Editing 1995 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995.

==Specific locations==
*[[1995 in British music]]
*[[1995 in Norwegian music]]
*[[1995 in South Korean music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[#Classical music|1995 in classical music]]
*[[1995 in country music]]
*[[1995 in heavy metal music]]
*[[1995 in hip-hop|1995 in hip hop music]]
*[[1995 in Latin music]]
*[[1995 in jazz]]

==Events==
===January–February===
* [[January 1]] – [[Mo Ostin]] steps down as chairman and CEO of [[Warner Music Group]].
* [[January 8]] – [[Pearl Jam]] frontman [[Eddie Vedder]] hosts "Self-Pollution Radio", a four-and-a-half hour radio broadcast with live performances by Pearl Jam, [[Soundgarden]], [[Mudhoney]], and others. Any station with a satellite receiver could pick up and carry the program.<ref name="pearljamhistory">{{cite web |url=https://pearljamhistory.no.sapo.pt/PJChronology1995-January.htm |title=January 1995 |publisher=The Unofficial Pearl Jam History Page |access-date=July 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514054309/http://pearljamhistory.no.sapo.pt/PJChronology1995-January.htm |archive-date=May 14, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[January 10]] – [[Michel Sardou]] begins a record-breaking run of 113 shows at the [[Olympia (Paris)|Paris Olympia]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Bertrand Tessier |title=Sardou : 50 années ensemble |publisher=Fayard |place=Paris |year=2015 |page=205 |isbn=978-2-213-68740-7}}</ref>
* [[January 14]] – [[Perry Farrell]] is arrested for cocaine possession, being under the influence and possession of a syringe at a Los Angeles hotel.<ref name="RS #703">{{cite magazine |last1=Wiederhorn |first1=Jon |date=March 9, 1995 |title=In the News |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=703 |page=26 }}</ref>
* [[January 18]] – [[Jerry Garcia]] crashes his rented [[BMW]] into a guard rail near [[Mill Valley, California]], USA, but is not injured in the accident.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kktv.com/entertainment/headlines/2205652.html |title=This Week in Entertainment History: January 16, 2016 – January 22, 2006 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=KXTV |access-date=December 17, 2008 |archive-date=August 19, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080819202832/http://www.kktv.com/entertainment/headlines/2205652.html |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref>
* [[January 20]]–[[February 5]] – The [[Big Day Out]] festival takes place in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]], headlined by [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]], [[Primal Scream]], [[Hole (band)|Hole]], [[The Cult]] and [[The Offspring]].<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> Originally, [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] were also named in the lineup, but had to cancel their performance due to co-frontman [[Liam Gallagher]] losing his voice.
* [[January 27]] – ''[[Live from the House of Blues]]'' premieres on TBS.
* [[February 1]] – Welsh rock band [[Manic Street Preachers]] band member [[Richey Edwards|Richey James Edwards]] goes missing after leaving the London Embassy Hotel, UK at 7&nbsp;am.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/manicstreetpreachers/articles/story/5933273/manic_legally_dead_tomorrow |title=Manic Legally Dead Tomorrow |last=Strickman |first=Andrew |date=January 31, 2002 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=December 17, 2008 |archive-date=April 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414013150/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/manicstreetpreachers/articles/story/5933273/manic_legally_dead_tomorrow |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref>
* [[February 7]] – Rapper [[Tupac Shakur]] is sentenced to one-and-a-half to four-and-a-half years in prison on a sexual abuse charge.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/08/nyregion/rapper-faces-prison-term-for-sex-abuse.html |title=Rapper Faces Prison Term For Sex Abuse |last=James |first=George |date=February 8, 1995 |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 17, 2008 |archive-date=July 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714085007/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CEEDB1339F93BA35751C0A963958260 |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref> He is later released on appeal.
* [[February 12]] – [[Iron Butterfly]] bassist [[Philip Taylor Kramer]] disappears<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/News/9906/04/showbuzz/ |title=Remains identified as Iron Butterfly bass player |date=June 4, 1999 |work=CNN Showbuzz |publisher=Cable News Network |access-date=December 17, 2008 |archive-date=February 7, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050207201705/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/News/9906/04/showbuzz/ |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref> from [[U.S. Route 101|Highway 101]], USA as he tried to get back home from the [[Los Angeles International Airport]]. He tried calling his family and [[9-1-1|911]] for help, but received none. His remains are found in 1999. 
* [[February 14]] – [[Richey Edwards]]' [[Vauxhall Cavalier]] is found abandoned in a service station on the [[Bristol]] side of the [[Severn Bridge]] in the UK, with evidence that he had been living in it. Although he was near a notorious suicide spot, there is still no evidence to suggest he committed suicide.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/1995/feb/22/artsfeatures |title=Sweet exile |last=Sullivan |first=Caroline |author2=Alex Bellos |date=February 22, 1995 |work=The Guardian |location=London |publisher=Guardian News and Media |access-date=December 17, 2008 |archive-date=November 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125012316/http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/1995/feb/22/artsfeatures |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref>
* [[February 19]]
**[[Roxette]] play to a crowd of 12,000 in [[Beijing]], China, becoming the first Western band to be allowed to perform in the [[Workers' Indoor Arena]] for ten years.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nQ0EAAAAMBAJ&q=roxette+china&pg=PA66|title=Hong kong comes into Focus|magazine=Billboard|first=Mike|last=Levin|page=66|access-date=2010-10-22|date=1995-12-23}}</ref>
**[[Mötley Crüe]] drummer [[Tommy Lee]] marries ''[[Baywatch]]'' actress [[Pamela Anderson]] on a beach in [[Cancún]], Mexico.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/1995/02/21/1995-02-21__baywatch__bride_watch__ande.html |title='Baywatch' Bride Watch: Anderson Weds Tommy Lee |last=Rush |first=George |author2=Joanna Molloy |date=February 21, 1995 |work=NY Daily News |access-date=December 17, 2008 |archive-date=November 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123050509/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/1995/02/21/1995-02-21__baywatch__bride_watch__ande.html |location=New York |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref>
* [[February 25]] – [[Lyle Lovett]] suffers a broken [[clavicle|collarbone]] in an accident while riding his motorcycle in Mexico. The accident prevented Lovett from attending the [[Grammy Awards]] (he ended up winning two awards).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/env-1995grammys,0,3227134.story |title=4 Grammys for Poignant Song by Springsteen |last=Hilburn |first=Robert |date=March 2, 1995 |work=Baltimore Sun |access-date=December 17, 2008 |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604150526/http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/env-1995grammys,0,3227134.story |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* [[February 28]] – [[Traci Lords]] releases their debut studio album ''[[1000 Fires]]''.

===March–April===
* [[March 1]]
** [[R.E.M.]] drummer [[Bill Berry]] leaves the stage during a concert in [[Switzerland]] after suffering a brain [[aneurysm]]. He undergoes successful brain surgery two days later in Switzerland.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/1995/03/17/rem-road-worriers/ |title=R.E.M.:Road Worriers |last=Browne |first=David |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=December 18, 2008 |archive-date=October 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012065959/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,296430,00.html |date=March 17, 1995 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
** The [[37th Annual Grammy Awards]] are presented in [[Los Angeles]], hosted by [[Paul Reiser]]. [[Bruce Springsteen]] won four awards, including [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] for "[[Streets of Philadelphia]]", while [[Tony Bennett]]'s ''[[MTV Unplugged (Tony Bennett album)|MTV Unplugged]]'' live album wins [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] and [[Sheryl Crow]]'s "[[All I Wanna Do (Sheryl Crow song)|All I Wanna Do]]" wins [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]]. Crow also wins [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]]. 
* [[March 8]] – Former [[Helloween]] drummer, [[Ingo Schwichtenberg]], commits suicide by jumping under a subway train.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kingofdrums.net/biography.php|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140101000914/http://www.kingofdrums.net/biography.php|url-status=usurped|archive-date=January 1, 2014|title=Memory of Ingo Schwichtenberg|website=www.kingofdrums.net|access-date=2019-01-16}}</ref>
* [[March 13]] – Radiohead album ''[[The Bends (album)|The Bends]]'' and Elastica album [[Elastica (album)|Elastica]] are released.
* [[March 14]] – With the release of ''[[Me Against the World]]'', Tupac Shakur became the first male solo artist to have a number one album on the American [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart while in prison.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sewell|first=Tony|title=Black Masculinities and Schooling: How Black Boys Survive Modern Schooling|publisher=Trentham Books|year=1997|page=206|isbn=978-1-85856-040-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O7AL1Hq24j4C&q=tupac+prison+me-against-the-world&pg=PA206}}</ref> The album remained at the top of the charts for four weeks.
* [[March 25]] – [[The Cult]] perform its last show in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, with [[Ian Astbury]] leaving the band. The Cult would reunite in April 1999. 
* [[March 26]] – Rapper [[Eazy-E|Eric Lynn Wright]], better known as Eazy-E, dies of complications from AIDS.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/28/obituaries/eazy-e-31-performer-who-put-gangster-rap-on-the-charts.html?pagewanted=all |title=Eazy-E, 31, Performer Who Put Gangster Rap on the Charts |last=Pareles |first=Jon |date=March 28, 1995 |work=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201045607/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE6DB1F3EF93BA15750C0A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |archive-date=February 1, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all |access-date=July 27, 2018 }}</ref>
* [[March 28]] – [[Lyle Lovett]] and actress [[Julia Roberts]] announce their separation after 21 months of marriage.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20105480,00.html |title=One Last Sad Song |last=Schneider |first=Karen S. |date=April 10, 1995 |work=People |publisher=Time Inc |access-date=December 18, 2008 |archive-date=December 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212025451/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20105480,00.html |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* [[March 30]] – [[Celine Dion]] releases ''[[D'eux]]'', which goes on to be the most successful French-language album of all time.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
* [[March 31]]
** [[Tejano music|Tejano]] singer [[Selena]] is [[Murder of Selena|shot and killed]] by [[Yolanda Saldívar|Yolanda Saldivar]], her former personal assistant and former fan club president, who had recently been fired for embezzling money from the fan club. The event was called "Black Friday" by [[Hispanic]]s worldwide.
** During a performance in [[Auburn Hills, Michigan]], USA, [[Jimmy Page]] narrowly escapes being stabbed by a man who rushes the stage with a knife.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1995/04/05/1995-04-05_extra__extra__late-breaking_.html |title=Extra! Extra! Late-breaking News from the World of Entertainment |last=Hinckley |first=David |date=April 5, 1995 |work=New York Daily News |access-date=December 18, 2008 |archive-date=October 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003160359/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1995/04/05/1995-04-05_extra__extra__late-breaking_.html |url-status=live |df=mdy }}</ref> The man was tackled by security guards who were injured in the brawl.
* [[April 17]] – Ed Rosenblatt replaces [[David Geffen]] as chairman and CEO of [[Geffen Records]].<ref name="RS #709">{{cite magazine |last1=Wiederhorn |first1=Jon |date=June 1, 1995 |title=In the News |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=709 |page=21 }}</ref>
* [[April 22]] – [[Janet Jackson]] ends her [[Janet World Tour]] in London, England after nearly two years of touring. 
* [[April 29]] – Tupac Shakur marries Keisha Morris inside the [[Clinton Correctional Facility]], New York, USA. Shakur was serving a four-and-a-half year jail term on sexual assault charges. They would later divorce.

===May–June===
* [[May 5]] – Former [[Guns N' Roses]] drummer [[Steven Adler]] is arraigned on a felony count of possession of heroin, in addition to two misdemeanor drug charges.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/21409801.html?dids=21409801:21409801&FMT=ABS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020162826/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/21409801.html?dids=21409801:21409801&FMT=ABS|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 20, 2012|title=Drug Charge for Ex-Rock Star Crime: Former drummer with Guns N' Roses was reporedly found in his car in a heroin-overdose stupor.|last=O'Neill|first=Ann W.|date=April 27, 1995|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=December 19, 2008}}</ref>
* [[May 13]] – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 1995|40th Eurovision Song Contest]], held at [[Point Theatre]] in [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]], is won by Irish-Norwegian band [[Secret Garden (duo)|Secret Garden]], representing [[Norway]] with the song "[[Nocturne (Secret Garden song)|Nocturne]]". This is the last competition with only one host until 2013.
* [[May 15]] – [[Stone Temple Pilots]] singer [[Scott Weiland]] is arrested outside a motel in [[Pasadena, California]], for possession of heroin and cocaine.<ref name="RS #711">{{cite magazine |last1=Wiederhorn |first1=Jon |date=June 29, 1995 |title=Weiland Arrested For Drugs |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=711 |page=16 }}</ref>
* [[May 19]] – [[Sam Phillips (musician)|Sam Phillips]] makes her motion picture debut in the [[Bruce Willis]] action film, ''[[Die Hard with a Vengeance]]''. Phillips plays one of the main terrorists in the film.
* [[June 1]] – [[Alan Wilder]] leaves [[Depeche Mode]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Miller|first=Jonathan|title=Stripped: Depeche Mode|publisher=Omnibus Press|year=2004|page=390|isbn=978-1-84449-415-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gIrZbmss3kEC&q=alan+wilder+depeche+mode&pg=PA390|access-date=December 24, 2008}}</ref>
* [[June 13]] – Icelandic singer [[Björk]] releases ''[[Post (Björk album)|Post]]'', her critically acclaimed second album as a solo artist. The musically diverse album contained some of her most popular work to date, including "[[Army of Me (Björk song)|Army of Me]]", "[[Hyperballad]]", "[[I Miss You (Björk song)|I Miss You]]" and a [[Betty Hutton]] cover of "[[It's Oh So Quiet]]".
* [[June 20]] – [[Michael Jackson]] released his first double-album ''[[HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I|HIStory]]'', which became the best-selling multiple-album of all time, with 35 million copies (70 million copies) sold worldwide.

===July–August===
* [[July 3]] – The members of [[TLC (group)|TLC]] file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, declaring debts of over $3.5 million.
* [[July 9]] – [[Grateful Dead|The Grateful Dead]] performs its final show with [[Jerry Garcia]] at [[Soldier Field]] in Chicago. He dies one month later of a heart attack at the age of 53.
* [[July 14]] – [[George Michael]] and [[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Music]] complete their acrimonious split. In 1994 Michael lost a lawsuit seeking to be released from his Sony contract, but he vowed to never sing for the company again. Michael will now record for the new label [[DreamWorks Records]].<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/14/business/the-media-business-george-michael-severs-sony-tie-to-join-dreamworks-and-virgin.html |title=George Michael Severs Sony Tie To Join Dreamworks and Virgin |date=July 14, 1995 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=July 28, 2012}}</ref>
* [[July 17]] – [[Robbie Williams]] announces he is leaving [[Take That]].<ref name="totta">{{cite web |url=http://icansavethisloveforever.tumblr.com/post/22481643707/monday-july-17-1995-a-day-most-of-us-will-never |title=The Official Take That Annual |year=1995 |access-date=July 28, 2012 |archive-date=November 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121129115914/http://icansavethisloveforever.tumblr.com/post/22481643707/monday-july-17-1995-a-day-most-of-us-will-never |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[July 18]] – [[Selena]] becomes the first [[Hispanic]] singer to have an album debut and peak at number-one on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart. She also becomes the first and only female singer to place five albums simultaneously on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart.
* [[August 9]]
** [[Jerry Garcia]] of [[The Grateful Dead]] passes away of a heart attack at age 53. In cities all over the United States, [[deadhead]]s spontaneously gather to mourn his death and celebrate his life.<ref name="RS #717">{{cite magazine |last1=Foege |first1=Alec |date=September 21, 1995 |title=Funeral for a Friend |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=717 |pages=23–28 }}</ref>
** [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] performs on [[MTV Unplugged]]. The band's current lineup is joined by original members [[Peter Criss]] and [[Ace Frehley]], setting the stage for the band's [[Alive/Worldwide Tour|reunion tour]] the following year.
* [[August 12]] – [[The Offspring]]'s [[Dexter Holland]] marries hairstylist Kristine Luna, who co-wrote the band's song "Session" from ''[[Ignition (The Offspring album)|Ignition]]''.<ref>{{IMDb name|0390664|Dexter Holland|section=bio}}</ref>
* [[August 22]] – [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]] release their third studio album ''[[...And Out Come the Wolves]]''. Along with [[Green Day]]'s ''[[Dookie (album)|Dookie]]'' and [[The Offspring]]'s ''[[Smash (The Offspring album)|Smash]]'' (both released [[1994 in music|a year before]]), this album helped revive mainstream popular interest in punk rock in the mid-1990s, and becomes one of the best-selling independent records of all time. ''...And Out Come the Wolves'' eventually goes platinum.
* [[August 23]] – [[Dwayne Goettel]] of [[Skinny Puppy]] dies of a heroin overdose at his parents' home in [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]], [[Canada]].
* [[August 28]]
** [[Oingo Boingo]] announce that they will break up following a series of [[Halloween]] shows in Los Angeles, California, USA.{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}} Lead singer [[Danny Elfman]] has established a career scoring motion pictures.
** The official end of [[Sarah Records]] is marked with a farewell party featuring live sets by many of the label's acts. It was the last live appearance by [[The Orchids]] before they split up.{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}}
* [[August 29]] – [[Al Jourgensen]] and [[Mike Scaccia]] of [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]] are arrested for heroin possession in two separate incidents in Texas.<ref name="RS #719">{{cite magazine |date=October 19, 1995 |title=In the News |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=719 |page=25 }}</ref>

===September–October===
* [[September 1]] – The [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] opens in [[Cleveland]], Ohio, USA.<ref>{{cite book|last=Adams|first=Deanna R.|title=Rock 'n' Roll and the Cleveland Connection|publisher=Kent State University Press|year=2002|page=582|isbn=978-0-87338-691-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LBCZvsVKomwC&pg=PA582}}</ref>
* [[September 5]] – The [[Luminiş]] Villa, [[George Enescu]] Memorial House, becomes an official memorial to the composer.
* [[September 5]] – The [[Backstreet Boys]] release their debut single "[[We've Got It Goin' On]]".
* [[September 8]] – [[For Squirrels]] vocalist Jack Vigliatura, bassist Bill White and manager Tim Bender are all killed in a van accident near [[Savannah, Georgia]].<ref name="RS #719" />
* [[September 15]] – Alternative-country magazine ''[[No Depression (magazine)|No Depression]]'' publishes its first issue, with [[Son Volt]] on the cover.
* [[September 27]] – [[Time Warner]] agrees to sell back its 50 percent share of [[Interscope Records]]. The media giant had come under intense fire for the explicit lyrics of rap artists on the label.<ref name="nydn">{{cite news |url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/1995-09-28/news/17981251_1_stake-in-interscope-records-time-warner-rap-lyrics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328072723/http://articles.nydailynews.com/1995-09-28/news/17981251_1_stake-in-interscope-records-time-warner-rap-lyrics |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 28, 2012 |title=Gangsta Rap Label Dropped; Time Warner Wants Out |author=Tom Lowry with Karen Hunter and Dave Eisenstadt |date=September 28, 1995 |newspaper=[[Daily News (New York)|New York Daily News]] |access-date=July 28, 2012}}</ref>
* [[October 2]] 
**The first International Guitar Festival is held in [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina.<ref>{{cite web |title=Buenos-Aires Festivals |url=https://www.buenos-aires.com/v/festivals/ |website=www.buenos-aires.com |access-date=8 June 2019}}</ref>
**[[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] release their second album, ''[[(What's the Story) Morning Glory?]]''. The album spawns several number one singles around the world and eventually becomes the third best-selling album in the UK of all time.
*[[October 10]]
** [[Mariah Carey]] performs at [[Madison Square Garden]] to promote her album ''[[Daydream (Mariah Carey album)|Daydream]]''.
** [[Green Day]] release their fourth album ''[[Insomniac (Green Day album)|Insomniac]]''. While it didn't sell as well as their previous album ''[[Dookie (album)|Dookie]]'', it still sold 4 million copies.
* [[October 11]] – [[Tupac Shakur]] is released from Clinton Correctional Facility, New York, USA, on US$1.4 million bail which was posted by [[Suge Knight]]. In return, Tupac signed a three-album deal with Knight's [[Death Row Records]].
* [[October 21]] – [[Blind Melon]] singer [[Shannon Hoon]] is found dead of a cocaine overdose at the age of 28.
* [[October 23]] – [[Def Leppard]] enters the ''[[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of World Records]]'' by performing three shows in three continents in the same day, playing [[Tangier]], Morocco, [[London]], England and [[Vancouver|Vancouver, British Columbia]], Canada.<ref>''[[The Guinness Book of Records]], 1997'' p.272</ref>
* [[October 24]] – [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] release their album ''[[Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness]]''.
* [[October 30]] – [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] release their single "[[Wonderwall (song)|Wonderwall]]."

===November–December===
* [[November 6]] 
** [[Cher]] releases her first album in four years, ''[[It's a Man's World (Cher album)|It's A Man's World]]'', her first original recording for [[Warner Music Group]]. The album would get its U.S. debut in June 1996.
** [[Queen band|Queen]] releases their [[Made in Heaven|final studio album]] that includes contributions from all original members following [[Freddie Mercury]]'s death [[1991|four years earlier]]. It goes on to be a huge success, selling 20 million copies worldwide.
* [[November 21]]
** [[dc Talk]] release their 4th studio album [[Jesus Freak (album)|''Jesus Freak'']]. It was a departure from their previous hip hop albums taking on a [[rap rock]] sound. It achieved the biggest 1st week sales for a Christian album selling more than 80,000 copies in its first week and entering the [[Billboard Top 200]] at #16. It is known as one of the most important Christian albums of all time.
** [[The Offspring]] re-release their debut album (which originally appeared in 1989), on CD for the first time. This proves to be the band's final release on [[Epitaph Records]]; they leave Epitaph and sign with Columbia Records the next year.
** [[Enrique Iglesias]] releases his debut album, in Spanish. It tops the Latin album charts and would go on to win a Grammy and produce five No. 1 singles on ''Billboard'''s [[Hot Latin Tracks]] chart.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}
* [[December 4]] – [[The Beatles]] release "[[Free As A Bird]]" as their first new single in over 20 years.
* [[December 21]] – [[Madonna]] is subpoenaed to testify on January 3, 1996, against her stalker, Robert Hoskins, at the Criminal Courts Building in Los Angeles, California, USA. Hoskins was shot by a security guard outside her estate in Los Angeles in May 1995 for trespassing on her property and threatening to marry or kill her.
* [[December 31]] – The twenty-fourth annual [[Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest|New Year's Rockin' Eve]] special airs on ABC, with appearances by [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]], [[Goo Goo Dolls]], [[Kool & The Gang]], [[Martin Page]], and [[The Rembrandts]].

===Also in 1995===
* [[In Flames]] hires [[Björn Gelotte]] & [[Anders Fridén]].
* Three members of R.E.M., [[Bill Berry]], [[Mike Mills]] and [[Michael Stipe]], fall ill while on the band's "Monster Tour". Berry suffers an [[aneurysm]] which required immediate surgery, Stipe suffers a [[hiatal hernia]] and Mills undergoes an [[appendicectomy|appendectomy]].
* [[Paul D'Amour]] leaves [[Tool (band)|Tool]].
* [[John Denver]] – ''The Wildlife Concert'' (US single: "For You")
* [[Kid 'n Play]] disbands.

==Bands formed==
* ''See [[:Category:Musical groups established in 1995|Musical groups established in 1995]]''

==Bands disbanded==
* ''See [[:Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1995]]''

==Bands reformed==
* [[Misfits (band)|Misfits]] (hiatus since 1983)
* [[Journey (band)|Journey]] (since 1987)
* [[E Street Band]] (1995 Reunion Tour; officially reformed in 1999)

==Albums released==
{{See also|:Category:1995 albums}}

===January–March===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="49" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br />A<br />N<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y'''
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|3
| ''[[A Thousand Memories]]'' || [[Rhett Akins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Amok (Sentenced album)|Amok]]'' || [[Sentenced]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Higher Learning (soundtrack)|Higher Learning]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Old Enough to Know Better]]'' || [[Wade Hayes]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|6
| ''Mary Lou Lord'' || [[Mary Lou Lord]] || EP
|-
| ''My Starting Point Is Here'' || [[Aaron Kwok]] || rowspan=2| [[w:zh:飛碟唱片|UFO Record]] Semi-finale
|-
| ''To Persist'' || [[Nicky Wu]]
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[Dah Shinin']]'' || [[Smif-N-Wessun]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Demon Knight (soundtrack)|Demon Knight]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[From the Bottom Up]]'' || [[Brownstone (group)|Brownstone]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|13
| ''[[Beyond the Dancing]]'' || [[Troy Cassar-Daley]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |16
| ''[[The Rapture (album)|The Rapture]]'' || [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] || UK
|-
| ''[[University (album)|University]]'' || [[Throwing Muses]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |17
| ''[[Do You Want More?!!!??!]]'' || [[The Roots]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Fun of Open Discussion]]'' || [[John Hartford]] & [[Bob Carlin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Look What the Rookie Did]]'' || [[Zumpano]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Second Coming (The Stone Roses album)|Second Coming]]'' || [[The Stone Roses]] || US
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''[[Bruse Lee Marvin Gaye]]'' || [[Milk Cult]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|19
| ''[[Blonde Redhead (album)|Blonde Redhead]]'' || [[Blonde Redhead]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''The Last Supper'' || [[Belphegor (band)|Belphegor]] ||-
|-
| ''Sounds of Beautiful Experience'' || [[On Thorns I Lay]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|23
| ''[[Behind Closed Doors (Thunder album)|Behind Closed Doors]]'' || [[Thunder (band)|Thunder]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Great Annihilator]]'' || [[Swans (band)|Swans]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hafted Maul]]'' || [[Dead Voices on Air]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hard Times (Laughing Hyenas album)|Hard Times]]'' || [[Laughing Hyenas]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Octopus (The Human League album)|Octopus]]'' || [[The Human League]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|24
| ''[[Balance (Van Halen album)|Balance]]'' || [[Van Halen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Charlie Parker with Strings]]'' || [[Charlie Parker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cocktails (album)|Cocktails]]'' || [[Too Short]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Good Times (Subway album)|Good Times]]'' || [[Subway (group)|Subway]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ham Fisted]]'' || [[Local H]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hog Wild (album)|Hog Wild]]'' || [[Hank Williams Jr.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Jerky Boys (soundtrack)|The Jerky Boys]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''Swedish Bassoon Concertos'' || [[Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[You Gotta Love That!]]'' || [[Neal McCoy]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|25
| ''Melody Boulevard'' || [[Joe Hisaishi]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Prick (Prick album)|Prick]]'' || [[Prick (band)|Prick]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|27
| ''[[Fist City (Tribe 8 album)|Fist City]]'' || [[Tribe 8]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|30
| ''[[The Sky Moves Sideways]]'' || [[Porcupine Tree]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Good News from the Next World]]'' || [[Simple Minds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dogs of War (album)|Dogs of War]]'' || [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Leftism (album)|Leftism]]'' || [[Leftfield]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Millennium Fever]]'' || [[Apollo 440]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nice Ass]]'' || [[Free Kitten]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|31
| ''[[... and the Beat Goes On!]]'' || [[Scooter (band)|Scooter]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[Facts and Fictions]]'' || [[Asian Dub Foundation]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Pharos (album)|Pharos]]'' || [[SETI (band)|Seti]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Personal Best (album)|Personal Best]]'' || [[Team Dresch]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Daredevil (Fu Manchu album)|Daredevil]]'' || [[Fu Manchu (band)|Fu Manchu]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="58" style="text-align:center; background:thistle; textcolor:#000;"| '''F<br />E<br />B<br />R<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y'''
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| ''[[Of Chaos and Eternal Night]]'' || [[Dark Tranquillity]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|6
| ''[[World of Morrissey]]'' || [[Morrissey]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Mobile Safari]]'' || [[The Pastels]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pygmalion (album)|Pygmalion]]'' || [[Slowdive]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|7
| ''[[All in the Game (album)|All in the Game]]'' || [[Crime Boss (rapper)|Crime Boss]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Being Myself (Juvenile album)|Being Myself]]'' || [[Juvenile (rapper)|Juvenile]] ||-
|-
| ''[[For God and Country (Good Riddance album)|For God and Country]]'' || [[Good Riddance (band)|Good Riddance]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Now That I've Found You: A Collection]]'' || [[Alison Krauss]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Waiting for the Punchline]]'' || [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Woman in Me (album)|The Woman in Me]]'' || [[Shania Twain]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|8
| ''3 Years to Become a Ravermaniac'' || [[Da Hool|DJ Hooligan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fourth Dimension (Stratovarius album)|Fourth Dimension]]'' || [[Stratovarius]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Junjō Karen Otome Moyō]]'' || [[Yuki Uchida]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|9
| ''[[Adak (album)|Adak]]'' || [[İzel (singer)|İzel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Out of My Hands (Jennifer Rush album)|Out of My Heads]]'' || [[Jennifer Rush]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Worry Bomb]]'' || [[Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[Amid Its Hallowed Mirth]]'' || [[Novembers Doom]] ||-
|-
| ''Dream In The Absence of The Night Dream'' || [[Dave Wang|Dave Wong]] || [[w:zh:飛碟唱片|UFO Record]] Semi-finale
|-
| ''Law and Disorder'' || [[Larry the Cable Guy]] ||-
|-
| ''Sorcery'' || [[Kataklysm]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|13
| ''Chewyfoot'' || [[Wingtip Sloat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Smart (Sleeper album)|Smart]]'' || [[Sleeper (band)|Sleeper]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|14
| ''[[Black (Lita Ford album)|Black]]'' || [[Lita Ford]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hanky Panky (The The album)|Hanky Panky]]'' || [[The The]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (album)|It's Five O'Clock Somewhere]]'' || [[Slash's Snakepit]] ||-
|-
| ''[[King (Belly album)|King]]'' || [[Belly (band)|Belly]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nevermore (album)|Nevermore]]'' || [[Nevermore]] ||-
|-
| ''The Rapture'' || Siouxsie and the Banshees || US
|-
| ''[[Thinkin' About You]]'' || [[Trisha Yearwood]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|15
| ''[[¡Leche con Carne!]]'' || [[No Use for a Name]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|17
| ''[[No Protection (Massive Attack album)|No Protection]]'' || [[Massive Attack]] || Remix CD
|-
| ''[[Cheshire Cat (Blink-182 album)|Cheshire Cat]]'' || [[Blink-182]] || Debut
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''Painted Desert'' || [[Ikue Mori]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''[[Big Red Car]]'' || [[The Wiggles]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Maxinquaye]]'' || [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]] || UK
|-
| ''Single History IV: 1991-1994'' || [[The Alfee]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[Murder Love]]'' || [[Snow (musician)|Snow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Safe + Sound]]'' || [[DJ Quik]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|27
| ''[[Alive in Studio A]]'' || [[Bruce Dickinson]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Cerebral Caustic]]'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Delete Yourself!]]'' || [[Atari Teenage Riot]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Bruce Springsteen album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Bruce Springsteen]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[To Bring You My Love]]'' || [[PJ Harvey]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Undisclosed Files Addendum]]'' || [[Hawkwind]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="12" style="text-align:center;"|28
| ''[[13 Unlucky Numbers]]'' || [[Wax (rock band)|Wax]] ||-
|-
| ''[[1000 Fires]]'' || [[Traci Lords]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Ball-Hog or Tugboat?]]'' || [[Mike Watt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Big Choice]]'' || [[Face to Face (punk band)|Face to Face]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Deluxe (Better Than Ezra album)|Deluxe]]'' || [[Better Than Ezra]] || Elektra re-release
|-
| ''[[Diaspora (Natacha Atlas album)|Diaspora]]'' || [[Natacha Atlas]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Do You Wanna Ride?]]'' || [[Adina Howard]] || Debut
|-
| ''Ex' All Time Favourites'' || [[Shirley Kwan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Here Comes Success]]'' || [[Band of Susans]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Manic Compression]]'' || [[Quicksand (band)|Quicksand]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pieces of You]]'' || [[Jewel (singer)|Jewel]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Train a Comin']]'' || [[Steve Earle]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[Pain Killer (Energy Orchard album)|Pain Killer]]'' || [[Energy Orchard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Black Secret Technology]]'' || [[A Guy Called Gerald]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="59" style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98; textcolor:#000;" |'''M<br />A<br />R<br />C<br />H'''
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| ''[[Speed Pop]]'' || [[Glay]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|6
| ''[[Beggar on a Beach of Gold]]'' || [[Mike and the Mechanics|Mike + the Mechanics]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Medusa (Annie Lennox album)|Medusa]]'' || [[Annie Lennox]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|7
| ''[[Power of Inner Strength]]'' || [[Grip Inc.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ultraphobic]]'' || [[Warrant (American band)|Warrant]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[Forever You]]'' || [[Zard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Presidents of the United States of America (album)|The Presidents of the United States of America]]'' || [[The Presidents of the United States of America (band)|The Presidents of the United States of America]] || PopLlama release
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|13
| ''[[The Bends (album)|The Bends]]'' || [[Radiohead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Elastica (album)|Elastica]]'' || [[Elastica]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In Debt]]'' || [[Disco Inferno (band)|Disco Inferno]] || Compilation
|-
| ''Keep You Eyes Open'' || [[Kane & Abel (group)|Double Vision]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|14
| ''[[100% Fun]]'' || [[Matthew Sweet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Above (Mad Season album)|Above]]'' || [[Mad Season (band)|Mad Season]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Boy Named Goo]]'' || [[Goo Goo Dolls]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Collective Soul (1995 album)|Collective Soul]]'' || [[Collective Soul]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Encomium (album)|Encomium: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin]]'' || Various Artists || [[Led Zeppelin]] tribute
|-
| ''[[Everything Is Wrong (album)|Everything Is Wrong]]'' || [[Moby]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Feels Like Home (Linda Ronstadt album)|Feels Like Home]]'' || [[Linda Ronstadt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In a Major Way]]'' || [[E-40]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Me Against the World]]'' || [[Tupac Shakur|2Pac]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''[[Orbus Terrarum]]'' || [[The Orb]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Made in England (Elton John album)|Made in England]]'' || [[Elton John]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Succour (album)|Succour]]'' || [[Seefeel]] ||<ref name="warp-release">{{cite web|url=http://warp.net/records/releases/seefeel/succour|work=[[Warp Records]]|title=Seefeel:Succour|access-date=December 18, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[Alien Love Secrets]]'' || [[Steve Vai]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Brainbloodvolume]]'' || [[Ned's Atomic Dustbin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Conversation Peace]]'' || [[Stevie Wonder]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dopes to Infinity]]'' || [[Monster Magnet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Edges of Twilight]]'' || [[The Tea Party (band)|The Tea Party]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Home (Blessid Union of Souls album)|Home]]'' || [[Blessid Union of Souls]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Naveed (album)|Naveed]]'' || [[Our Lady Peace]] || US
|-
| ''[[One Track Mind (Railroad Jerk album)|One Track Mind]]'' || [[Railroad Jerk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Relish (album)|Relish]]'' || [[Joan Osborne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Symbolic (Death album)|Symbolic]]'' || [[Death (metal band)|Death]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Yes (Morphine album)|Yes]]'' || [[Morphine (band)|Morphine]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|24
|''[[Life (The Cardigans album)|Life]]'' || [[The Cardigans]] || Sweden
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|25
| ''[[The Beacon Street Collection]]'' || [[No Doubt]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|27
| ''[[Frogstomp]]'' || [[Silverchair]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[D'eux]]'' || [[Celine Dion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Thank You (Duran Duran album)|Thank You]]'' || [[Duran Duran]] ||Covers Album
|-
| ''[[Ocean Beach (album)|Ocean Beach]]'' || [[Red House Painters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ventolin (EP)|Ventolin]]'' || [[Aphex Twin]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Wild Love (album)|Wild Love]]'' || [[Smog (band)|Smog]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="13" style="text-align:center;"|28
| ''[[A.M. (Wilco album)|A.M.]]'' || [[Wilco]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Another Night (Real McCoy album)|Another Night]]'' || [[Real McCoy (band)|Real McCoy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Candy Rain (album)|Candy Rain]]'' || [[Soul for Real]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Faith in Me, Faith in You]]'' || [[Doug Stone]] ||-
|-
| ''[[John Michael Montgomery (album)|John Michael Montgomery]]'' || [[John Michael Montgomery]] ||-
|-
| ''[[King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime]]'' || [[Faith No More]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous]]'' || [[Big L (rapper)|Big L]] ||-
|-
| ''[[My Brother the Cow]]'' || [[Mudhoney]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Only Everything]]'' || [[Juliana Hatfield]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version]]'' || [[Ol' Dirty Bastard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Subhuman Race]]'' || [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tank Girl (film)#Soundtrack|Tank Girl soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[We Get There When We Do]]'' || [[Suddenly, Tammy!]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|31
| ''Amita Tata Young'' || [[Tata Young]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[Teeth and Tissue]]'' || [[Headstones (band)|The Headstones]] ||-
|-
| ''One Day'' || Jang Pil Soon ||-
|}

===April–June===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="49" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;"| '''A<br />P<br />R<br />I<br />L'''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|3
| ''[[Thrak]]'' || [[King Crimson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live Bites]]'' || [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center;"|4
| ''[[Alien Lanes]]'' || [[Guided by Voices]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Civilization Phaze III]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lemonade and Brownies]]'' || [[Sugar Ray]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings]]'' || [[John Prine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing]]'' || [[Strapping Young Lad]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nihil]]'' || [[KMFDM]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Rhythm of the Night (album)|The Rhythm of the Night]]'' || [[Corona (band)|Corona]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[The Road Goes On Forever (The Highwaymen album)|The Road Goes On Forever]]'' || [[The Highwaymen (country supergroup)|The Highwaymen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rub It Better]]'' || [[General Public]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Is How We Do It (album)|This Is How We Do It]]'' || [[Montell Jordan]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Imaginations from the Other Side]]'' || [[Blind Guardian]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|6
| ''[[Dandys Rule, OK?]]'' || [[The Dandy Warhols]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 30'' || Various Artists || UK series; Compilation
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|7
| ''[[94 Diskont]]'' || [[Oval (band)|Oval]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Clockseed]]'' || [[Vampire Rodents]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Running on Ice]]'' || [[Vertical Horizon]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[Picture This (Wet Wet Wet album)|Picture This]]'' || [[Wet Wet Wet]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|11
| ''[[3 (FireHouse album)|3]]'' || [[FireHouse]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Astro-Creep: 2000]]'' || [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blonder and Blonder]]'' || [[The Muffs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Friday (soundtrack)|Friday]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Infrared Riding Hood]]'' || [[Tad (band)|Tad]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pummel (album)|Pummel]]'' || [[All (band)|All]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wowee Zowee]]'' || [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]] ||-
|-
| ''[[You'd Prefer an Astronaut]]'' || [[Hum (band)|Hum]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|14
| ''[[Walk on Water (UFO album)|Walk on Water]]'' || [[UFO (band)|UFO]] || Japan-only release until 1997
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''[[A Small Deadly Space]]'' || [[Fight (band)|Fight]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Burnt Offerings (album)|Burnt Offerings]]'' || [[Iced Earth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Once upon the Cross]]'' || [[Deicide (band)|Deicide]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Beautiful Mess]]'' || [[Sixpence None the Richer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Further (Flying Saucer Attack album)|Further]]'' || [[Flying Saucer Attack]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|19
| ''[[I Hate You with a Passion]]'' || [[Andre Nickatina|Dre Dog]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[Born Annoying]]'' || [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|24
| ''[[...I Care Because You Do]]'' || [[Aphex Twin]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://warp.net/records/releases/aphex-twin/i-care-because-you-do|access-date=July 20, 2015|title=Aphex Twin:...I Care Because You Do|publisher=[[Warp (record label)|Warp]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019015313/http://warp.net/records/releases/aphex-twin/i-care-because-you-do|archive-date=October 19, 2011 }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Plastic Green Head]]'' || [[Trouble (band)|Trouble]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Such Friends Are Dangerous]]'' || [[Excuse 17]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wolfheart]]'' || [[Moonspell]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|25
| ''[[Ain't Had Enough Fun]]'' || [[Little Feat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Come Together: America Salutes the Beatles]]'' || Various Artists || [[Country music]] tribute to [[The Beatles]]
|-
| ''[[Cuando los Ángeles Lloran]]'' || [[Maná]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Drift (Flotsam and Jetsam album)|Drift]]'' || [[Flotsam and Jetsam (band)|Flotsam and Jetsam]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Infamous]]'' || [[Mobb Deep]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Short Bus (album)|Short Bus]]'' || [[Filter (band)|Filter]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|28
| ''[[Rainmaker (Fair Warning album)|Rainmaker]]'' || [[Fair Warning (band)|Fair Warning]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[Vibrator (album)|Vibrator]]'' || [[Terence Trent D'Arby]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Mercy (Daddy Yankee album)|No Mercy]]'' || [[Daddy Yankee]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sventevith (Storming Near the Baltic)]]'' || [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="59" style="text-align:center; background:thistle; textcolor:#000;" | '''M<br />A<br />Y'''
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|1
| ''[[Jerk of All Trades]]'' || [[Lunachicks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Machiavelli and the Four Seasons]]'' || [[TISM]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stylin' Up]]'' || [[Christine Anu]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|2
| ''[[Divinities: Twelve Dances with God]]'' || [[Ian Anderson (musician)|Ian Anderson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Electr-O-Pura]]'' || [[Yo La Tengo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fear No Evil (Slaughter album)|Fear No Evil]]'' || [[Slaughter (band)|Slaughter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fun Trick Noisemaker]]'' || [[The Apples In Stereo]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[MTV Unplugged (Bob Dylan album)|MTV Unplugged]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Sittin' on Chrome]]'' || [[Masta Ace Incorporated]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spirit of the Wild]]'' || [[Ted Nugent]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|5
| ''[[Everything Sucks (Reel Big Fish album)|Everything Sucks]]'' || [[Reel Big Fish]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|8
| ''Green Wheels'' || [[Merzbow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nobody Else]]'' || [[Take That]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tilt (Scott Walker album)|Tilt]]'' || [[Scott Walker (singer)|Scott Walker]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" |9
| ''[[Clutch (Clutch album)|Clutch]]'' || [[Clutch (band)|Clutch]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Domination (Morbid Angel album)|Domination]]'' || [[Morbid Angel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kojak Variety]]'' || [[Elvis Costello]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Nemesisters]]'' || [[Babes in Toyland (band)|Babes in Toyland]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Return of the Space Cowboy]]'' || [[Jamiroquai]] || US
|-
| ''[[Some Rainy Morning]]'' || [[Robert Cray]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Time After Time (Etta James album)|Time After Time]]'' || [[Etta James]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|12
| ''[[Destroy Erase Improve]]'' || [[Meshuggah]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |15
| ''[[A Million Year Girl]]'' || [[Max Sharam]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[I Should Coco]]'' || [[Supergrass]] || Debut
|-
| ''Bodies'' || [[Sidi Bou Said (band)|Sidi Bou Said]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Inzombia (album)|Inzombia]]'' || [[Slant 6]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Orchid (album)|Orchid]]'' || [[Opeth]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|16
| ''[[Mumtaz Mahal (album)|Mumtaz Mahal]]'' || [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|17
| ''[[Boomerang (Hanson album)|Boomerang]]'' || [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|22
| ''[[The Angel and the Dark River]]'' || [[My Dying Bride]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Black in Mind]]'' || [[Rage (German band)|Rage]] ||-
|-
| ''[[P.H.U.Q.]]'' || [[The Wildhearts]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"|23
| ''[[Daryle Singletary (album)|Daryle Singletary]]'' || [[Daryle Singletary]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Inevitable (album)|The Inevitable]]'' || [[Squirrel Nut Zippers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dwight Live]]'' || [[Dwight Yoakam]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Dysfunctional (Dokken album)|Dysfunctional]]'' || [[Dokken]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Forever Blue (Chris Isaak album)|Forever Blue]]'' || [[Chris Isaak]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Eternal (Malevolent Creation album)|Eternal]]'' || [[Malevolent Creation]] ||-
|-
| ''[[God of Love (album)|God of Love]]'' || [[Bad Brains]] ||-
|-
| ''[[LP (The Rembrandts album)|LP]]'' || [[The Rembrandts]] || LP
|-
| ''[[Root Down (EP)|Root Down]]'' || [[Beastie Boys]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Sparkle and Fade]]'' || [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|29
| ''[[Pulse (Pink Floyd album)|Pulse]]'' || [[Pink Floyd]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Further Down the Spiral]]'' || [[Nine Inch Nails]] || Remix CD
|-
| ''[[Grand Prix (album)|Grand Prix]]'' || [[Teenage Fanclub]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Land of the Free (Gamma Ray album)|Land of the Free]]'' || [[Gamma Ray (band)|Gamma Ray]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sex Affairs]]'' || [[E-Rotic]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[A Spanner in the Works]]'' || [[Rod Stewart]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|30
| ''[[Batman Forever (soundtrack)|Batman Forever]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Freaks of Nature (Kansas album)|Freaks of Nature]]'' || [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Goodfellas (Show and A.G. album)|Goodfellas]]'' || [[Show and A.G.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love and Money (album)|Love and Money]]'' || [[Eddie Money]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pocahontas (soundtrack)|Pocahontas soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Poverty's Paradise]]'' || [[Naughty by Nature]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|31
| ''[[Blues for Greeny]]'' || [[Gary Moore]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[Rarestonebowie]]'' || [[David Bowie]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Stanley Road]]'' || [[Paul Weller (singer)|Paul Weller]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Taste of Heaven]]'' || [[Takara (band)|Takara]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Oolooloo]]'' || [[The Pietasters]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="67" style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98; textcolor:#000;" |'''J<br />U<br />N<br />E'''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|1
| ''[[Masquerade in Blood]]'' || [[Sodom (band)|Sodom]] ||-
|-
| ''Ogród koncentracyjny'' || [[Świetliki]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|5
| ''[[Forbidden (Black Sabbath album)|Forbidden]]'' || [[Black Sabbath]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Days Like This (Van Morrison album)|Days Like This]]'' || [[Van Morrison]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Panzerfaust (album)|Panzerfaust]]'' || [[Darkthrone]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Still Not Black Enough]]'' || [[W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P.]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"|6
| ''[[And the Music Speaks]]'' || [[All-4-One]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Happy Days (album)|Happy Days]]'' || [[Catherine Wheel (band)|Catherine Wheel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Best of Branigan]]'' || [[Laura Branigan]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Derrumbe]]'' || [[Gerardo Mejía|Gerardo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Glow (The Innocence Mission album)|Glow]]'' || [[The Innocence Mission]] ||-
|-
| {{proper name|''[[Hi™ How Are You Today?]]''}} || [[Ashley MacIsaac]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tales from the Punchbowl]]'' || [[Primus (band)|Primus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Let Your Dim Light Shine]]'' || [[Soul Asylum]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Turtle's Dream]]'' || [[Abbey Lincoln]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tales from the Punchbowl]]'' || [[Primus (band)|Primus]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|9
| ''[[69/96]]'' || [[Cornelius (musician)|Cornelius]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sacrificial Cake]]'' || [[Jarboe]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|10
|''[[Loud 'n' Raw]]''
|[[Loudness (band)|Loudness]]
|Live
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|12
| ''[[Post (Björk album)|Post]]'' || [[Björk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Draconian Times]]'' || [[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Infernal Love]]'' || [[Therapy?]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Red Medicine]]'' || [[Fugazi (band)|Fugazi]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|13
| ''[[Jagged Little Pill]]'' || [[Alanis Morissette]] ||-
|-
| ''[[About Time (Pennywise album)|About Time]]'' || [[Pennywise (band)|Pennywise]] ||-
|-
| ''[[All I Need to Know (album)|All I Need to Know]]'' || [[Kenny Chesney]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Demanufacture (album)|Demanufacture]]'' || [[Fear Factory]] || Sophomore; Debut with Christian Olde Wolbers
|-
| ''[[Head over Heels (Paula Abdul album)|Head Over Heels]]'' || [[Paula Abdul]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Home (Deep Blue Something album)|Home]]'' || [[Deep Blue Something]] || Interscope re-release
|-
| ''[[Menace to Sobriety (Ugly Kid Joe album)|Menace to Sobriety]]'' || [[Ugly Kid Joe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Two Headed]]'' || [[Spirit of the West]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Unboxed Set]]'' || [[Angry Samoans]] || Box Set
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|15
| ''Sing'' || [[Abra Moore]] || Solo Debut
|-
| ''[[Subterranean (EP)|Subterranean]]'' || [[In Flames]] || EP
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|16
| ''Cerberus Shoal'' || [[Cerberus Shoal]] || Debut
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|19
| ''[[Replenish (album)|Replenish]]'' || [[Reef (band)|Reef]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="14" style="text-align:center;" |20
| ''[[HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I]]'' || [[Michael Jackson]] || Compilation disc + New studio disc
|-
| ''[[A Very Fine Love]]'' || [[Dusty Springfield]] || US
|-
| ''[[2000 (Grand Puba album)|2000]]'' || [[Grand Puba]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bing, Bing, Bing!]]'' || [[Charlie Hunter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Boheme (album)|Boheme]]'' || [[Deep Forest]] ||-
|-
| ''[[F-Punk]]'' || [[Big Audio Dynamite]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fast Stories... from Kid Coma]]'' || [[Truly (band)|Truly]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Am an Elastic Firecracker]]'' || [[Tripping Daisy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Incidental Music 1991-95]]'' || [[Superchunk]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Lorada]]'' || [[Johnny Hallyday]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Northern Soul]]'' || [[The Verve]] || -
|-
| ''[[Oddities, Abnormalities and Curiosities]]'' || [[Circle Jerks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rasta Business]]'' || [[Burning Spear]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tigerlily]]'' || [[Natalie Merchant]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|21
|''[[Because They Can]]''
|[[Nelson (band)|Nelson]]
|Japanese release date
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|22
| ''[[Grandpaw Would]]'' || [[Ben Lee]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|26
| ''[[Afraid of Sunlight]]'' || [[Marillion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Drive (album)|The Drive]]'' || [[Haddaway]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Exit Planet Dust]]'' || [[The Chemical Brothers]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"|27
| ''[[Apollo 13 (film)#Soundtrack|Apollo 13 soundtrack]]'' || [[James Horner]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Fey (album)|Fey]]'' || [[Fey (singer)|Fey]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Gov't Mule (album)|Gov't Mule]]'' || [[Gov't Mule]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Wish (Skee-Lo album)|I Wish]]'' || [[Skee-Lo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Live One]]'' || [[Phish]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Mirror Ball (Neil Young album)|Mirror Ball]]'' || [[Neil Young]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Modernday Folklore]]'' || [[Ian Moore (singer)|Ian Moore]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Only Heaven]]'' || [[The Young Gods]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Singles (Alison Moyet album)|Singles]]'' || [[Alison Moyet]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[These Days (Bon Jovi album)|These Days]]'' || [[Bon Jovi]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[Chat Chat]]'' || [[Takako Minekawa]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mirror Mirror (10cc album)|Mirror Mirror]]'' || [[10cc]] ||-
|}

===July–September===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="42" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;"| '''J<br />U<br />L<br />Y'''
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|4
| ''[[Answer That and Stay Fashionable]]'' || [[AFI (band)|AFI]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Foo Fighters (album)|Foo Fighters]]'' || [[Foo Fighters]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Brown Sugar (D'Angelo album)|Brown Sugar]]'' || [[D'Angelo]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Think with Your Heart]]'' || [[Debbie Gibson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Brothas Doobie]]'' || [[Funkdoobiest]] ||-
|-
| ''Teenage Politics'' || [[MxPx]] ||-
|-
| ''Vol V – Believe'' || [[Soul II Soul]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|11
| ''[[Dangerous Minds (soundtrack)|Dangerous Minds soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[311 (album)|311]]'' || [[311 (band)|311]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sleepy Eyed]]'' || [[Buffalo Tom]] ||-<ref>{{cite web |title=Buffalo Tom - Sleepy Eyed |url=https://archive.beggars.com/buffalo-tom-sleepy-eyed/ |website=Beggars Archive |publisher=Beggars Group |access-date=30 August 2023}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[...And the Circus Leaves Town]]'' || [[Kyuss]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Boombastic (album)|Boombastic]]'' || [[Shaggy (artist)|Shaggy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Off the Hook (Xscape album)|Off the Hook]]'' || [[Xscape (group)|Xscape]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="19" style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''[[¡Adios Amigos!]]'' || [[Ramones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bette of Roses]]'' || [[Bette Midler]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cesária]]'' || [[Cesária Évora]] ||-
|-
| ''Chants and Dances of the Native Americans'' || [[Sacred Spirit]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Clueless (film)#Soundtrack|Clueless soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Dreaming of You (Selena album)|Dreaming of You]]'' || [[Selena]] || Posthumous
|-
| ''[[Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality]]'' || [[Guru (rapper)|Guru]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hidden Treasures (EP)|Hidden Treasures]]'' || [[Megadeth]] || Rarities EP
|-
| ''[[The Long Goodbye (Procol Harum album)|The Long Goodbye]]'' || [[Procol Harum]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Home]]'' || [[Geraldine Fibbers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mainliner: Wreckage from the Past]]'' || [[Social Distortion]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Miss Thang]]'' || [[Monica (singer)|Monica]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Not a Pretty Girl]]'' || [[Ani DiFranco]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Reflections (After 7 album)|Reflections]]'' || [[After 7]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Restless (Shelby Lynne album)|Restless]]'' || [[Shelby Lynne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Show, the After Party, the Hotel]]'' || [[Jodeci]] ||-
|-
| ''[['Til Shiloh]]'' || [[Buju Banton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Totally Crushed Out!]]'' || [[That Dog]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Use Your Fingers]]'' || [[Bloodhound Gang|The Bloodhound Gang]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|19
| ''[[La La La (Maki Ohguro album)|La La La]]'' || [[Maki Ohguro]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[Elliott Smith (album)|Elliott Smith]]'' || [[Elliott Smith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[La Alteración]]'' || [[Akina Nakamori]] ||-
|-
| ''Live in Progress'' || The Alfee ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|24
| ''Caution to the Wind'' || [[Pura Fé]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|25
| ''[[E. 1999 Eternal]]'' || [[Bone Thugs-n-Harmony]] ||-
|-
| ''The Presidents of the United States of America'' || The Presidents of the United States of America || Columbia re-release; Remixed
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|28
| ''[[Invisible (La Ley album)|Invisible]]'' || [[La Ley (band)|La Ley]] ||-
|-
| ''Seed'' || [[Prototype (band)|Prototype]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|31
| ''[[The Garden (Merril Bainbridge album)|The Garden]]'' || [[Merril Bainbridge]] || Debut; AUS
|-
| rowspan="58" style="text-align:center; background:thistle; textcolor:#000;" |'''A<br />U<br />G<br />U<br />S<br />T'''
| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|1
| ''[[Bad Habits (Colin James album)|Bad Habits]]'' || [[Colin James]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Brother's Keeper (Rich Mullins album)|Brother's Keeper]]'' || [[Rich Mullins]] ||-
|-
|-''[[Dyslexicon]]'' – [[Dandelion (American band)|Dandelion]]
|-
| ''[[Fight for Your Mind]]'' || [[Ben Harper]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Killer Cuts]]'' || [[Robin Beanland]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 31'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...]]'' || [[Raekwon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Set Your Goals (album)|Set Your Goals]]'' || [[CIV (band)|CIV]] ||-
|-
| ''[[We Care]]'' || [[Whale (band)|Whale]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wholesale Meats and Fish]]'' || [[Letters to Cleo]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|7
| ''[[Alternative (album)|Alternative]]'' || [[Pet Shop Boys]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Sweden (album)|Sweden]]'' || [[The Mountain Goats]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Twenty-Seven Points]]'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|8
| ''[[Ben Folds Five (album)|Ben Folds Five]]'' || [[Ben Folds Five]] || Debut
|-
| ''Brown Bag'' || [[Citizen King]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hot Charity]]'' || [[Rocket from the Crypt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Remember You (Brian McKnight album)|I Remember You]]'' || [[Brian McKnight]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Penthouse (album)|Penthouse]]'' || [[Luna (1990s American band)|Luna]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Sacrilicious Sounds of the Supersuckers]]'' || [[Supersuckers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spirit of '73: Rock for Choice]]'' || Various Artists ||-
|-
| ''[[Terri Clark (album)|Terri Clark]]'' || [[Terri Clark]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|14
| ''[[Deep Dead Blue]]'' || [[Elvis Costello]] and [[Bill Frisell]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Donkey Rhubarb (EP)|Donkey Rhubarb]]'' || [[Aphex Twin]] ||EP<ref>{{cite web|url=http://warp.net/records/releases/aphex-twin/donkey-rhubarb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019023456/http://warp.net/records/releases/aphex-twin/donkey-rhubarb|archive-date=October 19, 2011 |access-date=20 July 2015|publisher=Warp|title=Aphex Twin:Donkey Rhubarb}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|15
| ''[[Garbage (album)|Garbage]]'' || [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]] || US
|-
| ''[[Dirt Track Date]]'' || [[Southern Culture on the Skids]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Just Wasn't Made for These Times (album)|I Just Wasn't Made for These Times]]'' || [[Brian Wilson]] ||-
|-
| ''King Ferus'' || [[Ferus Mustafov]] || also known as ''Macedonian Wedding Soul Cooking''
|-
| ''[[A Moment of Forever]]'' || [[Kris Kristofferson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mortal Kombat: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|Mortal Kombat soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Real Brothas]]'' || [[B.G. Knocc Out]] and [[Dresta]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Soup (Blind Melon album)|Soup]]'' || [[Blind Melon]] ||-
|-
| ''True Forever'' || [[Andy Lau]] || [[Philips Records|Philips Record]] Begins
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''[[Goofyfoot]]'' || [[Phranc]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[Stranger in Us All]]'' || [[Rainbow (English band)|Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Viva Last Blues]]'' || [[Will Oldham|Palace Music]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|22
| ''[[...And Out Come the Wolves]]'' || [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Good News in Hard Times]]'' || [[Sisters of Glory|The Sisters of Glory]] || Debut
|-
| ''Hit & Run Holiday'' || [[My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Heard They Suck Live!!]]'' || [[NOFX]] || Live
|-
| ''[[I'll Lead You Home]]'' || [[Michael W. Smith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mandylion (album)|Mandylion]]'' || [[The Gathering (band)|The Gathering]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pet Your Friends]]'' || [[Dishwalla]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pucker!]]'' || [[The Selecter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tindersticks (1995 album)|Tindersticks]]'' || [[Tindersticks]] || Second album
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|23
|''[[Life (Talisman album)|Life]]''
|[[Talisman (band)|Talisman]]
| -
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|25
| ''[[Methodrone]]'' || [[The Brian Jonestown Massacre]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|28
| ''[[Southpaw Grammar]]'' || [[Morrissey]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|29
| ''[[Cheapness and Beauty]]'' || [[Boy George]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Conspiracy (Junior M.A.F.I.A. album)|Conspiracy]]'' || [[Junior M.A.F.I.A.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Faith (Faith Evans album)|Faith]]'' || [[Faith Evans]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Freedom Bondage]]'' || [[Zeni Geva]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It Matters to Me]]'' || [[Faith Hill]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Road Home (Heart album)|The Road Home]]'' || [[Heart (band)|Heart]] || Live
|-
| ''Wind Can't Stop'' || [[Aaron Kwok]] || [[w:zh:飛碟唱片|UFO Record]] Finale
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot]]'' || [[Sparklehorse]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Damnation Game (album)|The Damnation Game]]'' || [[Symphony X]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sargasso Sea (Pram album)|Sargasso Sea]]'' || [[Pram (band)|Pram]] ||-
|-
| ''[[New Moon Daughter]]'' || [[Cassandra Wilson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Doubt (Petra album)|No Doubt]]'' || [[Petra (band)|Petra]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="67" style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98; textcolor:#000;" |'''S<br />E<br />P<br />T<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |1
| ''[[Crossover (Yoshinori Sunahara album)|Crossover]]'' || [[Yoshinori Sunahara]] ||-
|-
|''[[Heavenly (L'Arc-en-Ciel album)|Heavenly]]''
|[[L'Arc-en-Ciel]]
| -
|-
| ''[[Ocean Drive (Lighthouse Family album)|Ocean Drive]]'' || [[Lighthouse Family]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|4
| ''[[La Mia Vita Violenta]]'' || [[Blonde Redhead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Roots to Branches]]'' || [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|5
| ''[[American Standard (Seven Mary Three album)|American Standard]]'' || [[Seven Mary Three]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nowhere to Here]]'' || [[Blue Rodeo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sommersprossen]]'' || [[Die Flippers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Take Me Higher]]'' || [[Diana Ross]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|8
| ''[[Ask for It]]'' || [[Hole (band)|Hole]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|11
| ''[[The Great Escape (Blur album)|The Great Escape]]'' || [[Blur (band)|Blur]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Serpentine Gallery (album)|Serpentine Gallery]]'' || [[Switchblade Symphony]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"|12
| ''[[One Hot Minute]]'' || [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Circus (Lenny Kravitz album)|Circus]]'' || [[Lenny Kravitz]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dear You]]'' || [[Jawbreaker (band)|Jawbreaker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Inside Out (MC Hammer album)|Inside Out]]'' || [[MC Hammer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Medio Vivir (album)|A Medio Vivir]]'' || [[Ricky Martin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nine High a Pallet]]'' || [[Brute (band)|brute.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Planet B.A.D.]]'' || [[Big Audio Dynamite]] || Compilation
|-
| ''Roots to Branches'' || Jethro Tull || US
|-
| ''[[Timeless (Goldie album)|Timeless]]'' || [[Goldie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Up (Great Big Sea album)|Up]]'' || [[Great Big Sea]] ||Canada
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''[[Paranoid and Sunburnt]]'' || [[Skunk Anansie]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[On (Echobelly album)|On]]'' || [[Echobelly]]||-
|-
| rowspan="13" style="text-align:center;"|19
| ''[[A Change of Seasons]]'' || [[Dream Theater]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Clouds Taste Metallic]]'' || [[The Flaming Lips]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Coast to Coast Motel]]'' || [[G. Love & Special Sauce]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gilt (album)|Gilt]]'' || [[Machines of Loving Grace]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (1985–1995)]]'' || [[Michael Bolton]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Here's Where the Strings Come In]]'' || [[Superchunk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Huang Chung (album)|Huang Chung]]'' || [[Wang Chung (band)|Wang Chung]] || Re-release
|-
| ''In The Grass'' || [[Splendora]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Ledbetter Heights]]'' || [[Kenny Wayne Shepherd]] ||-
|-
| ''[[NOLA (album)|NOLA]]'' || [[Down (band)|Down]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Randy Newman's Faust]]'' || [[Randy Newman]] ||-
|-
| ''[[See You on the Other Side (Mercury Rev album)|See You on the Other Side]]'' || [[Mercury Rev]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Trace (Son Volt album)|Trace]]'' || [[Son Volt]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[Mi-Chemin]]'' || [[Yuki Uchida]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|25
| ''[[Outside (David Bowie album)|Outside]]'' || [[David Bowie]] ||-
|-
| ''Forever Failure'' || [[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]] ||
|-
| ''[[Herzeleid]]'' || [[Rammstein]] || Debut
|-
| [[Smokers Delight]] || [[Nightmares on Wax]] ||
|-
| ''[[Friendly Fire (Shara Nelson album)|Friendly Fire]]'' || [[Shara Nelson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hard Wired]]'' || [[Front Line Assembly]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Voice of Reason (Harem Scarem album)|Voice of Reason]]'' || [[Harem Scarem]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="16" style="text-align:center;" |26
| ''[[Ballbreaker]]'' || [[AC/DC]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Daydream (Mariah Carey album)|Daydream]]'' || [[Mariah Carey]] ||Diamond; over 10 million copies sold
|-
| ''[[The Gold Experience]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Peel Slowly and See]]'' || [[The Velvet Underground]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Washing Machine (album)|Washing Machine]]'' || [[Sonic Youth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Abriendo Puertas (Gloria Estefan album)|Abriendo Puertas]]'' || [[Gloria Estefan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[4,5,6]]'' || [[Kool G Rap]] || Solo debut
|-
| ''[[Best of Country Christmas, Vol. 5]]'' || Various artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Bienvenue chez moi]]'' || [[Florent Pagny]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Exit the Dragon]]'' || [[Urge Overkill]] ||-
|-
| ''[[For Lovers Only (The Temptations album)|For Lovers Only]]'' || [[The Temptations]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Forgiven, Not Forgotten]]'' || [[The Corrs]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Haunted (Six Feet Under album)|Haunted]]'' || [[Six Feet Under (band)|Six Feet Under]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Ring Them Bells]]'' || [[Joan Baez]] || US; Live
|-
| ''[[Tails (Lisa Loeb album)|Tails]]'' || [[Lisa Loeb]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wrecking Ball (Emmylou Harris album)|Wrecking Ball]]'' || [[Emmylou Harris]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|29
| ''[[Tambu (album)|Tambu]]'' || [[Toto (band)|Toto]] ||Europe
|-
| ''[[The Carnival Bizarre]]'' || [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[Jack Ingram (album)|Jack Ingram]]'' || [[Jack Ingram]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Romantique 96]]'' || [[Pizzicato Five]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bring 'em All In]]'' || [[Mike Scott (Scottish musician)|Mike Scott]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hate Rock 'N' Roll]]'' || [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]] || Compilation
|}

===October–December===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="97" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;"| '''O<br />C<br />T<br />O<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|2
| ''[[! (The Dismemberment Plan album)|!]]'' || [[The Dismemberment Plan]] ||-
|-
| ''Corte en Tramite'' || [[Javiera y Los Imposibles]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Grown Man]]'' || [[Loudon Wainwright III]] ||-
|-
| ''[[(What's the Story) Morning Glory?]]'' || [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The X Factor (album)|The X Factor]]'' || [[Iron Maiden]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|3
| ''[[Adrenaline (album)|Adrenaline]]'' || [[Deftones]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Curb Servin']]'' || [[WC and the Maad Circle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Example (album)|Example]]'' || [[For Squirrels]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jesus Wept]]'' || [[P.M. Dawn]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lucy (Candlebox album)|Lucy]]'' || [[Candlebox]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Starting Over (Reba McEntire album)|Starting Over]]'' || [[Reba McEntire]] || Platinum; over 1 million copies sold
|-
| ''This Is Greta!'' || [[Greta (band)|Greta]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|9
| ''[[Life (Simply Red album)|Life]]'' || [[Simply Red]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ima (BT album)|Ima]]'' || [[BT (musician)|BT]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Odds & Ends (album)|Odds & Ends]]'' || [[Dido (singer)|Dido]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="21" style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[Insomniac (Green Day album)|Insomniac]]'' || [[Green Day]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tragic Kingdom]]'' || [[No Doubt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Design of a Decade: 1986–1996]]'' || [[Janet Jackson]] || Compilation +2 new tracks
|-
| ''[[Raoul and the Kings of Spain]]'' || [[Tears for Fears]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Time (Fleetwood Mac album)|Time]]'' || [[Fleetwood Mac]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Frampton Comes Alive! II]]'' || [[Peter Frampton]] || Live
|-
| ''[[All You Can Eat (k.d. lang album)|All You Can Eat]]'' || [[k.d. lang]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Disco Volante (Mr. Bungle album)|Disco Volante]]'' || [[Mr. Bungle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Happy Nowhere]]'' || [[Dog's Eye View]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Hello (Poe album)|Hello]]'' || [[Ann Danielewski|Poe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah]]'' || [[Black Grape]] ||-
|-
| ''[[KRS-One (album)|KRS-One]]'' || [[KRS-One]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lonestar (album)|Lonestar]]'' || [[Lonestar]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mind of Mystikal]]'' || [[Mystikal]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Modern Rock (The Clean album)|Modern Rock]]'' || [[The Clean]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pleasure (EP)|Pleasure]]'' || [[Semisonic]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Riddle Box]]'' || [[Insane Clown Posse]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Scream, Dracula, Scream!]]'' || [[Rocket from the Crypt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Us and Them: Symphonic Pink Floyd]]'' || [[Jaz Coleman]] and [[London Philharmonic Orchestra|The London Philharmonic Orchestra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon]]'' || Various Artists || [[John Lennon]] tribute
|-
| ''[[The Worldhood of the World (As Such)]]'' || [[Nomeansno|NoMeansNo]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|11
| ''[[Life on a Plate]]'' || [[Millencolin]] ||-
|-
| rowspan"1" style="text-align:center;"|13
| ''[[Robyn Is Here]]'' || [[Robyn]] ||Sweden
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|16
| ''[[The Isle of View]]'' || [[The Pretenders]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Journeys by DJ: 70 Minutes of Madness]]'' || [[Coldcut]] || DJ mix
|-
| ''[[The Lone Ranger (album)|The Lone Ranger]]'' || [[Suggs (singer)|Suggs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Twisted (Hallucinogen album)|Twisted]]'' || [[Hallucinogen]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|17
| ''[[Octagon (Bathory album)|Octagon]]'' || [[Bathory (band)|Bathory]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Alien Conspiracy]]'' || [[Crisis n.T.i.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Alive in America]]'' || [[Steely Dan]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Anamorphosée]]'' || [[Mylène Farmer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Amanda Marshall (album)|Amanda Marshall]]'' || [[Amanda Marshall]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[El Concierto]]'' || [[Luis Miguel]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Hypnotize the Moon]]'' || [[Clay Walker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The R*tist 4*merly Known as Dangerous Toys]]'' || [[Dangerous Toys]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''[[This Is Christmas (Luther Vandross album)|This Is Christmas]]'' || [[Luther Vandross]] || Christmas
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''[[10 Wings]]'' || [[Miyuki Nakajima]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Do You Like My Tight Sweater?]]'' || [[Moloko]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|23
| ''[[Ozzmosis]]'' || [[Ozzy Osbourne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995)]]'' || [[Def Leppard]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Erasure (album)|Erasure]]'' || [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Final Experiment]]'' || [[Ayreon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Swingin' with Raymond]]'' || [[Chumbawamba]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dear Sir]]'' || [[Cat Power]] ||-
|-
| ''Lone Star 119'' || [[Nicky Wu]] || [[w:zh:飛碟唱片|UFO Record]] Finale
|-
| ''Would Rather Not Free'' || [[Dave Wang|Dave Wong]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="22" style="text-align:center;"|24
| ''[[20 Fingers (album)|20 Fingers]]'' || [[20 Fingers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[1200 Curfews]]'' || [[Indigo Girls]] || Live
|-
| ''[[All We Got Iz Us]]'' || [[Onyx (band)|Onyx]] ||-
|-
| ''Christmas Here with You'' || [[The Four Tops]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Dead Winter Dead]]'' || [[Savatage]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Formula (album)|Formula]]'' || [[OLD (band)|OLD]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Get Lost (The Magnetic Fields album)|Get Lost]]'' || [[The Magnetic Fields]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Groove Theory (album)|Groove Theory]]'' || [[Groove Theory]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Here's to the Ladies]]'' || [[Tony Bennett]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It's a Mystery]]'' || [[Bob Seger|Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jealous One's Envy]]'' || [[Fat Joe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness]]'' || [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Muovi antaa periksi]]'' || [[Absoluuttinen Nollapiste]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ragnarök (Gwar album)|Ragnarök]]'' || [[Gwar]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Resident Alien (album)|Resident Alien]]'' || [[Spacehog]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Return of the Rentals]]'' || [[The Rentals]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Smells Like Children]]'' || [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Spinner (album)|Spinner]]'' || [[Brian Eno]] & [[Jah Wobble]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stomp 442]]'' || [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Subliminal Plastic Motives]]'' || [[Self (band)|Self]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tapestry Revisited: A Tribute to Carole King]]'' || Various Artists || [[Carole King]] tribute
|-
| ''[[Woman's Gotta Have It]]'' || [[Cornershop]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|25
| ''[[Back in the World of Adventures]]'' || [[The Flower Kings]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|26
| ''[[Plastic Planet]]'' || [[GZR|G//Z/R]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|27
| ''Friction'' || [[Breach (band)|Breach]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|30
| ''[[Welcome to the Neighbourhood (Meat Loaf album)|Welcome to the Neighborhood]]'' || [[Meat Loaf]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Different Class]]'' || [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Bridge (Ace of Base album)|The Bridge]]'' || [[Ace of Base]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|31
| ''[[20 Mothers]]'' || [[Julian Cope]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Always Drink Upstream from the Herd]]'' || [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom]]'' || [[Cypress Hill]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dogg Food]]'' || [[Tha Dogg Pound]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gone (Dwight Yoakam album)|Gone]]'' || [[Dwight Yoakam]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Individualist]]'' || TR-i ([[Todd Rundgren]]) ||-
|-
| ''[[On Top of the World (album)|On Top of the World]]'' || [[8Ball & MJG]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[Kim Kyung Ho (album)|Kim Kyung Ho]]'' || [[Kim Kyung Ho]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="67" style="text-align:center; background:thistle; textcolor:#000;" | '''N<br />O<br />V<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|1
| ''[[Fungus Amongus]]'' || [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] || Debut
|-
| ''Salt Peter'' || [[Ruby (British band)|Ruby]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|6
| ''[[Made in Heaven]]'' || [[Queen (band)|Queen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love Songs (Elton John album)|Love Songs]]'' || [[Elton John]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[It's a Man's World (Cher album)|It's A Man's World]]'' || [[Cher]] || European release only
|-
| ''[[I'm with Stupid (album)|I'm with Stupid]]'' || [[Aimee Mann]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jake's Progress (soundtrack)|Jake's Progress soundtrack]]'' || [[Elvis Costello]] and [[Richard Harvey (musician)|Richard Harvey]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Tri Repetae]]'' || [[Autechre]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="18" style="text-align:center;" |7
| ''[[Alice in Chains (album)|Alice In Chains]]'' || [[Alice in Chains]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Something to Remember]]'' || [[Madonna]] || Compilation +3 new tracks
|-
| ''[[Gangsta's Paradise (album)|Gangsta's Paradise]]'' || [[Coolio]] ||-
|-
| ''[[All Ages]]'' || [[Bad Religion]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[All of This Love]]'' || [[Pam Tillis]] ||-
|-
| ''Better Late Than Never'' || [[Craig Goldy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Clouds In My Coffee]]'' || [[Carly Simon]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Demanufacture (album)|Demanufacture]]'' || [[Fear Factory]] || Limited Edition Digipak with Bonus Tracks
|-
| ''[[Double or Nothing (Erick Sermon album)|Double or Nothing]]'' || [[Erick Sermon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rising (Yoko Ono album)|Rising]]'' || [[Yoko Ono]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Letters from Chutney]]'' || [[Finger Eleven|Rainbow Butt Monkeys]] || Debut; only album before name change to [[Finger Eleven]]
|-
| ''[[Liquid Swords]]'' || [[GZA]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Original Soundtracks 1]]'' || [[Original Soundtracks 1|Passengers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ragged Ass Road (album)|Ragged Ass Road]]'' || [[Tom Cochrane]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rising (Yoko Ono album)|Rising]]'' || [[Yoko Ono]]/IMA ||-
|-
| ''[[Road Tested]]'' || [[Bonnie Raitt]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Sunny Day Real Estate (album)|Sunny Day Real Estate]]'' || [[Sunny Day Real Estate]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Soul Food (Goodie Mob album)|Soul Food]]'' || [[Goodie Mob]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[Spacegirl and Other Favorites]]'' || [[The Brian Jonestown Massacre]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Who's Sorry Now? (Babyland album)|Who's Sorry Now?]]'' || [[Babyland]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|13
| ''[[Stripped (The Rolling Stones album)|Stripped]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Aglio e Olio (EP)|Aglio e Olio]]'' || [[Beastie Boys]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Up All Night (East 17 album)|Up All Night]]'' || [[East 17]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 32'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|14
| ''[[Labcabincalifornia]]'' || [[The Pharcyde]] ||-
|-
| ''[[New Beginning (Tracy Chapman album)|New Beginning]]'' || [[Tracy Chapman]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Parachute (Guster album)|Parachute]]'' || [[Guster]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[R. Kelly (album)|R. Kelly]]'' || [[R. Kelly]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slaughter of the Soul]]'' || [[At the Gates]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Southern Gal]]'' || [[Terry Ellis]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Where Forever Begins (Ken Mellons album)|Where Forever Begins]]'' || [[Ken Mellons]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Your Little Secret]]'' || [[Melissa Etheridge]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|16
| ''[[Bif Naked (album)|Bif Naked]]'' || [[Bif Naked]] || Debut
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|17
| ''[[Storm of the Light's Bane]]'' || [[Dissection (band)|Dissection]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''[[The Beatles Anthology]], [[Anthology 1|Volume 1]]'' || [[The Beatles]] || Compilation +1 new track
|-
| ''[[The Memory of Trees]]'' || [[Enya]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[Enrique Iglesias (album)|Enrique Iglesias]]'' || [[Enrique Iglesias]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Fresh Horses (album)|Fresh Horses]]'' || [[Garth Brooks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Ghost of Tom Joad]]'' || [[Bruce Springsteen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jesus Freak (album)|Jesus Freak]]'' || [[dc Talk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Refuse to Be Lonely]]'' || [[Phyllis Hyman]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live by Yo Rep]]'' || [[Three 6 Mafia]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Livin' Proof]]'' || [[Group Home]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Mr. Smith (album)|Mr. Smith]]'' || [[LL Cool J]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Natural Wonder]]'' || [[Stevie Wonder]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Tool Box (Aaron Tippin album)|Tool Box]]'' || [[Aaron Tippin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Wheel Keeps on Rollin']]'' || [[Asleep at the Wheel]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |22
| ''Amore'' || [[Toshinori Yonekura]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Loose (B'z album)|Loose]]'' || [[B'z]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|27
| ''[[Bizarre Fruit II]]'' || [[M People]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Eternal E]]'' || [[Eazy-E]] || Posthumous
|-
| ''[[The Gallery (album)|The Gallery]]'' || Dark Tranquillity ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''Become the Other'' || [[Ozric Tentacles]] ||-
|-
| ''Desperate, Scared But Social'' || [[Emily's Sassy Lime]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Electronic Pleasure]]'' || [[N-Trance]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Grayfolded]]'' || [[Grateful Dead]] || Live
|-
| ''Izlamaphobia'' || [[Muslimgauze]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Scratch or Stitch]]'' || [[Melt-Banana]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="24" style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98; textcolor:#000;" |'''D<br />E<br />C<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |1
| ''[[The Blood-Splat Rating System]]'' || [[Powerman 5000]] ||-
|-
|''[[Nothing from Nothing (EP)|Nothing from Nothing]]''
|Ayumi
|EP; later went by full name, [[Ayumi Hamasaki]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|4
| ''Balto: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[How Long Has This Been Going On (Van Morrison album)|How Long Has This Been Going On]]'' || [[Van Morrison]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|5
| ''[[1990-Sick]]'' || [[Spice 1]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Merkin Ball]]'' || [[Pearl Jam]] featuring [[Neil Young]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits]]'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[We Got It (album)|We Got It]]'' || [[IMx|Immature]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|8
| ''[[Cutterpillow]]'' || [[Eraserheads]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Last of the Ghetto Astronauts]]'' || [[Matthew Good Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Return of The Aquabats]]'' || [[The Aquabats]] ||-
|-
| ''Taiyō no Shōnen'' || [[Hideaki Tokunaga]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''Dancehall Dreamer'' || [[Pat Green]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|12
| ''[[Chronic Breakdown]]'' || [[Huck-A-Bucks]] ||-
|-
| ''Glyph'' || [[Harold Budd]] & [[Hector Zazou]] ||-
|-
| ''Lonesome Questions'' || [[Jack Ingram]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Xorcist (album)|Xorcist]]'' || [[X-Raided]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|14
| ''[[Cibo Matto (EP)|Cibo Matto]]'' || [[Cibo Matto]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|15
| ''[[Final Bell / Ghost in the Ruins]]'' || [[Savatage]] || Live
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''[[Low on Ice (The Iceland Sessions)|Low On Ice]]'' || [[Alec Empire]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''[[B'z TV Style II Songless version]]'' || [[B'z]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''Odoru Issunboushi'' || [[Ningen Isu]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Di-Dar]]'' || [[Faye Wong]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greed Killing]]'' || [[Napalm Death]] || EP
|}

===Release date unknown===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
* ''12 Before 9'' - [[The Throes (band)|The Throes]]
* ''12 Haunted Episodes'' - [[Graham Parker]]
* ''25 Cents'' – [[The Flys (US band)|The Flys]]
* ''1979'' – [[Joan Jett and the Blackhearts]] – EP
* ''[[Abandoned Garden]]'' – [[Michael Franks (musician)|Michael Franks]]
* ''[[The Acoustic Album (Toyah Wilcox album)|The Acoustic Album]]'' – [[Toyah Willcox|Toyah]]
* ''The Age of Electric'' – [[Age of Electric|The Age of Electric]]
* ''Ahitanaman'' - Life Garden
* ''Alfaro Vive, Carajo!'' – [[At the Drive-In]] – EP
* ''[[Alien 4 (album)|Alien 4]]'' – [[Hawkwind]]
* ''Aphrokubist Improvisations, Vol. 9'' - Broun Fellinis
* ''Ask the Fish'' – [[Leftover Salmon]]
* ''[[Balaee Fi Zamany]]'' - [[Nawal El Zoghbi]]
* ''Bowery Electric'' - [[Bowery Electric]]
* ''[[The Breathing Shadow]]'' – [[Nightingale (band)|Nightingale]]
* ''[[Bumper to Bumper]]'' – [[Stroke 9]]
* ''[[Caca Bonita]]'' (EP) – [[Papa Roach]]
* ''[[Can We Go Home Now]]'' – [[The Roches]]
* ''[[Carpet (album)|Carpet]]'' – [[Ceremonial Oath]]
* ''[[Carry the Day (album)|Carry the Day]]'' - [[Henry Threadgill]]
* ''[[Cha Cha Cha (album)|Cha Cha Cha]]'' – [[EMF (band)|EMF]] 
* ''[[Company of Strangers (Bad Company album)|Company of Strangers]]'' – [[Bad Company]]
* ''[[Coughing Up a Storm]]'' – [[Frenzal Rhomb]]
* ''[[Dawn (Danger Danger album)|Dawn]]'' – [[Danger Danger]]
* ''Defiance of the Ugly By the Merely Repulsive'' - Malformed Earthborn
* ''Devil Dog Road'' - [[Eric McFadden|Liar]]
* ''[[Devil in the Details (Saigon Kick album)|Devil in the Details]]'' – [[Saigon Kick]]
* ''[[Doubelievengod]]'' – [[Natas (band)|Natas]]
* ''Dreamtime Wisdom, Modern Time Vision'' - [[Wirrinyga Band]]
* ''[[Dudebox]]'' (EP) – Pezz ([[Billy Talent]])
* ''[[En Route (Moebius and Plank album)|En Route]]'' – [[Moebius & Plank]]
* ''[[Everything I Long For]]'' – [[Hayden (musician)|Hayden]]
* ''[[Evil Stig]]'' – [[Joan Jett]] and [[The Gits]]
* ''Exotica 2000'' - [[Korla Pandit]]
* ''Five Ways of Disappearing'' – [[Kendra Smith]]
* ''[[Fly (Sarah Brightman album)|Fly]]'' – [[Sarah Brightman]] 
* ''[[The Future of What]]'' – [[Unwound]] 
* ''Gainsbourgsion!'' - [[April March]] 
* ''A Glorious Lethal Euphoria'' - [[The Mermen]]
* ''[[Gush (album)|Gush]]'' – [[Lowlife (band)|Lowlife]]
* ''Hank Plays Cliff'' – [[Hank Marvin]]
* ''[[Human (Gary Numan album)|Human]]'' – [[Gary Numan]]
* ''[[A Hundred Lovers]]'' – [[Timbuk3]]
* ''حبك موت (I Love You Till Death)'' - [[Ahlam (singer)|Ahlam]]
* ''[[Intelligence]]'' - [[DJ Rap]]
* ''[[Jill Sobule (album)|Jill Sobule]]'' – [[Jill Sobule]]
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* ''[[Lament (Resurrection Band album)|Lament]]'' – [[Rez Band]]
* ''[[Lamprey (album)|Lamprey]]'' – [[Bettie Serveert]] 
* ''[[The Light (Spock's Beard album)|The Light]]'' – [[Spock's Beard]]
* ''[[Things of Beauty|Loituma]]'' - [[Loituma]] 
* ''[[Looking Back (Toyah album)|Looking Back]]'' – [[Toyah Willcox|Toyah]]
* ''[[Ma Bassmahlak]]'' - [[Najwa Karam]]
* ''[[Musically Incorrect]]'' – [[Y&T]] 
* ''Limp Biscut'' (demo) – Limp Biscut ([[Limp Bizkit]])
* ''[[Move Me (Nazareth album)|Move Me]]'' – [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]]
* ''[[Neu! 4]]'' – [[Neu!]]
* ''Nine Livez'' – [[Nine (rapper)|Nine]]
* ''[[Obey (Brainbombs album)|Obey]]'' – [[Brainbombs]]
* ''[[One Hour]]'' – [[Cluster (band)|Cluster]] 
* ''[[Pacer (album)|Pacer]]'' – [[The Amps]]
* ''Pain'' – [[Dub War]]
* ''Palabras'' - [[Omara Portuondo]]
* ''[[The Pastoral – Not Rustic – World of Their Greatest Hits]]'' – [[Country Teasers]]
* ''[[Pezcore]]'' – [[Less Than Jake]]
* ''[[Project Infinity]]'' – [[Man or Astro-Man?]]
* ''[[The Remix Album (Prince Ital Joe album)|The Remix Album]]'' – [[Prince Ital Joe]] & [[Mark Wahlberg|Marky Mark]]
* ''[[Rock!!!!!]]'' – [[Violent Femmes]]
* ''Rockabilly Filly'' - [[Rosie Flores]]
* ''Savage Poetry'' – [[Edguy]]
* ''Scent of Attraction'' - [[Patra (singer)|Patra]]
* ''[[Sea of Light (album)|Sea of Light]]'' – [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]]
* ''Shampoo or Nothing'' - [[Shampoo (duo)|Shampoo]]
* ''[[Silver Sweepstakes]]'' – [[Knapsack]]
* ''[[Sleater-Kinney (album)|Sleater-Kinney]]'' – [[Sleater-Kinney]] 
* ''[[Smokin (Jonny Lang album)|Smokin]]'' – [[Jonny Lang|Kid Jonny Lang]]
* ''[[Soapy Water and Mister Marmalade]]'' – [[Sham 69]]
* ''[[Some Call It Godcore]]'' - [[Half Man Half Biscuit]]
* ''[[Strange Cargo Hinterland]]'' – [[William Orbit]]
* ''Strange Emotion'' - Audio Sports
* ''Super Compact Disc'' - [[Maso Yamazaki#Masonna|Masonna]]
* ''[[This Child]]'' – [[Susan Aglukark]] 
* ''[[To Love and Be Loved]]'' - [[Anne Clark (poet)|Anne Clark]]
* ''[[The New Album (Shweta Shetty album)|The New Album]]'' - [[Shweta Shetty]]
* ''[[Throbbing Pouch]]'' - [[Luke Vibert|Wagon Christ]] 
* ''...Until Now'' – [[Stir (band)|Stir]]
* ''[[Vee Vee]]'' – [[Archers of Loaf]]
* ''[[The Very Best of The Blues Brothers]]'' – [[The Blues Brothers]] (compilation)
* ''Wave of Popular Feeling'' – [[Three Days Grace|Groundswell]]
* ''[[White Zone]]'' – Psychedelic Warriors ([[Hawkwind]])
* ''The Zero State'' – [[Arthur Loves Plastic]]
{{col-end}}

== Biggest hit singles ==
The following songs achieved the highest aggregated positions in the charts of 1995.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tsort.info/music/yr1995.htm |title=Songs from the Year 1995|last=unattributed|date=December 13, 2008|publisher=Steve Hawtin/TsorT|access-date=December 19, 2008}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! #
! Artist
! Title
! Year
! Country
! Chart Entries
|-
| 1  || [[Coolio]] || [[Gangsta's Paradise (song)|Gangsta's Paradise]] || 1995 || {{flagicon|US}} || United Kingdom: 1 – October 1995; United States [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]: 1 of 1995; The Netherlands: 1 – October 1995; Sweden: 1 – October 1995; Austria: 1 – November 1995; Switzerland: 1 – November 1995; Norway: 1 – October 1995; Italy: 1 of 1996; Germany: 1 – January 1996; Republic of Ireland: 1 – October 1995; New Zealand: 1 for 9 weeks October 1995; Australia: 1 for 13 weeks January 1996; France: 3 – October 1995; Poland: 3 – October 1995; Australia: 6 of 1995; United States Billboard: 11 of 1995; United States [[Cash Box]]: 12 of 1995; Germany: 16 of the 1990s; Scrobulate: 27 of rap; Pop Culture Madness: 31 of 1995; Global: 33 (5 million sold) – 1995; Europe: 48 of the 1990s; Acclaimed: 439
|-
| 2  || [[Shaggy (artist)|Shaggy]] || [[Boombastic (song)|Boombastic]] || 1995 || {{flagicon|Jamaica}} || UK 1 – September 1995, Italy 1 of 1995, Republic of Ireland 1 – September 1995, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks September 1995, Australia 1 for 1 weeks May 1996, Norway 2 – September 1995, Germany 2 – September 1995, US BB 3 of 1995, Austria 3 – October 1995, Switzerland 3 – October 1995, Netherlands 4 – September 1995, Sweden 4 – September 1995, US BB 6 of 1995, POP 7 of 1995, France 8 – August 1995, Australia 8 of 1996, US CashBox 23 of 1995, Scrobulate 34 of dancehall, Germany 181 of the 1990s
|-
| 3  || [[Take That]] || [[Back for Good (song)|Back for Good]] || 1995 || {{flagicon|UK}} || UK 1 – April 1995, Sweden 1 – April 1995, Norway 1 – April 1995, Germany 1 – April 1995, Republic of Ireland 1 – March 1995, Australia 1 for 2 weeks August 1995, Netherlands 2 – April 1995, Switzerland 2 – April 1995, Austria 3 – May 1995, US BB 7 of 1995, Australia 9 of 1995, Poland 10 – January 1995, Italy 28 of 1995, RYM 53 of 1995, OzNet 126, Germany 128 of the 1990s
|-
| 4  || [[Michael Jackson]] || [[You Are Not Alone]] || 1995 || {{flagicon|US}} || UK 1 – September 1995, US BB 1 of 1995, Switzerland 1 – September 1995, Poland 1 – August 1995, Republic of Ireland 1 – September 1995, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks September 1995, Austria 2 – September 1995, Germany 3 – September 1995, Sweden 5 – August 1995, Netherlands 6 – August 1995, Norway 9 – September 1995, US CashBox 13 of 1995, Australia 25 of 1995, Italy 45 of 1995, Germany 262 of the 1990s
|-
| 5  || [[U2]] || [[Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me]] || 1995 || {{flagicon|Ireland}} || Norway 1 – June 1995, Poland 1 – January 1995, Republic of Ireland 1 – June 1995, New Zealand 1 for 1 weeks July 1995, Australia 1 for 6 weeks October 1995, UK 2 – June 1995, Austria 4 – July 1995, Switzerland 5 – July 1995, Netherlands 9 – June 1995, Germany 9 – July 1995, Sweden 15 – August 1995, US BB 16 of 1995, Australia 16 of 1995, Italy 27 of 1995, POP 59 of 1995, RYM 72 of 1995
|}

==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>
|-
|"[[1st of tha Month]]" || [[Bone Thugs-N-Harmony]] || {{Date table sorting|061995}}|June 1995 || 14 || 15 || 7 (New Zealand) || 4 (U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Songs) - 12 (U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) - 46 (Netherlands [Single Top 100])
|-
|"[[3 Is Family]]" || [[Dana Dawson]] || {{Date table sorting|061995}}|June 1995 || n/a || 9 || 5 (Italy) || [[3 Is Family#Chart performance|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[['74–'75]]" || [[The Connells]] || {{Date table sorting|081995}}|August 1995 || n/a || 14 || 1 (Norway, Sweden) || [['74–'75#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "[[Adiemus (song)|Adiemus]]" || [[Adiemus (ensemble)|Adiemus]] || {{Date table sorting|111995}}|November 1995 || n/a || 48 || 4 (Switzerland) || 6 (Germany) - 7 (Austria) - 18 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40])
|-
| "[[Agua Dulce, Agua Salá]]" || [[Julio Iglesias]] || {{Date table sorting|041995}}|April 1995 || n/a || n/a || 6 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) || 1 (US Billboard Latin Pop Airplay) - 3 (US Billboard Hot Latin Songs) - 9 (Netherlands [Dutch Single Top 199])
|-
| "[[Living Next Door to Alice#Gompie version|Alice (Who The X Is Alice?)]]" || [[Gompie]] || {{Date table sorting|021995}}|February 1995 || n/a || 17 || 1 (Belgium, Netherlands [Dutch Top 40], Netherlands [Single Top 100] || [[Living Next Door to Alice#Charts 3|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "[[All Over You (Live song)|All Over You]]" || [[Live (band)|Live]] || {{Date table sorting|011995}}|January 1995 || n/a || 48 || 18 (Canada) || [[All Over You (Live song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "[[Alright/Time|Alright]]" || [[Supergrass]] || {{Date table sorting|071995}}|July 1995 || n/a || 2 || 2 (United Kingdom) || [[Alright (Supergrass song)#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "[[Angel (Ladadi O-Heyo)]]" || [[Jam & Spoon]] & [[Plavka]] || {{Date table sorting|111995}}|November 1995 || n/a || 26 || 2 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40], Italy) || [[Angel (Ladadi O-Heyo)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "[[Ants Marching]]" || [[Dave Matthews Band]] || {{Date table sorting|091995}}|September 1995 || n/a || n/a || 30 (Canada) || [[Ants Marching#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "[[Any Man of Mine]]" || [[Shania Twain]] || {{Date table sorting|041995}}|April 1995 || 31 || 118 || 31 (United States) || 1 (Canada Country Tracks, US Billboard Hot Country Songs)
|- 
| "[[Anything (3T song)|Anything]]" || [[3T]] || {{Date table sorting|121995}}|December 1995 || 15 || 2 || 2 (Ireland, Sweden, United Kingdom) || [[Anything (3T song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "[[Anywhere Is]]" || [[Enya]] || {{Date table sorting|111995}}|November 1995 || n/a || 7 || 1 (Poland) || [[Anywhere Is#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "[[Army of Me]]" || [[Björk]] || {{Date table sorting|041995}}|April 1995 || n/a || 10 || 1 (Iceland) || [[Army of Me#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "[[As I Lay Me Down]]" || [[Sophie B. Hawkins]] || {{Date table sorting|021995}}|February 1995 || 6 || 24 || 6 (Canada) || [[As I Lay Me Down#Chart|See chart performance entry]]
|-
| "[[Axel F]]" || [[Clock (British group)|Clock]] || {{Date table sorting|031995}}|March 1995 || n/a || 7 || 5 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40], Scotland) || [[Axel F#Charts 3|See chart performance entry]] 
|}

===Other Chart hit singles===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|

*"[[Baby (Brandy song)|Baby]]" – [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]]
*"[[Baby Baby (Corona song)|Baby Baby]]" – [[Corona (band)|Corona]]
*"[[Baby Boy (Me & My song)|Baby Boy]]" – [[Me & My]]
*"[[Back for Good (song)|Back for Good]]" – [[Take That]]
*"[[Back in the U.K.]]" – [[Scooter (band)|Scooter]]
*"[[Bang and Blame]]" – [[R.E.M.]]
*"[[Beautiful Life (Ace of Base song)|Beautiful Life]]" – [[Ace of Base]]
*"[[Bedtime Story (Madonna song)|Bedtime Story]]" – [[Madonna]]
*"[[Believe (Elton John song)|Believe]]" – [[Elton John]]
*"[[Be My Lover (La Bouche song)|Be My Lover]]" – [[La Bouche]]
*"[[Best Friend (Brandy Norwood song)|Best Friend]]" – [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]]
*"[[Better Man (Pearl Jam song)|Better Man]]" – [[Pearl Jam]]
*"[[Blessed (Elton John song)|Blessed]]" – [[Elton John]]
*"[[The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)]]" – [[Bucketheads]]
*"[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (song)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]" – [[Deep Blue Something]]
*"[[Big Poppa]]" – [[The Notorious B.I.G.]]
*"[[Blind (Korn song)|Blind]]" – [[KoЯn]]
*"[[Boombastic (song)|Boombastic]]" – [[Shaggy (musician)|Shaggy]]
*"[[Boom Boom Boom]]" – [[The Outhere Brothers]]
*"[[Buddy Holly (song)|Buddy Holly]]" – [[Weezer]]
*"[[Bullet (Fluke song)|Bullet]]" – [[Fluke (band)|Fluke]]
*"[[Bullet with Butterfly Wings]]" – [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]
*"[[Candy Rain (song)|Candy Rain]]" – [[Soul For Real]]
*"[[Can't Stop Lovin' You]]" – [[Van Halen]]
*"[[Can't Stop Raving]]" - [[Dune (band)|Dune]]
*"[[Captain Jack (Captain Jack song)|Captain Jack]]" – [[Captain Jack (band)|Captain Jack]]
*"[[Captive Heart (song)|Captive Heart]]" – [[Selena]]
*"[[Carnival (Natalie Merchant song)|Carnival]]" – [[Natalie Merchant]]
*"[[Catch a Fire (song)|Catch a Fire]]" – [[Haddaway]]
*"[[Charmless Man]]" – [[Blur (band)|Blur]]
*"[[Colors of the Wind]]" – [[Vanessa L. Williams]]
*"[[Come and Get Your Love]]" – [[Real McCoy]]
*"[[Common People (song)|Common People]]" – [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]]
*"[[Connection (Elastica song)|Connection]]" – [[Elastica]]
*"[[Conquest of Paradise (song)|Conquest of Paradise]]" – [[Vangelis]]
*"[[Cotton-Eyed Joe]]" – [[Rednex]]
*"[[Country House (song)|Country House]]" – [[Blur (band)|Blur]]
*"[[Creep (TLC song)|Creep]]" – [[TLC (music)|TLC]] 
*"[[Dear Mama]]" – [[2Pac]]
*"[[December (Collective Soul song)|December]]" – [[Collective Soul]]
*"[[Dieu m'a donné la foi]]" – [[Ophélie Winter]]
*"[[Diggin' on You]]" – [[TLC (group)|TLC]]
*"[[Disco 2000 (song)|Disco 2000]]" – [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]]
*"[[Do What's Good For Me]]" – [[2 Unlimited]]
*"[[Do You Really Want Me (Show Respect)]]" – [[Robyn]]
*"[[Don't Give Me Your Life]]" – [[Alex Party]]
*"[[Don't You Know (Pandora song)|Don't You Know]]" – [[Pandora (singer)|Pandora]]
*"[[Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle)]]" – [[The Outhere Brothers]]
*"[[Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)]]" – [[Monica (singer)|Monica]]
*"[[Dreamer (Livin' Joy song)|Dreamer]]" – [[Livin' Joy]]
*"[[Dreaming of You (Selena song)|Dreaming of You]]" – [[Selena]]
*"[[Dub-I-Dub]]" – [[Me & My]]
*"[[Earth Song]]" – [[Michael Jackson]]
*"[[Electric (Leila K song)|Electric]]" – [[Leila K]]
*"[[Everlasting Love]]" – [[Gloria Estefan]]
*"[[Exhale (Shoop Shoop)]]" – [[Whitney Houston]]
*"[[Fairground (song)|Fairground]]" – [[Simply Red]]
*"[[Fantasy (Mariah Carey song)|Fantasy]]" – [[Mariah Carey]]
*"[[Father and Son (song)|Father and Son]]" – [[Boyzone]]
*"[[Find Me (Odyssey to Anyoona)]]" – [[Jam & Spoon]] & [[Plavka]]
*"[[The First the Last Eternity (Till the End)]]" – [[Snap!]]
*"[[Flat Top (song)|Flat Top]]" – [[Goo Goo Dolls]]
*"[[Fly Away (Haddaway song)|Fly Away]]" – [[Haddaway]]
*"[[Flying High (Captain Hollywood Project song)|Flying High]]" – [[Captain Hollywood Project]]
*"[[Freak Like Me]]" – [[Adina Howard]]
*"[[Fred Come to Bed]]" – [[E-Rotic]]
*"[[Freedom (DJ BoBo song)|Freedom]]" - [[DJ BoBo]]
*"[[Gangsta's Paradise]]" – [[Coolio]] & [[L.V. (singer)|L.V.]]
*"[[Generation of Love]]" – [[Masterboy]]
*"[[A Girl Like You (Edwyn Collins song)|A Girl Like You]]" – [[Edwyn Collins]]
*"[[Gold (Prince song)|Gold]]" – [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]
*"[[Good (Better Than Ezra song)|Good]]" – [[Better Than Ezra]]
*"[[Grind (song)|Grind]]" – [[Alice in Chains]]
*"[[Hakuna Matata (song)|Hakuna Matata]]" – [[Jimmy Cliff]] & [[Lebo M]]
*"[[Hand In My Pocket]]" – [[Alanis Morissette]]
*"[[Hard as a Rock]]" – [[AC/DC]]
*"[[Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?]]" – [[Bryan Adams]]
*"[[Heaven for Everyone]]" – [[Queen (band)|Queen]]
*"[[Here I Go (2 Unlimited song)|Here I Go]]" – [[2 Unlimited]]
*"Herz an Herz" – [[Blümchen]]
*"[[Hey Lover]]" – [[LL Cool J]] & [[Boyz II Men]]
*"[[Hey Man, Nice Shot]]" – [[Filter (band)|Filter]]
*"[[Higher State of Consciousness]]" - [[Josh Wink]]
*"[[Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me]]" – [[U2]]
*"[[Hook (Blues Traveler song)|Hook]]" – [[Blues Traveler]]
*"[[How Deep Is Your Love (Bee Gees song)|How Deep Is Your Love]]" – [[Portrait (group)|Portrait]]
*"[[Human Nature (Madonna song)|Human Nature]]" – [[Madonna]]
*"[[Hurt (Nine Inch Nails song)|Hurt]]" – [[Nine Inch Nails]]
*"[[I Alone]]" – [[Live (band)|Live]]
*"[[I Believe (Blessid Union of Souls song)|I Believe]]" – [[Blessid Union of Souls]]
*"[[I Can Love You Like That]]" – [[All-4-One]]
*"[[I Could Fall in Love]]" – [[Selena]]
*"[[I Got a Girl (Tripping Daisy song)|I Got a Girl]]" – [[Tripping Daisy]]
*"[[I Got 5 on It]]" – [[Luniz]] & [[Michael Marshall (singer)|Michael Marshall]]
*"[[I Got Id]]" – [[Pearl Jam]] & [[Neil Young]]
*"[[I Hate U (Prince song)|I Hate U]]" – [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]
*"[[I Know (Dionne Farris song)|I Know]]" – [[Dionne Farris]]
*"[[I Wanna B With U]]" – [[Fun Factory (band)|Fun Factory]]
*"[[I Wanna Be A Hippy]]" – [[Technohead]]
*"[[I Want You (Marvin Gaye song)|I Want You]]" – [[Madonna]]
*"I Will Survive (La La La)" - [[Hermes House Band]]
*"[[I Wish (Skee-Lo song)|I Wish]]" – [[Skee-Lo]]
*"[[I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)]]" – [[Meat Loaf]]
*"[[If I Wanted To]]" – [[Melissa Etheridge]]
*"[[If You Love Me (Brownstone song)|If You Love Me]]" – [[Brownstone]]
*"[[If You Only Let Me In]]" – [[MN8]]
*"[[If You Think You're Lonely Now]]" – [[K-Ci Hailey]]
*"[[I'll Be There for You (The Rembrandts song)|I'll Be There for You]]" – [[The Rembrandts]]
*"[[I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By]]" – [[Method Man]] & [[Mary J. Blige]]
*"[[I'm Getting Used To You]]" – [[Selena]]
*"[[In the House of Stone and Light]]" – [[Martin Page]]
*"[[In the Summertime (Mungo Jerry song)|In the Summertime]]" – [[Shaggy (musician)|Shaggy]]
*"[[Independent Love Song]]" – [[Scarlet (British band)|Scarlet]]
*"Inseparables" – [[Lynda Thomas]]
*"[[Inside Out (Culture Beat song)|Inside Out]]" – [[Culture Beat]]
*"It’s Cool Man" - [[XXL (Macedonian band)|XXL]] & [[Peter Steiner (singer)|Peter Steiner]]
*"[[It's Oh So Quiet]]" – [[Björk]]
*"[[It's Midnight Cinderella]]" – [[Garth Brooks]]
*"[[I've Got a Little Something for You]]" – [[MN8]]
*"[[Je sais pas]]" – [[Céline Dion]]
*"[[Julia Says]]" – [[Wet Wet Wet]]
*"[[Just (song)|Just]]" – [[Radiohead]]
*"[[Just a Girl]]" – [[No Doubt]]
*"[[Just tah Let U Know]]" – [[Eazy-E]]
*"[[Keep Their Heads Ringin']]" – [[Dr. Dre]]
*"[[Key to My Life]]" – [[Boyzone]]
*"[[Kiss From A Rose]]" – [[Seal (musician)|Seal]]
*"[[Knockin' (song)|Knockin']]" – [[Double Vision (band)|Double Vision]]
*"[[Laila (song)|Laila]]" – [[Blue System]]
*"La La La Hey Hey" – [[The Outhere Brothers]]
*"[[Last Christmas]]" - [[Whigfield]]
*"[[Leave Home (Chemical Brothers song)|Leave Home]]" – [[The Chemical Brothers]]
*"[[Let Her Cry (song)|Let Her Cry]]" – [[Hootie & the Blowfish]]
*"[[Let It Rain (East 17 song)|Let It Rain]]" – [[East 17]]
*"[[Lick It]]" – [[20 Fingers]]
*"[[Life Is Sweet (song)|Life Is Sweet]]" – [[The Chemical Brothers]] & [[Tim Burgess (artist)|Tim Burgess]]
*"[[Lie to Me (Bon Jovi song)|Lie to me]]" – [[Bon Jovi]]
*"[[Life's a Bitch (song)|Life's a Bitch]]" – [[Nas (rapper)|Nas]]
*"[[Lightning Crashes]]" – [[Live (band)|Live]]
*"[[Like a Rolling Stone]]" - [[The Rolling Stones]]
*"[[Love Is All Around (DJ BoBo song)|Love Is All Around]]" – [[DJ BoBo]]
*"[[Love Me for a Reason]]" – [[Boyzone]]
*"[[Lucky Love]]" – [[Ace of Base]]
*"[[Lump (song)|Lump]]" – [[The Presidents of the United States of America (band)|The Presidents of the United States of America]]
*"[[Macarena (song)|Macarena]]" – [[Los del Río]]
*"[[Marta's Song]]" – [[Deep Forest]]
*"Mief (Nimm mich jetzt, auch wenn ich stinke)" – [[Die Doofen]]
*"[[Magic Carpet Ride (Mighty Dub Katz song)|Magic Carpet Ride]]" - Mighty Dub Katz 
*"[[Misery (Soul Asylum song)|Misery]]" – [[Soul Asylum]]
*"[[Mis-Shapes]]" – [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]]
*"[[Missing (Everything but the Girl song)|Missing]]" – [[Everything But The Girl]] 
*"[[Missing My Baby]]" – [[Selena]]
*"[[Miss Sarajevo]]" – [[Original Soundtracks 1|Passengers]]
*"Misunderstood Man" – [[Cliff Richard]]
*"[[Mouth (Merril Bainbridge song)|Mouth]]" – [[Merril Bainbridge]]
*"[[Move Your Ass!]]" – [[Scooter (band)|Scooter]]
*"[[My Friends (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)|My Friends]]" – [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
*"[[Name (song)|Name]]" – [[Goo Goo Dolls]]
*"[[Never Forget (Take That song)|Never Forget]]" – [[Take That]]
*"[[No Limit (2 Unlimited song)|No Limit]]" - Irene Moors & De Smurfen
*"[[No More I Love You's]]" – [[Annie Lennox]]
*"[[Not Over Yet (Grace song)|Not Over Yet]]" – [[Grace (band)|Grace]]
*"[[Ode to My Family]]" – [[The Cranberries]]
*"[[Old Pop in an Oak]]" – [[Rednex]]
*"[[One Man in My Heart]]" – [[Human League]]
*"[[One More Chance (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|One More Chance (Remix)]]" – [[The Notorious B.I.G.]]
*"[[One of Us (Joan Osborne song)|One of Us]]" – [[Joan Osborne]]
*"[[Only One (Goo Goo Dolls song)|Only One]]" – [[Goo Goo Dolls]]
*"[[Only Wanna Be With You]]" – [[Hootie & the Blowfish]]
*"[[Original (Leftfield song)|Original]]" – [[Leftfield]] & [[Toni Halliday]]
*"[[Over My Shoulder (Mike + The Mechanics song)|Over My Shoulder]]" – [[Mike + The Mechanics]]
*"[[Player's Anthem]]" – [[Junior M.A.F.I.A.]]
*"[[Poison (The Prodigy song)|Poison]]" - [[The Prodigy]]
*"[[Pour que tu m'aimes encore]]" – [[Céline Dion]]
*"[[Push the Feeling On]]" – [[Nightcrawlers (band)|Nightcrawlers]]
*"Reach Up (Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag)" -  Perfecto Allstarz
*"[[Red Light Special]]" - [[TLC (group)|TLC]]
*"[[Renegade Master]]" – [[Roger McKenzie (musician)|Wildchild]]
*"[[Respect (Alliance Ethnik song)|Respect]]" – [[Alliance Ethnik]]
*"Rev It Up" – Jab Jab
*"[[Right in the Night]]" – [[Jam & Spoon]] & [[Plavka]]
*"[[Right Type of Mood]]" – [[Herbie Crichlow|Herbie]]
*"[[River of Deceit]]" – [[Mad Season (band)|Mad Season]]
*"[[Rock and Roll Is Dead]]" – [[Lenny Kravitz]]
*"[[Roll to Me]]" – [[Del Amitri]]
*"[[Roll with It (Oasis song)|Roll with It]]" – [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]
*"[[Run-Around (song)|Run-Around]]" – [[Blues Traveler]]
*"[[Runaway (Janet Jackson song)|Runaway]]" – [[Janet Jackson]]
*"[[Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)]]" – [[Scatman John]]
*"[[Scatman's World (song)|Scatman's World]]" – [[Scatman John]]
*"[[Scream (Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson song)|Scream]]" – [[Michael Jackson]] & [[Janet Jackson]]
*"[[Set You Free (N-Trance song)|Set You Free]]" – [[N-Trance]]
*"[[Sex on the Phone]]" – [[E-Rotic]]
*"[[She (Green Day)|She]]" – [[Green Day]]
*"[[She's a River]]" – [[Simple Minds]]
*"[[She's Every Woman]]" – [[Garth Brooks]]
*"[[Shut Up (and Sleep with Me)]]" – [[Sin With Sebastian]]
*"[[Shy Guy]]" – [[Diana King]]
*"Sick Of Myself" – [[Matthew Sweet]]
*"Sie ist weg" – [[Die Fantastischen Vier]]
*"[[Simple & Funky]]" - [[Alliance Ethnik]]
*"[[Snuff the Punk]]" – [[P.O.D.]]
*"[[So Good (Boyzone song)|So Good]]" – [[Boyzone]]
*"[[Someday I'll Be Saturday Night]]" – [[Bon Jovi]]
*"[[Something for the Pain]]" – Bon Jovi
*"[[Some Might Say]]" – [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]
*"[[Sorted for E's & Wizz]]" – [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]]
*"[[Stayin' Alive]]" – [[N-Trance]]
*"[[Strange World (Ké song)|Strange World]]" – [[Ké]]
*"[[Stutter (Elastica song)|Stutter]]" – [[Elastica]]
*"[[Surrender Your Love]]" – [[Nightcrawlers (band)|Nightcrawlers]]
*"[[Sympathy for the Devil]]" – [[Guns N' Roses]]
*"[[Take a Bow (Madonna song)|Take a Bow]]" – [[Madonna]]
*"[[Te Extraño, Te Olvido, Te Amo]]" – [[Ricky Martin]]
*"[[Tell Me (Groove Theory song)|Tell Me]]" - [[Groove Theory]]
*"[[Tell Me When]]" – [[The Human League]]
*"[[The First Cut Is the Deepest]]" - [[Papa Dee]]
*"[[There Is a Party (DJ BoBo song)|There Is a party]]" – [[DJ BoBo]]
*"[[Think of You (Whigfield song)|Think of You]]" – [[Whigfield]]
*"[[This Ain't a Love Song]]" – [[Bon Jovi]]
*"[[This Is A Call]]" – [[Foo Fighters]]
*"[[This Is How We Do It]]" – [[Montell Jordan]]
*"[[This Time I'm Free]]" – [[Dr. Alban]]
*"Three in the Power of One" – [[P.O.D.]]
*"[[Thunder (East 17 song)|Thunder]]" – [[East 17]]
*"[[Til I Hear It from You]]" – [[Gin Blossoms]]
*"[[Tomorrow (Silverchair song)|Tomorrow]]" – [[Silverchair]]
*"[[Too Hot (Kool & the Gang song)|Too Hot]]" – [[Coolio]]
*"[[Tosh (Fluke song)|Tosh]]" – [[Fluke (band)|Fluke]]
*"[[Total Eclipse of the Heart]]" – [[Nicki French]]
*"[[Try Me Out]]" – [[Corona (group)|Corona]]
*"[[Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out]]" – [[Freak Power]]
*"[[Two Can Play That Game (song)|Two Can Play That Game]]" – [[Bobby Brown]]
*"[[The Universal]]" – [[Blur (band)|Blur]]
*"[[Walking in Memphis]]" – [[Cher]]
*"[[Warped (song)|Warped]]" – [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
*"[[Water Runs Dry]]" – [[Boyz II Men]]
*"[[Waterfalls (TLC song)|Waterfalls]]" – [[TLC (music)|TLC]] 
*"[[Whatever (Oasis song)|Whatever]]" – [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]
*"[[What'll I Do]]" – [[Janet Jackson]]
*"[[When I Come Around]]" – [[Green Day]]
*"[[When Love & Hate Collide]]" – [[Def Leppard]]
*"[[Where the Wild Roses Grow]]" – [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]] & [[Kylie Minogue]]
*"[[Whoops Now]]" – [[Janet Jackson]]
*"[[Wish You Were Here (Rednex song)|Wish You Were Here]]" – [[Rednex]]
*"Wonderful Days" - [[Charly Lownoise and Mental Theo]]
*"[[Wonderwall (song)|Wonderwall]]" – [[The Mike Flowers Pops]]
*"[[Wonderwall (song)|Wonderwall]]" – [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]
*"[[The World I Know]]" – [[Collective Soul]]
*"[[XXL (Mylène Farmer song)|XXL]]" - [[Mylène Farmer]]
*"[[Yeha-Noha]]" – [[Sacred Spirit]]
*"[[You Are Not Alone]]" – [[Michael Jackson]]
*"[[You Belong to Me (JX song)|You Belong to Me]]" – [[Jake Williams|JK]] & [[Shena]]
*"[[You Oughta Know]]" – [[Alanis Morissette]]
*"[[You'll See]]" – [[Madonna]]
*"[[Your Loving Arms]]" – [[Billie Ray Martin]]
*"[[Zombie (The Cranberries song)|Zombie]]" – [[The Cranberries]]
}}

==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>
|-
|"[[Alright (Supergrass song)|Alright]]" || [[Supergrass]] || {{Date table sorting|071995}}|July 1995 || [[Alright (Supergrass song)#Charts and certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|}

===Other Notable singles===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*"[[Da Funk]]" - [[Daft Punk]]  
*"Radar" - [[Morphine (band)|Morphine]]
}}

==Top ten best albums of the year==
The following ten albums from 1995 are the highest rated, as per aggregate ratings compiled from over 33,000 different "greatest album" charts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.besteveralbums.com/yearstats.php?y=1995|title=Best albums of 1995 |publisher=besteveralbums |year=2005 |access-date=April 22, 2018}}</ref> Results accurate as of April 2018.

# [[Radiohead]] – ''[[The Bends (album)|The Bends]]''
# [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] – ''[[(What's the Story) Morning Glory?]]''
# [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] – ''[[Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness]]''
# [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]] – ''[[Different Class]]''
# [[Alanis Morissette]] – ''[[Jagged Little Pill]]''
# [[Björk]] – ''[[Post (Björk album)|Post]]''
# [[GZA]] – ''[[Liquid Swords]]''
# [[Elliott Smith]] – ''[[Elliott Smith (album)|Elliott Smith]]''
# [[P.J. Harvey]] – ''[[To Bring You My Love]]''
# [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]] – ''[[Wowee Zowee]]''

== Classical music ==
* [[Osvaldas Balakauskas]] – Requiem
* [[Sally Beamish]] – Viola Concerto
* [[Luciano Berio]] – ''[[Sequenza XII]]''
* [[Harrison Birtwistle]] – ''Panic'' (premiered at [[Last Night of the Proms]])
* [[Elliott Carter]] – String Quartet No.5
* [[Mario Davidovsky]] – Violin Concertino
* [[Mario Davidovsky]] – ''Flashbacks'' for flute/piccolo/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano, and percussion
* [[Frédéric Durieux]] – ''Départ'' for clarinet
* [[Ludovico Einaudi]] – ''Chatrang Overture''
* [[Lorenzo Ferrero]]
** ''Seven Seconds'', for clarinet, violin, and piano
** ''Shadow Lines'', for flute and live electronics
* [[Philip Glass]]
** Saxophone Quartet
** String Sextet
** ''Melodies'' for saxophone
** [[Symphony No. 3 (Glass)|Symphony No. 3]], for string orchestra
** Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra
* [[Andrew Glover (composer)|Andrew Glover]] – ''Fractured Vistas''
* [[Simeon ten Holt]]
** ''Schaduw noch Prooi'', for 2 pianos
** ''Eadem sed Aliter'', for piano
* Houtaf Khoury
** Concerto for basset horn and orchestra
** Concerto for soprano saxophone, 6 percussionists and string orchestra<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.composers21.com/compdocs/khouryh.htm|title=Houtaf Khoury – The Living Composers Project|last=Talento|first=Romeo|website=www.composers21.com|access-date=2017-02-25}}</ref>
* [[Wojciech Kilar]] – ''How Will I Calm Myself'', for voice and piano
* [[Ulrich Leyendecker]] – Violin Concerto
* [[Theo Loevendie]] – Piano Concerto
* [[Krzysztof Penderecki]] – Violin Concerto No. 2 ''Metamorphosen''
* [[Karl Aage Rasmussen]] – ''Three Friends'', for orchestra 
* [[John Serry Sr.]] – [[Concerto For Free Bass Accordion]], piano transcription #1
* [[Stanisław Skrowaczewski]] – ''Passacaglia Immaginaria''
* [[Michael Tippett]] – ''The Rose Lake''
* [[Malcolm Williamson]] – ''A Year of Birds''

== Opera ==
* [[Michael Easton (composer)|Michael Easton]] – ''The Selfish Giant'' (for children)
* [[Stewart Wallace]] – ''[[Harvey Milk (opera)|Harvey Milk]]''

== Jazz ==
{{Main|1995 in jazz}}

== Musical theater ==
* ''[[Dracula (Czech musical)|Dracula]]'' – opened on 13 October in Prague, starring [[Daniel Hůlka]]
* ''[[Hello, Dolly! (musical)|Hello, Dolly!]]'' – Broadway revival
* ''[[How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (musical)|How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying]]'' – Broadway revival
* ''[[Kristina från Duvemåla]]'' – opened on 7 October in [[Malmö]], [[Sweden]]
* ''[[Victor/Victoria (musical)|Victor/Victoria]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Marquis Theatre]] and ran for 734 performances

== Musical films ==
* ''[[Akropol]]''
* ''[[The Thief and the Cobbler|Arabian Knight]]'' – animated feature
* ''[[Bye Bye Birdie (musical)#1995 TV-movie|Bye Bye Birdie]]''
* ''[[Empire Records]]''
* ''[[Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices]]''
* ''[[Monster Mash (1995 film)|Monster Mash]]''
* ''[[Pocahontas (1995 film)|Pocahontas]]'' – animated feature
* ''[[The Show (1995 film)|The Show]]''
* ''[[Whatever Will Be, Will Be (1995 film)|Whatever Will Be, Will Be]]''
* ''[[Whisper of the Heart]]''

==Births==
*[[January 1]] – [[Poppy (entertainer)|Poppy]], American singer/songwriter, ambient music composer, and YouTuber
*[[January 3]] – [[Jisoo]], South Korean singer, actress, and member of girl group [[Blackpink]]
*[[January 5]] – [[Whindersson Nunes]], Brazilian YouTuber and musician
*[[January 7]] 
** [[Leslie Grace]], American singer
** [[Jessica Darrow]], American singer and actor
*[[January 8]] – [[Victoria Duffield]], Canadian singer and actor
*[[January 12]] - [[Nathy Peluso]],  Argentine singer, songwriter, dancer and pedagogue. 
*[[January 17]] - [[Heather Baron-Gracie]], British singer, songwriter, and musician best known as the lead guitarist and vocalist for the indie rock band Pale Waves. 
*[[January 20]] – [[Joey Badass|Joey Bada$$]], American rapper
*[[January 22]] – [[Lexa (singer)|Lexa]], Brazilian singer, songwriter, and dancer
*[[January 27]] – [[Raz Fresco]], Canadian rapper and producer
*[[January 30]] – [[Thia Megia]], American singer
*[[February 3]] – [[Orla Gartland]], Irish singer, songwriter, YouTuber, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and activist
*[[February 7]] – [[Masha Mnjoyan]], Armenian singer 
*[[February 10]] — [[Archie Madekwe]], British Actor 
*[[February 15]] – [[Megan Thee Stallion]], American rapper, musician, and producer
*[[February 16]] – [[Denzel Curry]], American rapper, singer and songwriter (Billie Eilish)
*[[February 21]] – [[Giveon]], American singer-songwriter
*[[February 25]] – [[Francesca Michielin]], Italian singer-songwriter
*[[March 3]] – [[Maine Mendoza]], Filipina entertainer
*[[March 5]] – [[Lolo Zouaï]],  French-born American R&B and pop musician
*[[March 6]] – [[Aimyon]], Japanese singer and songwriter
*[[March 11]] – [[Sasha Alex Sloan]], American singer-songwriter
*[[March 13]] – [[Zella Day]], American singer, songwriter and musician
*[[April 5]] – [[Daniel Caesar]], Canadian singer-songwriter RNB/soul musician
*[[April 6]] – [[Tomberlin]], American musician and singer-songwriter
*[[April 11]] – [[Dodie Clark]], British singer-songwriter, musician, author and entertainer
*[[April 17]] – [[Wheein]], singer and member of girl group [[Mamamoo|MAMAMOO]]
*[[April 19]]
**[[Arizona Zervas]], American singer-rapper-songwriter
**[[Madison Love]], American songwriter and singer 
*[[April 21]] – [[Madison Love]], Japanese American singer-songwriter, producer and musician 
*[[April 24]]
**[[Kehlani]], American singer songwriter
**[[Ludmilla (singer)|Ludmilla]], Brazilian singer and songwriter
*[[April 26]]
**[[Lorenzo Fragola]], Italian singer
**[[Daniel Padilla]], Filipino actor and singer
*[[April 27]] – [[Sarah Close]], British singer-songwriter, YouTuber
*[[April 28]] – [[Melanie Martinez (singer)|Melanie Martinez]], American singer, songwriter, photographer, and director
*[[May 2]] – [[Lucy Dacus]], American singer-songwriter and producer (member of [[Boygenius]]) 
*[[May 3]] – [[Zach Sobiech]], American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2013)
*[[May 4]] – [[Shameik Moore]], American actor, singer, and dancer
*[[May 9]] 
** [[Devito (rapper)|Devito]], Serbian singer
** [[Shaboozy]], American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer, His music combines hip-hop, country, rock, and Americana.
*[[May 10]] 
** [[Yoan Garneau]], Canadian singer-songwriter
** [[Aya Nakamura]], French Malian singer-songwriter 
* [[May 11] - [[Nilüfer Yanya]], British singer, songwriter and musician, of Irish, Barbados and Turkis heritage. 
*[[May 24]] – [[Kiiara]], American singer-songwriter
*[[June 1]] – [[Magdalena Bay (band)|Matthew Lewin]], American producer ([[Magdalena Bay (band)|Magdalena Bay]])
*[[June 4]] – [[Shiori Tamai]], Japanese singer{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}}
*[[June 5]] – [[Troye Sivan]], South African-Australian singer-songwriter, actor, and YouTuber
*[[June 8]] – [[Tom Grennan]], English singer-songwriter
*[[June 11]] – [[Tems]], Nigerian singer
*[[June 14]] – [[Alexandra Savior]], American singer
*[[June 15]] – [[Tash Sultana]], Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
*[[June 20]] – [[Serayah (actress)|Serayah]], American actress, model and singer
*[[June 23]] – [[Lauren Aquilina]], English singer-songwriter, musician, music producer
*[[June 26]]
**[[Reema Major]], Sudanese-Canadian rapper
**[[Mitch James]], New Zealand independent musician
*[[July 1]]
**[[Lee Tae-yong|Taeyong]], South Korean rapper, dancer and member of [[NCT (group)|NCT]]
**[[Hoài Lâm]], Vietnamese pop singer and actor
*[[July 2]]
**[[Ruth B]], Canadian singer-songwriter 
**[[Shirley Setia]], Indian singer
*[[July 4]] – [[Post Malone]], American rapper, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
*[[July 7]] – [[Anson Lo]], Hong Kong singer ([[Mirror (group)|MIRROR]])
*[[July 11]] – [[Tyler Medeiros]], Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer
*[[July 12]] – [[Yohio]], Swedish singer and songwriter active in Japan<ref>{{Cite web |title=DISREIGN |url=https://www.keios.co/disreign |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=KEIOS ENTERTAINMENT |language=en}}</ref>
*[[July 13]] – [[The Japanese House]], aka Amber Bain, an English singer-songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist 
*[[July 15]] – [[Elyar]], Azerbaijani-English musician, pop star, music producer, and singer-songwriter (Collaborator with [[Leadley]]) 
*[[July 16]] - [[CKay]], Nigerian singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer 
*[[July 18]] - [[Sydnie Christmas]], English singer and actress
*[[July 22]]
**[[Marília Mendonça]], Brazilian singer and songwriter (d. 2021)
**[[Armaan Malik]], Indian singer and songwriter
*[[July 23]] – [[Hwasa]], South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and member of [[MAMAMOO]]
*[[July 31]] - [[Lil Uzi Vert]], American rapper 
*[[August 1]] – [[Derrick Monasterio]], Filipino actor, dancer and singer
*[[August 4]] – [[Jessica Sanchez]], American singer
*[[August 8]]
**[[Malin Reitan]], Norwegian singer
**[[S.Coups]], South Korean rapper, singer and member of [[Seventeen (South Korean band)|Seventeen]]
*[[August 11]] – [[Tierra Whack]], American rapper, singer, and songwriter
*[[August 16]] – [[Hjalmer Larsen]], Danish singer
*[[August 22]] – [[Dua Lipa]], British singer-songwriter 
*[[August 24]] – [[Wenwen Han]], Chinese child actress and violinist
*[[August 29]] – [[Gud (music producer)|Gud]], Swedish DJ and producer best known as a member of rapper Yung Lean's Stockholm-based group Sad Boys
*[[September 8]] – [[Jeremy Lee (singer)|Jeremy Lee]], Hong Kong singer ([[Mirror (group)|MIRROR]])
*[[September 18]] – [[Megan Lee]], Korean-American singer-songwriter and actress
*[[September 19]] – [[Chase Rice]], American singer-songwriter
*[[September 22]] – [[Nayeon]], South Korean singer and member of [[TWICE]]
*[[September 25]]
**[[Ryan Beatty]], American singer
**[[Sofía Reyes]],  Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
*[[September 29]] – [[Julien Baker]], American singer and guitarist (member of [[Boygenius]]) 
*[[October 4]]
**[[Caitlyn Shadbolt]], Australian singer-songwriter
**[[Jeonghan]], South Korean singer and member of [[Seventeen (South Korean band)|Seventeen]]
**[[Mikolas Josef]], Czech singer-songwriter
*[[October 13]] – [[Jimin]], South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and member of [[BTS]]
*[[October 14]] – [[Jeleel]], American rapper
*[[October 19]] – [[Enca Haxhia]], Albanian singer
*[[October 21]]
**[[Doja Cat]], American singer, rapper and songwriter
**[[Shannon Magrane]], American singer
*[[October 26]] – [[Yuta Nakamoto]], Japanese singer and member of [[NCT (group)|NCT]]
*[[November 6]] – [[Anja Nissen]], Danish-Australian singer, songwriter, dancer and actress
*[[November 19]] – [[Melinda Ademi]], Kosovo-Albanian musician
*[[November 20]] – [[Michael Clifford (musician)|Michael Clifford]], Australian musician,  best known as the lead guitarist of the pop rock band [[5 Seconds of Summer]].  
*[[November 29]] – [[Laura Marano]], American actress and singer
*[[December 3]] – [[Angèle (singer)|Angèle]], Belgian singer-songwriter
*[[December 6]] – [[Tai Verdes]], American singer
*[[December 15]] – [[Leadley]], British musician, singer-songwriter, activist and YouTuber (collaborator with [[Elyar]]) 
*[[December 17]] – [[Tkay Maidza]],  Zimbabwean-born Australian singer-songwriter and rapper
*[[December 18]] – [[Magdalena Bay (band)|Mica Tenenbaum]], Argentine singer ([[Magdalena Bay (band)|Magdalena Bay]])
*[[December 23]] – [[Jawny]], American singer, songwriter, and producer.
*[[December 27]] – [[Caroline Pennell]], American singer-songwriter
*[[December 29]] – [[Ross Lynch]], American singer ([[R5 (band)|R5]], [[The Driver Era]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maloy |first=Sarah |date=2012-09-17 |title=Austin & Ally’s Ross Lynch: 21 Under 21 (2012) |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/austin-allys-ross-lynch-21-under-21-2012-475074/ |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[December 30]]
**[[V (singer)|V]], South Korean singer-songwriter, actor, and member of [[BTS]]
**[[Dominic Fike]], American singer- songwriter, multi instrumentalist, actor and rapper
**[[Joshua (singer)|Joshua Hong]], American singer and member of [[Seventeen (South Korean band)|Seventeen]]
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** [[Jerskin Fendrix]], English musician
** [[Ivy Adara]], Australian singer and composer

== Deaths ==
*[[January 1]] – [[Ted Hawkins]], soul blues singer-songwriter, 58
*[[January 24]] – [[David Cole (record producer)|David Cole]], producer ([[C+C Music Factory]]), 32
*[[January 31]] – [[George Abbott]] US librettist and director, 107
*[[February 6]] – [[Art Taylor]], jazz drummer, 65
*[[February 12]] – [[Tony Secunda]], [[Marc Bolan]]'s former manager, 54 (heart attack)
*[[February 18]]
**[[Bob Stinson]], guitarist ([[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]]), 35 (complications caused by drug and alcohol abuse)
**[[Denny Cordell]], English record producer, 51
*[[February 23]] – [[Melvin Franklin]], [[The Temptations]], 52 (brain seizure)
*[[March 5]] – [[Vivian Stanshall]], eccentric British musician, 51 (house fire)
*[[March 9]] – [[Ingo Schwichtenberg]], [[Helloween]], 29 (suicide)
*[[March 16]] – [[Heinrich Sutermeister]], Swiss composer, 84
*[[March 17]] – [[Sunnyland Slim]], blues pianist, 88
*[[March 26]] – [[Eazy-E]], rapper ([[N.W.A.]]) and co-founder of [[Ruthless Records]], 31 (AIDS)
*[[March 28]] – [[Mogens Ellegaard]], accordionist, 60
*[[March 29]]
**[[Jimmy McShane]], singer ([[Baltimora]]) (AIDS)
**[[List of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds members|Roland Wolf]], keyboardist ([[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]], [[Einstürzende Neubauten]]), 29 or 30 (car accident)
*[[March 30]] – [[Paul A. Rothchild]], American record producer, 59
*[[March 31]] – [[Selena]], singer, 23 (murdered)
*[[April 4]] – [[Priscilla Lane]], US singer and actress, 79 (lung cancer)
*[[April 6]] – [[Delroy Wilson]], reggae artist, 46 (cirrhosis of the liver)
*[[April 14]] – [[Burl Ives]], singer and actor, 85
*[[April 25]] – [[Ginger Rogers]], US actress, dancer and singer, 83
*[[May 6]] – [[Barbarito Diez]], Cuban singer and bandleader, 85
*[[May 8]] – [[Teresa Teng]], singer, 42
*[[May 16]] – [[Lola Flores]], Spanish singer and dancer, 72
*[[May 25]] – [[Dick Curless]], country singer. 63
*[[June 4]] – [[Ernest Bornemann]], jazz musician and critic, 80
*[[June 12]] – [[Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli]] pianist, 75
*[[June 14]] – [[Rory Gallagher]], Irish blues/rock guitarist, 47 (complications from liver transplant)
*[[June 30]]
**[[Phyllis Hyman]], R&B, soul and jazz singer, 45 (suicide by overdose of barbiturates)
**[[Nazariy Yaremchuk]], Ukrainian singer, 43
*[[July 1]] – [[Wolfman Jack]], disc jockey, 57<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Wolfman Jack, Raspy Voice Of the Radio, Is Dead at 57|first=David M.|last=Herszenhorn|date=July 2, 1995|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/02/obituaries/wolfman-jack-raspy-voice-of-the-radio-is-dead-at-57.html}}</ref>
*[[July 2]] – [[Zdeněk Košler]], conductor, 67
*[[July 8]] – [[Günter Bialas]], composer, 87
*[[July 23]] – [[Miklós Rózsa]], film score composer, 88
*[[July 25]] – [[Charlie Rich]], country singer and musician, 62
*[[July 28]] – [[Eddie Hinton]], songwriter and session musician, 51
*[[August 9]] – [[Jerry Garcia]], [[Grateful Dead]], 53 (diabetes-related)
*[[August 11]]
**Allan McCarthy, Canadian singer of [[Men Without Hats]], 38
**[[Herbert Sumsion]], English church musician, 96
*[[August 16]] – [[Bobby DeBarge]], lead singer of [[Switch (band)|Switch]], 39 (AIDS)
*[[August 18]] – [[Alan Dell]] [[BBC Radio 2]] disc jockey, 71
*[[August 19]]
**[[John Gilmore (musician)|John Gilmore]], jazz saxophonist, 63
**[[Pierre Schaeffer]], composer and pioneer of [[Musique concrète]], 85
*[[August 23]] – [[Dwayne Goettel]], industrial keyboard player ([[Skinny Puppy]]), 31 (drug overdose)
*[[August 26]] – [[Ronnie White]], [[the Miracles]], co-writer of [[the Temptations]] hit "My Girl" (with [[Smokey Robinson]]), 57 [[leukemia]].
*[[August 30]] – [[Sterling Morrison]], [[The Velvet Underground]] guitarist, 53 (Non-Hodgkin [[lymphoma]])
*[[September 5]] 
** [[Salil Chowdhury]], Indian film composer and poet, 71
** [[Benyamin Sueb]], Indonesian actor, comedian and singer, 56 (heart attack)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tokohindonesia.com/biografi/article/285-ensiklopedi/60-seniman-betawi-serba-bisa |title=Seniman Betawi Serba Bisa |access-date=October 2, 2011 |work=tokohindonesia.com |archive-date=February 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204235203/http://www.tokohindonesia.com/biografi/article/285-ensiklopedi/60-seniman-betawi-serba-bisa |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[September 27]] – [[Alison Steele]], American disc jockey, 58
*[[October 19]] – [[Don Cherry (jazz)|Don Cherry]], jazz trumpeter, 58 (liver cancer)<ref>{{cite web | last=Olsher | first=Dean | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-28472712.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105200708/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-28472712.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2013-11-05 | title=The Jazz World Remembers Trumpeter Don Cherry | work=[[All Things Considered]] | publisher=[[NPR]] | date=1995-10-20 | access-date=2012-09-28|via=[[HighBeam Research]]}}</ref>
*[[October 21]]
**Maxene Andrews, singer, member of [[The Andrews Sisters]], 79
**[[Shannon Hoon]], lead singer of group [[Blind Melon]], 28 (drug overdose)
**[[Hans Helfritz]], German composer, 93
*[[October 26]] – [[Gorni Kramer]], Italian bandleader and songwriter, 82
*[[October 31]]
**[[Alan Bush]], composer, pianist and conductor, 94
**[[Erika Morini]], violinist, 91
*[[November 2]] – [[Florence Greenberg]], music executive and producer, 82
*[[November 3]] – [[Isang Yun]] (Yun I-sang), composer, 78
*[[November 7]] – Jerry Daniels, [[The Ink Spots]], 79
*[[November 8]] – [[Ion Baciu]], conductor, 64
*[[November 17]] – [[Alan Hull]], singer-songwriter and founder of Lindisfarne, 50 (heart thrombosis)
*[[November 21]]
**[[Peter Grant (music manager)|Peter Grant]], manager of [[The Yardbirds]], [[Led Zeppelin]], [[Bad Company]], 60 (myocardial infarction)
**[[Matthew Ashman]], guitarist of [[Adam and the Ants]], [[Bow Wow Wow]], 35
*[[November 23]] – [[Junior Walker]], R&B and soul musician, 64
*[[November 26]] – [[David Briggs (producer)|David Briggs]], record producer, 51
*[[December 10]] – [[Darren Robinson (rapper)|Darren Robinson]], rapper ([[The Fat Boys]]), 28
*[[December 25]]
**[[Dean Martin]], singer and actor, 78 (cancer)
**[[Nicolas Slonimsky]], Russian-born conductor and composer, 101
*[[December 27]] – [[Shura Cherkassky]], American classical pianist, 86
*[[December 29]] – [[Hans Henkemans]] Dutch composer, 82

== Awards ==
* The following artists are inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]: [[The Allman Brothers Band]], [[Al Green]], [[Janis Joplin]], [[Led Zeppelin]], [[Martha and the Vandellas]], [[Neil Young]] and [[Frank Zappa]]
* Inductees of the [[Gospel Music Association|GMA]] [[Gospel Music Hall of Fame]] include [[Charles Wesley]] (writer of "Hark The Herald Angels Sing")
* [[Udit Narayan]] wins the [[Filmfare Best Male Playback Award]].
*[[Tetsuya Komuro]] (producer) & [[TRF (band)|trf]] win the Japan Record Award for "Overnight Sensation"t the [[37th Japan Record Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jacompa.or.jp/index.html|title=HOME【公益社団法人 日本作曲家協会】|website=JACOMPA|access-date=February 10, 2019|archive-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819044222/http://www.jacompa.or.jp/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Grammy Awards ===
* [[Grammy Awards of 1995]]

=== Country Music Association Awards ===
* [[1995 Country Music Association Awards]]

=== Eurovision Song Contest ===
* [[Eurovision Song Contest 1995]]

=== Mercury Music Prize ===
* ''[[Dummy (album)|Dummy]]'' – [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]] wins.

=== MTV Video Music Awards ===
* [[1995 MTV Video Music Awards]]

==Charts==
* [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1995]]
* [[1995 in British music#Charts]]
* [[List of Oricon number-one singles of 1995]]

'''Triple J Hottest 100'''
<br />Main article: [[Triple J Hottest 100, 1995]]

==See also==
* [[1995 in British music]]
* [[:Category:Record labels established in 1995|Record labels established in 1995]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

{{Commons category}}

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[[Category:20th century in music]]
[[Category:Music by year]]