Overview of the events of 2003 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2003.
Specific locations
Specific genres
Events
January–February
January 6 – The annual Park Lane Group Young Artists festival of contemporary music opens with two concerts in the Purcell Room at the Southbank Centre , London. The first concert, given by the Gallimaufry Ensemble, includes the premiere of a new wind quintet by 23-year-old Benjamin Wallfisch; the second concert features solo bass clarinettist Sarah Watts, who premieres Marc Yeats Vox for solo bass clarinet and Michael Smetanin's Ladder of Escape for bass clarinet with prerecorded ensemble of six bass and two contrabass clarinets .[ 1]
January 7 – The Philip on Film Live festival (until January 11) opens at the Barbican Centre , London, featuring films with music by Philip Glass performed live by the Philip Glass Ensemble , conducted by Michael Riesman.[ 2]
January 9 – The Vienna Philharmonic belatedly announce that violist Ursula Plaichinger has become the first official female member of the orchestra, 158 years after their founding and six years after they have been forced to allow women to audition, under threat of having their state subsidies stopped. At the same time, it is disclosed that orchestra boss Clemens Hellsberg has formally banned Plaichinger from giving interviews to the press.[ 3]
January 10
Andrew Lack, former chief of NBC news, is named the new head of Sony's music division, to the surprise of the music industry, because he had no previous experience of the record industry.[ 4] He replaced Tommy Mottola , who resigned the previous day amidst reports of friction with higher Sony executives over huge financial losses in the music division.[ 5]
Following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in the UK and the Netherlands recover 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested. The tapes have been used for bootleg releases for years.[ 6]
January 13 – The Who guitarist Pete Townshend is arrested by British police on suspicion of possessing and making indecent images of children and of incitement to distribute them. Townshend claims in a statement that he did not download any such images and accessed Web sites advertising child pornography because he was researching material for his autobiography, which will include passages about his abusive childhood.[ 7]
January 17 –February 2 – The Big Day Out festival takes place in Australia and New Zealand , headlined by Foo Fighters , Jane's Addiction and Underworld .[ 8]
January 18
January 22 – Nikolaus Harnoncourt cancels a European tour after being ordered by his doctors to take a two-month rest.[ 11]
February 3
February 8 – Avril Lavigne scores her third #1 single "I'm with You ", making her the second artist in history to have three consecutive #1 songs from a début album in the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 .
February 20 – The Station nightclub fire : Fire engulfs a Rhode Island nightclub during a fireworks display which was part of the performance by rock band Great White . The fire quickly spreads across the ceiling, filling the building with thick, black smoke, killing 100 people and injuring 160 others as audience members rush for the exits. Many people are missing for some time, including Great White guitarist Ty Longley , who is later confirmed to be dead.[ 14]
February 23 – New York City is the site of The 45th Annual Grammy Awards , featuring Nickelback , No Doubt , Foo Fighters , Beyoncé and other performers. Norah Jones wins a total of six awards, including all four in the General field.
February 24 – Robert Trujillo joins Metallica .[ 15]
March–April
March 3 – Avril Lavigne kicks off her first headlining tour the "Try To Shut Me Up Tour ".
March 10
Johnny Cash is admitted to Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee to undergo treatment for pneumonia .
The Dixie Chicks unleash a firestorm of controversy at a concert in London when lead singer Natalie Maines announces to the audience that "just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas". The group is dropped from radio playlists all over the United States and receives death threats as a result.[ 16]
March 21 – Ex-Neighbours star Delta Goodrem releases her debut album Innocent Eyes which became Australia's monster smash hit of 2003 and included the releases of the new singles "Born to Try " and "Lost Without You ".
March 24 – Meteora by Linkin Park debuts at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart.
March 25 – Céline Dion begins A New Day... , her Las Vegas residency show. It would run for almost five years and over 700 shows.
April 1 – Dozens of fans walk out during a Pearl Jam concert when lead singer Eddie Vedder makes comments opposing the Iraq war and derogatory remarks about U.S. President George W. Bush . Other audience members boo and shout at Vedder telling him to "shut up." Vedder attempts to calm the crowd by adding "just to clarify... we support the troops."[ 17] [ 18]
April 4 – Alex Katunich quits Incubus .[ 19]
April 16 – Luther Vandross suffers a severe stroke at his home in New York City.[ 20] He emerges from a coma seven weeks later.[ 21]
April 21 – S Club announce live on stage at London's Docklands Arena that they've decided to split up after five years together.[ 22] Their final single, "Say Goodbye ", enters the chart at #2 a month after the announcement. Rachel Stevens from the group launched her successful solo career shortly afterwards with the song "Sweet Dreams My LA Ex ".
April 26 -27 – The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival takes place in California . Headlined by Beastie Boys and Red Hot Chili Peppers , the lineup also features Queens of the Stone Age , Iggy and the Stooges , Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals , Blur , The White Stripes , Sonic Youth , Black Eyed Peas , Interpol , the Mars Volta , N.E.R.D. and Primal Scream .[ 23]
April 28 – Apple Inc. opens the iTunes Music Store , offering 200,000 songs for download at a cost of 99 cents each. More than 1 million songs are sold in the store's first week.[ 24]
May–June
May 7 – Pete Townshend is cleared of the charges stemming from his arrest in January on suspicion of possessing child pornography, but is formally cautioned and placed on the sex offenders register for five years.[ 25]
May 19 – The former TV channel MuchMusic USA relaunches as Fuse .
May 21 – Ruben Studdard wins the second season of American Idol , edging Clay Aiken .[ 26]
May 24
May 31 -June 1 – The inaugural Download Festival takes place at Donington Park in Leicestershire , England. Iron Maiden and Audioslave headline the main stage, the latter acting as replacements for original headliners Limp Bizkit . The Scuzz Stage is headlined by A and NOFX .
June 14
Alexander Kuoppala quit Children of Bodom .
David Del Tredici 's Wondrous the Merge for string quartet and narrator, based on a homoerotic poem by James Broughton , makes its controversial debut at the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival.
Henry Ranta quits Soilwork .[ 27]
Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera kicked off their summer Justified & Stripped Tour .
Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ-FM airs the 11th Annual of the Weenie Roast show with AFI , the Ataris , Blur , Chevelle , Deftones , Finch , Foo Fighters , Godsmack , Good Charlotte , Hot Hot Heat , Interpol , Jane's Addiction , Less Than Jake , Liam Lynch , Staind , Sum 41 , Thrice , the Transplants , the Used , the White Stripes and Pete Yorn .
Alice Cooper begins production of his 26th album. It is a departure from the heavy metal sound of previous albums and is more influenced by his albums of the 1970s.
June 20
Beyoncé releases her No.1 debut solo album Dangerously in Love , which would earn her 5 Grammys in a single night. It also spawned two No.1 singles in the US and has sold 11 million copies to date.
Nick Oshiro replaces Ken Jay in Static-X .
June 24 – Taylor Swift signs to RCA Records .
June 27 –29 – In the Glastonbury Festival , U.K., headline acts include David Gray , R.E.M. , Primal Scream , Morcheeba , The Flaming Lips , Radiohead , Super Furry Animals , Lamb , Macy Gray , Feeder , Manic Street Preachers , Moby and Doves . The weather is mostly dry and the festival deemed a success from both a security and entertainment viewpoint by Michael Eavis .
July–August
July 2
July 5 – Lollapalooza returns after a six-year absence from the music festival circuit. Jane's Addiction , Audioslave , Incubus and Queens of the Stone Age are among the featured acts.
July 11 – Judas Priest announces that Rob Halford has rejoined the band, with a reunion tour to follow in 2004.[ 30]
July 14 – The Eurodance and alternative rock musician Lynda Thomas makes her last public appearance before suddenly leaving the music industry and public life.[ 31]
July 19 –20 – The Splendour in the Grass music festival takes place in Byron Bay , Australia , headlined by Powderfinger and Coldplay .
July 20 – An auto accident in Oregon , United States, kills three of the four members of The Exploding Hearts , ending the band after just one album.[ 32]
July 30 – The Rolling Stones , AC/DC , Rush , The Guess Who and others headline a benefit concert in Toronto, Ontario , Canada, to prove that the city is safe from SARS . With 450 thousand spectators, it is the largest concert in Canadian history.
August 19 – Jessica Simpson releases her third studio album In This Skin . The album would later go triple platinum in the U.S. and would produce the hit single "With You ".
August 28 – Madonna sparks media controversy by kissing popstars Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards .[ 33] The situation even ignited a quick war of words between Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera over the kiss.
September–October
September 15 – Billy Corgan announces that Zwan has broken up.[ 34]
September 16
Ryan Malcolm wins the first season of Canadian Idol .[ 35]
David Bowie releases his twenty-third studio album Reality . The album would be Bowie's last for roughly a decade, with Bowie silently and gradually withdrawing into seclusion following an onstage heart attack the following year.
September 22 – Max Cavalera & Gloria Cavalera fire Marcello D. Rapp causing Roy Mayorga & Mike Doling to leave the band Soulfly in protest.
October – Indie/Rock band Conway wins the National "Battle of the Bands" Competition at the Fountain Pub in Tottenham, London, UK[citation needed ] . The Norfolk, UK, band consists of Chris Burgoyne (vocals), Andrew Norman (lead guitar / vocals), Tristan McKelvey (guitar), Leon Chapman (bass) and Peter Rednall (drums).
October 4 – Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 's The Rising Tour concludes after 120 shows over 14 months, with record-setting sales in U.S. stadiums during the summer and early autumn.
October 15 – A two-week-long international conference, "Fuori tempo, dire, fare, sentire la musica oggi", opens in Genoa , Italy, bringing together performers, composers, scholars and administrators from classical, folk and popular music, with a keynote address by Charles Rosen . Featured participants include Nuria Schoenberg (daughter of Arnold Schoenberg and widow of Luigi Nono ); musicologist James Harrison; opera conductor Roberto Abbado ; violinist Ivry Gitlis ; composers Salvatore Sciarrino , Lorenzo Ferrero and Andrea Liberovici ; poet Edoardo Sanguineti ; popular singer-songwriters Teresa De Sio , Gianna Nannini and Gino Paoli ; rock and jazz artists Peppe Servalo and Peppe D'Argenzio of the Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel; and administrators Anna Cammarano (director of classical music at RAI Trade), Gennaro di Benedetto (superintendent of the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa) and Joseph Hussek (director of the artistic programme at the Salzburg Festival ).[ 36]
October 16 – Simon & Garfunkel begin their "Old Friends" U.S. reunion tour, twenty years after their 1983 world tour.
October 20 – Britney Spears releases the first single, "Me Against the Music ", featuring American singer-songwriter Madonna , from her upcoming album In the Zone , marketed as a comeback single in the US; it goes on to be an international success, reaching the top three in several countries.
October 21 – Delta Goodrem wins 7 ARIA Awards and defeats Amiel 's "Lovesong " for and a Gold ARIA for Single of the Year, Born to Try . ARIAs host Rove McManus announced that John Farnham will raise the very loud speakers to 1985/1986's "You're the Voice " after being inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame .
October 29 – A legal version of the Napster file sharing network relaunches as a pay service, offering song downloads for 99 cents apiece or $9.99 for unlimited listening.[ 37]
November–December
November 5
November 6 – Marco Aro quits his vocalist position in The Haunted . The band rehires their first vocalist, Peter Dolving .[ 38]
November 7 – Bassist Steve "Fuzz" Kmak is fired from Disturbed as a result of personality clashes with others in the band.
November 14
November 18
Blink-182 release their fifth studio album blink-182 . This album was regarded as a change of musical style for Blink-182 as the music has darkened and matured since their previous albums.
Britney Spears releases In the Zone . She breaks her own record as the first female artist to have 3 albums in #1 to become the first female artist to have 4 albums in #1 consecutively.
November 19 – Guy Sebastian becomes the first winner of Australian Idol , receiving a contract with BMG Australia . He subsequently records the studio album, Just As I Am . Shannon Noll was named the runner-up.
November 20 – Michael Jackson is arrested on charges of child molestation. The singer faced similar charges in 1993 that were dropped after an out-of-court financial settlement was reached with the family of a boy. In light of the new accusations, the television network CBS chooses to pull the scheduled November 26 airing of a one-hour television special intended to promote Jackson's new greatest hits album, Number Ones .[ 39]
November 22 – The band Five Iron Frenzy plays its last show at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver .
December 6
December 8 – Ozzy Osbourne is rushed into emergency surgery after having a serious accident riding an all-terrain vehicle on the grounds of his English estate. Osbourne broke his collarbone, eight ribs and a vertebra in his neck.[ 41]
December 12 – Mick Jagger is knighted for services to music by the Prince of Wales (now Charles III ) at Buckingham Palace .[ 42]
December 13 -14 – The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ-FM airs the 14th Annual of the Acoustic Christmas show with AFI , Blink-182 , Brand New , Chevelle , The Distillers , Jane's Addiction , Jet , Korn , Linkin Park , The Offspring , P.O.D. , Pennywise , Puddle of Mudd , Rancid , Staind , 311 , Thrice and Trapt .
December 30 -31 – The New Year's Eve Falls Festival in Australia, traditionally held in Lorne, Victoria , holds events in both Lorne and Marion Bay, Tasmania , at the same time. The same artists perform at both events, alternating between the two venues each night.
See Musical groups established in 2003
Bands disbanded
Albums released
January–March
April–June
July–September
Date
Album
Artist
Notes
J U L Y
1
Chapter II
Ashanti
-
Frail Words Collapse
As I Lay Dying
-
The Green Book
Twiztid
-
History for Sale
Blue October
-
Hot Damn!
Every Time I Die
-
Live
Our Lady Peace
Live
Michigan
Sufjan Stevens
-
Take a Break
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
-
Time Will Tell
Robert Cray
-
You Come Before You
Poison the Well
-
2
Radwimps
Radwimps
-
4
Vulture Street
Powderfinger
Australia
7
North Atlantic Drift
Ocean Colour Scene
-
Officially Dead
Veruca Salt
EP
8
Black August
Killah Priest
-
Broken Freedom Song: Live from San Francisco
Kris Kristofferson
Live
Diamond Dave
David Lee Roth
-
Far from Nowhere
Slick Shoes
-
Greatest Hits Collection, Vol. 1
Trace Adkins
Compilation
Maybe Memories
The Used
Compilation
Noise for Music's Sake
Napalm Death
Compilation
Scooby Snacks: The Collection
Fun Lovin' Criminals
Compilation
Thalía
Thalía
-
Yes Remixes
Yes
Remix
Young Liars
TV on the Radio
EP
10
WWE Originals
World Wrestling Entertainment /Various Artists
-
14
Late Night Tales: Sly & Robbie
Sly & Robbie
Compilation
Lipstick Traces (A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers)
Manic Street Preachers
Compilation
Season for Assault
8 Foot Sativa
New Zealand
Two Conversations
The Appleseed Cast
-
15
Bad Boys II
Various Artists
Greatest Hits Live 2003
April Wine
Live
Jackpot
Chingy
-
Limelite, Luv & Niteclubz
Da Brat
-
Making the Grade
Diffuser
-
Other Hours: Connick on Piano, Volume 1
Harry Connick Jr.
-
Red Dirt Road
Brooks & Dunn
-
The Trouble with Being Myself
Macy Gray
US
Wave on Wave
Pat Green
-
Year of the Rabbit
Year of the Rabbit
-
17
Promise of Love
The American Analog Set
-
20
Transformer
Bruce Kulick
-
21
Boy in da Corner
Dizzee Rascal
Debut
Feeler
Pete Murray
-
Now That's What I Call Music! 55 (UK series)
Various Artists
Compilation
Phantom Power
Super Furry Animals
-
22
The Artist in the Ambulance
Thrice
-
Chariot
Gavin DeGraw
-
Dude Descending a Staircase
Apollo 440
-
Evolver
311
-
Freaky Friday: Original Soundtrack
Various Artists
Soundtrack
Friends of Mine
Adam Green
US
It's All in Your Head
Eve 6
-
A Lethal Dose of American Hatred
Superjoint Ritual
-
Man in the Air
Kurt Elling
-
Moodring
Mya
US
Mud on the Tires
Brad Paisley
-
Now That's What I Call Music! 13 (U.S. series)
Various Artists
Compilation
Ocean Avenue
Yellowcard
-
Rip the Jacker
Canibus
-
Special One
Cheap Trick
-
Speed Graphic
Ben Folds
EP
Strays
Jane's Addiction
-
Three Days Grace
Three Days Grace
-
Tribe
Queensrÿche
-
What Are You Waiting For?
FM Static
-
23
Killing Joke
Killing Joke
-
Live From The Haunted Candle Shop
Lemon Demon
-
24
BEGIN no Ichigo Ichie
Begin
-
The Poets, The Psalms, and the Psalmists
DeWayne Woods
-
28
Blue Street (Five Guitars)
Chris Rea
-
LSG2
LSG
-
Lycanthropy
Patrick Wolf
-
Magic and Medicine
The Coral
-
The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection
Yes
UK; Box Set
29
Carpenters Perform Carpenter
Carpenters
Compilation
Down upon the Suwannee River
Little Feat
Live
Enemies of Reality
Nevermore
-
Pass the Flask
The Bled
-
Sink or Swim
Over My Dead Body
-
War at the Warfield
Slayer
DVD
A U G U S T
1
The Vinyl Countdown
Relient K
EP
4
D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat
Junior Senior
-
Final Straw
Snow Patrol
UK
Tour de France Soundtracks
Kraftwerk
-
5
Belinda
Belinda Peregrín
-
Best of Ballads & Blues
Poison
Compilation
D. Boon and Friends
D. Boon
Compilation
Emotional Technology
BT
-
Frozen Embers
The Crüxshadows
EP
Get the Picture?
Smash Mouth
-
Jeff
Jeff Beck
-
Quebec
Ween
-
Thickskin
Skid Row
-
Truth Be Told
Blues Traveler
-
What the World Needs Now Is Love
Wynonna Judd
-
11
Haha Sound
Broadcast
-
Kokopelli
Kosheen
UK
Rising
Shakra
-
12
5 Alive!
Carbon Leaf
Live
Canada Songs
Daughters
-
Celebrate Mistakes
Number One Gun
-
Classic Hits Live
Kottonmouth Kings
Live
Dungeons & Dragons
Midnight Syndicate
Official soundtrack to the role-playing game
Go
Pat Benatar
-
Greatest Hits Volume II
Alan Jackson
Compilation
Kidz Bop 4
Kidz Bop Kids
-
Legacy: The Absolute Best
The Doors
Compilation
A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar
Dashboard Confessional
-
This Is Meant to Hurt You
These Arms Are Snakes
Debut EP
Triggernometry
Onyx
-
18
Cast of Thousands
Elbow
UK
Genes
Dave Couse
-
No Push Collide
Serafin
-
Live Box
Björk
Box Set
19
Action Pact
Sloan
-
Clones
The Neptunes
-
Dierks Bentley
Dierks Bentley
-
From Me to U
Juelz Santana
-
Giving the Devil His Due
Coal Chamber
Compilation
Greendale
Neil Young
-
Hypnotica
Benny Benassi
-
Indestructible
Rancid
-
In This Skin
Jessica Simpson
-
Jeckyll and Hyde
Petra
-
Restless
Sara Evans
-
Rupi's Dance
Ian Anderson
-
Simple Things
Amy Grant
-
Trap Muzik
T.I.
-
TruANT
Alien Ant Farm
-
Unleashed
Bow Wow
-
Unstable
Adema
-
Youth and Young Manhood
Kings of Leon
-
21
BEGIN no Ichigo Ichie 58 Drive
Begin
-
Metaphorical Music
Nujabes
-
22
Back Home
Bearfoot Bluegrass
-
25
Bananas
Deep Purple
-
Alleys to Valleys
Hermitude
Debut album
Chain Gang of Love
The Raveonettes
-
Take Them On, On Your Own
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
UK
The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed
The Wildhearts
-
26
Anchors Aweigh
The Bouncing Souls
-
Anthems of Rebellion
Arch Enemy
US
Burning Down the Opera
Edguy
Live
Crimson II
Edge of Sanity
-
Drankin' Patnaz
YoungBloodZ
-
Everything Goes Numb
Streetlight Manifesto
-
Hit & Run
Big Sugar
Compilation
Live! The Farewell Tour
Cher
Live
Love & Life
Mary J. Blige
-
Love, Hell or Right
Mathematics
-
Metamorphosis
Hilary Duff
-
Reverie Sound Revue
Reverie Sound Revue
EP
Visions of Gandhi
Jedi Mind Tricks
-
Waking the Fallen
Avenged Sevenfold
-
The Wind
Warren Zevon
-
Wooden Leather
Nappy Roots
-
S E P T E M B E R
1
I Get Along EP
The Libertines
EP
Anthology
Ocean Colour Scene
Compilation
Zzyzx
Zeromancer
-
2
Breathing Is Irrelevant
Ion Dissonance
-
Dance of Death
Iron Maiden
-
Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
Metric
-
Take Them On, On Your Own
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
US
Underworld
Various artists
Soundtrack
Vintage
Michael Bolton
-
3
Halcali Bacon
Halcali
-
Warts and All: Volume 3
Moe
Live
Zekū
Mucc
-
5
Oya lélé
K3
-
8
Amazing Grace
Spiritualized
-
Death Cult Armageddon
Dimmu Borgir
-
Echoes
The Rapture
-
Empty the Bones of You
Chris Clark
-
Hand Over Your Loved Ones
Wheatus
-
9
Alexisonfire
Alexisonfire
US
Close My Eyes
The Slackers
-
The Decline of British Sea Power
British Sea Power
-
Deric Ruttan
Deric Ruttan
-
Doll Revolution
The Bangles
-
Feel It
Some Girls
-
A Few Questions
Clay Walker
-
The Fiction We Live
From Autumn to Ashes
-
From the Ashes
Pennywise
-
Hallucinations
David Usher
-
Heavier Things
John Mayer
-
Her Majesty the Decemberists
The Decemberists
-
Hot Shit!
Quasi
-
It Still Moves
My Morning Jacket
-
Love Is the Only Soldier
Jann Arden
-
The Meadowlands
The Wrens
-
Mescalero
ZZ Top
-
The New Romance
Pretty Girls Make Graves
-
Seal IV
Seal
aka Seal IV
Self-Destructive Pattern
Spineshank
-
She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty
Sinéad O'Connor
2x CD; 1 disc rarities, 1 disc live
Show Me Your Tears
Frank Black and the Catholics
-
Welcome to Poppy's
Fun Lovin' Criminals
-
Wellwater Conspiracy
Wellwater Conspiracy
-
Wildwood Flower
June Carter Cash
-
The Wolf
Andrew W.K.
-
10
Vulgar
Dir En Grey
-
11
Smash The Octopus
Flattbush
-
12
Keepin' It Country
Brett Kissel
-
Reason and Truth
Concept
-
14
Get Born
Jet
-
15
Higher
Harem Scarem
-
I Am Kloot
I Am Kloot
-
Reality
David Bowie
-
Rock Rock Kiss Kiss Combo
The Fashion
-
Silence Is Easy
Starsailor
-
Traveler
Colin James
-
Underachievers Please Try Harder
Camera Obscura
-
16
The August Engine
Hammers of Misfortune
-
Before Everything & After
MxPx
-
Billy Talent
Billy Talent
CRIA: 3× Platinum
Call It Conspiracy
Dozer
-
Deliverance
Bubba Sparxxx
-
Go Tell It on the Mountain
The Blind Boys of Alabama
-
Grand Champ
DMX
-
The House Carpenter's Daughter
Natalie Merchant
-
Identity Crisis
Shelby Lynne
-
Ima Robot
Ima Robot
-
In Reverie
Saves the Day
-
Me & My Brother
Ying Yang Twins
-
Melvinmania
Melvins
Compilation
Page Avenue
Story of the Year
-
Permission to Land
The Darkness
-
The Soul Sessions
Joss Stone
US
Thirteenth Step
A Perfect Circle
-
Vaudeville Villain
Viktor Vaughn
pseudonym of MF Doom
Walk witt Me
Sheek Louch
-
War All the Time
Thursday
-
Worldwide Underground
Erykah Badu
-
17
Big Machine
B'z
-
Soul Free
Brown Eyed Soul
-
19
Alcachofa
Ricardo Villalobos
-
Glittercard
Torun Eriksen
-
No Turning Back
Imelda May
-
Pass Me the Mic
Will Pan
-
Who's Your Step Daddy
Funkoars
Debut
22
Absolution
Muse
-
The Calling
Hilltop Hoods
-
Give You My World
Phil Wickham
-
Greatest Hits & Unheard Bits
Space
Compilation
23
The Best of Deicide
Deicide
Compilation
Best of Madball
Madball
Compilation
The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!
Pantera
Compilation
Bringer of Blood
Six Feet Under
-
Caught by the Window
Pilot Speed
Canada
Cheers
Obie Trice
-
Comin' from Where I'm From
Anthony Hamilton
US
Couldn't Have Said It Better
Meat Loaf
-
Dark Chords on a Big Guitar
Joan Baez
-
The Eyes of Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper
-
Fatherfucker
Peaches
-
Gallowsbird's Bark
The Fiery Furnaces
-
Go
Vertical Horizon
-
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Lawrence Arms
-
Heretic
Morbid Angel
-
The Long Road
Nickelback
-
The Mavericks
The Mavericks
-
Mechanical Spin Phenomena
Mnemic
-
Murphy's Law
Murphy Lee
-
Natural Selection
Fuel
-
North
Elvis Costello
-
Past, Present & Future
Rob Zombie
Compilation
The R. in R&B Collection, Vol. 1
R. Kelly
Compilation
Results May Vary
Limp Bizkit
-
Savin Hill
Street Dogs
-
Seven's Travels
Atmosphere
-
Some Devil
Dave Matthews
-
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Outkast
-
Stellastarr
Stellastarr
-
Stories and Alibis
Matchbook Romance
-
Stumble into Grace
Emmylou Harris
-
Testimony
Neal Morse
-
Untying the Not
String Cheese Incident
-
Unwrapped
Gloria Estefan
-
Want One
Rufus Wainwright
-
Want That Life
The Fixx
-
With Vision
Place of Skulls
-
WWIII
KMFDM
-
24
Another Day
Lene Marlin
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Spade
Monkey Majik
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25
BEGIN no Ichigo Ichie Drive in Starter
Begin
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26
The Dresden Dolls
The Dresden Dolls
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t.A.T.u. Remixes
t.A.T.u.
Remix
29
The Antidote
Moonspell
-
Clubfiles – the Album
DJ Quicksilver
-
Don't Look Back into the Sun/Death on the Stairs
The Libertines
EP
HTP 2
Hughes Turner Project
-
Sacred Love
Sting
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2nd Verse
So Solid Crew
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Volume 1
The Besnard Lakes
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30
33
Luis Miguel
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Amar Es
Cristian Castro
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Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook
Bette Midler
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Billy Currington
Billy Currington
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Changes
Kelly Osbourne
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Confession
Ill Niño
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The Jethro Tull Christmas Album
Jethro Tull
Christmas
The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer
Donna Summer
Compilation +2 new tracks and remix on US limited edition bonus disc
Lead Us Not into Temptation
David Byrne
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Life For Rent
Dido
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Live at Monsters of Rock
Gary Moore
Live
Martina
Martina McBride
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Money Money 2020
The Network
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My Baby Don't Tolerate
Lyle Lovett
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Now That's What I Call Christmas!: The Signature Collection (U.S. series)
Various Artists
Compilation
School of Rock: Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture
Various Artists
Soundtrack
See If I Care
Gary Allan
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Singles 93–03
The Chemical Brothers
Compilation
So You've Ruined Your Life
Get Set Go
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Sunny 16
Ben Folds
EP
?
Troubled Sleep
Prurient
October–December
Release date unknown
Top 5 albums of Billboard year
50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Norah Jones – Come Away With Me
Beyoncé – Dangerously in Love
Michael Jackson – Number Ones
Dixie Chicks – Home
Top 10 Selling Albums of the Year US
Get Rich or Die Tryin' – 50 Cent
Come Away with Me – Norah Jones
Stripped – Christina Aguilera
Number Ones – Michael Jackson
Meteora – Linkin Park
Dangerously in Love – Beyoncé
A Rush of Blood to the Head – Coldplay
Fallen – Evanescence
In the Zone – Britney Spears
Let Go – Avril Lavigne
Popular songs
Classical music
Leonardo Balada – Ebony Fantasies (cantata for choir and orchestra)
George Crumb
A Journey Beyond Time for soprano, percussion quartet and piano.
Otherworldly Resonances for two pianos
River of Life for soprano, percussion quartet and piano
Mario Davidovsky – Duo Capriccioso for piano and violin
Peter Maxwell Davies
Péter Eötvös
Erdenklavier-Himmelklavier , for piano
Jet Stream , concerto for trumpet and orchestra
Elisenda Fábregas – Voces de mi tierra for flute, cello and piano
Rolf Gehlhaar – Cybersong for tenor and wearable electronics
Philip Glass
Dreaming Awake for piano
Taoist Sacred Dance for piano and flute
Music from The Sound of a Voice for flute , pipa , violin, cello and percussion
Andrew Glover – The Death of Angels: A Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Friedrich Goldmann
Herzstück , mini-drama for soprano, flute and guitar
Klangszenen III for orchestra
Haflidi Hallgrímsson – Cello Concerto
Mauricio Kagel
Andere Gesänge , intermezzi for soprano and orchestra
Auftakte, achthändig for two pianos and two percussionists
Wojciech Kilar –
Lament for mixed choir a cappella
Symphony No. 3 September Symphony
György Ligeti – Hamburg Concerto for solo horn and chamber orchestra with four obbligato natural horns (1998–99, 2003)
Frederik Magle – Phoenix for mixed choir and organ or piano four-hands
Mesías Maiguashca – K.O. Tagebücher , for two cellos, two percussionists and electronics
Henri Pousseur
Arioso monodie for female voice
Javanitas for violin and trombone
Litanie du miel des nuits hivernales for viola and piano
Rossignolade for female voice and clarinet
Voix et vues planétaires , multimedia
Alexander Raskatov – The Last Freedom
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Steven Stucky
Opera
Jazz
Musical theater
Avenue Q – Broadway production ran for 2534 performances (ranked 23rd on the list of all-time Broadway shows)
Belles belles belles , based on songs by Claude François, with music by Claude François, Jean-Pierre Bourtayre and Carolin Petit and lyrics by Claude François and Daniel Moyne; premiered at Olympia in Paris on November 21
Bounce – Chicago and Washington D. C. productions
The Boy from Oz – Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre and ran for 365 performances
Caroline or Change , book and lyrics by Tony Kushner and score by Jeanine Tesori , off-Broadway production
Fame on 42nd Street – Broadway production opened at the Little Shubert Theatre on November 11 and ran for 264 performances
The Full Monty – Melbourne production
Jerry Springer – The Opera – London production
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – London revival
Never Gonna Dance – Broadway production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on December 4 and ran for 84 performances
Showtune , a Jerry Herman musical revue – off-Broadway production
Taboo – Broadway production opened November 13 and ran for 103 performances
Thoroughly Modern Millie – London production opened October 21, starring Amanda Holden , and ran for 8 months[ 44]
Tonight's The Night – London production
Wicked – Broadway production opened at the George Gershwin Theatre on October 30, starring Joel Grey ,[ 45] and is still running as of 2023. It is the fourth-longest-running show in the history of Broadway.[ 46]
Musical films
Births
January 6 – MattyBRaps , American rapper
January 10 – iayze , American rapper
January 23 – Bishara , Syrian-Swedish singer
January 24 – Johnny Orlando , Canadian singer-songwriter
February 10 – Blanco , Italian singer and rapper
February 20
March 1 - Keshav , tabla prodigy
March 24 – Mae Stephens , British singer and songwriter
March 25 – George Alice , Australian singer-songwriter
March 26 – Bhad Bhabie , American rapper and songwriter
March 28 – Pháo , Vietnamese rapper and producer
April 8 – Sha EK , American rapper
April 11 – Aksel Rykkvin , Norwegian singer
April 18 – Sophia Grace Brownlee , British singer (Sophia Grace & Rosie )
April 20 – Kay Flock , American rapper
April 30 – Mikhail Smirnov , Russian singer-songwriter and actor
May 19 – JoJo Siwa , American singer dancer, actress, and YouTube personality
June 1 - Jayda , Filipina singer
June 5 - Midwxst , American rapper
June 8 - 347aidan , Canadian rapper
June 27 – Muraki Maito Raul , Japanese singer (Snow Man )
July 1 – Tate McRae , Canadian singer, songwriter, musician and dancer
July 4 – Polina Bogusevich , Russian singer
July 9 – Savannah Clarke , Australian singer (Now United )
July 28 – Payton Moormeier, American rapper
August 17 – The Kid Laroi , Australian singer
August 21 – Natalie Ho , Hong Kong singer (STRAYZ )
September 1 – Yujin , South Korean singer (IVE )
September 26 - Jane Remover , American musical artist
September 28 - Lauren Spencer-Smith , British-born Canadian singer and songwriter
October 5 - Eden Golan , Russian-Israeli singer
October 28 – Beatrice Millie McCartney, daughter of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills . The McCartneys fooled the press into publishing misleading details about the birth
November 16 - Ana Castela , Brazilian singer and songwriter
November 21 - Sohee , South Korean singer (Riize )
November 29 - Yung Kayo , American rapper
December 2 – SSGKobe , American rapper
December 5 – Logan Robot Gladden , American drummer, singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer
December 9 – Yuna , South Korean singer and dancer (ITZY )
Unknown - Schafter , Polish rapper, singer, music producer, music video director and songwriter
Deaths
January 1 – Giorgio Gaber (63), actor, singer-songwriter
January 5
January 6 – Hirini Melbourne (53), New Zealand singer-songwriter and poet
January 8 – Ron Goodwin (77), composer and conductor
January 11 – Mickey Finn (55), bongo player and T.Rex sideman (liver failure)[ 54]
January 12 – Maurice Gibb (53), Bee Gees singer and bassist (intestinal complications)[ 55]
January 15 – Doris Fisher (87), singer-songwriter[ 56]
January 23 – Nell Carter (54), singer and actress (heart disease)[ 57]
February 1 – Mongo Santamaría (80), Latin jazz percussionist[ 58]
February 2
February 4 – Charlie Biddle , American-Canadian bassist, 76
February 11 – Moses Hogan (55), American pianist and composer
February 16 – Rusty Magee (47), American actor and composer
February 19 – Johnny Paycheck (64), country singer
February 20 – Ty Longley (31), guitarist of Great White (fire accident)
February 23 – Howie Epstein (47), bassist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
February 26 – Othar Turner (95), fife player
March 3
March 4 – Celly Campello (60), Brazilian singer-songwriter and actress (breast cancer)
March 8 – Adam Faith (62), singer, actor (heart attack)
April 1 – Leslie Cheung (46), actor, musician (suicide)[ 59]
April 2 – Edwin Starr (61), soul singer (heart attack)[ 60]
April 6 – Babatunde Olatunji (75), drummer (diabetes)
April 10 – Little Eva (59), singer (cervical cancer)
April 13 – Alex Baroni (35), singer (motorbike accident)
April 17 – Earl King (69), blues musician
April 19 – Conrad Leonard (104), composer and pianist
April 20 – Teddy Edwards (78), jazz saxophonist
April 21 – Nina Simone (70), singer and pianist
April 22 – Felice Bryant (77), Hall of Fame songwriter
May 4 – Arthur Oldham (76), composer and choirmaster
May 11 – Noel Redding (57), bassist of The Jimi Hendrix Experience (cirrhosis )[ 61]
May 15 – June Carter Cash (73), musician and singer[ 62]
May 19 – Ivo Žídek (76), operatic tenor
May 25 – Jeremy Ward (27), sound technician and guitarist
May 27 – Luciano Berio (77), composer
May 30 – Mickie Most (64), record producer (mesothelioma)
June 6 – Dave Rowberry (63), keyboardist (The Animals ) (ulcer haemorrhage)
June 17 – Marcella Pobbé (81), operatic soprano
July 1 – Herbie Mann (73), jazz flautist (prostate cancer)
July 3 – Skip Scarborough (58), songwriter
July 4
July 5 – Bebu Silvetti (59), pianist, composer, arranger and record producer (respiratory failure)
July 6
July 7 – Izhak Graziani (79), conductor
July 12 – Benny Carter (95), jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and bandleader (bronchitis)
July 13 – Compay Segundo (95), Cuban guitarist, singer and composer
July 16 – Celia Cruz (77), salsa singer (brain tumor)
July 17 – Rosalyn Tureck (89), pianist
July 25 – Erik Braunn (52), guitarist Iron Butterfly (heart attack)
July 26 – Richard Wayne Dirksen (81), organist and choirmaster
July 27 – Bob Hope (100), actor, comedian and singer
July 30 – Sam Philips (80), producer and founder of Sun Records
August 2 – Don Estelle (70), actor and singer
August 5 – Tite Curet Alonso (77), songwriter (heart attack)
August 6 – Julius Baker (87), flautist[ 64]
August 9 – Gregory Hines (58), actor, singer and dancer
August 10 – Carmita Jiménez , singer
August 13 – Ed Townsend (74), singer-songwriter
August 15 – Robert Moulson (70), operatic tenor
August 18 – Tony Jackson (55), singer and bass player (The Searchers )
August 21 – Wesley Willis (40), novelty musician
August 23 – Imperio Argentina (96), singer and actress
September 4
September 5 – Gisele MacKenzie (76), singer
September 7 – Warren Zevon (56), rock and roll singer; mesothelioma
September 12 – Johnny Cash (71), country and rock 'n roll singer
September 14 – John Serry, Sr. (88) concert accordionist, organist, composer, arranger
September 19 – Slim Dusty (76), country singer
September 25 – Matthew Jay (24), English singer-songwriter
September 26 – Robert Palmer (54), singer (heart attack)[ 65]
September 27 – Donald O'Connor (78), actor, singer and dancer (congestive heart failure)
September 30 – Ronnie Dawson (64), rockabilly singer and guitarist
October 5 – Denis Quilley (75), actor and singer (liver cancer)
October 10 – Eugene Istomin (77), pianist (liver cancer)
October 21 – Elliott Smith (34), singer-songwriter
October 22 – Gabriella Gatti (95), operatic soprano
October 23 – Tony Capstick (59), comedian, actor and musician
October 24 – Rosie Nix Adams (45), singer-songwriter[ 66]
October 25 – Robert Strassburg (88), composer, educator, musicologist
October 29 – Franco Corelli (82), operatic tenor
October 30 – Franco Bonisolli (65), operatic tenor
November 5 – Bobby Hatfield (63), singer (The Righteous Brothers )
November 9 – Buddy Arnold (77), jazz saxophonist
November 12 – Tony Thompson (48), drummer of Chic (kidney cancer)
November 14 – Gene Anthony Ray (41), actor and dancer (complications of a stroke)
November 15
November 17
November 18 – Michael Kamen (55), composer, conductor and musician (heart attack)
November 19 – Greg Ridley (56), English bassist (Humble Pie )
November 26 – Soulja Slim (26), rapper (homicide)[ 67]
November 28 – Thekra , Tunisian singer (murdered by her husband)
December 8 – Rubén González (84), pianist
December 16 – Gary Stewart (59), country singer (suicide)
December 22 – Dave Dudley (75), country singer (heart attack)
December 27 – Vestal Goodman (74), gospel singer (influenza complications)
December 30 – Anita Mui (40), Hong Kong pop singer
December 31 – Sieglinde Wagner (82), operatic contralto
Awards
The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: AC/DC , The Clash , Elvis Costello & the Attractions , The Police , The Righteous Brothers
Miscellaneous
ARIA Music Awards
Country Music Association Awards
Eurovision Song Contest
Grammy Awards
Mercury Music Prize
Charts
Triple J Hottest 100
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