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Featured Events
2015The blues-rock band Eagles of Death Metal are in the midst of performing their song "Kiss the Devil" at a sold-out show at Le Bataclan in Paris, France, when the venue is attacked by terrorists armed with automatic rifles, grenades and explosive suicide vests - one of many attacks throughout the city.More
2006After failing in their attempt at a video streaming service, Google buys YouTube, growing it into the second-most-popular website worldwide (after google.com).
2001With the help of Gloria Estefan, Colombian-born songstress Shakira releases her first English-language album, Laundry Service. It features the Top 10 hit "Whenever, Wherever."More
1982Men at Work's debut album Business as Usual hits #1 in America, where it stays for 15 weeks until it is dethroned by Michael Jackson's Thriller.
1976Rod Stewart's "Tonight's The Night," with some French cooing by his girlfriend Britt Ekland, hits #1 in America for the first of eight weeks.More
1965Simple as Do-Re-Mi: The Sound of Music soundtrack, featuring Julie Andrews, hits #1 in America.
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In Music History
2016Leon Russell, 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, dies in his sleep at age 74.
2015A Tribe Called Quest re-issue their debut album, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, and perform "Can I Kick It?" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, making their first TV appearance in 15 years. It is their last-ever performance, as Phife Dawg dies four months later.
2012Soundgarden release their sixth album, King Animal, their last with Chris Cornell.
2012RCA Records releases a greatest hits album to commemorate the late Whitney Houston, who died in February 2012. The album, titled I Will Always Love You - The Best of Whitney Houston, includes all 11 of her #1 Billboard charting hits.
2012Brian Eno releases his first solo album in seven years, LUX, on Warp Records. It marks his first intervention as autonomous composer, compared to his previous purely generative albums.More
2005Liz Phair guest stars on the Charmed episode "Battle Of The Hexes," performing the song "Somebody's Miracle."
2005At his concert in Anaheim, California, Paul McCartney plays "Good Day Sunshine," which is beamed into space to wake up astronauts on board the International Space Station.
2004Ol' Dirty Bastard (of Wu-Tang Clan), real name Russell Tyrone Jones, dies of a drug overdose at age 35.
2004After several years of feuding, the rap group A Tribe Called Quest gets back together for a reunion show at the Rock the Bells festival. It's also the night when their friend and fellow rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard from the Wu-Tang Clan dies. A Tribe Called Quest opens their show with a tribute to ODB and performs some of Wu Tang's songs to start the set.
2002William "Bill" Berry, trumpeter for Duke Ellington and The Merv Griffin Show band, dies after a yearlong battle with lung cancer at age 72.
2002Michael Stewart (guitarist for We Five) commits suicide at age 57, though it was first reported that he died of a long illness.
2000Trisha Yearwood donates a Starlight Fun Center to Vanderbilt University Children's Hospital. The mobile entertainment center includes a TV monitor, VCR and Nintendo 64 game unit, and can be rolled up next to a child's bed.
2000Alejandro Sanz caps a triumphant week when he wins awards for Spanish male artist and Spanish album at the Premios Amigo. The week before Sanz won identical awards at the 47th Premios Ondas.
2000The Beatles sanction their first official website at thebeatles.com.
2000In the UK, The Beatles release 1, a compilation of 27 British and US #1 tracks.
Taylor Swift Lands 11 Songs In The Hot 100 At Once
2010Taylor Swift sets a record by becoming the first female artist to place 11 songs on the Hot 100 at the same time.
All of the songs are from her album Speak Now (released on October 25) and 10 of them are new entries. The list: #17 "Sparks Fly" #21 "Mine" #27 "Innocent" #41 "The Story of Us" #54 "Dear John" #56 "Better Than Revenge" #63 "Haunted" #71 "Last Kiss" #75 "Enchanted" #84 "Never Grow Up" #85 "Long Live" Beyoncé breaks the record when all 12 songs from her Lemonade album enter the chart on May 14, 2016.
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