2009 in music

Template:Globalize/USA The following is a list of notable events and releases that have occurred or are expected to happen in 2009 in music.

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Events

January

• "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" begins the year of 2009 at number one as Beyoncé's 5th solo number one hit and her ninth in total.
• January 8 - Lady Gaga's debut single "Just Dance" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 after 22 weeks - the second longest climb to number one, since Creed "With Arms Wide Open" in November 2000 (27 weeks).
• January 16 - The film Notorious, based on the life of rapper Notorious B.I.G. is released.
• January 18 - As part of the inaugural celebration of Barack Obama, an inaugural concert "We Are One" was held at the Lincoln Memorial.
• January 28 - Kelly Clarkson breaks record for the biggest jump to number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 when her single "My Life Would Suck Without You" soars from number 97 to number one fueled by 280,000 digital downloads on the first week of release. (The previous record was set by Britney Spears' "Womanizer" which went from number 96 to number one in 2008.)
• January 29 - Madonna announces that she will extend her record-breaking Sticky & Sweet Tour during summer of 2009, to visit cities that were excluded during the first run. The tour will kick-off in The O₂, London on July 4. The extension will take Sticky & Sweet Tour to a total of over 80 shows, putting it among the top five tours of all time.

February

• Lily Allen's "The Fear" jumps a high 168 spots to reach the number one spot on the UK Singles Chart.
• February 1 - Bruce Springsteen, Faith Hill and Jennifer Hudson perform at Super Bowl XLIII
• February 8 - At the 51st Grammy Awards in Staples Center, Los Angeles
  • Alison Krauss and Robert Plant win five Grammys for their duet album Raising Sand which also won Album of the Year
  • Lil Wayne wins four awards, including Best Rap Album for Tha Carter III (the only album to sell one million copies in the first week of release in United States in 2008).
  • Coldplay wins three awards including Song of the Year for Viva La Vida and Adele wins two awards including Best New Artist.
• Blink-182 announce that they are to reunite for a tour and new album.
• February 10 - Rihanna postpones her Malaysian concert in The Good Girl Gone Bad Tour amid reports that she accused her boyfriend R&B star Chris Brown of assault. Organizers had announced that she would shun skimpy outfits to conform with Muslim-majority Malaysia's strict rule on performers' dress.
• February 12
  • "Crack a Bottle", performed by Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent, sets a new record for opening week download sales in the United States, at 418,000 copies. The previous record (335,000) was set by "Live Your Life".
  • Billboard announces that Madonna is the highest-earning entertainer of 2008, with USD$242,176,466, mostly from her sold-out Sticky & Sweet Tour.
• February 18
  • Duffy dominates the Brit Awards, held in Earl's Court, London. Her album, Rockferry, the U.K top seller in 2008, won best British album, and she also won best British female and British breakthrough
  • Kings of Leon (best international group) also win best international album for Only By The Night.
  • Katy Perry wins best international female trophy.
  • Flo Rida breaks his own record when his single "Right Round" is downloaded 636,000 units in the opening week. His 2008 chart-topper "Low" set the previous record for most downloaded song with 467,000 units sold on the first week of release.
• February 24 - Lamb of God releases Wrath, which debuts at number 2 on the Billboard 200, making it the highest charting Extreme Metal album in the last fifteen years.
• February 26 - Vocalist Steven Page leaves the Barenaked Ladies.
• February 27
  • Japanese artist Rurutia releases her sixth studio album Seirios.
  • Irish rock band U2 releases No Line On The Horizon, which soon reaches number one in over 28 countries.
• February 28
  • Bone Thugs-N-Harmony first song in 9 years as a group entitled 'The Game Aint Ready' was released on myspace and the sudden rush caused myspace to crash for the rest of the day.

March

• March 2 - Elton John and Billy Joel The tour dates are mostly configured for 360-degree view in order to maximize arena capacity. The duo's last tour, in 2003, grossed $USD 45.8 million from only 24 sellouts according to Billboard Boxscore.
• March 3 - Britney Spears launches her highly anticpated The Circus Starring: Britney Spears world tour at New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her first world tour in five years, and first tour since her public breakdown will take her across North America, Europe, and will end in Australia. Spears will complete a 97 show world tour.
• March 6 through March 8 - Phish's reunion shows at Hampton Coliseum in Virginia.
• March 7 - "Eraserheads Live! The Final Set Concert" the last Eraserheads concert in 10 years which will be held at SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds in Pasay City, Philippines
• March 10 - Bo Burnham will release his first full length album, the eponymous Bo Burnham, is scheduled for release by Comedy Central Records on March 10, 2009 (2009-03-10). Julien-K releases their debut album Death to Analog.
• March 10 - If U Seek Amy, the controversial third single off Circus is released. The music video is intended to make fun of the American society and how it perceives Britney Spears' life to be.
• N Dubz start their first ever tour, The Uncle B Tour, on the 27th.
• March 13 through March 22 - The 2009 South by Southwest Conference and Festival.
• Fleetwood Mac will embark on their first world tour in 5 years, with a possible new studio album to follow.
• March 12 - Super Junior releases their critically and commercially successful third Korean-language album Sorry, Sorry.
• March 17 Korean superstar BoA releases her first English Language album "BoA" in the U.S simultaneously with her Japanese greatest hits album Best & USA in Japan.
• March 24 - Kasabian played the biggest concert ever to be held at Preston 53 Degrees.
• March 23 - Royksopp released Junior, their third album.
• March 24 - Mastodon releases their fourth album Crack the Skye.
• March 24 - MF Doom releases album Born Like This under the shortened name "Doom".
• March 24 - Music video for the Department of Eagles song No One Does It Like You premieres in New York City.
• March 25 - Ayumi Hamasaki releases her tenth album Next Level.
• March 26 - Beyonce Knowles begins her I Am... Tour in Edmonton, Canada at the Rexall Place.
• March 27 - Rapper T.I. was sentenced to a one year and one day prison sentence.

April

• April 1 - Lady Gaga becomes the first artist in nearly ten years (after Christina Aguilera in 1999 and 2000) to reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with their first two chart entries (Just Dance and Poker Face.)
• April 4 - Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney performed together (for the first time since 2002) at the Radio City Music Hall for the David Lynch Foundation.
  • The 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony took place welcoming new inductees Little Anthony & the Imperials, Bobby Womack, Jeff Beck as a solo artist, Run-D.M.C., and Metallica. Metallica citing the drama surrounding Blondie, Black Sabbath, and Van Halen's inductions includes Cliff Burton and Jason Newsted both former bassists for the band in the induction. Jason Newsted also performs with band in its first rendition as a 5-piece band featuring two bass guitarists.
• April 11 - Susan Boyle's version of the song "I Dreamed a Dream" from the musical Les Miserables on Britain's Got Talent becomes a worldwide sensation, as it is seen over 200 million times on YouTube and other video outlets.
• April 12 - Carrie Underwood's song "I Told You So" from her album "Carnival Ride topped the country songs chart as her tenth straight number one and became the only country artist in history to have their first 10 singles hit number one off their first two albums.
• April 14 - Willie Nile releases his sixth studio album House Of A Thousand Guitars.
• April 17 through April 19 - Coachella 2009
• April 21 - Heavy metal band Iron Maiden releases a motion picture documentary of their current Somewhere Back in Time World Tour, titled Flight 666.
• April 23 - Taylor Swift kicks off her sold-out Fearless Tour, her first headlining tour, in Evansville, Indiana, joined by opening acts Gloriana and Kellie Pickler.
• April 26 - UK grime rapper Tinchy Stryder's collaboration with N-Dubz, "Number 1", went to the No.1 spot, shifting 72,000 copies in its first week. Tinchy Stryder's single was the only ever song entitled 'Number One' to reach the No.1 spot - even though there's been 23 other songs with the same name.
• April 27 - Girls Aloud released their 21st single Untouchable which charted at #11 and became their first single to miss the top 10.
• April 28 - A side project by Burton C. Bell & Dino Cazares from weeks prior changes into Fear Factory Rehiring Dino & Hiring Gene Hoglan.

May

• May 2-May 3 - The Bamboozle festival in East Rutherford, New Jersey
• May 3 - Concert at Madison Square Garden to celebrate the 90th birthday of Pete Seeger. Featured Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Roger McGuinn, Dave Matthews and Eddie Vedder amongst others
• May 5 - Bif Naked releases her fifth studio album The Promise. This is her first album released after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008.
• May 15- Green Day release 21st Century Breakdown
• May 16
  • David Cook and David Archuleta give a concert in the Philippines at the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds.
  • Alexander Rybak with his song "Fairytale" wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, giving Norway its third victory. Within a couple of days, the song reaches the top ten in charts in most of Europe, including a #10 entry in the UK Singles Chart.
• May 18 - Rapper Dolla is shot and killed in Beverly Hills, CA at the Beverly Center.
• May 19 - Eminem releases Relapse, which goes on to be the biggest selling album of the year so far selling over 600,000 copies in its first week.
• May 20 - Kris Allen defeats Adam Lambert to win the eighth season of American Idol.
• May 25 - Aqua released their first single in 9 years, Back to The 80's
• May 26 - Marilyn Manson releases The High End of Low, his seventh studio album.

June

• June - The Puerto Rican pop singer Ricky Martin announced he was working on a new studio album
• June 1 - Pearl Jam are first musical guests on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, performing new songs.
• June 2 - 311 releases Uplifter
• June 4-7
  • Wakarusa 2009
  • Oasis begins the summer stadium leg of their world tour with 3 sold-out homecoming concerts at the 70,000 capacity Heaton Park.
    • Phish start their first tour since their "break up" in 2004.
• June 11 - The Pussycat Dolls perform in the Philippines at the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds.
• June 11-14 - Bonnaroo 2009
• June 12-14 - Download Festival
• June 13 - DefQon 1, arranged by Q-Dance
• June 14 - Pixie Lott became the first female British solo act (not from a reality T.V contest) to top the U.K charts with her debut single Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)
• June 16 - Beyoncé released Above and Beyoncé - Video Collection & Dance Mixes
• June 16 - Jonas Brothers' Lines, Vines, and Trying Times is released in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, and Colombia.
• June 20 - Jonas Brothers kick off the American leg of their Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009 in Dallas, TX.
• June 21 - Demi Lovato kicks off her summer tour with pop singer David Archuleta
• June 24-28 - Glastonbury Festival 2009
• June 25-July 5 - Summerfest
• June 25 - King of Pop Michael Jackson passes away at age 50, after going into cardiac arrest.
• June 26 - Warped Tour begins in Pomona, California, and will go around the United States and Canada
• June 26 - Devourment released their third studio album, Unleash the Carnivore.
• June 30 - The U2 360° Tour begins in Barcelona's Nou Camp Stadium in front of a sell out crowd. It is the first time a band has toured with such a unique structure since the progressive rock band Yes's 1991 Union Tour.

July

• July 2-3 – Blur's 20 year reunion and superconcert at Hyde Park.
• July 2 to July 5 – Heineken Open'er Festival in Gdynia, Poland
• July 3
  • 50 Cent releases Forever King for digital download.
  • Yahoo! Music announces that Taylor Swift's album Fearless and Flo Rida's single Right Round are the top-selling album and single, respectively, of the first half of the year.
• July 4 – Madonna starts the second run of her record-breaking Sticky & Sweet Tour in London, England.
• July 6 - Ryan Ross and Jon Walker leave Panic! at the Disco and go on to form The Young Veins.
• July 6–12 – Australian Radio station Triple J holds its 'Hottest 100 of All Time' with Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" coming in first for the third consecutive time a 'Hottest 100 of All Time' has been held 1991, 1998 and 2009. This is the largest music poll in the world with more than half a million people voting.
• July 7 – A public memorial for Michael Jackson is held at the Staples Center. Artists such as Stevie Wonder, Usher, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Hudson, John Mayer, Lionel Richie, Shaheen Jafargholi, and his brother, Jermaine Jackson performed.
• July 9–12 – 10th EXIT festival takes place in the Petrovaradin Fortress of Novi Sad, Serbia, with more than 190,000 visitors.
• July 10-August 15 - Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival, headlined by Marilyn Manson and Slayer
• July 13 - Lady Gaga becomes the first performer to have three songs from a debut album reach #1 on an American Billboard chart since Avril Lavigne and Ace of Base.
• July 16 to July 19 - Rock Fest
• July 16 - Libido release their five studio album, Un Día Nuevo.
• July 18 - Tool goes on tour for the first time in two years.
• July 19 - T4 on the Beach 2009
• July 21 - shortlist announced for the 2009 Mercury Prize.
• July 22 to July 25 - 2009 10,000 Lakes Festival
• July 24 Start of blink-182's reunion tour, with Fall Out Boy and Weezer as opening acts, kicks off.
• July 25-26 - IndieTracks Festival, Derbyshire UK

August

• August 7-9 - Lollapalooza 2009
• August 14-16 - Bloodstock Open Air Festival, Derbyshire, UK
• August 18 - Third Eye Blind release Ursa Major, the group's first studio album since 2003.
• August 18 - GWAR releases Lust in Space
• August 18 - OTEP releases Smash the Control Machine
• August 20-23 - Rock Gone Wild 2009
• August 20-22 - Hip Hop Kemp in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
• August 21 - During a performance of Russalka at Glyndebourne, soprano Ana Maria Martinez falls into the orchestra pit and is rushed to hospital. The show goes on.
• August 21 - Vocalist Jim Lindberg announces his departure from Pennywise.
• August 21 through August 23 - The Green Festival in New Brunswick, Canada
• August 24 - Arctic Monkeys are set to release Humbug, their third studio album.
• August 25 - LeToya releases her sophomore studio album "Lady Love".
• August 28 - After another fight with his brother Liam, Noel Gallagher leaves Oasis.
• August 28 - Adam Goldstein, celebrity disc jockey best known as DJ AM, is found dead in his Manhattan apartment. He was 36.
• August 28-31 - Greenbelt Festival in Cheltenham, UK
  • Black Eyed Peas Malaysian concert in celebration of beer giant Guinness's 250th anniversary in Kuala Lumpur is restricted to only non-Muslims since the sponsor is an alcoholic brand and it is considered inappropriate for Muslims to attend the concert which scheduled in September.
• August 30 - ICS Vortex & Mustis are Fired from Dimmu Borgir
• August 31 - The Sugababes release their come back single Get Sexy
• August 31 - Whitney Houston releases her first studio album, I Look To You, in 7 years.

September

• September 7 - Muse release their new single, "Uprising".
• September 8 - Jay-Z's eleventh studio album, The Blueprint 3, is released.
  • Winner of the 2009 Mercury Prize announced.
• September 9 - The entire catalogue of The Beatles is re-released as digital remasters with rare pictures, short documentaries, original and newly written liner notes with replicated original UK artwork for the first time since 1987.

The Beatles: Rock Band is released.

• September 10 - Nine Inch Nails performs their final concert in Los Angeles.
• September 12 - The first ever outdoor Sunset Strip Music Festival is held in West Hollywood, featuring performances from more than fifty bands including Ozzy Osbourne and Korn.
• September 13 - The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards is held in New York City at Radio City Music Hall. The presentation is hosted by Russell Brand. This years' awards show is most known for the "Kanye West and Taylor Swift" incident".
• September 14 - Muse's fifth album, The Resistance, is released.
• September 15 - Kid Cudi's debut album, Man on the Moon: The End of Day is released.
  • Megadeth's, 12th album, Endgame, is released.
  • Mi Plan, the first studio album in the spanish language by Nelly Furtado, is released.
  • Porcupine Tree's tenth album, The Incident, is released.
• September 16 - The Spice Girls reunite for dinner and drinks in London except for Victoria, (Posh Spice) who was in Los Angeles. It was the first time all 4 Spice Girls reunited in public since their "Return of the Spice Girls Tour" in 2007/8. This 'public reunion' has since sparked numerous rumours that the girls will be reforming again. The girls have not denied this, but said that anything "work related" was not 'concrete' yet.
• September 17 - Avril Lavigne and husband Deryck Whibley split after three years of marriage.
  • VH1 Divas returns with a appearances by Kelly Clarkson, Jordin Sparks, Jennifer Hudson, Leona Lewis, Adele, and Miley Cyrus with host Paula Abdul
• September 18 - Rammstein release their new single "Pussy".
• September 20 - Pearl Jam's Backspacer is released.
• September 21 - Mika releases his second studio album, The Boy Who Knew Too Much.
• September 21 - Winner of the 2009 Polaris Music Prize announced.
• September 22 - Your Songs by Harry Connick, Jr. is released.
  • Daisy by Brand New is released.
  • Beauty Killer by Jeffree Star is released.
  • Sugababes singer Keisha Buchanan left the group, surrounding days of speculation that a 'bust-up' had occurred in the band. 2009 Eurovision song contest entry Jade Ewen replaced her which means that no 'original sugababe' is in the group.
  • Life Starts Now, the third album by Three Days Grace, is released
• September 24 - Chiodos fires their lead singer, Craig Owens.
• September 28 - Arch Enemy releases its eight album, titled The Root of All Evil
  • Rapper Chamillionaire announces his third studio album, Venom, set to be released on December 8, 2009
• September 29 - Brand New Eyes by Paramore is released.
  • Black Gives Way To Blue the first album by Alice In Chains in nearly fourteen years is released.
  • Crash Love by AFI is released.
  • The Avett Brothers release their major record label debut I and Love and You.
  • Mariah Carey's twelfth album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, is released.
  • Madonna's third greatest hits album, Celebration, is released.
  • Britney Spears releases "3", the first single from her second compilation album, The Singles Collection to radio.
  • Selena Gomez's debut album under her band's name, Selena and The Scene, entitled Kiss and Tell is released.
  • Dethklok's The Dethalbum II is released.
  • Breaking Benjamin's forth album, Dear Agony, is released.
• September 30 - Kylie Minogue kicks off first ever US Tour in Oakland, California.

October

• October 2 - Beyoncé Knowles is named Woman of 2009 by Billboard.
  • Dethklok and Mastodon begin touring on the Adult Swim Tour.
• October 2 through October 4 - Austin City Limits 2009
• October 4 - KISS will release first studio album in 11 years, "Sonic Boom"
• October 6 - Relient K will release their sixth studio album Forget And Not Slow Down
  • Tokio Hotel will release their second album "Humanoid" in both German and English.
  • Backstreet Boys will release their seventh album This Is Us.
• October 9 - Shakira release her third English album She Wolf.
• October 11 - Robbie Williams makes his first appearance on TV in over 3 Years with "Bodies" and it was also his come back performance on The X Factor
• October 12 - Chester Bennington will release the debut album, Out of Ashes, for his new band, Dead By Sunrise.
  • Michael Jackson will release his new single "This Is It".
• October 13 - Nellie McKay will release her fourth studio album Normal as Blueberry Pie - A Tribute to Doris Day.
• October 15 - Britney Spears's "3" debuted at number one on Billboard Hot 100. This is her third number one on Billboard Hot 100 and the first non-American Idol related single to debut at number one since Lauryn Hill's "Doo Wop (That Thing)" occupied the penthouse on November 14 1999.
• October 16 - Rammstein will release their sixth studio album Liebe ist für alle da.
• October 19 - Alexandra Burke will release her debut album Overcome
  • Green Day will release their UK and US single, "East Jesus Nowhere"
• October 20 - Rihanna relases her first single from her fourth studio album Rated R (Rihanna album) entitled Russian_Roulette_(song)
  • 30 Seconds To Mars' This Is War will be released.
  • Terri Clark relases her album the Long Way
  • Emily Osment - All the right wrongs
• October 23 - Akon will have a concert in the Philippines. The concert was scheduled to be on July 4, 2009.
• October 26 - Cheryl Cole will release her first debut album Three Words in the UK.
• October 27 - Atreyu releases their new album, Congregation of the Damned
  • Between the Buried and Me releases their fifth studio album The Great Misdirect.
  • Creed will release their fourth album Full Circle.

Expected events

November

• November 3 - Slayer releases their eleventh studio album World Painted Blood.
• November 3 - Rapper 50 Cent releases his fourth studio album called Before I Self Destruct.
• November 3 - Carrie Underwood releases her third studio album called Play On.
• November 3 - Melanie Fiona releases her second album The Bridge
• November 3 - Ryan Leslie releases his second album Transition
• November 3 - Shwayze Let It Beat new album
• November 3 - Amerie Ameries next album In Love & War is released
• November 5 - The 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards will be held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV.
• November 7 through November 8 - Fun Fun Fun Fest
• November 9 - Robbie Williams releases his long awaited album Reality Killed the Video Star.
• November 10 - The Killers releases their live DVD.
• November 10 - Clipse third album till the casket drops release.
• November 10 - Alejandro Sanz releases Paraiso Express
• November 11 - Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley host the 2009 CMA Awards.
• November 14 - Beyoncé records her live DVD in London at The O₂ Arena titled Beyoncé: Live From London
• November 16 - Leona Lewis releases her second album, Echo
• November 17 - Norah Jones will release her fourth studio album, The Fall.
• November 17 - Kris Allen releases his debut album.
• November 17 - One Republic - Waking Up, new album
• November 17 - Justin Bieber Justin Bieber first studio album is released.
• November 17 - Janet Jackson will release her second greatest hits compilation album titled Number Ones
• November 23 - Susan Boyle releases her debut album, I Dreamed a Dream
• November 23 - Rihanna will release her fourth studio album Rated R
• November 24 - Adam Lambert releases his debut album.
• November 24 - Beyoncé will release her Live DVD I Am... Yours in the United States
• November 24 - Susan Boyle First studio Album, I Dreamed A Dream
• November 24 - Shakira will release her third english studio album She Wolf.
• November 24 - Timbaland releases Shock Value II, the follow-up to his 2007 platinum album Shock Value.
• November 24 - Britney Spears releases her 2nd greatest hits album titled, The Singles Collection. The box set includes all of Spears' singles from the last 10 years of her career.
• November 24 - Lady Gaga re-releases her smash hit album "The Fame" retitled as "The Fame Monster" adorned with 8 new, unreleased songs and bonus material.
• November 25 - Beyoncé will release her Live DVD I Am... Yours in Japan.

December

• December 1 - Allison Iraheta will release her debut self-titled album.
• December 8 - Usher is scheduled to release his sixth studio album Raymond vs. Raymond (formerly known as Monster).
  • Chamillionaire is scheduled to release his third studio album, Venom
• December 11 - Garth Brooks will come out of retirement with a solo acoustic show to begin Dec. 11 at the Encore Theater at Wynn Las Vegas.
• December 11 - Guns N' Roses are set to play four dates in Asia. This will mark their first tour in two and a half years, and their first tour since releasing the long-delayed Chinese Democracy in November 2008
• December 15 - Lil Wayne will release his seventh studio album Rebirth.

Unspecified date

• Christian rock band Delirious? Will release a compilation album towards the end of 2009, in November.
• maudlin of the Well will release a brand new reunion album with the members of Kayo Dot, to be released sometime in 2009.
• Pop singer-songwriter Lights will release her first full-length album.
• Swedish singer Agnes Carlsson will release her international debut album Dance Love Pop in the UK in September 2009.
• Westlife will release their tenth album sometime in November/December. Currently untitled.
• Rapper Eminem will release his new CD, Relapse 2, sometime in late 2009.
• The Smashing Pumpkins, now consisting of only Billy Corgan and new drummer Mike Byrne, will release their eighth studio album, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, one track per 3–4 weeks at a time, beginning in late October and continuing through the rest of 2009 and 2010. There is a total of 44 tracks on the album.
• Shortly after the departure of Noel Gallagher, Oasis officially announce that they are no more.

Bands formed

• 2NE1
• Crash Karma
• The Dead Weather
• Death at Our Feet
• Deep Mindzz
• Drop The World
• Furthur
• Girls Can't Catch
• Gloriana
• Guilt Machine
• Hunter
• Major Lazer
• Monsters of Folk
• Dead By Sunrise
• New Boyz
• The Pretty Reckless
• Raygun
• Them Crooked Vultures
• Tinted Windows
• Sea Of Green
• Supercute!
• We Are the Fallen
• The Young Veins

Bands reformed

• A1 (new album and tour)
• Adema (original lineup reformed w/ Mark Chavez, new album and tour)
• Aqua (new album and tour)
• Blink-182 (new album and tour)
• Blue (summer tour since split in 2005)
• Cold (first album and tour since their split in 2006)
• Cold Chisel
• Creed (new album and tour)
• The Cranberries (first tour since 2002)
• Faith No More (touring only)
• Far (New album and tour)
• Jairus (releasing album and touring)
• Karma To Burn (touring only)
• Limp Bizkit (original lineup, tour, new album)
• Matchbook Romance
• Mott the Hoople (touring only)
• Mr. Big (touring only)
• Noise Addict (New album)
• Phish (new album and tour)
• Plastic Ono Band (first album under the name since 1975)
• Public Image Ltd. (touring for 30th anniversary)
• Saint Vitus (few shows only)
• The Scene Aesthetic (new album and tour)
• Screeching Weasel
• Skunk Anansie (new single, greatest hits album and tour)
• Sublime (one-off performance)
• String Cheese Incident (one-off performance)
• Sunny Day Real Estate (album reissues and tour)
• Tumbleweed (appearing at Homebake festival)
• Underground Lovers (appearing at Homebake festival)
• Wang Chung (new album and tour)

Returning performers

• Aerosmith (first studio album since 2004)
• Alcazar (first studio album since 2003)
• Alice in Chains (first studio album since 1995, and first release with William DuVall on vocals)
• Amerie (first US studio album since 2005)
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (first album with all members since 2000)
• Beastie Boys (first album with vocals since 2004)
• Black Eyed Peas (first new album since 2005, after false rumors of breakup)
• Blink-182 (first tour since 2004)
• Blur (first performance since 2003)
• Cave In (first recording since 2005)
• Cher (continue to performing in Las Vegas' Caesars Palace with her show Cher at the Colosseum; first new album since 2001).
• Cornershop (first studio album since 2002)
• Creed (first tour since 2004; first studio album since 2001)
• Cypress Hill (first studio album since 2004)
• The Dead (first tour since 2004)
• Depeche Mode (first studio album since 2005)
• D.R.I. (first studio album since 1995)
• Dr. Dre (first studio album since 1999)
• Josh Doyle (first studio recording since 2004; first tour since nervous breakdown in 2001)
• Eminem (first studio album since 2004)
• Face to Face (first studio album since 2002)
• Flesh-N-Bone (first studio album since going to prison in 2000)
• Green Day (first studio album since 2004)
• Guano Apes (first tour since 2004)
• KISS (first studio album since 1998)
• Limp Bizkit (original lineup, first studio release since 2005, first full-length studio album since 2003, first full-length album with the original lineup since 2000, and first tour since 2004)
• Living Colour (first studio album since 2003)
• Maxwell (first studio album since 2001)
• Mew (first studio album since 2005; first studio album recorded as a three-piece following the departure of Johan Wohlert)
• Michelle Branch (First studio album as a solo performer since 2003)
• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (first all-new studio album since 2002)
• The Offspring (first full-scale tour since 2005)
• Pestilence (first album since 1993)
• Polvo (first studio album since 1997, and first release with new drummer Brian Quast)
• Kelly Price (first R&B album since 2003)
• Rancid (first studio album since 2003, and first release with new drummer Branden Steineckert)
• Ratt (first album since 1999)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers (Announced end to hiatus. New album to be released in 2010.)
• Shakira (first English studio album since 2005; )
• The Smashing Pumpkins (first album recorded and released without founding drummer Jimmy Chamberlin since 1998)
• Snot (first album since 1997, and first release with Tommy "Vext" Cummings on vocals)
• Third Eye Blind (first studio album since 2003)
• Titãs (first studio album since 2003)
• U2 (first studio album since 2004)
• The Verve Pipe (first studio album since 2001)
• Whitney Houston (first studio album since 2003)

Bands disbanded

• American Head Charge
• Animal Alpha
• As Cities Burn
• After Forever
• The Cheetah Girls
• Battle of Mice
• Blue Cheer
• Bodyjar
• Chas & Dave
• Chin Up Chin Up
• Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
• The Cramps
• Cute Is What We Aim For
• Danity Kane
• Delirious?
• Embraze
• Fordirelifesake
• The Getaway Plan
• Grief
• Hanoi Rocks
• Harvey Danger
• Houston Calls
• Have Heart
• Juliette and the Licks
• Liquido
• Lord Belial
• Louis XIV
• Metal Church
• Neurosonic
• NLT
• Nothingface
• Oasis
• Oxford Collapse
• Peter, Paul and Mary
• The Rascals
• RBD
• Silver Jews
• Subzero
• Thunder(January 28th)
• Verse
• The Verve
• Violent Femmes

Bands on hiatus

• (+44)
• Dixie Chicks
• Fall Out Boy
• Foo Fighters
• ¡Forward, Russia!
• Girls Aloud
• Live
• Nine Inch Nails (Indefinite touring hiatus)
• P.O.D.
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Seemless
• Stereolab
• System of a Down
• The Fratellis
• The Knife
• The Matches
• TV on the Radio
• Yellowcard

Albums

Main article: List of albums released in 2009

All releases are LPs unless otherwise stated.

January

January 2

• December 32nd by 3 Feet Smaller

January 6

• Love, Save the Empty by Erin McCarley (physical release)
• Ordinary Riches by Company of Thieves (digital release)

January 8

• The Color by Number EP by Glacier Hiking

January 12

• Audacity by Ugly Duckling

January 13

• 003 by Oh No Not Stereo (digital release)
• Hordes of Chaos by Kreator
• Life In-Between by Royal Bliss
• New World Orphans by Hed PE
• Notorious by Various Artists

January 19

• To Lose My Life... by White Lies

January 20

• Alligator Purse by BeauSoleil
• Blood Bank (EP) by Bon Iver
• The Crawling Distance by Robert Pollard
• The Crying Light by Antony and the Johnsons
• The Empyrean by John Frusciante
• Fame, Fortune and Fornication by Reel Big Fish
• From the Heart by Babyface
• Grand by Matt & Kim
• Mantis by Umphrey's McGee
• Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
• Noble Beast by Andrew Bird
• Simon - EP by Dirty Little Rabbits
• Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II by Anya Marina

January 21

• Serious Japanese by Teriyaki Boyz

January 23

• A-Lex by Sepultura
• Time Waits for No Slave by Napalm Death

January 26

• Tonight: Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
• Hollow Crown by Architects

January 27

• 13 Japanese Birds Vol. 1: Suzume by Merzbow
• Crooked X by Crooked X
• Eye Legacy by Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
• For(N)ever by Hoobastank
• Hometown by Ten Second Epic
• Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 11 by Various Artists
• Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future by The Bird and the Bee
• Working on a Dream by Bruce Springsteen

January 30

• Slaughterhouse on the Prairie by Buckethead

February

February 2

• Archangels in Black by Adagio.
• Lova Lova by Superbus

February 3

• Changing Horses by Ben Kweller
• Evisceration Plague by Cannibal Corpse
• Feel That Fire by Dierks Bentley
• The Fray by The Fray
• Lonely Road by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
• Love, Hate and Then There's You by The Von Bondies
• The Pains of Being Pure at Heart by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
• Two Tongues by Two Tongues

February 10

• Incredibad by The Lonely Island
• Innocence And Instinct by Red
• It's Not Me, It's You by Lily Allen
• Labyrinthes by Malajube
• The Rebirth by Bobby Valentino
• Stems & Seeds by Ben Folds
• Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics by India.Arie

February 13

• Give Me Fire by Mando Diao

February 15

• Scrambles by Bomb the Music Industry!

February 17

• Above the Bones by Mishka
• Animals in the Dark by William Elliott Whitmore
• The Century of Self by ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
• Common Existence by Thursday
• Fallbrooke by Fallbrooke
• Habeas Corpus by Living Things
• Hold Time by M. Ward
• Hood Hop 2 by J-Kwon (Online only)
• Hush by Asobi Seksu
• Pins & Panzers by Plushgun
• Sagarmatha by The Appleseed Cast
• What It Takes by The Sleeping
• Years of Refusal by Morrissey

February 20

• No Sacrifice, No Victory by HammerFall

February 24

• 13 Japanese Birds Vol. 2: Fukurou by Merzbow
• Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl by Van Morrison
• Earthsblood by God Forbid
• Easy Does It by Jake Owen
• For the Lions by Hatebreed
• How to Fall Down in Public by Howie Beck
• Jet Black by Gentleman Reg
• Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience by Jonas Brothers
• Ordinary Riches by Company of Thieves (physical release)
• Padded Room by Joe Budden
• Real Recognize Real by Project Pat
• Smoke & Mirrors by B-Real
• Troubadour by K'naan
• Wrath by Lamb of God

March

March 2

• No Line on the Horizon by U2
• Invaders Must Die by The Prodigy

March 3

• Little Hells by Marissa Nadler
• Loudest Common Denominator (live CD/DVD) by Drowning Pool
• Middle Cyclone by Neko Case
• Neverender: Children of The Fence Edition (box set) by Coheed & Cambria
• Reintegration Time by Shout Out Out Out Out
• X Marks Destination (US release) by The Whip

March 9

• All the Plans by Starsailor
• Amor Vincit Omnia by Pure Reason Revolution
• It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs (digital release)
• Jewellery by Micachu and the Shapes
• You Filled His Head with Fluffy Clouds and Jolly Ranchers, What Did You Think Was Going to Happen? (EP) by Fight Like Apes

March 10

• 003 by Oh No Not Stereo (physical release)
• All I Ever Wanted by Kelly Clarkson
• Are You Kidding Around? by Samantha Shelton
• As Seen Through Windows by Bell Orchestre
• Back With The Thugs by Bizzy Bone
• Death to Analog by Julien-K
• Face Control by Handsome Furs
• Get In Line, Or Get Lined Up by Hell Rell
• I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day by Julie Doiron
• It's Blitz! by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Love vs. Money by The-Dream
• Mama, I'm Swollen by Cursive
• No Regrets by Dope
• Not Without a Fight by New Found Glory
• Round 2 by J. Holiday
• Scream by Chris Cornell
• Speed of Light by Corbin Bleu
• Supporting Caste by Propagandhi
• Underneath the Owl by Riverboat Gamblers
• Worse Than Alone by The Number Twelve Looks Like You
• Years (by One Thousand Fingertips) by Attack in Black

March 11

• Disco Defenders by Alcazar

March 16

• Dark Days/Light Years by Super Furry Animals
• My Soul Sings (live album) by Delirious?
• Resurrection Macabre by Pestilence

March 17

• Beware by Bonnie "Prince" Billy
• Cult of Static by Static-X
• Don't Feed Da Animals by Gorilla Zoe
• Fist of God by MSTRKRFT
• BoA by BoA
• Who Are You Now? by This Providence

March 20

• NINJA 2009 Tour Sampler (EP) by Various Artists

March 23

• Crooked Timber by Therapy?
• In The Cold Wind We Smile by The Xcerts
• Junior by Röyksopp
• Take My Breath Away by Gui Boratto
• Yes by Pet Shop Boys

March 24

• 13 Japanese Birds Vol. 3: Yurikamome by Merzbow
• 3 Balloons by Stephen Lynch
• Approaching Normal by Blue October
• Begone Dull Care by Junior Boys
• Blitz by KMFDM
• Born Like This by MF DOOM
• Boss of All Bosses by Slim Thug
• Bromst by Dan Deacon
• Crack the Skye by Mastodon
• Fangs by Falling Up
• The Fixtape Vol. 2 One Mo Hit by Krayzie Bone
• Hannah Montana: The Movie (soundtrack) by Hannah Montana
• The Hazards of Love by The Decemberists
• Hymn to the Immortal Wind by Mono
• In a Perfect World... by Keri Hilson
• Let's Do It Again by Leela James
• Metamorphosis by Papa Roach
• On the Cover II by MxPx
• Para Olvidarte De Mí by RBD
• Pray IV Reign by Jim Jones
• Running With the Wasters by The Takeover UK
• Shine by Martina McBride
• Son of a Preacher Man by John Rich
• Ten re-release by Pearl Jam
• Three by Joel Plaskett

March 30

• Mexican Teenagers (EP) by Kaki King

March 31

• Playlist: The Very Best of Our Lady Peace by Our Lady Peace
• 4 Life by UGK
• A Shipwreck in the Sand by Silverstein
• American Soldier by Queensryche
• Burn Halo by Burn Halo
• Defying Gravity by Keith Urban
• Everyday Demons by The Answer
• Free by Gavin DeGraw
• Living Thing by Peter Bjorn and John
• Lost Channels by Great Lake Swimmers
• New Jack City II by Bow Wow
• The Open Door EP by Death Cab for Cutie
• Quiet Nights by Diana Krall
• R.O.O.T.S. by Flo Rida
• The Soundstage Sessions (live album) by Stevie Nicks
• The Very Best Things (1995–2008) by Filter
• Yes! by k-os

April

April 1

• Butterfly (acoustic album) by Kelli Ali
• Love Is Not Pop (mini-album) by El Perro del Mar

April 6

• Kingdom of Rust by Doves
• Jigsaw by Lady Sovereign
• Two Suns by Bat for Lashes

April 7

• Advance Base Battery Life by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
• Common Struggles by Single File
• Deep Cuts (EP) by A Perfect Circle
• Fantasies by Metric
• Fork in the Road by Neil Young
• Goodbye to the Machine by Hurt
• Now We Can See by The Thermals
• Repo by Black Dice
• The Safe Is Cracked by Mobb Deep
• Guilt by Mims
• Sara Watkins by Sara Watkins
• Unstoppable by Rascal Flatts
• Wide Open by Jason Aldean
• We Are the Same by The Tragically Hip
• The Last Kiss by Jadakiss
• Sun Gangs by The Veils

April 13

• Lovetune for Vacuum by Soap&Skin

April 14

• Saurian Exorcisms by Karl Sanders
• Whatever Gets You Off by The Last Vegas
• Black Balloon EP by The Kills
• California Years by Jill Sobule
• The Future Will Come by The Juan Maclean
• P-Pop-High School by Peelander-Z
• Swoon by Silversun Pickups
• Law of the Playground by The Boy Least Likely To
• Little White Lies by Fastball
• House Of A Thousand Guitars by Willie Nile

April 18

• Fourteen Years of Excellence (EP) by Manchester Orchestra
• Ashes of American Flags (DVD) by Wilco

April 20

• Sounds of the Universe by Depeche Mode
• Art Brut Vs. Satan by Art Brut
• The Infection by Chimaira
• My Maudlin Career by Camera Obscura
• Shallow Life by Lacuna Coil
• Asleep in the Bread Aisle by Asher Roth
• Be Human by Fightstar
• To the Death (European release) by Earth Crisis

April 21

• 13 Japanese Birds Vol. 4: Karasu by Merzbow
• A Cabinet of Curiosities (box set) by Jane's Addiction
• Consequences by Endwell
• Hell or High Water by As Cities Burn
• Here, Here, and Here by Meg & Dia
• Love the Future by Chester French
• Mean Everything to Nothing by Manchester Orchestra
• Wavering Radiant by Isis
• Tinted Windows by Tinted Windows
• Deeper Than Rap by Rick Ross

April 25

• Opiumroz by Serebro

April 27

• Blood by OSI (Europe)
• Music For The People by The Enemy
• A Real Diamond in the Rough by Buckethead

April 28

• The Devil You Know by Heaven and Hell
• Halestorm by Halestorm
• Coaster by NOFX
• High on Jackson Hill by Immaculate Machine
• iDon by Don Omar
• Wooden Arms by Patrick Watson
• Self-Titled Album by The Audition
• Together Through Life by Bob Dylan
• Wooden Bones by Pilot Speed
• Sickology 101 by Tech N9ne
• Autonomy Games by Endless Hallway
• The Chronicles of Tk by Tynisha Keli
• The Voice by Mike Jones
• Very Busy People by The Limousines

May

May 4

• Entertainment by Fischerspooner
• I Feel Cream by Peaches
• Wall of Arms by The Maccabees
• Attics To Eden by Madina Lake

May 5

• Awake? by Zao
• Epiphany by Chrisette Michele
• Fantasy Ride by Ciara
• For the Lions by Hatebreed
• Grey Britain by Gallows
• In the Hands of God by Newsboys
• Outer South by Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
• Primary Colours by The Horrors
• The Promise by Bif Naked
• Roadsinger by Yusuf
• Sandwich by Psychostick
• Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free by Akron/Family
• Skull Gang by Skull Gang
• Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey by Cracker
• To the Death (North American release) by Earth Crisis
• Wars and Rumors of Wars by The Chariot
• With Roots Above and Branches Below by The Devil Wears Prada

May 6

• Our Book and the Authors by Our Book and the Authors

May 8

• The Classical Conspiracy by Epica

May 11

• Align the Planets by In Case of Fire
• Born in 69 by Bob Sinclar
• Hiranya by Merzbow

May 12

• Divided by Night by The Crystal Method
• Crime Pays by Cam'ron
• Knives by Aiden
• Fast Life by Paul Wall
• Mind the Drift by Big Business
• Quicken the Heart by Maxïmo Park
• Sewn Together by Meat Puppets
• This Is The One by Hikaru Utada

May 15

• 21st Century Breakdown by Green Day
• LeftRightLeftRightLeft (live album) by Coldplay

May 18

• Slaves of the World by Old Man's Child
• A Fine Mess by Kate Voegele
• Journal for Plague Lovers by Manic Street Preachers
• Monoliths & Dimensions by Sunn O)))
• The Liberty of Norton Folgate by Madness

May 19

• Blood by OSI (North America)
• Relapse by Eminem
• Greatest Hits II by Kenny Chesney
• Back on My B.S. by Busta Rhymes
• Carver City by CKY
• Blackout 2 by Method Man & Redman
• Never Too Late by Hedley
• Loss of Desire by Drive A
• Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl: The Concert Film
• It's Frightening by White Rabbits
• Nothing Rhymes with Woman by Carbon Leaf
• Around the Well by Iron and Wine
• City of Black & White by Mat Kearney
• "IU.09" by Idol Underground
• Dance or Die With A Vengeance by Family Force 5
• Manners by Passion Pit
• Gangsta Grillz The Album II by DJ Drama
• Abnormally Attracted to Sin by Tori Amos
• At Home We Are Tourists by Settle

May 20

• 13 Japanese Birds Vol. 5: Uzura by Merzbow
• About Time (EP) by Straylight Run

May 22

• Ki by Devin Townsend
• Outta Here by Esmee Denters

May 25

• Projector, Haven, Damage Done & Yesterworlds by Dark Tranquillity
• Revelations of the Black Flame by 1349
• Songs for Sorrow EP by Mika

May 26

• Adventures of a Musical Genius by André DeJuan
• Amanda Leigh by Mandy Moore
• The Continental Divide by War Tapes
• Dances And Walks by DF Michael
• Eating Us by Black Moth Super Rainbow
• The High End of Low by Marilyn Manson
• How to Be a Lady: Volume 1 by Electrik Red
• La Revolución by Wisin & Yandel
• The Place Where We Lived by Hayden
• Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
• Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix

May 29

• Inshalla by Eskimo Joe

June

June 1

• The Bachelor by Patrick Wolf
• The Spinster EP by Patrick Wolf
• Dances And Walks (album) by DF Michael

June 2

• ...In Shallow Seas We Sail by Emery
• Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King by Dave Matthews Band
• Crossing the Rubicon by The Sounds
• Gung Ho for Info (EP) by People in Planes
• Hombre Lobo by Eels
• Let the Dominoes Fall by Rancid
• Mitchel Musso by Mitchel Musso
• New Again by Taking Back Sunday
• Pop, Songs & Death: Vol. 1 The Lightning EP by Wheatus
• Uplifter by 311

June 3

• Sacos Plásticos by Titãs

June 5

• Chickenfoot by Chickenfoot
• Sound Awake by Karnivool

June 8

• Battle for the Sun by Placebo
• Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors
• Hands by Little Boots
• The Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest Hits Collection by Faith No More
• West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum by Kasabian

June 9

• Adelphia by A Skylit Drive
• Disney Channel Playlist by Various Artists
• The E.N.D. by Black Eyed Peas
• The Ecstatic by Mos Def
• The Eternal by Sonic Youth
• Illuminations (EP) by Little Boots
• A Little Faster by There for Tomorrow
• Miike Snow by Miike Snow
• Off the Deep End by The Friday Night Boys
• OX by Coalesce
• The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion by Dredg
• The People or the Gun by Anti-Flag
• Red by Datarock
• Restless Days by The Clarks

June 11

• Post Electric Blues by Idlewild

June 15

• Foot of the Mountain by A-ha
• Anno Domini High Definition by Riverside
• Into the Valley of the Moonking by Magnum
• Suites & Sweets by Bradley Joseph

June 16

• ...at the moment of our most needing by Rock Plaza Central
• Back from the Dead by Spinal Tap
• Born Legendary by Hussein Fatal
• Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do by Major Lazer
• Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison by George Harrison
• Lines, Vines and Trying Times by Jonas Brothers
• Monuments and Melodies (compilation) by Incubus
• Pastel (EP) by Still Life Still
• Street Sweeper Social Club by Street Sweeper Social Club
• The Tropic Rot by Poison the Well
• We're All Gonna Die by Deaf Pedestrians

June 19

• Conditions by The Temper Trap
• Of Faith, Power and Glory by VNV Nation

June 22

• Rewild by Amazing Baby

June 23

• A Casual Affair: The Best of Tonic (compilation) by Tonic
• Octahedron by The Mars Volta
• Back and Fourth by Pete Yorn
• A Man's Thoughts by Ginuwine
• 13 Japanese Birds Vol. 6: Kamo by Merzbow
• Act III: Life and Death by The Dear Hunter
• Beacons of Ancestorship by Tortoise
• Black Clouds and Silver Linings by Dream Theater
• Dirty King by The Cliks
• The Eternal Return by Darkest Hour
• Far by Regina Spektor
• Farm by Dinosaur Jr.
• Gran City Pop by Paulina Rubio
• Hold Back My Heart by Michael Johns
• In Living Cover by Jay Brannan
• Old Crows/Young Cardinals by Alexisonfire
• Person to Person by Foreign Born
• Reverie Sound Revue by Reverie Sound Revue
• The Summer EP by NeverShoutNever!
• Spinnerette by Spinnerette

June 29

• In the Constellation of the Black Widow by Anaal Nathrakh
• La Roux by La Roux

June 30

• American Saturday Night by Brad Paisley
• Cradlesong by Rob Thomas
• Darkest Day by Obituary
• Got Nuffin EP by Spoon
• If Tomorrow Comes... by Maino
• Killswitch Engage by Killswitch Engage
• No Time to Bleed by Suicide Silence
• Ruthless by Ace Hood
• Wait for Me by Moby
• Walk Through the Fire by Mark Karan
• Wilco by Wilco

July

July 3

• Blood Oath by Suffocation

July 4

• Leak At Will (digital EP) by Atmosphere

July 6

• Evacuate the Dancefloor by Cascada (United Kingdom)
• Lungs by Florence and the Machine

July 7

• Civilized by Stellastarr
• Fluent In Stroll by Big D And The Kids Table
• Hannah Montana 3 by Hannah Montana
• Leaving Wonderland...in a fit of rage by Marcy Playground
• Nothing Personal by All Time Low
• Ruination by Job for a Cowboy
• Strange Cousins from the West by Clutch
• Underdog Alma Mater (deluxe edition) by Forever the Sickest Kids

July 13

• Totems Flare by Clark

July 14

• Adelitas Way by Adelitas Way
• Years in the Darkness by Arkaea
• Leave This Town by Daughtry
• Back With The Thugs by Bizzy Bone
• Billy Talent III by Billy Talent
• Horehound by The Dead Weather
• Genius by Krizz Kaliko
• Picket Fence Cartel by Project 86
• Tri-Polar by Sick Puppies
• Constellations by August Burns Red
• The Real Thing by pureNRG
• StyleFREE by John Forté

July 21

• Battlefield by Jordin Sparks
• Burn Burn by Our Lady Peace
• Here We Go Again by Demi Lovato
• High Hopes & Heartbreak by Brooke White
• I'm Going Away by The Fiery Furnaces
• Music for Cougars by Sugar Ray
• The Satanic Satanist by Portugal. The Man

July 27

• Blessed are the Sick by Morbid Angel

July 28

• Baby Darling Doll Face Honey by Band of Skulls
• Loso's Way by Fabolous
• The Dirty Dozen by George Thorogood and the Destroyers
• Guilty Pleasure by Ashley Tisdale (U.S. release)
• Exposed by Kristinia DeBarge
• Ocean Eyes by Owl City

August

August 3

• Evolution: Creatio Ex Nihilio album by Enochian Theory
• Howl On by Bap Kennedy
• Jewellery Quarter by The Twang
• Same Game, No Pressure by Tone Benjaminz
• Two Dancers by Wild Beasts
• Watch Me Fall by Jay Reatard

August 4

• Felt by Anchor & Braille
• Gloriana by Gloriana
• Infomaniac by Nightmare of You
• Julian Plenti is... Skyscraper by Julian Plenti
• Mind Control by Tantric
• The Ruminant Band by Fruit Bats
• Wizards of Waverly Place (soundtrack) by Various Artists
• Cronic lataus by Cronic lataus
• No One's First and You're Next (EP) by Modest Mouse

August 5

• 13 Japanese Birds Vol. 7: Kujakubato by Merzbow

August 7

• Evangelion by Behemoth

August 10

• The Stone Roses (20th Anniversary Legacy & Collectors Editions) by The Stone Roses

August 11

• Being on TV (EP) by Just Kait
• Bright Nights, Dark Days by Cavo
• Hot Mess by Cobra Starship
• Jessie James by Jessie James
• Justin Moore by Justin Moore
• Let's Build Something To Break by After Midnight Project
• The Lost Get Found by Britt Nicole
• Slaughterhouse by Slaughterhouse
• Twang by George Strait

August 12

• the Matches album 4, unreleased; graphics? title? or not needed? (digital compilation) by The Matches

August 17

• Catch 22 by Tinchy Stryder
• Ready for the Weekend by Calvin Harris

August 18

• You Can't Take It With You by As Tall as Lions
• My Old, Familiar Friend by Brendan Benson
• I'm About to Come Alive by David Nail
• Imperial Blaze by Sean Paul
• Armistice by Mute Math
• Evacuate the Dancefloor by Cascada (United States)
• Futuristic Leland by Yung L.A.
• Good Views, Bad News by Broadway Calls
• Lust in Space by GWAR
• Smash the Control Machine by Otep
• Throwing Bricks Instead of Kisses by Inward Eye
• Ursa Major by Third Eye Blind
• Keep On Loving You by Reba McEntire

August 21

• Seizures by Kisschasy
• Humbug by Arctic Monkeys

August 24

• Ellipse by Imogen Heap
• Black Swan by Athlete

August 25

• 13 Japanese Birds Vol. 8: Kokuchou by Merzbow
• Awake by Skillet
• Big Dreams & High Hopes by Jack Ingram
• Black River Killer (EP) by Blitzen Trapper
• Breakthrough by Colbie Caillat
• Consciousness by Smile Empty Soul
• Everybody by Ingrid Michaelson
• Girls Come Too by Still Life Still
• The Outsiders by Needtobreathe
• The Great American Midrange by The Elms
• Lady Love by LeToya Luckett
• Light by Matisyahu
• No More Stories... by Mew
• Rabbit by Collective Soul
• Shaka Rock by Jet
• Your Songs by Harry Connick, Jr.
• Invisible Republic by Young Galaxy

August 28

• I Look to You by Whitney Houston
• On This Perfect Day by Guilt Machine
• The Time of Our Lives (EP) by Miley Cyrus

August 31

• Artwork by The Used
• Before the Frost...Until the Freeze by The Black Crowes
• Force Fed Lies by Dirge Within
• The Man I Want to Be by Chris Young
• Sci-Fi Crimes by Chevelle
• Disco Man by Darren Ross

September

September 1

• Rebelution by Pitbull
• Bang! Pow! Boom! by Insane Clown Posse
• Here Comes Science by They Might Be Giants
• Kultprosvet by Lyapis Trubetskoy
• Rock 'N' Roll by Social Code
• Terra Incognita by Juliette Lewis

September 3

• Koldun by Dmitry Koldun

September 7

• Ignore the Ignorant by The Cribs

September 8

• The Blueprint 3 by Jay-Z
• Bomb in a Birdcage by A Fine Frenzy
• In Prism by Polvo
• In Search of Solid Ground by Saosin
• Joy by Phish
• Kings & Queens by Jamie T
• Let's Be Friends by The Lovemakers
• Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II by Raekwon
• Love Drunk by Boys Like Girls
• Sound The Alarm (Howie Day album) by Howie Day
• Way Down Here by Cuff the Duke
• Welcome to the Masquerade by Thousand Foot Krutch
• #1's and Then Some (compilation) by Brooks & Dunn
• Haih Or Amortecedor by Os Mutantes

September 9

• Slipknot (10th Anniversary Edition) by Slipknot

September 11

• Six to Midnight by Grinspoon
• Welcome to the Dance by No Angels

September 14

• A Brief History of Love by The Big Pink
• Draw the Line by David Gray
• The Resistance by Muse
• Turn It Up by Pixie Lott

September 15

• Anomaly by Ace Frehley
• Beggars physical release by Thrice
• Descend into depravity by Dying Fetus
• Foundation by M.O.P.
• The Chair in the Doorway by Living Colour
• Endgame by Megadeth
• Deflorate by The Black Dahlia Murder
• With Love (EP) by Craig Owens
• In the Black by Kittie
• Man on the Moon: The End of Day by Kid Cudi
• Mi Plan by Nelly Furtado
• The World I Want to Leave Behind by Moneen
• New Junk Aesthetic by Every Time I Die
• Skinny Jeans and a Mic (EP) by New Boyz
• Happy Hour by Uncle Kracker
• Fashionably Late by Honor Society

September 17

• Untitled by The Troubadours

September 18

• The Days of Grays by Sonata Arctica

September 20

• Backspacer by Pearl Jam

September 21

• Tongue N' Cheek by Dizzee Rascal
• The Incident by Porcupine Tree
• The Boy Who Knew Too Much by Mika
• Rebuilt by Humans by Newton Faulkner

September 22

• (M)orning by Mae
• 13 Japanese Birds Vol. 9 by Merzbow
• The Listening by Lights
• Burning the Days by Vertical Horizon
• Daisy by Brand New
• Live Life Loud by Hawk Nelson
• Origin:Orphan by The Hidden Cameras
• Phineas and Ferb (soundtrack) by Various Artists
• Rain Machine by Rain Machine
• Shark Bites and Dog Fights (EP) by Skindred
• Tomorrow by Sean Kingston
• War is the Answer by Five Finger Death Punch
• White Water, White Bloom by Sea Wolf
• Your Songs by Harry Connick, Jr.
• Life Starts Now by Three Days Grace
• Up and Down (EP) by She Wants Revenge

September 23

• Skeletons in the Closet by Children of Bodom.

September 28

• Celebration (greatest hits album) by Madonna
• The Root of All Evil by Arch Enemy

September 29

• Agents of the Underground by Strung Out
• Closer to the Bone by Kris Kristofferson
• Crash Love by AFI
• Black Gives Way to Blue by Alice in Chains
• Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel by Mariah Carey
• Comes and Goes by Default
• Dear Agony by Breaking Benjamin
• Brand New Eyes by Paramore
• Revolution by Miranda Lambert
• Kiss & Tell by Selena Gomez & the Scene
• The Dethalbum II by Dethklok
• Can't Slow Down by Foreigner
• Love Is the Answer by Barbra Streisand
• More Than a Game Soundtrack by Various Artists
• Soft White by Mack 10

October

October 2

• Humanoid (German version) by Tokio Hotel
• Under the Radar Over the Top by Scooter
• Dark Matter Dimensions by Scar Symmetry

October 5

• She Wolf by Shakira
• Bass Generation by Basshunter

October 6

• Forget And Not Slow Down by Relient K
• Vancouver by Matthew Good
• Kaleidoscope by Tiësto
• Goon Affiliated by Plies
• Somewhere on the Other Side of Nowhere by Powerman 5000
• Doin' My Thing by Luke Bryan
• Heartbreak on Vinyl by Blake Lewis
• Humanoid (English version) by Tokio Hotel
• This Is Us by Backstreet Boys
• In and Out of Control by The Raveonettes
• Sonic Boom by Kiss
• Anywhere But Here by Mayday Parade
• Desperate Living by HORSE the band
• In the Unlikely Event by The Fall of Troy
• There Is No Enemy by Built to Spill
• Jealous Ones Still Envy 2 (J.O.S.E. 2) by Fat Joe

October 9

• Crazy Love by Michael Buble
• A Family Album by The Verve Pipe

October 12

• In This Light and On This Evening by Editors
• Neutralized by Ram-Zet

October 13

• Christmas From The Heart by David Archuleta
• Embryonic by The Flaming Lips
• QU by Sherwood
• Slice by Five for Fighting
• Sorry for Partyin' by Bowling for Soup
• Out of Ashes by Dead By Sunrise
• Gold and Green by Sugarland

October 14

• Below Zero by Waltari
• Close Your Eyes by Quietdrive

October 16

• Liebe ist für alle da by Rammstein

Albums announced to be released

All releases are LPs unless otherwise stated.

October 19

• Straight No Chaser by Mr. Hudson

October 20

• At That Point by Teairra Mari
• Axe to Fall by Converge
• I Told You I Was Freaky by Flight of the Conchords
• Starting Today by Nina Sky
• Declaration of Dependence by Kings of Convenience
• Street Hop by Royce da 5'9"

October 21

• Quantos Possunt ad Satanitatem Trahunt by Gorgoroth

October 27

• 13 Japanese Birds Vol. 10 by Merzbow
• Armed To The Teeth by Swollen Members
• Congregation of the Damned by Atreyu
• Cosmic Egg by Wolfmother
• Cycles by Cartel
• Desperate Measures by Hollywood Undead
• Diamonds and Studs by Morningwood
• The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic by "Weird Al" Yankovic
• The Great Misdirect by Between the Buried and Me
• Height by John Nolan
• K.O.D. by Tech N9ne
• Live at the Olympia by R.E.M.
• Sainthood by Tegan and Sara
• Strict Joy by The Swell Season
• What We All Come to Need by Pelican
• Revisions by 3
• You Gotta Believe (EP) by The Rocket Summer
• Full Circle by Creed

Unspecified date

• Love 2 by Air
• In a Different Light (acoustic album/compilation) by Everclear
• Crazy Horse by Paradiso Girls
• Teargarden by Kaleidyscope (digital release, first track out of 44 total) by The Smashing Pumpkins

November

November 2

• History Makers - The Greatest Hits CD (compilation) by Delirious?
• Phrazes for the Young by Julian Casablancas

November 3

• Only Revolutions by Biffy Clyro
• Play On by Carrie Underwood
• In Love & War by Amerie
• Say Anything by Say Anything
• Before I Self Destruct by 50 Cent
• Raditude by Weezer

November 9

• Keep Calm and Carry On by Stereophonics
• Reality Killed the Video Star by Robbie Williams

November 10

• The Singles Collection by Britney Spears
• The Circle by Bon Jovi
• Hello Hurricane by Switchfoot
• Memento Mori by Flyleaf
• Stir the Blood by The Bravery
• Attention: Deficit by Wale

November 12

• D.N.A by Mario

November 13

• Golden Rule by Powderfinger

November 16

• Against All Odds by N-Dubz

November 17

• Believers Never Die: Greatest Hits (compilation) by Fall Out Boy
• Echo by Leona Lewis
• The Fall by Norah Jones
• Laws of Power by Three 6 Mafia
• Since I Left Your World by Rookie of the Year
• Number Ones (compilation) by Janet Jackson
• Battle Studies by John Mayer
• Waking Up by OneRepublic

November 18

• Magic by B'z

November 23

• For Your Entertainment by Adam Lambert
• Rated R by Rihanna
• Shock Value 2 by Timbaland
• Sweet 7 by Sugababes

November 24

• The Fame Monster by Lady Gaga
• Crunk Rock by Lil Jon
• Stronger by Mary J. Blige
• Untitled by Adam Lambert
• The Live Anthology by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Glitter and Doom by Tom Waits
• All or Nothing by Jay Sean
• The World's Enemy by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

Unspecified date

• Nightlife by Karl Wolf
• 13 Japanese Birds Vol. 11 by Merzbow
• UBER by T-Pain

December

December 1

• The Element of Freedom by Alicia Keys

December 4

• Candy by Dylan Ray

December 8

• Raymond vs. Raymond by Usher
• This Is War by 30 Seconds to Mars
• Volume 4: Songs in the Key of Love and Hate by Puddle of Mudd

December 15

• Chasing The Devil by Krayzie Bone
• Lasers by Lupe Fiasco
• Rebirth by Lil Wayne
• Young Money Fam by Young Money Entertainment

December 22

• Mudvayne by Mudvayne

December 29

• Shadow of an Empire by Fionn Regan

Unspecified date

• Venom by Chamillionaire
• 13 Japanese Birds Vol. 12 by Merzbow
• Love King by The-Dream

3rd quarter

• Untitled by Hellogoodbye
• Untitled by Los Campesinos!
• Untitled by Story of the Year

4th quarter

• Monster, Monster by The Almost
• Untitled by Brandy Norwood
• New Amerykah Part Two (Return Of The Ankh) by Erykah Badu

Unspecified date

• The Price Of Fame by Adrienne Bailon
• Untitled by Aerosmith
• Untitled by Amber Pacific
• Untitled by American Hi-Fi
• Vision Revision by Architecture in Helsinki
• Out of Our Minds by Melissa auf der Maur
• Untitled by Avenged Sevenfold
• Untitled by Band Of Horses
• Private Show by Blaque
• Untitled by Blindside
• The Adventures of Bobby Ray by Bobby Ray
• Untitled by Cake
• Untitled by Crystal Castles
• Pyramid the Hashies Scrolls by Cypress Hill
• James River by D'Angelo
• Torn from Black Space by Death Cube K
• Untitled by D.R.I.
• Dogs Die in Hot Cars is Making Pop Nonsense by Dogs Die in Hot Cars
• Untitled by Eisley
• Relapse 2 by Eminem
• Untitled by Face to Face
• Untitled by Far
• The Stimulus Package by Freeway
• Untitled by Hard-Fi
• Untitled by Helmet
• Untitled by Hem
• Untitled by J.R. Richards
• Untitled by John Mellencamp
• Values and Virtues by Josh Doyle
• Inside Out by Kat DeLuna
• Untitled by Klaxons
• Untitled by The Last Shadow Puppets
• Untitled by Leighton Meester
• Untitled by Lexington Bridge
• Untitled by Lifehouse
• Untitled by Limp Bizkit
• Battle of the Sexes by Ludacris & Shawnna
• Ludaversal by Ludacris
• Everything Comes and Goes by Michelle Branch
• Pin Points and Gin Joints by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
• Untitled by My Chemical Romance
• Scintilli by Plaid
• Untitled by Pretty Reckless
• Untitled by Rock Kills Kid
• Of Men and Angels by The Rocket Summer
• Daybreak by Saves the Day
• Untitled by Serj Tankian
• World Painted Blood by Slayer
• Untitled by Snot
• City of Thieves by Sonic Boom Six
• You Are My Radio (live album) by Squirrel Nut Zippers
• 99 Songs of Revolution: Part 1 by Streetlight Manifesto
• 99 Songs of Revolution: Part 2 by a "SM related group...Not BOTAR"
• Untitled by Stroke 9
• Did It Rite by Tony Enos
• Songs Of Ascent by U2
• Untitled by Vanna

Top hits on record in the world

Canada

• "Heartless" - Kanye West (#8)
• "Hot N Cold" - Katy Perry (#1)
• "Circus" - Britney Spears (#2)
• "I Do Not Hook Up"- Kelly Clarkson (#15)
• "I Gotta Feeling" - Black Eyed Peas (#1)
• "I Hate This Part" - The Pussycat Dolls (#5)
• "Drive My Soul" - Lights (#18)
• "So What" - Pink (#1)
• "Sober" - Pink (#8)
• "My Life Would Suck Without You" - Kelly Clarkson (#1)
• "LoveGame" - Lady GaGa (#2)
• "Love Story" - Taylor Swift (#4)
• "I'm Yours" - Jason Mraz (#3)
• "Love Sex Magic" - Ciara featuring Justin Timberlake (#8)
• "Paparazzi" - Lady GaGa (#3)

United Kingdom

UK Official Top 75 #1 Hits

• "Hallelujah" - Alexandra Burke (2 weeks in 2008/1 week in 2009)
• "Just Dance" featuring Colby O'Donis - Lady GaGa (3 weeks)
• "The Fear" - Lily Allen (4 weeks)
• "My Life Would Suck Without You" - Kelly Clarkson (1 week)
• "Right Round" - Flo Rida (1 week)
• "Islands in the Stream" - Rob Brydon and Ruth Jones ft. Robin Gibb and Tom Jones (1 week)
• "Poker Face" - Lady Gaga (3 weeks)
• "I'm Not Alone" - Calvin Harris (2 weeks)
• "Number 1" - Tinchy Stryder ft. N-Dubz (3 weeks)
• "Boom Boom Pow" - Black Eyed Peas (1 week)
• "Bonkers" - Dizzee Rascal (2 week)
• "Boom Boom Pow" (second run) - Black Eyed Peas (1 week)
• "Mama Do (Uh Oh Uh Oh)" - Pixie Lott (1 week)
• "When Love Takes Over" - David Guetta ft. Kelly Rowland (1 week)
• "Bulletproof" - La Roux (1 week)
• "Evacuate the Dancefloor" - Cascada (2 weeks)
• "Beat Again" - JLS (2 weeks)
• "I Gotta Feeling" - Black Eyed Peas (1 week)
• "Never Leave You" - Tinchy Stryder ft. Amelle (1 week)
• "I Gotta Feeling" (second run) - Black Eyed Peas (1 week)
• "Sexy Bitch" - David Guetta ft. Akon (1 week)
• "Holiday" - Dizzee Rascal (1 week)
• "Run This Town - Jay-Z ft. Rihanna and Kanye West(1 week)
• "Boys and Girls" - Pixie Lott (1 week +)

UK Official Top 75 Hits – Singles which have ranked within Top 20

• "Battlefield" - Jordin Sparks (#11)
• "Behind Closed Doors" - Peter Andre (#4)
• "Birthday Sex" - Jeremih (#15)
• "Breathe Slow" - Alesha Dixon (#2)
• "Broken Strings" - James Morrison featuring Nelly Furtado (#2)
• "Candy" - Paolo Nutini (#19)
• "Circus" - Britney Spears (#12)
• "Day 'n' Nite" - Kid Cudi (#2)
• "Diamond Rings" - Chipmunk ft. Emeli Sande (#6)
• "Don't Upset The Rhythm" - Noisettes (#2)
• "Fire" - Kasabian (#3)
• "Fire Burning" - Sean Kingston (#12)
• "Get On Your Boots" - U2 (#12)
• "Get Sexy" - Sugababes (#2)
• "Get Shaky" - The Ian Carey Project (#9)
• "Greatest Day" - Take That (#10 - Hit #1 in 2008)
• "Heartless" - Kanye West (#10)
• "Hot N Cold" - Katy Perry (#4)
• "Human" - The Killers (#3)
• "Hush Hush; Hush Hush" - Pussycat Dolls (#18)
• "I Hate This Part" - Pussycat Dolls (#20)
• "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" - Pitbull (#4)
• "I Remember" - Deadmau5 ft. Kaskade (#14)
• "In for the Kill" - La Roux (#2)
• "Issues" - The Saturdays (#4)
• "Kids" - MGMT (#16)
• "Knock You Down" - Keri Hilson ft. Kanye West & Ne-Yo (#6)
• "Left My Heart In Tokyo" - Mini Viva (#7)
• "Let it Rock" - Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne (#5)
• "Live Your Life" - T.I. featuring Rihanna (#2)
• "Love Sex Magic" - Ciara featuring Justin Timberlake (#5)
• "The Loving Kind" - Girls Aloud (#10)
• "Mad" - Ne-Yo (#19)
• "Never Forget You" - Noisettes (#20)
• "New in Town" - Little Boots (#13)
• "New Divide" - Linkin Park (#19)
• "Not Fair" - Lily Allen (#5)
• "Paparazzi" - Lady GaGa (#4)
• "Poppiholla - Chicane" (#7)
• "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)" - Florence and The Machine (#12)
• "Ready for the Weekend" - Calvin Harris ft. Mary Pearce (#3)
• "Red" - Daniel Merriweather (#5)
• "Release Me" - Agnes (#3)
• "Remedy" - Little Boots (#5)
• "Right Now (Na Na Na)" - Akon (#6)
• "Run" - Leona Lewis (#2 - Hit #1 in 2008)
• "Sex on Fire" - Kings of Leon (#6 - Hit #1 in 2008)
• "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" - Beyoncé (#7)
• "So What" - Pink (#17 - Hit #1 in 2008)
• "Sober" - Pink (#9)
• "Stone Cold Sober" - Paloma Faith (#17)
• "Supernova" - Mr Hudson ft. Kanye West (#2)
• "Sweet Disposition" - The Temper Trap (#15)
• "Sweet Dreams" - Beyonce (#5)
• "Take Me Back" - Tinchy Stryder featuring Taio Cruz (#3)
• "The Promise" - Girls Aloud (#15 - Hit #1 in 2008)
• "Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer)" - Ironik ft. Chipmunk (#3)
• "Ulysses" - Franz Ferdinand (#20)
• "Untouchable" - Girls Aloud (#11)
• "Untouched - The Veronicas (#8)
• "Use Somebody" - Kings of Leon (#2)
• "Warrior's Dance" - The Prodigy (#9)
• "We Are Golden" - Mika (#4)
• "What About Now" - Daughtry (#11)
• "Womanizer" - Britney Spears (#3)

Current UK Official Top 20 chart week ending 11 October

• 1. Oopsy Daisy - Chipmunk
• 2. Forever Is Over - The Saturdays
• 3. Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z ft. Alica Keys
• 4. Break Your Heart - Taio Cruz
• 5. Sexy Chick - David Guetta ft. Akon
• 6. Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap
• 7. She Wolf - Shakira
• 8. I Gotta Feeling - The Black Eyed Peas
• 9. Hotel Room Service - Pitbull
• 10. Run This Town - Jay-Z ft. Rihanna and Kayne West
• 11. What About Now - Daughtry
• 12. Million Dollar Bill - Whitney Houston
• 13. Boys & Girls - Pixie Lott
• 14. You're Not Alone - Tinchy Stryder
• 15. SOS - Jordin Sparks
• 16. Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon
• 17. Ghosts N' Stuff - deadmau5
• 18. Dirtee Cash - Dizzie Rascal
• 19. Watch the Sun Come Up - Example
• 20. New York - Paloma Faith

United States

Billboard Hot 100 #1 Hits

• "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" - Beyoncé (2 weeks in 2008/2 weeks in 2009)
• "Just Dance" - Lady GaGa featuring Colby O'Donis (3 weeks)
• "My Life Would Suck Without You" - Kelly Clarkson (2 weeks)
• "Crack a Bottle" - Eminem featuring Dr. Dre and 50 Cent (1 week)
• "Right Round" - Flo Rida (6 weeks)
• "Poker Face" - Lady GaGa (1 week)
• "Boom Boom Pow" - Black Eyed Peas (12 weeks)
• "I Gotta Feeling" - Black Eyed Peas (14 weeks)
• "Down" - Jay Sean featuring Lil Wayne (1 week)
• "3" - Britney Spears(1 week)

See also: Hot 100 number-one hits of 2009.

Billboard Hot 100 Hits – Singles which have ranked within Top 20

• "Battlefield" - Jordin Sparks (#10)
• "Beautiful" - Akon featuring Colby O'Donis and Kardinal Offishall (#19)
• "Already Gone" - Kelly Clarkson (#19)
• "Beautiful" - Eminem (#17)
• "Be On You" - Flo Rida featuring Ne-Yo (#19)
• "Best I Ever Had" - Drake (#2)
• "Big Green Tractor" - Jason Aldean (#18)
• "Blame It" - Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain (#2)
• "Birthday Sex" - Jeremih (#4)
• "Break Up" - Mario featuring Gucci & Sean Garrett (#14)
• "Chicken Fried" - Zac Brown Band (#20)
• "Circus" - Britney Spears (#9 - #3 in 2008)
• "Cowboy Casanova" - Carrie Underwood (#11)
• "Crazier" - Taylor Swift (#17)
• "Day 'n' Nite" - Kid Cudi (#3)
• "Dead and Gone" - T.I. featuring Justin Timberlake (#2)
• "Disturbia" - Rihanna (#19 - Hit #1 in 2008)
• "Diva" - Beyoncé (#19)
• "Don't Stop Believin'" - Glee Cast (#4)
• "Don't Trust Me" - 3OH!3 (#7)
• "Empire State of Mind" - Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys (#5)
• "Every Girl" - Young Money (#10)
• "Fallin' for You" - Colbie Caillat (#12)
• "Fire Burning" - Sean Kingston (#5)
• "Fireflies" - Owl City (#9)
• "Forever" - Drake featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Eminem (#8)
• "Gives You Hell" - The All-American Rejects (#4)
• "Good Girls Go Bad" - Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester (#7)
• "Goodbye" - Kristinia DeBarge (#15)
• "Gotta Be Somebody" - Nickelback (#16 - #10 in 2008)
• "He Could Be The One" - Hannah Montana (#10)
• "Heartless" - Kanye West (#2)
• "Heartless" - Kris Allen (#16)
• "Here Comes Goodbye" - Rascal Flatts (#11)
• "Here We Go Again" - Demi Lovato (#15)
• "Halo" - Beyoncé (#5)
• "Hoedown Throwdown" - Miley Cyrus (#18)
• "Hotel Room Service" - Pitbull (#8)
• "Hot N Cold" - Katy Perry (#6 - #3 in 2008)
• "I Do Not Hook Up"- Kelly Clarkson (#20)
• "I Hate This Part" - The Pussycat Dolls (#11)
• "I Love College" - Asher Roth (#12)
• "If I Were a Boy" - Beyoncé (#10 - #3 in 2008)
• "If Today Was Your Last Day" - Nickelback (#19)
• "If U Seek Amy" - Britney Spears (#19)
• "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" - Pitbull (#2)
• "I Told You So" - Carrie Underwood (#9)
• "I'm Yours" - Jason Mraz (#6)
• "Kiss a Girl" - Keith Urban (#16)
• "Kiss Me Thru The Phone" - Soulja Boy Tell'em featuring Sammie (#3)
• "Knock You Down" - Keri Hilson featuring Kanye West and Ne-Yo (#3)
• "Let It Rock" - Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne (#5)
• "Live Your Life" - T.I. featuring Rihanna (#2 - Hit #1 on 2008)
• "LoveGame" - Lady GaGa (#5)
• "Love Lockdown" - Kanye West (#8 - #3 in 2008)
• "Love Sex Magic" - Ciara featuring Justin Timberlake (#10)
• "Love Story" - Taylor Swift (#4)
• "Mad" - Ne-Yo (#11)
• "Mad World" - Adam Lambert (#19)
• "Meet Me Halfway" - Black Eyed Peas (#17)
• "Miss Independent" - Ne-Yo (#14 - #7 in 2008)
• "New Divide" - Linkin Park (#6)
• "No Boundries" - Kris Allen (#11)
• "No Surprise" - Daughtry (#15)
• "Obsessed" - Mariah Carey (#7)
• "One Less Lonely Girl " - Justin Bieber (#16)
• "Out Last Night" - Kenny Chesney (#16)
• "Paparazzi" - Lady GaGa (#6)
• "Party in the U.S.A." - Miley Cyrus (#2)
• "Please Don't Leave Me" - P!nk (#17)
• "Prom Queen" - Lil Wayne (#15)
• "Rehab" - Rihanna (#18)
• "Replay" - Iyaz (#14)
• "Right Now (Na Na Na)" - Akon (#8)
• "Run This Town" - Jay-Z featuring Rihanna and Kanye West (#2)
• "Say Hey (I Love You)" - Michael Franti & Spearhead featuring Cherine Anderson (#18)
• "Second Chance" - Shinedown (#7)
• "Send It On" - Disney's Friends for Change (#20)
• "She Wolf" - Shakira (#11)
• "So What" - Pink (#14 - Hit #1 in 2008)
• "Sober" - Pink (#15)
• "Sugar" - Flo Rida featuring Wynter (#5)
• "Sweet Dreams" - Beyoncé (#12)
• "The Climb" - Miley Cyrus (#4)
• "Throw It in the Bag" - Fabolous featuring The-Dream (#14)
• "Turnin' Me On" - Keri Hilson featuring Lil Wayne (#15)
• "Turn My Swag On" - Soulja Boy Tell'em (#19)
• "Untouched" - The Veronicas (#17)
• "Use Somebody"- Kings of Leon (#4)
• "Waking Up in Vegas" - Katy Perry (#9)
• "We Made You" - Eminem (#9)
• "Whatcha Say" - Jason DeRulo (#4)
• "Whatever You Like" - T.I. (#9 - Hit #1 in 2008)
• "Womanizer" - Britney Spears (#5 - Hit #1 in 2008)
• "You Belong With Me" - Taylor Swift (#2)
• "You Found Me" - The Fray (#7)

Current Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 (Hot 100 position last week)

• 1. "3" - Britney Spears (--)
• 2. "Down" - Jay Sean feat. Lil Wayne (#1)
• 3. "Party in the U.S.A." - Miley Cyrus (#2)
• 4. "Whatcha Say" - Jason DeRulo (#4)
• 5. "Run This Town" - Jay-Z feat. Rihanna & Kanye West (#3)
• 6. "I Gotta Feeling" - Black Eyed Peas (#5)
• 7. "Paparazzi" - Lady Gaga (#6)
• 8. "You Belong With Me" - Taylor Swift (#7)
• 9. "Fireflies" - Owl City (#11)
• 10. "Use Somebody" - Kings of Leon (#9)
• 11. "Obsessed" - Mariah Carey (#8)
• 12. "Sweet Dreams" - Beyoncé (#12)
• 13. "Empire State of Mind" - Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys (#10)
• 14. "Replay" - Iyaz (#24)
• 15. "Forever" - Drake featuring Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Eminem (#13)
• 16. "One Less Lonely Girl " - Justin Bieber (--)
• 17. "Meet Me Halfway" - Black Eyed Peas (#32)
• 18. "Say Hey (I Love You)" - Michael Franti & Spearhead featuring Cherine Anderson (#18)
• 19. "Already Gone" - Kelly Clarkson (#23)
• 20. "Cowboy Casanova" - Carrie Underwood (#14)

Classical music

• John Adams - String Quartet, No. 2
• John Brunning - Sahara (for guitar)
• Elliott Carter
  • Duettino for Violin & Cello
  • Figment V for marimba
• Howard Goodall - Enchanted Voices
• Philip Glass
  • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, No.2, "The American Four Seasons", premiere in December
  • Sonata for Violin & Piano
  • String Sextet
• Wynton Marsalis - He And She
• Christopher Rouse - Zhizn
• Steven Stucky - Dust Devil, for solo marimba
• John Tavener - Tu ne sais pas, for mezzo-soprano, timpani and stings
• Ludovico Einaudi - Nightbook
• Thomas Adès - Lieux Retrouvés, for cello and piano
• Magnus Lindberg - Graffiti for chorus and orchestra
• Harrison Birtwistle - The Corridor scena for two singers and ensemble
• Richard Barrett - Mesopotamia for 17 instruments and electronics
• Mark-Anthony Turnage - Five Processionals, for clarinet, violin, cello & piano
• Lorenzo Ferrero
  • Op.111 - Bagatella su Beethoven for piano solo
  • Three Simple Songs for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano
  • Fantasy Suite No.2 for violin and orchestra

Opera

• Philip Glass - Kepler, premiere on September 20, Linz, Austria
• Paul Moravec - The Letter, premiere on July 25, Santa Fe Opera
• Thanapoom Sirichang - The Lunch Box
• Michael Nyman - Sparkie: Cage and Beyond, with Carsten Nicolai
• Alexander Goehr - Promised End, opera in twenty-four preludes to words from Shakespeare's King Lear
• Rufus Wainwright - Prima Donna

Deaths

January

• January 6 - Ron Asheton, 60, American guitarist (The Stooges)
• January 8 - Lamya al Mugheiry, 35, African singer
• January 9 - Dave Dee, 67, British singer (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich)
• January 12 - Alejandro Sokol, 48, Argentine rock musician
• January 13 - Mansour Rahbani, 83, Lebanese composer
• January 14 - Angela Morley, 84, English conductor and composer
• January 15 - Veronica Dudarova, 92, Russian symphony conductor
• January 18 - João Aguardela, 39, Portuguese rock singer, musician and composer
• January 28 - Billy Powell, 56, American keyboardist (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• January 29 - John Martyn, 60, British singer/songwriter
• January 31 - Dewey Martin, 68, Canadian drummer (Buffalo Springfield)

February

• February 1 - Lukas Foss, 86, American pianist, conductor and composer
• February 2 - Sunny Skylar, 95, American songwriter
• February 3
  • Tom Brumley, 73, American steel guitarist (The Buckaroos)
  • Kurt Demmler, 65, German songwriter
• February 4 - Lux Interior, 62, American singer (The Cramps)
• February 7
  • Blossom Dearie, 82, American jazz singer and pianist
  • Jorge Reyes, 56, Mexican musician (Chac Mool)
• February 9 - Vic Lewis, 89, British jazz guitarist
• February 11 - Estelle Bennett, 67, American singer (The Ronettes)
• February 12
  • Mat Mathews, 84, Dutch jazz accordionist
  • Gerry Niewood, 65, American jazz saxophonist
• February 14
  • Louie Bellson, 84, American jazz drummer
  • John McGlinn, 55, American conductor and historian of musicals
• February 15 - Joe Cuba, 78, Puerto Rican jazz percussionist
• February 18 - Snooks Eaglin, 72, American guitarist and singer
• February 19
  • Kelly Groucutt, 63, British bass guitar player (Electric Light Orchestra)
  • Harrison Ridley Jr., 70, American jazz presenter
• February 20 - Fats Sadi, 81, Belgian jazz musician, vocalist and composer
• February 24
  • Svatopluk Havelka, 83, Czech composer
  • Pearl Lang, 87, American dancer and choreographer
• February 25 - Randall Bewley, 53, American guitarist (Pylon)

March

• March 1 - Joan Turner, 86, British singer and actress
• March 2 - Ernie Ashworth, 80, American country singer
• March 3 - Sydney Earle Chaplin, 82, American actor and singer
• March 4 - John Cephas, 78, American Piedmont blues guitarist
• March 5 - Edmund James Arthur Hockridge, 79, Canadian singer and actor
• March 6 - Francis Magalona, 44, Filipino actor and rapper
• March 7 - Jimmy Boyd, 70, American singer
• March 14 - Alain Bashung, 61, French singer/songwriter and actor
• March 18 - Kent Henry, 60, American blues/rock guitarist
• March 22 - Reg Isidore, 59, Aruban drummer (Robin Trower Band)
• March 24 - Uriel Jones, 74, Motown Funk Brothers session drummer
• March 25 - "England" Dan Seals, 61, American singer-songwriter
• March 29 - Maurice Jarre, 84, French composer

April

• April 9 - Randy Cain, 63, singer, (The Delfonics)
• April 13 - Ron Stallings, a priod of time saxophonist (Huey Lewis And The News)

May

• May 6 - Ean Evans, 48, American bassist
• May 15 - Wayman Tisdale, 44, NBA basketball player and smooth jazz bass guitarist
• May 18 - Roderick "Dolla" Burton II, 21, American rapper
• May 24 - Jay Bennett, 45, American multi-instrumentalist (Wilco)

June

• June 3 - Koko Taylor, 80, American blues singer
• June 7 - Hugh Hopper, 64, British musician
• June 14 - Bob Bogle, 75, American guitarist (The Ventures)
• June 25
  • Michael Jackson, 50, American pop singer known as the "King of POP"
  • Sky Saxon, 63, American rock singer and bassist (The Seeds)
• June 27 - Fayette Pinkney, 61, American singer (The Three Degrees)
• June 30 - Harve Presnell, 75, American singer and actor

July

• July 2 - Susan Fernandez, 52, Filipina activist and singer
• July 4 - Allen Klein, 77, American record label executive
• July 17 - Gordon Waller, 64, British singer (Peter and Gordon)
• July 21 - Andrew Thomas, 63, German singer (Bad Boys Blue)
• July 26 - Merce Cunningham, 90, American dancer, choreographer
• July 27 - George Russell, 86, American composer

August

• August 6 - Willy DeVille, 58, American musician
• August 12 - Rashied Ali, 74, American drummer
• August 13 - Les Paul, 94, American jazz guitarist and inventor of solid-body electric guitar and multi-track recording
• August 18 - Hildegard Behrens, 72, German opera singer
• August 28 - DJ AM, 36, celebrity disc jockey

September

• September 1 - Erich Kunzel, 74, American conductor
• September 7 - Fred Mills, 74, Canadian trumpeter
• September 11 - Jim Carroll, 59, American writer and punk singer (Jim Carroll Band)
• September 16 - Mary Travers, 72, American folk singer (Peter, Paul and Mary)
• September 17 – Leon Kirchner, 90, American composer
• September 19 - Roc Raida, 37, American turntablist (The X-Ecutioners)
• September 24 - Sir Howard Morrison, 74, New Zealand entertainer

October

• October 4 - Mercedes Sosa, 74, Argentinian singer
• October 5 - Mike Alexander, 32, British bassist (Evile)
• October 7 - Steve Ferguson, 60, American rock guitarist (NRBQ)
• October 10 - Stephen Gately, 33, Irish pop singer (Boyzone)
• October 12 - Dickie Peterson, 61, American bassist (Blue Cheer)
• October 12 - Ian Wallace, 90, British singer
• October 13 - Al Martino, 82, American singer

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