2005 in music
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| Years: | 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 |
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Events
- January 22 - Tsunami Relief concert held at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales - the largest live music event in the UK since the Live Aid concert of 1985. Performers included Eric Clapton, Jools Holland, Manic Street Preachers, Lulu, Aled Jones, Charlotte Church, Katherine Jenkins, Feeder, Snow Patrol, Liberty X.
- January 29 - Avril Lavigne, Chantal Kreviazuk, the Barenaked Ladies, Raine Maida, and Sarah MacLachlan conducted a concert in Vancouver, British Columbia for tsunami relief.
- February 22 - The pop punk group blink-182 announced that they would be taking an indefinite hiatus, but did not completely become in-active.
- February 22 - Brian Welch, guitarist of KoЯn, leaves the band due to his rebirth into Christianity.
- In April, country music legend Kenny Rogers signed a major world-wide deal with Capitol Records.
- April 3 - Alice in Chains original bass player Mike Starr was arrested for "investigation of property destruction and theft". He was also sentenced to 30 years for misdemeanor drug possession in April of 1994, 2 years after being replaced from the group during the recording of Dirt.
- May/June - Operation Ivy/Rancid's bassist Matt Freeman has been diagnosed with lung cancer and in no position to perform with his other bands.
- May 3 through May 6 - Legendary blues-rock group Cream reunited for four shows in London's Albert Hall.
- May 6 - Audioslave became the first American rock group to perform a free outdoor concert in Cuba.
- May 21 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the 13th Annual Weenie Roast show with Alkaline Trio, Audioslave, Bloc Party, The Bravery, The Dead 60s, Foo Fighters, Hot Hot Heat, Interpol, Jimmy Eat World, The Killers, The Mars Volta, Mötley Crüe, MxPx, My Chemical Romance, Queens of the Stone Age and The Transplants.
- June 15 - The members of Destiny's Child announced they would be disbanding upon completion of their current world tour.
- June 21 - On the day Billy Corgan released his debut solo album The Future Embrace, he has revealed that he wants to reform his popular alternative rock group The Smashing Pumpkins, which disbanded on December 2, 2000.
- Summer - Crazy Frog ringtone released as single to the annoyance of millions.
- Summer - Mariah Carey's We Belong Together becomes a massive success, follow-up Shake It Off also successful.
- July 2 - Live 8 benefit concerts
- August - The Cure frontman Robert Smith announces that the band has planned to record their thirteenth studio album in the fall and release it in the following April.
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Albums Released
The Unquestionable Truth Part 1|| Limp Bizkit|| (March 3) || EP
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Albums expected (Pre-releases)
- Aerial - Kate Bush - (November 7 in the UK and November 8 in North America) - double CD
- Live In São Paulo - Sepultura - (November 4) - Live
- 12 Songs - Neil Diamond - (November 8) - LP
- Greatest Hitz - Limp Bizkit - (November 8) - LP
- Life on the Murder Scene - My Chemical Romance - (November 8) - LP
- Those Once Loyal - Bolt Thrower - (November 11) - LP
- Bullet in a Bible - Green Day - (November 15) - Live
- Songs From Black Mountain - Live - (November 15) - LP
- Confessions on a Dancefloor - Madonna - (November 15) - LP
- Gold - Sublime - (November 15) - LP
- The Rising Tied - Fort Minor - (November 22) - LP
- And The Band Played On - Jessica Simpson - (November 22) - LP
- Confessions of a Broken Heart - Lindsay Lohan - November 22
- The Great Divide - Scott Stapp (Creed singer) - (November 22) - LP
- Hypnotize - System of a Down - (November 22) - LP
- One Way Ticket to Hell...And Back - The Darkness - (November 29) - LP
- Switch - INXS - (November 29) - LP
- See You On the Other Side - KoЯn - (December 5) - LP
- Testify - P.O.D. - (December 6) - LP
- The Essential Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains - (Summer/Fall) - Compilation
- American V - Johnny Cash - (Summer/Fall) - LP
- Face the Promise - Bob Seger - (Summer/Fall) - LP
- Detox - Dr. Dre - (Summer/Fall) - LP
- A Year at the Movies - Social Code - (Summer/Fall) - LP
- Half | Life - Eric West - (Summer/Fall) - solo debut
- Untitled - Three Days Grace - (Winter) - LP
- Strap It On - AC/DC - (Late) - LP
- Chinese Democracy - Guns n' Roses - (Late) - LP
- Untitled - Gavin DeGraw - (Late) - LP
- Cryptology - Muse - (Late) - LP
- A Son Unique - Ol' Dirty Bastard - (Late) - LP (recorded before his death)
- Teleincision - Tool - (Late) - LP
- Untitled - Pearl Jam - (Late) - LP
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Albums To Be Announced
- Appleton- (no date)- LP
- AFI - (no date) - LP
- All Systems Go! - (Summer/Fall) - LP
- Black Sabbath - (Summer) - LP
- Blue Öyster Cult - (Spring) - LP
- Brand New - (Summer) - LP
- Kate Bush - (no date) - LP
- Graham Coxon - (Autumn) - LP
- Dynamite Hack - (Summer) - LP
- The Eagles - (no date) - LP
- KISS - (no date) - LP
- NOFX - (Summer) - LP
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - (no date) - Multiple Release
- Pixies - (no date) - LP
- Portishead - (no date) - LP
- Powerman 5000 - (October) - LP
- Puddle of Mudd - (Winter) - LP
- Zach de la Rocha - (Summer/Fall) - solo debut
- William Provost - (no date) - LP
- Yes - (Spring/Summer) - LP
- Rob Zombie - (no date) - LP
Within Temptation
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Top Hits
- "1, 2 Step" - Ciara featuring Missy Elliot
- "All These Things That I've Done" - The Killers
- "Bad Day" - Daniel Powter
- "Behind These Hazel Eyes" - Kelly Clarkson
- "Because Of You" - Kelly Clarkson
- "Best Of You" - Foo Fighters
- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - Green Day
- "Breakaway" - Kelly Clarkson
- "B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Bombs)" - System of a Down
- "Can't Repeat" - The Offspring
- "Candy Shop" - 50 Cent featuring Olivia
- "Cater 2 U" - Destiny's Child
- "Cool" - Gwen Stefani
- "DOA" - Foo Fighters
- "Don't Phunk With My Heart" - Black Eyed Peas
- "Don't Tread On Me" - 311
- "Everybody's Changing" - Keane
- "Feel Good Inc." - Gorillaz
- "Fix You" - Coldplay
- "Girl" - Destiny's Child
- "Hate It Or Love It" - The Game featuring 50 Cent
- "Helena" - My Chemical Romance
- "Hollaback Girl" - Gwen Stefani (currently highest-selling single of the year)
- "Holiday" - Green Day
- "Hung Up" - Madonna (currently the most succesful worldwide single of the year)
- "The Importance of Being Idle" - Oasis
- "Inside Your Heaven" - Carrie Underwood (currently highest-debut single of the year)
- "It's Like That" - Mariah Carey
- "Let Me Love You" - Mario
- "Lonely" - Akon
- "Lonely No More" - Rob Thomas
- "Lose My Breath" - Destiny's Child
- "Lyla" - Oasis
- "Obsession" - Frankie J featuring Baby Bash
- "Oh" - Ciara featuring Ludacris
- "Ohio Is For Lovers" - Hawthorne Heights
- "On Top" - The Killers
- "Photograph" - Nickelback
- "Rich Girl" - Gwen Stefani featuring Eve
- "Shake It Off/Get Your Number - Mariah Carey
- "Since U Been Gone" - Kelly Clarkson (currently the most downloaded single of the year)
- "Smile Like You Mean It" - The Killers
- "Soldier" - Destiny's Child
- "Speed Of Sound" - Coldplay
- "Switch" - Will Smith
- "These Words" - Natasha Bedingfield
- "Trapped In The Closet ch. 1-5" - R.Kelly
- "Pon De Replay" - Rihanna
- "We Belong Together" - Mariah Carey (currently the most played single of the decade)
- "Wake Me Up When September Ends" - Green Day
- "Wake Up" - Hilary Duff
- "The Widow (Never Sleep Alone)" - The Mars Volta
- "Wordplay" - Jason Mraz
- "You're Beautiful" - James Blunt
See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2005 (USA).
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Classical music
- Alun Hoddinott - Celebration Fanfare (one-off composition for the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales)
- Karl Jenkins - Requiem: In These Horizons Stones Sing
- Stephen Warbeck - Peter Pan (ballet)
- Pedro Amaral - Densités
- Louis Andriessen - De Opening
- Pierluigi Billone - TA.un Lied di meno
- Hans Koolmees - Les Fumées
- Michiel Mensingh - Oh I'm sorry, Did I break your Concentration?
- Mayke Nas - La Chocolatière Brûlée
- Jan van de Putte - Ee jya nai ka ee jya nai ka éé jya nai ka
- Richard Rijnvos - Central Dance in the Park
- Robert Zuidam - Fanfare
- Matthew Dewey - The Death of Chatterton (Opera)
- John Coolidge Adams - Doctor Atomic (Opera)
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Musical theater
1. One Life: A Musical Story of the Life of Joseph Smith - Written and Directed by Kari Skousen
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Musical films
- Rent (November 23)
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Births
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Deaths
- January 11 - Spencer Dryden, 61, American drummer for American rock group Jefferson Airplane
- January 11 - Jimmy Griffin, co-founder of Bread
- January 15 - Victoria de Los Angeles, 81, Catalan soprano
- January 24 - June Bronhill, singer
- January 28 - Jim Capaldi, 60, British drummer and vocalist
- January 30 - Martyn Bennett, 33, Scottish bagpiper
- February 8 - Jimmy Smith, 77, American jazz organist
- February 9 - Tyrone Davis, 66, American soul singer
- February 13 - Sixten Ehrling, 86, Swedish conductor
- February 29 - Edward Patten, 65, R&B/soul singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
- February 28 - Chris Curtis, 63, British drummer and vocalist
- March 4 - Una Hale, soprano, 82
- March 6 - Tommy Vance, DJ
- March 9 - Chris LeDoux, country music singer, 56
- March 9 - Kathie Kay, big band singer, 86
- March 10 - Danny Joe Brown, 53, former lead singer of Molly Hatchet
- March 21 - Bobby Short, singer
- March 22 - Rod Price, guitarist, 47
- March 26 - Paul Hester, drummer, 46
- March 27 - Grant Johannesen, pianist, 83
- March 27 - Rigo Tovar, Mexican singer and composer, 58
- March 28 - Moura Lympany, pianist, 88
- March 30 - Derrick Plourde, 33, former drummer of 2 California punk groups: Lagwagon and the Ataris
- April 2 - Alexander Brott, conductor and composer, 90
- April 7 - Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer, 82
- April 10 - Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist, 82
- April 12 - Ehud Manor, Israeli songwriter, 63
- April 13 - Johnnie Johnson, American pianist, 80
- April 14 - John Fred Gourrion, pop singer, 64
- April 18 - Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor, 75
- April 19 - Bryan Ottoson, guitarist of American Head Charge, 27
- April 19 - Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz bassist, 58
- April 23 - Robert Farnon, composer, arranger, 87
- April 25 - Hasil Adkins, American rockabilly musician, 67
- April 28 - Percy Heath, jazz musician, 81
- May 8 - Nasrat Parsa, Afghan singer, murdered, 36
- May 10 - David Wayne, former singer of Metal Church, 47
- May 14 - Jimmy Martin, bluegrass musician, 77
- May 22 - Thurl Ravenscroft, US singer
- May 25 - Ruth Laredo, pianist, 67
- May 25 - Domenic Troiano, guitarist The Guess Who, 59
- May 29 - George Rochberg, composer, 86
- June 4 - Helju Tauk, Estonian musician, 75
- June 13 - David Diamond, American composer, 89
- June 14 - Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor, 91
- June 17 - Karl Mueller, bassist of Soul Asylum, 41
- July 1 - Luther Vandross, R&B singer, 54
- July 1 - Renaldo "Obie" Benson, R&B/soul singer (Four Tops), 69
- July 11 - Frances Langford, US singer and actress, 91
- July 21 - Long John Baldry, R&B singer, 64
- July 27 - Robert Wright, songwriter
- July 29 - Hildegarde, US singer
- August 4 - Little Milton, blues musician
- August 20 - Stevo, singer of the early-Vandals-era, 46
- August 21 - Bob Moog, electronic music pioneer
- August 22 - Luc Ferrari, composer
- August 26 - Denis "Piggy" D'Amour, guitarist of Voivod, 45
- September 1 - R. L. Burnside, blues musician, 78
- September 10 - Clarence Gatemouth Brown, blues musician, 81
- September 15 - Sidney Luft, ex-husband of Judy Garland, father of Lorna Luft, and producer of A Star is Born, 89
- September 18 - Chas Smit, vocalist and guitarist of Plush, 23
- November 4 - Mana Nishiura, drummer for Shonen Knife and DMBQ
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Awards
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Grammy Awards
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Country Music Association Awards
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Eurovision Song Contest
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Brit Awards
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Juno Awards
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Mercury Music Prize
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KROQ
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External link
For a more detailed list of hits or albums by month, see:
