1993 in British music

1993 in British music

This is a summary of 1993 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

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15 songs reached the number 1 spot this year. Compared to 1992, there was an improvement to singles sales, with sales rising year on year for the first time since 1989. However, none of the singles released this year were million sellers, the first instance of this happening since 1990. The only song to sell over a million in 1993 was one from the previous year, Whitney Houston's cover of "I Will Always Love You". It managed to sell sufficiently well enough to make its way onto the top 10 of both 1992 and 1993.

March saw The Bluebells reach number 1 with "Young at Heart", a song that had previously made number 8 in 1984. It was re-issued after appearing in an advert for Volkswagen, and the band reformed to promote the song.

Take That got their first #1 in July, with "Pray". Debuting in 1991 with the #38 hit "Promises", they would go on to score another seven number 1s before splitting in 1996. "Pray" was followed by Freddie Mercury scoring a posthumous number 1 with a remixed version of "Living on My Own", the original version of which made number 50 in 1985, making it the first remix of a previously charted single to reach number 1.

The biggest selling single of the year came from Meat Loaf, who hit #1 for seven weeks from October with "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)". It came from the album "", also the biggest selling of the year.

Finally, as usual, December saw the Christmas number one single. Meat Loaf's successor at number 1 was Mr. Blobby, a popular character on the BBC One show "Noel's House Party", with "Mr. Blobby" (the first ever eponymously titled number 1 single). In the final week before Christmas he was knocked off by Take That's "Babe", making Mr. Blobby the first one-week #1 since U2's "The Fly" in November 1991, and making Take That the first act to have three singles in a row all enter at #1. However, the following week (Christmas week) saw Mr. Blobby climb back up to the top, the first time this had happened since January 1969, and officially become this year's Christmas number 1.

Charts

ingles

Top 10 albums

Music awards

BRIT Awards

The 1993 BRIT Awards winners were:

*Best British producer: Peter Gabriel
*Best International Solo Artist: Prince
*Best soundtrack: "Wayne's World"
*British album: Annie Lennox: "Diva"
*British breakthrough act: Tasmin Archer
*British female solo artist – Annie Lennox
*British group: Simply Red
*British male solo artist: Mick Hucknall
*British single: Take That - "Could It Be Magic"
*British video: Shakespear's Sister - "Stay"
*International breakthrough act: Nirvana
*International group: R.E.M.
*Outstanding contribution: Rod Stewart

Mercury Music Prize

The 1993 Mercury Music Prize was awarded to Suede - "Suede.

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/ BBC Radio 1's Chart Show]
* [http://www.theofficialcharts.com/ The Official United Kingdom Charts Company]


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