2001 in music
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| Years: | 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 |
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[edit] Events
- January 1
- Comeback of Guns N' Roses in House of Blues
- Hum disbands.
- January 17 - Bass player Jason Newsted leaves Metallica after 14 years with the band.
- January/February - Rush records Vapor Trails, which was released on May 14, 2002.
- February - CFXJ (Flow 93.5), Canada's first urban music station, goes to air for the first time as a testing signal (its official debut is on March 1.) This is a breakthrough for Canadian hip hop and R&B musicians, who had previously faced significant barriers to getting exposure for their music.
- February 13 - Peter Frampton receives the Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award
- February 17 - Manic Street Preachers become the first western rock band to play in Cuba. (Fidel Castro was in attendance.)
- March 1 - Collin Raye is awarded the Artist Humanitarian Award from Country Radio Broadcasters Inc. The award was given in recognition of Raye's work on behalf of a number of different charitable organizations including Child help USA, USA Weekend's Make a Difference Day and the Native American organization Hecel Oyakapi.
- March 14 - The Court of Appeals in Rome finds Michael Jackson "not guilty" of plagiarism, reversing a decision made in 1999 by a lower court. Italian songwriter Albano Carrisi had claimed that Jackson's "Will You Be There" was a copy of his song "I Cigni Di Balaka."
- March 28 - Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 replaces Max Bruch's violin concerto at #1 in the Classic FM Hall of Fame.
- March 31 - Whitney Houston and husband Bobby Brown are banned for life from Hollywood's Bel Air hotel after destroying their room. Property that was allegedly damaged included a TV, and two doors. According to Hotel Workers, the walls and carpets were also stained by alcohol. The Hotel closed down the room for five days for repairs.
- April 4 - Original Zombies lead singer Colin Blunstone and keyboardist Rod Argent, reunite for a two part performance at London's Jazz Cafe. This was the first time the two band members performed together in over 30 years.
- April 24 and October 30 - Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson release albums in the same year, respectively. Janet releases "All For You" and Michael releases "Invincible". Both albums would hit #1 on the album charts.
- May - The 4th EJCF in Basel was held. Next time was in 2004.
- June 12 - Electric Light Orchestra's first album in 15 years since Balance of Power is released called Zoom.
- June 16 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the 9th Annual of the Weenie Roast show with Blink-182, Coldplay, Crazy Town, The Cult, Disturbed, Jane's Addiction, Linkin Park, The Living End, New Found Glory, Pennywise, Papa Roach, Stabbing Westward, Staind, Stone Temple Pilots, Sum 41 and 311.
- July - Backstreet Boy A.J. McLean enters a rehabilitation facility to deal with alcoholism and depression, as the Black & Blue Summer tour put on hold.
- August 25 - A Cessna 402 aircraft carrying 9 people, including R&B singer Aaliyah, crashes in the Bahamas, killing all aboard.
- October 20 - Concert For New York: A Tribute To Heroes airs on VH1, with performances by Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Billy Joel and others.
- October 25 - Quarashi performs a live concert with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra (the band, Botnleðja also performed) in the Háskólabíó in Reykjavík, Iceland, which is notable for being the first time that a rap act performed a live concert with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra. Quarashi performed seven songs from their (at the time) upcoming album, Jinx.
- November - The governing body of the UK Singles Chart, Chart Information Network Ltd. (CIN), changes its name to The Official UK Charts Company.
- November 16 - Britney Spears' third album, Britney debuts at #1, making her the first female artist with her first three albums to debut at #1.
- Mariah Carey makes a number of unusual public appearances, including an unscheduled visit to MTV's Total Request Live. Rumors fly that the star had a mental breakdown.
- Area One music festival brings together a variety of acts including Moby, Incubus, Outkast, New Order, Nelly Furtado, The Roots, Rinocerose, Paul Oakenfold, and Carl Cox.
- Napster's popularity peaks
- The Republic of France awards Jean-Yves Thibaudet the honour of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
[edit] Bands return
- Electric Light Orchestra reforms again under new members except for original members, Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy
- The Monkees
- Zebra forms again
[edit] Bands formed
- Alexisonfire
- Apollo Sunshine
- Audioslave
- Bear vs. Shark
- Busted
- Desaparecidos (band)
- Die Trying
- Fall Out Boy
- Franz Ferdinand
- Kutless
- The Mars Volta
- Million Dead
- No Secrets
- The Postal Service
- Revolution
- Sikth
- Sparta (band)
- TV On The Radio
- The Underdog Project
- Zwan
[edit] Bands disbanded
[edit] Albums released
[edit] Top 5 Selling Albums of Billboard Year
- 1 - The Beatles
- A Day Without Rain - Enya
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Soundtrack
- All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2
- Everyday - Dave Matthews Band
[edit] Hot Hits
- "A Little Respect" - Wheatus
- "All for You" - Janet Jackson
- "Bad Ambassador" - The Divine Comedy
- "Bootylicious" - Destiny's Child
- "Buck Rogers" - Feeder
- "Candy" - Ash
- "Chop Suey!" - System of a Down
- "Clint Eastwood" - Gorillaz
- "Crystal" - New Order
- "Don't Tell Me" - Madonna
- "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" - Train
- "Electric Avenue (remix)" - Eddy Grant
- "Elevation" - U2
- "Eternity/The Road to Mandalay" - Robbie Williams
- "Fallin'" - Alicia Keys
- "Get Ur Freak On" - Missy Elliott
- "Handbags and Gladrags" - Stereophonics
- "Hard to Explain" - The Strokes
- "Have a Nice Day" - Stereophonics
- "Here With Me" - Dido
- "Hunter" - Dido
- "I Don't Want A Lover (remix)" - Texas
- "I Want Love" - Elton John
- "I'm Real" - Jennifer Lopez
- "Imitation of Life" - R.E.M.
- "Inner Smile" - Texas
- "Island in the Sun"- Weezer
- "It's Been Awhile"- Staind
- "Jaded" - Aerosmith
- "Just Like a Pill" - P!nk
- "Juxtapose" - Super Furry Animals
- "Knives Out" - Radiohead
- "Lady Marmalade"- Christina Aguilera, P!nk, Lil' Kim & Mya
- "Last Nite" - The Strokes
- "Love What You Do" - The Divine Comedy
- "Loverboy" - Mariah Carey
- "Moi... Lolita" - Alizée
- "Mr. Writer" - Stereophonics
- "19-2000" - Gorillaz
- "Ocean Spray" - Manic Street Preachers
- "One Minute Man" - Missy Elliott (featuring Ludacris and Trina)
- "Out of Reach" - Gabrielle
- "Pissing in the Wind" - Badly Drawn Boy
- "Pyramid Song" - Radiohead
- "Ramp! (The Logical Song)" - Scooter
- "Rock The Boat" - Aaliyah
- "Sail Away" - David Gray
- "Shining Light" - Ash
- "Short Skirt - Long Jacket" - Cake
- "Side" - Travis
- "Sing" - Travis
- "Smooth Criminal" - Alien Ant Farm
- "So Why So Sad" - Manic Street Preachers
- "Step On My Old Size Nines" - Stereophonics
- "Stop Your Crying" - Spiritualized
- "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" - U2
- "Survivor" - Destiny's Child
- "Teenage Dirtbag" - Wheatus
- "Thank You" - Dido
- "This Year's Love" - David Gray
- "Turn off the Light" - Nelly Furtado
- "Up On The Downside" - Ocean Colour Scene
- "Walk On" - U2
- "With Arms Wide Open" - Creed
See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2001 (USA)
[edit] Hot Albums
- Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
- Shaggy - Hotshot
- Backstreet Boys - Black & Blue
- Enya - A Day Without Rain
- Janet Jackson - All For You
- Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor
- Destiny's Child - Survivor
- Creed - Weathered
- Soundtrack - O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- Staind - Break The Cycle
- Nickelback - Silver Side Up
- System of a Down - Toxicity
- P!nk - M!ssundaztood
- Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
- Nelly Furtado - Whoa, Nelly!
[edit] Classical music
- Leonardo Balada - Cello Concerto No. 2 New Orleans
- Osvaldas Balakauskas - Symphony No. 5
- John Corigliano - Symphony No. 2 for String Orchestra
- George Crumb - Unto the Hills for soprano, percussion quartet and piano
- Joël-François Durand - Athanor for orchestra
- Helmut Lachenmann - Grido (string quartet)
- Peter Ruzicka - Trans - Requiem für Giuseppe Sinopoli
[edit] Opera
- Theo Loevendie - Johnny & Jones
[edit] Musical theater
- 42nd Street Broadway revival opened at the Ford Center on May 2
- A Class Act Broadway production opened at the Ambassador Theatre on March 11 and ran for 105 performances
- Mamma Mia! Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on October 18
- The Producers Broadway production opened at St. James Theatre on April 19
- Urinetown Broadway production opened at the Hudson Theatre on September 20 and ran for 965 performances
[edit] Musical films
- Moulin Rouge! released May 18, starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor
- Glitter released September 21, starring Mariah Carey and Max Beesley
[edit] Deaths
- January 7 - James Carr, soul singer
- February 4 - Iannis Xenakis, a Greek composer.
- February 13 - George Simon, Music critic and original Glenn Miller Band drummer, pneumonia
- February 19 - Charles Trenet, French singer, songwriter
- February 21 - Ronnie Hilton
- February 21 - Malcolm Yelvington
- February 22 - John Fahey, guitarist, indie label owner
- March 18 - John Phillips, cofounder of Popular Music group The Mamas and the Papas
- March 28 - Moe Koffman (73), Canadian Jazz singer
- April 15 - Joey Ramone, 49, lead singer for The Ramones
- April 20 - Giuseppe Sinopoli, composer and conductor
- May 12 - Perry Como, singer
- May 20 - Renato Carosone, Italian musician and singer
- June 4 - John Hartford, 64, Bluegrass musician
- June 21 - John Lee Hooker, 83, Blues musician
- June 30 - Chet Atkins, 77, country musician
- July 27 - Leon Wilkeson, 49, Bassist for Lynyrd Skynyrd
- August 25 - Aaliyah, 22, American singer and actress
- August 29 - Graham "Shirley" Strachna, 49, lead singer for Skyhook
- September 1 - Ted Mulry, 54, lead singer for Ted Murly Gang
- September 22 - Isaac Stern, 81, violinist
- November 29 - George Harrison, 58, musician and former member of The Beatles
- December 13 - Chuck Schuldiner, 34, vocalist and guitarist with Death
- December 16 - Stuart Adamson, Big Country
- December 18 - Gilbert Bécaud, singer-songwriter
[edit] Awards
- The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Aerosmith, Solomon Burke, The Flamingos, Michael Jackson, Queen, Paul Simon, Steely Dan and Ritchie Valens
- Inductees of the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame include Larry Norman, and Elvis Presley
[edit] Grammy Awards
[edit] Juno Awards
- Juno Awards of 2001
- March 4 - Bruce Cockburn is inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame
[edit] Country Music Association Awards
[edit] Eurovision Song Contest
[edit] Mercury Music Prize
[edit] Charts
[edit] KROQ
[edit] Triple J Hottest 100
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