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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2000. This year was the peak of CD sales in the United States, with sales declining year on year since then.[1]
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Events
January
- January 1
- In New York City, United States, at precisely midnight, Prince celebrates the start of the final year before the new millennium by playing his anthemic "1999", in what he vows is the song's finale.
- British composer John Tavener is knighted in the New Year's Honours List.
- January 11
- Gary Glitter is released from jail, two months before his sentence for downloading 4000 pornographic images of children ends.
- Sharon Osbourne quits as manager of Smashing Pumpkins after only three months. In a brash press release she announces she had to resign "for medical reasons: Billy Corgan was making me sick."[2]
- Singer Whitney Houston is caught with 15.2 grams of marijuana in her bag at a Hawaii airport. She boards her flight to San Francisco before police can arrive to arrest her.[3]
- January 14 – Rolling Stone reveals that the two children of Melissa Etheridge and her partner, Julie Cypher, were fathered by David Crosby.
- January 18 – Spencer Goodman is executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas, for the 1991 kidnap and murder of the wife of ZZ Top manager Bill Ham. Ham is present at the execution.
- January 21–February 6 – The Big Day Out festival takes place in Australia and New Zealand, headlined by Red Hot Chili Peppers and Nine Inch Nails. Mr. Bungle are originally named in the lineup, but are "kicked off" due to an ongoing dispute with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
February
- February 9 – The Million Dollar Hotel, a film co-written by U2 lead singer Bono, premieres at the 50th Berlinale (Berlin International Film Festival).
- February 11 – Diana Ross divorces Arne Næss Jr., her husband of 14 years.
- February 16 – The Silver Tassie, an opera by Mark-Anthony Turnage, receives its première at the London Coliseum, performed by the English National Opera.
- February 23 – At the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, Santana win a record 8 Grammys in one night, tying Michael Jackson who won 8 in 1984. Among the awards won are Album of the Year for Supernatural and Record of the Year and Song of the Year, both for "Smooth" featuring Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas. Christina Aguilera won Best New Artist.
- February 24 – Italian motorcycle manufacturing company Aprilia wins a lawsuit filed against the Spice Girls over a sponsorship deal that fell apart when Geri Halliwell left the group.
March
- March 6 – Foxy Brown is injured in a car accident in Brooklyn, New York, in which her car hit a fence. Police discover that Brown was driving with a suspended driver license and order her to appear in court in April. Brown's license was suspended for failing to appear in court for a parking violation.
- March 7 – Heavy metal band Disturbed release their debut studio album The Sickness.
- March 11 – 311 holds their first 3–11 Day concert at Tower Records in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
- March 13 – Blink-182 end their European tour early after guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge and drummer Travis Barker succumb to strep throat.
- March 21 – NSYNC rises to superstardom after the fast-paced sales of their second studio album No Strings Attached
- March 24 – After violating a prior probation agreement by getting drunk, Ol' Dirty Bastard is ordered to undergo a 90-day diagnostic evaluation at the California Institute For Men in Chino, California.
April
- April 1 – Ted Nugent angers Hispanic groups in Texas after onstage remarks he makes during a concert at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, in which he says that those who did not speak English should get out of America. He is banned from the venue as a result.[4]
- April 4 – Mick Jagger attends the opening of an arts center named after him at Dartford Grammar School in southeast England.
- April 6 – Shawn Colvin, James Taylor, Cyndi Lauper, Richard Thompson, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Elton John, Cassandra Wilson, Wynonna Judd, k.d. lang, Bryan Adams, and Mary Chapin Carpenter perform in New York as part of a tribute to Joni Mitchell.
- April 12 – Metallica files a lawsuit against the peer-to-peer service Napster, as well as Yale University, University of Southern California and Indiana University for copyright infringement. Yale and Indiana are later dropped from the suit when they block access to Napster on campus computers.
- April 25 – Nu metal band Papa Roach releases their second studio album, Infest
May
- May 1 – A $1.8 million civil fraud lawsuit is filed against Neil Young in Los Angeles Superior Court by a former Village Voice writer. The lawsuit charges that Young broke an agreement to have a biography written about him when he blocked the book's publication.
- May 3 – 75-year-old tenor Carlo Bergonzi makes his final professional appearance at Carnegie Hall, in a concert performance of Otello.[5] After two acts, he is replaced by an understudy.
- May 4 – Letters To Cleo play their last concert in Boston; they disband the following month.
- May 5 – Rod Stewart undergoes an hour-long throat operation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles to remove a growth on his thyroid, which turns out to be benign.
- May 6 – John Mellencamp receives an honorary Doctor of Music degree as the commencement speaker for Indiana University's Class of 2000.
- May 7 – Westlife releases their 2000 debut album with the release of their Billboard #1 hit single "Swear It Again", as the group's first and only single to have charted in the US
- May 13
- The 45th Eurovision Song Contest final, held in Stockholm's Globe Arena, is won by Denmark's Olsen Brothers and the song "Fly on the Wings of Love".
- Dickey Betts is kicked out of The Allman Brothers Band and replaced with Warren Haynes.
- May 16 – Prince announces that he has changed his name back to Prince now that his publishing contract with Warner/Chappell has expired. He had been known as an unpronounceable symbol, since 1993.[6]
- May 23 – Eminem releases his third studio album The Marshall Mathers LP selling over 1.76 million copies in its first week, and becomes the fastest selling hip-hop album ever in first week sales.
- May 24 – 50 Cent is shot nine times in Queens. After spending time in hospital he returns to recording and performing.
- May 25 – Eddie Van Halen begins treatment for prevention of tongue cancer at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.[7]
- May 29 – Michael Jackson and Mariah Carey are named the Best Selling Male and Female artist of the millennium at the World Music Awards in Monaco.
June
- June 8 – Sinéad O'Connor comes out as a lesbian in an interview with Curve magazine.[8]
- June 17 – Aaliyah's "Try Again" reaches number one on the Billboard Hot 100. It becomes the first airplay song in history to reach number one following new chart rules placed in 1998 that allowed airplay singles to chart for the first time.
- June 20 – Britney Spears begins her Oops!... I Did It Again World Tour, her first world tour, visiting North America, Europe and Brazil in support her sophomore album, Oops!... I Did It Again. The tour was a commercial success and became the second highest-grossing tour by a solo artist in 2000, only behind Tina Turner's Twenty Four Seven retirement tour.
- June 23–25 – The Experience Music Project, now the Museum of Pop Culture, opens in Seattle.
- June 30 – Nine people are crushed to death during Pearl Jam's set at the Roskilde Festival, in Roskilde, Denmark.
July–August
- July 21–22 – Oasis plays at Wembley Stadium. The first of this night is featured on the double CD and the DVD Familiar to Millions.
- July 26 – A U.S. district judge orders the Napster to halt the trading of copyrighted music among its users, essentially ordering it shut down. A stay on the injunction is granted two days later, allowing the site to continue operating for the time being.[9]
- August 1 – Experimental pop band Animal Collective release their debut album Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished under the name Avey Tare & Panda Bear.[10]
- August 8 – A coalition of 28 U.S. states file a lawsuit against the major record labels, accusing them of keeping the prices of CDs fixed at artificially high prices since 1995.[11]
- August 11 – Madonna gives birth to her second child, son Rocco. Film director Guy Ritchie is the father.
- August 14 – Outside the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, Rage Against the Machine performs a free concert protesting the two-party system. In a chaotic scene after the performance, police forcibly disperse the crowd and several arrests are made.[12]
- August 16 – Rapper Eminem files for divorce from wife Kim Mathers.
- August 20 – Skinny Puppy reunite for a concert at the Doomsday Festival in Dresden, Germany.
- August 22 – Nu Metal band Mudvayne Released their debut studio album L.D. 50 (album)
September
- September 7 – Rage Against the Machine's Tim Commerford is arrested for climbing on the set at MTV's Video Music Awards after his band lost the award for "Best Rock Video" to Limp Bizkit. The director of Rage's "Sleep Now in the Fire" video, Michael Moore, suggests Commerford was probably "just bored" by the show.[13] NSYNC performed their hit single "Bye Bye Bye".
- September 11- Successful British girl group Sugababes release their debut single 'Overload'.
- September 13 – The first Latin Grammy Awards are held.
- September 23 – Isaac Stern celebrates his 80th birthday together with his 40th anniversary as President of Carnegie Hall.
- September 26 – Pearl Jam releases twenty-five live albums, each taken from a different show on their European tour, as the initial part of the Pearl Jam Official Bootlegs series.
October
- October 1 – Midnight Oil perform their single "Beds are Burning" at the closing of the 2000 Summer Olympics dressed in outfits clearly displaying the word "Sorry" in reference to Australian Prime Minister John Howard's refusal to apologise to the Stolen Generation.
- October 2 – Radiohead release their fourth studio album, Kid A. While highly anticipated in the leadup to its release, the album is met with polarized responses from fans and critics as a result of its shift from the densely-layered alternative rock of its 1997 predecessor in favor of electronica-tinged post-rock. However, its reputation would grow more unanimously positive over the years, eventually being regarded by music analysts as one of the greatest albums of all time.
- October 3 – Green Day release their sixth album Warning. Despite positive reviews from critics, it would end up a commercial disappointment compared to their previous efforts.
- October 5
- The Beatles release a hardcover book version of The Beatles Anthology, containing newly published photos and interviews with band members. The book went straight to the top of the New York Times Bestseller List.
- EMI and Warner Music Group withdraw their application to the European Commission for a proposed $20 billion merger due to regulators' concerns. The merger would have concentrated 80% of the European music business into the hands of just four major labels.[14]
- October 18 – Zack de la Rocha leaves Rage Against the Machine saying that the band's decision-making process has completely failed.
- October 24 – Linkin Park release their debut album Hybrid Theory. It has reached diamond certification by the RIAA, with 11 million units as of 2017, making it the best-selling rock album of the 21st century.
- October 31 – Napster and BMG Music announce a partnership that would change the website into a subscription-based service offering legal downloads.[15]
November–December
- November 5 – The fourth Terrastock festival is held in Seattle.
- November 18 – A new musical adaptation of Georg Büchner's Woyzeck by Robert Wilson and Tom Waits opens in Copenhagen.
- November 21 - The Backstreet Boys experience back-to-back sales after the release of their 4th/3rd album Black & Blue
- December 2
- Tripp Eisen formerly of Dope replaces Koichi Fukuda in Static-X.
- The Smashing Pumpkins played what was to be their final concert at the Metro Club in Chicago. The band would reunite in 2005.
- December 22
- Madonna marries film director Guy Ritchie, at Skibo Castle in Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland with Gwyneth Paltrow, Stella McCartney, Sting, George Clooney, Jon Bon Jovi, Celine Dion, Bryan Adams, Rupert Everett and others in attendance.
- The Coen brothers film, O Brother, Where Art Thou? is released, scored by a T-Bone Burnett-produced soundtrack that revives the popularity of traditional American folk music and bluegrass.
- December 31 – Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes marries actress Kate Hudson.
Bands formed
Bands disbanded
- All Saints (reformed in 2006)
- Art of Noise
- Atari Teenage Riot (reformed in 2010)
- B*Witched (reformed 2013)
- Ben Folds Five (reformed in 2011)
- Color Me Badd
- Pezz (legal issue with band name, changed name to Billy Talent)
- Candlebox (reformed in 2006)
- Demonoid
- Drain STH
- Electric Light Orchestra (with new members except for original members, Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy)
- Genesis (would sporadically reunite for reunion tours in 2006 and 2020)
- The Golden Palominos
- Hi-Standard
- Hum
- Jack Off Jill
- June of 44
- Kid Dynamite
- Knapsack
- Lifter Puller
- Luna Sea
- Luscious Jackson
- Make-Up
- The Paradise Motel (reform in 2007)
- Phish (hiatus until 2002, disband in 2004)
- The Posies (reformed in 2004)
- Primus (hiatus until 2004)
- Pure
- Rage Against the Machine (reformed in 2007)
- Sacred Reich (reformed in 2007)
- Screaming Trees
- Seaweed (reformed in 2007)
- Skunk Anansie (reformed 2009)
- The Smashing Pumpkins (reformed in 2006)
- Soul Coughing
- Spice Girls
- Symposium
- Urban Dance Squad
Bands reformed
- The Presidents of the United States of America (after 1998 break)
Albums released
January–March
April–June
July–September
October–December
Release date unknown
- Cherry Kicks – Caesars
- Floodgate – MD Dunn
- Live in Chicago – Kurt Elling
- Marvin at the Movies – Hank Marvin
- Still Standing – Yellowcard
Biggest hit singles
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 2000.
| # | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madonna | Music | 2000 | US | UK 1 – Sep 2000 (23 weeks), US Billboard 1 – Aug 2000 (24 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 1 – Aug 2000 (25 weeks), Sweden 1 – Aug 2000 (10 weeks), Switzerland 1 – Sep 2000 (15 weeks), Norway 1 – Sep 2000 (10 weeks), Canada RPM 1 for 9 weeks – Sep 2000, New Zealand 1 for 1 week – Oct 2000, Australia 1 for 4 weeks – Aug 2000, Europe 1 for 6 weeks – Sep 2000, Spain 1 for 1 week – Oct 2000, Grammy in 2000 (Nominated), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Oct 2000), Holland 4 – Aug 2000 (12 weeks), Poland 4 – Aug 2000 (13 weeks), Germany 4 – Aug 2000 (3 months), France Gold (certified by SNEP in Jul 2001), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 2000), Austria 6 – Sep 2000 (3 weeks), Belgium 6 – Aug 2000 (11 weeks), Italy 7 of 2000, Brazil 8 of 2000, Australia 11 of 2000, US Radio 15 of 2000 (peak 2 17 weeks), ARC 19 of 2000 (peak 1 16 weeks), Switzerland 19 of 2000, Japan (Osaku) 27 of 2000 (peak 3 16 weeks), US BB 33 of 2000, RYM 33 of 2000, POP 33 of 2000, Party 41 of 1999, Scrobulate 87 of pop, Germany 196 of the 2000s (peak 2 8 weeks), UKMIX 533, Acclaimed 674 (2000) |
| 2 | Britney Spears | Oops!... I Did it Again | 2000 | US | UK 1 – May 2000 (14 weeks), Holland 1 – Apr 2000 (13 weeks), Sweden 1 – Apr 2000 (7 weeks), Switzerland 1 – May 2000 (17 weeks), Norway 1 – May 2000 (14 weeks), Canada RPM 1 for 6 weeks – May 2000, New Zealand 1 for 1 week – Jun 2000, Australia 1 for 2 weeks – May 2000, Europe 1 for 6 weeks – May 2000, Spain 1 for 1 week – Aug 2000, US BB 2 of 2000, Germany 2 – May 2000 (3 months), POP 2 of 2000, Japan (Tokyo) 3 – May 2000 (14 weeks), Austria 3 – May 2000 (4 weeks), Belgium 3 – Apr 2000 (15 weeks), France Gold (certified by SNEP in Jul 2001), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 2000), Switzerland 7 of 2000, US Billboard 9 – Apr 2000 (20 weeks), France 10 – May 2000 (1 week), ARC 17 of 2000 (peak 1 17 weeks), US Radio 19 of 2000 (peak 1 14 weeks), Australia 26 of 2000, Italy 34 of 2000, Party 39 of 1999, Brazil 44 of 2000, Germany 154 of the 2000s (peak 2 11 weeks), Acclaimed 2376 (2000) |
| 3 | U2 | Beautiful Day | 2000 | Ireland | UK 1 – Oct 2000 (16 weeks), Holland 1 – Sep 2000 (17 weeks), Norway 1 – Oct 2000 (6 weeks), Poland 1 – Sep 2000 (46 weeks), Republic of Ireland 1 for 3 weeks – Oct 2000, Australia 1 for 1 week – Oct 2000, Europe 1 for 2 weeks – Oct 2000, Spain 1 for 1 week – Nov 2000, Grammy in 2000, Japan (Tokyo) 2 – Sep 2000 (24 weeks), MTV Video of the Year 2001 (Nominated), Sweden 3 – Oct 2000 (5 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in May 2005), Switzerland 6 – Oct 2000 (8 weeks), Belgium 8 – Oct 2000 (6 weeks), Italy 12 of 2000, RYM 13 of 2000, US Billboard 21 – Oct 2000 (25 weeks), Germany 21 – Oct 2000 (1 month), Scrobulate 22 of rock, Austria 23 – Nov 2000 (1 week), ARC 37 of 2001 (peak 4 18 weeks), Australia 46 of 2000, Europe 50 of the 2000s (2000), Party 62 of 2007, US Radio 77 of 2001 (peak 19 3 weeks), Brazil 83 of 2000, Virgin 99, TheQ 225, WXPN 471, Acclaimed 1223 |
| 4 | The Corrs | Breathless | 2000 | Ireland | UK 1 – Dec 2000 (17 weeks), Sweden 1 – Dec 2000 (10 weeks), Austria 1 – Jan 2001 (5 weeks), Switzerland 1 – Dec 2000 (22 weeks), Republic of Ireland 1 for 6 weeks – Dec 2000, Europe 1 for 10 weeks – Dec 2000, Germany 1 for 1 week – Jan 2001, Spain 1 for 1 week – Feb 2001, Holland 2 – Dec 2000 (11 weeks), Germany 2 – Jan 2001 (4 months), MTV Video of the Year 2001 (Nominated), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Dec 2000), France Platinum (certified by SNEP in Feb 2001), Germany Platinum (certified by BMieV in 2001), Switzerland 3 of 2001, Norway 3 – Dec 2000 (13 weeks), Belgium 3 – Dec 2000 (13 weeks), Australia 3 of 2001, RYM 3 of 2000, Japan (Tokyo) 18 – Jan 2001 (11 weeks), Italy 26 of 2001, Poland 30 – Jan 2001 (5 weeks), US Billboard 51 – Nov 2000 (15 weeks), Scrobulate 53 of hip-hop, Germany 69 of the 2000s (peak 1 12 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 127 of the 2000s (peak 3, 26 weeks, 398k sales estimated, 2000), Rolling Stone 290, Acclaimed 323 (2000), UKMIX 787 |
| 5 | Bon Jovi | It's My Life | 2000 | US | Japan (Tokyo) 1 – Apr 2000 (24 weeks), Holland 1 – May 2000 (14 weeks), Sweden 1 – May 2000 (6 weeks), Switzerland 1 – May 2000 (23 weeks), Poland 1 – Apr 2000 (27 weeks), Belgium 1 – May 2000 (17 weeks), Europe 1 for 4 weeks – Jun 2000, Spain 1 for 1 week – Jul 2000, Japan (Osaku) 2 of 2000 (peak 1 29 weeks), Austria 2 – May 2000 (7 weeks), Germany 2 – May 2000 (4 months), Germany Platinum (certified by BMieV in 2000), UK 3 – Jun 2000 (13 weeks), France 3 – Apr 2000 (2 weeks), Switzerland 3 of 2000, Norway 3 – May 2000 (16 weeks), Italy 3 of 2000, POP 8 of 2001, US BB 11 of 2001, Australia 19 of 2000, Germany 27 of the 2000s (peak 2 16 weeks), US Billboard 33 – Aug 2000 (20 weeks), US Radio 67 of 2000 (peak 14 6 weeks), Party 124 of 1999, RYM 144 of 1999 |
Popular songs
- "17 Again" – Eurythmics (January 2000)
- "7 Days" – Craig David
- "Aaron's Party (Come Get It)" – Aaron Carter
- "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" – Nine Days
- "Adam's Song" – Blink-182 (September 5)
- "Again" – Lenny Kravitz (November 14)
- "Against All Odds" – Westlife and Mariah Carey (UK)
- "All the Small Things" – Blink-182 (January 18)
- "American Pie" – Madonna (March 3)
- "A Mil Por Hora" – Lynda Thomas
- "A Puro Dolor" – Son by Four
- "Around the World (La La La La La)" – ATC (May 9)
- "Babylon" – David Gray
- "Back Here" – BBMak
- "Bang Bang Boom" – The Moffatts
- "Bayern" – Die Toten Hosen
- "BEP Empire" – The Black Eyed Peas
- "Be With You" – Enrique Iglesias (March 7)
- "Beautiful Day" – U2 (October 9)
- "Bent" – Matchbox Twenty (July 4 [US])
- "Bohemian Like You" – The Dandy Warhols
- "Boyz-N-The-Hood" – Dynamite Hack
- "Breakout" – Foo Fighters
- "Breathe" – Faith Hill
- "Breathless" – The Corrs (June 14)
- "Bye Bye Bye" – NSYNC (January 11)
- "Californication" – Red Hot Chili Peppers (May 20)
- "The Call" – Backstreet Boys
- "Can I Get A" – Jay-Z Featuring Ja Rule
- "Can't Fight the Moonlight" – LeAnn Rimes (August 22)
- "Case of the Ex" – Mýa (November 14)
- "Castles in the Sky" – Ian van Dahl (May 2000 [Europe], 2001 [worldwide])
- "Change (In the House of Flies)" – Deftones
- "Come On Over (All I Want Is You)" – Christina Aguilera
- "Coming Around" – Travis (June 5)
- "Crazy for This Girl" – Evan and Jaron
- "Dancing in the Moonlight" – Toploader
- "Day & Night" – Billie Piper (May 15)
- "Death Blooms" – Mudvayne
- "Dig" – Mudvayne
- "Doesn't Really Matter" - Janet Jackson
- "Do You Want My Love" - Coco Lee
- "Don't Give Up" – Chicane ft. Bryan Adams
- "Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know" – Britney Spears (January 15)
- "Don't Say You Love Me" – M2M (January 2000)
- "Don't Think I'm Not" - Kandi Burruss
- "Down With The Sickness" – Disturbed
- "Drive" – Incubus
- "Everything You Want" – Vertical Horizon
- "Faded" – SoulDecision
- "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" – Queens of the Stone Age
- "Feel the Beat" – Darude
- "Fly on the Wings of Love" – Olsen Brothers
- "Fool Again" – Westlife
- "Forgot About Dre" – Dr. Dre featuring Eminem
- "Freestyler" – Bomfunk MC's (October 1999 [Finland], February 14, 2000 [worldwide])
- "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" – Britney Spears (February 1 [US] – February 22 [Aus])
- "Graduation (Friends Forever)" – Vitamin C (July 4)
- "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" – Spiller Feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor (August 2000 (UK))
- "The Great Beyond" – R.E.M. (November 1999 (US), January 24, 2000 (UK))
- "He Wasn't Man Enough" – Toni Braxton
- "Higher" – Creed
- "Hit or Miss" – New Found Glory
- "I Disappear" – Metallica
- "I Think I'm in Love with You" – Jessica Simpson (May 18)
- "I Try" – Macy Gray (September 27, 1999 (UK), January 25, 2000 (US))
- "I Turn To You" – Melanie C
- "I Turn To You" – Christina Aguilera
- "I Wanna Be with You" – Mandy Moore
- "If You're Gone" – Matchbox Twenty
- "Incomplete" – Sisqó (June 13)
- "Independent Women Part I" – Destiny's Child (September 4)
- "It Wasn't Me" – Shaggy feat. Rikrok
- "It Feels So Good" – Sonique ( re-released May 2000)
- "It's Gonna Be Me" – NSYNC
- "It's My Life" – Bon Jovi (May 23)
- "It's So Hard" – Big Pun (April 17)
- "Kids" – Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue (October 9)
- "Komodo (Save a Soul)" – Mauro Picotto
- "Kryptonite" – 3 Doors Down (January 11)
- "L'amour toujours " – Gigi D'Agostino (July 2000)
- "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)" – Modjo
- "Last Resort" – Papa Roach (September 18)
- "Leader of Men" – Nickelback (March 4)
- "Let's Get Loud" - Jennifer Lopez
- "Life Is a Rollercoaster" – Ronan Keating (July 10)
- "Little Things" – Good Charlotte
- "Loser" – 3 Doors Down
- "The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret" – Queens of the Stone Age
- "Lucky" – Britney Spears (August 4 (UK), August 15 (US))
- "Make Me Bad" – KoЯn
- "Makes No Difference" – Sum 41
- "Mama Told Me Not to Come" – Tom Jones and the Stereophonics
- "Man Overboard" – Blink-182
- "Maria Maria" – Santana (January 25)
- "Minority" – Green Day (October 31)
- "Moi... Lolita" – Alizée (July 4, 2000)
- "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" – Eels (February 14 (UK))
- "Music" – Madonna (August 21)
- "My Generation" – Limp Bizkit (September 2000)
- "My Love" – Westlife
- "Never Be The Same Again" – Melanie C
- "Never Let You Go" – Third Eye Blind
- "The Next Episode" – Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg
- "On a Night Like This" – Kylie Minogue
- "The One" – Backstreet Boys (May 16) (Millennium album)
- "One More Time" – Daft Punk (November 30)
- "One Step Closer" – Linkin Park
- "Only Time" – Enya
- "Oops!... I Did It Again" – Britney Spears (April 25 [US], May 1 [UK])
- "Original Prankster" – The Offspring (October 24)
- "Otherside" – Red Hot Chili Peppers (January 11)
- "Pinch Me" – Bare Naked Ladies (August 29)
- "Please Stay" – Kylie Minogue (December 11)
- "Private Emotion" – Ricky Martin featuring Meja
- "Pure Shores" – All Saints (February 26)
- "Reach" – S Club 7
- "The Real Slim Shady" – Eminem (May 16)
- "Responsibility" – MxPx
- "Rise" – Gabrielle (January 24(UK) May 2(U.S.))
- "Rock DJ" – Robbie Williams (July 31)
- "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" – Limp Bizkit (September 2000)
- "Say My Name" – Destiny's Child (February 29 [US], May 16 [UK])
- "Save Me" - Hanson (July 15)
- "Sex Bomb" – Tom Jones featuring Mousse T.
- "Shape of My Heart" – Backstreet Boys (October 31)
- "Shine" – Vanessa Amorosi (June 2000)
- "Shiver" – Coldplay
- "Show Me The Meaning of Being Lonely" – Backstreet Boys (Millennium album)
- "So Real (Mandy Moore song)" - Mandy Moore
- "Something Deep Inside" – Billie Piper (September 18)
- "Spinning Around" – Kylie Minogue (June 2000)
- "Stan" – Eminem featuring Dido (December)
- "Stronger" – Britney Spears (November 13 [EUR] December 4 [UK], November 30 [US])
- "Summer Jam" – The Underdog Project
- "Sunburn" – Muse
- "Take a Look Around" – Limp Bizkit
- "Teenage Dirtbag" – Wheatus
- "Thank God I Found You" – Mariah Carey featuring Joe and 98 Degrees (January 25 (U.S.), February 28(UK))
- "Thank You for Loving Me" – Bon Jovi (December)
- "There She Goes" – Sixpence None the Richer
- "The Time Is Now" – Moloko
- "Thong Song" – Sisqó (February 15)
- "Trouble" – Coldplay
- "Try Again" – Aaliyah (February 29)
- "Unintended" – Muse
- "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" – D'Angelo (January 1)
- "Wait and Bleed" – Slipknot (February)
- ” Walking Away” - Craig David
- "Warning" – Green Day (December 11)
- "The Way I Am" – Eminem
- "Weekends" – The Black Eyed Peas
- "What's Your Fantasy" – Ludacris featuring Shawnna
- "Who Let the Dogs Out?" – Baha Men (July)
- "With Arms Wide Open" – Creed
- "Wonderful" – Everclear
- "Yellow" – Coldplay (June 26)
- ”You Make Me Sick” -Pink
- "You're No Rock n' Roll Fun" – Sleater-Kinney
Best selling albums of the year in the United States (Soundscan)
According to Soundscan, the best selling album of 2000 was No Strings Attached by NSYNC, selling nearly 10 million copies.[17][18]
| Rank | Album | Artist | Sales (in millions) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No Strings Attached | NSYNC | 9.9 |
| 2 | The Marshall Mathers LP | Eminem | 7.9 |
| 3 | Oops!... I Did It Again | Britney Spears | 7.8 |
| 4 | Human Clay | Creed | 6.6 |
| 5 | Supernatural | Santana | 5.9 |
| 6 | 1 | The Beatles | 5.1 |
| 7 | Country Grammar | Nelly | 5.1 |
| 8 | Black & Blue | Backstreet Boys | 4.2 |
| 9 | 2001 | Dr. Dre | 3.9 |
| 10 | The Writing's on the Wall | Destiny's Child | 3.8 |
Classical music
- Thomas Adès – Piano Quintet, op. 20
- John Coolidge Adams – El Niño (opera-oratorio)
- John Luther Adams – The Light That Fills the World, for orchestra
- Julian Anderson – Alhambra Suite, for chamber orchestra
- Milton Babbitt
- Little Goes a Long Way, for violin and piano
- Pantuns, for soprano and piano
- Leonardo Balada – Music for Flute and Orchestra
- Chen Yi – KC Capriccio, for wind ensemble and mixed choir
- Edward Cowie
- Bad Lands Gold, for tuba and piano
- Concerto for oboe and orchestra
- Dark Matter, for brass ensemble
- Elysium IV, for orchestra
- Four Frames in a Row, for high voice and baroque ensemble
- The Healing of Saul, for violin and harp (or piano)
- Several Charms, for violin and piano
- Peter Maxwell Davies – Symphony No. 7
- Péter Eötvös – Paris–Dakar, for ensemble
- Lorenzo Ferrero
- Glamorama Spies, for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano
- Rastrelli in Saint Petersburg, for oboe and string orchestra
- Tempi di quartetto, for string quartet
- Stefano Gervasoni – Rigirio
- Frans Geysen
- Alles heeft zijn tijd 1, for orchestra
- Alles heeft zijn tijd 2, for string quartet
- Alles heeft zijn tijd 3, for string quartet
- Alles heeft zijn tijd 4, for keyboard instrument
- Alles heeft zijn tijd 5, for keyboard instrument
- Alles heeft zijn tijd 6, for string quartet
- Alles heeft zijn tijd 7, for four-part mixed choir (or string quartet, or trumpet, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon)
- Alles heeft zijn tijd 8, for keyboard instrument
- Alles heeft zijn tijd 9, for 4 trumpets
- Alles komt terug 2, for three-part choir
- Alles komt terug 3, for SSATB choir
- Alles komt terug 4, for carillon
- Alles komt terug 5, for keyboard instrument
- Benadering van de kern, for keyboard instrument
- Muziek voor toetsenbord 2, for piano
- Toetsing, for keyboard instrument
- Philip Glass
- Tirol Concerto, for piano and orchestra
- Concerto Fantasy, for two timpanists and orchestra
- Alexander Goehr
- Piano Quintet, op. 69
- Suite, for two pianos, op. 70
- Friedrich Goldmann –
- Augenblick für Stimme, for mezzo-soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, trombone, percussion, electric guitar, keyboard, viola and cello
- Etudes (3) for piano
- Quartet, for oboe, violin, viola, and cello
- 7 x 10 Takte für Dieter Schnebel, for flute and clarinet
- Ilja Hurník
- Con brio, for orchestra
- Symphony in C
- Karl Jenkins – Adiemus IV: The Eternal Knot
- Nigel Keay – Viola Concerto ([1])
- Wojciech Kilar –
- Introitus for organ
- Missa pro pace, for solo voices, choir and orchestra or instrumental ensemble
- The Oscar fanfare
- Meyer Kupferman – Icon Symphony
- Mario Lavista
- Estudio, for four marimbas
- Mater dolorosa, for organ
- Tres Miniaturas, for guitar,
- György Ligeti – Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedűvel
- Magnus Lindberg
- Corrente – China Version
- Jubilees, for piano
- Gran Duo, for wind orchestra
- James MacMillan
- Mass, for choir and organ
- Cello Sonata No. 2
- Northern Skies, for cello and piano
- For Ian, for solo piano
- Parthenogenesis, Scena for soprano, baritone, actress and chamber ensemble
- Nunc Dimittis, for S.A.T.B. choir and organ
- Mesías Maiguashca – El Tiempo, for 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 cellos, 2 percussionists, and electronics
- Tomás Marco – América (cantata)
- Donald Martino – Romanza, for violin solo
- Robert Morris
- In Concert, for ten instruments
- Still, for piano
- Bayan Northcott – Alma Redemptoris Mater, for three tenors, op. 7, no. 2
- Gérard Pape – Tantric Transformations, eight-channel electronic music and digital video
- Henri Pousseur
- Anneaux du soleil, for piano
- Navigations, for harp
- Seize Paysages planétaires, ethno-electroacoustical music
- Wolfgang Rihm
- Auf einem anderen Blatt, for piano
- Concerto (Dithyrambe), for string quartet and orchestra
- Deus passus (Passions-Stücke nach Lukas), for soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, mixed chorus, and orchestra
- ... fleuve V (omnia tempus habent), for mezzo-soprano, baritone, distant ensemble (2 trumpets, 3 percussion), and large orchestra
- Frage, for coloratura soprano, English horn, A-clarinet (+ bass clarinet), harp, viola, cello, double bass, piano, and percussion
- Im Anfang, for large orchestra
- In Frage, for English horn, bass clarinet, harp, viola, cello, double bass, piano, and percussion
- Rilke: Vier Gedichte, for tenor and piano
- Stilles Stück (text by Hermann Lenz), for baritone and 2 string quartets
- Vers une symphonie fleuve IV, for large orchestra
- Vier Male (Stücke), for A-clarinet
- Peter Ruzicka – Traces, for clarinet and orchestra
- Peter Sculthorpe
- Djilile, for string quartet
- From the River, for violin, viola, cello, double bass, and piano
- Harbour Dreaming, for piano (originally titled Between Five Bells)
- New Norcia, for brass and percussion
- Parting, for viola and piano
- Quamby, for chamber orchestra
- Reef Singing, for clarinet and piano
- Saibai, for unison voices and drums
- Song for a Penny, for solo piano (shorter and longer versions)
- Tailitnama Song, for viola and piano, or viola solo
- Three Shakespeare Songs, for voice and piano (Text: William Shakespeare)
- Roger Smalley – String Quartet No. 2
- Juan María Solare
- Blockartig, for three recorders (TTB)
- Constelación (Nueva Suite Modal) [Constellation (New Modal Suite)], five pieces for flute and clarinet
- de capa caída, tango for two pianos
- Utopía caminante [Walking Utopia], for trombone and cello
- Viejo Fueye Deconstruido [Old, deconstructed bag (bellows)], postmodern tango for tenor saxophone, bandoneon, double bass, and piano
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
- John Tavener – Song of the Cosmos
- Eric Whitacre – October
- Charles Wuorinen
- String Quartet No. 4
- Cyclops 2000, for twenty players
- Antón García Abril
- El Mar de las Calmas, for orchestra
- Concierto de las Tierras Altas, cello concerto
- Castilla de la Luz, for voice and piano
Opera
- Michael Abels – Homies and Popz
- John Coolidge Adams – El Niño (opera-oratorio)
- Peter Maxwell Davies – Mr Emmet Takes a Walk
- Carlisle Floyd – Cold Sassy Tree
- Cristóbal Halffter – Don Quijote
- Jake Heggie – Dead Man Walking
- Michael Nyman – Facing Goya
- Kaija Saariaho – L'Amour de loin
- Richard Thomas – Tourette's Diva
Jazz
Musical theater
- Aida – Broadway production opened at the Palace Theatre and ran for 1852 performances
- The Dead – Broadway production opened at the Belasco Theatre and ran for 120 performances
- The Full Monty – Broadway production opened at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre and ran for 770 performances
- Jane Eyre – Broadway production opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre and ran for 209 performances
- The Music Man (Meredith Willson) – Broadway revival
- Seussical – Broadway production opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre and ran for 198 performances
- The Sapphire Necklace – Midway Village premiere
Musical film
- Almost Famous
- Dancer in the Dark (Danser i mørket), starring Björk[19]
- Darling Darling
- Escaflowne, with music by Yoko Kanno, Hajime Mizoguchi and Inon Zur
- The Filth and the Fury
- Help! I'm a Fish, with music by Søren Hyldgaard[20]
- Kandukondain Kandukondain[21]
- Nuvvu Vastavani
- Songcatcher
- The Road to El Dorado (animation)
- The Tigger Movie released February 10
- The Fantasticks released September 22, starring Joel Grey[22]
- Thenkasipattanam
- Turn It Up
Births
- January 1 - Ice Spice, American rapper
- January 5
- Big Baby Tape, Russian rapper, songwriter and record producer
- Roxen, Romanian singer[23]
- January 6 – Shuhua, Taiwanese singer ((G)I-DLE)
- January 8 – Noah Cyrus, American singer, songwriter, actress, activist (sister of Miley Cyrus and Trace Cyrus, and daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus)
- January 9
- January 10 - Reneé Rapp, American singer-songwriter and actress
- January 18 – Rei(c)hi, Japanese rapper
- January 20 – Mike Singer, German singer-songwriter
- January 27 – Bailey Zimmerman, American singer
- January 30
- Benee, New Zealand singer-songwriter, musician, and activist
- Daniela Villarreal, Mexican guitarist, singer, songwriter
- February 9 – Mads Christian, Danish singer
- February 10 – Jonathan Mergui, Israeli singer, songwriter and dancer
- February 12 – María Becerra, Argentine singer
- February 14 – Andrea Koevska, Macedonian singer
- February 16 – Koffee, Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter, rapper, DJ and guitarist
- February 19 – Giorgos Kakosaios, Greek singer
- February 26 – Yeat, American rapper
- February 27
- Tsuyoshi Furukawa, Japanese singer and actor (SUPER★DRAGON)
- Dasha (singer), American singer-songwriter and musician
- February 28
- Kyohei Takahashi, Japanese singer and actor (Naniwa Danshi)
- Kaya Stewart, English-American singer and songwriter
- March 5 – Gabby Barrett, American singer
- March 10
- ChriseanRock, American rapper
- Roko Blažević, Croatian singer
- March 15 – Kristian Kostov, Russian/Bulgarian singer-songwriter[citation needed]
- March 20 – Hyunjin, South Korean singer and dancer (Stray Kids)
- March 23 – Renjun, Chinese singer (NCT)
- March 25 – Omer Fedi, Israeli guitarist, songwriter and producer (24kGoldn, Machine Gun Kelly, Iann Dior)
- March 27 – Halle Bailey, American singer-songwriter, actress and member of duo Chloe x Halle
- March 28 – Aleyna Tilki, Turkish singer[citation needed]
- March 29 – Jireel, Swedish rapper
- March 30
- Marius Yo, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (Sexy Zone)
- Uncle Waffles, Swazi-born DJ and record producer
- April 3 – Koba LaD, French rapper
- April 7 – Big Scarr, American rapper (d. 2022)
- April 8 – Don Xhoni, Kosovo-Albanian rapper
- April 9 – Jackie Evancho, American classical crossover singer
- April 10 – Surf Mesa, American electronic musician
- April 11
- Karina, South Korean singer and dancer (aespa)
- Ken Carson, American rapper, singer and record producer
- April 12
- Manuel Turizo, Colombian singer
- Teya, Austrian singer
- April 13 – Khea, Argentine trap singer
- April 20 – Klara Hammarström, Swedish singer
- April 23
- April 26 – Unique Salonga, Filipino musician and singer-songwriter
- April 27 – Be'O, South Korean rapper
- April 28 – Victoria De Angelis, Italian bassist (Måneskin)
- May 1
- May 7 – Eden Alene, Israeli singer
- May 13 - Antonio Cipriano, American actor and singer
- May 18 – Carlie Hanson, American musician and YouTuber
- May 20
- Rosa Linn, Armenian singer-songwriter
- Rusherking, Argentine rapper
- May 26 – Yeji, South Korean singer and dancer (ITZY)
- May 28 – Maisie Peters, English "Emo Girl Pop" singer-songwriter, musician, and YouTuber
- June 2 – MC Jottapê, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor
- June 3 – beabadoobee, Filipino-English indie singer-songwriter
- June 6
- June 8 – Charlotte Lawrence, American singer-songwriter, model
- June 13 – Hotboii, American rapper and songwriter
- June 15
- Ouyang Nana, Taiwanese actress, singer and musician
- Jérémie Makiese, Belgian singer
- June 16 – Tay-K, American rapper and songwriter
- June 29 – Digga D, English rapper songwriter
- July 5 – Faouzia, Moroccan-Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
- July 7 – HAON, South Korean rapper
- July 9 – mxmtoon, Chinese-American singer songwriter, musician and YouTuber
- July 14
- Mata, Polish rapper and songwriter
- Maia Reficco, American singer and actress
- July 18 – Sarah Kinsley, American singer
- July 21 – Lia, South Korean singer (ITZY)
- July 23 - Mimi Webb, British singer songwriter
- July 28
- Mero, German rapper and songwriter
- Audrey Mika, American singer and songwriter.
- July 29 - Kaliii, American rapper
- August 1
- Lil Loaded, American rapper (d. 2021)
- Kim Chaewon, South Korean singer (Le Sserafim)
- August 3 – Ron Suno, American rapper and songwriter
- August 9 – Arlo Parks, English singer-songwriter and poet
- August 13 – Jaemin, South Korean singer (NCT)
- August 17 – Lil Pump, American rapper, record producer, and songwriter
- August 25
- Vincenzo Cantiello, Italian singer[24]
- Nicki Nicole - Argentine singer
- Nick Mira, American record producer and songwriter (Juice Wrld, Lil Uzi Vert, XXXTentacion)
- August 26 – ZK, Danish rapper
- September 12 – Laine Hardy, American singer
- September 14 – Han Jisung, South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer (Stray Kids)
- September 15 – Fêlix, Australian-Korean rapper (Stray Kids)
- September 22
- Kankan, American rapper
- Seungmin, South Korean singer (Stray Kids)
- September 24 – Marco Ip, Hong Kong singer (P1X3L)
- September 25 – Ikura, American-Japanese singer (Yoasobi)
- October 2 – Quadeca, American rapper
- October 4 – Lunay, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
- October 6 – David Kushner, American singer
- October 8 – Ethan Torchio, Italian drummer and composer (Måneskin)
- October 10 – Yangyang, Taiwanese singer (NCT, WayV)
- October 13 – Lydia Night, American singer and rhythm guitarist, member of pop rock band The Regrettes
- October 21
- Imanbek, Kazakh DJ and record producer
- Popp Hunna, American rapper
- October 22
- Baby Keem, American rapper, songwriter, and record producer (Black Panther (soundtrack), The Lion King: The Gift)
- Weiland, American rapper, singer, music producer, and songwriter
- October 23 – Hanna Ferm, Swedish singer
- October 27 – Claudia Emmanuela Santoso, Indonesian singer
- October 28 – Aydan Calafiore, Australian singer
- October 30
- Giselle, Japanese singer-songwriter and rapper (aespa)
- TuralTuranX, Azerbaijani brothers duo
- October 31 – Willow Smith, American singer-songwriter, rapper, activist, actress and dancer (daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, sister of Jaden Smith)
- November 2 – Junna, Japanese singer
- November 8
- Jasmine Thompson, English singer
- Roy Wang, Chinese singer-songwriter, television host and actor
- S10, Dutch singer, rapper and songwriter
- November 13 – 24kGoldn, American rapper and songwriter
- November 21 - Crayon, Nigerian singer
- November 22
- Baby Ariel, American singer, actress and social media personality
- Ansonbean, Hong Kong singer and actor
- November 25 - Shotaro, Japanese singer and dancer (Riize)
- November 26 - Tali Golergant, Israeli-born Luxembourgish singer, songwriter, actress and vocal coach
- November 28 - Jackson Yee, Chinese actor and singer
- December 3 – Iru Khechanovi, Georgian singer
- December 5 – Soobin, South Korean singer (TXT)
- December 7 – Niko B, English rapper and musician
- December 12 – B-Lovee, American rapper
- December 22
- Joshua Bassett, American singer and actor
- Sematary, American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer[citation needed]
- December 24 – Ethan Bortnick, American pianist, singer-songwriter, record producer and musician
- December 26 – Isac Elliot, Finland-Swedish singer, songwriter and dancer
- December 28
- Larissa Manoela, Brazilian actress, singer and songwriter
- Lee Mujin, South Korean folk Singer
- December 29 – Eliot Vassamillet, Belgian singer
- unknown - Penelope Scott, American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer
Deaths
- January 2 – Nat Adderley (68), jazz cornet and trumpet player[25]
- January 16 – Gene Harris (67), jazz pianist
- January 19
- Irra Petina (91), operatic contralto
- Josh Clayton-Felt (32), singer-songwriter (choriocarcinoma)
- January 22 – Carlo Cossutta (67), operatic tenor
- February 3 – Alla Rakha (80), tabla player
- February 4 – Doris Coley (58), vocalist (the Shirelles)
- February 7
- Big Punisher (28), rapper (heart attack)
- Dave Peverett (56) (Foghat)
- February 11 – Lord Kitchener (77), calypsonian
- February 12
- Screamin' Jay Hawkins (70), U.S. vocal artist[26]
- Andy Lewis (33), Australian bass player (The Whitlams) (b. 1967)
- Oliver (54), U.S. singer (b. 1945)
- February 19 – Marin Goleminov (91), violinist and composer
- February 23 – Ofra Haza (42), singer[27]
- February 29 – Dennis Danell (38), guitarist (Social Distortion) (brain aneurysm)
- March 4 – Walter Dana (97), polka-music promoter
- March 5 – Alexander Young (79), operatic tenor
- March 7 – Pee Wee King (86), country musician and songwriter (heart attack)
- March 20 – Gene "Eugene" Andrusco (38), actor and singer (brain aneurysm)
- March 27 – Ian Dury (57), English rock musician (liver cancer)[28]
- April 25 – Niels Viggo Bentzon (80), Danish composer
- April 27 – Vicki Sue Robinson (45), US disco singer (cancer)
- May 2 – Sundar Popo (56), Indo-Trinidadian chutney musician (heart and kidney ailment relating to diabetes)
- May 13 – Cesare Valletti (77), operatic tenor
- May 20 – Jean-Pierre Rampal (78), flautist
- May 31 – Johnnie Taylor (66), singer
- June 1 – Tito Puente (77), Afro-Cuban jazz and salsa musician
- June 7 – James Moore (44), gospel singer
- June 14 – Paul Griffin (62), pianist
- June 21 – Alan Hovhaness (89), American composer[29]
- June 25 – Wilson Simonal (62), Brazilian singer
- July 5 – Lord Woodbine (Harold Adolphus Phillips) (71), calypsonian
- July 6
- Ľudovít Rajter (93), Slovak composer and conductor
- Władysław "Władek" Szpilman (88), Jewish-Polish pianist who survived the Holocaust
- July 11 – Jaroslav Filip (51), Slovak musician, actor
- July 15 – Paul Young (53), English singer and percussionist of Sad Café and Mike + The Mechanics (heart attack)
- July 24 – Oscar Shumsky (83), violinist
- July 28 – Jerome Smith (KC and the Sunshine Band)
- August 2 - Edward A. Baird (67), operatic bass and voice teacher
- August 10 – Suzanne Danco (89), operatic soprano
- August 13 – Nazia Hassan (34), iconic Pakistani singer (lung cancer)
- August 25
- Jack Nitzsche (63), arranger, producer, songwriter and composer
- Allen Woody (44), bass guitarist
- September 12 – Stanley Turrentine (66), jazz saxophonist
- September 21 – Bengt Hambraeus (72), composer for organ
- September 25 – Tommy Reilly (81), harmonica virtuoso
- September 26 – Carl Sigman (91), songwriter
- October 1
- Robert Allen (73), American pianist and composer (b. 1928)
- Cub Koda (51), singer, guitarist and songwriter (Brownsville Station)
- October 3 – Benjamin Orr (53), bassist, vocalist of The Cars
- October 17 – Joachim Nielsen (36), Norwegian rock singer in Jokke & Valentinerne
- October 18 – Julie London (74), US singer and actress
- October 21 – Frankie Crocker, radio DJ
- October 27 – Winston Grennan (56), Jamaican drummer
- October 28 – Carlos Guastavino (78), composer
- October 30 – Steve Allen (78), comedian, composer, talk show host, author
- November 8
- Brian Boydell (83), Irish composer
- Dick Morrissey (60), UK tenor saxophonist (cancer)
- November 12 – Stanley Turrentine (64), US tenor saxophonist (stroke)
- November 16
- November 30 – Scott Smith (45), bassist (Loverboy) (lost at sea)
- December 17 – Harold Rhodes (89), inventor of Rhodes piano
- December 18 – Kirsty McColl (41), English singer songwriter (speedboat accident)
- December 19
- Rob Buck (42), guitarist (10,000 Maniacs) (liver disease)
- Milt Hinton (90), jazz double bassist
- Pops Staples (85), gospel and R & B musician
- December 24 – Nick Massi (65), bass singer in The Four Seasons
- December 26 - Piotr Łuszcz (22), Polish rapper in Kaliber 44 and Paktofonika (suicide)
Awards
- The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Eric Clapton, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Moonglows, Bonnie Raitt and James Taylor
- Inductees of the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame include Shirley Caesar, and The Oak Ridge Boys
Grammy Awards
Country Music Association Awards
Eurovision Song Contest
Mercury Music Prize
MTV Video Music Awards
Charts
Triple J Hottest 100
See also
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