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Events

January

• January 1 – In most of Europe, copyright expired on a number of classic pop and rock-and-roll songs recorded in 1954 and earlier, including Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock", and "Only You" by The Platters.
• January 7 – Welsh punk band Mclusky officially announce their disbanding via their website. Weeks later, Welsh noisecore/punk band Jarcrew disband due to their drummer becoming a Jehovah's Witness – remnants of the two bands later went on to join forces and become Future of the Left.
• January 17 – Prior to missing 2 live shows, Mike Tempesta is officially no longer part of Powerman 5000 due to fighting with the band.
• January 22 – The Tsunami Relief concert is held at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales – the largest live music event in the UK since the Live Aid concert of 1985. Performers included Madonna, Eric Clapton, Jools Holland, Manic Street Preachers, Lulu, Aled Jones, Charlotte Church, Katherine Jenkins, Feeder, Snow Patrol, Liberty X.
• January 29 – Avril Lavigne, Chantal Kreviazuk, the Barenaked Ladies, Raine Maida, and Sarah McLachlan conduct a concert in Vancouver, British Columbia, for tsunami relief.
• January 31 – Jon Levasseur leaves Cryptopsy, saying he has lost interest in Extreme Music.

February

• February 7 – The BRIT Awards are held in London. Scissor Sisters, Keane, Franz Ferdinand, and Joss Stone are among the winners.
• February 13 - The 47th Grammy Awards are held in Staples Center, Los Angeles, California. Ray Charles become the big winner at the ceremony. Britney Spears earned her first Grammy in the category of Best Dance Recording for her hit single Toxic.
• February 15 – Sonny Mayo replaces Clint Lowery in Sevendust.
• February 22
  • After being silent since late 2004, Blink-182 announce that they will be taking an indefinite hiatus, the news comes as a big shock for fans. According to guitarist Tom DeLonge, the band will not come completely inactive.
  • Brian Welch, guitarist of KoЯn, leaves the band after converting to Christianity.
• February 28 – Static-X fires Tripp Eisen because of his arrest for sex offenses involving a minor.

March

• March 7 – Koichi Fukuda rejoins Static-X on guitar after 5 years away from the band. Fukuda replaces Tripp Eisen, who was arrested twice in February over two separate charges of sexual intercourse with underage girls.
• March 26 – Australian drummer of Crowded House, Paul Hester, is found dead in a Melbourne Park.
• March 29 - Will Smith releases his fourth studio album (first under Interscope Records) Lost and Found

April

• April 3
  • Country music legend Kenny Rogers signs a major worldwide record deal with Capitol Records.
  • Alice in Chains original bass player Mike Starr is arrested for "investigation of property destruction and theft". He was also sentenced to 30 days for misdemeanor drug possession in April 1994, two years after being replaced from the group during the recording of Dirt.
• April 7 – The concert Selena ¡VIVE! takes place at Reliant Stadium in Houston. The memorial concert was held on the 10th anniversary of the murder by firearm of Selena, "The Queen of Tejano Music". Performers include Thalía, Gloria Estefan, Paulina Rubio, Pepe Aguilar, Banda el Recodo, Alejandra Guzmán and Fey.
• April 9 – Destiny's Child launch their World Tour Destiny Fulfilled ... And Lovin' It in Hiroshima, Japan.
• April 19 - Mike Jones releases his first studio album entitled "Who Is Mike Jones?" in the United States.

May

• May/June – Operation Ivy/Rancid bassist Matt Freeman is diagnosed with lung cancer.
• May 2
  • Legendary blues-rock group Cream reunites for four shows in London's Royal Albert Hall.
  • Linkin Park issues a press release demanding to end its contract with Warner Music Group, on the grounds that the label would fail to meet its "fiduciary responsibility to market and promote Linkin Park" due to cost-cutting efforts at the company.
• May 6 – Audioslave becomes the first American rock group to perform a free outdoor concert in Cuba.
• May 17 - Kylie Minogue is diagnosed with breast cancer. Thus she has to cancel her Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour.
• May 21 – The Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM airs the 13th Annual Weenie Roast show with Alkaline Trio, Audioslave, Bloc Party, The Bravery, The Dead 60s, Foo Fighters, Hot Hot Heat, Interpol, Jimmy Eat World, The Killers, The Mars Volta, Mötley Crüe, MxPx, My Chemical Romance, Queens of the Stone Age and The Transplants.
• May 22 – Tammin Sursok releases her debut and to date only album Whatever Will Be.
• May 24 - Gorillaz release their second studio album, Demon Days.
• May 25 – Carrie Underwood wins the fourth season of American Idol.

June

• June 4 - Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" became her 16th chart topper on the US Billboard Hot 100 considering her popularity between 2001 and 2003 had substantially declined and many had considered her career over. The song, then, spent 14 non-consecutive weeks at number one on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. It made history when it became the first song to simultaneously occupy the number one position on nine Billboard charts on the week ending August 6, 2005: the Hot 100, Billboard Hot 100 Airplay, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Pop 100 Airplay, Top 40 Mainstream, Rhythmic Airplay Chart, Hot Dance Club Songs, and the Hot Ringtones charts.
• June 9–11 – Download Festival 2006. Tool, Metallica and Guns N' Roses headline the main stage.
• June 12 – Pink Floyd announce that they will reunite with former bassist Roger Waters, who left the band in 1985, on July 2 for the Live 8 London concert. This will be the first time the band played together as a quartet since The Wall tour in 1981, and the first public performance by Pink Floyd since 1994.
• June 13 – Michael Jackson is found not guilty of child molestation.
• June 14 - The Backstreet Boys came back and released their fifth studio album Never Gone after a nearly 5-year hiatus
• June 15 – Destiny's Child announce they will disband upon completion of their world tour.
• June 16 – Motörhead celebrate their 30th anniversary with a concert in the Hammersmith Apollo, which is later released on DVD.
• June 18–19 – Green Day films their first ever live CD/DVD Bullet in a Bible at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, England. They played to over 130,000 fans in two days.
• June 21 – Billy Corgan announces that he wants to reform his popular alternative rock group The Smashing Pumpkins, which disbanded on December 2, 2000.
• June 25 – Patti Smith curates the Meltdown festival.

July–August

• July 2 – Live 8 benefit concerts are held around the world, as part of the Make Poverty History campaign.
• July 6 - Lil' Kim is sentenced to a year and a day in prison for lying to a federal grand jury about her knowledge of suspects in a 2001 shooting outside a New York radio station.
• July 11 – The Chemical Brothers release their single, "The Boxer".
• July 21 – Gigantour runs through to September 11, a festival organised by Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine with bands including Dream Theater, Anthrax, Fear Factory and Nevermore.
• August 9 - Staind releases Chapter V, which becomes their third-straight studio album to reach #1 on the US Billboard 200 album charts.
• August 18 - Interscope Records reports that Eminem has entered rehab for dependency on sleep medication. The rapper had canceled the European leg of the Anger Management 3 Tour two days earlier, citing exhaustion. A four-year hiatus would ensue until the release of the Relapse album in 2009.
• August 24-31 - The UNESCO-sponsored Fifth Sharq Taronalari (Melodies of the East) International Music Festival is held in Samarkand.
• August 26 – Rihanna releases her debut album Music of the Sun, which debuts at number 10 on the US Billboard 200. The album produced two singles that achieved international chart success, including first single "Pon de Replay", which topped number 2 at the US Billboard Hot 100.
• August 28 - Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight is shot in the leg at an MTV Video Music Awards pre-party in Miami. No one is ever charged in the shooting.

September–October

• September 2
  • A statue of Edward Elgar by Jemma Pearson is unveiled near Hereford Cathedral.
  • A Concert for Hurricane Relief airs on NBC and its affiliates, the first of several benefit concerts held to raise funds for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast and ReAct Now: Music & Relief air the following week. From the Big Apple to the Big Easy, a pair of simultaneous benefit concerts at Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall, are held on September 20. On A Concert for Hurricane Relief, rapper Kanye West makes controversial statement, "George Bush doesn't care about back people".
• September 9 – The band Scooter perform at the All-State Arena in Chicago, IL, their first performance in the United States.
• September 10
  • Destiny's Child breaks up after the finishing of their Destiny Fulfilled...and Lovin' it Tour.
• September 20 - J.D. Fortune wins Rock Star: INXS, a reality TV singing contest to become the new lead vocalist of Australian rock band INXS.
• September 27 – American rock band Panic! at the Disco released their debut album "A Fever You Can't Sweat Out". Actor Drake Bell releases his debut musical album Telegraph. Dancehall artist Sean Paul releases his third album titled The Trinity.
• October 1 – Sentenced plays their final show.
• October 15 – Media reported that Latin star Luis Miguel has released his own vintage of wine, "Unico. Luis Miguel", a Cabernet Sauvignon.
• October 21 – Nightwish perform at the Hartwall Areena, later to be released as the End of an Era DVD. The following day, singer Tarja Turunen is dismissed in an open letter.
• October 25- NSYNC releases their first compilation album Greatest Hits three years after their breakup.
• October 31 - Greatest Hits is released. It is a collection of Blink-182's greatest singles. At the time of the release, Blink-182 were on an indefinite hiatus but would later reunite in 2009 and release their sixth studio album Neighborhoods in 2011.

November

• November 6 – Madonna earns her 36th Top Ten single with Warner Bros. Records-based, ABBA-sampled "Hung Up". This ties her with Elvis Presley for the most Top Ten singles. The Beatles have 34. "Hung Up" is also Madonna's 47th Top Forty single – the most for any female artist. Her new album Confessions On A Dance Floor hits #1 in 40 countries during the month, a new record. (The Beatles also previously held this record when The Beatles 1 went to #1 in 36 countries in 2000.)
• November 8 - The first Guitar Hero video game is released for the PlayStation 2. The game becomes a major hit that turns rhythm games into one of the most popular video game genres for several years, and increases the sales of artists who have their songs included in the games.
• November 15
  • The Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal breaks as Sony BMG announces that it will recall all remaining stock of an estimated 15 million CDs containing copy protection that exposes the computers of consumers to serious security risks if played in their PC disc drives. Several class action lawsuits are filed against Sony in the ensuing public relations disaster.
  • All-female group Danity Kane is formed on MTV show Making The Band.
• November 20 – Madonna's Warner Bros. Records-based (Festival Mushroom Records in Australia) single, "Hung Up" takes the title as the ARIA #1 single.
• November 21 – Kate DeAraugo takes the title of Australian Idol 2005, ahead of Emily Williams.
• November 22
  • The 33rd annual American Music Awards are held. Multiple winners are Destiny's Child, Tim McGraw, Kelly Clarkson, The Black Eyed Peas, and Green Day.
  • System of a Down becomes the third musical act to have two number 1 albums in the same year. The other two to do this record were DMX & The Beatles.
  • Britney Spears releases her first remix album, B in the Mix: The Remixes. The album had sold 1 millon copies worldwide, making it one of the best selling remix album of all time.
• November 29 - Chris Brown comes onto the music scene at age 16 with the release of his debut album Chris Brown. Making him the second youngest male R&B artist to come into the music business since Usher in 1994.
• November 30 – Apocalyptica change locations of the shoot of their DVD "The Life Burns Tour" from Erfurt, Germany (Dec. 2) to Düsseldorf, Germany (Dec. 4) due to technical reasons.

December

• December 3 - Marilyn Manson and Dita Von Teese hold a wedding ceremony in Ireland.
• December 6 - Korn's seventh studio album, See You on the Other Side, debuts at number 3 on the Billboard 200. This is the first album without longtime guitarist Brian "Head" Welch and is the last to feature original drummer David Silveria.
• December 8 – The nominations for the 48th Grammy Awards are announced. The top-nominated artists include Mariah Carey, John Legend, and Kanye West, with eight nominations each. Other nominated artists include Gwen Stefani, Beyoncé Knowles (two of her own, plus four with Destiny's Child), Kelly Clarkson, and 50 Cent.
• December 10
  • Amnesty International launches its "Make Some Noise" music initiative.
  • The Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM airs the 16th annual Acoustic Christmas. On November 10, 2005, KROQ's official website announced that it will include Avenged Sevenfold, Fall Out Boy, Korn, Nine Inch Nails, Rise Against, System of a Down and Thrice for the first night. The second night is held the following day, as also announced at KROQ's official website on November 15, 2005 and includes The Bravery, Coldplay, Death Cab for Cutie, Depeche Mode, Hot Hot Heat, Jack Johnson, Nada Surf and The White Stripes.
• December 11 – Peter Wichers leaves Soilwork.
• December 15 - Madonna's Warner Bros. Records-based single, "Hung Up" sets a new record in the download charts by staying at #1 for 7 consecutive weeks. The single first appears on Z100 New York, closely followed by 2day FM (Sydney), Fox FM (Melbourne) and Nova 96.9 (Sydney) other stations follow including: Mix 106.5 (Sydney), Mix 101.1 (Melbourne), Vega 95.3 (Sydney), Vega 91.5 (Melbourne) and the rest of the MIX FM stations.
• December 21 – Elton John marries David Furnish in London. This marriage comes in the wake of new British laws affording gay unions the same legal protection enjoyed within straight marriages.
• December 31 – Mariah Carey earns her 17th #1 single with "Don't Forget About Us", tying with Elvis for second as the act with the most #1 singles. The Beatles have 20. She also becomes the first act to perform live in Times Square on the Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve television special on this day.
• Glue Gun reforms after eight years, with frontman Bob Oedy the only original member. The new line-up is Bob Oedy (vocals), Joey Rimicci (guitars), Brian Priess (bass) and Andy Alverez (drums). Rimicci and Priess were previously members of Jughead's Revenge.

Also in 2005

• UNESCO declares the Mongolian Long song one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity

Bands formed

See Category:Musical groups established in 2005

Bands disbanded

See Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2005

Bands reformed

• Alice in Chains
• Backstreet Boys (Hiatus since 2002)
• Devourment
• Luv'
• Junior M.A.F.I.A.
• Van der Graaf Generator

Albums released

See also: Category:2005 albums

January – March

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
J A N U A R Y	4	Osirus	Ol' Dirty Bastard
	10	Enemy of God	Kreator
		Gemstones	Adam Green	Europe
	11	A Brief History...	The Waifs
		Coach Carter: Music from the Motion Picture	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		EP	The Fiery Furnaces	EP
		Live from CBGB's	Living Colour	Live
		PREfection	Cass McCombs
		Rebelde	RBD
		The Seven Autumn Flowers	Trembling Blue Stars
		Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology	Aerosmith	Compilation; re-issue of Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology
	17	The Last Supper	Grave Digger
		Pepper's Ghost	Arena
	18	All That Remains	Fozzy
		Black Mountain	Black Mountain
		The Documentary	The Game
	19	Signs of Life	Poets of the Fall	Debut, IFPI-certified Platinum
	24	Aeronautics	Masterplan
		Apocalyptica	Apocalyptica
		Before the Dawn Heals Us	M83
		Character	Dark Tranquillity
		Emoh	Lou Barlow
		LCD Soundsystem	LCD Soundsystem
		Push the Button	The Chemical Brothers
		The Secret Migration	Mercury Rev
		Soul Mover	Glenn Hughes
	25	Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair)	Kenny Chesney
		Before the Poison	Marianne Faithfull
		Controversy Sells	Chamillionaire & Paul Wall
		Digital Ash in a Digital Urn	Bright Eyes
		Far Away	Lasgo
		The Foundation	Geto Boys
		The Great Destroyer	Low
		I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning	Bright Eyes
		Knuckle Down	Ani DiFranco
		Life Begins Again	Jimmy Chamberlin Complex
		Nightbird	Erasure
		Rocked, Wired & Bluesed: The Greatest Hits	Cinderella	Compilation
		Side One	Adrian Belew
		Superwolf	Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Matt Sweeney
		This Woman	LeAnn Rimes
		Worlds Apart	...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
	31	Pushing the Senses	Feeder
		Rapt. Dept.	yourcodenameis:milo	EP
		Tourist	Athlete
		The Very Best of East Seventeen	East 17	Compilation
F E B R U A R Y	1	Best of Sweetbox	Sweetbox	Compilation
		Blessed Black Wings	High on Fire
		Brazilian Girls	Brazilian Girls
		Curtains	John Frusciante
		¿Dónde Está La Luz?	WarCry
		Here's to the Mourning	Unwritten Law
		I Am a Bird Now	Antony and the Johnsons
		Never Take Friendship Personal	Anberlin
		Octane	Spock's Beard
		Red, White & Crüe	Mötley Crüe	Compilation +3 new tracks
		Ultimate Kylie	Kylie Minogue	Compilation
	2	Love Songs	Harry Watters
		Silent Alarm	Bloc Party
	8	Almost Here	The Academy Is...
		Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs	Andrew Bird
		Feel Like Jumping! Greatest Hits Live!	Bad Manners	Live
		Gemini	Brian McKnight
		The Golden Republic	The Golden Republic
		It's Time	Michael Bublé
		Lifesblood for the Downtrodden	Crowbar
		Room Noises	Eisley
		Seventeen Days	3 Doors Down
		There's More Where That Came From	Lee Ann Womack
	14	The Best Party Ever	The Boy Least Likely To
		Silent Alarm	Bloc Party
	15	Disconnection Notice	Goldfinger
		The Feeding	American Head Charge
		Here Come the ABCs	They Might Be Giants
		Mercy Now	Mary Gauthier
		Señor Smoke	Electric Six
	20	The Beekeeper	Tori Amos
	21	Some Cities	Doves
	22	1984	Roger Miret and the Disasters
		Ashes to Dust	William Elliott Whitmore
		Atticus: ...dragging the lake, Vol. 3	Various Artists	Compilation
		Awake Is the New Sleep	Ben Lee
		Bone Brothers	Bone Brothers
		Burn the Flags	By Night
		The Cosmic Game	Thievery Corporation
		Master of the Flying Gullotine	Jumpsteady
		The Metropolitan Hotel	Chely Wright
		O	Omarion
		Picture	Kino
		Real Illusions: Reflections	Steve Vai
		Stairs and Elevators	Heartless Bastards
		Transistor Radio	M. Ward
		The Truth	TRU
		What to Do When You Are Dead	Armor For Sleep
	?	Dignity and Shame	Crooked Fingers
		Raw Treasures Volume 1	Sweetbox	Compilation of previously unreleased material
M A R C H	1	Angel of Retribution	Judas Priest
		Back to Me	Kathleen Edwards
		Frances the Mute	The Mars Volta
		Honeysuckle Sweet	Jessi Alexander
		In Between Dreams	Jack Johnson
		Rebirth	Jennifer Lopez
		Strong Tower	Kutless
	3	The Massacre	50 Cent
	4	Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken	HammerFall
	7	Employment	Kaiser Chiefs
		Warnings/Promises	Idlewild
	8	Drake & Josh: Songs from and inspired by the hit TV show	Various Artists	Compilation
		Gratitude	Gratitude
		Mafia	Black Label Society
		Meltdown	Ash
		My Kind of Livin'	Craig Morgan
		The Story of My Life	Deana Carter
		Warts and All: Volume 4	Moe.	Live
		Who's Your New Professor	Sam Prekop
	9	Music	Mika Nakashima
		Withering to Death.	Dir en grey
	14	The Alternative to Love	Brendan Benson
	15	Alien	Strapping Young Lad
		The Best Little Secrets Are Kept	Louis XIV
		Chain Letter	Brooke Valentine
		Devil's Playground	Billy Idol
		Dishwalla	Dishwalla
		Everything's OK	Al Green
		Hearts on Parade	American Hi-Fi
		Hotel	Moby
		Human After All	Daft Punk
		Kerosene	Miranda Lambert
		Language. Sex. Violence. Other?	Stereophonics
		Lullabies to Paralyze	Queens of the Stone Age
		Now That's What I Call Music! 18 (U.S. series)	Various Artists	Compilation
		Of Hands and Hearts: Music for the Tsunami Disaster Fund	Various Artists	2-Disc Compilation
		Origin Vol. 1	The Soundtrack of Our Lives
		Soundtrack to a Headrush	Emanuel
		Strange and Beautiful	Aqualung
		True Parallels	Trust Company
	17	Paradise Lost	Paradise Lost
	21	A Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad	Ocean Colour Scene
		Now That's What I Call Music! 60 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
	22	Arular	M.I.A.
		Fine Upstanding Citizen	Maia Sharp
		It's Me Again	Tweet
		The One	Frankie J
		Picaresque	The Decemberists
		Prince of Darkness	Ozzy Osbourne	Box Set
		Redemption Songs	Jars of Clay
		Road Fools	Anybody Killa
		Songs About Me	Trace Adkins
		The Truest Shit I Ever Said	C-Murder
	28	Deadwing	Porcupine Tree
		Waiting for the Sirens' Call	New Order
	29	The B. Coming	Beanie Sigel
		Beauty and the Beat	Edan
		The Bravery	The Bravery
		Choices II: The Setup	Three 6 Mafia
		Elements of Persuasion	James LaBrie
		The Everglow	Mae
		Gasoline	Theory of a Deadman
		Guero	Beck
		If We Could Only See Us Now	Thrice
Lifehouse		Lifehouse
Live at Earls Court		Morrissey	Live
Lost and Found		Will Smith
Joe Perry		Joe Perry
Pleasure & Pain		112
Songs Not to Get Married To		Reggie and the Full Effect
West Coast Resurrection		The Game
31	Vivian	Vivian Green

April – June

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
A P R I L	2	Live on KUCI	The Littlest Man Band	Live
	4	Counting Down the Days	Natalie Imbruglia
		Open Season	British Sea Power
		We Have Sound	Tom Vek
	5	Animal Lover	The Residents
		Are You Ready	Blue Rodeo
		Avant que l'ombre...	Mylène Farmer
		Black Sheep Boy	Okkervil River
		Elevator	Hot Hot Heat
		Faso Latido	A Static Lullaby
		The First Lady	Faith Evans
		Girl's Mind	Play	Compilation
		In Case We Die	Architecture in Helsinki
		In the Arms of God	Corrosion of Conformity
		Now What	Lisa Marie Presley
		Odyssey	Fischerspooner
		Planets	Adema
		...Something to Be	Rob Thomas	Solo debut
		Suspended Animation	Fantômas
		Unlikely Emergency	Serena Ryder
		We're Not Happy 'til You're Not Happy	Reel Big Fish
	11	Beautiful Intentions	Melanie C
		Gods and Monsters	I Am Kloot
	12	Against All Authority / Common Rider	Against All Authority and Common Rider	Split EP
		Alligator	The National
		Jann Arden	Jann Arden
		Before the Robots	Better Than Ezra
		Bleed Like Me	Garbage
		The Emancipation of Mimi	Mariah Carey
		Hearts on Parade	American Hi-Fi
		Lost and Found	Mudvayne
		Martha Wainwright	Martha Wainwright
		Matter + Form	VNV Nation
		The New Normal	Cog
		Safety Second, Body Last	The Locust	CDEP
		Silver Rain	Marcus Miller
		The Sunlandic Twins	Of Montreal
	13	In Search of Sunrise 4: Latin America	Tiësto	Compilation
	15	Prom	Amy Ray
	18	Ignoto	yourcodenameis:milo
	19	Cold Roses	Ryan Adams and the Cardinals	2-Disc
		Greetings from Cairo, Illinois	Stace England
		Here Come the Choppers	Loudon Wainwright III
		The Milk of Human Kindness	Caribou
		Ohmwork	GZR
		Outlaw 4 Life: 2005 A.P.	Outlawz
		Twilight Tales from the Prairies of the Sun	Steel Train
		Two Shoes	The Cat Empire
		Untilted	Autechre
		Who Is Mike Jones?	Mike Jones
		Wreck of the Day	Anna Nalick
	25	Mighty ReArranger	Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation
		Present	Van der Graaf Generator
	26	Atomic Soul	Russell Allen
		Blinking Lights and Other Revelations	Eels
		Delicious Surprise	Jo Dee Messina
		Devils & Dust	Bruce Springsteen
		The Essential Barry Manilow	Barry Manilow	Compilation
		Family Guy: Live in Vegas	Family Guy	TV Soundtrack
		Ghetto Bill	Master P
		If God Had Curves	David Usher
		Ocean of Confusion: Songs of Screaming Trees 1989-1996	Screaming Trees	Compilation
		Paper Tigers	Caesars
		Phantoms	Acceptance
Same !@#$ Different Day		Lyrics Born
Touch		Amerie
Songs for Silverman		Ben Folds
The Sunset Tree		The Mountain Goats
Trouble Is Real		Johnathan Rice
27	Robyn	Robyn
M A Y	2	The Collection	Atomic Kitten	Compilation
		Lichtgestalt	Lacrimosa
		Man-Made	Teenage Fanclub
		The Ultra Selection	Spandau Ballet	Compilation
	3	A Sides Win: Singles 1992–2005	Sloan	Compilation
		Complicated	Nivea
		The Forgotten Arm	Aimee Mann
		From Under the Cork Tree	Fall Out Boy
		Oceans Apart	The Go-Betweens
		Perception	Blessid Union of Souls
		Pretty in Black	The Raveonettes
		Rock of Ages...Hymns and Faith	Amy Grant
		Separation Sunday	The Hold Steady
		Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith	John Williams	Soundtrack
		The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1)	Limp Bizkit
		The Wedding	Oneida
		With Teeth	Nine Inch Nails
	10	Big Bang Theory	Styx	Covers
		Fate is the Hunter	Kate Earl
		Get Right with the Man	Van Zant
		Gimme Fiction	Spoon
		Itstrumental	Prince Paul
		Late Night Tales: The Flaming Lips	The Flaming Lips
		Live @ The Fillmore	Lucinda Williams	Live
		Make Believe	Weezer
		Pray for the Soul of Betty	Pray for the Soul of Betty
		See You Next Tuesday	FannyPack
		Stand Up	Dave Matthews Band
		State of Discontent	The Unseen
		What I Really Mean	Robert Earl Keen
		You Can't See Me	John Cena & Tha Trademarc
	11	Make Progress	Nami Tamaki
	16	A Certain Trigger	Maxïmo Park
	17	534	Memphis Bleek
		Album II	Kem
		Bluestars	Pretty Ricky
		The Calm	Insane Clown Posse	EP
		Clients	The Red Chord
		Hello, Good Friend	The Rocket Summer
		Honkytonk University	Toby Keith
		Loco Motive	Cowboy Troy
		Magic Time	Van Morrison
		Mezmerize	System of a Down
		Natalie	Natalie
		Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection	Def Leppard	2-CD Compilation
		Year of the Beast	C-Rayz Walz
	19	Live from the N.E.C.	Spandau Ballet
	22	Whatever Will Be	Tammin Sursok
	23	The Best of Natacha Atlas	Natacha Atlas	Compilation
		Demon Days	Gorillaz
		L'Heure d'été	Marc Lavoine
		Tyranny of Souls	Bruce Dickinson
	24	11:11	Maria Taylor
		All or Nothing	Fat Joe
		Be	Common
		Can'tneverdidnothin'	Nikka Costa
		Crimson	Alkaline Trio
		Karma and Effect	Seether
		Motown Remixed	Various Artists	Remix
		Naked	Marques Houston
		Out of Exile	Audioslave
		Rebel, Sweetheart	The Wallflowers
		A Retrospective: 1995–2000	Son Volt	Compilation
		Suit Yourself	Shelby Lynne
Twenty		Robert Cray
Warriors of the Rainbow Bridge		Molly Hatchet
The Woods		Sleater-Kinney
30	Bang Bang Rock & Roll	Art Brut
	Don't Believe the Truth	Oasis
31	Catch Thirtythree	Meshuggah
	The Dead 60s	The Dead 60s
	Dust Off and Dance	Tiffany
	Everything Ecstatic	Four Tet
	A River Ain't Too Much To Love	Smog
	Rock Swings	Paul Anka	Jazz covers of pop/rock songs
	Stereo-Typical: A's, B's and Rarities	The Specials	Compilation
J U N E	6	Here Come the Tears	The Tears
		Here I Am	Marion Raven	Solo debut
		Lipservice	Gotthard
		Passion	Geri Halliwell
		Rock & Roll Is Dead	The Hellacopters
		Tales from Turnpike House	Saint Etienne
		We Are Monster	Isolée
		X&Y	Coldplay
	7	Anastacia	Anastacia
		Charge!!	The Aquabats
		Chavez Ravine	Ry Cooder
		Choose Love	Ringo Starr
		City of Evil	Avenged Sevenfold
		Commit This to Memory	Motion City Soundtrack
		Death for Life	Death by Stereo
		Demanufacture	Fear Factory	Rereleased/Remastered
		Fijación Oral Vol. 1	Shakira	Spanish-language
		Get Behind Me Satan	The White Stripes
		Monkey Business	The Black Eyed Peas
		Octavarium	Dream Theater
		Panic	MxPx
		Say Hello to Sunshine	Finch
		Sleeping in the Nothing	Kelly Osbourne
		That's What I Say	John Scofield
	13	Dirty Words	The Departure
		Jagged Little Pill Acoustic	Alanis Morissette	Acoustic compilation
		Multiply	Jamie Lidell
	14	Another Day on Earth	Brian Eno
		Blame the Vain	Dwight Yoakam
		Bloom	Eric Johnson
		Broken Valley	Life of Agony
		Gold	Eric B. & Rakim	Compilation
		Hours	Funeral for a Friend
		In Your Honor	Foo Fighters	2-Disc
		Never Gone	Backstreet Boys
		Start a War	Static-X
		Twelve Year Silence	Dark New Day
		Yes to Everything	54•40
	20	Dynamite	Jamiroquai
	21	Angel Milk	Télépopmusik
		Blink the Brightest	Tracy Bonham
		Boyz n da Hood	Boyz n da Hood
		Chemistry (Buckshot and 9th Wonder album)	Buckshot
		Catch Without Arms	Dredg
		De Nova	The Redwalls
		TheFutureEmbrace	Billy Corgan	Solo debut
		Greatest Hits	The Offspring	Compilation
		Haunted Cities	Transplants
		Humming by the Flowered Vine	Laura Cantrell
		Look at All the Love We Found	Various Artists	Tribute to Sublime
		Master of Disaster	John Hiatt
		Mind Control	Canibus
		Robot Hive/Exodus	Clutch
		The Warrior's Code	Dropkick Murphys
		The Way It Is	Keyshia Cole
	24	Back 2 Basics	Sway & King Tech
		Girls on Top	BoA
		Teen Dance Ordinance	A
	27	L.A. State of Mind	Melanie Brown
		Layers of Lies	Darkane
	28	The Curse	Atreyu	Re-release
		Superbeautifulmonster	Bif Naked
		Hannicap Circus	Bizarre
		I'm a Hustla	Cassidy
Live at the Greek Theatre		Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire	Concert DVD
An Answer Can Be Found		CKY
Undoing Ruin		Darkest Hour
Wikked Lil' Grrrls		Esthero
Out-of-State Plates		Fountains of Wayne	2-disc rarities compilation
Somewhere Down in Texas		George Strait
Ever Since		Lesley Gore
25 to Life		P$C
Every Kind of Light		The Posies
One Step Closer		The String Cheese Incident
R.I.D.E.		Trick Pony
Man's Myth Vol. 1		Twiztid
U.S.A. (United State of Atlanta)		Ying Yang Twins

July – September

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
J U L Y	4	The Essential Iron Maiden	Iron Maiden	Compilation
		Give Blood	Brakes
		Nympho	Armand van Helden
		Stars of CCTV	Hard-Fi
		The Understanding	Röyksopp
		Young for Eternity	The Subways
	5	The Cookbook	Missy Elliott
		Illinois	Sufjan Stevens
		The Other Foot	Kick Horns
		Shadowbox	The Crüxshadows	DVD+EP
		TP.3 Reloaded	R. Kelly
	11	Tissues and Issues	Charlotte Church
	12	Already Platinum	Slim Thug
		Brandi Carlile	Brandi Carlile
		Covering the Bases	Bronson Arroyo	EP
		The Day After Yesterday	Rick Springfield	Covers album
		Forged by Fire	Firewind
		Fused	Tony Iommi	with Glenn Hughes
		Hustle & Flow: Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		If These Streets Could Talk	Just Surrender
		The Living Room Tour	Carole King	2-disc; Live
		Move Along	The All-American Rejects
		Permanent Record: The Very Best of Violent Femmes	The Violent Femmes	Compilation
		Side Two	Adrian Belew
		Wanted	Bow Wow
	18	Devoted	Kristy Lee
		Speak for Yourself	Imogen Heap
		Who You Fighting For?	UB40
	19	B5	B5
		El Sexto Sentido	Thalía
		Honeycomb	Frank Black
		Listen to Your Heart	D.H.T.
		Moonlight Serenade	Carly Simon
		Now That's What I Call Music! 19 (U.S. series)	Various Artists	Compilation
	20	There's a Fire	Longwave
	25	The Back Room	Editors
		Crazy Hits	Crazy Frog
		Drawing Restraint 9	Björk	Soundtrack
		Now That's What I Call Music! 61 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
		Trainwreck	Boys Night Out
	26	American Apathy	Dope
		All We Know Is Falling	Paramore
		Before the Blackout	Allister
		Body of Song	Bob Mould
		Doomsday Machine	Arch Enemy
		This Godless Endeavor	Nevermore
		Grown & Sexy	Babyface
		I Gotta Make It	Trey Songz
		Layourbattleaxedown	The Concretes	Compilation
		Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101	Young Jeezy
		Mr. A-Z	Jason Mraz
		Mutant Vol. 2	Twiztid
		Twelve Eighteen, Pt. 1	Lil Rob
		Unleash the Fury	Yngwie Malmsteen
	?	Angels & Vampires – Volume I	Sananda Maitreya	Only available through Webshop
A U G U S T	2	A Collection of Short Stories	Houston Calls
		Countryman	Willie Nelson
		Dirty Diamonds	Alice Cooper
		Early 21st Century Blues	Cowboy Junkies
		Fireflies	Faith Hill	Hill's fourth consecutive album to reach no. 1
		Legacy	Madball
		Mr. Hollywood Jr., 1947	Michael Penn
		Nympho	Armand van Helden
		Platinum Underground	Vanilla Ice
		Roc-A-Fella Presents: Teairra Marí	Teairra Marí
		Unwritten	Natasha Bedingfield
	4	Peace, Love & Truth	John Lennon	Compilation
	8	Odyssey	Hayley Westenra
		Why Should the Fire Die?	Nickel Creek
	9	Chapter V	Staind
		Chimaira	Chimaira
		Front Parlour Ballads	Richard Thompson
		The Fuse	Pennywise
		Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen	Various Artists	Tribute to Queen
		Looking for Lucky	Hootie & the Blowfish
		Made in China	Juliana Hatfield
		Man Alive!	Stephen Stills
		Searching for Jerry Garcia	Proof
		Tommyland: The Ride	Tommy Lee
		War Profiteering Is Killing Us All	The Suicide Machines
	15	Capture/Release	The Rakes
		Road to Rouen	Supergrass
	16	A Beautiful Lie	Thirty Seconds to Mars
		Blue-Sky Research	Taproot
		The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1	Madness	Cover album
		Den of Thieves	The Trews
		Discovering the Waterfront	Silverstein
		Don't Tread on Me	311
		Furious	Soopa Villainz
		Greetings from Imrie House	The Click Five
		Into the Rush	Aly & AJ
		Livin' in the City	Fun Lovin' Criminals
		Most Wanted	Hilary Duff	Compilation +3 new tracks
		Reborn	Stryper
		Reflection of Something	Todd Agnew
		Ruiner	A Wilhelm Scream
		Time Well Wasted	Brad Paisley
		Win Lose or Draw	Pras
	22	Howl	Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
		Love Kraft	Super Furry Animals
		Supernature	Goldfrapp
	23	Bayside	Bayside
		Bulletproof	Hush
		Deuce	Beautiful Creatures
		Everything in Transit	Jack's Mannequin
		Found in the Flood	The Bled
		Harlem: Diary of a Summer	Jim Jones
		If You Speak Any Faster	June
		Lava Ground	I Wayne
		Rebirth of a Nation	Public Enemy
		Sixty Six Steps	Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon
		So Long, Scarecrow	Scarling.
		Transgression	Fear Factory
		Twin Cinema	The New Pornographers
		We Are the Radio	The Brian Jonestown Massacre
		Year of Meteors	Laura Veirs
	29	Generations	Journey
		Ghost Reveries	Opeth
		Silent Alarm Remixed	Bloc Party
Wonderland		McFly	Also available as limited edition
30	Abandon Your Friends	From Autumn to Ashes
	Back Home	Eric Clapton
	Blue Guitars	Chris Rea
	A Different Kind of Pain	Cold
	Healthy in Paranoid Times	Our Lady Peace
	Hillbilly Deluxe	Brooks & Dunn
	Kezia	Protest the Hero
	Late Registration	Kanye West
	Lifesong	Casting Crowns
	Means to an End	Biohazard
	Music of the Sun	Rihanna	Debut
	Oh No	OK Go
	Plans	Death Cab for Cutie
	Redbird	Heather Nova
	Sisters of the Red Death	Vendetta Red
	Strange Geometry	The Clientele
?	Heartbeats – Chris Rea's Greatest Hits	Chris Rea	Japan, Compilation
S E P T E M B E R	1	Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Cybernetic Arms	Jonathan Coulton	EP
	2	Clothes Drop	Shaggy
		La Vie Théodore	Alain Souchon
	5	Stratovarius	Stratovarius
	6	Alaska	Between the Buried and Me
		Awesomer	Blood on the Wall
		A.W.O.L.	AZ
		Before After	Heaven 17
		A Bigger Bang	The Rolling Stones
		Childish Things	James McMurtry
		Destination Unknown	Ron Sexsmith & Don Kerr
		How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent?	George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars	2-Disc
		Restless Soul	The Proclaimers
		Searching for a Former Clarity	Against Me!
	7	Kimi to no Distance	Zard
		Naked Truth	Sarah Hudson
	9	...Waltzing Alone	The Guggenheim Grotto
	12	Black & White 050505	Simple Minds
		Chaos and Creation in the Backyard	Paul McCartney
		Life in Slow Motion	David Gray
		Noima	Peggy Zina
		Pocket Revolution	dEUS
		Welcome to Jamrock	Damian Marley
	13	Apollo Sunshine	Apollo Sunshine
		Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking?	The Like
		¡Bastardos!	Blues Traveler
		Clap Your Hands Say Yeah	Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
		Coming Home	Lonestar
		Cripple Crow	Devendra Banhart
		Dark Ages	Soulfly
		Distort Yourself	Institute
		Fresh Wine for the Horses	Rob Dickinson
		Hau Rock	KMFDM
		How To Save A Life	The Fray
		Jasper County	Trisha Yearwood
		The Minstrel Show	Little Brother
		The Naked Truth	Lil' Kim
		Nice Talking to Me	Spin Doctors
		Nothing Is Sound	Switchfoot
		Odditorium or Warlords of Mars	The Dandy Warhols
		PCD	Pussycat Dolls
		Return of the Champions	Queen
		Runaway Brides	Brides of Destruction
		Someone in Control	Trapt
		Souls Alike	Bonnie Raitt
		Takk...	Sigur Rós
		'Til the End of Forever	Michael Bolton	Europe
		Trill	Bun B
		Welcome to Jamrock	Damian Marley
		What the Game's Been Missing!	Juelz Santana
		Where You Live	Tracy Chapman
	19	Are You Dead Yet?	Children of Bodom
		Safe as Fuck	Goldie Lookin Chain
		Sideshow Symphonies	Arcturus
		Tender Buttons	Broadcast
	20	BBC Live & In-Session	Motörhead	Live Compilation
		Bring 'Em In	Buddy Guy
		Certified	David Banner
		Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness	Coheed and Cambria
		Guilty Pleasures	Barbra Streisand	with Barry Gibb
		Have a Nice Day	Bon Jovi
		Illumination	Earth, Wind & Fire
		Live - Friday the 13th	Maroon 5	Live
		Set Free	The American Analog Set
Siberia		Echo & the Bunnymen
Ten Thousand Fists		Disturbed
The Weight is a Gift		Nada Surf
You Stand Watching		Ryan Cabrera
25	Alice's Inferno	Forever Slave
26	Catching Tales	Jamie Cullum
	Exodus	Utada	UK
	Give Me the Fear	Tokyo Dragons
	Piece by Piece	Katie Melua
27	All Jacked Up	Gretchen Wilson
	Apologies to the Queen Mary	Wolf Parade
	Ça Ira	Roger Waters
	A Collision	David Crowder Band
	Dark Light	HIM
	A Fever You Can't Sweat Out	Panic! at the Disco
	Hefty Fine	Bloodhound Gang
	In Space	Big Star
	Jacksonville City Nights	Ryan Adams
	Libra	Toni Braxton
	Live It Out	Metric
	Nexterday	Ric Ocasek
	Ogre Tones	King's X
	The Peoples Champ	Paul Wall
	Prairie Wind	Neil Young
	Raydiation	Ray J
	Telegraph	Drake Bell	Debut
	The Trinity	Sean Paul
	Wildflower	Sheryl Crow
30	Fall	Shakra
	Mission No. X	U.D.O.
?	Real Live Thing	Kingston Wall

October – December

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
O C T O B E R	3	Electric Blue	Andy Bell
		Judgement Days	Ms. Dynamite
		Relentless	Jo O'Meara
		Singles	New Order	2-Disc Compilation
		Witching Hour	Ladytron
		Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon	John Lennon	Compilation
	4	All the Right Reasons	Nickelback
		Anywhere but Here	Chris Cagle
		Back to Bedlam	James Blunt
		Broken Social Scene	Broken Social Scene
		Christmas Fantasy	Anita Baker	Christmas
		The Day After	Twista
		Extraordinary Machine	Fiona Apple
		Glamorest Life	Trina
		Limelight	Colin James
		Nuestro Amor	RBD
		Real Fine Place	Sara Evans
		Shovel Headed Kill Machine	Exodus
		Somebody's Miracle	Liz Phair
		Stories of a Stranger	O.A.R.
		Throw Down Your Arms	Sinéad O'Connor	2-discs; Reggae covers
		Under Cover	Ozzy Osbourne	Covers album
		We Three Kings	The Reverend Horton Heat	Christmas
		You Could Have It So Much Better	Franz Ferdinand
		Z	My Morning Jacket
	5	Seven Seals	Primal Fear
	7	Unplugged	Alicia Keys	Live
	10	The All-Star Sessions	Roadrunner United
		Un Monde parfait	Ilona Mitrecey
		Taller in More Ways	Sugababes
		X	Liberty X
	11	As Is Now	Paul Weller
		Cheetah-licious Christmas	The Cheetah Girls	Christmas
		Dangerous and Moving	t.A.T.u.
		Hope and Desire	Susan Tedeschi	Covers
		In the Mid-Nite Hour	Warren G
		In the Wake of Determination	Story of the Year
		Life	Ricky Martin
		The Mouse and the Mask	Danger Doom	Danger Mouse and MF Doom collaboration
		Next	Sevendust
		One Thing Remains	Default
		The Runners Four	Deerhoof
		Several Arrows Later	Matt Pond PA
		Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1	Jackson Browne	Live
		Those Were The Days	Dolly Parton	Covers
		Tough All Over	Gary Allan
		Ultimatum	The Long Winters	EP
	14	Introspectivo	Clare Fischer
		Super Extra Gravity	The Cardigans
		Vermin	Old Man's Child
	17	Black One	Sun O)))
		The Campfire Headphase	Boards of Canada
		Come and Get It	Rachel Stevens
		Simplified	Simply Red	Re-recordings +4 new tracks
	18	The Black Rob Report	Black Rob
		Distortion	Rev Run
		Downtown Science	Blockhead
		Feels	Animal Collective
		Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled	Melissa Etheridge	Compilation
		The Greatest Holiday Classics	Kenny G	Holiday compilation
		I Am Me	Ashlee Simpson
		Once Was Not	Cryptopsy
		Photographs	Mest
		Playing the Angel	Depeche Mode
Tanglewood Numbers		Silver Jews
Thanks for the Memory: The Great American Songbook, Volume IV		Rod Stewart	Covers
A Time to Love		Stevie Wonder
Timeless		Martina McBride	Covers
Vheissu		Thrice
What I Really Want for Christmas		Brian Wilson	Christmas
21	Ecdysis	Miho Hatori
	Lyudi Invalidy	t.A.T.u.
24	?	Neal Morse
	Intensive Care	Robbie Williams
25	The Beauty of Letting Go	Socialburn
	Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook	Bette Midler	Peggy Lee covers album
	This Bird Has Flown - A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles' Rubber Soul	Various Artists	Rubber Soul tribute album
	Enter the Chicken	Buckethead
	A Faithful Christmas	Faith Evans	Christmas
	Grandmasters	DJ Muggs vs. GZA
	The Hard and the Easy	Great Big Sea
	The Legend of Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash	Compilation
	#1's	Destiny's Child	Compilation
	Rehearsing My Choir	The Fiery Furnaces
	Rockin' the Joint	Aerosmith	Live
	This Could Be a Possibility	Valencia
31	All the Way to the Sun	TNT
	Croftwork	Peatbog Faeries
	Face to Face	Westlife
	Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy	Helloween
	Wolfmother	Wolfmother
N O V E M B E R	1	All That I Am	Santana
		At This Time	Burt Bacharach
		Christmas Songs	Diana Krall	Christmas
		For the Love of It	Bradley Joseph
		Greatest Hits	Blink-182	Compilation
		Life Goes On	Terri Clark
		The Long Road Home	John Fogerty	Compilation
		Lost at Sea	Bounding Main
		9.0: Live	Slipknot	Live
		Now That's What I Call Music! 20 (U.S. series)	Various Artists	Compilation
		Rapture of the Deep	Deep Purple
		Resolve	Lagwagon
		Shine	Trey Anastasio
		Tiny Cities	Sun Kil Moon
		Under Cover	Ozzy Osbourne	Cover Album
		Wherever You Are	Third Day
	2	Hardcore Superstar	Hardcore Superstar
	4	Analogue	A-ha
		Who's Got the Last Laugh Now?	Scooter
	6	Ma Vérité	Johnny Hallyday
	7	Aerial	Kate Bush	Double CD
		The Mission Bell	Delirious?
	8	Apathetic EP	Relient K	EP
		The Body Acoustic	Cyndi Lauper	Acoustic compilation +2 new tracks
		Get Rich or Die Tryin': Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Greatest Hitz	Limp Bizkit	Compilation
		Horses/Horses Legacy Edition	Patti Smith	Re-issue with 2005 live performance on second CD
		Hurricane Katrina: We Gon Bounce Back	504 Boyz
		Live in São Paulo	Sepultura	Live
		The Road and the Radio	Kenny Chesney
		Schizo Deluxe	Annihilator
		Ultimate Collection	Eurythmics	Compilation
	11	Stormblåst MMV	Dimmu Borgir	re-recording
		Wallstreet Voodoo	Roine Stolt	Double album
	14	Boxed	Eurythmics	Box Set
		One World	Uniting Nations
		Those Once Loyal	Bolt Thrower
	15	Bullet in a Bible	Green Day	Live
		Comin' to Your City	Big & Rich
		Confessions on a Dance Floor	Madonna
		Fire and Glory	Kardinal Offishall	Canada
		Gold	Sublime	Compilation
		Kicking Television: Live in Chicago	Wilco	2-Discs; Live
		Money Is Still a Major Issue	Pitbull	Remix
		The Collection	Alanis Morissette	Compilation
		Some Hearts	Carrie Underwood
		Vertically Challenged	Lady Sovereign	EP
		Walk the Line: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		The Warriors EP, Volume 2	P.O.D.	EP
	22	12 Songs	Neil Diamond
		Amarantine	Enya
		B in the Mix: The Remixes	Britney Spears	Remix Album
		The Great Divide	Scott Stapp
		Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now	Various Artists	2-disc benefit album
		Hypnotize	System of a Down
		Live	The Bouncing Souls	Live
		My Lives	Billy Joel	Rarities box set
		Now That's What I Call Music! 62 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
		Over the Years and Through the Woods	Queens of the Stone Age	Live
		Rarities 1971–2003	The Rolling Stones	Compilation
		The Rising Tied	Fort Minor
		The Sound of Revenge	Chamillionaire	EP
	23	Son of a Plumber	Son of a Plumber
	25	Kinetic	Violent Silence
28	One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back	The Darkness
	Switch	INXS
29	Chris Brown	Chris Brown
	Forgotten Freshness Volume 4	Insane Clown Posse	Compilation
	Living Legend: Certified D-Boy	Master P
	Oral Fixation Vol. 2	Shakira
	Weekend on the Rocks	Dave Matthews Band	2-discs; Live
?	Neverless	Roedelius & Morgan Fisher
D E C E M B E R	1	Ta Prota Hronia	Peggy Zina	Compilation
	2	Duets: The Final Chapter	The Notorious B.I.G.	Duets
	5	Un autre univers	Tina Arena
		A Little More Personal (Raw)	Lindsay Lohan
		Twins	Super Junior
	6	Tha Carter II	Lil Wayne
		Curtain Call: The Hits	Eminem	Compilation +3 new tracks
		Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album for the Gulf Coast	Various Artists	Benefit album
		Rappa Ternt Sanga	T-Pain
		See You On The Other Side	Korn
		Walking with a Ghost	The White Stripes	EP
	12	A Place I've Never Been	Kate DeAraugo
	13	Ain't Nobody Worryin'	Anthony Hamilton
		Barrio Fino en Directo	Daddy Yankee
		Ev'rybody Know Me	Youngbloodz
		Guerolito	Beck	Remix
		Killadelphia	Lamb of God	Live
		The Real Thing	Bo Bice
	19	29	Ryan Adams
	20	The Breakthrough	Mary J. Blige
	27	Unpredictable	Jamie Foxx

Popular Songs

• "1, 2 Step" — Ciara featuring Missy Elliott
• "9 to 5" — Lady Sovereign
• "Almost" — Bowling for Soup
• "Animals" — Nickelback
• "ASAP" — T.I.
• "Ass Like That" — Eminem
• "Axel F" — Crazy Frog
• "Bad Day" — Daniel Powter
• "Be Yourself" — Audioslave
• "Behind These Hazel Eyes" — Kelly Clarkson
• "Belly Dancer (Bananza)" — Akon
• "Because of You" — Kelly Clarkson
• "Best of You" — Foo Fighters
• "Better Days" — Goo Goo Dolls
• "Beverly Hills" — Weezer
• "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" — Green Day
• "Breakaway" — Kelly Clarkson
• "Bring 'Em Out" - T.I.
• "Bullets" — Editors
• "B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Bombs)" — System of a Down
• "Candy Shop" — 50 Cent featuring Olivia
• "Catch My Disease" — Ben Lee
• "Checkmarks" - The Academy Is...
• "The Chronicles of Life and Death" - Good Charlotte
• "Crazy" – Simple Plan
• "Cool" — Gwen Stefani
• "Dance, Dance - Fall Out Boy
• "DARE" — Gorillaz
• "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" — Kanye West
• "Die Romantic" - Aiden
• "Dirty Little Secret" - The All-American Rejects
• "Disappear" – Hoobastank
• "Don't Cha" — The Pussycat Dolls
• "Don't Forget About Us" — Mariah Carey
• "Don't Lie" — The Black Eyed Peas
• "Don't Phunk with My Heart" — The Black Eyed Peas
• "Do You Want To" — Franz Ferdinand
• "E-Pro" — Beck
• "Emergency" — Paramore
• "Emily" — Stephen Fretwell
• "Everything Is Alright" - Motion City Soundtrack
• "Failure's Not Flattering (What's Your Problem)" - New Found Glory
• "Fall to Pieces" - Avril Lavigne
• "Feel Good Inc." — Gorillaz
• "Feeling a Moment" — Feeder
• "Fix You" — Coldplay
• "Gasolina" — Daddy Yankee
• "Ghetto" — Akon
• "Gold Digger" — Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
• "The Hand That Feeds" — Nine Inch Nails
• "Hate It or Love It" — The Game featuring 50 Cent
• "He Wasn't" — Avril Lavigne
• "Heard 'Em Say" - Kanye West featuring Adam Levine of Maroon 5
• "Holiday" — Green Day
• "Hollaback Girl" — Gwen Stefani
• "Hung Up" — Madonna
• "Hypnotize" — System of a Down
• "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" — Arctic Monkeys
• "I Caught Fire" — The Used
• "I Don't Wanna Know" — New Found Glory
• "I Just Wanna Live" — Good Charlotte
• "I Melt with You" — Bowling for Soup
• "The Importance of Being Idle" — Oasis
• "Inside Your Heaven" — Carrie Underwood
• "Jesus of Suburbia" — Green Day
• "Just a Lil Bit" — 50 Cent
• "Just the Girl" — The Click Five
• "The Last Sunrise" - Aiden
• "La Tortura" — Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz
• "Let Me Love You" — Mario
• "Like Toy Soldiers" — Eminem
• "Lonely" — Akon
• "Lonely No More" — Rob Thomas
• "Lose Control" — Missy Elliott featuring Fatman Scoop
• "Lyla" — Oasis
• "Mockingbird" — Eminem
• "Must Get Out" — Maroon 5
• "My Humps" — The Black Eyed Peas
• "No Reason" — Sum 41
• "Obsession (No Es Amor)" — Frankie J featuring Baby Bash
• "Oh" — Ciara featuring Ludacris
• "Ohio (Come Back to Texas)" — Bowling for Soup
• "Only" — Nine Inch Nails
• "The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage" — Panic! at the Disco
• "Only One" — Yellowcard
• "Photograph" — Nickelback
• "Pieces" — Sum 41
• "Pon de Replay" — Rihanna
• "Pot of Gold" — Akon
• "Predictable" — Good Charlotte
• "Pressure" — Paramore
• "Push the Button — Sugababes
• "Ready To Fly" - Richard Marx
• "Rich Girl" — Gwen Stefani featuring Eve
• "Rough Justice" — The Rolling Stones
• "Run It!" — Chris Brown featuring Juelz Santana
• "Scars" — Papa Roach
• "Shake It Off" — Mariah Carey
• "Shut Up!" - Simple Plan
• "Since U Been Gone" — Kelly Clarkson (#1 on Radio Top 40 of 2005)
• "Soldier" — Destiny's Child
• "Some Say" — Sum 41
• "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own" — U2
• "Speed of Sound" — Coldplay
• "Stickwitu" — The Pussycat Dolls
• "Sugar, We're Goin Down" — Fall Out Boy
• "Switch" — Will Smith
• "These Words (I Love You)" — Natasha Bedingfield
• "U Don't Know Me" T.I.
• "Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?)" — Simple Plan
• "Wake Me Up When September Ends" — Green Day
• "We Be Burnin'" — Sean Paul
• "We Believe" — Good Charlotte
• "We Belong Together" — Mariah Carey (#2 on Radio Top 40 of 2005)
• "We Don't Care Anymore" - Story of the Year
• "Welcome to My Life" — Simple Plan
• "We're All to Blame" — Sum 41
• "When I'm Gone" — Eminem
• "You and Me" — Lifehouse
• "You're Beautiful" — James Blunt

See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2005 (USA)

Billboard Top 200 number-one albums

Main article: Number-one albums of 2005 (U.S.)

Other international hit singles

• "2 Bajki" - Virgin
• "Aún hay algo" - RBD
• "Bokutachi no Yukue" - Hitomi Takahashi
• "C'est les vacances" - Ilona Mitrecey
• "Come se non fosse stato mai amore" - Laura Pausini
• "Dans ma fusée" - Ilona Mitrecey
• "Den döda vinkeln" - Kent
• "Écris l'histoire" - Grégory Lemarchal
• "Fuck Them All" - Mylène Farmer
• "Gasolina" - Daddy Yankee
• "Glósóli" - Sigur Rós
• "Jing! Jingeling! Der Weihnachtsschnappi!" - Schnappi
• "Le Casse de Brice" - Jean Dujardin
• "Liebt sie dich so wie ich?" - Christina Stürmer
• "Ma Philosophie" - Amel Bent
• "Me pregunto" - Belanova
• "Mon Plus Beau Noël" - Johnny Hallyday
• "Per Sempre (for Always)" - Anthony Callea
• "Po Tebe" - Toše Proeski
• "San ou (La Rivière)" - Dezil'
• "Santiano" - Star Academy
• "Say Na Say Na" - Aneela Mirza
• "Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil" - Schnappi
• "Space Soap (La Soupe aux choux)" - Mister Cosmic vs Fat Dog
• "T'es pas cap Pinocchio" - Pinocchio
• "Un Monde parfait" - Ilona Mitrecey

Classical music

• Kalevi Aho – Clarinet Concerto
• Louis Andriessen – De Opening
• Leonardo Balada – Symphony No. 6 Symphony of Sorrows
• Joël-François Durand – String Quartet
• Lorenzo Ferrero – Macuilli Mexihcateteouh (Five Aztec Gods), for string quartet
• Christian Forshaw – Mortal Flesh
• Philip Glass
  • Symphony No. 7
  • Symphony No. 8
• Alun Hoddinott – Celebration Fanfare (one-off composition for the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales)
• Karl Jenkins – Requiem: In These Horizons Stones Sing
• Peter Maxwell Davies
  • Naxos Quartet No. 6
  • Naxos Quartet No. 7
• Krzysztof Penderecki – Symphony No. 8 Lieder der Vergänglichkeit
• Einojuhani Rautavaara
  • Book of Visions for orchestra
  • Manhattan Trilogy for strings
• Karlheinz Stockhausen –
  • Freude (Joy) for two harps
  • Himmels-Tür (Heaven's Door) for a percussionist and a little girl
• John Tavener - Fragment for the Virgin, written for violinist Nicola Benedetti.
• Stephen Warbeck – Peter Pan (ballet)
• Ian Wilson – Sullen Earth (concerto)

Opera

• Mark Adamo – Lysistrata, or The Nude Goddess
• John Coolidge Adams – Doctor Atomic
• Philippe Boesmans – Julie
• Richard Danielpour – Margaret Garner
• Matthew Dewey – The Death of Chatterton
• Lorenzo Ferrero – La Conquista
• Nicholas Lens – The Accacha Chronicles Trilogy: Amor Aeternus – Hymns of Love
• Lorin Maazel – 1984
• Roger Scruton - Violet
• Roger Waters – Ça Ira

Musical theater

• Acorn Antiques: The Musical! opens at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, in February.
• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Broadway production opens at the Circle in the Square Theatre on May 2.
• All Shook Up (Joe DiPietro) – The Broadway production opens at the Palace Theatre on March 24 and runs for 213 performances.
• Billy Elliot the Musical (Elton John & Lee Hall) opens at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London, in March.
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – The Broadway production opens at the Foxwoods Theatre (then the Hilton Theatre) on April 28 and runs for 285 performances.
• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – Broadway production opens at the Imperial Theatre on March 3 and runs for 627 performances
• Good Vibrations opens at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre on February 2 and runs for 94 performances
• Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar opens at the Rialto Theatre, Madrid.
• Lennon (John Lennon, Don Scardino) opens in San Francisco in April. The Broadway production opens at the Broadhurst Theatre on August 14 and runs for 49 performances
• The Light in the Piazza (Craig Lucas & Adam Guettel) – The Broadway production opens at the Vivian Beaumont Theater on April 18 and runs for 504 performances.
• Little Women (Allan Knee, Mindi Dickstein & Jason Howland) – The Broadway production opens at the Virginia Theatre on January 23 and runs for 137 performances
• Monty Python's Spamalot opens at the Shubert Theatre in Chicago on January 9.
• One Life: A Musical Story of the Life of Joseph Smith – Written by Kari Skousen & Rebecca Thompson-Duvall; Directed by Skousen
• The Woman in White Broadway production opens at the Marquis Theatre on November 17 and runs for 109 performances.

Musical films

• Boss'n Up (December 6)
• Confessions of a Thug
• Corpse Bride
• Hustle & Flow
• Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
• Mrs Henderson Presents starring Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins and Will Young
• The Producers (December 16)
• Rent (November 23)
• Romance & Cigarettes
• Walk the Line

Births

• August 3 – Owen Isabelle Landau, daughter of Michelle Branch and husband Teddy Landau
• September 14 – Sean Preston Federline, son of Britney Spears and Kevin Federline
• September 24 – Aiden Michael Bice, son of Bo Bice and wife Caroline Fisher.

Deaths

January–February

• January 11
  • Spencer Dryden, American drummer of Jefferson Airplane, 61
  • Jimmy Griffin, co-founder of Bread, 61
  • Miriam Hyde, Australian composer, 91
• January 15 – Victoria de los Ángeles, Catalan soprano, 81
• January 21 – Kaljo Raid, Estonian cellist and composer, 83
• January 24 – June Bronhill, Australian soprano, 75
• January 25 - Ray Peterson, pop singer, 65
• January 28 – Jim Capaldi, British drummer and vocalist, 60
• January 29 - Eric Griffiths, guitarist (The Quarrymen), 64
• January 30 – Martyn Bennett, Scottish bagpiper, 33 (cancer)
• February 1 – Franco Mannino, Italian composer, 80
• February 3
  • David Hönigsberg, composer and conductor, 45
  • Andreas Makris, Greek-American violinist and composer, 74
• February 6 - Merle Kilgore, singer-songwriter, 70
• February 8
  • Helmut Eder, Austrian composer, 88
  • Keith Knudsen, drummer (The Doobie Brothers), 56
  • Jimmy Smith, American jazz organist, 77
• February 9 – Tyrone Davis, American soul singer, 66
• February 12 – Sammi Smith, American singer-songwriter, 61
• February 13 – Sixten Ehrling, Swedish conductor, 86
• February 16 – Marcello Viotti, Swiss conductor, 50 (stroke)
• February 25 - Edward Patten, R&B/soul singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips), 65
• February 28 – Chris Curtis, British drummer and vocalist, 63

March–April

• March 4 – Una Hale, soprano, 82
• March 6 – Tommy Vance, DJ, 63
• March 9
  • Chris LeDoux, country music singer, 56
  • Kathie Kay, big band singer, 86
• March 10 – Danny Joe Brown, former lead singer of Molly Hatchet, 53 (kidney failure)
• March 13 - Lyn Collins, soul singer, 56
• March 16 - Justin Hinds, Jamaican ska vocalist, 62
• March 21 – Bobby Short, singer, 80
• March 22 – Rod Price, guitarist, 57 (Foghat)
• March 26 – Paul Hester, drummer for Crowded House and Split Enz, 46 (suicide)
• March 27
  • Grant Johannesen, pianist, 83
  • Rigo Tovar, Mexican singer and composer, 58
• March 28 – Moura Lympany, pianist, 88
• March 30 – Derrick Plourde, former drummer Lagwagon and the Ataris, 33 (suicide)
• April 2 – Alexander Brott, conductor and composer, 90
• April 7 – Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer, 82
• April 10 – Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist, 82
• April 11 - Jerry Byrd, lap steel guitarist, 85
• April 12 – Ehud Manor, Israeli songwriter, 63
• April 13 – Johnnie Johnson, American pianist, 80
• April 14 – John Fred, pop singer, 64
• April 18 – Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor, 75
• April 19
  • Bryan Ottoson, guitarist of American Head Charge, 27 (overdose)
  • Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz bassist, 58
• April 21 - Cyril Tawney, traditional singer, 74
• April 23 – Robert Farnon, composer, arranger, 87
• April 25 – Hasil Adkins, American rockabilly musician, 67
• April 28 – Percy Heath, jazz musician, 81

May–June

• May 8 – Nasrat Parsa, Afghan singer, 36 (murdered)
• May 10 – David Wayne, former singer of Metal Church, 47 (injuries resulting from car crash)
• May 12 - Frankie LaRocka, rock drummer and producer, 51
• May 14 – Jimmy Martin, bluegrass musician, 77
• May 22 – Thurl Ravenscroft, US singer, 91
• May 25
  • Ruth Laredo, pianist, 67
  • Domenic Troiano, guitarist The Guess Who, 59
• May 29
  • Oscar Brown, jazz singer-songwriter, 78
  • George Rochberg, composer, 86
• June 13 – David Diamond, American composer, 89
• June 14 – Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor, 91
• June 17 – Karl Mueller, bassist of Soul Asylum, 41
• June 29 – Mikkel Flagstad, Norwegian saxophonist, 75
• June 30 – Clancy Eccles, ska/reggae singer, 64 (complications after heart attack)

July–August

• July 1
  • Luther Vandross, R&B singer, 54
  • Renaldo "Obie" Benson, R&B/soul singer (Four Tops), 69
• July 5
  • Ray "Stingray" Davis, bassist (Parliament-Funkadelic), 65
  • Shirley Goodman, American singer (Shirley & Company), 69
• July 6 – Richard Verreau, operatictenor, 79
• July 7 – Henri Betti, French composer and pianist, 87
• July 11 – Frances Langford, US singer and actress, 91
• July 14 - Michael Dahlquist, drummer (Silkworm), 39 (car crash)
• July 17 – Laurel Aitken, ska singer, heart attack, 78
• July 18 – John Herald songwriter, musician, member of The Greenbriar Boys, 65
• July 21 – Long John Baldry, R&B singer, 64
• July 22 - Eugene Record, singer (The Chi-Lites), 64
• July 23 – Myron Floren, accordionist, 85
• July 27 – Robert Wright, songwriter, 90
• July 29 – Hildegarde, US singer, 99
• August 1 – Al Aronowitz, American music journalist, 77
• August 4 – Little Milton, blues musician,70
• August 6
  • Ibrahim Ferrer, Afro-Cuban singer, 78
  • Carlo Little, British studio musician, drummer, 67
• August 13 – Arnold Cooke, British composer, 98
• August 16 - Vassar Clements, fiddler, 77
• August 21 – Robert Moog, electronic music pioneer, 71
• August 22 – Luc Ferrari, composer, 76
• August 26 – Denis D'Amour, guitarist of Voivod, 45

September–October

• September 1
  • R. L. Burnside, blues musician, 78
  • Barry Cowsill, member of The Cowsills (ruled to have drowned during Hurricane Katrina, date of death approximate), 50
• September 10 – Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, blues musician, 81
• September 15
  • Jeronimas Kačinskas, Lithuanian-born composer and conductor, 98
  • Sidney Luft, ex-husband of Judy Garland, father of Lorna Luft, and producer of A Star Is Born, 89
• September 17 – Alfred Reed, American composer of concert band music, 84
• September 18
  • Chas Smit, vocalist and guitarist of Plush, 23
  • Joel Hirschhorn, American songwriter, 66
• September 19
  • Willie Hutch, singer, songwriter and producer, 60
  • William Vacchiano, trumpet player, 93
• October 1 - Paul Pena, singer, songwriter and guitarist, 55
• October 2 - Hamilton Camp, singer, songwriter and actor, 70
• October 10 - Nick Hawkins, guitarist (Big Audio Dynamite II), 40
• October 12 - Baker Knight, songwriter and musician, 72
• October 18 – Marshall Rohner, guitarist for T.S.O.L., The Cruzados, 42
• October 20 - Shirley Horn, jazz singer and pianist, 71
• October 22 – Franky Gee (Captain Jack), 43 (cerebral haemorrhage)
• October 31 – John "Beatz" Holohan, drummer for Bayside, 31 (road accident)

November–December

• November 4 – Mana Nishiura, drummer (Shonen Knife, DMBQ), 34 (car accident)
• November 5 - Link Wray, rock and roll guitarist and singer, 76
• November 6 – Minako Honda, Japanese singer, 38 (leukemia)
• November 10 – Gardner Read, American composer, 92
• November 20
  • Fritz Richmond, jug and washtub bass musician, 66
  • Chris Whitley, singer-songwriter, 45 (lung cancer)
• November 26
  • Mark Craney, drummer (Jethro Tull, Jean-Luc Ponty), 53
  • Joe Jones, 79
• November 28 – Tony Meehan, former drummer of The Shadows, 62
• November 29 – Deon van der Walt, tenor, 47 (shot)
• December 8 – Danny Williams, singer, 63
• December 9 - Mike Botts, drummer, 61
• December 24 – Constance Keene, American pianist, 84
• December 25
  • Derek Bailey, guitarist, 75
  • Birgit Nilsson, Swedish soprano, 87

Awards

• ARIA Music Awards of 2005
• 2005 BRIT Awards
• Eurovision Song Contest 2005
• Grammy Awards of 2005
• Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005
• Juno Awards of 2005
• Mercury Prize 2005
• Triple J Hottest 100, 2005

Glenn Gould Prize

• André Previn (laureate), Roman Potkoló (protégé)

See also

• 2005 in British music
• 2005 in country music
• 2005 in heavy metal music

External links

• Pause & Play's Past 2005 Releases