1990 in music

• Luciano Pavarotti , Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras began to give joint concerts as part of the Three Tenors project.
• The rock group "Cinema" ceased to exist in connection with the death of the leader - Viktor Tsoi .
• The great Russian composer Alfred Schnittke moves to live in Hamburg , where he lives until his death in 1998 .

• January 3 - Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sarah Brightman divorced after five and a half years of marriage.
• February 16 - Ike Turner sentenced to 4 years in prison for possession of cocaine .
• May 30 - In New York , at the Sheraton New York Hotel End. Towers hosted the 21st annual ceremony for introducing the names of prominent composers into the Songwriters Hall of Fame . This time, Jim Croce (posthumous), Smokey Robinson and Michel Legrand were awarded this honor.
• June 21 - Little Richard found a personalized star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . [one]
• July 7 - in Rome, on the occasion of the closing of the World Cup , the first joint concert of the Three Tenors took place - Placido Domingo , Jose Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti . The concert was broadcast live on television around the world.
• December 15 - 45-year-old singer Rod Stuart married 21-year-old model (who later became an actress ) Rachel Hunter .

• Anekdoten rock band formed
• Rock band Tool formed
• Morcheeba formed
• Take That formed
• Rock band Rage Against the Machine formed
• Tortoise rock band formed
• Hip-hop duo formed by The Neptunes
• Disco Crash pop group formed
• British band The Prodigy formed
• Rock band Lacrimosa formed
• Rock, Life, Sex & Death formed
• Enigma music project formed
• Formed rock band Pearl Jam
• The Cranberries rock band formed
• Formed rock band In Flames
• Manic Depressive Psychosis formed
• Immortal metal band formed
• BIO electronic group formed
• Sinti and electro-pop group Technology formed
• Rock band formed
• Chimera rock band formed
• Znaki rock band formed

See also the 1990 music album category .

• Adultery (double album) ( Vladimir Asmolov )
• Greetings from Lenka Panteleev ( Anatoly Polotno )
• A matter of taste ( Valery Leontyev )
• The Sinful Way ( Valery Leontiev )
• Amerikkkas Most Wanted (Ice Cube)
• World Clique ( Deee-Lite )
• Fire ( Inner City )
• World Power ( Snap )
• X ( INXS )
• Amarok ( Mike Oldfield )
• Behavior ( Pet Shop Boys )
• Better Off Dead ( Sodom )
• Blaze of Glory ( Bon Jovi )
• By Inheritance ( Artillery )
• Cause of Death ( Obituary )
• Coma of Souls ( Kreator )
• Cracked Brain ( Destruction )
• I'm Breathless ( Madonna )
• In ogni senso ( Eros Ramazzotti )
• Changesbowie ( David Bowie )
• Cowboys From Hell ( Pantera )
• Deicide ( Deicide )
• Eaten Back To Life ( Cannibal Corpse )
• Faceless World ( UDO )
• Facelift ( Alice in Chains )
• Goo ( Sonic Youth )
• Infinity ( Guru Josh )
• Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 ( George Michael )
• Lost Paradise ( Paradise Lost )
• Harmony Corruption ( Napalm Death )
• Mariah Carey ( Mariah Carey )
• The Massacre ( The Exploited )
• Melrose ( Tangerine Dream )
• MCMXC aD ( Enigma )
• Miditerranean Pads ( Klaus Schulze )
• No Prayer for the Dying ( Iron Maiden )
• Obsession ( Blue System )
• Painkiller ( Judas Priest )
• Rust in Peace ( Megadeth )
• Sons of Kyuss EP ( Kyuss )
• Souls of black ( testament )
• Seasons in the Abyss ( Slayer )
• Slaves & Masters ( Deep Purple )
• Springtime for the World ( The Blow monkeys )
• Switch-Blade Knaife ( Naive )
• The Strong Survive ( Skrewdriver )
• Tales from the Twilight World ( Blind Guardian )
• Vanity / Nemesis ( Celtic Frost )
• Violator ( Depeche Mode )
• Crazy World ( Scorpions )
• Ass ( Auction )
• Jump-skok: children's songs ( Egor Letov )
• Little Fritz ( Gleb Samoilov )
• Black album ( Cinema )
• Above the law ( Bad Balance )
• Thaw ( DDT )
• Winter Garden ( Alexey Glyzin )
• At random ( Nautilus Pompilius )
• Technoromantics ( BIO )
• Evil Dead ( Gaza Strip )
• Core Louse ( Gaza Strip )
• The Razor's Edge ( AC / DC )
• Kingdom of Tears ( Masha Rasputin )
• I'm your baby tonight (Whitney Houston)

The following songs reached the highest places on the charts around the world in 1990 ^[1] .

• “The Sinful Way” - Valery Leontiev [2]
• “Memory” - Valery Leontiev
• “Invite a lady to dance” - Alla Pugacheva
• Margarita - Valery Leontiev
• “White Snow” - Valery Leontiev

• Top Selling Album in the USA ( Billboard Top 200 ) - “Rhythm Nation 1814” ( Janet Jackson )
• UK best-selling album - “The Immaculate Collection” ( Madonna )
• US Top Selling Single ( Billboard Hot 100 ) - “It Must Have Been Love” ( Roxette )
• UK Top Selling Single - “ Unchained Melody ” ( Righteous Brothers )

• Grammys for Album of the Year - Quincy Jones for Back on the Block
• Grammy Award for the Record of the Year - Phil Collins for Another Day in Paradise
• “Grammys” for the song of the year - “From a Distance” (performer - Bette Midler )
• Brit Awards for the best British recordings: single - “Enjoy the Silence” ( Depeche Mode ), album - “Listen Without Prejudice” ( George Michael )
• Best song according to Rolling Stone magazine - “Nothing Compares 2 U” ( Sinead O'Connor , author - Prince )

Born

• February 1 - Laura Marling , English folk-rock performer; songwriter, singer and guitarist;
• February 3 - Sean Kingston , American singer, rapper, songwriter;
• February 10 - Choi Suyung , South Korean singer;
• February 18 - Choi Sung-bong , South Korean singer;
• March 22 - Claire Huangchi , pianist;
• March 27 - Cimbra , New Zealand singer and guitarist;
• April 21 - Nadezhda Dorofeeva . Soloist of the group "Time and Glass" .;
• April 29 - Loic Essen , a British singer;
• May 30 - Im Yoona , South Korean idol singer;
• July 12 - Mauritius Sabre , British singer;
• July 28 - Soulja Boy , American rapper;
• September 20 - Phillip Phillips , American singer and musician;
• October 1 - Charlie McDonnell , English video blogger, singer, musician and songwriter;
• October 23 - Stan Walker , Australian singer;
• November 7 - Matt Corby , Australian singer;
• November 26th
  • Rita Ora , British singer and actress;
  • Chip , British rapper;
• December 20 - JoJo , American pop and R&B singer;
• December 26 - Andy Birsak , American musician, lead singer of Black Veil Brides , leader of the solo project Andy Black .
• December 28 - David Archuleta ;
• May 9 - Glory to the CPSU

Died

• January 3 - Arthur Gold , American pianist, 72
• January 7 - Jimmy Van Heusen, American composer, 77
• January 15 - Zeno Vancha , Romanian composer, musicologist and teacher, 89
• January 18 - Melanie Appleby , duet Mel and Kim , liver cancer, 23
• January 19 - Alberto Semprini , English pianist, 81
• January 23 - Allen Collins , Lynyrd Skynyrd band, guitarist, pneumonia , 37
• February 1 - Peter Racine Fricker , English composer, 69
• February 2 - Mel Lewis , drummer , band leader , 60
• February 8 - Del Shannon , American singer and musician, suicide, 55
• February 14 - Tony Holiday , German songwriter and hit singer, 38
• February 24 - Johnny Ray , singer, liver failure, 63
• February 26 - Cornell Gunther , assassination, 53
• March 6 - Mala , singer, 50
• March 11 - Muriel Dixon , 86
• March 16 - Andrew Wood , singer ( Mother Love Bone ), heroin overdose, 24
• March 17th - Rick Sin , bassist ( Family, Blind Faith ), cerebral hemorrhage, 43
• April 3 - Sarah Won , jazz vocalist, lung cancer, 66
• April 25 - Dexter Gordon , American Jazz Saxophonist , 67
• May 1 - Sergio Franchi , Italian-American tenor singer, brain cancer, 64
• May 8 - Luigi Nono , Italian composer, 66
• May 16 - Sammy Davis Jr. , American pop artist, film actor and singer, 64
• June 4 - Steve Bators , concussion, 40
• June 6 - Joe Loss , British musician, composer and singer, 80
• June 14 - Erna Berger , German singer ( soprano ), 89
• June 16 - Eva Turner , singer ( soprano ), 98
• 21st of June
  • June Christie , American singer, kidney failure, 64
  • Elizabeth Harwood , Cancer, 52
• June 25 - Peggy Glanville Hicks , Australian composer, 77
• July 7 - Casuza , Brazilian rock musician, 32
• July 15 - Trouble T. Roy , rapper, falls from the scene, 22
• July 16 - Sidney Torch , British pianist and composer, 82
• July 26 - Brent Midland , Grateful Dead keyboard player, drug overdose, 37
• August 14 - Lafayette Leek , Blues and Jazz Pianist, 71
• August 15 - Viktor Tsoi , leader of the Kino group , car accident, 28
• August 17 - Pearl Bailey , American singer, 72
• August 27 - Stevie Ray Won , American guitarist and singer, helicopter crash, 35
• September 2 - Sari Biro , Hungarian pianist, 78
• 6 September
  • Tom Fogherty , Creedence Clearwater Revival , AIDS , 48
  • Alexander Friedlander , conductor, composer and teacher, 83
• September 13 - Phil Napoleon , jazz trumpeter, 89
• October 3 - Eleanor Shteber - opera singer (soprano), 76
• October 4 - Ray Stevens , 35
• October 6th
  • Asser Fagerstrom , Finnish pianist and composer, 78
  • Danny Rodriguez , 22
• October 8 - Barry Wilson - drummer of Procol Harum , 43
• October 14 - Leonard Bernstein - American composer, pianist and conductor, 72
• October 16th
  • Art Blakey , Jazz Drummer, 71
  • Jorge Bolet , American pianist and conductor, 75
• October 27 - Chavier Cougat , Hispanic American Jazz Orchestra Director, 90
• October 31 - M.L. Vasantakumari , 62
• November 3 - Mary Marty , American singer, 76
• November 10 - Ronnie Dyson , 40
• December 2 - Aaron Copland , American composer, pianist and conductor, 90
• December 7 - Dee Clark , singer, heart attack, 52
• December 18 - Paul Tortellier - French cellist , composer , 76