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Overview of the events of 2005 in music
Events
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 .[1] 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 fights with the band.January 22 - Tsunami Relief concert 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 conducted a concert in Vancouver, British Columbia for tsunami relief .February 7 - BRIT Awards are held in London . Scissor Sisters , Keane , Franz Ferdinand , and Joss Stone are among the winners.February 14 - Bloc Party releases their debut album Silent Alarm United Kingdom . It is later named NME 's Number One Album of 2005 .February 15 - Sonny Mayo replaces Clint Lowery in Sevendust .February 22
February 28th - Static-X fires Tripp Eisen because of his Arrest following Sex Charges on a Minor.March 1 - John Petrucci , guitarist of Dream Theater , releases his first solo album titled Suspended Animation March 3 - 50 Cent releases The Massacre Get Rich or Die Tryin' March 7 - Koichi Fukuda immediately replaces Tripp Eisen in Static-X & rejoins them after 5 years.March 22 - Jars of Clay releases a worship album after ten years since their first release from Essential Records . The worship album is called Redemption Songs march 26 - Australian drummer of Crowded House , Paul Hester found dead in Melbourne's Park (suicide).March 29 - The Bravery release their self-titled debut album, and are named the top band to watch for 2005 because of it.April 3 - Alice in Chains original bass player Mike Starr was arrested for "investigation of property destruction and theft". He was also sentenced to 30 years for misdemeanor drug possession in April of 1994 , two years after being replaced from the group during the recording of Dirt April 4 - 16 Horsepower officially disband.April 12 - Mariah Carey makes her comeback, releasing the The Emancipation of Mimi United States . It is re-released on November 15 .April 26 - Propagator Records launch in Birmingham, UK.April - Country music legend Kenny Rogers signs a major worldwide record deal with Capitol Records .
May 2 , 3 , 5 , 6 - Legendary blues-rock group Cream reunites for four shows in London 's Royal Albert Hall .May 3
May 6 - Audioslave becomes the first American rock group to perform a free outdoor concert in Cuba .May 21 - The Los Angeles, California 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 23 - Death-metal band Nile releases their fourth album titled Annihilation of the Wicked May/June - Operation Ivy /Rancid bassist Matt Freeman is diagnosed with lung cancer .
May 25 -Carrie Underwood was crowned the winner of the fourth season of American Idol .June - Dez Fafara of DevilDriver states that their will be no reunion of Coal Chamber .June 7 - Dream Theater releases their eighth studio album titled Octavarium .June 9 , 10 , 11 - Download Festival 2006. Tool , Metallica and Guns N' Roses headline the main stage.June 12 - Pink Floyd announces that they will reunite with former bassist Roger Waters , who left the band in 1985, on July 2 for the Live 8 London concert. Their performance on July 2 marks the first time the band played together as a quartet since The Wall tour in 1981, and also marks 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 release Never Gone June 15 - Destiny's Child announces they will disband upon completion of their world tour.June 16 - Motörhead celebrates 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 National Bowl in Milton Keynes , England . They played to over 130,000 fans in two days.June 21 - Billy Corgan releases his debut solo album TheFutureEmbrace alternative rock group The Smashing Pumpkins , which disbanded on December 2 , 2000 .June 25 – Patti Smith curated Meltdown festival .Summer
July 2 - Live 8 benefit concerts are held around the world, as part of the Make Poverty History campaign.July 21 - Denison Witmer releases his album Are You a Dreamer? .July - The Blackbirds form in Auckland , New Zealand .
August 9
August 16- 10 Years releases their third album "The Autumn Effect".
August 22 - Lil' Kim releases her third much-anticipated album The Naked Truth August - The Cure frontman Robert Smith announces that the band plans to record their 13th studio album in the fall for release in the following year.
September 9 - The band Scooter perform at the All-State Arena in Chicago, IL, their first performance in the United States.September 10 - The Italian rocker Luciano Ligabue attracts a European record number of spectators with a concert at Campovolo, in Reggio Emilia .[citation needed September 14 - Pop princess Britney Spears gives birth to her first child, a baby boy named Sean Preston with husband Kevin Federline .September 20 - Disturbed releases their third studio album titled Ten Thousand Fists October - Jeff Martin leaves The Tea Party due to Creative Differenecs, also ending the band's 15 year stretch.October 3 - Franz Ferdinand release their highly anticipated second album entitled You Could Have It So Much Better October 5 - Metric release their second album Live It Out October 8 - Fiona Apple releases her highly anticipated album Extraordinary Machine 2003 , causing a stir in the music industry.October 21 - Nightwish perform at the Hartwall Areena , later to be released as the End of an Era Tarja Turunen is dismissed in an open letter[ 1] November 1 - Slipknot releases their first live album 9.0: Live November 4 - Scooter releases their album Who's Got the Last Laugh Now? 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.November 7 - Kate Bush returns after a 12-year absence with the acclaimed double album Aerial November 15 - Anastacia releases her greatest hits collection Pieces of a Dream 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 as Australian Idol Emily Williams .November 22
November - Madonna 's new Warner Bros. Records-based album Confessions On A Dance Floor The Beatles previously held this record when The Beatles 1
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 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 (two of her own, plus four with Destiny's Child ), Kelly Clarkson , and 50 Cent .December 10 - The Los Angeles, California 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 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. Nelly Furtado 's final Warner Bros. Records-based (Festival Mushroom Records in Australia) single, "All Good Things (Come To An End) " is released and takes the title as the last single to be on the Loose December 20 Mary J. Blige releases The Breakthrough , it sales almost 730,000 first week becoming the biggest first week sales for a female R&B artist.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.Late - Glue Gun reforms after eight years of absence, and frontman Bob Oedy is now the only remaining 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 .
Late Decvember 2005 - Madonna 's Warner Bros. Records-based single, "Hung Up", first appears on Mix 106.5 (Sydney), Mix 101.1 (Melbourne), Vega 95.3 (Sydney), Vega 91.5 (Melbourne) and the Rest of the MIX FM stations. Unknown Date - Mikey Cox gets into a Car Accident and recovers 2 years later. Entire year - Over the course of the year 2005, 12 rock albums reached the number 1 spot in America. This was the first time even ten albums have reached the top spot since 1996.
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Charts
The following are accurate points of singles while they have been within the top 40, on the United World Chart.[ 2] [unreliable source?
Position
Single Title
Artist
Points
Highest Position
1
Boulevard of Broken Dreams Green Day 6,645,000
1
2
Don't Phunk With My Heart Black Eyed Peas 6,002,000
1
3
We Belong Together Mariah Carey 5,691,000
1
4
Don't Cha Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes 5,667,000
1
5
La Tortura Shakira feat. Alejandro Sanz 5,568,000
2
6
You're Beautiful James Blunt 5,533,000
2
7
Speed of Sound Coldplay 5,185,000
2
8
Hung Up Madonna 5,108,000
1
9
Let Me Love You Mario 5,024,000
1
10
Lonely No More Rob Thomas 4,599,000
3
Billboard Top 200 number-one albums
Billboard Hot 100 Number one hits of 2005
#
Artist
Album
U.S. sales in 2005
1.
The Emancipation of Mimi Mariah Carey 4,968,606
2.
The Massacre 50 Cent 4,852,744
3.
Breakaway Kelly Clarkson 3,496,192
4.
American Idiot Green Day 3,360,394
5.
Monkey Business Black Eyed Peas 3,037,251
6.
X&Y Coldplay 2,615,280
7.
Feels Like Today Rascal Flatts 2,511,209
8.
Love. Angel. Music. Baby. Gwen Stefani 2,505,390
9.
Late Registration Kanye West 2,413,580
10.
The Documentary The Game 2,275,646
11.
Now That's What I Call Music! 20 Various artists
2,059,767
12.
Hot Fuss The Killers 2,040,933
13.
Now That's What I Call Music! 19 Various artists
1,971,716
14.
All the Right Reasons Nickelback 1,957,189
15.
The Road and the Radio Kenny Chesney 1,817,196
16.
In Between Dreams Jack Johnson 1,758,058
17.
Be Here Keith Urban 1,713,571
18.
From Under the Cork Tree Fall Out Boy 1,654,320
19.
Mezmerize System of a Down 1,645,980
20.
Some Hearts Carrie Underwood 1,636,689
21.
Rebirth Jennifer Lopez 1,561,032
22.
Fireflies Faith Hill 1,531,656
23.
Goodies Ciara 1,530,368
24.
Demon Days Gorillaz 1,528,489
25.
Twice the Speed of Life Sugarland 1,510,879
26.
Honkytonk University Toby Keith 1,446,821
27.
Now That's What I Call Music! 18 Various artists
1,400,063
28.
Encore Eminem 1,385,256
29.
Curtain Call: The Hits Eminem 1,381,896
30.
Get Lifted John Legend 1,377,246
31.
Stand Up Dave Matthews Band 1,333,781
32.
Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 Young Jeezy 1,314,291
33.
Who Is Mike Jones? Mike Jones 1,288,377
34.
It's Time Michael Bublé 1,229,916
35.
Here for the Party Gretchen Wilson 1,214,383
36.
Confessions Usher 1,210,379
37.
…Something to Be Rob Thomas 1,206,436
38.
Seventeen Days 3 Doors Down 1,204,330
39.
Genius Loves Company Ray Charles 1,196,040
40.
In Your Honor Foo Fighters 1,144,881
41.
Most Wanted Hilary Duff 1,125,198
42.
TP-3: Reloaded R. Kelly 1,110,854
43.
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (soundtrack) Various artists
1,103,354
44.
Confessions on a Dance Floor Madonna 1,102,802
45.
Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair) Kenny Chesney 1,078,559
46.
Il Divo Il Divo 1,053,483
47.
Red Light District Ludacris 1,041,939
48.
Greatest Hits 2 Toby Keith 1,023,188
49.
Greatest Hits Shania Twain 1,018,991
50.
Make Believe Weezer 995,790
51.
Fijacion Oral Vol. 1 Shakira 995,236
52.
Destiny Fulfilled Destiny's Child 987,393
53.
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge My Chemical Romance 982,117
54.
Greatest Hits Guns N' Roses 974,315
55.
Beautiful Soul Jesse McCartney 972,672
56.
Free Yourself Fantasia Barrino 972,230
57.
Out of Exile Audioslave 968,981
58.
All Jacked Up Gretchen Wilson 947,388
59.
Crunk Juice Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz 945,990
60.
Timeless Martina McBride 929,512
61.
The Breakthrough Mary J. Blige 922,397
62.
Songs About Jane Maroon 5 894,767
63.
Songs About Me Trace Adkins 882,850
64.
I Am Me Ashlee Simpson 877,501
65.
U.S.A. (United State of Atlanta) Ying Yang Twins 874,038
66.
PCD Pussycat Dolls 857,952
67.
Horse of a Different Color Big & Rich 857,945
68.
Trouble Akon 852,673
69.
The Legend of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash 847,645
70.
Ten Thousand Fists Disturbed 844,525
71.
Live Like You Were Dying Tim McGraw 840,385
72.
With Teeth Nine Inch Nails 838,920
73.
Amarantine Enya 836,052
74.
Wanted Bow Wow 833,430
75.
Hypnotize System of a Down 831,680
76.
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb U2 828,722
77.
The One Frankie J 817,792
78.
Unpredictable Jamie Foxx 799,425
79.
Thanks for the Memory: The Great American Songbook 4 Rod Stewart 791,351
80.
Have a Nice Day Bon Jovi 785,268
81.
The Phantom of the Opera Soundtrack
773,150
82.
Lyfe 268-192 Lyfe Jennings 767,954
83.
#1's Destiny's Child 766,058
84.
Guero Beck 758,023
85.
Urban Legend T.I. 751,894
86.
Mind, Body & Soul Joss Stone 751,222
87.
When the Sun Goes Down Kenny Chesney 750,004
88.
Barrio Fino Daddy Yankee 747,412
89.
Modern Day Drifter Dierks Bentley 745,924
90.
Time Well Wasted Brad Paisley 744,893
91.
Lifehouse Lifehouse 740,100
92.
I Am Me Ashlee Simpson 735,718
93.
Be Common 734,944
94.
Ray Soundtrack
727,143
95.
Somewhere Down in Texas George Strait 722,059
96.
Bluestars Pretty Ricky 712,279
97.
50 Number Ones George Strait 710,833
98.
Getting Away with Murder Papa Roach 706,798
99.
Never Gone Backstreet Boys 703,827
100.
Crossfade Crossfade 702,319
Alphabetical list of top hits
Classical music
Opera
Musical theater
Musical films
Births
Deaths
January 11
January 14 - Alfred Hause , German composer and conductor, 84January 15 - Victoria de los Ángeles , 81, Catalan sopranoJanuary 24 - June Bronhill , singerJanuary 28 - Jim Capaldi , 60, British drummer and vocalistJanuary 30 - Martyn Bennett , 33, Scottish bagpiperFebruary 1 - Franco Mannino , Italian composer, 80February 3 - David Hönigsberg , composer and conductor, 45February 8
February 9 - Tyrone Davis , 66, American soul singerFebruary 13 - Sixten Ehrling , 86, Swedish conductorFebruary 16 - Marcello Viotti , 50, Swiss conductorFebruary 29 - Edward Patten , 65, R&B/soul singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips )February 28 - Chris Curtis , 63, British drummer and vocalistMarch 4 - Una Hale , soprano, 82March 6 - Tommy Vance , DJMarch 9
March 10 - Danny Joe Brown , 53, former lead singer of Molly Hatchet March 21 - Bobby Short , singerMarch 22 - Rod Price , guitarist, 47March 26 - Paul Hester , drummer for Crowded House & Split Enz, 46March 27
March 28 - Moura Lympany , pianist, 88March 30 - Derrick Plourde , 33, former drummer of 2 California punk groups: Lagwagon and the Ataris April 2 - Alexander Brott , conductor and composer, 90April 7 - Grigoris Bithikotsis , Greek singer, 82April 10 - Norbert Brainin , Austrian violinist, 82April 12 - Ehud Manor , Israeli songwriter, 63April 13 - Johnnie Johnson , American pianist, 80April 14 - John Fred , pop singer, 64April 18 - Kenneth Schermerhorn , conductor, 75April 19
April 23 - Robert Farnon , composer, arranger, 87April 25 - Hasil Adkins , American rockabilly musician, 67April 28 - Percy Heath , jazz musician, 81May 8 - Nasrat Parsa , Afghan singer, murdered, 36May 10 - David Wayne , former singer of Metal Church , 47May 14 - Jimmy Martin , bluegrass musician, 77May 22 - Thurl Ravenscroft , US singerMay 25
May 29 - George Rochberg , composer, 86June 4 - Helju Tauk , Estonian musician, 75June 13 - David Diamond , American composer, 89June 14 - Carlo Maria Giulini , conductor, 91June 17 - Karl Mueller , bassist of Soul Asylum , 41June 30 - Clancy Eccles , ska/reggae singer, complications after heart attack, 64July 1
July 11 - Frances Langford , US singer and actress, 91July 17 - Laurel Aitken , ska singer, heart attack, 78July 21 - Long John Baldry , R&B singer, 64July 27 - Robert Wright , songwriterJuly 29 - Hildegarde , US singerAugust 4 - Little Milton , blues musicianAugust 13 - Arnold Cooke , British composer, 98August 20 - Stevo, singer of the early-Vandals -era, 46August 21 - Robert Moog , electronic music pioneerAugust 22 - Luc Ferrari , composerAugust 26 - Denis "Piggy" D'Amour , guitarist of Voivod , 45September 1 - R. L. Burnside , blues musician, 78September 10 - Clarence Gatemouth Brown , blues musician, 81September 15
September 17 - Alfred Reed , American composer of concert band music, 84September 18
September 19 - William Vacchiano , trumpet player, 93October 31 - John "Beatz" Holohan , drummer for Bayside , 31November 4 - Mana Nishiura , drummer for Shonen Knife and DMBQ November 6 - Minako Honda , Japanese singer, 38November 10 - Gardner Read , American composer, 92November 20 - Chris Whitley , singer-songwriter, 45November 26
November 28 - Tony Meehan , drummer for The Shadows , 62November 29 - Deon van der Walt , tenor, 47December 6 - Ronnie Bridges , pianist and composer, 86December 8
December 24 - Constance Keene , American pianist, 84December 25
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