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1992 was a pivotal year in the development of music.^{citation needed} As Nirvana's Nevermind went to #1 in the American CD charts, Grunge began to overtake the Glam metal style of the 1980s.^{citation needed}

Another notable event was the release of The Chronic by Dr. Dre.^{citation needed} 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.^{citation needed} 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.^{citation needed}

Even more notable, still, was the emergence in London and Manchester, UK, of a strange mutant spawn of hip-hop, techno, dancehall, reggae, acid, dub, ragga and electro known as Jungle.^{citation needed} It would grow over the next few years to become one of the most influential styles of dance music since the inception of house and techno in the 1980s.^{citation needed}

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.^{citation needed}

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.^{citation needed}

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.^{citation needed}

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.^{citation needed}

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 bands like Phish and Dave Matthews Band.^{citation needed}

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.^{citation needed}

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.^{citation needed}

In 1992, the highly popular Japanese 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.^{citation needed}

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.^{citation needed}

January

• January 11
  • Nirvana's Nevermind album goes to #1 in the US Billboard 200 chart, establishing the widespread popularity of the Grunge movement of the 1990s.^[1]
  • Paul Simon is the first major artist to tour South Africa after the end of the United Nations cultural boycott.^[2]
• January 16 - Mick Jagger attends the Hollywood premiere of his new movie, Freejack, at Mann's Chinese Theatre.^{citation needed}

February

• 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 racing car driver.^[3]
• February 24
  • Nirvana's Kurt Cobain marries Hole's Courtney Love.^{citation needed}
  • The U.S. Postal Service unveils two potential designs for its proposed Elvis Presley postage 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 the stamp is issued the following January.^{citation needed}

March

• March 10 - Prince wins the lifetime achievement award during the Soul Train Awards.^{citation needed}
• March 14 - Farm Aid Five takes place in Irving, Texas, USA, hosted by Willie Nelson. Artists performing at the event include John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Paul Simon. Approximately 40,000 people attend the event.^{citation needed}
• March 24 - A Chicago, Illinois, USA judge approves cash rebates of up to US$3 to anyone proving they bought Milli-Vanilli recordings prior to when the lip synching scandal began on November 27, 1990.^{citation needed}

April

• 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 abuse.^{citation needed}
• April 24 - David Bowie marries fashion model Iman.^{citation needed}
• April 30 - In Los Angeles, California, USA, Madonna's bustier is stolen from a display in Frederick's of Hollywood. A US$1,000 reward is offered for its return.^{citation needed}

May

• The first Europäisches Jugendchorfestival,(EJCF) (European Festival of Youth Choirs) was held in Basel, Switzerland. It was a great success and it was decided to make it a triennial event.
• May 7 - John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers left the band prior to the publication of the Rolling Stone magazine cover featuring them and had to be digitally edited out of the photo.^[4] Frusciante returned to the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1998.^{citation needed}

June

• "November Rain" by Guns N' Roses enters the world record when it becomes the longest single, at 8 minutes, 57 seconds, to reach the US Top 20. The single's video has a budget of over US$1 million, becoming the costliest at the time.^{citation needed}

July

• The Budafest Summer Opera and Ballet Festival is launched in Budapest, Hungary.^{citation needed}
• July 4 - Mark Heard suffers a heart attack while performing at the Cornerstone Festival in Illinois, USA. Heard went to hospital immediately after finishing his set and was released two weeks later.^{citation needed}

August

• Rozalla becomes the first artist from Zimbabwe to chart on the US Billboard magazine chart.^{citation needed}
• 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.^{citation needed}
• Haitian military authorities ban the playing of RAM's single "Fèy"; first performed at the Port-au-Prince Carnival in February, the song was widely interpreted as an anthem of support for exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.^{citation needed}
• August 27 - John Lennon's original handwritten lyrics to "A Day in the Life" are auctioned and sold for US$87,000.^{citation needed}

October

• October 3 - Sinéad O'Connor stirs up controversy when she rips up a picture of the Pope on the US television show, Saturday Night Live.^{citation needed}
• October 31 and November 7 - "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men posted its 12th and 13th consecutive weeks at #1 in the US charts, ending a 36-year record previously held by Elvis Presley. Boyz II Men's record was broken on March 6 1993 by Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You".^{citation needed}

November

• November 9 Australian-born singer Kylie Minogue ended her working relationship with UK songwriters and record producers Stock Aitken Waterman and the record label 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 grunge scene in Seattle, USA.^{citation needed}

Bands formed

• The Apples in Stereo
• Ash
• Bang Chamber 8 (later to become Bloodhound Gang
• Blink-182
• blackmail
• Blind Melon
• Brainiac
• Bush
• Crawlspace (Sevendust)
• The Crüxshadows
• East 17
• Edguy
• Elastica
• Innocent Criminals (Silverchair)
• Less Than Jake
• Machine Head
• Malice Mizer
• Jamiroquai
• Millencolin
• MxPx
• Nada Surf
• P.O.D.
• Pooka
• Red Edge (later to become Savage Garden)
• Reel Big Fish
• Seven Mary Three
• Social Deviantz
• Insane Clown Posse
• Sunny Day Real Estate
• Tragic Love Company (later to become Stereophonics)
• Treble Charger
• The Inbreds
• The Waifs
• Thrush Hermit
• Treble Charger
• Weezer

Bands disbanded

• ABC
• The Alarm
• Dark Angel
• Echo & the Bunnymen (reformed 1997)
• EPMD
• Europe (reformed 1999 and 2003)
• Exodus
• The Feelies
• Hanoi Rocks
• Happy Mondays
• Bruce Hornsby & The Range
• J.J. Fad
• Luv' (reformed 1993 and 2005)
• Noiseworks
• The Nymphs
• Outlaw Posse
• Psychedelic Furs
• Ratt
• Slade
• The Sugarcubes
• Talking Heads

Bands Reformed

• The Tubes
• April Wine

Albums released

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• Live at Rhino Records - Angry Samoans
• The Arrogant Worms - The Arrogant Worms
• Still Life with Guitar - Kevin Ayers
• Fat Sound - Bad Manners
• The IVth Crusade - Bolt Thrower
• Burning Hell - Brainbombs
• Bucketheadland - Buckethead
• Rite - Julian Cope
• Thunder Perfect Mind - Current 93
• Light Speed Collision - Def Fx
• Nocturnal Omissions - Dreams So Real
• Accelerator - The Future Sound of London
• Second Time Around - Ghost
• Patio - Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
• Pleasure and Pain - Ben Harper and Tom Freund
• Electric Tepee - Hawkwind
• Out of the Blue - Donnie Iris
• In Search of Manny - Luscious Jackson
• The Wayward Bus - The Magnetic Fields
• '92 Tour EP - Motörhead
• Thunder Perfect Mind - Nurse with Wound
• Plea for Peace - Operation Ivy
• Phunk Junkeez - Phunk Junkeez (debut)
• On a Wing and a Prayer - Gerry Rafferty
• The End of Silence - Rollins Band
• Kampungan - Slank
• Twilight Time - Stratovarius
• 40 Oz. to Freedom - Sublime
• …Meanwhile - 10cc
• There and Back Again - Vertical Horizon (debut)
• Lik My Trakter - The Waltons
• Now That's What I Call Music! 21 - Various Artists

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1992.^[5]

#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart Entries
1	Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You	1992		UK 1 - Nov 1992, US BB 1 of 1992, Holland 1 - Nov 1992, Sweden 1 - Nov 1992, Switzerland 1 - Dec 1992, Norway 1 - Dec 1992, Poland 1 - Nov 1992, Germany 1 - Jan 1993, Éire 1 - Dec 1992, Australia 1 for 10 weeks Mar 1993, Grammy in 1993, Austria 2 - Dec 1992, Australia 2 of 1993, US CashBox 5 of 1993, Japan 5 of all time (international songs), Italy 7 of 1992, Global 7 (10 M sold) - 1992, POP 10 of 1992, Europe 19 of the 1990s, TOTP 19, AFI 65, Germany 67 of the 1990s, Scrobulate 90 of ballad, RIAA 108, RYM 172 of 1992, Party 280 of 1999, Acclaimed 802
2	Nirvana	Smells Like Teen Spirit	1992		New Zealand 1 for 1 weeks Feb 1992, Sweden 2 - Jan 1992, Norway 2 - Jan 1992, Poland 2 - Jan 1992, Germany 2 - Jan 1992, Holland 3 - Nov 1991, RYM 3 of 1991, Acclaimed 4, US BB 5 of 1992, Scrobulate 5 of rock, US BB 6 of 1992, Switzerland 6 - Feb 1992, Europe 6 of the 1990s, POP 6 of 1992, UK 7 - Nov 1991, Belgium 7 of all time, 7 in 2FM list, Rolling Stone 9, France 10 - Dec 1991, Austria 11 - Feb 1992, Virgin 16, Poland 23 of all time, US CashBox 27 of 1992, Italy 29 of 1992, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1991, WXPN 53, RIAA 80, Germany 152 of the 1990s, TheQ 321, OzNet 900
3	Boyz II Men	End of the Road	1992		UK 1 - Sep 1992, US BB 1 of 1992, US CashBox 1 of 1992, Holland 1 - Oct 1992, Éire 1 - Nov 1992, New Zealand 1 for 7 weeks Oct 1992, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Feb 1993, US BB 3 of 1992, Sweden 3 - Oct 1992, Norway 3 - Nov 1992, POP 3 of 1992, Poland 6 - Sep 1992, Switzerland 7 - Oct 1992, Germany 7 - Jan 1993, Australia 21 of 1992, Austria 29 - Nov 1992, Scrobulate 89 of rnb, Germany 337 of the 1990s
4	Snap!	Rhythm is a Dancer	1992		UK 1 - Jul 1992, Holland 1 - Apr 1992, Austria 1 - May 1992, Switzerland 1 - Apr 1992, Italy 1 of 1992, Germany 1 - Apr 1992, Éire 1 - Aug 1992, France 3 - Apr 1992, Sweden 4 - May 1992, Norway 4 - Jun 1992, US BB 5 of 1993, Germany 6 of the 1990s, US CashBox 12 of 1993, Australia 12 of 1992, US BB 17 of 1992, POP 17 of 1993, Scrobulate 65 of 90s, RYM 96 of 1992
5	Mr Big	To Be With You	1992		US BB 1 of 1992, Holland 1 - Mar 1992, Sweden 1 - Feb 1992, Switzerland 1 - Mar 1992, Norway 1 - Mar 1992, Germany 1 - Mar 1992, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks Mar 1992, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Aug 1992, Austria 2 - Apr 1992, UK 3 - Mar 1992, Poland 5 - Jan 1992, Australia 7 of 1992, US CashBox 9 of 1992, POP 25 of 1992, Germany 47 of the 1990s, OzNet 386

Top hits on record

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• "All 4 Love" - Color Me Badd
• "All I Want" - Toad the Wet Sprocket
• "All That She Wants" - Ace Of Base
• "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg - TLC
• "Atesle Barut" - Sertab Erener
• "Baby-Baby-Baby - TLC
• "Be My Baby" - Vanessa Paradis
• "Come as You Are" - Nirvana
• "Connected" - Stereo MCs
• "Digging In The Dirt" - Peter Gabriel
• "Dixie-Narco (EP)" - Primal Scream
• "Drive" - R.E.M.
• "El Visa" - Cheb Hasni
• "End Of The Road" - Boyz II Men
• "Erotica" - Madonna
• "Even Better Than The Real Thing" - U2
• "Even Flow" - Pearl Jam
• "Forever Love" - Color Me Badd
• "Free Your Mind" - En Vogue
• "Friday I'm In Love" - The Cure
• "God Gave Rock And Roll To You II" - Kiss
• "Heaven Sent" - INXS
• "House of Love" - East 17
• "I Adore Mi Amore" - Color Me Badd
• "I Can't Dance" - Genesis
• "I Love Your Smile" - Shanice
• "In Bloom" - Nirvana
• "I'll Be There" - Mariah Carey
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