On February 7, Tupac Shakur was sentenced to one-and-a-half to four-and-a-half years in prison for sexually abusing a fan. He was later released from a New York prison on appeal.
After just four days, Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee married "Baywatch" babe Pamela Anderson on February 19 on the beaches of Cancún, Mexico
Selena was in the middle of a crossover campaign and murdered on March 31 by Yolanda Saldivar, the president of Selena's fan club.
Alanis Morissette dropped Jagged Little Pill on June 13. It became one of the biggest albums of the decade.
On June 20, Michael Jackson dropped his ninth studio LP called HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book 1. It went on to become one of the best-selling multiple-disk albums of all-time. 
The Grateful Dead performed their final show with Jerry Garcia at Chicago's Soldier Field on July 9.
TLC dropped their soon-to-be classic "Waterfalls." It went on to top the Billboard Hot 100.
Robbie Williams quit English pop group Take That on July 17.
Selena wasn't able to finish her crossover album, Dreaming of You, but the sixth studio LP was released posthumously on July 18 and became her first album chart topper on the Billboard Hot 100.
Then-teenager Britney Spears appeared in a Bell South phone commercial.
Jerry Garcia died of a heart attack at the age of 53 on August 9
Chief Keef was born on August 15 in Chicago, Illinois.
In September, the Spice Girls signed a deal with Virgin, which went on to release their entire catalogue.
At the 1995 VMAs, Courney Love crashed Kurt Loder's VMA post-show interview with Madonna.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened its doors in September in Cleveland, Ohio.
Queen released their final album with their original line-up on November 6
Enrique Iglesias dropped his debut self-titled album in Spanish on November 21, which went on to win a Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album
On December 2, Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men began a historic 16-week run on top of the Hot 100.
Journey briefly reunited (again) in 1995 with Steve Perry, Neal Schon, Ross Valory, Jonathan Cain and Steve Smith. The Misfits and E Street Band also reformed that same year