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- Genesis released the single “Throwing It All Away”.
- Paul Simon released the single “Graceland” with backing vocals by The Everly Brothers. The song was the title track of the album of the same name, which had been released two weeks earlier.
- Def Leppard released their fourth studio album, “Hysteria.”
- The soundtrack to the film “Dirty Dancing” was released by RCA Records. The album featured hits including “(I've Had) The Time of My Life”, “Hungry Eyes” and “She's Like the Wind”. It spent 18 weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 in the United States and sold more than 32 million copies worldwide.
- Donny Osmond released the single „I'm In It For Love“, his first single in ten years. The song did not reach the Billboard Top 40.
- Michael Jackson released “Bad”.
- Fleetwood Mac released "Little Lies" from their fourteenth studio album, "Tango in the Night". The song was written by group member Christine McVie with her then-husband Eddy Quintela. The single reached No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 5 in the United Kingdom, becoming the group's last U.S. Top 10 hit.
- CBS Records recorded the largest advance order of albums in its history when it shipped 2.25 million copies of Michael Jackson's "Bad" to stores in the United States. The album followed "Thriller", Jackson's best-selling album, and later sold more than 13 million copies.
- Mick Jagger released the single “Let's Work.”
- Michael Jackson released the single “Bad”, the title track of his first album after “Thriller”. It was originally intended to be a duet with Prince, who turned down the offer. The song became a major hit, reaching No. 1 in the charts in the US, Ireland, Norway, Spain, Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands. The album Bad was also released in the UK.
- Soundgarden released their debut EP, “Screaming Life”, on Sub Pop Records.
- Metallica released the single “Harvester of Sorrow”.
- Poison releases the single “Every Rose Has Its Thorn.”
- Danny Elfman released "Batman: Motion Picture Score", containing his music for the film "Batman".
- The Cure released the single “Lovesong”.
- The Rolling Stones released the album "Steel Wheels" in the US, almost two weeks before its UK release. The album reached No. 3 on the US Billboard Top Pop Albums chart and No. 2 on the UK album chart.
- George Michael released the single “Praying for Time”, the first single from the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1.
- The musical “Street Scene” opened at the New York State Theatre.
- Mariah Carey released the single “Emotions”, the title track of her second studio album.
- Pearl Jam released the single “Alive”.
- Nirvana released the single “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, one of the defining songs of the grunge era.
- Linda McCartney published the book Linda McCartney's Sixties: Portrait of an Era, featuring a selection of her photographs of rock musicians. It includes images of The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, and Grateful Dead, as well as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Ray Charles, and Otis Redding.
- Sheryl Crow released her debut album, “Tuesday Night Music Club,” on A&M Records.
- Oasis released “Live Forever” as the third single from their debut album Definitely Maybe. Released on Creation Records on August 8, 1994, it became the band's first UK Top 10 single, reaching No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart.
- The Notorious B.I.G. released his debut single "Juicy". The song reached No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Hot Rap Singles chart.
- Oasis released their first studio album “Definitely Maybe”, which later spent 177 weeks on the UK chart. It also became the fastest-selling debut album in the UK, and more than eight million copies were sold worldwide.
- Usher released his self-titled debut studio album.
- Fifteen-year-old Brandy released her debut album “Brandy”, which subsequently sold more than 4 million copies and made her an R&B star. The album's hits included “I Wanna Be Down” and “Baby”.
- Weezer released their breakthrough single “Buddy Holly”, named after the rock'n'roll icon. The song appeared on the band's debut album “Weezer”, also known as “The Blue Album”, and reached No. 6 in Canada and No. 12 in the UK. It was released on the day Buddy Holly would have celebrated his 58th birthday.
- Joe Esposito's book Good Rockin' Tonight: Twenty Years on the Road and on the Town with Elvis was published. In it, he recalls twenty years spent travelling and socialising with Elvis Presley.
- Oasis released the single “Roll With It”.
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue released their joint duet “Where the Wild Roses Grow.” The song later won three ARIA Awards in 1996: Single of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Release.
- The six-disc DVD collection Elvis Presley – The Signature Collection was released, containing the films „It Happened at the World's Fair“, „Speedway“, „Spinout“, „Harum Scarum“, „Jailhouse Rock“ and „Viva Las Vegas“.
- Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) appeared at a London music store after an 18-year absence, signing copies of his new spoken-word Islamic album The Life of the Last Prophet, released under his legal name, Yusuf Islam.
- Capitol Records released The Beatles Anthology video collection, containing more than ten hours of material.
- Oasis released the single “Stand by Me”.
- The Verve released “The Drugs Don't Work”, which later became their only No. 1 single in the UK.
- Madonna released the single “Music”, the title track of her eighth studio album of the same name. Its B-side featured the song “Cyber-Raga”. The song became one of her most successful hits and reached number one on the charts in several countries.