2001 IN MUSIC

''See also:''

★ 2001 in music (UK)

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Events

★ January 1

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★ Comeback of Guns N' Roses in House of Blues

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★ Hum disbands.

★ January 17 - Bass player Jason Newsted leaves Metallica after 14 years with the band.

★ January/February - Rush records ''Vapor Trails'', which was released on May 14, 2002.

★ February - CFXJ (''Flow 93.5''), Canada's first urban music station, goes to air for the first time as a testing signal (its official debut is on March 1.) This is a breakthrough for Canadian hip hop and R&B musicians, who had previously faced significant barriers to getting exposure for their music.

★ February 13 - Peter Frampton receives the Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award

★ February 17 - Manic Street Preachers become the first western rock band to play in Cuba. (Fidel Castro was in attendance.)

★ March 1 - Collin Raye is awarded the Artist Humanitarian Award from Country Radio Broadcasters Inc. The award was given in recognition of Raye's work on behalf of a number of different charitable organizations including Child help USA, USA Weekend's Make a Difference Day and the Native American organization Hecel Oyakapi.

★ March 14 - The Court of Appeals in Rome finds Michael Jackson "not guilty" of plagiarism, reversing a decision made in 1999 by a lower court. Italian songwriter Albano Carrisi had claimed that Jackson's "Will You Be There" was a copy of his song "I Cigni Di Balaka."

★ March 28 - Sergei Rachmaninoff's ''Piano Concerto No. 2'' replaces Max Bruch's violin concerto at #1 in the Classic FM Hall of Fame.

★ March 31 - Whitney Houston and husband Bobby Brown are banned for life from Hollywood's Bel Air hotel after destroying their room. Property that was allegedly damaged included a TV, and two doors. According to Hotel Workers, the walls and carpets were also stained by alcohol. The Hotel closed down the room for five days for repairs.

★ April 4 - Original Zombies lead singer Colin Blunstone and keyboardist Rod Argent, reunite for a two part performance at London's Jazz Cafe. This was the first time the two band members performed together in over 30 years.

★ April 24 and October 30 - Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson release albums in the same year, respectively. Janet releases "All For You" and Michael releases "Invincible". Both albums would hit #1 on the album charts.

★ May 1 - Huey Lewis and the News makes a comeback with their album Plan B, their first album of new material in a decade.

★ May - The 4th EJCF in Basel was held. Next time was in 2004.

★ June 12 - Electric Light Orchestra's first album released in 15 years, since ''Balance Of Power'', is entitled ''Zoom''.

★ June 16 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the 9th Annual of the Weenie Roast show with Blink-182, Coldplay, Crazy Town, The Cult, Disturbed, Jane's Addiction, Linkin Park, The Living End, New Found Glory, Pennywise, Papa Roach, Stabbing Westward, Staind, Stone Temple Pilots, Sum 41 and 311.

★ July - Backstreet Boy A.J. McLean enters a rehabilitation facility to deal with alcoholism and depression, as the ''Black & Blue'' Summer tour put on hold.

★ August 25 - A Cessna 402 aircraft carrying 9 people, including R&B singer Aaliyah, crashes in the Bahamas, killing all aboard.

★ September 10-11 - Blink-182 originally started shooting a video for the song Stay Together for the Kids on September 10, 2001, and originally featured the band playing in a derelict house. The next day when they went to finish the video, the 9-11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City occurred. They decided to shoot another video for the song a few weeks later.

★ September 11- My Chemical Romance lead singer, Gerard Way witnesses the 9/11 attacks and gets inspired to start a band, which later becomes My Chemical Romance.

★ September 21 - '' 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.

★ 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.

★ October 21 - '' 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.

★ October 25 - Quarashi performs a live concert with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra (the band, Botnleðja also performed) in the Háskólabíó in Reykjavík, Iceland, which is notable for being the first time that a rap act performed a live concert with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra. Quarashi performed seven songs from their (at the time) upcoming album, ''Jinx''.

★ November - The governing body of the UK Singles Chart, Chart Information Network Ltd. (CIN), changes its name to The Official UK Charts Company.

★ November 16 - Britney Spears' third album, ''Britney'' debuts at #1, making her the first female artist with her first three albums to debut at #1.

★ Mariah Carey makes a number of unusual public appearances, including an unscheduled visit to MTV's ''Total Request Live'' on July 19 [1]

★ Area One music festival brings together a variety of acts including Moby, Incubus, Outkast, New Order, Nelly Furtado, The Roots, Rinocerose, Paul Oakenfold, and Carl Cox.

★ Napster's popularity peaks

★ The Republic of France awards Jean-Yves Thibaudet the honour of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

★ Deporitaz releases "Microwave this CD", his second album, on MP3.com.

Bands formed

★ Alexisonfire

★ The All-American Rejects

★ Apollo Sunshine

★ Apostle of Hustle

★ Audioslave

★ Automatic Hotel

★ Bear vs. Shark

★ The Black Keys

★ Black Stone Cherry

★ Busted

★ The Chalets

★ Chin Up Chin Up

★ Chiodos

★ Circus Devils

★ Desaparecidos

★ Die Trying

★ The Early November

★ Emery

★ Fall Out Boy

★ Franz Ferdinand

★ The Format

★ Hawthorne Heights

★ Head of Femur

★ Hella

★ Jet (band)

★ The Hidden Cameras

★ Kaddisfly

★ Kutless

★ The Like

★ The Mars Volta

★ mewithoutYou

★ Million Dead

★ The Mint Chicks

★ My American Heart

★ My Chemical Romance

★ Norma Jean

★ No Secrets

★ The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower

★ The Postal Service

★ Railroad Earth

★ Ratatat

★ The Raveonettes

★ The Reindeer Section

★ Rock Kills Kid

★ Shout Out Louds

★ Sikth

★ Sparta

★ A Static Lullaby

★ The Thrills

★ Tilly and the Wall

★ TV on the Radio

★ The Underdog Project

★ The Zutons

★ Zwan

Bands disbanded

★ 5ive

★ Aqua

★ At the Drive-In

★ Elastica

★ Malice Mizer (indefinite hiatus)

★ Murder City Devils

★ Pilfers

★ Pizzicato Five

★ Savage Garden

★ Skunk Anansie

★ Spice Girls (reformed in 2007)

★ Steps

★ Sunny Day Real Estate

★ ThaMuseMeant (reformed in 2003)

★ Toadies

★ Weta

Bands reformed

★ Electric Light Orchestra (with new members except for original members, Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy)

★ Level 42

★ The Monkees

★ Roxy Music

★ Zebra

Albums released

'Album'	'Artist'	'Release Date'	'Album Type'
''Light of Day, Day of Darkness''	Green Carnation	January 8	LP
''Alcohol Fueled Brewtality''	Black Label Society	January 16	LP
''From Long Beach 2 Fillmoe''	Daz Dillinger & J.T. the Bigga Figga	January 16	LP
''Mellow Yellow/Wear Your Love Like Heaven''	Donovan	January 16	Compilation
''beautiful.''	Fantastic Plastic Machine	January 17	LP
''The Anthology... So Far''	Ringo Starr	January 19	Live
''The Donnas Turn 21''	The Donnas	January 23	LP
''The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates''	Hall & Oates	January 23	Greatest Hits
''J.Lo''	Jennifer Lopez	January 23	LP
''Carnival Diablos''	Annihilator	January 23	LP
''Day of the Death''	Death by Stereo	January 23	LP
''It Was All a Dream''	Dream	January 23	LP
''Folkémon''	Skyclad	January 23	LP
''O-Town''	O-Town	January 23	LP
''Anthology''	Obituary	January 23	Compilation
''Dog in the Sand''	Frank Black and the Catholics	January 30	LP
''I Need You''	LeAnn Rimes	January 30	LP
''Sounding the Seventh Trumpet''	Avenged Sevenfold	January 31	LP
''	Atmosphere	February 1	LP
''Brushfire Fairytales''	Jack Johnson	February 1	LP
''End Is Forever''	The Ataris	February 6	LP
''Planet Pop''	ATC	February 6	LP
''You Had It Coming''	Jeff Beck	February 6	LP
''Sing Loud, Sing Proud!''	Dropkick Murphys	February 6	LP
''Greatest Hits Vol. II''	Gloria Estefan	February 6	Compilation
''604''	Ladytron	February 6	LP
''Electroretard''	Melvins	February 6	LP
''Dither''	moe.	February 6	LP
''Risen''	O.A.R.	February 6	LP
''	Spice 1	February 12	Greatest Hits
''To Record Only Water for Ten Days''	John Frusciante	February 13	LP
''Stephen Malkmus''	Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks	February 13	LP
''Toki no Tsubasa''	Zard	February 15	LP
''Flowers''	Echo & the Bunnymen	February 16	LP
''	Fila Brazillia	February 19	LP
''Karma''	Kamelot	February 19	LP
''Music Box''	The Monkees	February 20	Box Set
''Wasted Days''	The Slackers	February 20	LP
''A Predator's Portrait''	Soilwork	February 20	LP
''Girls Can Tell''	Spoon	February 20	LP
''Teen Spirit''	A ★ Teens	February 26	LP
''Sleepwalking''	Rae & Christian	February 26	LP
''American Hi-Fi''	American Hi-Fi	February 27	LP
''A Bum Note and a Bead of Sweat''	Baboon	February 27	Live
''Everyday''	Dave Matthews Band	February 27	LP
''Blackwater Park''	Opeth	February 27	LP
''(Self Titled)''	Zao	February 27	LP
''B.P. Empire''	Infected Mushroom	March 1	LP
''	Rae & Christian	March 1	Compilation
''Complete 'B' Sides''	Pixies	March 5	Compilation
''When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up''	Snow Patrol	March 5	LP
''The Optimist LP''	Turin Brakes	March 5	LP
''Just Push Play''	Aerosmith	March 6	LP
''ANThology''	Alien Ant Farm	March 6	LP
''Anarchists of Good Taste''	Dog Fashion Disco	March 6	LP
''Scorpion''	Eve	March 6	LP
''SGNL>05''	Isis	March 6	EP
''Unwind''	Oleander	March 6	LP
''Identity Crisis''	Thrice	March 6	LP
''Fat Music Volume 5: Live Fat, Die Young''	Various Artists	March 6	Compilation
''One Nil''	Neil Finn	March 9	LP
''Group Sounds''	Rocket From the Crypt	March 9	LP
''Regeneration''	The Divine Comedy	March 12	LP
''Superstars and Cannonballs''	Savage Garden	March 12	VHS/DVD
''Timeless Departure''	Skyfire	March 12	LP
''Reptile''	Eric Clapton	March 13	LP
''Let It Fall''	Sean Watkins	March 13	LP
''Gourmandises''	Alizee	March 13	LP
''Discovery''	Daft Punk	March 13	LP
''All About Chemistry''	Semisonic	March 13	LP
''Spin''	Darren Hayes	March 18 (Australia)	LP
''Ease Down the Road''	Bonnie 'Prince' Billy	March 19	LP
''456132015''	De Facto	March 19	EP
''Know Your Enemy''	Manic Street Preachers	March 19	LP
''The Gift''	Bizzy Bone	March 20	LP
''Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia''	Dimmu Borgir	March 20	LP
''Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards''	Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards	March 20	LP
''Thug By Nature''	L-Burna	March 20	LP
''Unleashed Memories''	Lacuna Coil	March 20	LP
''Nation''	Sepultura	March 20	LP
''Hypothetical''	Threshold	March 20	LP
''Thugs Are Us''	Trick Daddy	March 20	LP
''Healing''	Unloco	March 20	LP
''Angel of Mine''	Frank Duval	March 26	Compilation
''Gorillaz''	Gorillaz	March 26	LP
''Until the End of Time''	2Pac	March 27	LP
''Endangered Species''	Big Pun	March 27	Compilation
''Another Perfect World''	Peter Cetera	March 27	LP
''The Moon is Down''	Further Seems Forever	March 27	LP
''Greatest Hits''	Billy Idol	March 27	Greatest Hits
''Kiss tha Game Goodbye''	Jadakiss	March 27	LP
''The Sneak Attack''	KRS-One	March 27	LP
''Roll On''	The Living End	March 27	LP
''Every Six Seconds''	Saliva	March 27	LP
''Drops of Jupiter''	Train	March 27	LP
''EP 2''	Zero 7	March 27	EP
''A BEST''	Ayumi Hamasaki	March 28	Compilation
''10 Years of Abuse (and Still Broke)''	Eyehategod	March 29	Live
''Echo Echo''	Carbon Leaf	March 31	LP
''Mutter''	Rammstein	April 2	LP
''	The Jam	April 2	Box Set
''From Here to Infirmary''	Alkaline Trio	April 3	LP
''The Swimming Hour''	Andrew Bird	April 3	LP
''The Yin and the Yang''	Cappadonna	April 3	LP
''I Don't Care That You Don't Mind''	Crash Test Dummies	April 3	LP
''The Life''	Ginuwine	April 3	LP
''Arrival''	Journey	April 3	LP
''Room Service''	Roxette	April 3	LP
''Crown Royal''	Run-D.M.C.	April 3	LP
''Poets and Madmen''	Savatage	April 3	LP
''Unholy Terror''	W.A.S.P.	April 3	LP
''Now That's What I Call Music! 6'' (U.S. series)	Various Artists	April 3	Compilation
''Room Service''	Roxette	April 4	LP
''Now That's What I Call Music! 48'' (U.K. series)	Various Artists	April 9	Compilation
''No More Shall We Part''	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	April 10	LP
''Live Frogs Set 1''	Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade	April 10	Live
''For the Stars''	Elvis Costello and Anne-Sofie von Otter	April 10	LP
''Revelling/Reckoning''	Ani DiFranco	April 10	LP
''Isolation Drills''	Guided by Voices	April 10	LP
''Covered With Ants''	Guttermouth	April 10	LP
''Rock The Plank''	Mad Caddies	April 10	LP
''Surfer''	NOFX	April 10	EP
''A Techno Tribute to Depeche Mode''	Various Artists	April 10	Tribute
''Free All Angels''	Ash	April 16	LP
''A Girl Like Me''	Emma Bunton	April 16	LP
''Colossus of Destiny''	The Melvins	April 16	Live
''The Very Best of Elvis Costello''	Elvis Costello	April 17	Compilation
''Live Insurrection''	Halford	April 17	Live
''6.0''	Sister Machine Gun	April 17	LP
''Olivia''	Olivia	April 17	LP
''Just Enough Education to Perform''	Stereophonics	April 17	LP
''One for the Kids''	Yellowcard	April 17	LP
''Abulum''	Glen Phillips	April 21	LP
''Echo Park''	Feeder	April 23	LP
''In America''	Kenny G	April 23	Compilation
''To Be Frank''	Nik Kershaw	April 23	LP
''Simple Things''	Zero 7	April 23 (UK)	LP
''Underground Network''	Anti-Flag	April 24	LP
''This Is Where I Came In''	Bee Gees	April 24	LP
''Mutiny on the Bay''	Dead Kennedys	April 24	Live
''Dizzy Spells''	The Ex	April 24	LP
''Digimortal''	Fear Factory	April 24	LP
''Going Somewhere''	Colin Hay	April 24	LP
''All for You''	Janet Jackson	April 24	LP
''Man in the Moon''	L.A. Guns	April 24	LP
''Set This Circus Down''	Tim McGraw	April 24	LP
''Sad Sappy Sucker''	Modest Mouse	April 24	LP
''The Unraveling''	Rise Against	April 24	LP
''Wages of Sin''	Arch Enemy	April 25	LP
''All Rise''	Blue	April 27	LP
''	The Jam	April 30	Box Set
''Rock Action''	Mogwai	April 30	LP
''Survivor''	Destiny's Child	May 1	LP
''Dillinger & Young Gotti''	Tha Dogg Pound	May 1	LP
''Mechanical Wonder''	Ocean Colour Scene	May 1	LP
''PeteStrumentals''	Pete Rock	May 1	LP
''	Paul McCartney	May 7	Greatest Hits
''Ayeshteni''	Natacha Atlas	May 8	LP
''Lions''	The Black Crowes	May 8	LP
''Bridge''	Blues Traveler	May 8	LP
''Best of B-Boy Records''	Boogie Down Productions	May 8	Compilation
''Look into the Eyeball''	David Byrne	May 8	LP
''Live on the Black Hand Side''	Danzig	May 8	Live
''	Deltron 3030	May 8	LP
''Falconer''	Falconer	May 8	LP
''	Jimi Hendrix	May 8	Compilation
''Hi-Teknology''	Hi-Tek	May 8	LP
''Field Songs''	Mark Lanegan	May 8	LP
''Awakening the World''	Lost Horizon	May 8	LP
''XX''	Mushroomhead	May 8	LP
''Moulin Rouge!''	Various Artists	May 8	Soundtrack
''All Killer No Filler''	Sum 41	May 8	LP
''Exciter''	Depeche Mode	May 14	LP
''Reveal''	R.E.M.	May 14	LP
''Acoustica''	Scorpions	May 14	Live
''Brand New History''	Econoline Crush	May 15	LP
''Anoraknophobia''	Marillion	May 15	LP
''The World Needs a Hero''	Megadeth	May 15	LP
''Miss E... So Addictive''	Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott	May 15	LP
''Lateralus''	Tool	May 15	LP
''Weezer (The Green Album)''	Weezer	May 15	LP
''Same Girl, New Songs''	The All-American Rejects	May 17	EP
''Scream if You Wanna Go Faster''	Geri Halliwell	May 21	LP
''200 Po Vstrechnoy''	t.A.T.u.	May 21	LP
''Genetic World''	Télépopmusik	May 21	LP
''Hawthorne, CA''	The Beach Boys	May 22	Compilation
''One Wild Night Live 1985-2001''	Bon Jovi	May 22	Live
''How I Spent My Summer Vacation''	The Bouncing Souls	May 22	LP
''All This and Puppet Stew''	The Dickies	May 22	LP
''Rising Again''	Donovan	May 22	Live
''	Kardinal Offishall	May 22	LP
''Mediocre Generica''	Leftöver Crack	May 22	LP
''Put Yo Hood Up''	Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz	May 22	LP
''The Renaissance EP''	MxPx	May 22	EP
''Malpractice''	Redman	May 22	LP
''Stabbing Westward''	Stabbing Westward	May 22	LP
''Break the Cycle''	Staind	May 22	LP
''Machine''	Static-X	May 22	LP
''10 000 Hz Legend''	Air	May 28	LP
''Pause''	Four Tet	May 28 (UK)	LP
''Bliss, Please''	blackmail	May 25	LP
''Irresistible''	Jessica Simpson	May 29	LP
''Amnesiac''	Radiohead	June 4	LP
''Aura''	Asia	June 5	LP
''Somewhere Over The Slaughter House''	Buckethead	June 5	LP
''Sinner''	Drowning Pool	June 5	LP
''Broken Silence''	Foxy Brown	June 5	LP
''A Flight and a Crash''	Hot Water Music	June 5	LP
''	INXS	June 5	Compilation
''Songs in A Minor''	Alicia Keys	June 5	LP
''Loser Anthems''	Matthew Good Band	June 5	EP
''Full Bluntal Nugity''	Ted Nugent	June 5	Live
''Swordfish:The Album''	Paul Oakenfold	June 5	Soundtrack
''Poses''	Rufus Wainwright	June 5	LP
''Inside Out''	Trisha Yearwood	June 5	LP
''Punk-O-Rama Vol. 6''	Various Artists	June 5	Compilation
''Organik''	Robert Miles	June 11	LP
''Beneath the Encasing of Ashes''	As I Lay Dying	June 12	LP
''9 Lives''	AZ	June 12	LP
''Take off Your Pants and Jacket''	blink-182	June 12	LP
''Zoom''	Electric Light Orchestra	June 12	LP
''PS You Love Me''	Kid 606	June 12	LP
''Recordings''	Porcupine Tree	June 12	Compilation
''Sugar Ray''	Sugar Ray	June 12	LP
''The Best of Eighteen Visions''	Eighteen Visions	June 13	Compilation
''Perhaps, I Suppose''	Rufio	June 13	LP
''Outrospective''	Faithless	June 18	LP
''Beat 'Em Up''	Iggy Pop	June 18	LP
''Origin of Symmetry''	Muse	June 18 (UK)	LP
''!!!''	!!!	June 19	LP
''From Chaos''	311	June 19	LP
''Just Like Gravity''	CPR	June 19	LP
''Devil's Night''	D12	June 19	LP
''	Digital Underground	June 19	Compilation
''Far from Over''	Edwin McCain	June 19	LP
''Mandy Moore''	Mandy Moore	June 19	LP
''Greatest Fits''	Ministry	June 19	Compilation
''Land of the Free?''	Pennywise	June 19	LP
''GQ on the EQ++''	Kid 606	June 19	LP
''Live, Loud and Loose''	Loverboy	June 19	Live
''Live in San Francisco''	Joe Satriani	June 19	Live
''Shangri-La Dee Da''	Stone Temple Pilots	June 19	LP
''Alive in an Ultra World''	Steve Vai	June 19	Live
''Don't Tell the Band''	Widespread Panic	June 19	LP
''2001 Warped Tour Compilation''	Various Artists	June 19	Compilation
''Friends & Family, Vol. 2''	Suicidal Tendencies, Various Artists	June 20	Compilation
''Madhouse - The Very Best of Anthrax''	Anthrax	June 26	Greatest Hits
''	Fleetwood Mac	June 26	Compilation
''Horror Show''	Iced Earth	June 26	LP
''Jagged Little Thrill''	Jagged Edge	June 26	LP
''Episode II''	Safri Duo	June 26	LP
''Nearly Lost You''	Screaming Trees	July 1	Greatest Hits
''Tales of the Inexpressible''	Shpongle	July 1	LP
''	The Velvet Underground	July 2	Compilation
''Blowback''	Tricky	July 2	LP
''Brothers and Sisters, Are You Ready?''	Big Sugar	July 3	LP
''Tales from the B-Side''	Biohazard	July 3	Compilation
''Live at L'Olympia''	Jeff Buckley	July 3	Live
''X.O. Experience''	Tha Liks	July 3	LP
''Lil' Romeo''	Lil' Romeo	July 3	LP
''White Blood Cells''	The White Stripes	July 3	LP
''The Director's Cut''	Fantômas	July 9	Cover LP
''4.35am''	Gemma Hayes	July 9	EP
''	Regina Spektor	July 9	LP
''Yeah Yeah Yeahs''	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	July 9	EP
''Blood Red Cherry''	Jann Arden	July 10	LP
''The Metal Opera''	Avantasia	July 10	LP
''Fires at Midnight''	Blackmore's Night	July 10	LP
''Ancient Melodies of the Future''	Built to Spill	July 10	LP
''Camino Palmero''	The Calling	July 10	LP
''Priesthood''	Killah Priest	July 10	LP
''	Kurupt	July 10	LP
''King of da Ghetto''	Z-Ro	July 10	LP
''Aaliyah''	Aaliyah	July 17	LP
''1st Born Second''	Bilal	July 17	LP
''Buffalo Springfield''	Buffalo Springfield	July 17	Box Set
''Born to Do It''	Craig David	July 17 (US)	LP
''What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce''	Goo Goo Dolls	July 17	LP
''Pleased to Meet You''	James	July 17	LP
''Greatest Hits''	Alice in Chains	July 24	Greatest Hits
''Sounding the Seventh Trumpet''	Avenged Sevenfold	July 24	LP
''Comfort Eagle''	Cake	July 24	LP
''Contact!''	Eiffel 65	July 24	LP
''Live Frogs Set 2''	Les Claypool's Frog Brigade	July 24	Live
''Bleed American'' (later retitled ''Jimmy Eat World'')	Jimmy Eat World	July 24	LP
''Celebrity''	'N Sync	July 24	LP
''The Butterfly Collection''	The Nerve Agents	July 24	LP
''Global a Go-Go''	Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros	July 24	LP
''	Tiger Army	July 24	LP
''Captain Easychord''	Stereolab	July 30	EP
''Now That's What I Call Music! 49'' (U.K. series)	Various Artists	July 30	Compilation
''Tweekend''	The Crystal Method	July 31	LP
''Megaton Shotblast''	De Facto	July 31	EP
''2002''	Tha Dogg Pound	July 31	Compilation
''	Tha Eastsidaz	July 31	LP
''Girl''	Eskimo Joe	July 31	LP
''Losing All Hope Is Freedom''	Evergreen Terrace	July 31	LP
''Demolition''	Judas Priest	July 31	LP
''The Very Best of Prince''	Prince	July 31	Greatest Hits
''Take-Offs and Landings''	Rilo Kiley	July 31	LP
''Now That's What I Call Music! 7'' (U.S. series)	Various Artists	July 31	Compilation
''Crow Sit on Blood Tree''	Graham Coxon	August 6	LP
''Secrets''	The Human League	August 6	LP
''Oh Aaron''	Aaron Carter	August 7	LP
''Eternal''	The Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley, aka Mr. Biggs	August 7	LP
''Mechanized Warfare''	Jag Panzer	August 7	LP
''Gravitational Forces''	Robert Earl Keen	August 7	LP
''True Carnage''	Six Feet Under	August 7	LP
''8701''	Usher	August 7	LP
''Warmness on the Soul''	Avenged Sevenfold	August 8	EP
''How It Works''	Bodyjar	August 13	LP
''The Spirit Room''	Michelle Branch	August 14	LP
''New Favorite''	Alison Krauss & Union Station	August 14	LP
''Live by Request''	k.d. lang	August 14	Live
''No Self Control''	The Planet Smashers	August 14	LP
''Adema''	Adema	August 21	LP
''Live Plus One''	ALL/Descendents	August 21	Live
''The War of Art''	American Head Charge	August 21	LP
''Closer''	Better Than Ezra	August 21	LP
''Just Be Free''	Christina Aguilera	August 21	LP
''Die Hards''	The Casualties	August 21	LP
''Danse Macabre''	The Faint	August 21	LP
''Too Bad You're Beautiful''	From Autumn To Ashes	August 21	LP
''10 Years of Chaos and Confusion''	Hypocrisy	August 21	LP
''Project English''	Juvenile	August 21	LP
''Start Static''	Sugarcult	August 21	LP
''	Three 6 Mafia	August 21	LP
''Mother Earth''	Within Temptation	August 21	LP
''Vespertine''	Björk	August 27	LP
''Trouble - Norwegian Live EP''	Coldplay	August 27	Live EP
''Grave Disorder''	The Damned	August 27	LP
''Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever''	Explosions in the Sky	August 27	LP
''Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights''	HIM	August 27	LP
''Get Ready''	New Order	August 27	LP
''Is This It''	The Strokes	August 27	LP
''No More Drama''	Mary J. Blige	August 28	LP
''Gangland''	Kool & the Gang	August 28	LP
''Thug On Da Line''	Krayzie Bone	August 28	LP
''Anyone for Doomsday?''	Powerman 5000	August 28	LP
''Come Clean''	Puddle of Mudd	August 28	LP
''The Creepy EP''	Relient K	August 28	EP
''The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek''	Relient K	August 28	LP
''Digital Bullet''	RZA	August 28	LP
''Alien Youth''	Skillet	August 28	LP
''Iowa''	Slipknot	August 28	LP
''Live at Java Joe's''	Jason Mraz	August 30	LP
''Mutilated Genitals''	Dog Fashion Disco	September 3	EP
''A Funk Odyssey''	Jamiroquai	September 3	LP
''Sound-Dust''	Stereolab	September 3	LP
''Jane Doe''	Converge	September 4	LP
''The Tokyo Showdown''	In Flames	September 4	Live
''Silence''	Sonata Arctica	September 4	LP
''Toxicity''	System of a Down	September 4	LP
''The Goat of Mendes''	Akercocke	September 11	LP
''Uncivilization''	Biohazard	September 11	LP
''Glitter''	Mariah Carey	September 11	Soundtrack
''"Love and Theft"''	Bob Dylan	September 11	LP
''Ghetto Fabolous''	Fabolous	September 11	LP
''Rockin' The Suburbs''	Ben Folds	September 11	LP
''The Blueprint''	Jay-Z	September 11	LP
''Satellite''	P.O.D.	September 11	LP
''Halfway Tree''	Damian Marley	September 11	LP
''All Is Dream''	Mercury Rev	September 11	LP
''The Moldy Peaches''	The Moldy Peaches	September 11	LP
''Silver Side Up''	Nickelback	September 11	LP
''	No Use for a Name	September 11	Live
''God Hates Us All''	Slayer	September 11	LP
''Scars''	SOiL	September 11	LP
''Mink Car''	They Might Be Giants	September 11	LP
''Magnification''	Yes	September 11 (UK)	LP
''Revolutionary Vol. 1''	Immortal Technique	September 14	LP
''Strange Little Girls''	Tori Amos	September 17	LP
''EP+6''	Mogwai	September 17 (UK)	Compilation
''	Jon Bon Jovi	September 18	Compilation
''7even Year Itch''	Collective Soul	September 18	Compilation
''Dragontown''	Alice Cooper	September 18	LP
''Live Scenes from New York''	Dream Theater	September 18	Live
''In Search of Truth''	Evergrey	September 18	LP
''The Id''	Macy Gray	September 18	LP
''Revolution Revolución''	Ill Niño	September 18	LP
''The Look of Love''	Diana Krall	September 18	LP
''V''	Live	September 18	LP
''Room for Squares''	John Mayer	September 18	LP
''	Ol' Dirty Bastard	September 18	LP
''Positively Somewhere''	Jennifer Paige	September 18	LP
''The Golden Hum''	Remy Zero	September 18	LP
''Rain on Lens''	Smog	September 18	LP
''Shameless''	Therapy?	September 18	LP
''The Attraction to All Things Uncertain''	Tweaker	September 18	LP
''Kristnihald undir Jökli''	Quarashi	September 22	LP
''Resonance''	Anathema	September 24	Compilation
''Souljacker''	Eels	September 24 (UK)	LP
''A Wild-Eyed Christmas Night''	.38 Special	September 25	LP
''Humanistic''	Abandoned Pools	September 25	LP
''AArt''	Acoustic Alchemy	September 25	LP
''Gold''	Ryan Adams	September 25	LP
''Dead Yuppies''	Agnostic Front	September 25	LP
''Songs from Call Me Claus''	Garth Brooks	September 25	LP
''The Best of Bruce Dickinson''	Bruce Dickinson	September 25	Greatest Hits
''Baldhead Slick & Da Click''	Guru	September 25	LP
''Manic Moonlight''	King's X	September 25	LP
''Violent Revolution''	Kreator	September 25	LP
''Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks''	Modest Mouse	September 25	EP
''Nivea''	Nivea	September 25	LP
''Live Evolution''	Queensrÿche	September 25	Live
''Killing Ground''	Saxon	September 25	LP
''Steal This Record''	The Suicide Machines	September 25	LP
''Tenacious D''	Tenacious D	September 25	LP
''World of Glass''	Tristania	September 25	LP
''Fantasies & Delusions''	Billy Joel	September 28	LP
''In Search Of...''	N ★ E ★ R ★ D	September 28	LP
''Victoria Beckham''	Victoria Beckham	October 1	LP
''Beautifulgarbage''	Garbage	October 1	LP
''Songs from the West Coast''	Elton John	October 1 (UK)	LP
''Amélie''	Yann Tiersen	October 1	Soundtrack
''	Busta Rhymes	October 2	Greatest Hits
''Pass Out of Existence''	Chimaira	October 2	LP
''	Donovan	October 2	Live
''Instructions''	Jermaine Dupri	October 2	LP
''Pain Is Love''	Ja Rule	October 2	LP
''Supercharger''	Machine Head	October 2	LP
''All Back to the Mine''	Moloko	October 2	Compilation
''The Very Best of Winger''	Winger	October 2	Compilation
''Nothing New for Trash Like You''	Against All Authority	October 6	LP
''thefakesoundofprogress''	Lostprophets	October 8 (re-release)	LP
''Secret of the Runes''	Therion	October 8	LP
''A Fine Day to Exit''	Anathema	October 9	LP
''Ten New Songs''	Leonard Cohen	October 9	LP
''The Photo Album''	Death Cab for Cutie	October 9	LP
''Falling into Place''	Finch	October 9	EP
''Pause''	Four Tet	October 9 (US)	LP
''Epitaph''	Front Line Assembly	October 9	LP
''No World Order''	Gamma Ray	October 9	LP
''	Kottonmouth Kings	October 9	LP
''Christina Milian''	Christina Milian	October 9	LP
''Together Again For The First Time''	Pulley	October 9	LP
''1942''	Soul-Junk	October 9	EP
''Not All Who Wander Are Lost''	Chris Thile	October 9	LP
''Stupid Fat Americans''	Zebrahead	October 9	LP
''The Very Best of Bananarama''	Bananarama	October 15	Greatest Hits
''The DVD''	Napalm Death	October 15	Live DVD
''Gold - The Greatest Hits''	Steps	October 15	Greatest Hits
''Live in L.A. (Death & Raw)''	Death	October 16	Live
''The Argument''	Fugazi	October 16	LP
''The Essential Journey''	Journey	October 16	Compilation
''Atomic''	Lit	October 16	LP
''Cuttin' Heads''	John Mellencamp	October 16	LP
''Down to Earth''	Ozzy Osbourne	October 16	LP
''God Bless America''	LeAnn Rimes	October 16	LP
''Here to Heaven''	Jamie-Lynn Sigler	October 16	LP
''Pretty Together''	Sloan	October 16	LP
''Mahogany Soul''	Angie Stone	October 16 (US)	LP
''The Interzone Mantras''	The Tea Party	October 16	LP
''	The Velvet Underground	October 16	Live
''Disposable Arts''	Masta Ace	October 18	LP
''A Bad Brains Reunion Live from Maritime Hall''	Bad Brains	October 21	Live
''	Emperor	October 21	LP
''drukqs''	Aphex Twin	October 22	LP
''Your New Favourite Band''	The Hives	October 22	Compilation
''We Love Life''	Pulp	October 22	LP
''	Backstreet Boys	October 23	Greatest Hits
''Snowflakes''	Toni Braxton	October 23	LP
''Golden State''	Bush	October 23	LP
''Wake Up and Smell the Coffee''	The Cranberries	October 23	LP
''8 Days of Christmas''	Destiny's Child	October 23	Christmas
''Expansion Team''	Dilated Peoples	October 23	LP
''Change''	The Dismemberment Plan	October 23	LP
''The Great Depression''	DMX	October 23	LP
''Kingsize''	Five	October 23	LP
''Understand This''	Grand Puba	October 23	LP
''Greatest Fits''	The Headstones	October 23	Greatest Hits
''Morning View''	Incubus	October 23	LP
''A New Morning, Changing Weather''	The (International) Noise Conspiracy	October 23	LP
''Live in Chicago 12.19.98''	Dave Matthews Band	October 23	Live
''The Melancholy Collection''	Millencolin	October 23 (US)	Compilation
''Novakane''	Outlawz	October 23	LP
''Feeding the Wheel''	Jordan Rudess	October 23	LP
''First Strike Still Deadly''	Testament	October 23	LP
''The Complete Limelight Sessions''	Shania Twain	October 23	Compilation
''Now That's What I Call Christmas!'' (U.S. series)	Various Artists	October 23	Compilation
''Wanderland''	Kelis	October 29	LP
''Into''	The Rasmus	October 29	LP
''	Boyz II Men	October 30	Greatest Hits
''Through the Eyes''	Flaw	October 30	LP
''The Audio of Being''	Matthew Good Band	October 30	LP
''Escape''	Enrique Iglesias	October 30	LP
''Invincible''	Michael Jackson	October 30	LP
''Lenny''	Lenny Kravitz	October 30	LP
''Cuts from the Crypt''	The Misfits	October 30	Compilation
''Tomahawk''	Tomahawk	October 30	LP
''White Knuckled Substance''	Vendetta Red	October 30	LP
''Give Blood''	Bane	October 31	LP
''The Definitive Collection''	ABBA	November 2	Greatest Hits
''All Hits''	All Saints	November 5	Greatest Hits
''Best of The Corrs''	The Corrs	November 5	Compilation
''The Fallout''	Default	November 5	LP
''Are You Are Missing Winner''	The Fall	November 5	LP
''White Lilies Island''	Natalie Imbruglia	November 5	LP
''Premium Quality... Serve Loud!''	Peter Pan Speedrock	November 5	LP
''	Pink Floyd	November 5	Compilation
''	Tony Bennett	November 6	LP
''Party Music''	The Coup	November 6	LP
''Alive 1997''	Daft Punk	November 6	Live
''Britney''	Britney Spears	November 6	LP
''Word of Mouf''	Ludacris	November 6	LP
''	moe.	November 6	Live
''	Petey Pablo	November 6	LP
''Best of SWV''	SWV	November 6	Greatest Hits
''They Might Be Giants in Holidayland''	They Might Be Giants	November 6	EP
''Momentum''	tobyMac	November 6	LP
''Swing When You're Winning''	Robbie Williams	November 11	LP
''Play It Like That''	Bardot	November 12	LP
''Work to a Calm''	Gemma Hayes	November 12	EP
''I Might Be Wrong''	Radiohead	November 12	Live
''World of Our Own''	Westlife	November 12	LP
''	Barenaked Ladies	November 13	Greatest Hits
''Cunt''	Blood Duster	November 13	LP
''Scarecrow''	Garth Brooks	November 13	LP
''C True Hollywood Stories''	Canibus	November 13	LP
''Bulletproof Wallets''	Ghostface Killah	November 13	LP
''International Superhits!''	Green Day	November 13	Greatest Hits
''Greatest Hits - HIStory Volume I''	Michael Jackson	November 13	Greatest Hits
''This Way''	Jewel	November 13	LP
''GHV2''	Madonna	November 13	Greatest Hits
''25 & Alive Boneshaker''	Motörhead	November 13	DVD
''Driving Rain''	Paul McCartney	November 13	LP
''Destination Unknown''	Mest	November 13	LP
''Rain of a Thousand Flames''	Rhapsody	November 13	EP
''The Sinister Urge''	Rob Zombie	November 13	LP
''Animosity''	Sevendust	November 13	LP
''Laundry Service''	Shakira	November 13	LP
''Bad Dreams''	Swollen Members	November 13	LP
''Live on the Edge of Forever''	Symphony X	November 13	LP
''Dirty Money''	UGK	November 13	LP
''Simple Things''	Zero 7	November 13 (US)	LP
''Rusty Medals and Broken Badges''	Over My Dead Body	November 14	LP
''Violence Has Arrived''	GWAR	November 16	LP
''	Human Nature	November 16	Greatest Hits
''Légende du Scorpion à Quatre Queues''	De Facto	November 19	EP
''Whatever Gets You Through The Day''	Lighthouse Family	November 19 (UK)	LP
''Now That's What I Call Music! 50'' (U.K. series)	Various Artists	November 19	Compilation
''Insignificance	Jim O'Rourke	November 19	LP
''Not for Beginners	Ron Wood	November 19	LP
''Fractures in the Facade of Your Porcelain Beauty''	Atreyu	November 20	EP
''	Aerosmith	November 20	Compilation
''Cappadonna Hits''	Cappadonna	November 20	Compilation
''Washed Up and Through the Ringer''	Catch 22	November 20	LP
''Weathered''	Creed	November 20	LP
''Hoobastank''	Hoobastank	November 20	LP
''Cocky''	Kid Rock	November 20	LP
''The Box Set''	Kiss	November 20	Box Set
''The Beginning of All Things to End''	Mudvayne	November 20	LP
''Songs for the Front Row''	Ocean Colour Scene	November 20	Greatest Hits
''M!ssundaztood''	Pink	November 20	LP
''The Rainbow Children''	Prince	November 20	LP
''Bright Flight''	Silver Jews	November 20	LP
''Rotten Apples''	The Smashing Pumpkins	November 20	Greatest Hits
''...All This Time''	Sting	November 20	Live
''Indecent Proposal''	Timbaland & Magoo	November 20	LP
''Now That's What I Call Music! 8'' (U.S. series)	Various Artists	November 20	Compilation
''Greatest Hits''	The Cure	November 21	Greatest Hits
''Even in Darkness''	Dungeon Family	November 26	LP
''7 Worlds Collide''	Neil Finn	November 26	Live
''Sunshine''	S Club 7	November 26	LP
''Genesis''	Busta Rhymes	November 27	LP
''Mandrake''	Edguy	November 27	LP
''Eudora''	The Get Up Kids	November 27	Compilation
''Dark Genesis''	Iced Earth	November 27	Box Set
''Smash Mouth''	Smash Mouth	November 27	LP
''Stiff Upper Lip Live''	AC/DC	December 4	VHS/DVD
''Tears''	The Crüxshadows	December 4	EP
''Stoned Raiders''	Cypress Hill	December 4	LP
''	De La Soul	December 4	LP
''Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)''	Fat Joe	December 4	LP
''B-Sides Ultra''	James	December 4	Compilation
''New Old Songs''	Limp Bizkit	December 4	Remix
''Bang or Ball''	Mack 10	December 4	LP
''Music & Me''	Nate Dogg	December 4	LP
''Rock Steady''	No Doubt	December 4	LP
''Big Boi and Dre Present...OutKast''	OutKast	December 4	Greatest Hits
''Paws''	Four Tet	December 7	EP
''Freak of Nature''	Anastacia	December 11	LP
''Les Indispensables''	Celine Dion	December 11	Compilation
''Better Days''	Joe	December 11	LP
''The Return of the Regulator''	Warren G	December 11	LP
''Idiot Road''	The Arrogant Worms	December 18	LP
''Doggy Bag''	Bow Wow	December 18	LP
''Dreams Can Come True, Greatest Hits Vol. 1''	Gabrielle	December 18	Greatest Hits
''	Jay-Z	December 18	Live
''Game Face''	Master P	December 18	LP
''Stillmatic''	Nas	December 18	LP
''Iron Flag''	Wu-Tang Clan	December 18	LP
''A Call to Arms''	Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution	December 21	EP
''For the Kids''	Gym Class Heroes	December 23	LP

Top 5 Selling Albums of Billboard Year

#''1'' - The Beatles
#''A Day Without Rain'' - Enya
#''J.Lo'' - Jennifer Lopez
#''All That You Can't Leave Behind'' - U2
#''Everyday'' - Dave Matthews Band

Popular Songs

★ "A Little Respect" - Wheatus

★ "All for You" - Janet Jackson

★ "Bad Ambassador" - The Divine Comedy

★ "Bootylicious" - Destiny's Child

★ "Buck Rogers" - Feeder

★ "Candy" - Ash

★ "Chop Suey!" - System of a Down

★ "Clint Eastwood" - Gorillaz

★ "Control"- Puddle of Mudd

★ "Crystal" - New Order

★ "Don't Tell Me" - Madonna

★ "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" - Train

★ "Electric Avenue (remix)" - Eddy Grant

★ "Elevation" - U2

★ "Eternity/The Road to Mandalay" - Robbie Williams

★ "Fallin'" - Alicia Keys

★ "Fat Lip" - Sum 41

★ "First Date" - Blink-182

★ "Get Ur Freak On" - Missy Elliott

★ "Gone" - 'N Sync

★ "Handbags and Gladrags" - Stereophonics

★ "Hard to Explain" - The Strokes

★ "Have a Nice Day" - Stereophonics

★ "Hell Bent"- Kenna

★ "Here With Me" - Dido

★ "Hero" - Enrique Iglesias

★ "I Don't Want a Lover (remix)" - Texas

★ "I Feel Loved" - Depeche Mode

★ "I Want Love" - Elton John

★ "I'm a Slave 4 U" - Britney Spears

★ "I'm Real" - Jennifer Lopez

★ "Imitation of Life" - R.E.M.

★ "Inner Smile" - Texas

★ "In the End" - Linkin Park

★ "In Too Deep - Sum 41

★ "Island in the Sun"- Weezer

★ "It's Been Awhile"- Staind

★ "Jaded" - Aerosmith

★ "Just Like a Pill" - Pink

★ "Juxtapose" - Super Furry Animals

★ "Knives Out" - Radiohead

★ "Lady Marmalade"- Christina Aguilera, Pink, Lil' Kim & Mýa

★ "Last Nite" - The Strokes

★ "Love What You Do" - The Divine Comedy

★ "Loverboy" - Mariah Carey

★ "Moi... Lolita" - Alizée

★ "Mr. Writer" - Stereophonics

★ "More Than a Woman - Aaliyah

★ "My Way" - Limp Bizkit

★ "19-2000" - Gorillaz

★ "Ocean Spray" - Manic Street Preachers

★ "On the Line (song)" - Various Artist (Mandy Moore, Lance Bass, Joey Fatone)

★ "One Minute Man" - Missy Elliott (featuring Ludacris and Trina)

★ "Out of Reach" - Gabrielle

★ "Pissing in the Wind" - Badly Drawn Boy

★ "Pop" - 'N Sync

★ "Pyramid Song" - Radiohead

★ "Ramp! (The Logical Song)" - Scooter

★ "Rock The Boat" - Aaliyah

★ "Sail Away" - David Gray

★ "Shining Light" - Ash

★ "Short Skirt - Long Jacket" - Cake

★ "Side" - Travis

★ "Sing" - Travis

★ "Smooth Criminal" - Alien Ant Farm

★ "So Why So Sad" - Manic Street Preachers

★ "Step On My Old Size Nines" - Stereophonics

★ "Stop Your Crying" - Spiritualized

★ "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" - U2

★ "Survivor" - Destiny's Child

★ "Teenage Dirtbag" - Wheatus

★ "Thank You" - Dido

★ "The Rock Show" - Blink-182

★ "This Year's Love" - David Gray

★ "Turn off the Light" - Nelly Furtado

★ "Up On The Downside" - Ocean Colour Scene

★ "Walk On" - U2

★ "We Need A Resolution" - Aaliyah

★ "With Arms Wide Open" - Creed

★ "You Rock My World" - Michael Jackson
''See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2001 (USA)''

Hot Albums

#Linkin Park - ''Hybrid Theory''
#Shaggy - ''Hotshot''
#Backstreet Boys - ''Black & Blue''
#Enya - ''A Day Without Rain''
#Janet Jackson - ''All For You''
#Blink-182 - ''Take Off Your Pants And Jacket''
#Alicia Keys - ''Songs in A Minor''
#Destiny's Child - ''Survivor''
#Creed - ''Weathered''
#Aaliyah - ''Aaliyah
#'N Sync - ''Celebrity''
#Staind - ''Break The Cycle''
#Nickelback - ''Silver Side Up''
#System of a Down - ''Toxicity''
#Pink - ''M!ssundaztood''
#Eminem - ''The Marshall Mathers LP''
#P.O.D. - ''Satellite''
#Michael Jackson - ''Invincible''

Classical music

★ Leonardo Balada - Cello Concerto No. 2 ''New Orleans''

★ Osvaldas Balakauskas - Symphony No. 5

★ John Corigliano - Symphony No. 2 for String Orchestra

★ George Crumb - ''Unto the Hills'' for soprano, percussion quartet and piano

★ Joël-François Durand - ''Athanor'' for orchestra

★ Helmut Lachenmann - ''Grido'' (string quartet)

★ Peter Ruzicka - ''Trans - Requiem für Giuseppe Sinopoli ''

Opera

★ Theo Loevendie - ''Johnny & Jones''

★ Sven-David Sandström'' - ''

Musical theater

★ ''42nd Street''     Broadway revival opened at the Ford Center on May 2

★ ''A Class Act''     Broadway production opened at the Ambassador Theatre on March 11 and ran for 105 performances

★ ''Mamma Mia!''     Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on October 18

★ ''The Producers''     Broadway production opened at St. James Theatre on April 19

★ ''Urinetown''     Broadway production opened at the Hudson Theatre on September 20 and ran for 965 performances

Musical films

★ ''Moulin Rouge!'' released May 18, starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor

★ ''Glitter'' released September 21, starring Mariah Carey and Max Beesley

Deaths

★ January 7 - James Carr (58), soul singer

★ February 4 - Iannis Xenakis (78), Greek composer

★ February 13 - George Simon, music critic and original Glenn Miller Band drummer; pneumonia

★ February 19 - Charles Trenet (87), French singer, songwriter

★ February 21 - Ronnie Hilton (75), English singer and radio presenter

★ February 21 - Malcolm Yelvington (82) rockabilly musician

★ February 22 - John Fahey (61), guitarist, indie label owner

★ March 12 - Sir Lancelot (98), Calypso singer

★ March 18 - John Phillips (65), cofounder of pop group The Mamas and the Papas

★ March 28 - Moe Koffman (73), Canadian Jazz singer

★ April 15 - Joey Ramone (49), lead singer for The Ramones

★ April 20 - Giuseppe Sinopoli (54), composer and conductor

★ May 12 - Perry Como (88), American crooner

★ May 20 - Renato Carosone (81), Italian musician and singer

★ June 4 - John Hartford (64), bluegrass musician

★ June 18 - Davorin Popović (55), lead singer for Bosnian band Indexi

★ June 21 - John Lee Hooker (83), blues musician

★ June 30 - Chet Atkins (77), country musician

★ July 27 - Leon Wilkeson (49), Bassist for Lynyrd Skynyrd

★ August 25 - Aaliyah (22), American singer and actress; airplane crash

★ August 29 - Graeme "Shirley" Strachan (49), lead singer for Skyhooks

★ September 1 - Ted Mulry (54), lead singer for Ted Mulry Gang

★ September 22 - Isaac Stern (81), violinist

★ November 29 - George Harrison (58), musician and former member of The Beatles

★ December 13 - Chuck Schuldiner (34), vocalist and guitarist with Death

★ December 16 - Stuart Adamson (43), guitarist for Big Country; suicide

★ December 18 - Gilbert Bécaud (74), singer-songwriter

Awards

★ The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Aerosmith, Solomon Burke, The Flamingos, Michael Jackson, Queen, Paul Simon, Steely Dan and Ritchie Valens

★ Inductees of the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame include Larry Norman, and Elvis Presley

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

★ Eurovision Song Contest 2001

Mercury Music Prize

★ ''Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea'' - PJ Harvey wins.

MTV Video Music Awards

★ 2001 MTV Video Music Awards

Charts

Triple J Hottest 100

★ Triple J Hottest 100, 2001

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