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Although the year 1991 is the year that grunge music made its popular breakthrough, heavy metal was still the dominant form of rock music for the year. [1] Therefore, Nirvana's Nevermind, led by the surprise hit single "Smells Like Teen Spirit", was not the most popular U.S. album of the year.
C+C Music Factory: 52 "I Touch Myself" Divinyls: 53 "Tom's Diner" DNA featuring Suzanne Vega: 54 "Iesha" Another Bad Creation: 55 "Something to Talk About" Bonnie Raitt: 56 "After the Rain" Nelson: 57 "Play That Funky Music" Vanilla Ice: 58 "Temptation" Corina: 59 "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" Bryan Adams: 60 "I Can't Wait Another Minute ...
("Black or White" by Michael Jackson would also spend a total of seven weeks at #1, but only four of those weeks were in the 1991 calendar year.) That year, 14 acts earn their first number one song, such as Surface , C+C Music Factory , Freedom Williams , Timmy T , Londonbeat , Hi-Five , Extreme , EMF , Color Me Badd , Marky Mark and the Funky ...
A total of 111 singles reached the top ten in 1991, with 102 singles that peaked that year while the remaining nine peaked in 1990 or 1992. This was also the final year that the Billboard Hot 100 used the old methodology for determining sales and airplay figures from a survey of retailers and radio stations.
19 September – Summer Music: Concertino No.5 op.74 for oboe, clarinet, and string quartet by Robin Holloway is performed for the first time, at the Purcell Room. 27 October – Fruitbat of Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine rugby tackles presenter Phillip Schofield at the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party after the group performs their single ...
1991 music festivals (1 C, 2 P) L. 1991 in Latin music (5 P) M. Musical groups disestablished in 1991 (176 P) Musical groups established in 1991 (629 P)
Seventy-eight artists achieved their first top 10 single in 1991, either as a lead or featured artist. Of these, eleven went on to record another hit single that year: Seal, C+C Music Factory, Color Me Badd, Dannii Minogue, Freedom Williams, James, Right Said Fred, Salt-N-Pepa, The Simpsons, Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff,
List of number-one hits of 1991 (Italy) List of Hot R&B Singles number ones of 1991; List of number-one singles of 1991 (Canada) List of number-one singles of 1991 (Ireland) List of number-one singles of 1991 (Portugal) List of Oricon number-one albums of 1991; List of Top Country Albums number ones of 1991; List of UK top-ten singles in 1991