Events
- January – Gary Glitter is released from jail, two months before his sentence for sexual offences ends.
- January - Canadian Post-Hardcore band Silverstein forms.
- January 1
- British composer John Tavener is knighted in the New Year's Honours List.
- 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 reveals that the two children of Melissa Etheridge and her partner, Julie Cypher, were fathered by David Crosby.
- January 18 – Spencer Goodman is executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas, for the 1991 kidnap and murder of the wife of ZZ Top manager Bill Ham in 1991. Ham is present at the execution.
[edit]February
- February 9 – The Million Dollar Hotel, a film co-written by U2 lead singer Bono, premieres at the 50th Berlinale (Berlin Film Festival).
- February 11 – Diana Ross divorces Arne Næss, Jr. her husband of 14 years.
- February 16 – The Silver Tassie, an opera by Mark-Anthony Turnage, receives its première at the London Coliseum, performed by the English National Opera.
- February 23 – At the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, Santana wins a record 8 Grammys in one night tying Michael Jackson who won 8 in 1984. Christina Aguilera won Best New Artist.
- February 24 – Italian motorcycle manufacturing company Aprilia wins a lawsuit filed against the Spice Girls over a sponsorship deal that fell apart when Geri Halliwell left the group.
- 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".
[edit]March
- March 6 – Foxy Brown is injured in a car accident in Brooklyn, New York, in which her car hit a fence. Police discover that Brown was driving with a suspended driver license and order her to appear in court in April. Brown's license was suspended for failing to appear in court for a parking violation.
- March 11 – 311 (band) holds their first 3–11 Day concert at Tower Records in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
- March 13 – Blink-182 ends its European tour after guitarist/vocalist 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, which 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. 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.
[edit]April
- April – *NSYNC breaks the previous 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.
- April 4 – Mick Jagger attends the opening of an arts center named after him at Dartford Grammar School in southeast England.
- April 6 – Shawn Colvin, James Taylor, Cyndi Lauper, Richard Thompson, Sweet Honey, Elton John, Cassandra Wilson, Wynonna Judd, k.d. lang, Bryan Adams, and Mary Chapin Carpenter perform in New York as part of a tribute to Joni Mitchell.
- April 12 – Metallica files a lawsuit against 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.
[edit]May–September
- 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 play their last concert in Boston; they disband the following month.
- May 5 – Rod Stewart undergoes an hour-long throat operation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles to remove a growth on his thyroid, which turns out to be benign.
- May 6 – John Mellencamp receives an honorary Doctor of Music degree as the commencement speaker for Indiana University's Class of 2000.
- May 13 – The 45th Eurovision Song Contest final, held in Stockholm's Globe Arena, is won by Denmark's Olsen Brothers and the song "Fly on the Wings of Love".
- May 16 – Britney Spears's second LP, Oops!… I Did It Again sells 1.3 million copies in its debut week and 500,000 on the first day of its release, giving it the highest first-week sales by any solo artist in US history, a feat that is still head by Spears today. The album sold over 20 million copies becoming the best-selling album by female artist of the decade.
- May 24 – 50 Cent is shot nine times in Queens. After spending time in hospital he returns to recording and performing.
- May 29 – Michael Jackson and Mariah Carey are named the Best Selling Male and Female artist of the millennium at the World Music Awards in Monaco.
- May 30 – Eminem's second LP, The Marshall Mathers LP sells 1.76 million copies on its debut week, becoming the fastest selling rap album ever according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Produced by Dr. Dre, the album breaks the previous record of 803,000 copies set by Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle, also produced by Dr. Dre
- June 20
- Billy Gilman's debut album One Voice was released under Epic Records. The album was certified 2x platinum, making Gilman the youngest artist in music history to perform a feat.
- Britney Spears begins her Oops!... I Did It Again World Tour, her first world tour, visiting North America, Europe and Brazil in support her sophomore album, Oops!... I Did It Again. The tour was a commercial success and became the second highest-grossing tour by a solo artist on 2000, only behind Tina Turner's Twenty Four Seven Tour
- 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 after his band lost the award for Best Rock Video to Limp Bizkit. Britney Spears performed her hit single "Oops!...I Did It Again", became one of the VMA's most iconic and controversy performance due to her skin-coloured outfit.
[edit]September–December
- 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 1 – Midnight Oil perform their single Beds are Burning at the closing of the 2000 Summer Olympics dressed in outfits clearly displaying the word "Sorry" in reference to Prime Minister John Howard's refusal to apologise to the Stolen Generation.
- October 17 – Limp Bizkit release Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water selling over a million copies in it first week of release, a new 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.
- November 5 – The fourth Terrastock festival is held in Seattle.
- December – Tripp Eisen formerly of Dope replaces Koichi Fukuda in Static-X.
- 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.
- The Smashing Pumpkins played what was to be their final concert at the Metro Club in Chicago. The band has since returned and they continue to perform live.
- 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 Joel and Ethan Coen film, O Brother, Where Art Thou? is released, with a T-Bone Burnett-produced soundtrack that revives the popularity of traditional American folk music and bluegrass.
[edit]Unknown Dates
- Dickey Betts is Kicked out of The Allman Brothers Band and replaced with Warren Haynes.
[edit]
[edit]Bands disbanded
- All Saints (reformed in 2006)
- Art of Noise
- Atari Teenage Riot (reformed in 2010)
- Ben Folds Five (reformed in 2011)
- Color Me Badd
- Pezz (legal issue with band name, changed name to Billy Talent)
- Candlebox (reformed in 2006)
- dc Talk
- Demonoid
- Drain STH
- The Golden Palominos
- Hi-Standard
- Hum
- Jack Off Jill
- June of 44
- Kid Dynamite
- Knapsack
- Lifter Puller
- Luna Sea
- Luscious Jackson
- The Make-Up
- The Paradise Motel (reform in 2007)
- Phish (hiatus until 2002, disband in 2004)
- The Posies (reformed in 2004)
- Primus (hiatus until 2004)
- Pure
- Rage Against the Machine (reformed in 2007)
- Sacred Reich (reformed in 2007)
- Screaming Trees
- Seaweed (reformed in 2007)
- Skunk Anansie
- The Smashing Pumpkins (reformed in 2006)
- Son of the Castellan
- Soul Coughing
- Symposium
- Urban Dance Squad
[edit]Bands reformed
- The Presidents of the United States of America (after 1998 break)
[edit]Albums released
Contents
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[edit]January
[edit]February
[edit]March
[edit]April
[edit]May
[edit]June
[edit]July
[edit]August
[edit]September
[edit]October
[edit]November
[edit]December
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3LW | 3LW | - |
| Human Nature | Human Nature | - | |
| 5 | Live | Alice in Chains | Live |
| Burning Japan Live 1999 | Arch Enemy | Live | |
| The Best Of The Doors | The Doors | Compilation | |
| The Dark Ride | Helloween | - | |
| Lights Out | Lil Wayne | - | |
| Sessions at West 54th: Recorded Live in New York | Keb' Mo' | Live DVD | |
| The Understanding | Memphis Bleek | - | |
| Renegades | Rage Against the Machine | Covers Album | |
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Various Artists | Soundtrack | |
| 12 | Live at the Fillmore | Cypress Hill | Live |
| One Night Only | Elton John | Live | |
| X | K-Ci & JoJo | - | |
| Spiritual Machines | Our Lady Peace | Canada | |
| Tangents: The Tea Party Collection | The Tea Party | Compilation | |
| Salival | Tool | Box Set | |
| Restless | Xzibit | - | |
| 19 | Sessions at West 54th | Neil Finn | Live |
| 26 | Past Life Trauma (1985-1992) | Kreator | Compilation |
[edit]Release Date Unknown
- Still Standing (EP) – Yellowcard
- Cherry Kicks – Caesars
- Spacebrock – Hawkwind
- Night and Day II – Joe Jackson
- Marvin at the Movies – Hank Marvin
- I – Nightingale
[edit]Biggest hit singles
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 2000.
| # | Artist | Title | Year | Chart Entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madonna | Music | 2000 | UK 1 – May 2000 (14 weeks), Holland 1 – Apr 2000 (13 weeks), Sweden 1 – Apr 2000 (7 weeks), Switzerland 1 – May 2000 (17 weeks), Norway 1 – May 2000 (14 weeks), Canada RPM 1 for 6 weeks – May 2000, New Zealand 1 for 1 week – Jun 2000, Australia 1 for 2 weeks – May 2000, Europe 1 for 6 weeks – May 2000, Spain 1 for 1 week – Aug 2000, US BB 2 of 2000, Germany 2 – May 2000 (3 months), POP 2 of 2000, Japan (Tokyo) 3 – May 2000 (14 weeks), Austria 3 – May 2000 (4 weeks), Belgium 3 – Apr 2000 (15 weeks), France Gold (certified by SNEP in Jul 2001), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 2000), Switzerland 7 of 2000, US Billboard 9 – Apr 2000 (20 weeks), France 10 – May 2000 (1 week), ARC 17 of 2000 (peak 1 17 weeks), US Radio 19 of 2000 (peak 1 14 weeks), Australia 26 of 2000, Italy 34 of 2000, Party 39 of 1999, Brazil 44 of 2000, Germany 154 of the 2000s (peak 2 11 weeks), Acclaimed 2376 (2000) |
| 2 | Britney Spears | Oops!... I Did it Again | 2000 | UK 1 – Sep 2000 (23 weeks), US Billboard 1 – Aug 2000 (24 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 1 – Aug 2000 (25 weeks), Sweden 1 – Aug 2000 (10 weeks), Switzerland 1 – Sep 2000 (15 weeks), Norway 1 – Sep 2000 (10 weeks), Canada RPM 1 for 9 weeks – Sep 2000, New Zealand 1 for 1 week – Oct 2000, Australia 1 for 4 weeks – Aug 2000, Europe 1 for 6 weeks – Sep 2000, Spain 1 for 1 week – Oct 2000, Grammy in 2000 (Nominated), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Oct 2000), Holland 4 – Aug 2000 (12 weeks), Poland 4 – Aug 2000 (13 weeks), Germany 4 – Aug 2000 (3 months), France Gold (certified by SNEP in Jul 2001), Germany Gold (certified by BMieV in 2000), Austria 6 – Sep 2000 (3 weeks), Belgium 6 – Aug 2000 (11 weeks), Italy 7 of 2000, Brazil 8 of 2000, Australia 11 of 2000, US Radio 15 of 2000 (peak 2 17 weeks), ARC 19 of 2000 (peak 1 16 weeks), Switzerland 19 of 2000, Japan (Osaku) 27 of 2000 (peak 3 16 weeks), US BB 33 of 2000, RYM 33 of 2000, POP 33 of 2000, Party 41 of 1999, Scrobulate 87 of pop, Germany 196 of the 2000s (peak 2 8 weeks), UKMIX 533, Acclaimed 674 (2000) |
| 3 | U2 | Beautiful Day | 2000 | UK 1 – Oct 2000 (16 weeks), Holland 1 – Sep 2000 (17 weeks), Norway 1 – Oct 2000 (6 weeks), Poland 1 – Sep 2000 (46 weeks), Éire 1 for 3 weeks – Oct 2000, Australia 1 for 1 week – Oct 2000, Europe 1 for 2 weeks – Oct 2000, Spain 1 for 1 week – Nov 2000, Grammy in 2000, Japan (Tokyo) 2 – Sep 2000 (24 weeks), MTV Video of the Year 2001 (Nominated), Sweden 3 – Oct 2000 (5 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in May 2005), Switzerland 6 – Oct 2000 (8 weeks), Belgium 8 – Oct 2000 (6 weeks), Italy 12 of 2000, RYM 13 of 2000, US Billboard 21 – Oct 2000 (25 weeks), Germany 21 – Oct 2000 (1 month), Scrobulate 22 of rock, Austria 23 – Nov 2000 (1 week), ARC 37 of 2001 (peak 4 18 weeks), Australia 46 of 2000, Europe 50 of the 2000s (2000), Party 62 of 2007, US Radio 77 of 2001 (peak 19 3 weeks), Brazil 83 of 2000, Virgin 99, TheQ 225, WXPN 471, Acclaimed 1223 |
| 4 | Robbie Williams | Rock DJ | 2000 | UK 1 – Dec 2000 (17 weeks), Sweden 1 – Dec 2000 (10 weeks), Austria 1 – Jan 2001 (5 weeks), Switzerland 1 – Dec 2000 (22 weeks), Éire 1 for 6 weeks – Dec 2000, Europe 1 for 10 weeks – Dec 2000, Germany 1 for 1 week – Jan 2001, Spain 1 for 1 week – Feb 2001, Holland 2 – Dec 2000 (11 weeks), Germany 2 – Jan 2001 (4 months), MTV Video of the Year 2001 (Nominated), UK Platinum (certified by BPI in Dec 2000), France Platinum (certified by SNEP in Feb 2001), Germany Platinum (certified by BMieV in 2001), Switzerland 3 of 2001, Norway 3 – Dec 2000 (13 weeks), Belgium 3 – Dec 2000 (13 weeks), Australia 3 of 2001, RYM 3 of 2000, Japan (Tokyo) 18 – Jan 2001 (11 weeks), Italy 26 of 2001, Poland 30 – Jan 2001 (5 weeks), US Billboard 51 – Nov 2000 (15 weeks), Scrobulate 53 of hip-hop, Germany 69 of the 2000s (peak 1 12 weeks), France (InfoDisc) 127 of the 2000s (peak 3, 26 weeks, 398k sales estimated, 2000), Rolling Stone 290, Acclaimed 323 (2000), UKMIX 787 |
| 5 | Bon Jovi | It’s My Life | 2000 | Japan (Tokyo) 1 – Apr 2000 (24 weeks), Holland 1 – May 2000 (14 weeks), Sweden 1 – May 2000 (6 weeks), Switzerland 1 – May 2000 (23 weeks), Poland 1 – Apr 2000 (27 weeks), Belgium 1 – May 2000 (17 weeks), Europe 1 for 4 weeks – Jun 2000, Spain 1 for 1 week – Jul 2000, Japan (Osaku) 2 of 2000 (peak 1 29 weeks), Austria 2 – May 2000 (7 weeks), Germany 2 – May 2000 (4 months), Germany Platinum (certified by BMieV in 2000), UK 3 – Jun 2000 (13 weeks), France 3 – Apr 2000 (2 weeks), Switzerland 3 of 2000, Norway 3 – May 2000 (16 weeks), Italy 3 of 2000, POP 8 of 2001, US BB 11 of 2001, Australia 19 of 2000, Germany 27 of the 2000s (peak 2 16 weeks), US Billboard 33 – Aug 2000 (20 weeks), US Radio 67 of 2000 (peak 14 6 weeks), Party 124 of 1999, RYM 144 of 1999 |
[edit]Top hits on record
- "Absolutely (Story of a Girl)" – Nine Days
- "Absolutely Everybody" – Vanessa Amorosi (January 2000)
- "Adam's Song" – Blink-182 (September 5)
- "Again" – Lenny Kravitz (November 14)
- "Against All Odds" – Westlife and Mariah Carey (UK)
- "All the Small Things" – Blink-182 (January 18)
- "American Psycho" – Treble Charger
- "Around the World (La La La La La)" – ATC (May 22)
- "Babylon" – David Gray
- "Bang Bang Boom" – The Moffatts
- "Be With You – Enrique Iglesias (March 7)
- "Beautiful Day" – U2 (October 9/10)
- "Bent" – Matchbox Twenty (July 4 [US])
- "Blue Blood" – 2nd Place (January 12)
- "Bohemian Like You" – The Dandy Warhols
- "Boyz-N-The-Hood" – Dynamite Hack
- "Break Stuff" – Limp Bizkit (April 18)
- "Breathe" – Faith Hill (November 1999)
- "Bye Bye Bye" – 'N Sync (January)
- "Californication" – Red Hot Chili Peppers (June 19)
- "The Call" – Backstreet Boys
- "Can I Get A" – Jay-Z Featuring Ja Rule
- "Case of the Ex" – Mýa (November 14)
- "Change (In the House of Flies)" – Deftones
- "Come On Over (All I Want Is You)" – Christina Aguilera (September 26)
- "Coming Around" – Travis (June 5)
- "Day & Night" – Billie Piper (May 15)
- "Dig" – Mudvayne
- "Disillusion" – Badly Drawn Boy
- "Don't Give Up" – Chicane ft. Bryan Adams
- "Don't Say You Love Me" – M2M (January 2000)
- "Drive" - Incubus
- "Easy Tonight" - Five For Fighting
- "The Everlasting Gaze" – The Smashing Pumpkins
- "Pink polka dot shoes" – 2nd Place, Eminem, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne (November 16)
- "Everything You Want" – Vertical Horizon
- "Faded" – SoulDecision
- "Feel the Beat" – Darude
- "Fool Again" – Westlife (UK)
- "Freestyler" – Bomfunk MC's
- "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" – Britney Spears (February 1 [US] – February 22 [Aus])
- "Get Down" – B4-4
- "Get Off" – The Dandy Warhols
- "Give a Boy a Gun" – 2nd Place (April 9)
- "Graduation (Friends Forever)" – Vitamin C (July 4)
- "The Great Beyond" – R.E.M. (November 1999(US), January 24, 2000 (UK))
- "Hands In The Air"- 2nd Place & Jay-Z (band) (December 18 [US])
- "He Wasn't Man Enough" – Toni Braxton
- "Higher" - Creed
- "I Think I'm in Love with You" – Jessica Simpson (May 18)
- "I Try" – Macy Gray (September 27, 1999 (UK))
- "If I Am" – Nine Days
- "If You're Gone" – Matchbox Twenty
- "Il y a trop de gens qui t'aiment" – Hélène Ségara
- "Independent Women Part I" – Destiny's Child (October 10, 2000, November 21, 2000 [US])
- "It Wasn't Me" – Shaggy feat. Rikrok
- "It's Gonna Be Me" – 'N Sync
- "It's My Life" – Bon Jovi (May 23)
- "It's So Hard"" – Big Pun (April 17)
- "Kids" – Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue (October 9)
- "Kryptonite" – 3 Doors Down (August 29)
- "L'Envie d'aimer" – Daniel Lévi
- "Last Resort" – Papa Roach (September 18)
- "Life Is a Rollercoaster" – Ronan Keating (July 10)
- "Long Way Around" – Eagle Eye Cherry and Neneh Cherry
- "Loser" – 3 Doors Down
- "Lucky" – Britney Spears (August 4 [UK] August 15 [US])
- "Make Me Bad" – KoЯn
- "Makes No Difference" – Sum 41
- "Mama Told Me Not to Come" – Tom Jones and the Stereophonics
- "Maria Maria" – Santana (January 25)
- "The Masses Against The Classes" – Manic Street Preachers (January 10)
- "Minority" – Green Day (October 31)
- "Miserable" – Lit
- "Miss You Love" – Silverchair (September 1999)
- "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" – Eels (February 14 (UK))
- "Music" – Madonna (August 21)
- "My Generation" – Limp Bizkit (September 2000)
- "My Love" – Westlife (UK)
- "Never Let You Go" – Third Eye Blind
- "On a Night Like This" – Kylie Minogue
- "The One" – Backstreet Boys (May 16) (Millennium album)
- "Ooh It's Kinda Crazy" – SoulDecision
- "Oops!... I Did It Again" – Britney Spears (April 25 [US], May 1 [UK])
- "Original Prankster" – The Offspring (October 24)
- "Otherside" – Red Hot Chili Peppers (January 11)
- "Parle-moi" – Isabelle Boulay
- "Pinch Me" – Bare Naked Ladies (August 29)
- "Please Stay" – Kylie Minogue (December 11)
- "Private Emotion" – Ricky Martin featuring Meja
- "Pure Shores" – All Saints (February 26)
- "The Real Slim Shady" – Eminem (May 16)
- "Rise" – Gabrielle (January 24(UK) May 2(U.S.))
- "Rock DJ" – Robbie Williams (July 31)
- "Rock the Party (Off the Hook)" – P.O.D. (August)
- "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" – Limp Bizkit (September 2000)
- "Say My Name" – Destiny's Child (February 29 [US], May 16 [UK])
- "School of Hard Knocks" – P.O.D.
- "Sex Bomb" – Tom Jones featuring Mousse T.
- "7 Days" – Craig David
- "17 Again" – Eurythmics (January 2000)
- "Shape of My Heart" – Backstreet Boys (October 31)
- "She's So High" – Tal Bachman
- "Shine" – Vanessa Amorosi (June 2000)
- "Show Me The Meaning of Being Lonely" – Backstreet Boys (Millennium album)
- "Something Deep Inside" – Billie Piper (September 18)
- "Southtown" – P.O.D.
- "Spinning Around" – Kylie Minogue (June 2000)
- "Stan" – Eminem featuring Dido (December)
- "Still" – Macy Gray (March 13 [UK], May 16 [US])
- "Strange Days" – Matthew Good Band
- "Stronger" – Britney Spears (November 13 [EUR] December 4 [UK], November 30 [US])
- "Sunday Morning Call" – Oasis (July 3)
- "Thank God I Found You" – Mariah Carey featuring Joe and 98 Degrees (January 25 (U.S.), February 28(UK))
- "Thank You for Loving Me" – Bon Jovi (December)
- "There She Goes" – Sixpence None the Richer
- "There You Go" – Pink (February 8(U.S.))
- "Till I Collapse" – 2nd Place & Eminem
- "Trouble" – Coldplay (October 26)
- "Try Again" – Aaliyah (February 29)
- "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" – D'Angelo (January 1)
- "Wait and Bleed" – Slipknot (February)
- "Warning" – Green Day (December 11)
- "The Way I Am" – Eminem
- "Who Let the Dogs Out?" – Baha Men (July)
- "With Arms Wide Open" - Creed
- "Yellow" – Coldplay (June 26)
- "You're a God" – Vertical Horizon
See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2000 (USA)
[edit]Top 5 Selling Albums of the Billboard Year
- Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
- Britney Spears – Oops!... I Did It Again
- Faith Hill – Breathe
- 'N Sync – No Strings Attached (Currently holds the record for Best-selling Album sold in a single week (2.41 million), and the most sold in one day (over 1 million).)
- Santana – Supernatural
[edit]Top 20 selling albums of the year (Soundscan)
- 'N Sync – 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
- The Beatles – 1, 5,068,300 copies
- Nelly – Country Grammar, 5,067,529 copies
- Backstreet Boys – Black & Blue, 4,289,865 copies
- Dr. Dre – The Chronic 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
- Britney Spears – ...Baby One More Time
- 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
[edit]Classical music
- Thomas Adès – Piano Quintet, op. 20
- John Coolidge Adams – El Niño (opera-oratorio)
- John Luther Adams – The Light That Fills the World, for orchestra
- Julian Anderson – Alhambra Suite, for chamber orchestra
- Milton Babbitt
- Little Goes a Long Way, for violin and piano
- Pantuns, for soprano and piano
- Leonardo Balada – Music for Flute and Orchestra
- Chen Yi – KC Capriccio, for wind ensemble and mixed choir
- Edward Cowie
- Bad Lands Gold, for tuba and piano
- Concerto for oboe and orchestra
- Dark Matter, for brass ensemble
- Elysium IV, for orchestra
- Four Frames in a Row, for high voice and baroque ensemble
- The Healing of Saul, for violin and harp (or piano)
- Several Charms, for violin and piano
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- Symphony No. 7
- Symphony No. 8 Antarctica
- Peter Eötvös – Paris–Dakar, for ensemble
- Lorenzo Ferrero
- Rastrelli in Saint Petersburg
- Sonata for viola and piano
- Stefano Gervasoni – Rigirio
- Frans Geysen
- Alles heeft zijn tijd 1, for orchestra
- Alles heeft zijn tijd 2, for string quartet
- Alles heeft zijn tijd 3, for string quartet
- Alles heeft zijn tijd 4, for keyboard instrument
- Alles heeft zijn tijd 5, for keyboard instrument
- Alles heeft zijn tijd 6, for string quartet
- Alles heeft zijn tijd 7, for four-part mixed choir (or string quartet, or trumpet, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon)
- Alles heeft zijn tijd 8, for keyboard instrument
- Alles heeft zijn tijd 9, for 4 trumpets
- Alles komt terug 2, for three-part choir
- Alles komt terug 3, for SSATB choir
- Alles komt terug 4, for carillon
- Alles komt terug 5, for keyboard instrument
- Benadering van de kern, for keyboard instrument
- Muziek voor toetsenbord 2, for piano
- Toetsing, for keyboard instrument
- Philip Glass
- Tirol Concerto, for piano and orchestra
- Concerto Fantasy, for two timpanists and orchestra
- Alexander Goehr
- Piano Quintet, op. 69
- Suite, for two pianos, op. 70
- Karl Jenkins – Adiemus IV: The Eternal Knot
- Nigel Keay – Viola concerto ([1])
- Meyer Kupferman – Icon Symphony
- Mario Lavista
- Estudio, for four marimbas
- Mater dolorosa, for organ
- Tres Miniaturas, for guitar,
- György Ligeti – Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedüvel
- Magnus Lindberg
- Corrente – China Version
- Jubilees, for piano
- James MacMillan – Mass, for choir and organ
- Mesías Maiguashca – El Tiempo, for 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 cellos, 2 percussionists, and electronics
- Tomás Marco – América (cantata)
- Donald Martino – Romanza, for violin solo
- Robert Morris
- In Concert, for ten instruments
- Still, for piano
- Bayan Northcott – Alma Redemptoris Mater, for three tenors, op. 7, no. 2
- Gérard Pape – Tantric Transformations, eight-channel electronic music and digital video
- Henri Pousseur
- Anneaux du soleil, for piano
- Navigations, for harp
- Seize Paysages planétaires, ethno-electroacoustical music
- Wolfgang Rihm
- Auf einem anderen Blatt, for piano
- Concerto (Dithyrambe), for string quartet and orchestra
- Deus passus (Passions-Stücke nach Lukas), for soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, mixed chorus, and orchestra
- … fleuve V (omnia tempus habent), for mezzo-soprano, baritone, distant ensemble (2 trumpets, 3 percussion), and large orchestra
- Frage, for coloratura soprano, English horn, A-clarinet (+ bass clarinet), harp, viola, cello, double bass, piano, and percussion
- Im Anfang, for large orchestra
- In Frage, for English horn, bass clarinet, harp, viola, cello, double bass, piano, and percussion
- Rilke: Vier Gedichte, for tenor and piano
- Stilles Stück (text by Hermann Lenz), for baritone and 2 string quartets
- Vers une symphonie fleuve IV, for large orchestra
- Vier Male (Stücke), for A-clarinet
- Peter Ruzicka – Traces, for clarinet and orchestra
- Peter Sculthorpe
- Djilile, for string quartet
- From the River, for violin, viola, cello, double bass, and piano
- Harbour Dreaming, for piano (originally titled Between Five Bells)
- New Norcia, for brass and percussion
- Parting, for viola and piano
- Quamby, for chamber orchestra
- Reef Singing, for clarinet and piano
- Saibai, for unison voices and drums
- Song for a Penny, for solo piano (shorter and longer versions)
- Tailitnama Song, for viola and piano, or viola solo
- Three Shakespeare Songs, for voice and piano (Text: William Shakespeare)
- Roger Smalley – String Quartet No. 2
- Juan Maria Solare
- Blockartig, for three recorders (TTB)
- Constelación (Nueva Suite Modal) [Constellation (New Modal Suite)], five pieces for flute and clarinet
- de capa caída, tango for two pianos
- Utopía caminante [Walking Utopia], for trombone and cello
- Viejo Fueye Deconstruido [Old, deconstructed bag (bellows)], postmodern tango for tenor saxophone, bandoneon, double bass, and piano
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Engel-Prozessionen (from Sonntag aus Licht)
- Refrain 2000
- John Tavener – Song of the Cosmos
- Charles Wuorinen
- Fourth String Quartet
- Cyclops 2000, for twenty players
[edit]Opera
- Michael Abels – Homies and Popz
- John Coolidge Adams – El Niño (opera-oratorio)
- Peter Maxwell Davies – Mr Emmet Takes a Walk
- Carlisle Floyd – Cold Sassy Tree
- Cristóbal Halffter – Don Quijote
- Jake Heggie – Dead Man Walking
- Michael Nyman – Facing Goya
- Poul Ruders – The Handmaid's Tale
- Sheila Silver – The Thief of Love
- Richard Thomas – Tourette's Diva
[edit]Musical theater
- Aida Broadway production[citation needed]
- 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
[edit]Musical film
- Almost Famous
- Dancer in the Dark, starring Björk
- Darling Darling
- Kandukondain Kandukondain
- Nuvvu Vastavani
- The Road to El Dorado (animation)
- The Tigger Movie released February 10
- The Fantasticks released September 22, starring Joel Grey
- Thenkasipattanam
- Turn It Up
[edit]Births
- October 31 – Willow Smith, singer & daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith.
[edit]Deaths
- January 16 – Gene Harris (67), jazz pianist
- January 19 - Irra Petina (91), operatic contralto
- January 22 - Carlo Cossutta (67), operatic tenor
- February 3 - Alla Rakha (80), tabla player
- February 4 – Doris Coley (59), vocalist (the Shirelles)
- February 7
- Big Punisher (28), rapper (heart attack)
- Dave Peverett (56) (Foghat)
- February 12 – Screamin' Jay Hawkins (70), U.S. vocal artist
- February 19 - Marin Goleminov (91), violinist and composer
- February 23 – Ofra Haza (42), singer
- March 1 – Dennis Danell (38), Social Distortion (brain aneurysm)
- March 4 – Walter Dana (97), polka-music promoter
- March 5 - Alexander Young (79), operatic tenor
- March 7 – Pee Wee King (86), country musician and songwriter (heart attack)
- March 20 – Gene "Eugene" Andrusco (38), actor, singer (brain aneurysm)
- March 27 – Ian Dury (57), English rock musician (liver cancer)
- April 27 – Vicki Sue Robinson (45), US disco singer (cancer)
- May 13 - Cesare Valletti (77), operatic tenor
- May 20 – Jean Pierre Rampal (78), flautist
- July 6
- Ľudovít Rajter (93), Slovak composer and conductor
- Władysław “Władek” Szpilman (88), Jewish-Polish pianist who survived the Holocaust
- July 11 – Jaroslav Filip (51), Slovak musician, actor
- July 24 – Oscar Shumsky (83), violinist
- July 28 – Jerome Smith (KC and the Sunshine Band)
- August 10 - Suzanne Danco (89), operatic soprano
- August 13 – Nazia Hassan (34), iconic Pakistani singer (lung cancer)
- September 21 – Bengt Hambraeus (72), composer for organ
- September 26 – Carl Sigman (91), songwriter
- October 3 – Benjamin Orr (53), bassist, vocalist of The Cars
- October 10 – Julie London (74), US singer and actress
- October 27 – Winston Grennan (56), Jamaican drummer
- October 28 – Carlos Guastavino (78), composer
- October 30 – Steve Allen (78), comedian, composer, talk show host, author
- November 8
- Brian Boydell (83), Irish composer
- Dick Morrissey (60), UK tenor saxophonist (cancer)
- November 12 – Stanley Turrentine (64), US tenor saxophonist (stroke)
- November 16 – DJ Screw (29), hip-hop DJ (codeine overdose)
- December 18 – Kirsty McColl (41), English singer songwriter (swimming accident)
- December 24 – Nick Massi (65), bass singer in The Four Seasons
[edit]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
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