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2001 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2001.

Specific locations[]

• 2001 in British music
• 2001 in Norwegian music
• 2001 in South Korean music

Specific genres[]

• 2001 in classical music
• 2001 in country music
• 2001 in heavy metal music
• 2001 in hip hop music
• 2001 in Latin music
• 2001 in jazz

See also:

• 2001 in music (UK)
• Record labels established in 2001

Events[]

January[]

• January 9 – Apple Inc. introduces the iTunes media player.
• January 12–21 – Rock in Rio 3 is held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Headlining acts consist of Sting, R.E.M., 'N Sync, Iron Maiden, Neil Young, Red Hot Chili Peppers and a new line-up of Guns N' Roses.
• January 17 – Bass player Jason Newsted leaves Metallica after 14 years with the band.
• January 19–February 4 – The Big Day Out festival takes place in Australia and New Zealand, headlined by Rammstein (in all venues) and Limp Bizkit (in Auckland, the Gold Coast, and Sydney).
• January 26 – A crowd crush occurs during a set by Limp Bizkit at the Sydney Big Day Out music festival. Jessica Michalik is killed and the band subsequently leaves the country after threats to their safety.

February[]

• February 1
  • 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 considered a breakthrough for Canadian hip hop and R&B musicians.
  • Jennifer Lopez becomes first female artist to have both a number one album (J.Lo) and a number one movie (The Wedding Planner) in the same week.
• February 6 – Don Felder is fired from the Eagles. Felder sues the band for wrongful termination, and is countersued by Don Henley and Glenn Frey for breach of contract. The suits are settled out of court.
• 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 is in attendance.) They did not tour however, meaning that the unsigned British rock band Sandstone Veterans are the only band from the western world to tour Cuba.
• February 18 – James Taylor weds for the third time, marrying Caroline "Kim" Smedvig, director of public relations and marketing for the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
• February 21 – The 43rd Annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles, hosted by Jon Stewart. Several artists win three awards each: Steely Dan (who win Album of the Year for Two Against Nature), U2 (who win both Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Beautiful Day"), Dr. Dre, Eminem and Faith Hill. Shelby Lynne wins Best New Artist.
• February 28 – Courtney Love sues to get out of her contract with Vivendi Universal, on the grounds that music industry contracts are unfairly long compared to those in other industries.^[1]

March[]

• March 1 – Collin Raye is awarded the from Country Radio Broadcasters. The award was given in recognition of Raye's work on behalf of a number of different charitable organizations including Childhelp USA, USA Weekend's Make A Difference Day and the Native American organization Hecel Oyakapi.
• March 8 – Melanie Chisholm announces she does not intend to do any more work with the Spice Girls. Although the group denies it is splitting, it would not be active again until 2007.^[2]
• March 9
  • Janet Jackson's single "All for You" breaks several airplay records, becoming the first song to be added to every station in three mainstream radio formats within its first week of release.^[3] It was also the highest debut for a single not commercially available in both the United States and France, and the highest debut and largest opening airplay figure on the Radio Songs chart.^[4]
  • Eric Singer replaces Peter Criss as the drummer for Kiss as the band continues its farewell tour in Yokohama, Japan. Singer dons the "Catman" make-up, ending the band's tradition of creating new make-up and personas for replacement members.
• March 13 – Janet Jackson is honored as the first ever MTV Icon. The televised tribute became the highest rated show of the night.
• 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 16 – Sean "Puffy" Combs is acquitted on all charges stemming from a December 1999 nightclub shooting in Manhattan. However, an artist on his Bad Boy Records label, Shyne, is convicted of two counts of assault as well as reckless endangerment and gun possession.^[5]
• March 24 – John Connolly of Sevendust marries Lori Kirkley.
• March 26 – Gorillaz release their first studio album Gorillaz. The album reached number three in the UK, and was an unexpected hit in the US, hitting number 14 and selling over seven million copies worldwide by 2007. It earned the group an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records as the Most Successful Virtual Band.
• March 28
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 replaces Max Bruch's violin concerto at #1 in the Classic FM Hall of Fame.
  • Two big selling albums : Hikaru Utada's Distance and Ayumi Hamasaki's A Best are released on exactly the same date. Their debut week sales are 3,002,720 and 2,874,870, respectively, setting the world's #1 and #2 one-week album sales records.^[6]
• March 31 – Couple Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown were thrown out and banned for life from Hollywood's Bel Air Hotel and arrested and jailed 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–May[]

• April 3 – Mariah Carey signs a blockbuster contract with Virgin Records, worth $80 million for four albums.
• April 4 – Original Zombies lead singer Colin Blunstone and keyboardist Rod Argent reunite for a two-part performance at London's Jazz Cafe, the first time the two had performed together in over 30 years.
• April 14 – Janet Jackson's "All for You" reaches number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and remains atop the chart for seven consecutive weeks. It becomes the longest reigning hit of the year.
• April 15 – The Dutch DJ Tiësto releases his first solo album, In My Memory, on Black Hole Recordings.
• April 21 – The first Top Chinese Music Awards ceremony is held.
• April 24 – Janet Jackson releases her seventh studio album, All for You. It becomes her fifth consecutive album to open at number one, with sales exceeding 600,000 copies. It receives three Grammy Award nominations, winning for Best Dance Recording.
• April 28 – The second Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival takes place in California as a single-day event. Headlined by Jane's Addiction, the lineup also features Weezer, The Roots, Gang Starr, Iggy Pop, The Orb, The Dandy Warhols and Mos Def.
• May 1
  • Huey Lewis and the News makes a comeback with their album Plan B, their first album of new material in a decade.
  • The 4th is held in Basel. The next time was in 2004.
• May 12 – Joey Fatone of 'N Sync injures his leg in a trap door during rehearsals for the new tour.
  • The 46th Eurovision Song Contest, held at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark, is won by Tanel Padar and Dave Benton, backed by hip hop group 2XL. They represented Estonia with the song "Everybody", marking the first victory for one of the Baltic states and one of the former Soviet republics. At 50 years old, Benton also becomes the oldest contestant, as well as the first black person, to win Eurovision.
• May 15 – Charley Pride's A Tribute to Jim Reeves is the first compact disc to have copy protection, '80s band The Go Go's release their first album in 17 years: God Bless The Go Go's
• May 22 – Mötley Crüe publishes their collective autobiography The Dirt.

June[]

• June 1 – Christina Aguilera scores her fourth number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 for Lady Marmalade a collaboration with Lil' Kim, Mýa, and Pink. The video wins the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year.
• June 5
  • Radiohead releases their 5th studio album, "Amnesiac"
  • Drowning Pool releases their 1st studio album, "Sinner". After the 9/11 attacks, the single "Bodies" is put on the list of songs deemed inappropriate by Clear Channel.
• June 9 – Madonna kicks off her first concert tour in 8 years, the Drowned World Tour, in Barcelona, Spain.
• June 12
  • Blink-182 release their fourth studio album Take Off Your Pants And Jacket which would later sell 14 million copies worldwide. This was the band's second successful album.
  • Electric Light Orchestra release Zoom, their first album in 15 years.
• June 15 – Bad Religion drummer Bobby Schayer, who had been with the band since 1991, is forced to give up music after experiencing a "most unfortunate career-ending injury". This leads to his leaving Bad Religion for good; he is replaced by current drummer Brooks Wackerman. By this time, Bad Religion were dropped from Atlantic Records and had returned to their original label Epitaph, and founding guitarist Brett Gurewitz had just rejoined the band after a 7-year hiatus.
• June 16 – The Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM 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.
• June 24 – Jazz pianist John Hicks marries flautist Elise Wood.^[7]

July[]

• July 2
  • Willy Denzey makes his first appearance at Les Francofolies de La Rochelle.
  • Napster shuts down its entire network in order to comply with a court injunction ordering it to halt the trading of copyrighted files.^[8]
• July 7 – Janet Jackson begins her All for You Tour.
• July 9 – Backstreet Boys put their Black & Blue summer tour on hold to allow A. J. McLean to enter a rehabilitation facility to deal with alcoholism and depression.
• July 10 – Dream Street releases their debut album, Dream Street
• July 16 – Mariah Carey releases "Loverboy"; it eventually became the best-selling song of 2001.
• July 17 – Aaliyah releases her third studio album Aaliyah.
• July 17–22 – The fourth Yoyo A Go Go punk and indie rock festival opens in Olympia, Washington.
• July 19 – Ol' Dirty Bastard is sentenced to 2 to 4 years in prison for drug possession.
• July 21 – The first annual Splendour in the Grass music festival is held in Byron Bay, New South Wales, headlined by Powderfinger.
• July 24 – NSYNC releases their third studio album, Celebrity.
• July 25 – Mariah Carey checks into a hospital for what a spokesperson terms "extreme exhaustion". Carey had exhibited several incidents of bizarre behavior during the previous week, including performing a strange striptease during an unscheduled visit to MTV's Total Request Live and posting a rambling message on her website in which she wrote, "I don't know what's going on with life".^[9]
• July 30 – The Strokes release their debut album "Is This It"

August[]

• August 3 – Whitney Houston signs the largest contract in music history with Arista Records, a six-album deal worth over $100 million.^[10]
• August 6 – Death Row Records founder Suge Knight is released from prison after serving five years of a nine-year sentence for a parole violation.
• August 7 – Aaron Carter comes back with his third studio album (second under Jive Records) Oh Aaron.
• August 13 – Two weeks before its official release, Spider One of Powerman 5000 pulls Anyone for Doomsday? off the market because it sounds too much like their previous release Tonight the Stars Revolt!. Later he releases the album on their website. Two months later, Al 3 & Dorian 27 leave the band.
• August 15 – Wilco signs a buy-out deal with Reprise Records after the label rejects the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album and the band refuses to make any changes. Wilco leaves with the rights to the album in their possession.^[11]
• August 25 – A Cessna 402 carrying 9 people, including R&B singer Aaliyah, crashes in the Bahamas, killing all aboard.

September[]

• September 4 – The second studio album from Armenian-American band System of a Down, Toxicity, is released worldwide. After the 9/11 attacks, the single "Chop Suey!" is put on the list of songs deemed inappropriate by Clear Channel.
• September 5 – A performance of John Cage's As Slow as Possible on a specially-built organ in Sankt-Burchardi-Church in Halberstadt, Germany, scheduled to last until the year 2640 begins with an 18-month pause.
• September 6 – At the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards, Britney Spears performs her new single I'm a Slave 4 U in a very revealing outfit and featuring a number of exotic animals including a white and live albino Burmese python on her shoulder, leading to a great deal of criticism from animal rights organisation PETA. Nevertheless, MTV named the performance as the most memorable moment in VMA history.
• September 7-10 – The Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special tribute concerts are held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
• September 10 – Blink-182 start shooting a video for "Stay Together for the Kids", featuring the band playing in a derelict house. When they try to finish the video the following day, the 9–11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City occur, and the band abandon the attempt and decide to shoot a different video for the song.
• September 11 – Bob Dylan's Love and Theft album was released on this day. The September 11 attacks result in the cancellation or postponement of many musical events, due to the halting of many commercial flights and the somber mood of communities around the world. MTV and VH1 suspend regular programming to carry a newsfeed from CBS, and the 2001 Latin Grammy Awards broadcast is canceled. Sting, who had planned to stream a performance in Italy on the Internet, reduces the Webcast to one song, "Fragile". Enya's Only Time becomes backdrop for CNN^[12] The MuchMusic Video Awards scheduled for September 23 are also canceled.^[13] Gerard Way witnesses the attacks and is inspired to start a band, which later becomes My Chemical Romance. Mariah Carey releases her infamous soundtrack Glitter accompanied by the unsuccessful movie. The soundtrack's lead single, Loverboy, reaches no. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• September 14 – Clear Channel Communications issues a controversial memorandum to its radio stations containing a list of 165 songs considered "lyrically questionable" in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. The list includes "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", all songs by Rage Against the Machine and John Lennon's "Imagine".
• September 21 – America: A Tribute to Heroes airs uninterrupted on all major networks. The solemn concert, only 10 days after the September 11 attacks, included performances by Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Celine Dion, Neil Young, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, Dave Matthews, Faith Hill, Mariah Carey, and others.
• September 25 – XM Satellite Radio is launched.
• September 29
  • The First International Accordion Festival begins at La Villita in San Antonio, Texas, celebrating the multicultural traditions of the accordion with artists performing German, Colombian, Irish, Argentinian tango, Cajun-zydeco, Dominican merengue and conjunto-Tejano music.^[14]
  • Jennifer Lopez weds back-up dancer Cris Judd. The marriage would end in June 2002.

October[]

• October 2 – Machine head release fourth Studio album Supercharger (album)
• October 6
  • Burton C. Bell gets into a fight with his bandmate Dino Cazares about a manager they fired. The event triggers the demise of Fear Factory.
  • Pop Idol premieres on ITV.
• October 9 – The first CD in the Kidz Bop series, consisting of Top 40 hits sung by children, is released.
• October 10 – Heavy metal band Anthrax issues a press release in response to the 2001 anthrax attacks jokingly stating that they will be changing the name of the group to "Basket Full of Puppies". It concludes, "we don't want to change the name of the band, not because it would be a pain in the ass, but because we hope that no further negative events will happen and it won't be necessary. We hope and pray that this problem goes away quietly and we all grow old and fat together."^[15] The band has reported increased traffic to their website due to Internet users going to anthrax.com looking for information about the disease.^[16]
• October 12 – Wes Borland leaves Limp Bizkit.
• October 16 – Michael Jackson releases special editions of his albums Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad and Dangerous, to celebrate his thirtieth anniversary as a solo musician.
• October 20
  • The Concert for New York City airs on VH1, with performances by Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, The Who, Billy Joel and others.
  • benefit concert is held in Atlanta, MC was Drew Carey with performances by Edgar Winter Group, Mark Farner, Jack Blades, John Waite, The Knack, Eddie Money, Peter Frampton, Survivor, Kansas, Journey, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Bad Company, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and others.
• October 21
  • United We Stand: What More Can I Give benefit concert is held at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., with performances by Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, Mariah Carey, James Brown, Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, and others.
  • benefit concert is held at Smirnoff Music Centre in Dallas, Texas, MC was Drew Carey with performances by Edgar Winter Group, Mark Farner, Jack Blades, John Waite, The Knack, Eddie Money, Peter Frampton, Survivor, Kansas, Journey, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Bad Company, and others.
• October 23
  • The Backstreet Boys release their first compilation album The Hits: Chapter One
  • The first iPod is released by Apple Inc.
  • Incubus releases their third full-length major label album entitled Morning View. It debuted on the Billboard Top 200 at the #2 spot (266,000 copies were sold in its first week). This was the highest ever placement for Incubus. At the same time, "Wish You Were Here" was at #2 on the Modern Rock Charts, and "Drive" sat at #48 on the Hot 100 chart.
• October 25 – Quarashi performs a live concert with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra (the band Botnleðja also performed) in the Háskólabíó in Reykjavík, Iceland, which is notable for being the first time that a rap act performed a live concert with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Quarashi perform seven songs from their upcoming album, Jinx.
• October 30 – Michael Jackson releases Invincible, his first studio album since 1995 and his tenth studio album overall. While the album debuts at number one, its success is limited due to a feud between Jackson and Sony Music Entertainment over the rights to his back-catalog, culminating in Jackson accusing the company of racial discrimination. The album would end up being Jackson's last, with later musical efforts being offset by a second series of child molestation allegations in 2003, a trial over said allegations in 2005, and his death on the eve of a comeback tour in June 2009.
• October 31 – Britney Spears releases her third studio album Britney

November–December[]

• November 1
  • The governing body of the UK Singles Chart, Chart Information Network Ltd. (CIN), changes its name to The Official UK Charts Company.
  • Britney Spears starts her Dream Within a Dream Tour, in support her self-titled third studio album. The tour was accompanied by many extravagant special effect including a water screen that pumped two tons of water into the stage during the encore. The tour was commercial success, all the venues on the 2001 leg are largely sold out and grossed $43.7 million from 68 show.
• November 5 – In the UK, BMG becomes the first major label to release a compact disc with copy protection, Natalie Imbruglia's White Lilies Island. Within two weeks BMG announces they will re-issue the disc without the copy protection, due to complaints from consumers who were unable to play the CDs in their personal computers.^[17]
• November 6
  • Britney Spears' third album, Britney debuts at #1, making her the first female artist to have her first three albums enter the US charts at #1.
  • Nu-Metal Band Dope release their second studio album Life (Dope album)
  • The soundtrack album of the Nickelodeon movie Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius is released.
• December 1 – Mike Turner quits Our Lady Peace.
• December 4 – Gospel music singer Yolanda Adams releases her eighth studio album Believe.
• December 12 – Surviving Nirvana members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl sue Courtney Love in an effort to oust her from the board controlling the management of the band's affairs, calling her "irrational, mercurial, self-centered, unmanageable, inconsistent and unpredictable." The legal battle over the band's legacy has blocked the release of a planned Nirvana box set containing the unreleased track "You Know You're Right".^[18]

Also in 2001[]

• 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.
• The Republic of France awards Jean-Yves Thibaudet the honour of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
• Deporitaz releases Microwave this CD, his second album, on MP3.com.
• Sean Beasley joins Dying Fetus.

Bands formed[]

• See Musical groups established in 2001

Bands disbanded[]

• See Musical groups disestablished in 2001

Bands reformed[]

• Army of Lovers
• Devourment
• Electric Light Orchestra (with new members except for original members, Jeff Lynne and Richard Tandy)
• Level 42
• The Monkees
• Maroon 5
• Roxy Music
• Zebra
• Sunny Day Real Estate

Albums released[]

January–March[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
J A N U A R Y	1	Çà et là du Japon	Pizzicato Five	-
	7	Ensiferum	Ensiferum	Debut
	8	Light of Day, Day of Darkness	Green Carnation	-
	9	Oz	Various Artists	TV Soundtrack
	16	Alcohol Fueled Brewtality	Black Label Society	-
		Azure Ray	Azure Ray	-
		From Long Beach 2 Fillmoe	Daz Dillinger & J.T. the Bigga Figga	-
		Little Sparrow	Dolly Parton	-
		J.Lo	Jennifer Lopez	-
	22	Crystal Empire	Freedom Call	-
		Hush!	Ana Popović	Solo debut
		Things We Lost in the Fire	Low	-
	23	Anthology	Obituary	Compilation
		Carnival Diablos	Annihilator	-
		Day of the Death	Death by Stereo	-
		The Donnas Turn 21	The Donnas	-
		It Was All a Dream	Dream	-
		O-Town	O-Town	-
		2000 Years of Human Error	Godhead	-
		The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates	Hall & Oates	Compilation
		The World According to Gob	Gob	-
	29	Believe in Nothing	Paradise Lost	-
		Nuclear Fire	Primal Fear	Germany
	30	The Best of Tevin Campbell	Tevin Campbell	Compilation
		Dog in the Sand	Frank Black and the Catholics	-
		I Need You	LeAnn Rimes	-
		More	Vitamin C	-
		You Don't Have to Be Blood to Be Family	Throwdown	-
F E B R U A R Y	1	Brushfire Fairytales	Jack Johnson	-
		Lucy Ford: The Atmosphere EP's	Atmosphere	EP
	5	The Anthology... So Far	Ringo Starr	Live
	6	Dither	Moe	-
		End Is Forever	The Ataris	-
		Greatest Hits Vol. II	Gloria Estefan	Compilation
		Risen	O.A.R.	-
		Samra	Faudel	-
		Simply Mortified	BS 2000	-
		Sing Loud, Sing Proud!	Dropkick Murphys	-
		604	Ladytron	-
		Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes	Propagandhi	-
	You Had It Coming	Jeff Beck	-
	8	Katy Hudson	Katy Perry	-
	12	Hits II: Ganked & Gaffled	Spice 1	Compilation
	13	Conquering Ruler	The Specials	Covers album
		Firestarr	Fredro Starr	-
		Stephen Malkmus	Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks	-
		To Record Only Water for Ten Days	John Frusciante	-
		Road Movies	Land	-
	15	Toki no Tsubasa	Zard	-
	16	Flowers	Echo & the Bunnymen	-
	19	Another Late Night: Fila Brazillia	Fila Brazillia	-
		Karma	Kamelot	-
	20	Compuphonic	Echo Image	Debut
		Girls Can Tell	Spoon	-
		Music Box	The Monkees	Box Set
		A Predator's Portrait	Soilwork	-
		Standards	Tortoise	-
		Wasted Days	The Slackers	-
	26	Any Other City	Life Without Buildings	-
		Sleepwalking	Rae & Christian
		Teen Spirit	A*Teens	-
	27	American Hi-Fi	American Hi-Fi	-
		Blackwater Park	Opeth	-
		A Bum Note and a Bead of Sweat	Baboon	Live
		Cydonia	The Orb	-
		Everyday	Dave Matthews Band	-
		My World, My Way	Silkk the Shocker	-
		Phantom Moon	Duncan Sheik	-
		The Professional 2	DJ Clue?	-
		Self Titled	Zao	-
		Who I Am	Jessica Andrews	-
?	Only Time Knows	Bearfoot Bluegrass	Debut album
M A R C H	1	Crime as Forgiven by Against Me!	Against Me!	EP
		Another Late Night: Rae & Christian	Rae & Christian	Compilation
		B.P. Empire	Infected Mushroom	-
	2	Death's Design	Diabolical Masquerade	-
	5	The Optimist LP	Turin Brakes	LP
		When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up	Snow Patrol	-
	6	Accepted Eclectic	Aceyalone	-
		Anarchists of Good Taste	Dog Fashion Disco	-
		ANThology	Alien Ant Farm	-
		Dark Assault	Iron Savior	-
		From Wisdom to Hate	Gorguts	-
		Fat Music Volume 5: Live Fat, Die Young	Various Artists	Compilation
		Feel Good Lost	Broken Social Scene	-
		Identity Crisis	Thrice	-
		Insanity	Darkane	-
		Just Push Play	Aerosmith	-
		Loco	Fun Lovin' Criminals	-
		Mars/Venus	Koffee Brown	-
		Musipal	Wagon Christ	-
		Quiet Is the New Loud	Kings of Convenience	-
		Scorpion	Eve	-
		SGNL 05	Isis	EP
		Unwind	Oleander	-
	7	Insomnia	Chihiro Onitsuka	-
		Jumping into the World	BoA	EP
	9	Group Sounds	Rocket from the Crypt	-
		One Nil	Neil Finn	-
	12	Awakening the World	Lost Horizon	Sweden
		Back to the Blues	Gary Moore	-
		Blackwater Park	Opeth	-
		Discovery	Daft Punk	-
		Human	Rod Stewart	-
		Regeneration	The Divine Comedy	-
		Sunny Border Blue	Kristin Hersh	-
		Superstars and Cannonballs	Savage Garden	VHS/DVD
		Timeless Departure	Skyfire	-
	13	All About Chemistry	Semisonic	-
		Gourmandises	Alizée	-
		Let It Fall	Sean Watkins	-
		Reptile	Eric Clapton	-
		Trick Pony	Trick Pony	-
	18	Spin	Darren Hayes	Australia
	19	456132015	De Facto	EP
		Ease Down the Road	Bonnie 'Prince' Billy	-
		Know Your Enemy	Manic Street Preachers	-
		Terra Incognita	Gojira	Debut
	20	EP 2	Zero 7	EP
		Exit Wounds: The Album	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards	Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards	-
		The Gift	Bizzy Bone	-
		Healing	Ünloco	Debut
		Hypothetical	Threshold	-
		Nation	Sepultura	-
		New Killer America	Skrape	Debut
		Part III	112	-
		Hell Below/Stars Above	Toadies	-
		The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most	Dashboard Confessional	-
		Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia	Dimmu Borgir	-
		Satellite Rides	Old 97's	-
		Thugs Are Us	Trick Daddy	-
		Unleashed Memories	Lacuna Coil	-
	23	Itse	Ajattara	-
	26	Angel of Mine	Frank Duval	Compilation
		Gorillaz	Gorillaz	-
Natural History		I Am Kloot	Debut
27	Acoustic Soul	India.Arie	-
	Another Perfect World	Peter Cetera	-
	Drops of Jupiter	Train	-
	Endangered Species	Big Pun	Compilation
	Every Six Seconds	Saliva	-
	Greatest Hits	Billy Idol	Compilation
	How I Loved You	Angels of Light	-
	Kiss tha Game Goodbye	Jadakiss	-
	Live from Mars	Ben Harper	2xCD; Live
	Live in New York City	Bruce Springsteen	Live
	The Moon is Down	Further Seems Forever	-
	Musicforthemorningafter	Pete Yorn	-
	Roll On	The Living End	-
	The Sneak Attack	KRS-One	-
	Time Bomb	Buckcherry	-
	Until the End of Time	2Pac	-
	Whole New You	Shawn Colvin	-
28	A Best	Ayumi Hamasaki	Compilation
	Distance	Hikaru Utada	-
29	10 Years of Abuse (and Still Broke)	Eyehategod	Live
31	Echo Echo	Carbon Leaf	-

April–June[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
A P R I L	2	45 rpm: The Singles, 1977–1979	The Jam	Box Set
		Clarence Park	Chris Clark	-
		Mutter	Rammstein	-
		No More Shall We Part	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	-
	3	Arrival	Journey	US
		Blood Sweat and Years	JT Money	-
		Crown Royal	Run-D.M.C.	-
		From Here to Infirmary	Alkaline Trio	-
		I Don't Care That You Don't Mind	Crash Test Dummies	-
		The Life	Ginuwine	-
		Now That's What I Call Music! 6 (U.S. series)	Various Artists	Compilation
		Poets and Madmen	Savatage	-
		Room Service	Roxette	-
		The Swimming Hour	Andrew Bird	-
		Unholy Terror	W.A.S.P.	-
		The Yin and the Yang	Cappadonna	-
	9	Jessico	Babasónicos	-
		Now That's What I Call Music! 48 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
	10	Covered With Ants	Guttermouth	-
		For the Stars	Elvis Costello and Anne Sofie von Otter	-
		The Hogyssey	Spacehog	-
		Isolation Drills	Guided by Voices	-
		Live Frogs Set 1	Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade	Live
		Old Ramon	Red House Painters	-
		Revelling/Reckoning	Ani DiFranco	-
		Rock the Plank	Mad Caddies	-
		Surfer	NOFX	EP
		Full Collapse	Thursday	-
	16	Colossus of Destiny	Melvins	Live
		Free All Angels	Ash	-
		A Girl Like Me	Emma Bunton	-
	17	Just Enough Education to Perform	Stereophonics	-
		Leaves Turn Inside You	Unwound	-
		Live Insurrection	Halford	Live
		Olivia	Olivia	-
		One for the Kids	Yellowcard	-
		Psychopharmacology	Firewater	-
		6.0	Sister Machine Gun	-
		Songs from the Earth	Son of Sam	-
		Steers & Stripes	Brooks & Dunn	-
		Super Hits	New Kids on the Block	Compilation
		Up Close and Personal	Angie Martinez	-
		The Very Best of Elvis Costello	Elvis Costello	Compilation
	21	Abulum	Glen Phillips	-
	23	Echo Park	Feeder	-
		In America	Kenny G	Compilation
		Simple Things	Zero 7	UK
	24	All for You	Janet Jackson	-
		Digimortal	Fear Factory	-
		Dizzy Spells	The Ex	-
		Going Somewhere	Colin Hay	-
		Idiology	Mouse on Mars	-
		Man in the Moon	L.A. Guns	-
		Mutiny on the Bay	Dead Kennedys	Live
		Sad Sappy Sucker	Modest Mouse	-
		Set This Circus Down	Tim McGraw	-
		Streethawk: A Seduction	Destroyer	-
		This Is Where I Came In	Bee Gees	-
		Underground Network	Anti-Flag	-
		The Unraveling	Rise Against	-
		Wide Awake Bored	Treble Charger	-
	25	Wages of Sin	Arch Enemy	-
	27	All Rise	Blue	-
	30	45 rpm: The Singles, 1980–1982	The Jam	Box Set
Confield		Autechre	-
Rock Action		Mogwai	-
M A Y	1	Carrying On	Montgomery Gentry	-
		Dillinger & Young Gotti	Tha Dogg Pound	-
		Mechanical Wonder	Ocean Colour Scene	-
		PeteStrumentals	Pete Rock	-
		Popstars	Eden's Crush	-
		Survivor	Destiny's Child	-
		Trouble in Shangri-La	Stevie Nicks	-
		Ultimate Collection	Buju Banton	Compilation
	5	Complete 'B' Sides	Pixies	Compilation
	7	Asleep In The Back	Elbow	-
		Truth Be Told	Shed Seven	-
		Wingspan: Hits and History	Paul McCartney	Compilation
	8	All Killer No Filler	Sum 41	-
		Awakening the World	Lost Horizon	-
		Ayeshteni	Natacha Atlas	-
		Best of B-Boy Records	Boogie Down Productions	Compilation
		Bridge	Blues Traveler	-
		The Crusher	Amon Amarth	-
		Dare To Dream	Billy Gilman	-
		Deltron 3030: The Instrumentals	Deltron 3030	-
		Falconer	Falconer	-
		Field Songs	Mark Lanegan	-
		Hi-Teknology	Hi-Tek	-
		Last Fair Deal Gone Down	Katatonia	-
		Lions	The Black Crowes	-
		Live on the Black Hand Side	Danzig	Live
		Look into the Eyeball	David Byrne	-
		Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection	Jimi Hendrix	Compilation
		XX	Mushroomhead	-
	9	Sexual Healing	E-Rotic	-
	14	Acoustica	Scorpions	Live
		Exciter	Depeche Mode	-
		Reveal	R.E.M.	-
		Sexual Healing	E-Rotic	-
		Subject to Change	Vanessa-Mae	-
		To Be Frank	Nik Kershaw	-
	15	Anoraknophobia	Marillion	-
		Beautiful	Fantastic Plastic Machine	-
		Brand New History	Econoline Crush	-
		God Bless The Go-Go's	The Go-Go's	-
		Lateralus	Tool	-
		Meet Joe Mac	Joey McIntyre	-
		Miss E… So Addictive	Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott	-
		Open	Cowboy Junkies	-
		Shoulda Been Home	Robert Cray	-
		Sweet Tea	Buddy Guy	-
		A Tribute to Jim Reeves	Charley Pride	Jim Reeves tribute
		Weezer	Weezer	"The Green Album"
		The World Needs a Hero	Megadeth	-
	17	Same Girl, New Songs	The All-American Rejects	EP
	21	200 Po Vstrechnoy	t.A.T.u.	-
		Can Our Love...	Tindersticks	-
		Genetic World	Télépopmusik	-
		The Merry Sisters of Fate	Lunasa	-
		Scream if You Wanna Go Faster	Geri Halliwell	-
		4Lyn	4Lyn	-
	22	All This and Puppet Stew	The Dickies	-
		Blacktrash: The Autobiography of Kirk Jones	Sticky Fingaz	-
		Bliss, Please	Blackmail	-
		Break the Cycle	Staind	-
		Everybody Got Their Something	Nikka Costa	-
		Hawthorne, CA	The Beach Boys	Compilation
		Here and Now	Ike Turner	–
How I Spent My Summer Vacation		The Bouncing Souls	-
Lechuza		Fenix*TX	-
Lucero		Lucero	-
Machine		Static-X	-
Malpractice		Redman	-
Mediocre Generica		Leftöver Crack	-
My God		Flotsam and Jetsam	–
One Wild Night Live 1985–2001		Bon Jovi	Live
Pneumonia		Whiskeytown	-
Put Yo Hood Up		Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz	-
Quest for Fire: Firestarter, Vol. 1		Kardinal Offishall	-
Rising Again		Donovan	Live
The Renaissance EP		MxPx	EP
Stabbing Westward		Stabbing Westward	-
23	Lovebeat	Yoshinori Sunahara	-
28	10 000 Hz Legend	Air	-
	Pause	Four Tet	UK
29	Irresistible	Jessica Simpson	-
	Part II	Brad Paisley	-
J U N E	4	Amnesiac	Radiohead	-
		Faerie Stories	Peatbog Faeries	-
		Angel Delivery Service	Emil Bulls	-
	5	Are You Man Enough?	Betty Blowtorch	-
		Aura	Asia	-
		Bodily Functions	Herbert	-
		Broken Silence	Foxy Brown	-
		Curse of the Hidden Mirror	Blue Öyster Cult	-
		The Economy of Sound	Seven Mary Three	-
		Essence	Lucinda Williams	-
		A Flight and a Crash	Hot Water Music	-
		Free City	St. Lunatics	-
		Full Bluntal Nugity	Ted Nugent	Live
		Idle Will Kill	Osker	-
		Inside Out	Trisha Yearwood	-
		Loser Anthems	Matthew Good Band	EP
		The Merry Sisters of Fate	Lunasa	US
		The Pleasure and the Greed	Big Wreck	-
		Poses	Rufus Wainwright	-
		Punk-O-Rama Vol. 6	Various Artists	Compilation
		Shine Like It Does: The Anthology (1979–1997)	INXS	Compilation
		Sinner	Drowning Pool	-
		Somewhere Over The Slaughter House	Buckethead	-
		Songs in A Minor	Alicia Keys	-
		Styx World: Live 2001	Styx	Live
		Swordfish:The Album	Paul Oakenfold	Soundtrack
	8	Myra	Myra	-
	11	The Invisible Band	Travis	-
		Organik	Robert Miles	-
		Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives	Prefuse 73	[19]
	12	9 Lives	AZ	-
		Archive	The Specials	Compilation
		Beneath the Encasing of Ashes	As I Lay Dying	-
		The Best of Eighteen Visions	Eighteen Visions	Compilation
		Love Session	Silk	-
		Perhaps, I Suppose...	Rufio	-
		PS You Love Me	Kid 606	-
		Rainbow Connection	Willie Nelson	-
		Recordings	Porcupine Tree	Compilation
		Sugar Ray	Sugar Ray	-
		Take off Your Pants and Jacket	Blink-182	-
		Under the Influence	Warrant	Covers album +2 original tracks
		Zoom	Electric Light Orchestra	-
	13	Document 8	Pg. 99	-
	15	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	Various Artists	Soundtrack
	18	Beat 'Em Up	Iggy Pop	-
		Jonathan David	Belle & Sebastian	Single
		Origin of Symmetry	Muse	UK
		Outrospective	Faithless	-
	19	!!!	!!!	-
		Alive in an Ultra World	Steve Vai	Live
		Cuts for Luck and Scars for Freedom	Mystic	-
		Devil's Night	D12	-
		Don't Tell the Band	Widespread Panic	-
		Far from Over	Edwin McCain	-
		From Chaos	311	-
		GQ on the EQ++	Kid 606	-
		Greatest Fits	Ministry	Compilation
		I'm Already There	Lonestar	-
		Just Like Gravity	CPR	-
		Land of the Free?	Pennywise	-
		Live in San Francisco	Joe Satriani	Live
		Live, Loud and Loose	Loverboy	Live
		Mandy Moore	Mandy Moore	-
No Nose Job: The Legend of Digital Underground		Digital Underground	Compilation
Oh, Inverted World		The Shins	-
Return of Dragon		Sisqo	-
Shangri-La Dee Da		Stone Temple Pilots	-
Tongues		Esham	LP
Trust No One		Dave Navarro	-
2001 Warped Tour Compilation		Various Artists	Compilation
The Tyranny of Distance		Ted Leo and the Pharmacists	-
The World Won't End		Pernice Brothers	-
Luther Vandross		Luther Vandross	-
This Ain't a Game		Ray J	-
20	Beyond Good and Evil	The Cult	-
	Friends & Family, Vol. 2	Suicidal Tendencies, Various Artists	Compilation
	Worldchanger	Jorn	-
21	Mercuric	Element Eighty	-
22	Dil Chahta Hai[20]	Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy	-
25	Ridgeriders	Phil Beer, Ashley Hutchings and Chris While	-
26	Based on a True Story	Lil' Mo	-
	Episode II	Safri Duo	-
	Horror Show	Iced Earth	-
	Jagged Little Thrill	Jagged Edge	-
	Life Is Good	LFO	-
	Madhouse: The Very Best of Anthrax	Anthrax	Compilation
	The Reason	Beanie Sigel	-
	Rooty	Basement Jaxx	-
?	Jennie Bomb	Sahara Hotnights	-

July–September[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
J U L Y	1	Nearly Lost You	Screaming Trees	Compilation
		Tales of the Inexpressible	Shpongle	-
	2	Blowback	Tricky	-
		Kerrang!	Various artists	Compilation
		Rock and Roll: an Introduction to The Velvet Underground	The Velvet Underground	Compilation
	3	Brothers and Sisters, Are You Ready?	Big Sugar	-
		Endless Summer	Fennesz	-
		Lil' Romeo	Lil' Romeo	Debut
		Live at L'Olympia	Jeff Buckley	Live
		Tales from the B-Side	Biohazard	Compilation
		White Blood Cells	The White Stripes	-
		X.O. Experience	Tha Liks	-
	9	4.35am	Gemma Hayes	EP
		11:11	Regina Spektor	-
		Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	EP
	10	Anakonda	Akinyele	-
		The Director's Cut	Fantômas	Covers album
		Ancient Melodies of the Future	Built to Spill	-
		Blood Red Cherry	Jann Arden	-
		Camino Palmero	The Calling	-
		Dream Street	Dream Street	-
		Fires at Midnight	Blackmore's Night	-
		King of da Ghetto	Z-Ro	-
		Long Distance	Ivy	US; released in Japan in Nov. 2000
		The Metal Opera	Avantasia	-
		Priesthood	Killah Priest	-
		The Saga Continues...	P. Diddy & the Bad Boy Family	-
		Skin	Melissa Etheridge	-
		Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey	Kurupt	-
		Standfast	Standfast	Sweden; Debut
		Stay What You Are	Saves The Day	-
	14	Three Chord Opera	Neil Diamond
	16	Hot Shots II	The Beta Band	UK
		Song Yet to Be Sung	Perry Farrell	-
		This Is Rock'n'Roll	The Quireboys	-
	17	Aaliyah	Aaliyah	-
		Buffalo Springfield	Buffalo Springfield	Box Set
		1st Born Second	Bilal	-
		Origin of Symmetry	Muse	-
		Pleased to Meet You	James	-
		Tales from the Lotus Pod	Dark Lotus	LP
		What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce	Goo Goo Dolls	Compilation
	21	Ryden Dirtay	Psychopathic Rydas	LP
	23	Rings Around the World	Super Furry Animals	-
	24	Bleed American	Jimmy Eat World	retitled Jimmy Eat World after 9/11
		The Butterfly Collection	The Nerve Agents	-
		Celebrity	NSYNC	-
		Choreographed Man of War	Robert Pollard and the Soft Rock Renegades	-
		Comfort Eagle	Cake	-
		Contact!	Eiffel 65	-
		Global a Go-Go	Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros	-
		Greatest Hits	Alice in Chains	Compilation
		Live Frogs Set 2	Les Claypool's Frog Brigade	Live
		Love Is a Battlefield	Hi-Standard	EP
		Plan B	Huey Lewis and the News	-
		Prowler in the Yard	Pig Destroyer	-
		The Realness	Cormega	-
		Sounding the Seventh Trumpet	Avenged Sevenfold	-
		Tiger Army II: Power of Moonlite	Tiger Army	-
	25	Jessico	Babasonicos	-
	29	Elv1s	Elvis Presley	Compilation
	30	Beetroot	Cast	-
		Captain Easychord	Stereolab	EP
		First Contact	Roger Sanchez	-
Is This It		The Strokes	-
Now That's What I Call Music! 49 (UK series)		Various Artists	Compilation
31	Both Worlds *69	Gangsta Boo	-
	Demolition	Judas Priest	-
	Duces 'N Trayz: The Old Fashioned Way	Tha Eastsidaz	-
	Girl	Eskimo Joe	-
	Losing All Hope Is Freedom	Evergreen Terrace	-
	Megaton Shotblast	De Facto	EP
	Now That's What I Call Music! 7 (U.S. series)	Various Artists	Compilation
	Blake Shelton	Blake Shelton	-
	So Blu	Blu Cantrell	-
	Take-Offs and Landings	Rilo Kiley	-
	Time (The Revelator)	Gillian Welch	-
	Tweekend	The Crystal Method	-
	2002	Tha Dogg Pound	Compilation
	The Very Best of Prince	Prince	Compilation
A U G U S T	6	Crow Sit on Blood Tree	Graham Coxon	-
		In Search Of...	N*E*R*D	-
		Secrets	The Human League	-
		The Tokyo Showdown Live In Japan 2000	In Flames	Live
	7	8701	Usher	-
		Eternal	The Isley Brothers feat. Ronald Isley, aka Mr. Biggs	-
		Funk All Y'all	Detroit Grand Pubahs	-
		Get Down or Lay Down	Philly's Most Wanted	-
		GodMusic	Chocolate Genius	-
		Gravitational Forces	Robert Earl Keen	-
		Kiss tha Game Goodbye	Jadakiss	-
		Mechanized Warfare	Jag Panzer	-
		Oh Aaron	Aaron Carter	-
		True Carnage	Six Feet Under	-
	8	Actual Size	Mr. Big	-
		Warmness on the Soul	Avenged Sevenfold	EP
	9	Cockroach	Danger Danger	-
	10	Pull My Chain	Toby Keith	-
	13	How It Works	Bodyjar	-
	14	Change Is a Sound	Strike Anywhere	-
		Exit 263	Chamberlain	-
		Jump5	Jump5	-
		Lifer	Lifer	Debut
		Live by Request	k.d. lang	Live
		New Favorite	Alison Krauss	-
		No Self Control	The Planet Smashers	-
		Ozzfest 2001: The Second Millennium	Various Artists	Live
		The Spirit Room	Michelle Branch	-
		Supernova	Lisa Lopes	Debut
		Now	Maxwell	-
	16	Beautiful Creatures	Beautiful Creatures	-
	20	Intensify	Way Out West	-
	21	Adema	Adema	-
		The Best of the Early Years: 1990–1995	Buju Banton	Compilation
		Choices: The Album	Three 6 Mafia	-
		Closer	Better Than Ezra	-
		Compression	Billy Sheehan	-
		Danse Macabre	The Faint	-
		Deepcut to Nowhere	Graham Parker	-
		Die Hards	The Casualties	-
		Just Be Free	Christina Aguilera	Recorded 1994–'95
		Live Plus One	ALL/Descendents	Live
		Mother Earth	Within Temptation	-
		Nice	Rollins Band	-
		Project English	Juvenile	-
		Rock and Roll Part Three	Ozma	-
		Start Static	Sugarcult	-
		The Sword of God	Quasi	-
		10 Years of Chaos and Confusion	Hypocrisy	-
		Too Bad You're Beautiful	From Autumn To Ashes	-
		The War of Art	American Head Charge	-
	27	All Is Dream	Mercury Rev	-
		Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights	HIM	-
		Get Ready	New Order	-
		Grave Disorder	The Damned	-
		Read My Lips	Sophie Ellis-Bextor	-
		Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever	Explosions in the Sky	-
		Trouble – Norwegian Live EP	Coldplay	Live EP
		Vespertine	Björk	-
	28	Alien Youth	Skillet	-
		The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek	Relient K	-
		Anghellic	Tech N9ne	-
		Anyone for Doomsday?	Powerman 5000	-
		Circulatory System	Circulatory System	-
Come Clean		Puddle of Mudd	-
The Creepy EP		Relient K	EP
Digital Bullet		RZA	-
Flirting with Twilight		Kurt Elling	-
Gangland		Kool & the Gang	-
Iowa		Slipknot	-
It's a Wonderful Life		Sparklehorse	-
No More Drama		Mary J. Blige	-
Sound-Dust		Stereolab	-
Superhero		Brian McKnight	-
Thug On Da Line		Krayzie Bone	-
30	Live at Java Joe's	Jason Mraz	-
31	Bath	maudlin of the Well	-
	Leaving Your Body Map	maudlin of the Well	-
S E P T E M B E R	1	All The Footprints You've Ever Left And The Fear Expecting Ahead	Envy	Japan
		The Herd	The Herd	Debut
	3	Cold Frontier	Show of Hands	-
		A Funk Odyssey	Jamiroquai	-
		If You've Never Been	Embrace	-
		Morning Star	Entombed	-
		Mutilated Genitals	Dog Fashion Disco	EP
		Sound-Dust	Stereolab	-
	4	A-Town Blues	Wayne Hancock	-
		Almost Heathen	Karma to Burn	-
		Back to the Mansion	April Wine	-
		Jane Doe	Converge	-
		Silence	Sonata Arctica	-
		The Tokyo Showdown	In Flames	Live
		Toxicity	System of a Down	-
	10	Magnification	Yes	UK
		Plaguewielder	Darkthrone	-
		Wonderland	The Charlatans	-
	11	And the Word Became Flesh	Professor Griff	-
		Bayleaf	Stone Gossard	Debut
		The Blueprint	Jay-Z	-
		The Coast Is Never Clear	Beulah	-
		The Convincer	Nick Lowe	-
		Dig	Boz Scaggs	-
		Face 2 Face	Babyface	-
		5:30 Saturday Morning	Lennon	-
		Ghetto Fabolous	Fabolous	-
		Glitter	Mariah Carey	Soundtrack
		The Glow Pt. 2	The Microphones	-
		The Goat of Mendes	Akercocke	-
		God Hates Us All	Slayer	-
		Halfway Tree	Damian Marley	-
		Hamilton Ironworks	John Hartford	-
		Live in a Dive: No Use for a Name	No Use for a Name	Live
		Live Scenes from New York	Dream Theater	Live
		Love and Theft	Bob Dylan	-
		Mediocre Generica	Leftöver Crack	-
		Mink Car	They Might Be Giants	-
		The Moldy Peaches	The Moldy Peaches	-
		Rockin' the Suburbs	Ben Folds	-
		Satellite	P.O.D.	-
		Scars	Soil	-
		Silver Side Up	Nickelback	Debut
		The Tiki Bar Is Open	John Hiatt	-
		Toilet Böys	Toilet Böys	-
		Tomcats Screaming Outside	Roland Orzabal	US
		Uncivilization	Biohazard	-
		Wonders of the World	Long Beach Dub Allstars	-
		Worship	Michael W. Smith	Live
	12	Southern Rock Opera	Drive-By Truckers	-
	14	Revolutionary Vol. 1	Immortal Technique	-
	17	EP+6	Mogwai	UK; Compilation
		Let It Come Down	Spiritualized	-
		Strange Little Girls	Tori Amos	-
	18	The Attraction to All Things Uncertain	Tweaker	-
		The Dirty Story: The Best of Ol' Dirty Bastard	Ol' Dirty Bastard	Compilation
		Dragontown	Alice Cooper	-
		V	Live	-
		Yankee Hotel Foxtrot	Wilco	-
		The Golden Hum	Remy Zero	-
		Greatest Hits	Martina McBride	Compilation
		Here's to Shutting Up	Superchunk	-
		The Id	Macy Gray	-
		In Search of Truth	Evergrey	-
Jhazmyne's Lullaby		7 Angels 7 Plagues	-
Labor Days		Aesop Rock	-
The Look of Love		Diana Krall	-
Positively Somewhere		Jennifer Paige	-
The Power Station Years: The Unreleased Recordings		Jon Bon Jovi	Compilation
Rain on Lens		Smog	-
Revolution Revolución		Ill Niño	-
Room for Squares		John Mayer	-
Seven Year Itch		Collective Soul	Compilation
Shameless		Therapy?	-
Vertigo		René Marie	-
19	Souljacker	Eels	-
21	Miranda Lambert	Miranda Lambert	-
22	Kristnihald undir Jökli	Quarashi	-
24	Building the Machine	Glenn Hughes	-
	Resonance	Anathema	Compilation
	Souljacker	Eels	UK
25	AArt	Acoustic Alchemy	-
	Baldhead Slick & Da Click	Guru	-
	The Best of Bruce Dickinson	Bruce Dickinson	Compilation
	Days of the New (red)	Days of the New	-
	Dead Yuppies	Agnostic Front	-
	Declaration	Steven Curtis Chapman	-
	Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks	Modest Mouse	EP
	Gold	Ryan Adams	-
	Humanistic	Abandoned Pools	-
	Killing Ground	Saxon	-
	Live Evolution	Queensrÿche	Live
	Love Makes the World	Carole King	-
	Manic Moonlight	King's X	-
	Nivea	Nivea	-
	Songs from Call Me Claus	Garth Brooks	Christmas
	Songs in Red and Gray	Suzanne Vega	-
	Steal This Record	The Suicide Machines	-
	Tenacious D	Tenacious D	-
	Underneath	The Verve Pipe	-
	Violent Revolution	Kreator	-
	A Wild-Eyed Christmas Night	38 Special	Christmas
	World of Glass	Tristania	-
26	Built from Scratch	The X-Ecutioners	-
27	Symphony for the Devil	Witchery	-

October–December[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
O C T O B E R	1	Amélie	Yann Tiersen	Soundtrack
		Beautifulgarbage	Garbage	-
		Fever	Kylie Minogue	-
		Songs from the West Coast	Elton John	UK
		Trouble Every Day	Tindersticks	Soundtrack
		Victoria Beckham	Victoria Beckham	-
	2	All Back to the Mine	Moloko	Compilation
		Alright Guy	Gary Allan	-
		Burning the Process	Pressure 4-5	Debut
		Creedence Clearwater Revival: Box Set	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Box Set
		Fantasies & Delusions	Billy Joel	-
		Go Forth	Les Savy Fav	-
		Greatest Hits Live: Vancouver 1986	Donovan	Live
		Instructions	Jermaine Dupri	-
		Pain Is Love	Ja Rule	-
		Pass Out of Existence	Chimaira	-
		Supercharger	Machine Head	-
		Total Devastation: The Best of	Busta Rhymes	Compilation
		The Very Best of Winger	Winger	Compilation
	6	Nothing New for Trash Like You	Against All Authority	-
	8	Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward	The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band	-
		Deep in the Hole	Masters of Reality	-
		The Fake Sound of Progress	Lostprophets	Re-release
		Love Is Here	Starsailor	-
		Neon Lights	Simple Minds	-
		Secret of the Runes	Therion	-
	9	Bridge Across Forever	Transatlantic	-
		Chrome	Trace Adkins	-
		Dark Days, Bright Nights	Bubba Sparxxx	-
		D.F.F.D.	The Dictators	-
		Direct Action: Day 21	Sham 69	-
		Enchantment	Charlotte Church	-
		Epitaph	Front Line Assembly	-
		Falling into Place	Finch	EP
		Field Commander Cohen: Tour of 1979	Leonard Cohen	Live
		A Fine Day to Exit	Anathema	-
		Gerardo: Fame, Sex y Dinero	Gerardo	-
		Hidden Stash II: The Kream of the Krop	Kottonmouth Kings	-
		I'm Serious	T.I.	-
		Christina Milian	Christina Milian	-
		1942	Soul-Junk	EP
		No World Order	Gamma Ray	-
		Not All Who Wander Are Lost	Chris Thile	-
		The Photo Album	Death Cab for Cutie	-
		Stupid Fat Americans	Zebrahead	-
		Sweet Home Transylvania	The Bronx Casket Co.	-
		Ten New Songs	Leonard Cohen	-
		Together Again For The First Time	Pulley	-
		Your Favorite Weapon	Brand New	-
	13	Thug By Nature	L-Burna	-
	15	The DVD	Napalm Death	Live DVD
		Gold: Greatest Hits	Steps	Compilation
		The Very Best of Bananarama	Bananarama	Compilation
	16	Armageddon Through Your Speakers	Bionic Jive	-
		The Argument	Fugazi	-
		Three Days	Pat Green	Debut
		Atomic	Lit	-
		Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes	The Velvet Underground	Live
		Cuttin' Heads	John Mellencamp	-
		Down to Earth	Ozzy Osbourne	-
		The Essential Journey	Journey	Compilation
		Feminist Sweepstakes	Le Tigre	-
		God Bless America	LeAnn Rimes	-
		Here to Heaven	Jamie-Lynn Sigler	-
The Interzone Mantras		The Tea Party	-
Invitation to the Dance		40 Below Summer
John P. Kelly		Mr. Cheeks	-
Live in L.A. (Death & Raw)		Death	Live
On the Line		Various Artists	Soundtrack
1 Less G n Da Hood		Blaze Ya Dead Homie	LP
Mahogany Soul		Angie Stone	US
Pretty Together		Sloan	-
17	Wanderland	Kelis	-
18	Disposable Arts	Masta Ace	-
21	A Bad Brains Reunion Live from Maritime Hall	Bad Brains	Live
	Prometheus: The Discipline of Fire & Demise	Emperor	-
22	Cryptic Collection Vol. 2	Twiztid	LP
	drukqs	Aphex Twin	-
	The Grave Digger	Grave Digger	Germany
	M-16	Sodom	-
	We Love Life	Pulp	-
	Your New Favourite Band	The Hives	Compilation
23	Audiodog	Bruce Kulick	-
	Bi-Polar	Vanilla Ice	LP
	California Crossing	Fu Manchu	-
	Change	The Dismemberment Plan	-
	The Egg	Shiner	-
	The Complete Limelight Sessions	Shania Twain	Compilation
	8 Days of Christmas	Destiny's Child	Christmas
	Expansion Team	Dilated Peoples	-
	Feeding the Wheel	Jordan Rudess	-
	First Strike Still Deadly	Testament	-
	Golden State	Bush	-
	The Great Depression	DMX	-
	Greatest Fits	The Headstones	Compilation
	Greatest Hits Vol. 3: I'm a Survivor	Reba McEntire	Compilation
	The Hits: Chapter One	Backstreet Boys	Compilation +1 new song
	Kingsize	Five	-
	Live in Chicago 12.19.98	Dave Matthews Band	Live
	The Melancholy Collection	Millencolin	US; Compilation
	Morning View	Incubus	-
	A New Morning, Changing Weather	The (International) Noise Conspiracy	-
	Novakane	Outlawz	-
	Now That's What I Call Christmas! (U.S. series)	Various Artists	Compilation
	Snowflakes	Toni Braxton	Christmas
	Understand This	Grand Puba	-
	Wake Up and Smell the Coffee	The Cranberries	-
29	Into	The Rasmus	-
	The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid	Stars of the Lid	-
	Turn to Me	Vanessa Amorosi	-
30	The Audio of Being	Matthew Good Band	-
	Cuts from the Crypt	The Misfits	Compilation
	Escape	Enrique Iglesias	-
	Greatest Hits, Vol. 2	Clint Black	Compilation
	Invincible	Michael Jackson	-
	Legacy: The Greatest Hits Collection	Boyz II Men	Compilation
	Lenny	Lenny Kravitz	-
	Life Is Full of Possibilities	Dntel	-
	The National	The National	-
	Oracle	Kittie	-
	Through the Eyes	Flaw	-
	Tomahawk	Tomahawk	-
	Versus	Kings of Convenience	Remix
	White Knuckled Substance	Vendetta Red	-
31	Give Blood	Bane	-
?	Polen	Lynda Thomas	-
N O V E M B E R	2	Supergott	Caramell	-
	5	All Hits	All Saints	Compilation
		Are You Are Missing Winner	The Fall	-
		Best of The Corrs	The Corrs	Compilation
		Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd	Pink Floyd	Compilation
		The Fallout	Default	-
		Premium Quality... Serve Loud!	Peter Pan Speedrock	-
		White Lilies Island	Natalie Imbruglia	-
	6	Alive 1997	Daft Punk	Live
		Best of SWV	SWV	Compilation
		Britney	Britney Spears	-
		Diary Of A Sinner: 1st Entry	Petey Pablo	-
		Faithfully	Faith Evans	-
		Life	Dope	-
		Momentum	tobyMac	-
		Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By	Lovage	-
		Party Music	The Coup	-
		Playing with my friends: Bennett Sings The Blues	Tony Bennett	-
		Relative Ways	...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead	EP
		The Road Less Traveled	George Strait	-
		Seul... avec vous	Garou	Live
		They Might Be Giants In...Holidayland	They Might Be Giants	Christmas EP
		Warts and All: Volume 1	Moe	Live
		Word of Mouf	Ludacris	-
	9	Blueprint for a Sunrise	Yoko Ono	-
	11	Swing When You're Winning	Robbie Williams	-
		They Don't Know	So Solid Crew	Debut
	12	Driving Rain	Paul McCartney	-
		I Might Be Wrong	Radiohead	Live
		Kerrang! 2 The Album	Various artists	Compilation
		Play It Like That	Bardot	-
		Work to a Calm	Gemma Hayes	EP
		World of Our Own	Westlife	Europe
	13	Animosity	Sevendust	-
		Bad Dreams	Swollen Members	-
		Bulletproof Wallets	Ghostface Killah	-
		C! True Hollywood Stories	Canibus	-
		Cunt	Blood Duster	-
		Destination Unknown	Mest	-
		Dirty Money	UGK	-
		Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits	Barenaked Ladies	Compilation
		The Dreadful Hours	My Dying Bride	-
		GHV2	Madonna	Compilation
		Greatest Hits – HIStory Volume I	Michael Jackson	Compilation
		Here at the Mayflower	Barry Manilow	-
		I Get Wet	Andrew W.K.	-
		International Superhits!	Green Day	Compilation
		Laundry Service	Shakira	-
		Live on the Edge of Forever	Symphony X	Live
		Love, Shelby	Shelby Lynne	-
		Mis Romances	Luis Miguel	-
		Motherland	Natalie Merchant	-
		Rain of a Thousand Flames	Rhapsody	EP
		Rebirth	Angra	-
		Scarecrow	Garth Brooks	-
		Simple Things	Zero 7	US
		The Sinister Urge	Rob Zombie	-
		This Way	Jewel	-
		25 & Alive Boneshaker	Motörhead	DVD
	14	Rusty Medals and Broken Badges	Over My Dead Body	-
	15	Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets	Gary Jules	-
	16	Here & Now: The Best of Human Nature	Human Nature	Compilation
		Root Fire	Bedouin Soundclash	-
		Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets	Gary Jules	-
Violence Has Arrived		GWAR	-
Whatever		Green Velvet	-
19	Insignificance	Jim O'Rourke	-
	The Mother and the Enemy	Lux Occulta	-
	Légende du Scorpion à Quatre Queues	De Facto	EP
	Not for Beginners	Ronnie Wood	-
	Now That's What I Call Music! 50 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
	Span Thang	Basement Jaxx	EP
	Whatever Gets You Through The Day	Lighthouse Family	UK
20	...All This Time	Sting	Live
	The Beginning of All Things to End	Mudvayne	-
	The Box Set	Kiss	Box Set
	Bright Flight	Silver Jews	-
	Cappadonna Hits	Cappadonna	Compilation
	Cocky	Kid Rock	-
	Fractures in the Facade of Your Porcelain Beauty	Atreyu	EP
	Goddess in the Doorway	Mick Jagger	-
	Hoobastank	Hoobastank	-
	Indecent Proposal	Timbaland & Magoo	-
	Is This Room Getting Smaller	Onesidezero	Debut
	Missundaztood	Pink	-
	Now That's What I Call Music! 8 (U.S. series)	Various Artists	Compilation
	The Rainbow Children	Prince	-
	Rotten Apples	The Smashing Pumpkins	Compilation
	Songs for the Front Row	Ocean Colour Scene	Compilation
	Washed Up and Through the Ringer	Catch 22	-
	Weathered	Creed	-
	Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology	Aerosmith	Compilation
21	Greatest Hits	The Cure	Compilation
22	Cover Up	UB40	-
23	Nobis	Joel Kanning	Debut
26	Arcana	Edenbridge	-
	1	Fischerspooner	-
	Even in Darkness	Dungeon Family	-
	I'm Waking Up to Us	Belle & Sebastian	Single
	"Ridgeriders" In Concert	Phil Beer, Ashley Hutchings and Chris While	Live
	7 Worlds Collide	Neil Finn	Live
	Sunshine	S Club 7	-
27	Dark Genesis	Iced Earth	Box Set
	Eudora	The Get Up Kids	Compilation
	Genesis	Busta Rhymes	-
	Marc Lavoine	Marc Lavoine	-
	Mandrake	Edguy	-
	Smash Mouth	Smash Mouth	-
	Ultra.Chilled 01	Various Artists	-
28	The Houseman Cometh!	Theryl DeClouet	Debut
D E C E M B E R	1	Biro Funk	Braintax	-
	3	Będę silna	Patrycja Markowska	-
		Kollapse	Breach	-
		Rescue Me	John Rich	-
	4	AOI: Bionix	De La Soul	-
		B-Sides Ultra	James	Compilation
		Bang or Ball	Mack 10	-
		Big Boi and Dre Present...OutKast	OutKast	Compilation
		Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)	Fat Joe	-
		Music and Me	Nate Dogg	-
		New Old Songs	Limp Bizkit	Remix
		Stiff Upper Lip Live	AC/DC	VHS/DVD
		Stoned Raiders	Cypress Hill	-
		Tears	The Crüxshadows	EP
		Where Sleeplessness Is Rest from Nightmares	Arma Angelus	-
	7	Paws	Four Tet	EP
		Twilight	Erben der Schöpfung	Debut
	10	Live Rounds in Tokyo	The Haunted	-
		BlueBOB	David Lynch	Debut
	11	Better Days	Joe	-
		Cannon to a Whisper	Breaking Pangaea	-
		Freak of Nature	Anastacia	-
		How High: The Soundtrack	Method Man & Redman	-
		Infamy	Mobb Deep	-
		Les Indispensables	Celine Dion	Compilation
		The Return of the Regulator	Warren G	-
		Rock Steady	No Doubt	-
	12	G Sides	Gorillaz	B-Sides
	14	2	Florent Pagny	Cover album
		Beto Vázquez Infinity	Beto Vázquez Infinity	-
	15	The Cold Vein	Cannibal Ox	-
	18	Doggy Bag	Bow Wow	-
		Dreams Can Come True, Greatest Hits Vol. 1	Gabrielle	Compilation
		Forgotten Freshness Volume 3	Insane Clown Posse	Compilation
		Game Face	Master P	-
		Idiot Road	The Arrogant Worms	-
		Iron Flag	Wu-Tang Clan	-
		Jay-Z: Unplugged	Jay-Z	Live
		More Fast and Furious: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture The Fast and the Furious	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Stillmatic	Nas	-
	21	A Call to Arms	Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution	EP
		Versão Acústica	Emmerson Nogueira
	23	For the Kids	Gym Class Heroes	-

Release date unknown[]

• 5 Songs – The Decemberists
• Against Me! – Against Me!
• At Dawn – My Morning Jacket
• Breaking Benjamin – Breaking Benjamin
• Don't Be Frightened of Turning the Page – Bright Eyes
• First Album – Miss Kittin & The Hacker
• A Melody of Retreads and Broken Quills – Filthy Thieving Bastards
• On the Edge – Iron Fire
• Polen – Lynda Thomas
• Songs For A Small Room – Fantastic Something
• Twilight – The Handsome Family
• Undone – Brian & Jenn Johnson
• Yule Ritual – Hawkwind

Top 5 Selling Albums of Billboard Year[]

1. Hybrid Theory – Linkin Park
2. 1 – The Beatles
3. Invincible – Michael Jackson
4. All That You Can't Leave Behind – U2
5. Aaliyah – Aaliyah

Top 10 Best Selling Albums 2001 (Soundscan)[]

1. Hybrid Theory / Linkin Park ~ 4,810,000^[21]
2. Hot Shot / Shaggy ~ 4,520,000
3. Celebrity / NSYNC ~ 4,420,000
4. A Day Without Rain / Enya ~ 4,410,000
5. Break the Cycle / Staind ~ 4,240,000
6. Songs in A Minor / Alicia Keys ~ 4,100,000
7. Survivor / Destiny's Child ~ 3,720,000
8. Weathered / Creed ~ 3,580,000
9. O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack ~ 3,460,000
10. Now That's What I Call Music! 6 ~ 3,130,000

Popular songs[]

Classical music[]

• John Adams –
  • American Berserk, for piano
  • Nancy's Fancy, for ensemble
• Louis Andriessen –
  • Passeggiata in tram in America e ritorno, for female Italian voice, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, electric guitar, electric violin, double bass, piano, and percussion
  • De vleugels van de herinnering, for voice and piano
  • Fanfare om te beginnen, for sx groups of horns
• Georges Aperghis –
  • Le petit chaperon rouge, for chamber ensemble
  • Rasch, for violin and viola
• Milton Babbitt – A Lifetime or So, for tenor and piano
• Leonardo Balada – Cello Concerto No. 2 New Orleans
• Osvaldas Balakauskas – Symphony No. 5
• Gerald Barry –
  • Dead March, for large ensemble
  • God Save the Queen, for solo boy's voice, choir, and large ensemble
  • Snow is White, for piano quartet
  • String Quartet No. 3 (Six Marches)
• George Benjamin – Shadowlines, for piano
• Luciano Berio – Sonata, for piano
• Christophe Bertrand –
  • Dikha, for clarinet/bass clarinet and electronics
  • Ektra, for solo flute
  • Full, for four vibraphones, piano, and eight amplified voices
• Frank Michael Beyer – Klangtore, for orchestra
• Harrison Birtwistle –
  • Fanfare, for brass and percussion
  • Saraband, for piano
  • The Shadow of Night, for orchestra
  • Tenebrae David, for brass ensemble
• Pierre Boulez – Incises, for piano (revised version)
• Elliott Carter
  • Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
  • Figment II, for cello
  • Hiyoku, for two clarinets
  • Quartet, for oboe, violin, viola, and cello
  • Steep Steps, for bass clarinet
• Anna Clyne –
  • Arclight, for tape
  • Manipura, for chamber ensemble
  • One, for tape
  • Wish, for voice or voices
• John Corigliano – Symphony No. 2 for String Orchestra
• George Crumb – Unto the Hills for soprano, percussion quartet and piano
• Peter Maxwell Davies – Symphony No. 8 (Antarctic Symphony)
• Alexandra du Bois –
  • Júdica Me, for a cappella chorus
  • Preludes to Solitude, for guitar
  • String Quintet: A Requiem for the Living for two violins, viola and two double basses
  • Songs (4), for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
• Joël-François Durand – Athanor for orchestra
• Péter Eötvös – Snatches of a Conversation, for ensemble
• Brian Ferneyhough –
  • In nomine à 3, for piccolo, oboe, and clarinet
  • Stelae for Failed Time, for 12 voices and live electronics
• Lorenzo Ferrero
  • Two Cathedrals in the South concertino for trumpet and orchestra
  • Moonlight Sonata for five percussion instruments
• Michael Finnissy – The History of Photography in Sound
• Alexandra Fol –
  • Concerto for violin and orchestra
  • Requiem No. 1, for chorus and orchestra, Op. 19
• Joep Franssens – Harmony of the spheres, for mixed choir and string orchestra
• Frans Geysen –
  • City of Smiles, twenty solos for one recorder player, playing soprano to bass
  • Ehrung an M.C.E. (E=mc²), for alto recorder
  • Met vel, rand en tand, for three percussionists
  • Met zijn twaalven, for twelve recorders
  • Möbiusband 15, for string quartet
  • Op de fles, for four players on 16 bottles
• Philip Glass – Concerto, for cello and orchestra
• Friedrich Goldmann –
  • Concerto a 8 (Octet), for two oboes, two clarinets, two horns, and two bassoons
  • Drei Strophen, for clarinet and violin
  • Study, for two pianos
  • Tombeau (in memoriam Iannis Xenakis), for bass clarinet, bassoon, trombone, piano, viola, and cello
• Howard Goodall – In Memoriam Anne Frank
• Georg Friedrich Haas
  • Blumenstück
  • De terrae fine, for violin solo
  • Flow and Friction, for sixteenth-tone piano four-hands
  • Sodass ich's hernach mit einem Blick gleichsam wie ein schönes Bild... im Geist
  • Übersehe
• Jeff Hamburg – Aychah, for choir and orchestra
• Jonathan Harvey – The Summer Cloud's Awakening, for choir, flute, cello, and electronics
• York Höller
  • Ex tempore, for flute, oboe, clarinet (doubling bass clarinet), percussion, violin, viola, cello, harp, and piano
  • Trias, for alto saxophone, percussion, and piano
  • Der ewige Tag, for chorus, orchestra, and electronics
• Mauricio Kagel – Piano Trio No. 2
• Wojciech Kilar – Fanfare for the Society of Polish Surgeons
• Helmut Lachenmann – Grido (string quartet)
• György Ligeti –Études, Book 3, for piano
• James MacMillan –
  • The Birds of Rhiannon, for orchestra with optional chorus
  • O Bone Jesu, for SSAATTBB choir with soli
• Robin Maconie – Songs for The Caucasian Chalk Circle (15), after Brecht
• Frederik Magle – The Hope for brass band, choir, organ and percussion.
• Mesías Maiguashca – La noche cíclica, for violin, cello, piano, marimba, and 4 envelope followers
• Tomás Marco – Laberinto marino, for cello and orchestra
• –
  • Sonata for piano
  • Songs (4), for baritone and piano
• Stuart Mitchell – Seven Wonders Suite, for choir and orchestra
• Onutė Narbutaitė – Symphony No. 2
• Olga Neuwirth –
  • Ecstaloop, for soprano, speaker, sampler, and ensemble
  • Incidental music for Abenteuer in Sachen Haut, after Dylan Thomas, by Peter Carp
  • Locus...doublure...solus, for piano and orchestra (or chamber ensemble)
• Michael Obst –
  • Piano Trio No. 1
  • Transit, for orchestra
• Henri Pousseur –
  • Berceuses (4), for unaccompanied voice or unison choir
  • Eclipticare, ou les périples constellés, for one, two, or three instruments, surrounded or not, each a "consort"
  • Sursauts, for violin (doubling viola), trombone, and piano
• Jaime Reis – Estátua de Pessanha, piano, bass flute, and real-time video
• Wolfgang Rihm –
  • Jagden und Formen, for chamber orchestra
  • Sechs Gedichte von Friedrich Nietzsche, for voice and piano
• Peter Ruzicka – Trans – Requiem für Giuseppe Sinopoli
• Vahram Sargsyan – Luys Zvart [Joyful Light], for female chorus
• Bright Sheng –
  • Distant Birthday Bells, for piano
  • Tibetan Dance, for violin, clarinet, and piano
• Stuart Saunders Smith –
  • And Cold for xylophone/narrator
  • Breath for mezzo-soprano and orchestra bells (glockenspiel)
  • Family Portraits: Ligeia (Daughter) for soprano voice and piano
  • Light Dew for solo double bass
  • Madness for xylophone/narrator
  • Minor for solo violin
  • Pond for xylophone/narrator
  • Sometime Then for xylophone/narrator
• Juan María Solare –
  • Les atavismes du crépuscule [Atavisms of twilight], for clarinet, alto saxophone, and trombone
  • Blind Date, for two bass clarinets (with theatral elements)
  • Blues en mí [Blues in E / Blues in Me], for piano
  • Fastango for piano
  • Icarus, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
  • Pasaje Seaver, tango for piano
  • RED: A Deconstructed Blues (Music for Marcel Worms) for piano
  • Winchmore Hill for piano
• Karlheinz Stockhausen – Stop und Start, for six instrumental groups, Nr. 18⅔
• Dennis Tobenski –
  • The Passionate Shepherd to His Love, for mixed choir
  • Three Poems of Thomas Hardy, for voice and piano
• Stephen Truelove –
  • Broken Song, for solo horn
  • Preludium and Chakratour, for string quartet
  • Three Songs to Poems by Frank Anderton, for soprano and piano
• Michel van der Aa – Here [to Be Found], for soprano, chamber orchestra, and soundtrack
• Kevin Volans –
  • Concerto for Double Orchestra
  • Zeno at 4 am, theatre piece for shadow puppets, actors, bass, string quartet, and chorus
• Dafina Zeqiri –
  • Dialog for violin and piano
  • My Mother for mixed chorus
• Walter Zimmermann –
  • Clinamen I–IV, for six orchestral groups
  • La fleur Inverse, for organ
  • Schatten der Ideen 6, 'Blaupause', for piano
  • Die Sorge geht über den Fluss, for solo violin
  • Umbræ Idearum (Schatten der Ideen 4), for piano and string quartet
• Ellen Taaffe Zwillich – Openings

Opera[]

• Jason Kao Hwang – The Floating Box: A Story in Chinatown
• Theo Loevendie – Johnny & Jones
• Sven-David Sandström – Jeppe: The Cruel Comedy
• David Sawer – From Morning to Midnight
• Michel van der Aa – Vuur

Jazz[]

Musical theater[]

• Atgof o'r Sêr – first performed by Bryn Terfel and Cor Rhuthun in north Wales. Commissioned for the National Eisteddfod of Wales at Denbigh.
• A Class Act – Broadway production opened at the Ambassador Theatre on March 11 and ran for 105 performances
• 42nd Street – Broadway revival opened at the Ford Center on May 2
• Mamma Mia! – Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on October 18 and ran for 5773 performances. It was the eighth longest run in Broadway musical history.
• The Producers – Broadway production opened at St. James Theatre on April 19 and ran for 2502 performances. The show won a record twelve Tony Awards.
• Urinetown – Broadway production opened at the Hudson Theatre on September 20 and ran for 965 performances

Musical films[]

• Beijing Rocks
• Carmen: A Hip Hopera
• Gadar: Ek Prem Katha, starring Sunny Deol, Amisha Patel and Amrish Puri
• Glitter released September 21, starring Mariah Carey and Max Beesley
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch, directed by and starring John Cameron Mitchell
• Love You Hamesha, starring Akshaye Khanna and Sonali Bendre
• Moulin Rouge! released May 18, starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor
• On the Road to Emmaus, starring Peter Franzén
• One Night the Moon, starring Paul Kelly and Kaarin Fairfax
• Rebelové, starring Zuzana Norisová and Tomáš Hanák
• Rock Star
• Scratch

Births[]

• January 1 – Winter, South Korean singer and dancer (aespa)
• January 18 – Thomas Raggi, Italian guitarist (Måneskin)
• January 21 – Griff, British singer
• February 8 – Jxdn, American singer-songwriter
• March 8 – Zhavia Ward, American singer, songwriter, musician
• March 9 – Jeon Somi, Canadian singer
• April 10 – Noa kirel, Israeli singer
• April 30 – Lil Tjay, American rapper
• April 17 – Ryujin, South Korean singer and dancer (ITZY)
• May 17 – AJ Mitchell, American singer
• June 1 – ppcocaine, American rapper
• June 5 – Chaeryeong, South Korean singer and dancer (ITZY)
• September 6 – Laprete, American singer, producer and musician
• September 23
  • J.I., American rapper and songwriter
  • Tiara Andini, Indonesian singer
• October 22 – Jo Yuri, South Korean singer
• October 30 – Bella Paige, Australian singer
• November 22 – Chenle, Chinese singer and songwriter (NCT Dream)
• December 1 – Elias Abbas, swedish singer
• December 18 – Billie Eilish, American singer, dancer, musician, activist and songwriter.

Deaths[]

• January 4 – Les Brown, bandleader (89)
• January 5 – Milan Hlavsa, Czech musician (Plastic People of the Universe) (49)
• January 7 – James Carr, soul singer (58)
• January 10 – Bryan Gregory, guitarist (The Cramps)(49)
• January 24 – Leif Thybo, Danish composer and organist (78)
• February 4
  • J.J. Johnson, jazz bebop trombonist (77)^[22]
  • Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer (78)^[23]
• February 7 – Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress (88)^[24]
• February 10 – Buddy Tate, jazz musician (87)
• February 13 – George T. Simon, music critic and original Glenn Miller Orchestra drummer (pneumonia)
• February 19 – Charles Trenet French singer and songwriter (87)^[25]
• February 21
  • Ronnie Hilton, English singer (75)
  • Malcolm Yelvington, rockabilly musician (82)
• February 22 – John Fahey, guitarist, indie label owner (61)
• March 4 – Glenn Hughes, The Village People (50)
• March 9 – Richard Stone, American composer (47)^[26]
• March 12 – Sir Lancelot, calypso singer (98)
• March 18 – John Phillips, singer-songwriter, co-founder of The Mamas & the Papas (65)^[27]
• March 20 – Francis Grasso, disc jockey (51)
• March 28 – Moe Koffman, Canadian jazz singer (73)
• March 29 – John Lewis, jazz pianist (80)
• April 6 – Charles Pettigrew, of Charles & Eddie (37) (cancer)
• April 9 – Graziella Sciutti, operatic soprano (73)
• April 11
  • Sandy Bull, folk musician (60)
  • Graciela Naranjo, bolero singer and actress (84)
  • Sir Harry Secombe, entertainer (79)^[28]
• April 15 – Joey Ramone, lead singer of The Ramones (49) (lymphoma)
• April 20 – Giuseppe Sinopoli, composer and conductor (54)(heart attack)^[29]
• May 3 – Billy Higgins, jazz drummer (64)
• May 5 – Boozoo Chavis, zydeco musician (70)
• May 10 – James E. Myers, songwriter ("Rock Around the Clock") (81)
• May 12 – Perry Como, American crooner (88)^[30]
• May 16 – Prince Ital Joe, reggae singer (38) (car accident)
• May 20 – Renato Carosone, Italian musician and singer (81)
• June 4 – John Hartford, bluegrass musician (64)
• June 7 – Carole Fredericks, singer
• June 13 – Marcelo Fromer, guitarist for Brazilian band Titãs (39) (rammed by a motorcycle)
• June 18 – Davorin Popović, lead singer for Bosnian band Indexi (55)
• June 21 – John Lee Hooker, blues musician (88)^[31]
• June 30
  • Chet Atkins, country musician (77)^[32]
  • Joe Henderson, jazz saxophonist (64)
• July 3
  • Delia Derbyshire, English electronic composer (64)
  • Johnny Russell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (61)
• July 5 – Ernie K-Doe, R & B singer (65)
• July 7 – Fred Neil, folk singer-songwriter (65)
• July 15 – Anthony Ian Berkeley, rapper (Brothers Grym, Gravediggaz) (36) (colon cancer)
• July 18 – Mimi Fariña, singer-songwriter (56) (neuroendocrine cancer)
• July 23 – Richie Lee, singer and bassist (Acetone)(34)(suicide)
• July 27
  • Harold Land, hard bop saxophonist (73)
  • Leon Wilkeson, bassist for Lynyrd Skynyrd (49)
• August 2 – Ronald Townson, American singer and actor (The 5th Dimension) (68)
• August 6 – Larry Adler, harmonica virtuoso (86)^[33]
• August 18 – Roland Cardon, Belgian composer and multi-instrumentalist (72)
• August 25 – Aaliyah, American singer, model, dancer and actress (22)(plane crash)^[34]
• August 27 – Karl Ulrich Schnabel, pianist (92)
• August 29 – Graeme "Shirley" Strachan, lead singer of Skyhooks (49)
• September 1 – Ted Mulry, lead singer with Ted Mulry Gang (54)
• September 6 – Carl Crack, techno musician (Atari Teenage Riot)(30)
• September 22 – Isaac Stern, violinist (81)^[35]
• October 3 – Tatiana Menotti, operatic soprano (92)
• October 5 – Ivan Hrušovský, Slovak composer (74)
• October 10 – Barry McCauley, operatic tenor (51)(lung cancer)
• October 17 – Jay Livingston, songwriter (86)
• November 17 – Michael Karoli, guitarist, violinist and composer (53)(cancer)
• November 21 – Ralph Burns, American songwriter, bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and bebop pianist (79)
• November 24 – Melanie Thornton, singer (La Bouche) (34)(air crash)
• November 28 – Kal Mann, American lyricist ("Teddy Bear", "Butterfly")(84)
• November 29 – George Harrison, musician and former member of The Beatles (58)(lung cancer)^[36]
• December 13 – Chuck Schuldiner, vocalist and guitarist with Death (34)(cancer)
• December 15 – Rufus Thomas, singer (84)
• December 16 – Stuart Adamson, guitarist with Big Country (43)(suicide)
• December 17 – Débria Brown, operatic soprano (65)
• December 18 – Gilbert Bécaud, singer-songwriter (74)^[37]
• December 22 – Norman Granz, American producer (83)
• December 29 – Cássia Eller, Brazilian singer (39)

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

ARIA Music Awards[]

• ARIA Music Awards of 2001

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

Eurovision Song Contest[]

• Eurovision Song Contest 2001

Mercury Music Prize[]

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

MTV Video Music Awards[]

• 2001 MTV Video Music Awards

References[]