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 - Concert For New York: A Tribute To Heroes 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

*January
*February
*March
*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
*The Hits: Chapter One - Backstreet Boys
*The Metal Opera - Tobias Sammet's Avantasia
*The Process Of Belief - Bad Religion (released in the United States in 2002)
*Dragontown - Alice Cooper
*Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits - 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
*Bahasa Langit - Ebiet G. Ade
*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
*Violence Has Arrived - GWAR
*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 (Thefakesoundofprogress) - 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
*Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd - 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
*"Celebrity" - 'N Sync
*"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
*"Ramp! (The Logical Song)" - Scooter (band)
*"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

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

Hot Albums

#Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
#Shaggy - Hotshot
#Backstreet Boys - Black & Blue
#Enya - A Day Without Rain
#Janet Jackson - All For You
#Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor
#Destiny's Child - Survivor
#Creed - Weathered
#Soundtrack - O Brother, Where Art Thou?
#Staind - Break The Cycle

Classical music

*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

Musical theater

*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

Musical films

*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
*August 29 - Graham "Shirley" Strachna, 49, lead singer for Skyhook
*September 1 - Ted Mulry, 54, lead singer for Ted Murly Gang
*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

*Grammy Awards of 2001

Juno Awards

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

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

*Eurovision Song Contest 2001

Mercury Music Prize

*Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea'' - PJ Harvey wins.

Charts

*Pop Culture Madness 2001 Music Chart

KROQ

*KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 2001

Triple J Hottest 100

*Triple J Hottest 100, 2001

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