1993 in music

This is a summary of significant events in music in 1993.

Albert Collins playing event on Washington Mall before the inauguration of US President Bill Clinton.

Specific locations

• 1993 in British music
• 1993 in Norwegian music

Specific genres

• 1993 in country music
• 1993 in heavy metal music
• 1993 in hip hop music
• 1993 in Latin music
• 1993 in jazz

Events

Bands formed

• See Musical groups established in 1993

Bands disbanded

• See Musical groups disestablished in 1993

Bands reformed

• Big Star
• Luv'
• Steely Dan
• The Seekers

Albums released

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1993.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart entries
1	Meat Loaf	I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)	1993		UK 1 – Oct 1993, US BB 1 of 1993, Holland 1 – Oct 1993, Austria 1 – Nov 1993, Switzerland 1 – Nov 1993, Norway 1 – Oct 1993, Germany 1 – Jan 1994, Éire 1 – Oct 1993, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1993, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Dec 1993, Sweden 2 – Oct 1993, Poland 5 – Nov 1993, Australia 5 of 1993, France 10 – Sep 1993, US BB 15 of 1993, Europe 20 of the 1990s, Germany 28 of the 1990s, US CashBox 32 of 1994, POP 34 of 1993, Belgium 210 of all time, OzNet 375
2	UB40	I Can't Help Falling in Love With You	1993		UK 1 – May 1993, US BB 1 of 1993, US CashBox 1 of 1993, Holland 1 – May 1993, Sweden 1 – Jun 1993, Austria 1 – Jul 1993, New Zealand 1 for 11 weeks Jun 1993, Australia 1 for 7 weeks Oct 1993, Switzerland 2 – Jun 1993, Germany 2 – Jun 1993, Australia 3 of 1993, Norway 4 – Jun 1993, US BB 6 of 1993, POP 6 of 1993, France 10 – May 1993, Poland 12 – Aug 1993, Scrobulate 48 of reggae, Germany 85 of the 1990s, Italy 88 of 1993, OzNet 836
3	4 Non Blondes	What's Up?	1993		Holland 1 – Jul 1993, Sweden 1 – Aug 1993, Austria 1 – Aug 1993, Switzerland 1 – Jul 1993, Norway 1 – Jul 1993, Poland 1 – Jul 1993, Germany 1 – Jul 1993, Éire 1 – Jul 1993, UK 2 – Jun 1993, Italy 8 of 1993, Australia 10 of 1993, US BB 14 of 1993, Germany 17 of the 1990s, US BB 31 of 1993, Scrobulate 46 of 90s, US CashBox 50 of 1993, RYM 61 of 1993, Europe 62 of the 1990s, POP 67 of 1993, Belgium 209 of all time
4	Snow	Informer	1993		US BB 1 of 1993, Sweden 1 – Mar 1993, Switzerland 1 – Apr 1993, Norway 1 – Apr 1993, Germany 1 – Apr 1993, Éire 1 – Apr 1993, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks May 1993, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1993, UK 2 – Mar 1993, Holland 2 – Mar 1993, Austria 3 – May 1993, Australia 6 of 1993, US CashBox 9 of 1993, US BB 13 of 1993, POP 51 of 1993, Germany 52 of the 1990s, Italy 68 of 1993
5	Haddaway	What is Love?	1993		US BB 1 of 1993, Holland 1 – Apr 1993, France 1 – Apr 1993, Austria 1 – May 1993, Switzerland 1 – Apr 1993, Norway 1 – Apr 1993, Éire 1 – Jul 1993, POP 1 of 1993, UK 2 – Jun 1993, Sweden 2 – Mar 1993, Germany 2 – Mar 1993, Scrobulate 4 of 90s, Italy 5 of 1993, Germany 10 of the 1990s, US BB 11 of 1993, RYM 154 of 1993

Top hits

• "7" – Prince (US #7)
• "Again" – Janet Jackson (US #1, CAN #2)
• "Ain't It Fun" – Guns N' Roses (#5 SWE, #9 UK)
• "All for Love" – Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart & Sting (#1 AUS, AUT, CAN, DEN, FIN, GER, IRL, IT, JAP, SWE, SWI, US)
• "All That She Wants" – Ace of Base (#1 AUS, AUT, BE, CAN, DEN, GER, IT, SP, SWI, UK)
• "Almost Unreal" – Roxette (#6 NOR, #7 UK, #8 SWE)
• "Alright" – Kris Kross featuring Super Cat (#8 NZ)
• "Angel" – Jon Secada (#1 US Latin)
• "Animal Nitrate" – Suede (#7 UK)
• "Anniversary" – Tony! Toni! Toné! (#10 US)
• "Another Sad Love Song" – Toni Braxton (#7 US)
• "Anything – Culture Beat (#3 AUT, IRL, #4 FR, GER, NLD, SP)
• "Are You Gonna Go My Way" – Lenny Kravitz (#1 AUS, #2 NZ, #4 FR, UK)
• "Babe" – Take That (#1 UK, IRL)
• "Bad Boys" (theme from Cops) – Inner Circle (#1 FIN, NOR, #2 SWE, #8 US)
• "Bad Girl" – Madonna (#3 IT, #10 UK)
• "Bed of Roses" – Bon Jovi (#9 NLD, SWI, #10 US, AUS)
• "Big Gun" – AC/DC (#5 SWI, #8 NOR)
• "Boom Shack-A-Lak" – Apache Indian (#5 UK)
• "Boom! Shake the Room" – Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince (#1 AUS, IRL, SP, UK)
• "Both Sides of the Story" – Phil Collins (#2 CAN, #3 IT, #7 BE, UK)
• "Break It Down Again" – Tears for Fears (#4 CAN, #7 IT)
• "Breathe Again" – Toni Braxton (#2 AUS, NZ, UK, #3 US)
• "Bye Bye Baby" – Madonna (#7 IT)
• "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)" – Us3 (#9 US)
• "Can You forgive Her?" – Pet Shop Boys (#2 FIN, FR, #7 UK)
• "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" – Taylor Dayne (#2 AUS, #6 JAP)
• "Can't Help Falling in Love" – UB40
• "Cat's in the Cradle" – Ugly Kid Joe (#1 AUS, #2 NOR, #4 NZ, SWE)
• "Come Baby Come" – K7 (#3 IRL, UK)
• "Come Undone" – Duran Duran (#1 ISR, #2 CAN, #6 IT, #7 US)
• "Condemnation" – Depeche Mode (#3 SWE, #5 FIN, #9 SP, UK)
• "Cose della vita" – Eros Ramazzotti (#1 BE, #3 SP, #4 IT)
• "Creep" – Radiohead (#3 NOR, #6 AUS, #7 UK)
• "Cryin'" – Aerosmith (#1 NOR, POL, #3 SWE)
• "The Crying Game" – Boy George (#1 CAN, #15 US)
• "Darla dirladada" – G.O. Culture (#1 FR)
• "Deep" – East 17 (#5 UK, JAP, #6 SWE, #7 AUS, IRL)
• "Deeper and Deeper" – Madonna (#1 ITA, #2 CAN, #6 UK, IRE, #7 US)
• "Don't Walk Away" – Jade (#4 US, #7 UK)
• "Do You See the Light (Looking For)" – Snap! (#1 FIN, #4 BE, #8 AUT, #9 IRL, NLD)
• "Dre Day" – Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg (#8 US)
• "Dreamlover" – Mariah Carey (#1 US, CAN)
• "Dreams" – Gabrielle (#1 UK, #2 AUS, IRL, #5 IT, SWE)
• "Easy – Faith No More (#1 AUS, #2 NOR, #3 BE, FIN, UK)
• "Everybody Hurts" – R.E.M. (#3 FR, #6 AUS, IRL, #7 UK)
• "Exterminate!" – Snap! (#1 FIN, SP, #2 IRL, SWI, UK)
• "Faces" – 2 Unlimited (#2 NLD, #3 BE, #4 SP)
• "Feels Like Heaven" – Urban Cookie Collective (#5 UK, #10 AUS)
• "Fever" – Madonna (#1 FIN, #6 IRL, UK)
• "For Whom the Bell Tolls – Bee Gees (#1 BRA, #4 UK, #6 IRL)
• "Freak Me" – Silk (#1 US, #3 AUS)
• "Gangsta Lean" – D.R.S. (#1 NZ, #4 US)
• "Get-A-Way" – Maxx (#3 AUT, NLD, SWE, #4 DEN, UK)
• "Getto Jam" – Domino
• "Girl, I've Been Hurt" – Snow
• "Girl U For Me" – Silk
• "Give In to Me" – Michael Jackson feat. Slash
• "Give It Up" – Cut 'N' Move
• "Go On Move" – Reel 2 Real
• "Go West" – Pet Shop Boys
• "Got to Get It – Culture Beat
• "Hat 2 da Back" – TLC
• "Have I Told You Lately" – Rod Stewart
• "Heart-Shaped Box" – Nirvana
• "Hero" – Mariah Carey
• "Hey Mr. D.J." – Zhané (#6 US, #9 AUS)
• "Higher Ground – UB40 (#8 UK, NLD, NZ)
• "Hip Hop Hooray" – Naughty by Nature (#6 NZ, #8 US)
• "Hope of Deliverance" – Paul McCartney (#1 SP, #3 GER, #4 AUT, NOR)
• "I Don't Wanna Fight" – Tina Turner (#1 CAN, #7 NZ, #8 BE, IT, NOR)
• "I Feel You" – Depeche Mode
• "I Have Nothing" – Whitney Houston (#1 US, CAN, UK)
• "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston (#1 US, AUS, NZ, UK)
• "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" – Meat Loaf
• "I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me" – Exposé (#8 US)
• "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" – Bon Jovi
• "I'm Every Woman"- Whitney Houston
• "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" – The Proclaimers (released in 1988)
• "I'm So Into You" – SWV (released in 1992)
• "If" – Janet Jackson
• "If I Can't Have You" – Kim Wilde
• "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" – Sting (#17 US)
• "If I Had No Loot" – Tony Toni Toné!
• "In These Arms" – Bon Jovi
• "Is It Love" – Twenty 4 Seven
• "It Keeps Rainin'" – Bitty McLean (UK #2)
• "Informer" – Snow
• "Jessie" – Joshua Kadison (#6 AUT, NLD, #9 DEN)
• "Just Kickin' It" – Xscape (#2 US)
• "Keep on Dancing" – DJ BoBo (#1 FIN, #2 SWI, #5 GER)
• "La solitudine" – Laura Pausini (#1 BE, IT, NLD)
• "Life – Haddaway (#1 FIN, SP, SWE)
• "Linger" – The Cranberries (#3 IRL, #4 CAN)
• "Living on My Own" – Freddie Mercury (#1 UK, FR)
• "Looking Through Patient Eyes" – P.M. Dawn (#1 CAN, #6 US)
• "Love Can Move Mountains" – Celine Dion (#2 CAN)
• "Love Is" – Vanessa L. Williams and Brian McKnight (#3 US)
• "Love Sees No Colour – U96 (#3 AUT, #4 FIN, SWE, SWI, #5 SP)
• "Love Song for a Vampire" – Annie Lennox (#3 UK, IRL)
• "Luv 4 Luv" – Robin S. (#4 NLD, #5 BE)
• "Man on the Moon" – R.E.M. (#4 CAN)
• "Mary Jane's Last Dance" – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (#5 CAN)
• "Maximum Overdrive" – 2 Unlimited (#1 FIN, SP, #4 BE, #5 NLD)
• "More and More" – Captain Hollywood Project (#1 GER, #2 BE, #3 AUT, NOR, SWE, SWI)
• "Moving on up – M People (#2 UK, #3 FR, #4 AUT, IRL, NZ)
• "Mr. Jones – Counting Crows (#1 CAN, #7 FR)
• "Mr. Vain" – Culture Beat (#1 AUS, AUT, BE, FIN, GER, IRL, IT, NLD, NOR, SWI, UK)
• "Night in Motion" – U96 (#7 AUT, FIN, #9 GER)
• "No Limit" – 2 Unlimited (#1 AUT, BE, FIN, FR, IRL, NLD, NOR, SP, SWE, SWI, UK)
• "No Rain" – Blind Melon (#1 CAN, #8 AUS)
• "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" – Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg (#2 US)
• "One Night in Heaven" – M People (#6 UK)
• "Only with You – Captain Hollywood Project (#2 FIN, #3 BE, SP, #4 GER)
• "Oh Carolina" – Shaggy (#1 UK, IRL, #2 AUT, NZ)
• "Open Sesame" — Leila K (#1 BE, #2 NLD, #3 IT)
• "Ordinary World" – Duran Duran (#1 CAN, #2 IT, #3 IRL, US)
• "Please Forgive Me" – Bryan Adams (#1 CAN, AUS, BE, IRL, NOR)
• "Power of American Natives" – Dance 2 Trance featuring Linda Rocco (#3 NDL, FIN, #5 NOR)
• "The Power of Love" – Celine Dion (#1 CAN, AUS, US)
• "Pray – Take That (#1 UK, #2 IRL, ISR)
• "Rain" – Madonna (#2 CAN, JAP, #5 AUS, #7 UK, IRE, #9 ITA)
• "The Red Strokes" – Garth Brooks (#7 IRL)
• "Regret" – New Order (#4 UK, #5 URL)
• "Relight My Fire" – Take That & Lulu (#1 UK, ISR)
• "Right Here/Human Nature" – SWV (#3 UK, #7 NZ)
• "The River of Dreams" – Billy Joel (#1 AUS, NZ, #2 AUT, CAN, IRL, SWI)
• "Runaway Train" – Soul Asylum (#1 CAN, #2 NZ, NOR, SWE, SWI)
• "Said I Loved You...But I Lied" – Michael Bolton (#2 AUS, #3 CAN, #6 US)
• "Salta" – King África (ARG)
• "She Don't Let Nobody" – Chaka Demus & Pliers (#4 UK, #9 IRL)
• "Shoop" – Salt-n-Pepa (#2 AUS, #5 US)
• "Shout" – Louchie Lou & Michie One (UK #7)
• "Show Me Love" – Robin S. (#5 US)
• "The Sign" – Ace of Base (#1 AUS, CAN, FIN, GER, NZ, SP, US)
• "Sing Hallelujah" – Dr. Alban (#2 BE, FIN, #4 GER, SWI)
• "Slam" – Onyx (#4 US)
• "Slave to the Music" – Twenty 4 Seven (#2 AUS, #4 SWE, #5 NOR)
• "Sleeping Satellite" – Tasmin Archer (#1 UK, IRL, #4 SWE, #5 SWI)
• "Somebody Dance with Me" – DJ BoBo (#1 SWE, SWI, #3 AUT, NOR)
• "Somebody to Love" (live) – Queen & George Michael (#1 UK, IRL, #6 NLD, #8 NZ)
• "Soul to Squeeze" – Red Hot Chili Peppers (#6 NZ, #9 AUS)
• "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" – U2 (#1 IRL, #4 US, #5 AUS, FIN)
• "Steam – Peter Gabriel (#10 UK)
• "Sweat" – U.S.U.R.A. (#4 IT, #9 AUT)
• "Sweet Harmony" – The Beloved (#3 AUT, #6 GER, SWI, #8 UK)
• "Sweet Thing" – Mick Jagger (#7 AUT, #8 FR, SWI, #9 NOR)
• "Tease Me" – Chaka Demus & Pliers (#3 UK, #5 AUS, NLD)
• "That's the Way Love Goes" – Janet Jackson (#1 US, AUS, FR, HUN, NZ)
• "The Key The Secret – Urban Cookie Collective (#2 UK)
• "The Rhythm of the Night" – Corona (#1 IT, #2 UK, #3 IRL, SP)
• "Three Little Pigs" – Green Jellÿ (#5 UK, #6 AUS)
• "Tribal Dance" – 2 Unlimited (#1 FIN, SP, #2 GER, IRL, SWE)
• "True Love" – Elton John and Kiki Dee (#2 UK)
• "Trust Me" – Pandora (#2 FIN, #3 SWE, #8 NOR)
• "Two Princes" – Spin Doctors (#1 SWE, #2 CAN, NLD, NOR)
• "U Got 2 Let the Music" – Cappella (#1 AUT, FIN, SWI)
• "Walking in My Shoes" – Depeche Mode (#3 FIN, #6 SP, #8 SWE)
• "Weak" – SWV (#6 US)
• "What Is Love" – Haddaway
• "What's up?" – 4 Non Blondes
• "Wheel of Fortune" – Ace of Base (#1 NOR, #2 DEN, #4 GER)
• "Whoomp! (There It Is)" – Tag Team (#2 US, #6 NLD)
• "Why Can't I Wake Up with You" – Take That (#2 UK, #7 IRL)
• "Wild World" – Mr. Big (#7 SWI, #9 CAN, #10 SWE)
• "Will You Be There" – Michael Jackson

Top 10 selling albums of the year

1. The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album – Whitney Houston
2. Breathless – Kenny G
3. Unplugged- Eric Clapton
4. janet. – Janet Jackson
5. Some Gave All – Billy Ray Cyrus
6. The Chronic – Dr. Dre
7. Pocket Full Of Kryptonite – Spin Doctors
8. Ten – Pearl Jam
9. The Chase – Garth Brooks
10. Core – Stone Temple Pilots

Top 10 best albums of the Year

All albums have been named albums of the year for their hits in the charts.^[30]

1. Nirvana – In Utero
2. The Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
3. Wu-Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
4. Pearl Jam – Vs.
5. Counting Crows – August And Everything After
6. Björk – Debut
7. Blur – Modern Life is Rubbish
8. Liz Phair – Exile in Guyville
9. Suede – Suede
10. Slowdive – Souvlaki

Classical music

• John Adams – Violin Concerto
• Mounir Anastas – Né du néant for alto saxophone & fixed media^[31]
• Luciano Berio – Rage and Outrage
• Pierre Boulez – ...explosante-fixe... (fourth version)
• Alvin Curran – VSTO (string quartet)
• Michael Daugherty – Bizarro
• Mario Davidovsky – Shulamit's Dream for soprano and orchestra
• David Diamond – Symphony No. 11
• Joël-François Durand – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
• Ivan Fedele – Piano Concerto
• Lorenzo Ferrero
  • Introito (from "Requiem per le vittime della mafia")
  • Maschere (incidental music)
• Philip Glass – In the Summer House, incidental music
• Vinko Globokar – Discours IX , for two pianos
• Klaus Huber – Winter Seeds, for accordion
• Houtaf Khoury
  • Concerto No. 1, for viola and orchestra
  • Intermezzo, for large orchestra
  • Sonate-Poème, for violin and piano
  • String Quartet No. 2
  • Cantata, for baritone and large orchestra
  • Piece, for piano^[32]
• Frederik Magle – Symphony for organ No. 2, Let There Be Light
• Krzysztof Penderecki – Polish Requiem (revised version)
• R. Murray Schafer – Concerto for Accordion and Orchestra
• Harold Schiffmann – Sestetto concertato
• Alfred Schnittke
  • Symphony No. 7
  • Concerto Grosso No. 6 for piano, violin and string orchestra
  • Peer Gynt: Epiloque, for violoncello, piano and tape
  • Improvisation, for solo cello
• Karlheinz Stockhausen – Helikopter-Streichquartett
• Bent Sørensen – Sterbende Gärten for violin and orchestra
• Takashi Yoshimatsu – Concerto for Trombone, Op. 55, Orion Machine

Opera

• Daron Hagen – Shining Brow
• Theo Loevendie – Gassir, the Hero
• Michael Nyman – Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs
• Randolph Peters – Nosferatu
• Steve Reich – The Cave
• Alfred Schnittke – Gesualdo
• Karlheinz Stockhausen – Dienstag aus Licht (May 28, Leipzig Opera)
• Hugo Weisgall – Esther (October, New York City Opera)

Jazz

Musical theater

• Annie Warbucks—off-Broadway production
• Blood Brothers (Willy Russell) – Broadway production opened at the Music Box Theatre and ran for 840 performances
• Cyrano: The Musical—Broadway production opened at the Neil Simon Theatre and ran for 137 performances
• The Goodbye Girl—Broadway production opened at the Marquis Theatre and ran for 188 performances
• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat—Broadway revival
• Kiss of the Spider Woman—Broadway production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre and ran for 904 performances
• My Fair Lady (Lerner & Loewe) – Broadway revival
• She Loves Me—Broadway revival

Musical films

• CB4
• Funes, a Great Love (Funes, un gran amor)
• Gypsy, starring Bette Midler
• Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King
• Swing Kids
• Zero Patience

Births

• January 2 – Bryson Tiller, American singer-songwriter
• January 12 – Zayn Malik, British singer of the band (One Direction)
• February 6 – Tinashe, American singer-songwriter, dancer, performer and actress (The Stunners)
• February 19 – Victoria Justice, American singer-songwriter actress
• March 4 – Bobbi Kristina Brown, American singer (d. 2015)
• March 15 – Alyssa Reid, Canadian singer-songwriter
• March 30 – Anitta (singer), Brazilian singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and record producer.
• April 16 – Chance the Rapper, independent American Christian rapper
• April 18 – Nathan Sykes, English singer, songwriter and record producer, former member of The Wanted
• April 25 – Shiloh, Canadian singer
• May 6 – Naomi Scott, English actress and singer
• May 11 – James Reid, Filipino singer-actor
• May 13 – Debby Ryan. American singer and actress
• May 14 – Miranda Cosgrove, American singer and
• May 17 – GoldLink, American rapper
• May 18 – Kyle (musician), American rapper, singer and songwriter
• June 6
  • Vic Mensa, American rapper (Kids These Days)
  • Tom Swoon, Polish DJ and producer
• June 7 – George Ezra, English singer-songwriter and musician
• June 25 – Piero Vergara, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor
• June 26 – Ariana Grande, American singer-songwriter, actress, performer, musician and advocate
• June 27 – Rejjie Snow, an Irish hip hop recording artist and record producer
• July 3 – Vince Staples, American rapper and actor (Billie Eilish)
• July 5 – Hollie Cavanagh, English-American singer
• July 6 – Melissa Steel, British singer
• July 7
  • Capital Steez, American rapper (Pro Era) (d. 2012)
  • Ally Brooke, American singer, dancer and songwriter, member of Fifth Harmony
• July 10 – Perrie Edwards, English singer-songwriter, dancer and member of Little Mix
• July 17 – Kali Uchis, Colombian-American singer, songwriter, poet, record producer, music video director, and fashion designer
• July 18
  • Lee Taemin, Korean singer (SHINee)
  • Casey Veggies, American rapper and songwriter
• July 28 – Cher Lloyd, British rapper, singer songwriter
• July 26
  • Taylor Momsen, American rock singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, former actress and model (The Pretty Reckless)
  • Stormzy, English grime and hip hop artist
• July 28 – La'Porsha Renae, American singer-songwriter and Americal Idol alumni
• August 11 – Alyson Stoner, American dancer, singer, actor, youtuber and model
• August 23 – Keke Palmer, American actress, singer, songwriter and presenter
• August 29 – Liam Payne, British singer of the band One Direction
• September 1 – Megan Nicole, American singer-songwriter and youtuber
• September 7 – Mohamed Ali, Danish singer
• September 13
  • Niall Horan, Irish singer, songwriter and musician (One Direction)
  • Alice Merton, German-Canadian-English singer and songwriter
• September 16 – Taylor Parks, American RNB songwriter and producer
• September 24
  • Ben Platt (actor), American singer, and actor
  • Alina Baraz, American RNB soul singer-songwriter
• October 4 – Mina, German singer
• October 13 – Tiffany Trump, American Georgetown Law student, singer and socialite
• November 13 – Julia Michaels, American singer and songwriter
• November 24 – Ivi Adamou, Greek Cypriot singer
• November 26 – Erena Ono, Japanese singer
• November 27 – Aubrey Peeples, American actress and singer
• December 7 – Jasmine Villegas, American singer
• December 10 – Rachel Trachtenburg, American singer and actress (Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players and Supercute!)
• December 22
  • Ali Lohan, American actress, model and singer
  • Meghan Trainor, American singer-songwriter, musician and producer
• December 29 – Chloe Kohanski, American singer-songwriter, 2017 American The Voice winner
• December 30 – Krishane, Jamaican pop artist (Tinie Tempah, Jess Glynne)

Deaths

• January 6
  • Dizzy Gillespie, jazz trumpet virtuoso and co-founder of bebop, 76
  • Rudolf Nureyev, ballet dancer, 54
• January 13 – Gordon Tobing, Indonesian folk singer, 67
• January 15 – Sammy Cahn, songwriter, 79
• February 3 – Karel Goeyvaerts, composer, 69
• February 25 – Toy Caldwell, guitarist (The Marshall Tucker Band), 45
• February 26 – Pina Carmirelli, violinist, founder member of the Boccherini Quintet, 78
• March 3 – Carlos Montoya, guitarist, 89
• March 31 – Mitchell Parish, 92, US lyric writer
• April 19 – Steve Douglas, saxophonist, 54
• April 23 – Daniel Jones, composer, 80
• April 30 – Mick Ronson, guitarist, 46 (liver cancer)
• May 22 – Juice Wilson, jazz violinist, 89
• May 30 – Sun Ra, jazz composer, 79
• June 5 – Conway Twitty (real name: Harold Jenkins) country rock singer, 59
• June 9 – Arthur Alexander, country soul singer, 53
• June 10 – Arleen Auger, American operatic soprano, 53 (brain tumor)
• June 13 – John Campbell, blues guitarist, 41 (heart failure)
• June 28 – GG Allin, punk singer, 36 (heroin overdose)
• July 7 – Mia Zapata (The Gits), 27 (murdered)
• July 14 – Léo Ferré, French singer, songwriter and composer, 76
• July 19 – Szymon Goldberg, Polish-born American violinist and conductor, 84
• July 21 – Richard Tee, pianist and singer, 49 (prostate cancer)
• August 5 – Eugen Suchoň, Slovak composer, 84
• August 7 – Roy Budd, jazz pianist and film composer, 46 (brain haemorrhage)
• August 10 – Øystein Aarseth, aka Euronymous, black metal guitarist of Mayhem fame, 25 (murdered)
• August 17 – Phil Seymour, drummer, guitarist and singer, 41 (cancer)
• August 21 – Tatiana Troyanos, operatic mezzo-soprano, 54 (breast cancer)
• August 25 – Janna Allen, songwriter, 36 (leukemia)
• August 26 – Rockin' Dopsie, zydeco accordionist and singer, 61
• September 9 – Helen O'Connell, singer, actress and dancer, 73
• September 22 – Maurice Abravanel, conductor, 90
• September 24 – Ian Stuart Donaldson, musician, frontman of Skrewdriver, 36 (car crash)
• October 23 – Elena Nicolai, opera singer, 88
• October 31 – River Phoenix, actor and singer of Aleka's Attic, 23 (drug overdose)
• November 3 – Léon Theremin, inventor of the Theremin musical instrument, 97
• November 6 – Torsten Fenslau, (Culture Beat), 29 (car accident)
• November 7 – Adelaide Hall, jazz singer, actress, entertainer, 92
• November 11 – Erskine Hawkins, trumpet player and bandleader, 79
• November 16 – Lucia Popp, Slovak operatic soprano, 54 (brain cancer)
• November 18 – Arvid Fladmoe, Norwegian composer and conductor, 78
• November 22 – Anthony Burgess, composer and polymath best known as a novelist, 76
• November 24 – Albert Collins, blues guitarist and singer, 61 (cancer)
• November 26 – César Guerra-Peixe, violinist and composer, 79
• November 30 – David Houston, singer 57
• December 1 – Ray Gillen, former vocalist of Black Sabbath and Badlands, 34 (AIDS-related)
• December 4 – Frank Zappa, "Mothers of Invention" musician/composer, 52 (prostate cancer)
• December 5 – Doug Hopkins, guitarist and songwriter for Gin Blossoms, 32 (suicide)
• December 12 – Joan Cross, operatic soprano, 93
• December 19 – Michael Clarke, drummer (The Byrds), 47

Awards

Charts

See also

• 1993 in British music
• Record labels established in 1993

References

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