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2004 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2004.

Specific locations[]

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• 2004 in South Korean Music

Specific genres[]

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• 2004 in country music
• 2004 in heavy metal music
• 2004 in hip hop music
• 2004 in Latin music
• 2004 in jazz

Events[]

January–February[]

• January 1
  • The Vienna New Year's Concert is conducted by Riccardo Muti.
  • Kurt Nilsen wins World Idol.
• January 3 – Britney Spears marries Jason Allen Alexander, a childhood friend, in Las Vegas. The marriage is annulled 55 hours later.
• January 15 – Rapper Mystikal is sentenced to six years in prison for sexual battery.
• January 16–February 1 – The Big Day Out festival takes place in Australia and New Zealand, headlined by Metallica. A Perfect Circle is originally named in the lineup but later withdraw, with Fear Factory appearing as a mystery artist in place of all of A Perfect Circle's scheduled slots.
• February 1
  • Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake perform onstage at Super Bowl XXXVIII. The performance concludes with Jackson's right breast being exposed to the audience. The phrase "wardrobe malfunction" is coined during the ensuing controversy.
  • Daron Hagen is appointed President of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation in New York City.
• February 8 – The 46th Annual Grammy Awards are held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Outkast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below becomes the first rap album to win Album of the Year. Beyoncé wins five awards. Coldplay's "Clocks" wins Record of the Year, while Luther Vandross' "Dance with My Father" wins Song of the Year. Evanescence win Best New Artist.
• February 9 – Blink-182 release single "I Miss You" from the album Blink-182. The song will reach number one on the Billboard Modern Rock chart.
• February 10 – Paulina Rubio releases her seventh studio "Pau-Latina" under Universal Music Mexico. The album charted at #1 on the Billboard Latin Pop Albums and at #105 on the Billboard 200. The album also got certified 2× Platinum (Latin) by the RIAA.
• February 13 – Elton John begins The Red Piano concert residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Originally scheduled for 75 performances, it would run for 248 shows over five years, including twenty-four tour dates in Europe.
• February 17
  • BRIT Awards are held in London. The Darkness, Dido, Busted, Justin Timberlake and KRS-One are among the winners.
  • Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan posts a bitter message on his personal blog calling D'arcy Wretzky a "mean spirited drug addict" and blaming James Iha for the breakup of the band.

March–April[]

• March 2 – Britney Spears embarks on The Onyx Hotel Tour, her first tour in 2 years to support her fourth studio album, In The Zone.
• March 9 – Westlife member Brian McFadden leaves the band.
• March 10 – George Michael announces that Patience will be his last commercially released record. Future releases will be available from his web site in return for donations to his favourite charities.
• March 13 – Luciano Pavarotti gives his last performance in an opera, in Tosca at the New York Metropolitan Opera.
• March 23 – Usher releases his Confessions album selling 1.1 million copies its first week, making him the first R&B artist to ever accomplish that. The album would be the top seller of the year with four number one singles.
• April 6
  • A previously unreleased Johnny Cash album called My Mother's Hymn Book is released less than a year after his death on September 12, 2003.
  • Modest Mouse, an American indie rock band releases Good News for People Who Love Bad News.
• April 20 – Fear Factory returns after their 2002 breakup with the new album Archetype.
• April 26
  • Deborah Voigt, sacked by Covent Garden for being too fat for an opera role, makes her recital debut to a rapturous reception at Carnegie Hall.
  • Dream Theater performs at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

May–June[]

• May 1-2 – The annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival takes place in California. Headlined by Radiohead and The Cure, the lineup also features Pixies, The Flaming Lips, Belle and Sebastian, Muse, MF Doom, Basement Jaxx, Death Cab for Cutie, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Kraftwerk and Kool Keith.
• May 10
  • Blender magazine's May issue includes a "!" list. "We Built This City," by Starship, is rated worst.
  • Peter Tägtgren replaces Mikael Åkerfeldt In Bloodbath.
  • Keane release Hopes and Fears which becomes the 16th best selling album of the millennium in the UK. It went 8x platinum and was nominated for the Mercury Prize and the BRIT award for best album.
• May 12–15 – The 49th Eurovision Song Contest, held at Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, is won by Ukrainian singer Ruslana with the song "Wild Dances". It is the first contest to take place as a multi-date event.
• May 18-23 – The European Festival of Youth Choirs () is held in Basel.
• May 24 – Madonna starts The Re-Invention Tour in 20 cities with a total of 56 shows and making it the most successful concert tour of the year with a gross of $124.5 million.
• May 25
  • Phish announces that after 21 years they will break up following the Summer 2004 Tour.
  • Skinny Puppy releases their first studio album since disbanding in 1996, called The Greater Wrong of the Right.
• May 26 – Fantasia Barrino wins the third season of American Idol, defeating Diana DeGarmo.
• May 28 – June 6 – The Rock in Rio concert festival is staged in Lisbon, Portugal under the name Rock in Rio Lisboa. Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, Foo Fighters, Metallica, Britney Spears and Sting headline each of the six days.
• June 4
  • Karl Jenkins signs a 10-year recording deal with EMI.
  • Creed dissolved. Guitarist Mark Tremonti, Drummer Scott Phillips and Brian Marshall (ex Bassist of Creed) were working on side project Alter Bridge along with Myles Kennedy of The Mayfield Four Their first album is One Day Remains, which was scheduled to be released on August 10.
• June 5-6 – The annual Download Festival takes place at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England, with Linkin Park and Metallica headlining the main stage. Pennywise and HIM headline the Snickers "Game On" stage, while the Barfly stage is headlined by Peaches and SuicideGirls.
• June 7 – The Killers released their first album Hot Fuss.
• June 8 – Velvet Revolver released their first album Contraband.
• June 10 – Ray Charles dies at the age of 73 from acute liver disease.
• June 11 – The Van Halen Summer Tour 2004 kicks off in Greensboro, North Carolina, marking the return of Sammy Hagar on vocals for the first time since his acrimonious departure from the band in 1996.
• June 12 – The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ-FM airs the 12th Annual KROQ Weenie Roast show with Bad Religion, Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill, The Hives, Hoobastank, The Killers, Modest Mouse, New Found Glory, Story of the Year, The Strokes, Velvet Revolver, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Yellowcard.
• June 22 – 14th annual Lollapalooza festival, scheduled for July 17, is cancelled. Organizers cite "poor ticket sales". (See: Lollapalooza 2004 lineup.)
• June 23 – UK DJ Tony Blackburn is suspended by radio station Classic Gold Digital for playing songs by Cliff Richard, against station policy.
• June 25
  • Eric Clapton sells his famous guitar "Blackie" at a Christie's auction, raising $959,000 to benefit the Crossroads drug rehabilitation center that he founded in 1998.^[1]
  • While in Scheeßel, Germany for his A Reality tour, David Bowie suffers a heart attack onstage and is subsequently rushed to the emergency room for an angioplasty. The incident brings an abrupt end to the tour and prompts Bowie to move away from both musicianship and public life in the following years, with his next album coming out nearly nine years later.

July–August[]

• July 10 – Ex-S Club star Rachel Stevens sets a world record for completing the fastest promotional circuit in just 24 hours- including a run for the charity Sport Relief. American Idol winner Fantasia becomes the first artist in history to debut at number-one on the Hot 100 with a first record.
• July 11 – McFly debut at #1 on the UK album charts with Room On The 3rd Floor. They break the record set by The Beatles as the youngest group ever to debut at #1 on the album charts.
• July 20 – Van Halen releases The Best of Both Worlds, a 36-song compilation album featuring three new recordings with Sammy Hagar on vocals.
• July 24 – The Robert Smith organized Curiosa Festival kicks off with a concert in West Palm Beach, Florida. Performing along with The Cure are Interpol, The Rapture, Mogwai, Cursive, Muse, Head Automatica, Thursday, Scarling., The Cooper Temple Clause, and Melissa Auf der Maur.
• July 24–25 – The Splendour in the Grass music festival is held in Byron Bay, Australia, headlined by PJ Harvey & Jurassic 5.
• July 25 – The Doobie Brothers record and perform Live at Wolf Trap at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Virginia. The live album was released two months later, on October 26.
• July 31
  • Simon & Garfunkel perform a free concert in front of the Colosseum in Rome for an audience of 600,000 people.^[2]
  • Dispatch performs their last live show at the DCR Hatchshell in Boston, Massachusetts.
• August 8 – Dave Matthews Band's tour bus dumps 800 lb (360 kg) of human feces from a Chicago bridge, intending to unload it in the river, but it lands on an architecture tour boat. The bus driver and the band are sued by the state of Illinois.
• August 15 – Phish performs their final concert at a two-day festival in Coventry, Vermont.
• August 23 – The Prodigy release their much anticipated and postponed first full-length album Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned, 7 years after 1997's The Fat Of The Land.

September–October[]

• September 18 – Britney Spears marries Kevin Federline.
• September 20 – Green Day release their seventh studio album American Idiot, making a comeback for the band, following disappointing sales of their 2000 album Warning. American Idiot eventually receives the award for Best Rock Album at the 47th Grammy Awards on February 13, 2005.
• September 26 – Avril Lavigne begins her Bonez Tour.
• September 28
  • Brian Wilson releases Brian Wilson Presents Smile, the first official interpretation of the Smile sessions since their shelving in 1967.
  • On the same day, young Filipino singer Christian Bautista unveiled his first self-titled debut album.
• October – Jazz at Lincoln Center performance venue opens in New York City.
• October 2 – Billy Joel marries for the third time, to the food critic and chef Katie Lee.
• October 11
  • The original lineup of Duran Duran release their new album Astronaut, which is preceded by the single "(Reach Up For The) Sunrise".
  • Melissa Etheridge undergoes surgery for breast cancer.
• October 23 – Ashlee Simpson is accused of lip synching after an abortive live performance on the television show Saturday Night Live.
• October 25 – Indian singer Hariharan is awarded the Swaralaya Kairali Yesudas Award for his outstanding contribution to Indian film music.

November–December[]

• November 4 – Three members of the band RAM, who all lived in a neighborhood known for its support of the recently deposed former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, are detained by Haitian police during a concert performance in Port-au-Prince; no charges are ever filed or official explanation for the detentions given.
• November 9 – Britney Spears releases her first compilation album titled Greatest Hits: My Prerogative.
• November 11 – Eric Clapton receives a CBE at Buckingham Palace.^[3]
• November 12 – Eminem's fourth major studio album, Encore is released four days before schedule to combat Internet bootleggers. The album sells 710,000 copies in only three days and becomes Eminem's third consecutive album to debut at #1 on the Billboard charts.
• November 16 – Destiny's Child released their fourth and final studio album Destiny Fulfilled by Columbia Records in North America.
• November 17 – Within Temptation release the single "Stand My Ground".
• November 21 – Casey Donovan is crowned winner of the second season of Australian Idol. Anthony Callea was named runner-up.
• November 24 – Brian & Eric Hoffman leave Deicide after a royalties dispute.
• November 30 – Jay-Z and Linkin Park's album "Collision Course" debuts at number #01 in the Billboard 200, later becoming the best-selling CD/DVD of that year.
• December 7 – Lindsay Lohan releases her début album, Speak.
• December 8 – Dimebag Darrell is murdered on stage while performing in Columbus, Ohio, by a deranged fan,^[4][5] who shoots the guitarist three times in the head with a 9mm Beretta handgun.^[6] The gunman kills three other people and wounds a further three before being shot dead by police.
• December 11 – Steve Brookstein is crowned winner of the first series of The X Factor. G4 are named the runner-ups, while Tabby Callaghan and Rowetta Satchell finish in third and fourth place respectively.
• December 11–12 – The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ-FM airs the 15th Annual of the Acoustic Christmas with Chevelle, Franz Ferdinand, Good Charlotte, Green Day, Hoobastank, Incubus, Interpol, Jimmy Eat World, Keane, The Killers, Modest Mouse, Muse, The Music, My Chemical Romance, Papa Roach, Snow Patrol, Social Distortion, Sum 41, Taking Back Sunday, The Shins, The Used, and Velvet Revolver.
• December 14 – Clint Lowery leaves Sevendust due to fights with band about gaining control of the band and doubts of the band's future after being released from their label TVT Records.

Bands formed[]

See Musical groups established in 2004

Bands on hiatus[]

• Spineshank (reformed in 2008)
• Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus (disbanded in 2006)
• Matchbox Twenty (reformed in 2007)

Bands disbanded[]

See Musical groups disestablished in 2004

Notable releases of the year 2004

Year	Title
October 18	Estille
November 23	Cascada

Bands re-formed[]

• Megadeth
• Restless Heart
• Destiny's Child
• Vaya Con Dios
• The Shadows (till 2015)
• New York Dolls

Albums released[]

January–March[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
J A N U A R Y	1	Alea Jacta Est	WarCry	-
		Not Quite Me	Tess Wiley	-
		Colour The Small One	Sia	-
	4	Explosives and the Will to Use Them	Crime In Stereo	-
	6	As the Roots Undo	Circle Takes the Square	-
		Born Free	Humble Gods	-
		Phantom Planet	Phantom Planet	-
	12	The Glorious Burden	Iced Earth	-
	13	Legion of Boom	The Crystal Method	-
		The Opera Band	Amici Forever	-
		A War Story Book II	Psycho Realm	-
	15	Love & Honesty	BoA	-
	17	Because I Can	Katy Rose	-
	20	Bravebird	Amel Larrieux	-
		Civilization	Front Line Assembly	-
		The Devil Isn't Red	Hella	-
		The Early Chapters	Soilwork	EP
		Educated Guess	Ani DiFranco	-
		Hang On Mike	Candy Butchers	-
		Heron King Blues	Califone	-
		Slon	Chicago Underground Trio	-
		Songs We Should Have Written	Firewater	-
		The Willowz	The Willowz	-
	21	Talkie Walkie	Air	US
	26	Do You Know	Michelle Williams	-
		Immortal Memory	Lisa Gerrard and Patrick Cassidy	-
		Nightfreak and the Sons of Becker	The Coral	-
	27	Bangers Vs. Fuckers	Coachwhips	[7]
		Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings of 10,000 Maniacs	10,000 Maniacs	Compilation
		Delìrium Còrdia	Fantômas	-
		Diva: Platinum Edition	Ivy Queen	Re-release
		Hypnotic Underworld	Ghost	-
		Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities 1978–2001	The Cure	Box Set
		Kamikaze	Twista	-
		Live at the Deaf Club	Dead Kennedys	Live
		Live at the House of Blues	The Vandals	Live
		Love Songs	Michael Franks	Compilation
		Margerine Eclipse	Stereolab	-
		Mojo Box	Southern Culture on the Skids	-
		One Moment More	Mindy Smith	-
		Ripp tha Game Bloody: Street Muzic	RBX	-
		Sirens and Condolences	Bayside	-
		The Slackers and Friends	The Slackers	Re-issue
		Unsung: The Best of Helmet (1991–1997)	Helmet	Compilation
		The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection	Yes	US; Box Set
	28	Tomatteita Tokei ga Ima Ugokidashita	Zard	-
	31	Politics	Sébastien Tellier	-
F E B R U A R Y	2	Bows + Arrows	The Walkmen	-
		Evolution Purgatory	Persuader	-
		Scissor Sisters	Scissor Sisters	UK
	3	The Battle for Everything	Five for Fighting	-
		Critical Energy	Threshold	-
		A Crow Left of the Murder	Incubus	-
		50 First Dates: Love Songs from the Original Motion Picture	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Start Something	Lostprophets	-
		Upsettin' Ernesto's	The Slackers	Live
		We Shall All Be Healed	The Mountain Goats	-
		When the Sun Goes Down	Kenny Chesney	-
	6	The Sunday Best	This Providence	EP; re-release
	9	Franz Ferdinand	Franz Ferdinand	Debut Album
		Free Me	Emma Bunton	UK
		That's What I'm Talking About	Shannon Noll	-
		Marshall's House	John Squire	-
	10	America's Sweetheart	Courtney Love	-
		Body Language	Kylie Minogue	US
		The College Dropout	Kanye West	-
		Bulería	David Bisbal	-
		Feels Like Home	Norah Jones	-
		Get Away From Me	Nellie McKay	-
		Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition	Carpenters	Compilation
		Greatest Hits	Thalía	Compilation
		Hell and Back	Drag-On	-
		Keep It Simple	Keb' Mo'	-
		Lucky	Melissa Etheridge	-
		'Merican	The Descendents	EP
		Miles Gurtu	Robert Miles & Trilok Gurtu	-
		New Found Power	Damageplan	Debut (The first and last album)
		Pau-Latina	Paulina Rubio	-
		Probot	Probot	-
		Shamrocks & Shenanigans	House of Pain & Everlast	Compilation
		Turn of the Screw	1208	-
	16	The Focusing Blur	Vintersorg	-
		Late Night Tales: Turin Brakes	Turin Brakes	Compilation
		The Runaway Found	The Veils	-
	17	All That We Let In	Indigo Girls	-
		Fabulous Muscles	Xiu Xiu	-
		I Don't Want You Back	Eamon	-
		Laced with Romance	The Ponys	-
		Nick's Bump	Ben Sidran	-
		On The Front Line	The Casualties	-
		She's in Control	Chromeo	-
		Writer's Block	Evergreen Terrace	-
	23	Samotność po zmierzchu	Ania	-
		The Dark Horse Years 1976–1992	George Harrison	Box Set
		Scars of the Crucifix	Deicide	-
	24	About a Burning Fire	Blindside	-
		Anything Goes	Brad Mehldau	-
		The Arrival	Hypocrisy	-
		Bodysong	Jonny Greenwood	US; Soundtrack
		Chick Magnet	Paul Wall	-
		Death Is Certain	Royce Da 5'9"	-
		Devil's Ground	Primal Fear	-
		The Hard Way	Owsley	-
		The King of Crunk & BME Recordings Present: Trillville & Lil Scrappy	Trillville and Lil Scrappy	-
		Kidz Bop 5	Kidz Bop Kids	-
		The Life of Joseph W. McVey	Z-Ro	-
		Music as a Weapon II	Disturbed, Chevelle, Taproot & Ünloco	Live
		Nude	VAST	-
		Punk Statik Paranoia	Orgy	-
		Schizophrenic	JC Chasez	-
		Sea of Faces	Kutless	-
Shadows Collide With People		John Frusciante	-
They Were Wrong, So We Drowned		Liars	-
The Wretched Spawn		Cannibal Corpse	-
25	Answer	Supercar	-
26	The Blue Notebooks	Max Richter	-
29	Schmack!	Steriogram	-
M A R C H	1	Mellow	Maria Mena	-
		When It Falls	Zero 7	UK
	2	The Best of LeAnn Rimes	LeAnn Rimes	Compilation
		Cee-Lo Green... Is the Soul Machine	Cee-Lo Green	-
		Guilt Show	The Get Up Kids	-
		The Kinnitty Sessions	Lunasa	Live
		Modern ARTillery	The Living End	US
	4	The Tain	The Decemberists	EP
	8	My Religion	TNT	-
		667.. The Neighbour of the Beast	Wig Wam	-
		Suburban Rock 'N' Roll	Space	-
		The Cribs	The Cribs	-
		Sunrise Over Sea	The John Butler Trio	-
	9	All of Our Names	Sarah Harmer	-
		Black & White	The Samples	-
		Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes	TV on the Radio	-
		Don't Stop the Music	Play	-
		Fall Back Open	Now It's Overhead	-
		Here Come the Brides	Brides of Destruction	-
		Into the Now	Tesla	-
		Milk Man	Deerhoof	-
		The Moon & Antarctica	Modest Mouse	Re-issue
		Neither Here Nor There	Melvins	Compilation
		Pawn Shoppe Heart	The Von Bondies	-
		Rare Tracks	Jet	Japan
		Something Beautiful*	Great Big Sea	US
		Tempo of the Damned	Exodus	-
		Two Way Monologue	Sondre Lerche	-
		Young Man	Jack Ingram	-
	12	Hella/Four Tet Split	Hella/Four Tet	Split EP
	15	And Love Said No: The Greatest Hits 1997-2004	HIM	Compilation
		From Ohio with Love	A Day in the Life/Hit the Lights/The Red Affair	3-way Split
		Live and Demos	Raging Speedhorn	Compilation
	16	Afterlife	Joe Jackson	Live
		Almost Killed Me	The Hold Steady	-
		Dead Letters	The Rasmus	US
		Frustration Plantation	Rasputina	-
		Grown Backwards	David Byrne	-
		The Other Side	Godsmack	EP
		Patience	George Michael	-
		Seven Swans	Sufjan Stevens	-
		Split Personality	Cassidy	-
		The Very Best of Jackson Browne	Jackson Browne	Compilation
		You Are Here	UFO	-
	17	The Roy Clark Method	The Roy Clark Method	-
	23
		All of Our Names	Sarah Harmer	-
		Blast Tyrant	Clutch	-
		Confessions	Usher	-
		Cool to Be You	The Descendents	-
		Finally Woken	Jem	-
		Fly or Die	N.E.R.D.	-
		Good Side, Bad Side	Master P	-
		Greatest Hits	Guns N' Roses	Compilation
		It's Never Enough	Ace Troubleshooter	-
		Let's Talk About It	Carl Thomas	-
		Live at the House of Blues	Goldfinger	Live
		LP	Ambulance LTD	US
		Madvillainy	Madvillain	-
		Me and Mr. Johnson	Eric Clapton	Robert Johnson tribute album
		The Milk-Eyed Mender	Joanna Newsom	-
		Misery Is a Butterfly	Blonde Redhead	-
		MP3	Marcy Playground	-
		Night of Joy	Widespread Panic	Live
Now That's What I Call Music! 15 (U.S. series)		Various Artists	Compilation
One Way Out		The Allman Brothers Band	Live
Our Endless Numbered Days		Iron & Wine	-
Peace, Love, Death Metal		The Eagles of Death Metal	-
The Punisher: The Album		Various Artists	Soundtrack
Redefine		Soil	-
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed: The Album		Various Artists	Soundtrack
Sings Greatest Palace Music		Bonnie 'Prince' Billy	-
Till Death Do Us Part		Cypress Hill	-
Tour 2003		Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band	Live
Venice		Fennesz	-
The Way I Am		Knoc-turn'al	-
Winning Days		The Vines	-
24	Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do	Sigur Rós	EP
	Bee Hives	Broken Social Scene	-
	COM LAG (2plus2isfive)	Radiohead	EP
29	Absent Friends	The Divine Comedy	-
	Alphabetical	Phoenix	-
	Anastacia	Anastacia	-
	Smack Smash	Beatsteaks	-
	Soundtrack to Your Escape	In Flames	-
30	The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall	Bob Dylan	Live
	Classics: Vol 1	Big Moe	Compilation
	Damita Jo	Janet Jackson	US
	Honkin' on Bobo	Aerosmith	Covers album
	In With the Old	Pepper	-
	Live & Off the Record	Shakira	Live LP & DVD
	Los Lonely Boys	Los Lonely Boys	-
	Population Override	Buckethead	-
	Prophecy	Soulfly	-
	Then and Now	The Who	Compilation +2 new tracks
	U Gotta Feel Me	Lil' Flip	-

April–June[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
A P R I L	4	Indestructible Object	They Might Be Giants	EP
	5	Best of Both Worlds	Midnight Oil	DVD
		The Dissociatives	The Dissociatives	-
		Greatest Hits	Atomic Kitten	Compilation
		J Wess Presents Tha LP	J-Wess	LP
		Now That's What I Call Music! 57 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
	6	2 Nights Live!	Barry Manilow	Live
		22nd Century Lifestyle	pre)Thing	-
		Convict Pool	Calexico	EP
		Good News for People Who Love Bad News	Modest Mouse	-
		Hellfire Club	Edguy	-
		Hood Hop	J-Kwon	-
		Just Be	Tiësto	-
		Inspiration	William Hung	-
		Liars	Todd Rundgren	-
		Ludo	Ludo	-
		Matters	Pulley	-
		More	Tamia	-
		Unearthed (Johnny Cash album)#Disc 4.C2.A0.E2.80.93 My Mother.27s Hymn Book	Johnny Cash	-
		The Neon God: Part 1 - The Rise	W.A.S.P.	-
		On My Way	Ben Kweller	-
		Retriever	Ron Sexsmith	-
		Satanic Panic in the Attic	of Montreal	-
		Seis De Mayo	Trey Anastasio	-
		My Mother's Hymn Book	Johnny Cash	-
		Whatever Happened to P.J. Soles?	Local H	-
	12	Prasasti Seni	Siti Nurhaliza	-
	13	Baron von Bullshit Rides Again	Modest Mouse	Live
		Crossfade	Crossfade	-
		The Duel	Allison Moorer	-
		Is There Love in Space?	Joe Satriani	-
		Kill Bill Vol. 2 Original Soundtrack	various	-
		Palm Trees and Power Lines	Sugarcult	-
	19	DJ-Kicks: Erlend Øye	Erlend Øye	-
	20	Afroholic... The Even Better Times	Afroman	2xCD
		Archetype	Fear Factory	-
		The Blue Jukebox	Chris Rea	-
		BYO Split Series, Vol. 5	Alkaline Trio/One Man Army	Split LP
		The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell	Buckethead	-
		Desensitized	Drowning Pool	-
		Fire It Up	The Kottonmouth Kings	-
		Franz Ferdinand	Franz Ferdinand	-
		Hangover Music Vol. VI	Black Label Society	-
		Highwire Act Live in St. Louis 2003	Little Feat	Live
		Hurt No More	Mario Winans	-
		I'd Like a Virgin	Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine	-
		Impossible Dream	Patty Griffin	-
		Letters from Home	John Michael Montgomery	-
		Music of Mass Destruction	Anthrax	Live
		Musicology	Prince	-
		Mute Print	A Wilhelm Scream	-
		The Pretty Toney Album	Ghostface Killah	-
		Ratatat	Ratatat	-
		Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1	Various Artists, Rock Against Bush	Compilation
		Stone Age Complication	Queens of the Stone Age	EP
		Sunsets and Car Crashes	The Spill Canvas	-
		Through the Ashes of Empires	Machine Head	US
		2 a.m. Wakeup Call	Tweaker	-
		Underneath	Hanson	-
	24	Rejoicing in the Hands	Devendra Banhart	-
	26	Walk The Tightrope	Human Nature	-
	27	American Idol Season 3: Greatest Soul Classics	Various Artists	-
		Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978)	Black Sabbath	Box Set
		D12 World	D12	-
The Dresden Dolls		The Dresden Dolls	Re-issue
Escondida		Jolie Holland	-
The Girl in the Other Room		Diana Krall	-
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly		Frankee	-
The Inner Circle		Evergrey	-
The Last of Tha Pound		Tha Dogg Pound	Compilation
Naked		Joan Jett and the Blackhearts	-
Re.present		Jimmie's Chicken Shack	-
Souls to Deny		Suffocation	-
Trampin'		Patti Smith	-
The Unrelenting Songs of the 1979 Post Disco Crash		Jason Forrest	-
Van Lear Rose		Loretta Lynn	-
Z-Ro Tolerance		Z-Ro	-
M A Y	2	The Concretes	The Concretes	Sweden
	3	Marbles	Marillion	-
		My Angel Rocks Back and Forth	Four Tet	EP
		Sung Tongs	Animal Collective	-
	4	Chopstick Bridge	Avoid One Thing	-
		C'mon Miracle	Mirah	-
		Emblems	Matt Pond PA	-
		Endangered Species	Flaw	-
		Horse of a Different Color	Big & Rich	-
		i	The Magnetic Fields	-
		Just for You	Lionel Richie	-
		One Love	Kimberley Locke	-
		ONoffON	Mission of Burma	-
		Platinum & Gold Collection	Lit	Collection
		The Ride	Los Lobos	-
		Southside Double-Wide: Acoustic Live	Sevendust	Live
		Still Writing In My Diary: 2nd Entry	Petey Pablo	-
		Timeless Journey	Patti LaBelle	-
		Too Much Guitar	Reigning Sound	-
		Wave of Mutilation: The Best of the Pixies	Pixies	Compilation
		Wire	Third Day	-
	5	Greatest Hits	A*Teens	Compilation
	8	Lafcadio	As Tall as Lions	-
	10	All Roads to Fault	Yourcodenameis:milo	EP
		Hopes and Fears	Keane	-
		Spectral	Skyfire	-
	11	Come Again	Thornley	Debut
		Dis/Location	Seven Mary Three	-
		The End of Heartache	Killswitch Engage	-
		E. Von Dahl Killed the Locals	The Matches	re-release under new name
		Express Yourself	Erik van der Luijt	-
		Here for the Party	Gretchen Wilson	-
		Living Legends	8Ball & MJG	-
		Metalogy	Judas Priest	Compilation
		Out to Every Nation	Jorn	-
		Shrek 2: Motion Picture Soundtrack	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Sonic Firestorm	DragonForce	-
	16	In Exile Deo	Juliana Hatfield	-
		Live at Tramps, NYC, 1996	De La Soul	Live
		A Song Is A City	Eskimo Joe	-
	17	Happiness in Magazines	Graham Coxon	-
		Iron	Ensiferum	-
		Meltdown	Ash	-
	18	Asobi Seksu	Asobi Seksu	-
		Baptism	Lenny Kravitz	-
		Black Skies in Broad Daylight	Living Things	-
		Catalyst	New Found Glory	-
		Dynamite Boy	Dynamite Boy	-
		Faded Seaside Glamour	Delays	US
		Fuckin A	The Thermals	-
		A Grand Don't Come for Free	The Streets	-
		Guster on Ice	Guster	Live
		Hell to Pay	Dokken	-
		Let It Die	Feist	-
		My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue	Fall Out Boy	EP/DVD
		Now Here Is Nowhere	The Secret Machines	-
		So-Called Chaos	Alanis Morissette	-
		The Throes	Two Gallants	-
		Tical 0: The Prequel	Method Man	-
		You Are the Quarry	Morrissey	-
		You Do Your Thing	Montgomery Gentry	-
	21	Here We Go Again	SR-71	-
	24	Exposures - In Retrospect and Denial	Dark Tranquillity	Compilation
		Hits 58	Various artists	Compilation
The Human Equation		Ayreon	-
Lemuria		Therion	-
Sirius B		Therion	-
25	Achilles Heel	Pedro the Lion	-
	Fading Days	Amber Pacific	EP
	The Greater Wrong of the Right	Skinny Puppy	-
	The Human Equation	Ayreon	-
	It's About Time	Christina Milian	-
	Let's Be Us Again	Lonestar	-
	Long Gone Before Daylight	The Cardigans	US
	Monolithic Baby!	Monster Magnet	-
	Play to Win	Gabrielle	-
	Rock the Night: The Very Best of Europe	Europe	Compilation
	Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead	Grateful Dead	Live
	Under My Skin	Avril Lavigne	-
	Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)	Slipknot	-
	White Trash Beautiful	Everlast	-
27	Between Here and Gone	Mary Chapin Carpenter	-
30	Joe's Corsage	Frank Zappa	Compilation
31	Borrowed Heaven	The Corrs	-
	I Com	Miss Kittin	-
	Uh Huh Her	PJ Harvey	UK
	Wayward Angel	Kasey Chambers	-
?	A Year at the Movies	Social Code	-
J U N E	1	Auf der Maur	Melissa Auf der Maur	-
		Falling Up	Digby	-
		No Said Date	Masta Killa	-
		Ready Now	Truth Hurts	-
		The Silence in Black and White	Hawthorne Heights	-
	5	Loud, Mean, Fast and Dirty	Peter Pan Speedrock	-
	6	DiscO-Zone	O-Zone	-
	7	The Lost Riots	Hope of the States	Debut; UK
		Louden Up Now	!!!	-
		No Roots	Faithless	-
		Once	Nightwish	-
		Outta Sight/Outta Mind	The Datsuns	-
		Rewired	Mike + The Mechanics	-
		Supergrass Is 10	Supergrass	Compilation
	8	The Art of Live	Queensrÿche	Live
		Asshole	Gene Simmons	-
		Contraband	Velvet Revolver	-
		Drill a Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See	Jim White	-
		Egypt	Youssou N'Dour	-
		The Empire Strikes First	Bad Religion	-
		Fast Moving Cars	The Clarks	-
		Greatest Hits '93-'03	311	Compilation
		Happenstance	Rachael Yamagata	-
		International War Criminal	The Slackers	EP
		Keep Your Wig On	Fastball	-
		One Soul Now	Cowboy Junkies	-
		Punk-O-Rama Vol. 9	Various Artists	Compilation
		The Slow Wonder	A.C. Newman	-
		Sonic Nurse	Sonic Youth	-
		Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge	My Chemical Romance	-
		Thunderdome	Pink Cream 69	-
		Two	The Calling	-
		2004 Warped Tour Compilation	Various Artists	Compilation
		Un	Chumbawamba	-
		Vengo a Cobrar	Mellow Man Ace	-
		White Light Rock & Roll Review	Matthew Good	-
	12	Maximum XS: The Essential Nazareth	Nazareth	Compilation
	14	Dark Matter	IQ	-
		Live in Boston	Fleetwood Mac	Live DVD
		A New Day... Live in Las Vegas	Céline Dion	Live
		Sound Shattering Sound	Gyroscope	-
		To the 5 Boroughs	Beastie Boys	-
	15	The Blind Watchmaker	Mana ERG	-
		Disclaimer II	Seether	-
		Hot Fuss	The Killers	-
		It's About Time	Christina Milian	US
		My Name	BoA	-
		Obsession	Eighteen Visions	-
		The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click)	The Fall	US
		They're Only Chasing Safety	Underøath	-
		23rd St. Lullaby	Patti Scialfa	-
		Undermind	Phish	-
	16	Rock the 40 Oz: Reloaded	Leftöver Crack	Compilation
	18	Battering Ram	Iron Savior	-
		Cipher System / By Night	Cipher System and By Night	EP
	21	Aren't You Dead Yet?	Carnal Forge	-
		One Plus One Is One	Badly Drawn Boy	-
		Riot on an Empty Street	Kings of Convenience	-
		A Semblance of Normality	Skyclad	-
		Ta det lugnt	Dungen	-
	22	1.22.03.Acoustic	Maroon 5	Live
		From the End of Your Leash	Bobby Bare Jr's Young Criminals' Starvation League	-
		Gettin' in Over My Head	Brian Wilson	-
		A Ghost Is Born	Wilco	-
Houses of the Molé		Ministry	-
Inferno		Motörhead	-
JoJo		JoJo	-
Jupiters Darling		Heart	-
Kiss of Death		Jadakiss	-
Lit		Lit	-
Not So Much to Be Loved as to Love		Jonathan Richman	-
Power of the Blues		Gary Moore	-
Scream & Whisper		Edwin McCain	-
Spider-Man 2		Various Artists	Soundtrack
Unbreakable		Scorpions	-
Will to Death		John Frusciante	-
28	Afrodisiac	Brandy	-
	The Cure	The Cure	-
	The Eye of Every Storm	Neurosis	-
	Up All Night	Razorlight	-
29	Tha Carter	Lil Wayne	-
	The Curse	Atreyu	-
	Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count	From First to Last	-
	Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit)	Slum Village	-
	Dwight's Used Records	Dwight Yoakam	Compilation
	Feedback	Rush	EP
	Forget What You Know	Midtown	-
	The Gorge	Dave Matthews Band	Live
	Hollywood Potato Chip	The Vandals	-
	In Between Evolution	The Tragically Hip	-
	This Magnificent Distance	Chris Robinson	-
	Mojave	Concrete Blonde	-
	Nina Sky	Nina Sky	-
	Revival	The Reverend Horton Heat	-
	Seventy Two and Sunny	Uncle Kracker	-
	Tiger Army III: Ghost Tigers Rise	Tiger Army	-
	Trouble	Akon	-
	Watch Out!	Alexisonfire	-
	We Are Not Alone	Breaking Benjamin	-
	White2	Sunn O)))	-
	Who Still Kill Sound?	Kid 606	-

July–September[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
J U L Y	5	Room on the 3rd Floor	McFly	-
	6	Fortress In Flames	The Crüxshadows	EP
		Patient Man	Brad Cotter	-
		Star Trails	Spirit of the West	-
		Stone Love	Angie Stone	US
		Wild Dances	Ruslana	-
	12	Armed Love	The (International) Noise Conspiracy	-
		Braxton Hicks	Jebediah	-
		The Futureheads	The Futureheads	-
	13	At Our Worst	Evergreen Terrace	-
		Back to Basics	Beenie Man	-
		Blueberry Boat	The Fiery Furnaces	-
		The Book of Heavy Metal	Dream Evil	-
		Caught by the Window	Pilot Speed	US
		A Cinderella Story: Original Soundtrack	Hilary Duff/Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Eat Your Face	Guttermouth	-
		The Funeral of God	Zao	-
		Happy Love Sick	Shifty	-
		Humanure	Cattle Decapitation	-
		Humboldt Beginnings	The Pharcyde	-
		Indian Summer	Carbon Leaf	-
		It's About Time	Christina Milian	-
		Keep Right	KRS-One	-
		Letters to the President	Hawk Nelson	-
		License to Chill	Jimmy Buffett	-
		Lock-Sport-Krock	Nikola Sarcevic	-
		Mutual Admiration Society	Mutual Admiration Society	-
		Out of the Shadow	Rogue Wave	-
		Porcelain	Sparta	-
		Shhh...Don't Tell	Adam Sandler	-
		The Spine	They Might Be Giants	-
		The Tipping Point	The Roots	-
		To Tha X-Treme	Devin the Dude	-
		Together We're Heavy	The Polyphonic Spree	-
		Über Cobra	Widespread Panic	Live
		Viking	Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards	-
		I	Meshuggah	EP
	20	Autobiography	Ashlee Simpson	-
		B Is for B-sides	Less Than Jake	Compilation
		Beneath... Between... Beyond...	Static-X	Compilation
		The Best of Both Worlds	Van Halen	Compilation +3 new songs
		Hazen Street	Hazen Street	-
		Miss Machine	The Dillinger Escape Plan	-
		Southside	Lloyd	-
		Sweet Somewhere Bound	Jackie Greene	-
		Tyrannosaurus Hives	The Hives	-
		White Turns Blue	Maria Mena	-
	22	Waste of MFZB	Zebrahead	-
	24	Drivetrain	38 Special	-
	26	Now That's What I Call Music! 58 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
	27	The Beginning of Survival	Joni Mitchell	-
		Blue Cathedral	Comets on Fire	-
		Drag It Up	Old 97's	-
		Hymns of the 49th Parallel	k.d. lang	-
		Kevin Lyttle	Kevin Lyttle	-
		Kiss & Tell	Sahara Hotnights	-
		Life After Cash Money	B.G.	-
		Live at Benaroya Hall	Pearl Jam	Live
		Live in Hamburg	Maria McKee	Live
		Lost & Found	Ian Van Dahl	-
		Now That's What I Call Music! 16 (U.S. series)	Various Artists	Compilation
		Studio X Sessions EP	Death Cab for Cutie	EP
		Testimony Live	Neal Morse	DVD
		True Story	Terror Squad	-
Until the End		Kittie	-
Where You Want to Be		Taking Back Sunday	-
Whiskey Tango Ghosts		Tanya Donelly	-
A U G U S T	3	Alive and Well... In Krakow	Green Carnation	Live
		An Elixir for Existence	Sirenia	-
		Firestarter	Jimmy Eat World	EP
		Red Hot Chili Peppers Live in Hyde Park	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Live
		A Long Hot Summer	Masta Ace	-
		M.I.A.M.I.	Pitbull	-
		Ride This - The Covers EP	Los Lobos	EP
		Riders in the Sky Present: Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier	Riders in the Sky	-
		Subsurface	Threshold	-
		Ticonderoga	Morning 40 Federation	-
	6	2Pac Live	2Pac	Live
	9	3.0	Safri Duo	-
		Distant Sense of Random Menace	Urthboy	-
	10	Automatic Writing	Ataxia	-
		The Best of Coal Chamber	Coal Chamber	Compilation
		The Blessed and the Damned	Iced Earth	Compilation
		Bubblegum	Mark Lanegan	-
		Creamfields	Paul Oakenfold	Remix
		Crosby & Nash	David Crosby & Graham Nash	-
		Diesel Truckers	Kool Keith	-
		The Essential Red Collection	Sammy Hagar	Compilation
		It's Already Written	Houston	-
		Kidz Bop 6	Kidz Bop Kids	-
		My Own Best Enemy	Richard Marx	-
		One Day Remains	Alter Bridge	-
		Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2	Various Artists, Rock Against Bush	Compilation
		Siren Song of the Counter Culture	Rise Against	-
		The Way It Really Is	Lisa Loeb	-
		Whiskey Tango Ghosts	Tanya Donelly	-
		Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer	Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer	Debut, re-issue
	11	Partytime	The Cheeky Girls	-
	13	Joyful Rebellion	k-os	-
	16	Grey Will Fade	Charlotte Hatherley	-
	17	All City	Northern State	-
		Decadence	Head Automatica	-
		Free the Bees	The Bees	-
		The Hard Way	213	-
		Love Everybody	The Presidents of the United States of America	-
		More Adventurous	Rilo Kiley	-
		Music to Start a Cult To	Gram Rabbit	Debut album
		Seven Circles	The Tea Party	Final Album
		Soviet Kitsch	Regina Spektor	-
		Survival of the Sickest	Saliva	-
		Take It All Away	Ryan Cabrera	-
	18	?	Enuff Z'nuff	-
	23	Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned	The Prodigy	UK
		Flowers in the Pavement	Bliss n Eso	Debut
		Leaders Not Followers: Part 2	Napalm Death	Covers album
		Pigs of the Roman Empire	Lustmord & Melvins	-
		Winchester Cathedral	Clinic	-
	24	Beat Cafe	Donovan	-
		Connected	The Foreign Exchange	-
		The Dirty South	Drive-By Truckers	-
		Half Smiles of the Decomposed	Guided by Voices	-
		Happy People/U Saved Me	R. Kelly	-
		Hide Nothing	Further Seems Forever	-
		The Hustle	G. Love & Special Sauce	-
		Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones	The Rolling Stones	US; Compilation
		Legacy of Blood	Jedi Mind Tricks	-
		Letters	Butch Walker	-
		Lift	Sister Hazel	-
		Live Like You Were Dying	Tim McGraw	-
		Luminaria	Ian Moore	-
		On My Way to Church	Jim Jones	-
Paper		Rich Robinson	-
Potter's Field		12 Stones	-
The Revolution Starts Now		Steve Earle	-
The Secondman's Middle Stand		Mike Watt	-
She Loves You		The Twilight Singers	Covers album
Straight Outta Cashville		Young Buck	-
Super D		Ben Folds	EP
Tambourine		Tift Merritt	-
Tessie		Dropkick Murphys	EP
Throwback, Vol. 1		Boyz II Men	Covers album
Tonight, Not Again: Jason Mraz Live at the Eagles Ballroom		Jason Mraz	-
A Valid Path		Alan Parsons	-
Welcome Back		Mase	-
25	The Bassmachine	Basshunter	-
30	Don't Look Now	Way Out West	-
	Everything Will Be Alright Tomorrow	Faithless	-
	Killing Heidi	Killing Heidi	-
	The Libertines	The Libertines	-
	Medúlla	Björk	-
	Silent Nation	Asia	-
31	Ashes of the Wake	Lamb of God	-
	Circle of Snakes	Danzig	-
	The DEFinition	LL Cool J	-
	Fuck World Trade	Leftöver Crack	-
	Genius Loves Company	Ray Charles	-
	Getting Away with Murder	Papa Roach	-
	Hell's Pit	Insane Clown Posse	-
	Leviathan	Mastodon	-
	Rhythm of Time	Jordan Rudess	-
	Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection	Kansas	Compilation+DVD
	The Spine Hits the Road	They Might Be Giants	Live
S E P T E M B E R	1	The Romance of Kenny G	Kenny G	Compilation
	3	Wu Ha	Will Pan	-
	6	Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck	Flotation Toy Warning	-
		Sardonic Wrath	Darkthrone	-
		Showtime	Dizzee Rascal	-
		The Sound of White	Missy Higgins	-
		Temple of Shadows	Angra	-
		Unwritten	Natasha Bedingfield	UK
		Voice	Alison Moyet	UK, covers album
	7	The Big Eyeball in the Sky	Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains	-
		Home for an Island	The Exit	-
		I Got Love In These Streetz - The Album	Daz Dillinger	-
		Let It Enfold You	Senses Fail	-
		Living Things	Matthew Sweet	-
		Master of the Moon	Dio	-
		My Everything	Anita Baker	-
		Rubber Factory	The Black Keys	-
		Stealing of a Nation	Radio 4	-
		Underdog Victorious	Jill Sobule	-
		The Very Best of Macy Gray	Macy Gray	US; Compilation
		What I Do	Alan Jackson	-
	8	Exodus	Utada	Japan
	10	IM the Supervisor	Infected Mushroom	-
	13	Kasabian	Kasabian	UK
		Let's Bottle Bohemia	The Thrills	-
		Nino Rojo	Devendra Banhart	-
		Out of Nothing	Embrace	UK
		Season for Assault	8 Foot Sativa	-
		Singles Box Set 1986-1995	Duran Duran	Box Set
		Solarized	Ian Brown	-
		Strangers	Ed Harcourt	-
		The Tension and the Spark	Darren Hayes	-
		Thunder, Lightning, Strike	The Go! Team	-
	14	DC EP	John Frusciante	EP
		Eat My Heart Out	The Dollyrots	-
		Everybody Loves a Happy Ending	Tears for Fears	-
		Exhibit A	The Features	-
		Funeral	Arcade Fire	-
		A Hangover You Don't Deserve	Bowling for Soup	-
		Quaudiophiliac	Frank Zappa	-
		The Revelry	Bullets and Octane	-
		The Clarence Greenwood Recordings	Citizen Cope	-
		Set Yourself on Fire	Stars	Canada
		So Jealous	Tegan and Sara	-
		Studio 150	Paul Weller	-
		Sweat and Suit Double albums	Nelly	-
		The System Has Failed	Megadeth	-
		Trouble	Ray LaMontagne	-
		Turn	The Ex	Double LP
		Wayward Angel	Kasey Chambers	-
		Wet from Birth	The Faint	-
		Wheel of Life	Karmakanic	-
		Within a Mile of Home	Flogging Molly	-
	20	Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	-
		Hits 59	Various artists	Compilation
		One for the Road	Ocean Colour Scene	Live
		American Idiot	Green Day	-
		Universal Audio	The Delgados	Final album
	21	Be Here	Keith Urban	US
		City	Client	-
		Deja Vu All Over Again	John Fogerty	-
		The Delivery Man	Elvis Costello	-
		Dreaming in Color	Jump5	-
		Eucademix	Yuka Honda	-
Future Perfect		Autolux	-
Il Sogno		Elvis Costello	-
Last Exit		Junior Boys	-
The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered		Various Artists	-
London Calling: 25th Anniversary Legacy Edition		The Clash	LP & DVD
Mirages		Tim Hecker	-
The New What Next		Hot Water Music	-
Night on Fire		VHS or Beta	-
Noise from the Basement		Skye Sweetnam	-
Oxeneers or the Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go Home		These Arms Are Snakes	-
Remixed!		Scissor Sisters	EP
Riders of the Apocalypse		Demonoid	-
Romeoland		Lil' Romeo	-
Saul Williams		Saul Williams	-
Shine		Meredith Brooks	Reissue of 2002's Bad Bad One
Songs in the Key of Eh		Mad Caddies	Live
There Will Be a Light		Ben Harper and The Blind Boys of Alabama	-
This Is My Time		Raven-Symoné	-
This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)		Chevelle	-
You Fail Me		Converge	-
The War Within		Shadows Fall	-
22	Start from the Dark	Europe	-
23	The Other Side of Earth	The Last Goodnight	-
24	Dreamland	Joni Mitchell	-
26	By Request	Brett Kissel	-
27	Antics	Interpol	-
	Never Apologise Never Explain	Therapy?	-
	Nightmares Made Flesh	Bloodbath	-
	Prelude to History	Preluders	-
	Symphony of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark Secret	Rhapsody	-
28	Advance and Vanquish	3 Inches of Blood	-
	Anniemal	Annie	-
	Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra	Meat Loaf	Live
	Beautiful Soul	Jesse McCartney	-
	Christian Bautista	Christian Bautista	-
	The Beautiful Struggle	Talib Kweli	-
	The Dana Owens Album	Queen Latifah	-
	Feels Like Today	Rascal Flatts	-
	Goodies	Ciara	-
	Hilary Duff	Hilary Duff	-
	In Love and Death	The Used	-
	Jackassolantern	Widespread Panic	Live
	Lest We Forget: The Best Of	Marilyn Manson	Compilation +1 new track
	Lionheart	Saxon	-
	Mind Body & Soul	Joss Stone	-
	The Neon God: Part 2 – The Demise	W.A.S.P.	-
	180°	Gerardo	-
	Reset	Mutemath	EP
	Scores	Barry Manilow	-
	Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll	Social Distortion	-
	Shangri-La	Mark Knopfler	-
	Show and Tell	Silvertide	-
	Smile	Brian Wilson	-
	Trouble	Bonnie McKee	-

October–December[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
O C T O B E R	1	Joe's Domage	Frank Zappa	-
		Where Tradition Meets Tomorrow	Jonathan Coulton	EP
		While You Are Gone	Bradley Joseph	-
	4	Confessions (Special Edition)	Usher	UK
		Falling Out	Peter Bjorn and John	-
		Late Night Tales: Four Tet	Four Tet	Compilation
	5	Around the Sun	R.E.M.	-
		The Audio Injected Soul	Mnemic	-
		Audit in Progress	Hot Snakes	-
		Barenaked for the Holidays	Barenaked Ladies	Christmas
		Black Tape	The Explosion	-
		The Chronicles of Life and Death	Good Charlotte	-
		ClassiKhan	Chaka Khan	-
		Everything I've Got in My Pocket	Minnie Driver	-
		50 Number Ones	George Strait	Compilation
		FWX	Fates Warning	-
		Greatest Hits, Volume 1	Korn	Compilation +2 new tracks
		The Grind Date	De La Soul	-
		Has Been	William Shatner	-
		Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground	Various Artists	Compilation
		Legs to Make Us Longer	Kaki King	-
		Live at Budokan	Dream Theater	Live
		The Lost Riots	Hope of the States	US
		The Ones We Never Knew	Holly Williams	-
		Palookaville	Fatboy Slim	-
		The Place You're In	Kenny Wayne Shepherd	-
		Pressure Chief	Cake	-
		Real Gone	Tom Waits	-
		Size Matters	Helmet	-
		Soul of a New Machine	Fear Factory	Reissue/Remastered
		Spooked	Robyn Hitchcock	-
		Ten Years Gone: The Best of Everclear 1994-2004	Everclear	Compilation
		Unshattered	Peter Murphy	-
		Welcome to Haiti: Creole 101	Wyclef Jean	-
	11	Astronaut	Duran Duran	LP & DVD
		Back to Bedlam	James Blunt	Debut
		The Collection	Cast	Compilation
		The Collection	Shed Seven	Compilation
		Cosima	Cosima De Vito	-
		Demigod	Behemoth	-
		False Alarm	KT Tunstall	EP
		Reckoning Night	Sonata Arctica	-
		Sirenian Shores	Sirenia	EP
		10 Years of Hits	Ronan Keating	Compilation
	12	The Artist Collection: Busta Rhymes	Busta Rhymes	Compilation
		Christmas	Chris Isaak	Christmas
		Chuck	Sum 41	-
		Deceiver	Chris Thile	-
		Frank Black Francis	Frank Black	-
		Heart & Soul	Joe Cocker	-
		The Lost Christmas Eve	Trans-Siberian Orchestra	Christmas
		Miracle	Céline Dion	-
		Munly & the Lee Lewis Harlots	Munly	-
		The New Danger	Mos Def	-
		New Roman Times	Camper Van Beethoven	-
		Platinum & Gold Collection	Toni Braxton	Compilation
		P.S.I.entology	Pitchshifter	DVD
		Scenic	Denver Harbor	-
		Shake off the Dust... Arise	Matisyahu	-
		Songs of the Unforgiven	Crash Test Dummies	-
		Straylight Run	Straylight Run	-
		Tarantula	Flickerstick	-
		Terrifyer	Pig Destroyer	-
	18	Alfie: Music from the Motion Picture	Mick Jagger/David A. Stewart/Various Artists	Soundtrack
Alizée En Concert		Alizée	Live
Beautiful Life		Guy Sebastian	-
One		Dirty Vegas	-
Origin Vol. 1		The Soundtrack of Our Lives	Europe
Silver Box		Simple Minds	Box Set
A Smile		Dappled Cities Fly	-
Who Killed...... The Zutons?		The Zutons	-
19	Alpha and Omega	Bizzy Bone	-
	As/Is	John Mayer	Live
	Casting the Stones	Jag Panzer	-
	Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon	Various Artists	Warren Zevon tribute
	From a Basement on the Hill	Elliott Smith	-
	Futures	Jimmy Eat World	-
	Graveyard Classics 2	Six Feet Under	Covers album
	The Greatest Hits	Juvenile	Compilation
	The Greatest Hits Collection II	Brooks & Dunn	Compilation
	Never Breathe What You Can't See	Jello Biafra & Melvins	-
	Panopticon	Isis	-
	The Rest Is History	Jin	-
	Revolver	The Haunted	-
	Shake the Sheets	Ted Leo and the Pharmacists	-
	Stardust: the Great American Songbook 3	Rod Stewart	Covers album
	Still Hungry	Twisted Sister	Re-recording of Stay Hungry +4 new tracks
	Team America: World Police	Various artists	Soundtrack
	This Island	Le Tigre	-
	Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits	John Mellencamp	2xCD compilation +2 new tracks
	You Just Gotta Love Christmas	Peter Cetera	Christmas
20	Sol-fa	Asian Kung-Fu Generation	-
24	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Vol. 1	Powerman 5000	Compilation
25	Best of Def Leppard	Def Leppard	Compilation
	Live Twice	Darius	-
	Tage Mahal	Jon Oliva's Pain	-
26	All for You	Annihilator	-
	Buju and Friends	Buju Banton	Compilation
	Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins	Pavement	-
	Dear Heather	Leonard Cohen	-
	Flyleaf	Flyleaf	EP
	Gold Medal	The Donnas	-
	Inside of Emptiness	John Frusciante	-
	It Always Will Be	Willie Nelson	-
	Key	Son, Ambulance	-
	Live at Wolf Trap	The Doobie Brothers	Live
	Our Kind of Soul	Hall & Oates	-
	Please Describe Yourself	Dogs Die in Hot Cars	-
	Poe Little Rich Girl	Jacki-O	-
	Rendezvous	Luna	-
	Still Not Getting Any...	Simple Plan	LP & DVD
	Then and Again	Voltaire	-
	Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets	Trick Daddy	-
	Thunderball	U.D.O.	-
	2067	Rheostatics	-
	Unfinished Business	Jay-Z & R. Kelly	-
	Watching the Snow	Michael Franks	-
	War Party	GWAR	-
	Wolfmother	Wolfmother	EP
	You're a Woman, I'm a Machine	Death From Above 1979	-
27	Yumi Shizukusa II	Yumi Shizukusa	-
29	One Way	Selwyn	-
N O V E M B E R	1	Acoustic	John Lennon	Compilation
		Aha Shake Heartbreak	Kings of Leon	UK
		All the Best	Tina Turner	Compilation +3 new tracks
		A Brief History...	The Waifs	Australia; Live
		Interim	The Fall	Compilation
		Isa	Enslaved	-
		Lifeblood	Manic Street Preachers	-
		Live Licks	The Rolling Stones	Live
		This is Music: The Singles 92-98	The Verve	UK; Compilation
	2	Adicción, Tradición, Revolución	Voodoo Glow Skulls	-
		Alive at Last	Train	Live
		A Types	Hopesfall	-
		Awake: The Best of Live	Live	Compilation
		Closure	Everclear	EP/Compilation
		Dead Eyes See No Future	Arch Enemy	EP
		Devotion	Newsboys	-
		eMOTIVe	A Perfect Circle	Covers album
		Jobe Bells	Afroman	Christmas
		Le compte complet	Malajube	-
		Live!	Catch 22	Live
		Live at St. Ann's Warehouse	Aimee Mann	Live
		Mmhmm	Relient K	-
		My Brother & Me	Ying Yang Twins	Compilation
		Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970	Jethro Tull	Live
		Now That's What I Call Music! 17 (U.S. series)	Various Artists	Compilation
		One	Neal Morse	-
		Reise, Reise	Rammstein	-
		Singles	Travis	Compilation
	7	The Beginning and the End	Bizzy Bone	-
	8	2. OG	Overground	-
		Allow Us to Be Frank	Westlife	Covers album
		Best 1991-2004	Seal	Compilation
		The Destiny Stone	Pride of Lions	-
		Live! Thirty Days Ago	Phoenix	Live
		Mistaken Identity	Delta Goodrem	-
		R.U.L.E.	Ja Rule	-
		Second First Impression	Daniel Bedingfield	-
		Wet Wet Wet: The Greatest Hits	Wet Wet Wet	Compilation
	9	All In	Stroke 9	-
		Greatest Hits	Shania Twain	Compilation +3 new tracks
		Greatest Hits: My Prerogative	Britney Spears	Compilation +3 new tracks
		The Greatest Songs Ever Written (By Us!)	NOFX	Compilation
		Harmonium	Vanessa Carlton	-
		Home Movies	Pennywise	Re-issue; DVD
		Horn of Plenty	Grizzly Bear	-
		México en la Piel	Luis Miguel	-
		Number Ones	Bee Gees	Compilation
		Occasus	The Amenta	-
		Peachtree Road	Elton John	-
		Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl	Queen	US; Live LP & DVD
		Real Talk	Fabolous	-
		The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie – Music from the Movie and More...	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		The Tigers Have Spoken	Neko Case	Live
		Vulture Street	Powderfinger	US
	11	Ballads of Living and Dying	Marissa Nadler	-
	12	Encore	Eminem	-
	15	Best of Blue	Blue	UK; Compilation
		Lost to Apathy	Dark Tranquillity	-
		Now That's What I Call Music! 59 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
		The Silent Force	Within Temptation	-
		This is Music: The Singles 92-98	The Verve	US; Compilation
	16	Amotion	A Perfect Circle	LP & DVD
		The Best of Mandy Moore	Mandy Moore	Compilation
		The Capitol Albums, Volume 1	The Beatles	Box Set
Crunk Juice		Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz	-
Destiny Fulfilled		Destiny's Child	-
Greatest Hits		Bone Thugs-n-Harmony	Compilation
Greatest Hits		Neil Young	Compilation
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi		Puffy AmiYumi	Compilation
The Kottonmouth Xperience		Kottonmouth Kings	-
Merry Christmas with Love		Clay Aiken	Christmas
Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection		Michael Jackson	Box Set
Mm..Food		MF Doom	-
100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong		Bon Jovi	Box Set
Our Worlds Divorce		This Providence	-
The Popsicle EP		Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer	EP
Powerballin'		Chingy	-
The Ransom		Cartel	EP
Real		Ivy Queen	-
rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003)		Pearl Jam	Compilation
Want Two		Rufus Wainwright	-
Youth		Collective Soul	-
22	Greatest Hits	Creed	Compilation
	How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb	U2	-
	Ultimate Kylie	Kylie Minogue	Greatest hits
23	Anywhere But Home	Evanescence	Live
	At Last...The Duets Album	Kenny G	Covers album
	Chapter III	Allure	-
	Family Style	Jet	DVD
	Field Rexx	Blitzen Trapper	-
	Free Yourself	Fantasia	-
	The Greater of Two Evils	Anthrax	Compilation
	Hoy Quiero Soñar	Cristian Castro	-
	I Need an Angel	Ruben Studdard	-
	Live in Buffalo: July 4th, 2004	Goo Goo Dolls	Live
	Lonely Runs Both Ways	Alison Krauss & Union Station	-
	Love. Angel. Music. Baby.	Gwen Stefani	Solo debut
	Play Around the Christmas Tree	Play	Christmas
	R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece	Snoop Dogg	-
	The Red Light District	Ludacris	-
	Rejoyce: The Christmas Album	Jessica Simpson	Christmas
	So Cold	Breaking Benjamin	EP
	A Sphere in the Heart of Silence	John Frusciante and Josh Klinghoffer	-
	Ultimate Kylie	Kylie Minogue	Compilation
	With the Lights Out	Nirvana	Box Set
25	Livid	Nightmare	-
29	Downside Up	Siouxsie and the Banshees	Box Set
	Irish Son	Brian McFadden	Solo debut
	Our Last Album?	The Toy Dolls	-
	Platinum Collection	Genesis	Box Set
	Three Imaginary Boys: Deluxe Edition	The Cure	Re-issue
30	Breakaway	Kelly Clarkson	-
	Collision Course	Linkin Park and Jay-Z	EP & DVD
	Head for the Door	The Exies	-
	Rebelde	RBD	Debut album
	Street's Disciple	Nas	-
	Urban Legend	T.I.	-
?	Fluxion	The Ocean	Debut album
D E C E M B E R	6	Invisible	Nightingale	-
	7	The Dirtiest Thirstiest	Yung Wun	-
		Purple Haze	Cam'ron	-
		Speak	Lindsay Lohan	-
		The Red Light District	Ludacris	-
	9	Live from Under the Brooklyn Bridge	U2	Live EP; iTunes
	10	Almanac	They Might Be Giants	Live
		Artist Collection: Run DMC	Run-D.M.C.	Compilation
		Venue Songs	They Might Be Giants	Live
	13	Eye to the Telescope	KT Tunstall	-
		For You	Casey Donovan	-
	14	Concrete Rose	Ashanti	-
		Loyal to the Game	2Pac	-
		Weapons of Mass Destruction	Xzibit	-
	21	The Mind of Mannie Fresh	Mannie Fresh	-
	28	Get Lifted	John Legend	-
		300 Lésions	Kyo	-
	29	Plein d'amour: Ai ga Ippai	Kaori Iida	-
	?	Piracy Funds Terrorism	M.I.A. and Diplo	-

Unknown release dates[]

• 3rd Strike – 3 Feet Smaller
• 5 Stories EP – Manchester Orchestra
• 9Live – Angie Aparo
• Bombs Below – Living Things
• Crwth – Cass Meurig (first CD release of crwth music)^[8]
• Field Rexx – Blitzen Trapper
• ForThemAsses – OPM
• Gathering Speed – Big Big Train
• Get Saved – Pilot to Gunner
• Golden (compilation) – Failure
• Guerilla Disco – Quarashi
• Leaving Town Tonight (EP) – Hit the Lights
• Life Story (compilation) – The Shadows
• Negatives 2 – Phantom Planet
• Oceanic Remixes/Reinterpretations – Isis
• The Pink Spiders Are Taking Over! – The Pink Spiders
• Point of Origin – There for Tomorrow
• The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus – The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
• Safely From the City – Locksley
• Set Your Goals (Demo EP) – Set Your Goals
• Sherwood (EP) – Sherwood
• Smoking Weed in the President's Face – Hockey
• Tripped Into Divine – Dexter Freebish
• Watching the Snow – Michael Franks (United States release)
• We (Don't) Care – The Management (MGMT)

Popular songs[]

Top 10 selling albums of the year in the US[]

1. Confessions – Usher ~ 7,979,000
2. Feels like Home – Norah Jones ~ 3,843,000
3. Encore – Eminem ~ 3,517,000
4. When the Sun Goes Down – Kenny Chesney ~ 3,072,000
5. Under My Skin – Avril Lavigne ~ 2,970,000
6. Live Like You Were Dying – Tim McGraw ~ 2,787,000
7. Songs About Jane – Maroon 5 ~ 2,708,000
8. Fallen – Evanescence ~ 2,614,000
9. Autobiography – Ashlee Simpson ~ 2,577,000
10. Now That's What I Call Music! 16 – Various ~ 2,560,000

Top 15 selling albums of the year globally[]

1. Confessions – Usher
2. Feels Like Home – Norah Jones
3. Encore – Eminem
4. How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb – U2
5. Under My Skin – Avril Lavigne
6. Love. Angel. Music. Baby. – Gwen Stefani
7. Greatest Hits – Robbie Williams
8. Greatest Hits – Shania Twain
9. Destiny Fulfilled – Destiny's Child
10. Greatest Hits – Guns N' Roses
11. Songs About Jane – Maroon 5
12. American Idiot – Green Day
13. Elephunk – The Black Eyed Peas
14. Greatest Hits: My Prerogative – Britney Spears
15. Anastacia – Anastacia

Classical music[]

• Michel van der Aa – Second self
• Louis Andriessen – Racconto dall'Inferno
• Cornelis de Bondt – Madame Daufine
• Elliott Carter – Réflexions
• George Crumb – Winds of Destiny for soprano, percussion quartet and piano
• Mario Davidovsky – Sefarad: Four Spanish-Ladino Folkscenes, baritone voice, flute (piccolo, alto flute), clarinet (bass clarinet), percussion, violin and cello
• Joël-François Durand – Ombre/Miroir for flute and 14 instruments
• Ross Edwards – Concerto for Guitar and Strings^[9]
• Ivan Fedele – Odos
• Lorenzo Ferrero – Guarini, the Master for violin and strings
• Philip Glass – Symphony No. 7 Toltec
• Georg Friedrich Haas – Haiku
• Hans Werner Henze – Sebastian im Traum
• Alun Hoddinott – Trombone Concerto
• York Höller – Ex Tempore
• Guus Janssen
  • Memory Protect Extended
  • Wankeling
• Karl Jenkins – In These Stones Horizons Sing
• Jan Klusák – Axis Temporum
• – Paion
• Hanna Kulenty – Run
• Theo Loevendie – De 5 Driften
• Frederik Magle – Souffle le vent, 1st symphonic poem from the suite Cantabile.
• – Mensa Sa
• Peter Maxwell Davies
  • Naxos Quartet No. 4 Children's Games
  • Naxos Quartet No. 5
• Marijn Simons
  • Symphony No 1, Opus 26
  • String Quartet No. 3, Opus 27
• Dobrinka Tabakova
  • Concerto for Viola and Strings
  • Schubert Arpeggione, arrangement for string orchestra
  • Suite in Old Style for viola, strings and harpsichord
  • Whispered Lullaby for viola and piano

Opera[]

• Thomas Adès – The Tempest
• Harrison Birtwistle – The Io Passion
• William Bolcom – A Wedding

Jazz[]

Musical theater[]

• Assassins – Broadway production opened at Studio 54 and ran for 101 performances
• Bombay Dreams – Broadway production opened at The Broadway Theatre and ran for 284 performances
• Fiddler On The Roof – Broadway revival
• The Woman in White, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by David Zippel and book by Charlotte Jones, freely adapted from the novel by Wilkie Collins – London production opened on September 15 at the Palace Theatre, London.
• People Are Wrong! – Off-Broadway production

Musical films[]

• Alt for Egil, starring Kristoffer Joner
• Beyond the Sea, starring Kevin Spacey as Bobby Darin
• Bride and Prejudice, starring Aishwarya Rai
• De-Lovely released June 13, starring Kevin Kline as Cole Porter and Ashley Judd
• Home on the Range, a Disney animated feature
• Ray, starring Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles
• Red Riding Hood
• Pixel Perfect, a Disney Channel Original Movie that is also a musical.
• The Phantom of the Opera, starring Emmy Rossum as Christine and Gerard Butler as the Phantom
• Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
• Where's Firuze?, starring Haluk Bilginer and Demet Akbağ

Births[]

• January 4 – Alexa Curtis, Australian singer, Winner of The Voice Kids Australia, Coach was Delta Goodrem
• January 10 – Kaitlyn Maher, American child singer and actress
• January 15 – Grace VanderWaal, American musician, singer/songwriter, ukulele player
• June 4 – Mackenzie Ziegler, American dancer, singer, actress and model

Deaths[]

January–February[]

• January 3 – Ronald Smith, 82, British pianist
• January 6 – Jimmy Hassell, 62, Guitarist/co-lead singer in The First Edition from 1972 to 1976
• January 12 – Randy VanWarmer, 48, songwriter and guitarist
• January 15 – Terje Bakken, 25, also known as Valfar, lead singer and founder of Norwegian black/folk metal band Windir (died of hypothermia in a blizzard)
• January 16 – John Siomos, 56, drummer
• January 17
  • Czeslaw Niemen, 65, Polish rock singer
  • Tom Rowe, 53, musician
• January 22
  • Billy May, 87, US big band & pop music arranger
  • Ann Miller, 80, actress, singer and dancer
• January 28 – Mel Pritchard, 56, drummer of Barclay James Harvest
• January 30 – Julius Dixson, 90, songwriter and record company executive
• February 3 – Cornelius Bumpus, 58, musician (The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan)
• February 6 – Jørgen Jersild, 90, Danish composer and music educator
• February 8 – Cem Karaca, 58, Turkish singer and composer
• February 16 – Doris Troy, 67, R&B singer
• February 21
  • Les Gray, 57, English singer (Mud)
  • Bart Howard, 88, composer and pianist
• February 23
  • Don Cornell, 84, US singer
  • Alvino Rey, 95, US bandleader and guitarist
• February 24 – A.C. Reed, 77, blues saxophonist

March–April[]

• March 4 – John McGeoch, 48, British guitarist with Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees and PiL
• March 6 – Peggy DeCastro, 82, US singer born in the Dominican Republic, eldest of the DeCastro Sisters
• March 9 – Rust Epique, 36, guitarist (Crazy Town)
• March 10 – Dave Schulthise, 47, punk bassist (The Dead Milkmen)
• March 11 – Edmund Sylvers, 47, lead singer of The Sylvers
• March 13 – Vilayat Khan, 75, sitar player
• March 15 – Eva Likova, 84, operatic soprano
• March 16 – Vilém Tauský, 93, Czech conductor and composer
• March 18
  • Vytas Brenner, 57, musician, keyboardist and composer
  • Erna Spoorenberg, 78, Dutch operatic soprano
• March 21 – Johnny Bristol, 65, singer, songwriter and record producer
• March 26 – Jan Berry, 62, US singer of Jan and Dean
• March 30 – Timi Yuro, 63, soul and R&B singer and songwriter
• April 1 – Paul Atkinson, 58, guitarist for The Zombies
• April 3 – Gabriella Ferri, 62, Italian singer
• April 6 – Niki Sullivan, 66, guitarist for The Crickets
• April 9 – Harry Babbitt, 90, US singer with Kay Kyser & his Orchestra
• April 10 – Jacek Kaczmarski, 47, Polish poet and singer, the bard of Solidarity
• April 15
  • Ray Condo, 53, Canadian rockabilly musician
  • Hans Gmür, 77, Swiss theatre author, director, composer and producer

May–June[]

• May 1 – Felix Haug, 52, Swiss pop musician (Double)
• May 5 – Coxsone Dodd, 72, Jamaican record producer
• May 6 – Barney Kessel, 80, jazz guitarist
• May 11 – John Whitehead, 55, R&B artist (shot dead)
• May 12 – John LaPorta, 84, Jazz clarinetist, composer and educator
• May 17
  • Gunnar Graps, 52, Estonian singer (Magnetic Band and Gunnar Graps Group)
  • Elvin Jones, 76, Jazz Drummer, notably with the John Coltrane Quartet of the 1960s
• May 19 – Arnold Moore, 90, blues artist
• May 23 – Gundars Mauševics, 29, Latvian guitarist of Brainstorm
• May 31 – Robert Quine, 61, guitarist
• June 2 – Billboard, 25, rapper, The Game's best friend
• June 4 – Irene Manning, 91, US actress, singer and dancer
• June 6 – Iona Brown, 63, conductor and violinist
• June 7 – Quorthon, 38, Swedish multi-instrumentalist, founder and songwriter of Bathory
• June 10 – Ray Charles, 73, US singer and pianist
• June 15 – James F. Arnold, 72, first tenor with the Four Lads
• June 17 – Jackie Paris, 77, US jazz singer
• June 27 – Sis Cunningham, 95, folk musician

July–August[]

• July 6 – Syreeta Wright, 57, singer (congestive heart failure, a side effect of cancer treatment)
• July 13
  • Arthur Kane, 55, bassist (New York Dolls)
  • Carlos Kleiber, 74, conductor
• July 21 – Jerry Goldsmith, 75, US composer, Academy Award winner
• July 22
  • Illinois Jacquet, 81, US jazz saxophonist
  • Sacha Distel, 71, French singer
• August 2 – Don Tosti, 81, American composer
• August 6
  • Rick James, 56, US funk singer
  • Argentino Ledesma, 75, Argentinian singer
  • Tony Mottola, 86, US Guitarist
• August 9 – David Raksin, 92, US composer
• August 15 – William Herbert York, 85, bassist for Drifting Cowboys
• August 17 – Bernard Odum, 72, bass player for James Brown
• August 18 – Elmer Bernstein, 82, US composer
• August 20 – María Antonieta Pons, 82, Cuban Rumbera
• August 26 – Laura Branigan, 47, US singer (brain aneurysm)
• August 31 – Carl Wayne, 61, vocalist (The Move)

September–October[]

• September 2
  • Michael Connor, 54, American country rock keyboardist (Pure Prairie League)
  • Billy Davis
• September 11 – Juraj Beneš, 64, Slovak composer
• September 12
  • John Buller, 77, British composer
  • Kenny Buttrey, 59, Nashville session drummer
  • Fred Ebb, 72, US lyricist
• September 15 – Johnny Ramone, 55, US guitarist and founding member of The Ramones (prostate cancer)
• September 16 – Izora Armstead, 62, member of The Weather Girls
• September 30 – Jacques Levy, 69, songwriter and theatre director
• October 1 – Bruce Palmer, 58, bassist of Buffalo Springfield
• October 19 – Greg Shaw, 55, music historian and record label owner
• October 25 – John Peel, 65, British DJ and broadcaster (heart attack)
• October 28 – Gil Melle, 72, film and television music composer

November–December[]

• November 1
  • Mac Dre, 34, Bay Area rapper (highway shooting)
  • Terry Knight, 61, lead singer of Terry Knight and the Pack and manager-producer of Grand Funk Railroad(stabbed in domestic dispute)
• November 12 – Usko Meriläinen, 74, Finnish composer
• November 13
  • John Balance, 42, British musician from Coil
  • Ol' Dirty Bastard, 35, African American rapper (drug overdose)
  • Carlo Rustichelli, 87, Italian film composer
• November 14 – Michel Colombier, 65, composer
• November 18 – Cy Coleman, 75, US composer
• November 19 – Terry Melcher, 62, musician and producer
• December 2 – Kevin Coyne, 60, singer, composer and guitarist
• December 8 – Dimebag Darrell, 38, former Pantera guitarist (shot to death in Ohio)
• December 13 – Alex Soria, 39, guitarist for The Nils (suicide)
• December 14 – Sidonie Goossens, 105, harpist
• December 16 -Freddie Perren, 61, songwriter, producer, arranger and conductor
• December 19 – Renata Tebaldi, 82, operatic soprano
• December 20 – Son Seals, 62, blues musician
• December 26 – Sigurd Køhn, 45, Norwegian jazz saxophonist (tsunami)
• December 27 – Hank Garland, 74, Nashville session guitarist
• December 30 – Artie Shaw, 94, Swing Era Clarinetist and Bandleader

Awards[]

The following artists were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Jackson Browne, The Dells, George Harrison, Prince, Bob Seger, Traffic, Z Z Top

ARIA Music Awards[]

• ARIA Music Awards of 2004

BRIT Awards[]

• 2004 BRIT Awards

Country Music Association Awards[]

Eurovision Song Contest[]

• Eurovision Song Contest 2004
• Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Grammy Awards[]

• Grammy Awards of 2004

Juno Awards[]

• Juno Awards of 2004

MTV Video Music Awards[]

• 2004 MTV Video Music Awards

Charts[]

Triple J Hottest 100[]

• Triple J Hottest 100, 2004

See also[]

• 2004 in music (UK)
• Record labels established in 2004

References[]

External links[]

For a more detailed list of hits or albums by month, see:

• KATS-FM
• New Rock 94.7 The Zone – WZZN-FM – Chicago
• Pause & Play's On The CD Front
• VH1
• MTV
• Rolling Stone