The following is a list of notable events and releases in 2009 in music. Susan Boyle's album I Dreamed a Dream became the biggest selling album in the world for 2009, selling 8.3 million copies in five weeks; more than any other artist's in the whole year. The death of American music icon Michael Jackson triggered a surge in post-humous sales making him the best selling artist of the year, with 35 million albums sold worldwide in the months following his death. The use of Auto-Tune emerged into the mainstream this year.
Read more about 2009 In Music: Bands Formed, Bands Reformed, Returning Performers, Bands Disbanded, Bands On Hiatus, Albums, Best-selling Albums Globally and In The U.S., Classical Music, Opera, Musical Films
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“As I define it, rock & roll is dead. The attitude isn’t dead, but the music is no longer vital. It doesn’t have the same meaning. The attitude, though, is still very much alive—and it still informs other kinds of music.”
—David Byrne (b. 1952)