access-date=April 28, 2008|archive-date=December 16, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216041847/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,309330,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 16]] – [[Mick Jagger]] attends the Hollywood première of his new movie, ''Freejack'', at [[Mann's Chinese Theatre]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=63 Freejack Los Angeles Premiere Photos & High Res Pictures - Getty Images |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/freejack-los-angeles-premiere |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=www.gettyimages.com}}</ref>
* [[January 25]] – The inaugural [[Big Day Out]] festival takes place in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], headlined by [[Violent Femmes]] and [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/every-big-day-out-line-up/11539046 |title=The definitive guide to every Big Day Out line-up ever |work=ABC |date=September 30, 2019 |access-date=August 31, 2020 |first=Dan |last=Condon}}</ref>
* [[February 5]] – [[New Kids on the Block]] interrupt their tour to perform on ''[[The Arsenio Hall Show]]'' in response to rumors that the group lip-synchs its concerts.<ref>{{cite news|title= New Kids on the Block Let Singing Do the Talking|work= The Los Angeles Times|date=1992-02-06|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-06-me-2060-story.html|access-date=2012-04-03 | first=Steve | last=Hochman}}</ref>
* [[February 16]] – Slavic music is featured at the Oulu Music Festival, with concerts and opera productions in [[Oulu]], Finland, until February 26.<ref name="zeit.de">Tas Toth, "[http://www.zeit.de/1992/09/finnland-viele-festivals-im-norden-europas Finnland: Viele Festivals im Norden Europas]", ''Die Zeit'' no. 6 (February 21, 1992).</ref>
* [[February 18]] – [[Vince Neil]] leaves [[Mötley Crüe]] after 11 years as the band's lead singer, to spend more time on his career as a [[auto racing|racing car]] driver.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyrock.com/reviews/motleycrue.asp |title=The Sultans of Sleaze |last=Darling |first=Spyder |date=November 1998 |publisher=NY Rock |access-date=April 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513070131/http://www.nyrock.com/reviews/motleycrue.asp |archive-date=May 13, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[February 24]]
** [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana's]] [[Kurt Cobain]] marries [[Hole (band)|Hole's]] [[Courtney Love]].
** The [[U.S. Postal Service]] unveils two potential designs for its proposed [[Elvis Presley]] postage stamp for fans to vote on. One design is of a young, 1950s Elvis, and the other is of a much older, 1970s Elvis. The young Elvis wins the vote, and the stamp is issued the following January.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://postalmuseum.si.edu/artofthestamp/subpage+table+images/artwork/rarities/Elvis+Ballot/elvisballot.htm|title=The Elvis Stamp: America Elects a King {{pipe}} National Postal Museum|website=Postalmuseum.si.edu}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[February 25]] 
** Six major record companies reach an agreement to phase out the [[longbox]] form of [[compact disc]] packaging by April 1993, due to complaints that the packaging is environmentally wasteful.
** The [[34th Annual Grammy Awards]] are presented in [[New York City|New York]], hosted by [[Whoopi Goldberg]]. [[Natalie Cole]]'s ''[[Unforgettable... with Love]]'' wins [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], while her "virtual duet" cover of "[[Unforgettable (Nat King Cole song)#Natalie and Nat King Cole version|Unforgettable]]" with her late father, [[Nat King Cole]], wins both [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]. [[Marc Cohn]] wins [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]].

===March–April===
* [[March 10]] – At the [[1992 Soul Train Music Awards]], [[Prince (artist)|Prince]] wins the "Heritage" award for lifetime achievement.
* [[March 14]] – [[Farm Aid]] Five takes place in [[Irving, Texas]], USA, hosted by [[Willie Nelson]]. Artists performing at the event include [[John Mellencamp]], [[Neil Young]] and [[Paul Simon]]. Approximately 40,000 people attend the event.<ref>{{cite web|title=Past Farm Aid Concerts|url=https://www.farmaid.org/concert/past-farm-aid-concerts/|website=Farm Aid|access-date=June 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406004852/https://www.farmaid.org/concert/past-farm-aid-concerts/|archive-date=April 6, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[March 16]] – [[Mariah Carey]] performs at [[MTV Unplugged]], shows critics her 5-octave range, and gets rave reviews.
* [[March 24]] – A judge in Chicago, Illinois, USA, approves cash rebates of up to US$3 to anyone proving they bought [[Milli-Vanilli]] recordings prior to the beginning of the [[lip sync]]hing scandal on November 27, 1990.
* [[April 1]] – [[Billy Idol]], on trial for punching a woman in the face, pleads no contest. Idol is fined and ordered to make public service announcements against alcohol and drug abuse.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-22-me-683-story.html|title=Billy Idol Pleads Guilty to Punching Woman|date=January 22, 1992|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>
* [[April 20]] – [[The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert]] takes place at Wembley Stadium in London, England. All proceeds go to [[AIDS]] research.
* [[April 24]] – [[David Bowie]] marries fashion model [[Iman (model)|Iman]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://urumamant.livejournal.com/20089.html |title=Live Journal |access-date=June 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901003428/http://urumamant.livejournal.com/20089.html |archive-date=September 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><!--"This journal has been deleted and purged.".-->
* [[April 30]] – In Los Angeles, California, USA, [[Madonna's]] [[bustier]] is stolen from a display in [[Frederick's of Hollywood]]. A US$1,000 reward is offered for its return.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.madonnatribe.com/idol/gardner.htm|title=Madonna Tribe Interview: Gardner Cole|website=Madonnatribe.com}}</ref>

===May–June===
* [[May 6]]
** The first ''Europäisches Jugendchorfestival'',(EJCF) (European Festival of Youth Choirs) is held in [[Basel]], Switzerland. Organizers decide to make it a triennial event.
** [[Rob Halford]] announces he is leaving [[Judas Priest]].
** [[Selena]] releases her album ''[[Entre A Mi Mundo]]'' which contains her first No. 1 hit, "[[Como La Flor (song)|Como La Flor]]".
* [[May 7]] – [[John Frusciante]] of the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] leaves the band prior to the publication of a ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine cover featuring them; he has to be digitally edited out of the photo.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/photos/gallery/5392234/1992_rolling_stone_covers/photo/13/large/icet|title=1992 Rolling Stone Covers|last=anonymous|date=n.d.|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=April 17, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080503075103/http://www.rollingstone.com/photos/gallery/5392234/1992_rolling_stone_covers/photo/13/large/icet| archive-date=May 3, 2008| url-status= dead}}</ref> [[John Frusciante|Frusciante]] returned to the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=John Frusciante Rejoins Red Hot Chili Peppers|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1433658/john-frusciante-rejoins-red-hot-chili-peppers/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921000603/http://www.mtv.com/news/1433658/john-frusciante-rejoins-red-hot-chili-peppers/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 21, 2017|website=MTV News|access-date=June 18, 2017}}</ref>
* [[May 9]] – The [[1992 Eurovision Song Contest]], held at [[Malmö Isstadion]] in [[Malmö]], [[Sweden]], is won by [[Ireland]]'s [[Linda Martin]] with the song "[[Why Me? (Linda Martin song)|Why Me?]]", notably written by 1980 and 1987 winner [[Johnny Logan (singer)|Johnny Logan]]. At 41 years old, Martin becomes, and remains, the oldest woman to win the contest.
* [[May 11]] – [[A. R. Rahman]]'s debut film ''[[Roja (film)|Roja]]'' is released. [[Roja (soundtrack)|The soundtrack]] is regarded as a milestone that changed the face of Tamil [[film music]] and subsequently contemporary [[Indian music]]. Time magazine's film critic, Richard Corliss, stated in 2005 that the "astonishing debut work parades Rahman's gift for alchemizing outside influences until they are totally Tamil, totally Rahman," naming it one of the magazine's "10 Best Soundtracks" of all time.
* [[June 5]] – The Sata Häme Accordion Festival takes place until June 14 in [[Ikaalinen]], Finland.<ref name="zeit.de"/>
* [[June 27]]
** [[Michael Jackson]] starts the Dangerous World Tour, supporting his Dangerous album in Munich, Germany.
** Guitarist Stefanie Sargent of up-and-coming [[punk rock]] band [[7 Year Bitch]] dies of asphyxiation after returning home from a party in which she had drunk alcohol and taken a small amount of heroin. She was 24.
* [[June 29]] – The Northern Accordion Festival takes place in [[Tornio]]-[[Haparanda Municipality|Haaparanta]], Finland, until July 5.<ref name="zeit.de"/>

===July–August===
* [[July 4]] 
**The ''BudaFest Summer Opera and Ballet Festival'' is launched in [[Budapest]], Hungary.<ref>[http://www.budapesthotels.com/touristguide/BudaFest.asp Budapest tourist guide] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709083255/http://www.budapesthotels.com/touristguide/BudaFest.asp |date=July 9, 2010 }}</ref>
**[[Mark Heard]] suffers a heart attack while performing at the [[Cornerstone Festival]] in [[Illinois]], USA. Heard goes to hospital immediately after finishing his set, but dies two weeks after being discharged in August.
* [[July 10]] – Seinäjoki (Finland) Tango Festival begins, running to July 12.<ref name="Tas Toth 1992">{{cite web|url=https://www.zeit.de/1992/09/finnland-viele-festivals-im-norden-europas|title=Finnland: Viele Festivals im Norden Europas|publisher=Die Zeit|date=21 February 1992|language=de|access-date=19 April 2025}}</ref> 
* [[July 11]] – "[[November Rain]]" by [[Guns N' Roses]] enters the world record books when it becomes the longest single, at 8 minutes, 57 seconds, to reach the US Top 20. The single's video has a budget of over US$1.5 million, becoming the most expensive at the time.
* [[July 12]] – Opening of the Chamber-Music Festival of Kuhmo, Finland (until July 26).<ref name="Tas Toth 1992"/>
* [[July 18]] – [[Whitney Houston]] marries [[Bobby Brown]].
* [[July 28]] – [[Ice-T]] announces that the controversial track "[[Cop Killer (song)|Cop Killer]]" is being pulled from [[Body Count (band)|Body Count]]'s self-titled album.
* [[August 2]]
** [[Rozalla]] becomes the first artist from [[Zimbabwe]] to chart on the US [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'' magazine]] chart.
** Former [[The Beatles|Beatle]] [[George Harrison]] tells ''Billboard'' magazine that he recently discovered that he was born on February 24, and not February 25 as he had thought for most of his life.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.popstarsplus.com/music_georgeharrison.htm |title=Biography |access-date=August 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124145138/http://www.popstarsplus.com/music_georgeharrison.htm |archive-date=November 24, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
** [[Haiti]]an military authorities ban the playing of [[RAM (band)|RAM]]'s single "[[Fèy]]"; first performed at the [[Port-au-Prince]] [[Carnival]] in February, the song was widely interpreted as an anthem of support for exiled President [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/dance-of-the-zombies-554541.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/dance-of-the-zombies-554541.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=The Independent Arts|newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}{{cbignore}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
** American [[pop-punk]] band [[Blink-182]] form in the suburbs of San Diego, but are known as Blink until 1995.
* [[August 3]] – Lahti Organ Festival (Finland) begins, lasting until August 9.<ref name="Tas Toth 1992"/>
* [[August 5]] – [[Jeff Porcaro]], arguably the most highly regarded studio drummer in rock from the mid-'70s to the early '90s, dies aged 38 of a heart attack.
* [[August 8]] – During the [[Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour]], [[Metallica]] frontman [[James Hetfield]] is burned by a [[pyrotechnics]] blast during a concert at [[Montreal]]'s [[Olympic Stadium (Montreal)|Olympic Stadium]], forcing the group to cancel the second hour of the show. Co-headliners [[Guns N' Roses]] take the stage, but walk off early with [[Axl Rose]] complaining of throat problems. The abbreviated show causes angry fans to riot in the streets of Montreal. The tour resumed on August 25, but with a guitar technician replacing Hetfield on guitar for the remainder of the tour. 
* [[August 14]] – Opening of the Sibelius-Festival in Loviisa, Finland.<ref name="Tas Toth 1992"/>
* [[August 18]] – [[Frances Bean Cobain]], daughter of [[Kurt Cobain]] and [[Courtney Love]], is born. 
* [[August 20]] – Opening of the Helsinki Festival, with the theme: Music of the Baltics (orchestral and chamber-music concerts, opera productions, song recitals, ballet, theater, jazz, pop, and rock concerts) until September 6.<ref name="Tas Toth 1992"/>

===September–October===
* [[September 17]] – [[Frank Zappa]], in his final professional public appearance, conducts the [[Ensemble Modern]] at the Frankfurt Festival in Germany. Zappa, who is seriously ill with prostate cancer, receives a 20-minute ovation.<ref name=Miles>{{cite book| title = Frank Zappa| first = Barry| last = Miles| publisher=Atlantic Books| location = London| year = 2004|isbn = 1-84354-092-4| page= 371}}</ref>
* [[October 3]] – [[Sinéad O'Connor]] stirs up controversy when she rips up a picture of the Pope on the US television show, ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-mar-24-la-fg-sinead-qa25-2010mar25-story.html|title=Sinead O'Connor: 'There should be a full criminal investigation of the pope'|date=March 24, 2010|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>
* [[October 16]] – A massive [[Bob Dylan]] tribute concert is held at [[Madison Square Garden]] in New York. [[John Mellencamp|John Cougar Mellencamp]], [[Neil Young]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[June Carter Cash]], [[Johnny Cash]] and [[Tracy Chapman]] are among the many performers, but much attention becomes focused on [[Sinéad O'Connor]], who is loudly booed by much of the audience in response to the ''Saturday Night Live'' incident two weeks earlier.
* [[October 20]] – Singer-songwriter [[Madonna]] releases her fifth studio album, [[Erotica (Madonna album)|''Erotica'']], which became one of her most controversial albums to date due to overtly sexual content.
* [[October 31]] 
**"End of the Road" by [[Boyz II Men]] posts a 12th consecutive week at No. 1 in the US charts, ending a 36-year record previously held by [[Elvis Presley]]. Boyz II Men's record was broken on March 6, 1993, by [[Whitney Houston]]'s "I Will Always Love You".
**''[[McTeague (opera)|McTeague]]'', an opera based on the Progressive Era-novel by Frank Norris, premieres at the [[Lyric Opera of Chicago]].

===November–December===
* [[November 3]] – The rap-metal band [[Rage Against the Machine]] releases their [[Rage Against the Machine (album)|debut album]].
* [[November 9]] – Australian-born singer [[Kylie Minogue]] ends her working relationship with UK songwriters and record producers [[Stock Aitken Waterman]] and the [[record label]] [[PWL]].
* [[November 15]]
** Megan Jasper of [[Sub Pop]] creates the [[grunge speak]] hoax, tricking ''[[The New York Times]]'' into printing an article on supposed slang used in the [[grunge]] scene in [[Seattle]], USA.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/grunge_speak|title=Grunge Speak|website=Museum of Hoaxes}}</ref>
** [[Ozzy Osbourne]] plays the final concert of his "retirement" tour at the [[Pacific Amphitheatre]] in [[Costa Mesa]], California. He is joined on stage by his three former [[Black Sabbath]] bandmates for a reunion performance. Black Sabbath opened the show with [[Rob Halford]] as lead vocalist, filling in for [[Ronnie James Dio]] who had left the band days earlier.
** ''[[The Jacksons: An American Dream]]'', a two-part miniseries based on the [[Jackson family]], premieres on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].
* [[November 17]] – The [[The Bodyguard (soundtrack)|soundtrack album of "The Bodyguard"]], [[Whitney Houston]]'s [[The Bodyguard (1992 film)|debut film]], is released. The album went on to be certified 18 times platinum by the [[RIAA]] and sell 45 million copies worldwide. To date{{when|date=November 2017}} the album is still the best selling soundtrack of all time and also one of the best selling albums of all time.
* [[November 22]] – Manchester-based [[post-punk]] and electronic music label [[Factory Records]] declares bankruptcy. The label had been placed in dire financial straits following the spending of most of their funds by [[Happy Mondays]] during the recording of their album ''[[Yes Please!]]'', which would end up a commercial failure. Additionally, plans for a buyout from [[London Records]] folded when it was discovered that none of Factory's artists were actually signed onto the label; most of these artists, most notably [[New Order (band)|New Order]], would end up signing onto London Records anyhow following Factory's foreclosure.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.live4ever.uk.com/2009/11/factory-records-the-rise-and-fall-of-uks-legendary-indie-label/|title=Factory Records – The Rise And Fall of UK's Legendary Indie Label|website=Live4ever.uk.com|date=November 22, 2009}}</ref>
* [[December 3]] – [[Bill Wyman]] announces he is quitting [[The Rolling Stones]].
* [[December 31]]
** [[Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau]] announces his retirement from the stage to an audience at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich.
** The twenty-first annual [[Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest|New Year's Rockin' Eve]] special airs on ABC, with appearances by [[TLC (band)|TLC]], [[Bell Biv DeVoe]], [[Slaughter (band)|Slaughter]], [[Jon Secada]], [[Village People]] and [[Barry Manilow]].

===Also in 1992===
* [[David Isberg]] quits [[Opeth]] from his vocalist position. Current guitarist [[Mikael Åkerfeldt]] fills his position.
* ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]'', a new magazine focusing on [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] and [[hip-hop music]], launches with a special Fall preview issue.
* The [[MP3]] file format is developed as part of a video compression standard.<ref>Richard Campbell, "Media Essentials, A Brief Introduction," 2013{{Full citation needed|date=September 2017}}.</ref>

==Bands formed==
* ''See [[:Category:Musical groups established in 1992|Musical groups established in 1992]]''

==Bands disbanded==
* ''See [[:Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1992|Musical groups disestablished in 1992]]''

==Bands reformed==
* [[The Tubes]]
* [[April Wine]]
* [[Madness (band)|Madness]]

==Albums released==
{{See also|:Category:1992 albums}}

===January–March===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="20" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br/>A<br/>N<br/>U<br/>A<br/>R<br/>Y'''
| align="center" |6
| ''[[The Dirt Road]]'' || [[Sawyer Brown]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |10
| ''[[At the Ryman]]'' || [[Emmylou Harris]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |14
| ''[[Born into the 90's]]'' || [[R. Kelly]] and [[Public Announcement]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Magic and Loss]]'' || [[Lou Reed]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Poetic Justice (Lillian Axe album)|Poetic Justice]]'' || [[Lillian Axe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rush (1991 soundtrack)|Rush]]'' || [[Eric Clapton]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Stacy Earl (album)|Stacy Earl]]'' || [[Stacy Earl]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |21
| ''[[The Acoustic Motorbike]]'' || [[Luka Bloom]] ||-
|-
| ''The American in Me'' || [[Steve Forbert]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |24
| ''[[Diva (My Sister's Machine album)|Diva]]'' || [[My Sister's Machine]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |27
| ''[[High on the Happy Side]]'' || [[Wet Wet Wet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hormoaning]]'' || [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] || EP; Australia and Japan only
|-
| ''[[Pleasure Death]]'' || [[Therapy?]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Spooky (album)|Spooky]]'' || [[Lush (band)|Lush]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |28
| ''[[Finally (CeCe Peniston album)|Finally]]'' || [[CeCe Peniston]] || Debut
|-
| ''The Great Puzzle'' || [[Jules Shear]] ||-
|-
| ''[[An Irish Evening]]'' || [[The Chieftains]] || Live
|-
| align="center" |31
| ''[[Congregation (The Afghan Whigs album)|Congregation]]'' || [[The Afghan Whigs]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |?
| ''[[Coincidence and Likely Stories]]'' || [[Buffy Sainte-Marie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rancid (EP)|Rancid]]'' || [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="33" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''F<br/>E<br/>B<br/>R<br/>U<br/>A<br/>R<br/>Y'''
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|''[[B'z TV Style Songless version]]''
|[[B'z]]
|Compilation
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |4
| ''[[Mack Daddy]]'' || [[Sir Mix-a-Lot]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sap (album)|Sap]]'' || [[Alice in Chains]] || EP
|-
| align="center" |7
| ''[[More Noise and Other Disturbances]]'' || [[The Mighty Mighty Bosstones]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |10
| ''[[Generation Terrorists]]'' || [[Manic Street Preachers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[That What Is Not]]'' || [[Public Image Ltd]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |11
| ''[[Black Eyed Man]]'' || [[Cowboy Junkies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Return of the Funky Man]]'' || [[Lord Finesse]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Saturday Morning with Riders]]'' || [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell]]'' || [[Social Distortion]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |14
| ''[[Propeller (Guided by Voices album)|Propeller]]'' || [[Guided by Voices]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |17
| ''[[Close to Seven]]'' || [[Sandra (singer)|Sandra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hormonally Yours]]'' || [[Shakespear's Sister]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Romantic Moments]]'' || [[Yanni]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Seven (James album)|Seven]]'' || [[James (band)|James]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |18
| ''[[A Picture of Nectar]]'' || [[Phish]] ||-
|-
| ''[[One (Me Phi Me album)|One]]'' || [[Me Phi Me]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stick Around for Joy]]'' || [[The Sugarcubes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wayne's World (soundtrack)|Wayne's World]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |24
| ''[[Divine Madness (Madness album)|Divine Madness]]'' || [[Madness (band)|Madness]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Get Ready!]]'' || [[2 Unlimited (band)|2 Unlimited]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |25
| ''[[The End of Silence]]'' || [[Rollins Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[F.U. Don't Take It Personal]]'' || [[Fu-Schnickens]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Little Earthquakes]]'' || [[Tori Amos]] || US
|-
| ''[[Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip]]'' || [[TLC (band)|TLC]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Sex and Violence (album)|Sex and Violence]]'' || [[Boogie Down Productions]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vulgar Display of Power]]'' || [[Pantera]] || US
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |26
| ''[[A Blaze in the Northern Sky]]'' || [[Darkthrone]] ||-
|-
| ''[[P-Model (album)|P-Model]]'' || [[P-Model]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |28
| ''[[Onobox]]'' || [[Yoko Ono]] ||Box Set
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |?
| ''[[High Stakes & Dangerous Men]]'' || [[UFO (band)|UFO]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Money (album)|Money]]'' || [[KMFDM]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wonderama (album)|Wonderama]]'' || [[Randy Stonehill]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="48" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" |'''M<br />A<br />R<br />C<br />H'''
| rowspan="4" align="center" |3
| ''[[Chic-Ism]]'' || [[Chic (band)|Chic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury]]'' || [[The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Uh-Oh (David Byrne album)|Uh-Oh]]'' || [[David Byrne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Up (Right Said Fred album)|Up]]'' || [[Right Said Fred]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |9
| ''[[Gotthard (album)|Gotthard]]'' || [[Gotthard (band)|Gotthard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Doppelgänger (Curve album)|Doppelgänger]]'' || [[Curve (band)|Curve]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Going Blank Again]]'' || [[Ride (band)|Ride]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center" |10
| ''[[Baby I'm Yours (Maureen McGovern album)|Baby I'm Yours]]'' || [[Maureen McGovern]] || Covers album
|-
| ''[[Dare to Dream (Yanni album)|Dare to Dream]]'' || [[Yanni]] ||-
|-
| ''[[King's X (album)|King's X]]'' || [[King's X]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Let Me Come Over]]'' || [[Buffalo Tom]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Opiate (EP)|Opiate]]'' || [[Tool (band)|Tool]] || EP, Debut EP
|-
| ''[[Priest=Aura]]'' || [[The Church (band)|The Church]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Walking in London (album)|Walking in London]]'' || [[Concrete Blonde]] ||-
|-
|''[[Cracker (album)|Cracker]]'' || [[Cracker (band)|Cracker]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |13
| ''[[Generator (Bad Religion album)|Generator]]'' || [[Bad Religion]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |16
| ''[[Eleven Kinds of Loneliness (album)|Eleven Kinds of Loneliness]]'' || [[Tanita Tikaram]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |17
| ''[[Never Enough (Melissa Etheridge album)|Never Enough]]'' || [[Melissa Etheridge]] ||-
|-
| ''[[360 Degrees of Power]]'' || [[Sister Souljah]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hey Babe]]'' || [[Juliana Hatfield]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ingénue (album)|Ingénue]]'' || [[k.d. lang]] ||-
|-
| ''[[La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1]]'' || [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Doubt (No Doubt album)|No Doubt]]'' || [[No Doubt]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |23
| ''[[Between 10th & 11th]]'' || [[The Charlatans (English band)|The Charlatans]] ||- 
|-
| ''[[Code: Selfish]]'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Honey's Dead]]'' || [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |24
| ''[[3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of...]]'' || [[Arrested Development (group)|Arrested Development]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Apollo 18 (album)|Apollo 18]]'' || [[They Might Be Giants]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Doin' the Nasty]]'' || [[Slik Toxik]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Funky Divas]]'' || [[En Vogue]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |27
| ''[[Human Touch]]'' || [[Bruce Springsteen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lucky Town]]'' || Bruce Springsteen ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |30
| ''[[Celine Dion (album)|Celine Dion]]'' || [[Celine Dion]] || North America
|-
| ''[[Adrenalize]]'' || [[Def Leppard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dry (album)|Dry]]'' || [[PJ Harvey]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Arkansas Traveler (album)|Arkansas Traveler]]'' || [[Michelle Shocked]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lazer Guided Melodies]]'' || [[Spiritualized]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center" |31
| ''[[America Must Be Destroyed]]'' || [[GWAR]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Body Count (album)|Body Count]]'' || [[Body Count (band)|Body Count]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Fire and Ice (Yngwie Malmsteen album)|Fire and Ice]]'' || [[Yngwie Malmsteen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Joshua Judges Ruth]]'' || [[Lyle Lovett]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Racine (album)|Racine]]'' || [[Sass Jordan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Time to Burn (Giant album)|Time To Burn]]'' || [[Giant (band)|Giant]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Totally Krossed Out]]'' || [[Kris Kross|Kriss Kross]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Wynonna (album)|Wynonna]]'' || [[Wynonna Judd]] || Solo debut
|-
|rowspan="3" align="center" |?
| ''[[Last Rights (album)|Last Rights]]'' || [[Skinny Puppy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Destination Universe]]'' || [[Material Issue]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Friday Rock Show Sessions]]'' || [[Hawkwind]] || Live
|-
|}

===April–June===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="34" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br />P<br />R<br />I<br />L'''
| align="center" |6
| ''[[Diva (Annie Lennox album)|Diva]]'' || [[Annie Lennox]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |7
| ''[[Anything Can Happen (album)|Anything Can Happen]]''|| [[Leon Russell]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dead Serious (album)|Dead Serious]]'' || [[Das EFX]] ||-
|-
| ''Electric Love Hogs'' || [[Electric Love Hogs]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[The Singer (Diamanda Galás album)|The Singer]]'' || [[Diamanda Galás]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Night on Earth (soundtrack)|Night on Earth]]'' || [[Tom Waits]] || Soundtrack to the [[Night on Earth|1991 film]]
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |13
| ''[[Pure (Godflesh album)|Pure]]'' || [[Godflesh]] ||-
|-
| ''Volume III Just Right'' || [[Soul II Soul]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center" |14
| ''[[Arc Angels (album)|Arc Angels]]'' || [[Arc Angels]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bloodline (Recoil album)|Bloodline]]'' || [[Recoil (band)|Recoil]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bricks Are Heavy]]'' || [[L7 (band)|L7]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (ZZ Top album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[ZZ Top]] || Greatest Hits
|-
| ''[[Holy Smoke (Peter Murphy album)|Holy Smoke]]'' || [[Peter Murphy (musician)|Peter Murphy]] || US
|-
| ''[[Off the Deep End]]'' || [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Soul Rotation]]'' || [[The Dead Milkmen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Is My Life (Carly Simon album)|This Is My Life]]'' || [[Carly Simon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Woman I Am (Chaka Khan album)|The Woman I Am]]'' || [[Chaka Khan]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |17
| ''[[Audio Adrenaline (album)|Audio Adrenaline]]'' || [[Audio Adrenaline]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |20
| ''[[Slanted and Enchanted]]'' || [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center" |21
| ''[[Check Your Head]]'' || [[Beastie Boys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[East Side Story (Kid Frost album)|East Side Story]]'' || [[Frost (rapper)|Kid Frost]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The End Complete]]'' || [[Obituary (band)|Obituary]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hotwired]]'' || [[The Soup Dragons]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tongues and Tails]]'' || [[Sophie B. Hawkins]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[The Wild Life (album)|The Wild Life]]'' || [[Slaughter (band)|Slaughter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wish (The Cure album)|Wish]]'' || [[The Cure]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |27
| ''[[Nonsuch (album)|Nonsuch]]'' || [[XTC]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |28
| ''[[Double Eclipse]]'' || [[Hardline (band)|Hardline]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Matters of the Heart (Tracy Chapman album)|Matters of the Heart]]'' || [[Tracy Chapman]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tactical Neural Implant]]'' || [[Front Line Assembly]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |30
| ''[[Night of the Stormrider]]'' || [[Iced Earth]] || US
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |?
| ''[[I Was Warned]]'' || [[Robert Cray]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Too Blind to See It (album)|Too Blind to See It]]'' || [[Kym Sims]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Room]]'' || [[The Samples]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="39" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''M<br />A<br />Y'''
| rowspan="2" align="center" |1
| ''[[The Longest Line]]'' || [[NOFX]] || EP
|-
| ''[[The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History]]'' || [[The Vaselines]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center" |5
| ''[[Back to Front (Lionel Richie album)|Back to Front]]'' || [[Lionel Richie]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Daily Operation]]'' || [[Gang Starr]] ||-
|-
| ''Family Groove'' || [[The Neville Brothers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Intoxifornication]]'' || [[Gregg Alexander]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jon Secada (album)|Jon Secada]]'' || [[Jon Secada]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Milagro (Santana album)|Milagro]]'' || [[Santana (band)|Santana]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Scream in Blue]]'' || [[Midnight Oil]] || Live
|-
| ''Under The Influence'' || Wildside ||-
|-
| align="center" |6
| ''[[Entre a Mi Mundo]]'' || [[Selena]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |11
| ''[[Fear of the Dark (Iron Maiden album)|Fear of the Dark]]'' || [[Iron Maiden]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |12
| ''[[Henry's Dream]]'' || [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Origin of the Feces]]'' || [[Type O Negative]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rites of Passage (Indigo Girls album)|Rites of Passage]]'' || [[Indigo Girls]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion]]'' || [[The Black Crowes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spice 1 (album)|Spice 1]]'' || [[Spice 1]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |18
| ''[[Black Moon (album)|Black Moon]]'' || [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Forever Free (Saxon album)|Forever Free]]'' || [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love Is (Kim Wilde album)|Love Is]]'' || [[Kim Wilde]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |19
| ''[[Life Is Messy]]'' || [[Rodney Crowell]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Revenge (Kiss album)|Revenge]]'' || [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Some Gave All]]'' || [[Billy Ray Cyrus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Souls at Zero]]'' || [[Neurosis (band)|Neurosis]] ||-
|-
| ''[[T-Ride (album)|T-Ride]]'' || [[T-Ride]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|21
|''[[Image (album)|Image]]''
|[[Luna Sea]]
| -
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|22
| ''[[Time Takes Time]]'' || [[Ringo Starr]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |25
| ''[[The Brother with Two Tongues]]'' || [[Mellow Man Ace]] ||-
|-
|''[[Realized Fantasies]]''
|[[TNT (Norwegian band)|TNT]]
|Japanese release date
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |26
| ''[[Ocean Colour Scene (album)|Ocean Colour Scene]]'' || [[Ocean Colour Scene]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dark Sneak Love Action]]'' || [[Tom Tom Club]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kiko (album)|Kiko]]'' || [[Los Lobos]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Peng!]]'' || [[Stereolab]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |?
| ''[[Utopia Banished]]'' || [[Napalm Death]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Ritual (Testament album)|The Ritual]]'' || [[Testament (band)|Testament]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hawklords Live]]'' || [[Hawklords]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Two from the Vault]]'' || [[Grateful Dead]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Sacrilegium]]'' || [[Devil Doll (Slovenian band)|Devil Doll]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Everything (Mr. Children album)|Everything]]'' || [[Mr. Children]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="43" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" valign="center" align="center" |'''J<br />U<br />N<br />E'''
| rowspan="5" align="center" |1
|-
| ''[[40oz. to Freedom]]'' || [[Sublime (band)|Sublime]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Abba-esque]]'' || [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]] || [[ABBA]] covers EP
|-
| ''[[Change Everything]]'' || [[Del Amitri]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The World as Best as I Remember It, Volume Two]]'' || [[Rich Mullins]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |2
| ''[[It's a Shame about Ray]]'' || [[The Lemonheads]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Lizard (album)|The Lizard]]'' || [[Saigon Kick]] ||-
|-
| ''[[MTV Unplugged (Mariah Carey EP)|MTV Unplugged]]'' || [[Mariah Carey]] || Live EP
|-
| ''[[Shadows and Light (Wilson Phillips album)|Shadows and Light]]'' || [[Wilson Phillips]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |8
| ''[[Angel Dust (Faith No More album)|Angel Dust]]'' || [[Faith No More]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Crimson Idol]]'' || [[W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Aqua (Asia album)|Aqua]]'' || [[Asia (band)|Asia]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |9
| ''[[Ferment (album)|Ferment]]'' || [[Catherine Wheel (band)|Catherine Wheel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Legion (Deicide album)|Legion]]'' || [[Deicide (band)|Deicide]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mecca and the Soul Brother]]'' || [[Pete Rock & CL Smooth]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|10
|''[[Loudness (album)|Loudness]]''
|[[Loudness (band)|Loudness]]
| -
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |12
| ''[[Goin' Back to New Orleans]]'' || [[Dr. John]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |16
| ''[[Beat the Boots II]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] || Live Box Set
|-
| ''[[Hold Your Fire (FireHouse album)|Hold Your Fire]]'' || [[FireHouse (band)|FireHouse]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Khaled (album)|Khaled]]'' || [[Khaled (musician)|Khaled]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Out of the Cradle]]'' || [[Lindsey Buckingham]] ||-
|-
| ''[[World Falling Down]]'' || [[Peter Cetera]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |19
| ''[[The Great Adventure (Steven Curtis Chapman album)|The Great Adventure]]'' || [[Steven Curtis Chapman]] || 
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |22
| ''[[Dehumanizer]]'' || [[Black Sabbath]] || UK
|-
| ''[[The One (Elton John album)|The One]]'' || [[Elton John]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center" |23
| ''[[Don't Sweat the Technique]]'' || [[Eric B. & Rakim]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Black Pearl (Yo-Yo album)|Black Pearl]]'' || [[Yo-Yo (rapper)|Yo-Yo]] ||-
|- 
| ''[[Get in Touch with Yourself]]'' || [[Swing Out Sister]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Good Stuff]]'' || [[The B-52's]] ||-
|- 
| ''[[Infinity Within]]'' || [[Deee-Lite]] ||-
|- 
| ''[[The King of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50s Masters]]'' || [[Elvis Presley]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Meantime (album)|Meantime]]'' || [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mo' Money (soundtrack)|Mo' Money]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|- 
| ''[[Tools of the Trade]]'' || [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |29
| ''[[F.N.G. (album)|F.N.G.]]'' || [[Suicidal Tendencies]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Somewhere Far Beyond]]'' || [[Blind Guardian]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |30
| ''[[The Art of Rebellion]]'' || [[Suicidal Tendencies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blues for the Red Sun]]'' || [[Kyuss]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Come On Come On]]'' || [[Mary Chapin Carpenter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kizz My Black Azz]]'' || [[MC Ren]] || EP, Debut
|-
| ''[[Retribution (Malevolent Creation album)|Retribution]]'' || [[Malevolent Creation]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| align="center" |?
| ''[[Soft Bomb]]'' || [[The Chills]] ||-
|-
|}

===July–September===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="27" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br />U<br />L<br />Y'''
| rowspan="4" align="center" |7
| ''[[Carry On (Kansas album)|Carry On]]'' || [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Images and Words]]'' || [[Dream Theater]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Strength in Numbers (24-7 Spyz album)|Strength in Numbers]]'' || [[24-7 Spyz]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This One's Gonna Hurt You]]'' || [[Marty Stuart]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |10
| ''[[You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] || 2 discs; Live
|-
| align="center" |13
| ''[[Live in Japan (George Harrison album)|Live in Japan]]'' || [[George Harrison]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center" |14
| ''[[Countdown to Extinction]]'' || [[Megadeth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Danzig III: How the Gods Kill]]'' || [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Everybody's Free (album)|Everybody's Free]]'' || [[Rozalla]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Hard Way (Clint Black album)|The Hard Way]]'' || [[Clint Black]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs]]'' || [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shorty the Pimp]]'' || [[Too Short]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shades of God]]'' || [[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |20
| ''[[Burning Questions (Graham Parker album)|Burning Questions]]'' || [[Graham Parker]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |21
| ''[[Dirty (Sonic Youth album)|Dirty]]'' || [[Sonic Youth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[House of Pain (album)|House of Pain]]'' || [[House of Pain]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |27
| ''[[Astronauts & Heretics]]'' || [[Thomas Dolby]] ||-
|-
| ''[[March ör Die]]'' || [[Motörhead]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 22'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Peppermint (EP)|Peppermint]]'' || [[Sloan (band)|Sloan]] || EP
|-
| ''[[The Red in the Sky Is Ours]]'' || [[At the Gates]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Your Arsenal]]'' || [[Morrissey]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |28
| ''[[Blood and Bullets (album)|Blood and Bullets]]'' || [[Widowmaker (Dee Snider band)|Widowmaker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Business Never Personal]]'' || [[EPMD]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gordon (album)|Gordon]]'' || [[Barenaked Ladies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[What's the 411?]]'' || [[Mary J. Blige]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |?
| ''[[California Brainstorm]]'' || [[Hawkwind]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="33" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br />U<br />G<br />U<br />S<br />T'''
| rowspan="4" align="center" |3
| ''[[Machine and Soul|Machine + Soul]]'' || [[Gary Numan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[March 16–20, 1992]]'' || [[Uncle Tupelo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Summer in Paradise]]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Welcome to Wherever You Are]]'' || [[INXS]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |4
| ''[[Lost Together (Blue Rodeo album)|Lost Together]]'' || [[Blue Rodeo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[New Miserable Experience]]'' || [[Gin Blossoms]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976]]'' || [[Donovan]] || Box Set
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |11
| ''[[Don't Tread]]'' || [[Damn Yankees (band)|Damn Yankees]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fontanelle (album)|Fontanelle]]'' || [[Babes in Toyland (band)|Babes in Toyland]] ||
|-
| ''[[Hit to Death in the Future Head]]'' || [[The Flaming Lips]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jackyl (album)|Jackyl]]'' || [[Jackyl]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |17
| ''[[Take That & Party]]'' || [[Take That]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |18
| ''[[Babe Rainbow (album)|Babe Rainbow]]'' || [[The House of Love]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lunapark (album)|Lunapark]]'' || [[Luna (1990s American band)|Luna]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mind Fruit]]'' || [[Opus III (band)|Opus III]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Refugee (Bad4Good album)|Refugee]]'' || [[Bad4Good]] ||-
|-
| ''[[T-R-O-U-B-L-E (album)|T-R-O-U-B-L-E]]'' || [[Travis Tritt]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |24
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Kylie Minogue album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Kylie Minogue]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="9" align="center" |25
| ''[[Unplugged (Eric Clapton album)|Unplugged]]'' || [[Eric Clapton]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Beyond the Season]]'' || [[Garth Brooks]] || Christmas album
|-
| ''[[Bobby (Bobby Brown album)|Bobby]]'' || [[Bobby Brown]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dog Eat Dog (Warrant album)|Dog Eat Dog]]'' || [[Warrant (American band)|Warrant]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Return of the Product]]'' || [[MC Serch]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Soul of a New Machine]]'' || [[Fear Factory]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Start the Car]]'' || [[Jude Cole]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sweet Old World]]'' || [[Lucinda Williams]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Wallflowers (album)|The Wallflowers]]'' || [[The Wallflowers]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |28
| ''[[Scrolls of the Megilloth]]'' || [[Mortification (band)|Mortification]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tourism (Roxette album)|Tourism]]'' || [[Roxette]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |31
| ''[[Tubular Bells II]]'' || [[Mike Oldfield]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |?
| ''[[Tapping the Vein (album)|Tapping the Vein]]'' || [[Sodom (band)|Sodom]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Powderfinger (EP)|Powderfinger]]'' || [[Powderfinger]] || EP
|-
|''Just Got Back Today''  || [[Supergrass#The Jennifers and formation (1990–1993)|The Jennifers]] ||-
|-  
| rowspan="55" 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="7" align="center" |1
| ''[[Mondo Bizarro]]'' || [[Ramones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nerve Net]]'' || [[Brian Eno]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Change Your World (Michael W. Smith album)|Change Your World]]'' || [[Michael W. Smith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Gotta Get Mine Yo]]'' || [[Chubb Rock]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Down on Sunset]]'' || [[Thomas Anders]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hearts in Armor]]'' || [[Trisha Yearwood]] ||-
|-
|''[[Paul Weller (album)|Paul Weller]]'' || Paul Weller || Debut
|-
| align="center" |2
| ''[[Hold Me (Zard album)|Hold Me]]'' || [[Zard]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |4
| ''[[Copper Blue]]'' || [[Sugar (American band)|Sugar]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |7
| ''[[Kingdom of Desire]]'' || [[Toto (band)|Toto]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Amused to Death]]'' || [[Roger Waters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Looks or the Lifestyle?]]'' || [[Pop Will Eat Itself]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center" |8
| ''[[Puzzle (Dada album)|Puzzle]]'' || [[Dada (band)|Dada]] || Debut
|-
| ''{{proper name|[[99.9F°]]}}'' || [[Suzanne Vega]] ||-
|-
| ''[[America's Least Wanted]]'' || [[Ugly Kid Joe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bone Machine]]'' || [[Tom Waits]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Good (Morphine album)|Good]]'' || [[Morphine (band)|Morphine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slide on This]]'' || [[Ronnie Wood]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sweet Oblivion]]'' || [[Screaming Trees]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |14
| ''[[Am I Not Your Girl?]]'' || [[Sinéad O'Connor]] || Covers
|-
| ''[[The Chase (Garth Brooks album)|The Chase]]'' || [[Garth Brooks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Down Colorful Hill]]'' || [[Red House Painters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Little Light Music]]'' || [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="7" align="center" |15
| ''[[The Best of White Lion]]'' || [[White Lion]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Comfort (Failure album)|Comfort]]'' || [[Failure (band)|Failure]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Dos (Gerardo album)|Dos]]'' || [[Gerardo Mejía|Gerardo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Misses]]'' || [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]] || Remixes
|-
| ''[[Hollywood Town Hall]]'' || [[Jayhawks (band)|The Jayhawks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pure Country (album)|Pure Country]]'' || [[George Strait]] ||-
|-
| ''[[You Gotta Believe]]'' || [[Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |21
| ''[[ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits]]'' || [[ABBA]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Sweet Pizzicato Five]]'' || [[Pizzicato Five]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" align="center" |22
| ''[[B-Side Ourselves]]'' || [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]] || Covers EP
|-
| ''[[Blind Melon (album)|Blind Melon]]'' || [[Blind Melon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Broken (Nine Inch Nails EP)|Broken]]'' || [[Nine Inch Nails]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Here Comes Trouble (Bad Company album)|Here Comes Trouble]]'' || [[Bad Company]] ||-
|-
| ''[[On Our Worst Behavior]]'' || [[IMx|Immature]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Runaway Slave]]'' || [[Showbiz & AG]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stunts, Blunts and Hip Hop]]'' || [[Diamond D]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[III Sides to Every Story]]'' || [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tomb of the Mutilated]]'' || [[Cannibal Corpse]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Whut? Thee Album]]'' || [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Yes Please!]]'' || [[Happy Mondays]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |28
| ''[[Us (Peter Gabriel album)|Us]]'' || [[Peter Gabriel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Back to the Light]]'' || [[Brian May]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Experience (Prodigy album)|Experience]]'' || [[The Prodigy]] || Released in US October 20
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center" |29
| ''[[Chipmunks in Low Places]]'' || [[Alvin and the Chipmunks]] || -
|-
| ''[[Core (Stone Temple Pilots album)|Core]]'' || [[Stone Temple Pilots]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Dirt (Alice in Chains album)|Dirt]]'' || [[Alice in Chains]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Junkanoo (album)|Junkanoo]]'' || [[Baha Men]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Music to Driveby]]'' || [[Compton's Most Wanted]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Not Ashamed]]'' || [[Newsboys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Precious (Chanté Moore album)|Precious]]'' || [[Chanté Moore]] ||-
|-
|-''[[Satyricon (Meat Beat Manifesto album)|Satyricon]] || [[Meat Beat Manifesto]]
|-
| ''[[The Triumph of Steel]]'' || [[Manowar (band)|Manowar]] || Europe
|-
|}

===October–December===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="46" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | '''O<br />C<br />T<br />O<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="2" align="center" |1
| ''[[Duh (album)|Duh]]'' || [[Lagwagon]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Fully Completely]]'' || [[The Tragically Hip]] || Canada
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |5
| ''[[Angel Heart (Bonnie Tyler album)|Angel Heart]]'' || [[Bonnie Tyler]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Connected (Stereo MC's album)|Connected]]'' || [[Stereo MC's]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Penetralia]]'' || [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Twice Upon a Time: The Singles]]'' || [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="12" align="center" |6
| ''[[A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love)]]'' || [[Alan Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Automatic for the People]]'' || [[R.E.M.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blind (The Sundays album)|Blind]]'' || [[The Sundays]] || US
|-
| ''[[Can I Borrow a Dollar?]]'' || [[Common (rapper)|Common]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Can't Run from Yourself]]'' || [[Tanya Tucker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Grave Dancers Union]]'' || [[Soul Asylum]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Home for Christmas (Amy Grant album)|Home for Christmas]]'' || [[Amy Grant]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Just Look Around]]'' || [[Sick of It All]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Our Time In Eden]]'' || [[10,000 Maniacs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Play Me Backwards]]'' || [[Joan Baez]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Push (Gruntruck album)|Push]]'' || [[Gruntruck]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Road Behind]]'' || [[GWAR]] || EP
|-
| align="center" |10
| ''[[Liar (The Jesus Lizard album)|Liar]]'' || [[The Jesus Lizard]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |12
|- ''[[Here Comes a Song]]'' || [[The Wiggles]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Once in a Lifetime – The Best of Talking Heads]]'' || [[Talking Heads]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |13
| ''[[Bigger, Better, Faster, More!]]'' || [[4 Non Blondes]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Life's a Dance]]'' || [[John Michael Montgomery]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love Symbol Album]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds (album)|Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds]]'' || [[Izzy Stradlin|Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Piece of Cake (album)|Piece of Cake]]'' || [[Mudhoney (band)|Mudhoney]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Salutations from the Ghetto Nation]]'' || [[Warrior Soul]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |16
| ''[[Ignition (The Offspring album)|Ignition]]'' || [[The Offspring]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stamina Daddy]]'' || [[Buju Banton]] || Debut
|-
| align="center" |18
| ''[[Carnival of Carnage]]'' || [[Insane Clown Posse]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |19
| ''[[Jehovahkill]]'' || [[Julian Cope]] || UK; released in US Dec. 8
|-
| ''[[Main Offender]]'' || [[Keith Richards]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |20
| ''[[Breathless (Kenny G album)|Breathless]]'' || [[Kenny G]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Erotica (Madonna album)|Erotica]]'' || [[Madonna]] ||-
|-
| ''High in High School'' || [[Chainsaw Kittens]] ||-
|-
| ''[[King of Hearts (Roy Orbison album)|King of Hearts]]'' || [[Roy Orbison]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Very Special Christmas 2]]'' || Various Artists || Christmas
|-
| align="center" |23
| ''[[You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] || 2 discs; Live
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |26
| ''[[Live (AC/DC album)|Live]]'' || [[AC/DC]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Love Deluxe]]'' || [[Sade (band)|Sade]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Homebrew (Neneh Cherry album)|Homebrew]]'' || [[Neneh Cherry]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |27
| ''[[It's About Time (SWV album)|It's About Time]]'' || [[SWV]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Playground Psychotics]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] and [[The Mothers of Invention]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|28
| ''[[Run (B'z album)|Run]]'' || [[B'z]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |30
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Gloria Estefan album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Gloria Estefan]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Smeared]]'' || [[Sloan (band)|Sloan]] || Canada
|-
| rowspan="38" 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
| ''[[Free at Last (dc Talk album)|Free at Last]]'' || [[dc Talk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Karelian Isthmus]]'' || [[Amorphis]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |2
| ''[[Shine On (Pink Floyd)|Shine On]]'' || [[Pink Floyd]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Harvest Moon (album)|Harvest Moon]]'' || [[Neil Young]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Happy Nation]]'' || [[Ace of Base]] ||-
|-
| ''[[God's Great Banana Skin]]'' || [[Chris Rea]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Madstock!]]'' || [[Madness (band)|Madness]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Nurse (album)|Nurse]]'' || [[Therapy?]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" |3
| ''[[Rage Against the Machine (album)|Rage Against the Machine]]'' || [[Rage Against the Machine]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Are You Normal?]]'' || [[Ned's Atomic Dustbin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Good as I Been to You]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Keep the Faith]]'' || [[Bon Jovi]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills]]'' || [[Positive K]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Uncut Dope: Geto Boys' Best]]'' || [[Geto Boys]] || Compilation
|-
| align="center" |5
| ''[[White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean]]'' || [[NOFX]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |9
| ''[[Selected Ambient Works 85-92]]'' || [[Aphex Twin]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |10
| ''[[Aladdin (1992 soundtrack)|Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[The Complete Collection and Then Some...]]'' || [[Barry Manilow]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Federal (album)|Federal]]'' || [[E-40]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pure Guava]]'' || [[Ween]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Urban Discipline]]'' || [[Biohazard (band)|Biohazard]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |11
| ''[[Back in Denim]]'' || [[Denim (band)|Denim]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |16
| ''[[The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts]]'' || [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Great Deceiver (King Crimson)|The Great Deceiver]]'' || [[King Crimson]] || Live Box Set rec. 1973–'74
|-
| ''[[Pop! The First 20 Hits|Pop! – the First 20 Hits]]'' || [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]] || Compilation
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 23'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |17
|''[[The Bodyguard (soundtrack)|The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album]]'' || [[Whitney Houston]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''The Chipmunks: Greatest Hits'' || [[The Chipmunks]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Jade to the Max]]'' || [[Jade (American band)|Jade]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[The Predator (1992 album)|The Predator]]'' || [[Ice Cube]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |19
| ''[[I've Suffered a Head Injury]]'' || [[The Verve Pipe]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |23
| ''[[25 Years – The Chain]]'' || [[Fleetwood Mac]] || Box Set
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" |24
| ''[[Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde]]'' || [[The Pharcyde]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[The Future (Leonard Cohen album)|The Future]]'' || [[Leonard Cohen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Homebelly Groove...Live]]'' || [[Spin Doctors]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Live and Let Die (album)|Live and Let Die]]'' || [[Kool G Rap]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Something Real (Stephanie Mills album)|Something Real]]'' || [[Stephanie Mills]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |?
| ''[[Sleep's Holy Mountain|Holy Mountain]]'' || [[Sleep (band)|Sleep]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="20" 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" |1
| ''[[Time3|Time<sup>3</sup>]]'' || [[Journey (band)|Journey]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center" |7
| ''[[Fixed (EP)|Fixed]]'' || [[Nine Inch Nails]] || Remix EP
|-
| ''[[Love God]]'' || [[Milk Cult]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Verve E.P.]]'' || [[The Verve]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |8
| ''[[Utah Saints (album)|Utah Saints]]'' || [[Utah Saints]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Tostaky]]'' || [[Noir Désir]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|9
| ''[[Friends (B'z album)|Friends]]'' || [[B'z]] || EP
|-
| align="center" |10
| ''[[5150: Home 4 tha Sick]]'' || [[Eazy-E]] || EP
|-
| align="center" |11
| ''[[The Shape of Grace]]'' || [[Out of the Grey]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |14
| ''[[Incesticide]]'' || [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] || Rarities and unreleased material
|-
| ''[[It's Your Call]]'' || [[Reba McEntire]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |15
| ''[[Happy Hour (King Missile album)|Happy Hour]]'' || [[King Missile]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Chronic]]'' || [[Dr. Dre]] || Solo Debut
|-
| align="center" |17
| ''Back from Hell'' || [[Disco Rick|Disco Rick and the Wolf Pack]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[Three Nights in Tokyo]]'' || [[TNT (Norwegian band)|TNT]] || Live
|-
| align="center" |22
| ''[[...If I Ever Fall in Love]]'' || [[Shai (band)|Shai]] || Debut
|-
| align="center" |29
| ''[[Changes (Christopher Williams album)|Changes]]'' || [[Christopher Williams (singer)|Christopher Williams]] ||-
|-
| align="center" |?
| ''[[Alejandro Fernández (album)|Alejandro Fernández]]'' || [[Alejandro Fernández]] || Debut
|}

===Release date unknown===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
* ''[[Adam 'n' Eve]]'' - [[Gavin Friday]]
* ''Alice in Wonderland No. 4'' - [[Randy Greif]]
* ''An Evening With The Allman Brothers Band, First Set'' – [[Allman Brothers Band]]
* ''Backstreet Of Desire'' - [[Willy de Ville]]
* ''The Basics of Life'' - [[4Him]]
* ''Battle Cries'' - The Brave
* ''Black Ticket Day'' – [[Ed Kuepper]]
* ''Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion'' - [[Dr. John]]
* ''[[Camera Camera (Nazia and Zoheb Hassan album)|Camera Camera]]'' - [[Nazia and Zoheb]]
* ''Center Of The Universe'' – [[Giant Sand]]
* ''Crooked Line'' - [[Nils Lofgren]]
* ''Destination Paradise'' – [[Fischer-Z]]
* ''Fireboy'' - [[Grant McLennan]]
* ''[[Goin' Back to Dixie]]'' - [[John Hartford]]
* ''Good Times'' - [[Chris Cacavas & The Junkyard Love]]
* ''Groovus Maximus'' – [[Electric Boys]]
* ''I, Jonathan'' - [[Jonathan Richman]]
* ''I'll Find You There'' - [[The Kry]]
* ''[[Infamous Angel]]'' - [[Iris Dement]]
* ''[[In Search of Manny]]'' - [[Luscious Jackson]]
{{col-2}}
* ''Letters To A Dream'' - [[Louis Tillett]]
* ''Little Village'' - [[Little Village]]
* ''[[Lusis]]'' - [[Mortal (band)|Mortal]]
* ''[[Lysol (album)|Lysol]]'' – [[Melvins]]
* ''Mercy'' - [[Bryan Duncan]]
* ''[[Not Fade Away (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album)|Not Fade Away]]'' - [[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]]
* ''Pick It Up'' - [[Hokus Pick|Hokus Pick Manouver]]
* ''Pray for Rain'' - [[PFR (band)|PFR]]
* ''[[Pray Naked]]'' - [[The 77s]]
* ''Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee & Cypress Grove with Willie Love'' – ''Ramblin' Jeffrey Lee & Cypress Grove with Willie Love''
* ''[[Scenic Routes]]'' – [[Lost Dogs]]
* ''[[Shhh (Chumbawamba album)|Shhh]]'' – [[Chumbawamba]]
* ''Short Man's Room'' - [[Joe Henry]]
* ''Six-Pack of Love'' - [[Peter Case]]
* ''[[Snakes in the Playground]]'' - [[Bride (band)|Bride]]
* ''Tales of Wonder'' - [[White Heart]]
* ''This Is Not The Way Home'' - [[The Cruel Sea (band)|The Cruel Sea]]
* ''[[Through the Forest]]'' – [[Mad at the World]]
* ''Too Much Fun'' - [[Green On Red]]
* ''Turns Into Stone'' - [[Stone Roses]]
*''[[XX Years Live]]'' – [[Rez Band]]
*''[[SADDLE UP]]'' – [[First Arsch]]
{{col-end}}

==Biggest hit singles==
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tsort.info/music/yr1992.htm|title=Songs from the Year 1992|last=Hawtin|first=Steve|date=February 10, 2008|publisher=Steve Hawtin/TsorT|access-date=April 17, 2008}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! #
! Artist
! Title
! Year
! Country
! Chart Entries
|-
| 1 || [[Whitney Houston]] || [[I Will Always Love You#Whitney Houston version|I Will Always Love You]] || 1992 || {{flagicon|US}} || UK 1 – Nov 1992, US BB 1 of 1992, Holland 1 – Nov 1992, Sweden 1 – Nov 1992, Switzerland 1 – Dec 1992, Norway 1 – Dec 1992, Poland 1 – Nov 1992, Germany 1 – Jan 1993, Republic of Ireland 1 – Dec 1992, Australia 1 for 10 weeks Mar 1993, Grammy in 1993, Austria 2 – Dec 1992, Australia 2 of 1993, US CashBox 5 of 1993, Japan 5 of all time (international songs), Italy 7 of 1992, Global 7 (10 M sold) – 1992, POP 10 of 1992, Europe 19 of the 1990s, TOTP 19, AFI 65, Germany 67 of the 1990s, Scrobulate 90 of ballad, RIAA 108, RYM 172 of 1992, Party 280 of 1999, Acclaimed 802
|-
| 2 || [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] || [[Smells Like Teen Spirit]] || 1991 ||{{flagicon|US}} || New Zealand 1 for 1 weeks Feb 1992, Sweden 2 – Jan 1992, Norway 2 – Jan 1992, Poland 2 – Jan 1992, Germany 2 – Jan 1992, Holland 3 – Nov 1991, RYM 3 of 1991, Acclaimed 3, US BB 5 of 1992, Scrobulate 5 of rock, US BB 6 of 1992, Switzerland 6 – Feb 1992, Europe 6 of the 1990s, POP 6 of 1992, UK 7 – Nov 1991, Belgium 7 of all time, 7 in 2FM list, Rolling Stone 9, France 10 – Dec 1991, Austria 11 – Feb 1992, Virgin 16, Poland 23 of all time, US CashBox 27 of 1992, Italy 29 of 1992, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1991, WXPN 53, RIAA 80, Germany 152 of the 1990s, TheQ 321, OzNet 900
|-
| 3 || [[Boyz II Men]] || [[End of the Road (Boyz II Men song)|End of the Road]] || 1992 || {{flagicon|US}} || UK 1 – Sep 1992, US BB 1 of 1992, US CashBox 1 of 1992, Holland 1 – Oct 1992, Republic of Ireland 1 – Nov 1992, New Zealand 1 for 7 weeks Oct 1992, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Feb 1993, US BB 3 of 1992, Sweden 3 – Oct 1992, Norway 3 – Nov 1992, POP 3 of 1992, Poland 6 – Sep 1992, Switzerland 7 – Oct 1992, Germany 7 – Jan 1993, Australia 21 of 1992, Austria 29 – Nov 1992, Scrobulate 89 of rnb, Germany 337 of the 1990s
|-
| 4 || [[Snap!]] || [[Rhythm is a Dancer]] || 1992 || {{flagicon|Germany}} || UK 1 – Jul 1992, Holland 1 – Apr 1992, Austria 1 – May 1992, Switzerland 1 – Apr 1992, Italy 1 of 1992, Germany 1 – Apr 1992, Republic of Ireland 1 – Aug 1992, France 3 – Apr 1992, Sweden 4 – May 1992, Norway 4 – Jun 1992, US BB 5 of 1993, Germany 6 of the 1990s, US CashBox 12 of 1993, Australia 12 of 1992, US BB 17 of 1992, POP 17 of 1993, Scrobulate 65 of 90s, RYM 96 of 1992
|-
| 5 || [[Mr. Big (American band)|Mr. Big]] || [[To Be With You]] || 1991 ||{{flagicon|US}} || US BB 1 of 1992, Holland 1 – Mar 1992, Sweden 1 – Feb 1992, Switzerland 1 – Mar 1992, Norway 1 – Mar 1992, Germany 1 – Mar 1992, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks Mar 1992, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Aug 1992, Austria 2 – Apr 1992, UK 3 – Mar 1992, Poland 5 – Jan 1992, Australia 7 of 1992, US CashBox 9 of 1992, POP 25 of 1992, Germany 47 of the 1990s, OzNet 386
|}

==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>
|-
| "[[Achy Breaky Heart]]" || [[Billy Ray Cyrus]] ||	{{Date table sorting|111992}}|November 1992 || 4 || 3 || 1 (Australia, New Zealand) || [[Achy Breaky Heart#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "[[Ain't No Doubt]]" || [[Jimmy Nail]] ||	{{Date table sorting|061992}}|June 1992 || n/a || 1 || 1 (Ireland, United Kingdom) || [[Ain't No Doubt#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[All That She Wants]]" || [[Ace of Base]] || {{Date table sorting|081992}}|August 1992 || 2 || 1 || 1 [[All That She Wants#Charts|(12 countries)]] || [[All That She Wants#Charts|See chart performance entry]]    
|-
|| "[[Amigos Para Siempre]]" || [[José Carreras]] & [[Sarah Brightman]] || {{Date table sorting|061992}}|June 1992 || n/a || 11 || 1 (Australia) || 3 (Portugal) - 7 (Netherlands Single Top 100) - 10 (Netherlands Dutch Top 40) - 10 (Norway) - 16 (Ireland) - 33 (Europe) - 36 (Sweden) - 44 (Belgium)
|-
|| "[[Are You Ready to Fly]]" || [[Rozalla]] || {{Date table sorting|021992}}|February 1992 || 63 || 17 || 4 (Spain) || [[Are You Ready to Fly#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|}

===Other Chart hit singles===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*"[[A Deeper Love]]" - [[Clivillés & Cole]]
*"America: What Time Is Love?" - [[The KLF]]
*"Atesle Barut" – [[Sertab Erener]]	
*"[[Baby-Baby-Baby]]" – [[TLC (band)|TLC]] (#2 US)	
*"[[Baby Got Back]]" – [[Sir Mix-a-Lot]] (#1 US, #8 AUS)	
*"[[Baker Street (song)|Baker Street]]" – [[Undercover (dance group)|Undercover]] (#2 UK, IRL, BE, SWI, #3 AUT, NLD)	
*"[[Barcelona (Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé song)|Barcelona]]" – [[Freddie Mercury]] (#2 UK, NLD, NZ, #3 IRL)
*"[[Be My Baby (Vanessa Paradis song)|Be My Baby]]" – [[Vanessa Paradis]] (#2 BE, #5 FR, #6 UK, IRL)	
*"[[Be Quick or Be Dead]]" – [[Iron Maiden]] (#2 UK, #3 NOR)
*"[[Because the Night]]" – Co.Ro & Tarlisa (#1 IT, SP, #6 FR, #8 BE)	
*"[[The Best Things in Life Are Free (Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson song)|The Best Things in Life Are Free]]" – [[Luther Vandross]] & [[Janet Jackson]] (#2 AUS, UK, #6 IRL, NZ)	
*"[[Boss Drum]]" – [[The Shamen]]
*"[[Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)]]" – [[Mint Condition]] (#6 US)	
*"[[Breath of Life (Erasure song)|Breath of Life]]" – [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]] (#7 FIN, #8 IRL, UK)
*"[[Ça ne change pas un homme (song)|Ça ne change pas un homme]]" – [[Johnny Hallyday]] (#7 FR)
*"[[Caroline (MC Solaar song)|Caroline]]" – [[MC Solaar]] (#4 FR)
*"[[Cash City]]"  – [[Luc de Larochellière]] (#1 QUE, #11 FR)
*"[[Come and Talk to Me]]" – [[Jodeci]]	
*"[[Come as You Are (Nirvana song)|Come as You Are]]" – [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] (#3 NZ, #7 IRL, #9 UK)
*"[[Como la Flor]]" – [[Selena]] (#6 US Latin)	
*"[[Connected (Stereo MCs song)|Connected]]" – [[Stereo MCs]] (#5 AUT, #6 SWI, #8 SWE)
*"[[Could It Be Magic]]" – [[Take That]] (#3 UK, IRL, #8 BE)	
*"[[Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover]]" – [[Sophie B. Hawkins]] (#3 NOR, #5 US, #7 AUS)	
*"[[Das Boot (song)|Das Boot]]" – [[U 96]] (#1 AUT, GER, NOR, #4 NLD, #5 SWE)
*"[[Diamonds and Pearls (song)|Diamonds and Pearls]]" – [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] (#3 US)
*"[[Deeply Dippy]]" – [[Right Said Fred]] (#1 UK, IRL, #6 AUT)
*"[[Didi (song)|Didi]]" – [[Khaled (musician)|Khaled]]	(#9 FR, #10 BE)
*"[[Die da!?]]" – [[Die Fantastischen Vier]] (#1 AUT, SWI, #2 GER)	
*"[[Disappointed (Electronic song)|Disappointed]]" - [[Electronic (band)|Electronic]]
*"[[Do I Have to Say the Words?]]" – [[Bryan Adams]] (#2 CAN)	
*"[[Do It to Me]]" - [[Lionel Richie]]
*"[[Don't Be Aggressive]]" – [[Sandra (singer)|Sandra]] (#7 NOR, #8 FIN)	
*"[[Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me]]" – [[Elton John]] & [[George Michael]] (#1 FR, NLD, NOR, US)	
*"[[Don't Talk Just Kiss]]" – [[Right Said Fred]] (#2 GER, #3 UK, #4 FIN, SWE)	
*"[[Don't You Want Me (Felix song)|Don't You Want Me]]" – [[Felix (musician)|Felix]] (#1 FIN, IT, SP, SWI)	
*"[[Drive (R.E.M. song)|Drive]]" – [[R.E.M.]]	(#4 IRL, #7 CAN)
*"[[Driven by You]]" – [[Brian May]] (#6 UK, #9 US)	
*"[[Dur dur d'être bébé !]]" – [[Jordy Lemoine|Jordy]] (#1 FR, SP, #2 FIN, #3 AUT, BE, NLD)		
*"[[Ebeneezer Goode]]" – [[The Shamen]] (#1 UK, IRL, #2 NOR, #8 FIN)	
*"El Visa" – [[Cheb Hasni]] (ALG)	
*"[[End of the Road (Boyz II Men song)|End of the Road]]" – [[Boyz II Men]]
*"[[Erotica (song)|Erotica]]" – [[Madonna]] (#1 ITA, #2 NOR, #3 US, UK, SWE, NZ, #4 AUS, IRE, SPA, #8 SWI)
*"[[Even Better Than the Real Thing]]" – [[U2]] (#3 CAN, IRL, #8 AUT, NLD)	
*"[[Everything About You (Ugly Kid Joe song)|Everything About You]]" – [[Ugly Kid Joe]] (#3 UK, #5 IRL, NLD, NOR, #9 US)
*"[[Everytime We Touch (Maggie Reilly song)|Everytime We Touch]]" – [[Maggie Reilly]] (#1 NOR, #5 AUT)
*"[[Free Your Mind (song)|Free Your Mind]]" – [[En Vogue]] (#8 US)	
*"[[Friday I'm In Love]]" – [[The Cure]] (#3 CAN, #4 IRL, #6 UK)
*"[[Give It Up (The Good Men song)|Give It Up]]" – [[Chocolate Puma|The Good Men]]
*"[[Something He Can Feel#En Vogue version|Giving Him Something He Can Feel]]" - [[En Vogue]]
*"[[God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II]]" - [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]
*"[[Goodnight Girl]]" – [[Wet Wet Wet]] (#1 UK, IRL)
*"[[Hazard (song)|Hazard]]" – [[Richard Marx]]	(#1 AUS, #3 CAN, #6 SWE)
*"Heading for a Fall" – [[Vaya Con Dios (band)|Vaya Con Dios]]	(#1 BE, #3 NLD, #5 SWI)
*"[[Heal the World]]" – [[Michael Jackson]] (#1 POL, #2 FR, IRL, UK, ZIM)	
*"[[Heaven Sent (INXS song)|Heaven Sent]]" – [[INXS]]
*"[[High (The Cure song)|High]]" – [[The Cure]] (#8 UK)	
*"[[Hold on My Heart]]" – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] (#1 CAN)	
*"[[House of Love (East 17 song)|House of Love]]" – [[East 17]] (#1 FIN, SWE, #3 JAP, #6 GER)	
*"[[How Do You Do!]]" – [[Roxette]] (#1 NOR, #2 AUT, NLD, GER, SWE, SWI)	
*"[[How Do You Talk to an Angel]]" – [[The Heights (American TV series)|The Heights]]	(#1 US, #2 CAN, #3 AUS)
*"[[Human Touch (Bruce Springsteen song)|Human Touch]]" – [[Bruce Springsteen]] (#1 NOR, SP, #4 FIN, IRL, SWE, SWI)	
*"[[Humpin' Around]]" – [[Bobby Brown]] (#1 AUS, #2 NZ, #3 US)	
*"[[I Can't Dance]]" – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] (#1 BE, NLD, #2 AUT, #3 CAN)	
*"[[I Don't Care (Shakespears Sister song)|I Don't Care]]" - [[Shakespears Sister]]
*"[[I Drove All Night]]" – [[Roy Orbison]] (#7 UK)
*"[[I Still Believe in You (Cliff Richard song)|I Still Believe in You]]" – [[Cliff Richard]] (#7 UK)
*"[[I Wanna Be a Kennedy]]" – [[U96]] 	(#3 SWI, #4 GER, #6 AUT)
*"[[I Will Always Love You]]" – [[Whitney Houston]]
*"[[I'd Die Without You]]" - [[P.M. Dawn]]	
*"[[If I Ever Fall in Love]]" – [[Shai (band)|Shai]] (#4 AUS, #5 NZ)	
*"[[If You Asked Me To]]" – [[Celine Dion]] (#1 CAN) 	
*"[[If You Go Away (New Kids on the Block song)|If You Go Away]]" – [[New Kids on the Block]] (#4 NOR, #6 CAN, #9 UK)
*"[[I'll Be There (Jackson 5 song)#Mariah Carey version|I'll Be There]]" – [[Mariah Carey]] (#1 US, CAN, NLD)
*"[[I'm Doing Fine Now]]" - [[The Pasadenas]]
*"[[I'm Too Sexy]]" – [[Right Said Fred]] (#1 US)	
*"[[In Bloom]]" – [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] (#7 IRL)	
*"[[In the Closet]]" – [[Michael Jackson]] (#2 IT, SP, #4 IRL, #5 AUS, NZ, #6 US)
*"In the Still of the Nite (I'll Remember)" - [[Boyz II Men]]	
*"[[Iron Lion Zion]]" – [[Bob Marley]]	(#2 NZ, SWE, #3 FR, #5 BE, UK)
*"[[It Only Takes a Minute]]" – [[Take That]] 	(#7 UK)
*"[[It Will Make Me Crazy]]" – [[Felix (musician)|Felix]] (#1 FIN, #3 SWI, #4 IRL) 	
*"[[It's a Fine Day]]" – [[Opus III (band)|Opus III]] (#2 SP, #5 UK, #6 IRL)	
*"[[It's My Life (Dr. Alban song)|It's My Life]]" – [[Dr Alban]] (#1 AUT, BE, GER, IT, NLD, SWE)	
*"[[It's Probably Me]]" – [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] & [[Eric Clapton]] (#1 IT, #2 FR)	
*"[[Jam (Michael Jackson song)|Jam]]" – [[Michael Jackson]] (#1 SP, #2 NZ, #5 IRL)	
*"[[James Brown Is Dead]]" – [[L.A. Style]] (#1 BE, NLD, SP, #2 SWI)	
*"[[Joy (François Feldman song)|Joy]]" – [[François Feldman]]	(#1 FR)
*"[[Jump (Kris Kross song)|Jump]]" – [[Kris Kross]] (#1 AUS, FIN, IRL, NZ, SWI, US)	
*"[[Jump Around]]" – [[House of Pain]]	(#3 US, NZ)
*"[[Just Another Day (Jon Secada song)|Just Another Day]]" – [[Jon Secada]] (#2 CAN, NLD, SWI)	
*"[[Justified & Ancient]]" – [[The KLF]] (#1 AUT, FIN, NZ, SWE)	
*"[[Keep the Faith (Bon Jovi song)|Keep the Faith]]" – [[Bon Jovi]] (#1 NOR, #3 SWI, #4 NZ)	
*"[[Killing in the Name]]" – [[Rage Against the Machine]]
*"[[Knockin' on Heaven's Door]]" – [[Guns N' Roses]] (#1 IRL, #2 UK)	
*"[[Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)]]" – [[Tears For Fears]] (#8 IT)	
*"[[Layla]]" (unplugged) – [[Eric Clapton]] (#1 CAN, JAP)	
*"[[Le Chat (song)|Le Chat]]" – [[Pow woW]] (#1 FR)	
*"[[Les Mariés de Vendée]]" – [[Anaïs (singer)|Anaïs]] & [[Didier Barbelivien]] (#2 FR, #4 BE) 
*"[[Let's Get Rocked]]" – [[Def Leppard]] (#2 NOR, UK, #3 SWI)
*"[[Lithium (Nirvana song)|Lithium]]" – [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] (#3 FIN, #5 IRE)	
*"[[Life Is a Highway]]" – [[Tom Cochrane]] (#1 CAN, #2 AUS, NZ)	
*"[[Live and Learn (Joe Public song)|Live and Learn]]" – [[Joe Public (band)|Joe Public]] (#4 US)
*"[[Love Is in the Air (song)|Love Is in the Air]]" (Ballroom mix) – [[John Paul Young]]
*"[[LSI (Love Sex Intelligence)]]" – [[The Shamen]] (#4 SWE, #6 UK)	
*"[[The Magic Friend]]" – [[2 Unlimited]] (#1 FIN, #3 IRL, #4 BE)	
*"[[Make It Happen (Mariah Carey song)|Make It Happen]]" - [[Mariah Carey]]
*"[[Man on the Moon (R.E.M. song)|Man on the Moon]]" – [[R.E.M.]] (#4 CAN)	
*"[[Midlife Crisis]]" – [[Faith No More]] (#9 AUT, #10 UK)	
*"[[A Million Love Songs]]" – [[Take That]] (#7 UK)	
*"[[Mr. Wendal]]" – [[Arrested Development (group)|Arrested Development]] (#2 NZ, #4 UK, #6 US)
*"[[My Destiny (Lionel Richie song)|My Destiny]]" – [[Lionel Richie]]
*"[[My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)]]" – [[En Vogue]] (#2 US, #4 UK)	
*"[[My Name Is Prince]]" – [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] (#7 UK)
*"[[Never Let Her Slip Away]]" – [[Undercover]]
*"[[Nothing Else Matters]]" – [[Metallica]] (#3 IRL, NOR, #5 BE, NLD, SWI, #6 AUT, UK)	
*"[[November Rain]]" – [[Guns N' Roses]] (#3 IRL, NLD, US)
*"[[Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang]]" – [[Dr. Dre]] & [[Snoop Dogg]]	(#2 US)
*"[[On a Ragga Tip]]" – [[SL2 (musical group)|SL2]] (#2 UK, NLD, #3 IRL)	
*"[[The One (Elton John song)|The One]]" – [[Elton John]] (#1 CAN, #3 FR, NOR)
*"[[One (U2 song)|One]]" – [[U2]] (#1 CAN, IRL, #3 NZ)	
*"[[One Love (Dr. Alban song)|One Love]]" – [[Dr. Alban]] (#3 IRL, #7 FIN, GER, #8 BE)	
*"[[Open Sesame (Leila K song)|Open Sesame]]" – [[Leila K]] (#1 BE, #2 NLD, #3 IT)	
*"[[Open Your Mind (song)|Open Your Mind]]" – [[U.S.U.R.A.]]	(#2 IT, #3 AUT, SWI, #5 NLD)
*"[[Out of Space]]" – [[The Prodigy]] (#3 NLD, #5 UK, #6 IRL)
*"[[Paradoxal Système]]" – [[Laurent Voulzy]] (#10 FR)
*"[[Parce qu'on est jeunes]]" – [[Benny B]] feat. DJ Daddy K (#2 BE, #5 FR)
*"[[Pas d'ami (comme toi)]]" – [[Stephan Eicher]] (#7 FR)
*"[[People Everyday]]" – [[Arrested Development (group)|Arrested Development]]	(#2 UK, #6 AUS, FR, SWE)
*"[[Phorever People]]" – [[The Shamen]]
*"[[Piece of My Heart]]" – [[Erma Franklin]]
*"[[Please Don't Go (KC and the Sunshine Band song)#Double You version|Please Don't Go]]" – [[Double You]] (#1 BE, NLD, SP)
*"[[Please Don't Go (KC and the Sunshine Band song)#KWS version|Please Don't Go]]" – [[KWS (band)|KWS]]
*"[[Remember the Time]]" – [[Michael Jackson]]	(#1 NZ, #2 BE, CAN) 
*"Revolution" - [[Arrested Development (group)|Arrested Development]]
*"[[Rhythm is a Dancer]]" – [[Snap!]]
*"[[Ride the Bullet]]" - [[Army of Lovers]]
*"[[Rien que de l'eau]]" – [[Véronique Sanson]] (#6 FR)
*"[[Rump Shaker (song)|Rump Shaker]]" – [[Wreckx-n-Effect]] (#2 US)	  	
*"[[Runaway Train (Elton John and Eric Clapton song)|Runaway Train]]" – [[Elton John]] & [[Eric Clapton]] (#10 IT)
*"[[Run to You (Bryan Adams song)#Rage version|Run to You]]" – [[Rage (English band)|Rage]]
*"[[Save the Best for Last]]" – [[Vanessa L. Williams]] (#1 US, AUS)	
*"[[Sesame's Treet]]" – [[Smart E's]] 	(#2 UK, #4 IRL, NZ, #6 AUS)
*"[[Sexy MF]]" – [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] (#4 UK, #5 AUS)
*"[[Shake Your Head]]" - [[Was (Not Was)]]
*"[[Shame, Shame, Shame (Shirley & Company song)|Shame, Shame, Shame]]" - [[Izabella Scorupco]]
*"[[She's Playing Hard to Get]]" – [[Hi-Five]]	(#5 US)
*"[[Sleeping Satellite]]" – [[Tasmin Archer]]	(#1 UK)
*"[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]" – [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]
*"[[Something Good (Utah Saints song)|Something Good]]" – [[Utah Saints]] (#4 UK, IRL)	
*"[[Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough]]" – [[Patty Smyth]] & [[Don Henley]] (#2 US)	
*"[[Song of Ocarina]]" – Jean-Philippe Audin & Diego Modena	(#1 FR)
*"Starship Edelweiss" – [[Edelweiss (band)|Edelweiss]]
*"[[Stay (Shakespears Sister song)|Stay]]" – [[Shakespears Sister]] (#1 UK)
*"[[Step It Up (song)|Step It Up]]" – [[Stereo MC's]]
*"[[Suzette (song)|Suzette]]" – [[Dany Brillant]] (#3 FR)
*"[[Sweat (A La La La La Long)]]" – [[Inner Circle (band)|Inner Circle]] (#1 BE, GER, NLD, NZ, SWI, #2 AUS, AUT, SWE)	
*"[[Sweet Lullaby]]" – [[Deep Forest]]
*"[[Symphony of Destruction]]" – [[Megadeth]]
*"[[Take a Chance on Me]]" – [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]] (#1 UK)	
*"[[Tears in Heaven]]" – [[Eric Clapton]] (#1 ARG, BRA, CAN, DEN, IRL, JAP, NZ, NOR, POL, TAI)	
*"Temple of Love" – [[The Sisters of Mercy]] (#3 UK, #5 GER)	
*"[[Tennessee (Arrested Development song)|Tennessee]]" – [[Arrested Development (group)|Arrested Development]]	(#6 US)
*"[[Tetris (Doctor Spin song)|Tetris]]" - [[Doctor Spin]]
*"[[This Used to Be My Playground]]" – [[Madonna]] (#1 US, CAN, FIN, IT, SWE)	
*"[[Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven]]" – [[Bryan Adams]] (#1 CAN, #8 UK)
*"[[Three Little Pigs (song)|Three Little Pigs]]" – [[Green Jellÿ]] (#5 UK, #6 AUS)
*"[[To Be with You]]" – [[Mr. Big (American band)|Mr. Big]]
*"[[Too Funky]]" – [[George Michael]] (#2 IT, NOR, #3 AUS, NLD)
*"[[Too Much Love Will Kill You]]" – [[Brian May]] (#5 UK)
*"[[Twilight Zone (2 Unlimited song)|Twilight Zone]]" – [[2 Unlimited]]	
*"[[Under the Bridge]]" – [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] (#1 AUS, BE, NLD, #2 US)	
*"[[Viva Las Vegas (song)|Viva Las Vegas]]" – [[ZZ Top]] (#7 SWE, #8 IRL)	
*"[[Walking on Broken Glass]]" – [[Annie Lennox]] (#1 CAN, #8 UK, IRL)	
*"[[We All Need Love (song)|We All Need Love]]" – [[Double You]] (#2 BE, #6 GER, #7 SWI)
*"[[We Got a Love Thang]]" – [[CeCe Peniston]]
*"[[Weather with You]]" – [[Crowded House]] (#7 UK)	
*"[[What About Your Friends]]" – [[TLC (band)|TLC]] (#7 US)	
*"[[When I Look Into Your Eyes]]" – [[FireHouse (band)|FireHouse]]
*"[[Wherever I May Roam]]" – [[Metallica]] (#1 FIN, #2 NOR)	
*"[[Who Is It (Michael Jackson song)|Who Is It]]" – [[Michael Jackson]] (#3 POL, #5 AUT, BE, #6 CAN, IRL) 	
*"[[Who Needs Love Like That]]" (Remix) – [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]]	(#8 IRL)
*"[[A Whole New World]]" – [[Peabo Bryson]] & [[Regina Belle]] (#1 US, #6 CAN)
*"[[Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses]]" – [[U2]] (#4 IRL, #5 CAN, SWI, #8 FIN)	
*"[[Why (Annie Lennox song)|Why]]" – [[Annie Lennox]]	(#1 IT, #5 UK, IRL, #6 NOR, SWI)
*"[[Why Me? (Linda Martin song)|Why Me?]]" – [[Linda Martin]]
*"[[Wishing on a Star]]" – [[The Cover Girls]]
*"[[Workaholic (song)|Workaholic]]" – [[2 Unlimited]] (#2 FIN, IRL, #4 NLD, UK)
*"[[Would?]]" – [[Alice in Chains]]
*"[[Would I Lie to You? (Charles & Eddie song)|Would I Lie to You?]]" – [[Charles & Eddie]] (#1 AUT, GER, NZ, UK)	
*"[[You (Ten Sharp song)|You]]" – [[Ten Sharp]] (#1 FR, NOR, SWE)	
*"[[You Bring On the Sun]]" – [[Londonbeat]] (#5 NLD, #6 GER)	
*"[[You Showed Me]]" – [[Salt-n-Pepa]] (#5 NLD, #7 BE, IRL)
}}

==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>
|-
|"Call Mr. Lee" || [[Television (band)|Television]] || 1992 || 27 (U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks) 
|-
|"[[Connected (Stereo MC's song)|Connected]]" || [[Stereo MC's]] || {{Date table sorting|091992}}|September 1992 || [[Connected (Stereo MC's song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Four Seasons in One Day]]" || [[Crowded House]] || {{Date table sorting|061992}}|June 1992 || [[Four Seasons in One Day#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Locked in the Trunk of a Car]]" || [[The Tragically Hip]] || {{Date table sorting|101992}}|October 1992 || 11 (Canada)
|-
|"[[Motorcycle Emptiness]]" || [[Manic Street Preachers]] || {{Date table sorting|061992}}|June 1992 || [[Motorcycle Emptiness#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Only Shallow]]" || [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] || {{Date table sorting|031992}}|March 1992 || 27 (U.S. Billboard Alternative Airplay) 
|-
|"[[Straight to You]]" b/w "Jack the Ripper" || [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]] || {{Date table sorting|031992}}|March 1992 || 68 (UK Single Charts) - 96 (Australia)
|-
|"[[They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)]]" || [[Pete Rock & CL Smooth]] || {{Date table sorting|041992}}|April 1992 || 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks) - 10 (U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) - 58 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100)
|-
|"[[Would?]]" || [[Alice in Chains]] || {{Date table sorting|061992}}|June 1992 || [[Would?#Chart positions|See chart performance entry]]
|}

===Other Notable singles===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*"Boss Drum" - [[The Shamen]]
*"Male Monster from the Id" - [[The Chills]]
*"Ripple" - [[The Church (band)|The Church]]
*[[Trapped in a Box]]" - [[No Doubt]]
*"The Way I Made You Feel" - [[Ed Kuepper]]
}}

==Top ten 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=1992|title=Best albums of 1992 |publisher=besteveralbums |year=2005 |access-date=December 31, 2011}}</ref>

# [[R.E.M.]] – ''[[Automatic for the People]]''
# [[Rage Against the Machine]] – ''[[Rage Against the Machine (album)|Rage Against the Machine]]''
# [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]] – ''[[Slanted & Enchanted]]''
# [[Alice in Chains]] – ''[[Dirt (Alice in Chains album)|Dirt]]''
# [[Tori Amos]] – ''[[Little Earthquakes]]''
# [[Dr. Dre]] – ''[[The Chronic]]''
# [[Faith No More]] – ''[[Angel Dust (Faith No More album)|Angel Dust]]''
# [[Sublime (band)|Sublime]] – ''[[40 Oz. To Freedom]]''
# [[Sonic Youth]] – ''[[Dirty (Sonic Youth album)|Dirty]]''
# [[Beastie Boys]] – ''[[Check Your Head]]''

==Classical music==
* [[Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen]] – ''Arctic Landscape for Military Band''
* [[Milton Babbitt]]
** ''Septet, but Equal''
** ''Counterparts'' for brass quintet<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stokar.com/GCM/Babbitt_works.htm |title=MILTON BABBITT |last=anonymous |date=n.d. |publisher=Howard Stokar Management |access-date=April 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509163846/http://www.stokar.com/GCM/Babbitt_works.htm |archive-date=May 9, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Leonardo Balada]]
** Symphony No. 4 ''Lausanne''
** ''Celebracio'' for orchestra
* [[Mario Davidovsky]] – ''Synchronisms No. 10'' for guitar and electronic sounds
* [[Lorenzo Ferrero]]
** ''La ruta de Cortés'' (symphonic poem)
** ''Movimento americano''
**''Poi andro in America''
* Peter Gahn – ''Auch ohne Sprache'', for guitar
* [[Philip Glass]] – [[Symphony No. 1 (Glass)|Symphony No. 1 ''Low'']]
* [[Vagn Holmboe]] – ''Svaerm'' for string quartet (partially arranged from earlier violin duos)
* [[Elena Kats-Chernin]] – ''Clocks''
* [[Ka Nin Chan]] – Saxophone Quartet
* [[Andreas Kunstein]]
** String Quartet No. 1
** ''10 Epigrams for Toy Piano''
* [[Witold Lutosławski]] – [[Symphony No. 4 (Lutosławski)|Symphony No. 4]]
* [[James MacMillan]] – ''[[Veni, Veni, Emmanuel (MacMillan)|Veni, Veni, Emmanuel]]'' (concerto for percussion and orchestra)
* [[William Mathias]] – Flute Concerto
* [[Younghi Pagh-Paan]] – ''U-MUL''
* [[Krzysztof Penderecki]] – Symphony No. 5 ''Korean''
* [[Alwynne Pritchard]] – ''Glimpsed Most Clearly from the Corner of Your Eye'', for seven cellos
* [[Roger Reynolds]] – ''Kokoro'', for solo violin
* [[David Sawer]] – ''Byrnan Wood''
* [[Kurt Schwertsik]]
** ''Uluru'', Op. 64 for orchestra 
** ''Baumgesänge'', Op. 65 for orchestra 
** ''Drei späte Liebeslieder'', Op. 66 for cello and piano
** ''Human Existence,'' for voice and chamber ensemble
* [[John Serry Sr.]] – ''The Lord's Prayer'', for organ & chorus
* [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] – ''[[Dienstag aus Licht#Invasion|Signale zur Invasion]]'', for trombone and electronic music, or unaccompanied trombone
* [[Joan Tower]] – Violin Concerto
* [[Malcolm Williamson]] – ''[[Requiem for a Tribe Brother (Williamson)|Requiem for a Tribe Brother]]''
* [[Iannis Xenakis]] – ''La Déesse Athéna (Oresteïa III) (1992)'', for [[baritone]] solo and mixed ensemble of 11 instruments

==Opera==
* [[Antonio Braga]] – ''[[1492 epopea lirica d'America]]''
* [[Karel Goeyvaerts]] – ''[[Aquarius (opera)|Aquarius]]''
* [[Ingvar Lidholm]] – ''Ett drömspel''
* [[Jukka Linkola]] – ''Elina''

==Jazz==
{{Main|1992 in jazz}}

==Musical theater==
* ''[[Crazy for You (musical)|Crazy for You]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Shubert Theatre (New York City)|Shubert Theatre]] and ran for 1622 performances
* ''[[Falsettos]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[John Golden Theatre]] and ran for 487 performances 
* ''[[Guys and Dolls (musical)|Guys and Dolls]]'' – Broadway revival
* ''[[Jelly's Last Jam]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Virginia Theatre]] and ran for 569 performances
* ''[[The Most Happy Fella]]'' – Broadway revival

==Musical films==
* ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' – Animated feature film by [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]]
* ''[[Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads]]''
* ''[[Celibidache]] – You Don't Do Anything, You Just Let It Evolve'' (documentary by [[Jan Schmidt-Garre]])
* ''[[Chnam Oun 16 (1992 film)|Chnam Oun 16]]''
* ''[[Khiladi (1992 film)|Khiladi]]''
* ''[[The Muppet Christmas Carol]]''
* ''[[Musketeers Twenty Years After|{{transliteration|ru|Mushketeri dvadsat' let spustya}}]]''
* ''[[Pure Country]]''
* ''[[Roja (film)|Roja]]'' – [[Cinema of Tamil Nadu|Tamil]] [[Cinema of India|Indian film]] by Mani Ratnam
* ''[[A Heart in Winter|Un cœur en hiver]]'', featuring music by [[Maurice Ravel]]

==Soundtracks==
* ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' [[Academy Award]] winner for Best Song and Best Film Score
* ''[[Batman Returns]]'' – score [[Danny Elfman]]
* ''[[The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album|The Bodyguard]]'' – [[Whitney Houston]]
* ''[[Boomerang (soundtrack)|Boomerang]]'' – [[Boyz II Men]], [[Tribe Called Quest]], [[P.M. Dawn]], [[Babyface (musician)|Babyface]]
* ''[[Dracula (1992 film)|Bram Stoker's Dracula]]''
* ''[[Coneheads (film)|Coneheads]]'' – [[Paul Simon]], [[R.E.M.]], [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
* ''[[Cool World]]'' – [[David Bowie]], [[The Cult]], [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]], [[Moby]], [[Brian Eno]]
* ''[[Deep Cover]]'' – [[Dr. Dre]] & [[Snoop Dogg]]
* ''[[Far and Away]]'' – score by [[John Williams]]
* ''[[Juice (1992 film)|Juice]]'' – [[Naughty by Nature]], [[Too Short]], [[EPMD]], [[Cypress Hill]]
* ''[[The Last of the Mohicans (1992 film)|The Last of the Mohicans]]'' – score by [[Trevor Jones (composer)|Trevor Jones]] and [[Randy Edelman]]
* ''[[Lethal Weapon 3]]'' – [[Eric Clapton]], [[Sting (musician)|Sting]]
* ''[[Malcolm X (1992 film)|Malcolm X]]'' – [[Arrested Development (group)]], [[Billie Holiday]], [[Ella Fitzgerald]], [[Ray Charles]]
* ''[[Mambo Kings]]'' – [[Los Lobos]], [[Linda Ronstadt]], [[Tito Puente]]
* ''[[Medicine Man (film)|Medicine Man]]'' – score by [[Jerry Goldsmith]]
* ''[[Mo' Money]]'' – [[Color Me Badd]], [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]], [[Bell Biv DeVoe]], [[Janet Jackson]]
* ''[[Rush (1991 film)|Rush]]'' – [[Eric Clapton]]
* ''[[Singles (1992 film)|Singles]]'' – [[Alice in Chains]], [[Pearl Jam]], [[The Smashing Pumpkins]], [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Soundgarden]]
* ''[[Sister Act]]'' – [[Etta James]], [[Whoopi Goldberg]], [[C+C Music Factory]]
* ''[[South Central (film)|South Central]]'' – [[Scarface (rapper)|Scarface]], [[Cameo (band)]], [[Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.]]
* ''[[Toys (film)|Toys]]'' – [[Tori Amos]], [[Enya]], [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]]
* ''[[Wayne's World (film)|Wayne's World]]'' – [[Queen (band)|Queen]], [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], [[Alice Cooper]], [[Black Sabbath]]

==Births==
* [[January 2]] – [[Alden Richards]], Filipino actor, model and singer
* [[January 5]] - [[Suki Waterhouse]], English actress, singer-songwriter and model 
* [[January 7]] – [[Børns]], American singer and songwriter
* [[January 12]] - [[Jaguar Jonze]], Taiwanese Australian independent musician, singer songwriter, multi - instrumentalist and activist
* [[Georgia May Jagger]], English-American model and designer daughter of [[Mick Jagger]]
* [[January 16]] – [[Maja Keuc]], Slovenian singer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ekskluzivno.si/bio/maja-keuc |title=Maja Keuc Biografija |website=Ekskluzvino.si |language=sl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227215709/http://www.ekskluzivno.si/bio/maja-keuc |archive-date=27 February 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[January 19]] – [[Mac Miller]], American rapper, singer, record producer, musician (d. 2018)
* [[January 20]] – [[Maria Harfanti]], Indonesian social activist, pianist, and beauty pageant titleholder 
* [[January 21]] 
** [[Emma Birdsall]], Australian singer-songwriter, contestant on The Voice Australia
** [[Jim-E Stack]], an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and DJ born in San Francisco, CA (Charli XCX, Lorde, Kacy Hill, Lola Young) 
* [[January 25]] - [[Jordan Stephens]], English musician, actor, and presenter. He is best known for being one half of [[Rizzle Kicks]], and for presenting the ITV2 panel show ''Don't Hate the Playaz''. 
* [[January 28]] – [[Simone Egeriis]], Danish singer
* [[January 31]] – [[Christopher Nissen]], Danish singer
* [[February 3]] – [[Milo (musician)|Milo]], American rapper and producer
* [[February 7]] – [[Jain (singer)]],  French musician and singer-songwriter. 
* [[February 9]] – [[Avan Jogia]], Canadian actor, songwriter, poet, author and singer (in band with brother called "Saint Ivory") (Engaged to [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]])
* [[February 14]] – [[Elley Duhé]], American singer-songwriter
* [[February 16]] – [[Sega Bodega]], Irish-Scottish music producer, singer, songwriter, DJ and co-head/founder of record label
* [[February 17]] – [[Marika Hackman]], English vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter.
* [[February 23]] – [[Tabitha Nauser]], Singaporean pop and r&b singer and musician
* [[February 29]] – [[Majesty Rose]], American singer
* [[March 6]] – [[Sarah De Bono]], Australian singer-songwriter, contestant on The Voice Australia
* [[March 9]] – [[Cornelia Jakobs]], Swedish singer-songwriter ([[Stockholm Syndrome (Swedish band)|Love Generation]])
* [[March 7]] – [[Im Hyun-sik (singer)]], South Korean singer-songwriter
* [[March 10]] – [[Emily Osment]], American actress and singer
* [[March 17]] - [[Ozuna]], Latin singer
* [[March 14]] 
** [[Jasmine Murray]], American singer
** [[Kash Doll]], American rapper
* [[March 24]] - [[Jeremy Rosado]], American singer
* [[April 3]] – [[Young M.A.]], American rapper
* [[April 4]] – [[Christina Metaxa]], Cypriot singer-songwriter
* [[April 6]] - [[Joy Oladokun]], American singer-songwriter
* [[April 9]]
** [[LD (rapper)|LD]], British drill rapper
** [[Joshua Ledet]], American singer
* [[April 10]] - [[Stella Donnelly]],  Australian indie rock singer-songwriter. 
* [[April 11]] – [[Naya (singer)|Naya]], Lebanese singer
* [[April 16]] – [[Ronnie Flex]], Dutch rapper
* [[April 18]] – [[Chloe Bennet]], Chinese American singer, actress and activist
* [[April 22]] – [[Dyro]], Dutch DJ, producer and musician
* [[April 23]] 
** [[Syd (singer)]], American singer, songwriter, record producer, disc jockey, and audio engineer
** [[Zelim Bakaev]], Chechen singer
* [[April 26]] – [[Jon Cozart]], American musician and comedian (Dodie, [[Malinda Kathleen Reese]], [[Thomas Sanders (entertainer)|Thomas Sanders]])
* [[April 27]] – [[Allison Iraheta]], American singer
* [[May 8]]- [[Chelcee Grimes]], British singer-songwriter and footballer
* [[May 6]]
** [[Baekhyun]], Korean singer ([[Exo (group)|EXO]], [[SuperM]])
** [[Vanesa Gabriela Leiro]], Argentine actress and singer
* [[May 10]] – [[Jake Zyrus|Jake Zyrus (formerly Charice Pempengco)]], Filipino singer
* [[May 12]] – [[Malcolm David Kelley]], American rapper and actor
* [[May 15]] – [[Clark Beckham]], American singer
* [[May 19]] 
** [[Sam Smith (singer)|Sam Smith]], English singer-songwriter and activist 
** [[Moses Sumney]], Ghanaian-American singer
** [[Marshmello]], American electronic dance music producer and DJ. ([[Anne-Marie]], [[Selena Gomez]])
** [[Lainey Wilson]], American country singer 
* [[May 21]] – [[Chloe Angelides]], American singer, songwriter and producer
* [[May 23]] – [[Jinny Ng]], Hong Kong Cantopop singer
* [[June 2]] - [[Ethan Slater]]. American singer, actor and composer (worked with: [[Lilli Cooper]], [[Ariana Grande]], [[Michelle Yeoh]] and [[Keala Settle]]) 
* [[June 4]] - [[Nothing,Nowhere]], American rapper, singer and songwriter
* [[June 14]] – [[Princess Nokia]], American rapper of Afro-Puerto Rican and Taíno descent
* [[June 20]] – [[Sage the Gemini]], American rapper ([[The HBK Gang]])
* [[June 21]] – [[Max Schneider]], American singer-songwriter and actor
* [[June 25]] – [[Dorian Electra]], American singer-songwriter, musician, video and visual artist
* [[June 26]]
** [[Melanie Amaro]], American singer
** [[Jennette McCurdy]], American (Former actress)  singer-songwriter, author, film maker and podcaster
* [[June 30]] 
** [[Prussian Blue (duo)|Lynx and Lamb Gaede]]
** [[Danielle Wade]], Canadian actress and singer
* [[July 1]] – Caleb Nott, New Zealand musician, producer and songwriter ([[Broods]]) 
* [[July 2]] – [[William Singe]], Australian rapper, singer-songwriter and youtuber
* [[July 3]]
** [[Maasa Sudo]], Japanese singer
** [[Nathalia Ramos]], Spanish actress and singer
* [[July 5]]
** [[Daisuke Sakuma]], Japanese singer ([[Snow Man]]) 
** [[Mirna Radulović]], Serbian singer-songwriter
* [[July 8]] – [[Sky Ferreira]], American singer, songwriter, model, and actress
* [[July 10]]
** [[Angel Haze]], American rapper, activist and singer-songwriter
** [[Clara Luciani]], French Singer 
** [[Harloe]], American singer and songwriter 
* [[July 11]] – [[Karise Eden]],  Australian singer and activist
* [[July 13]] – [[Rich the Kid]], American rapper
* [[July 14]] – [[Brytiago]], Puerto Rican singer and songwriter
* [[July 15]] - [[Porter Robinson]], American DJ, record producer, and singer-songwriter
* [[July 18]] – [[Bishop Briggs]], British singer-songwriter and musician 
* [[July 19]] – [[Ellie Rowsell]], English singer-songwriter and musician (lead vocalist and guitarist of the indie rock band [[Wolf Alice]]).
* [[July 22]] – [[Selena Gomez]], American actress, television producer, advocate, businesswoman and singer-songwriter  (Friend and collaborator of: [[Taylor Swift]] & [[Britney Spears]], lead member of [[Selena Gomez & the Scene]], collaborator with [[Julia Michaels]] & [[Demi Lovato]]) 
* [[July 27]] – [[Tory Lanez]],  Canadian rapper, songwriter, producer
* [[August 2]] – [[Charli XCX]], British singer-songwriter, advocate, record executive, businesswoman, music video director and musician
* [[August 4]]
** [[S-X]], British singer
** [[Tiffany Evans]], American singer
* [[August 12]] – [[Cara Delevingne]], British singer/musician/actor/writer
*[[August 13]] - [[Erika Henningsen]], American singer and actress
* [[August 18]] – [[Frances Bean Cobain]], American artist, model, creator, activist, daughter of [[Kurt Cobain]] and [[Courtney Love]]
* [[August 19]] - [[Feid]], Colombian singer
* [[August 20]] – [[Demi Lovato]], American singer-songwriter, actor, advocate, philanthropist, entrepreneur, author and businessperson
* [[August 25]] 
** [[Emily Warren]], American singer/songwriter, producer
** [[Kaytranada]], Haitian-Canadian DJ and record producer
* [[August 27]] 
** [[Kim Petras]], German singer-songwriter
** [[Blake Jenner]], American actor & singer
* [[August 29]] – [[Mallu Magalhães]], Brazilian singer, songwriter and musician
* [[September 2]] 
** [[Madilyn Bailey]], American singer and songwriter.
** [[Rae Morris]], British singer and songwriter
* [[September 9]] - [[Leah Kate]], American singer-songwriter 
* [[September 11]]
** [[Desireé Bassett]], American guitarist and recording artist
** [[MacKenzie Bourg]], American singer
* [[September 12]] – [[Shigga Shay]], Singaporean rapper
* [[September 15]] – [[Camélia Jordana]], French singer
* [[September 16]] 
** [[Nick Jonas]], musician and member of the American band [[Jonas Brothers]], solo artist, songwriter, singer, musician, actor, businessman (dated: [[Miley Cyrus]], [[Selena Gomez]], [[Delta Goodrem]], Married:[[Priyanka Chopra]], brother of [[Joe Jonas]])
** [[Jack Roche]], English singer and actor and member of band [[Push Baby]] and previous dated [[Jesy Nelson]]
* [[September 17]] - [[Blxst]], American rapper
* [[September 18]] – [[Joji (musician)]],  Japanese (Australian) singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, former Internet personality and comedian
* [[September 25]] - [[Teddy Swims]], American singer-songwriter 
* [[October 5]] 
** [[Rupi Kaur]], Canadian-Punjabi poet and performer
** [[Mercedes Lambre]], Argentine actress, singer, dancer, and model
* [[October 10]] – [[Gabrielle Aplin]], English singer and songwriter
* [[October 7]] – [[Grace Bawden]],  Australian independent classical crossover singer,
* [[October 11]] – [[Cardi B]], American rapper/singer/songwriter
* [[October 16]] – [[Anson Kong]], Hong Kong singer ([[Mirror (group)|MIRROR]])
* [[October 19]] – [[Lewis Watson (musician)]],  English singer-songwriter. ([[Dodie Clark]])
* [[October 20]] - [[Liis Lemsalu]], Estonian singer
* [[October 22]] 
** [[Carrie Hope Fletcher]], English singer-songwriter, actress, author (friend of [[Emma Blackery]])
** [[21 Savage]], Rapper and songwriter
* [[October 24]] - [[Leroy Clampitt]], formerly known as Big Taste, is a producer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Pirongia, New Zealand, based in Los Angeles, California. (Worked with: [[Madison Beer]], [[Sabrina Carpenter]], [[Broods]], [[Ashe (singer)|Ashe]], [[Carlie Hanson]]) 
* [[October 26]] – [[Lido (musician)]],  Norwegian record producer, singer, and songwriter, frequent collaborator with [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]]
* [[October 30]] – [[Greeicy Rendón]], Colombian actress and singer
* [[November 3]] - [[Jamie McDell]], alt-country award-winning guitarist and singer-songwriter from Auckland, New Zealand.
* [[November 5]] – [[Ming Bridges]], Australian Singaporean singer-songwriter, actress and model
* [[November 12]] – [[Giulietta (singer)|Giulietta]], Australian singer-songwriter and dancer
** [[Erika Costell]], American singer-songwriter and musician
* [[November 19]] – [[Tove Styrke]], Swedish singer-songwriter
* [[November 20]] – [[Jer Lau]], Hong Kong singer ([[Mirror (group)|MIRROR]])
* [[November 21]] 
** [[Conor Maynard]], British singer
** [[Davido]], Nigerian singer
* [[November 23]] – [[Miley Cyrus]], American singer-songwriter, actress, performer and activist (formerly lead character on Disney musical comedy: [[Hannah Montana]], worked with and supported [[Britney Spears]])
* [[November 26]] - [[Anuel AA]], Latin singer
* [[November 27]] – [[Chanyeol]], Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer ([[Exo (group)|EXO]])
*[[December 3]] - [[JT (rapper)]], 
* [[December 4]] – [[Jin (singer)|Jin]], South Korean singer-songwriter and member of [[BTS]]
* [[December 8]]
** [[Katie Stevens]], American singer
** [[Yui Yokoyama]], Japanese singer and actress  
* [[December 9]] – [[Maelyn Jarmon]], American musician, winner of The Voice, Team John Legend
* [[December 12]] – [[Austin Jones (musician)|Austin Jones]], American singer and youtuber
* [[December 14]] – [[Tori Kelly]], American musician, singer and songwriter
* [[December 18]] – [[Bridgit Mendler]], American actress and singer
* [[December 24]] - [[Dhurata Dora]], Kosovo-Albanian singer
* [[December 26]] – [[Jade Thirlwall]], English singer-songwriter, dancer and member of [[Little Mix]], activist, businesswoman
* [[December 28]] – [[Gordi (musician)]],  Australian folktronica singer/songwriter

==Deaths==
* [[January 14]] – [[Jerry Nolan]], drummer for [[The New York Dolls]], 45
* [[January 15]] – [[Dee Murray]], bassist for [[Elton John]], 45 (cancer)
* [[January 17]] – [[Charlie Ventura]], tenor saxophonist and bandleader, 75
* [[January 23]] – [[Marie-Thérèse Gauley]], French opera singer prominent at the [[Opéra-Comique]], 88
* [[January 27]] – [[Allan Jones (actor)|Allan Jones]], singer and actor, 84
* [[January 29]] – [[Willie Dixon]], blues singer-songwriter and musician, 76
* [[February 12]] – [[Stella Roman]], operatic soprano, 87
* [[February 13]] – [[Gyula Kovács (drummer)|Gyula Kovács]], Hungarian drummer, 62<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |author=Géza Gábor Simon |author2=Rainer E. Lotz |date=2003|entry=Kovács, Gyula  |encyclopedia=Grove Music Online|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J251500}}</ref>
* [[February 21]] – [[Jane Pickens Langley]] of the [[Pickens Sisters]]
* [[March 4]] – [[Mary Osborne]], jazz guitarist, 70 ([[liver cancer]])
*[[March 8]] – [[Champ Butler]], American singer, 65<ref name=":0">{{Cite AV media notes|title=Down Yonder With|last=Dales|first=Ossie|date=June 2012|type=booklet|publisher=Jasmine Records|id=JASCD 724|location=London, England|others=Champ Butler}}</ref>
* [[March 10]] – [[Giorgos Zampetas]], Greek composer, 67
* [[March 20]] – [[Georges Delerue]], composer, 66
* [[March 21]] – [[Shaik Dawood Khan]], tabla virtuoso, 75
* [[March 27]] – [[Harald Sæverud]], composer, 95<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kodebergen.no/en/collections/harald-saeverud|title=Harald Sæverud|website=Kode|access-date=18 April 2025}}</ref>
* [[April 4]] – [[Arthur Russell (cellist)|Arthur Russell]], cellist and disco musician, 40 (AIDS)
* [[April 20]] – [[Johnny Shines]], guitarist, 76
* [[April 25]] – [[Yutaka Ozaki]], Japanese singer, 26 (pulmonary edema)
* [[April 27]] – [[Olivier Messiaen]], composer, 83
* [[April 30]] – [[Toivo Kärki]], composer, arranger and producer, 76<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050117034234/http://pomus.net/000763|title=Toivo Kärki|website=Kin Museo|access-date=18 April 2025}}</ref>
* [[May 7]] – [[Tiny Timbrell]], guitarist, 75
* [[May 12]] – [[Sylvia Syms (singer)|Sylvia Syms]], American singer, 74
* [[May 17]] – [[Lawrence Welk]], [[accordion]] player and bandleader, 89
* [[May 23]] – [[Joyce Barker]], operatic soprano, 60
* [[June 3]] – [[Ettore Campogalliani]], music teacher and composer, 89
* [[June 8]] – [[Alfred Uhl]], composer, 83
* [[June 18]] – [[Peter Allen (musician)|Peter Allen]], Australian songwriter, 48 (AIDS)
* [[June 20]] – Sir [[Charles Groves]], conductor, 77
* [[July 4]] – [[Ástor Piazzolla]], [[Tango (dance)|tango]] musician and composer, 71<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/06/obituaries/astor-piazzolla-71-tango-s-modern-master-dies.html|title=Astor Piazzolla, 71, Tango's Modern Master, Dies|author=Stephen Holden|date=July 6, 1992|website=New York Times|access-date=24 March 2020}}</ref>
* [[July 5]] – [[Paul Hackman]], Canadian musician, 38 (car accident)
* [[July 21]] – [[Aloys Fleischmann]], composer and musicologist, 82
* [[July 25]] – [[Alfred Drake]], US singer and actor, 77
* [[July 26]] – [[Mary Wells]], Motown singer, 49 (laryngeal cancer)
* [[July 29]] – [[William Mathias]], composer, 57
* [[August 2]] – [[Michel Berger]], French composer and songwriter, 44 (heart attack)
* [[August 5]] – [[Jeff Porcaro]], drummer, [[Toto (band)|Toto]], 38 (heart attack)
* [[August 12]] – [[John Cage]], U.S. composer, 79
* [[August 16]] – [[Mark Heard]], U.S. singer, 40 (heart attack)
* [[September 19]] – Sir [[Geraint Evans]], operatic baritone, 70
* [[October 3]] – [[Peter Klein (tenor)|Peter Klein]], lyric tenor, 85
* [[October 5]] – [[Eddie Kendricks]], singer, ([[The Temptations]]) 52 (lung cancer)
* [[October 7]] – [[Harold Truscott]], composer, pianist, broadcaster and writer on music, 78
* [[October 25]] – [[Roger Miller]], singer, 56 (lung cancer)
* [[November 10]] – [[Hilda Hölzl]], operatic soprano, 65
* [[November 13]] – Ronnie Bond ([[The Troggs]]), 52
* [[November 14]] – [[Teddy Riley (trumpeter)|Teddy Riley]], New Orleans jazz trumpeter and bandleader
* [[November 21]] – [[Severino Gazzelloni]], flautist
* [[November 23]] – [[Roy Acuff]], "King of Country Music", fiddler, 89
* [[November 27]] – [[Daniel Santos (singer)|Daniel Santos]], singer and composer of ''bolero''
* [[November 29]] – [[Paul Ryan (singer, born 1948)|Paul Ryan]], singer, songwriter and record producer, 44 (cancer)
* [[December 9]] – [[Cesar Gonzmart]], violinist, 72
* [[December 10]] – [[Kate Buchdahl]], violinist, 28 (Hodgkin's lymphoma)
* [[December 15]] – [[Otto Lington]], composer, orchestra leader and violinist, 89
* [[December 21]]
** <!--December 21-->[[Philip Farkas]], [[French horn|horn]] player, 78
** <!--December 21-->[[Albert King]], blues guitarist and singer, 69
** [[Nathan Milstein]], violinist, 88
* [[December 26]] – [[Nikita Magaloff]], pianist, 80

==Awards==
* [[Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum|Country Music Hall of Fame]] Inductees: [[George Jones]] and [[Frances W. Preston|Frances Preston]]
* [[1992 Country Music Association Awards]]
* [[Eurovision Song Contest 1992]]
* [[Filmfare Best Male Playback Award]]: Awarded to [[Kumar Sanu]]
* [[34th Annual Grammy Awards]]
* [[34th Japan Record Awards]]
* [[Mercury Music Prize]]: Awarded to [[Primal Scream]] for ''[[Screamadelica]]''
* [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]]: Awarded to [[Ravi Shankar]]
* [[1992 RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards]]: First prize awarded to "暗戀你" sung by [[Jacky Cheung]]
* [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] inductees: [[Bobby Blue Bland]], [[Booker T. and the M.G.s]], [[Johnny Cash]], [[The Isley Brothers]], [[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]], [[Sam & Dave]], and [[The Yardbirds]]

==Charts==
* [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1992]]
* [[1992 in British music#Charts]]
* [[List of Oricon number-one singles of 1992]]

==See also==
* [[1992 in British music]]
* [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1992]]
* [[:Category:Record labels established in 1992|Record labels established in 1992]]

==References==
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