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January 17 – Bass player Jason Newsted leaves Metallica after 14 years with the band.
January 26 – A crowd crush occurs during the a set by Limp Bizkit at the Sydney Big Day Out music festival. Jessica Michalik is killed and the band subsequently leaves the country after threats to their safety.
January 20 – At the American Music Awards, the Backstreet Boys perform their hit single Larger than Life, during the performance they're surprisingly joined on stage by NSYNC. It is the only time that the two rival boy bands performed on the same stage together at the same time.
February – CFXJ (Flow 93.5), Canada's first urban music station, goes to air for the first time as a testing signal (its official debut is on March 1.) This is considered a breakthrough for Canadian hip hop and R&B musicians.
February 1 – Jennifer Lopez becomes first female and artist to have both a number one album (J.Lo) and a number one movie (The Wedding Planner) in the same week.
February 13 – Peter Frampton receives the Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award.
February 17 – Manic Street Preachers become the first western rock band to play in Cuba. (Fidel Castro is in attendance.) They did not tour however, meaning that the unsigned British rock band Sandstone Veterans are the only band from the western world to tour Cuba.
March 1 – Collin Raye is awarded the Artist Humanitarian Award from Country Radio Broadcasters. The award was given in recognition of Raye's work on behalf of a number of different charitable organizations including Childhelp USA, USA Weekend's Make A Difference Day and the Native American organization Hecel Oyakapi.
March 14 – The Court of Appeals in Rome finds Michael Jackson "not guilty" of plagiarism, reversing a decision made in 1999 by a lower court. Italian songwriter Albano Carrisi had claimed that Jackson's "Will You Be There" was a copy of his song "I Cigni Di Balaka."
March 24 – John Connolly of Sevendust marries Lori Kirkley.
March 28
- Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 replaces Max Bruch's violin concerto at #1 in the Classic FM Hall of Fame.
- Two super-mega hit albums : Hikaru Utada's Distance and Ayumi Hamasaki's A Best are released on exactly the same date. Their debut week sales are 3,002,720 and 2,874,870, respectively, setting the world's #1 and #2 one-week album sales records.^[1]
March 31 – Whitney Houston and husband Bobby Brown are banned for life from Hollywood's Bel Air hotel and arrested after destroying their room. Property that was allegedly damaged included a TV, and two doors. According to Hotel Workers, the walls and carpets were also stained by alcohol. The Hotel closed down the room for five days for repairs.
April 4 – Original Zombies lead singer Colin Blunstone and keyboardist Rod Argent reunite for a two-part performance at London's Jazz Cafe, the first time the two had performed together in over 30 years.
April 21 - The first Top Chinese Music Awards ceremony is held.
April 24 and October 30 – Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson release albums in the same year, respectively. Janet releases All For You and Michael releases Invincible. Both albums would hit #1 on the album charts.
May 1 – Huey Lewis and the News makes a comeback with their album Plan B, their first album of new material in a decade.
May – The 4th EJCF is held in Basel. The next time was in 2004.
June – Bad Religion drummer Bobby Schayer, who had been with the band since 1991, is forced to give up music after experiencing a "most unfortunate career-ending injury". This leads to leaving Bad Religion for good; he's now replaced by current dummer Brooks Wackerman. By this time, Bad Religion were dropped from Atlantic Records and returned to their original label Epitaph, and founding guitarist Brett Gurewitz had just rejoined the band after a 7-year hiatus.
June 2 – Christina Aguilera scores her fourth number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 for "Lady Marmalade" a collaboration with Lil' Kim, Mya, and Pink. The video wins the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year.
June 9 – Madonna kicks off her first concert tour in 8 years, the Drowned World Tour, in Barcelona, Spain.
June 12 – Electric Light Orchestra release Zoom, their first album in 15 years.
June 16 – The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ-FM airs the 9th Annual of the Weenie Roast show with Blink-182, Coldplay, Crazy Town, The Cult, Disturbed, Jane's Addiction, Linkin Park, The Living End, New Found Glory, Pennywise, Papa Roach, Stabbing Westward, Staind, Stone Temple Pilots, Sum 41 and 311.
June 24 - Jazz pianist John Hicks marries flautist Elise Wood.^[2]
July
- Backstreet Boy A. J. McLean enters a rehabilitation facility to deal with alcoholism and depression, as the Black & Blue summer tour is put on hold.
- Willy Denzey makes his first appearance at Les Francofolies de La Rochelle.
July 19 – Mariah Carey makes an unscheduled visit to MTV's Total Request Live, one of a number of unusual public appearances during the year ^[3]
August 13 – Two weeks before its official release, Spider One of Powerman 5000 pulls Anyone for Doomsday? off the market because it sounds too much like their previous release Tonight the Stars Revolt!. Later he releases the album on their website. Two months later, Al 3 & Dorian 27 leave the band.
August 25 – A Cessna 402 aircraft carrying 9 people, including R&B singer Aaliyah, crashes in the Bahamas, killing all aboard.
September 4 – The second studio album from Armenian-American band System of a Down, Toxicity, is released worldwide. After the 9/11 attacks, the single "Chop Suey!" is put on the list of songs deemed inappropriate by Clear Channel.
September 10 – Blink-182 start shooting a video for "Stay Together for the Kids", featuring the band playing in a derelict house. When they try to finish the video the following day, the 9–11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City occur, and the band abandon the attempt and decide to shoot a different video for the song.
September 11 - Gerard Way witnesses the 9/11 attacks and is inspired to start a band, which later becomes My Chemical Romance.
September 21 – America: A Tribute to Heroes airs uninterrupted on all major networks. The solemn concert, only 10 days after the September 11 attacks, included performances by Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Celine Dion, Neil Young, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, Dave Matthews, Faith Hill, Mariah Carey, and others.
October – Burton C. Bell gets into a fight with his bandmate Dino Cazares about a manager they fired. The event triggers the demise of Fear Factory.
October 16 – Michael Jackson releases special editions of his albums Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad and Dangerous.
October 20
- The Concert for New York City airs on VH1, with performances by Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi The Who, Billy Joel and others.
- Volunteers For America benefit concert is held in Atlanta, Georgia, MC was Drew Carey with performances by Edgar Winter Group, Mark Farner, Jack Blades, John Waite, The Knack, Eddie Money, Peter Frampton, Survivor, Kansas, Journey, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Bad Company, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and others.
October 21
- United We Stand: What More Can I Give benefit concert is held at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., with performances by Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, Mariah Carey, James Brown, Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, and others.
- Volunteers For America benefit concert is held at Smirnoff Music Centre in Dallas, Texas, MC was Drew Carey with performances by Edgar Winter Group, Mark Farner, Jack Blades, John Waite, The Knack, Eddie Money, Peter Frampton, Survivor, Kansas, Journey, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Bad Company, and others.
October 23 – Incubus releases their third full-length major label album entitled Morning View. It debuted on the Billboard Top 200 at the #2 spot (266,000 copies were sold in its first week). This was the highest ever placement for Incubus. At the same time, "Wish You Were Here" was at #2 on the Modern Rock Charts, and "Drive" sat at #48 on the Hot 100 chart.
October 25 – Quarashi performs a live concert with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra (the band, Botnleðja also performed) in the Háskólabíó in Reykjavík, Iceland, which is notable for being the first time that a rap act performed a live concert with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra. Quarashi perform seven songs from their (at the time) upcoming album, Jinx.
November – The governing body of the UK Singles Chart, Chart Information Network Ltd. (CIN), changes its name to The Official UK Charts Company.
November 16 – Britney Spears' third album, Britney debuts at #1, making her the first female artist to have her first three albums enter the US charts at #1.
December – Mike Turner Quit Our Lady Peace.
December 1 – Backstreet Boys release their hits album, The Hits: Chapter One
Area One music festival brings together a variety of acts including Moby, Incubus, Outkast, New Order, Nelly Furtado, The Roots, Rinocerose, Paul Oakenfold, and Carl Cox.
Napster's popularity peaks.
The Republic of France awards Jean-Yves Thibaudet the honour of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Deporitaz releases Microwave this CD, his second album, on MP3.com.
Sean Beasley joins Dying Fetus.

[edit] Bands formed

See Musical groups established in 2001

[edit] Bands disbanded

See Musical groups disestablished in 2001

[edit] Bands reformed

Army of Lovers
Devourment
Electric Light Orchestra (with new members except for original members, Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy)
Level 42
The Monkees
Roxy Music
Zebra
Sunny Day Real Estate

[edit] Albums released

Contents:	Top January February March April May June July August September October November December

[edit] January

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Çà et là du Japon	Pizzicato Five	-
8	Light of Day, Day of Darkness	Green Carnation	-
15	Nuclear Fire	Primal Fear	Germany
16	Alcohol Fueled Brewtality	Black Label Society	-
	From Long Beach 2 Fillmoe	Daz Dillinger & J.T. the Bigga Figga	-
	Mellow Yellow/Wear Your Love Like Heaven	Donovan	Reissues
19	The Anthology... So Far	Ringo Starr	Live
23	Carnival Diablos	Annihilator	-
	Day of the Death	Death by Stereo	-
	The Donnas Turn 21	The Donnas	-
	It Was All a Dream	Dream	-
	The World According to Gob	Gob	-
	The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates	Hall & Oates	Compilation
	J.Lo	Jennifer Lopez	-
	O-Town	O-Town	-
	Anthology	Obituary	Compilation
Folkémon	Skyclad	-
30	Dog in the Sand	Frank Black and the Catholics	-
	I Need You	LeAnn Rimes	-
	The Best of Tevin Campbell	Tevin Campbell	Compilation
31	Sounding the Seventh Trumpet	Avenged Sevenfold	-

[edit] February

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Lucy Ford: The Atmosphere EPs	Atmosphere	-
1	Brushfire Fairytales	Jack Johnson	-
6	End Is Forever	The Ataris	-
	Planet Pop	ATC	-
	You Had It Coming	Jeff Beck	-
	Sing Loud, Sing Proud!	Dropkick Murphys	-
	Greatest Hits Vol. II	Gloria Estefan	Compilation
	604	Ladytron	-
	Dither	moe.	-
	Risen	O.A.R.	-
12	Hits II: Ganked & Gaffled	Spice 1	Compilation
13	To Record Only Water for Ten Days	John Frusciante	-
	Road Movies	LAND	-
	Stephen Malkmus	Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks	-
	Conquering Ruler	The Specials	Covers album
15	Toki no Tsubasa	Zard	-
16	Flowers	Echo & the Bunnymen	-
19	Another Late Night: Fila Brazillia	Fila Brazillia	-
19	Karma	Kamelot	-
20	Music Box	The Monkees	Box Set
	Wasted Days	The Slackers	-
	A Predator's Portrait	Soilwork	-
	Girls Can Tell	Spoon	-
26	Teen Spirit	A*Teens	-
26	Sleepwalking	Rae & Christian	-
27	American Hi-Fi	American Hi-Fi	-
	Who I Am	Jessica Andrews	-
	A Bum Note and a Bead of Sweat	Baboon	Live
	Everyday	Dave Matthews Band	-
	Blackwater Park	Opeth	-
	(Self Titled)	Zao	-
30	Tem graça pôr nome	Los Embarasados	-

[edit] March

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	B.P. Empire	Infected Mushroom	-
1	Another Late Night: Rae & Christian	Rae & Christian	Compilation
2	Death's Design	Diabolical Masquerade	-
5	Complete 'B' Sides	Pixies	Compilation
	When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up	Snow Patrol	-
	The Optimist LP	Turin Brakes	-
6	Just Push Play	Aerosmith	-
	ANThology	Alien Ant Farm	-
	Insanity	Darkane	-
	Anarchists of Good Taste	Dog Fashion Disco	-
	Scorpion	Eve	-
	Loco	Fun Lovin' Criminals	-
	Dark Assault	Iron Savior
	SGNL>05	Isis	EP
	Unwind	Oleander	-
	Identity Crisis	Thrice	-
	Fat Music Volume 5: Live Fat, Die Young	Various Artists	Compilation
9	One Nil	Neil Finn	-
9	Group Sounds	Rocket from the Crypt	-
12	Regeneration	The Divine Comedy	-
	Awakening the World	Lost Horizon	Sweden
	Back to the Blues	Gary Moore	-
	Superstars and Cannonballs	Savage Garden	VHS/DVD
	Timeless Departure	Skyfire	-
13	Gourmandises	Alizee	-
	Reptile	Eric Clapton	-
	Discovery	Daft Punk	-
	All About Chemistry	Semisonic	-
	Trick Pony	Trick Pony	-
	Let It Fall	Sean Watkins	-
18	Spin	Darren Hayes	Australia
19	Ease Down the Road	Bonnie 'Prince' Billy	-
	456132015	De Facto	EP
	Know Your Enemy	Manic Street Preachers	-
20	The Gift	Bizzy Bone	-
	The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most	Dashboard Confessional	-
	Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia	Dimmu Borgir	-
	Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards	Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards	-
	Thug By Nature	L-Burna	-
	Unleashed Memories	Lacuna Coil	-
	Nation	Sepultura	-
	Hypothetical	Threshold	-
	Thugs Are Us	Trick Daddy	-
	Healing	Unloco	-
EP 2	Zero 7	-
26	Angel of Mine	Frank Duval	Compilation
26	Gorillaz	Gorillaz	-
27	Endangered Species	Big Pun	Compilation
	Another Perfect World	Peter Cetera	-
	The Moon is Down	Further Seems Forever	-
	Greatest Hits	Billy Idol	Compilation
	Kiss tha Game Goodbye	Jadakiss	-
	The Sneak Attack	KRS-One	-
	Roll On	The Living End	-
	Every Six Seconds	Saliva	-
	Live in New York City	Bruce Springsteen	Live
	Drops of Jupiter	Train	-
	musicforthemorningafter	Pete Yorn	-
	Until the End of Time	2Pac	-
28	A Best	Ayumi Hamasaki	Compilation
	On the Edge	Iron Fire	-
	Distance	Hikaru Utada	-
29	10 Years of Abuse (and Still Broke)	Eyehategod	Live
31	Echo Echo	Carbon Leaf	-

[edit] April

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
2	Clarence Park	Chris Clark	-
	Mutter	Rammstein	-
	45 rpm: The Singles, 1977-1979	The Jam	Box Set
3	From Here to Infirmary	Alkaline Trio	-
	The Swimming Hour	Andrew Bird	-
	The Yin and the Yang	Cappadonna	-
	I Don't Care That You Don't Mind	Crash Test Dummies	-
	The Life	Ginuwine	-
	Arrival	Journey	US
	Room Service	Roxette	-
	Crown Royal	Run-D.M.C.	-
	Poets and Madmen	Savatage	-
	Unholy Terror	W.A.S.P.	-
	Now That's What I Call Music! 6 (U.S. series)	Various Artists	Compilation
9	Now That's What I Call Music! 48 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
9	Jessico	Babasónicos	-
10	No More Shall We Part	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	-
	Live Frogs Set 1	Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade	Live
	For the Stars	Elvis Costello and Anne Sofie von Otter	-
	Revelling/Reckoning	Ani DiFranco	-
	Isolation Drills	Guided by Voices	-
	Covered With Ants	Guttermouth	-
	Rock The Plank	Mad Caddies	-
	Surfer	NOFX	EP
16	Free All Angels	Ash	-
	A Girl Like Me	Emma Bunton	-
	Colossus of Destiny	The Melvins	Live
17	Steers & Stripes	Brooks & Dunn	-
	The Very Best of Elvis Costello	Elvis Costello	Compilation
	Live Insurrection	Halford	Live
	Up Close and Personal	Angie Martinez	-
	Super Hits	New Kids on the Block	Compilation
	6.0	Sister Machine Gun	-
	Olivia	Olivia	-
	Just Enough Education to Perform	Stereophonics	-
	Leaves Turn Inside You	Unwound	-
	One for the Kids	Yellowcard	-
21	Abulum	Glen Phillips	-
23	Echo Park	Feeder	-
	In America	Kenny G	Compilation
	To Be Frank	Nik Kershaw	-
	Simple Things	Zero 7	UK
24	Underground Network	Anti-Flag	-
	This Is Where I Came In	Bee Gees	-
	Mutiny on the Bay	Dead Kennedys	Live
	Steers & Stripes	Brooks & Dunn	-
	Dizzy Spells	The Ex	-
	Digimortal	Fear Factory	-
	Going Somewhere	Colin Hay	-
	All for You	Janet Jackson	-
	Man in the Moon	L.A. Guns	-
	Set This Circus Down	Tim McGraw	-
	Wide Awake Bored	Treble Charger	-
	Sad Sappy Sucker	Modest Mouse	-
	The Unraveling	Rise Against	-
25	Wages of Sin	Arch Enemy	-
27	All Rise	Blue	-
30	45 rpm: The Singles, 1980-1982	The Jam	Box Set
30	Rock Action	Mogwai	-

[edit] May

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Ultimate Collection	Buju Banton	Compilation
	Survivor	Destiny's Child	-
	Dillinger & Young Gotti	Tha Dogg Pound	-
	Carrying On	Montgomery Gentry	-
	Mechanical Wonder	Ocean Colour Scene	-
	PeteStrumentals	Pete Rock	-
7	Wingspan: Hits and History	Paul McCartney	Compilation
7	Truth Be Told	Shed Seven	-
8	Ayeshteni	Natacha Atlas	-
	Lions	The Black Crowes	-
	Bridge	Blues Traveler	-
	Best of B-Boy Records	Boogie Down Productions	Compilation
	Look into the Eyeball	David Byrne	-
	Live on the Black Hand Side	Danzig	Live
	Deltron 3030: The Instrumentals	Deltron 3030	-
	Falconer	Falconer	-
	Dare To Dream	Billy Gilman	-
	Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection	Jimi Hendrix	Compilation
	Hi-Teknology	Hi-Tek	-
	Last Fair Deal Gone Down	Katatonia	-
	Awakening the World	Lost Horizon	-
	Field Songs	Mark Lanegan	-
	XX	Mushroomhead	-
	All Killer No Filler	Sum 41	-
	Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film	Various Artists	Soundtrack
14	Exciter	Depeche Mode	-
	Reveal	R.E.M.	-
	Acoustica	Scorpions	Live
15	Shoulda Been Home	Robert Cray	-
	Brand New History	Econoline Crush	-
	beautiful.	Fantastic Plastic Machine	-
	Anoraknophobia	Marillion	-
	Meet Joe Mac	Joey McIntyre	-
	The World Needs a Hero	Megadeth	-
	Miss E… So Addictive	Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott	-
	Lateralus	Tool	-
	Weezer (The Green Album)	Weezer	-
17	Same Girl, New Songs	The All-American Rejects	EP
21	Scream if You Wanna Go Faster	Geri Halliwell	-
	The Merry Sisters of Fate	Lunasa	-
	200 Po Vstrechnoy	t.A.T.u.	-
	Genetic World	Télépopmusik	-
	Can Our Love...	Tindersticks	-
22	Hawthorne, CA	The Beach Boys	Compilation
	Bliss, Please	blackmail	-
	One Wild Night Live 1985-2001	Bon Jovi	Live
	How I Spent My Summer Vacation	The Bouncing Souls	-
	All This and Puppet Stew	The Dickies	-
	Rising Again	Donovan	Live
	Lechuza	Fenix*TX	-
	Quest for Fire: Firestarter, Vol. 1	Kardinal Offishall	-
	Mediocre Generica	Leftöver Crack	-
	Put Yo Hood Up	Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz	-
	The Renaissance EP	MxPx	EP
	Malpractice	Redman	-
	Stabbing Westward	Stabbing Westward	-
	Break the Cycle	Staind	-
	Machine	Static-X	-
23	Lovebeat	Yoshinori Sunahara	-
28	10 000 Hz Legend	Air	-
28	Pause	Four Tet	UK
29	Part II	Brad Paisley	-
29	Irresistible	Jessica Simpson	-

[edit] June

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
4	Faerie Stories	Peatbog Faeries	-
4	Amnesiac	Radiohead	-
5	Aura	Asia	-
	Somewhere Over The Slaughter House	Buckethead	-
	Sinner	Drowning Pool	-
	Broken Silence	Foxy Brown	-
	A Flight and a Crash	Hot Water Music	-
	Shine Like It Does: The Anthology (1979-1997)	INXS	Compilation
	Songs in A Minor	Alicia Keys	-
	The Merry Sisters of Fate	Lunasa	US
	Loser Anthems	Matthew Good Band	EP
	Full Bluntal Nugity	Ted Nugent	Live
	Swordfish:The Album	Paul Oakenfold	Soundtrack
	This Ain't a Game	Ray J	-
	The Economy of Sound	Seven Mary Three	-
	Styx World: Live 2001	Styx	Live
	Poses	Rufus Wainwright	-
	Inside Out	Trisha Yearwood	-
	Punk-O-Rama Vol. 6	Various Artists	Compilation
8	Myra (album)	Myra
11	Organik	Robert Miles	-
12	Beneath the Encasing of Ashes	As I Lay Dying	-
	9 Lives	AZ	-
	Take off Your Pants and Jacket	blink-182	-
	Zoom	Electric Light Orchestra	-
	PS You Love Me	Kid 606	-
	Recordings	Porcupine Tree	Compilation
	Archive	The Specials	Compilation
	Sugar Ray	Sugar Ray	-
13	The Best of Eighteen Visions	Eighteen Visions	Compilation
13	Perhaps, I Suppose...	Rufio	-
18	Outrospective	Faithless	-
	Beat 'Em Up	Iggy Pop	-
	Origin of Symmetry	Muse	UK
19	!!!	!!!	-
	From Chaos	311	-
	Just Like Gravity	CPR	-
	Devil's Night	D12	-
	No Nose Job: The Legend of Digital Underground	Digital Underground	Compilation
	Far from Over	Edwin McCain	-
	Tongues	Esham	LP
	Mandy Moore	Mandy Moore	-
	Greatest Fits	Ministry	Compilation
	Land of the Free?	Pennywise	-
	I'm Already There	Lonestar	-
	GQ on the EQ++	Kid 606	-
	Live, Loud and Loose	Loverboy	Live
	Live in San Francisco	Joe Satriani	Live
	Shangri-La Dee Da	Stone Temple Pilots	-
	Alive in an Ultra World	Steve Vai	Live
	Don't Tell the Band	Widespread Panic	-
	2001 Warped Tour Compilation	Various Artists	Compilation
20	Friends & Family, Vol. 2	Suicidal Tendencies, Various Artists	Compilation
26	Madhouse - The Very Best of Anthrax	Anthrax	Compilation
	Show-Biz Blues: Fleetwood Mac 1968-1970	Fleetwood Mac	Compilation
	Horror Show	Iced Earth	-
	Jagged Little Thrill	Jagged Edge	-
	Episode II	Safri Duo	-

[edit] July

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Nearly Lost You	Screaming Trees	Compilation
1	Tales of the Inexpressible	Shpongle	-
2	Kerrang! The Album	Various artists	Compilation
	Rock and Roll: an Introduction to The Velvet Underground	The Velvet Underground	Compilation
	Blowback	Tricky	-
3	Brothers and Sisters, Are You Ready?	Big Sugar	-
	Tales from the B-Side	Biohazard	Compilation
	Live at L'Olympia	Jeff Buckley	Live
	X.O. Experience	Tha Liks	-
	Lil' Romeo	Lil' Romeo	-
	White Blood Cells	The White Stripes	-
9	The Director's Cut	Fantômas	Covers album
	4.35am	Gemma Hayes	EP
	11:11	Regina Spektor	-
	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	EP
10	Anakonda	Akinyele	-
	Blood Red Cherry	Jann Arden	-
	The Metal Opera	Avantasia	-
	Fires at Midnight	Blackmore's Night	-
	Ancient Melodies of the Future	Built to Spill	-
	Camino Palmero	The Calling	-
	Dream Street	Dream Street	-
	Skin	Melissa Etheridge	-
	Priesthood	Killah Priest	-
	Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey	Kurupt	-
	Stay What You Are	Saves The Day	-
	King of da Ghetto	Z-Ro	-
17	Aaliyah	Aaliyah	-
	1st Born Second	Bilal	-
	Buffalo Springfield	Buffalo Springfield	Box Set
	Born to Do It	Craig David	US
	Tales from the Lotus Pod	Dark Lotus	LP
	What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce	Goo Goo Dolls	Compilation
	Pleased to Meet You	James	-
21	Ryden Dirtay	Psychopathic Rydas	LP
24	Greatest Hits	Alice in Chains	Compilation
	Sounding the Seventh Trumpet	Avenged Sevenfold	-
	Comfort Eagle	Cake	-
	Contact!	Eiffel 65	-
	Live Frogs Set 2	Les Claypool's Frog Brigade	Live
	Love Is a Battlefield	Hi-Standard	EP
	Bleed American (retitled Jimmy Eat World after September 11, 2001)	Jimmy Eat World	-
	Celebrity	'N Sync	-
	The Butterfly Collection	The Nerve Agents	-
	Global a Go-Go	Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros	-
	Tiger Army II: Power of Moonlite	Tiger Army	-
30	Beetroot	Cast	-
	Captain Easychord	Stereolab	EP
	Now That's What I Call Music! 49 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
31	Tweekend	The Crystal Method	-
	Megaton Shotblast	De Facto	EP
	2002	Tha Dogg Pound	Compilation
	Duces 'N Trayz: The Old Fashioned Way	Tha Eastsidaz	-
	Girl	Eskimo Joe	-
	Losing All Hope Is Freedom	Evergreen Terrace	-
	Demolition	Judas Priest	-
	The Very Best of Prince	Prince	Compilation
	Blake Shelton	Blake Shelton	-
	Take-Offs and Landings	Rilo Kiley	-
	Now That's What I Call Music! 7 (U.S. series)	Various Artists	Compilation

[edit] August

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
6	The Tokyo Showdown Live In Japan 2000	In Flames	Live
	Crow Sit on Blood Tree	Graham Coxon	-
	Secrets	The Human League	-
7	Oh Aaron	Aaron Carter	-
	Eternal	The Isley Brothers feat. Ronald Isley, aka Mr. Biggs	-
	Mechanized Warfare	Jag Panzer	-
	Gravitational Forces	Robert Earl Keen	-
	True Carnage	Six Feet Under	-
	8701	Usher	-
8	Warmness on the Soul	Avenged Sevenfold	EP
10	Pull My Chain	Toby Keith	-
13	How It Works	Bodyjar	-
14	The Spirit Room	Michelle Branch	-
	Jump5	Jump5	-
	New Favorite	Alison Krauss	-
	Live by Request	k.d. lang	Live
	No Self Control	The Planet Smashers	-
21	Adema	Adema	-
	Live Plus One	ALL/Descendents	Live
	The War of Art	American Head Charge	-
	The Best of the Early Years: 1990-1995	Buju Banton	Compilation
	Closer	Better Than Ezra	-
	Just Be Free	Christina Aguilera	-
	Die Hards	The Casualties	-
	Danse Macabre	The Faint	-
	Too Bad You're Beautiful	From Autumn To Ashes	-
	10 Years of Chaos and Confusion	Hypocrisy	-
	Project English	Juvenile	-
	Nice	Rollins Band	-
	Start Static	Sugarcult	-
	Choices: The Album	Three 6 Mafia	-
	Mother Earth	Within Temptation	-
27	Vespertine	Björk	-
	Trouble – Norwegian Live EP	Coldplay	Live EP
	Grave Disorder	The Damned	-
	Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever	Explosions in the Sky	-
	Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights	HIM	-
	Get Ready	New Order	-
	Is This It	The Strokes	-
28	No More Drama	Mary J. Blige	-
	Gangland	Kool & the Gang	-
	Thug On Da Line	Krayzie Bone	-
	Flirting with Twilight	Kurt Elling	-
	Anyone for Doomsday?	Powerman 5000	-
	Come Clean	Puddle of Mudd	-
	The Creepy EP	Relient K	EP
	The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek	Relient K	-
	Digital Bullet	RZA	-
	Alien Youth	Skillet	-
	Iowa	Slipknot	-
	It's a Wonderful Life	Sparklehorse	-
30	Live at Java Joe's	Jason Mraz	-

[edit] September

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
3	If You've Never Been	Embrace	-
	Mutilated Genitals	Dog Fashion Disco	EP
	A Funk Odyssey	Jamiroquai	-
	Cold Frontier	Show of Hands	-
	Sound-Dust	Stereolab	-
4	A-Town Blues	Wayne Hancock	-
	Back to the Mansion	April Wine	-
	Jane Doe	Converge	-
	The Tokyo Showdown	In Flames	Live
	Silence	Sonata Arctica	-
	Toxicity	System of a Down	-
10	Magnification	Yes	UK
11	The Goat of Mendes	Akercocke	-
	Uncivilization	Biohazard	-
	Glitter	Mariah Carey	Soundtrack
	Live Scenes from New York	Dream Theater	Live
	"Love and Theft"	Bob Dylan	-
	Ghetto Fabolous	Fabolous	-
	The Coast Is Never Clear	Beulah	-
	Rockin' The Suburbs	Ben Folds	-
	The Blueprint	Jay-Z	-
	Mediocre Generica	Leftover Crack	-
	Wonders of the World	Long Beach Dub Allstars	-
	Halfway Tree	Damian Marley	-
	All Is Dream	Mercury Rev	-
	The Moldy Peaches	The Moldy Peaches	-
	Silver Side Up	Nickelback	-
	Worship	Michael W. Smith	Live
	Live in a Dive: No Use for a Name	No Use for a Name	Live
	Tomcats Screaming Outside	Roland Orzabal	US
	Satellite	P.O.D.	-
	God Hates Us All	Slayer	-
	Scars	Soil	-
	Mink Car	They Might Be Giants	-
14	Revolutionary Vol. 1	Immortal Technique	-
17	Strange Little Girls	Tori Amos	-
17	EP+6	Mogwai	UK; Compilation
18	The Power Station Years: The Unreleased Recordings	Jon Bon Jovi	Compilation
	7even Year Itch	Collective Soul	Compilation
	Dragontown	Alice Cooper	-
	In Search of Truth	Evergrey	-
	Greatest Hits	Martina McBride	Compilation
	The Id	Macy Gray	-
	Revolution Revolución	Ill Niño	-
	The Look of Love	Diana Krall	-
	V	Live	-
	Room for Squares	John Mayer	-
	The Dirty Story: The Best of Ol' Dirty Bastard	Ol' Dirty Bastard	-
	Positively Somewhere	Jennifer Paige	-
	The Golden Hum	Remy Zero	-
	Rain on Lens	Smog	-
	Shameless	Therapy?	-
	The Attraction to All Things Uncertain	Tweaker	-
22	Kristnihald undir Jökli	Quarashi	-
24	Resonance	Anathema	Compilation
24	Souljacker	Eels	UK
25	A Wild-Eyed Christmas Night	.38 Special	Christmas
	Humanistic	Abandoned Pools	-
	AArt	Acoustic Alchemy	-
	Gold	Ryan Adams	-
	Dead Yuppies	Agnostic Front	-
	Songs from Call Me Claus	Garth Brooks	Christmas
	The Best of Bruce Dickinson	Bruce Dickinson	Compilation
	Baldhead Slick & Da Click	Guru	-
	Manic Moonlight	King's X	-
	Violent Revolution	Kreator	-
	Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks	Modest Mouse	EP
	Nivea	Nivea	-
	Live Evolution	Queensrÿche	Live
	Killing Ground	Saxon	-
	Steal This Record	The Suicide Machines	-
	Songs in Red and Gray	Suzanne Vega	-
	Tenacious D	Tenacious D	-
	World of Glass	Tristania	-
27	Symphony for the Devil	Witchery	-
28	Fantasies & Delusions	Billy Joel	-
28	In Search Of...	NER*D	-

[edit] October

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Victoria Beckham	Victoria Beckham	-
	Beautifulgarbage	Garbage	-
	Songs from the West Coast	Elton John	UK
	Fever	Kylie Minogue	-
	Amélie	Yann Tiersen	Soundtrack
	Trouble Every Day	Tindersticks	Soundtrack
2	Total Devastation: The Best of	Busta Rhymes	Compilation
	Pass Out of Existence	Chimaira	-
	Creedence Clearwater Revival: Box Set	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Box Set
	Greatest Hits Live: Vancouver 1986	Donovan	Live
	Alright Guy	Gary Allan	-
	Instructions	Jermaine Dupri	-
	Pain Is Love	Ja Rule	-
	Supercharger	Machine Head	-
	All Back to the Mine	Moloko	Compilation
	The Very Best of Winger	Winger	Compilation
6	Nothing New for Trash Like You	Against All Authority	-
8	thefakesoundofprogress	Lostprophets	Re-release
8	Secret of the Runes	Therion	-
9	Chrome	Trace Adkins	-
	A Fine Day to Exit	Anathema	-
	Field Commander Cohen: Tour of 1979	Leonard Cohen	Live
	Ten New Songs	Leonard Cohen	-
	The Photo Album	Death Cab for Cutie	-
	Your Favorite Weapon	Brand New	-
	Falling into Place	Finch	EP
	Is This It	The Strokes	US
	Epitaph	Front Line Assembly	-
	No World Order	Gamma Ray	-
	Gerardo: Fame, Sex y Dinero	Gerardo	-
	Hidden Stash II: The Kream of the Krop	Kottonmouth Kings	-
	Christina Milian	Christina Milian	-
	Together Again For The First Time	Pulley	-
	Direct Action: Day 21	Sham 69	-
	1942	Soul-Junk	EP
	Not All Who Wander Are Lost	Chris Thile	-
	I'm Serious	T.I.	-
	Stupid Fat Americans	Zebrahead	-
15	The Very Best of Bananarama	Bananarama	Compilation
	The DVD	Napalm Death	Live DVD
	Gold: Greatest Hits	Steps	Compilation
16	1 Less G N Da Hood	Blaze Ya Dead Homie	LP
	Live in L.A. (Death & Raw)	Death	Live
	The Argument	Fugazi	-
	The Essential Journey	Journey	Compilation
	Atomic	Lit	-
	Cuttin' Heads	John Mellencamp	-
	Down to Earth	Ozzy Osbourne	-
	God Bless America	LeAnn Rimes	-
	Here to Heaven	Jamie-Lynn Sigler	-
	John P. Kelly	Mr. Cheeks	-
	Pretty Together	Sloan	-
	Mahogany Soul	Angie Stone	US
	The Interzone Mantras	The Tea Party	-
	Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes	The Velvet Underground	Live
18	Disposable Arts	Masta Ace	-
18	Full Collapse	Thursday	-
21	A Bad Brains Reunion Live from Maritime Hall	Bad Brains	Live
21	Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise	Emperor	-
22	drukqs	Aphex Twin	-
	The Grave Digger	Grave Digger	Germany
	Your New Favourite Band	The Hives	Compilation
	We Love Life	Pulp	-
	Cryptic Collection Vol. 2	Twiztid	LP
23	The Hits: Chapter One	Backstreet Boys	Compilation
	Snowflakes	Toni Braxton	Christmas
	Golden State	Bush	-
	Wake Up and Smell the Coffee	The Cranberries	-
	8 Days of Christmas	Destiny's Child	Christmas
	Expansion Team	Dilated Peoples	-
	Change	The Dismemberment Plan	-
	The Great Depression	DMX	-
	Kingsize	Five	-
	Understand This	Grand Puba	-
	Greatest Fits	The Headstones	Compilation
	Morning View	Incubus	-
	A New Morning, Changing Weather	The (International) Noise Conspiracy	-
	Live in Chicago 12.19.98	Dave Matthews Band	Live
	The Melancholy Collection	Millencolin	US; Compilation
	Novakane	Outlawz	-
	Feeding the Wheel	Jordan Rudess	-
	First Strike Still Deadly	Testament	-
	The Complete Limelight Sessions	Shania Twain	Compilation
	Bi-Polar	Vanilla Ice	LP
	Now That's What I Call Christmas! (U.S. series)	Various Artists	Compilation
	Greatest Hits Vol. 3: I'm a Survivor	Reba McEntire	Compilation
29	Wanderland	Kelis	-
	Into	The Rasmus	-
	Turn to Me	Vanessa Amorosi	-
30	Legacy: The Greatest Hits Collection	Boyz II Men	Compilation
	Everywhere	Michelle Branch	-
	Through the Eyes	Flaw	-
	Escape	Enrique Iglesias	-
	Invincible	Michael Jackson	-
	Versus	Kings of Convenience	Remix
	Lenny	Lenny Kravitz	-
	The Audio of Being	Matthew Good Band	-
	Cuts from the Crypt	The Misfits	Compilation
	Tomahawk	Tomahawk	-
	White Knuckled Substance	Vendetta Red	-
	Greatest Hits, Vol. 2	Clint Black	Compilation
31	Give Blood	Bane	-

[edit] November

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
2	The Definitive Collection	ABBA	Compilation
5	All Hits	All Saints	Compilation
	Best of The Corrs	The Corrs	Compilation
	The Fallout	Default	-
	Are You Are Missing Winner	The Fall	-
	White Lilies Island	Natalie Imbruglia	-
	Premium Quality... Serve Loud!	Peter Pan Speedrock	-
	Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd	Pink Floyd	Compilation
6	Playing with my friends: Bennett Sings The Blues	Tony Bennett	-
	Party Music	The Coup	-
	Alive 1997	Daft Punk	Live
	Life	Dope	-
	Seul... avec vous	Garou	Live
	You Pass the City	Eddie Mitchell	-
	Word of Mouf	Ludacris	-
	Warts and All: Volume 1	moe.	Live
	Diary Of A Sinner: 1st Entry	Petey Pablo	-
	Best of SWV	SWV	Compilation
	They Might Be Giants in Holidayland	They Might Be Giants	Christmas EP
	Britney	Britney Spears	-
	Momentum	tobyMac	-
	Relative Ways	...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead	Extended Play (EP)
11	They Don't Know	So Solid Crew	Debut
11	Swing When You're Winning	Robbie Williams	-
12	Kerrang! 2 The Album	Various artists	Compilation
	Play It Like That	Bardot	-
	Work to a Calm	Gemma Hayes	EP
	I Might Be Wrong	Radiohead	Live
	World of Our Own	Westlife	-
	Driving Rain	Paul McCartney	-
13	Mis Romances	Luis Miguel	-
	Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits	Barenaked Ladies	Compilation
	Cunt	Blood Duster	-
	Scarecrow	Garth Brooks	-
	C True Hollywood Stories	Canibus	-
	Bulletproof Wallets	Ghostface Killah	-
	International Superhits!	Green Day	Compilation
	Greatest Hits - HIStory Volume I	Michael Jackson	Compilation
	This Way	Jewel	-
	GHV2	Madonna	Compilation
	Here at the Mayflower	Barry Manilow	-
	25 & Alive Boneshaker	Motörhead	DVD
	Motherland	Natalie Merchant	-
	Destination Unknown	Mest	-
	Rain of a Thousand Flames	Rhapsody	EP
	The Sinister Urge	Rob Zombie	-
	Animosity	Sevendust	-
	Laundry Service	Shakira	-
	Bad Dreams	Swollen Members	-
	Live on the Edge of Forever	Symphony X	-
	Dirty Money	UGK	-
	Simple Things	Zero 7	US
14	Rusty Medals and Broken Badges	Over My Dead Body	-
16	Violence Has Arrived	GWAR	-
16	Here & Now: The Best of Human Nature	Human Nature	Compilation
19	Légende du Scorpion à Quatre Queues	De Facto	EP
	Whatever Gets You Through The Day	Lighthouse Family	UK
	Now That's What I Call Music! 50 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
	Insignificance	Jim O'Rourke	-
	Not for Beginners	Ronnie Wood	-
20	Fractures in the Facade of Your Porcelain Beauty	Atreyu	EP
	Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology	Aerosmith	Compilation
	Cappadonna Hits	Cappadonna	Compilation
	Washed Up and Through the Ringer	Catch 22	-
	Weathered	Creed	-
	Hoobastank	Hoobastank	-
	Cocky	Kid Rock	-
	The Box Set	Kiss	Box Set
	The Beginning of All Things to End	Mudvayne	-
	Songs for the Front Row	Ocean Colour Scene	Compilation
	Missundaztood	Pink	-
	The Rainbow Children	Prince	-
	Bright Flight	Silver Jews	-
	Rotten Apples	The Smashing Pumpkins	Compilation
	...All This Time	Sting	Live
	Indecent Proposal	Timbaland & Magoo	-
	Now That's What I Call Music! 8 (U.S. series)	Various Artists	Compilation
21	Greatest Hits	The Cure	Compilation
22	Cover Up	UB40	-
26	Even in Darkness	Dungeon Family	-
	Arcana	Edenbridge	-
	7 Worlds Collide	Neil Finn	Live
	Sunshine	S Club 7	-
27	Genesis	Busta Rhymes	-
	Mandrake	Edguy	-
	Marc Lavoine	Marc Lavoine	-
	Eudora	The Get Up Kids	Compilation
	Dark Genesis	Iced Earth	Box Set
	Smash Mouth	Smash Mouth	-

[edit] December

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
4	Stiff Upper Lip Live	AC/DC	VHS/DVD
	Tears	The Crüxshadows	EP
	Stoned Raiders	Cypress Hill	-
	AOI: Bionix	De La Soul	-
	Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)	Fat Joe	-
	B-Sides Ultra	James	Compilation
	New Old Songs	Limp Bizkit	Remix
	Bang or Ball	Mack 10	-
	Music and Me	Nate Dogg	-
	Rock Steady	No Doubt	-
	Big Boi and Dre Present...OutKast	OutKast	Compilation
7	Paws	Four Tet	EP
10	Live Rounds in Tokyo	The Haunted
11	Freak of Nature	Anastacia	-
	Cannon to a Whisper	Breaking Pangaea	-
	Infamy	Mobb Deep	-
	Les Indispensables	Celine Dion	Compilation
	Better Days	Joe	-
	The Return of the Regulator	Warren G	-
14	2	Florent Pagny	Cover album
18	Idiot Road	The Arrogant Worms	-
	Doggy Bag	Bow Wow	-
	Dreams Can Come True, Greatest Hits Vol. 1	Gabrielle	Compilation
	Forgotten Freshness Volume 3	Insane Clown Posse	Compilation
	Jay-Z: Unplugged	Jay-Z	Live
	Game Face	Master P	-
	Stillmatic	Nas	-
	Iron Flag	Wu-Tang Clan	-
21	A Call to Arms	Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution	EP
23	For the Kids	Gym Class Heroes	–

[edit] Release Date Unknown

First Album – Miss Kittin & The Hacker
Yule Ritual – Hawkwind
Breaking Benjamin EP – Breaking Benjamin

[edit] Top 5 Selling Albums of Billboard Year

[edit] Top 10 Best Selling Albums 2001 (Soundscan)

Hybrid Theory / Linkin Park ~ 4,812,852
Hot Shot / Shaggy ~ 4,507,568
Celebrity / 'N Sync ~ 4,421,231
A Day Without Rain / Enya ~ 4,410,053
Break the Cycle / Staind ~ 4,242,507
Songs in A Minor / Alicia Keys ~ 4,102,482
J.Lo / Jennifer Lopez ~ 4,056,985
Survivor / Destiny's Child ~ 3,718,446
Weathered / Creed ~ 3,581,344
O Brother, Where Art Thou? / Soundtrack ~ 3,460,852

[edit] Popular Songs

"19/2000" – Gorillaz (August)
"A Little Respect" – Wheatus
"À ma place" – Axel Bauer and Zazie
"All for You" – Janet Jackson (March 27)
"All or Nothing" – O-Town (January 23)
"American Psycho" – Treble Charger
"Another Day In Paradise" – Brandy feat. Ray J (March)
"Bad Ambassador" – The Divine Comedy (April 17)
"Bodies" – Drowning Pool
"Bootylicious" – Destiny's Child (June 26 (US), July 3(worldwide))
"Brand New Low" – Treble Charger
"Buck Rogers" – Feeder (January 8)
"Butterfly" – Crazy Town
"Butterfly" – Kylie Minogue (November 12)
"California" – Wave
"Candy" – Ash (October 1)
"Can't Get You Out of My Head" – Kylie Minogue (September 17)
"Chop Suey!" – System of a Down (August)
"Clint Eastwood" – Gorillaz (March 5) UK))
"Control"- Puddle of Mudd (July)
"Crawling" – Linkin Park (April 17)
"Crying at the Discoteque" – Alcazar
"Crystal" – New Order (13 August)
"Don't Tell Me" – Madonna (November 21, 2000 (non-US); January 16, 2001 (US))
"Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" – Train (February 20)
"Drowning – Backstreet Boys
"Electric Avenue (remix)" – Eddy Grant
"Elevation" – U2 (June 25 [AUS]; July 2 [EUR]; July 10 [US])
"Eternity/The Road to Mandalay" – Robbie Williams (July 9)
"Fallin'" – Alicia Keys (July 10)
"Family Affair" – Mary J.Blige
"Fat Lip" – Sum 41 (August 28 USA; October 1 UK)
"Fight Music" – D12
"First Date" – Blink-182 (September 24)
"Get Ur Freak On" – Missy Elliott (February 20)
"Gone" – 'N Sync (October)
"Handbags and Gladrags" – Stereophonics
"Hanging By A Moment" – Lifehouse
"Hard to Explain" – The Strokes (June 25, 2001 (UK), April 30, 2002 (USA))
"Have a Nice Day" – Stereophonics
"Hell Bent"- Kenna
"Here With Me" – Dido (January 29 EU; February 5 UK)
"Here's to the Night (song)" – Eve 6 (May 21 US)
"Hero" – Enrique Iglesias (November)
"How We Roll" – Big Pun
"How You Remind Me" – Nickelback
"I Believe" – Galleon
"I Don't Want a Lover (remix)" – Texas
"I Feel Loved" – Depeche Mode (July 30 UK; July 31 US)
"I Want Love" – Elton John
"I'm a Slave 4 U" – Britney Spears (October 23 [US]; October 8 [UK])
"I'm Real" – Jennifer Lopez (October 16)
"Imitation of Life" – R.E.M. (April)
"Inner Smile" – Texas
"In the End" – Linkin Park (November 20)
"In Too Deep – Sum 41 (December 3 UK)
"Island in the Sun"- Weezer (August 28)
"Irresistible"- Jessica Simpson (April 12)
"It's Been Awhile"- Staind (June 26)
"It's Raining Men" – Geri Halliwell (April 30 [UK])
"I Wanna Be Bad" – Willa Ford (May 22)
"Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" – Jay Z (July 17)
"Jaded" – Aerosmith (March 13)
"Just Push Play" – Aerosmith
"Juxtapozed with U" – Super Furry Animals
"Knives Out" – Radiohead August 14 (Pt.1, Pt.2); August 28 (US CD); September 25, 2001 (Pt. 3)
"La Musique (Angelica)" – Star Academy France (December)
"La Negra Tiene Tumbao" - Celia Cruz (October 2, 2001)
"Lady Marmalade"- Christina Aguilera, Pink, Lil' Kim & Mýa (May 8)
"Last Nite" – The Strokes
"Left Behind" – Slipknot
"Let Me Blow Ya Mind" – Eve featuring Gwen Stefani (May 15)
"Liquid Dreams" – O-Town
"Love Don't Cost A Thing" – Jennifer Lopez (January 30)
"Love What You Do" – The Divine Comedy
"Loverboy" – Mariah Carey (July 16)
"Moi... Lolita" – Alizée (July 4, 2000)
"Mr. Writer" – Stereophonics
"More Than a Woman – Aaliyah (November 13, 2001 [US]; February 19, 2002 [UK]; March 5, 2002 [AUS])
"Movies" – Alien Ant Farm
"My Sacrifice" – Creed (December 11)
"My Way" – Limp Bizkit (May)
"19-2000" – Gorillaz (June 25 (UK) July 17 (US))
"Ocean Spray" – Manic Street Preachers (June 4)
"One Last Breath" – Creed
"One Minute Man" – Missy Elliott (featuring Ludacris and Trina)
"One Step Closer" – Linkin Park
"Only Time – Enya
"Out of Reach" – Gabrielle
"Outside" – Staind (May)
"Overprotected" – Britney Spears (December)
"Pop" – 'N Sync (July 17)
"Purple Hills" – D12 featuring Eminem
"Pyramid Song" – Radiohead (May 29, 2001; June 19, 2001 (Pt.1, Pt.2); December 11, 2001 (Japan CD)
"Queen of My Heart" – Westlife (UK)
"Ramp! (The Logical Song)" – Scooter
"Ride Wit Me" – Nelly (July 24)
"Rock The Boat" – Aaliyah (August 2001 (North America); March 5, 2002 (Australia); May 6, 2002 (UK))
"Sail Away" – David Gray
"Seul" – Garou
"Sexual Guarantee" – Alcazar (November 26)
"Shining Light" – Ash (January 29)
"Schism" – Tool
"Short Skirt/Long Jacket" – Cake
"Sick Cycle Carousel" – Lifehouse
"Side" – Travis (September 17)
"Sing" – Travis (May 28)
"Smooth Criminal" – Alien Ant Farm
"Someone To Call My Lover" – Janet Jackson
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" (medley) – Cliff Richard
"So I Begin" – Galleon
"So Why So Sad" – Manic Street Preachers (February 26)
"Standing Still" – Jewel
"Starlight" – The Supermen Lovers
"Step On My Old Size Nines" – Stereophonics
"Stop Your Crying" – Spiritualized
"Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" – U2 (January 29 UK, February 12 AUS, March 27 FRA, October 30 CAN)
"Survivor" – Destiny's Child (February 13, 2001 (Australia); April 24, 2001 (Germany); May 8, 2001 (U.S.) May 15, 2001 (U.K.))
"Teenage Dirtbag" – Wheatus
"Thank You" – Dido (21 May)
"The Rock Show" – Blink-182 (July 1)
"There Must Be an Angel" – No Angels
"This Year's Love" – David Gray
"Toutes les femmes de ta vie" – L5
"Turn off the Light" – Nelly Furtado (August 14)
"Up On The Downside" – Ocean Colour Scene
"Uptown Girl" – Westlife (UK)
"Walk On" – U2 (November 19) (UK/Eur); November 26(Aus)
"We Need A Resolution" – Aaliyah (April 24)
"What It Feels Like for a Girl" – Madonna
"Whenever, Wherever" – Shakira
"Wherever You Will Go" – The Calling
"Who Do You Love Now?" – Riva featuring Dannii Minogue (November 19)
"Whole Again" – Atomic Kitten
"With Arms Wide Open" – Creed
"Wish You Were Here" – Incubus
"Wrong Impression" – Natalie Imbruglia
"Yellow" – Coldplay
"You Rock My World" – Michael Jackson

[edit] Classical music

Leonardo Balada – Cello Concerto No. 2 New Orleans
Osvaldas Balakauskas – Symphony No. 5
John Corigliano – Symphony No. 2 for String Orchestra
George Crumb – Unto the Hills for soprano, percussion quartet and piano
Joël-François Durand – Athanor for orchestra
Lorenzo Ferrero
- Two Cathedrals in the South concertino for trumpet and orchestra
- Moonlight Sonata for five percussion instruments
Howard Goodall – In Memoriam Anne Frank
Helmut Lachenmann – Grido (string quartet)
Stuart Mitchell – Seven Wonders Suite for Choir & Orchestra
Peter Ruzicka – Trans – Requiem für Giuseppe Sinopoli

[edit] Opera

Jason Kao Hwang - The Floating Box: A Story in Chinatown
Theo Loevendie – Johnny & Jones
Sven-David Sandström – Jeppe: The Cruel Comedy

[edit] Musical theater

Atgof o'r Sêr – first performed by Bryn Terfel and Cor Rhuthun in north Wales. Commissioned for the National Eisteddfod of Wales at Denbigh.
A Class Act Broadway production opened at the Ambassador Theatre on March 11 and ran for 105 performances
42nd Street Broadway revival opened at the Ford Center on May 2
Mamma Mia! Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on October 18
The Producers Broadway production opened at St. James Theatre on April 19
Urinetown Broadway production opened at the Hudson Theatre on September 20 and ran for 965 performances

[edit] Musical films

Beijing Rocks
Gadar: Ek Prem Katha, starring Sunny Deol, Amisha Patel and Amrish Puri
Glitter released September 21, starring Mariah Carey and Max Beesley
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, directed by and starring John Cameron Mitchell
Love You Hamesha, starring Akshaye Khanna and Sonali Bendre
Moulin Rouge! released May 18, starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor
On the Road to Emmaus, starring Peter Franzén
One Night the Moon, starring Paul Kelly and Kaarin Fairfax
Rebelové, starring Zuzana Norisová and Tomáš Hanák

[edit] Deaths

January 4 – Les Brown, bandleader (89)
January 7 – James Carr (58), soul singer
February 4 – Iannis Xenakis (78), Greek composer
February 10 - Buddy Tate (87), jazz musician
February 13 – George T. Simon, music critic and original Glenn Miller Orchestra drummer (pneumonia)
February 19 – Charles Trenet (87), French singer, songwriter
February 21
- Ronnie Hilton (75), English singer
- Malcolm Yelvington (82) rockabilly musician
February 22 – John Fahey (61), guitarist, indie label owner
March 4 – Glenn Hughes (50), The Village People
March 12 – Sir Lancelot (98), calypso singer
March 18 – John Phillips (65), singer-songwriter, co-founder of The Mamas & the Papas
March 28 – Moe Koffman (73), Canadian Jazz singer
April 6 – Charles Pettigrew (37), of Charles & Eddie (cancer)
April 9 - Graziella Sciutti (73), operatic soprano
April 11
- Graciela Naranjo (84), bolero singer and actress
- Sir Harry Secombe (79), entertainer
April 15 – Joey Ramone (49), lead singer of The Ramones (lymphoma)
April 20 – Giuseppe Sinopoli (54), composer and conductor (heart attack)
May 12 – Perry Como (88), American crooner
May 16 – Prince Ital Joe (38), reggae singer (car accident)
May 20 – Renato Carosone (81), Italian musician and singer
June 4 – John Hartford (64), bluegrass musician
June 7 – Carole Fredericks, singer
June 13 – Marcelo Fromer (39), guitarist for Brazilian band Titãs (rammed by a motorcycle)
June 18 – Davorin Popović (55), lead singer for Bosnian band Indexi
June 21 – John Lee Hooker (83), blues musician
June 30
- Chet Atkins (77), country musician
- Joe Henderson (64), jazz saxophonist
July 15 – Anthony Ian Berkeley (36), rapper (Brothers Grym, Gravediggaz)
July 27 – Leon Wilkeson (49), bassist for Lynyrd Skynyrd
August 18 - Roland Cardon (72), Belgian composer and multi-instrumentalist
August 25 – Aaliyah (22), American singer and actress (air crash)
August 27 - Karl Ulrich Schnabel (92), pianist
August 29 – Graeme "Shirley" Strachan (49), lead singer of Skyhooks
September 1 – Ted Mulry (54), lead singer with Ted Mulry Gang
September 22 – Isaac Stern (81), violinist
October 3 - Tatiana Menotti (92), operatic soprano
October 5 – Ivan Hrušovský (74), Slovak composer
October 10 - Barry McCauley (51), operatic tenor (lung cancer)
October 17 – Jay Livingston (86), songwriter
November 17 - Michael Karoli (53), guitarist, violinist and composer (cancer)
November 21 – Ralph Burns (79), American songwriter, bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and bebop pianist
November 24 – Melanie Thornton (34), singer (La Bouche) (air crash)
November 29 – George Harrison (58), musician and former member of The Beatles (lung cancer)
December 13 – Chuck Schuldiner (34), vocalist and guitarist with Death (cancer)
December 15 – Rufus Thomas (84), singer
December 16 – Stuart Adamson (43), guitarist with Big Country (suicide)
December 17 - Débria Brown (65), operatic soprano
December 18 – Gilbert Bécaud (74), singer-songwriter
December 22 – Norman Granz (83), American producer
December 29 – Cássia Eller (39), Brazilian singer

[edit] Awards

The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Aerosmith, Solomon Burke, The Flamingos, Michael Jackson, Queen, Paul Simon, Steely Dan and Ritchie Valens
Inductees of the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame include Larry Norman, and Elvis Presley

[edit] Country Music Association Awards

[edit] Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 2001

[edit] Mercury Music Prize

Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea – PJ Harvey wins.

[edit] MTV Video Music Awards

2001 MTV Video Music Awards

[edit] References

[0] ORICON STYLE – Weekly album chart : 2nd week of April 2001

[1] New York Times, 24 June 2001

[2] ttp://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-07-27-mtv-cover_x.htm

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2001 in music

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[edit] Events

[edit] Bands formed

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[edit] Albums released

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[edit] April

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[edit] December

[edit] Release Date Unknown

[edit] Top 5 Selling Albums of Billboard Year

[edit] Top 10 Best Selling Albums 2001 (Soundscan)

[edit] Popular Songs

[edit] Classical music

[edit] Opera

[edit] Musical theater

[edit] Musical films

[edit] Deaths

[edit] Awards

[edit] ARIA Music Awards

[edit] Grammy Awards

[edit] Juno Awards

[edit] Country Music Association Awards

[edit] Eurovision Song Contest

[edit] Mercury Music Prize

[edit] MTV Video Music Awards

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