Timeline of Musical Events - 2000s

2000s

• 2009 in music, 2009 in British music - Deaths of Michael Jackson, James Owen Sullivan, Leon Kirchner, Les Paul, Ali Akbar Khan, Merce Cunningham, Ron Asheton, Henri Pousseur, Mary Travers, Stephen Gately, Alain Bashung; Noel Gallagher departs from Oasis after 18 years. Mariah Carey becomes the only person since the award was established to have two, and consecutive, Songs of the Decade - "One Sweet Day" for the 90s and "We Belong Together" for the 00s - thus makes her the only winner of this award.
• 2008 in music, 2008 in British music - Deaths of Mauricio Kagel, Artie Traum, Wilfrid Mellers, LeRoi Moore, Erik Darling, Isaac Hayes, Bo Diddley, Richard Wright (musician), Nick Reynolds, Mitch Mitchell, Miriam Makeba, Odetta, Eartha Kitt, Freddie Hubbard. Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body" becomes her 18th U.S. chart-topper, setting the record for most U.S. number ones singles by a solo artist - only behind The Beatles with 20 - and most weeks at number one on the Hot 100 chart with a total of 79. Lil Wayne released Tha Carter III and sold 1 million copies in the first week, the album was the best selling album of 2008.
• 2007 in music, 2007 in British music - Deaths of Beverly Sills, Max Roach, Oscar Peterson, Izumi Sakai, Luciano Pavarotti, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Don Arden; Live Earth, Led Zeppelin reunion; Radiohead splits from EMI and independently releases In Rainbows with an online download method of payment that allows the buyer to choose their price; The Mars Volta releases one of the first USB flash drive albums, as part of their The Bedlam in Goliath.
• 2006 in music, 2006 in British music, 2006 in Swiss music - Deaths of James Brown and Syd Barrett.
• 2005 in music, 2005 in British music, 2005 in Swiss music - Mariah Carey releases her 10 million selling "The Emancipation of Mimi", the best-selling album of the year worldwide, alongside the album's second single "We Belong Together", the year's most successful single, and the Song of the Decade 2000-2009. Death of Luther Vandross, John Herald. Pink Floyd reunion for Live 8.
• 2004 in music, 2004 in British music - Death of Ray Charles, Dimebag Darrell; The Grey Album sparks day of electronic disobedience by internet filesharers against EMI.
• 2003 in music, 2003 in British music - Death of Johnny Cash, John Serry, Sr..
• 2002 in music, 2002 in British music - Death of Waylon Jennings, Dave Van Ronk, Layne Staley, Lisa Left-Eye Lopes, Lonnie Donegan and Joe Strummer; Beginning of American Idol (initially titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar) which brings arrival of first winner Kelly Clarkson; Alan Jackson, Drive;
• 2001 in music, 2001 in British music - Duran Duran is reunited with the original five members and goes on tour for the first time since 1985. Michael Jackson's last studio album Invincible released, Napster's popularity peaks; Deaths of Aaliyah, George Harrison, John Lee Hooker, John Phillips, Perry Como, Chuck Schuldiner; Metallica and Dr. Dre sue Napster over illegal distribution of their music.
• 2000 in music, 2000 in British music - Mariah Carey becomes the Best-Selling Artist of the Millennium according to the World Music Awards. Britney Spears' Oops I Did It Again sells over 23 million copies and becomes the best-selling album by a female artist of the decade. Blink-182 enjoy mainstream success and lead pop-punk into the 21st Century