March 20–28 – The second Kempsey Country Music Heritage Week is held in Kempsey, New South Wales.March 6 – Whitney Houston's single ' I Will Always Love You' posts its 14th week at number one in the US.March 4 – Patti LaBelle receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, USA.

Eric Clapton wins six awards out of nine nominations.

February 24 – The 35th Annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles, hosted by Garry Shandling.

February 14 – Harry Nilsson suffers a non-fatal heart attack.

It becomes one of the most watched interviews in television history and is Jackson's first in fourteen years.

February 10 – Oprah Winfrey interviews Michael Jackson during a US television prime time special.

The performance is a ratings success and begins a trend of the NFL signing big-name acts to play at the Super Bowl in order to increase the spectacle and hype surrounding the game.

January 31 – Michael Jackson plays the halftime show of Super Bowl XXVII.

January 25 – Musician and anti-government activist Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is charged with murder and conspiracy after (according to the Nigerian police) an electrician was beaten to death at his home by his bodyguards.

The festival is headlined by Iggy Pop and Sonic Youth.

January 24– February 1 – The Big Day Out festival takes place in Australia, expanding from its original Sydney venue to include Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide.

January 13 – Bobby Brown is arrested in Augusta, Georgia, USA for simulating a sex act onstage.

Other inductees include Creedence Clearwater Revival, Ruth Brown, The Doors, Van Morrison, and Sly & The Family Stone.

January 12 – Cream reunites for a performance at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Los Angeles, USA.

January 9 – The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album becomes the first album in history, since the Nielsen SoundScan introduced a computerized sales monitoring system in May 1992, to sell over 1 million copies in one week in the US.

The design was voted on in February 1992. Postal Service issues an Elvis Presley stamp.

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