Edgewood High School, El Corral, 1996, World Beat 13

Description:	Live dedicate their singleLightning Crashes tovictims of the Oklahoma Citybombing. The rock bandsThrowing Copperalbum yieldsthree hit singles; Billboard MusicAwards names them Rock Artistof the Year.The Chicago-based rock band Smashing Pumpkinsrelease their epic double album Mellon Collie and theInfinite Sadness to critical and public acclaim.Mariah Careys Daydreamsells over 5 million copies,taking number-one spot on theBillboardalbum chart. Careyperforms with Boyz II Men onthe hit single One Sweet Day.flashR.E.M.s summer tour isinterrupted by medicalemergencies for three of thebands four members. The tour,their first in five years, iseventually completed with allmembers in good health.In October, David Bowie andNine Inch Nails wrap up theU.S. portion of Bowies worldtour. At each show, Bowie andTrent Reznors band play a settogether. In December, Bowietours Europe with Morrissey ashis opening act.The Red Hot Chili Peppers tonedown their trademarkbawdiness in their newestalbum, One Hot Minute./JAtlantas TLC is honored at theBillboard Music Awards forproviding two of the years biggesthits. Creep and Waterfalls bothlead the Hot 100 singles chartsfor weeks.Former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl plays a newsound as guitarist and lead singer in the FooFighters, an alternative rock band that enjoys threesingles off their self-titled debut album in 1995.Jeffrey Scales. LGA hard-luck story turns intoovernight success in the case ofCanadian Shania Twain, born inpoverty to an Irish mother andan Ojibway Indian father. Twains1995 hits include Whose BedHave Your Boots Been Under?,Any Man of Mine and the titletune to her 3-million-sellingalbum The Woman In Me.Success doesnt mellow the styleof alternative rock band GreenDay, who release their anxiouslyawaited fourth album Insomniac,their fastest and darkest albumto date.Seals hit off the Batman Forevermovie soundtrack, Kiss From aRose, is all over the summerplaylists. The single propels theartists self-titled album to thedouble-platinum mark.With the record-setting sales ofhis album Fresh Horses, onlythree musical acts in U.S. historyoutsell country music icon GarthBrooks: the Beatles, the Eagles,and Billy Joel.Selena, the 23-year-old Tejanomusic queen, is gunned down inCorpus Christi in March 1995 byYolanda Saldivar, formerpresident of her fan club. TheJuly release of a collection ofSelenas hits, Dreaming of You,sees some of the fastest sales inmusic history.
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Collection:	Edgewood High School

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