This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Events

January–February

March–April

May–June

July–August

September–October

November–December

Also in 1995

Bands formed

Bands disbanded

Bands reformed

Albums released

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Release date unknown

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest aggregated positions in the charts of 1995.

Top 40 Chart hit singles

Other Chart hit singles

• "Baby" – Brandy • "Baby Baby" – Corona • "Baby Boy" – Me & My • "Back for Good" – Take That • "Back in the U.K." – Scooter • "Bang and Blame" – R.E.M. • "Beautiful Life" – Ace of Base • "Bedtime Story" – Madonna • "Believe" – Elton John • "Be My Lover" – La Bouche • "Best Friend" – Brandy • "Better Man" – Pearl Jam • "Blessed" – Elton John • "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" – Bucketheads • "Breakfast at Tiffany's" – Deep Blue Something • "Big Poppa" – The Notorious B.I.G. • "Blind" – KoЯn • "Boombastic" – Shaggy • "Boom Boom Boom" – The Outhere Brothers • "Buddy Holly" – Weezer • "Bullet" – Fluke • "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" – The Smashing Pumpkins • "Candy Rain" – Soul For Real • "Can't Stop Lovin' You" – Van Halen • "Can't Stop Raving" - Dune • "Captain Jack" – Captain Jack • "Captive Heart" – Selena • "Carnival" – Natalie Merchant • "Catch a Fire" – Haddaway • "Charmless Man" – Blur • "Colors of the Wind" – Vanessa L. Williams • "Come and Get Your Love" – Real McCoy • "Common People" – Pulp • "Connection" – Elastica • "Conquest of Paradise" – Vangelis • "Cotton-Eyed Joe" – Rednex • "Country House" – Blur • "Creep" – TLC • "Dear Mama" – 2Pac • "December" – Collective Soul • "Dieu m'a donné la foi" – Ophélie Winter • "Diggin' on You" – TLC • "Disco 2000" – Pulp • "Do What's Good For Me" – 2 Unlimited • "Do You Really Want Me (Show Respect)" – Robyn • "Don't Give Me Your Life" – Alex Party • "Don't You Know" – Pandora • "Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle)" – The Outhere Brothers • "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)" – Monica • "Dreamer" – Livin' Joy • "Dreaming of You" – Selena • "Dub-I-Dub" – Me & My • "Earth Song" – Michael Jackson • "Electric" – Leila K • "Everlasting Love" – Gloria Estefan • "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" – Whitney Houston • "Fairground" – Simply Red • "Fantasy" – Mariah Carey • "Father and Son" – Boyzone • "Find Me (Odyssey to Anyoona)" – Jam & Spoon & Plavka • "The First the Last Eternity (Till the End)" – Snap! • "Flat Top" – Goo Goo Dolls • "Fly Away" – Haddaway • "Flying High" – Captain Hollywood Project • "Freak Like Me" – Adina Howard • "Fred Come to Bed" – E-Rotic • "Freedom" - DJ BoBo • "Gangsta's Paradise" – Coolio & L.V. • "Generation of Love" – Masterboy • "A Girl Like You" – Edwyn Collins • "Gold" – Prince • "Good" – Better Than Ezra • "Grind" – Alice in Chains • "Hakuna Matata" – Jimmy Cliff & Lebo M • "Hand In My Pocket" – Alanis Morissette • "Hard as a Rock" – AC/DC • "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?" – Bryan Adams • "Heaven for Everyone" – Queen • "Here I Go" – 2 Unlimited • "Herz an Herz" – Blümchen • "Hey Lover" – LL Cool J & Boyz II Men • "Hey Man, Nice Shot" – Filter • "Higher State of Consciousness" - Josh Wink • "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" – U2 • "Hook" – Blues Traveler • "How Deep Is Your Love" – Portrait • "Human Nature" – Madonna • "Hurt" – Nine Inch Nails • "I Alone" – Live • "I Believe" – Blessid Union of Souls • "I Can Love You Like That" – All-4-One • "I Could Fall in Love" – Selena • "I Got a Girl" – Tripping Daisy • "I Got 5 on It" – Luniz & Michael Marshall • "I Got Id" – Pearl Jam & Neil Young • "I Hate U" – Prince • "I Know" – Dionne Farris • "I Wanna B With U" – Fun Factory • "I Wanna Be A Hippy" – Technohead • "I Want You" – Madonna • "I Wish" – Skee-Lo • "I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" – Meat Loaf • "If I Wanted To" – Melissa Etheridge • "If You Love Me" – Brownstone • "If You Only Let Me In" – MN8 • "If You Think You're Lonely Now" – K-Ci Hailey • "I'll Be There for You" – The Rembrandts • "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By" – Method Man & Mary J. Blige • "I'm Getting Used To You" – Selena • "In the House of Stone and Light" – Martin Page • "In the Summertime" – Shaggy • "Independent Love Song" – Scarlet • "Inseparables" – Lynda Thomas • "Inside Out" – Culture Beat • "It’s Cool Man" - XXL & Peter Steiner • "It's Oh So Quiet" – Björk • "It's Midnight Cinderella" – Garth Brooks • "I've Got a Little Something for You" – MN8 • "Je sais pas" – Céline Dion • "Julia Says" – Wet Wet Wet • "Just" – Radiohead • "Just a Girl" – No Doubt • "Just tah Let U Know" – Eazy-E • "Keep Their Heads Ringin'" – Dr. Dre • "Key to My Life" – Boyzone • "Kiss From A Rose" – Seal • "Knockin'" – Double Vision • "Laila" – Blue System • "La La La Hey Hey" – The Outhere Brothers • "Last Christmas" - Whigfield • "Leave Home" – The Chemical Brothers • "Let Her Cry" – Hootie & the Blowfish • "Let It Rain" – East 17 • "Lick It" – 20 Fingers • "Life Is Sweet" – The Chemical Brothers & Tim Burgess • "Lie to me" – Bon Jovi • "Life's a Bitch" – Nas • "Lightning Crashes" – Live • "Like a Rolling Stone" - The Rolling Stones • "Love Is All Around" – DJ BoBo • "Love Me for a Reason" – Boyzone • "Lucky Love" – Ace of Base • "Lump" – The Presidents of the United States of America • "Macarena" – Los del Río • "Marta's Song" – Deep Forest • "Mief (Nimm mich jetzt, auch wenn ich stinke)" – Die Doofen • "Magic Carpet Ride" - Mighty Dub Katz • "Misery" – Soul Asylum • "Mis-Shapes" – Pulp • "Missing" – Everything But The Girl • "Missing My Baby" – Selena • "Miss Sarajevo" – Passengers • "Misunderstood Man" – Cliff Richard • "Mouth" – Merril Bainbridge • "Move Your Ass!" – Scooter • "My Friends" – Red Hot Chili Peppers • "Name" – Goo Goo Dolls • "Never Forget" – Take That • "No More I Love You's" – Annie Lennox • "Not Over Yet" – Grace • "Ode to My Family" – The Cranberries • "Old Pop in an Oak" – Rednex • "One Man in My Heart" – Human League • "One More Chance (Remix)" – The Notorious B.I.G. • "One of Us" – Joan Osborne • "Only One" – Goo Goo Dolls • "Only Wanna Be With You" – Hootie & the Blowfish • "Original" – Leftfield & Toni Halliday • "Over My Shoulder" – Mike + The Mechanics • "Player's Anthem" – Junior M.A.F.I.A. • "Poison" - The Prodigy • "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" – Céline Dion • "Push the Feeling On" – Nightcrawlers • "Reach Up (Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag)" - Perfecto Allstarz • "Red Light Special" - TLC • "Renegade Master" – Wildchild • "Respect" – Alliance Ethnik • "Right in the Night" – Jam & Spoon & Plavka • "Right Type of Mood" – Herbie • "River of Deceit" – Mad Season • "Rock and Roll Is Dead" – Lenny Kravitz • "Roll to Me" – Del Amitri • "Roll with It" – Oasis • "Run-Around" – Blues Traveler • "Runaway" – Janet Jackson • "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)" – Scatman John • "Scatman's World" – Scatman John • "Scream" – Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson • "Set You Free" – N-Trance • "Sex on the Phone" – E-Rotic • "She" – Green Day • "She's a River" – Simple Minds • "She's Every Woman" – Garth Brooks • "Shut Up (and Sleep with Me)" – Sin With Sebastian • "Shy Guy" – Diana King • "Sick Of Myself" – Matthew Sweet • "Sie ist weg" – Die Fantastischen Vier • "Simple & Funky" - Alliance Ethnik • "Snuff the Punk" – P.O.D. • "So Good" – Boyzone • "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" – Bon Jovi • "Something for the Pain" – Bon Jovi • "Some Might Say" – Oasis • "Sorted for E's & Wizz" – Pulp • "Stayin' Alive" – N-Trance • "Strange World" – Ké • "Stutter" – Elastica • "Surrender Your Love" – Nightcrawlers • "Sympathy for the Devil" – Guns N' Roses • "Take a Bow" – Madonna • "Te Extraño, Te Olvido, Te Amo" – Ricky Martin • "Tell Me" - Groove Theory • "Tell Me When" – The Human League • "The First Cut Is the Deepest" - Papa Dee • "There Is a party" – DJ BoBo • "Think of You" – Whigfield • "This Ain't a Love Song" – Bon Jovi • "This Is A Call" – Foo Fighters • "This Is How We Do It" – Montell Jordan • "This Time I'm Free" – Dr. Alban • "Three in the Power of One" – P.O.D. • "Thunder" – East 17 • "Til I Hear It from You" – Gin Blossoms • "Tomorrow" – Silverchair • "Too Hot" – Coolio • "Tosh" – Fluke • "Total Eclipse of the Heart" – Nicki French • "Try Me Out" – Corona • "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" – Freak Power • "Two Can Play That Game" – Bobby Brown • "The Universal" – Blur • "Walking in Memphis" – Cher • "Warped" – Red Hot Chili Peppers • "Water Runs Dry" – Boyz II Men • "Waterfalls" – TLC • "Whatever" – Oasis • "What'll I Do" – Janet Jackson • "When I Come Around" – Green Day • "When Love & Hate Collide" – Def Leppard • "Where the Wild Roses Grow" – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds & Kylie Minogue • "Whoops Now" – Janet Jackson • "Wish You Were Here" – Rednex • "Wonderwall" – The Mike Flowers Pops • "Wonderwall" – Oasis • "The World I Know" – Collective Soul • "XXL" - Mylène Farmer • "Yeha-Noha" – Sacred Spirit • "You Are Not Alone" – Michael Jackson • "You Belong to Me" – JK & Shena • "You Oughta Know" – Alanis Morissette • "You'll See" – Madonna • "Your Loving Arms" – Billie Ray Martin • "Zombie" – The Cranberries

Notable singles

Other Notable singles

• "Da Funk" - Daft Punk • "Radar" - Morphine

Top ten best albums of the year

The following ten albums from 1995 are the highest rated, as per aggregate ratings compiled from over 33,000 different "greatest album" charts. Results accurate as of April 2018.

Classical music

Opera

Jazz

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

Awards

Grammy Awards

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

Mercury Music Prize

MTV Video Music Awards

Charts

Triple J Hottest 100 Main article: Triple J Hottest 100, 1995