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Overview of the events of 2002 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002 .
Specific locations
Specific genres
Events
January–February
January 1 – Eric Clapton marries his 25-year-old American girlfriend in a surprise wedding ceremony at a church in the English village of Ripley, Surrey .[1]
January 8 – The Black Crowes announce they are taking a hiatus.[2]
January 14 – Adam Ant is committed to a psychiatric hospital two days after being arrested for carrying a firearm into a London pub that Ant claims was fake.[3]
January 18 – Rapper C-Murder is arrested and charged with second-degree murder over a fatal shooting in a Harvey, Louisiana nightclub on January 12.[4]
January 23 – Virgin Records buys out its contract with Mariah Carey for $28 million, essentially paying her to not record any more music for the label.[5]
February 3 – U2 perform during the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVI . U2's performance becomes a tribute to the victims of the September 11 terrorist attack .
February 4 – Kiss bassist Gene Simmons has a notoriously antagonistic interview with Terry Gross on National Public Radio . Simmons continuously baits the host with sexual come-ons throughout the interview while Gross repeatedly calls Simmons "obnoxious." Simmons refuses to grant NPR permission to post the interview online, but unauthorized transcripts and audio exist.[6] [7]
February 13 – Jennifer Lopez becomes the first singer to have a remix album , J to tha L-O!: The Remixes , debut at number one, selling over 156,000 copies.[8]
February 15 - Popstar Britney Spears landed her first starring role in Crossroads , a teen drama road film alongside Zoe Saldana . Although film was largely panned, the film grossed $61.1 million worldwide.
March–April
May–June
May 8 – Mariah Carey signs a new record contract with Island Def Jam Music Group .
May 12 – We Will Rock You , a jukebox musical based on the songs of Queen , opens at the Dominion Theatre in London, England.
May 21
May 22 – Members of Alien Ant Farm are injured in an early morning tour bus crash in Spain that claimed the life of the driver.[10]
June 1
June 5 – U.S. soul and R&B singer R. Kelly , is charged with 21 counts of having sexual intercourse with a minor after a videotape allegedly showing him engaged in sexual acts with an underage girl is broadcast on the internet.
June 11
June 12 – BMG Music agrees to acquire the rest of Zomba Music Group in a deal reportedly worth $3 billion.[11]
June 15 – The Los Angeles, California , USA, radio station KROQ-FM airs the 10th Annual Weenie Roast show with Bad Religion , Hoobastank , Jack Johnson , Jimmy Eat World , Moby , New Found Glory , P.O.D. , Papa Roach , Puddle of Mudd , The Strokes , System of a Down , Unwritten Law , The Vines , The Violent Femmes and Rob Zombie .
June 18 – Mexican Pop-Singer Paulina Rubio , releases her sixth studio album and first debut-English crossover album in the U.S., titled Border Girl through Universal Records , she performed for the very first time live her hit single Don't Say Goodbye on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ,[12] the album debuted at #11 on the Billboard 200 with sales of 56,000 copies becoming Rubio's highest charting album in the U.S. It was eventually certified gold by RIAA , indicating sales of over 500,000 units.
June 19 – Hikaru Utada releases the album Deep River , which sold 2,350,170 copies in a week, debuting at number 1 on the weekly, monthly, and annual Oricon album chart. This would be her third time at number 1 on the year-end rankings of that particular chart, a record for any Japanese musical act or worldwide.
June 20 – Pop star Britney Spears , at only 20 years of age, is ranked by Forbes as the world's most powerful celebrity.[13]
June 21 -23 – The first Bonnaroo Music Festival is held in Tennessee. Performers include Widespread Panic , Gov't Mule and Norah Jones .
June 25 – The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra releases an arrangement of the Romeo and Juliet 1968 film soundtrack on the Silva America label. Will Smith also comes back with the release of his third solo studio album Born to Reign .
June 27 – The Who bassist John Entwistle is found dead in a Las Vegas hotel room on the eve of the band's new tour. He was 57.
June 30 – The Glastonbury Festival features headline acts Coldplay , Garbage , Stereophonics , Orbital , Roger Waters , Rod Stewart , and Air .
July–August
July 6 – Michael Jackson stages a public protest against Sony Music chairman Tommy Mottola , accusing him of taking part in a racist conspiracy within the music industry to exploit black recording artists. Sony responds with a statement calling Jackson's remarks "ludicrous, spiteful and hurtful."[14]
July 9 - Red Hot Chili Peppers 's 8th studio album By The Way is released. It sold 286,000 copies in the United States during the first week, peaking at #2 on Billboard 200 . It went on to sell over 2 million copies in the US, being certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America .
July 12 – Buckcherry breaks up on the heels of lead singer Josh Todd 's decision to quit the group.[15] They would reunite in 2005.
July 23 – My Chemical Romance's first album, "I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love" was released to the public.
July 28 – The Area2 Festival , featuring headline acts Moby, David Bowie , Busta Rhymes , Ash , and Blue Man Group , begins a three-week tour in Washington, DC.
August 17 – The Snow Mountain Music Festival opens in Lijiang, China.[16]
August 19 – Nickelback leaves the stage during the second song of their performance at the Ilha do Ermal festival in Portugal after being relentlessly pelted with rocks and bottles by the crowd.[17]
August 27 - Queens of the Stone Age release their critically acclaimed album Songs for the Deaf , featuring Dave Grohl on drums. The album earned the band their first Gold certification in the United States on January 27, 2003, selling over 500,000 copies.
September–October
September 3 – Napster was shut down for good after a judge denies a bid from Bertelsmann to purchase its assets. Aaron Carter 's fourth studio album Another Earthquake! was released.
September 4 – Kelly Clarkson was crowned the first winner of the television talent contest, American Idol .
September 11 – Marie Fredriksson of Roxette is injured in a domestic accident, leading to the discovery of a brain tumor .
September 20 – Courtney Love announces that her legal dispute with the surviving members of Nirvana has been resolved, paving the way for the unreleased track "You Know You're Right " to be included on an upcoming compilation.[18]
September 25 - Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 5 gets released onto CD.
September 28 – A stretch of Tennessee State Route 19 is officially named for Tina Turner , who was born and raised in nearby Nutbush, Tennessee .
October 2
October 13 – The fifth Terrastock festival is held in Boston , USA.
October 24 – Mikey "Bug" Cox is fired from Coal Chamber after disputes with other members about his drug addiction.
October 26 – Christina Aguilera releases her controversial second studio album Stripped , which enters the Billboard 200 at number 2, selling 330,000 copies in its first week. Stripped is the first studio album in three years since Christina Aguilera (1999).
October 30
November–December
November 7 – Guns N' Roses fans in Vancouver riot after a concert, which was to kick off the band's first tour in nine years, is canceled due to Axl Rose 's flight getting delayed.[20]
November 10 – Mick Jagger , Keith Richards , Elvis Costello , Lenny Kravitz , Tom Petty and Brian Setzer guest-star on an episode of The Simpsons set at a Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp .
November 19 – Michael Jackson dangles his nine-month-old son over the balcony of his Berlin hotel room in an apparent attempt to connect with the fans below. He releases a statement later that day calling the incident a "terrible mistake".[21]
November 26 - Will Smith releases his first compilation album (last under Colombia Records) Greatest Hits
November 29 – Concert For George is held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, as a memorial to George Harrison on the first anniversary of his death, under the musical direction of friend Eric Clapton . Performers included Paul McCartney , Ringo Starr , Clapton, Jeff Lynne , Ravi Shankar , and Billy Preston . The event benefitted the Material World Charitable Foundation.
November 30 – British girl group Girls Aloud is formed on the reality television show Popstars: The Rivals .
December 2 – Peter Garrett leaves Midnight Oil .
December 6 – Another riot over a canceled Guns N' Roses concert breaks out, this time in Philadelphia, after Axl Rose is a no-show. The band cancels the remaining dates of the tour without explanation.[22]
December 29 – A Creed concert in Chicago angers fans in attendance when lead singer Scott Stapp forgets many lyrics, takes a lengthy leave of absence in the middle of the show and lies down on the stage for part of the performance. The band's manager issues a written apology that includes the statement "we hope that you can take some solace in the fact that you definitely experienced the most unique of all Creed shows and may have become part of the unusual world of rock 'n' roll history!"[23]
December 31 – Phish end their two-year hiatus with a New Year's Eve concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Also in 2002
Bands formed
Bands disbanded
Bands reformed
Albums released
January – March
April – June
July – September
Date
Album
Artist
Notes
J U L Y
1
Heathen Chemistry
Oasis
-
Hullabaloo Soundtrack
Muse
Live
2002 Warped Tour Compilation
Various Artists
Compilation
2
Charango
Morcheeba
-
Stash
Cypress Hill
EP
Classics Selected by Brian Wilson
The Beach Boys
Compilation
From Illmatic to Stillmatic: The Remixes
Nas
EP
Irv Gotti Presents: The Inc.
Murder Inc. Records
Compilation
O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits
Aerosmith
Compilation
Shenanigans
Green Day
Compilation
Steady as She Goes
Voodoo Glow Skulls
-
21 Singles
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Compilation
The Ultimate Kansas
Kansas
Compilation
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning
Chicago
Compilation
This Is the Remix
Jessica Simpson
Remix
Worship and Tribute
Glassjaw
-
8
Greatest Hits
Space
Compilation
9
At the River's Edge: Live in St. Louis
Styx
Live
Bacdafucup Part II
Onyx
-
Bag of Hits
Fun Lovin' Criminals
Compilation
By the Way
Red Hot Chili Peppers
-
A Gangster and a Gentleman
Styles P
-
Hard Candy
Counting Crows
-
A Jackknife to a Swan
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
-
The Underdog EP
Yellowcard
EP
10
Parade of Chaos
Zao
-
16
Busted Stuff
Dave Matthews Band
-
Control
Pedro the Lion
-
Daybreaker
Beth Orton
-
Dreamland
Robert Plant
-
Headspace
Pulse Ultra
-
Highly Evolved
The Vines
-
I Miss My Friend
Darryl Worley
-
Live from New York City, 1967
Simon & Garfunkel
Live 1967
Want It
Buju Banton
Compilation
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips
-
17
Welcome to Blue Island
Enuff Z'nuff
Japan
18
Masquerade
Wyclef Jean
-
22
Now That's What I Call Music! 52 (U.K. series)
Various Artists
Compilation
23
Bermuda Triangle
Buckethead
-
Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections
Cee-Lo Green
-
Community Service
The Crystal Method
-
Completely
Diamond Rio
-
I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
My Chemical Romance
Debut
Mack 10 Presents da Hood
Mack 10
-
Man with a Memory
Joe Nichols
-
Now That's What I Call Music! 10 (U.S. series)
Various Artists
Compilation
Revolverlution
Public Enemy
-
Sink or Swim
The Waifs
US
500 Degreez
Lil Wayne
-
Deadringer
RJD2
-
25
God's Favorite
N.O.R.E.
-
Nellyville
Nelly
-
26
The Coral
The Coral
-
30
Alive!
Snot
Live
The Amalgamut
Filter
-
Back to Then
Darius Rucker
-
Brontosaurus
Da Vinci's Notebook
-
Concrete
Fear Factory
-
Faces & Names
Dave Pirner
-
All I Have
Amerie
Debut
Fashionably Late
Linda Thompson
-
Happenstance
Fozzy
-
In a Word: Yes (1969 - )
Yes
Box Set
Learning from Falling
Lamya
-
Reanimation
Linkin Park
-
The Rising
Bruce Springsteen
-
A U G U S T
2
Inside Wants Out
John Mayer
EP' Re-release
The Inhuman Condition
Sam Roberts
EP
3
Fue Por Ti
Ericson Alexander Molano
-
5
Evil Heat
Primal Scream
-
Surf
Roddy Frame
UK
6
Attack of the Attacking Things
Jean Grae
Debut
Drunk Enough to Dance
Bowling for Soup
-
The Fix
Scarface
-
Heaven
DJ Sammy
-
King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo & His New All-Starr Band
Ringo Starr
Live
Miss Fortune
Allison Moorer
-
No Secrets
No Secrets
-
Thug Holiday
Trick Daddy
-
Turbo
The Pietasters
-
Whip It On
The Raveonettes
Debut EP
Wishfire
The Crüxshadows
-
Unleashed
Toby Keith
-
8
The Charles C. Leary
Devendra Banhart
-
11
Melody A.M.
Röyksopp
-
12
Cool Summer Reggae
Aswad
-
13
All the Time in the World
Jump5
-
American Cheese
Nerf Herder
-
At Sixes and Sevens
Sirenia
-
Cherry Marmalade
Kay Hanley
-
Gusto!
Guttermouth
-
Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
Bright Eyes
-
Living Targets
Beatsteaks
-
The Magnificent
DJ Jazzy Jeff
-
The Mantle
Agalloch
-
Minority of One
Dag Nasty
-
October Road
James Taylor
-
Rebirth
Keith Sweat
-
This Side
Nickel Creek
-
Trinity (Past, Present and Future)
Slum Village
-
Vanity
Eighteen Visions
-
Wiretap Scars
Sparta
-
X
Def Leppard
-
15
We Will Be Dead Tomorrow
Raging Speedhorn
-
16
Foretold in the Language of Dreams
Natacha Atlas & Marc Eagleton Project
-
FZ:OZ
Frank Zappa
Live 1976
19
Hometime
Alison Moyet
UK
Turn on the Bright Lights
Interpol
-
20
Animal House
Angie Martinez
-
Black Letter Days
Frank Black and the Catholics
-
Blacklisted
Neko Case
-
Damage Done
Dark Tranquillity
-
Detox
Treble Charger
-
Devil's Workshop
Frank Black and the Catholics
-
Disclaimer
Seether
-
Easy
Kelly Willis
-
Hijas del Tomate
Las Ketchup
-
If It Was You
Tegan and Sara
-
In Their Darkened Shrines
Nile
-
Kill the Moonlight
Spoon
-
Live
The Black Crowes
2xCD; Live
Lord Willin'
Clipse
-
My Fever Broke
Rasputina
EP
One Beat
Sleater-Kinney
-
Past Lives
Black Sabbath
Live Compilation
Silence
Blindside
-
Since We've Become Translucent
Mudhoney
-
Something Worth Leaving Behind
Lee Ann Womack
-
Tropical Storm
Beenie Man
-
Waking the Dead
L.A. Guns
-
26
Expanding Senses
Darkane
Europe
A Rush of Blood to the Head
Coldplay
-
Angels with Dirty Faces
Sugababes
-
27
Again, for the First Time
Bleach
-
Corporate America
Boston
-
Daylight
Duncan Sheik
-
Diamond Princess
Trina
-
Eve-Olution
Eve
-
Gotta Get Thru This
Daniel Bedingfield
-
Home
Dixie Chicks
-
Into Your Head
BBMak
-
Irony Is a Dead Scene
The Dillinger Escape Plan with Mike Patton
EP
Johnny Cash at Madison Square Garden
Johnny Cash
Live
Lost in Space
Aimee Mann
-
Mind Elevation
Nightmares on Wax
-
The Mix Tape
KRS-One
Compilation
Monsters, Inc. Scream Factory Favorites
Riders in the Sky
-
My Town
Montgomery Gentry
-
No Stranger to Shame
Uncle Kracker
-
The N.W.A Legacy, Vol. 2
N.W.A
Compilation
Outrospective / Reperspective
Faithless
-
Saturate
Breaking Benjamin
-
Snow
Spock's Beard
-
Songs for the Deaf
Queens of the Stone Age
-
Stone Sour
Stone Sour
-
30 Seconds to Mars
Thirty Seconds to Mars
-
Undaground Legend
Lil' Flip
Debut
Wonder What's Next
Chevelle
-
30
Meant to Be
Selwyn
-
S E P T E M B E R
2
Critical Mass
Threshold
-
Mastered by Guy at The Exchange
Max Tundra
[24]
The Music
The Music
UK
3
Another Earthquake
Aaron Carter
-
BYO Split Series, Vol. 4
Anti-Flag /The Bouncing Souls
Split Album
Reroute to Remain
In Flames
-
Sadness Will Prevail
Today Is the Day
-
Sharks
UFO
-
5
The Heat of Balkan Gypsy Soul
Ferus Mustafov
[25]
OK Go
OK Go
Debut
9
Alexisonfire
Alexisonfire
-
Feels So Good
Atomic Kitten
-
Intergalactic Sonic 7″s
Ash
Compilation
10
4NYC
Jordan Rudess
-
Golden Grain
Disturbing tha Peace
-
Greatest Hits
Run-D.M.C.
Compilation
Illumination
Paul Weller
-
Live on St. Patrick's Day From Boston, MA
Dropkick Murphys
Live
Paradise
Kenny G
-
Roger Miret and the Disasters
Roger Miret and the Disasters
-
Scars
Gary Moore
-
Sleepless
Peter Wolf
-
So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter
Ani DiFranco
Live
Still Alive... And Well?
Megadeth
Compilation
Warts and All: Volume 2
Moe
Live
17
The Art of Balance
Shadows Fall
-
Believe
Disturbed
-
Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants
They Might Be Giants
Compilation
Heavy Traffic
Status Quo
-
Internet Dating Superstuds
The Vandals
-
Kutless
Kutless
-
Let Go
Nada Surf
-
Light & Magic
Ladytron
-
Oceanic
Isis
-
Quizas
Enrique Iglesias
-
Rainy Day Assembly
Tess Wiley
-
The Richest Man in Babylon
Thievery Corporation
-
Stanley Climbfall
Lifehouse
-
Theory of a Deadman
Theory of a Deadman
Debut
Whole Numbers Play the Basics
Casino Versus Japan
[26]
18
By the Grace of God
The Hellacopters
-
23
Another Late Night: Tommy Guerrero
Tommy Guerrero
Compilation
20 Years of Dischord
Various Artists
Dischord Records Box Set
When the Roses Bloom Again
Laura Cantrell
-
24
Almost an Island
Wolfstone
-
Craveman
Ted Nugent
-
The Creek Drank the Cradle
Iron & Wine
-
Demolition
Ryan Adams
Demos
Dutty Rock
Sean Paul
-
Head on Straight
Tonic
-
A Hundred Days Off
Underworld
-
In Absentia
Porcupine Tree
-
Infiltrate•Destroy•Rebuild
CKY
-
The Instigator
Rhett Miller
-
Jerusalem
Steve Earle
-
The Lion and the Witch
Weezer
EP
The Lost Tapes
Nas
Compilation
The Naked Ride Home
Jackson Browne
-
Newsboys Remixed
Newsboys
Remix
Purple Onion
Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade
-
Redemption
Benzino
-
Sea Change
Beck
-
Side Hustles
UGK
-
Strong Enough
Travis Tritt
-
Under a Pale Grey Sky
Sepultura
Live
Up
Peter Gabriel
-
Voyage to India
India.Arie
-
30
Busted
Busted
-
Forty Licks
The Rolling Stones
Compilation
Life on Other Planets
Supergrass
-
Live in Midgård
Therion
Live
A New Morning
Suede
-
The Outer Marker
Just Jack
-
The Ragpicker's Dream
Mark Knopfler
-
October – December
Date
Album
Artist
Notes
O C T O B E R
1
The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects
-
Before the Backstreet Boys 1989–1993
Nick Carter
Compilation
The Complete Singles Collection 1994-2000
The Unseen
Compilation
Cruel Smile
Elvis Costello and the Imposters
-
The Execution of All Things
Rilo Kiley
-
The Headphone Masterpiece
Cody Chesnutt
-
Live in Paris
Diana Krall
Live
Man Vs. Machine
Xzibit
-
To Live and Die in CA
Daz Dillinger
-
To Understand: The Early Recordings of Matthew Sweet
Matthew Sweet
Compilation
Tuxicity
Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine
-
Twisted Angel
LeAnn Rimes
-
The Young and the Hopeless
Good Charlotte
-
8
Alienating Our Audience
Mindless Self Indulgence
Live
The Bad, the Worse, and the Out of Print
The Bouncing Souls
Compilation
BareNaked
Jennifer Love Hewitt
-
Ben Folds Live
Ben Folds
Live
Bounce
Bon Jovi
-
Caution
Hot Water Music
-
Clone
Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon
-
Comalies
Lacuna Coil
-
Cruelty Without Beauty
Soft Cell
-
Device, Voice, Drum
Kansas
Live
Early Years
Tiger Army
EP
El Cielo
dredg
-
Electric Tears
Buckethead
-
1st Class
Large Professor
-
Fuck the System
The Exploited
-
Golden Road
Keith Urban
-
Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With
King Crimson
EP
It Won't Be Christmas Without You
Brooks & Dunn
Christmas
Jingle All the Way
Crash Test Dummies
Christmas
Kings of Crunk
Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz
-
The Last DJ
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
-
Lost Horizons
Lemon Jelly
-
Make Up the Breakdown
Hot Hot Heat
Debut
Mis Boleros Favoritos
Luis Miguel
Compilation
Not 4 Sale
Sammy Hagar and The Waboritas
-
Power in Numbers
Jurassic 5
EP
Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three
Rollins Band
Covers album
Rollin' Stoned
Kottonmouth Kings
-
Sean-Nós Nua
Sinéad O'Connor
Traditional Irish songs
Statues
Moloko
-
This Is Who I Am
Heather Headley
Debut
Velocity of Sound
The Apples in Stereo
-
11
Being Out Rocks
Various Artists
Compilation
I to Sky
JJ72
-
14
Footprints
Holly Valance
-
Hate
The Delgados
-
Out from Out Where
Amon Tobin
-
Up the Bracket
The Libertines
-
15
The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects
-
Attack!!
Yngwie J. Malmsteen
-
Cry
Faith Hill
Hill's third consecutive album to reach no. 1
Heavy Metal Thunder
Saxon
-
Let It Rain
Tracy Chapman
-
Paullelujah!
MC Paul Barman
-
Perfecting Loneliness
Jets to Brazil
-
Santa Claus Lane
Hilary Duff
Christmas; Debut
10
LL Cool J
-
Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti
Various Artists
Red Hot Benefit Series
Waiting for My Rocket to Come
Jason Mraz
-
Welcome
Taproot
-
You Forgot It in People
Broken Social Scene
-
20
Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe
Pavement
Compilation
21
All Eyez on Me
Monica
-
Comfort In Sound
Feeder
-
Human Conditions
Richard Ashcroft
-
The Kiss of Morning
Graham Coxon
-
Our House: the Original Songs
Madness
Compilation
Unity
Rage
-
22
Best of Bowie
David Bowie
Compilation
Christmas Is Almost Here
Carly Simon
Christmas
Dancing Down the Stony Road
Chris Rea
-
The Essential Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Compilation
Garfield
Adam Green
-
A Girl Can Mack
3LW
-
Is This Thing Loaded?
Northstar
-
It Had to Be You: the Great American Songbook
Rod Stewart
Covers
Live From Camp X-Ray
Rocket from the Crypt
-
Neva Surrenda
Outlawz
-
New Earth Mud
Chris Robinson
-
One by One
Foo Fighters
-
Order of the Leech
Napalm Death
-
Save Rock 'n' Roll
The Flaming Sideburns
-
Shaman
Santana
-
Some Things
Lasgo
-
Spend the Night
The Donnas
-
Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970-1978
Black Sabbath
Compilation
Transplants
Transplants
-
Wishes: A Holiday Album
Kenny G
Holiday
25
Present
Killing Heidi
-
28
( )
Sigur Rós
-
Crimson Thunder
HammerFall
-
Enjoy the Moment
Randy Napoleon
Forever Delayed
Manic Street Preachers
Compilation
A New Day at Midnight
David Gray
Now or Never
Nick Carter
-
Oh Me Oh My
Devendra Banhart
-
Scarlet's Walk
Tori Amos
-
Simply Deep
Kelly Rowland
-
Unholy Cult
Immolation
29
Da Capo
Ace of Base
-
Divine Discontent
Sixpence None the Richer
-
Liza's Back
Liza Minnelli
Live
Lucky Day
Shaggy
-
Melt
Rascal Flatts
-
The Metal Opera Part II
Avantasia
-
Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture 8 Mile
Eminem
Soundtrack
Nirvana
Nirvana
Compilation
Pistols at Dawn
Consumed
-
Santa Hooked Me Up
B2K
Christmas
Stripped
Christina Aguilera
-
Thug World Order
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
-
31
something good is going to happen to you
Baboon
-
Season's Greetings from moe.
Moe
Christmas
N O V E M B E R
2
A Wonderful World
Tony Bennett and k.d. lang
-
Live at Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado
Dave Matthews Band
Live
4
The Ballad Hits
Roxette
Compilation
Eddie's Archive
Iron Maiden
Box Set
Family Tree
Björk
Box Set
Greatest Hits
Björk
Compilation
The Guest
Phantom Planet
-
À la vie, à la mort !
Johnny Hallyday
Double album
One Love
Blue
-
Submers
Loscil
[27]
Yanqui U.X.O.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
-
5
American IV: The Man Comes Around
Johnny Cash
-
Anthology
Carly Simon
Compilation
The Best of 1990-2000
U2
Compilation +2 new tracks
Corridos de Muerte
Asesino
-
Edward the Great
Iron Maiden
Compilation
Grandes Éxitos
Shakira
Compilation
Have You Fed the Fish?
Badly Drawn Boy
-
Justified
Justin Timberlake
Solo debut
Live
Alison Krauss
Live
Live at the Rams Head
Little Feat
Live
Machine
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
EP
The Morning After
Deborah Cox
-
The Odyssey
Symphony X
-
One More Car, One More Rider
Eric Clapton
Live
Punishment in Capitals
Napalm Death
Live
Red Letter Days
The Wallflowers
-
Stars - The Best of 1992 - 2002
The Cranberries
Compilation
Still Ghetto
Jaheim
-
Tallahassee
The Mountain Goats
-
We Are Science
Dot Allison
-
11
Back in the U.S.
Paul McCartney
2xCD + DVD; Live
Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1
Westlife
Compilation
The Wraith: Shangri-La
Insane Clown Posse
-
12
Away from the Sun
3 Doors Down
-
Back Into Your System
Saliva
-
The Best of Siouxsie & the Banshees
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Compilation
The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse
Jay-Z
-
A Christmas Gift of Love
Barry Manilow
Christmas album
Darkhorse
Crazy Town
-
Deliverance
Opeth
-
Symbol of Life
Paradise Lost
-
Dutty Rock
Sean Paul
-
Greatest Hits 1970-2002
Elton John
Compilation
Loose Screw
The Pretenders
-
Loyalty
Fat Joe
-
Monsters in the Closet
Swollen Members
Compilation
More Than You Think You Are
Matchbox Twenty
-
Resurrection Through Carnage
Bloodbath
-
Riot Act
Pearl Jam
-
So Happily Unsatisfied
Nine Days
-
Testify
Phil Collins
-
3D
TLC
-
Tribute to the Gods
Iced Earth
Covers album
Under Construction
Missy Elliott
-
14
Folk the World Tour
Flight of the Conchords
Live, debut
On a Wire
The Get Up Kids
-
18
Brainwashed
George Harrison
-
Escapology
Robbie Williams
-
Fatal
Hussein Fatal
-
Greatest Hits
Lighthouse Family
Compilation
Live
Running Wild
Live
More Than a Woman
Toni Braxton
-
Now That's What I Call Music! 53 (U.K. series)
Various Artists
Compilation
Organik Remixes
Robert Miles
Remix
Up!
Shania Twain
Sold in Country, Pop and World versions; 11x Platinum
19
Audioslave
Audioslave
Debut
Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture
Various Artists
Soundtrack
The End of All Things to Come
Mudvayne
-
Greatest Hits
Geto Boys
-
Last Temptation
Ja Rule
-
Mic Club: The Curriculum
Canibus
-
Now That's What I Call Music! 11 (U.S. series)
Various Artists
Compilation
Quality
Talib Kweli
Debut
Runaway Train
Oleander
EP
Safe
Kittie
EP
Slicker Than Your Average
Craig David
-
Travelogue
Joni Mitchell
-
Uncontrollable Fatulence
Various Artists
Compilation
Wait for Me
Susan Tedeschi
-
23
Naughty or Nice
3LW
-
25
The Last Dance
Steps
Compilation
Seeing Double
S Club
-
This Is Me... Then
Jennifer Lopez
-
26
Better Dayz
2Pac
-
Birdman
Birdman
-
The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue
Bob Dylan
Live 1975
Burned Alive By Time
Evergreen Terrace
-
Does This Look Infected?
Sum 41
-
Dru World Order
Dru Hill
-
Duets
Barbra Streisand
Compilation
Emotional
K-Ci and JoJo
-
Encore
Lionel Richie
Live
Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980
The Beach Boys
Live 1980
Greatest Hits
Will Smith
Compilation
I & I Survived
Bad Brains
-
It Ain't Safe No More
Busta Rhymes
-
Lil' Beethoven
Sparks
-
Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$
Snoop Dogg
-
Phrenology
The Roots
-
Red 13
Journey
EP
Shut Up
Kelly Osbourne
-
Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors
Tim McGraw
-
29
Synchronized
Sheavy
-
Twelve Shots on the Rocks
Hanoi Rocks
-
D E C E M B E R
1
El Sello De Los Tiempos
WarCry
-
2
Dive In
Darius
Debut
3
Charmbracelet
Mariah Carey
-
10
200 km/h in the Wrong Lane
t.A.T.u.
-
Electric Circus
Common
-
Feast on Scraps
Alanis Morissette
Live DVD
I Care 4 U
Aaliyah
Compilation
Just Whitney
Whitney Houston
-
Legend of the Liquid Sword
GZA
-
Naughty or Nice
3LW
Christmas
Round Room
Phish
-
11
Radio Caroline Vol.1
Miss Kittin
Compilation
Sugar High
Chihiro Onitsuka
-
17
Don't Stop Movin'
S Club
-
Game Time
Lil' Romeo
-
God's Son
Nas
US
MTV Unplugged 2.0
Dashboard Confessional
Live
24
The Genesis
Yngwie Malmsteen
-
What If It All Means Something
Chantal Kreviazuk
Canada
Release date unknown
Popular songs
Top 10 selling albums of the year in the US
The Eminem Show – Eminem
Nellyville – Nelly
Let Go – Avril Lavigne
Britney – Britney Spears
Laundry Service – Shakira
Silver Side Up – Nickelback
A New Day Has Come – Celine Dion
8701 – Usher
Home – Dixie Chicks
Missundaztood – Pink
Classical music
Opera
Jazz
Musical theater
Musical films
Births
Deaths
January 2 – Zac Foley (33), bassist of EMF (drug overdose)
January 3 – Juan García Esquivel (83) Mexican band leader, pianist and composer
January 7 – Jon Lee (33), Feeder drummer (suicide)
January 20 – Ivan Karabyts (57), Ukrainian conductor and composer
January 21 – Peggy Lee (81), jazz singer and songwriter
January 22
February 1 – Hildegard Knef (76), actress, singer, writer
February 10 – Dave Van Ronk (65)
February 13 – Waylon Jennings (64), country musician
February 14 – Günter Wand (90), conductor
February 24 – Leo Ornstein (106), composer
March 1 – Doreen Waddell (36), singer who had worked with Soul II Soul and The KLF
March 13 – Marc Moreland (44), guitarist (Wall of Voodoo , The Skulls ) (liver failure)
March 19 – John Patton (66), jazz and soul organist
March 23 – Eileen Farrell (82), operatic soprano
March 24 – Dorothy DeLay (84), Juilliard School violin teacher of Itzhak Perlman and Midori
March 26 – Randy Castillo (51), drummer for Ozzy Osbourne & Mötley Crüe
March 27 – Dudley Moore (66), English composer, pianist and actor
April 5 – Layne Staley (34), lead vocalist of Alice in Chains and Mad Season
April 13 – Alex Baroni (35), singer
April 15 – Ram Singh Thakur (87), Indian freedom fighter, musician and composer
April 17 – Tak Shindo (79), musician, composer and arranger
April 25 – Lisa Lopes (30), singer (car accident)
April 27 – Hillous Butrum (74), country musician
May 3 – Evgeny Svetlanov (73), composer and conductor
May 6
May 7 – Xavier Montsalvatge (90), composer
May 9 – Leon Stein (91), composer, conductor and musicologist (born September 18, 1910)
June 5 – Dee Dee Ramone (50), of The Ramones (heroin overdose)
June 6 – Robbin Crosby (42), guitarist (Ratt )
June 13 – Ralph Shapey (81), American composer and conductor
June 15 – Big Mello (33), rapper (car accident)
June 27 – John Entwistle (57), bassist of The Who (heart attack)
June 29 – Rosemary Clooney (74), US singer and actress
July 2
July 4 – Gerald Bales (83), Canadian organist and composer
July 11 – Rosco Gordon (74), blues singer and songwriter
July 19
Dave Carter (49), American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Alan Lomax (87), American folklorist, ethnomusicologist and musician
July 21 – Gus Dudgeon (59), English music producer
August 2
August 9 – Bertold Hummel (76), German composer
August 10 – Michael Houser (40), guitarist (Widespread Panic ) (pancreatic cancer)
August 14 – Dave Williams (30), vocalist of Drowning Pool
August 31 – Lionel Hampton (94), vibraphone virtuoso
September 7 – Erma Franklin (64), gospel singer
September 20 – Joan Littlewood (87), impresario
September 24 – Tim Rose , singer-songwriter
September 29 – Mickey Newbury (62), singer, songwriter
October 3 – Darryl DeLoach (55), guitarist (Iron Butterfly )
October 17 – Derek Bell (66), harpist (The Chieftains )
October 24 – Adolph Green (87), lyricist
October 25 – Richard Harris (72), actor and singer
October 27 – Tom Dowd (77), recording engineer and producer
October 30 – Jam-Master Jay (37), member of Run-D.M.C.
November 3 – Lonnie Donegan (71), skiffle musician
November 5 – Billy Guy (66), singer (The Coasters )
November 21 – Hadda Brooks (86), U.S. jazz singer, pianist and composer
November 28 – Dave "Snaker" Ray (59), blues singer and guitarist
November 30 – Minuetta Kessler (88), concert pianist, classical composer and music educator
December 9 – Mary Hansen (36), member of Stereolab (road accident)
December 13 – Zal Yanovsky (57), rock singer and guitarist (The Lovin' Spoonful )
December 22 – Joe Strummer (50), singer and guitarist of The Clash
December 31 – Kevin MacMichael (51), Canadian guitarist of British band Cutting Crew
Awards
ARIA Music Awards
Grammy Awards
Eurovision Song Contest
Mercury Music Prize
Charts
Triple J Hottest 100
See also
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