Electronic sales data from Nielsen Soundscan is used for the first time to compile the Billboard charts. Janet Jackson becomes the highest paid female artist when she signs with Virgin. The first Lollapalooza Festival tours the US with Janes Addiction, Nine Inch Nails and others. Alternative rock moves mainstream with REM and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers at the top of the charts. Queen's lead singer Freddie Mercury dies of AIDS. Seattle grunge band Nirvana release their album Nevermind which would top the charts in January 1992.
00:00 Enter Sandman / Metallica
05:29 Give It Away / Red Hot Chili Peppers
10:12 (Everything I Do) I Do It for You / Bryan Adams
16:43 More Than Words / Extreme
22:17 Smells Like Teen Spirit / Nirvana
26:52 The Show Must Go On / Queen
31:07 The Sky Is Crying / Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
35:43 It's Love / King's X
40:17 Dreamline / Rush
44:54 Show Me The Way / Styx
49:26 All This Time / Sting
54:18 You Could Be Mine / Guns N' Roses
1:00:00 High Enough / Damn Yankees