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1996 in music
See also:
1995 in music,
other events of 1996,
1997 in music, 1990s in music and the list of 'years in music'
Events
- January 16 - Jamaican authorities open fire on Jimmy Buffett's seaplane, mistaking it for a drug trafficker's plane. U2 singer Bono was also on the plane, but neither singer was injured.
- January 18 - Lisa Marie Presley files for divorce from Michael Jackson.
- January 28 - Chris Isaak makes a guest appearance on the television show Friends.
- January 29 - Garth Brooks refuses to accept his American Music Award for "Favorite Overall Artist". Brooks says that Hootie and the Blowfish had done more for music that year than he did.
- February 4 - Former Milli-Vanilli member Rob Pilatus is hospitalized when a man hits him over the head with a baseball bat in Hollywood, California. Pilatus was attempting to steal the man's car.
- February 14 - The Artist Formerly Known As Prince marries backup singer Mayte Garcia .
- February 20 - Snoop Doggy Dogg and his bodyguard are acquitted of first degree murder. The jury deadlocks on voluntary manslaughter charges and a mistrial is declared.
- March 4 - The Beatles' second reunion song is released, as part of their first reuinion since the band's breakup 26 years earlier. The song is simply a finished version of a John Lennon demo from 1980; a song called Real Love.
- March 13 - Ramones fans riot in Buenos Aires, Argentina after waiting all night for concert tickets only to find out that the show had been sold out.
- March 16 - Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men ends its 16th consecutive week at No. 1 with "One Sweet Day". It is the longest consecutive week stay at No. 1 in Billboard Hot 100 history.
- March 18 - The Sex Pistols announce that they are reuniting for a 20th anniversary tour.
- March 28 - Phil Collins announces that he is leaving Genesis to focus on his solo career.
- April 3 - M.C. Hammer files for bankruptcy.
- April 4 - The Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and Jerry Garcia's widow, Deborah, scatter part of Garcia's ashes in the Ganges River in India.
- April 15 - The remaining part of Jerry Garcia's ashes are scattered near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.
- April 24 - This Train , Rick Elias, Jimmy A, Phil Keaggy, Carolyn Arends , Third Day & Ashley Cleveland perform a tribute concert for Rich Mullins at Nashville's Cafe Milano. Speakers included Reunion Records executive Terry Hemmings , record producer Reed Arvin, disc jockey Jon Rivers , & author Brennan Manning.
- May - The Galway Early Music Festival is launched in Ireland.
- May 8 - In Los Angeles, California, a judge rules against Tommy Lee and wife actress Pamela Anderson Lee in their attempt to keep Penthouse magazine from publishing still photos taken from an X-rated home movie which was stolen from their home.
- July - The Smashing Pumpkins drummer, Jimmy Chamberlin, is arrested for possession of a controlled substance. The other band members fire him because they said his "insidious battle with drugs and alcohol" had nearly ruined everything for the band.
- August 6 - The Ramones play their last ever show at Lollapalooza.
- Launch of the Proms in the Park event in London.
- September 7 - Rapper Tupac Shakur is shot 4 times in Las Vegas, Nevada while leaving the MGM Grand hotel, after seeing the Mike Tyson vs. Bruce Seldon boxing match, in what is apparently a drive-by shooting.
- September 12 - Controversy follows The Eagles when the band dedicates "Peaceful Easy Feeling" to Saddam Hussein at a United States Democratic Party fundraiser held in Los Angeles.
- September 13 - Tupac Shakur died in hospital after his wounds from the Las Vegas, Nevada MGM Grand shooting.
- November 8 - After having first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, the film Hype!, a documentary on the Seattle grunge scene, opens to general audiences
- Sheryl Crow's self titled album is banned from Wal-Mart stores because of the lyric "Watch out sister, watch out brother/watch our children while they kill each other/with a gun they bought at Wal-Mart Discount Stores".
- The Monkees embark on their 30th Anniversary Reunion Tour
- All Systems Go! forms
- Chevelle forms
- Dashboard Confessional forms
- Linkin Park forms
- Me First and the Gimme Gimmes forms
- Orgy forms
- Coal Chamber's career begins
- Jay-Z's musical career begins
- Poison reunites
- Singer Tori Amos is sued when a man crashes his car after being distracted by a billboard advertising her album; the billboard featured a photo of Amos breastfeeding a piglet.
- David Bowie's single "Telling Lies" becomes the first song offered as a free digital download by a major record label (Virgin Records).
- The Dutch goth metal band Within Temptation was formed.
Albums released
Top hits
See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1996
Births
Deaths
- January 25 - Jonathan Larson, composer
- February 17 - Evelyn Laye, 95, English actress and singer
- February 20 - Toru Takemitsu, composer
- March 4 - Minnie Pearl (84)
- March 15 - Olga Rudge (101), violinist
- March 22 - Don Murray , The Turtles
- April 18 - Bernard Edwards, Chic, pneumonia
- May 8 - Celedonio Romero , leader of the Romeros guitar quartet,
- May 25 - Brad Nowell, lead singer and guitarist for Sublime
- June 15 - Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer
- July 16 - John Panozzo , 48, drummer for Styx and brother of Chuck Panozzo
- July 17 - Marcel Dadi 45, French country and western guitarist died in crash of TWA flight 800
- July 29 - Jason Thirsk, bass member of Pennywise
- August 13 - David Tudor, pianist and composer
- August 14 - Sergiu Celibidache, orchestral conductor
- September 13 - Tupac Shakur, rapper, poet, actor
- November 30 - Tiny Tim, musician
- December 29 - Mireille, French singer
Awards
Charts
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