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Overview of the events of 2001 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2001.
3.2 billion units were sold with a value of US$33.7 billion. DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD first rose to prominence in 2001, with approximately 600 titles available in these formats.[ 1] Portable music grew in popularity after Apple Inc. released the iTunes media library on January 9[ 2] and the first iPod music player device on October 23.[ 3] Worldwide, the best-selling albums were Hybrid Theory (2000) by Linkin Park , No Angel (1999) by Dido , and Survivor (2001) by Destiny's Child .[ 4] The best-selling non-English album was Cieli di Toscana (transl. Tuscan Skies ; 2001) by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli , which topped the charts in the Netherlands and Sweden[ 5] and was the 23rd best-selling album globally.[ 4]
February 1
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 considered a breakthrough for Canadian hip hop and R&B musicians.
Jennifer Lopez becomes first female artist to have both a number one album (J.Lo ) and a number one movie (The Wedding Planner ) in the same week.
February 6 – Don Felder is fired from the Eagles . Felder sues the band for wrongful termination, and is countersued by Don Henley and Glenn Frey for breach of contract. The suits are settled out of court.
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 is in attendance.
February 18 – James Taylor weds for the third time, marrying Caroline "Kim" Smedvig, director of public relations and marketing for the Boston Symphony Orchestra .
February 21 – The 43rd Annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles , hosted by Jon Stewart . Several artists win three awards each: Steely Dan (who win Album of the Year for Two Against Nature ), U2 (who win both Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Beautiful Day "), Dr. Dre , Eminem and Faith Hill . Shelby Lynne wins Best New Artist .
February 28 – Courtney Love sues to get out of her contract with Vivendi Universal , on the grounds that music industry contracts are unfairly long compared to those in other industries.[ 6]
March 1 – Collin Raye is awarded the Artist Humanitarian Award from Country Radio Broadcasters . The award was given in recognition of Raye's work on behalf of a number of different charitable organizations including Childhelp USA , USA Weekend's Make A Difference Day and the Native American organization Hecel Oyakapi.
March 8 – Melanie C announces she does not intend to do any more work with the Spice Girls . Although the group denies it is splitting, it would not be active again until 2007.[ 7]
March 9
Janet Jackson 's single "All for You " becomes the first song to be added to every station in three mainstream radio formats within its first week of release.[ 8] It was also the highest debut for a single not commercially available in both the United States and France.[ 9]
Eric Singer replaces Peter Criss as the drummer for Kiss as the band continues its farewell tour in Yokohama, Japan. Singer dons the "Catman" make-up, ending the band's tradition of creating new make-up and personas for replacement members.
March 13 – Janet Jackson is honored as the first ever MTV Icon . The televised tribute became the highest rated show of the night.
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 16 – Sean "Puffy" Combs is acquitted on all charges stemming from a December 1999 nightclub shooting in Manhattan. However, an artist on his Bad Boy Records label, Shyne , is convicted of two counts of assault as well as reckless endangerment and gun possession.[ 10]
March 20 – Toadies release Hell Below/Stars Above , the band's first album in nearly seven years. The band announces irts break-up five months later.[ 11]
March 24 – John Connolly of Sevendust marries Lori Kirkley.
March 26
Gorillaz release their first studio album Gorillaz . The album reached number three in the UK, and was an unexpected hit in the US, hitting number 14 and selling over seven million copies worldwide by 2007. It earned the group an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records as the Most Successful Virtual Band.
Aerosmith release their thirteenth studio album, Just Push Play , charting at No. 2 in the US Billboard 200.
March 28
March 31 – Couple Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown were thrown out and banned for life from Hollywood's Bel Air Hotel and arrested and jailed 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 2 – The Bee Gees release their twenty-second and final studio album This Is Where I Came In .
April 3 – Mariah Carey signs a blockbuster contract with Virgin Records , worth $80 million for four albums.
April 4 – Original Zombies lead singer Colin Blunstone and keyboardist Rod Argent reunite for a two-part performance at London's Jazz Cafe, the first time the two had performed together in over 30 years.
April 14 – Janet Jackson 's "All for You " reaches number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and remains atop the chart for seven consecutive weeks. It becomes the longest reigning hit of the year.
April 15 – The Dutch DJ Tiësto releases his first solo album, In My Memory , on Black Hole Recordings .
April 21 – The first Top Chinese Music Awards ceremony is held.
April 24 – Janet Jackson releases her seventh studio album, All for You . It becomes her fifth consecutive album to open at number one, with sales exceeding 600,000 copies. It receives three Grammy Award nominations, winning for Best Dance Recording .
April 28 – The second Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival takes place in California as a single-day event. Headlined by Jane's Addiction , the lineup also features Weezer , The Roots , Gang Starr , Iggy Pop , The Orb , The Dandy Warhols and Mos Def .
May 1
Huey Lewis and the News makes a comeback with their album Plan B , their first album of new material in a decade.
The 4th EJCF is held in Basel . The next time was in 2004.
May 12 – Joey Fatone of 'N Sync injures his leg in a trap door during rehearsals for the new tour.
May 15
May 22 – Mötley Crüe publishes their collective autobiography The Dirt .
June 1 – Christina Aguilera scores her fourth number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 for "Lady Marmalade " a collaboration with Lil' Kim , Mýa , and Pink . The video wins the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year.
June 5
June 9 – Madonna kicks off her first concert tour in 8 years, the Drowned World Tour , in Barcelona , Spain.
June 12
June 15 – Bad Religion drummer Bobby Schayer , who had been with the band since 1991, is forced to give up music after experiencing a "most unfortunate career-ending injury". This leads to his leaving Bad Religion for good; he is replaced by current drummer Brooks Wackerman . By this time, Bad Religion were dropped from Atlantic Records and had returned to their original label Epitaph , and founding guitarist Brett Gurewitz had just rejoined the band after a 7-year hiatus.
June 16 – The Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM 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 .
June 24 – Jazz pianist John Hicks marries flautist Elise Wood.[ 13]
September 4 – The second studio album from American band System of a Down , Toxicity , is released worldwide. After the 9/11 attacks, the single "Chop Suey! " is put on the list of songs deemed inappropriate by Clear Channel .
September 5 – A performance of John Cage 's As Slow as Possible on a specially-built organ in Sankt-Burchardi-Church in Halberstadt , Germany, scheduled to last until the year 2640 begins with an 18-month pause.
September 6 – At the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards , Britney Spears performs her new single I'm a Slave 4 U in a very revealing outfit and featuring a number of exotic animals including a white and live albino Burmese python on her shoulder, leading to a great deal of criticism from animal rights organisation PETA . Nevertheless, MTV named the performance as the most memorable moment in VMA history .
September 7 -10 – The Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special tribute concerts are held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
September 10 – Blink-182 start shooting a video for "Stay Together for the Kids ", featuring the band playing in a derelict house. When they try to finish the video the following day, the 9–11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City occur, and the band abandon the attempt and decide to shoot a different video for the song.
September 11 –
Bob Dylan 's Love and Theft album was released on this day.
The September 11 attacks result in the cancellation or postponement of many musical events, due to the halting of many commercial flights and the somber mood of communities around the world:
Mariah Carey releases her infamous soundtrack Glitter accompanied by the unsuccessful movie. The soundtrack's lead single, "Loverboy ", reaches no. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
September 14 – Clear Channel Communications issues a controversial memorandum to its radio stations containing a list of 165 songs considered "lyrically questionable" in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. The list includes "Knockin' on Heaven's Door ", all songs by Rage Against the Machine and John Lennon 's "Imagine ".
September 21 – America: A Tribute to Heroes airs uninterrupted on all major networks. The solemn concert, only 10 days after the September 11 attacks, included performances by Bruce Springsteen , Tom Petty , Celine Dion , Neil Young , Stevie Wonder , Alicia Keys , Dave Matthews , Faith Hill , Mariah Carey , and others.
September 25 – XM Satellite Radio is launched.
September 29
The First International Accordion Festival begins at La Villita in San Antonio, Texas, celebrating the multicultural traditions of the accordion with artists performing German, Colombian, Irish, Argentinian tango, Cajun-zydeco, Dominican merengue and conjunto-Tejano music.[ 20]
Jennifer Lopez weds back-up dancer Cris Judd . The marriage would end in June 2002.
October 2 – Machine Head release their fourth studio album Supercharger .
October 6
October 9 – The first CD in the Kidz Bop series, consisting of Top 40 hits sung by children, is released.
October 10 – Heavy metal band Anthrax issues a press release in response to the 2001 anthrax attacks jokingly stating that they will be changing the name of the group to "Basket Full of Puppies". It concludes, "we don't want to change the name of the band, not because it would be a pain in the ass, but because we hope that no further negative events will happen and it won't be necessary. We hope and pray that this problem goes away quietly and we all grow old and fat together."[ 21] The band has reported increased traffic to their website due to Internet users going to anthrax.com looking for information about the disease.[ 22]
October 12 – Wes Borland leaves Limp Bizkit .
October 16 – Michael Jackson releases special editions of his albums Off the Wall , Thriller , Bad and Dangerous , to celebrate his thirtieth anniversary as a solo musician.
October 20
The Concert for New York City airs on VH1 , with performances by Paul McCartney , The Rolling Stones , Bon Jovi , The Who , Billy Joel and others.
Volunteers For America benefit concert is held in Atlanta , MC was Drew Carey with performances by Edgar Winter Group , Mark Farner , Jack Blades , John Waite , The Knack , Eddie Money , Peter Frampton , Survivor , Kansas , Journey , Styx , REO Speedwagon , Bad Company , Lynyrd Skynyrd , and others.
October 21
United We Stand: What More Can I Give benefit concert is held at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., with performances by Michael Jackson , Aerosmith , Mariah Carey , James Brown , Backstreet Boys , 'N Sync , and others.
Volunteers For America benefit concert is held at Smirnoff Music Centre in Dallas, Texas , MC was Drew Carey with performances by Edgar Winter Group , Mark Farner , Jack Blades , John Waite , The Knack , Eddie Money , Peter Frampton , Survivor , Kansas , Journey , Styx , REO Speedwagon , Bad Company , and others.
October 23
The Backstreet Boys release their first compilation album The Hits: Chapter One .
The first iPod is released by Apple Inc. [ 3]
Incubus releases their third full-length major label album entitled Morning View . It debuted on the Billboard Top 200 at the #2 spot (266,000 copies were sold in its first week). This was the highest ever placement for Incubus. At the same time, "Wish You Were Here" was at #2 on the Modern Rock Charts, and "Drive" sat at #48 on the Hot 100 chart.
October 25 – Quarashi performs a live concert with the Iceland 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 Iceland Symphony Orchestra . Quarashi perform seven songs from their upcoming album, Jinx .
October 30 – Michael Jackson releases Invincible , his first studio album since 1995 and his tenth studio album overall. While the album debuts at number one, its success is limited due to a feud between Jackson and Sony Music Entertainment over the rights to his back-catalog, culminating in Jackson accusing the company of racial discrimination. The album would end up being Jackson's last, with later musical efforts being offset by a second series of child molestation allegations in 2003, a trial over said allegations in 2005, and his death on the eve of a comeback tour in June 2009.
October 31 – Britney Spears releases her third studio album Britney .
November 1
The governing body of the UK Singles Chart , Chart Information Network Ltd. (CIN), changes its name to The Official UK Charts Company.
Britney Spears starts her Dream Within a Dream Tour , in support her self-titled third studio album. The tour was accompanied by many extravagant special effect including a water screen that pumped two tons of water into the stage during the encore. The tour was commercial success, all the venues on the 2001 leg are largely sold out and grossed $43.7 million from 68 show.
November 5 – In the UK, BMG becomes the first major label to release a compact disc with copy protection, Natalie Imbruglia 's White Lilies Island . Within two weeks BMG announces they will re-issue the disc without the copy protection, due to complaints from consumers who were unable to play the CDs in their personal computers.[ 23]
November 6
Britney Spears ' third album, Britney debuts at #1, making her the first female artist to have her first three albums enter the US charts at #1.
Nu-Metal Band Dope release their second studio album Life .
The soundtrack album of the Nickelodeon movie Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius is released.
November 29 – Former Beatles member George Harrison dies from lung cancer at the age of 58.
December 1 – Mike Turner quits Our Lady Peace .
December 4 – Gospel music singer Yolanda Adams releases her eighth studio album Believe .
December 12 – Surviving Nirvana members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl sue Courtney Love in an effort to oust her from the board controlling the management of the band's affairs, calling her "irrational, mercurial, self-centered, unmanageable, inconsistent and unpredictable." The legal battle over the band's legacy has blocked the release of a planned Nirvana box set containing the unreleased track "You Know You're Right ".[ 24]
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 .
The Republic of France awards Jean-Yves Thibaudet the honour of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Deporitaz releases Microwave this CD , his second album, on MP3.com.
Sean Beasley joins Dying Fetus .
Date
Album
Artist
Notes
A P R I L
2
45 rpm: The Singles, 1977–1979
The Jam
Box Set
Clarence Park
Chris Clark
-
Mutter
Rammstein
-
No More Shall We Part
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
-
3
Arrival
Journey
US
Blood Sweat and Years
JT Money
-
Crown Royal
Run-D.M.C.
-
From Here to Infirmary
Alkaline Trio
-
I Don't Care That You Don't Mind
Crash Test Dummies
-
The Life
Ginuwine
-
Now That's What I Call Music! 6 (U.S. series)
Various Artists
Compilation
Poets and Madmen
Savatage
-
Room Service
Roxette
-
The Swimming Hour
Andrew Bird
-
Unholy Terror
W.A.S.P.
-
The Yin and the Yang
Cappadonna
-
9
Jessico
Babasónicos
-
Now That's What I Call Music! 48 (UK series)
Various Artists
Compilation
10
Covered With Ants
Guttermouth
-
For the Stars
Elvis Costello and Anne Sofie von Otter
-
The Hogyssey
Spacehog
-
Isolation Drills
Guided by Voices
-
Live Frogs Set 1
Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade
Live
Old Ramon
Red House Painters
-
Revelling/Reckoning
Ani DiFranco
-
Rock the Plank
Mad Caddies
-
Surfer
NOFX
EP
Full Collapse
Thursday
-
16
Colossus of Destiny
Melvins
Live
A Girl Like Me
Emma Bunton
-
17
6.0
Sister Machine Gun
-
Just Enough Education to Perform
Stereophonics
-
Leaves Turn Inside You
Unwound
-
Live Insurrection
Halford
Live
Olivia
Olivia
-
One for the Kids
Yellowcard
First album with Ryan Key on lead vocals
Psychopharmacology
Firewater
-
Songs from the Earth
Son of Sam
-
Steers & Stripes
Brooks & Dunn
-
Super Hits
New Kids on the Block
Compilation
Up Close and Personal
Angie Martinez
-
The Very Best of Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Compilation
21
Abulum
Glen Phillips
-
23
Simple Things
Zero 7
UK
Free All Angels
Ash
-
Echo Park
Feeder
-
In America
Kenny G
Compilation
24
All for You
Janet Jackson
-
Digimortal
Fear Factory
-
Dizzy Spells
The Ex
-
Going Somewhere
Colin Hay
-
Idiology
Mouse on Mars
-
Man in the Moon
L.A. Guns
-
Mutiny on the Bay
Dead Kennedys
Live
Sad Sappy Sucker
Modest Mouse
-
Set This Circus Down
Tim McGraw
-
Streethawk: A Seduction
Destroyer
-
This Is Where I Came In
Bee Gees
-
Underground Network
Anti-Flag
-
The Unraveling
Rise Against
-
Wide Awake Bored
Treble Charger
-
25
Wages of Sin
Arch Enemy
-
30
45 rpm: The Singles, 1980–1982
The Jam
Box Set
Confield
Autechre
-
Rock Action
Mogwai
-
?
Brilliant Career
Film School
-
M A Y
1
Carrying On
Montgomery Gentry
-
Dillinger & Young Gotti
Tha Dogg Pound
-
Mechanical Wonder
Ocean Colour Scene
-
PeteStrumentals
Pete Rock
-
Popstars
Eden's Crush
-
Survivor
Destiny's Child
-
Trouble in Shangri-La
Stevie Nicks
-
Ultimate Collection
Buju Banton
Compilation
5
Complete 'B' Sides
Pixies
Compilation
7
Asleep In The Back
Elbow
-
Truth Be Told
Shed Seven
-
Wingspan: Hits and History
Paul McCartney
Compilation
8
All Killer No Filler
Sum 41
-
Awakening the World
Lost Horizon
-
Ayeshteni
Natacha Atlas
-
Best of B-Boy Records
Boogie Down Productions
Compilation
Bridge
Blues Traveler
-
The Crusher
Amon Amarth
-
Dare To Dream
Billy Gilman
-
Deltron 3030: The Instrumentals
Deltron 3030
-
Falconer
Falconer
-
Field Songs
Mark Lanegan
-
Hi-Teknology
Hi-Tek
-
Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Katatonia
-
Lions
The Black Crowes
-
Live on the Black Hand Side
Danzig
Live
Look into the Eyeball
David Byrne
-
Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film
Various Artists
Soundtrack
Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection
Jimi Hendrix
Compilation
XX
Mushroomhead
-
9
Sexual Healing
E-Rotic
-
14
Acoustica
Scorpions
Live
Exciter
Depeche Mode
-
Reveal
R.E.M.
-
Sexual Healing
E-Rotic
-
Subject to Change
Vanessa-Mae
-
To Be Frank
Nik Kershaw
-
15
Anoraknophobia
Marillion
-
Beautiful
Fantastic Plastic Machine
-
Brand New History
Econoline Crush
-
The Cold Vein
Cannibal Ox
-
God Bless The Go-Go's
The Go-Go's
-
Lateralus
Tool
-
Meet Joe Mac
Joey McIntyre
-
Miss E… So Addictive
Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
-
Open
Cowboy Junkies
-
Seventh Key
Seventh Key
-
Shoulda Been Home
Robert Cray
-
Sweet Tea
Buddy Guy
-
A Tribute to Jim Reeves
Charley Pride
Jim Reeves tribute
Weezer
Weezer
"The Green Album"
The World Needs a Hero
Megadeth
-
17
Same Girl, New Songs
The All-American Rejects
EP
21
200 Po Vstrechnoy
t.A.T.u.
-
4Lyn
4Lyn
-
Can Our Love...
Tindersticks
-
Genetic World
Télépopmusik
-
The Merry Sisters of Fate
Lunasa
-
Scream if You Wanna Go Faster
Geri Halliwell
-
22
All This and Puppet Stew
The Dickies
-
Blacktrash: The Autobiography of Kirk Jones
Sticky Fingaz
-
Bliss, Please
Blackmail
-
Break the Cycle
Staind
-
Flowers
Echo & the Bunnymen
-
Everybody Got Their Something
Nikka Costa
-
Hawthorne, CA
The Beach Boys
Compilation
Here and Now
Ike Turner
–
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
The Bouncing Souls
-
Lechuza
Fenix*TX
-
Lucero
Lucero
-
Machine
Static-X
-
Malpractice
Redman
-
Mediocre Generica
Leftöver Crack
-
My God
Flotsam and Jetsam
–
One Wild Night Live 1985–2001
Bon Jovi
Live
Pneumonia
Whiskeytown
-
Put Yo Hood Up
Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz
-
Quest for Fire: Firestarter, Vol. 1
Kardinal Offishall
-
Rising Again
Donovan
Live
The Renaissance EP
MxPx
EP
Stabbing Westward
Stabbing Westward
-
23
Lovebeat
Yoshinori Sunahara
-
28
10 000 Hz Legend
Air
-
Pause
Four Tet
UK
29
10 Years of Abuse (and Still Broke)
Eyehategod
Live
Irresistible
Jessica Simpson
-
Part II
Brad Paisley
-
J U N E
4
Amnesiac
Radiohead
-
Faerie Stories
Peatbog Faeries
-
Angel Delivery Service
Emil Bulls
-
5
Are You Man Enough?
Betty Blowtorch
-
Aura
Asia
-
Bodily Functions
Herbert
-
Curse of the Hidden Mirror
Blue Öyster Cult
-
The Economy of Sound
Seven Mary Three
-
Essence
Lucinda Williams
-
A Flight and a Crash
Hot Water Music
-
Free City
St. Lunatics
-
Full Bluntal Nugity
Ted Nugent
Live
Idle Will Kill
Osker
-
Inside Out
Trisha Yearwood
-
Loser Anthems
Matthew Good Band
EP
The Merry Sisters of Fate
Lunasa
US
The Pleasure and the Greed
Big Wreck
-
Poses
Rufus Wainwright
-
Punk-O-Rama Vol. 6
Various Artists
Compilation
Shine Like It Does: The Anthology (1979–1997)
INXS
Compilation
Sinner
Drowning Pool
-
Somewhere Over The Slaughter House
Buckethead
-
Songs in A Minor
Alicia Keys
Debut
Styx World: Live 2001
Styx
Live
Swordfish:The Album
Paul Oakenfold
Soundtrack
8
Myra
Myra
-
11
The Invisible Band
Travis
-
Organik
Robert Miles
-
Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives
Prefuse 73
[ 25]
12
9 Lives
AZ
-
Archive
The Specials
Compilation
Beneath the Encasing of Ashes
As I Lay Dying
-
The Best of Eighteen Visions
Eighteen Visions
Compilation
Love Session
Silk
-
Perhaps, I Suppose...
Rufio
-
PS You Love Me
Kid 606
-
Rainbow Connection
Willie Nelson
-
Recordings
Porcupine Tree
Compilation
Sugar Ray
Sugar Ray
-
Take off Your Pants and Jacket
Blink-182
-
Under the Influence
Warrant
Covers album +2 original tracks
Zoom
Electric Light Orchestra
-
13
Document 8
Pg. 99
-
15
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Various Artists
Soundtrack
18
Beat 'Em Up
Iggy Pop
-
Origin of Symmetry
Muse
UK
Outrospective
Faithless
-
19
!!!
!!!
-
2001 Warped Tour Compilation
Various Artists
Compilation
Alive in an Ultra World
Steve Vai
Live
Cuts for Luck and Scars for Freedom
Mystic
-
Devil's Night
D12
-
Don't Tell the Band
Widespread Panic
-
Far from Over
Edwin McCain
-
From Chaos
311
-
GQ on the EQ++
Kid 606
-
Greatest Fits
Ministry
Compilation
I'm Already There
Lonestar
-
Just Like Gravity
CPR
-
Land of the Free?
Pennywise
-
Live in San Francisco
Joe Satriani
Live
Live, Loud and Loose
Loverboy
Live
Luther Vandross
Luther Vandross
-
Mandy Moore
Mandy Moore
-
No Nose Job: The Legend of Digital Underground
Digital Underground
Compilation
Oh, Inverted World
The Shins
-
Return of Dragon
Sisqo
-
Shangri-La Dee Da
Stone Temple Pilots
-
This Ain't a Game
Ray J
-
Tongues
Esham
LP
Trust No One
Dave Navarro
-
The Tyranny of Distance
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
-
The World Won't End
Pernice Brothers
-
20
Beyond Good and Evil
The Cult
-
Friends & Family, Vol. 2
Suicidal Tendencies , Various Artists
Compilation
Worldchanger
Jorn
-
21
Mercuric
Element Eighty
-
22
Dil Chahta Hai [ 26]
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
-
25
Ridgeriders
Phil Beer , Ashley Hutchings and Chris While
-
Go Plastic
Squarepusher
-
26
Based on a True Story
Lil' Mo
-
Episode II
Safri Duo
-
Horror Show
Iced Earth
-
Jagged Little Thrill
Jagged Edge
-
Life Is Good
LFO
-
Madhouse: The Very Best of Anthrax
Anthrax
Compilation
The Reason
Beanie Sigel
-
Rooty
Basement Jaxx
-
?
Jennie Bomb
Sahara Hotnights
-
Release date unknown [ edit ]
Top 5 Selling Albums of Billboard Year [ edit ]
Hybrid Theory – Linkin Park
1 – The Beatles
Invincible – Michael Jackson
All That You Can't Leave Behind – U2
Aaliyah – Aaliyah
Top 10 Best Selling Albums 2001 (Soundscan)[ edit ]
Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park ~ 4,810,000[ 27]
Hot Shot by Shaggy ~ 4,520,000
Celebrity by NSYNC ~ 4,420,000
A Day Without Rain by Enya ~ 4,410,000
Break the Cycle by Staind ~ 4,240,000
Songs in A Minor by Alicia Keys ~ 4,100,000
Survivor by Destiny's Child ~ 3,720,000
Weathered by Creed ~ 3,580,000
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack ~ 3,460,000
Now That's What I Call Music! 6 ~ 3,130,000
"19-2000 " – Gorillaz (June 25 [UK]; July 17 [US])
"A Little Bit " - Jessica Simpson
"À ma place " – Axel Bauer and Zazie
"All for You " – Janet Jackson (March 27)
"All or Nothing " – O-Town (January 23)
"American Psycho " – Treble Charger
"Angel " – Shaggy feat. Rayvon
"Another Chance " – Roger Sanchez
"Another Day In Paradise " – Brandy feat. Ray J (March)
"Bad Ambassador " – The Divine Comedy (April 17)
"Because I Got High " – Afroman
"Bodies " – Drowning Pool
"Bootylicious " – Destiny's Child (June 26 [US], July 3 [worldwide])
"Boys " – Britney Spears
"Brand New Low " – Treble Charger
"Buck Rogers " – Feeder (January 8)
"Butterfly " – Crazy Town
"Butterfly " – Kylie Minogue (November 12)
"California " – Wave
"Candy " – Ash (October 1)
"Can't Get You Out of My Head " – Kylie Minogue (September 17)
"Chase the Sun " – Planet Funk
"Chop Suey! " – System of a Down (August)
"Clint Eastwood " – Gorillaz (March 5 [UK])
"Come Along " – Titiyo
"Control " – Puddle of Mudd
"Crawling " – Linkin Park (April 17)
"Crying at the Discoteque " – Alcazar
"Crystal " – New Order (13 August)
"Crush " - Mandy Moore
"Digital Love " – Daft Punk
"Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know " – Britney Spears
"Don't Stop Movin' " – S Club 7
"Don't Tell Me " – Madonna (November 21, 2000 (UK); January 16, 2001 (US))
"Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me) " – Train (February 20)
"Drowning " – Backstreet Boys
"Elevation " – U2
"Eple " – Röyksopp
"Eternity/The Road to Mandalay " – Robbie Williams (July 9)
"Fallin' " – Alicia Keys (July 10)
"Family Affair " – Mary J. Blige
"Fat Lip " – Sum 41 (August 28 US; October 1 UK)
"Fight Music " – D12
"First Date " – Blink-182 (September 24)
"Freedom " – Paul McCartney (Written about the September 11th attacks )
"Follow Me " – Uncle Kracker
"Get the Party Started " – P!nk (October 9)
"Get Ur Freak On " – Missy Elliott (February 20)
"Gone " – NSYNC (October)
"Handbags and Gladrags " – Stereophonics
"Hanging By A Moment " – Lifehouse
"Hard to Explain " – The Strokes (June 25, 2001 (UK), April 30, 2002 (US))
"Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger " – Daft Punk
"Have a Nice Day " – Stereophonics
"Have You Ever " – S Club 7
"Heaven " – DJ Sammy & Yanou featuring Do
"Heaven Is a Halfpipe " – OPM
"Here With Me " – Dido
"Hero " – Enrique Iglesias (November)
"How We Roll " – Big Pun
"How Wonderful You Are " – Gordon Haskell
"How You Remind Me " – Nickelback (December 16)
"I Believe " – Galleon
"I Don't Want a Lover (remix) " – Texas
"I Feel Loved " – Depeche Mode (July 30 UK; July 31 US)
"I Wanna Be Bad " – Willa Ford (May 22)
"I'm a Slave 4 U " – Britney Spears (October 23 [US]; October 8 [UK])
"I'm Like a Bird " – Nelly Furtado
"I'm Real " – Jennifer Lopez (October 16)
"I'm Real (Murder Remix) " – Jennifer Lopez and Ja Rule (peaked week of September 11)
"Imitation of Life " – R.E.M. (April)
"In My Pocket " - Mandy Moore
"In the End " – Linkin Park (November 20)
"In Too Deep " – Sum 41 (December 3, UK)
"Inner Smile " – Texas
"Irresistible " – Jessica Simpson (April 12)
"Island in the Sun " – Weezer (August 28)
"It Wasn't Me " – Shaggy feat. Rikrok
"It's a Great Day to Be Alive " – Travis Tritt
"It's Been Awhile " – Staind (June 26)
"It's Raining Men " – Geri Halliwell (April 30 [UK])
"Izzo (H.O.V.A.) " – Jay Z (July 17)
"Jaded " – Aerosmith (March 13)
"Just Push Play " – Aerosmith
"Juxtapozed with U " – Super Furry Animals
"Knives Out " – Radiohead August 14 (Pt.1, Pt.2); August 28 (US CD); September 25, 2001 (Pt. 3)
"La Musique (Angelica) " – Star Academy France (December)
"La Negra Tiene Tumbao " – Celia Cruz (October 2, 2001)
"Lady Marmalade " – Christina Aguilera , Pink , Lil' Kim & Mýa (May 8)
"Last Nite " – The Strokes
"Left Behind " – Slipknot
"Life " – E-Type featuring Nana Hedin
"Liquid Dreams " – O-Town
"Let Me Blow Ya Mind " – Eve featuring Gwen Stefani (May 15)
"Lo Mejor de Mi" – Lynda Thomas
"Love Don't Cost A Thing " – Jennifer Lopez (January 30)
"Love What You Do" – The Divine Comedy
"Loverboy " – Mariah Carey (July 16)
"Me Gustas Tu " – Manu Chao
"The Middle " – Jimmy Eat World
"More Than a Woman " – Aaliyah (November 13, 2001 [US]; February 19, 2002 [UK]; March 5, 2002 [AUS])
"Mr. Writer " – Stereophonics
"My Sacrifice " – Creed (December 11)
"My Way " – Limp Bizkit (May)
"Never Had a Dream Come True " – S Club 7
"Nobody Wants to Be Lonely " – Ricky Martin & Christina Aguilera
"Ocean Spray " – Manic Street Preachers (June 4)
"One Minute Man " – Missy Elliott (featuring Ludacris and Trina )
"One More Time " – Daft Punk
"One Wild Night " - Bon Jovi
"Only Time " – Enya
"Out of Reach " – Gabrielle
"Outside " – Staind (May)
"Overprotected " – Britney Spears (December)
"Pagan Poetry " – Björk
"Play " – Jennifer Lopez
"Played-A-Live (The Bongo Song) " – Safri Duo
"Plug in Baby " – Muse
"Pop " – NSYNC (July 17)
"Purple Hills " – D12 featuring Eminem
"Pyramid Song " – Radiohead (May 29, 2001; June 19, 2001 (Pt.1, Pt.2); December 11, 2001 (Japan CD)
"Queen of My Heart " – Westlife (UK)
"Ramp! (The Logical Song) " – Scooter
"Ride Wit Me " – Nelly Featuring City Spud (July 24)
"The Rock Show " – Blink-182 (July 1)
"Rock The Boat " – Aaliyah (August 2001 (North America); March 5, 2002 (Australia); May 6, 2002 (UK))
"Sail Away " – David Gray
"Salsoul Nugget (If U Wanna) " – M&S Pres. The Girl Next Door
"Schism " – Tool
"Seul " – Garou
"Sexual Guarantee " – Alcazar (November 26)
"Shining Light " – Ash (January 29)
"Short Skirt/Long Jacket " – Cake
"Sick Cycle Carousel " – Lifehouse
"Side " – Travis (September 17)
"Since I Left You " – The Avalanches
"Sing " – Travis (May 28)
"Smooth Criminal " – Alien Ant Farm
"Someone To Call My Lover " – Janet Jackson
"Something " – Lasgo
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow /What a Wonderful World " (medley) – Cliff Richard
"Stan " – Eminem featuring Dido
"Standing Still " – Jewel
"Starlight " – The Supermen Lovers
"Step On My Old Size Nines " – Stereophonics
"Stronger " – Britney Spears
"Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of " – U2
"Superman (It's Not Easy) " – Five For Fighting
"Superstylin' " – Groove Armada
"Survivor " – Destiny's Child
"Thank You " – Dido (21 May)
"There Must Be an Angel " – No Angels
"This Year's Love " – David Gray
"Toutes les femmes de ta vie " – L5
"Turn off the Light " – Nelly Furtado (August 14)
"Turn the Tide " – Sylver
"U Got It Bad " – Usher
"U Remind Me " – Usher
"Ugly " – Bubba Sparxxx
"Up On The Downside " – Ocean Colour Scene
"Upside Down " – A*Teens
"Uptown Girl " – Westlife (UK)
"Us Against The World " – Play (September 11)
"Walk On " – U2 (November 19) (UK/Eur); November 26(Aus)
"Want You Bad " – The Offspring
"The Way You Like It " – Adema
"We Come 1 " – Faithless
"We Need a Resolution " – Aaliyah (April 24)
"Weapon of Choice " – Fatboy Slim
"What It Feels Like for a Girl " – Madonna
"Whenever, Wherever " – Shakira
"Wherever You Will Go " – The Calling (December 16)
"Who Do You Love Now? " – Riva featuring Dannii Minogue (November 19)
"Whole Again " – Atomic Kitten
"Wish You Were Here " – Incubus
"With Arms Wide Open " – Creed
"Wrong Impression " – Natalie Imbruglia
"You Rock My World " – Michael Jackson
John Adams –
Louis Andriessen –
Passeggiata in tram in America e ritorno , for female Italian voice, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, electric guitar, electric violin, double bass, piano, and percussion
De vleugels van de herinnering , for voice and piano
Fanfare om te beginnen , for sx groups of horns
Georges Aperghis –
Le petit chaperon rouge , for chamber ensemble
Rasch , for violin and viola
Milton Babbitt – A Lifetime or So , for tenor and piano
Leonardo Balada – Cello Concerto No. 2 New Orleans
Osvaldas Balakauskas – Symphony No. 5
Gerald Barry –
Dead March , for large ensemble
God Save the Queen , for solo boy's voice, choir, and large ensemble
Snow is White , for piano quartet
String Quartet No. 3 (Six Marches)
George Benjamin – Shadowlines , for piano
Luciano Berio – Sonata, for piano
Christophe Bertrand –
Dikha , for clarinet/bass clarinet and electronics
Ektra , for solo flute
Full , for four vibraphones, piano, and eight amplified voices
Frank Michael Beyer – Klangtore , for orchestra
Harrison Birtwistle –
Fanfare, for brass and percussion
Saraband, for piano
The Shadow of Night , for orchestra
Tenebrae David , for brass ensemble
Pierre Boulez – Incises , for piano (revised version)
Elliott Carter
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
Figment II , for cello
Hiyoku , for two clarinets
Quartet, for oboe, violin, viola, and cello
Steep Steps , for bass clarinet
Anna Clyne –
Arclight , for tape
Manipura , for chamber ensemble
One , for tape
Wish , for voice or voices
John Corigliano – Symphony No. 2 for String Orchestra
George Crumb – Unto the Hills for soprano, percussion quartet and piano
Peter Maxwell Davies – Symphony No. 8 (Antarctic Symphony)
Alexandra du Bois –
Júdica Me , for a cappella chorus
Preludes to Solitude , for guitar
String Quintet: A Requiem for the Living for two violins, viola and two double basses
Songs (4), for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
Joël-François Durand – Athanor for orchestra
Péter Eötvös – Snatches of a Conversation , for ensemble
Brian Ferneyhough –
In nomine à 3 , for piccolo, oboe, and clarinet
Stelae for Failed Time , for 12 voices and live electronics
Lorenzo Ferrero
Two Cathedrals in the South concertino for trumpet and orchestra
Moonlight Sonata for five percussion instruments
Michael Finnissy – The History of Photography in Sound
Alexandra Fol –
Concerto for violin and orchestra
Requiem No. 1, for chorus and orchestra, Op. 19
Joep Franssens – Harmony of the spheres , for mixed choir and string orchestra
Frans Geysen –
City of Smiles , twenty solos for one recorder player, playing soprano to bass
Ehrung an M.C.E. (E=mc2 ) , for alto recorder
Met vel, rand en tand , for three percussionists
Met zijn twaalven , for twelve recorders
Möbiusband 15 , for string quartet
Op de fles , for four players on 16 bottles
Philip Glass – Concerto , for cello and orchestra
Friedrich Goldmann –
Concerto a 8 (Octet), for two oboes, two clarinets, two horns, and two bassoons
Drei Strophen , for clarinet and violin
Study, for two pianos
Tombeau (in memoriam Iannis Xenakis) , for bass clarinet, bassoon, trombone, piano, viola, and cello
Howard Goodall – In Memoriam Anne Frank
Georg Friedrich Haas
Blumenstück
De terrae fine , for violin solo
Flow and Friction , for sixteenth-tone piano four-hands
Sodass ich's hernach mit einem Blick gleichsam wie ein schönes Bild... im Geist
Übersehe
Jeff Hamburg – Aychah , for choir and orchestra
Jonathan Harvey – The Summer Cloud's Awakening , for choir, flute, cello, and electronics
York Höller
Ex tempore , for flute, oboe, clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), percussion, violin, viola, cello, harp, and piano
Trias , for alto saxophone, percussion, and piano
Der ewige Tag , for chorus, orchestra, and electronics
Mauricio Kagel – Piano Trio No. 2
Wojciech Kilar – Fanfare for the Society of Polish Surgeons
Helmut Lachenmann – Grido (string quartet)
György Ligeti –Études, Book 3 , for piano
James MacMillan –
The Birds of Rhiannon , for orchestra with optional chorus
O Bone Jesu , for SSAATTBB choir with soli
Robin Maconie – Songs for The Caucasian Chalk Circle (15), after Brecht
Frederik Magle – The Hope for brass band, choir, organ and percussion.
Mesías Maiguashca – La noche cíclica , for violin, cello, piano, marimba, and 4 envelope followers
Tomás Marco – Laberinto marino , for cello and orchestra
Anna Mikhailova –
Sonata for piano
Songs (4), for baritone and piano
Stuart Mitchell – Seven Wonders Suite , for choir and orchestra
Onutė Narbutaitė – Symphony No. 2
Olga Neuwirth –
Ecstaloop , for soprano, speaker, sampler, and ensemble
Incidental music for Abenteuer in Sachen Haut , after Dylan Thomas, by Peter Carp
Locus...doublure...solus , for piano and orchestra (or chamber ensemble)
Michael Obst –
Piano Trio No. 1
Transit , for orchestra
Henri Pousseur –
Berceuses (4), for unaccompanied voice or unison choir
Eclipticare, ou les périples constellés , for one, two, or three instruments, surrounded or not, each a "consort"
Sursauts , for violin (doubling viola), trombone, and piano
Jaime Reis – Estátua de Pessanha , piano, bass flute, and real-time video
Wolfgang Rihm –
Jagden und Formen , for chamber orchestra
Sechs Gedichte von Friedrich Nietzsche , for voice and piano
Peter Ruzicka – Trans – Requiem für Giuseppe Sinopoli
Vahram Sargsyan – Luys Zvart [Joyful Light], for female chorus
Bright Sheng –
Distant Birthday Bells , for piano
Tibetan Dance , for violin, clarinet, and piano
Stuart Saunders Smith –
And Cold for xylophone/narrator
Breath for mezzo-soprano and orchestra bells (glockenspiel)
Family Portraits: Ligeia (Daughter) for soprano voice and piano
Light Dew for solo double bass
Madness for xylophone/narrator
Minor for solo violin
Pond for xylophone/narrator
Sometime Then for xylophone/narrator
Juan María Solare –
Les atavismes du crépuscule [Atavisms of twilight], for clarinet, alto saxophone, and trombone
Blind Date , for two bass clarinets (with theatral elements)
Blues en mí [Blues in E / Blues in Me], for piano
Fastango for piano
Icarus , for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
Pasaje Seaver , tango for piano
RED: A Deconstructed Blues (Music for Marcel Worms) for piano
Winchmore Hill for piano
Karlheinz Stockhausen – Stop und Start , for six instrumental groups, Nr. 182 ⁄3
Dennis Tobenski –
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love , for mixed choir
Three Poems of Thomas Hardy , for voice and piano
Stephen Truelove –
Broken Song , for solo horn
Preludium and Chakratour , for string quartet
Three Songs to Poems by Frank Anderton , for soprano and piano
Michel van der Aa – Here [to Be Found] , for soprano, chamber orchestra, and soundtrack
Kevin Volans –
Concerto for Double Orchestra
Zeno at 4 am , theatre piece for shadow puppets, actors, bass, string quartet, and chorus
Dafina Zeqiri –
Dialog for violin and piano
My Mother for mixed chorus
Walter Zimmermann –
Clinamen I–IV , for six orchestral groups
La fleur Inverse , for organ
Schatten der Ideen 6, 'Blaupause' , for piano
Die Sorge geht über den Fluss , for solo violin
Umbræ Idearum (Schatten der Ideen 4) , for piano and string quartet
Ellen Taaffe Zwillich – Openings
January 1 – Winter , South Korean singer and dancer (aespa )
January 5 – Victony , Nigerian singer, songwriter and rapper
January 8
January 18 – Thomas Raggi , Italian guitarist (Måneskin )
January 21 – Griff , British singer
January 25 – Michela Pace , Maltese singer
February 8 – Jxdn , American singer-songwriter
March 3 - Jvke , American singer-songwriter, producer, and social media personality.
March 8 – Zhavia Ward , American singer, songwriter, musician
March 9 – Jeon Somi , Canadian singer
March 18 – Jada Facer , American actress and singer
March 19 - Eunseok , South Korean singer (Riize )
March 21 – Addison Grace , American singer-songwriter and online personality
March 27 – Natanael Cano , Mexican rapper
March 31
April 10
April 17 – Ryujin , South Korean singer and dancer (ITZY )
April 18 – PinkPantheress , English singer-songwriter and record producer
April 30 – Lil Tjay , American rapper
May 9 – Bandokay , British rapper
May 15 – Kevin Kaarl, Mexican singer and producer
May 17 – AJ Mitchell , American singer
May 18 – Breskvica , Serbian singer
May 27 – Zach Herron , American singer (Why Don't We )
June 1 – ppcocaine , American rapper
June 3 - Reyanna Maria , Filipino-Australian singer, rapper, and songwriter
June 5 – Chaeryeong , South Korean singer and dancer (ITZY )
June 16 – Shannon K , American-Indian singer and actress
June 18 - Mike Dimes , American rapper
June 23 - Bárbara Bandeira , Portuguese singer
July 30 – Destroy Lonely , American rapper
3 August – Tiago PZK , Argentine rapper
7 August – Ryusei Ohnishi , Japanese singer and actor (Naniwa Danshi )
12 August – Dixie D'Amelio , American singer
18 August – Almaxanım , Azerbaijani singer
27 August – May-a , Australian singer-songwriter
30 August - Emily Bear , American singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and pianoist
September 6 – Laprete , American singer, producer and musician
September 8 – Remo Forrer , Swiss singer
September 13 - Sungchan , South Korean singer (Riize )
September 15 – Voyage , Serbian singer
September 16 – Cris MJ , Chilean singer and songwriter
September 18 – Darkoo , English-Nigerian rapper
September 23
October 3 – SoFaygo , American rapper
October 8 – Huh Yunjin , South Korean singer, (Le Sserafim )
October 22 – Jo Yuri , South Korean singer
October 30 – Bella Paige , Australian singer
November 22 – Chenle , Chinese singer and songwriter (NCT Dream )
November 28 – Stella Quaresma , English singer, member of Flo
December 1 – Elias Abbas , Swedish singer
December 6 – Zack Tabudlo , Filipino singer, songwriter, and musician
December 15 – Diljá , Icelandic singer
December 17 – Brakence , American singer
December 18 – Billie Eilish , American singer, dancer, musician, activist and songwriter
Unknown – Libianca , Cameroonian and American singer
January 4 – Les Brown , bandleader (89)
January 5 – Milan Hlavsa , Czech musician (Plastic People of the Universe ) (49)
January 7 – James Carr , soul singer (58)
January 10 – Bryan Gregory , guitarist (The Cramps ) (49)
January 24 – Leif Thybo , Danish composer and organist (78)
February 4
February 7 – Dale Evans , American singer-songwriter and actress (88)[ 30]
February 10 – Buddy Tate , jazz musician (87)
February 13 – George T. Simon , music critic and original Glenn Miller Orchestra drummer (pneumonia)
February 19 – Charles Trenet French singer and songwriter (87)[ 31]
February 21
February 22 – John Fahey , guitarist, indie label owner (61)
March 4 – Glenn Hughes , The Village People (50)
March 9 – Richard Stone , American composer (47)[ 32]
March 12 – Sir Lancelot , calypso singer (98)
March 18 – John Phillips , singer-songwriter, co-founder of The Mamas & the Papas (65)[ 33]
March 20 – Francis Grasso , disc jockey (51)
March 28 – Moe Koffman , Canadian jazz singer (73)
March 29 – John Lewis , jazz pianist (80)
April 6 – Charles Pettigrew , of Charles & Eddie (37) (cancer)
April 9 – Graziella Sciutti , operatic soprano (73)
April 11
April 15 – Joey Ramone , lead singer of The Ramones (49) (lymphoma)
April 20 – Giuseppe Sinopoli , composer and conductor (54) (heart attack)[ 35]
May 3 – Billy Higgins , jazz drummer (64)
May 5 – Boozoo Chavis , zydeco musician (70)
May 10 – James E. Myers , songwriter ("Rock Around the Clock ") (81)
May 12 – Perry Como , American crooner (88)[ 36]
May 16 – Prince Ital Joe , reggae singer (38) (car accident)
May 20 – Renato Carosone , Italian musician and singer (81)
June 4 – John Hartford , bluegrass musician (64)
June 7 – Carole Fredericks , singer
June 13 – Marcelo Fromer , guitarist for Brazilian band Titãs (39) (rammed by a motorcycle)
June 18 – Davorin Popović , lead singer for Bosnian band Indexi (55)
June 21 – John Lee Hooker , blues musician (88)[ 37]
June 30
July 3
July 5 – Ernie K-Doe , R&B singer (65)
July 7 – Fred Neil , folk singer-songwriter (65)
July 15 – Anthony Ian Berkeley , rapper (Brothers Grym , Gravediggaz ) (36) (colon cancer)
July 18 – Mimi Fariña , singer-songwriter (56) (neuroendocrine cancer)
July 23 – Richie Lee, singer and bassist (Acetone ) (34) (suicide)
July 27
August 2 – Ronald Townson , American singer and actor (The 5th Dimension ) (68)
August 6 – Larry Adler , harmonica virtuoso (86)[ 39]
August 18 – Roland Cardon , Belgian composer and multi-instrumentalist (72)
August 25 – Aaliyah , American singer, model, dancer and actress (22) (plane crash)[ 40]
August 27 – Karl Ulrich Schnabel , pianist (92)
August 29 – Graeme "Shirley" Strachan , lead singer of Skyhooks (49)
September 1 – Ted Mulry , lead singer with Ted Mulry Gang (54)
September 6 – Carl Crack , techno musician (Atari Teenage Riot ) (30)
September 22 – Isaac Stern , violinist (81)[ 41]
October 3 – Tatiana Menotti , operatic soprano (92)
October 5 – Ivan Hrušovský , Slovak composer (74)
October 10 – Barry McCauley , operatic tenor (51) (lung cancer)
October 17 – Jay Livingston , songwriter (86)
November 17 – Michael Karoli , guitarist, violinist and composer (53) (cancer)
November 21 – Ralph Burns , American songwriter, bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and bebop pianist (79)
November 24 – Melanie Thornton , singer (La Bouche) (34) (air crash)
November 28 – Kal Mann , American lyricist ("Teddy Bear ", "Butterfly ") (84)
November 29 – George Harrison , musician and former member of The Beatles (58) (lung cancer)[ 42]
December 13 – Chuck Schuldiner , vocalist and guitarist with Death (34) (cancer)
December 15 – Rufus Thomas , singer (84)
December 16 – Stuart Adamson , guitarist with Big Country (43) (suicide)
December 17 – Débria Brown , operatic soprano (65)
December 18 – Gilbert Bécaud , singer-songwriter (74)[ 43]
December 22 – Norman Granz , American producer (83)
December 29 – Cássia Eller , Brazilian singer (39)
Country Music Association Awards [ edit ]
Eurovision Song Contest [ edit ]
Mercury Music Prize [ edit ]
MTV Video Music Awards [ edit ]
The 1st WET Awards took place at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas , Nevada on June 19, 2001. The awards recognized Americans in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year. Comedian Mike Myers and Jim Carrey hosted the event for the first time.
Winners and nominees [ edit ]
Video of the Year
Viewers Choice
Best Female Rock Artist
Best Male Rock Artist
Best Female Pop Artist
Best Male Pop Artist
Best Female Group
Best Male Group
Best New Artist
Best Country Artist
Best Actress
Best Actor
Sportswoman of the Year
Sportsman of the Year
Lifetime Achievement
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