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1992 was a pivotal year in the development of music. The most pivotal moment in musical development in 1992 was Nirvana 's Nevermind going to #1 on the CD charts. This marked the point where Grunge began to overtake the Glam Metal style of the 1980s .
Another notable event was the release of '' The Chronic '' by Dr. Dre . Though other artists (including Dr. Dre as a member of N.W.A. , and Public Enemy , LL Cool J and Kurtis Blow ) had achieved some mainstream success, ''The Chronic'' was perhaps the first real blockbuster hip hop album. It presaged the future mainstream dominance of Hip Hop , as well as the beginning of G Funk - West Coast Rap 's rule as the most popular and influential type of hip hop.
Also, techno and house music began to move from the underground rave scene of Los Angeles and other large cities into the mainstream American subculture.
Thrash Metal saw Megadeth moving in a more commercial direction with '' Countdown To Extinction '', while Pantera laid the groundwork for aggro-metal with '' Vulgar Display Of Power ''.
Political Rapcore band Rage Against The Machine released their Eponymous Debut Album , leading to modest mainstream success and opening the door for other Rapcore bands.
Pop-metal band Extreme released III Sides To Every Story , the follow up to 1990 's Pornograffitti , which spawned the hit "More Than Words." III Sides To Every Story is known by the band as their finest work.
The Spin Doctors ' '' Pocket Full Of Kryptonite '' spawned three huge hits this year. Though the band was never able to recreate this success, it foreshadowed the future rise of popular Jam Band s like Phish and Dave Matthews Band .
Garth Brooks continued to be a major force in the music business, having already enjoyed the feat of being the first country music superstar to debut at #1 in the albums charts the previous year with "Ropin' The Wind," his follow up set, "The Chase," also made its first appearance on both the pop and country charts at #1.
Contemporary Christian Music singer Amy Grant , who had recently scored major mainstream success in 1991 , saw her success continue as the last two singles from her enormously successful '' Heart In Motion '' album ("Good For Me" and "I Will Remember You") reach the Top Twenty of the US pop charts.
In 1992, the highly popular Japan ese band X , on the verge of an international breakthrough, changed their name to "X Japan" in order to distinguish themselves from the United States Punk band also called X .
1992 was also the year that the ABBA revival began. With the release of the ABBA Gold compilation, ABBA began to be remembered all over the world. The album soon topped the German, Swedish, and British charts, making them more than a success confined to the 1970s.
- January 11 - Nirvana 's '' Nevermind '' album goes to #1, kicking off the Grunge movement of the 1990s
- January 11 - Paul Simon is the first major artist to tour South Africa after the end of the cultural boycott.
- January 16 - Mick Jagger attends the Hollywood premiere of his new movie, ''Freejack'', at Mann's Chinese Theatre
- February 18 - Vince Neil leaves Mötley Crüe , after 11 years as the band's lead singer, to spend more time on his career as a race car driver.
- February 24 - Nirvana 's Kurt Cobain marries Hole 's Courtney Love
- February 24 - The U.S. Postal Service unveils 2 potential designs of its proposed Elvis Presley stamp for fans to vote on. One design is of a "young" 1950s Elvis, and the other is of a much "older" 1970s Elvis. The "young" Elvis wins the vote, and is issued the following January.
- March 10 - Prince wins the lifetime achievement award during the Soul Train Awards
- March 14 - Farm Aid Five takes place in Irving, Texas , hosted by Willie Nelson . Artists performing at the event include John Mellencamp , Neil Young and Paul Simon . Approximately 40,000 people attend the event.
- March 24 - A Chicago, Illinois judge approves cash rebates of up to $3 to anyone proving they bought Milli-Vanilli prior to when the lip synching scandal began on November 27 , 1990
- April 1 - Billy Idol , on trial for punching a woman in the face, pleads no contest. Idol is fined and ordered to make public service announcements against alcohol and drug use.
- April 24 - David Bowie marries fashion model Iman
- April 30 - In Los Angeles, California , Madonna 's Bustier is stolen from a display in Frederick's Of Hollywood . A $1,000 reward is offered for its return.
- May - The 1st EJCF was held in Basel . It is a great success and will be held every 3 years (the next time was in 1995 ).
- returned to the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1998 .
- June - " November Rain " by Guns N' Roses becomes the longest single to reach the Top 20, clocking in at 8 minutes, 57 seconds. The single's video has a budget of over $1 million, becoming the costliest at the time.
- July - Launch of the "Budafest" Summer Opera & Ballet Festival in Budapest .
- July 4 - Mark Heard suffers a heart attack while performing at the Cornerstone Festival in Illinois . Heard went to the hospital immediately after finishing his set and was released two weeks later.
- July 7 - Dream Theater releases their second full length album Images And Words , it is widely viewed as a seminal release in the Progressive Metal genre
- July 28 - Mary J. Blige releases her debut album What's The 411? . It is a pivotal album in the world of R&B .
- August - Rozalla becomes the first artist from Zimbabwe to chart on Billboard.
- August - Mark Heard suffers a cardiac arrest and dies.
- Former Beatle George Harrison tells '' Billboard Magazine '' that he recently discovered that he was born on February 24 , and not February 25 as he had thought for most of his life.
- Summer - Haiti an military authorities Ban the playing of RAM 's single "Fèy" ; first performed at the Port-au-Prince Carnival in February, the song was widely interepreted as an anthem of support for exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide .
- August 27 - John Lennon 's original handwritten lyrics to " A Day In The Life " are auctioned off, eventually selling for $87,000.
- September 29 - Seattle Grunge band Alice In Chains releases '' Dirt '', furthering the grunge movement; San Diego based grunge band Stone Temple Pilots release '' Core ''.
- October 3 - Sinéad O'Connor stirs up controversy when she rips up a picture of the Pope on '' Saturday Night Live ''
- October 27 - SWV releases their first album It's About Time .
- October 31 and November 7 - "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men posted its 12th and 13th consecutive weeks at #1, ending a 36-year record previously held by Elvis Presley . This record was ended on March 6 the next year by Whitney Houston 's "I Will Always Love You"
- November 3 The biggest hair bands in the 1980s, Bon Jovi , released their first album since their 1980s heyday, Keep The Faith , in the very enter of the grunge movement. The surprise success of the album and newfound popularity for the group made Bon Jovi the only 1980s hair band ( Guns N' Roses and Van Halen not included) to survive through the grunge period of the 1990s. The album went on to sell 10 million copies, the band's 4th most successful album.
- November 9 Australian -born singer Kylie Minogue left UK songwriters and record producers Stock Aitken Waterman then left PWL .
- November 15 - Megan Jasper of Sub Pop creates the Grunge Speak hoax, tricking '' The New York Times '' into printing an article on a supposed slang used in the Seattle grunge scene
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