2001 in music

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See also: 2000 in music, 2001 in music (UK), other events of 2001, 2002 in music, 2000s in music and the list of 'years in music'

Events

• January 1 - Comeback of Guns N' Roses in House of Blues
• January 1 - 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 - The 4th EJCF in Basel was held. Next time was in 2004.
• June 12 - Electric Light Orchestra's first album in 15 years since Balance Of Power is released called 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.
• October 20 - airs on VH1, with performances by Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Billy Joel and others.
• 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. Rumors fly that the star had a mental breakdown.
• 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
• Elastica disband
• Toadies disband
• 5ive disband
• Apollo Sunshine forms
• Audioslave forms
• Die Trying forms
• Fall Out Boy forms
• Franz Ferdinand forms
• Revolution forms
• Savage Garden disband
• Steps disband
• The Underdog Project forms
• Weta disband
• Zebra forms again
• Zwan forms
• Sikth forms
• Electric Light Orchestra reforms again under new members except for original members, Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy

Albums released

• Kingsize - 5ive
• Greatest Hits - 5ive
• From Chaos - 311
• Aaliyah - Aaliyah
• The Definitive Collection - ABBA
• Gold - Ryan Adams
• Teen Spirit - A-Teens
• Just Push Play - Aerosmith
• New Favorite - Alison Krauss & Union Station
• 10,000 Hz Legend - Air
• ANThology - Alien Ant Farm
• The War of Art - American Head Charge
• Underground Network - Anti-Flag
• Wages of Sin - Arch Enemy
• End Is Forever - The Ataris
• drukqs - Aphex Twin
• - Backstreet Boys
• The Metal Opera - Tobias Sammet's Avantasia
• The Process Of Belief - Bad Religion (released in the United States in 2002)
• - Barenaked Ladies
• Long Stories Short - Bayside
• Victoria Beckham - Victoria Beckham
• This Is Where I Came In - Bee Gees
• Vespertine - Björk
• Lions - The Black Crowes
• Take Off Your Pants And Jacket - Blink-182
• Honour - Valour - Pride - Bolt Thrower
• How I Spent My Summer Vacation - The Bouncing Souls
• Britney - Britney Spears
• Feel Good Lost - Broken Social Scene
• Buffalo Springfield (box set) - Buffalo Springfield
• A Girl Like Me - Emma Bunton
• Golden State - Bush
• Comfort Eagle - Cake
• Glitter - Mariah Carey
• Follow the Reaper - Children of Bodom
• Pass Out of Existence - Chimaira
• Ten New Songs - Leonard Cohen
• Feeder - Echo Park
• Wake Up And Smell The Coffee - The Cranberries
• I Don't Care That You Don't Mind - Crash Test Dummies
• Weathered - Creed
• Greatest Hits - The Cure
• Discovery - Daft Punk
• Devil's Night - D12
• Révolution 5° du Nom - Dalida (Remix album)
• Everyday - Dave Matthews Band
• A Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
• All Rise - Blue
• The Best of Bruce Dickinson - Bruce Dickinson
• Mutiny on the Bay - Dead Kennedys
• Day of the Death - Death By Stereo (released in Europe in 2000)
• Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia - Dimmu Borgir
• It Was All a Dream - Dream
• Sing Loud, Sing Proud - Dropkick Murphys
• Sinner - Drowning Pool
• Love and Theft - Bob Dylan
• Mandrake - Edguy
• Flirting with Twilight - Kurt Elling
• Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
• Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire and Demise - Emperor
• Girl - Eskimo Joe
• In Search of Truth - Evergrey
• Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever - Explosions in the Sky
• Suburban Blight - F-Minus
• Falconer - Falconer
• Jaktens Tid - Finntroll
• The Drive - The Firebird Band
• Viva los violence - Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13
• Enjoy Yourself - Frantic Flintstones
• Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd
• Lars Frederiksen & The Bastards - Lars Frederiksen
• The Argument - Fugazi
• Dreams Can Come True, Greatest Hits Vol. 1 - Gabrielle
• No World Order - Gamma Ray
• Beautifulgarbage - Garbage
• Gorillaz - Gorillaz
• Light of Day, Day of Darkness - Green Carnation
• International SuperHits! - Green Day
• International SuperVideos! - Green Day (DVD Release)
• Trace - Gridlock
• Covered With Ants - Guttermouth
• Live Insurrection - Rob Halford
• Going Somewhere - Colin Hay
• Scream If You Wanna Go Faster - Geri Halliwell
• Scattered, Smothered and Covered - Hootie & the Blowfish
• Horror Show - Iced Earth
• Revolutionary Vol. 1 - Immortal Technique
• Morning View - Incubus
• All for you - Janet Jackson
• Invincible - Michael Jackson
• Mechanized Warfare - Jag Panzer
• The Blueprint - Jay-Z
• Jimmy Eat World (formerly Bleed American) - Jimmy Eat World
• Arrival - Journey
• The Essential Journey - Journey
• Demolition - Judas Priest
• Karma - Kamelot
• Gravitational Forces - Robert Earl Keen
• Songs in A Minor - Alicia Keys
• Cocky - Kid Rock
• Violent Revolution - Kreator
• Unleashed Memories - Lacuna Coil
• Lenny - Lenny Kravitz
• V / Ecstatic Fanatic - Live
• Roll On - The Living End
• Wonders of the World - Long Beach Dub Allstars
• Awakening the World - Lost Horizon
• The Fake Sound Of Progress - lostprophets
• Word Of Mouf - Ludacris
• Supercharger - Machine Head
• Disposable Arts - Masta Ace
• Driving Rain - Paul McCartney
• Greatest Hits - Tim McGraw
• The World Needs A Hero - Megadeth
• All Is Dream - Mercury Rev
• Destination Unknown - Mest
• Miss E ...So Addictive - Missy Elliott
• God Says No - Monster Magnet
• Mandy Moore - Mandy Moore
• Origin of Symmetry - Muse
• Ayeshteni - Natacha Atlas
• Stillmatic - Nas
• The Big Combo - New Bomb Turks
• No More Shall We Part - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
• Silver Side Up - Nickelback
• Rock Steady - No Doubt
• Blackwater Park - Opeth
• Down To Earth - Ozzy Osbourne
• Land Of The Free? - Pennywise
• - Pink Floyd
• Anyone's For Doomsday - Powerman 5000
• Freaked Out and Small - Presidents of the United States of America
• Nuclear Fire - Primal Fear
• Come Clean - Puddle of Mudd
• We Are Puss - Puss
• Amnesiac - Radiohead
• Raging Speedhorn - Raging Speedhorn
• Mutter - Rammstein
• The Golden Hum - Remy Zero
• Revolving Around The World - Revolution
• My Heart Is In Your Hands - Revolution
• Rain of a Thousand Flames - Rhapsody
• Melody A.M. - Röyksopp
• Poets and Madmen - Savatage
• ''Animosity - Sevendust
• Laundry Service - Shakira
• God Hates Us All - Slayer
• IOWA - Slipknot
• Pretty Together - Sloan
• Greatest Hits (2-Disc) - The Smashing Pumpkins
• Silence - Sonata Arctica
• Spy Kids - Soundtrack
• Break The Cycle - Staind
• Sound-Dust - Stereolab
• Is This It - The Strokes
• Start Static - Sugarcult
• All Killer No Filler - Sum 41
• Live on the Edge of Forever - Symphony X
• Toxicity - System of a Down
• Shameless - Therapy?
• Secret of the Runes - Therion
• Mink Car - They Might Be Giants
• From Chaos - 311
• Lateralus - Tool
• Communication & Conviction: Last Seven Years - The Tossers
• It Doesn´t Matter - The Underdog Project
• World of Glass - Tristania
• Fuel For Life - The Turbo AC's
• Until The End Of Time - Tupac Shakur
• Product Of Television - UP SyNDROME
• Back at the Laundromat - US Bombs
• Final V.U. 1971-1973 - The Velvet Underground
• Bootleg Series, Vol. 1: The Quine Tapes - The Velvet Underground
• Weezer - Weezer
• World of Our Own - Westlife
• Don't Tell the Band - Widespread Panic
• Swing When You're Winning - Robbie Williams
• Magnification - Yes
• The Sinister Urge - Rob Zombie

Hot Hits

• "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
• "Crystal" - New Order
• "Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me)" - Train
• "Electric Avenue (remix)" - Eddy Grant
• "Elevation" - U2
• "Eternity/The Road To Mandalay" - Robbie Williams
• "Falling" - Alicia Keys
• "Get Ur Freak On" - Missy Elliott
• "Handbags and Gladrags" - Stereophonics
• "Hard To Explain" - The Strokes
• "Have A Nice Day" - Stereophonics
• "Here With Me" - Dido
• "Hunter" - Dido
• "I Don't Want A Lover (remix)" - Texas
• "I Want Love" - Elton John
• "I'm Real" - Jennifer Lopez
• "Imitation Of Life" - R.E.M.
• "Inner Smile" - Texas
• "Island in the Sun"- Weezer
• "It's Been Awhile"- Staind
• "Jaded" - Aerosmith
• "Juxtapose" - Super Furry Animals
• "Knives Out" - Radiohead
• "Lady Marmalade"- Christina Aguilera
• "Last Nite" - The Strokes
• "Love What You Do" - The Divine Comedy
• "Mr. Writer" - Stereophonics
• "19-2000" - Gorillaz
• "Ocean Spray" - Manic Street Preachers
• "One Minute Man" - Missy Elliott (featuring Ludacris and Trina)
• "Out Of Reach" - Gabrielle
• "Pissing In The Wind" - Badly Drawn Boy
• "Pyramid Song" - Radiohead
• "Rock The Boat" - Aaliyah
• "Sail Away" - David Gray
• "Shining Light" - Ash
• "Short Skirt - Long Jacket" - Cake
• "Side" - Travis
• "Sing" - Travis
• "Smooth Crimiinal" - 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
• "This Year's Love" - David Gray
• "Up On The Downside" - Ocean Colour Scene
• "Walk On" - U2
• "With Arms Wide Open" - Creed
• "Celebrity" - Nsync (band)

See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2001 (USA)

Hot Albums

1. Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
2. Shaggy - Hotshot
3. Backstreet Boys - Black & Blue
4. Enya - A Day Without Rain
5. Janet Jackson - All For You
6. Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor
7. Destiny's Child - Survivor
8. Creed - Weathered
9. Soundtrack - O Brother, Where Art Thou?
10. Staind - Break The Cycle

• 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

• 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

• Moulin Rouge! released May 18, starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor
• Glitter released September 21, starring Mariah Carey and Max Beesley

Births

Deaths

• January 7 - James Carr, soul singer
• February 4 - Iannis Xenakis, a Greek composer.
• February 13 - George Simon, Music critic and original Glenn Miller Band drummer, pneumonia
• February 19 - Charles Trenet, French singer, songwriter
• February 21 - Ronnie Hilton
• February 21 - Malcolm Yelvington
• February 22 - John Fahey, guitarist, indie label owner
• March 18 - John Phillips, cofounder of Popular Music 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, composer and conductor
• May 12 - Perry Como, singer
• May 20 - Renato Carosone, Italian musician and singer
• June 4 - John Hartford, 64, Bluegrass musician
• 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
• 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, Big Country
• December 18 - Gilbert Bécaud, 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

• Grammy Awards of 2001

• Juno Awards of 2001
• *March 4 - Bruce Cockburn is inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame

• Eurovision Song Contest 2001

• Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea - PJ Harvey wins.

Charts

• [Pop Culture Madness 2001 Music Chart]

• KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 2001

• Triple J Hottest 100, 2001

 

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