1991 in Music - 1991 in Country Music, Eurovision Song Contest 1991, 1991 in British Music, 33rd Grammy Awards, 1991 in Heavy Metal Music (Paperback)

Chapters: 1991 in Country Music, Eurovision Song Contest 1991, 1991 in British Music, 33rd Grammy Awards, 1991 in Heavy Metal Music, Aria Music Awards of 1991, United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991, List of Number-One Singles in 1991, Melodifestivalen 1991, Riverport Riot, 1991 in Jazz, 33rd Japan Record Awards. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 99. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: See also: The year 1991 is the year that grunge music made its popular breakthrough. Nirvana's Nevermind, led by the surprise hit single "Smells Like Teen Spirit," becomes the most popular U.S. album of the year. Followed immediately by other grunge bands like Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and in 1992 by Stone Temple Pilots, grunge dominates the U.S. charts for the next few years. Its success effectively ends pop-oriented, 1980s glam metal groups like Def Leppard, M tley Cr e, Poison and Ratt, whose sales and critical viability were beginning to decline for about two years previously. Even so, the rock band Guns N' Roses's popularity flourishes with the release of their albums Use Your Illusion I