1991
Top Selling Singles
- Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It for You
- Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody”/”These Are the Days of Our Lives
- Cher – The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss)
- Right Said Fred – I’m Too Sexy
- The Simpsons – Do the Bartman
- Jason Donovan – Any Dream Will Do
- Chesney Hawkes – The One and Only
- Vic Reeves & the Wonder Stuff – Dizzy
- Oceanic – Insanity
- Color Me Badd – I Wanna Sex You Up
Christmas No.1: Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody”/”These Are the Days of Our Lives
Top Selling Albums
- Simply Red – Stars
- Eurythmics – Greatest Hits
- Queen – Greatest Hits II
- Tina Turner – Simply the Best
- Michael Jackson – Dangerous
- R.E.M. – Out of Time
- Michael Bolton – Time, Love & Tenderness
- Madonna – The Immaculate Collection
- Cher – Love Hurts
- Paul Young – From Time to Time – The Singles Collection
At the Box Office
- Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Three Men and a Little Lady
- Dances With Wolves
- The Naked Gun 2 ½: The Smell of Fear
- Sleeping With the Enemy
- Home Alone
- The Addams Family
- The Commitments
Cost of Living
Average house price | £56,853 |
Average salary | £57,000 |
Average car price | Citroën BX TZD: A sporty model that cost £13,102 |
Petrol | 40p/litre |
Pint of beer | £1.29 |
Packet of 20 Cigarettes | £1.80 |
Pint of milk | 32p |
In the News
- Tax-exempt special savings accounts (TESSAs) were introduced
- A train crash at Cannon Street station in London kills one person and injures over 500
- The final phase of the M40 motorway through Oxfordshire is opened
- The Gulf War begins, as the Royal Air Force joins Allied aircraft in bombing raids on Iraq
- British scientist Tim Berners-Lee introduces World Wide Web, the first web browser, while working at CERN in Geneva
- The Birmingham Six are freed after the Court of Appeal quashes their convictions over the 1974 pub bombings in Birmingham
- George Carey is enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury
- Kia, the Korean car company, begin importing cars to the United Kingdom for the first time
- John McCarthy, a British hostage held in Lebanon for over five years is freed
- It’s the launch of The Big Issue
- The first Sumo tournament to be held outside Japan is hosted at the Royal Albert Hall in London
- Bryan Adams makes history when his single (Everything I Do) I Do It for You, which features in the film Robin Hood:Prince of Thieves enters its fifteenth successive week at #1 in the UK singles charts.
- Computer retailer PC World opens its first branch in Croydon
- Terry Waite, a British hostage held in Lebanon, is freed after four-and-a-half years in captivity
- Freddie Mercury dies aged 45 at his home in London, just 24 hours after going public with the news that he was suffering from AIDS
On the Telly
- The Brittas Empire makes its debut on BBC1, starring Chris Barrie and Pippa Haywood.
- Matthew Kelly succeeds Bruce Forsyth as presenter of ITV’s You Bet!.
- While appearing as a guest on Aspel & Company, Rod Stewart takes off his shoes and tosses them into the audience.
- ITV airs the first Prime Suspect series, starring Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison.
- The Darling Buds of May makes its debut on ITV, starring David Jason, Pam Ferris and Catherine Zeta Jones.
- Debut of Big Break on BBC1, presented by Jim Davidson.
- Soldier Soldier makes its debut on ITV, starring Robson Green and Jerome Flynn.
- The sitcom Bottom makes its debut on BBC2, starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson
- Noel’s House Party Debuts on BBC1, presented by Noel Edmonds.
1991 in music
- Sweden’s Carola wins the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest (staged in Rome) with “Captured by a Storm Wind”.
Top Selling Christmas Toys
- Sega Game Gear – £97.95 (£204.24)
- Nintendo Game Boy – £69.99 (£145.94)
- Super Soaker 50 – £9.99 (£20.83)
Gadgets
- Sony Video Walkman
- Denon Portable CD Player – with a shock-mounted disc transport to prevent skipping
- Psion Series 3 – Personal Organiser