2000 IN MUSIC

''See also:''

★ 2000 in music (UK)

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Events

★ John Tavener is knighted in the New Year's Honours List.

★ Gary Glitter is released from jail in January, two months before his sentence for sexual offences ends.

★ January 1- At exactly midnight EST in New York City, Prince plays his classic song 1999 to celebrate the new century, and then vows to never play it again.

★ January 14 - Rolling Stone magazine 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. Goodman was convicted of kidnapped and murdering the wife of ZZ Top manager Bill Ham in 1991. Ham is present for the execution.

★ February 9 - ''The Million Dollar Hotel'', a film co-written by U2 lead singer Bono, premieres at the 50th Berlinale (Berlin Film Festival). The film stars Mel Gibson and Milla Jovovich.

★ February 11 - Diana Ross divorces her husband of 14 years

★ February 16 - ''The Silver Tassie'', an opera by Mark-Anthony Turnage, premieres at the London Coliseum, performed by the English National Opera.

★ February 24 - Italian motorcycle manufacturing company Aprilla SpA wins a lawsuit filed against The Spice Girls over a sponsorship deal that fell apart when Geri Halliwell left the group.

★ February 26 - Austrailian Rock 'n' Roll band AC/DC releases new studio album Stiff Upper Lip, their first since 1995's Ballbreaker.

★ February 28 - Songwriter Stan Penrige files a lawsuit against the rock band KISS, the band's publishing company and Universal Music Group, claiming that he had not received millions of dollars in publishing royalties that he was owed for the song "Beth".

★ March 1 - Social Distortion guitarist Dennis Danell dies of an apparent brain aneurysm.

★ 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 13 - Blink-182 ends its European tour after singer & guitarist Tom Delonge and drummer Travis Barker succumb to strep throat.

★ 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.

★ March 28 - Jimmy Page wins a lawsuit filed against Ministry magazine. The magazine claimed that Page had contributed to the death of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham by wearing a Satanic robe and chanting spells while Bonham was dying and choking on his vomit. The magazine apologizes and offers to pay Page's legal bills. Page donates the money received from the case to the Action for Brazil's Children Trust.

★ April 6 - Shawn Colvin, James Taylor, Cyndi Lauper, Richard Thompson, Sweet Honey, 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 4 - Mick Jagger attends the opening of an arts center at Dartford Grammar School in southeast England which was named after him.

★ April 12 - Metallica files a lawsuit against Napster, 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 -
★ NSYNC smashes the old record of 1.1 million with a 2.4 million debut of "No Strings Attached", which is also the first album to sell over 800,000 copies at least 2 weeks.

★ 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 4 - Letters To Cleo plays 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, California 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 16 - Britney Spearss second LP, "Oops!...I Did It Again" debuts at #1 selling 1.3 million copies, making the highest debut by a female artist in US history.

★ May 30 - Eminem sets the record for biggest Rap debut with 1.76 million albums sold. Eminem, a protege of Dr. Dre, broke the old record of 803,000 in 1993 set by Snoop Doggy Dogg, another Dr. Dre protege.

★ June 13 - Rock band Bon Jovi release their highly anticipated album Crush, their first album in almost five years.

★ June 30 - Nine people are crushed to death during Pearl Jam's set at the Roskilde Festival, in Roskilde, Denmark.

★ July 21 and July 22 - Oasis plays at Wembley Stadium. The first of this night is featured on the double CD and the DVD Familiar to Millions.

★ August 20 - Skinny Puppy reunite for a concert at the Doomsday Festival in Dresden, Germany.

★ September 7 - Rage Against the Machine's Tim Commerford is arrested for climbing on the set at MTV's ''Video Music Awards''.

★ September 18 - Madonna releases her album, Music, which hits number one on the album charts and becomes Madonna's first number one album since her 1989's Like a Prayer album.

★ September 23 - Isaac Stern celebrates his 80th birthday together with his 40th anniversary as President of Carnegie Hall.

★ October - 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 bestsellers list.

★ October 17 - Limp Bizkit release Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water selling over a million copies in it first week of release which broke the record for a rock album.

★ 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 released their debut album, Hybrid Theory.

★ 3–5 November - The fourth Terrastock festival is held in Seattle.

★ 16–21 November - The Backstreet Boys embarks on 6 continents in just 100 hours.

★ December 2 - The Backstreet Boys debuts with 1.6 million with ''Black & Blue'' and becomes the first artists in history to achieve back-to-back million-plus first week sales. Also sells 5 million worldwide and sets a record for the best International Sales Week in History.

★ December 2 - The Smashing Pumpkins play their final concert, at the Metro Club in Chicago.

★ 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 latest Joel and Ethan Coen film, ''O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' was released to much critical acclaim. The film and its T-Bone Burnett-produced soundtrack ignite a new found popularity of traditional American folk music and bluegrass.

★ Ned's Atomic Dustbin reunites by doing a couple shows.

★ Deporitaz releases "Outsmart" his first album, on MP3.com.

Bands formed

★ Ajattara

★ Ambulance LTD

★ Anathallo

★ Animal Collective

★ Autolux

★ Bardot

★ Benton Falls

★ The Birthday Massacre

★ British Sea Power

★ Chamberlain

★ Circle Takes the Square

★ Deporitaz

★ From Autumn to Ashes

★ The Go! Team

★ The Good Life

★ HORSE the band

★ I Am the World Trade Center

★ Mutual Admiration Society

★ The New Amsterdams

★ Scars of Life

★ t.A.T.u.

★ Tomahawk

★ The Walkmen

★ Wolfmother

Bands Disbanded

★ Ben Folds Five

★ Candlebox

★ dc Talk

★ Hi-Standard

★ Jack Off Jill

★ June of 44

★ Knapsack

★ Luna Sea

★ Luscious Jackson

★ The Make-Up

★ Phish (hiatus until 2002, disband in 2004)

★ The Posies (reformed in 2004)

★ Primus (hiatus until 2004)

★ Rage Against the Machine (reformed in 2007)

★ Screaming Trees

★ Skunk Anansie

★ The Smashing Pumpkins (reformed in 2006)

★ Soul Coughing

★ Urban Dance Squad

Albums released

'Album'	'Artist'	'Release Date'	'Album Type'
''Valentines''	Mariah Carey	January 1	EP
''Lump''	Presidents of the United States of America	January 1	Greatest Hits
''Classical Mushroom''	Infected Mushroom	January 2	LP
''This Present Darkness''	Chimaira	January 11	EP
''Voodoo''	D'Angelo	January 11	LP
''How Strange, Innocence''	Explosions in the Sky	January 17	LP
''The Lioness''		January 17	LP
''Forever Gold''	Donovan	January 18	Compilation
''J.E. Heartbreak''	Jagged Edge	January 18	LP
''Building Nothing Out of Something''	Modest Mouse	January 18	Compilation
''The Skiffle Sessions - Live In Belfast 1998''	Van Morrison with Lonnie Donegan and Chris Barber	January 18	Live
''Reflector''	Killing Heidi	unsure	LP
''Razorblade Romance''	HIM	January 24	LP
''A Thought Crushed My Mind''	Blindside	January 25	LP
''Southern Discomfort''	Eyehategod	January 25	LP
''Supreme Clientele''	Ghostface Killah	January 25	LP
''We Are The Streets''	The Lox	January 25	LP
''XTRMNTR''	Primal Scream	January 31	LP
''Deggial''	Therion	January 31	LP
''	The Beach Boys	February 1	Compilation
''Snoop Dogg Presents Tha Eastsidaz''	Tha Eastsidaz	February 1	LP
''Do Robots Dream of Electric Sheep?''	blackmail	February 4	Compilation
''The Crybaby''	The Melvins	February 7	LP
''The Better Life''	3 Doors Down	February 8	LP
''Nia''	Blackalicious	February 8	LP
''Demons and Wizards''	Demons & Wizards	February 8	LP
''	L.A. Guns	February 8	Live
''Let's Talk about Leftovers''	Lagwagon	February 8	LP
''The Chainheart Machine''	Soilwork	February 8	LP
''Suicide Pact - You First''	Therapy?	February 8 (US)	LP
''Telling Stories''	Tracy Chapman	February 15	LP
''Bloodflowers''	The Cure	February 15	LP
''Automatic Midnight''	Hot Snakes	February 15	LP
''Hear My Cry''	Sonique	February 15	LP
''The Suicide Machines''	The Suicide Machines	February 15	LP
''The Next Best Thing''	Madonna	February 21	Soundtrack
''Look Away + 4''	The Apples in Stereo	February 22	EP
''Live at the Fillmore - February 1969''	The Byrds	February 22	Live
''The Fourth Legacy''	Kamelot	February 22	LP
''Pennybridge Pioneers''	Millencolin	February 22	LP
''Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy''	Mindless Self Indulgence	February 22	LP
''Freak Magnet''	Violent Femmes	February 22	LP
''And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out''	Yo La Tengo	February 22	LP
''Stiff Upper Lip''	AC/DC	February 28	LP
''The Virgin Suicides''	Air	February 28	Soundtrack
''Standing on the Shoulder of Giants''	Oasis	February 28	LP
''BTNHResurrection''	Bone Thugs-N-Harmony	February 29	LP
''The Truth''	Beanie Sigel	February 29	LP
''MTV Unplugged''	Shakira	February 29	Live
''Machina/The Machines of God''	The Smashing Pumpkins	February 29	LP
''Two Against Nature''	Steely Dan	February 29	LP
''Launched''	Beatsteaks	March 7	LP
''Life Story''	Black Rob	March 7	LP
''The Sickness''	Disturbed	March 7	LP
''The Dwarves Come Clean''	Dwarves	March 7	LP
''Swagger''	Flogging Molly	March 7	LP
''Turn''	Great Big Sea	March 7 (US)	LP
''How to Meet Girls''	Nerf Herder	March 7	LP
''The State''	Nickelback	March 7	LP
''Da Baddest Bitch''	Trina	March 7	LP
''Romeo Must Die	Various Artists	March 8	Soundtrack
''Maybe I'll Catch Fire''	Alkaline Trio	March 14	LP
''Let's Get Free''	dead prez	March 14	LP
''Daisies of the Galaxy''	Eels	March 14 (US)	LP
''The Road to El Dorado''	Elton John	March 14	Soundtrack
''Reinventing the Steel''	Pantera	March 14	LP
''Winners Never Quit''	Pedro the Lion	March 14	LP
''Crack a Smile...and More!''	Poison	March 14	LP
''Engines of Creation''	Joe Satriani	March 14	LP
''Additional Creations''	Joe Satriani	March 14	LP
''Right Now''	Atomic Kitten	March 16	LP
''Both Sides Now''	Joni Mitchell	March 20	LP
''24 Hour Roadside Resistance''	Against All Authority	March 21	LP
''Aquarius''	Aqua	March 21	LP
''We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes''	Death Cab for Cutie	March 21	LP
''Magica''	Dio	March 21	LP
''	Led Zeppelin	March 21	Compilation
''Get Over It''	Mr. Big	March 21	LP
''No Strings Attached''	'N Sync	March 21	LP
''Nickel Creek''	Nickel Creek	March 21	LP
''The Psychotic Friends Nuttwerx''	Fishbone	March 21	LP
''Gung Ho''	Patti Smith	March 21	LP
''Spend a Night in the Box''	The Reverend Horton Heat	March 21	LP
''Killermachine''	Peter Pan Speedrock	March 23	LP
''Not That Kind''	Anastacia	March 27	LP
''The Exies''	The Exies	March 28	LP
''Stomping Ground''	Goldfinger	March 28	LP
''From the Screen to Your Stereo''	A New Found Glory	March 28	EP
''Stage One''	Sean Paul	March 28	LP
''Infinite''	Stratovarius	March 28	LP
''Real Live Woman''	Trisha Yearwood	March 28	LP
''Live & Eclectic''	Ron Wood	April 3	Live
''Stronger Than Death''	Black Label Society	April 4	LP
''WYSIWYG''	Chumbawamba	April 4	LP
''Garage D'Or''	Cracker	April 4	LP
''Lost Souls''	Doves	April 4	LP
''Nickels For Your Nightmares''	The Headstones	April 4	LP
''Can't Take Me Home''	P!nk	April 4	LP
''Of One Blood''	Shadows Fall	April 4	LP
''Dongs of Sevotion''	Smog	April 4	LP
''Grow Your Own''	ThaMuseMeant	April 4	LP
''Veni Vidi Vicious''	The Hives	April 10	LP
''Heliocentric''	Paul Weller	April 10 (UK)	LP
''Yeeeah Baby''	Big Pun	April 11	LP
''Unrestricted''	Da Brat	April 11	LP
''Both Sides of the Brain''	Del tha Funkee Homosapien	April 11	LP
''L''	moe.	April 11	Live
''L Version 3.1''	moe.	April 11	Live
''Return of Saturn''	No Doubt	April 11	LP
''Taxidermy''	Queen Adreena	April 11	LP
''S Club 7''	S Club 7	April 11 (US)	LP
''Beethoven's Last Night''	Trans-Siberian Orchestra	April 11	LP
''Now That's What I Call Music! 45'' (U.K. series)	Various Artists	April 17	Compilation
''Greatest Hits''	Ace of Base	April 18	Compilation
''The Discovery of a World Inside the Moone''	The Apples in Stereo	April 18	LP
''Live from the Sun''	Dokken	April 18	Live
''	Whitney Houston	April 18	Compilation
''Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81''	Pink Floyd	April 18	Live
''Victory''	Running Wild	April 18	LP
''Figure 8''	Elliott Smith	April 18	LP
''Emotional''	Carl Thomas	April 18	LP
''My Name Is Joe''	Joe	April 18	LP
''The Heat''	Toni Braxton	April 25	LP
''Skull & Bones''	Cypress Hill	April 25	LP
''The Distillers''	The Distillers	April 25	LP
''Summer Day Reflection Songs''	Donovan	April 25	Compilation
''Fear of Flying''	Mya	April 25	LP
''State of Flow''	No Fun At All	April 25	LP
''Infest''	Papa Roach	April 25	LP
''Relient K''	Relient K	April 25	LP
''Useless''	Unloco	April 25	EP
''Thug Walkin'''	Ying Yang Twins	April 25	LP
''Silver & Gold''	Neil Young	April 25	LP
''Damned in Black''	Immortal	April 27	LP
''Z-Ro vs. The World''	Z-Ro	April 27	LP
''Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic''	Prince	April 29	LP
''Bardot''	Bardot	May 1	LP
''	Billy Joel	May 2	Live
''The Slash Years''	L7	May 2	Greatest Hits
''Ghost Stories''	The Lawrence Arms	May 2	LP
''Pay Attention''	The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	May 2	LP
''All Hands on the Bad One''	Sleater-Kinney	May 2	LP
''White Pepper''	Ween	May 2	LP
''Black Market Music''	Placebo	May 8	LP
''The New America''	Bad Religion	May 9	LP
''The Ballad Collection''	Boyz II Men	May 9	Compilation
''Mystery White Boy''	Jeff Buckley	May 9	Live
''Mob Mentality''	The Business/Dropkick Murphys	May 9	Split LP
''Hot Rail''	Calexico	May 9	LP
''Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence''	Glassjaw	May 9	LP
''This Time Around''	Hanson	May 9	LP
''100 Broken Windows''	Idlewild	May 9	LP
''Survival Sickness''	The (International) Noise Conspiracy	May 9	LP
''3 for One''	Chris Isaak	May 9	Box Set
''Thane to the Throne''	Jag Panzer	May 9	LP
''View from Masada''	Killah Priest	May 9	LP
''I Wanna Be with You''	Mandy Moore	May 9	LP
''Live at Ernesto's''	The Slackers	May 9	Live
''ABBA Generation''	A ★ Teens	May 11 (US)	LP
''Let's Do It for Johnny!''	Bowling for Soup	May 16	LP
''Balance & Options''	DJ Quik	May 16	LP
''Invincible''	Five	May 16 (US)	LP
''Incognegro''	Ludacris	May 16	LP
''We Are Motörhead''	Motörhead	May 16	LP
''The Ever Passing Moment''	MxPx	May 16	LP
''The Madding Crowd''	Nine Days	May 16	LP
''Binaural''	Pearl Jam	May 16	LP
''Farmhouse''	Phish	May 16	LP
''NYC Ghosts & Flowers''	Sonic Youth	May 16	LP
''Oops!... I Did It Again''	Britney Spears	May 16	LP
''The Last Dance''	Spice 1	May 16	LP
''The First of the Microbe Hunters''	Stereolab	May 16	LP
''Ear-Resistible''	The Temptations	May 16	LP
''Resolver''	Veruca Salt	May 16	LP
''Love, God and Murder''	Johnny Cash	May 23	Box Set
''Deltron 3030''	Deltron 3030	May 23	LP
''The Platform''	Dilated Peoples	May 23	LP
''The Singles Collection, Volume 1''	Dropkick Murphys	May 23	Compilation
''Superfast''	Dynamite Hack	May 23	LP
''The Marshall Mathers LP''	Eminem	May 23	LP
''Alma Caribeña''	Gloria Estefan	May 23 (US)	LP
''Inside Job''	Don Henley	May 23	LP
''The ConstruKction of Light''	King Crimson	May 23	LP
''Please Come Home... Mr. Bulbous''	King's X	May 23	LP
''Mad Season''	Matchbox Twenty	May 23	LP
''Mer de Noms''	A Perfect Circle	May 23	LP
''Blazing the Crop''	Rae & Christian	May 23 (US)	LP
''Wake Up Screaming''	Slick Shoes	May 23	LP
''Slick Shoes/Cooter Split''	Slick Shoes/Cooter	May 23	Split EP
''Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)''	XTC	May 23	LP
''Fevers and Mirrors''	Bright Eyes	May 29	LP
''Mermaid Avenue Vol. II''	Billy Bragg and Wilco	May 30	LP
''Brave New World''	Iron Maiden	May 30	LP
''History of Rock''	Kid Rock	May 30	LP
''Mind Over Matter''	Zion I	May 30	LP
''Broken Bracelet''	Michelle Branch	June 1	LP
''The Captain''	Kasey Chambers	June 5 (US)	LP
''Brutal Planet''	Alice Cooper	June 6	LP
''Problematic''	ALL	June 6	LP
''Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant''	Belle & Sebastian	June 6	LP
''Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons''	Blonde Redhead	June 6	LP
''Reactionary''	face to face	June 6	LP
''The Holiday Has Been Cancelled''	Mad Caddies	June 6	EP
''	Porcupine Tree	June 6	Compilation
''Rated R''	Queens of the Stone Age	June 6	LP
''Music at Work''	The Tragically Hip	June 6	LP
''Another Joyous Occasion''	Widespread Panic	June 6	Live
''Crush''	Bon Jovi	June 12	LP
''The Golden D''	Graham Coxon	June 12	LP
''7''	S Club 7	June 12	LP
''Riding with the King''	B.B. King & Eric Clapton	June 13	LP
''The Dillinger Escape Plan''	The Dillinger Escape Plan	June 13 (Reissue)	EP
''The Moon and Antarctica''	Modest Mouse	June 13	LP
''Pump Up the Valuum''	NOFX	June 13	LP
''Power to the People''	Poison	June 13	LP
''Fantastic, Vol. 2''	Slum Village	June 13	LP
''When the Smoke Clears''	Three 6 Mafia	June 13	LP
''Pop Trash''	Duran Duran	June 19	LP
''	Ayreon	June 20	LP
''	Ayreon	June 20	LP
''Anarchy''	Busta Rhymes	June 20	LP
''White Pony''	Deftones	June 20	LP
''Kaleidoscope Superior''	Earthsuit	June 20	LP
''Versus God''	Dillinger Four	June 20	LP
''Flash Flash Flash''	The Explosion	June 20	LP
''Quality Control''	Jurassic 5	June 20	LP
''Down with the Scene''	Kid 606	June 20	LP
''Invincible Summer''	k.d. lang	June 20	LP
''Hold It Down''	Madball	June 20	LP
''New Tattoo''	Mötley Crüe	June 20	LP
''One Long Year''	Todd Rundgren	June 20	LP
''De Stijl''	The White Stripes	June 20	LP
''Sound of Water''	Saint Etienne	June 22	LP
''The Hour of Bewilderbeast''	Badly Drawn Boy	June 26	LP
''Alone with Everybody''	Richard Ashcroft	June 26	LP
''ØØ Void''	Sunn O)))	June 26	LP
''Anthology''	Chuck Berry	June 27	Compilation
''High Society''	Kottonmouth Kings	June 27	LP
''Country Grammar''	Nelly	June 27	LP
''Progress''	Pedro the Lion	June 27	EP
''Greatest Hits''	Queensrÿche	June 27	Greatest Hits
''Fortress''	Sister Hazel	June 27	LP
''Half Hour Of Power''	Sum 41	June 27	EP
''Gift''	Taproot	June 27	LP
''Live at the Greek''	Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes	July 4	Live
''Days Of The White Owl''	The Nerve Agents	July 4	LP
''Cries of the Past''	Underøath	July 4	LP
''The Real Thing''	Midnight Oil	July 8	Live
''Parachutes''	Coldplay	July 10 (UK)	LP
''Out of Control''	Anti-Nowhere League	July 11	LP
''	Everclear	July 11	LP
''Somewhere to Elsewhere''	Kansas	July 11	LP
''Killswitch Engage''	Killswitch Engage	July 11	LP
''Wasting Time''	Mest	July 11	LP
''Lightbulb Sun''	Porcupine Tree	July 11	LP
''	Third Day	July 11	LP
''1956''	Soul-Junk	July 13	LP
''The Hunter''	Persuader	July 16	LP
''Minor Earth Major Sky''	a-ha	July 17	LP
''2000 B.C.''	Canibus	July 18	LP
''The Leprechaun''	Lil' Flip	July 18	LP
''Songs 1993-1998''	Moby	July 18	Compilation
''Wishmaster''	Nightwish	July 18	LP
''This Business of Art''	Tegan and Sara	July 18	LP
''Now That's What I Call Music! 4'' (U.S. series)	Various Artists	July 18	Compilation
''Punk-O-Rama Vol. 5''	Various Artists	July 20	Compilation
''Now That's What I Call Music! 46'' (U.K. series)	Various Artists	July 24	Compilation
''Outbound''	Béla Fleck and the Flecktones	July 25	LP
''The Savage Poetry''	Edguy	July 25	LP
''The Greyest of Blue Skies''	Finger Eleven	July 25	LP
''if then else''	The Gathering	July 25	LP
''Clayman''	In Flames	July 25	LP
''Covenant''	UFO	July 25	LP
''	Wyclef Jean	July 25	LP
''Left and Leaving''	The Weakerthans	July 25	LP
''Ronan''	Ronan Keating	July 31	LP
''The Big Picture''	Big L	August 1	LP
''Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia''	The Dandy Warhols	August 1	LP
''Fragments of Freedom''	Morcheeba	August 1	LP
''Rancid''	Rancid	August 1	LP
''Almost Human''	Voltaire	August 1	LP
''Summer's Stellar Gaze''	Silverstein	August 7	EP
''	De La Soul	August 8	LP
''Until the Ink Runs Out''	Eighteen Visions	August 8	LP
''OVO''	Peter Gabriel	August 8	Soundtrack
''Resurrection''	Halford	August 8	LP
''Hot Shot''	Shaggy	August 8	LP
''1000 Hurts''	Shellac	August 8	LP
''To Hell and Back''	Sinergy	August 8	LP
''Ace Troubleshooter''	Ace Troubleshooter	August 10	LP
''In Stereo''	Bomfunk MC's	August 14 (US)	LP
''Little Kix''	Mansun	August 14	LP
''Raging Speedhorn''	Raging Speedhorn	August 14	LP
''Consent to Treatment''	Blue October	August 15	LP
''Into the Abyss''	Hypocrisy	August 15	LP
''We Still Crunk!''	Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz	August 15	LP
''Souls Aflame''	O.A.R.	August 15	LP
''Liverpool Sound Collage''	Paul McCartney	August 21	LP
''Steppin' Out''	Cleopatra	August 22	LP
''Super Hits''	Donovan	August 22	Compilation
''Broke''	(həd) p.e.	August 22	LP
''When Incubus Attacks Volume 1''	Incubus	August 22	EP
''A Retrospective''	KRS-One	August 22	Compilation
''L.D. 50''	Mudvayne	August 22	LP
''Playmate of the Year''	Zebrahead	August 22	LP
''Sing When You're Winning''	Robbie Williams	August 28	LP
''La Luna''	Sarah Brightman	August 29	LP
''R.A.W''	Daz Dillinger	August 29	LP
''You Were Here''	Sarah Harmer	August 29	LP
''Mas Borracho''	Infectious Grooves	August 29	LP
''	Riders in the Sky	August 29	LP
''Moment of Glory''	Scorpions	August 29	Live
''The Supremes''	The Supremes	August 29	Box Set
''Look What I Almost Stepped In...''	The Vandals	August 29	LP
''Odyssey Number Five''	Powderfinger	September 4	LP
''Heartbreaker''	Ryan Adams	September 5	LP
''The Paper Route''	Mack 10	September 5	LP
''Black Seeds of Vengeance''	Nile	September 5	LP
''Machina II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music''	The Smashing Pumpkins	September 5	LP
''Stay Out of Order''	The Casualties	September 11	LP
''Felt Mountain''	Goldfrapp	September 11	LP
''Mi Reflejo''	Christina Aguilera	September 12	LP
''Relationship of Command''	Relationship of Command	September 12	LP
''Maroon''	Barenaked Ladies	September 12	LP
''Nathan Michael Shawn Wanya''	Boyz II Men	September 12	LP
''Hellos & Goodbyes''	Buck-O-Nine	September 12	Live
''13 Ways to Bleed on Stage''	Cold	September 12	LP
''In Blue''	The Corrs	September 12	LP
''King James Version''	Harvey Danger	September 12	LP
''The Jimi Hendrix Experience''	Jimi Hendrix	September 12	Box Set
''G.O.A.T.''	LL Cool J	September 12	LP
''The Best Of''	Motörhead	September 12	Compilation
''Freaked Out and Small''	The Presidents of the United States of America	September 12	LP
''Free Your Soul and Save My Mind''	Suicidal Tendencies	September 12	LP
''Twilight As Played By The Twilight Singers''	The Twilight Singers	September 12	LP
''Everything, Everything''	Underworld	September 12	Live
''Youth, Betrayal and the Awakening''	Union 13	September 12	LP
''Music for People''	VAST	September 12	LP
''Symbolic''	Voodoo Glow Skulls	September 12	LP
''	Björk	September 18	Soundtrack
''Music''	Madonna	September 18	LP
''The Art of Drowning''	AFI	September 19	LP
''S.D.E.''	Cam'ron	September 19	LP
''Live Cannibalism''	Cannibal Corpse	September 19	Live
''Fearless''	Terri Clark	September 19	LP
''Confederacy of Ruined Lives''	Eyehategod	September 19	LP
''The Harsh Light of Day''	Fastball	September 19	LP
''Something Like Human''	Fuel	September 19	LP
''	Guided by Voices	September 19	Box Set
''The Prodigal Son''	Nate Dogg	September 19	LP
''The State of New York vs. Derek Murphy''	Sadat X	September 19	EP
''14 Diamonds''	Stratovarius	September 19	Greatest Hits
''Light Years''	Kylie Minogue	September 25	LP
''Enemy of the Music Business''	Napalm Death	September 25	LP
''	Yes	September 25	Live
''Bridging the Gap''	The Black Eyed Peas	September 26	LP
''Aaron's Party (Come Get It)''	Aaron Carter	September 26	LP
''America Town''	Five for Fighting	September 26	LP
''	Guru	September 26	LP
''Playaz of Da Game''	Juvenile	September 26	LP
''Sailing to Philadelphia''	Mark Knopfler	September 26	LP
''New American Gospel''	Lamb of God	September 26	LP
''Beware of Dog''	Lil' Bow Wow	September 26	LP
''New Found Glory''	New Found Glory	September 26	LP
''Primitive''	Soulfly	September 26	LP
''	Matthew Sweet	September 26	Compilation
''Learning to Breathe''	Switchfoot	September 26	LP
''Darkness Forever!''	Turbonegro	September 30 (US)	Live
''	Nightmares on Wax	October 2	Compilation
''Walk of Life''	Billie Piper	October 2	LP
''Kid A''	Radiohead	October 2	LP
''Melodie Citronique''	Blonde Redhead	October 3	EP
''Soul Caddy''	Cherry Poppin' Daddies	October 3	LP
''	Green Day	October 3	LP
''Violent by Design''	Jedi Mind Tricks	October 3	LP
''You Win Again''	Van Morrison	October 3	LP
''The Last of a Dying Breed''	Scarface	October 3	LP
''You're the One''	Paul Simon	October 3	LP
''	Therapy?	October 3	Compilation
''If I Could Tell You''	Yanni	October 3	LP
''Good Charlotte''	Good Charlotte	October 6	LP
''Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven''	Godspeed You! Black Emperor	October 9	LP
''Renegade''	HammerFall	October 9	LP
''Alone in a Crowd''	Catch 22	October 10	LP
''Blender''	Collective Soul	October 10	LP
''5th Dog Let Loose''	Flesh-N-Bone	October 10	LP
''	Ja Rule	October 10	LP
''Vapor Transmission''	Orgy	October 10	LP
''Ain't Life Grand''	Slash's Snakepit	October 10	LP
''The Height of Callousness''	Spineshank	October 10	LP
''V-The New Mythology Suite''	Symphony X	October 10	LP
''Saints & Sinners''	All Saints	October 14	LP
''The Very Beast of Dio''	Dio	October 14	Greatest Hits
''	Faithless	October 16	Compilation
''Renaissance''	Lionel Richie	October 16	LP
''The Rose that Grew from Concrete''	2Pac	October 17	LP
''	Johnny Cash	October 17	LP
''Lounge Against the Machine''	Richard Cheese	October 17	LP
''Born to Do It''	Craig David	October 17 (UK)	LP
''Eat at Whitey's''	Everlast	October 17	LP
''PS I Love You''	Kid 606	October 17	LP
''Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water''	Limp Bizkit	October 17	LP
''Back for the First Time''	Ludacris	October 17	LP
''Dead Heart in a Dead World''	Nevermore	October 17	LP
''Train of Thought''	Reflection Eternal	October 17	LP
''The Collector's Series Volume One''	Celine Dion	October 23	Compilation
''Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea''	PJ Harvey	October 23	LP
''Lemonjelly.KY''	Lemon Jelly	October 23	LP
''My Kind of Christmas''	Christina Aguilera	October 24	LP
''The Forbidden Love E.P.''	Death Cab for Cutie	October 24	EP
''Fozzy''	Fozzy	October 24	LP
''Whoa, Nelly!''	Nelly Furtado	October 24	LP
''Greatest Hits''	Lenny Kravitz	October 24	Greatest Hits
''Borders & Boundaries''	Less Than Jake	October 24	LP
''Hybrid Theory''	Linkin Park	October 24	LP
''	Megadeth	October 24	Greatest Hits
''	Moby	October 24	Compilation
''	Newsboys	October 24	Compilation
''Live @ the Key Club''	Pennywise	October 24	Live
''Love Ways''	Spoon	October 24	EP
''	Blur	October 30	Greatest Hits
''Follow the Reaper''	Children of Bodom	October 30	LP
''Buzz''	Steps	October 30	LP
''All That You Can't Leave Behind''	U2	October 30	LP
''Mama's Gun''	Erykah Badu	October 31	LP
''The Essential Bob Dylan''	Bob Dylan	October 31	Compilation
''	Jay-Z	October 31	LP
''Loveboat''	Erasure	October 31	LP
''Christmas Around the World''	Bradley Joseph	October 31	LP
''Road Rage''	Great Big Sea	October 31	LP
''Bizzar''	Insane Clown Posse	October 31	LP
''Bizaar''	Insane Clown Posse	October 31	LP
''Christmas Around the World''	Bradley Joseph	October 31	LP
''No Name Face''	Lifehouse	October 31	LP
''Things to Make and Do''	Moloko	October 31	LP
''Gotta Tell You''	Samantha Mumba	October 31	LP
''The Perfect Element, part I''	Pain of Salvation	October 31	LP
''Haunted''	Poe	October 31	LP
''	Three 6 Mafia	October 31	LP
''Stankonia''	OutKast	October 31	LP
''Cosmic Genesis''	Vintersorg	November 3	LP
''Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars''	Fatboy Slim	November 6	LP
''The Unutterable''	The Fall	November 6	LP
''	Genesis	November 6	Box Set
''Coast to Coast''	Westlife	November 6	LP
''Myths, Legends, and Other Amazing Adventures, Vol. 2''	The Aquabats!	November 7	Compilation
''	blink-182	November 7	Live
''El Cancionero Mas y Mas''	Los Lobos	November 7	Box Set
''War to End All Wars''	Yngwie J. Malmsteen	November 7	LP
''Hits+''	Kylie Minogue	November 7	Compilation
''Pure''	Gary Numan	November 7	LP
''Strait Up''	Snot	November 7	LP
''Forever''	Spice Girls	November 7	LP
''The Color of Silence''	Tiffany	November 7	LP
''Ride Wit Us Or Collide Wit Us''	Tha Outlawz	November 7	LP
''Saturday People''	Prozzäk	November 7	LP
''The Seventh Song''	Steve Vai	November 7	Compilation
''1''	The Beatles	November 13	Compilation
''Familiar to Millions''	Oasis	November 13	Live
''Ghost Tropic''		November 13	LP
''3LW''	3LW	November 14	LP
''	Bone Thugs-N-Harmony	November 14	Compilation
''Fuse''	Colin James	November 14	LP
''Midian''	Cradle of Filth	November 14	LP
''Didn't See Me Coming''	Keith Sweat	November 14	LP
''Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)''	Marilyn Manson	November 14	LP
''Exposed''	Chanté Moore	November 14	LP
''Aijuswanaseing''	Musiq	November 14	LP
''Conspiracy of One''	The Offspring	November 14	LP
''Musique''	Theatre of Tragedy	November 14	LP
''Bridging the Gap''	Charlie Wilson	November 14	LP
''Now That's What I Call Music! 5'' (U.S. series)	Various Artists	November 14	Compilation
''The Playa Rich Project''	Various Artists	November 14	Compilation
''Now That's What I Call Music! 47'' (U.K. series)	Various Artists	November 20	Compilation
''Black & Blue''	Backstreet Boys	November 21	LP
''The Reunion''	Capone-N-Noreaga	November 21	LP
''Paradox Addendum''	The Crüxshadows	November 21	EP
''Flashback''	Electric Light Orchestra	November 21	Box Set
''A Day Without Rain''	Enya	November 21	LP
''	Everclear	November 21	LP
''Mass Romantic''	The New Pornographers	November 21	LP
''Greatest Hits''	Tim McGraw	November 21	Greatest Hits
''Things Falling Apart''	Nine Inch Nails	November 21	EP
''Bottles to the Ground''	NOFX	November 21	EP
''The W''	Wu-Tang Clan	November 21	LP
''Road Rock Vol. 1''	Neil Young	November 21	Live
''In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country''	Boards of Canada	November 27	EP
''	dc Talk	November 27	Greatest Hits
''Tomorrow Comes Today''	Gorillaz	November 27	EP
''The Early Chapters of Revelation''	Therion	November 27	Box Set
''Catch the Wind''	Donovan	November 28	Compilation
''Ghetto Postage''	Ghetto Postage	November 28	LP
''Dawn of Victory''	Rhapsody	November 28	LP
''Lyricist Lounge 2''	Various Artists	November 28	Compilation
''Human Nature''	Human Nature	December 1	LP
''Live''	Alice in Chains	December 5	Live
''Burning Japan Live 1999''	Arch Enemy	December 5	Live
''The Best Of The Doors''	The Doors	December 5	Compilation
''The Dark Ride''	Helloween	December 5	LP
''Lights Out''	Lil Wayne	December 5	LP
''The Understanding''	Memphis Bleek	December 5	LP
''Renegades''	Rage Against the Machine	December 5	Cover Album
''O Brother, Where Art Thou?''	Various Artists	December 5	Soundtrack
''Live at the Fillmore''	Cypress Hill	December 12	Live
''One Night Only''	Elton John	December 12	Live
''Spiritual Machines''	Our Lady Peace	December 12 (Canada)	LP
''	The Tea Party	December 12	Greatest Hits
''Salival''	Tool	December 12	Box Set
''Restless''	Xzibit	December 12	LP
''Past Life Trauma (1985-1992)''	Kreator	December 26	Compilation

Biggest hit singles

The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in 2000.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Britney Spears	Oops!... I Did it Again	2000	UK 1 - May 2000, US BB 9 of 2000, US BB 2 of 2000, Holland 1 - Apr 2000, Sweden 1 - Apr 2000, France 10 - May 2000, Austria 3 - May 2000, Switzerland 1 - May 2000, Norway 1 - May 2000, Australia 26 of 2000, Germany 154 of the 2000s, Germany 2 - May 2000, New Zealand 1 for 1 weeks Jun 2000, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Sep 2000, Europe 79 of the 2000s, POP 2 of 2000, Acclaimed 2376, Party 39 of 1999
2	Madonna	Music	2000	UK 1 - Sep 2000, US BB 1 of 2000, US BB 33 of 2000, Holland 4 - Aug 2000, Sweden 1 - Aug 2000, Austria 6 - Sep 2000, Switzerland 1 - Sep 2000, Norway 1 - Sep 2000, Australia 11 of 2000, Germany 196 of the 2000s, Germany 4 - Aug 2000, New Zealand 1 for 1 weeks Oct 2000, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Dec 2000, Europe 58 of the 2000s, RYM 33 of 2000, POP 33 of 2000, Scrobulate 87 of pop, Acclaimed 674, Party 41 of 1999
3	Bomfunk MCs	Freestyler	2000	UK 2 - Aug 2000, Holland 1 - Mar 2000, Sweden 1 - Jan 2000, France 1 - Apr 2000, Austria 1 - May 2000, Switzerland 1 - May 2000, Norway 1 - Feb 2000, Australia 2 of 2000, Germany 10 of the 2000s, Germany 1 - May 2000, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Sep 2000, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Oct 2000, Europe 26 of the 2000s
4	U2	Beautiful Day	2000	UK 1 - Oct 2000, Holland 1 - Sep 2000, Sweden 3 - Oct 2000, Austria 23 - Nov 2000, Switzerland 6 - Oct 2000, Norway 1 - Oct 2000, Australia 46 of 2000, Germany 21 - Oct 2000, Eire 1 - Oct 2000, Australia 1 for 1 weeks Jan 2001, Europe 5 of the 2000s, Grammy in 2000, Virgin 99, TheQ 225, RYM 13 of 2000, Scrobulate 22 of rock, WXPN 471, Acclaimed 1223, Party 62 of 2007
5	LeAnn Rimes	Can't Fight the Moonlight	2000	UK 1 - Nov 2000, US BB 71 of 2000, Holland 1 - Nov 2000, Sweden 4 - Jan 2001, France 4 - Jan 2001, Austria 9 - Feb 2001, Switzerland 2 - Dec 2000, Norway 2 - Dec 2000, Australia 2 of 2001, Germany 293 of the 2000s, Germany 9 - Jan 2001, Eire 1 - Nov 2000, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Apr 2001, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Apr 2001, Europe 37 of the 2000s, RYM 166 of 2000, Scrobulate 95 of country, OzNet 584

Top hits on record

★ "Again" - Lenny Kravitz

★ "All the Small Things" - Blink-182

★ "Babylon" - David Gray

★ "Beautiful Day" - U2

★ "Be With You - Enrique Iglesias

★ "Bent" - Matchbox Twenty

★ "Black Coffee" - All Saints

★ "Bohemian Like You" - The Dandy Warhols

★ "Boyz-N-The-Hood" - Dynamite Hack

★ "Breathe" - Faith Hill

★ "Bye Bye Bye" - 'N Sync

★ "The Call" - Backstreet Boys

★ "Case of the Ex" - Mya

★ "Californication" - Red Hot Chili Peppers

★ "Come On Over (All I Want Is You)" - Christina Aguilera

★ "Coming Around" - Travis

★ "Day & Night" - Billie Piper

★ "Disillusion" - Badly Drawn Boy

★ "Freestyler" - Bomfunk MC's

★ "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" - Britney Spears

★ "Get Off" - Dandy Warhols

★ "Go Let It Out" - Oasis

★ "Graduation (Friends Forever)" - Vitamin C

★ "He Loves U Not"- Dream (band)

★ "He Wasn't Man Enough" - Toni Braxton

★ "I Try" - Macy Gray

★ "If You're Gone" - Matchbox Twenty

★ "Independent Women Part I" - Destiny's Child

★ "It's Gonna Be Me" - 'N Sync

★ "It's My Life" - Bon Jovi

★ "It Wasn't Me" - Shaggy feat. Rikrok

★ "Kids" - Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue

★ "Life Is a Rollercoaster" - Ronan Keating

★ "Long Way Around" - Eagle Eye Cherry and Neneh Cherry

★ "Lucky" - Britney Spears

★ "Mama Told Me Not to Come" - Tom Jones and the Stereophonics

★ "Maria Maria" - Santana

★ "The Masses Against The Classes" - Manic Street Preachers

★ "Miss You Love" - Silverchair

★ "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" - Eels

★ "Music" - Madonna

★ "My Generation" - Limp Bizkit

★ "Oops!... I Did It Again" - Britney Spears

★ "Pinch Me" - Bare Naked Ladies

★ "Pure Shores" - All Saints

★ "Rise" - Gabrielle

★ "Rock DJ" - Robbie Williams

★ "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" - Limp Bizkit

★ "Say My Name - Destiny's Child

★ "7 Days" - Craig David

★ "17 Again" - Eurythmics

★ "Shape of My Heart" - Backstreet Boys

★ "Something Deep Inside" - Billie Piper

★ "Still" - Macy Gray

★ "Stronger" - Britney Spears

★ "Sunday Morning Call" - Oasis

★ "Thank God I Found You" - Mariah Carey featuring Joe and 98 Degrees

★ "Thank You For Loving Me" - Bon Jovi

★ "The Bad Touch" - Bloodhound Gang

★ "The Great Beyond" - R.E.M.

★ "There She Goes" - Sixpence None the Richer

★ "There You Go" - Pink

★ "Trouble" - Coldplay

★ "Try Again" - Aaliyah

★ "Yellow" - Coldplay

★ "Spinning Around" - Kylie Minogue

★ "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" - D'Angelo
''See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2000 (USA)''

Top 5 Selling Albums of the Billboard Year

#Faith Hill - ''Breathe''
#
★ NSYNC - ''No Strings Attached''
#Santana - ''Supernatural''
#Eminem - ''The Marshall Mathers LP''
#Britney Spears - ''Oops!... I Did It Again''

Top 20 selling albums of the year (Soundscan)

#
★ NSYNC - ''No Strings Attached'', 9,936,104 copies
#Eminem - ''The Marshall Mathers LP'', 7,921,107 copies
#Britney Spears - ''Oops!... I Did It Again'', 7,893,544 copies
#Creed - ''Human Clay'', 6,587,834 copies
#Santana - ''Supernatural'', 5,857,824 copies
#Beatles - ''1'', 5,068,300 copies
#Nelly - ''Country Grammar'', 5,067,529 copies
#Backstreet Boys - ''Black & Blue'', 4,289,865 copies
#Dr. Dre - ''Dr. Dre 2001'', 3,992,311 copies
#Destiny's Child - ''The Writing's on the Wall'', 3,802,165 copies
#3 Doors Down - ''The Better Life'', 3,800,515 copies
#Christina Aguilera - ''Christina Aguilera'', 3,768,441 copies
#Limp Bizkit - ''Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water'', 3,744,561 copies
#Dixie Chicks - ''Fly'', 3,520,469 copies
#Sisqó - ''Unleash the Dragon'', 3,493,269 copies
#Faith Hill - ''Breathe'', 3,365,926 copies
#Various Artists - ''Now That's What I Call Music, Volume 5'' (U.S. series), 3,155,083 copies
#DMX - ''And Then There Was X'', 3,093,579 copies
#Kid Rock - ''Devil Without a Cause'', 2,804,158 copies
#Papa Roach - ''Infest'', 2,707,954 copies
Complete 200

Classical music

★ John Adams - ''El Niño'' (oratorio)

★ Leonardo Balada - Music for Flute and Orchestra

★ Stefano Gervasoni - ''Rigirio''

★ Karl Jenkins - ''Adiemus IV: the Eternal Knot''

★ Nigel Keay - ''Viola concerto'' ([1])

★ Meyer Kupferman - ''Icon Symphony''

★ Peter Maxwell Davies

★
★ Symphony No. 7

★
★ Symphony No. 8 ''Antarctica''

★ Peter Ruzicka - ''Traces'' for Clarinet and Orchestra

★ John Tavener - ''Song of the Cosmos''

Opera

★ Michael Abels - ''Homies and Popz''

★ Carlisle Floyd - ''Cold Sassy Tree''

★ Cristóbal Halffter - ''Don Quijote''

★ Jake Heggie - ''Dead Man Walking''

★ Michael Nyman - ''Facing Goya''

★ Sheila Silver - ''The Thief of Love''

★ Richard Thomas - ''Tourette's Diva''

Musical theater

★ ''Aida'' Broadway production

★ ''The Dead'' Broadway production

★ ''The Full Monty'' Broadway production

★ ''Jane Eyre'' Broadway production

★ ''The Music Man'' (Meredith Willson) - Broadway revival

★ ''Seussical'' Broadway production

★ ''The Sapphire Necklace'' Midway Village premiere

Musical film

★ ''The Tigger Movie'' released February 10

★ ''The Fantasticks'' released September 22 starring Joel Grey

Births

★ August 11 - Rocco John Ritchie, son of Madonna and Guy Ritchie

Deaths

★ February 7 - Big Punisher (28), heart attack

★ February 12 - Screamin' Jay Hawkins (70), U.S. vocal artist

★ February 28 - George Siravo (83), US arranger and saxophonist

★ March 1 - Dennis Danell, Social Distortion (38), brain aneurysm

★ March 7 - Pee Wee King (86), heart attack on February 28.

★ March 20 - Gene "Eugene" Andrusco (38), actor, singer; brain aneurysm

★ March 27 - Ian Dury (57), English rock musician

★ April 27 - Vicki Sue Robinson (45), US disco singer

★ May 20 - Jean Pierre Rampal (78), flautist

★ July 24 - Oscar Shumsky (83), violinist

★ September 21 - Bengt Hambraeus (72), composer for organ

★ September 26 - Carl Sigman (91), songwriter

★ October 3 - Benjamin Orr (53), bassist, vocalist for American rock group The Cars

★ October 10 - Julie London (74), US singer and actress

★ October 28 - Carlos Guastavino (78), composer

★ October 30 - Steve Allen (78), comedian, composer, talk show host, author

★ November 8 - Dick Morrissey (60), UK tenor saxophonist; cancer

★ November 12 - Stanley Turrentine (64), US tenor saxophonist; stroke

★ November 16 - DJ Screw (29), hip-hop DJ

★ December 18 - Kirsty McColl (41), English singer songwriter,

★ December 24 - Nick Massi (65), bass singer for the pop band The Four Seasons

★ Robert Rental - Industrial music innovator; cancer

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

★ Grammy Awards of 2000

Country Music Association Awards

Charts

Triple J Hottest 100

★ Triple J Hottest 100, 2000

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