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1673 in music

2023-01-16T13:32:22Z

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The year '''1673 in music''' involved some significant events.

==Events==
*[[John Blow]] becomes organist of [[Westminster Abbey]].
*[[Agostino Steffani]] begins his studies in Rome under [[Ercole Bernabei]].
*[[Johann Michael Bach]] becomes organist and town clerk of Gehren.
*[[Robert Cambert]] arrives in Britain.
*[[Giovanni Maria Bononcini]] publishes his treatise, ''{{lang|it|Musico prattico}}''.
*[[Henry Purcell]] is apprenticed to the organist [[John Hingeston]].

==Publications==
*[[Giovanni Maria Bononcini]] – ''Musico prattico'', Op.8
*Erasmus Gruber – ''Synopsis musica''
*[[Matthew Locke (composer)|Matthew Locke]] – The Present Practice of Musick

==Classical music==
*[[Giovanni Battista Agneletti|Giovanni-Battista Agneletti]] – ''Gloria patri et filio et spiritui sancto''
*[[Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber|Heinrich Biber]] – ''Battalia à 10''
*[[Cristoforo Caresana|Cristofaro Caresana]] – ''La Tarentella''
* [[Marc-Antoine Charpentier]]
** ''Ouverture et intermèdes'', H.494
** ''Symphonie devant Regina'', H.509
** ''Prélude'', H.510
** ''Prélude'', H.512
*[[Agostino Guerrieri]] – ''13 Sonatas'', Op. 1
*Sebastien Knüpfer – ''Erforsche mich, Gott'' (May 14)
*[[Giovanni Legrenzi]]
**''Violin Duo and continuo''{{Clarify|date=August 2017}}
**''[[La Cetra]]'' (Op. 10), a collection of sonatas
* [[Matthew Locke (composer)|Matthew Locke]] – ''Melothesia''
* [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]] – ''La pastorale comique'', LWV 33

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Wolfgang Carl Briegel]] – ''{{lang|de|Das verliebte Gespenst}}''
*[[Jean-Baptiste Lully]]
**''[[Cadmus et Hermione]]''
**''Alceste''
*[[Antonio Sartorio]] – ''Orfeo''
*[[Pietro Andrea Ziani]] – ''Marcello in Siracuse''
*[[Matthew Locke (composer)|Matthew Locke]] – ''Psyche''

==Births==
*[[January 30]] – [[Marc-Antoine Legrand]], lyricist (died 1728)
*[[February 1]] – [[Alessandro Marcello]], composer (d. 1747)
*[[April 16]] – [[:it:Francesco Feroci|Francesco Feroci]], composer (d. 1750)
*[[June 18]] – [[Antonio de Literes]], composer of ''zarzuelas'' (died 1747)
*[[July 25]] – [[Santiago de Murcia]], guitarist and composer (died 1739)
*[[August 28]] – [[:de:Conrad_Michael_Schneider|Conrad Michael Schneider]], composer (died 1752)
*[[September 29]] – [[Jacques-Martin Hotteterre|Jacques Hotteterre]], composer (d. 1763)
*[[October 26]] – [[Dimitrie Cantemir]], composer, musicologist and polymath (d. 1723)
*''date unknown'' – [[Johannes Kelpius]], ''the first Pennsylvanian composer'' (died 1708)

==Deaths==
*[[February 2]] – [[Kaspar Förster]], composer and musician (born by 1616)
*[[February 17]] – [[Molière]], opera librettist (born 1622)
*''date unknown'' – [[Lemme Rossi]], music theorist

== References ==
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1672 in music

2023-01-15T16:32:09Z

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The year '''1672 in music''' involved some significant events.

==Events==
*March – [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]] quarrels with his regular collaborator, the playwright [[Molière]],<ref>[http://se17.bowdoin.edu/files/JanClarkeCahiersXI2_2007.pdf Jan Clarke, "From the Palais-Royal to the Guénégaud: Life after Molière"]. Accessed 28 February 2013</ref> who brings in [[Marc-Antoine Charpentier]] to replace him.
*[[December 30]] – [[John Banister (composer)|John Banister]] begins Europe’s first major commercial public concert series at Whitefriars in the City of London.
*[[Arcangelo Corelli]] visits Paris, where he incurs the jealousy of [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=w8dPAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA9&lpg=RA1-PA9&dq=lully+and+corelli+1672&source=bl&ots=Wj4ntUz8Cq&sig=UX8Ur6AZjhnuqlgv9XbPfVRU3CE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DU0vUdHcAuHV0QWExIGICg&ved=0CFYQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=lully%20and%20corelli%201672&f=false ''Penny Cyclopedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge'' (1837), vol 8, p468]. Accessed 28 February 2013</ref>

==Publications==
*''New Court Songs''<ref>[http://ett.arts.uwo.ca/poemindx/site/miscfrstlns/miscllnyfrst_V169.html Index of Poems Contained within New Court Songs 1672] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130407142133/http://ett.arts.uwo.ca/poemindx/site/miscfrstlns/miscllnyfrst_V169.html |date=2013-04-07 }}. Accessed 28 February 2013</ref>
*[[Thomas Salmon (musicologist)|Thomas Salmon]] – ''Observations upon a Late Book''

==Classical music==
*[[Dieterich Buxtehude|Dietrich Buxtehude]] – ''Auf stimmet die Saiten'', BuxWV 116
*[[Marc-Antoine Charpentier]]
**''Messe pour les trépassés'', H.2
**''Messe à 8 voix et 8 violons et flûtes'', H.3
**''Messe à quatre choeurs'', H.4
**''Te Deum'', H.145
**''Symphonies pour un reposoir'', H.515
*[[Jean-Baptiste Lully]]
**''Marche''
**''Les folies d'Espagne''
*[[Francesco Passarini]] – ''Compieta concertata...'', Op. 3 (Bologna: Giacomo Monti)
*[[Heinrich Schütz]] – ''Matthäus-Passion''
*[[Johann Sebastiani]] – ''Matthaus-Passion''

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Antonio Draghi]] – ''Gl'atomi d'Epicuro''
*[[Juan Hidalgo de Polanco]] – ''La estatua de Prometeo''
*[[Antonio Masini]] – ''Achille in Siro''
*[[Giovanni Maria Pagliardi]] – ''Caligula delirante''
*[[Antonio Sartorio]] – ''[[Adelaide (opera)|Adelaide]]''

==Births==
*[[January 16]] – [[Francesco Mancini (composer)|Francesco Mancini]], composer (died 1737)
*[[March 21]] – [[Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino]], librettist for [[Agostino Steffani]], [[Antonio Lotti]] and others (died [[1742]])
*[[April 6]] – [[André-Cardinal Destouches]], French composer of opera (died 1749)
*[[May 1]] – [[Joseph Addison]], English lyricist, essayist, and politician (died 1719)
*[[June 11]] – [[Francesco Antonio Bonporti]], priest and composer (died 1748)
*[[September 8]] (baptized) – [[Nicolas de Grigny]], organist (died 1703)<ref>{{cite book|author=Harry W. Gay|title=Four French Organist-composers, 1549-1720|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=32NHAQAAIAAJ|year=1975|publisher=Memphis State University Press|isbn=978-0-87870-022-6|page=70}}</ref>
*[[November 6]] – [[Carlo Agostino Badia]], court composer (died 1738)
*[[December 21]] – [[Benjamin Schmolck]], hymn-writer (died 1737)<ref>{{cite book|author=Karl Rudolf Hagenbach|title=History of the Church in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MBYQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA131|year=1869|publisher=C. Scribner & Company|pages=131}}</ref>
*''date unknown'' – [[Carlo Agostino Badia]], opera composer (died 1738)

==Deaths==
*January – [[Denis Gaultier]], lutenist and composer (born 1603)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arkivmusic.com/composers/gaultier-denis-24293#taboverview|title=Denis Gaultier|website=ArkivMusic|access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>
*[[January 15]] – [[John Cosin]], English translator of "[[Veni Creator Spiritus]]" (born 1594)
*[[March 8]] – [[Nikolaus Hasse|Nicolaus Hasse]], composer (born c. 1617)
*[[June 17]] – [[Orazio Benevoli]], composer (born 1605)
*[[July 13]] – [[Henry Cooke (composer)|Henry Cooke]], actor, singer and composer (born 1616)
*[[August 9]] – [[José Ximénez]], organist and composer (born 1601)
*[[September 16]] – [[Anne Bradstreet]], lyricist/poet (born 1612)
*[[November 6]] – [[Heinrich Schütz]], composer (born 1585)<ref>{{cite web |title=Heinrich Schütz {{!}} German composer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Heinrich-Schutz |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |accessdate=23 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[December 17]] – Giovanni Antonio Boretti, composer
*''date unknown''
**[[Jacques Champion de Chambonnières]], French harpsichordist and composer (born ''c''.1601)
**[[Valentino Siani]], Italian violin-maker (born c. 1595)
*''probable'' – [[François Dufault]], lutenist and composer (born c.1604)

==References==
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1671 in music

2023-01-14T18:20:44Z

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The year '''1671 in music''' involved some significant musical events.

==Events==
*[[March 3]] – Opening of the [[Académie Royale de Musique|Paris Opera]], with the opera ''[[Pomone (opera)|Pomone]]'' by [[Robert Cambert]].<ref>Gourret, Jean (1985). Histoire des Salles de l'Opéra de Paris. Paris: Guy Trédaniel. {{ISBN|978-2-85707-180-8}}, p. 17.</ref>
*[[Philippe Quinault]], [[Molière]] and [[Pierre Corneille]], collaborate with [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]] on a court entertainment.
*[[Arcangelo Corelli]] settles in [[Rome]] after spending four years studying violin in [[Bologna]].
*[[Maurizio Cazzati]] is dismissed from his post as ''Maestro di Cappella'' in San Petronio, [[Bologna]], as a result of controversy over his alleged failure to enforce the rules of counterpoint, and returns to [[Mantua]] where he spends the rest of his career as Maestro di Cappella da Camera to Duchess Isabella.
*[[Ignazio Albertini]] arrives in [[Vienna]] with a letter of recommendation from [[Johann Heinrich Schmelzer]].

==Classical music==
*[[Johann Georg Ahle]] – ''Neues Zehn Geistlicher Arien''
*[[Cristoforo Caresana|Cristofaro Caresana]] – Sonata à 8 (February 1671)
*The Notebook of [[:de:Anna_Maria_van_Eyl|Anna Maria van Eyl]], including compositions by [[Gisbert Steenwick]], [[Johann Caspar Kerll]], [[Heinrich Scheidemann]].
*[[Denis Gaultier]] – ''Pièces de Luth sur trois différents modes nouveaux''
*[[Andreas Hammerschmidt]] – ''Sechsstimmige Fest- und Zeit-Andachten''
*[[Giovanni Legrenzi]] – Op. 8, a collection of sonatas
*[[Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers|Guilliaume-Gabriel Nivers]] – ''Antiphonarium romanum''
*[[Francesco Passarini]]
**''Salmi concertati...'' (Bologna: Giacomo Monti)
**''Antifone della Beata Vergini a voce sola...'' (Bologna: Giacomo Monti)
*[[Heinrich Schütz]] – ''Meine Seele erhebt den Herren'', SWV 494

==Opera==
*[[Robert Cambert]] – ''Pomone'' (premiered March 3 in Paris)
*[[Antonio Pietro Degli]] – ''L'inganno fortunato''
*[[Antonio Draghi]] – ''L'avidità di Mida''
*[[Domenico Freschi]] & [[Gasparo Sartorio]] – ''Iphide greca''
*[[Jean-Baptiste Lully|Jean-Baptist Lully]] – ''Psyche'', LWV 45 (premiered January 17 in Paris)

==Births==
*[[February 19]] – [[Charles-Hubert Gervais]], composer (died [[1744 in music|1744]])
*[[April 18]] – [[Johann Burchard Freystein]], hymn-writer (died 1718)
*[[May 12]] – [[Erdmann Neumeister]], hymnologist and priest (died 1756)
*[[May 21]] – [[Azzolino Bernardino della Ciaja]], organist, harpsichordist, composer and organ builder (died [[1755 in music|1755]])
*[[June 8]] – [[Tomaso Albinoni]], composer (died [[1751 in music|1751]])
*[[June 16]] – [[Johann Christoph Bach (1671–1721)|Johann Christoph Bach]], musician and composer (died [[1721 in music|1721]])
*[[June 30]] – [[Teodorico Pedrini]], priest, missionary, musician and composer (died [[1746 in music|1746]])
*September – [[Antoine Forqueray]], viola da gamba virtuoso and composer (died [[1745 in music|1745]])
*[[September 7]] – [[Antoine Danchet]], French playwright and opera librettist (died 1748)
*[[October 17]] – [[:de:Agostino_Piovene|Agostino Piovene]], Venetian poet and opera librettist (died 1721)
*''probable'' – [[Robert Valentine (composer)|Robert Valentine]], recorder player and composer (died [[1747 in music|1747]])

==Deaths==
*''date unknown'' – [[Daniel Farrant]], composer, viol player and instrument maker (born [[1575 in music|1575]])

==References==
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1670 in music

2023-01-13T17:25:08Z

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The year '''1670 in music''' involved some significant events.

== Events ==
*June – [[Christian Geist]] joins the Swedish court orchestra under [[Gustaf Düben]].
*[[October 14]] – First performance of [[Molière]]'s ''[[Le Bourgeois gentilhomme]]'', a five-act comédie-ballet – a play intermingled with music, dance and singing – at the court of King [[Louis XIV of France]].

== Publications ==
*[[Angelo Berardi]] – ''Discorsi musicali''

== Classical music ==
*[[Angelo Berardi]] – ''Sinfonie a violino solo con basso continuo Libro primo'', Op. 7
*[[Maurizio Cazzati]] – Op. 55, a collection of sonatas
*[[Jacques Champion de Chambonnières]] – ''Les Pieces de clavessin, Livre premier''
*[[Marc-Antoine Charpentier]] – O pretiosum, O salutiferum, H.245
*[[Denis Gaultier]] – ''Pièces de luth sur trois différens modes nouveaux''
*[[Giovanni Legrenzi]] – ''Acclamationi divote'', Op.10
*[[Pavel Josef Vejvanovský]] – ''Baletti pro tabula'' in C major for 2 trumpets, organ, strings (CZ-KRa A 885)

== [[Opera]] ==
*[[Ludovico Busca]] – ''L'Ippolita, Reina delle Amazzoni''

==Births==
*[[January 24]] – [[William Congreve]], lyricist and librettist (died 1729)
*[[July 18]] – [[Giovanni Bononcini]], cellist and composer (died 1747)
*[[July 19]] – [[Richard Leveridge]], singer and composer (died 1758)
*[[September 9]] – [[Andreas Armsdorff]], composer (died 1699)
*''date unknown''
**[[Julie d'Aubigny]] ("La Maupin"), opera singer (died 1707)
**[[Pompeo Cannicciari]], Italian composer (died 1744)
**[[Henry Eccles]], English composer (died 1742)
**[[John Christian Jacobi]], composer (died 1750)
**[[Turlough O'Carolan]], harpist (died 1738)
*''probable''
**[[Antonio Caldara]], composer (died 1736)
**[[Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer]], composer (died 1746)

== Deaths ==
*[[April 6]] – [[Leonora Baroni]], singer, musician and composer (born 1611)
*[[April 23]] – [[Loreto Vittori]], Italian ''castrato'' singer and composer (born c.1590)
*[[July 18]] – [[:de:Giuseppe_Allevi|Giuseppe Allevi]], composer (born c. 1603)
*''date unknown''
**[[François Du Fault]], composer
**[[Cornelis Thymenszoon Padbrué]], composer (born c.1592)

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1669 in music

2023-01-13T15:04:54Z

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The year '''1669 in music''' involved some significant events.

==Events==
*[[February 17]] – Première of [[Alessandro Melani]]'s opera ''[[L'empio punito]]'' at the [[Teatro di Palazzo Colonna]] in Rome. The work was commissioned by [[Marie Mancini]].

==Publications==
*[[:de:Luigi Battiferri|Luigi Battiferri]] – Ricercari, Op.3
*[[Giovanni Maria Bononcini]] – Op. 3, a collection of sonatas in canon
*[[Henri Dumont]] – ''Cinq messes en plain-chant''
*[[Johann Caspar Kerll]] – ''Delectus sacrarum cantionum'', 26 motets for 2–5 voices, 2 violins and basso continuo
*[[Henry Lawes]]
**''Select Ayres and Dialogues''
**''The Treasury of Musick''
*[[Samuel Capricornus]]
**''Continuatio theatri musici''
**''Scelta musicale''
**''Theatrum musicum''
*[[Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi (musician)|Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi]] – ''Sonate cioè balletti, sarabande, correnti, passacagli, capricetti e una trombetta...''
*[[Maurizio Cazzati]] – ''Varii, e diversi capricci per camera'', Op. 50

== Classical music ==
*[[Johann Heinrich Schmelzer|Johann Schmelzer]] – Sonata a 4, ''La Carolietta''

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Francesco Cavalli]] – ''Coriolano''
*[[Antonio Cesti]] – ''Genserico''
*[[Antonio Draghi]] – ''Achille in Sciro''
*[[Jean-Baptiste Lully]] – ''Monsieur de Pourceaugnac'', LWV 41

==Births==
*[[April 6]] – [[:de:Johann Christopf Faber|Johann Christopf Faber]], composer, organist, and organ builder (died 1742)
*[[February 2]] – [[Louis Marchand]], organist, harpsichordist and composer (died 1732)
*[[August 24]] – [[Alessandro Marcello]], composer (died 1747)
*[[October 10]] – [[Johann Nicolaus Bach]], composer (died 1753)
*[[October 13]] – [[Charles Desmazures]], composer (died 1736)
*''date unknown''
**[[Johann Samuel Beyer]], composer (died 1744)
**[[:ca:Miquel López Sebastián|Miquel López Sebastián]], composer (died 1723)

==Deaths==
*[[April 6]] – [[:sv:Lars Wivallius|Lars Wivallius]], librettist (born 1605)
*[[April 17]] – [[Antonio Bertali]], violinist and composer (born 1605)
*May? – [[Étienne Richard]], composer, organist and harpsichordist (born c.1621)
*[[October 14]] – [[Antonio Cesti]], opera composer (born 1623)
*[[October 28]] – [[Agustín Moreto y Cavana|Agustin Moreto y Cavana]], poet (born 1618)
*''date unknown''
**[[Richard Ayleward]], musician and composer (born 1626)
**[[Christopher Simpson]], viola da gamba player and composer (born c.1605)
*''probable'' – [[Étienne Moulinié]], composer (born c.1600)

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1668 in music

2023-01-11T13:15:52Z

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== Events ==
*[[Dietrich Buxtehude]] becomes organist at the [[St. Mary's Church, Lübeck|Marienkirche]] in [[Lübeck]].
*[[Joseph Haines]] joins the troupe of performers at [[Hatton Garden]], London.
*[[Antonio Draghi]] is appointed to the court of [[Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor]], at Vienna.

== Publications ==
*[[Dietrich Becker]] – ''Musikalische Frühlings-Früchte''
*[[Richard Duckworth (campanologist)|Richard Duckworth]]'s ''Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing'', the first work on [[change ringing]], is compiled and published complete by [[Fabian Stedman]] in London.<ref>{{cite web|first=John C.|last=Eisel|title=Stedman, Fabian (bap. 1640, d. 1713)|work=[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=September 2014|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/68907|accessdate=2015-04-23|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/68907}} {{ODNBsub}}</ref>
*[[Thomas Tomkins]]' ''Musica Deo Sacra'' is published posthumously by his son, Nathaniel.
*[[Gaspar de Verlit]] – ''Missae et motettae nec non quator antiphonae B. Mariae Virginis'', vol. 2

== Classical music ==

* [[Christoph Bernhard]] -- ''Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein'' (and other portions of ''Geistlicher Harmonien Erster Teil'')
* [[Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber|Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber]] -- ''Sonata'' à ''7''
*[[Dieterich Buxtehude|Dietrich Buxtehude]] -- ''All solch dein Güt wir preisen'', BuxWV 3
* [[Francesco Cavalli]] -- ''O bone Jesu'' 
*[[Maurizio Cazzati]] – ''Canzonette a voce sola, libro 5'', Op.46
* [[Henri Dumont|Henry DuMont]] -- ''Motets à deux voix, avec la basse-continue''
*[[Lambert Pietkin]] -- ''Sacri concentus,'' Op. 3
*[[Johann Heinrich Schmelzer|Johann Schmelzer]] - ''Harmonia à 5''

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Antonio Cesti]] – ''[[Il pomo d'oro]]'' (premiered July 12 or 14 in Vienna)
*[[Antonio Draghi]] – ''Achille riconsciuto''
*[[Jacopo Melani]] – ''Il Girello''
*[[Jean-Baptiste Lully|Jean-Baptist Lully]]
**''Le carnaval'', LWV 36
**''George Dandin''
**''La Grotte de Versailles''
*[[Francesco Feo]] -- ''Andromaca''

== Births ==
*[[January 8]] – [[Jean Gilles (composer)|Jean Gilles]], composer (died 1705)
*[[June 19]] – [[Georg von Bertouch]], composer (died 1743)
*[[September 13]] – [[Luca Antonio Predieri]], composer (died 1767)
*[[October 29]] – [[Joseph-François Duché de Vancy]], librettist (died 1704)
*[[November 10]] – [[François Couperin]], French organist and composer (died 1733)
*[[November 27]] – [[Pantaleon Hebenstreit]], German dance teacher, musician, composer and inventor of the [[pantalon]] (died 1750)
*[[December 11]] – [[Apostolo Zeno]], Venetian librettist (died 1750)
*''date unknown'' – [[John Eccles (composer)|John Eccles]], English composer (died 1735)<ref>[http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/c.asp?c=C1607 Hyperion Records: John Eccles. Accessed 21 February 2013]</ref>

== Deaths ==
*[[March 7]] – [[Odoardo Ceccarelli]], Italian singer and composer (born {{circa}} 1600)
*[[April 7]] – Sir [[William Davenant]], English poet and playwright, author of ''[[The Siege of Rhodes]]'', considered the first opera in English (born 1606)
*[[October 23]] – [[Giovanni Rovetta]], Venetian composer (born 1596)
*[[August 9]] – [[Jakob Balde|Jacob Balde]], German New Latin poet and lyricist (born 1604)
*[[December 2]] – [[Albertus Bryne]], English composer and organist (born 1621)
*''date unknown''
**[[Nicolas Métru]], French organist, violist, and composer (born 1610)
**[[Francesco Sbarra]], dramatist, poet, and librettist (born 1611)

==References==
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1667 in music

2023-01-10T19:19:18Z

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The year '''1667 in music''' involved some significant events.

== Events ==
*[[January 27]] – First performance at the [[Opernhaus am Taschenberg]], the court opera house of the [[Elector of Saxony]] in [[Dresden]] designed by [[Wolf Caspar von Klengel]], Giovanni Andrea Moneglia's ''Il teseo''.
*[[Marc-Antoine Charpentier]] arrives in Rome.
*[[Antonio Stradivari]] makes the ''Aranyi'' violin.
*[[Cristofaro Caresana]] becomes an organist and singer in the Chapel Royal and director of the Neapolitan Conservatorio di Sant'Onofrio a Porta Capuana.

== Classical music ==
*[[Samuel Capricornus]] – ''Sonata à 8 in A minor''
*[[Johann Heinrich Schmelzer]] – ''Arie per il balletto à cavallo''
*[[John Weldon (musician)|John Weldon]] – ''[[The Tempest (Dryden and D'Avenant play)|The Tempest]]'' incidental music for the staged production that opened on 7 November

== Publications ==
*[[Giovanni Bononcini]] – Cantatas, I-MOe Mus.F.1379
*[[Maurizio Cazzati]] – ''Canzonette a voce sola, libro 4'', Op.43
*[[Paul Gerhardt]] – ''Geistliche Andachten'', a collection of hymns, published in [[Berlin]]
*[[Adam Krieger]] – ''Arien'', vol. 2
*[[Giovanni Legrenzi]] – ''Sacri e festivi concenti'', Op.9
*[[Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers]]
**''2e livre d'orgue contenant la messe et les hymnes de l'église'', organ collection
**''Traité de la composition de musique''
*[[Esaias Reusner]] – ''Delitiae Testudinis''
*[[Giovanni Battista Vitali]] – Op. 2, a collection of sonatas
*''7 Cantatas'', I-MOe Mus.F.1361 (Various composers including a 7-year old [[Alessandro Scarlatti|Scarlatti]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=7 Cantatas, I-MOe Mus.F.1361 (Various) - IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download|url=https://imslp.org/wiki/7_Cantatas,_I-MOe_Mus.F.1361_(Various)|access-date=2022-01-11|website=imslp.org}}</ref>)

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Antonio Cesti]] – ''Il pomo d'oro''
*[[Antonio Draghi]] – ''Vero amore fa soave ogni fatica''
*[[Carlo Pallavicino]] – ''Il Meraspe''

== Births ==
*[[January 5]] – [[Antonio Lotti]], composer (died 1740)
*[[February 5]] – [[Gottfried Reiche]], composer (died 1734)
*[[February 21]] – [[Bartholomäus Crasselius]], hymnist (died 1724)
*[[April 29]] – [[John Arbuthnot]], polymath, poet, and librettist (died 1735)
*[[July 16]] – [[Giuseppe Maria Jacchini]], cellist and composer (died 1727)
*[[September 24]] – [[Jean-Louis Lully]], musician and composer, son of [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]] (died 1688)
*[[December 4]] – [[Michel Pignolet de Montéclair]], composer (died 1737)
*[[December 15]]
**[[:fr:Floriano Arresti|Floriano Arresti (French)]], Italian composer (died 1717)
**[[Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt|Ernest Louis]], composer and landgrave (died 1739)
*[[December 18]] – [[:de:Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt|Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt]], composer (died 1716)
*''date unknown''
**[[Johann Christoph Pepusch]], composer (died 1752)

== Deaths ==
*[[February 6]] – [[Giovanni Martino Cesare]], cornet player and composer (born c.1590)
*[[May 2]] – [[George Wither]], librettist, poet, and hymn composer (born 1588)
*[[May 7]] – [[Johann Jakob Froberger]], organist and composer (born 1616)
*[[May 18]] – [[Melchior Schildt]], composer and organist (born 1592 or 93)
*[[June 18]] – [[Countess Louise Henriette of Nassau|Luise Henriette von Oranien]], lyricist (born 1627)
*July – [[Francesco Manelli]], composer (born 1594)
*[[August 31]] – [[Johann Rist]], poet who authored many hymns (born 1607)
*[[November 5]] – [[Franz Tunder]], composer (born 1614)
*[[November 16]] – [[:de:Nathanael Schnittelbach|Nathanael Schnittelbach]], composer (born 1633)
*''date unknown'' – [[Johann Schop]], violinist and composer (born c.1590)

==References==
{{reflist}}

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2023-01-09T16:14:55Z

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{{short description|Overview of the events of 1666 in music}}
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The year '''1666 in music''' involved some significant events.

==Events==
*The [[Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna]] is founded.
*King [[Charles II of England]] appoints [[Louis Grabu]] as [[Master of the King's Musick]] and a group of [[Italians|Italian]] musicians as the 'King's Italian Music'.
*[[Jean-Baptiste Boësset]] and [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]] end their musical collaboration, which has lasted since 1653.
*[[Antonio Stradivari]] makes the ''Ex Back'' violin.

==Classical music==
*[[Giovanni Maria Bononcini]] – ''Primi frutti del giardino musicale'', Op. 1 (10 trio sonatas da chiesa and five dances), published in Venice.
*[[Dieterich Buxtehude]]
**Alles, was ihr tut mit Worten oder Werken, BuxWV 4
**Benedicam Dominum, BuxWV 113
*[[Johann Georg Ebeling]] – Morgen-Segen: Die güldne Sonne
*[[John Playford]] -- ''Musick's Delight on the [[Cittern|Cithren]]''
*[[Heinrich Schütz|Heinrich Schutz]]
**''Matthäus-Passion'', SWV 479
**''Johannes-Passion'', SWV 481
*[[Jean-Baptiste Lully]]
**''Ballet des Muses'', LWV 32
**''Le triomphe de Bacchus dans les Indes'', LWV 30
*[[Pavel Josef Vejvanovský]] – Sonata a 5

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Antonio Draghi]] – ''La Mascherata''
*[[Carlo Pallavicino]] – ''Demetrio''
*[[Antonio Sartorio]] – ''Seleuco''

==Births==
*[[January 5]] – [[Antonio Lotti]], composer (died 1740)
*[[April 6]] – [[Angelo Michele Bartolotti]], composer (died c. 1682)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Category:Bertalotti, Angelo Michele - IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download |url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Bertalotti,_Angelo_Michele |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=imslp.org}}</ref>
*[[April 18]] – [[Jean-Féry Rebel]], violinist and composer (died 1747)
*[[April 25]] – [[Johann Heinrich Buttstett]], organist and composer (died 1727)
*[[August 20]] – [[Alphonse d'Ève|Alphonse d' Eve]], composer and singer (died 1727)
*October – [[Nicolaus Vetter]], organist and composer (died 1734)
*[[November 1]] – [[James Sherard]], apothecary and musician (died 1738)
*[[November 5]] – [[Attilio Ariosti]], composer (died 1729)
*[[November 25]] – [[Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Guarneri]], violin maker (died c.1740)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Alfred Ebsworth Hill|author2=Arthur Frederick Hill|author3=William Henry Hill|title=The Violin-makers of the Guarneri Family, 1626-1762|publisher=Dover Publications|year=1989|ISBN=9780486260617|page=xx}}</ref>
*[[December 5]] – [[Francesco Scarlatti]], composer (died 1741){{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
*''date unknown''
**[[Carlo Francesco Cesarini]], composer (died 1741)
**[[Michelangelo Faggioli]], composer (died 1733)
**[[David Tecchler]], luthier (died 1748)

==Deaths==
*[[January 24]] – [[Johann Andreas Herbst]], composer and music theorist, 77<ref>"Johann Andreas Herbst", in ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', ed. Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1980. {{ISBN|1-56159-174-2}}</ref>
*[[February 24]] – [[Nicholas Lanier]], singer, composer and artist, 77<ref>{{Britannica|329929}}</ref>
*[[May 6]] – [[Paul Siefert]], organist and composer, 79<ref>{{cite book|author=George R. Boyd|title=The Scacchi/Siefert Controversy with Translations of Marco Scacchi, Cribrum Musicum and Paul Siefert, Anticribratio Musica|publisher=Indiana University|year=1996|page=7}}</ref>
*[[June 30]] – [[Adam Krieger]], German composer, 32<ref>{{cite book|author=John Madison Brown|title=Adam Krieger, Poet|publisher=Johns Hopkins University|year=1977|page=31}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

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2023-01-09T15:23:04Z

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{{Year nav topic5|1666|music}}

The year '''1666 in music''' involved some significant events.

==Events==
*The [[Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna]] is founded.
*King [[Charles II of England]] appoints [[Louis Grabu]] as [[Master of the King's Musick]] and a group of [[Italians|Italian]] musicians as the 'King's Italian Music'.
*[[Jean-Baptiste Boësset]] and [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]] end their musical collaboration, which has lasted since 1653.
*[[Antonio Stradivari]] makes the ''Ex Back'' violin.

==Classical music==
*[[Giovanni Maria Bononcini]] – ''Primi frutti del giardino musicale'', Op. 1 (10 trio sonatas da chiesa and five dances), published in Venice.
*[[Dieterich Buxtehude]] – Benedicam Dominum, BuxWV 113
*[[John Playford]] -- ''Musick's Delight on the [[Cittern|Cithren]]''
*[[Heinrich Schütz|Heinrich Schutz]]
**''Matthäus-Passion'', SWV 479
**''Johannes-Passion'', SWV 481
*[[Jean-Baptiste Lully]]
**''Ballet des Muses'', LWV 32
**''Le triomphe de Bacchus dans les Indes'', LWV 30

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Antonio Draghi]] – ''La Mascherata''
*[[Carlo Pallavicino]] – ''Demetrio''
*[[Antonio Sartorio]] – ''Seleuco''

==Births==
*[[January 5]] – [[Antonio Lotti]], composer (died 1740)
*[[April 18]] – [[Jean-Féry Rebel]], violinist and composer (died 1747)
*[[April 25]] – [[Johann Heinrich Buttstett]], organist and composer (died 1727)
*October – [[Nicolaus Vetter]], organist and composer (died 1734)
*[[November 1]] – [[James Sherard]], apothecary and musician (died 1738)
*[[November 5]] – [[Attilio Ariosti]], composer (died 1729)
*[[November 25]] – [[Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Guarneri]], violin maker (died c.1740)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Alfred Ebsworth Hill|author2=Arthur Frederick Hill|author3=William Henry Hill|title=The Violin-makers of the Guarneri Family, 1626-1762|publisher=Dover Publications|year=1989|ISBN=9780486260617|page=xx}}</ref>
*[[December 5]] – [[Francesco Scarlatti]], composer (died 1741){{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
*''date unknown'' – [[David Tecchler]], luthier (died 1748)

==Deaths==
*[[January 24]] – [[Johann Andreas Herbst]], composer and music theorist, 77<ref>"Johann Andreas Herbst", in ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', ed. Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1980. {{ISBN|1-56159-174-2}}</ref>
*[[February 24]] – [[Nicholas Lanier]], singer, composer and artist, 77<ref>{{Britannica|329929}}</ref>
*[[May 6]] – [[Paul Siefert]], organist and composer, 79<ref>{{cite book|author=George R. Boyd|title=The Scacchi/Siefert Controversy with Translations of Marco Scacchi, Cribrum Musicum and Paul Siefert, Anticribratio Musica|publisher=Indiana University|year=1996|page=7}}</ref>
*[[June 30]] – [[Adam Krieger]], German composer, 32<ref>{{cite book|author=John Madison Brown|title=Adam Krieger, Poet|publisher=Johns Hopkins University|year=1977|page=31}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

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1665 in music

2023-01-08T21:44:07Z

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The year '''1665 in [[music]]''' involved some significant events.

== Events ==
*[[May 27]] – [[John Loosemore]] completes the construction of the organ at [[Exeter Cathedral]].
*[[Francesco Cavalli]] becomes first organist of [[St Mark's Basilica]] in Venice.

==Bands formed==
*[[Band of the Grenadier Guards]], under the terms of a Royal Warrant issued the previous year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://military-bands.co.uk/grenadier_guards.html |title=The Band of the Grenadier Guards |accessdate=2009-09-01 |author=Gordon Turner and Alwyn W Turner |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008023626/http://military-bands.co.uk/grenadier_guards.html |archivedate=2010-10-08 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Publications ==
*[[Christoph Bernhard]] – ''Geistliche Harmonien'', Op.1
*[[Wojciech Bobowski]] – ''Mezmurlar'', a collection of psalms in Turkish
*[[Giovanni Felice Sances]] – ''Missa Sanctae Mariae Magdalenae''
*[[Christopher Simpson|Christopher SImpson]] – ''The Principles of Practical Musick''

== Classical music ==
*[[John Blow]] – ''I will always give thanks''
*[[Maurizio Cazzati]]
**''Sonate a 2, 3, 4 e 5 con alcune per tromba'', Op.35
**''Messa e salmi a 5 voci con 4 istromenti'', Op.36
*[[Jean-Baptiste Lully|Jean Baptiste Lully]] – ''La naissance de Vénus'', LWV 27 (ballet, premiered Jan. 26 in Paris)
*[[Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers]] – ''Livre d'orgue contenant cent pièces de tous les tons de l'église'', the first organ collection that featured forms that became standard for the [[French organ school|French Baroque organ school]]

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Antonio Bertali]] – ''L'Alcindo''
*[[Andrea Mattioli]] – ''Ciro''

== Births ==
*[[February 21]] (baptized) – [[Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter]], Austrian Baroque composer (died 1742)
*[[March 17]] – [[Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre]], harpsichordist and composer (died 1729)<ref>{{cite book|first=Cecelia|last=Hopkins Porter|title=Five Lives in Music: Women Performers, Composers, and Impresarios from the Baroque to the Present|location=Urbana|publisher=University of Illinois Press|year=2014|isbn=978-0-25208-009-8|page=53}}</ref>
*''date unknown''
**[[Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter]], composer (died 1742)
**[[Nicolaus Bruhns]], organist and composer (died 1697)
**[[Johann Nikolaus Hanff]], organist and composer (died 1712)
**[[José de Torres]], composer, organist, music theorist and music publisher (died 1738)
*''probable'' – [[Carlo Giuseppe Testore]], luthier (died 1716)

== Deaths ==
*[[January 21]] – [[Domenico Mazzochi]], Italian composer (born 1592)
*[[November 16]] – [[João Lourenço Rebelo]], Portuguese court composer (born 1610)
*[[December 10]] – [[Tarquinio Merula]], organist, violinist and composer (born c.1594)

==Notes==
<references/>

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2023-01-08T21:05:14Z

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The year '''1664 in [[music]]''' involved some significant events.

==Events==
*Following the disgrace of [[Jacques Champion de Chambonnières]], [[Jean-Henri d'Anglebert]] assumes the position of [[harpsichord]]ist to [[Louis XIV]], King of France.
*[[Anthoni van Noordt]] becomes organist at the [[Nieuwe Kerk (Amsterdam)|Nieuwe Kerk]]

==Classical music==
*[[Giovanni Legrenzi]] – 16 Sonatas, Op.8
*[[Heinrich Schütz]] – ''Weihnachts-Oratorium'' (Christmas Oratorio)
*[[Bernardo Storace]] – ''Selva di varie compositioni''
*[[Johann Heinrich Schmelzer]] – ''Sonatae unarum fidium, seu a violino solo''
*[[Barbara Strozzi]] – ''Arie'', Op. 8<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Arie,_Op.8_(Strozzi,_Barbara)|title=Arie, Op.8 (Strozzi, Barbara) - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music|website=imslp.org|access-date=2019-01-11}}</ref>

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Antonio Maria Abbatini]] – ''Ione''
*[[Antonio Bertali]] – ''Pazzo amor''

==Births==
*[[January 17]] – [[Antonio Salvi]], Italian physician, court poet and librettist (died 1724)
*[[February 23]] – [[Georg Dietrich Leyding]], organist and composer (died 1710)
*March – [[Georg Österreich]], composer (died 1735)
*[[March 14]] – [[Silvio Stampiglia]], librettist (died 1725)
*[[June 28]] – [[Nicolas Bernier]], composer (died 1734)
*[[August 6]] – [[Johann Christoph Schmidt]], composer (d. 1728)
*[[September 9]] – [[Johann Christoph Pez]], composer (died 1716)
*[[November 9]] – [[Johann Speth]], organist and composer (died c. 1720)
*''date unknown'' – [[Daniel Purcell]], composer (died 1717)

==Deaths==
*[[January 1]] – [[Charles Racquet]], organist (born c. 1598)
*[[July 16]] – [[Andreas Gryphius]], librettist and playwright (born 1616)
*''date unknown'' – [[Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla]], composer (born c.1590)

==References==
<references/>

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1662 in music

2023-01-05T08:22:44Z

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The year '''1662 in [[music]]''' involved some significant events.

==Events==
*[[July 24]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]] marries Madeleine, daughter of French composer [[Michel Lambert]].

==Publications==
*[[Richard Dering]] – {{lang|la|Cantica sacra}} for two and three voices with basso continuo (London: [[John Playford]]), published posthumously
*Jakob Ludwig – ''[[:de: Partiturbuch Ludwig|Partiturbuch Ludwig]]'' (with works by [[Antonio Bertali|Bertali]], [[Johann Jakob Froberger|Frohberger]], etc.)
*''Courtly Masquing Ayres'' (Works by [[John Jenkins (composer)|Jenkins]], [[John Adson|Adson]], etc.)

==Classical music==
*Thomas Barcroft (or [[George Barcroft]]) – ''Service in G''
*[[Philipp Buchner|Philip Friederick Buchner]] – ''Plectrum musicum'', Op.4
*[[Maurizio Cazzati]] – ''Correnti, e balletti'', Op.30
*[[Andreas Hammerschmidt]] – ''Kirchen- und Tafel-Music''
*[[Giovanni Legrenzi]] – ''Compiete con le lettanie & antifone'', Op.7
*[[Johann Heinrich Schmelzer]] – ''Sacro-profanus concentus musicus'' (13 chamber sonatas)

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Giovanni Andrea Bontempi]] – ''[[Il Paride]]''
*[[Francesco Cavalli]] – ''[[Ercole amante]]'' (premiered Feb. 7 in Paris)

==Births==
*[[February 5]] – [[:cs:Giuseppe Vignola|Giuseppe Vignola]], Italian composer and musician (died 1712)
*[[August 28]] – [[Angiola Teresa Moratori Scanabecchi]], composer and painter (died 1708)
*[[August 28]] – [[Maria Aurora von Königsmarck]], noblewoman and composer (died 1728)
*[[December 17]] – [[Samuel Wesley (poet)|Samuel Wesley I]], lyricist (died 1735)
*''date unknown''
**[[Jean-Baptiste Drouart de Bousset]], composer (died 1725)
**[[Jean-Nicolas de Francine]], director of the Opéra national de Paris (died 1735)
*''probable'' – [[Giovanni Lorenzo Lulier]], composer, cellist and trombone player (died 1700)

== Deaths ==
*[[January 26]] – [[Marco Marazzoli]], Italian composer of cantatas (born ''c''.1602 or 1608)
*February – [[Giuseppe Zamponi]], organist and composer (born c.1615)
*[[February 23]] – [[Johann Crüger]], composer (born 1598)
*[[April 23]] – [[William Young (composer)|William Young]], composer
*[[April 27]] – [[Davis Mell]], English violinist (born 1604)
*[[May 7]] (or [[April 7]])– [[Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana]], singer, organist, and composer (born 1590)
*[[May 18]] – [[Adam Billaut]], French carpenter, poet and singer (born 1602)
*[[July 1]] – [[Simon Ives]], English organist and court composer (born 1600)
*[[July 7]] – [[Andreas Düben]], organist and composer (born c. 1597)
*[[September 7]] – [[Marco Scacchi]], composer and music writer (born c.1600)
*[[October 21]] – [[Henry Lawes]], composer (born 1595)
*''date unknown''
**[[Galeazzo Sabbatini]], composer and music theorist (born 1597)

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2023-01-05T08:11:05Z

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The year '''1662 in [[music]]''' involved some significant events.

==Events==
*[[July 24]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]] marries Madeleine, daughter of French composer [[Michel Lambert]].

==Publications==
*[[Richard Dering]] – {{lang|la|Cantica sacra}} for two and three voices with basso continuo (London: [[John Playford]]), published posthumously
*Jakob Ludwig – ''[[:de: Partiturbuch Ludwig|Partiturbuch Ludwig]]'' (with works by [[Antonio Bertali|Bertali]], [[Johann Jakob Froberger|Frohberger]], etc.)
*''Courtly Masquing Ayres'' (Works by [[John Jenkins (composer)|Jenkins]], [[John Adson|Adson]], etc.)

==Classical music==
*Thomas Barcroft (or [[George Barcroft]]) – ''Service in G''
*[[Philipp Buchner|Philip Friederick Buchner]] – ''Plectrum musicum'', Op.4
*[[Maurizio Cazzati]] – ''Correnti, e balletti'', Op.30
*[[Andreas Hammerschmidt]] – ''Kirchen- und Tafel-Music''
*[[Giovanni Legrenzi]] – ''Compiete con le lettanie & antifone'', Op.7
*[[Johann Heinrich Schmelzer]] – ''Sacro-profanus concentus musicus'' (13 chamber sonatas)

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Giovanni Andrea Bontempi]] – ''[[Il Paride]]''
*[[Francesco Cavalli]] – ''[[Ercole amante]]'' (premiered Feb. 7 in Paris)

==Births==
*[[August 28]] – [[Angiola Teresa Moratori Scanabecchi]], composer and painter (died 1708)
*[[August 28]] – [[Maria Aurora von Königsmarck]], noblewoman and composer (died 1728)
*[[December 17]] – [[Samuel Wesley (poet)|Samuel Wesley I]], lyricist (died 1735)
*''date unknown''
**[[Jean-Baptiste Drouart de Bousset]], composer (died 1725)
**[[Jean-Nicolas de Francine]], director of the Opéra national de Paris (died 1735)
*''probable'' – [[Giovanni Lorenzo Lulier]], composer, cellist and trombone player (died 1700)

== Deaths ==
*[[January 26]] – [[Marco Marazzoli]], Italian composer of cantatas (born ''c''.1602 or 1608)
*February – [[Giuseppe Zamponi]], organist and composer (born c.1615)
*[[February 23]] – [[Johann Crüger]], composer (born 1598)
*[[April 23]] – [[William Young (composer)|William Young]], composer
*[[April 27]] – [[Davis Mell]], English violinist (born 1604)
*[[May 7]] (or [[April 7]])– [[Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana]], singer, organist, and composer (born 1590)
*[[May 18]] – [[Adam Billaut]], French carpenter, poet and singer (born 1602)
*[[July 1]] – [[Simon Ives]], English organist and court composer (born 1600)
*[[July 7]] – [[Andreas Düben]], organist and composer (born c. 1597)
*[[September 7]] – [[Marco Scacchi]], composer and music writer (born c.1600)
*[[October 21]] – [[Henry Lawes]], composer (born 1595)
*''date unknown''
**[[Galeazzo Sabbatini]], composer and music theorist (born 1597)

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1661 in music

2023-01-04T15:30:00Z

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The year '''1661 in [[music]]''' involved some significant events.

==Events==
*[[April 19]] – [[Maria Cattarina Calegari]] takes her final vows and becomes a nun at the Benedictine Convent of Santa Margherita in Milan.
*[[November 4]] – [[Samuel Pepys]]' diary records a visit to the opera.
*King [[Louis XIV of France]] creates the Académie Royale de Danse.
*[[Jean-Baptiste Lully]] becomes a French subject.
*First public opera performances in [[Antwerp]], on the stage of the ''Schouwburgh van de Oude Voetboog''.

==Classical music==
*[[Thomas Gobert]] – Pseaume XVIII
*[[Matthew Locke (composer)|Matthew Locke]] – Flatt Consort
*[[Heinrich Schütz]] – ''[[Becker Psalter]]'' (revised and enlarged edition)
*[[Gaspar de Verlit]] – {{lang|la|Missae et motettae nec non quator antiphonae B. Mariae Virginis}}, vol. 1

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Antonio Bertali]] – ''Il Ciro crescente''
*[[Jacopo Melani]] – ''Ercole in Tebe''
*[[Antonio Sartorio]] – ''Gl'amori infruttuosi di Pirro''

==Births==
*February – [[Henri Desmarets]], composer (died 1741)
*February 5 – [[:de: Barbara Kluntz|Barbara Kluntz]], composer (died 1730)
*[[June 6]] – [[Giacomo Antonio Perti]], composer (died 1756)
*[[September 2]] – [[Georg Böhm]], organist and composer (died 1733)
*[[November 1]] – [[Florent Carton (Dancourt)]], librettist (died 1725)
*''date unknown'' – [[Francesco Gasparini]], composer (died 1727)

==Deaths==
*[[May 4]] – [[Jean de Cambefort]], composer (born 1605)
*[[May 9]] – [[Alberich Mazak]], composer (born 1609)
*[[June 3]] – [[Gottfried Scheidt]], organist and composer (born 1593)
*[[August 29]] – [[Louis Couperin]], harpsichordist and composer (born c.1626)
*[[October]] – [[Germain Pinel]], harpsichordist and composer (born c. 1600)
*[[November 16]] – [[João Lourenço Rebelo]], composer (born 1610)
*[[December 29]] – [[Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant|Antoine Girard]], librettist (born 1594)

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1660 in music

2023-01-03T12:27:47Z

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The year '''1660 in [[music]]''' involved some significant events.

==Events==
*[[Dieterich Buxtehude]] becomes organist at [[Helsingør]] in Denmark.
*[[Pelham Humphrey]] and [[John Blow]] become members of the [[Chapel Royal]].

== Publications ==

* [[Johann Crüger]] – ''Musicae Practicae''
* Nicolas Fleury – ''Methode pour apprendre facilement a toucher le theorbe sur la basse-continuë''
* Tommaso Marchetti – ''Intavolatura della chitarra spagnola''

==Classical music==
*[[Johann Rudolph Ahle|Johann Rudolf Ahle]] – ''Erstes Zehn Neuer Geistlicher Arien''
*[[Christoph Bernhard]] – ''Fürchtet euch nicht''
*[[Samuel Capricornus]] – ''Jubilus Bernhardi''
*[[Maurizio Cazzati]] – ''Trattenimenti per camera'', Op.22
*[[Giovanni Legrenzi]] – ''Sentimenti devoti'', Op.6
*[[Matthew Locke (composer)|Matthew Locke]] – ''Consort of Four Parts''
*[[Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi (musician)|Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli]] (1624-1687)
**''Sonate a violino solo, per chiesa e camera'', Op. 3 ([[Innsbruck]]: Michael Wagner)
**''Sonate a violino solo, per chiesa e camera'', Op. 4 ([[Innsbruck]]: Michael Wagner)
*[[Marco Uccellini]]
**''Ozio Regio'', Op.7
**Sinfonie Boscarecie, Op. 8
*[[Bauyn manuscript|Bauyn Manuscript]]

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Antonio Bertali]] – ''La magia delusa''
*[[Francesco Cavalli]] – ''[[Il Xerse|'''Xerxès''']]''
*[[Juan Hidalgo de Polanco]] – ''Celos aun del aire matan''
*[[Francesco Manelli]] – ''La filo''
*Francesco Rossi – ''L'Arianna''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://operadata.stanford.edu/catalog/10126729|title = Opening Night!}}</ref>
*[[Giuseppe Tricarico]] – ''L'Oronie''
*[[Filippo Vismarri]] – ''L'Orontea''
*[[Pietro Andrea Ziani]] – ''L'Antigona delusa da Alceste''

==Births==
*[[April 6]] – [[Johann Kuhnau]], organist and composer (died 1722)
*[[April 19]] – [[Sebastián Durón]], composer of stage music (died 1716)
*[[May 2]] – [[Alessandro Scarlatti]], Italian composer (died 1725)
*[[August 20]] – [[Mathieu Lanes]], composer and harpsichordist (died 1725)
*[[December 4]] (baptized) – [[André Campra]], French composer (died 1744)
*''date unknown''
**[[Rosa Giacinta Badalla]], Italian composer and nun (died c. 1710)
**[[Johann Joseph Fux]], composer (died 1741)

==Deaths==
*[[March 2]] (buried) – [[Friederich Stellwagen]], organ builder (born 1603)
*''date unknown''
**[[Johann Klemm]], German organist and composer (born c.1593)
**Johannes Praetorius, organist and composer (born 1595)

==References==
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1659 in music

2023-01-02T16:25:39Z

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{{short description|Overview of the events of 1659 in music}}
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The year '''1659 in [[music]]''' involved some significant events.

== Events ==
*Final printing of ''[[Parthenia (music)|Parthenia]]'', the first printed collection of music for keyboard in Britain.<ref>''Parthenia, The Harrow Replicas'', Chiswick Press, London 1942</ref>
*Fray García de San Francisco founds a Catholic mission in what is now [[El Paso, Texas]], making him perhaps the first music teacher in the future United States.<ref>Burk, Meierhoff and Phillips, pg. 50</ref>

== Publications ==
*[[Giovanni Battista Granata]] – ''Soavi concenti di sonate musicali per la chitarra spagnuola...'', a collection of guitar music, published in [[Bologna]]
*[[Anthoni van Noordt]] – ''Tabulatuur-boeck van psalmen en fantasyen'' (Tablature-book of psalms and fantasies), a collection of organ music, published in [[Amsterdam]]
*[[Christopher Simpson]] – ''The Division Viol'', a set of practical instructions, published in [[London]]
*[[Johann Heinrich Schmelzer]] – ''Duodena Selectarum Sonatarum''

== Classical music ==
*[[Georg Arnold]] – ''Canzoni ariae et sonatae,'' Op.3
*[[Robert Cambert]] – ''Pastorale d'Issy'' (incidental music)<ref>Johnson, Victoria, Backstage at the Revolution: How the Royal Paris Opera Survived the End of the Old Regime (University of Chicago Press, 2008), p.102</ref>
*[[Maurizio Cazzati]] – Trio Sonatas, Op.18
*[[Jean-Baptiste Lully]]
**''Ballet de la Raillerie'', LWV 11
**''Ballet de Toulouse'', LWV 13
*[[Barbara Strozzi]] – ''Diporti di Euterpe'', Op.7

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Antonio Bertali]] – ''Il rè Gelidoro''
*[[Robert Cambert]] – ''Pastorale d'Issy''

== Births ==
*[[January 17]] – [[Antonio Veracini]], violinist and composer
*[[March 6]] – [[Salomon Franck|Salomo Franck]], librettist for [[List of Bach cantatas|Bach Cantatas]]
*[[August 10]] – [[:nl:Sybrandt van Noordt Jr.|Sybrandt van Noordt Jr.]], composer
*[[September 10]] – [[Henry Purcell]], composer
*[[October 22]] – [[Georg Ernst Stahl]], lyricist
*[[October 28]] – [[Nicholas Brady (poet)|Nicholas Brady]], lyricist
*''date unknown''
**[[Matteo Goffriller]], cello maker
**[[Francesco Antonio Pistocchi]], composer

== Deaths ==
*[[April 15]] – [[Simon Dach]], hymn-writer (born 1605)
*[[September 27]] – [[Andreas Tscherning]], lyricist (born 1611)
*[[October 27]] – [[Giovanni Francesco Busenello]], opera librettist
*''date unknown'' – [[Vinzenz Fux]], composer (born c. 1606)

==References==
{{reflist}}

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1659 in music

2023-01-02T15:49:13Z

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{{short description|Overview of the events of 1659 in music}}
{{Year nav topic5|1659|music}}

The year '''1659 in [[music]]''' involved some significant events.

== Events ==
*Final printing of ''[[Parthenia (music)|Parthenia]]'', the first printed collection of music for keyboard in Britain.<ref>''Parthenia, The Harrow Replicas'', Chiswick Press, London 1942</ref>
*Fray García de San Francisco founds a Catholic mission in what is now [[El Paso, Texas]], making him perhaps the first music teacher in the future United States.<ref>Burk, Meierhoff and Phillips, pg. 50</ref>

== Publications ==
*[[Giovanni Battista Granata]] – ''Soavi concenti di sonate musicali per la chitarra spagnuola...'', a collection of guitar music, published in [[Bologna]]
*[[Anthoni van Noordt]] – ''Tabulatuur-boeck van psalmen en fantasyen'' (Tablature-book of psalms and fantasies), a collection of organ music, published in [[Amsterdam]]
*[[Christopher Simpson]] – ''The Division Viol'', a set of practical instructions, published in [[London]]
*[[Johann Heinrich Schmelzer]] – ''Duodena Selectarum Sonatarum''

== Classical music ==
*[[Georg Arnold]] – ''Canzoni ariae et sonatae,'' Op.3
*[[Robert Cambert]] – ''Pastorale d'Issy'' (incidental music)<ref>Johnson, Victoria, Backstage at the Revolution: How the Royal Paris Opera Survived the End of the Old Regime (University of Chicago Press, 2008), p.102</ref>
*[[Maurizio Cazzati]] – Trio Sonatas, Op.18
*[[Jean-Baptiste Lully]] – ''Ballet de la Raillerie'', LWV 11
*[[Barbara Strozzi]] – ''Diporti di Euterpe'', Op.7

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Antonio Bertali]] – ''Il rè Gelidoro''
*[[Robert Cambert]] – ''Pastorale d'Issy''

== Births ==
*[[January 17]] – [[Antonio Veracini]], violinist and composer
*[[March 6]] – [[Salomon Franck|Salomo Franck]], librettist for [[List of Bach cantatas|Bach Cantatas]]
*[[September 10]] – [[Henry Purcell]], composer
*''date unknown'' – [[Matteo Goffriller]], cello maker

== Deaths ==
*[[April 15]] – [[Simon Dach]], hymn-writer (born 1605)
*[[September 27]] – [[Andreas Tscherning]], lyricist (born 1611)
*[[October 27]] – [[Giovanni Francesco Busenello]], opera librettist

==References==
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1659 in music

2023-01-02T15:14:25Z

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{{short description|Overview of the events of 1659 in music}}
{{Year nav topic5|1659|music}}

The year '''1659 in [[music]]''' involved some significant events.

== Events ==
*Final printing of ''[[Parthenia (music)|Parthenia]]'', the first printed collection of music for keyboard in Britain.<ref>''Parthenia, The Harrow Replicas'', Chiswick Press, London 1942</ref>
*Fray García de San Francisco founds a Catholic mission in what is now [[El Paso, Texas]], making him perhaps the first music teacher in the future United States.<ref>Burk, Meierhoff and Phillips, pg. 50</ref>

== Publications ==
*[[Giovanni Battista Granata]] – ''Soavi concenti di sonate musicali per la chitarra spagnuola...'', a collection of guitar music, published in [[Bologna]]
*[[Anthoni van Noordt]] – ''Tabulatuur-boeck van psalmen en fantasyen'' (Tablature-book of psalms and fantasies), a collection of organ music, published in [[Amsterdam]]
*[[Christopher Simpson]] – ''The Division Viol'', a set of practical instructions, published in [[London]]
*[[Johann Heinrich Schmelzer]] – ''Duodena Selectarum Sonatarum''

== Classical music ==
*[[Georg Arnold]] – ''Canzoni ariae et sonatae,'' Op.3
*[[Robert Cambert]] – ''Pastorale d'Issy'' (incidental music)<ref>Johnson, Victoria, Backstage at the Revolution: How the Royal Paris Opera Survived the End of the Old Regime (University of Chicago Press, 2008), p.102</ref>
*[[Maurizio Cazzati]] – Trio Sonatas, Op.18
*[[Jean-Baptiste Lully]] – ''Ballet de la Raillerie'', LWV 11
*[[Barbara Strozzi]] – ''Diporti di Euterpe'', Op.7

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Antonio Bertali]] – ''Il rè Gelidoro''
*[[Robert Cambert]] – ''Pastorale d'Issy''

== Births ==
*[[January 17]] – [[Antonio Veracini]], violinist and composer
*[[March 6]] – [[Salomon Franck|Salomo Franck]], librettist for [[List of Bach cantatas|Bach Cantatas]]
*[[September 10]] – [[Henry Purcell]], composer
*''date unknown'' – [[Matteo Goffriller]], cello maker

== Deaths ==
*[[April 15]] – [[Simon Dach]], hymn-writer (born 1605)
*[[September 27]] – [[Andreas Tscherning]], lyricist (born 1611)
*''date unknown'' – [[Giovanni Francesco Busenello]], opera librettist

==References==
{{reflist}}

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1658 in music

2023-01-01T21:48:03Z

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{{short description|Overview of the events of 1658 in music}}
{{Year nav topic5|1658|music}}

The year '''1658 in [[music]]''' involved some significant events.

== Events ==
*[[Johann Jacob Froberger]] leaves Vienna for the last time.
*Sir [[William Davenant]]'s "operatic show," ''[[The Cruelty of the Spaniards in Peru]]'', is staged at the [[Cockpit Theatre]] in London during the summer.

==Publications==
*[[Antoine de Cousu]] – ''[[Antoine de Cousu#The Musique universelle|Musique universelle, contenant toute la pratique, et toute la théorie]]''
*[[Johann Jakob Froberger|Johann Jacob Froberger]] – ''Libro terzo'', A-Wn Mus.Hs.16560
*[[Henry Lawes]] – ''Ayres and Dialogues for One, Two and Three Voyces'', vol. 3
*[[Etienne Moulinié]] – ''Meslanges de sujets Chrestiens ... avec une basse continue'', a collection of sacred music

== Classical music ==
*[[Johann Rudolph Ahle|Johann Rudolf Ahle]] -- ''Ich hab's gewagt''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Works_first_published_in_1658|title=Category:Works first published in 1658 - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music|website=imslp.org|access-date=2019-01-11}}</ref>
*[[Louis Couperin]] – ''[[Ave maris stella|Ave Maris Stella]]'', OL 9
*[[Andreas Hammerschmidt]] – chorale: ''Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht'', after [[Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht|Christian Keymann's hymn]]
*[[Jean-Baptiste Lully]] – ''Ballet d'Alcidiane'', LWV 9

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Johann Caspar Kerll]] – ''Applausi Festivi''

== Births ==
*[[April 22]] – [[Giuseppe Torelli]], Italian composer (died 1709)
*[[October 11]] – [[Christian Heinrich Postel]], librettist (died 1705)
*''date unknown''
**[[Maria Francesca Nascinbeni|Maria Francesca Nascimbeni]], Italian composer (died 1680)
**[[Johann Georg Rauch (composer)|Johann Georg Rauch I]], composer (died 1710)
*''probable'' – [[Jean Desfontaines]], composer (died c.1752)

== Deaths ==
*March – Valentin Dretzel, composer
*[[September 17]] – [[Georg Philipp Harsdörffer]], lyricist
*[[August 11]] – [[Antoine de Cousu]], composer and theorist
*[[August 27]] – [[Stefano Fabri jr.|Stefano Fabri, Jr.]], musician
*[[November 15]] – [[Jacobus Revius]], lyricist
*''probable''
**[[Dario Castello]], Italian composer (born c.1590)
**[[Henry Ferrabosco]], English court musician

==References==
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1658 in music

2023-01-01T15:55:35Z

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{{short description|Overview of the events of 1658 in music}}
{{Year nav topic5|1658|music}}

The year '''1658 in [[music]]''' involved some significant events.

== Events ==
*[[Johann Jacob Froberger]] leaves Vienna for the last time.
*Sir [[William Davenant]]'s "operatic show," ''[[The Cruelty of the Spaniards in Peru]]'', is staged at the [[Cockpit Theatre]] in London during the summer.

==Publications==
*[[Antoine de Cousu]] – ''[[Antoine de Cousu#The Musique universelle|Musique universelle, contenant toute la pratique, et toute la théorie]]''
*[[Johann Jakob Froberger|Johann Jacob Froberger]] – ''Libro terzo'', A-Wn Mus.Hs.16560
*[[Henry Lawes]] – ''Ayres and Dialogues for One, Two and Three Voyces'', vol. 3
*[[Etienne Moulinié]] – ''Meslanges de sujets Chrestiens ... avec une basse continue'', a collection of sacred music

== Classical music ==
*[[Johann Rudolph Ahle|Johann Rudolf Ahle]] -- ''Ich hab's gewagt''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Works_first_published_in_1658|title=Category:Works first published in 1658 - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music|website=imslp.org|access-date=2019-01-11}}</ref>
*[[Louis Couperin]] – ''[[Ave maris stella|Ave Maris Stella]]'', OL 9
*[[Andreas Hammerschmidt]] – chorale: ''Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht'', after [[Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht|Christian Keymann's hymn]]
*[[Jean-Baptiste Lully]] – ''Ballet d'Alcidiane'', LWV 9

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Johann Caspar Kerll]] – ''Applausi Festivi''

== Births ==
*[[April 22]] – [[Giuseppe Torelli]], Italian composer (died 1709)
*[[October 11]] – [[Christian Heinrich Postel]], librettist (died 1705)
*''date unknown –'' [[Maria Francesca Nascinbeni|Maria Francesca Nascimbeni]], Italian composer (died 1680)
*''probable'' – [[Jean Desfontaines]], composer (died c.1752)

== Deaths ==
*March – Valentin Dretzel, composer
*[[September 17]] – [[Georg Philipp Harsdörffer]], lyricist
*''probable''
**[[Dario Castello]], Italian composer (born c.1590)
**[[Henry Ferrabosco]], English court musician

==References==
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2022-12-18T18:50:05Z

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{{short description|Overview of the events of 2008 in music}}
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This topic covers notable events and articles related to '''2008 in music'''. This year was the peak of record sales in the United States, with sales declining year on year since then.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/u-s-sales-database/|title = U.S. Sales Database| website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] }}</ref>

==Specific locations==
*[[2008 in British music]]
*[[2008 in Canadian music]]
*[[2008 in European music]] (Continental Europe)
*[[2008 in Irish music]]
*[[2008 in Japanese music]]
*[[2008 in New Zealand music]]
*[[2008 in Norwegian music]]
*[[2008 in Swedish music]]
*[[2008 in South Korean music]]
*[[2008 in west african music]]

== Specific genres ==
*[[2008 in rock music]]
*[[#Classical music|2008 in classical music]]
*[[2008 in country music]]
*[[2008 in electro pop music]]
*[[2008 in heavy metal music]]
*[[2008 in hip hop music]]
*[[2008 in Latin music]]
*[[2008 in jazz]]
*[[2008 in opera]]

== Events ==

=== January ===
*[[January 1]] – [[Julia Fischer]] makes her début as a concert pianist, performing [[Edvard Grieg]]'s ''[[Piano Concerto (Grieg)|Piano Concerto in A minor]]'' with the [[Junge Deutsche Philharmonie]] at the [[Alte Oper]], Frankfurt. The concert was conducted by [[Matthias Pintscher]], who replaced Sir [[Neville Marriner]]. On the same occasion she also performed the ''[[Violin Concerto No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)|Violin Concerto no. 3 in B minor]]'' by [[Camille Saint-Saëns]].<ref>[http://www.signandsight.com/features/1636.html Arno Widmann: "Julia Fischer: Virtuosissima!!!", ''Frankfurter Rundschau'', 2 January 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2012]</ref>
*[[January 5]] – The [[Salzburg Festival]] launches the "[[Herbert von Karajan]] Jubilee Year" with a concert in [[Salzburg]]'s [[Grosses Festspielhaus]].<ref>Agence France Presse, January 4, 2008.</ref>
*[[January 19]]–[[February 3]] – [[Rage Against the Machine]] headline the [[Big Day Out]] festivals in Australia and New Zealand, their first shows outside the United States since reforming, and their first Australian shows in 12 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10466694|title=Rage Against The Machine to play Big Day Out|last=NZPA|date=September 29, 2007|publisher=The New Zealand Herald/APN Holdings NZ Limited |access-date=May 16, 2008}}</ref> They join co-headliners [[Björk]], who pulled out of the Sydney festival under doctor's orders, and [[Arcade Fire]].
*[[January 29]] – [[Face to Face (punk band)|Face to Face]] announce that they will reunite for select shows in the US and internationally.<ref name="facetofacereunion">{{cite web|url=http://www.facetofacemusic.com/blog/?p=4 |title=We're back!……….sort of |publisher=FaceToFace.com |last=unattributed |date=January 29, 2008 |access-date=February 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416132445/http://www.facetofacemusic.com/blog/?p=4 |archive-date=April 16, 2008 }}</ref>
*[[January 31]] – Laura Attwood of the [[The King Edward VI School, Morpeth|King Edward VI School]] in [[Morpeth, Northumberland|Morpeth]] wins the second Eileen Bowler Award.<ref>Anon., "[http://www.morpethherald.co.uk/news/top-music-award-for-morpeth-girl-1-1522864 Top Music Award for Morpeth Girl] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115143607/http://www.morpethherald.co.uk/news/top-music-award-for-morpeth-girl-1-1522864 |date=November 15, 2017 }}", ''The Morpeth Herald'' (January 31, 2008).</ref>

=== February ===
*[[February 8]] – [[Michael Jackson]]'s ''Thriller'' album, the world's best-selling album of all time, is reissued as ''[[Thriller 25]]'' to celebrate its 25th anniversary, with Jackson himself as [[executive producer]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Paul |last=Grein |url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/7658/week-ending-may-18-2008-diva-smackdown-ends-with-ingenues-on-rise |title=Diva Smackdown |publisher=Yahoo |date=May 18, 2008 |access-date=May 22, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519145210/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/7658/week-ending-may-18-2008-diva-smackdown-ends-with-ingenues-on-rise |archive-date=May 19, 2011 }}</ref>
*[[February 10]] – The [[50th Annual Grammy Awards]] ceremony takes place at the [[Staples Center]] in Los Angeles, US.<ref>[http://www.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Fifty_Years Official Grammy site] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821204724/http://www.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Fifty_Years |date=August 21, 2008 }}</ref> [[Amy Winehouse]] wins five awards, including both [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] for "[[Rehab (Amy Winehouse song)|Rehab]]", along with [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]]. [[Herbie Hancock]]'s ''[[River: The Joni Letters]]'' wins [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]].
*[[February 11]] – After pleading [[Nolo contendere|no contest]] to a [[felony]] weapons charge, [[The Game (rapper)|The Game]] was sentenced to 60 days in jail, 150 hours of community service, and three years of [[probation]] in connection with an incident where he was alleged to have brandished a gun at a basketball game in [[South Los Angeles]] in February 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-03-13 |title=XXLmag.com - » The Game Pleads No Contest to Weapons Charge, Sentenced to 60 Days in Jail |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313075707/http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=19356 |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>
*[[February 19]] – [[System of a Down]] guitarist, [[Daron Malakian]], tells [[MTV|MTV.com]] that the band is not likely to reform as he will be concentrating on his new project [[Scars on Broadway]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1581717/20080215/id_0.jhtml | title = Scars On Broadway Is No Side Project | publisher = [[MTV|MTV.com]] | date = February 19, 2008 | access-date =February 24, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080302042937/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1581717/20080215/id_0.jhtml| archive-date= March 2, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*[[February 20]]–25 – [[Viña del Mar International Song Festival]] is held in Chile.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://festival2008.canal13.cl/2008/html/Irq1024.html|title=Festival de la Canción de Viña del Mar|publisher=Festival de la Canción de Viña del Mar|language=es|access-date=May 17, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080430101358/http://festival2008.canal13.cl/2008/html/Irq1024.html| archive-date= April 30, 2008 | url-status= dead}}</ref>
*[[February 23]] – [[March 3]] – The second annual [[Soundwave (Australian music festival)|Soundwave festival]] is held in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=273060|title=Soundwave Festival 2008 Announced!|last=Djamoos|first=Anton|date=October 18, 2007|publisher=Absolute Punk|access-date=May 17, 2008}}</ref>
*[[February 26]] – The Return of the [[Spice Girls]] tour comes to a close in Toronto.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}

=== March ===
*[[March 6]]–9 – The [[2008 Langerado Music Festival]] is held on the [[Big Cypress Indian Reservation]] in southern Florida.<ref>[http://www.langerado.com/home2.php Welcome to Langerado!: Langerado Music Festival March 6–9, 2008 Big Cypress, FL: Home] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224173037/http://www.langerado.com/home2.php |date=December 24, 2008 }}</ref>
*[[March 7]] – The [[Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival]] 2008 takes place in Indonesia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.javajazzfestival.com/2008/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531061704/http://www.javajazzfestival.com/2008/|archive-date=May 31, 2008|title=Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 2008|year=2008|publisher=Java Festival Production|access-date=May 19, 2008}}</ref>
*[[March 7]]–16 – The [[South by Southwest#SXSW 2008|2008 South by Southwest]] Conference and Festival is held in [[Austin, Texas]], US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2008.sxsw.com/|title=South by Southwest Conference and Festivals|publisher=South by Southwest, Inc|access-date=May 19, 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070809212918/http://2008.sxsw.com/ |archive-date = August 9, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[March 11]]
**Jazz musician and broadcaster [[Humphrey Lyttelton]] announces his retirement from presenting [[BBC Radio 2]]'s jazz programme after forty years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jazzwise.com/archive/news/L.html|title=Lyttelton to leave radio show|date=March 12, 2008|publisher=Jazzwise Magazine|access-date=August 22, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080218071059/http://www.jazzwise.com/archive/news/L.html |archive-date = February 18, 2008}}</ref>
**[[Rick Ross]] releases his second studio album, ''[[Trilla]],'' to mixed reviews.<ref>{{Citation |title=Trilla by Rick Ross |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/trilla/rick-ross |language=en |access-date=2022-12-18}}</ref>
*[[March 18]] – Electronic music duo [[Crystal Castles]] releases their eponymous debut album.
*[[March 25]]–29 – Miami Winter Music Conference.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wintermusicconference.com/|title=Winter Music Conference|year=2008|publisher=Winter Music Conference|access-date=May 19, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080516182002/http://www.wintermusicconference.com./| archive-date= May 16, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*[[March 31]] – [[theJazz]] radio station stops broadcasting.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7238444.stm BBC News: "Two GCap digital stations closed", 11 February 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2012.]</ref>

=== April ===
*[[April 1]] – [[Scott Weiland]]'s departure from rock band [[Velvet Revolver]] becomes official.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=94021 |title=It's Official: Velvet Revolver Parts Ways With Singer Scott Weiland |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=April 1, 2008 |access-date=April 1, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404001835/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=94021 |archive-date=April 4, 2008 }}</ref> His reunion with his former band, [[Stone Temple Pilots]], and tensions between him and the rest of Velvet Revolver, led to his departure.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0131840320080401|title=Velvet Revolver splits with rocker Scott Weiland|last=Gorman|first=Steve|date=April 1, 2008|publisher=Reuters|access-date=August 25, 2008}}</ref>
*[[April 5]]
**The reunited [[Face to Face (punk band)|Face to Face]] perform together for the first time in four-and-a-half-years at The Bamboozle Left in [[Irvine, California]], US.<ref name="facetofacereunion"/>
**[[Leona Lewis]] single "[[Bleeding Love]]" reached number 1 in 35 countries and became the first song to top the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart by a female British solo artist in 20 years since [[Kim Wilde]] did with "[[You Keep Me Hangin On]]" back in 1987. Her single was later proclaimed as the best selling single of 2008 worldwide and Lewis was named Top New Artist by Billboard.
*[[April 12]] – [[Touch My Body (Mariah Carey song)|"Touch My Body"]] becomes [[Mariah Carey]]'s 18th number 1 single on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, putting her into second place among artists with the most number 1 singles in the rock era, and first place as a solo artist, surpassing Elvis Presley.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[April 13]] - [[Justin Bieber]] officially signed to Def Jam Music Group
*[[April 15]] – Mayor [[Antonio Villaraigosa]] officially proclaims ''Mariah Carey Day'' in Los Angeles, California, US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mariahcarey.com/news/news.php?uid=2185 |title=Mariah Honored by the City of Los Angeles |last=unattributed |date=April 21, 2008 |publisher=UltraStar Entertainment LLC |access-date=May 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123031051/http://www.mariahcarey.com/news/news.php?uid=2185 |archive-date=November 23, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> On this day, [[Mariah Carey]] also releases [[E=MC² (Mariah Carey album)|''E=MC²'']], her eleventh studio album. It debuts at #1 on the [[Billboard 200]] albums chart with the highest first-week sales of her career.
*[[April 22]] – Andrey Baranov of Russia wins First Prize in the Second Benjamin Britten International Violin Competition in London.<ref>[http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html#6 Main International Violin Competitions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407003318/http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html |date=April 7, 2011 }}; [http://www.britten-competition.co.uk/ The Second Benjamin Britten International Violin Competition, London, April 14–22, 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091227101901/http://www.britten-competition.co.uk/ |date=December 27, 2009 }}.</ref>

=== May ===
*[[May 3]] – The sixth annual [[The Bamboozle]] festival opens at the [[Meadowlands Sports Complex]], [[East Rutherford, New Jersey]], US.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[May 10]]–11 – The [[Give It A Name]] 2008 festival is held at [[Earls Court Exhibition Centre|Earls Court]], London, UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/give-it-a-name/8536|title=It may not have a name, but it certainly has a purpose|last=(unattributed)|date=May 16, 2007|publisher=NME/IPC Media|access-date=May 23, 2008}}</ref>
*[[May 14]] – The "Spirit of Change" Gospel Choir celebrates its tenth anniversary with the 20th Zündorfer Gospelnacht concert in the Catholic Parish Church of St. Mariae Geburt, in Zündorf.<ref>Roland Schriefer, "[http://www.spirit-of-change.de/clips/KStA-20080515.jpg Sänger zeigen viel Gefühl: Chor feiert zehnjähriges Bestehen mit 20. Zündorfer Gospelnacht]", ''Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger'' (May 15, 2008); Nadine Hantke, "[http://www.spirit-of-change.de/clips/KRS-20080515.jpg Eine Erfolgsgeschichte]: 'Spirit of Chance' {{sic}} feierte bei 20. Gospelnacht Geburtstag" ''Kölnische Rundschau'' (May 15, 2008); K. M., "'Spirit of Change' feierte 10. Geburtstag", ''Porz Aktuell'' (May 28, 2008).</ref>
*[[May 21]] – [[David Cook (singer)|David Cook]] defeats [[David Archuleta (singer)|David Archuleta]] to win [[American Idol (season 7)|season 7 of ''American Idol'']], in a contest decided by 97.5 million votes, a record for the show.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[May 24]] – 43 countries compete in the [[2008 Eurovision Song Contest]] final in [[Belgrade]], Serbia, including newcomers San Marino and Azerbaijan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/eurovision/news/07.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518052951/http://www.bbc.co.uk/eurovision/news/07.shtml|archive-date=May 18, 2008|title=Eurovision Song Contest coverage across the BBC|last=(unattributed)|publisher=BBC|access-date=May 27, 2008}}</ref> The contest is won by Russia, with [[Believe (Dima Bilan song)|Believe]] by [[Dima Bilan]].
*[[May 24]]–26 – The [[Sasquatch! Music Festival]] is held over [[Memorial Day]] weekend at [[The Gorge Amphitheatre]] in central [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]], US.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[May 25]] – The Slovak preliminary round of the first Bluegrass competition (toward the annual Czech Festival Banjo Jamboree) is held in [[Hviezdoslavovo námestie (Bratislava)|Hviezdoslavovo námestie]], [[Bratislava]].<ref>"[http://www.twincityjournal.eu/vismo/dokumenty2.asp?id_org=600185&id=1200&p1=1141 Koncerty 2008/05] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120525103504/http://www.twincityjournal.eu/vismo/dokumenty2.asp?id_org=600185&id=1200&p1=1141 |date=May 25, 2012 }}", ''Twin City Magazín'' (Bratislava) (April 2008).</ref>
*[[May 30]] – [[June 1]]
** [[Rock In Rio#Rock In Rio Lisboa & Madrid|Rock In Rio Lisboa]] 2008 takes place in [[Parque da Bela Vista]], Chelas, [[Lisbon]], Portugal, continuing on June 5–6.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
** The fourth annual [[Mountain Jam (festival)|Mountain Jam Festival]] is held in [[Hunter Mountain (New York)|Hunter Mountain]], New York, US.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}

=== June ===
*[[June 1]]
** [[Westlife]] play their 10th anniversary concert at Europe's fourth biggest stadium, [[Croke Park]], in [[Dublin]], Republic of Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcd.ie/home/fn.php?c=9617084&ar=publicinformationnotice&cat=all |title=Public Information Notice for Celine Dion and Westlife Concerts |last=unattributed |date=May 23, 2008 |publisher=MCD |access-date=August 27, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081112193414/http://www.mcd.ie/home/fn.php?c=9617084&ar=publicinformationnotice&cat=all |archive-date=November 12, 2008 }}</ref>
** [[2008 Universal fire|A fire at Universal Studios]] in [[Universal City, California]], destroys as many as 175,000 [[mastering (audio)|master tapes]] containing as many as half a million songs by 20th and 21st century artists, some of which had never been released or digitized. The full extent of the damage was not made public until 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rosen |first=Jody |title=The Day the Music Burned: It was the biggest disaster in the history of the music business — and almost nobody knew |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/magazine/universal-fire-master-recordings.html |date=June 11, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times Magazine]] |access-date=June 18, 2019 }}</ref>
*[[June 6]]-8 – The [[2008 Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival]] is held at [[Clinton State Park]] near [[Lawrence, Kansas]], US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wakarusa.com/2008/lineup.asp?y=2008 |title=Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival |publisher=Wakarusa.com |date=2012-06-03 |access-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522175001/http://www.wakarusa.com/2008/lineup.asp?y=2008 |archive-date=May 22, 2010 }}</ref>
*[[June 10]] – [[Lil Wayne]]'s sixth album ''[[Tha Carter III]]'' sells 1 million copies in its first week of release.<ref>{{cite web | date=April 1, 2008 | title=Rancid compile music videos on new DVD, announce tour dates | publisher=Punknews.org | url=http://www.punknews.org/article/28337 | access-date=April 6, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080405190731/http://www.punknews.org/article/28337| archive-date= April 5, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*[[June 12]]–15 – The [[2008 Bonnaroo Music Festival]] is held in [[Manchester, Tennessee]], US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bonnaroo.com/schedule/ |title=Bonnaroo – Schedule – Thursday, June 10, 2010 |publisher=Bonnaroo.com |date=2012-05-15 |access-date=2012-09-02}}</ref>
*[[June 13]]–15
** The seventh [[Isle of Wight Festival 2008|Isle of Wight Festival]] takes place in [[Seaclose Park]], [[Newport, Isle of Wight]], UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isleofwightfestival.com/isle-of-wight-festival-2008.aspx |title=Isle of Wight Festival History – 2008 |date=2008-06-17 |access-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617165115/http://www.isleofwightfestival.com/isle-of-wight-festival-2008.aspx |archive-date=June 17, 2008 }}</ref>
** The annual [[Download Festival]] takes place at [[Donington Park]] in [[Leicestershire]], England. The main stage was headlined by [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], [[The Offspring]] and [[Lostprophets]], the Tuborg stage by [[Simple Plan]], [[HIM (Finnish band)|HIM]] and [[Cavalera Conspiracy]], and the Gibson stage by [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]], [[Testament (band)|Testament]] and [[Jonathan Davis and the SFA]].
*[[June 15]] – E. Kallai from Hungary wins First Prize in the 11th Carl Fleisch International Violin Competition in [[Mosonmagyaróvár]], Hungary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html#6 |title=Main International Violin Competitions |publisher=Violina2z.com |access-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918085047/http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html |archive-date=September 18, 2012 }}</ref>
*[[June 20]] – [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] play their first reunion show at the [[Roundhouse (venue)|Roundhouse]], London, UK.<ref>{{cite news|date=June 24, 2008 |title=My Bloody Valentine at Roundhouse, NW1 |work=The Times |location=London |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/live_reviews/article4199762.ece |access-date=September 18, 2008 |first=Pete |last=Paphides |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617001928/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/live_reviews/article4199762.ece |archive-date=June 17, 2011 }}</ref>
*[[June 27]]–29 – The Eidgenössiches Jodlerfest is held in [[Lucerne]].<ref>Petra Hofmann, "[http://www.jodlerbiel-benken.ch/berichte.htm#ejf08 Eidgenössiches Jodlerfest vom 27. Juni 2008 – 29. Juni 2008 in Luzern]" . Retrieved January 7, 2010.</ref>
*[[June 29]] – Release of ''[[Guitar Hero: Aerosmith]]'', the first video game in the ''[[Guitar Hero]]'' series to be based around a single music group.<ref>{{cite web| title = Wii Preview: Guitar Hero: Aerosmith | work = Neal Ronaghan | publisher = Nintendo World Report | url=http://nintendoworldreport.com/previewArt.cfm?artid=15660 | access-date=April 1, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080413023457/http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/previewArt.cfm?artid=15660| archive-date= April 13, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>

=== July ===
*[[July 3]] – Opening of the [[Wireless Festival#2008|O2 Wireless Festival]] in [[Hyde Park, London]], UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.o2wirelessfestival.co.uk/home/index.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605202303/http://www.o2wirelessfestival.co.uk/home/index.aspx|archive-date=June 5, 2008|title=O2 Wireless Festival|last=unattributed|year=2008|publisher=Live Nation (Music) UK Limited|access-date=September 1, 2008}}</ref>
*[[July 5]] – Staatsminister Rainer Robra and [[Halberstadt]] Oberbürgermeister Andreas Henke preside as the notes A{{Music|flat}} and C are added in the sixth sound change of the performance of [[John Cage]]'s ''[[As Slow as Possible|Organ²/ASLSP (As SLow aS Possible)]]'' that began on 5 September 2001 and is to conclude on 5 September 2640, in Halberstadt, Germany.<ref>"Orgelmarathon: Endlich neue Töne''Die Zeit'' (7 July 2008).</ref>
*[[July 23]]–26 – The [[2008 10,000 Lakes Festival]] is held.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.10klf.com/index2008.php |title=10KLF 2008 |publisher=10klf.com |access-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311031641/http://www.10klf.com/index2008.php |archive-date=March 11, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
*[[July 24]]–25 – The [[Splendour in the Grass]] music festival is held in [[Byron Bay, New South Wales|Byron Bay]], [[Australia]], headlined by [[Devo]] and [[Wolfmother]].
*[[July 24]]–28 – The Fifth International Symposium of throat-singing, "Khoomei—Cultural Phenomenon of the Peoples of Central Asia" is held in [[Tuva]].<ref>Ministry of Culture of Tuva, "[http://en.tuvaonline.ru/2008/07/11/4753_khoomei.html Tuva Preparing to Host Throat Singing Admirers from all over the World]" (July 11, 2008). Retrieved January 7, 2010.</ref>

=== August ===
*[[August 1]]–3 – The [[Lollapalooza]] music festival takes place in Chicago, Illinois, US.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[August 8]] – Chen Qigang is director of music for the [[2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony]] in Beijing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/ceremonies/headlines/n214521306.shtml|title=How the Opening Ceremony was born|access-date=21 August 2009 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428182905/http://en.beijing2008.cn/ceremonies/headlines/n214521306.shtml|archive-date=April 28, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref> A minor scandal ensues when it is revealed that [[Lin Miaoke]], the performer of "[[Ode to the Motherland]]", was miming to a recording by another girl, [[Yang Peiyi]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/2545387/Beijing-Olympics-Faking-scandal-over-girl-who-sang-in-opening-ceremony.html|title=Beijing Olympics: Faking scandal over girl who 'sang' in opening ceremony|date=August 12, 2008|first=Richard|last=Spencer|newspaper=The Telegraph | location=London| access-date= 21 August 2009 }}</ref>
*[[August 10]] – [[Jimmy Dean]] and [[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]] celebrate their 80th birthdays.
*[[August 12]]–18 – [[Sziget Festival#2008|Sziget Festival 2008]] takes place in [[Budapest]], Hungary.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[August 13]] – [[Jeff Singer]] quits [[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paradiselost.co.uk/news/2008/statement-from-jeff-aug-13.html |title=Statement from Jeff | Paradise Lost Official Website |access-date=2013-07-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130727043924/http://www.paradiselost.co.uk/news/2008/statement-from-jeff-aug-13.html |archive-date=July 27, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
*[[August 19]] – [[LeRoi Moore]], saxophonist and founding member of [[Dave Matthews Band]], dies from complications from an ATV accident suffered earlier in the summer.
*[[August 22]] – Coke Live Music Festival opens in Poland, headlined by artists [[Sean Paul]], [[Timbaland]], and [[The Prodigy]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[August 23]]
**[[Madonna]] starts her [[Sticky & Sweet Tour]] which is set to become the highest-grossing tour for both a female and solo artist.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
**Michael Nicklasson quits [[Dark Tranquility]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[August 30]]
** Filipino rock band [[Eraserheads]] hold their one-night-only reunion concert in the Fort open field, their first concert since 2001. After the 20-minute break, vocalist [[Ely Buendia]] is rushed to the hospital because of chest pain due to emotional stress.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
** ''American Idol'' Season 7 runner-up David Archuleta's debut single "[[Crush (David Archuleta song)|Crush]]" scores the highest debut of a song on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] by an ''American Idol'' finalist not performed on the show. The track opened at No. 2 after selling 166,000 downloads in its first week of release.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[August 31]] – [[Chrome Division]] fires Eddie Guz.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}

=== September ===
*[[September 6]] – Six members of [[The Specials]] re-unite at the [[Bestival]] as a 'Surprise Act'. They use the name "Terry Hall and Friends", because [[Jerry Dammers]], who owns the band's name, did not participate.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 7]] – The [[2008 MTV Video Music Awards]] are presented at [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount Studios]], [[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]]. [[Britney Spears]]' wins [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]], [[Best Pop Video]], and [[Best Female Video]] for "[[Piece of Me (Britney Spears song)|Piece of Me]]". [[Christina Aguilera]] also made her return to music since giving birth to her first child with the debut of her single [[Keeps Gettin' Better]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 9]] – [[Jessica Simpson]] releases her first album in two years, ''[[Do You Know (Jessica Simpson album)|Do You Know]]'', her first country album. It goes straight in at No. 1 in the ''Billboard'' Country Charts and at No. 4 in the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with sales of 65,000.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 10]] – The [[ARIA Music Awards of 2008|22nd Annual ARIA Music Awards]] are held in Sydney, Australia, recognizing Australian music in 2008. Dance-punk group [[The Presets]] win Album of the Year.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 11]] – [[Christian Älvestam]] leaves [[Scar Symmetry]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 12]] – Season 4 of the Finnish talent contest, ''[[Idols (Finland)|Idols]]'', begins.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 15]] – [[Kris Drever]], [[John McCusker]] and [[Roddy Woomble]] release ''[[Before the Ruin]]''.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 18]]
**[[Soilwork]] hires former member, [[Peter Wichers]], to replace [[Daniel Antonsson]], who is fired.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=105079 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711224101/http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=105079 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-11 |title=Blabbermouth.Net – Guitarist Peter Wichers Rejoins Soilwork |publisher=Legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com |access-date=2012-09-02 }}</ref>
** [[Ben Folds Five]] play a sold out reunion show in [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]], performing the entirety of their 1999 album ''[[The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner]]'', that was filmed for DVD and web release by MySpace in benefit for [[Operation Smile]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thesuburbs.org.uk/news/Reunion_DVD_Looks_Likely |title=– the original Ben Folds website – Reunion DVD Looks Likely! |publisher=Thesuburbs.org.uk |date=2008-09-27 |access-date=2012-09-02 |archive-date=October 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004185158/http://www.thesuburbs.org.uk/news/Reunion_DVD_Looks_Likely |url-status=dead }}</ref>
** [[Crystal Castles (band)|Crystal Castles]] play their biggest headline show to date, at [[Electric Ballroom]] in Camden, London.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 19]] – "Only by the Night" the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Kings of Leon, released worldwide in September 2008. – [[Travis Barker]] and [[Adam Goldstein]] (DJ AM) survive a [[2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash|plane crash]] that claims four lives.<ref>[http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/20/investigation-on-in-deadly-sc-plane-crash/ Investigation on in deadly SC plane crash] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218174726/http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/20/investigation-on-in-deadly-sc-plane-crash/ |date=February 18, 2009 }}. ''[[CNN]].com'', 2008-09-20. Retrieved 2008-09-21.</ref>
*[[September 20]] – [[Pink (singer)|P!nk]] scores her first solo number-one hit in her native US, with "[[So What (Pink song)|So What]]".{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 21]]
**[[At the Gates]] play their final show.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
**The [[Eric Burdon]] show in [[Oklahoma]] is cancelled due to his health problems.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 24]] – [[Within Temptation]] release the ''[[Black Symphony]]'' DVD, featuring the [[Metropole Orchestra]] and guest musicians.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 25]] – [[Paul McCartney]] performs at [[Tel Aviv]] park, his first performance in Israel since [[The Beatles]] were banned from the country in 1965.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}

=== October ===
*[[October 1]] – [[Tina Turner]] leaves semi-retirement to embark on her ''[[Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour]]'', which grosses over US $130 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://livedesignonline.com/mag/tina_turner_tours/index.html|title=Tina Turner Tours With Clay Paky|date=1 February 2009|work=Live Design|publisher=Penton Media, Inc|access-date=5 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404101831/http://livedesignonline.com/mag/tina_turner_tours/index.html|archive-date=April 4, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[October 5]] – Stephanie Jeong wins the Second Prize (no First Prize is awarded) in the Premio Paganini international violin competition in [[Genoa]].<ref>[http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html#6 Main International Violin Competitions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407003318/http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html |date=April 7, 2011 }}</ref>
*[[October 7]] – [[Spotify]] [[Comparison of on-demand music streaming services|on-demand music streaming service]] launches in Sweden.
*[[October 10]] – The Fourth Waakirchener Zither Festival takes place in [[Waakirchen]], Bavaria.<ref>"[http://www.kkb-waakirchen.de/veranstaltung_detail.php?id=24 October 10, 2008: 4. Zitherfestival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719052430/http://www.kkb-waakirchen.de/veranstaltung_detail.php?id=24 |date=July 19, 2011 }}". Retrieved January 7, 2010.</ref>
*[[October 12]] – Opening of the VII Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra, in Rome and the Vatican City (until November 30).<ref>"[http://www.festivalmusicaeartesacra.net/en/festival_uebersicht.php VII Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra: October 12 – November 30, 2008]". Retrieved January 7, 2010. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106171903/http://www.festivalmusicaeartesacra.net/en/festival_uebersicht.php|date=January 6, 2009}}</ref>
*[[October 16]] – [[Britney Spears]] sets a new record for the biggest jump to number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], rising from number 96 to number one in just one week, with her single "[[Womanizer (song)|Womanizer]]". It is Spears' first American number one since her debut single "[[...Baby One More Time (song)|...Baby One More Time]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1043782/spears-scores-record-setting-hot-100-jump |title=Spears Scores Record-Setting Hot 100 Jump |publisher=Billboard.com |access-date=2012-09-02}}</ref> (The record is subsequently broken by [[Kelly Clarkson]]). It also garners first-week download sales of 286,000, the biggest opening-week tally by a female artist.
*[[October 18]] – [[Rihanna]] scores her fifth number one song on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] (as a featured artist on [[T.I.]]'s "[[Live Your Life (T.I. song)|Live Your Life]]", which follows "[[SOS (Rihanna song)|SOS]]", "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]", "[[Take a Bow (Rihanna song)|Take a Bow]]", and "[[Disturbia (song)|Disturbia]]"), becoming the leading solo female artist with the most number ones to have charted in [[Music in the 2000s|this decade]] until [[Beyoncé Knowles]] breaks her record (as a solo artist).<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044448/rihanna-topples-katy-perry-on-hot-100|title=Rihanna Topples Katy Perry On Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=August 14, 2008|access-date=November 3, 2008}}</ref>
*[[Justin Bieber]] signed with [[L.A. Reid]] [[Island Records]]
=== November ===
*[[November 1]]–9 – The Southbank Centre in London, UK presents "Klang: A Tribute to [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen]]", a festival curated by [[Oliver Knussen]], with a series of concerts focusing on works from the composer's last decade, including the world premieres of ''[[Klang (Stockhausen)#Nineteenth Hour: Urantia|Urantia]]'' and ''[[Tierkreis (Stockhausen)|Zodiac for Orchestra]]'', as well as late-night performances, lectures, and master classes.<ref>"News: Stockhausen Tribute in the UK", ''Computer Music Journal'' 33, no. 2 (2009): 6.</ref>
*[[November 2]] – The [[Fauxharmonic Orchestra]] loses in its debut confrontation with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra in a [[Bargemusic]] concert.<ref>Steve Smith, "Dueling Maestros, One Wielding a Wii", ''[[The New York Times]]'' (November 4, 2008): C7.</ref>
*[[November 4]] – [[Bhimsen Joshi]] is selected to receive the [[Bharat Ratna]], [[India]]'s highest civilian honour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/nov/04ratna.htm|title=Bharat Ratna for Vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi|publisher=[[Rediff]]|access-date=21 February 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090214161418/http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/nov/04ratna.htm| archive-date=February 14, 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*[[November 6]] – [[Michael Tilson Thomas]] makes his [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] subscription-concert conducting debut.<ref>Peter Dobrin, "After 23 Years, a Return to Phila.", ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' (November 8, 2008): E04.</ref>
*[[November 17]] – Korean violinist Hyun-Su Shin wins First Prize in the Jacques Thibaud International Violin Competition in Paris<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html#24 |title=Main International Violin Competitions |publisher=Violina2z.com |access-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918085047/http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html |archive-date=September 18, 2012 }}</ref>
*[[November 23]] – 13 years after his disappearance, [[Manic Street Preachers]] guitarist [[Richey Edwards]] is [[Declared death in absentia|declared dead ''in absentia'']].
** [[Wes Carr]] is crowned the winner of the [[Australian Idol (season 6)|sixth season]] of ''[[Australian Idol]]'', defeating [[Luke Dickens]].
*[[November 24]] – The [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] announces the appointment of [[Pinchas Zukerman]] as principal guest conductor, to begin in January 2009.<ref>Dave Itzkoff, "Zukerman Appointed To Royal Philharmonic", ''[[The New York Times]]'' (November 24, 2008): C2.</ref>
*[[November 24]]- [[Kanye West]] releases 808s and heartbreak

=== December ===
*[[December 9]] – [[Damon Albarn]] and [[Graham Coxon]] say that [[Blur (band)|Blur]] will reunite for a concert at [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]] on July 3, 2009. Tickets for the concert sell out within two minutes of release, and [[Blur (band)|Blur]] announce another date on July 2, 2009.<ref name="reunion">Paine, Andre. [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266135/blur-reuniting-unveils-london-show-plans "Blur Reuniting, Unveils London Show Plans"]. [[billboard.com]]. December 9, 2008.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7771000/7771915.stm|title=Blur confirm massive outdoor show
|access-date=December 10, 2008 |publisher=BBC |date=December 9, 2008 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081212085616/http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7771000/7771915.stm| archive-date= December 12, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*[[December 11]] – [[Elliott Carter]] celebrates his 100th birthday.
*[[December 13]] – [[Beyoncé Knowles]] scores her fifth number one song on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] with "[[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]]", which followed "[[Crazy in Love (Beyoncé Knowles song)|Crazy in Love]]", "[[Baby Boy (Beyoncé Knowles song)|Baby Boy]]", "[[Check on It]]", and "[[Irreplaceable]]", tying with [[Rihanna]] as the leading solo female artist with the most number ones to have charted in [[Music in the 2000s|this decade]].<ref name="Billboard"/>
** [[Alexandra Burke]] is named winner of the [[The X Factor (British series 5)|fifth series]] of ''[[The X Factor (British TV series)|The X Factor UK]]''. [[JLS]] are named runner-ups, while [[Eoghan Quigg]] and [[Diana Vickers]] finish in third and fourth place respectively.
*[[December 22]] – [[Live Nation]] announce that Madonna's [[Sticky & Sweet Tour]] is the highest-grossing tour for a solo artist, with US$280 million in ticket sales and 2,350,282 fans attending the 58 shows during the three-leg tour across Europe and the Americas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/Madonnas-Sticky-amp-Sweet-prnews-13890523.html |title=Madonna's 'Sticky & Sweet' Tour: 58 Shows – 2,350,282 Fans!!! |access-date=December 18, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103201253/http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Madonnas-Sticky-amp-Sweet-prnews-13890523.html |archive-date=January 3, 2009 |df=mdy }}</ref>

== Bands formed ==
* ''See [[:Category:Musical groups established in 2008]]

== Bands reformed ==
''See [[:Category:Musical groups reestablished in 2008]]''

==Returning performers==
* [[AC/DC]] (first album since 2000)
* [[Vanessa Amorosi]] (debut international album and first Australian album since 1999)
* [[Anastacia (singer)|Anastacia]] (last studio album released in 2004)
* [[As Friends Rust]] (reformed after breaking up in 2002)
* [[Ashanti (entertainer)|Ashanti]] (last studio album released in 2004)
* [[Ashlee Simpson]] (last studio album released in 2005)
* [[Billy Bragg]] (first studio album since 2002, first under his own name since 1996)
* [[Bomb the Bass]] (first full-length album since 1995)
* [[Boyzone]] (first studio album released in 1999)
* [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]] (last studio album released in 2004)
* [[David Byrne]] & [[Brian Eno]] (first album since 1981)
* [[Cherry Poppin' Daddies]] (first album since 2000)
* [[Counting Crows]] (first studio album since 2002)
* [[The Cure]] (first studio album since 2004)
* [[Dido (singer)|Dido]] (last studio album released in 2003)
* [[Donna Summer]] (first studio album since 1991)
* [[Erykah Badu]] (first album since 2003)
* [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]] (first studio album since 1995)
* [[Grace Jones]] (first studio album since 1989)
* [[Guns N' Roses]] (first album of original material since 1991)
* [[Jason Donovan]] (first studio album since 1993)
* [[Lenny Kravitz]] (first album since 2004)
* [[Metallica]] (first album since 2003)
* [[Mötley Crüe]] (first album with all members since 1997)
* [[New Kids on the Block]] (first album since 1994)
* [[The Offspring]] (first album since 2003)
* [[Paramore]] (first album since 2007)
* [[Polvo]] (first tour since 1998)
* [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]] (First record since 1997)
* [[Queen (band)|Queen]] (first studio album since 1995, and first with [[Paul Rodgers]] on lead vocals)
* [[The Screaming Jets]] (first studio album since 2000)
* [[The Specials]] (as "Terry Hall and Friends")
* [[Third Eye Blind]] (first single/release since 2003)
* [[Toadies]] (first album since 2001)
* [[The Verve]] (first album since 1997)

== Bands disbanded ==
''See [[:Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2008|Musical groups disestablished in 2008]]''

== Bands on hiatus ==
{{More citations needed section|date=July 2008}}
* [[¡Forward, Russia!]] (indefinite hiatus)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/forward-russia/38864|title=¡Forward, Russia! to Split?|last=unattributed|date=August 13, 2008|work=NME |location=UK |access-date=August 14, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080816010844/http://www.nme.com/news/forward-russia/38864| archive-date= August 16, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[Big & Rich]] (until 2009, due to a neck injury suffered by [[Big Kenny]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,,GAC_26063_5795670,00.html|title=Big Kenny On Big & Rich's Hiatus|last=unattributed|date=January 29, 2008|publisher=Great American Country|access-date=September 12, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219064334/http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,,GAC_26063_5795670,00.html|archive-date=February 19, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[The Dresden Dolls]]
* [[From Autumn to Ashes]]
* [[Hell Is for Heroes (band)|Hell Is for Heroes]]
* [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] (on break from touring and recording)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/incubus_to_take_a_break.html|title=Incubus To Take A Break|last=unattributed|date=July 1, 2008|publisher=[[Ultimate Guitar Archive|Ultimate-Guitar.com]]|access-date=July 2, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Monkey Swallows the Universe]] (indefinite hiatus)
* [[My Chemical Romance]] (on an extended break after a US tour)
* [[Kaddisfly]] (on hiatus after bassist Kile Brewer left; remaining members now called Waters & Bodies)
* [[Phantom Planet]]
* [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] (two-year hiatus)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.muchmusic.com/news/story.asp?id=20996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602093614/http://www.muchmusic.com/news/story.asp?id=20996|archive-date=June 2, 2008|title=Chili Peppers (Sort Of) Break-Up|last=unattributed|date=May 22, 2008|publisher=muchmusic.com|access-date=June 30, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Rilo Kiley]] (due to the success of lead singer [[Jenny Lewis]]' solo career)
* [[Social Distortion]] (due to their lead singer undertaking a solo tour)
* [[The Starting Line]] (indefinite break)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=301596|title=The Starting Line Press Conference|last=Jason|first=Tate|date=March 5, 2008|publisher=AbsolutePunk, LLC|access-date=June 30, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Velvet Revolver]] (while looking for a new lead singer)
* [[Westlife]] (a one year break)
* [[Wolfmother]] (whilst looking for new musicians)
* [[Yellowcard]] (indefinitely)

== Albums released ==
{{Main article|List of 2008 albums}}

; Best-selling albums globally & United States

The best-selling records in 2008 according to [[IFPI]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2008.pdf |title=IFPI – 50 Top Selling Albums 2008 |publisher=Ifpi.org |date=2005-04-12 |access-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218120952/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2008.pdf |archive-date=February 18, 2009 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Album title !! Artist
|-
| 1 || ''[[Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends]]'' || [[Coldplay]]
|-
| 2 || ''[[Black Ice (album)|Black Ice]]'' || [[AC/DC]]
|-
| 3 || ''[[Thriller 25]]'' || [[Michael Jackson]]
|-
| 4 || ''[[Rockferry]]'' || [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]]
|-
| 5 || ''[[Death Magnetic]]'' || [[Metallica]]
|-
| 6 || ''[[Spirit (Leona Lewis album)|Spirit]]'' || [[Leona Lewis]]
|-
| 7 || ''[[Back to Black]]'' || [[Amy Winehouse]]
|-
| 8 || ''[[High School Musical 3: Senior Year (soundtrack)|High School Musical 3: Senior Year]]'' || Various Artists
|-
| 9 || ''[[Tha Carter III]]'' || [[Lil Wayne]]
|-
| 10 || ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad (Rihanna album)|Good Girl Gone Bad]]'' || [[Rihanna]]
|}

The best-selling albums in the United States:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1481196/lil-wayne-notches-top-selling-album-of-08 |title=Billboard – Lil Wayne Notches Top-Selling Album Of '08 |publisher=Billboard.com |date=2009-09-14 |access-date=2012-09-02}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Album title !! Artist
|-
| 1 || ''[[Tha Carter III]]'' || [[Lil' Wayne]]
|-
| 2 || ''[[Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends]]'' || [[Coldplay]]
|-
| 3 || ''[[Fearless (Taylor Swift album)|Fearless]]'' || [[Taylor Swift]]
|-
| 4 || ''[[Rock N Roll Jesus]]'' || [[Kid Rock]]
|-
| 5 || ''[[Black Ice (album)|Black Ice]]'' || [[AC/DC]]
|-
| 6 || ''[[Taylor Swift (album)|Taylor Swift]]'' || Taylor Swift
|-
| 7 || ''[[Death Magnetic]]'' || [[Metallica]]
|-
| 8 || ''[[Paper Trail]]'' || [[T.I.]]
|-
| 9 || ''[[Sleep Through the Static]]'' || [[Jack Johnson (musician)|Jack Johnson]]
|-
| 10 || ''[[I Am... Sasha Fierce]]'' || [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]]
|}

==Songs released in 2008==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!Date
!Song
!Artist
|-
|January 1
|''Smog''
|[[Bomb the Bass]]
|-
|January 15
|''[[Pocketful of Sunshine]]''
|[[Natasha Bedingfield]]
|-
|January 25
|''[[Bust It Baby]]'' (Part 1)
|[[Plies (rapper)|Plies]] featuring [[Ne-Yo]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|January 29
|''[[Funplex (song)|Funplex]]''
|[[The B-52s]]
|-
|''[[Nine in the Afternoon]]''
|[[Panic at the Disco]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 5
|''[[Day 'n' Nite]]''
|[[Kid Cudi]] vs. [[Crookers]]
|-
|''[[Run the Show]]''
|[[Kat DeLuna]] featuring [[Busta Rhymes]]
|-
|February 12
|''[[Elevator (Flo Rida song)|Elevator]]''
|[[Flo Rida]] featuring [[Timbaland]]
|-
|February 19
|''[[It's Not My Time]]''
|[[3 Doors Down]]
|-
|February 23
|''[[Bust It Baby]]'' (Part 2)
|[[Plies (rapper)|Plies]] featuring [[Ne-Yo]]
|-
|February 26
|''[[The Way That I Love You]]''
|[[Ashanti (entertainer)|Ashanti]]
|-
|February 28
|''[[A-Punk]]''
|[[Vampire Weekend]]
|-
|March 4
|''[[Break the Ice (song)|Break the Ice]]''
|[[Britney Spears]]
|-
|March 11
|''[[Little Miss Obsessive]]''
|[[Ashlee Simpson]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 17
|''[[4 Minutes]]''
|[[Madonna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]] and [[Timbaland]]
|-
|''I Keep Faith''
|[[Billy Bragg]]
|-
|March 24
|''[[No Stress]]''
|[[Laurent Wolf]]
|-
|March 25
|''[[Mad as Rabbits]]''
|[[Panic at the Disco]]
|-
|March 31
|''[[American Boy]]''
|[[Estelle (musician)|Estelle]] featuring [[Kanye West]]
|-
|April 8
|''[[Just Dance (song)|Just Dance]]''
|[[Lady Gaga]] featuring [[Colby O'Donis]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|April 15
|''[[Closer (Ne-Yo song)|Closer]]''
|[[Ne-Yo]]
|-
|''[[I'm Yours (Jason Mraz song)|I'm Yours]]''
|[[Jason Mraz]]
|-
|''[[Take a Bow (Rihanna song)|Take a Bow]]''
|[[Rihanna]]
|-
|April 28
|''[[I Kissed a Girl]]''
|[[Katy Perry]]
|-
|April 29
|''[[Forever (Chris Brown song)|Forever]]''
|[[Chris Brown]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 2
|''[[If I Never See Your Face Again]]''
|[[Maroon 5]] featuring [[Rihanna]]
|-
|''[[That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed)]]''
|[[Panic at the Disco]]
|-
|May 9
|''[[Violet Hill]]''
|[[Coldplay]]
|-
|May 13
|''[[The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)]]''
|[[Weezer]]
|-
|May 19
|''[[Train (3 Doors Down song)|Train]]''
|[[3 Doors Down]]
|-
|May 20
|''[[In the Ayer]]''
|[[Flo Rida]] featuring [[will.i.am]]
|-
|May 25
|''[[Viva la Vida]]''
|[[Coldplay]]
|-
|May 26
|''[[Oxford Comma (song)|Oxford Comma]]''
|[[Vampire Weekend]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 27
|''[[Dreamin' (Weezer song)|Dreamin']]''
|[[Weezer]]
|-
|''[[When I Grow Up (The Pussycat Dolls song)|When I Grow Up]]''
|[[The Pussycat Dolls]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 10
|''[[One Step at a Time (Jordin Sparks song)|One Step at a Time]]''
|[[Jordin Sparks]]
|-
|''[[Body on Me (Nelly song)|Body on Me]]''
|[[Nelly]] featuring [[Akon]] and [[Ashanti (singer)|Ashanti]]
|-
|June 16
|''[[Pork and Beans (song)|Pork and Beans]]''
|[[Weezer]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 17
|''[[Disturbia (song)|Disturbia]]''
|[[Rihanna]]
|-
|''[[7 Things]]''
|[[Miley Cyrus]]
|-
|June 19
|''[[Burnin' Up (Jonas Brothers song)|Burnin' Up]]''
|[[Jonas Brothers]] featuring Big Rob
|-
|July 15
|''[[The Champion in Me]]''
|[[3 Doors Down]]
|-
|July 16
|''[[Good Good]]''
|[[Ashanti (singer)|Ashanti]]
|-
|July 26
|''[[Troublemaker (Weezer song)|Troublemaker]]''
|[[Weezer]]
|-
|July 29
|''[[Let It Rock (Kevin Rudolf song)|Let it Rock]]''
|[[Kevin Rudolf]] featuring [[Lil Wayne]]
|-
|August 8
|''[[Make It Mine]]''
|[[Jason Mraz]]
|-
|August 11
|''[[So What (Pink song)|So What]]''
|[[Pink (singer)|Pink]]
|-
|August 18
|''[[Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa]]''
|[[Vampire Weekend]]
|-
|August 28
|''[[Rock N' Roll Train]]''
|[[AC/DC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 4
|''[[Sex on Fire]]''
|[[Kings of Leon]]
|-
|-
|''[[You're Gonna Go Far, Kid]]''
|[[The Offspring]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 9
|''[[Hot n Cold]]''
|[[Katy Perry]]
|-
|''[[Whatcha Think About That]]''
|[[The Pussycat Dolls]] featuring [[Missy Elliott]]
|-
|September 19
|''[[Running Back (Jessica Mauboy song)|Running Back]]''
|[[Jessica Mauboy]] featuring [[Flo Rida]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 23
|''[[Live Your Life (T.I. song)|Live Your Life]]''
|[[T.I.]] featuring [[Rihanna]]
|-
|''[[Right Now (Na Na Na)]]''
|[[Akon]]
|-
|September 26
|''[[Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)|Poker Face]]''
|[[Lady Gaga]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 29
|''[[Gotta Be Somebody]]''
|[[Nickelback]]
|-
|''[[Pieces (Chase & Status song)|Pieces]]''
|[[Chase & Status]] ft. [[Plan B (musician)|Plan B]]
|-
|September 30
|''[[Gives You Hell]]''
|[[The All-American Rejects]]
|-
|October 3
|''[[Womanizer (song)|Womanizer]]''
|[[Britney Spears]]
|-
|October 6
|''[[Rehab (Rihanna song)|Rehab]]''
|[[Rihanna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]]
|-
|October 8
|''[[If I Were a Boy]]''
|[[Beyoncé]]
|-
|October 10
|''[[I Can Feel You]]''
|[[Anastacia]]
|-
|October 12
|''[[Out of this Club]]''
|[[The Pussycat Dolls]] featuring [[R. Kelly]] and [[Polow da Don]]
|-
|October 13
|''[[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]]''
|[[Beyoncé]]
|-
|October 14
|''[[I Hate This Part]]''
|[[The Pussycat Dolls]]
|-
|October 21
|''[[Decode (song)|Decode]]''
|[[Paramore]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|November 3
|''[[Crying Blood]]''
|[[V V Brown]]
|-
|''[[Lovers in Japan]]''
|[[Coldplay]]
|-
|''[[Sober (Pink song)|Sober]]''
|[[Pink (singer)|Pink]]
|-
|November 10
|''[[Lost!]]''
|[[Coldplay]]
|-
|November 14
|''[[Northern Downpour]]''
|[[Panic at the Disco]]
|-
|December 1
|''[[Lhuna]]''
|[[Coldplay]] featuring [[Kylie Minogue]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 2
|''[[Circus (Britney Spears song)|Circus]]''
|[[Britney Spears]]
|-
|''[[Let Me Be Myself]]''
|[[3 Doors Down]]
|-
|December 9
|''[[Use Somebody]]''
|[[King of Leon]]
|-
|December 17
|''[[Hallelujah (Alexandra Burke song)|Hallelujah]]''
|[[Alexandra Burke]]
|-
|December 18
|''[[Big Jack (song)|Big Jack]]''
|[[AC/DC]]
|}

== Hit records ==

=== United States ===
{{Further |Hot 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)}}

'''Singles which have ranked within Top 10 within the Billboard Hot 100 Hits (excludes those that were #1 in the UK)'''
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* "[[4 Minutes]]" – [[Madonna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]] and [[Timbaland]] (#3)
* "[[7 Things]]" – [[Miley Cyrus]] (#9)
* "[[American Boy]]" – [[Estelle (musician)|Estelle]] featuring [[Kanye West]] (#9)
* "[[Burnin' Up (Jonas Brothers song)|Burnin' Up]]" – [[Jonas Brothers]] (#5)
* "[[Bust It Baby|Bust It Baby Part 2]]" – [[Plies (rapper)|Plies]] featuring [[Ne-Yo]] (#7)
* "[[Can't Believe It (T-Pain song)|Can't Believe It]]" – [[T-Pain]] featuring [[Lil Wayne]] (#7)
* "[[Change (Taylor Swift song)|Change]]" – [[Taylor Swift]] (#10)
* "[[Circus (Britney Spears song)|Circus]]" – [[Britney Spears]] (#3)
* "[[Closer (Ne-Yo song)|Closer]]" – [[Ne-Yo]] (#7)
* "[[Crank That (Soulja Boy)]]" – [[Soulja Boy Tell 'Em|Soulja Boy Tell'em]] (#5 – Hit No. 1 in 2007)
* "[[Crush (David Archuleta song)|Crush]]" – [[David Archuleta]] (#2)
* "[[Damaged (Danity Kane song)|Damaged]]" – [[Danity Kane]] featuring [[Sean Combs|Diddy]] (#10)
* "[[Dangerous (Kardinal Offishall song)|Dangerous]]" – [[Kardinal Offishall]] featuring [[Akon]] (#5)
* "Dangerouz" – [[Sarah Burgess (singer)|Sarah Burgess]] (#8)
* "[[Day 'n' Nite]]" – [[Kid Cudi]] (#3)
* "[[Disturbia (song)|Disturbia]]" – [[Rihanna]] (#1)
* "[[Fearless (Taylor Swift song)|Fearless]]" – [[Taylor Swift]] (#9)
* "[[Forever (Chris Brown song)|Forever]]" – [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]] (#2)
* "[[Gotta Be Somebody]]" – [[Nickelback]] (#10)
* "[[Got Money]]" – [[Lil Wayne]] featuring [[T-Pain]] (#10)
* "[[Hate That I Love You]]" – [[Rihanna]] featuring [[Ne-Yo]] (#10 – Hit No. 7 in 2007)
* "[[Heartless (Kanye West song)|Heartless]]" – [[Kanye West]] (#4)
* "[[Hot n Cold]]" – [[Katy Perry]] (#3)
* "[[I Kissed a Girl]]" – [[Katy Perry]] (#1)
* "[[If I Were a Boy]]" – [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]] (#3)
* "[[I'm Yours (Jason Mraz song)|I'm Yours]]" – [[Jason Mraz]] (#6)
* "[[In the Ayer]]" – [[Flo Rida]] featuring [[will.i.am]] (#9)
* "[[Independent (song)|Independent]]" – [[Webbie]] featuring [[Lil Boosie]] and [[Lil Phat]] (#9)
* "[[Just Dance (song)|Just Dance]]" – [[Lady Gaga]] featuring [[Colby O'Donis]] (#3 — Hit No. 1 in 2009)
* "[[Keeps Gettin' Better]]" – [[Christina Aguilera]] (#7)
* "[[Kiss Kiss (Chris Brown song)|Kiss Kiss]]" – [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]] featuring [[T-Pain]] (#4 – Hit No. 1 in 2007)
* "[[Leavin' (Jesse McCartney song)|Leavin']]" – [[Jesse McCartney]] (#10)
* "[[Let It Rock (Kevin Rudolf song)|Let It Rock]]" – [[Kevin Rudolf]] featuring [[Lil Wayne]] (#5)
* "[[Live Your Life (T.I. song)|Live Your Life]]" – [[T.I.]] featuring [[Rihanna]] (#1)
* "[[Lollipop (Lil Wayne song)|Lollipop]]" – [[Lil Wayne]] featuring [[Static Major]] (#1)
* "[[Love Lockdown]]" – [[Kanye West]] (#3)
* "[[Love in This Club]]" – [[Usher (musician)|Usher]] featuring [[Young Jeezy|Jeezy]] (#1)
* "[[Love Song (Sara Bareilles song)|Love Song]]" – [[Sara Bareilles]] (#4)
* "[[Love Story (Taylor Swift song)|Love Story]]" – [[Taylor Swift]] (#5)
* "[[Low (Flo Rida song)|Low]]" – [[Flo Rida]] featuring [[T-Pain]] (#1)
* "[[A Milli]]" – [[Lil Wayne]] (#6)
* "[[Miss Independent (Ne-Yo song)|Miss Independent]]" – [[Ne-Yo]] (#7)
* "[[New Soul]]" – [[Yael Naim|Yael Naïm]]" (#7)
* "[[No Air]]" – [[Jordin Sparks]] featuring [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]] (#3)
* "[[Paper Planes (M.I.A. song)|Paper Planes]]" – [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]] (#4)
* "[[Pocketful of Sunshine (song)|Pocketful of Sunshine]]" – [[Natasha Bedingfield]] (#5)
* "[[Right Now (Na Na Na)]]" – [[Akon]] (#8)
* "[[See You Again (Miley Cyrus song)|See You Again]]" – [[Miley Cyrus]] (#10)
* "[[Sensual Seduction]]" – [[Snoop Dogg]] (#7)
* "[[Sexy Can I]]" – [[Ray J]] featuring [[Yung Berg]] (#3)
* "[[Shake It (Metro Station song)|Shake It]]" – [[Metro Station (band)|Metro Station]] (#10)
* "[[Shawty Get Loose]]" – [[Lil Mama]] featuring [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]] and [[T-Pain]] (#10)
* "[[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]]" – [[Beyoncé]] (#1)
* "[[So What (Pink song)|So What]]" – [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] (#1)
* "[[Sorry (Buckcherry song)|Sorry]]" – [[Buckcherry]] (#9)
* "[[Superstar (Lupe Fiasco song)|Superstar]]" – [[Lupe Fiasco]] featuring [[Matthew Santos]] (#10)
* "[[Swagga Like Us]]" – [[T.I.]] featuring [[Kanye West]], [[Jay-Z]], and [[Lil Wayne]] (#5)
* "[[Take a Bow (Rihanna song)|Take a Bow]]" – [[Rihanna]] (#1)
* "[[Take You There (Sean Kingston song)|Take You There]]" – [[Sean Kingston]] (#7)
* "[[Tattoo (Jordin Sparks song)|Tattoo]]" – [[Jordin Sparks]] (#8)
* "[[This Is Me (Demi Lovato song)|This Is Me]]" – [[Demi Lovato]] featuring [[Joe Jonas]] (#9)
* "[[The Time of My Life (David Cook song)|The Time of My Life]]" – [[David Cook (singer)|David Cook]] (#3)
* "[[Tonight (Jonas Brothers song)|Tonight]]" – [[Jonas Brothers]] (#8)
* "[[Touch My Body]]" – [[Mariah Carey]] (#1)
* "[[Viva la Vida]] – [[Coldplay]] (#1)
* "[[Whatever You Like]] – [[T.I.]] (#1)
* "[[When I Grow Up (Pussycat Dolls song)|When I Grow Up]]" – [[The Pussycat Dolls]] (#9)
* "[[With You (Chris Brown song)|With You]]" – [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]] (#2)
* “[[Womanizer (Britney Spears song)|Womanizer]]” - [[Britney Spears]] (#1)
}}
'''[[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2008]]'''

=== United Kingdom ===
'''UK Official Top 75 No. 1 Hits'''
* "[[4 Minutes (Madonna song)|4 Minutes]]" – [[Madonna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]] and [[Timbaland]] (4 weeks)
* "[[All Summer Long (Kid Rock song)|All Summer Long]]" – [[Kid Rock]] (1 week)
* "[[American Boy (Estelle song)|American Boy]]" – [[Estelle (singer)|Estelle]] featuring [[Kanye West]] (4 weeks)
* "[[Closer (Ne-Yo song)|Closer]]" – [[Ne-Yo]] (1 week)
* "[[Dance wiv Me]]" – [[Dizzee Rascal]] featuring [[Calvin Harris]] and Chrome (4 weeks)
* "[[Greatest Day (Take That song)|Greatest Day]]" – [[Take That]] (1 week)
* "[[Hallelujah (Alexandra Burke song)|Hallelujah]]" – [[Alexandra Burke]] (2 weeks)
* "[[Hero (Mariah Carey song and The X Factor Finalist 2008)|Hero]]" – [[List of The X Factor finalists (UK series 5)|The X Factor Finalists 2008]] (3 weeks)
* "[[I Kissed a Girl]]" – [[Katy Perry]] (5 weeks)
* "[[If I Were a Boy]]" – [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]] (1 week)
* "[[Mercy (Duffy song)|Mercy]]" – [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]] (5 weeks)
* "[[Now You're Gone (Basshunter song)|Now You're Gone]]" – [[Basshunter]] (5 weeks)
* "[[The Promise (Girls Aloud song)|The Promise]]" – [[Girls Aloud]] (1 week)
* "[[Run (Leona Lewis cover)|Run]]" – [[Leona Lewis]] (2 weeks)
* "[[Sex on Fire]]" – [[Kings of Leon]] (3 weeks)
* "[[Singin' in the Rain (song)#Mint Royale version|Singin' in the Rain]]" – [[Mint Royale]] (2 weeks)
* "[[So What (Pink song)|So What]]" – [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] (3 weeks)
* "[[Take a Bow (Rihanna song)|Take a Bow]]" – [[Rihanna]] (2 weeks)
* "[[That's Not My Name]]" – [[The Ting Tings]] (1 week)
* "[[Viva la Vida (song)|Viva la Vida]]" – [[Coldplay]] (1 week)
* "[[When You Believe (Leon Jackson song)|When You Believe]]" – [[Leon Jackson]] (1 week in 2007/2 weeks in 2008)

=== Australia ===
'''Australia Official Top 50 No. 1 Hits'''

'''Australia Official Top 50 Hits – Singles which have ranked within Top 20'''

=== Other international hits ===
*"[[About You Now]]" – [[The Saw Doctors]]
*"[[Algún día (song)|Algún día]]" – [[Julieta Venegas]]
*"[[Appelle mon numéro]]" – [[Mylène Farmer]]
*"[[Dégénération]]" – Mylène Farmer
*"[[Déjame Entrar (Makano song)]]" – [[Makano (singer)|Makano]]
*"[[Dos Mou Logo Na Sotho]]" – [[Mando (singer)|Mando]]
*"[[Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)]]" – [[DJ Ötzi]] and Nik P
*"[[Everything (P-Money song)|Everything]] – [[P-Money]]
*"[[The Galway Girl]]" – [[Sharon Shannon]] and [[Mundy]]
*"[[Gansi]]" – [[Edo Maajka]]
*"[[Hakanaku mo Towa no Kanashi]]" – [[Uverworld]]
*"[[Hot Summer Night (Oh La La La)]]" – [[David Tavaré]]
*"[[Il avait les mots]]" – [[Sheryfa Luna]]
*"[[Jennie Let Me Love You]]" – [[E.M.D.]]
*"[[Kallai Mattum]]" – [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]]
*"[[Me Estás Tentando]]" – [[Wisin & Yandel]]
*"[[Nekade Daleku]]" – [[Elena Risteska]]
*"[[Non ti scordar mai di me (song)|Non ti scordar mai di me]]" – [[Giusy Ferreri]]
*"[[Pehli Nazar Mein]]" – [[Atif Aslam]]
*"[[Quédate]]" – [[Pee Wee (entertainer)|Pee Wee]]
*"[[Rayon de soleil]]" – [[William Baldé]]
*"[[Scheiss Liebe]]" – [[LaFee]]
*"[[Tired of Being Sorry|Tired of Being Sorry (Laisse le destin l'emporter)]]" – [[Enrique Iglesias]] & [[Nâdiya]]
*"[[Traicionera]]" – [[Américo]]

== Classical music ==

=== Instrumental music ===
* [[Birke J. Bertelsmeier]] – ''Quartettstück'' for string quartet
* [[Martin Bresnick]] – ''Joaquin is Dreaming''
* [[Elliott Carter]]
** Concerto for flute and orchestra
** Duetto for violin and cello (first of the ''Due Duetti'')
** ''Tinntinabulation'', for percussion sextet
** ''Wind Rose'', for wind ensemble
* [[Joël-François Durand]] – ''Le Tombeau de Rameau'', for flute, viola and harp
* [[Lorenzo Ferrero]]
** ''Freedom Variations'', for trumpet and chamber ensemble
** ''2 Agosto. Prima variazione'' (from ''Quatro variazioni su un tema di Banchieri''), for organ and orchestra
* [[Jennifer Higdon]] – [[Violin Concerto (Higdon)|Violin Concerto]]
* [[Mehdi Hosseini]] – [[Concerto for String Quartet and Chamber Orchestra (Hosseini)|Concerto for String Quartet and Chamber Orchestra]]
* [[Wojciech Kilar]] –
**''Paschalis Hymn'' for mixed choir a cappella
**''Te Deum'', for 4 solo voices, choir and orchestra
**''Veni Creator'', for mixed choir and string orchestra
* [[Arvo Pärt]] – [[Symphony No. 4 (Pärt)|Symphony No. 4]]
* Anno Schreier – ''Berceuse'' for violin, clarinet, alto-saxophone and piano
* [[Tan Dun]] – [[Piano Concerto (Tan Dun)|Piano Concerto ''The Fire'']]

=== Opera ===
* [[Harrison Birtwistle]] – ''[[The Minotaur (opera)|The Minotaur]]''
* [[Howard Shore]] – ''[[The Fly (opera)|The Fly]]''

=== Other ===
* [[Elliott Carter]]
** ''On Conversing with Paradise'', for baritone and chamber orchestra
** ''Poems of Louis Zukofsky'', for mezzo-soprano and clarinet
* [[Karl Jenkins]]
** ''[[Stabat Mater (Jenkins)|Stabat Mater]]''
** ''[[Te Deum (Jenkins)|Te Deum]]''

== Musical films ==
*''[[Annan Thambi]]''
*''[[Cadillac Records]]''
*''[[Dasavathaaram]]''
*''[[High School Musical 3: Senior Year]]''
*''[[Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert]]''

== Deaths ==

=== January ===
*[[January 3]] – [[Henri Chopin]], 85, French sound poet
*[[January 10]] – Dave Day, 66 (heart attack), American guitarist ([[The Monks]])
*[[January 11]] – [[Pete Candoli]], 84 ([[prostate cancer]]), American jazz trumpeter
*[[January 13]] – [[Sergejus Larinas]], 51, Russian [[tenor]]
*[[January 17]] – Madeleine Michaud, 105, French [[Libretto|librettist]]
*[[January 19]]
** [[Andy Palacio]], 47, Belizean [[Punta]] musician
** [[Trevor Taylor (singer)|Trevor Taylor]], 50 (heart attack), German singer ([[Bad Boys Blue]])
** [[John Stewart (musician)|John Stewart]], 68, American singer-songwriter ([[The Kingston Trio]])
*[[January 20]] – [[Tommy McQuater]], 93, British jazz trumpeter
*[[January 25]] – [[Evelyn Barbirolli]], 97, British oboist
*[[January 30]] – [[Miles Kington]], 66, British bassist

=== February ===
*[[February 3]] – [[Jackie Orszaczky]], 59, Hungarian jazz bass-guitarist and composer
*[[February 4]] – [[Tata Güines]], 77, Cuban percussionist and composer
*[[February 9]] – [[Scot Halpin]], 54, American drummer
*[[February 10]]
** [[Freddie Bell and the Bellboys|Freddie Bell]], 76, American musician
** [[Inga Nielsen]], 61 (cancer), Danish [[soprano]]
*[[February 13]] – [[Henri Salvador]], 90 (ruptured aneurysm), French singer
*[[February 15]] – [[Willie P. Bennett]], 56 (heart attack), Canadian folk singer-songwriter
*[[February 19]]
** [[Yegor Letov]], 43 (heart stopped), Russian [[Punk rock|punk]] singer
** [[Teo Macero]], 82, American jazz saxophonist, record producer and composer
*[[February 21]]
**[[Joe Gibbs (record producer)|Joe Gibbs]], 65 (heart attack), Jamaican record producer
**[[Neil Chotem]], 87, Canadian conductor and composer
*[[February 24]] – [[Larry Norman]], 60, American musician
*[[February 25]] – [[Static Major|Stephen "Static Major" Garrett]], 33, American rapper
*[[February 26]] – [[Buddy Miles]], 60, American drummer (Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys)
*[[February 27]]
** [[Ray Kane]], 82, American [[slack-key guitar]]ist
** [[Ivan Rebroff]], 76, German singer of traditional Russian music
*[[February 28]]
** Mike Conley, 48, American punk singer ([[M.I.A. (band)|M.I.A.]])
** [[Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five)|Mike Smith]], 64 ([[pneumonia]]), British singer and producer ([[The Dave Clark Five]])

=== March ===
*[[March 2]] – [[Jeff Healey]], 41 (cancer), Canadian blues guitarist
*[[March 3]]
** [[Giuseppe Di Stefano]], 86, Italian tenor
** [[Norman Smith (record producer)|Norman Smith]], 85, British record producer and musician
*[[March 4]] – [[Leonard Rosenman]], 83 (heart attack), American composer
*[[March 10]] – [[Dennis Irwin]], 56, American double-bass player
*[[March 12]] – [[Alun Hoddinott]], 78, British composer
*[[March 13]] – [[The Blue Sky Boys|Bill Bolick]], 90, [[Country music|country]] musician (The Blue Sky Boys)
*[[March 15]] – [[Mikey Dread]], 53 ([[brain tumor]]), Jamaican [[reggae]] musician and broadcaster
*[[March 16]]
** [[Ola Brunkert]], 61 (injuries from fall), Swedish session drummer
** [[Daniel MacMaster]], 39 ([[Group A streptococcal infection]]), Canadian vocalist ([[Bonham (band)|Bonham]])
*[[March 21]]
** [[Klaus Dinger]], 61, German drummer ([[Neu!]])
** [[Shusha Guppy]], 72, Iranian folk-singer and composer
*[[March 22]] – [[Cachao López]], 89 (kidney failure), Cuban bassist
*[[March 23]] – [[Neil Aspinall]], 66 (lung cancer), British music industry executive
*[[March 29]] – [[Allan Ganley]], 77, British jazz drummer
*[[March 30]] – [[Sean LeVert]], 39, American vocalist ([[LeVert]])

=== April ===
*[[April 6]] – Larry Brown, 63 (respiratory condition), American vocalist ([[Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes]])
*[[April 15]]
** [[Sean Costello]], 28 (drug overdose), American [[blues]] musician
** [[Brian Davison (drummer)|Brian Davison]], 65, British drummer ([[The Nice]])
*[[April 17]] – [[Danny Federici]], 58 ([[melanoma]]), American rock multi-instrumentalist ([[E Street Band]])
*[[April 20]]
** [[Louis and Bebe Barron|Bebe Barron]], 82, American electronic music pioneer
** [[VL Mike]], 30 (shot), American [[Rapping|rap]] artist
*[[April 21]] – [[Al Wilson (singer)|Al Wilson]], 68, American singer
*[[April 22]] – [[Paul Davis (singer)|Paul Davis]], American singer-songwriter
*[[April 24]]
** [[Tristram Cary]], 82, British composer
** [[Jimmy Giuffre]], 86 ([[pneumonia]]), American jazz musician
*[[April 25]] – [[Humphrey Lyttelton]], 86, British jazz musician
*[[April 26]] – [[Henry Brant]], 94, American composer
*[[April 27]] – [[Frances Yeend]], 95, American [[soprano]]
*[[April 29]] – [[Micky Waller]], 66, British drummer

=== May ===
*[[May 4]] – [[Kishan Maharaj]], 84, Indian [[tabla]] player
*[[May 5]] – [[Jerry Wallace]], 79 ([[congestive heart failure]]), American country music singer
*[[May 6]] – [[Franz Jackson]], 95, American jazz saxophonist
*[[May 8]]
** [[Eddy Arnold]], 89, American country music singer
** [[Larry Levine]], 80, American [[Audio engineering|audio engineer]]
*[[May 10]] – [[Leyla Gencer]], 79, Turkish [[soprano]]
*[[May 11]]
** [[Dottie Rambo]], 74 (bus accident), American [[Gospel music|gospel]] singer
** [[John Rutsey]], 54 or 55 (heart attack), Canadian drummer ([[Rush (band)|Rush]])
*[[May 15]]
** [[Alexander Courage]], 88, American composer
** [[Bob Florence]], 75, American jazz pianist
*[[May 17]] – [[Wilfrid Mellers]], 94, British [[Musicology|musicologist]] and composer
*[[May 21]] – [[Siegmund Nissel]], 86, Austrian violinist
*[[May 23]] – [[Utah Phillips]], 73 (heart disease), American folk singer-songwriter
*[[May 24]] – [[Jimmy McGriff]], 72 ([[multiple sclerosis]]), American jazz organist
*[[May 25]] – [[Camu Tao]], 30 (lung cancer), [[rapper]]
*[[May 26]] – [[Earle Hagen]], 88, American composer
*[[May 28]] – [[Danny Moss]], 80, British jazz saxophonist
*[[May 30]]
** [[Campbell Burnap]], 68 (cancer), British jazz trombonist and broadcaster
** [[Nat Temple]], 94, British [[big band]] leader

=== June ===
*[[June 1]] – [[Al Jones (English musician)|Al Jones]], 62, British folk musician
*[[June 2]] – [[Bo Diddley]], 79 (heart failure), American rock and roll and blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
*[[June 4]] – [[Bill Finegan]], 91, American jazz pianist and arranger
*[[June 8]] – [[Šaban Bajramović]], 72 (heart attack), Serbian [[Romani people|Romani]] musician
*[[June 12]] – [[Danny Davis (country musician)|Danny Davis]], 83 (heart attack), American band leader
*[[June 14]]
** [[Jamelão]], 95 ([[multiple organ failure]]), Brazilian [[samba]] singer
** [[Esbjörn Svensson]], 44, Swedish jazz pianist ([[Scuba diving]] accident)
*[[June 16]] – [[Margaret Kitchin]], 94, Swiss pianist
*[[June 17]] – [[Cyd Charisse]], 86 (heart attack), American dancer and actress
*[[June 24]] – [[Ira Tucker]], 83 ([[cardiovascular disease]]), American [[Gospel music|gospel]] singer ([[The Dixie Hummingbirds]])
*[[June 27]]
** [[Raymond Lefèvre]], 78, French [[easy listening]] musician
** [[Daihachi Oguchi]], 84 (car accident), Japanese drummer
** [[Leonard Pennario]], 83 ([[Parkinson's disease]]), American pianist
*[[June 30]] – [[Ángel Tavira]], 83 (kidney complications), Mexican violinist and composer

=== July ===
*[[July 1]] – [[Mel Galley]], 60 ([[esophagus cancer]]), British guitarist ([[Whitesnake]], [[Trapeze (band)|Trapeze]], [[Finders Keepers (band)|Finders Keepers]] and [[Phenomena (band)|Phenomena]])
*[[July 2]] – [[Natasha Shneider]], 52 (cancer), Russian keyboardist and vocalist
*[[July 3]]
** [[Harald Heide-Steen Jr.]], 68 ([[lung cancer]]), Norwegian actor, comedian and jazz singer
** [[Oliver Schroer]], 52 ([[leukemia]]), Canadian [[fiddler]] and composer
*[[July 6]] – [[Bobby Durham (Jazz musician)|Bobby Durham]], 71, American jazz drummer
*[[July 7]] – [[Hugh Mendl]], 88, British record producer
*[[July 13]] – [[Gerald Wiggins]], 86, American jazz pianist
*[[July 16]] – [[Jo Stafford]], 90 ([[congestive heart failure]]), American singer
*[[July 18]]
** [[Tauno Marttinen]], 95, Finnish composer
** [[Dennis Townhill]], 83, British organist and composer
*[[July 20]] – [[Artie Traum]], 65, American [[Folk music|folk]] musician and composer
*[[July 22]] – [[Joe Beck]], 62 (lung cancer), American jazz guitarist
*[[July 24]] – [[Norman Dello Joio]], 95, American composer
*[[July 25]]
** [[Hiram Bullock]], 52 ([[Head and neck cancer|throat cancer]]), American [[jazz fusion]] guitarist
** [[Johnny Griffin]], 80 (heart attack), American jazz saxophonist
*[[July 27]] – [[Horst Stein]], 80, German conductor
*[[July 28]] – [[Wendo Kolosoy]], 83, Congolese [[Soukous|rumba]] musician
*[[July 31]] – [[Lee Young]], 94, American jazz drummer and singer

=== August ===
*[[August 3]]
** [[Erik Darling]], 74, American [[Folk music|folk]] musician
** [[Louis Teicher]], 83, American pianist
*[[August 4]] – [[Nicola Rescigno]], 92, Italian American conductor
*[[August 5]]
** [[Robert Hazard]], 59, American songwriter
** [[Reg Lindsay]], 79, Australian [[country music]] singer
*[[August 10]]
** [[Isaac Hayes]], 65, American [[rhythm and blues]] musician
** [[Alexander Slobodyanik]], 66, Ukrainian pianist
*[[August 11]] – [[Don Helms]], 81, American steel guitarist
*[[August 12]] – [[Donald Erb]], 81, American composer
*[[August 14]] – [[Lita Roza]], 82, British singer
*[[August 15]] – [[Jerry Wexler]], 91, American producer
*[[August 16]]
** [[Dorival Caymmi]], 94, Brazilian singer-songwriter
** [[Ronnie Drew]], 73, Irish folk musician ([[The Dubliners]])
** [[Johnny Moore (trumpeter)|Johnny Moore]], 70, Jamaican trumpeter ([[The Skatalites]])
*[[August 18]] – [[Pervis Jackson]], 70, American R&B singer ([[The Spinners (U.S. band)|The Spinners]])
*[[August 19]] – [[LeRoi Moore]], 46, American saxophonist ([[Dave Matthews Band]])
*[[August 20]] – [[Phil Guy]], 68, American blues guitarist
*[[August 21]]
** [[Jerry Finn]], 39, American record producer
** [[Buddy Harman]], 79, American session drummer
*[[August 25]] – [[Pehr Henrik Nordgren]], 64, Finnish composer
*[[August 31]] – [[Jerry Reed]], 71, American country musician

=== September ===
*[[September 2]] – [[Arne Domnérus]], 83, Swedish jazz saxophonist
*[[September 6]] – [[Nicole Lai]], 34 (skin cancer), Singaporean singer
*[[September 7]]
** Christian Dudek, 42, German drummer ([[Sodom (band)|Sodom]])
** [[Dino Dvornik]], 44, Croatian singer, songwriter and music producer
** [[Peter Glossop]], 80, British opera singer
*[[September 8]]
** [[Bheki Mseleku]], 53 (diabetes-related), jazz musician
** Jason Stuart, 39, British keyboardist ([[Hawkwind]])
** [[Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan]], 73, Indian violinist
** [[Hector Zazou]], 60, French composer and producer
*[[September 10]] – [[Vernon Handley]], 77, British conductor
*[[September 12]]
** [[Marjorie Thomas]], 85, British contralto
** [[Charlie Walker (musician)|Charlie Walker]], 81, American country musician
*[[September 15]] – [[Richard Wright (musician)|Richard Wright]], 65, British keyboardist ([[Pink Floyd]])
*[[September 16]]
** [[Norman Whitfield]], 68, American songwriter and producer
** [[Andrei Volkonsky]], 75, Russian (émigré/defector) composer, conductor and harpsichordist
*[[September 18]]
** Opal Courtney Jr, 71, American R&B/doo-wop singer ([[The Spaniels]])
** [[Mauricio Kagel]], 76, Argentine composer
*[[September 19]]
** [[Earl Palmer]], 84, American drummer, member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
** [[Dick Sudhalter]], 70, American jazz trumpeter and critic
*[[September 20]] – [[Nappy Brown]], 78, American blues singer
*[[September 22]] – [[Connie Haines]], 87, American singer
*[[September 24]] – [[Vice Vukov]], 72, Croatian singer
*[[September 25]] – [[Horațiu Rădulescu]], 66, Romanian composer
*[[September 26]]
** [[Bernadette Greevy]], 68, Irish mezzo-soprano
** [[Yonty Solomon]], 71, South African pianist

=== October ===
*[[October 1]] – [[Nick Reynolds]], 75, American folk musician
*[[October 3]] – [[Johnny "J"]], 39, American songwriter, music producer and rapper
*[[October 4]]
** [[Levi Kereama]], 27, Australian musician
** [[Alfred Gallodoro]], 95, American jazz musician
*[[October 9]] – [[Gidget Gein]], 39, American bassist ([[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]])
*[[October 10]]
** [[Alton Ellis]], 70, Jamaican rocksteady musician
** Dave Wright, 64 ([[The Troggs]])
*[[October 11]]
** [[Russ Hamilton (singer)|Russ Hamilton]], 78, British singer
** [[Neal Hefti]], 85, American jazz trumpeter and composer
*[[October 13]] – [[Gus Chambers]], 52, British vocalist
*[[October 15]] – Frankie Venom, 51, Canadian vocalist ([[Teenage Head (band)|Teenage Head]])
*[[October 17]] – [[Levi Stubbs]], 72, American vocalist ([[The Four Tops]])
*[[October 18]]
** [[Peter Gordeno]], 69, Burmese singer
** [[Dave McKenna]], 78, American jazz pianist
** [[Dee Dee Warwick]], 63, American soul singer
*[[October 24]] – [[Merl Saunders]], 74, American musician<ref>{{cite news |url = https://articles.latimes.com/2008/oct/27/local/me-saunders27 |title = Merl Saunders Dies At 74 |access-date =November 9, 2008 |date = October 27, 2008 |work=Los Angeles Times }}</ref>
*[[October 27]] – [[Ray Ellis]], 85, American musician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-ellis5-2008nov05,0,5099381.story |title=Ray Ellis Dies At 85 |access-date=November 9, 2008 |author=Thurber, Jon |date=November 5, 2008 |work=Los Angeles Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102132951/http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-ellis5-2008nov05%2C0%2C5099381.story |archive-date=November 2, 2012 }}</ref>
*[[October 29]] – [[Mike Baker (singer)|Mike Baker]], 45, American singer ([[Shadow Gallery]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108016 |title=Shadow Gallery Vocalist Michael A. Baker Dead At 45 |access-date=November 9, 2008 |date=October 31, 2008 |publisher=[[blabbermouth.net]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081103070553/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108016 |archive-date=November 3, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[October 31]] – [[Frank Navetta]], 46, American punk rock guitarist ([[Descendents (band)|Descendents]])<ref name="exclaim">{{cite web |url = http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=115&csid2=844&fid1=34636 |title = R.I.P. Descendents Guitarist/Co-Founder Frank Navetta |access-date = November 8, 2008 |author = Thissen, Brock |date = November 3, 2008 |publisher = [[Exclaim!]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100507080813/http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=115 |archive-date = May 7, 2010 |url-status = dead |df = mdy-all }}</ref>

=== November ===
*[[November 1]]
** [[Jack Reno]], 72, American country singer
** [[Jimmy Carl Black]], 70, American drummer ([[The Mothers of Invention]])
** [[Nathaniel Mayer]], 64, American R&B singer<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=115&csid2=844&fid1=34693 |title = RIP Nathaniel Mayer |access-date = November 9, 2008 |author = Schneider, Jason |date = November 6, 2008 |publisher = [[Exclaim!]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100507080813/http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=115 |archive-date = May 7, 2010 |url-status = dead |df = mdy-all }}</ref>
*[[November 4]]
** [[Alan Hazeldine]], 60, Scottish conductor and pianist<ref>Anonymous obituary, ''The Times'' (November 22,): Features, p. 89.</ref>
** [[Byron Lee]], 73, Jamaican musician
*[[November 7]] – [[Jody Reynolds]], 75, American singer
*[[November 10]]
** [[Miriam Makeba]], 76, South African singer
** [[Wannes Van de Velde]], 71, Belgian folk singer.
*[[November 12]] – [[Mitch Mitchell]], 61, British drummer ([[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]])
*[[November 22]] – [[MC Breed]], 37, American rapper
*[[November 23]] – [[Richard Hickox]], 60, British conductor
*[[November 24]]
** [[Michael Lee (musician)|Michael Lee]], 39, British drummer ([[The Cult]])
** [[Kenny MacLean]], 52, Canadian bassist ([[Platinum Blonde (band)|Platinum Blonde]])
*[[November 26]] – [[Pekka Pohjola]], 56, Finnish composer
*[[November 30]] – [[Munetaka Higuchi]], 49, Japanese drummer ([[Loudness (band)|Loudness]])

=== December ===
*[[December 2]] – [[Odetta]], 77, American [[folk music]]ian
*[[December 9]]
** Steve Isham, 56, American keyboardist ([[Autograph (U.S. band)|Autograph]])
** Dennis Yost, 65, American vocalist ([[Classics IV]])
*[[December 14]] – [[Jay E. Welch]], American music teacher and chorus director
*[[December 15]]
** [[Davey Graham]], 68, British guitarist
** [[Sandeé]], 46, American freestyle singer ([[Exposé (group)|Exposé]]) (Seizure)
*[[December 17]]
** John Sean Byrne, 61, Irish guitarist ([[Count Five]])
** [[Feliciano Vierra Tavares]], 88, American musician
*[[December 25]]
** [[Eartha Kitt]], 81, American singer and actress
** [[Robert Ward (blues musician)|Robert Ward]], 70, American blues musician
*[[December 27]] – [[Roque Cordero]], 91, Panamanian composer
*[[December 28]] – [[Vincent Ford]], 68, Jamaican reggae songwriter
*[[December 29]] – [[Freddie Hubbard]], 70, American jazz trumpeter

== See also ==
{{Commons category|Music in 2008}}
{{portal|Music}}
* [[List of 2008 albums]]
* [[Timeline of musical events]]

== References ==
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*[[2008 in South Korean music]]
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== Specific genres ==
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*[[#Classical music|2008 in classical music]]
*[[2008 in country music]]
*[[2008 in electro pop music]]
*[[2008 in heavy metal music]]
*[[2008 in hip hop music]]
*[[2008 in Latin music]]
*[[2008 in jazz]]
*[[2008 in opera]]

== Events ==

=== January ===
*[[January 1]] – [[Julia Fischer]] makes her début as a concert pianist, performing [[Edvard Grieg]]'s ''[[Piano Concerto (Grieg)|Piano Concerto in A minor]]'' with the [[Junge Deutsche Philharmonie]] at the [[Alte Oper]], Frankfurt. The concert was conducted by [[Matthias Pintscher]], who replaced Sir [[Neville Marriner]]. On the same occasion she also performed the ''[[Violin Concerto No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)|Violin Concerto no. 3 in B minor]]'' by [[Camille Saint-Saëns]].<ref>[http://www.signandsight.com/features/1636.html Arno Widmann: "Julia Fischer: Virtuosissima!!!", ''Frankfurter Rundschau'', 2 January 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2012]</ref>
*[[January 5]] – The [[Salzburg Festival]] launches the "[[Herbert von Karajan]] Jubilee Year" with a concert in [[Salzburg]]'s [[Grosses Festspielhaus]].<ref>Agence France Presse, January 4, 2008.</ref>
*[[January 19]]–[[February 3]] – [[Rage Against the Machine]] headline the [[Big Day Out]] festivals in Australia and New Zealand, their first shows outside the United States since reforming, and their first Australian shows in 12 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10466694|title=Rage Against The Machine to play Big Day Out|last=NZPA|date=September 29, 2007|publisher=The New Zealand Herald/APN Holdings NZ Limited |access-date=May 16, 2008}}</ref> They join co-headliners [[Björk]], who pulled out of the Sydney festival under doctor's orders, and [[Arcade Fire]].
*[[January 29]] – [[Face to Face (punk band)|Face to Face]] announce that they will reunite for select shows in the US and internationally.<ref name="facetofacereunion">{{cite web|url=http://www.facetofacemusic.com/blog/?p=4 |title=We're back!……….sort of |publisher=FaceToFace.com |last=unattributed |date=January 29, 2008 |access-date=February 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416132445/http://www.facetofacemusic.com/blog/?p=4 |archive-date=April 16, 2008 }}</ref>
*[[January 31]] – Laura Attwood of the [[The King Edward VI School, Morpeth|King Edward VI School]] in [[Morpeth, Northumberland|Morpeth]] wins the second Eileen Bowler Award.<ref>Anon., "[http://www.morpethherald.co.uk/news/top-music-award-for-morpeth-girl-1-1522864 Top Music Award for Morpeth Girl] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115143607/http://www.morpethherald.co.uk/news/top-music-award-for-morpeth-girl-1-1522864 |date=November 15, 2017 }}", ''The Morpeth Herald'' (January 31, 2008).</ref>

=== February ===
*[[February 8]] – [[Michael Jackson]]'s ''Thriller'' album, the world's best-selling album of all time, is reissued as ''[[Thriller 25]]'' to celebrate its 25th anniversary, with Jackson himself as [[executive producer]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Paul |last=Grein |url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/7658/week-ending-may-18-2008-diva-smackdown-ends-with-ingenues-on-rise |title=Diva Smackdown |publisher=Yahoo |date=May 18, 2008 |access-date=May 22, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519145210/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/7658/week-ending-may-18-2008-diva-smackdown-ends-with-ingenues-on-rise |archive-date=May 19, 2011 }}</ref>
*[[February 10]] – The [[50th Annual Grammy Awards]] ceremony takes place at the [[Staples Center]] in Los Angeles, US.<ref>[http://www.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Fifty_Years Official Grammy site] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821204724/http://www.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Fifty_Years |date=August 21, 2008 }}</ref> [[Amy Winehouse]] wins five awards, including both [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] for "[[Rehab (Amy Winehouse song)|Rehab]]", along with [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]]. [[Herbie Hancock]]'s ''[[River: The Joni Letters]]'' wins [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]].
*[[February 11]] – After pleading [[Nolo contendere|no contest]] to a [[felony]] weapons charge, [[The Game (rapper)|The Game]] was sentenced to 60 days in jail, 150 hours of community service, and three years of [[probation]] in connection with an incident where he was alleged to have brandished a gun at a basketball game in [[South Los Angeles]] in February 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-03-13 |title=XXLmag.com - » The Game Pleads No Contest to Weapons Charge, Sentenced to 60 Days in Jail |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313075707/http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=19356 |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>
*[[February 19]] – [[System of a Down]] guitarist, [[Daron Malakian]], tells [[MTV|MTV.com]] that the band is not likely to reform as he will be concentrating on his new project [[Scars on Broadway]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1581717/20080215/id_0.jhtml | title = Scars On Broadway Is No Side Project | publisher = [[MTV|MTV.com]] | date = February 19, 2008 | access-date =February 24, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080302042937/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1581717/20080215/id_0.jhtml| archive-date= March 2, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*[[February 20]]–25 – [[Viña del Mar International Song Festival]] is held in Chile.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://festival2008.canal13.cl/2008/html/Irq1024.html|title=Festival de la Canción de Viña del Mar|publisher=Festival de la Canción de Viña del Mar|language=es|access-date=May 17, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080430101358/http://festival2008.canal13.cl/2008/html/Irq1024.html| archive-date= April 30, 2008 | url-status= dead}}</ref>
*[[February 23]] – [[March 3]] – The second annual [[Soundwave (Australian music festival)|Soundwave festival]] is held in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=273060|title=Soundwave Festival 2008 Announced!|last=Djamoos|first=Anton|date=October 18, 2007|publisher=Absolute Punk|access-date=May 17, 2008}}</ref>
*[[February 26]] – The Return of the [[Spice Girls]] tour comes to a close in Toronto.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}

=== March ===
*[[March 6]]–9 – The [[2008 Langerado Music Festival]] is held on the [[Big Cypress Indian Reservation]] in southern Florida.<ref>[http://www.langerado.com/home2.php Welcome to Langerado!: Langerado Music Festival March 6–9, 2008 Big Cypress, FL: Home] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224173037/http://www.langerado.com/home2.php |date=December 24, 2008 }}</ref>
*[[March 7]] – The [[Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival]] 2008 takes place in Indonesia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.javajazzfestival.com/2008/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531061704/http://www.javajazzfestival.com/2008/|archive-date=May 31, 2008|title=Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 2008|year=2008|publisher=Java Festival Production|access-date=May 19, 2008}}</ref>
*[[March 7]]–16 – The [[South by Southwest#SXSW 2008|2008 South by Southwest]] Conference and Festival is held in [[Austin, Texas]], US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2008.sxsw.com/|title=South by Southwest Conference and Festivals|publisher=South by Southwest, Inc|access-date=May 19, 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070809212918/http://2008.sxsw.com/ |archive-date = August 9, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[March 11]]
**Jazz musician and broadcaster [[Humphrey Lyttelton]] announces his retirement from presenting [[BBC Radio 2]]'s jazz programme after forty years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jazzwise.com/archive/news/L.html|title=Lyttelton to leave radio show|date=March 12, 2008|publisher=Jazzwise Magazine|access-date=August 22, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080218071059/http://www.jazzwise.com/archive/news/L.html |archive-date = February 18, 2008}}</ref>
**[[Rick Ross]] releases his second studio album, ''[[Trilla]],'' to mixed reviews.<ref>{{Citation |title=Trilla by Rick Ross |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/trilla/rick-ross |language=en |access-date=2022-12-18}}</ref>
*[[March 25]]–29 – Miami Winter Music Conference.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wintermusicconference.com/|title=Winter Music Conference|year=2008|publisher=Winter Music Conference|access-date=May 19, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080516182002/http://www.wintermusicconference.com./| archive-date= May 16, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*[[March 31]] – [[theJazz]] radio station stops broadcasting.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7238444.stm BBC News: "Two GCap digital stations closed", 11 February 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2012.]</ref>

=== April ===
*[[April 1]] – [[Scott Weiland]]'s departure from rock band [[Velvet Revolver]] becomes official.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=94021 |title=It's Official: Velvet Revolver Parts Ways With Singer Scott Weiland |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=April 1, 2008 |access-date=April 1, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404001835/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=94021 |archive-date=April 4, 2008 }}</ref> His reunion with his former band, [[Stone Temple Pilots]], and tensions between him and the rest of Velvet Revolver, led to his departure.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0131840320080401|title=Velvet Revolver splits with rocker Scott Weiland|last=Gorman|first=Steve|date=April 1, 2008|publisher=Reuters|access-date=August 25, 2008}}</ref>
*[[April 5]]
**The reunited [[Face to Face (punk band)|Face to Face]] perform together for the first time in four-and-a-half-years at The Bamboozle Left in [[Irvine, California]], US.<ref name="facetofacereunion"/>
**[[Leona Lewis]] single "[[Bleeding Love]]" reached number 1 in 35 countries and became the first song to top the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart by a female British solo artist in 20 years since [[Kim Wilde]] did with "[[You Keep Me Hangin On]]" back in 1987. Her single was later proclaimed as the best selling single of 2008 worldwide and Lewis was named Top New Artist by Billboard.
*[[April 12]] – [[Touch My Body (Mariah Carey song)|"Touch My Body"]] becomes [[Mariah Carey]]'s 18th number 1 single on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, putting her into second place among artists with the most number 1 singles in the rock era, and first place as a solo artist, surpassing Elvis Presley.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[April 13]] - [[Justin Bieber]] officially signed to Def Jam Music Group
*[[April 15]] – Mayor [[Antonio Villaraigosa]] officially proclaims ''Mariah Carey Day'' in Los Angeles, California, US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mariahcarey.com/news/news.php?uid=2185 |title=Mariah Honored by the City of Los Angeles |last=unattributed |date=April 21, 2008 |publisher=UltraStar Entertainment LLC |access-date=May 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123031051/http://www.mariahcarey.com/news/news.php?uid=2185 |archive-date=November 23, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> On this day, [[Mariah Carey]] also releases [[E=MC² (Mariah Carey album)|''E=MC²'']], her eleventh studio album. It debuts at #1 on the [[Billboard 200]] albums chart with the highest first-week sales of her career.
*[[April 22]] – Andrey Baranov of Russia wins First Prize in the Second Benjamin Britten International Violin Competition in London.<ref>[http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html#6 Main International Violin Competitions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407003318/http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html |date=April 7, 2011 }}; [http://www.britten-competition.co.uk/ The Second Benjamin Britten International Violin Competition, London, April 14–22, 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091227101901/http://www.britten-competition.co.uk/ |date=December 27, 2009 }}.</ref>

=== May ===
*[[May 3]] – The sixth annual [[The Bamboozle]] festival opens at the [[Meadowlands Sports Complex]], [[East Rutherford, New Jersey]], US.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[May 10]]–11 – The [[Give It A Name]] 2008 festival is held at [[Earls Court Exhibition Centre|Earls Court]], London, UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/give-it-a-name/8536|title=It may not have a name, but it certainly has a purpose|last=(unattributed)|date=May 16, 2007|publisher=NME/IPC Media|access-date=May 23, 2008}}</ref>
*[[May 14]] – The "Spirit of Change" Gospel Choir celebrates its tenth anniversary with the 20th Zündorfer Gospelnacht concert in the Catholic Parish Church of St. Mariae Geburt, in Zündorf.<ref>Roland Schriefer, "[http://www.spirit-of-change.de/clips/KStA-20080515.jpg Sänger zeigen viel Gefühl: Chor feiert zehnjähriges Bestehen mit 20. Zündorfer Gospelnacht]", ''Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger'' (May 15, 2008); Nadine Hantke, "[http://www.spirit-of-change.de/clips/KRS-20080515.jpg Eine Erfolgsgeschichte]: 'Spirit of Chance' {{sic}} feierte bei 20. Gospelnacht Geburtstag" ''Kölnische Rundschau'' (May 15, 2008); K. M., "'Spirit of Change' feierte 10. Geburtstag", ''Porz Aktuell'' (May 28, 2008).</ref>
*[[May 21]] – [[David Cook (singer)|David Cook]] defeats [[David Archuleta (singer)|David Archuleta]] to win [[American Idol (season 7)|season 7 of ''American Idol'']], in a contest decided by 97.5 million votes, a record for the show.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[May 24]] – 43 countries compete in the [[2008 Eurovision Song Contest]] final in [[Belgrade]], Serbia, including newcomers San Marino and Azerbaijan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/eurovision/news/07.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518052951/http://www.bbc.co.uk/eurovision/news/07.shtml|archive-date=May 18, 2008|title=Eurovision Song Contest coverage across the BBC|last=(unattributed)|publisher=BBC|access-date=May 27, 2008}}</ref> The contest is won by Russia, with [[Believe (Dima Bilan song)|Believe]] by [[Dima Bilan]].
*[[May 24]]–26 – The [[Sasquatch! Music Festival]] is held over [[Memorial Day]] weekend at [[The Gorge Amphitheatre]] in central [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]], US.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[May 25]] – The Slovak preliminary round of the first Bluegrass competition (toward the annual Czech Festival Banjo Jamboree) is held in [[Hviezdoslavovo námestie (Bratislava)|Hviezdoslavovo námestie]], [[Bratislava]].<ref>"[http://www.twincityjournal.eu/vismo/dokumenty2.asp?id_org=600185&id=1200&p1=1141 Koncerty 2008/05] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120525103504/http://www.twincityjournal.eu/vismo/dokumenty2.asp?id_org=600185&id=1200&p1=1141 |date=May 25, 2012 }}", ''Twin City Magazín'' (Bratislava) (April 2008).</ref>
*[[May 30]] – [[June 1]]
** [[Rock In Rio#Rock In Rio Lisboa & Madrid|Rock In Rio Lisboa]] 2008 takes place in [[Parque da Bela Vista]], Chelas, [[Lisbon]], Portugal, continuing on June 5–6.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
** The fourth annual [[Mountain Jam (festival)|Mountain Jam Festival]] is held in [[Hunter Mountain (New York)|Hunter Mountain]], New York, US.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}

=== June ===
*[[June 1]]
** [[Westlife]] play their 10th anniversary concert at Europe's fourth biggest stadium, [[Croke Park]], in [[Dublin]], Republic of Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcd.ie/home/fn.php?c=9617084&ar=publicinformationnotice&cat=all |title=Public Information Notice for Celine Dion and Westlife Concerts |last=unattributed |date=May 23, 2008 |publisher=MCD |access-date=August 27, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081112193414/http://www.mcd.ie/home/fn.php?c=9617084&ar=publicinformationnotice&cat=all |archive-date=November 12, 2008 }}</ref>
** [[2008 Universal fire|A fire at Universal Studios]] in [[Universal City, California]], destroys as many as 175,000 [[mastering (audio)|master tapes]] containing as many as half a million songs by 20th and 21st century artists, some of which had never been released or digitized. The full extent of the damage was not made public until 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rosen |first=Jody |title=The Day the Music Burned: It was the biggest disaster in the history of the music business — and almost nobody knew |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/magazine/universal-fire-master-recordings.html |date=June 11, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times Magazine]] |access-date=June 18, 2019 }}</ref>
*[[June 6]]-8 – The [[2008 Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival]] is held at [[Clinton State Park]] near [[Lawrence, Kansas]], US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wakarusa.com/2008/lineup.asp?y=2008 |title=Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival |publisher=Wakarusa.com |date=2012-06-03 |access-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522175001/http://www.wakarusa.com/2008/lineup.asp?y=2008 |archive-date=May 22, 2010 }}</ref>
*[[June 10]] – [[Lil Wayne]]'s sixth album ''[[Tha Carter III]]'' sells 1 million copies in its first week of release.<ref>{{cite web | date=April 1, 2008 | title=Rancid compile music videos on new DVD, announce tour dates | publisher=Punknews.org | url=http://www.punknews.org/article/28337 | access-date=April 6, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080405190731/http://www.punknews.org/article/28337| archive-date= April 5, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*[[June 12]]–15 – The [[2008 Bonnaroo Music Festival]] is held in [[Manchester, Tennessee]], US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bonnaroo.com/schedule/ |title=Bonnaroo – Schedule – Thursday, June 10, 2010 |publisher=Bonnaroo.com |date=2012-05-15 |access-date=2012-09-02}}</ref>
*[[June 13]]–15
** The seventh [[Isle of Wight Festival 2008|Isle of Wight Festival]] takes place in [[Seaclose Park]], [[Newport, Isle of Wight]], UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isleofwightfestival.com/isle-of-wight-festival-2008.aspx |title=Isle of Wight Festival History – 2008 |date=2008-06-17 |access-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617165115/http://www.isleofwightfestival.com/isle-of-wight-festival-2008.aspx |archive-date=June 17, 2008 }}</ref>
** The annual [[Download Festival]] takes place at [[Donington Park]] in [[Leicestershire]], England. The main stage was headlined by [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], [[The Offspring]] and [[Lostprophets]], the Tuborg stage by [[Simple Plan]], [[HIM (Finnish band)|HIM]] and [[Cavalera Conspiracy]], and the Gibson stage by [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]], [[Testament (band)|Testament]] and [[Jonathan Davis and the SFA]].
*[[June 15]] – E. Kallai from Hungary wins First Prize in the 11th Carl Fleisch International Violin Competition in [[Mosonmagyaróvár]], Hungary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html#6 |title=Main International Violin Competitions |publisher=Violina2z.com |access-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918085047/http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html |archive-date=September 18, 2012 }}</ref>
*[[June 20]] – [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] play their first reunion show at the [[Roundhouse (venue)|Roundhouse]], London, UK.<ref>{{cite news|date=June 24, 2008 |title=My Bloody Valentine at Roundhouse, NW1 |work=The Times |location=London |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/live_reviews/article4199762.ece |access-date=September 18, 2008 |first=Pete |last=Paphides |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617001928/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/live_reviews/article4199762.ece |archive-date=June 17, 2011 }}</ref>
*[[June 27]]–29 – The Eidgenössiches Jodlerfest is held in [[Lucerne]].<ref>Petra Hofmann, "[http://www.jodlerbiel-benken.ch/berichte.htm#ejf08 Eidgenössiches Jodlerfest vom 27. Juni 2008 – 29. Juni 2008 in Luzern]" . Retrieved January 7, 2010.</ref>
*[[June 29]] – Release of ''[[Guitar Hero: Aerosmith]]'', the first video game in the ''[[Guitar Hero]]'' series to be based around a single music group.<ref>{{cite web| title = Wii Preview: Guitar Hero: Aerosmith | work = Neal Ronaghan | publisher = Nintendo World Report | url=http://nintendoworldreport.com/previewArt.cfm?artid=15660 | access-date=April 1, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080413023457/http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/previewArt.cfm?artid=15660| archive-date= April 13, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>

=== July ===
*[[July 3]] – Opening of the [[Wireless Festival#2008|O2 Wireless Festival]] in [[Hyde Park, London]], UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.o2wirelessfestival.co.uk/home/index.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605202303/http://www.o2wirelessfestival.co.uk/home/index.aspx|archive-date=June 5, 2008|title=O2 Wireless Festival|last=unattributed|year=2008|publisher=Live Nation (Music) UK Limited|access-date=September 1, 2008}}</ref>
*[[July 5]] – Staatsminister Rainer Robra and [[Halberstadt]] Oberbürgermeister Andreas Henke preside as the notes A{{Music|flat}} and C are added in the sixth sound change of the performance of [[John Cage]]'s ''[[As Slow as Possible|Organ²/ASLSP (As SLow aS Possible)]]'' that began on 5 September 2001 and is to conclude on 5 September 2640, in Halberstadt, Germany.<ref>"Orgelmarathon: Endlich neue Töne''Die Zeit'' (7 July 2008).</ref>
*[[July 23]]–26 – The [[2008 10,000 Lakes Festival]] is held.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.10klf.com/index2008.php |title=10KLF 2008 |publisher=10klf.com |access-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311031641/http://www.10klf.com/index2008.php |archive-date=March 11, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
*[[July 24]]–25 – The [[Splendour in the Grass]] music festival is held in [[Byron Bay, New South Wales|Byron Bay]], [[Australia]], headlined by [[Devo]] and [[Wolfmother]].
*[[July 24]]–28 – The Fifth International Symposium of throat-singing, "Khoomei—Cultural Phenomenon of the Peoples of Central Asia" is held in [[Tuva]].<ref>Ministry of Culture of Tuva, "[http://en.tuvaonline.ru/2008/07/11/4753_khoomei.html Tuva Preparing to Host Throat Singing Admirers from all over the World]" (July 11, 2008). Retrieved January 7, 2010.</ref>

=== August ===
*[[August 1]]–3 – The [[Lollapalooza]] music festival takes place in Chicago, Illinois, US.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[August 8]] – Chen Qigang is director of music for the [[2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony]] in Beijing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/ceremonies/headlines/n214521306.shtml|title=How the Opening Ceremony was born|access-date=21 August 2009 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428182905/http://en.beijing2008.cn/ceremonies/headlines/n214521306.shtml|archive-date=April 28, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref> A minor scandal ensues when it is revealed that [[Lin Miaoke]], the performer of "[[Ode to the Motherland]]", was miming to a recording by another girl, [[Yang Peiyi]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/2545387/Beijing-Olympics-Faking-scandal-over-girl-who-sang-in-opening-ceremony.html|title=Beijing Olympics: Faking scandal over girl who 'sang' in opening ceremony|date=August 12, 2008|first=Richard|last=Spencer|newspaper=The Telegraph | location=London| access-date= 21 August 2009 }}</ref>
*[[August 10]] – [[Jimmy Dean]] and [[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]] celebrate their 80th birthdays.
*[[August 12]]–18 – [[Sziget Festival#2008|Sziget Festival 2008]] takes place in [[Budapest]], Hungary.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[August 13]] – [[Jeff Singer]] quits [[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paradiselost.co.uk/news/2008/statement-from-jeff-aug-13.html |title=Statement from Jeff | Paradise Lost Official Website |access-date=2013-07-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130727043924/http://www.paradiselost.co.uk/news/2008/statement-from-jeff-aug-13.html |archive-date=July 27, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
*[[August 19]] – [[LeRoi Moore]], saxophonist and founding member of [[Dave Matthews Band]], dies from complications from an ATV accident suffered earlier in the summer.
*[[August 22]] – Coke Live Music Festival opens in Poland, headlined by artists [[Sean Paul]], [[Timbaland]], and [[The Prodigy]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[August 23]]
**[[Madonna]] starts her [[Sticky & Sweet Tour]] which is set to become the highest-grossing tour for both a female and solo artist.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
**Michael Nicklasson quits [[Dark Tranquility]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[August 30]]
** Filipino rock band [[Eraserheads]] hold their one-night-only reunion concert in the Fort open field, their first concert since 2001. After the 20-minute break, vocalist [[Ely Buendia]] is rushed to the hospital because of chest pain due to emotional stress.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
** ''American Idol'' Season 7 runner-up David Archuleta's debut single "[[Crush (David Archuleta song)|Crush]]" scores the highest debut of a song on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] by an ''American Idol'' finalist not performed on the show. The track opened at No. 2 after selling 166,000 downloads in its first week of release.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[August 31]] – [[Chrome Division]] fires Eddie Guz.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}

=== September ===
*[[September 6]] – Six members of [[The Specials]] re-unite at the [[Bestival]] as a 'Surprise Act'. They use the name "Terry Hall and Friends", because [[Jerry Dammers]], who owns the band's name, did not participate.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 7]] – The [[2008 MTV Video Music Awards]] are presented at [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount Studios]], [[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]]. [[Britney Spears]]' wins [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]], [[Best Pop Video]], and [[Best Female Video]] for "[[Piece of Me (Britney Spears song)|Piece of Me]]". [[Christina Aguilera]] also made her return to music since giving birth to her first child with the debut of her single [[Keeps Gettin' Better]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 9]] – [[Jessica Simpson]] releases her first album in two years, ''[[Do You Know (Jessica Simpson album)|Do You Know]]'', her first country album. It goes straight in at No. 1 in the ''Billboard'' Country Charts and at No. 4 in the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with sales of 65,000.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 10]] – The [[ARIA Music Awards of 2008|22nd Annual ARIA Music Awards]] are held in Sydney, Australia, recognizing Australian music in 2008. Dance-punk group [[The Presets]] win Album of the Year.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 11]] – [[Christian Älvestam]] leaves [[Scar Symmetry]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 12]] – Season 4 of the Finnish talent contest, ''[[Idols (Finland)|Idols]]'', begins.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 15]] – [[Kris Drever]], [[John McCusker]] and [[Roddy Woomble]] release ''[[Before the Ruin]]''.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 18]]
**[[Soilwork]] hires former member, [[Peter Wichers]], to replace [[Daniel Antonsson]], who is fired.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=105079 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711224101/http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=105079 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-11 |title=Blabbermouth.Net – Guitarist Peter Wichers Rejoins Soilwork |publisher=Legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com |access-date=2012-09-02 }}</ref>
** [[Ben Folds Five]] play a sold out reunion show in [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]], performing the entirety of their 1999 album ''[[The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner]]'', that was filmed for DVD and web release by MySpace in benefit for [[Operation Smile]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thesuburbs.org.uk/news/Reunion_DVD_Looks_Likely |title=– the original Ben Folds website – Reunion DVD Looks Likely! |publisher=Thesuburbs.org.uk |date=2008-09-27 |access-date=2012-09-02 |archive-date=October 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004185158/http://www.thesuburbs.org.uk/news/Reunion_DVD_Looks_Likely |url-status=dead }}</ref>
** [[Crystal Castles (band)|Crystal Castles]] play their biggest headline show to date, at [[Electric Ballroom]] in Camden, London.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 19]] – "Only by the Night" the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Kings of Leon, released worldwide in September 2008. – [[Travis Barker]] and [[Adam Goldstein]] (DJ AM) survive a [[2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash|plane crash]] that claims four lives.<ref>[http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/20/investigation-on-in-deadly-sc-plane-crash/ Investigation on in deadly SC plane crash] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218174726/http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/20/investigation-on-in-deadly-sc-plane-crash/ |date=February 18, 2009 }}. ''[[CNN]].com'', 2008-09-20. Retrieved 2008-09-21.</ref>
*[[September 20]] – [[Pink (singer)|P!nk]] scores her first solo number-one hit in her native US, with "[[So What (Pink song)|So What]]".{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 21]]
**[[At the Gates]] play their final show.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
**The [[Eric Burdon]] show in [[Oklahoma]] is cancelled due to his health problems.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 24]] – [[Within Temptation]] release the ''[[Black Symphony]]'' DVD, featuring the [[Metropole Orchestra]] and guest musicians.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 25]] – [[Paul McCartney]] performs at [[Tel Aviv]] park, his first performance in Israel since [[The Beatles]] were banned from the country in 1965.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}

=== October ===
*[[October 1]] – [[Tina Turner]] leaves semi-retirement to embark on her ''[[Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour]]'', which grosses over US $130 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://livedesignonline.com/mag/tina_turner_tours/index.html|title=Tina Turner Tours With Clay Paky|date=1 February 2009|work=Live Design|publisher=Penton Media, Inc|access-date=5 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404101831/http://livedesignonline.com/mag/tina_turner_tours/index.html|archive-date=April 4, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[October 5]] – Stephanie Jeong wins the Second Prize (no First Prize is awarded) in the Premio Paganini international violin competition in [[Genoa]].<ref>[http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html#6 Main International Violin Competitions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407003318/http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html |date=April 7, 2011 }}</ref>
*[[October 7]] – [[Spotify]] [[Comparison of on-demand music streaming services|on-demand music streaming service]] launches in Sweden.
*[[October 10]] – The Fourth Waakirchener Zither Festival takes place in [[Waakirchen]], Bavaria.<ref>"[http://www.kkb-waakirchen.de/veranstaltung_detail.php?id=24 October 10, 2008: 4. Zitherfestival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719052430/http://www.kkb-waakirchen.de/veranstaltung_detail.php?id=24 |date=July 19, 2011 }}". Retrieved January 7, 2010.</ref>
*[[October 12]] – Opening of the VII Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra, in Rome and the Vatican City (until November 30).<ref>"[http://www.festivalmusicaeartesacra.net/en/festival_uebersicht.php VII Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra: October 12 – November 30, 2008]". Retrieved January 7, 2010. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106171903/http://www.festivalmusicaeartesacra.net/en/festival_uebersicht.php|date=January 6, 2009}}</ref>
*[[October 16]] – [[Britney Spears]] sets a new record for the biggest jump to number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], rising from number 96 to number one in just one week, with her single "[[Womanizer (song)|Womanizer]]". It is Spears' first American number one since her debut single "[[...Baby One More Time (song)|...Baby One More Time]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1043782/spears-scores-record-setting-hot-100-jump |title=Spears Scores Record-Setting Hot 100 Jump |publisher=Billboard.com |access-date=2012-09-02}}</ref> (The record is subsequently broken by [[Kelly Clarkson]]). It also garners first-week download sales of 286,000, the biggest opening-week tally by a female artist.
*[[October 18]] – [[Rihanna]] scores her fifth number one song on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] (as a featured artist on [[T.I.]]'s "[[Live Your Life (T.I. song)|Live Your Life]]", which follows "[[SOS (Rihanna song)|SOS]]", "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]", "[[Take a Bow (Rihanna song)|Take a Bow]]", and "[[Disturbia (song)|Disturbia]]"), becoming the leading solo female artist with the most number ones to have charted in [[Music in the 2000s|this decade]] until [[Beyoncé Knowles]] breaks her record (as a solo artist).<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044448/rihanna-topples-katy-perry-on-hot-100|title=Rihanna Topples Katy Perry On Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=August 14, 2008|access-date=November 3, 2008}}</ref>
*[[Justin Bieber]] signed with [[L.A. Reid]] [[Island Records]]
=== November ===
*[[November 1]]–9 – The Southbank Centre in London, UK presents "Klang: A Tribute to [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen]]", a festival curated by [[Oliver Knussen]], with a series of concerts focusing on works from the composer's last decade, including the world premieres of ''[[Klang (Stockhausen)#Nineteenth Hour: Urantia|Urantia]]'' and ''[[Tierkreis (Stockhausen)|Zodiac for Orchestra]]'', as well as late-night performances, lectures, and master classes.<ref>"News: Stockhausen Tribute in the UK", ''Computer Music Journal'' 33, no. 2 (2009): 6.</ref>
*[[November 2]] – The [[Fauxharmonic Orchestra]] loses in its debut confrontation with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra in a [[Bargemusic]] concert.<ref>Steve Smith, "Dueling Maestros, One Wielding a Wii", ''[[The New York Times]]'' (November 4, 2008): C7.</ref>
*[[November 4]] – [[Bhimsen Joshi]] is selected to receive the [[Bharat Ratna]], [[India]]'s highest civilian honour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/nov/04ratna.htm|title=Bharat Ratna for Vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi|publisher=[[Rediff]]|access-date=21 February 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090214161418/http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/nov/04ratna.htm| archive-date=February 14, 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*[[November 6]] – [[Michael Tilson Thomas]] makes his [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] subscription-concert conducting debut.<ref>Peter Dobrin, "After 23 Years, a Return to Phila.", ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' (November 8, 2008): E04.</ref>
*[[November 17]] – Korean violinist Hyun-Su Shin wins First Prize in the Jacques Thibaud International Violin Competition in Paris<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html#24 |title=Main International Violin Competitions |publisher=Violina2z.com |access-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918085047/http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html |archive-date=September 18, 2012 }}</ref>
*[[November 23]] – 13 years after his disappearance, [[Manic Street Preachers]] guitarist [[Richey Edwards]] is [[Declared death in absentia|declared dead ''in absentia'']].
** [[Wes Carr]] is crowned the winner of the [[Australian Idol (season 6)|sixth season]] of ''[[Australian Idol]]'', defeating [[Luke Dickens]].
*[[November 24]] – The [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] announces the appointment of [[Pinchas Zukerman]] as principal guest conductor, to begin in January 2009.<ref>Dave Itzkoff, "Zukerman Appointed To Royal Philharmonic", ''[[The New York Times]]'' (November 24, 2008): C2.</ref>
*[[November 24]]- [[Kanye West]] releases 808s and heartbreak

=== December ===
*[[December 9]] – [[Damon Albarn]] and [[Graham Coxon]] say that [[Blur (band)|Blur]] will reunite for a concert at [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]] on July 3, 2009. Tickets for the concert sell out within two minutes of release, and [[Blur (band)|Blur]] announce another date on July 2, 2009.<ref name="reunion">Paine, Andre. [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266135/blur-reuniting-unveils-london-show-plans "Blur Reuniting, Unveils London Show Plans"]. [[billboard.com]]. December 9, 2008.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7771000/7771915.stm|title=Blur confirm massive outdoor show
|access-date=December 10, 2008 |publisher=BBC |date=December 9, 2008 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081212085616/http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7771000/7771915.stm| archive-date= December 12, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*[[December 11]] – [[Elliott Carter]] celebrates his 100th birthday.
*[[December 13]] – [[Beyoncé Knowles]] scores her fifth number one song on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] with "[[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]]", which followed "[[Crazy in Love (Beyoncé Knowles song)|Crazy in Love]]", "[[Baby Boy (Beyoncé Knowles song)|Baby Boy]]", "[[Check on It]]", and "[[Irreplaceable]]", tying with [[Rihanna]] as the leading solo female artist with the most number ones to have charted in [[Music in the 2000s|this decade]].<ref name="Billboard"/>
** [[Alexandra Burke]] is named winner of the [[The X Factor (British series 5)|fifth series]] of ''[[The X Factor (British TV series)|The X Factor UK]]''. [[JLS]] are named runner-ups, while [[Eoghan Quigg]] and [[Diana Vickers]] finish in third and fourth place respectively.
*[[December 22]] – [[Live Nation]] announce that Madonna's [[Sticky & Sweet Tour]] is the highest-grossing tour for a solo artist, with US$280 million in ticket sales and 2,350,282 fans attending the 58 shows during the three-leg tour across Europe and the Americas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/Madonnas-Sticky-amp-Sweet-prnews-13890523.html |title=Madonna's 'Sticky & Sweet' Tour: 58 Shows – 2,350,282 Fans!!! |access-date=December 18, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103201253/http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Madonnas-Sticky-amp-Sweet-prnews-13890523.html |archive-date=January 3, 2009 |df=mdy }}</ref>

== Bands formed ==
* ''See [[:Category:Musical groups established in 2008]]

== Bands reformed ==
''See [[:Category:Musical groups reestablished in 2008]]''

==Returning performers==
* [[AC/DC]] (first album since 2000)
* [[Vanessa Amorosi]] (debut international album and first Australian album since 1999)
* [[Anastacia (singer)|Anastacia]] (last studio album released in 2004)
* [[As Friends Rust]] (reformed after breaking up in 2002)
* [[Ashanti (entertainer)|Ashanti]] (last studio album released in 2004)
* [[Ashlee Simpson]] (last studio album released in 2005)
* [[Billy Bragg]] (first studio album since 2002, first under his own name since 1996)
* [[Bomb the Bass]] (first full-length album since 1995)
* [[Boyzone]] (first studio album released in 1999)
* [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]] (last studio album released in 2004)
* [[David Byrne]] & [[Brian Eno]] (first album since 1981)
* [[Cherry Poppin' Daddies]] (first album since 2000)
* [[Counting Crows]] (first studio album since 2002)
* [[The Cure]] (first studio album since 2004)
* [[Dido (singer)|Dido]] (last studio album released in 2003)
* [[Donna Summer]] (first studio album since 1991)
* [[Erykah Badu]] (first album since 2003)
* [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]] (first studio album since 1995)
* [[Grace Jones]] (first studio album since 1989)
* [[Guns N' Roses]] (first album of original material since 1991)
* [[Jason Donovan]] (first studio album since 1993)
* [[Lenny Kravitz]] (first album since 2004)
* [[Metallica]] (first album since 2003)
* [[Mötley Crüe]] (first album with all members since 1997)
* [[New Kids on the Block]] (first album since 1994)
* [[The Offspring]] (first album since 2003)
* [[Paramore]] (first album since 2007)
* [[Polvo]] (first tour since 1998)
* [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]] (First record since 1997)
* [[Queen (band)|Queen]] (first studio album since 1995, and first with [[Paul Rodgers]] on lead vocals)
* [[The Screaming Jets]] (first studio album since 2000)
* [[The Specials]] (as "Terry Hall and Friends")
* [[Third Eye Blind]] (first single/release since 2003)
* [[Toadies]] (first album since 2001)
* [[The Verve]] (first album since 1997)

== Bands disbanded ==
''See [[:Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2008|Musical groups disestablished in 2008]]''

== Bands on hiatus ==
{{More citations needed section|date=July 2008}}
* [[¡Forward, Russia!]] (indefinite hiatus)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/forward-russia/38864|title=¡Forward, Russia! to Split?|last=unattributed|date=August 13, 2008|work=NME |location=UK |access-date=August 14, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080816010844/http://www.nme.com/news/forward-russia/38864| archive-date= August 16, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[Big & Rich]] (until 2009, due to a neck injury suffered by [[Big Kenny]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,,GAC_26063_5795670,00.html|title=Big Kenny On Big & Rich's Hiatus|last=unattributed|date=January 29, 2008|publisher=Great American Country|access-date=September 12, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219064334/http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,,GAC_26063_5795670,00.html|archive-date=February 19, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[The Dresden Dolls]]
* [[From Autumn to Ashes]]
* [[Hell Is for Heroes (band)|Hell Is for Heroes]]
* [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] (on break from touring and recording)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/incubus_to_take_a_break.html|title=Incubus To Take A Break|last=unattributed|date=July 1, 2008|publisher=[[Ultimate Guitar Archive|Ultimate-Guitar.com]]|access-date=July 2, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Monkey Swallows the Universe]] (indefinite hiatus)
* [[My Chemical Romance]] (on an extended break after a US tour)
* [[Kaddisfly]] (on hiatus after bassist Kile Brewer left; remaining members now called Waters & Bodies)
* [[Phantom Planet]]
* [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] (two-year hiatus)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.muchmusic.com/news/story.asp?id=20996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602093614/http://www.muchmusic.com/news/story.asp?id=20996|archive-date=June 2, 2008|title=Chili Peppers (Sort Of) Break-Up|last=unattributed|date=May 22, 2008|publisher=muchmusic.com|access-date=June 30, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Rilo Kiley]] (due to the success of lead singer [[Jenny Lewis]]' solo career)
* [[Social Distortion]] (due to their lead singer undertaking a solo tour)
* [[The Starting Line]] (indefinite break)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=301596|title=The Starting Line Press Conference|last=Jason|first=Tate|date=March 5, 2008|publisher=AbsolutePunk, LLC|access-date=June 30, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Velvet Revolver]] (while looking for a new lead singer)
* [[Westlife]] (a one year break)
* [[Wolfmother]] (whilst looking for new musicians)
* [[Yellowcard]] (indefinitely)

== Albums released ==
{{Main article|List of 2008 albums}}

; Best-selling albums globally & United States

The best-selling records in 2008 according to [[IFPI]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2008.pdf |title=IFPI – 50 Top Selling Albums 2008 |publisher=Ifpi.org |date=2005-04-12 |access-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218120952/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2008.pdf |archive-date=February 18, 2009 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Album title !! Artist
|-
| 1 || ''[[Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends]]'' || [[Coldplay]]
|-
| 2 || ''[[Black Ice (album)|Black Ice]]'' || [[AC/DC]]
|-
| 3 || ''[[Thriller 25]]'' || [[Michael Jackson]]
|-
| 4 || ''[[Rockferry]]'' || [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]]
|-
| 5 || ''[[Death Magnetic]]'' || [[Metallica]]
|-
| 6 || ''[[Spirit (Leona Lewis album)|Spirit]]'' || [[Leona Lewis]]
|-
| 7 || ''[[Back to Black]]'' || [[Amy Winehouse]]
|-
| 8 || ''[[High School Musical 3: Senior Year (soundtrack)|High School Musical 3: Senior Year]]'' || Various Artists
|-
| 9 || ''[[Tha Carter III]]'' || [[Lil Wayne]]
|-
| 10 || ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad (Rihanna album)|Good Girl Gone Bad]]'' || [[Rihanna]]
|}

The best-selling albums in the United States:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1481196/lil-wayne-notches-top-selling-album-of-08 |title=Billboard – Lil Wayne Notches Top-Selling Album Of '08 |publisher=Billboard.com |date=2009-09-14 |access-date=2012-09-02}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Album title !! Artist
|-
| 1 || ''[[Tha Carter III]]'' || [[Lil' Wayne]]
|-
| 2 || ''[[Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends]]'' || [[Coldplay]]
|-
| 3 || ''[[Fearless (Taylor Swift album)|Fearless]]'' || [[Taylor Swift]]
|-
| 4 || ''[[Rock N Roll Jesus]]'' || [[Kid Rock]]
|-
| 5 || ''[[Black Ice (album)|Black Ice]]'' || [[AC/DC]]
|-
| 6 || ''[[Taylor Swift (album)|Taylor Swift]]'' || Taylor Swift
|-
| 7 || ''[[Death Magnetic]]'' || [[Metallica]]
|-
| 8 || ''[[Paper Trail]]'' || [[T.I.]]
|-
| 9 || ''[[Sleep Through the Static]]'' || [[Jack Johnson (musician)|Jack Johnson]]
|-
| 10 || ''[[I Am... Sasha Fierce]]'' || [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]]
|}

==Songs released in 2008==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!Date
!Song
!Artist
|-
|January 1
|''Smog''
|[[Bomb the Bass]]
|-
|January 15
|''[[Pocketful of Sunshine]]''
|[[Natasha Bedingfield]]
|-
|January 25
|''[[Bust It Baby]]'' (Part 1)
|[[Plies (rapper)|Plies]] featuring [[Ne-Yo]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|January 29
|''[[Funplex (song)|Funplex]]''
|[[The B-52s]]
|-
|''[[Nine in the Afternoon]]''
|[[Panic at the Disco]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 5
|''[[Day 'n' Nite]]''
|[[Kid Cudi]] vs. [[Crookers]]
|-
|''[[Run the Show]]''
|[[Kat DeLuna]] featuring [[Busta Rhymes]]
|-
|February 12
|''[[Elevator (Flo Rida song)|Elevator]]''
|[[Flo Rida]] featuring [[Timbaland]]
|-
|February 19
|''[[It's Not My Time]]''
|[[3 Doors Down]]
|-
|February 23
|''[[Bust It Baby]]'' (Part 2)
|[[Plies (rapper)|Plies]] featuring [[Ne-Yo]]
|-
|February 26
|''[[The Way That I Love You]]''
|[[Ashanti (entertainer)|Ashanti]]
|-
|February 28
|''[[A-Punk]]''
|[[Vampire Weekend]]
|-
|March 4
|''[[Break the Ice (song)|Break the Ice]]''
|[[Britney Spears]]
|-
|March 11
|''[[Little Miss Obsessive]]''
|[[Ashlee Simpson]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 17
|''[[4 Minutes]]''
|[[Madonna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]] and [[Timbaland]]
|-
|''I Keep Faith''
|[[Billy Bragg]]
|-
|March 24
|''[[No Stress]]''
|[[Laurent Wolf]]
|-
|March 25
|''[[Mad as Rabbits]]''
|[[Panic at the Disco]]
|-
|March 31
|''[[American Boy]]''
|[[Estelle (musician)|Estelle]] featuring [[Kanye West]]
|-
|April 8
|''[[Just Dance (song)|Just Dance]]''
|[[Lady Gaga]] featuring [[Colby O'Donis]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|April 15
|''[[Closer (Ne-Yo song)|Closer]]''
|[[Ne-Yo]]
|-
|''[[I'm Yours (Jason Mraz song)|I'm Yours]]''
|[[Jason Mraz]]
|-
|''[[Take a Bow (Rihanna song)|Take a Bow]]''
|[[Rihanna]]
|-
|April 28
|''[[I Kissed a Girl]]''
|[[Katy Perry]]
|-
|April 29
|''[[Forever (Chris Brown song)|Forever]]''
|[[Chris Brown]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 2
|''[[If I Never See Your Face Again]]''
|[[Maroon 5]] featuring [[Rihanna]]
|-
|''[[That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed)]]''
|[[Panic at the Disco]]
|-
|May 9
|''[[Violet Hill]]''
|[[Coldplay]]
|-
|May 13
|''[[The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)]]''
|[[Weezer]]
|-
|May 19
|''[[Train (3 Doors Down song)|Train]]''
|[[3 Doors Down]]
|-
|May 20
|''[[In the Ayer]]''
|[[Flo Rida]] featuring [[will.i.am]]
|-
|May 25
|''[[Viva la Vida]]''
|[[Coldplay]]
|-
|May 26
|''[[Oxford Comma (song)|Oxford Comma]]''
|[[Vampire Weekend]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 27
|''[[Dreamin' (Weezer song)|Dreamin']]''
|[[Weezer]]
|-
|''[[When I Grow Up (The Pussycat Dolls song)|When I Grow Up]]''
|[[The Pussycat Dolls]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 10
|''[[One Step at a Time (Jordin Sparks song)|One Step at a Time]]''
|[[Jordin Sparks]]
|-
|''[[Body on Me (Nelly song)|Body on Me]]''
|[[Nelly]] featuring [[Akon]] and [[Ashanti (singer)|Ashanti]]
|-
|June 16
|''[[Pork and Beans (song)|Pork and Beans]]''
|[[Weezer]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 17
|''[[Disturbia (song)|Disturbia]]''
|[[Rihanna]]
|-
|''[[7 Things]]''
|[[Miley Cyrus]]
|-
|June 19
|''[[Burnin' Up (Jonas Brothers song)|Burnin' Up]]''
|[[Jonas Brothers]] featuring Big Rob
|-
|July 15
|''[[The Champion in Me]]''
|[[3 Doors Down]]
|-
|July 16
|''[[Good Good]]''
|[[Ashanti (singer)|Ashanti]]
|-
|July 26
|''[[Troublemaker (Weezer song)|Troublemaker]]''
|[[Weezer]]
|-
|July 29
|''[[Let It Rock (Kevin Rudolf song)|Let it Rock]]''
|[[Kevin Rudolf]] featuring [[Lil Wayne]]
|-
|August 8
|''[[Make It Mine]]''
|[[Jason Mraz]]
|-
|August 11
|''[[So What (Pink song)|So What]]''
|[[Pink (singer)|Pink]]
|-
|August 18
|''[[Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa]]''
|[[Vampire Weekend]]
|-
|August 28
|''[[Rock N' Roll Train]]''
|[[AC/DC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 4
|''[[Sex on Fire]]''
|[[Kings of Leon]]
|-
|-
|''[[You're Gonna Go Far, Kid]]''
|[[The Offspring]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 9
|''[[Hot n Cold]]''
|[[Katy Perry]]
|-
|''[[Whatcha Think About That]]''
|[[The Pussycat Dolls]] featuring [[Missy Elliott]]
|-
|September 19
|''[[Running Back (Jessica Mauboy song)|Running Back]]''
|[[Jessica Mauboy]] featuring [[Flo Rida]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 23
|''[[Live Your Life (T.I. song)|Live Your Life]]''
|[[T.I.]] featuring [[Rihanna]]
|-
|''[[Right Now (Na Na Na)]]''
|[[Akon]]
|-
|September 26
|''[[Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)|Poker Face]]''
|[[Lady Gaga]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 29
|''[[Gotta Be Somebody]]''
|[[Nickelback]]
|-
|''[[Pieces (Chase & Status song)|Pieces]]''
|[[Chase & Status]] ft. [[Plan B (musician)|Plan B]]
|-
|September 30
|''[[Gives You Hell]]''
|[[The All-American Rejects]]
|-
|October 3
|''[[Womanizer (song)|Womanizer]]''
|[[Britney Spears]]
|-
|October 6
|''[[Rehab (Rihanna song)|Rehab]]''
|[[Rihanna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]]
|-
|October 8
|''[[If I Were a Boy]]''
|[[Beyoncé]]
|-
|October 10
|''[[I Can Feel You]]''
|[[Anastacia]]
|-
|October 12
|''[[Out of this Club]]''
|[[The Pussycat Dolls]] featuring [[R. Kelly]] and [[Polow da Don]]
|-
|October 13
|''[[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]]''
|[[Beyoncé]]
|-
|October 14
|''[[I Hate This Part]]''
|[[The Pussycat Dolls]]
|-
|October 21
|''[[Decode (song)|Decode]]''
|[[Paramore]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|November 3
|''[[Crying Blood]]''
|[[V V Brown]]
|-
|''[[Lovers in Japan]]''
|[[Coldplay]]
|-
|''[[Sober (Pink song)|Sober]]''
|[[Pink (singer)|Pink]]
|-
|November 10
|''[[Lost!]]''
|[[Coldplay]]
|-
|November 14
|''[[Northern Downpour]]''
|[[Panic at the Disco]]
|-
|December 1
|''[[Lhuna]]''
|[[Coldplay]] featuring [[Kylie Minogue]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 2
|''[[Circus (Britney Spears song)|Circus]]''
|[[Britney Spears]]
|-
|''[[Let Me Be Myself]]''
|[[3 Doors Down]]
|-
|December 9
|''[[Use Somebody]]''
|[[King of Leon]]
|-
|December 17
|''[[Hallelujah (Alexandra Burke song)|Hallelujah]]''
|[[Alexandra Burke]]
|-
|December 18
|''[[Big Jack (song)|Big Jack]]''
|[[AC/DC]]
|}

== Hit records ==

=== United States ===
{{Further |Hot 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)}}

'''Singles which have ranked within Top 10 within the Billboard Hot 100 Hits (excludes those that were #1 in the UK)'''
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* "[[4 Minutes]]" – [[Madonna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]] and [[Timbaland]] (#3)
* "[[7 Things]]" – [[Miley Cyrus]] (#9)
* "[[American Boy]]" – [[Estelle (musician)|Estelle]] featuring [[Kanye West]] (#9)
* "[[Burnin' Up (Jonas Brothers song)|Burnin' Up]]" – [[Jonas Brothers]] (#5)
* "[[Bust It Baby|Bust It Baby Part 2]]" – [[Plies (rapper)|Plies]] featuring [[Ne-Yo]] (#7)
* "[[Can't Believe It (T-Pain song)|Can't Believe It]]" – [[T-Pain]] featuring [[Lil Wayne]] (#7)
* "[[Change (Taylor Swift song)|Change]]" – [[Taylor Swift]] (#10)
* "[[Circus (Britney Spears song)|Circus]]" – [[Britney Spears]] (#3)
* "[[Closer (Ne-Yo song)|Closer]]" – [[Ne-Yo]] (#7)
* "[[Crank That (Soulja Boy)]]" – [[Soulja Boy Tell 'Em|Soulja Boy Tell'em]] (#5 – Hit No. 1 in 2007)
* "[[Crush (David Archuleta song)|Crush]]" – [[David Archuleta]] (#2)
* "[[Damaged (Danity Kane song)|Damaged]]" – [[Danity Kane]] featuring [[Sean Combs|Diddy]] (#10)
* "[[Dangerous (Kardinal Offishall song)|Dangerous]]" – [[Kardinal Offishall]] featuring [[Akon]] (#5)
* "Dangerouz" – [[Sarah Burgess (singer)|Sarah Burgess]] (#8)
* "[[Day 'n' Nite]]" – [[Kid Cudi]] (#3)
* "[[Disturbia (song)|Disturbia]]" – [[Rihanna]] (#1)
* "[[Fearless (Taylor Swift song)|Fearless]]" – [[Taylor Swift]] (#9)
* "[[Forever (Chris Brown song)|Forever]]" – [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]] (#2)
* "[[Gotta Be Somebody]]" – [[Nickelback]] (#10)
* "[[Got Money]]" – [[Lil Wayne]] featuring [[T-Pain]] (#10)
* "[[Hate That I Love You]]" – [[Rihanna]] featuring [[Ne-Yo]] (#10 – Hit No. 7 in 2007)
* "[[Heartless (Kanye West song)|Heartless]]" – [[Kanye West]] (#4)
* "[[Hot n Cold]]" – [[Katy Perry]] (#3)
* "[[I Kissed a Girl]]" – [[Katy Perry]] (#1)
* "[[If I Were a Boy]]" – [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]] (#3)
* "[[I'm Yours (Jason Mraz song)|I'm Yours]]" – [[Jason Mraz]] (#6)
* "[[In the Ayer]]" – [[Flo Rida]] featuring [[will.i.am]] (#9)
* "[[Independent (song)|Independent]]" – [[Webbie]] featuring [[Lil Boosie]] and [[Lil Phat]] (#9)
* "[[Just Dance (song)|Just Dance]]" – [[Lady Gaga]] featuring [[Colby O'Donis]] (#3 — Hit No. 1 in 2009)
* "[[Keeps Gettin' Better]]" – [[Christina Aguilera]] (#7)
* "[[Kiss Kiss (Chris Brown song)|Kiss Kiss]]" – [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]] featuring [[T-Pain]] (#4 – Hit No. 1 in 2007)
* "[[Leavin' (Jesse McCartney song)|Leavin']]" – [[Jesse McCartney]] (#10)
* "[[Let It Rock (Kevin Rudolf song)|Let It Rock]]" – [[Kevin Rudolf]] featuring [[Lil Wayne]] (#5)
* "[[Live Your Life (T.I. song)|Live Your Life]]" – [[T.I.]] featuring [[Rihanna]] (#1)
* "[[Lollipop (Lil Wayne song)|Lollipop]]" – [[Lil Wayne]] featuring [[Static Major]] (#1)
* "[[Love Lockdown]]" – [[Kanye West]] (#3)
* "[[Love in This Club]]" – [[Usher (musician)|Usher]] featuring [[Young Jeezy|Jeezy]] (#1)
* "[[Love Song (Sara Bareilles song)|Love Song]]" – [[Sara Bareilles]] (#4)
* "[[Love Story (Taylor Swift song)|Love Story]]" – [[Taylor Swift]] (#5)
* "[[Low (Flo Rida song)|Low]]" – [[Flo Rida]] featuring [[T-Pain]] (#1)
* "[[A Milli]]" – [[Lil Wayne]] (#6)
* "[[Miss Independent (Ne-Yo song)|Miss Independent]]" – [[Ne-Yo]] (#7)
* "[[New Soul]]" – [[Yael Naim|Yael Naïm]]" (#7)
* "[[No Air]]" – [[Jordin Sparks]] featuring [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]] (#3)
* "[[Paper Planes (M.I.A. song)|Paper Planes]]" – [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]] (#4)
* "[[Pocketful of Sunshine (song)|Pocketful of Sunshine]]" – [[Natasha Bedingfield]] (#5)
* "[[Right Now (Na Na Na)]]" – [[Akon]] (#8)
* "[[See You Again (Miley Cyrus song)|See You Again]]" – [[Miley Cyrus]] (#10)
* "[[Sensual Seduction]]" – [[Snoop Dogg]] (#7)
* "[[Sexy Can I]]" – [[Ray J]] featuring [[Yung Berg]] (#3)
* "[[Shake It (Metro Station song)|Shake It]]" – [[Metro Station (band)|Metro Station]] (#10)
* "[[Shawty Get Loose]]" – [[Lil Mama]] featuring [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]] and [[T-Pain]] (#10)
* "[[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]]" – [[Beyoncé]] (#1)
* "[[So What (Pink song)|So What]]" – [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] (#1)
* "[[Sorry (Buckcherry song)|Sorry]]" – [[Buckcherry]] (#9)
* "[[Superstar (Lupe Fiasco song)|Superstar]]" – [[Lupe Fiasco]] featuring [[Matthew Santos]] (#10)
* "[[Swagga Like Us]]" – [[T.I.]] featuring [[Kanye West]], [[Jay-Z]], and [[Lil Wayne]] (#5)
* "[[Take a Bow (Rihanna song)|Take a Bow]]" – [[Rihanna]] (#1)
* "[[Take You There (Sean Kingston song)|Take You There]]" – [[Sean Kingston]] (#7)
* "[[Tattoo (Jordin Sparks song)|Tattoo]]" – [[Jordin Sparks]] (#8)
* "[[This Is Me (Demi Lovato song)|This Is Me]]" – [[Demi Lovato]] featuring [[Joe Jonas]] (#9)
* "[[The Time of My Life (David Cook song)|The Time of My Life]]" – [[David Cook (singer)|David Cook]] (#3)
* "[[Tonight (Jonas Brothers song)|Tonight]]" – [[Jonas Brothers]] (#8)
* "[[Touch My Body]]" – [[Mariah Carey]] (#1)
* "[[Viva la Vida]] – [[Coldplay]] (#1)
* "[[Whatever You Like]] – [[T.I.]] (#1)
* "[[When I Grow Up (Pussycat Dolls song)|When I Grow Up]]" – [[The Pussycat Dolls]] (#9)
* "[[With You (Chris Brown song)|With You]]" – [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]] (#2)
* “[[Womanizer (Britney Spears song)|Womanizer]]” - [[Britney Spears]] (#1)
}}
'''[[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2008]]'''

=== United Kingdom ===
'''UK Official Top 75 No. 1 Hits'''
* "[[4 Minutes (Madonna song)|4 Minutes]]" – [[Madonna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]] and [[Timbaland]] (4 weeks)
* "[[All Summer Long (Kid Rock song)|All Summer Long]]" – [[Kid Rock]] (1 week)
* "[[American Boy (Estelle song)|American Boy]]" – [[Estelle (singer)|Estelle]] featuring [[Kanye West]] (4 weeks)
* "[[Closer (Ne-Yo song)|Closer]]" – [[Ne-Yo]] (1 week)
* "[[Dance wiv Me]]" – [[Dizzee Rascal]] featuring [[Calvin Harris]] and Chrome (4 weeks)
* "[[Greatest Day (Take That song)|Greatest Day]]" – [[Take That]] (1 week)
* "[[Hallelujah (Alexandra Burke song)|Hallelujah]]" – [[Alexandra Burke]] (2 weeks)
* "[[Hero (Mariah Carey song and The X Factor Finalist 2008)|Hero]]" – [[List of The X Factor finalists (UK series 5)|The X Factor Finalists 2008]] (3 weeks)
* "[[I Kissed a Girl]]" – [[Katy Perry]] (5 weeks)
* "[[If I Were a Boy]]" – [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]] (1 week)
* "[[Mercy (Duffy song)|Mercy]]" – [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]] (5 weeks)
* "[[Now You're Gone (Basshunter song)|Now You're Gone]]" – [[Basshunter]] (5 weeks)
* "[[The Promise (Girls Aloud song)|The Promise]]" – [[Girls Aloud]] (1 week)
* "[[Run (Leona Lewis cover)|Run]]" – [[Leona Lewis]] (2 weeks)
* "[[Sex on Fire]]" – [[Kings of Leon]] (3 weeks)
* "[[Singin' in the Rain (song)#Mint Royale version|Singin' in the Rain]]" – [[Mint Royale]] (2 weeks)
* "[[So What (Pink song)|So What]]" – [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] (3 weeks)
* "[[Take a Bow (Rihanna song)|Take a Bow]]" – [[Rihanna]] (2 weeks)
* "[[That's Not My Name]]" – [[The Ting Tings]] (1 week)
* "[[Viva la Vida (song)|Viva la Vida]]" – [[Coldplay]] (1 week)
* "[[When You Believe (Leon Jackson song)|When You Believe]]" – [[Leon Jackson]] (1 week in 2007/2 weeks in 2008)

=== Australia ===
'''Australia Official Top 50 No. 1 Hits'''

'''Australia Official Top 50 Hits – Singles which have ranked within Top 20'''

=== Other international hits ===
*"[[About You Now]]" – [[The Saw Doctors]]
*"[[Algún día (song)|Algún día]]" – [[Julieta Venegas]]
*"[[Appelle mon numéro]]" – [[Mylène Farmer]]
*"[[Dégénération]]" – Mylène Farmer
*"[[Déjame Entrar (Makano song)]]" – [[Makano (singer)|Makano]]
*"[[Dos Mou Logo Na Sotho]]" – [[Mando (singer)|Mando]]
*"[[Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)]]" – [[DJ Ötzi]] and Nik P
*"[[Everything (P-Money song)|Everything]] – [[P-Money]]
*"[[The Galway Girl]]" – [[Sharon Shannon]] and [[Mundy]]
*"[[Gansi]]" – [[Edo Maajka]]
*"[[Hakanaku mo Towa no Kanashi]]" – [[Uverworld]]
*"[[Hot Summer Night (Oh La La La)]]" – [[David Tavaré]]
*"[[Il avait les mots]]" – [[Sheryfa Luna]]
*"[[Jennie Let Me Love You]]" – [[E.M.D.]]
*"[[Kallai Mattum]]" – [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]]
*"[[Me Estás Tentando]]" – [[Wisin & Yandel]]
*"[[Nekade Daleku]]" – [[Elena Risteska]]
*"[[Non ti scordar mai di me (song)|Non ti scordar mai di me]]" – [[Giusy Ferreri]]
*"[[Pehli Nazar Mein]]" – [[Atif Aslam]]
*"[[Quédate]]" – [[Pee Wee (entertainer)|Pee Wee]]
*"[[Rayon de soleil]]" – [[William Baldé]]
*"[[Scheiss Liebe]]" – [[LaFee]]
*"[[Tired of Being Sorry|Tired of Being Sorry (Laisse le destin l'emporter)]]" – [[Enrique Iglesias]] & [[Nâdiya]]
*"[[Traicionera]]" – [[Américo]]

== Classical music ==

=== Instrumental music ===
* [[Birke J. Bertelsmeier]] – ''Quartettstück'' for string quartet
* [[Martin Bresnick]] – ''Joaquin is Dreaming''
* [[Elliott Carter]]
** Concerto for flute and orchestra
** Duetto for violin and cello (first of the ''Due Duetti'')
** ''Tinntinabulation'', for percussion sextet
** ''Wind Rose'', for wind ensemble
* [[Joël-François Durand]] – ''Le Tombeau de Rameau'', for flute, viola and harp
* [[Lorenzo Ferrero]]
** ''Freedom Variations'', for trumpet and chamber ensemble
** ''2 Agosto. Prima variazione'' (from ''Quatro variazioni su un tema di Banchieri''), for organ and orchestra
* [[Jennifer Higdon]] – [[Violin Concerto (Higdon)|Violin Concerto]]
* [[Mehdi Hosseini]] – [[Concerto for String Quartet and Chamber Orchestra (Hosseini)|Concerto for String Quartet and Chamber Orchestra]]
* [[Wojciech Kilar]] –
**''Paschalis Hymn'' for mixed choir a cappella
**''Te Deum'', for 4 solo voices, choir and orchestra
**''Veni Creator'', for mixed choir and string orchestra
* [[Arvo Pärt]] – [[Symphony No. 4 (Pärt)|Symphony No. 4]]
* Anno Schreier – ''Berceuse'' for violin, clarinet, alto-saxophone and piano
* [[Tan Dun]] – [[Piano Concerto (Tan Dun)|Piano Concerto ''The Fire'']]

=== Opera ===
* [[Harrison Birtwistle]] – ''[[The Minotaur (opera)|The Minotaur]]''
* [[Howard Shore]] – ''[[The Fly (opera)|The Fly]]''

=== Other ===
* [[Elliott Carter]]
** ''On Conversing with Paradise'', for baritone and chamber orchestra
** ''Poems of Louis Zukofsky'', for mezzo-soprano and clarinet
* [[Karl Jenkins]]
** ''[[Stabat Mater (Jenkins)|Stabat Mater]]''
** ''[[Te Deum (Jenkins)|Te Deum]]''

== Musical films ==
*''[[Annan Thambi]]''
*''[[Cadillac Records]]''
*''[[Dasavathaaram]]''
*''[[High School Musical 3: Senior Year]]''
*''[[Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert]]''

== Deaths ==

=== January ===
*[[January 3]] – [[Henri Chopin]], 85, French sound poet
*[[January 10]] – Dave Day, 66 (heart attack), American guitarist ([[The Monks]])
*[[January 11]] – [[Pete Candoli]], 84 ([[prostate cancer]]), American jazz trumpeter
*[[January 13]] – [[Sergejus Larinas]], 51, Russian [[tenor]]
*[[January 17]] – Madeleine Michaud, 105, French [[Libretto|librettist]]
*[[January 19]]
** [[Andy Palacio]], 47, Belizean [[Punta]] musician
** [[Trevor Taylor (singer)|Trevor Taylor]], 50 (heart attack), German singer ([[Bad Boys Blue]])
** [[John Stewart (musician)|John Stewart]], 68, American singer-songwriter ([[The Kingston Trio]])
*[[January 20]] – [[Tommy McQuater]], 93, British jazz trumpeter
*[[January 25]] – [[Evelyn Barbirolli]], 97, British oboist
*[[January 30]] – [[Miles Kington]], 66, British bassist

=== February ===
*[[February 3]] – [[Jackie Orszaczky]], 59, Hungarian jazz bass-guitarist and composer
*[[February 4]] – [[Tata Güines]], 77, Cuban percussionist and composer
*[[February 9]] – [[Scot Halpin]], 54, American drummer
*[[February 10]]
** [[Freddie Bell and the Bellboys|Freddie Bell]], 76, American musician
** [[Inga Nielsen]], 61 (cancer), Danish [[soprano]]
*[[February 13]] – [[Henri Salvador]], 90 (ruptured aneurysm), French singer
*[[February 15]] – [[Willie P. Bennett]], 56 (heart attack), Canadian folk singer-songwriter
*[[February 19]]
** [[Yegor Letov]], 43 (heart stopped), Russian [[Punk rock|punk]] singer
** [[Teo Macero]], 82, American jazz saxophonist, record producer and composer
*[[February 21]]
**[[Joe Gibbs (record producer)|Joe Gibbs]], 65 (heart attack), Jamaican record producer
**[[Neil Chotem]], 87, Canadian conductor and composer
*[[February 24]] – [[Larry Norman]], 60, American musician
*[[February 25]] – [[Static Major|Stephen "Static Major" Garrett]], 33, American rapper
*[[February 26]] – [[Buddy Miles]], 60, American drummer (Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys)
*[[February 27]]
** [[Ray Kane]], 82, American [[slack-key guitar]]ist
** [[Ivan Rebroff]], 76, German singer of traditional Russian music
*[[February 28]]
** Mike Conley, 48, American punk singer ([[M.I.A. (band)|M.I.A.]])
** [[Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five)|Mike Smith]], 64 ([[pneumonia]]), British singer and producer ([[The Dave Clark Five]])

=== March ===
*[[March 2]] – [[Jeff Healey]], 41 (cancer), Canadian blues guitarist
*[[March 3]]
** [[Giuseppe Di Stefano]], 86, Italian tenor
** [[Norman Smith (record producer)|Norman Smith]], 85, British record producer and musician
*[[March 4]] – [[Leonard Rosenman]], 83 (heart attack), American composer
*[[March 10]] – [[Dennis Irwin]], 56, American double-bass player
*[[March 12]] – [[Alun Hoddinott]], 78, British composer
*[[March 13]] – [[The Blue Sky Boys|Bill Bolick]], 90, [[Country music|country]] musician (The Blue Sky Boys)
*[[March 15]] – [[Mikey Dread]], 53 ([[brain tumor]]), Jamaican [[reggae]] musician and broadcaster
*[[March 16]]
** [[Ola Brunkert]], 61 (injuries from fall), Swedish session drummer
** [[Daniel MacMaster]], 39 ([[Group A streptococcal infection]]), Canadian vocalist ([[Bonham (band)|Bonham]])
*[[March 21]]
** [[Klaus Dinger]], 61, German drummer ([[Neu!]])
** [[Shusha Guppy]], 72, Iranian folk-singer and composer
*[[March 22]] – [[Cachao López]], 89 (kidney failure), Cuban bassist
*[[March 23]] – [[Neil Aspinall]], 66 (lung cancer), British music industry executive
*[[March 29]] – [[Allan Ganley]], 77, British jazz drummer
*[[March 30]] – [[Sean LeVert]], 39, American vocalist ([[LeVert]])

=== April ===
*[[April 6]] – Larry Brown, 63 (respiratory condition), American vocalist ([[Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes]])
*[[April 15]]
** [[Sean Costello]], 28 (drug overdose), American [[blues]] musician
** [[Brian Davison (drummer)|Brian Davison]], 65, British drummer ([[The Nice]])
*[[April 17]] – [[Danny Federici]], 58 ([[melanoma]]), American rock multi-instrumentalist ([[E Street Band]])
*[[April 20]]
** [[Louis and Bebe Barron|Bebe Barron]], 82, American electronic music pioneer
** [[VL Mike]], 30 (shot), American [[Rapping|rap]] artist
*[[April 21]] – [[Al Wilson (singer)|Al Wilson]], 68, American singer
*[[April 22]] – [[Paul Davis (singer)|Paul Davis]], American singer-songwriter
*[[April 24]]
** [[Tristram Cary]], 82, British composer
** [[Jimmy Giuffre]], 86 ([[pneumonia]]), American jazz musician
*[[April 25]] – [[Humphrey Lyttelton]], 86, British jazz musician
*[[April 26]] – [[Henry Brant]], 94, American composer
*[[April 27]] – [[Frances Yeend]], 95, American [[soprano]]
*[[April 29]] – [[Micky Waller]], 66, British drummer

=== May ===
*[[May 4]] – [[Kishan Maharaj]], 84, Indian [[tabla]] player
*[[May 5]] – [[Jerry Wallace]], 79 ([[congestive heart failure]]), American country music singer
*[[May 6]] – [[Franz Jackson]], 95, American jazz saxophonist
*[[May 8]]
** [[Eddy Arnold]], 89, American country music singer
** [[Larry Levine]], 80, American [[Audio engineering|audio engineer]]
*[[May 10]] – [[Leyla Gencer]], 79, Turkish [[soprano]]
*[[May 11]]
** [[Dottie Rambo]], 74 (bus accident), American [[Gospel music|gospel]] singer
** [[John Rutsey]], 54 or 55 (heart attack), Canadian drummer ([[Rush (band)|Rush]])
*[[May 15]]
** [[Alexander Courage]], 88, American composer
** [[Bob Florence]], 75, American jazz pianist
*[[May 17]] – [[Wilfrid Mellers]], 94, British [[Musicology|musicologist]] and composer
*[[May 21]] – [[Siegmund Nissel]], 86, Austrian violinist
*[[May 23]] – [[Utah Phillips]], 73 (heart disease), American folk singer-songwriter
*[[May 24]] – [[Jimmy McGriff]], 72 ([[multiple sclerosis]]), American jazz organist
*[[May 25]] – [[Camu Tao]], 30 (lung cancer), [[rapper]]
*[[May 26]] – [[Earle Hagen]], 88, American composer
*[[May 28]] – [[Danny Moss]], 80, British jazz saxophonist
*[[May 30]]
** [[Campbell Burnap]], 68 (cancer), British jazz trombonist and broadcaster
** [[Nat Temple]], 94, British [[big band]] leader

=== June ===
*[[June 1]] – [[Al Jones (English musician)|Al Jones]], 62, British folk musician
*[[June 2]] – [[Bo Diddley]], 79 (heart failure), American rock and roll and blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
*[[June 4]] – [[Bill Finegan]], 91, American jazz pianist and arranger
*[[June 8]] – [[Šaban Bajramović]], 72 (heart attack), Serbian [[Romani people|Romani]] musician
*[[June 12]] – [[Danny Davis (country musician)|Danny Davis]], 83 (heart attack), American band leader
*[[June 14]]
** [[Jamelão]], 95 ([[multiple organ failure]]), Brazilian [[samba]] singer
** [[Esbjörn Svensson]], 44, Swedish jazz pianist ([[Scuba diving]] accident)
*[[June 16]] – [[Margaret Kitchin]], 94, Swiss pianist
*[[June 17]] – [[Cyd Charisse]], 86 (heart attack), American dancer and actress
*[[June 24]] – [[Ira Tucker]], 83 ([[cardiovascular disease]]), American [[Gospel music|gospel]] singer ([[The Dixie Hummingbirds]])
*[[June 27]]
** [[Raymond Lefèvre]], 78, French [[easy listening]] musician
** [[Daihachi Oguchi]], 84 (car accident), Japanese drummer
** [[Leonard Pennario]], 83 ([[Parkinson's disease]]), American pianist
*[[June 30]] – [[Ángel Tavira]], 83 (kidney complications), Mexican violinist and composer

=== July ===
*[[July 1]] – [[Mel Galley]], 60 ([[esophagus cancer]]), British guitarist ([[Whitesnake]], [[Trapeze (band)|Trapeze]], [[Finders Keepers (band)|Finders Keepers]] and [[Phenomena (band)|Phenomena]])
*[[July 2]] – [[Natasha Shneider]], 52 (cancer), Russian keyboardist and vocalist
*[[July 3]]
** [[Harald Heide-Steen Jr.]], 68 ([[lung cancer]]), Norwegian actor, comedian and jazz singer
** [[Oliver Schroer]], 52 ([[leukemia]]), Canadian [[fiddler]] and composer
*[[July 6]] – [[Bobby Durham (Jazz musician)|Bobby Durham]], 71, American jazz drummer
*[[July 7]] – [[Hugh Mendl]], 88, British record producer
*[[July 13]] – [[Gerald Wiggins]], 86, American jazz pianist
*[[July 16]] – [[Jo Stafford]], 90 ([[congestive heart failure]]), American singer
*[[July 18]]
** [[Tauno Marttinen]], 95, Finnish composer
** [[Dennis Townhill]], 83, British organist and composer
*[[July 20]] – [[Artie Traum]], 65, American [[Folk music|folk]] musician and composer
*[[July 22]] – [[Joe Beck]], 62 (lung cancer), American jazz guitarist
*[[July 24]] – [[Norman Dello Joio]], 95, American composer
*[[July 25]]
** [[Hiram Bullock]], 52 ([[Head and neck cancer|throat cancer]]), American [[jazz fusion]] guitarist
** [[Johnny Griffin]], 80 (heart attack), American jazz saxophonist
*[[July 27]] – [[Horst Stein]], 80, German conductor
*[[July 28]] – [[Wendo Kolosoy]], 83, Congolese [[Soukous|rumba]] musician
*[[July 31]] – [[Lee Young]], 94, American jazz drummer and singer

=== August ===
*[[August 3]]
** [[Erik Darling]], 74, American [[Folk music|folk]] musician
** [[Louis Teicher]], 83, American pianist
*[[August 4]] – [[Nicola Rescigno]], 92, Italian American conductor
*[[August 5]]
** [[Robert Hazard]], 59, American songwriter
** [[Reg Lindsay]], 79, Australian [[country music]] singer
*[[August 10]]
** [[Isaac Hayes]], 65, American [[rhythm and blues]] musician
** [[Alexander Slobodyanik]], 66, Ukrainian pianist
*[[August 11]] – [[Don Helms]], 81, American steel guitarist
*[[August 12]] – [[Donald Erb]], 81, American composer
*[[August 14]] – [[Lita Roza]], 82, British singer
*[[August 15]] – [[Jerry Wexler]], 91, American producer
*[[August 16]]
** [[Dorival Caymmi]], 94, Brazilian singer-songwriter
** [[Ronnie Drew]], 73, Irish folk musician ([[The Dubliners]])
** [[Johnny Moore (trumpeter)|Johnny Moore]], 70, Jamaican trumpeter ([[The Skatalites]])
*[[August 18]] – [[Pervis Jackson]], 70, American R&B singer ([[The Spinners (U.S. band)|The Spinners]])
*[[August 19]] – [[LeRoi Moore]], 46, American saxophonist ([[Dave Matthews Band]])
*[[August 20]] – [[Phil Guy]], 68, American blues guitarist
*[[August 21]]
** [[Jerry Finn]], 39, American record producer
** [[Buddy Harman]], 79, American session drummer
*[[August 25]] – [[Pehr Henrik Nordgren]], 64, Finnish composer
*[[August 31]] – [[Jerry Reed]], 71, American country musician

=== September ===
*[[September 2]] – [[Arne Domnérus]], 83, Swedish jazz saxophonist
*[[September 6]] – [[Nicole Lai]], 34 (skin cancer), Singaporean singer
*[[September 7]]
** Christian Dudek, 42, German drummer ([[Sodom (band)|Sodom]])
** [[Dino Dvornik]], 44, Croatian singer, songwriter and music producer
** [[Peter Glossop]], 80, British opera singer
*[[September 8]]
** [[Bheki Mseleku]], 53 (diabetes-related), jazz musician
** Jason Stuart, 39, British keyboardist ([[Hawkwind]])
** [[Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan]], 73, Indian violinist
** [[Hector Zazou]], 60, French composer and producer
*[[September 10]] – [[Vernon Handley]], 77, British conductor
*[[September 12]]
** [[Marjorie Thomas]], 85, British contralto
** [[Charlie Walker (musician)|Charlie Walker]], 81, American country musician
*[[September 15]] – [[Richard Wright (musician)|Richard Wright]], 65, British keyboardist ([[Pink Floyd]])
*[[September 16]]
** [[Norman Whitfield]], 68, American songwriter and producer
** [[Andrei Volkonsky]], 75, Russian (émigré/defector) composer, conductor and harpsichordist
*[[September 18]]
** Opal Courtney Jr, 71, American R&B/doo-wop singer ([[The Spaniels]])
** [[Mauricio Kagel]], 76, Argentine composer
*[[September 19]]
** [[Earl Palmer]], 84, American drummer, member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
** [[Dick Sudhalter]], 70, American jazz trumpeter and critic
*[[September 20]] – [[Nappy Brown]], 78, American blues singer
*[[September 22]] – [[Connie Haines]], 87, American singer
*[[September 24]] – [[Vice Vukov]], 72, Croatian singer
*[[September 25]] – [[Horațiu Rădulescu]], 66, Romanian composer
*[[September 26]]
** [[Bernadette Greevy]], 68, Irish mezzo-soprano
** [[Yonty Solomon]], 71, South African pianist

=== October ===
*[[October 1]] – [[Nick Reynolds]], 75, American folk musician
*[[October 3]] – [[Johnny "J"]], 39, American songwriter, music producer and rapper
*[[October 4]]
** [[Levi Kereama]], 27, Australian musician
** [[Alfred Gallodoro]], 95, American jazz musician
*[[October 9]] – [[Gidget Gein]], 39, American bassist ([[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]])
*[[October 10]]
** [[Alton Ellis]], 70, Jamaican rocksteady musician
** Dave Wright, 64 ([[The Troggs]])
*[[October 11]]
** [[Russ Hamilton (singer)|Russ Hamilton]], 78, British singer
** [[Neal Hefti]], 85, American jazz trumpeter and composer
*[[October 13]] – [[Gus Chambers]], 52, British vocalist
*[[October 15]] – Frankie Venom, 51, Canadian vocalist ([[Teenage Head (band)|Teenage Head]])
*[[October 17]] – [[Levi Stubbs]], 72, American vocalist ([[The Four Tops]])
*[[October 18]]
** [[Peter Gordeno]], 69, Burmese singer
** [[Dave McKenna]], 78, American jazz pianist
** [[Dee Dee Warwick]], 63, American soul singer
*[[October 24]] – [[Merl Saunders]], 74, American musician<ref>{{cite news |url = https://articles.latimes.com/2008/oct/27/local/me-saunders27 |title = Merl Saunders Dies At 74 |access-date =November 9, 2008 |date = October 27, 2008 |work=Los Angeles Times }}</ref>
*[[October 27]] – [[Ray Ellis]], 85, American musician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-ellis5-2008nov05,0,5099381.story |title=Ray Ellis Dies At 85 |access-date=November 9, 2008 |author=Thurber, Jon |date=November 5, 2008 |work=Los Angeles Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102132951/http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-ellis5-2008nov05%2C0%2C5099381.story |archive-date=November 2, 2012 }}</ref>
*[[October 29]] – [[Mike Baker (singer)|Mike Baker]], 45, American singer ([[Shadow Gallery]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108016 |title=Shadow Gallery Vocalist Michael A. Baker Dead At 45 |access-date=November 9, 2008 |date=October 31, 2008 |publisher=[[blabbermouth.net]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081103070553/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108016 |archive-date=November 3, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[October 31]] – [[Frank Navetta]], 46, American punk rock guitarist ([[Descendents (band)|Descendents]])<ref name="exclaim">{{cite web |url = http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=115&csid2=844&fid1=34636 |title = R.I.P. Descendents Guitarist/Co-Founder Frank Navetta |access-date = November 8, 2008 |author = Thissen, Brock |date = November 3, 2008 |publisher = [[Exclaim!]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100507080813/http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=115 |archive-date = May 7, 2010 |url-status = dead |df = mdy-all }}</ref>

=== November ===
*[[November 1]]
** [[Jack Reno]], 72, American country singer
** [[Jimmy Carl Black]], 70, American drummer ([[The Mothers of Invention]])
** [[Nathaniel Mayer]], 64, American R&B singer<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=115&csid2=844&fid1=34693 |title = RIP Nathaniel Mayer |access-date = November 9, 2008 |author = Schneider, Jason |date = November 6, 2008 |publisher = [[Exclaim!]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100507080813/http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=115 |archive-date = May 7, 2010 |url-status = dead |df = mdy-all }}</ref>
*[[November 4]]
** [[Alan Hazeldine]], 60, Scottish conductor and pianist<ref>Anonymous obituary, ''The Times'' (November 22,): Features, p. 89.</ref>
** [[Byron Lee]], 73, Jamaican musician
*[[November 7]] – [[Jody Reynolds]], 75, American singer
*[[November 10]]
** [[Miriam Makeba]], 76, South African singer
** [[Wannes Van de Velde]], 71, Belgian folk singer.
*[[November 12]] – [[Mitch Mitchell]], 61, British drummer ([[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]])
*[[November 22]] – [[MC Breed]], 37, American rapper
*[[November 23]] – [[Richard Hickox]], 60, British conductor
*[[November 24]]
** [[Michael Lee (musician)|Michael Lee]], 39, British drummer ([[The Cult]])
** [[Kenny MacLean]], 52, Canadian bassist ([[Platinum Blonde (band)|Platinum Blonde]])
*[[November 26]] – [[Pekka Pohjola]], 56, Finnish composer
*[[November 30]] – [[Munetaka Higuchi]], 49, Japanese drummer ([[Loudness (band)|Loudness]])

=== December ===
*[[December 2]] – [[Odetta]], 77, American [[folk music]]ian
*[[December 9]]
** Steve Isham, 56, American keyboardist ([[Autograph (U.S. band)|Autograph]])
** Dennis Yost, 65, American vocalist ([[Classics IV]])
*[[December 14]] – [[Jay E. Welch]], American music teacher and chorus director
*[[December 15]]
** [[Davey Graham]], 68, British guitarist
** [[Sandeé]], 46, American freestyle singer ([[Exposé (group)|Exposé]]) (Seizure)
*[[December 17]]
** John Sean Byrne, 61, Irish guitarist ([[Count Five]])
** [[Feliciano Vierra Tavares]], 88, American musician
*[[December 25]]
** [[Eartha Kitt]], 81, American singer and actress
** [[Robert Ward (blues musician)|Robert Ward]], 70, American blues musician
*[[December 27]] – [[Roque Cordero]], 91, Panamanian composer
*[[December 28]] – [[Vincent Ford]], 68, Jamaican reggae songwriter
*[[December 29]] – [[Freddie Hubbard]], 70, American jazz trumpeter

== See also ==
{{Commons category|Music in 2008}}
{{portal|Music}}
* [[List of 2008 albums]]
* [[Timeline of musical events]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2008 In Music}}
[[Category:2008 in music| ]]
[[Category:2008-related lists]]
[[Category:Music-related lists]]
[[Category:Music by year]]

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{{short description|Overview of the events of 2008 in music}}
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This topic covers notable events and articles related to '''2008 in music'''. This year was the peak of record sales in the United States, with sales declining year on year since then.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/u-s-sales-database/|title = U.S. Sales Database| website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] }}</ref>

==Specific locations==
*[[2008 in British music]]
*[[2008 in Canadian music]]
*[[2008 in European music]] (Continental Europe)
*[[2008 in Irish music]]
*[[2008 in Japanese music]]
*[[2008 in New Zealand music]]
*[[2008 in Norwegian music]]
*[[2008 in Swedish music]]
*[[2008 in South Korean music]]
*[[2008 in west african music]]

== Specific genres ==
*[[2008 in rock music]]
*[[#Classical music|2008 in classical music]]
*[[2008 in country music]]
*[[2008 in electro pop music]]
*[[2008 in heavy metal music]]
*[[2008 in hip hop music]]
*[[2008 in Latin music]]
*[[2008 in jazz]]
*[[2008 in opera]]

== Events ==

=== January ===
*[[January 1]] – [[Julia Fischer]] makes her début as a concert pianist, performing [[Edvard Grieg]]'s ''[[Piano Concerto (Grieg)|Piano Concerto in A minor]]'' with the [[Junge Deutsche Philharmonie]] at the [[Alte Oper]], Frankfurt. The concert was conducted by [[Matthias Pintscher]], who replaced Sir [[Neville Marriner]]. On the same occasion she also performed the ''[[Violin Concerto No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)|Violin Concerto no. 3 in B minor]]'' by [[Camille Saint-Saëns]].<ref>[http://www.signandsight.com/features/1636.html Arno Widmann: "Julia Fischer: Virtuosissima!!!", ''Frankfurter Rundschau'', 2 January 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2012]</ref>
*[[January 5]] – The [[Salzburg Festival]] launches the "[[Herbert von Karajan]] Jubilee Year" with a concert in [[Salzburg]]'s [[Grosses Festspielhaus]].<ref>Agence France Presse, January 4, 2008.</ref>
*[[January 19]]–[[February 3]] – [[Rage Against the Machine]] headline the [[Big Day Out]] festivals in Australia and New Zealand, their first shows outside the United States since reforming, and their first Australian shows in 12 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10466694|title=Rage Against The Machine to play Big Day Out|last=NZPA|date=September 29, 2007|publisher=The New Zealand Herald/APN Holdings NZ Limited |access-date=May 16, 2008}}</ref> They join co-headliners [[Björk]], who pulled out of the Sydney festival under doctor's orders, and [[Arcade Fire]].
*[[January 29]] – [[Face to Face (punk band)|Face to Face]] announce that they will reunite for select shows in the US and internationally.<ref name="facetofacereunion">{{cite web|url=http://www.facetofacemusic.com/blog/?p=4 |title=We're back!……….sort of |publisher=FaceToFace.com |last=unattributed |date=January 29, 2008 |access-date=February 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416132445/http://www.facetofacemusic.com/blog/?p=4 |archive-date=April 16, 2008 }}</ref>
*[[January 31]] – Laura Attwood of the [[The King Edward VI School, Morpeth|King Edward VI School]] in [[Morpeth, Northumberland|Morpeth]] wins the second Eileen Bowler Award.<ref>Anon., "[http://www.morpethherald.co.uk/news/top-music-award-for-morpeth-girl-1-1522864 Top Music Award for Morpeth Girl] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115143607/http://www.morpethherald.co.uk/news/top-music-award-for-morpeth-girl-1-1522864 |date=November 15, 2017 }}", ''The Morpeth Herald'' (January 31, 2008).</ref>

=== February ===
*[[February 8]] – [[Michael Jackson]]'s ''Thriller'' album, the world's best-selling album of all time, is reissued as ''[[Thriller 25]]'' to celebrate its 25th anniversary, with Jackson himself as [[executive producer]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Paul |last=Grein |url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/7658/week-ending-may-18-2008-diva-smackdown-ends-with-ingenues-on-rise |title=Diva Smackdown |publisher=Yahoo |date=May 18, 2008 |access-date=May 22, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519145210/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/7658/week-ending-may-18-2008-diva-smackdown-ends-with-ingenues-on-rise |archive-date=May 19, 2011 }}</ref>
*[[February 10]] – The [[50th Annual Grammy Awards]] ceremony takes place at the [[Staples Center]] in Los Angeles, US.<ref>[http://www.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Fifty_Years Official Grammy site] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821204724/http://www.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Fifty_Years |date=August 21, 2008 }}</ref> [[Amy Winehouse]] wins five awards, including both [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] for "[[Rehab (Amy Winehouse song)|Rehab]]", along with [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]]. [[Herbie Hancock]]'s ''[[River: The Joni Letters]]'' wins [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]].
*[[February 11]] – After pleading [[Nolo contendere|no contest]] to a [[felony]] weapons charge, [[The Game (rapper)|The Game]] was sentenced to 60 days in jail, 150 hours of community service, and three years of [[probation]] in connection with an incident where he was alleged to have brandished a gun at a basketball game in [[South Los Angeles]] in February 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-03-13 |title=XXLmag.com - » The Game Pleads No Contest to Weapons Charge, Sentenced to 60 Days in Jail |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313075707/http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=19356 |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>
*[[February 19]] – [[System of a Down]] guitarist, [[Daron Malakian]], tells [[MTV|MTV.com]] that the band is not likely to reform as he will be concentrating on his new project [[Scars on Broadway]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1581717/20080215/id_0.jhtml | title = Scars On Broadway Is No Side Project | publisher = [[MTV|MTV.com]] | date = February 19, 2008 | access-date =February 24, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080302042937/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1581717/20080215/id_0.jhtml| archive-date= March 2, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*[[February 20]]–25 – [[Viña del Mar International Song Festival]] is held in Chile.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://festival2008.canal13.cl/2008/html/Irq1024.html|title=Festival de la Canción de Viña del Mar|publisher=Festival de la Canción de Viña del Mar|language=es|access-date=May 17, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080430101358/http://festival2008.canal13.cl/2008/html/Irq1024.html| archive-date= April 30, 2008 | url-status= dead}}</ref>
*[[February 23]] – [[March 3]] – The second annual [[Soundwave (Australian music festival)|Soundwave festival]] is held in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=273060|title=Soundwave Festival 2008 Announced!|last=Djamoos|first=Anton|date=October 18, 2007|publisher=Absolute Punk|access-date=May 17, 2008}}</ref>
*[[February 26]] – The Return of the [[Spice Girls]] tour comes to a close in Toronto.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}

=== March ===
*[[March 6]]–9 – The [[2008 Langerado Music Festival]] is held on the [[Big Cypress Indian Reservation]] in southern Florida.<ref>[http://www.langerado.com/home2.php Welcome to Langerado!: Langerado Music Festival March 6–9, 2008 Big Cypress, FL: Home] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224173037/http://www.langerado.com/home2.php |date=December 24, 2008 }}</ref>
*[[March 7]] – The [[Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival]] 2008 takes place in Indonesia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.javajazzfestival.com/2008/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531061704/http://www.javajazzfestival.com/2008/|archive-date=May 31, 2008|title=Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 2008|year=2008|publisher=Java Festival Production|access-date=May 19, 2008}}</ref>
*[[March 7]]–16 – The [[South by Southwest#SXSW 2008|2008 South by Southwest]] Conference and Festival is held in [[Austin, Texas]], US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2008.sxsw.com/|title=South by Southwest Conference and Festivals|publisher=South by Southwest, Inc|access-date=May 19, 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070809212918/http://2008.sxsw.com/ |archive-date = August 9, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[March 11]] – Jazz musician and broadcaster [[Humphrey Lyttelton]] announces his retirement from presenting [[BBC Radio 2]]'s jazz programme after forty years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jazzwise.com/archive/news/L.html|title=Lyttelton to leave radio show|date=March 12, 2008|publisher=Jazzwise Magazine|access-date=August 22, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080218071059/http://www.jazzwise.com/archive/news/L.html |archive-date = February 18, 2008}}</ref>
*[[March 25]]–29 – Miami Winter Music Conference.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wintermusicconference.com/|title=Winter Music Conference|year=2008|publisher=Winter Music Conference|access-date=May 19, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080516182002/http://www.wintermusicconference.com./| archive-date= May 16, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*[[March 31]] – [[theJazz]] radio station stops broadcasting.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7238444.stm BBC News: "Two GCap digital stations closed", 11 February 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2012.]</ref>

=== April ===
*[[April 1]] – [[Scott Weiland]]'s departure from rock band [[Velvet Revolver]] becomes official.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=94021 |title=It's Official: Velvet Revolver Parts Ways With Singer Scott Weiland |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=April 1, 2008 |access-date=April 1, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404001835/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=94021 |archive-date=April 4, 2008 }}</ref> His reunion with his former band, [[Stone Temple Pilots]], and tensions between him and the rest of Velvet Revolver, led to his departure.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0131840320080401|title=Velvet Revolver splits with rocker Scott Weiland|last=Gorman|first=Steve|date=April 1, 2008|publisher=Reuters|access-date=August 25, 2008}}</ref>
*[[April 5]]
**The reunited [[Face to Face (punk band)|Face to Face]] perform together for the first time in four-and-a-half-years at The Bamboozle Left in [[Irvine, California]], US.<ref name="facetofacereunion"/>
**[[Leona Lewis]] single "[[Bleeding Love]]" reached number 1 in 35 countries and became the first song to top the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart by a female British solo artist in 20 years since [[Kim Wilde]] did with "[[You Keep Me Hangin On]]" back in 1987. Her single was later proclaimed as the best selling single of 2008 worldwide and Lewis was named Top New Artist by Billboard.
*[[April 12]] – [[Touch My Body (Mariah Carey song)|"Touch My Body"]] becomes [[Mariah Carey]]'s 18th number 1 single on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, putting her into second place among artists with the most number 1 singles in the rock era, and first place as a solo artist, surpassing Elvis Presley.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[April 13]] - [[Justin Bieber]] officially signed to Def Jam Music Group
*[[April 15]] – Mayor [[Antonio Villaraigosa]] officially proclaims ''Mariah Carey Day'' in Los Angeles, California, US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mariahcarey.com/news/news.php?uid=2185 |title=Mariah Honored by the City of Los Angeles |last=unattributed |date=April 21, 2008 |publisher=UltraStar Entertainment LLC |access-date=May 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123031051/http://www.mariahcarey.com/news/news.php?uid=2185 |archive-date=November 23, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> On this day, [[Mariah Carey]] also releases [[E=MC² (Mariah Carey album)|''E=MC²'']], her eleventh studio album. It debuts at #1 on the [[Billboard 200]] albums chart with the highest first-week sales of her career.
*[[April 22]] – Andrey Baranov of Russia wins First Prize in the Second Benjamin Britten International Violin Competition in London.<ref>[http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html#6 Main International Violin Competitions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407003318/http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html |date=April 7, 2011 }}; [http://www.britten-competition.co.uk/ The Second Benjamin Britten International Violin Competition, London, April 14–22, 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091227101901/http://www.britten-competition.co.uk/ |date=December 27, 2009 }}.</ref>

=== May ===
*[[May 3]] – The sixth annual [[The Bamboozle]] festival opens at the [[Meadowlands Sports Complex]], [[East Rutherford, New Jersey]], US.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[May 10]]–11 – The [[Give It A Name]] 2008 festival is held at [[Earls Court Exhibition Centre|Earls Court]], London, UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/give-it-a-name/8536|title=It may not have a name, but it certainly has a purpose|last=(unattributed)|date=May 16, 2007|publisher=NME/IPC Media|access-date=May 23, 2008}}</ref>
*[[May 14]] – The "Spirit of Change" Gospel Choir celebrates its tenth anniversary with the 20th Zündorfer Gospelnacht concert in the Catholic Parish Church of St. Mariae Geburt, in Zündorf.<ref>Roland Schriefer, "[http://www.spirit-of-change.de/clips/KStA-20080515.jpg Sänger zeigen viel Gefühl: Chor feiert zehnjähriges Bestehen mit 20. Zündorfer Gospelnacht]", ''Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger'' (May 15, 2008); Nadine Hantke, "[http://www.spirit-of-change.de/clips/KRS-20080515.jpg Eine Erfolgsgeschichte]: 'Spirit of Chance' {{sic}} feierte bei 20. Gospelnacht Geburtstag" ''Kölnische Rundschau'' (May 15, 2008); K. M., "'Spirit of Change' feierte 10. Geburtstag", ''Porz Aktuell'' (May 28, 2008).</ref>
*[[May 21]] – [[David Cook (singer)|David Cook]] defeats [[David Archuleta (singer)|David Archuleta]] to win [[American Idol (season 7)|season 7 of ''American Idol'']], in a contest decided by 97.5 million votes, a record for the show.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[May 24]] – 43 countries compete in the [[2008 Eurovision Song Contest]] final in [[Belgrade]], Serbia, including newcomers San Marino and Azerbaijan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/eurovision/news/07.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518052951/http://www.bbc.co.uk/eurovision/news/07.shtml|archive-date=May 18, 2008|title=Eurovision Song Contest coverage across the BBC|last=(unattributed)|publisher=BBC|access-date=May 27, 2008}}</ref> The contest is won by Russia, with [[Believe (Dima Bilan song)|Believe]] by [[Dima Bilan]].
*[[May 24]]–26 – The [[Sasquatch! Music Festival]] is held over [[Memorial Day]] weekend at [[The Gorge Amphitheatre]] in central [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]], US.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[May 25]] – The Slovak preliminary round of the first Bluegrass competition (toward the annual Czech Festival Banjo Jamboree) is held in [[Hviezdoslavovo námestie (Bratislava)|Hviezdoslavovo námestie]], [[Bratislava]].<ref>"[http://www.twincityjournal.eu/vismo/dokumenty2.asp?id_org=600185&id=1200&p1=1141 Koncerty 2008/05] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120525103504/http://www.twincityjournal.eu/vismo/dokumenty2.asp?id_org=600185&id=1200&p1=1141 |date=May 25, 2012 }}", ''Twin City Magazín'' (Bratislava) (April 2008).</ref>
*[[May 30]] – [[June 1]]
** [[Rock In Rio#Rock In Rio Lisboa & Madrid|Rock In Rio Lisboa]] 2008 takes place in [[Parque da Bela Vista]], Chelas, [[Lisbon]], Portugal, continuing on June 5–6.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
** The fourth annual [[Mountain Jam (festival)|Mountain Jam Festival]] is held in [[Hunter Mountain (New York)|Hunter Mountain]], New York, US.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}

=== June ===
*[[June 1]]
** [[Westlife]] play their 10th anniversary concert at Europe's fourth biggest stadium, [[Croke Park]], in [[Dublin]], Republic of Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcd.ie/home/fn.php?c=9617084&ar=publicinformationnotice&cat=all |title=Public Information Notice for Celine Dion and Westlife Concerts |last=unattributed |date=May 23, 2008 |publisher=MCD |access-date=August 27, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081112193414/http://www.mcd.ie/home/fn.php?c=9617084&ar=publicinformationnotice&cat=all |archive-date=November 12, 2008 }}</ref>
** [[2008 Universal fire|A fire at Universal Studios]] in [[Universal City, California]], destroys as many as 175,000 [[mastering (audio)|master tapes]] containing as many as half a million songs by 20th and 21st century artists, some of which had never been released or digitized. The full extent of the damage was not made public until 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rosen |first=Jody |title=The Day the Music Burned: It was the biggest disaster in the history of the music business — and almost nobody knew |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/magazine/universal-fire-master-recordings.html |date=June 11, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times Magazine]] |access-date=June 18, 2019 }}</ref>
*[[June 6]]-8 – The [[2008 Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival]] is held at [[Clinton State Park]] near [[Lawrence, Kansas]], US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wakarusa.com/2008/lineup.asp?y=2008 |title=Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival |publisher=Wakarusa.com |date=2012-06-03 |access-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522175001/http://www.wakarusa.com/2008/lineup.asp?y=2008 |archive-date=May 22, 2010 }}</ref>
*[[June 10]] – [[Lil Wayne]]'s sixth album ''[[Tha Carter III]]'' sells 1 million copies in its first week of release.<ref>{{cite web | date=April 1, 2008 | title=Rancid compile music videos on new DVD, announce tour dates | publisher=Punknews.org | url=http://www.punknews.org/article/28337 | access-date=April 6, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080405190731/http://www.punknews.org/article/28337| archive-date= April 5, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*[[June 12]]–15 – The [[2008 Bonnaroo Music Festival]] is held in [[Manchester, Tennessee]], US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bonnaroo.com/schedule/ |title=Bonnaroo – Schedule – Thursday, June 10, 2010 |publisher=Bonnaroo.com |date=2012-05-15 |access-date=2012-09-02}}</ref>
*[[June 13]]–15
** The seventh [[Isle of Wight Festival 2008|Isle of Wight Festival]] takes place in [[Seaclose Park]], [[Newport, Isle of Wight]], UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isleofwightfestival.com/isle-of-wight-festival-2008.aspx |title=Isle of Wight Festival History – 2008 |date=2008-06-17 |access-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617165115/http://www.isleofwightfestival.com/isle-of-wight-festival-2008.aspx |archive-date=June 17, 2008 }}</ref>
** The annual [[Download Festival]] takes place at [[Donington Park]] in [[Leicestershire]], England. The main stage was headlined by [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], [[The Offspring]] and [[Lostprophets]], the Tuborg stage by [[Simple Plan]], [[HIM (Finnish band)|HIM]] and [[Cavalera Conspiracy]], and the Gibson stage by [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]], [[Testament (band)|Testament]] and [[Jonathan Davis and the SFA]].
*[[June 15]] – E. Kallai from Hungary wins First Prize in the 11th Carl Fleisch International Violin Competition in [[Mosonmagyaróvár]], Hungary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html#6 |title=Main International Violin Competitions |publisher=Violina2z.com |access-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918085047/http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html |archive-date=September 18, 2012 }}</ref>
*[[June 20]] – [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] play their first reunion show at the [[Roundhouse (venue)|Roundhouse]], London, UK.<ref>{{cite news|date=June 24, 2008 |title=My Bloody Valentine at Roundhouse, NW1 |work=The Times |location=London |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/live_reviews/article4199762.ece |access-date=September 18, 2008 |first=Pete |last=Paphides |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617001928/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/live_reviews/article4199762.ece |archive-date=June 17, 2011 }}</ref>
*[[June 27]]–29 – The Eidgenössiches Jodlerfest is held in [[Lucerne]].<ref>Petra Hofmann, "[http://www.jodlerbiel-benken.ch/berichte.htm#ejf08 Eidgenössiches Jodlerfest vom 27. Juni 2008 – 29. Juni 2008 in Luzern]" . Retrieved January 7, 2010.</ref>
*[[June 29]] – Release of ''[[Guitar Hero: Aerosmith]]'', the first video game in the ''[[Guitar Hero]]'' series to be based around a single music group.<ref>{{cite web| title = Wii Preview: Guitar Hero: Aerosmith | work = Neal Ronaghan | publisher = Nintendo World Report | url=http://nintendoworldreport.com/previewArt.cfm?artid=15660 | access-date=April 1, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080413023457/http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/previewArt.cfm?artid=15660| archive-date= April 13, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>

=== July ===
*[[July 3]] – Opening of the [[Wireless Festival#2008|O2 Wireless Festival]] in [[Hyde Park, London]], UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.o2wirelessfestival.co.uk/home/index.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605202303/http://www.o2wirelessfestival.co.uk/home/index.aspx|archive-date=June 5, 2008|title=O2 Wireless Festival|last=unattributed|year=2008|publisher=Live Nation (Music) UK Limited|access-date=September 1, 2008}}</ref>
*[[July 5]] – Staatsminister Rainer Robra and [[Halberstadt]] Oberbürgermeister Andreas Henke preside as the notes A{{Music|flat}} and C are added in the sixth sound change of the performance of [[John Cage]]'s ''[[As Slow as Possible|Organ²/ASLSP (As SLow aS Possible)]]'' that began on 5 September 2001 and is to conclude on 5 September 2640, in Halberstadt, Germany.<ref>"Orgelmarathon: Endlich neue Töne''Die Zeit'' (7 July 2008).</ref>
*[[July 23]]–26 – The [[2008 10,000 Lakes Festival]] is held.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.10klf.com/index2008.php |title=10KLF 2008 |publisher=10klf.com |access-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311031641/http://www.10klf.com/index2008.php |archive-date=March 11, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
*[[July 24]]–25 – The [[Splendour in the Grass]] music festival is held in [[Byron Bay, New South Wales|Byron Bay]], [[Australia]], headlined by [[Devo]] and [[Wolfmother]].
*[[July 24]]–28 – The Fifth International Symposium of throat-singing, "Khoomei—Cultural Phenomenon of the Peoples of Central Asia" is held in [[Tuva]].<ref>Ministry of Culture of Tuva, "[http://en.tuvaonline.ru/2008/07/11/4753_khoomei.html Tuva Preparing to Host Throat Singing Admirers from all over the World]" (July 11, 2008). Retrieved January 7, 2010.</ref>

=== August ===
*[[August 1]]–3 – The [[Lollapalooza]] music festival takes place in Chicago, Illinois, US.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[August 8]] – Chen Qigang is director of music for the [[2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony]] in Beijing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/ceremonies/headlines/n214521306.shtml|title=How the Opening Ceremony was born|access-date=21 August 2009 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428182905/http://en.beijing2008.cn/ceremonies/headlines/n214521306.shtml|archive-date=April 28, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref> A minor scandal ensues when it is revealed that [[Lin Miaoke]], the performer of "[[Ode to the Motherland]]", was miming to a recording by another girl, [[Yang Peiyi]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/2545387/Beijing-Olympics-Faking-scandal-over-girl-who-sang-in-opening-ceremony.html|title=Beijing Olympics: Faking scandal over girl who 'sang' in opening ceremony|date=August 12, 2008|first=Richard|last=Spencer|newspaper=The Telegraph | location=London| access-date= 21 August 2009 }}</ref>
*[[August 10]] – [[Jimmy Dean]] and [[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]] celebrate their 80th birthdays.
*[[August 12]]–18 – [[Sziget Festival#2008|Sziget Festival 2008]] takes place in [[Budapest]], Hungary.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[August 13]] – [[Jeff Singer]] quits [[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paradiselost.co.uk/news/2008/statement-from-jeff-aug-13.html |title=Statement from Jeff | Paradise Lost Official Website |access-date=2013-07-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130727043924/http://www.paradiselost.co.uk/news/2008/statement-from-jeff-aug-13.html |archive-date=July 27, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
*[[August 19]] – [[LeRoi Moore]], saxophonist and founding member of [[Dave Matthews Band]], dies from complications from an ATV accident suffered earlier in the summer.
*[[August 22]] – Coke Live Music Festival opens in Poland, headlined by artists [[Sean Paul]], [[Timbaland]], and [[The Prodigy]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[August 23]]
**[[Madonna]] starts her [[Sticky & Sweet Tour]] which is set to become the highest-grossing tour for both a female and solo artist.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
**Michael Nicklasson quits [[Dark Tranquility]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[August 30]]
** Filipino rock band [[Eraserheads]] hold their one-night-only reunion concert in the Fort open field, their first concert since 2001. After the 20-minute break, vocalist [[Ely Buendia]] is rushed to the hospital because of chest pain due to emotional stress.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
** ''American Idol'' Season 7 runner-up David Archuleta's debut single "[[Crush (David Archuleta song)|Crush]]" scores the highest debut of a song on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] by an ''American Idol'' finalist not performed on the show. The track opened at No. 2 after selling 166,000 downloads in its first week of release.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[August 31]] – [[Chrome Division]] fires Eddie Guz.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}

=== September ===
*[[September 6]] – Six members of [[The Specials]] re-unite at the [[Bestival]] as a 'Surprise Act'. They use the name "Terry Hall and Friends", because [[Jerry Dammers]], who owns the band's name, did not participate.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 7]] – The [[2008 MTV Video Music Awards]] are presented at [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount Studios]], [[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]]. [[Britney Spears]]' wins [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]], [[Best Pop Video]], and [[Best Female Video]] for "[[Piece of Me (Britney Spears song)|Piece of Me]]". [[Christina Aguilera]] also made her return to music since giving birth to her first child with the debut of her single [[Keeps Gettin' Better]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 9]] – [[Jessica Simpson]] releases her first album in two years, ''[[Do You Know (Jessica Simpson album)|Do You Know]]'', her first country album. It goes straight in at No. 1 in the ''Billboard'' Country Charts and at No. 4 in the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with sales of 65,000.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 10]] – The [[ARIA Music Awards of 2008|22nd Annual ARIA Music Awards]] are held in Sydney, Australia, recognizing Australian music in 2008. Dance-punk group [[The Presets]] win Album of the Year.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 11]] – [[Christian Älvestam]] leaves [[Scar Symmetry]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 12]] – Season 4 of the Finnish talent contest, ''[[Idols (Finland)|Idols]]'', begins.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 15]] – [[Kris Drever]], [[John McCusker]] and [[Roddy Woomble]] release ''[[Before the Ruin]]''.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 18]]
**[[Soilwork]] hires former member, [[Peter Wichers]], to replace [[Daniel Antonsson]], who is fired.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=105079 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711224101/http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=105079 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-11 |title=Blabbermouth.Net – Guitarist Peter Wichers Rejoins Soilwork |publisher=Legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com |access-date=2012-09-02 }}</ref>
** [[Ben Folds Five]] play a sold out reunion show in [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]], performing the entirety of their 1999 album ''[[The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner]]'', that was filmed for DVD and web release by MySpace in benefit for [[Operation Smile]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thesuburbs.org.uk/news/Reunion_DVD_Looks_Likely |title=– the original Ben Folds website – Reunion DVD Looks Likely! |publisher=Thesuburbs.org.uk |date=2008-09-27 |access-date=2012-09-02 |archive-date=October 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004185158/http://www.thesuburbs.org.uk/news/Reunion_DVD_Looks_Likely |url-status=dead }}</ref>
** [[Crystal Castles (band)|Crystal Castles]] play their biggest headline show to date, at [[Electric Ballroom]] in Camden, London.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 19]] – "Only by the Night" the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Kings of Leon, released worldwide in September 2008. – [[Travis Barker]] and [[Adam Goldstein]] (DJ AM) survive a [[2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash|plane crash]] that claims four lives.<ref>[http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/20/investigation-on-in-deadly-sc-plane-crash/ Investigation on in deadly SC plane crash] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218174726/http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/20/investigation-on-in-deadly-sc-plane-crash/ |date=February 18, 2009 }}. ''[[CNN]].com'', 2008-09-20. Retrieved 2008-09-21.</ref>
*[[September 20]] – [[Pink (singer)|P!nk]] scores her first solo number-one hit in her native US, with "[[So What (Pink song)|So What]]".{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 21]]
**[[At the Gates]] play their final show.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
**The [[Eric Burdon]] show in [[Oklahoma]] is cancelled due to his health problems.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 24]] – [[Within Temptation]] release the ''[[Black Symphony]]'' DVD, featuring the [[Metropole Orchestra]] and guest musicians.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 25]] – [[Paul McCartney]] performs at [[Tel Aviv]] park, his first performance in Israel since [[The Beatles]] were banned from the country in 1965.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}

=== October ===
*[[October 1]] – [[Tina Turner]] leaves semi-retirement to embark on her ''[[Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour]]'', which grosses over US $130 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://livedesignonline.com/mag/tina_turner_tours/index.html|title=Tina Turner Tours With Clay Paky|date=1 February 2009|work=Live Design|publisher=Penton Media, Inc|access-date=5 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404101831/http://livedesignonline.com/mag/tina_turner_tours/index.html|archive-date=April 4, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[October 5]] – Stephanie Jeong wins the Second Prize (no First Prize is awarded) in the Premio Paganini international violin competition in [[Genoa]].<ref>[http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html#6 Main International Violin Competitions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407003318/http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html |date=April 7, 2011 }}</ref>
*[[October 7]] – [[Spotify]] [[Comparison of on-demand music streaming services|on-demand music streaming service]] launches in Sweden.
*[[October 10]] – The Fourth Waakirchener Zither Festival takes place in [[Waakirchen]], Bavaria.<ref>"[http://www.kkb-waakirchen.de/veranstaltung_detail.php?id=24 October 10, 2008: 4. Zitherfestival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719052430/http://www.kkb-waakirchen.de/veranstaltung_detail.php?id=24 |date=July 19, 2011 }}". Retrieved January 7, 2010.</ref>
*[[October 12]] – Opening of the VII Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra, in Rome and the Vatican City (until November 30).<ref>"[http://www.festivalmusicaeartesacra.net/en/festival_uebersicht.php VII Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra: October 12 – November 30, 2008]". Retrieved January 7, 2010. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106171903/http://www.festivalmusicaeartesacra.net/en/festival_uebersicht.php|date=January 6, 2009}}</ref>
*[[October 16]] – [[Britney Spears]] sets a new record for the biggest jump to number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], rising from number 96 to number one in just one week, with her single "[[Womanizer (song)|Womanizer]]". It is Spears' first American number one since her debut single "[[...Baby One More Time (song)|...Baby One More Time]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1043782/spears-scores-record-setting-hot-100-jump |title=Spears Scores Record-Setting Hot 100 Jump |publisher=Billboard.com |access-date=2012-09-02}}</ref> (The record is subsequently broken by [[Kelly Clarkson]]). It also garners first-week download sales of 286,000, the biggest opening-week tally by a female artist.
*[[October 18]] – [[Rihanna]] scores her fifth number one song on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] (as a featured artist on [[T.I.]]'s "[[Live Your Life (T.I. song)|Live Your Life]]", which follows "[[SOS (Rihanna song)|SOS]]", "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]", "[[Take a Bow (Rihanna song)|Take a Bow]]", and "[[Disturbia (song)|Disturbia]]"), becoming the leading solo female artist with the most number ones to have charted in [[Music in the 2000s|this decade]] until [[Beyoncé Knowles]] breaks her record (as a solo artist).<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044448/rihanna-topples-katy-perry-on-hot-100|title=Rihanna Topples Katy Perry On Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=August 14, 2008|access-date=November 3, 2008}}</ref>
*[[Justin Bieber]] signed with [[L.A. Reid]] [[Island Records]]
=== November ===
*[[November 1]]–9 – The Southbank Centre in London, UK presents "Klang: A Tribute to [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen]]", a festival curated by [[Oliver Knussen]], with a series of concerts focusing on works from the composer's last decade, including the world premieres of ''[[Klang (Stockhausen)#Nineteenth Hour: Urantia|Urantia]]'' and ''[[Tierkreis (Stockhausen)|Zodiac for Orchestra]]'', as well as late-night performances, lectures, and master classes.<ref>"News: Stockhausen Tribute in the UK", ''Computer Music Journal'' 33, no. 2 (2009): 6.</ref>
*[[November 2]] – The [[Fauxharmonic Orchestra]] loses in its debut confrontation with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra in a [[Bargemusic]] concert.<ref>Steve Smith, "Dueling Maestros, One Wielding a Wii", ''[[The New York Times]]'' (November 4, 2008): C7.</ref>
*[[November 4]] – [[Bhimsen Joshi]] is selected to receive the [[Bharat Ratna]], [[India]]'s highest civilian honour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/nov/04ratna.htm|title=Bharat Ratna for Vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi|publisher=[[Rediff]]|access-date=21 February 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090214161418/http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/nov/04ratna.htm| archive-date=February 14, 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*[[November 6]] – [[Michael Tilson Thomas]] makes his [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] subscription-concert conducting debut.<ref>Peter Dobrin, "After 23 Years, a Return to Phila.", ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' (November 8, 2008): E04.</ref>
*[[November 17]] – Korean violinist Hyun-Su Shin wins First Prize in the Jacques Thibaud International Violin Competition in Paris<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html#24 |title=Main International Violin Competitions |publisher=Violina2z.com |access-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918085047/http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html |archive-date=September 18, 2012 }}</ref>
*[[November 23]] – 13 years after his disappearance, [[Manic Street Preachers]] guitarist [[Richey Edwards]] is [[Declared death in absentia|declared dead ''in absentia'']].
** [[Wes Carr]] is crowned the winner of the [[Australian Idol (season 6)|sixth season]] of ''[[Australian Idol]]'', defeating [[Luke Dickens]].
*[[November 24]] – The [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] announces the appointment of [[Pinchas Zukerman]] as principal guest conductor, to begin in January 2009.<ref>Dave Itzkoff, "Zukerman Appointed To Royal Philharmonic", ''[[The New York Times]]'' (November 24, 2008): C2.</ref>
*[[November 24]]- [[Kanye West]] releases 808s and heartbreak

=== December ===
*[[December 9]] – [[Damon Albarn]] and [[Graham Coxon]] say that [[Blur (band)|Blur]] will reunite for a concert at [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]] on July 3, 2009. Tickets for the concert sell out within two minutes of release, and [[Blur (band)|Blur]] announce another date on July 2, 2009.<ref name="reunion">Paine, Andre. [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266135/blur-reuniting-unveils-london-show-plans "Blur Reuniting, Unveils London Show Plans"]. [[billboard.com]]. December 9, 2008.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7771000/7771915.stm|title=Blur confirm massive outdoor show
|access-date=December 10, 2008 |publisher=BBC |date=December 9, 2008 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081212085616/http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7771000/7771915.stm| archive-date= December 12, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*[[December 11]] – [[Elliott Carter]] celebrates his 100th birthday.
*[[December 13]] – [[Beyoncé Knowles]] scores her fifth number one song on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] with "[[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]]", which followed "[[Crazy in Love (Beyoncé Knowles song)|Crazy in Love]]", "[[Baby Boy (Beyoncé Knowles song)|Baby Boy]]", "[[Check on It]]", and "[[Irreplaceable]]", tying with [[Rihanna]] as the leading solo female artist with the most number ones to have charted in [[Music in the 2000s|this decade]].<ref name="Billboard"/>
** [[Alexandra Burke]] is named winner of the [[The X Factor (British series 5)|fifth series]] of ''[[The X Factor (British TV series)|The X Factor UK]]''. [[JLS]] are named runner-ups, while [[Eoghan Quigg]] and [[Diana Vickers]] finish in third and fourth place respectively.
*[[December 22]] – [[Live Nation]] announce that Madonna's [[Sticky & Sweet Tour]] is the highest-grossing tour for a solo artist, with US$280 million in ticket sales and 2,350,282 fans attending the 58 shows during the three-leg tour across Europe and the Americas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/Madonnas-Sticky-amp-Sweet-prnews-13890523.html |title=Madonna's 'Sticky & Sweet' Tour: 58 Shows – 2,350,282 Fans!!! |access-date=December 18, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103201253/http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Madonnas-Sticky-amp-Sweet-prnews-13890523.html |archive-date=January 3, 2009 |df=mdy }}</ref>

== Bands formed ==
* ''See [[:Category:Musical groups established in 2008]]

== Bands reformed ==
''See [[:Category:Musical groups reestablished in 2008]]''

==Returning performers==
* [[AC/DC]] (first album since 2000)
* [[Vanessa Amorosi]] (debut international album and first Australian album since 1999)
* [[Anastacia (singer)|Anastacia]] (last studio album released in 2004)
* [[As Friends Rust]] (reformed after breaking up in 2002)
* [[Ashanti (entertainer)|Ashanti]] (last studio album released in 2004)
* [[Ashlee Simpson]] (last studio album released in 2005)
* [[Billy Bragg]] (first studio album since 2002, first under his own name since 1996)
* [[Bomb the Bass]] (first full-length album since 1995)
* [[Boyzone]] (first studio album released in 1999)
* [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]] (last studio album released in 2004)
* [[David Byrne]] & [[Brian Eno]] (first album since 1981)
* [[Cherry Poppin' Daddies]] (first album since 2000)
* [[Counting Crows]] (first studio album since 2002)
* [[The Cure]] (first studio album since 2004)
* [[Dido (singer)|Dido]] (last studio album released in 2003)
* [[Donna Summer]] (first studio album since 1991)
* [[Erykah Badu]] (first album since 2003)
* [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]] (first studio album since 1995)
* [[Grace Jones]] (first studio album since 1989)
* [[Guns N' Roses]] (first album of original material since 1991)
* [[Jason Donovan]] (first studio album since 1993)
* [[Lenny Kravitz]] (first album since 2004)
* [[Metallica]] (first album since 2003)
* [[Mötley Crüe]] (first album with all members since 1997)
* [[New Kids on the Block]] (first album since 1994)
* [[The Offspring]] (first album since 2003)
* [[Paramore]] (first album since 2007)
* [[Polvo]] (first tour since 1998)
* [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]] (First record since 1997)
* [[Queen (band)|Queen]] (first studio album since 1995, and first with [[Paul Rodgers]] on lead vocals)
* [[The Screaming Jets]] (first studio album since 2000)
* [[The Specials]] (as "Terry Hall and Friends")
* [[Third Eye Blind]] (first single/release since 2003)
* [[Toadies]] (first album since 2001)
* [[The Verve]] (first album since 1997)

== Bands disbanded ==
''See [[:Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2008|Musical groups disestablished in 2008]]''

== Bands on hiatus ==
{{More citations needed section|date=July 2008}}
* [[¡Forward, Russia!]] (indefinite hiatus)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/forward-russia/38864|title=¡Forward, Russia! to Split?|last=unattributed|date=August 13, 2008|work=NME |location=UK |access-date=August 14, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080816010844/http://www.nme.com/news/forward-russia/38864| archive-date= August 16, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[Big & Rich]] (until 2009, due to a neck injury suffered by [[Big Kenny]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,,GAC_26063_5795670,00.html|title=Big Kenny On Big & Rich's Hiatus|last=unattributed|date=January 29, 2008|publisher=Great American Country|access-date=September 12, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219064334/http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,,GAC_26063_5795670,00.html|archive-date=February 19, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[The Dresden Dolls]]
* [[From Autumn to Ashes]]
* [[Hell Is for Heroes (band)|Hell Is for Heroes]]
* [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] (on break from touring and recording)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/incubus_to_take_a_break.html|title=Incubus To Take A Break|last=unattributed|date=July 1, 2008|publisher=[[Ultimate Guitar Archive|Ultimate-Guitar.com]]|access-date=July 2, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Monkey Swallows the Universe]] (indefinite hiatus)
* [[My Chemical Romance]] (on an extended break after a US tour)
* [[Kaddisfly]] (on hiatus after bassist Kile Brewer left; remaining members now called Waters & Bodies)
* [[Phantom Planet]]
* [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] (two-year hiatus)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.muchmusic.com/news/story.asp?id=20996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602093614/http://www.muchmusic.com/news/story.asp?id=20996|archive-date=June 2, 2008|title=Chili Peppers (Sort Of) Break-Up|last=unattributed|date=May 22, 2008|publisher=muchmusic.com|access-date=June 30, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Rilo Kiley]] (due to the success of lead singer [[Jenny Lewis]]' solo career)
* [[Social Distortion]] (due to their lead singer undertaking a solo tour)
* [[The Starting Line]] (indefinite break)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=301596|title=The Starting Line Press Conference|last=Jason|first=Tate|date=March 5, 2008|publisher=AbsolutePunk, LLC|access-date=June 30, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Velvet Revolver]] (while looking for a new lead singer)
* [[Westlife]] (a one year break)
* [[Wolfmother]] (whilst looking for new musicians)
* [[Yellowcard]] (indefinitely)

== Albums released ==
{{Main article|List of 2008 albums}}

; Best-selling albums globally & United States

The best-selling records in 2008 according to [[IFPI]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2008.pdf |title=IFPI – 50 Top Selling Albums 2008 |publisher=Ifpi.org |date=2005-04-12 |access-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218120952/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2008.pdf |archive-date=February 18, 2009 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Album title !! Artist
|-
| 1 || ''[[Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends]]'' || [[Coldplay]]
|-
| 2 || ''[[Black Ice (album)|Black Ice]]'' || [[AC/DC]]
|-
| 3 || ''[[Thriller 25]]'' || [[Michael Jackson]]
|-
| 4 || ''[[Rockferry]]'' || [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]]
|-
| 5 || ''[[Death Magnetic]]'' || [[Metallica]]
|-
| 6 || ''[[Spirit (Leona Lewis album)|Spirit]]'' || [[Leona Lewis]]
|-
| 7 || ''[[Back to Black]]'' || [[Amy Winehouse]]
|-
| 8 || ''[[High School Musical 3: Senior Year (soundtrack)|High School Musical 3: Senior Year]]'' || Various Artists
|-
| 9 || ''[[Tha Carter III]]'' || [[Lil Wayne]]
|-
| 10 || ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad (Rihanna album)|Good Girl Gone Bad]]'' || [[Rihanna]]
|}

The best-selling albums in the United States:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1481196/lil-wayne-notches-top-selling-album-of-08 |title=Billboard – Lil Wayne Notches Top-Selling Album Of '08 |publisher=Billboard.com |date=2009-09-14 |access-date=2012-09-02}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Album title !! Artist
|-
| 1 || ''[[Tha Carter III]]'' || [[Lil' Wayne]]
|-
| 2 || ''[[Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends]]'' || [[Coldplay]]
|-
| 3 || ''[[Fearless (Taylor Swift album)|Fearless]]'' || [[Taylor Swift]]
|-
| 4 || ''[[Rock N Roll Jesus]]'' || [[Kid Rock]]
|-
| 5 || ''[[Black Ice (album)|Black Ice]]'' || [[AC/DC]]
|-
| 6 || ''[[Taylor Swift (album)|Taylor Swift]]'' || Taylor Swift
|-
| 7 || ''[[Death Magnetic]]'' || [[Metallica]]
|-
| 8 || ''[[Paper Trail]]'' || [[T.I.]]
|-
| 9 || ''[[Sleep Through the Static]]'' || [[Jack Johnson (musician)|Jack Johnson]]
|-
| 10 || ''[[I Am... Sasha Fierce]]'' || [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]]
|}

==Songs released in 2008==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!Date
!Song
!Artist
|-
|January 1
|''Smog''
|[[Bomb the Bass]]
|-
|January 15
|''[[Pocketful of Sunshine]]''
|[[Natasha Bedingfield]]
|-
|January 25
|''[[Bust It Baby]]'' (Part 1)
|[[Plies (rapper)|Plies]] featuring [[Ne-Yo]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|January 29
|''[[Funplex (song)|Funplex]]''
|[[The B-52s]]
|-
|''[[Nine in the Afternoon]]''
|[[Panic at the Disco]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 5
|''[[Day 'n' Nite]]''
|[[Kid Cudi]] vs. [[Crookers]]
|-
|''[[Run the Show]]''
|[[Kat DeLuna]] featuring [[Busta Rhymes]]
|-
|February 12
|''[[Elevator (Flo Rida song)|Elevator]]''
|[[Flo Rida]] featuring [[Timbaland]]
|-
|February 19
|''[[It's Not My Time]]''
|[[3 Doors Down]]
|-
|February 23
|''[[Bust It Baby]]'' (Part 2)
|[[Plies (rapper)|Plies]] featuring [[Ne-Yo]]
|-
|February 26
|''[[The Way That I Love You]]''
|[[Ashanti (entertainer)|Ashanti]]
|-
|February 28
|''[[A-Punk]]''
|[[Vampire Weekend]]
|-
|March 4
|''[[Break the Ice (song)|Break the Ice]]''
|[[Britney Spears]]
|-
|March 11
|''[[Little Miss Obsessive]]''
|[[Ashlee Simpson]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 17
|''[[4 Minutes]]''
|[[Madonna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]] and [[Timbaland]]
|-
|''I Keep Faith''
|[[Billy Bragg]]
|-
|March 24
|''[[No Stress]]''
|[[Laurent Wolf]]
|-
|March 25
|''[[Mad as Rabbits]]''
|[[Panic at the Disco]]
|-
|March 31
|''[[American Boy]]''
|[[Estelle (musician)|Estelle]] featuring [[Kanye West]]
|-
|April 8
|''[[Just Dance (song)|Just Dance]]''
|[[Lady Gaga]] featuring [[Colby O'Donis]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|April 15
|''[[Closer (Ne-Yo song)|Closer]]''
|[[Ne-Yo]]
|-
|''[[I'm Yours (Jason Mraz song)|I'm Yours]]''
|[[Jason Mraz]]
|-
|''[[Take a Bow (Rihanna song)|Take a Bow]]''
|[[Rihanna]]
|-
|April 28
|''[[I Kissed a Girl]]''
|[[Katy Perry]]
|-
|April 29
|''[[Forever (Chris Brown song)|Forever]]''
|[[Chris Brown]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 2
|''[[If I Never See Your Face Again]]''
|[[Maroon 5]] featuring [[Rihanna]]
|-
|''[[That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed)]]''
|[[Panic at the Disco]]
|-
|May 9
|''[[Violet Hill]]''
|[[Coldplay]]
|-
|May 13
|''[[The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)]]''
|[[Weezer]]
|-
|May 19
|''[[Train (3 Doors Down song)|Train]]''
|[[3 Doors Down]]
|-
|May 20
|''[[In the Ayer]]''
|[[Flo Rida]] featuring [[will.i.am]]
|-
|May 25
|''[[Viva la Vida]]''
|[[Coldplay]]
|-
|May 26
|''[[Oxford Comma (song)|Oxford Comma]]''
|[[Vampire Weekend]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 27
|''[[Dreamin' (Weezer song)|Dreamin']]''
|[[Weezer]]
|-
|''[[When I Grow Up (The Pussycat Dolls song)|When I Grow Up]]''
|[[The Pussycat Dolls]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 10
|''[[One Step at a Time (Jordin Sparks song)|One Step at a Time]]''
|[[Jordin Sparks]]
|-
|''[[Body on Me (Nelly song)|Body on Me]]''
|[[Nelly]] featuring [[Akon]] and [[Ashanti (singer)|Ashanti]]
|-
|June 16
|''[[Pork and Beans (song)|Pork and Beans]]''
|[[Weezer]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 17
|''[[Disturbia (song)|Disturbia]]''
|[[Rihanna]]
|-
|''[[7 Things]]''
|[[Miley Cyrus]]
|-
|June 19
|''[[Burnin' Up (Jonas Brothers song)|Burnin' Up]]''
|[[Jonas Brothers]] featuring Big Rob
|-
|July 15
|''[[The Champion in Me]]''
|[[3 Doors Down]]
|-
|July 16
|''[[Good Good]]''
|[[Ashanti (singer)|Ashanti]]
|-
|July 26
|''[[Troublemaker (Weezer song)|Troublemaker]]''
|[[Weezer]]
|-
|July 29
|''[[Let It Rock (Kevin Rudolf song)|Let it Rock]]''
|[[Kevin Rudolf]] featuring [[Lil Wayne]]
|-
|August 8
|''[[Make It Mine]]''
|[[Jason Mraz]]
|-
|August 11
|''[[So What (Pink song)|So What]]''
|[[Pink (singer)|Pink]]
|-
|August 18
|''[[Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa]]''
|[[Vampire Weekend]]
|-
|August 28
|''[[Rock N' Roll Train]]''
|[[AC/DC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 4
|''[[Sex on Fire]]''
|[[Kings of Leon]]
|-
|-
|''[[You're Gonna Go Far, Kid]]''
|[[The Offspring]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 9
|''[[Hot n Cold]]''
|[[Katy Perry]]
|-
|''[[Whatcha Think About That]]''
|[[The Pussycat Dolls]] featuring [[Missy Elliott]]
|-
|September 19
|''[[Running Back (Jessica Mauboy song)|Running Back]]''
|[[Jessica Mauboy]] featuring [[Flo Rida]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 23
|''[[Live Your Life (T.I. song)|Live Your Life]]''
|[[T.I.]] featuring [[Rihanna]]
|-
|''[[Right Now (Na Na Na)]]''
|[[Akon]]
|-
|September 26
|''[[Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)|Poker Face]]''
|[[Lady Gaga]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 29
|''[[Gotta Be Somebody]]''
|[[Nickelback]]
|-
|''[[Pieces (Chase & Status song)|Pieces]]''
|[[Chase & Status]] ft. [[Plan B (musician)|Plan B]]
|-
|September 30
|''[[Gives You Hell]]''
|[[The All-American Rejects]]
|-
|October 3
|''[[Womanizer (song)|Womanizer]]''
|[[Britney Spears]]
|-
|October 6
|''[[Rehab (Rihanna song)|Rehab]]''
|[[Rihanna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]]
|-
|October 8
|''[[If I Were a Boy]]''
|[[Beyoncé]]
|-
|October 10
|''[[I Can Feel You]]''
|[[Anastacia]]
|-
|October 12
|''[[Out of this Club]]''
|[[The Pussycat Dolls]] featuring [[R. Kelly]] and [[Polow da Don]]
|-
|October 13
|''[[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]]''
|[[Beyoncé]]
|-
|October 14
|''[[I Hate This Part]]''
|[[The Pussycat Dolls]]
|-
|October 21
|''[[Decode (song)|Decode]]''
|[[Paramore]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|November 3
|''[[Crying Blood]]''
|[[V V Brown]]
|-
|''[[Lovers in Japan]]''
|[[Coldplay]]
|-
|''[[Sober (Pink song)|Sober]]''
|[[Pink (singer)|Pink]]
|-
|November 10
|''[[Lost!]]''
|[[Coldplay]]
|-
|November 14
|''[[Northern Downpour]]''
|[[Panic at the Disco]]
|-
|December 1
|''[[Lhuna]]''
|[[Coldplay]] featuring [[Kylie Minogue]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 2
|''[[Circus (Britney Spears song)|Circus]]''
|[[Britney Spears]]
|-
|''[[Let Me Be Myself]]''
|[[3 Doors Down]]
|-
|December 9
|''[[Use Somebody]]''
|[[King of Leon]]
|-
|December 17
|''[[Hallelujah (Alexandra Burke song)|Hallelujah]]''
|[[Alexandra Burke]]
|-
|December 18
|''[[Big Jack (song)|Big Jack]]''
|[[AC/DC]]
|}

== Hit records ==

=== United States ===
{{Further |Hot 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)}}

'''Singles which have ranked within Top 10 within the Billboard Hot 100 Hits (excludes those that were #1 in the UK)'''
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* "[[4 Minutes]]" – [[Madonna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]] and [[Timbaland]] (#3)
* "[[7 Things]]" – [[Miley Cyrus]] (#9)
* "[[American Boy]]" – [[Estelle (musician)|Estelle]] featuring [[Kanye West]] (#9)
* "[[Burnin' Up (Jonas Brothers song)|Burnin' Up]]" – [[Jonas Brothers]] (#5)
* "[[Bust It Baby|Bust It Baby Part 2]]" – [[Plies (rapper)|Plies]] featuring [[Ne-Yo]] (#7)
* "[[Can't Believe It (T-Pain song)|Can't Believe It]]" – [[T-Pain]] featuring [[Lil Wayne]] (#7)
* "[[Change (Taylor Swift song)|Change]]" – [[Taylor Swift]] (#10)
* "[[Circus (Britney Spears song)|Circus]]" – [[Britney Spears]] (#3)
* "[[Closer (Ne-Yo song)|Closer]]" – [[Ne-Yo]] (#7)
* "[[Crank That (Soulja Boy)]]" – [[Soulja Boy Tell 'Em|Soulja Boy Tell'em]] (#5 – Hit No. 1 in 2007)
* "[[Crush (David Archuleta song)|Crush]]" – [[David Archuleta]] (#2)
* "[[Damaged (Danity Kane song)|Damaged]]" – [[Danity Kane]] featuring [[Sean Combs|Diddy]] (#10)
* "[[Dangerous (Kardinal Offishall song)|Dangerous]]" – [[Kardinal Offishall]] featuring [[Akon]] (#5)
* "Dangerouz" – [[Sarah Burgess (singer)|Sarah Burgess]] (#8)
* "[[Day 'n' Nite]]" – [[Kid Cudi]] (#3)
* "[[Disturbia (song)|Disturbia]]" – [[Rihanna]] (#1)
* "[[Fearless (Taylor Swift song)|Fearless]]" – [[Taylor Swift]] (#9)
* "[[Forever (Chris Brown song)|Forever]]" – [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]] (#2)
* "[[Gotta Be Somebody]]" – [[Nickelback]] (#10)
* "[[Got Money]]" – [[Lil Wayne]] featuring [[T-Pain]] (#10)
* "[[Hate That I Love You]]" – [[Rihanna]] featuring [[Ne-Yo]] (#10 – Hit No. 7 in 2007)
* "[[Heartless (Kanye West song)|Heartless]]" – [[Kanye West]] (#4)
* "[[Hot n Cold]]" – [[Katy Perry]] (#3)
* "[[I Kissed a Girl]]" – [[Katy Perry]] (#1)
* "[[If I Were a Boy]]" – [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]] (#3)
* "[[I'm Yours (Jason Mraz song)|I'm Yours]]" – [[Jason Mraz]] (#6)
* "[[In the Ayer]]" – [[Flo Rida]] featuring [[will.i.am]] (#9)
* "[[Independent (song)|Independent]]" – [[Webbie]] featuring [[Lil Boosie]] and [[Lil Phat]] (#9)
* "[[Just Dance (song)|Just Dance]]" – [[Lady Gaga]] featuring [[Colby O'Donis]] (#3 — Hit No. 1 in 2009)
* "[[Keeps Gettin' Better]]" – [[Christina Aguilera]] (#7)
* "[[Kiss Kiss (Chris Brown song)|Kiss Kiss]]" – [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]] featuring [[T-Pain]] (#4 – Hit No. 1 in 2007)
* "[[Leavin' (Jesse McCartney song)|Leavin']]" – [[Jesse McCartney]] (#10)
* "[[Let It Rock (Kevin Rudolf song)|Let It Rock]]" – [[Kevin Rudolf]] featuring [[Lil Wayne]] (#5)
* "[[Live Your Life (T.I. song)|Live Your Life]]" – [[T.I.]] featuring [[Rihanna]] (#1)
* "[[Lollipop (Lil Wayne song)|Lollipop]]" – [[Lil Wayne]] featuring [[Static Major]] (#1)
* "[[Love Lockdown]]" – [[Kanye West]] (#3)
* "[[Love in This Club]]" – [[Usher (musician)|Usher]] featuring [[Young Jeezy|Jeezy]] (#1)
* "[[Love Song (Sara Bareilles song)|Love Song]]" – [[Sara Bareilles]] (#4)
* "[[Love Story (Taylor Swift song)|Love Story]]" – [[Taylor Swift]] (#5)
* "[[Low (Flo Rida song)|Low]]" – [[Flo Rida]] featuring [[T-Pain]] (#1)
* "[[A Milli]]" – [[Lil Wayne]] (#6)
* "[[Miss Independent (Ne-Yo song)|Miss Independent]]" – [[Ne-Yo]] (#7)
* "[[New Soul]]" – [[Yael Naim|Yael Naïm]]" (#7)
* "[[No Air]]" – [[Jordin Sparks]] featuring [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]] (#3)
* "[[Paper Planes (M.I.A. song)|Paper Planes]]" – [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]] (#4)
* "[[Pocketful of Sunshine (song)|Pocketful of Sunshine]]" – [[Natasha Bedingfield]] (#5)
* "[[Right Now (Na Na Na)]]" – [[Akon]] (#8)
* "[[See You Again (Miley Cyrus song)|See You Again]]" – [[Miley Cyrus]] (#10)
* "[[Sensual Seduction]]" – [[Snoop Dogg]] (#7)
* "[[Sexy Can I]]" – [[Ray J]] featuring [[Yung Berg]] (#3)
* "[[Shake It (Metro Station song)|Shake It]]" – [[Metro Station (band)|Metro Station]] (#10)
* "[[Shawty Get Loose]]" – [[Lil Mama]] featuring [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]] and [[T-Pain]] (#10)
* "[[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]]" – [[Beyoncé]] (#1)
* "[[So What (Pink song)|So What]]" – [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] (#1)
* "[[Sorry (Buckcherry song)|Sorry]]" – [[Buckcherry]] (#9)
* "[[Superstar (Lupe Fiasco song)|Superstar]]" – [[Lupe Fiasco]] featuring [[Matthew Santos]] (#10)
* "[[Swagga Like Us]]" – [[T.I.]] featuring [[Kanye West]], [[Jay-Z]], and [[Lil Wayne]] (#5)
* "[[Take a Bow (Rihanna song)|Take a Bow]]" – [[Rihanna]] (#1)
* "[[Take You There (Sean Kingston song)|Take You There]]" – [[Sean Kingston]] (#7)
* "[[Tattoo (Jordin Sparks song)|Tattoo]]" – [[Jordin Sparks]] (#8)
* "[[This Is Me (Demi Lovato song)|This Is Me]]" – [[Demi Lovato]] featuring [[Joe Jonas]] (#9)
* "[[The Time of My Life (David Cook song)|The Time of My Life]]" – [[David Cook (singer)|David Cook]] (#3)
* "[[Tonight (Jonas Brothers song)|Tonight]]" – [[Jonas Brothers]] (#8)
* "[[Touch My Body]]" – [[Mariah Carey]] (#1)
* "[[Viva la Vida]] – [[Coldplay]] (#1)
* "[[Whatever You Like]] – [[T.I.]] (#1)
* "[[When I Grow Up (Pussycat Dolls song)|When I Grow Up]]" – [[The Pussycat Dolls]] (#9)
* "[[With You (Chris Brown song)|With You]]" – [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]] (#2)
* “[[Womanizer (Britney Spears song)|Womanizer]]” - [[Britney Spears]] (#1)
}}
'''[[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2008]]'''

=== United Kingdom ===
'''UK Official Top 75 No. 1 Hits'''
* "[[4 Minutes (Madonna song)|4 Minutes]]" – [[Madonna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]] and [[Timbaland]] (4 weeks)
* "[[All Summer Long (Kid Rock song)|All Summer Long]]" – [[Kid Rock]] (1 week)
* "[[American Boy (Estelle song)|American Boy]]" – [[Estelle (singer)|Estelle]] featuring [[Kanye West]] (4 weeks)
* "[[Closer (Ne-Yo song)|Closer]]" – [[Ne-Yo]] (1 week)
* "[[Dance wiv Me]]" – [[Dizzee Rascal]] featuring [[Calvin Harris]] and Chrome (4 weeks)
* "[[Greatest Day (Take That song)|Greatest Day]]" – [[Take That]] (1 week)
* "[[Hallelujah (Alexandra Burke song)|Hallelujah]]" – [[Alexandra Burke]] (2 weeks)
* "[[Hero (Mariah Carey song and The X Factor Finalist 2008)|Hero]]" – [[List of The X Factor finalists (UK series 5)|The X Factor Finalists 2008]] (3 weeks)
* "[[I Kissed a Girl]]" – [[Katy Perry]] (5 weeks)
* "[[If I Were a Boy]]" – [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]] (1 week)
* "[[Mercy (Duffy song)|Mercy]]" – [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]] (5 weeks)
* "[[Now You're Gone (Basshunter song)|Now You're Gone]]" – [[Basshunter]] (5 weeks)
* "[[The Promise (Girls Aloud song)|The Promise]]" – [[Girls Aloud]] (1 week)
* "[[Run (Leona Lewis cover)|Run]]" – [[Leona Lewis]] (2 weeks)
* "[[Sex on Fire]]" – [[Kings of Leon]] (3 weeks)
* "[[Singin' in the Rain (song)#Mint Royale version|Singin' in the Rain]]" – [[Mint Royale]] (2 weeks)
* "[[So What (Pink song)|So What]]" – [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] (3 weeks)
* "[[Take a Bow (Rihanna song)|Take a Bow]]" – [[Rihanna]] (2 weeks)
* "[[That's Not My Name]]" – [[The Ting Tings]] (1 week)
* "[[Viva la Vida (song)|Viva la Vida]]" – [[Coldplay]] (1 week)
* "[[When You Believe (Leon Jackson song)|When You Believe]]" – [[Leon Jackson]] (1 week in 2007/2 weeks in 2008)

=== Australia ===
'''Australia Official Top 50 No. 1 Hits'''

'''Australia Official Top 50 Hits – Singles which have ranked within Top 20'''

=== Other international hits ===
*"[[About You Now]]" – [[The Saw Doctors]]
*"[[Algún día (song)|Algún día]]" – [[Julieta Venegas]]
*"[[Appelle mon numéro]]" – [[Mylène Farmer]]
*"[[Dégénération]]" – Mylène Farmer
*"[[Déjame Entrar (Makano song)]]" – [[Makano (singer)|Makano]]
*"[[Dos Mou Logo Na Sotho]]" – [[Mando (singer)|Mando]]
*"[[Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)]]" – [[DJ Ötzi]] and Nik P
*"[[Everything (P-Money song)|Everything]] – [[P-Money]]
*"[[The Galway Girl]]" – [[Sharon Shannon]] and [[Mundy]]
*"[[Gansi]]" – [[Edo Maajka]]
*"[[Hakanaku mo Towa no Kanashi]]" – [[Uverworld]]
*"[[Hot Summer Night (Oh La La La)]]" – [[David Tavaré]]
*"[[Il avait les mots]]" – [[Sheryfa Luna]]
*"[[Jennie Let Me Love You]]" – [[E.M.D.]]
*"[[Kallai Mattum]]" – [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]]
*"[[Me Estás Tentando]]" – [[Wisin & Yandel]]
*"[[Nekade Daleku]]" – [[Elena Risteska]]
*"[[Non ti scordar mai di me (song)|Non ti scordar mai di me]]" – [[Giusy Ferreri]]
*"[[Pehli Nazar Mein]]" – [[Atif Aslam]]
*"[[Quédate]]" – [[Pee Wee (entertainer)|Pee Wee]]
*"[[Rayon de soleil]]" – [[William Baldé]]
*"[[Scheiss Liebe]]" – [[LaFee]]
*"[[Tired of Being Sorry|Tired of Being Sorry (Laisse le destin l'emporter)]]" – [[Enrique Iglesias]] & [[Nâdiya]]
*"[[Traicionera]]" – [[Américo]]

== Classical music ==

=== Instrumental music ===
* [[Birke J. Bertelsmeier]] – ''Quartettstück'' for string quartet
* [[Martin Bresnick]] – ''Joaquin is Dreaming''
* [[Elliott Carter]]
** Concerto for flute and orchestra
** Duetto for violin and cello (first of the ''Due Duetti'')
** ''Tinntinabulation'', for percussion sextet
** ''Wind Rose'', for wind ensemble
* [[Joël-François Durand]] – ''Le Tombeau de Rameau'', for flute, viola and harp
* [[Lorenzo Ferrero]]
** ''Freedom Variations'', for trumpet and chamber ensemble
** ''2 Agosto. Prima variazione'' (from ''Quatro variazioni su un tema di Banchieri''), for organ and orchestra
* [[Jennifer Higdon]] – [[Violin Concerto (Higdon)|Violin Concerto]]
* [[Mehdi Hosseini]] – [[Concerto for String Quartet and Chamber Orchestra (Hosseini)|Concerto for String Quartet and Chamber Orchestra]]
* [[Wojciech Kilar]] –
**''Paschalis Hymn'' for mixed choir a cappella
**''Te Deum'', for 4 solo voices, choir and orchestra
**''Veni Creator'', for mixed choir and string orchestra
* [[Arvo Pärt]] – [[Symphony No. 4 (Pärt)|Symphony No. 4]]
* Anno Schreier – ''Berceuse'' for violin, clarinet, alto-saxophone and piano
* [[Tan Dun]] – [[Piano Concerto (Tan Dun)|Piano Concerto ''The Fire'']]

=== Opera ===
* [[Harrison Birtwistle]] – ''[[The Minotaur (opera)|The Minotaur]]''
* [[Howard Shore]] – ''[[The Fly (opera)|The Fly]]''

=== Other ===
* [[Elliott Carter]]
** ''On Conversing with Paradise'', for baritone and chamber orchestra
** ''Poems of Louis Zukofsky'', for mezzo-soprano and clarinet
* [[Karl Jenkins]]
** ''[[Stabat Mater (Jenkins)|Stabat Mater]]''
** ''[[Te Deum (Jenkins)|Te Deum]]''

== Musical films ==
*''[[Annan Thambi]]''
*''[[Cadillac Records]]''
*''[[Dasavathaaram]]''
*''[[High School Musical 3: Senior Year]]''
*''[[Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert]]''

== Deaths ==

=== January ===
*[[January 3]] – [[Henri Chopin]], 85, French sound poet
*[[January 10]] – Dave Day, 66 (heart attack), American guitarist ([[The Monks]])
*[[January 11]] – [[Pete Candoli]], 84 ([[prostate cancer]]), American jazz trumpeter
*[[January 13]] – [[Sergejus Larinas]], 51, Russian [[tenor]]
*[[January 17]] – Madeleine Michaud, 105, French [[Libretto|librettist]]
*[[January 19]]
** [[Andy Palacio]], 47, Belizean [[Punta]] musician
** [[Trevor Taylor (singer)|Trevor Taylor]], 50 (heart attack), German singer ([[Bad Boys Blue]])
** [[John Stewart (musician)|John Stewart]], 68, American singer-songwriter ([[The Kingston Trio]])
*[[January 20]] – [[Tommy McQuater]], 93, British jazz trumpeter
*[[January 25]] – [[Evelyn Barbirolli]], 97, British oboist
*[[January 30]] – [[Miles Kington]], 66, British bassist

=== February ===
*[[February 3]] – [[Jackie Orszaczky]], 59, Hungarian jazz bass-guitarist and composer
*[[February 4]] – [[Tata Güines]], 77, Cuban percussionist and composer
*[[February 9]] – [[Scot Halpin]], 54, American drummer
*[[February 10]]
** [[Freddie Bell and the Bellboys|Freddie Bell]], 76, American musician
** [[Inga Nielsen]], 61 (cancer), Danish [[soprano]]
*[[February 13]] – [[Henri Salvador]], 90 (ruptured aneurysm), French singer
*[[February 15]] – [[Willie P. Bennett]], 56 (heart attack), Canadian folk singer-songwriter
*[[February 19]]
** [[Yegor Letov]], 43 (heart stopped), Russian [[Punk rock|punk]] singer
** [[Teo Macero]], 82, American jazz saxophonist, record producer and composer
*[[February 21]]
**[[Joe Gibbs (record producer)|Joe Gibbs]], 65 (heart attack), Jamaican record producer
**[[Neil Chotem]], 87, Canadian conductor and composer
*[[February 24]] – [[Larry Norman]], 60, American musician
*[[February 25]] – [[Static Major|Stephen "Static Major" Garrett]], 33, American rapper
*[[February 26]] – [[Buddy Miles]], 60, American drummer (Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys)
*[[February 27]]
** [[Ray Kane]], 82, American [[slack-key guitar]]ist
** [[Ivan Rebroff]], 76, German singer of traditional Russian music
*[[February 28]]
** Mike Conley, 48, American punk singer ([[M.I.A. (band)|M.I.A.]])
** [[Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five)|Mike Smith]], 64 ([[pneumonia]]), British singer and producer ([[The Dave Clark Five]])

=== March ===
*[[March 2]] – [[Jeff Healey]], 41 (cancer), Canadian blues guitarist
*[[March 3]]
** [[Giuseppe Di Stefano]], 86, Italian tenor
** [[Norman Smith (record producer)|Norman Smith]], 85, British record producer and musician
*[[March 4]] – [[Leonard Rosenman]], 83 (heart attack), American composer
*[[March 10]] – [[Dennis Irwin]], 56, American double-bass player
*[[March 12]] – [[Alun Hoddinott]], 78, British composer
*[[March 13]] – [[The Blue Sky Boys|Bill Bolick]], 90, [[Country music|country]] musician (The Blue Sky Boys)
*[[March 15]] – [[Mikey Dread]], 53 ([[brain tumor]]), Jamaican [[reggae]] musician and broadcaster
*[[March 16]]
** [[Ola Brunkert]], 61 (injuries from fall), Swedish session drummer
** [[Daniel MacMaster]], 39 ([[Group A streptococcal infection]]), Canadian vocalist ([[Bonham (band)|Bonham]])
*[[March 21]]
** [[Klaus Dinger]], 61, German drummer ([[Neu!]])
** [[Shusha Guppy]], 72, Iranian folk-singer and composer
*[[March 22]] – [[Cachao López]], 89 (kidney failure), Cuban bassist
*[[March 23]] – [[Neil Aspinall]], 66 (lung cancer), British music industry executive
*[[March 29]] – [[Allan Ganley]], 77, British jazz drummer
*[[March 30]] – [[Sean LeVert]], 39, American vocalist ([[LeVert]])

=== April ===
*[[April 6]] – Larry Brown, 63 (respiratory condition), American vocalist ([[Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes]])
*[[April 15]]
** [[Sean Costello]], 28 (drug overdose), American [[blues]] musician
** [[Brian Davison (drummer)|Brian Davison]], 65, British drummer ([[The Nice]])
*[[April 17]] – [[Danny Federici]], 58 ([[melanoma]]), American rock multi-instrumentalist ([[E Street Band]])
*[[April 20]]
** [[Louis and Bebe Barron|Bebe Barron]], 82, American electronic music pioneer
** [[VL Mike]], 30 (shot), American [[Rapping|rap]] artist
*[[April 21]] – [[Al Wilson (singer)|Al Wilson]], 68, American singer
*[[April 22]] – [[Paul Davis (singer)|Paul Davis]], American singer-songwriter
*[[April 24]]
** [[Tristram Cary]], 82, British composer
** [[Jimmy Giuffre]], 86 ([[pneumonia]]), American jazz musician
*[[April 25]] – [[Humphrey Lyttelton]], 86, British jazz musician
*[[April 26]] – [[Henry Brant]], 94, American composer
*[[April 27]] – [[Frances Yeend]], 95, American [[soprano]]
*[[April 29]] – [[Micky Waller]], 66, British drummer

=== May ===
*[[May 4]] – [[Kishan Maharaj]], 84, Indian [[tabla]] player
*[[May 5]] – [[Jerry Wallace]], 79 ([[congestive heart failure]]), American country music singer
*[[May 6]] – [[Franz Jackson]], 95, American jazz saxophonist
*[[May 8]]
** [[Eddy Arnold]], 89, American country music singer
** [[Larry Levine]], 80, American [[Audio engineering|audio engineer]]
*[[May 10]] – [[Leyla Gencer]], 79, Turkish [[soprano]]
*[[May 11]]
** [[Dottie Rambo]], 74 (bus accident), American [[Gospel music|gospel]] singer
** [[John Rutsey]], 54 or 55 (heart attack), Canadian drummer ([[Rush (band)|Rush]])
*[[May 15]]
** [[Alexander Courage]], 88, American composer
** [[Bob Florence]], 75, American jazz pianist
*[[May 17]] – [[Wilfrid Mellers]], 94, British [[Musicology|musicologist]] and composer
*[[May 21]] – [[Siegmund Nissel]], 86, Austrian violinist
*[[May 23]] – [[Utah Phillips]], 73 (heart disease), American folk singer-songwriter
*[[May 24]] – [[Jimmy McGriff]], 72 ([[multiple sclerosis]]), American jazz organist
*[[May 25]] – [[Camu Tao]], 30 (lung cancer), [[rapper]]
*[[May 26]] – [[Earle Hagen]], 88, American composer
*[[May 28]] – [[Danny Moss]], 80, British jazz saxophonist
*[[May 30]]
** [[Campbell Burnap]], 68 (cancer), British jazz trombonist and broadcaster
** [[Nat Temple]], 94, British [[big band]] leader

=== June ===
*[[June 1]] – [[Al Jones (English musician)|Al Jones]], 62, British folk musician
*[[June 2]] – [[Bo Diddley]], 79 (heart failure), American rock and roll and blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
*[[June 4]] – [[Bill Finegan]], 91, American jazz pianist and arranger
*[[June 8]] – [[Šaban Bajramović]], 72 (heart attack), Serbian [[Romani people|Romani]] musician
*[[June 12]] – [[Danny Davis (country musician)|Danny Davis]], 83 (heart attack), American band leader
*[[June 14]]
** [[Jamelão]], 95 ([[multiple organ failure]]), Brazilian [[samba]] singer
** [[Esbjörn Svensson]], 44, Swedish jazz pianist ([[Scuba diving]] accident)
*[[June 16]] – [[Margaret Kitchin]], 94, Swiss pianist
*[[June 17]] – [[Cyd Charisse]], 86 (heart attack), American dancer and actress
*[[June 24]] – [[Ira Tucker]], 83 ([[cardiovascular disease]]), American [[Gospel music|gospel]] singer ([[The Dixie Hummingbirds]])
*[[June 27]]
** [[Raymond Lefèvre]], 78, French [[easy listening]] musician
** [[Daihachi Oguchi]], 84 (car accident), Japanese drummer
** [[Leonard Pennario]], 83 ([[Parkinson's disease]]), American pianist
*[[June 30]] – [[Ángel Tavira]], 83 (kidney complications), Mexican violinist and composer

=== July ===
*[[July 1]] – [[Mel Galley]], 60 ([[esophagus cancer]]), British guitarist ([[Whitesnake]], [[Trapeze (band)|Trapeze]], [[Finders Keepers (band)|Finders Keepers]] and [[Phenomena (band)|Phenomena]])
*[[July 2]] – [[Natasha Shneider]], 52 (cancer), Russian keyboardist and vocalist
*[[July 3]]
** [[Harald Heide-Steen Jr.]], 68 ([[lung cancer]]), Norwegian actor, comedian and jazz singer
** [[Oliver Schroer]], 52 ([[leukemia]]), Canadian [[fiddler]] and composer
*[[July 6]] – [[Bobby Durham (Jazz musician)|Bobby Durham]], 71, American jazz drummer
*[[July 7]] – [[Hugh Mendl]], 88, British record producer
*[[July 13]] – [[Gerald Wiggins]], 86, American jazz pianist
*[[July 16]] – [[Jo Stafford]], 90 ([[congestive heart failure]]), American singer
*[[July 18]]
** [[Tauno Marttinen]], 95, Finnish composer
** [[Dennis Townhill]], 83, British organist and composer
*[[July 20]] – [[Artie Traum]], 65, American [[Folk music|folk]] musician and composer
*[[July 22]] – [[Joe Beck]], 62 (lung cancer), American jazz guitarist
*[[July 24]] – [[Norman Dello Joio]], 95, American composer
*[[July 25]]
** [[Hiram Bullock]], 52 ([[Head and neck cancer|throat cancer]]), American [[jazz fusion]] guitarist
** [[Johnny Griffin]], 80 (heart attack), American jazz saxophonist
*[[July 27]] – [[Horst Stein]], 80, German conductor
*[[July 28]] – [[Wendo Kolosoy]], 83, Congolese [[Soukous|rumba]] musician
*[[July 31]] – [[Lee Young]], 94, American jazz drummer and singer

=== August ===
*[[August 3]]
** [[Erik Darling]], 74, American [[Folk music|folk]] musician
** [[Louis Teicher]], 83, American pianist
*[[August 4]] – [[Nicola Rescigno]], 92, Italian American conductor
*[[August 5]]
** [[Robert Hazard]], 59, American songwriter
** [[Reg Lindsay]], 79, Australian [[country music]] singer
*[[August 10]]
** [[Isaac Hayes]], 65, American [[rhythm and blues]] musician
** [[Alexander Slobodyanik]], 66, Ukrainian pianist
*[[August 11]] – [[Don Helms]], 81, American steel guitarist
*[[August 12]] – [[Donald Erb]], 81, American composer
*[[August 14]] – [[Lita Roza]], 82, British singer
*[[August 15]] – [[Jerry Wexler]], 91, American producer
*[[August 16]]
** [[Dorival Caymmi]], 94, Brazilian singer-songwriter
** [[Ronnie Drew]], 73, Irish folk musician ([[The Dubliners]])
** [[Johnny Moore (trumpeter)|Johnny Moore]], 70, Jamaican trumpeter ([[The Skatalites]])
*[[August 18]] – [[Pervis Jackson]], 70, American R&B singer ([[The Spinners (U.S. band)|The Spinners]])
*[[August 19]] – [[LeRoi Moore]], 46, American saxophonist ([[Dave Matthews Band]])
*[[August 20]] – [[Phil Guy]], 68, American blues guitarist
*[[August 21]]
** [[Jerry Finn]], 39, American record producer
** [[Buddy Harman]], 79, American session drummer
*[[August 25]] – [[Pehr Henrik Nordgren]], 64, Finnish composer
*[[August 31]] – [[Jerry Reed]], 71, American country musician

=== September ===
*[[September 2]] – [[Arne Domnérus]], 83, Swedish jazz saxophonist
*[[September 6]] – [[Nicole Lai]], 34 (skin cancer), Singaporean singer
*[[September 7]]
** Christian Dudek, 42, German drummer ([[Sodom (band)|Sodom]])
** [[Dino Dvornik]], 44, Croatian singer, songwriter and music producer
** [[Peter Glossop]], 80, British opera singer
*[[September 8]]
** [[Bheki Mseleku]], 53 (diabetes-related), jazz musician
** Jason Stuart, 39, British keyboardist ([[Hawkwind]])
** [[Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan]], 73, Indian violinist
** [[Hector Zazou]], 60, French composer and producer
*[[September 10]] – [[Vernon Handley]], 77, British conductor
*[[September 12]]
** [[Marjorie Thomas]], 85, British contralto
** [[Charlie Walker (musician)|Charlie Walker]], 81, American country musician
*[[September 15]] – [[Richard Wright (musician)|Richard Wright]], 65, British keyboardist ([[Pink Floyd]])
*[[September 16]]
** [[Norman Whitfield]], 68, American songwriter and producer
** [[Andrei Volkonsky]], 75, Russian (émigré/defector) composer, conductor and harpsichordist
*[[September 18]]
** Opal Courtney Jr, 71, American R&B/doo-wop singer ([[The Spaniels]])
** [[Mauricio Kagel]], 76, Argentine composer
*[[September 19]]
** [[Earl Palmer]], 84, American drummer, member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
** [[Dick Sudhalter]], 70, American jazz trumpeter and critic
*[[September 20]] – [[Nappy Brown]], 78, American blues singer
*[[September 22]] – [[Connie Haines]], 87, American singer
*[[September 24]] – [[Vice Vukov]], 72, Croatian singer
*[[September 25]] – [[Horațiu Rădulescu]], 66, Romanian composer
*[[September 26]]
** [[Bernadette Greevy]], 68, Irish mezzo-soprano
** [[Yonty Solomon]], 71, South African pianist

=== October ===
*[[October 1]] – [[Nick Reynolds]], 75, American folk musician
*[[October 3]] – [[Johnny "J"]], 39, American songwriter, music producer and rapper
*[[October 4]]
** [[Levi Kereama]], 27, Australian musician
** [[Alfred Gallodoro]], 95, American jazz musician
*[[October 9]] – [[Gidget Gein]], 39, American bassist ([[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]])
*[[October 10]]
** [[Alton Ellis]], 70, Jamaican rocksteady musician
** Dave Wright, 64 ([[The Troggs]])
*[[October 11]]
** [[Russ Hamilton (singer)|Russ Hamilton]], 78, British singer
** [[Neal Hefti]], 85, American jazz trumpeter and composer
*[[October 13]] – [[Gus Chambers]], 52, British vocalist
*[[October 15]] – Frankie Venom, 51, Canadian vocalist ([[Teenage Head (band)|Teenage Head]])
*[[October 17]] – [[Levi Stubbs]], 72, American vocalist ([[The Four Tops]])
*[[October 18]]
** [[Peter Gordeno]], 69, Burmese singer
** [[Dave McKenna]], 78, American jazz pianist
** [[Dee Dee Warwick]], 63, American soul singer
*[[October 24]] – [[Merl Saunders]], 74, American musician<ref>{{cite news |url = https://articles.latimes.com/2008/oct/27/local/me-saunders27 |title = Merl Saunders Dies At 74 |access-date =November 9, 2008 |date = October 27, 2008 |work=Los Angeles Times }}</ref>
*[[October 27]] – [[Ray Ellis]], 85, American musician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-ellis5-2008nov05,0,5099381.story |title=Ray Ellis Dies At 85 |access-date=November 9, 2008 |author=Thurber, Jon |date=November 5, 2008 |work=Los Angeles Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102132951/http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-ellis5-2008nov05%2C0%2C5099381.story |archive-date=November 2, 2012 }}</ref>
*[[October 29]] – [[Mike Baker (singer)|Mike Baker]], 45, American singer ([[Shadow Gallery]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108016 |title=Shadow Gallery Vocalist Michael A. Baker Dead At 45 |access-date=November 9, 2008 |date=October 31, 2008 |publisher=[[blabbermouth.net]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081103070553/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108016 |archive-date=November 3, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[October 31]] – [[Frank Navetta]], 46, American punk rock guitarist ([[Descendents (band)|Descendents]])<ref name="exclaim">{{cite web |url = http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=115&csid2=844&fid1=34636 |title = R.I.P. Descendents Guitarist/Co-Founder Frank Navetta |access-date = November 8, 2008 |author = Thissen, Brock |date = November 3, 2008 |publisher = [[Exclaim!]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100507080813/http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=115 |archive-date = May 7, 2010 |url-status = dead |df = mdy-all }}</ref>

=== November ===
*[[November 1]]
** [[Jack Reno]], 72, American country singer
** [[Jimmy Carl Black]], 70, American drummer ([[The Mothers of Invention]])
** [[Nathaniel Mayer]], 64, American R&B singer<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=115&csid2=844&fid1=34693 |title = RIP Nathaniel Mayer |access-date = November 9, 2008 |author = Schneider, Jason |date = November 6, 2008 |publisher = [[Exclaim!]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100507080813/http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=115 |archive-date = May 7, 2010 |url-status = dead |df = mdy-all }}</ref>
*[[November 4]]
** [[Alan Hazeldine]], 60, Scottish conductor and pianist<ref>Anonymous obituary, ''The Times'' (November 22,): Features, p. 89.</ref>
** [[Byron Lee]], 73, Jamaican musician
*[[November 7]] – [[Jody Reynolds]], 75, American singer
*[[November 10]]
** [[Miriam Makeba]], 76, South African singer
** [[Wannes Van de Velde]], 71, Belgian folk singer.
*[[November 12]] – [[Mitch Mitchell]], 61, British drummer ([[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]])
*[[November 22]] – [[MC Breed]], 37, American rapper
*[[November 23]] – [[Richard Hickox]], 60, British conductor
*[[November 24]]
** [[Michael Lee (musician)|Michael Lee]], 39, British drummer ([[The Cult]])
** [[Kenny MacLean]], 52, Canadian bassist ([[Platinum Blonde (band)|Platinum Blonde]])
*[[November 26]] – [[Pekka Pohjola]], 56, Finnish composer
*[[November 30]] – [[Munetaka Higuchi]], 49, Japanese drummer ([[Loudness (band)|Loudness]])

=== December ===
*[[December 2]] – [[Odetta]], 77, American [[folk music]]ian
*[[December 9]]
** Steve Isham, 56, American keyboardist ([[Autograph (U.S. band)|Autograph]])
** Dennis Yost, 65, American vocalist ([[Classics IV]])
*[[December 14]] – [[Jay E. Welch]], American music teacher and chorus director
*[[December 15]]
** [[Davey Graham]], 68, British guitarist
** [[Sandeé]], 46, American freestyle singer ([[Exposé (group)|Exposé]]) (Seizure)
*[[December 17]]
** John Sean Byrne, 61, Irish guitarist ([[Count Five]])
** [[Feliciano Vierra Tavares]], 88, American musician
*[[December 25]]
** [[Eartha Kitt]], 81, American singer and actress
** [[Robert Ward (blues musician)|Robert Ward]], 70, American blues musician
*[[December 27]] – [[Roque Cordero]], 91, Panamanian composer
*[[December 28]] – [[Vincent Ford]], 68, Jamaican reggae songwriter
*[[December 29]] – [[Freddie Hubbard]], 70, American jazz trumpeter

== See also ==
{{Commons category|Music in 2008}}
{{portal|Music}}
* [[List of 2008 albums]]
* [[Timeline of musical events]]

== References ==
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[[Category:2008-related lists]]
[[Category:Music-related lists]]
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This topic covers notable events and articles related to '''2008 in music'''. This year was the peak of record sales in the United States, with sales declining year on year since then.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/u-s-sales-database/|title = U.S. Sales Database| website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] }}</ref>

==Specific locations==
*[[2008 in British music]]
*[[2008 in Canadian music]]
*[[2008 in European music]] (Continental Europe)
*[[2008 in Irish music]]
*[[2008 in Japanese music]]
*[[2008 in New Zealand music]]
*[[2008 in Norwegian music]]
*[[2008 in Swedish music]]
*[[2008 in South Korean music]]
*[[2008 in west african music]]

== Specific genres ==
*[[2008 in rock music]]
*[[#Classical music|2008 in classical music]]
*[[2008 in country music]]
*[[2008 in electro pop music]]
*[[2008 in heavy metal music]]
*[[2008 in hip hop music]]
*[[2008 in Latin music]]
*[[2008 in jazz]]
*[[2008 in opera]]

== Events ==

=== January ===
*[[January 1]] – [[Julia Fischer]] makes her début as a concert pianist, performing [[Edvard Grieg]]'s ''[[Piano Concerto (Grieg)|Piano Concerto in A minor]]'' with the [[Junge Deutsche Philharmonie]] at the [[Alte Oper]], Frankfurt. The concert was conducted by [[Matthias Pintscher]], who replaced Sir [[Neville Marriner]]. On the same occasion she also performed the ''[[Violin Concerto No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)|Violin Concerto no. 3 in B minor]]'' by [[Camille Saint-Saëns]].<ref>[http://www.signandsight.com/features/1636.html Arno Widmann: "Julia Fischer: Virtuosissima!!!", ''Frankfurter Rundschau'', 2 January 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2012]</ref>
*[[January 5]] – The [[Salzburg Festival]] launches the "[[Herbert von Karajan]] Jubilee Year" with a concert in [[Salzburg]]'s [[Grosses Festspielhaus]].<ref>Agence France Presse, January 4, 2008.</ref>
*[[January 19]]–[[February 3]] – [[Rage Against the Machine]] headline the [[Big Day Out]] festivals in Australia and New Zealand, their first shows outside the United States since reforming, and their first Australian shows in 12 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10466694|title=Rage Against The Machine to play Big Day Out|last=NZPA|date=September 29, 2007|publisher=The New Zealand Herald/APN Holdings NZ Limited |access-date=May 16, 2008}}</ref> They join co-headliners [[Björk]], who pulled out of the Sydney festival under doctor's orders, and [[Arcade Fire]].
*[[January 29]] – [[Face to Face (punk band)|Face to Face]] announce that they will reunite for select shows in the US and internationally.<ref name="facetofacereunion">{{cite web|url=http://www.facetofacemusic.com/blog/?p=4 |title=We're back!……….sort of |publisher=FaceToFace.com |last=unattributed |date=January 29, 2008 |access-date=February 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416132445/http://www.facetofacemusic.com/blog/?p=4 |archive-date=April 16, 2008 }}</ref>
*[[January 31]] – Laura Attwood of the [[The King Edward VI School, Morpeth|King Edward VI School]] in [[Morpeth, Northumberland|Morpeth]] wins the second Eileen Bowler Award.<ref>Anon., "[http://www.morpethherald.co.uk/news/top-music-award-for-morpeth-girl-1-1522864 Top Music Award for Morpeth Girl] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115143607/http://www.morpethherald.co.uk/news/top-music-award-for-morpeth-girl-1-1522864 |date=November 15, 2017 }}", ''The Morpeth Herald'' (January 31, 2008).</ref>

=== February ===
*[[February 8]] – [[Michael Jackson]]'s ''Thriller'' album, the world's best-selling album of all time, is reissued as ''[[Thriller 25]]'' to celebrate its 25th anniversary, with Jackson himself as [[executive producer]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Paul |last=Grein |url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/7658/week-ending-may-18-2008-diva-smackdown-ends-with-ingenues-on-rise |title=Diva Smackdown |publisher=Yahoo |date=May 18, 2008 |access-date=May 22, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519145210/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/7658/week-ending-may-18-2008-diva-smackdown-ends-with-ingenues-on-rise |archive-date=May 19, 2011 }}</ref>
*[[February 10]] – The [[50th Annual Grammy Awards]] ceremony takes place at the [[Staples Center]] in Los Angeles, US.<ref>[http://www.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Fifty_Years Official Grammy site] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821204724/http://www.grammy.com/Recording_Academy/Fifty_Years |date=August 21, 2008 }}</ref> [[Amy Winehouse]] wins five awards, including both [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] for "[[Rehab (Amy Winehouse song)|Rehab]]", along with [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]]. [[Herbie Hancock]]'s ''[[River: The Joni Letters]]'' wins [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]].
*[[February 11]] – After pleading [[Nolo contendere|no contest]] to a [[felony]] weapons charge, [[The Game (rapper)|The Game]] was sentenced to 60 days in jail, 150 hours of community service, and three years of [[probation]] in connection with an incident where he was alleged to have brandished a gun at a basketball game in [[South Los Angeles]] in February 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-03-13 |title=XXLmag.com - » The Game Pleads No Contest to Weapons Charge, Sentenced to 60 Days in Jail |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313075707/http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=19356 |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>
*[[February 19]] – [[System of a Down]] guitarist, [[Daron Malakian]], tells [[MTV|MTV.com]] that the band is not likely to reform as he will be concentrating on his new project [[Scars on Broadway]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1581717/20080215/id_0.jhtml | title = Scars On Broadway Is No Side Project | publisher = [[MTV|MTV.com]] | date = February 19, 2008 | access-date =February 24, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080302042937/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1581717/20080215/id_0.jhtml| archive-date= March 2, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*[[February 20]]–25 – [[Viña del Mar International Song Festival]] is held in Chile.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://festival2008.canal13.cl/2008/html/Irq1024.html|title=Festival de la Canción de Viña del Mar|publisher=Festival de la Canción de Viña del Mar|language=es|access-date=May 17, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080430101358/http://festival2008.canal13.cl/2008/html/Irq1024.html| archive-date= April 30, 2008 | url-status= dead}}</ref>
*[[February 23]] – [[March 3]] – The second annual [[Soundwave (Australian music festival)|Soundwave festival]] is held in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=273060|title=Soundwave Festival 2008 Announced!|last=Djamoos|first=Anton|date=October 18, 2007|publisher=Absolute Punk|access-date=May 17, 2008}}</ref>
*[[February 26]] – The Return of the [[Spice Girls]] tour comes to a close in Toronto.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[March 6]]–9 – The [[2008 Langerado Music Festival]] is held on the [[Big Cypress Indian Reservation]] in southern Florida.<ref>[http://www.langerado.com/home2.php Welcome to Langerado!: Langerado Music Festival March 6–9, 2008 Big Cypress, FL: Home] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224173037/http://www.langerado.com/home2.php |date=December 24, 2008 }}</ref>
*[[March 7]] – The [[Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival]] 2008 takes place in Indonesia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.javajazzfestival.com/2008/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531061704/http://www.javajazzfestival.com/2008/|archive-date=May 31, 2008|title=Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 2008|year=2008|publisher=Java Festival Production|access-date=May 19, 2008}}</ref>
*[[March 7]]–16 – The [[South by Southwest#SXSW 2008|2008 South by Southwest]] Conference and Festival is held in [[Austin, Texas]], US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://2008.sxsw.com/|title=South by Southwest Conference and Festivals|publisher=South by Southwest, Inc|access-date=May 19, 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070809212918/http://2008.sxsw.com/ |archive-date = August 9, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[March 11]] – Jazz musician and broadcaster [[Humphrey Lyttelton]] announces his retirement from presenting [[BBC Radio 2]]'s jazz programme after forty years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jazzwise.com/archive/news/L.html|title=Lyttelton to leave radio show|date=March 12, 2008|publisher=Jazzwise Magazine|access-date=August 22, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080218071059/http://www.jazzwise.com/archive/news/L.html |archive-date = February 18, 2008}}</ref>
*[[March 25]]–29 – Miami Winter Music Conference.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wintermusicconference.com/|title=Winter Music Conference|year=2008|publisher=Winter Music Conference|access-date=May 19, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080516182002/http://www.wintermusicconference.com./| archive-date= May 16, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*[[March 31]] – [[theJazz]] radio station stops broadcasting.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7238444.stm BBC News: "Two GCap digital stations closed", 11 February 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2012.]</ref>

=== April ===
*[[April 1]] – [[Scott Weiland]]'s departure from rock band [[Velvet Revolver]] becomes official.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=94021 |title=It's Official: Velvet Revolver Parts Ways With Singer Scott Weiland |publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=April 1, 2008 |access-date=April 1, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404001835/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=94021 |archive-date=April 4, 2008 }}</ref> His reunion with his former band, [[Stone Temple Pilots]], and tensions between him and the rest of Velvet Revolver, led to his departure.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0131840320080401|title=Velvet Revolver splits with rocker Scott Weiland|last=Gorman|first=Steve|date=April 1, 2008|publisher=Reuters|access-date=August 25, 2008}}</ref>
*[[April 5]]
**The reunited [[Face to Face (punk band)|Face to Face]] perform together for the first time in four-and-a-half-years at The Bamboozle Left in [[Irvine, California]], US.<ref name="facetofacereunion"/>
**[[Leona Lewis]] single "[[Bleeding Love]]" reached number 1 in 35 countries and became the first song to top the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart by a female British solo artist in 20 years since [[Kim Wilde]] did with "[[You Keep Me Hangin On]]" back in 1987. Her single was later proclaimed as the best selling single of 2008 worldwide and Lewis was named Top New Artist by Billboard.
*[[April 12]] – [[Touch My Body (Mariah Carey song)|"Touch My Body"]] becomes [[Mariah Carey]]'s 18th number 1 single on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, putting her into second place among artists with the most number 1 singles in the rock era, and first place as a solo artist, surpassing Elvis Presley.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[April 13]] - [[Justin Bieber]] officially signed to Def Jam Music Group
*[[April 15]] – Mayor [[Antonio Villaraigosa]] officially proclaims ''Mariah Carey Day'' in Los Angeles, California, US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mariahcarey.com/news/news.php?uid=2185 |title=Mariah Honored by the City of Los Angeles |last=unattributed |date=April 21, 2008 |publisher=UltraStar Entertainment LLC |access-date=May 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123031051/http://www.mariahcarey.com/news/news.php?uid=2185 |archive-date=November 23, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> On this day, [[Mariah Carey]] also releases [[E=MC² (Mariah Carey album)|''E=MC²'']], her eleventh studio album. It debuts at #1 on the [[Billboard 200]] albums chart with the highest first-week sales of her career.
*[[April 22]] – Andrey Baranov of Russia wins First Prize in the Second Benjamin Britten International Violin Competition in London.<ref>[http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html#6 Main International Violin Competitions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407003318/http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html |date=April 7, 2011 }}; [http://www.britten-competition.co.uk/ The Second Benjamin Britten International Violin Competition, London, April 14–22, 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091227101901/http://www.britten-competition.co.uk/ |date=December 27, 2009 }}.</ref>

=== May ===
*[[May 3]] – The sixth annual [[The Bamboozle]] festival opens at the [[Meadowlands Sports Complex]], [[East Rutherford, New Jersey]], US.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[May 10]]–11 – The [[Give It A Name]] 2008 festival is held at [[Earls Court Exhibition Centre|Earls Court]], London, UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/give-it-a-name/8536|title=It may not have a name, but it certainly has a purpose|last=(unattributed)|date=May 16, 2007|publisher=NME/IPC Media|access-date=May 23, 2008}}</ref>
*[[May 14]] – The "Spirit of Change" Gospel Choir celebrates its tenth anniversary with the 20th Zündorfer Gospelnacht concert in the Catholic Parish Church of St. Mariae Geburt, in Zündorf.<ref>Roland Schriefer, "[http://www.spirit-of-change.de/clips/KStA-20080515.jpg Sänger zeigen viel Gefühl: Chor feiert zehnjähriges Bestehen mit 20. Zündorfer Gospelnacht]", ''Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger'' (May 15, 2008); Nadine Hantke, "[http://www.spirit-of-change.de/clips/KRS-20080515.jpg Eine Erfolgsgeschichte]: 'Spirit of Chance' {{sic}} feierte bei 20. Gospelnacht Geburtstag" ''Kölnische Rundschau'' (May 15, 2008); K. M., "'Spirit of Change' feierte 10. Geburtstag", ''Porz Aktuell'' (May 28, 2008).</ref>
*[[May 21]] – [[David Cook (singer)|David Cook]] defeats [[David Archuleta (singer)|David Archuleta]] to win [[American Idol (season 7)|season 7 of ''American Idol'']], in a contest decided by 97.5 million votes, a record for the show.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[May 24]] – 43 countries compete in the [[2008 Eurovision Song Contest]] final in [[Belgrade]], Serbia, including newcomers San Marino and Azerbaijan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/eurovision/news/07.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518052951/http://www.bbc.co.uk/eurovision/news/07.shtml|archive-date=May 18, 2008|title=Eurovision Song Contest coverage across the BBC|last=(unattributed)|publisher=BBC|access-date=May 27, 2008}}</ref> The contest is won by Russia, with [[Believe (Dima Bilan song)|Believe]] by [[Dima Bilan]].
*[[May 24]]–26 – The [[Sasquatch! Music Festival]] is held over [[Memorial Day]] weekend at [[The Gorge Amphitheatre]] in central [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]], US.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[May 25]] – The Slovak preliminary round of the first Bluegrass competition (toward the annual Czech Festival Banjo Jamboree) is held in [[Hviezdoslavovo námestie (Bratislava)|Hviezdoslavovo námestie]], [[Bratislava]].<ref>"[http://www.twincityjournal.eu/vismo/dokumenty2.asp?id_org=600185&id=1200&p1=1141 Koncerty 2008/05] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120525103504/http://www.twincityjournal.eu/vismo/dokumenty2.asp?id_org=600185&id=1200&p1=1141 |date=May 25, 2012 }}", ''Twin City Magazín'' (Bratislava) (April 2008).</ref>
*[[May 30]] – [[June 1]]
** [[Rock In Rio#Rock In Rio Lisboa & Madrid|Rock In Rio Lisboa]] 2008 takes place in [[Parque da Bela Vista]], Chelas, [[Lisbon]], Portugal, continuing on June 5–6.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
** The fourth annual [[Mountain Jam (festival)|Mountain Jam Festival]] is held in [[Hunter Mountain (New York)|Hunter Mountain]], New York, US.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}

=== June ===
*[[June 1]]
** [[Westlife]] play their 10th anniversary concert at Europe's fourth biggest stadium, [[Croke Park]], in [[Dublin]], Republic of Ireland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcd.ie/home/fn.php?c=9617084&ar=publicinformationnotice&cat=all |title=Public Information Notice for Celine Dion and Westlife Concerts |last=unattributed |date=May 23, 2008 |publisher=MCD |access-date=August 27, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081112193414/http://www.mcd.ie/home/fn.php?c=9617084&ar=publicinformationnotice&cat=all |archive-date=November 12, 2008 }}</ref>
** [[2008 Universal fire|A fire at Universal Studios]] in [[Universal City, California]], destroys as many as 175,000 [[mastering (audio)|master tapes]] containing as many as half a million songs by 20th and 21st century artists, some of which had never been released or digitized. The full extent of the damage was not made public until 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rosen |first=Jody |title=The Day the Music Burned: It was the biggest disaster in the history of the music business — and almost nobody knew |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/magazine/universal-fire-master-recordings.html |date=June 11, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times Magazine]] |access-date=June 18, 2019 }}</ref>
*[[June 6]]-8 – The [[2008 Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival]] is held at [[Clinton State Park]] near [[Lawrence, Kansas]], US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wakarusa.com/2008/lineup.asp?y=2008 |title=Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival |publisher=Wakarusa.com |date=2012-06-03 |access-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522175001/http://www.wakarusa.com/2008/lineup.asp?y=2008 |archive-date=May 22, 2010 }}</ref>
*[[June 10]] – [[Lil Wayne]]'s sixth album ''[[Tha Carter III]]'' sells 1 million copies in its first week of release.<ref>{{cite web | date=April 1, 2008 | title=Rancid compile music videos on new DVD, announce tour dates | publisher=Punknews.org | url=http://www.punknews.org/article/28337 | access-date=April 6, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080405190731/http://www.punknews.org/article/28337| archive-date= April 5, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*[[June 12]]–15 – The [[2008 Bonnaroo Music Festival]] is held in [[Manchester, Tennessee]], US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bonnaroo.com/schedule/ |title=Bonnaroo – Schedule – Thursday, June 10, 2010 |publisher=Bonnaroo.com |date=2012-05-15 |access-date=2012-09-02}}</ref>
*[[June 13]]–15
** The seventh [[Isle of Wight Festival 2008|Isle of Wight Festival]] takes place in [[Seaclose Park]], [[Newport, Isle of Wight]], UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isleofwightfestival.com/isle-of-wight-festival-2008.aspx |title=Isle of Wight Festival History – 2008 |date=2008-06-17 |access-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617165115/http://www.isleofwightfestival.com/isle-of-wight-festival-2008.aspx |archive-date=June 17, 2008 }}</ref>
** The annual [[Download Festival]] takes place at [[Donington Park]] in [[Leicestershire]], England. The main stage was headlined by [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], [[The Offspring]] and [[Lostprophets]], the Tuborg stage by [[Simple Plan]], [[HIM (Finnish band)|HIM]] and [[Cavalera Conspiracy]], and the Gibson stage by [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]], [[Testament (band)|Testament]] and [[Jonathan Davis and the SFA]].
*[[June 15]] – E. Kallai from Hungary wins First Prize in the 11th Carl Fleisch International Violin Competition in [[Mosonmagyaróvár]], Hungary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html#6 |title=Main International Violin Competitions |publisher=Violina2z.com |access-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918085047/http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html |archive-date=September 18, 2012 }}</ref>
*[[June 20]] – [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] play their first reunion show at the [[Roundhouse (venue)|Roundhouse]], London, UK.<ref>{{cite news|date=June 24, 2008 |title=My Bloody Valentine at Roundhouse, NW1 |work=The Times |location=London |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/live_reviews/article4199762.ece |access-date=September 18, 2008 |first=Pete |last=Paphides |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617001928/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/live_reviews/article4199762.ece |archive-date=June 17, 2011 }}</ref>
*[[June 27]]–29 – The Eidgenössiches Jodlerfest is held in [[Lucerne]].<ref>Petra Hofmann, "[http://www.jodlerbiel-benken.ch/berichte.htm#ejf08 Eidgenössiches Jodlerfest vom 27. Juni 2008 – 29. Juni 2008 in Luzern]" . Retrieved January 7, 2010.</ref>
*[[June 29]] – Release of ''[[Guitar Hero: Aerosmith]]'', the first video game in the ''[[Guitar Hero]]'' series to be based around a single music group.<ref>{{cite web| title = Wii Preview: Guitar Hero: Aerosmith | work = Neal Ronaghan | publisher = Nintendo World Report | url=http://nintendoworldreport.com/previewArt.cfm?artid=15660 | access-date=April 1, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080413023457/http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/previewArt.cfm?artid=15660| archive-date= April 13, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>

=== July ===
*[[July 3]] – Opening of the [[Wireless Festival#2008|O2 Wireless Festival]] in [[Hyde Park, London]], UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.o2wirelessfestival.co.uk/home/index.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605202303/http://www.o2wirelessfestival.co.uk/home/index.aspx|archive-date=June 5, 2008|title=O2 Wireless Festival|last=unattributed|year=2008|publisher=Live Nation (Music) UK Limited|access-date=September 1, 2008}}</ref>
*[[July 5]] – Staatsminister Rainer Robra and [[Halberstadt]] Oberbürgermeister Andreas Henke preside as the notes A{{Music|flat}} and C are added in the sixth sound change of the performance of [[John Cage]]'s ''[[As Slow as Possible|Organ²/ASLSP (As SLow aS Possible)]]'' that began on 5 September 2001 and is to conclude on 5 September 2640, in Halberstadt, Germany.<ref>"Orgelmarathon: Endlich neue Töne''Die Zeit'' (7 July 2008).</ref>
*[[July 23]]–26 – The [[2008 10,000 Lakes Festival]] is held.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.10klf.com/index2008.php |title=10KLF 2008 |publisher=10klf.com |access-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311031641/http://www.10klf.com/index2008.php |archive-date=March 11, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
*[[July 24]]–25 – The [[Splendour in the Grass]] music festival is held in [[Byron Bay, New South Wales|Byron Bay]], [[Australia]], headlined by [[Devo]] and [[Wolfmother]].
*[[July 24]]–28 – The Fifth International Symposium of throat-singing, "Khoomei—Cultural Phenomenon of the Peoples of Central Asia" is held in [[Tuva]].<ref>Ministry of Culture of Tuva, "[http://en.tuvaonline.ru/2008/07/11/4753_khoomei.html Tuva Preparing to Host Throat Singing Admirers from all over the World]" (July 11, 2008). Retrieved January 7, 2010.</ref>

=== August ===
*[[August 1]]–3 – The [[Lollapalooza]] music festival takes place in Chicago, Illinois, US.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[August 8]] – Chen Qigang is director of music for the [[2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony]] in Beijing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/ceremonies/headlines/n214521306.shtml|title=How the Opening Ceremony was born|access-date=21 August 2009 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428182905/http://en.beijing2008.cn/ceremonies/headlines/n214521306.shtml|archive-date=April 28, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref> A minor scandal ensues when it is revealed that [[Lin Miaoke]], the performer of "[[Ode to the Motherland]]", was miming to a recording by another girl, [[Yang Peiyi]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/2545387/Beijing-Olympics-Faking-scandal-over-girl-who-sang-in-opening-ceremony.html|title=Beijing Olympics: Faking scandal over girl who 'sang' in opening ceremony|date=August 12, 2008|first=Richard|last=Spencer|newspaper=The Telegraph | location=London| access-date= 21 August 2009 }}</ref>
*[[August 10]] – [[Jimmy Dean]] and [[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]] celebrate their 80th birthdays.
*[[August 12]]–18 – [[Sziget Festival#2008|Sziget Festival 2008]] takes place in [[Budapest]], Hungary.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[August 13]] – [[Jeff Singer]] quits [[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paradiselost.co.uk/news/2008/statement-from-jeff-aug-13.html |title=Statement from Jeff | Paradise Lost Official Website |access-date=2013-07-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130727043924/http://www.paradiselost.co.uk/news/2008/statement-from-jeff-aug-13.html |archive-date=July 27, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
*[[August 19]] – [[LeRoi Moore]], saxophonist and founding member of [[Dave Matthews Band]], dies from complications from an ATV accident suffered earlier in the summer.
*[[August 22]] – Coke Live Music Festival opens in Poland, headlined by artists [[Sean Paul]], [[Timbaland]], and [[The Prodigy]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[August 23]]
**[[Madonna]] starts her [[Sticky & Sweet Tour]] which is set to become the highest-grossing tour for both a female and solo artist.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
**Michael Nicklasson quits [[Dark Tranquility]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[August 30]]
** Filipino rock band [[Eraserheads]] hold their one-night-only reunion concert in the Fort open field, their first concert since 2001. After the 20-minute break, vocalist [[Ely Buendia]] is rushed to the hospital because of chest pain due to emotional stress.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
** ''American Idol'' Season 7 runner-up David Archuleta's debut single "[[Crush (David Archuleta song)|Crush]]" scores the highest debut of a song on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] by an ''American Idol'' finalist not performed on the show. The track opened at No. 2 after selling 166,000 downloads in its first week of release.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[August 31]] – [[Chrome Division]] fires Eddie Guz.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}

=== September ===
*[[September 6]] – Six members of [[The Specials]] re-unite at the [[Bestival]] as a 'Surprise Act'. They use the name "Terry Hall and Friends", because [[Jerry Dammers]], who owns the band's name, did not participate.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 7]] – The [[2008 MTV Video Music Awards]] are presented at [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount Studios]], [[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]]. [[Britney Spears]]' wins [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]], [[Best Pop Video]], and [[Best Female Video]] for "[[Piece of Me (Britney Spears song)|Piece of Me]]". [[Christina Aguilera]] also made her return to music since giving birth to her first child with the debut of her single [[Keeps Gettin' Better]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 9]] – [[Jessica Simpson]] releases her first album in two years, ''[[Do You Know (Jessica Simpson album)|Do You Know]]'', her first country album. It goes straight in at No. 1 in the ''Billboard'' Country Charts and at No. 4 in the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with sales of 65,000.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 10]] – The [[ARIA Music Awards of 2008|22nd Annual ARIA Music Awards]] are held in Sydney, Australia, recognizing Australian music in 2008. Dance-punk group [[The Presets]] win Album of the Year.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 11]] – [[Christian Älvestam]] leaves [[Scar Symmetry]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 12]] – Season 4 of the Finnish talent contest, ''[[Idols (Finland)|Idols]]'', begins.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 15]] – [[Kris Drever]], [[John McCusker]] and [[Roddy Woomble]] release ''[[Before the Ruin]]''.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 18]]
**[[Soilwork]] hires former member, [[Peter Wichers]], to replace [[Daniel Antonsson]], who is fired.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=105079 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711224101/http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=105079 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-11 |title=Blabbermouth.Net – Guitarist Peter Wichers Rejoins Soilwork |publisher=Legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com |access-date=2012-09-02 }}</ref>
** [[Ben Folds Five]] play a sold out reunion show in [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]], performing the entirety of their 1999 album ''[[The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner]]'', that was filmed for DVD and web release by MySpace in benefit for [[Operation Smile]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thesuburbs.org.uk/news/Reunion_DVD_Looks_Likely |title=– the original Ben Folds website – Reunion DVD Looks Likely! |publisher=Thesuburbs.org.uk |date=2008-09-27 |access-date=2012-09-02 |archive-date=October 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004185158/http://www.thesuburbs.org.uk/news/Reunion_DVD_Looks_Likely |url-status=dead }}</ref>
** [[Crystal Castles (band)|Crystal Castles]] play their biggest headline show to date, at [[Electric Ballroom]] in Camden, London.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 19]] – "Only by the Night" the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Kings of Leon, released worldwide in September 2008. – [[Travis Barker]] and [[Adam Goldstein]] (DJ AM) survive a [[2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash|plane crash]] that claims four lives.<ref>[http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/20/investigation-on-in-deadly-sc-plane-crash/ Investigation on in deadly SC plane crash] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218174726/http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/20/investigation-on-in-deadly-sc-plane-crash/ |date=February 18, 2009 }}. ''[[CNN]].com'', 2008-09-20. Retrieved 2008-09-21.</ref>
*[[September 20]] – [[Pink (singer)|P!nk]] scores her first solo number-one hit in her native US, with "[[So What (Pink song)|So What]]".{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 21]]
**[[At the Gates]] play their final show.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
**The [[Eric Burdon]] show in [[Oklahoma]] is cancelled due to his health problems.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 24]] – [[Within Temptation]] release the ''[[Black Symphony]]'' DVD, featuring the [[Metropole Orchestra]] and guest musicians.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
*[[September 25]] – [[Paul McCartney]] performs at [[Tel Aviv]] park, his first performance in Israel since [[The Beatles]] were banned from the country in 1965.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}

=== October ===
*[[October 1]] – [[Tina Turner]] leaves semi-retirement to embark on her ''[[Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour]]'', which grosses over US $130 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://livedesignonline.com/mag/tina_turner_tours/index.html|title=Tina Turner Tours With Clay Paky|date=1 February 2009|work=Live Design|publisher=Penton Media, Inc|access-date=5 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404101831/http://livedesignonline.com/mag/tina_turner_tours/index.html|archive-date=April 4, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[October 5]] – Stephanie Jeong wins the Second Prize (no First Prize is awarded) in the Premio Paganini international violin competition in [[Genoa]].<ref>[http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html#6 Main International Violin Competitions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407003318/http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html |date=April 7, 2011 }}</ref>
*[[October 7]] – [[Spotify]] [[Comparison of on-demand music streaming services|on-demand music streaming service]] launches in Sweden.
*[[October 10]] – The Fourth Waakirchener Zither Festival takes place in [[Waakirchen]], Bavaria.<ref>"[http://www.kkb-waakirchen.de/veranstaltung_detail.php?id=24 October 10, 2008: 4. Zitherfestival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719052430/http://www.kkb-waakirchen.de/veranstaltung_detail.php?id=24 |date=July 19, 2011 }}". Retrieved January 7, 2010.</ref>
*[[October 12]] – Opening of the VII Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra, in Rome and the Vatican City (until November 30).<ref>"[http://www.festivalmusicaeartesacra.net/en/festival_uebersicht.php VII Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra: October 12 – November 30, 2008]". Retrieved January 7, 2010. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106171903/http://www.festivalmusicaeartesacra.net/en/festival_uebersicht.php|date=January 6, 2009}}</ref>
*[[October 16]] – [[Britney Spears]] sets a new record for the biggest jump to number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], rising from number 96 to number one in just one week, with her single "[[Womanizer (song)|Womanizer]]". It is Spears' first American number one since her debut single "[[...Baby One More Time (song)|...Baby One More Time]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1043782/spears-scores-record-setting-hot-100-jump |title=Spears Scores Record-Setting Hot 100 Jump |publisher=Billboard.com |access-date=2012-09-02}}</ref> (The record is subsequently broken by [[Kelly Clarkson]]). It also garners first-week download sales of 286,000, the biggest opening-week tally by a female artist.
*[[October 18]] – [[Rihanna]] scores her fifth number one song on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] (as a featured artist on [[T.I.]]'s "[[Live Your Life (T.I. song)|Live Your Life]]", which follows "[[SOS (Rihanna song)|SOS]]", "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]", "[[Take a Bow (Rihanna song)|Take a Bow]]", and "[[Disturbia (song)|Disturbia]]"), becoming the leading solo female artist with the most number ones to have charted in [[Music in the 2000s|this decade]] until [[Beyoncé Knowles]] breaks her record (as a solo artist).<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044448/rihanna-topples-katy-perry-on-hot-100|title=Rihanna Topples Katy Perry On Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=August 14, 2008|access-date=November 3, 2008}}</ref>
*[[Justin Bieber]] signed with [[L.A. Reid]] [[Island Records]]
=== November ===
*[[November 1]]–9 – The Southbank Centre in London, UK presents "Klang: A Tribute to [[Karlheinz Stockhausen|Stockhausen]]", a festival curated by [[Oliver Knussen]], with a series of concerts focusing on works from the composer's last decade, including the world premieres of ''[[Klang (Stockhausen)#Nineteenth Hour: Urantia|Urantia]]'' and ''[[Tierkreis (Stockhausen)|Zodiac for Orchestra]]'', as well as late-night performances, lectures, and master classes.<ref>"News: Stockhausen Tribute in the UK", ''Computer Music Journal'' 33, no. 2 (2009): 6.</ref>
*[[November 2]] – The [[Fauxharmonic Orchestra]] loses in its debut confrontation with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra in a [[Bargemusic]] concert.<ref>Steve Smith, "Dueling Maestros, One Wielding a Wii", ''[[The New York Times]]'' (November 4, 2008): C7.</ref>
*[[November 4]] – [[Bhimsen Joshi]] is selected to receive the [[Bharat Ratna]], [[India]]'s highest civilian honour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/nov/04ratna.htm|title=Bharat Ratna for Vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi|publisher=[[Rediff]]|access-date=21 February 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090214161418/http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/nov/04ratna.htm| archive-date=February 14, 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*[[November 6]] – [[Michael Tilson Thomas]] makes his [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] subscription-concert conducting debut.<ref>Peter Dobrin, "After 23 Years, a Return to Phila.", ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' (November 8, 2008): E04.</ref>
*[[November 17]] – Korean violinist Hyun-Su Shin wins First Prize in the Jacques Thibaud International Violin Competition in Paris<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html#24 |title=Main International Violin Competitions |publisher=Violina2z.com |access-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918085047/http://www.violina2z.com/english/comp.html |archive-date=September 18, 2012 }}</ref>
*[[November 23]] – 13 years after his disappearance, [[Manic Street Preachers]] guitarist [[Richey Edwards]] is [[Declared death in absentia|declared dead ''in absentia'']].
** [[Wes Carr]] is crowned the winner of the [[Australian Idol (season 6)|sixth season]] of ''[[Australian Idol]]'', defeating [[Luke Dickens]].
*[[November 24]] – The [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] announces the appointment of [[Pinchas Zukerman]] as principal guest conductor, to begin in January 2009.<ref>Dave Itzkoff, "Zukerman Appointed To Royal Philharmonic", ''[[The New York Times]]'' (November 24, 2008): C2.</ref>
*[[November 24]]- [[Kanye West]] releases 808s and heartbreak

=== December ===
*[[December 9]] – [[Damon Albarn]] and [[Graham Coxon]] say that [[Blur (band)|Blur]] will reunite for a concert at [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]] on July 3, 2009. Tickets for the concert sell out within two minutes of release, and [[Blur (band)|Blur]] announce another date on July 2, 2009.<ref name="reunion">Paine, Andre. [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/266135/blur-reuniting-unveils-london-show-plans "Blur Reuniting, Unveils London Show Plans"]. [[billboard.com]]. December 9, 2008.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7771000/7771915.stm|title=Blur confirm massive outdoor show
|access-date=December 10, 2008 |publisher=BBC |date=December 9, 2008 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081212085616/http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7771000/7771915.stm| archive-date= December 12, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*[[December 11]] – [[Elliott Carter]] celebrates his 100th birthday.
*[[December 13]] – [[Beyoncé Knowles]] scores her fifth number one song on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] with "[[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]]", which followed "[[Crazy in Love (Beyoncé Knowles song)|Crazy in Love]]", "[[Baby Boy (Beyoncé Knowles song)|Baby Boy]]", "[[Check on It]]", and "[[Irreplaceable]]", tying with [[Rihanna]] as the leading solo female artist with the most number ones to have charted in [[Music in the 2000s|this decade]].<ref name="Billboard"/>
** [[Alexandra Burke]] is named winner of the [[The X Factor (British series 5)|fifth series]] of ''[[The X Factor (British TV series)|The X Factor UK]]''. [[JLS]] are named runner-ups, while [[Eoghan Quigg]] and [[Diana Vickers]] finish in third and fourth place respectively.
*[[December 22]] – [[Live Nation]] announce that Madonna's [[Sticky & Sweet Tour]] is the highest-grossing tour for a solo artist, with US$280 million in ticket sales and 2,350,282 fans attending the 58 shows during the three-leg tour across Europe and the Americas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/Madonnas-Sticky-amp-Sweet-prnews-13890523.html |title=Madonna's 'Sticky & Sweet' Tour: 58 Shows – 2,350,282 Fans!!! |access-date=December 18, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103201253/http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Madonnas-Sticky-amp-Sweet-prnews-13890523.html |archive-date=January 3, 2009 |df=mdy }}</ref>

== Bands formed ==
* ''See [[:Category:Musical groups established in 2008]]

== Bands reformed ==
''See [[:Category:Musical groups reestablished in 2008]]''

==Returning performers==
* [[AC/DC]] (first album since 2000)
* [[Vanessa Amorosi]] (debut international album and first Australian album since 1999)
* [[Anastacia (singer)|Anastacia]] (last studio album released in 2004)
* [[As Friends Rust]] (reformed after breaking up in 2002)
* [[Ashanti (entertainer)|Ashanti]] (last studio album released in 2004)
* [[Ashlee Simpson]] (last studio album released in 2005)
* [[Billy Bragg]] (first studio album since 2002, first under his own name since 1996)
* [[Bomb the Bass]] (first full-length album since 1995)
* [[Boyzone]] (first studio album released in 1999)
* [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]] (last studio album released in 2004)
* [[David Byrne]] & [[Brian Eno]] (first album since 1981)
* [[Cherry Poppin' Daddies]] (first album since 2000)
* [[Counting Crows]] (first studio album since 2002)
* [[The Cure]] (first studio album since 2004)
* [[Dido (singer)|Dido]] (last studio album released in 2003)
* [[Donna Summer]] (first studio album since 1991)
* [[Erykah Badu]] (first album since 2003)
* [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]] (first studio album since 1995)
* [[Grace Jones]] (first studio album since 1989)
* [[Guns N' Roses]] (first album of original material since 1991)
* [[Jason Donovan]] (first studio album since 1993)
* [[Lenny Kravitz]] (first album since 2004)
* [[Metallica]] (first album since 2003)
* [[Mötley Crüe]] (first album with all members since 1997)
* [[New Kids on the Block]] (first album since 1994)
* [[The Offspring]] (first album since 2003)
* [[Paramore]] (first album since 2007)
* [[Polvo]] (first tour since 1998)
* [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]] (First record since 1997)
* [[Queen (band)|Queen]] (first studio album since 1995, and first with [[Paul Rodgers]] on lead vocals)
* [[The Screaming Jets]] (first studio album since 2000)
* [[The Specials]] (as "Terry Hall and Friends")
* [[Third Eye Blind]] (first single/release since 2003)
* [[Toadies]] (first album since 2001)
* [[The Verve]] (first album since 1997)

== Bands disbanded ==
''See [[:Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2008|Musical groups disestablished in 2008]]''

== Bands on hiatus ==
{{More citations needed section|date=July 2008}}
* [[¡Forward, Russia!]] (indefinite hiatus)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/forward-russia/38864|title=¡Forward, Russia! to Split?|last=unattributed|date=August 13, 2008|work=NME |location=UK |access-date=August 14, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080816010844/http://www.nme.com/news/forward-russia/38864| archive-date= August 16, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
* [[Big & Rich]] (until 2009, due to a neck injury suffered by [[Big Kenny]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,,GAC_26063_5795670,00.html|title=Big Kenny On Big & Rich's Hiatus|last=unattributed|date=January 29, 2008|publisher=Great American Country|access-date=September 12, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219064334/http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_headlines/article/0,,GAC_26063_5795670,00.html|archive-date=February 19, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[The Dresden Dolls]]
* [[From Autumn to Ashes]]
* [[Hell Is for Heroes (band)|Hell Is for Heroes]]
* [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] (on break from touring and recording)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/incubus_to_take_a_break.html|title=Incubus To Take A Break|last=unattributed|date=July 1, 2008|publisher=[[Ultimate Guitar Archive|Ultimate-Guitar.com]]|access-date=July 2, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Monkey Swallows the Universe]] (indefinite hiatus)
* [[My Chemical Romance]] (on an extended break after a US tour)
* [[Kaddisfly]] (on hiatus after bassist Kile Brewer left; remaining members now called Waters & Bodies)
* [[Phantom Planet]]
* [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] (two-year hiatus)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.muchmusic.com/news/story.asp?id=20996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602093614/http://www.muchmusic.com/news/story.asp?id=20996|archive-date=June 2, 2008|title=Chili Peppers (Sort Of) Break-Up|last=unattributed|date=May 22, 2008|publisher=muchmusic.com|access-date=June 30, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Rilo Kiley]] (due to the success of lead singer [[Jenny Lewis]]' solo career)
* [[Social Distortion]] (due to their lead singer undertaking a solo tour)
* [[The Starting Line]] (indefinite break)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=301596|title=The Starting Line Press Conference|last=Jason|first=Tate|date=March 5, 2008|publisher=AbsolutePunk, LLC|access-date=June 30, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Velvet Revolver]] (while looking for a new lead singer)
* [[Westlife]] (a one year break)
* [[Wolfmother]] (whilst looking for new musicians)
* [[Yellowcard]] (indefinitely)

== Albums released ==
{{Main article|List of 2008 albums}}

; Best-selling albums globally & United States

The best-selling records in 2008 according to [[IFPI]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2008.pdf |title=IFPI – 50 Top Selling Albums 2008 |publisher=Ifpi.org |date=2005-04-12 |access-date=2012-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218120952/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2008.pdf |archive-date=February 18, 2009 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Album title !! Artist
|-
| 1 || ''[[Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends]]'' || [[Coldplay]]
|-
| 2 || ''[[Black Ice (album)|Black Ice]]'' || [[AC/DC]]
|-
| 3 || ''[[Thriller 25]]'' || [[Michael Jackson]]
|-
| 4 || ''[[Rockferry]]'' || [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]]
|-
| 5 || ''[[Death Magnetic]]'' || [[Metallica]]
|-
| 6 || ''[[Spirit (Leona Lewis album)|Spirit]]'' || [[Leona Lewis]]
|-
| 7 || ''[[Back to Black]]'' || [[Amy Winehouse]]
|-
| 8 || ''[[High School Musical 3: Senior Year (soundtrack)|High School Musical 3: Senior Year]]'' || Various Artists
|-
| 9 || ''[[Tha Carter III]]'' || [[Lil Wayne]]
|-
| 10 || ''[[Good Girl Gone Bad (Rihanna album)|Good Girl Gone Bad]]'' || [[Rihanna]]
|}

The best-selling albums in the United States:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1481196/lil-wayne-notches-top-selling-album-of-08 |title=Billboard – Lil Wayne Notches Top-Selling Album Of '08 |publisher=Billboard.com |date=2009-09-14 |access-date=2012-09-02}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Album title !! Artist
|-
| 1 || ''[[Tha Carter III]]'' || [[Lil' Wayne]]
|-
| 2 || ''[[Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends]]'' || [[Coldplay]]
|-
| 3 || ''[[Fearless (Taylor Swift album)|Fearless]]'' || [[Taylor Swift]]
|-
| 4 || ''[[Rock N Roll Jesus]]'' || [[Kid Rock]]
|-
| 5 || ''[[Black Ice (album)|Black Ice]]'' || [[AC/DC]]
|-
| 6 || ''[[Taylor Swift (album)|Taylor Swift]]'' || Taylor Swift
|-
| 7 || ''[[Death Magnetic]]'' || [[Metallica]]
|-
| 8 || ''[[Paper Trail]]'' || [[T.I.]]
|-
| 9 || ''[[Sleep Through the Static]]'' || [[Jack Johnson (musician)|Jack Johnson]]
|-
| 10 || ''[[I Am... Sasha Fierce]]'' || [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]]
|}

==Songs released in 2008==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!Date
!Song
!Artist
|-
|January 1
|''Smog''
|[[Bomb the Bass]]
|-
|January 15
|''[[Pocketful of Sunshine]]''
|[[Natasha Bedingfield]]
|-
|January 25
|''[[Bust It Baby]]'' (Part 1)
|[[Plies (rapper)|Plies]] featuring [[Ne-Yo]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|January 29
|''[[Funplex (song)|Funplex]]''
|[[The B-52s]]
|-
|''[[Nine in the Afternoon]]''
|[[Panic at the Disco]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 5
|''[[Day 'n' Nite]]''
|[[Kid Cudi]] vs. [[Crookers]]
|-
|''[[Run the Show]]''
|[[Kat DeLuna]] featuring [[Busta Rhymes]]
|-
|February 12
|''[[Elevator (Flo Rida song)|Elevator]]''
|[[Flo Rida]] featuring [[Timbaland]]
|-
|February 19
|''[[It's Not My Time]]''
|[[3 Doors Down]]
|-
|February 23
|''[[Bust It Baby]]'' (Part 2)
|[[Plies (rapper)|Plies]] featuring [[Ne-Yo]]
|-
|February 26
|''[[The Way That I Love You]]''
|[[Ashanti (entertainer)|Ashanti]]
|-
|February 28
|''[[A-Punk]]''
|[[Vampire Weekend]]
|-
|March 4
|''[[Break the Ice (song)|Break the Ice]]''
|[[Britney Spears]]
|-
|March 11
|''[[Little Miss Obsessive]]''
|[[Ashlee Simpson]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 17
|''[[4 Minutes]]''
|[[Madonna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]] and [[Timbaland]]
|-
|''I Keep Faith''
|[[Billy Bragg]]
|-
|March 24
|''[[No Stress]]''
|[[Laurent Wolf]]
|-
|March 25
|''[[Mad as Rabbits]]''
|[[Panic at the Disco]]
|-
|March 31
|''[[American Boy]]''
|[[Estelle (musician)|Estelle]] featuring [[Kanye West]]
|-
|April 8
|''[[Just Dance (song)|Just Dance]]''
|[[Lady Gaga]] featuring [[Colby O'Donis]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|April 15
|''[[Closer (Ne-Yo song)|Closer]]''
|[[Ne-Yo]]
|-
|''[[I'm Yours (Jason Mraz song)|I'm Yours]]''
|[[Jason Mraz]]
|-
|''[[Take a Bow (Rihanna song)|Take a Bow]]''
|[[Rihanna]]
|-
|April 28
|''[[I Kissed a Girl]]''
|[[Katy Perry]]
|-
|April 29
|''[[Forever (Chris Brown song)|Forever]]''
|[[Chris Brown]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 2
|''[[If I Never See Your Face Again]]''
|[[Maroon 5]] featuring [[Rihanna]]
|-
|''[[That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed)]]''
|[[Panic at the Disco]]
|-
|May 9
|''[[Violet Hill]]''
|[[Coldplay]]
|-
|May 13
|''[[The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)]]''
|[[Weezer]]
|-
|May 19
|''[[Train (3 Doors Down song)|Train]]''
|[[3 Doors Down]]
|-
|May 20
|''[[In the Ayer]]''
|[[Flo Rida]] featuring [[will.i.am]]
|-
|May 25
|''[[Viva la Vida]]''
|[[Coldplay]]
|-
|May 26
|''[[Oxford Comma (song)|Oxford Comma]]''
|[[Vampire Weekend]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 27
|''[[Dreamin' (Weezer song)|Dreamin']]''
|[[Weezer]]
|-
|''[[When I Grow Up (The Pussycat Dolls song)|When I Grow Up]]''
|[[The Pussycat Dolls]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 10
|''[[One Step at a Time (Jordin Sparks song)|One Step at a Time]]''
|[[Jordin Sparks]]
|-
|''[[Body on Me (Nelly song)|Body on Me]]''
|[[Nelly]] featuring [[Akon]] and [[Ashanti (singer)|Ashanti]]
|-
|June 16
|''[[Pork and Beans (song)|Pork and Beans]]''
|[[Weezer]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|June 17
|''[[Disturbia (song)|Disturbia]]''
|[[Rihanna]]
|-
|''[[7 Things]]''
|[[Miley Cyrus]]
|-
|June 19
|''[[Burnin' Up (Jonas Brothers song)|Burnin' Up]]''
|[[Jonas Brothers]] featuring Big Rob
|-
|July 15
|''[[The Champion in Me]]''
|[[3 Doors Down]]
|-
|July 16
|''[[Good Good]]''
|[[Ashanti (singer)|Ashanti]]
|-
|July 26
|''[[Troublemaker (Weezer song)|Troublemaker]]''
|[[Weezer]]
|-
|July 29
|''[[Let It Rock (Kevin Rudolf song)|Let it Rock]]''
|[[Kevin Rudolf]] featuring [[Lil Wayne]]
|-
|August 8
|''[[Make It Mine]]''
|[[Jason Mraz]]
|-
|August 11
|''[[So What (Pink song)|So What]]''
|[[Pink (singer)|Pink]]
|-
|August 18
|''[[Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa]]''
|[[Vampire Weekend]]
|-
|August 28
|''[[Rock N' Roll Train]]''
|[[AC/DC]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 4
|''[[Sex on Fire]]''
|[[Kings of Leon]]
|-
|-
|''[[You're Gonna Go Far, Kid]]''
|[[The Offspring]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 9
|''[[Hot n Cold]]''
|[[Katy Perry]]
|-
|''[[Whatcha Think About That]]''
|[[The Pussycat Dolls]] featuring [[Missy Elliott]]
|-
|September 19
|''[[Running Back (Jessica Mauboy song)|Running Back]]''
|[[Jessica Mauboy]] featuring [[Flo Rida]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 23
|''[[Live Your Life (T.I. song)|Live Your Life]]''
|[[T.I.]] featuring [[Rihanna]]
|-
|''[[Right Now (Na Na Na)]]''
|[[Akon]]
|-
|September 26
|''[[Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)|Poker Face]]''
|[[Lady Gaga]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|September 29
|''[[Gotta Be Somebody]]''
|[[Nickelback]]
|-
|''[[Pieces (Chase & Status song)|Pieces]]''
|[[Chase & Status]] ft. [[Plan B (musician)|Plan B]]
|-
|September 30
|''[[Gives You Hell]]''
|[[The All-American Rejects]]
|-
|October 3
|''[[Womanizer (song)|Womanizer]]''
|[[Britney Spears]]
|-
|October 6
|''[[Rehab (Rihanna song)|Rehab]]''
|[[Rihanna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]]
|-
|October 8
|''[[If I Were a Boy]]''
|[[Beyoncé]]
|-
|October 10
|''[[I Can Feel You]]''
|[[Anastacia]]
|-
|October 12
|''[[Out of this Club]]''
|[[The Pussycat Dolls]] featuring [[R. Kelly]] and [[Polow da Don]]
|-
|October 13
|''[[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]]''
|[[Beyoncé]]
|-
|October 14
|''[[I Hate This Part]]''
|[[The Pussycat Dolls]]
|-
|October 21
|''[[Decode (song)|Decode]]''
|[[Paramore]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|November 3
|''[[Crying Blood]]''
|[[V V Brown]]
|-
|''[[Lovers in Japan]]''
|[[Coldplay]]
|-
|''[[Sober (Pink song)|Sober]]''
|[[Pink (singer)|Pink]]
|-
|November 10
|''[[Lost!]]''
|[[Coldplay]]
|-
|November 14
|''[[Northern Downpour]]''
|[[Panic at the Disco]]
|-
|December 1
|''[[Lhuna]]''
|[[Coldplay]] featuring [[Kylie Minogue]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 2
|''[[Circus (Britney Spears song)|Circus]]''
|[[Britney Spears]]
|-
|''[[Let Me Be Myself]]''
|[[3 Doors Down]]
|-
|December 9
|''[[Use Somebody]]''
|[[King of Leon]]
|-
|December 17
|''[[Hallelujah (Alexandra Burke song)|Hallelujah]]''
|[[Alexandra Burke]]
|-
|December 18
|''[[Big Jack (song)|Big Jack]]''
|[[AC/DC]]
|}

== Hit records ==

=== United States ===
{{Further |Hot 100 number-one hits of 2008 (USA)}}

'''Singles which have ranked within Top 10 within the Billboard Hot 100 Hits (excludes those that were #1 in the UK)'''
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* "[[4 Minutes]]" – [[Madonna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]] and [[Timbaland]] (#3)
* "[[7 Things]]" – [[Miley Cyrus]] (#9)
* "[[American Boy]]" – [[Estelle (musician)|Estelle]] featuring [[Kanye West]] (#9)
* "[[Burnin' Up (Jonas Brothers song)|Burnin' Up]]" – [[Jonas Brothers]] (#5)
* "[[Bust It Baby|Bust It Baby Part 2]]" – [[Plies (rapper)|Plies]] featuring [[Ne-Yo]] (#7)
* "[[Can't Believe It (T-Pain song)|Can't Believe It]]" – [[T-Pain]] featuring [[Lil Wayne]] (#7)
* "[[Change (Taylor Swift song)|Change]]" – [[Taylor Swift]] (#10)
* "[[Circus (Britney Spears song)|Circus]]" – [[Britney Spears]] (#3)
* "[[Closer (Ne-Yo song)|Closer]]" – [[Ne-Yo]] (#7)
* "[[Crank That (Soulja Boy)]]" – [[Soulja Boy Tell 'Em|Soulja Boy Tell'em]] (#5 – Hit No. 1 in 2007)
* "[[Crush (David Archuleta song)|Crush]]" – [[David Archuleta]] (#2)
* "[[Damaged (Danity Kane song)|Damaged]]" – [[Danity Kane]] featuring [[Sean Combs|Diddy]] (#10)
* "[[Dangerous (Kardinal Offishall song)|Dangerous]]" – [[Kardinal Offishall]] featuring [[Akon]] (#5)
* "Dangerouz" – [[Sarah Burgess (singer)|Sarah Burgess]] (#8)
* "[[Day 'n' Nite]]" – [[Kid Cudi]] (#3)
* "[[Disturbia (song)|Disturbia]]" – [[Rihanna]] (#1)
* "[[Fearless (Taylor Swift song)|Fearless]]" – [[Taylor Swift]] (#9)
* "[[Forever (Chris Brown song)|Forever]]" – [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]] (#2)
* "[[Gotta Be Somebody]]" – [[Nickelback]] (#10)
* "[[Got Money]]" – [[Lil Wayne]] featuring [[T-Pain]] (#10)
* "[[Hate That I Love You]]" – [[Rihanna]] featuring [[Ne-Yo]] (#10 – Hit No. 7 in 2007)
* "[[Heartless (Kanye West song)|Heartless]]" – [[Kanye West]] (#4)
* "[[Hot n Cold]]" – [[Katy Perry]] (#3)
* "[[I Kissed a Girl]]" – [[Katy Perry]] (#1)
* "[[If I Were a Boy]]" – [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]] (#3)
* "[[I'm Yours (Jason Mraz song)|I'm Yours]]" – [[Jason Mraz]] (#6)
* "[[In the Ayer]]" – [[Flo Rida]] featuring [[will.i.am]] (#9)
* "[[Independent (song)|Independent]]" – [[Webbie]] featuring [[Lil Boosie]] and [[Lil Phat]] (#9)
* "[[Just Dance (song)|Just Dance]]" – [[Lady Gaga]] featuring [[Colby O'Donis]] (#3 — Hit No. 1 in 2009)
* "[[Keeps Gettin' Better]]" – [[Christina Aguilera]] (#7)
* "[[Kiss Kiss (Chris Brown song)|Kiss Kiss]]" – [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]] featuring [[T-Pain]] (#4 – Hit No. 1 in 2007)
* "[[Leavin' (Jesse McCartney song)|Leavin']]" – [[Jesse McCartney]] (#10)
* "[[Let It Rock (Kevin Rudolf song)|Let It Rock]]" – [[Kevin Rudolf]] featuring [[Lil Wayne]] (#5)
* "[[Live Your Life (T.I. song)|Live Your Life]]" – [[T.I.]] featuring [[Rihanna]] (#1)
* "[[Lollipop (Lil Wayne song)|Lollipop]]" – [[Lil Wayne]] featuring [[Static Major]] (#1)
* "[[Love Lockdown]]" – [[Kanye West]] (#3)
* "[[Love in This Club]]" – [[Usher (musician)|Usher]] featuring [[Young Jeezy|Jeezy]] (#1)
* "[[Love Song (Sara Bareilles song)|Love Song]]" – [[Sara Bareilles]] (#4)
* "[[Love Story (Taylor Swift song)|Love Story]]" – [[Taylor Swift]] (#5)
* "[[Low (Flo Rida song)|Low]]" – [[Flo Rida]] featuring [[T-Pain]] (#1)
* "[[A Milli]]" – [[Lil Wayne]] (#6)
* "[[Miss Independent (Ne-Yo song)|Miss Independent]]" – [[Ne-Yo]] (#7)
* "[[New Soul]]" – [[Yael Naim|Yael Naïm]]" (#7)
* "[[No Air]]" – [[Jordin Sparks]] featuring [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]] (#3)
* "[[Paper Planes (M.I.A. song)|Paper Planes]]" – [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]] (#4)
* "[[Pocketful of Sunshine (song)|Pocketful of Sunshine]]" – [[Natasha Bedingfield]] (#5)
* "[[Right Now (Na Na Na)]]" – [[Akon]] (#8)
* "[[See You Again (Miley Cyrus song)|See You Again]]" – [[Miley Cyrus]] (#10)
* "[[Sensual Seduction]]" – [[Snoop Dogg]] (#7)
* "[[Sexy Can I]]" – [[Ray J]] featuring [[Yung Berg]] (#3)
* "[[Shake It (Metro Station song)|Shake It]]" – [[Metro Station (band)|Metro Station]] (#10)
* "[[Shawty Get Loose]]" – [[Lil Mama]] featuring [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]] and [[T-Pain]] (#10)
* "[[Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)]]" – [[Beyoncé]] (#1)
* "[[So What (Pink song)|So What]]" – [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] (#1)
* "[[Sorry (Buckcherry song)|Sorry]]" – [[Buckcherry]] (#9)
* "[[Superstar (Lupe Fiasco song)|Superstar]]" – [[Lupe Fiasco]] featuring [[Matthew Santos]] (#10)
* "[[Swagga Like Us]]" – [[T.I.]] featuring [[Kanye West]], [[Jay-Z]], and [[Lil Wayne]] (#5)
* "[[Take a Bow (Rihanna song)|Take a Bow]]" – [[Rihanna]] (#1)
* "[[Take You There (Sean Kingston song)|Take You There]]" – [[Sean Kingston]] (#7)
* "[[Tattoo (Jordin Sparks song)|Tattoo]]" – [[Jordin Sparks]] (#8)
* "[[This Is Me (Demi Lovato song)|This Is Me]]" – [[Demi Lovato]] featuring [[Joe Jonas]] (#9)
* "[[The Time of My Life (David Cook song)|The Time of My Life]]" – [[David Cook (singer)|David Cook]] (#3)
* "[[Tonight (Jonas Brothers song)|Tonight]]" – [[Jonas Brothers]] (#8)
* "[[Touch My Body]]" – [[Mariah Carey]] (#1)
* "[[Viva la Vida]] – [[Coldplay]] (#1)
* "[[Whatever You Like]] – [[T.I.]] (#1)
* "[[When I Grow Up (Pussycat Dolls song)|When I Grow Up]]" – [[The Pussycat Dolls]] (#9)
* "[[With You (Chris Brown song)|With You]]" – [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]] (#2)
* “[[Womanizer (Britney Spears song)|Womanizer]]” - [[Britney Spears]] (#1)
}}
'''[[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2008]]'''

=== United Kingdom ===
'''UK Official Top 75 No. 1 Hits'''
* "[[4 Minutes (Madonna song)|4 Minutes]]" – [[Madonna]] featuring [[Justin Timberlake]] and [[Timbaland]] (4 weeks)
* "[[All Summer Long (Kid Rock song)|All Summer Long]]" – [[Kid Rock]] (1 week)
* "[[American Boy (Estelle song)|American Boy]]" – [[Estelle (singer)|Estelle]] featuring [[Kanye West]] (4 weeks)
* "[[Closer (Ne-Yo song)|Closer]]" – [[Ne-Yo]] (1 week)
* "[[Dance wiv Me]]" – [[Dizzee Rascal]] featuring [[Calvin Harris]] and Chrome (4 weeks)
* "[[Greatest Day (Take That song)|Greatest Day]]" – [[Take That]] (1 week)
* "[[Hallelujah (Alexandra Burke song)|Hallelujah]]" – [[Alexandra Burke]] (2 weeks)
* "[[Hero (Mariah Carey song and The X Factor Finalist 2008)|Hero]]" – [[List of The X Factor finalists (UK series 5)|The X Factor Finalists 2008]] (3 weeks)
* "[[I Kissed a Girl]]" – [[Katy Perry]] (5 weeks)
* "[[If I Were a Boy]]" – [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]] (1 week)
* "[[Mercy (Duffy song)|Mercy]]" – [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]] (5 weeks)
* "[[Now You're Gone (Basshunter song)|Now You're Gone]]" – [[Basshunter]] (5 weeks)
* "[[The Promise (Girls Aloud song)|The Promise]]" – [[Girls Aloud]] (1 week)
* "[[Run (Leona Lewis cover)|Run]]" – [[Leona Lewis]] (2 weeks)
* "[[Sex on Fire]]" – [[Kings of Leon]] (3 weeks)
* "[[Singin' in the Rain (song)#Mint Royale version|Singin' in the Rain]]" – [[Mint Royale]] (2 weeks)
* "[[So What (Pink song)|So What]]" – [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] (3 weeks)
* "[[Take a Bow (Rihanna song)|Take a Bow]]" – [[Rihanna]] (2 weeks)
* "[[That's Not My Name]]" – [[The Ting Tings]] (1 week)
* "[[Viva la Vida (song)|Viva la Vida]]" – [[Coldplay]] (1 week)
* "[[When You Believe (Leon Jackson song)|When You Believe]]" – [[Leon Jackson]] (1 week in 2007/2 weeks in 2008)

=== Australia ===
'''Australia Official Top 50 No. 1 Hits'''

'''Australia Official Top 50 Hits – Singles which have ranked within Top 20'''

=== Other international hits ===
*"[[About You Now]]" – [[The Saw Doctors]]
*"[[Algún día (song)|Algún día]]" – [[Julieta Venegas]]
*"[[Appelle mon numéro]]" – [[Mylène Farmer]]
*"[[Dégénération]]" – Mylène Farmer
*"[[Déjame Entrar (Makano song)]]" – [[Makano (singer)|Makano]]
*"[[Dos Mou Logo Na Sotho]]" – [[Mando (singer)|Mando]]
*"[[Ein Stern (...der deinen Namen trägt)]]" – [[DJ Ötzi]] and Nik P
*"[[Everything (P-Money song)|Everything]] – [[P-Money]]
*"[[The Galway Girl]]" – [[Sharon Shannon]] and [[Mundy]]
*"[[Gansi]]" – [[Edo Maajka]]
*"[[Hakanaku mo Towa no Kanashi]]" – [[Uverworld]]
*"[[Hot Summer Night (Oh La La La)]]" – [[David Tavaré]]
*"[[Il avait les mots]]" – [[Sheryfa Luna]]
*"[[Jennie Let Me Love You]]" – [[E.M.D.]]
*"[[Kallai Mattum]]" – [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]]
*"[[Me Estás Tentando]]" – [[Wisin & Yandel]]
*"[[Nekade Daleku]]" – [[Elena Risteska]]
*"[[Non ti scordar mai di me (song)|Non ti scordar mai di me]]" – [[Giusy Ferreri]]
*"[[Pehli Nazar Mein]]" – [[Atif Aslam]]
*"[[Quédate]]" – [[Pee Wee (entertainer)|Pee Wee]]
*"[[Rayon de soleil]]" – [[William Baldé]]
*"[[Scheiss Liebe]]" – [[LaFee]]
*"[[Tired of Being Sorry|Tired of Being Sorry (Laisse le destin l'emporter)]]" – [[Enrique Iglesias]] & [[Nâdiya]]
*"[[Traicionera]]" – [[Américo]]

== Classical music ==

=== Instrumental music ===
* [[Birke J. Bertelsmeier]] – ''Quartettstück'' for string quartet
* [[Martin Bresnick]] – ''Joaquin is Dreaming''
* [[Elliott Carter]]
** Concerto for flute and orchestra
** Duetto for violin and cello (first of the ''Due Duetti'')
** ''Tinntinabulation'', for percussion sextet
** ''Wind Rose'', for wind ensemble
* [[Joël-François Durand]] – ''Le Tombeau de Rameau'', for flute, viola and harp
* [[Lorenzo Ferrero]]
** ''Freedom Variations'', for trumpet and chamber ensemble
** ''2 Agosto. Prima variazione'' (from ''Quatro variazioni su un tema di Banchieri''), for organ and orchestra
* [[Jennifer Higdon]] – [[Violin Concerto (Higdon)|Violin Concerto]]
* [[Mehdi Hosseini]] – [[Concerto for String Quartet and Chamber Orchestra (Hosseini)|Concerto for String Quartet and Chamber Orchestra]]
* [[Wojciech Kilar]] –
**''Paschalis Hymn'' for mixed choir a cappella
**''Te Deum'', for 4 solo voices, choir and orchestra
**''Veni Creator'', for mixed choir and string orchestra
* [[Arvo Pärt]] – [[Symphony No. 4 (Pärt)|Symphony No. 4]]
* Anno Schreier – ''Berceuse'' for violin, clarinet, alto-saxophone and piano
* [[Tan Dun]] – [[Piano Concerto (Tan Dun)|Piano Concerto ''The Fire'']]

=== Opera ===
* [[Harrison Birtwistle]] – ''[[The Minotaur (opera)|The Minotaur]]''
* [[Howard Shore]] – ''[[The Fly (opera)|The Fly]]''

=== Other ===
* [[Elliott Carter]]
** ''On Conversing with Paradise'', for baritone and chamber orchestra
** ''Poems of Louis Zukofsky'', for mezzo-soprano and clarinet
* [[Karl Jenkins]]
** ''[[Stabat Mater (Jenkins)|Stabat Mater]]''
** ''[[Te Deum (Jenkins)|Te Deum]]''

== Musical films ==
*''[[Annan Thambi]]''
*''[[Cadillac Records]]''
*''[[Dasavathaaram]]''
*''[[High School Musical 3: Senior Year]]''
*''[[Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert]]''

== Deaths ==

=== January ===
*[[January 3]] – [[Henri Chopin]], 85, French sound poet
*[[January 10]] – Dave Day, 66 (heart attack), American guitarist ([[The Monks]])
*[[January 11]] – [[Pete Candoli]], 84 ([[prostate cancer]]), American jazz trumpeter
*[[January 13]] – [[Sergejus Larinas]], 51, Russian [[tenor]]
*[[January 17]] – Madeleine Michaud, 105, French [[Libretto|librettist]]
*[[January 19]]
** [[Andy Palacio]], 47, Belizean [[Punta]] musician
** [[Trevor Taylor (singer)|Trevor Taylor]], 50 (heart attack), German singer ([[Bad Boys Blue]])
** [[John Stewart (musician)|John Stewart]], 68, American singer-songwriter ([[The Kingston Trio]])
*[[January 20]] – [[Tommy McQuater]], 93, British jazz trumpeter
*[[January 25]] – [[Evelyn Barbirolli]], 97, British oboist
*[[January 30]] – [[Miles Kington]], 66, British bassist

=== February ===
*[[February 3]] – [[Jackie Orszaczky]], 59, Hungarian jazz bass-guitarist and composer
*[[February 4]] – [[Tata Güines]], 77, Cuban percussionist and composer
*[[February 9]] – [[Scot Halpin]], 54, American drummer
*[[February 10]]
** [[Freddie Bell and the Bellboys|Freddie Bell]], 76, American musician
** [[Inga Nielsen]], 61 (cancer), Danish [[soprano]]
*[[February 13]] – [[Henri Salvador]], 90 (ruptured aneurysm), French singer
*[[February 15]] – [[Willie P. Bennett]], 56 (heart attack), Canadian folk singer-songwriter
*[[February 19]]
** [[Yegor Letov]], 43 (heart stopped), Russian [[Punk rock|punk]] singer
** [[Teo Macero]], 82, American jazz saxophonist, record producer and composer
*[[February 21]]
**[[Joe Gibbs (record producer)|Joe Gibbs]], 65 (heart attack), Jamaican record producer
**[[Neil Chotem]], 87, Canadian conductor and composer
*[[February 24]] – [[Larry Norman]], 60, American musician
*[[February 25]] – [[Static Major|Stephen "Static Major" Garrett]], 33, American rapper
*[[February 26]] – [[Buddy Miles]], 60, American drummer (Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys)
*[[February 27]]
** [[Ray Kane]], 82, American [[slack-key guitar]]ist
** [[Ivan Rebroff]], 76, German singer of traditional Russian music
*[[February 28]]
** Mike Conley, 48, American punk singer ([[M.I.A. (band)|M.I.A.]])
** [[Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five)|Mike Smith]], 64 ([[pneumonia]]), British singer and producer ([[The Dave Clark Five]])

=== March ===
*[[March 2]] – [[Jeff Healey]], 41 (cancer), Canadian blues guitarist
*[[March 3]]
** [[Giuseppe Di Stefano]], 86, Italian tenor
** [[Norman Smith (record producer)|Norman Smith]], 85, British record producer and musician
*[[March 4]] – [[Leonard Rosenman]], 83 (heart attack), American composer
*[[March 10]] – [[Dennis Irwin]], 56, American double-bass player
*[[March 12]] – [[Alun Hoddinott]], 78, British composer
*[[March 13]] – [[The Blue Sky Boys|Bill Bolick]], 90, [[Country music|country]] musician (The Blue Sky Boys)
*[[March 15]] – [[Mikey Dread]], 53 ([[brain tumor]]), Jamaican [[reggae]] musician and broadcaster
*[[March 16]]
** [[Ola Brunkert]], 61 (injuries from fall), Swedish session drummer
** [[Daniel MacMaster]], 39 ([[Group A streptococcal infection]]), Canadian vocalist ([[Bonham (band)|Bonham]])
*[[March 21]]
** [[Klaus Dinger]], 61, German drummer ([[Neu!]])
** [[Shusha Guppy]], 72, Iranian folk-singer and composer
*[[March 22]] – [[Cachao López]], 89 (kidney failure), Cuban bassist
*[[March 23]] – [[Neil Aspinall]], 66 (lung cancer), British music industry executive
*[[March 29]] – [[Allan Ganley]], 77, British jazz drummer
*[[March 30]] – [[Sean LeVert]], 39, American vocalist ([[LeVert]])

=== April ===
*[[April 6]] – Larry Brown, 63 (respiratory condition), American vocalist ([[Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes]])
*[[April 15]]
** [[Sean Costello]], 28 (drug overdose), American [[blues]] musician
** [[Brian Davison (drummer)|Brian Davison]], 65, British drummer ([[The Nice]])
*[[April 17]] – [[Danny Federici]], 58 ([[melanoma]]), American rock multi-instrumentalist ([[E Street Band]])
*[[April 20]]
** [[Louis and Bebe Barron|Bebe Barron]], 82, American electronic music pioneer
** [[VL Mike]], 30 (shot), American [[Rapping|rap]] artist
*[[April 21]] – [[Al Wilson (singer)|Al Wilson]], 68, American singer
*[[April 22]] – [[Paul Davis (singer)|Paul Davis]], American singer-songwriter
*[[April 24]]
** [[Tristram Cary]], 82, British composer
** [[Jimmy Giuffre]], 86 ([[pneumonia]]), American jazz musician
*[[April 25]] – [[Humphrey Lyttelton]], 86, British jazz musician
*[[April 26]] – [[Henry Brant]], 94, American composer
*[[April 27]] – [[Frances Yeend]], 95, American [[soprano]]
*[[April 29]] – [[Micky Waller]], 66, British drummer

=== May ===
*[[May 4]] – [[Kishan Maharaj]], 84, Indian [[tabla]] player
*[[May 5]] – [[Jerry Wallace]], 79 ([[congestive heart failure]]), American country music singer
*[[May 6]] – [[Franz Jackson]], 95, American jazz saxophonist
*[[May 8]]
** [[Eddy Arnold]], 89, American country music singer
** [[Larry Levine]], 80, American [[Audio engineering|audio engineer]]
*[[May 10]] – [[Leyla Gencer]], 79, Turkish [[soprano]]
*[[May 11]]
** [[Dottie Rambo]], 74 (bus accident), American [[Gospel music|gospel]] singer
** [[John Rutsey]], 54 or 55 (heart attack), Canadian drummer ([[Rush (band)|Rush]])
*[[May 15]]
** [[Alexander Courage]], 88, American composer
** [[Bob Florence]], 75, American jazz pianist
*[[May 17]] – [[Wilfrid Mellers]], 94, British [[Musicology|musicologist]] and composer
*[[May 21]] – [[Siegmund Nissel]], 86, Austrian violinist
*[[May 23]] – [[Utah Phillips]], 73 (heart disease), American folk singer-songwriter
*[[May 24]] – [[Jimmy McGriff]], 72 ([[multiple sclerosis]]), American jazz organist
*[[May 25]] – [[Camu Tao]], 30 (lung cancer), [[rapper]]
*[[May 26]] – [[Earle Hagen]], 88, American composer
*[[May 28]] – [[Danny Moss]], 80, British jazz saxophonist
*[[May 30]]
** [[Campbell Burnap]], 68 (cancer), British jazz trombonist and broadcaster
** [[Nat Temple]], 94, British [[big band]] leader

=== June ===
*[[June 1]] – [[Al Jones (English musician)|Al Jones]], 62, British folk musician
*[[June 2]] – [[Bo Diddley]], 79 (heart failure), American rock and roll and blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
*[[June 4]] – [[Bill Finegan]], 91, American jazz pianist and arranger
*[[June 8]] – [[Šaban Bajramović]], 72 (heart attack), Serbian [[Romani people|Romani]] musician
*[[June 12]] – [[Danny Davis (country musician)|Danny Davis]], 83 (heart attack), American band leader
*[[June 14]]
** [[Jamelão]], 95 ([[multiple organ failure]]), Brazilian [[samba]] singer
** [[Esbjörn Svensson]], 44, Swedish jazz pianist ([[Scuba diving]] accident)
*[[June 16]] – [[Margaret Kitchin]], 94, Swiss pianist
*[[June 17]] – [[Cyd Charisse]], 86 (heart attack), American dancer and actress
*[[June 24]] – [[Ira Tucker]], 83 ([[cardiovascular disease]]), American [[Gospel music|gospel]] singer ([[The Dixie Hummingbirds]])
*[[June 27]]
** [[Raymond Lefèvre]], 78, French [[easy listening]] musician
** [[Daihachi Oguchi]], 84 (car accident), Japanese drummer
** [[Leonard Pennario]], 83 ([[Parkinson's disease]]), American pianist
*[[June 30]] – [[Ángel Tavira]], 83 (kidney complications), Mexican violinist and composer

=== July ===
*[[July 1]] – [[Mel Galley]], 60 ([[esophagus cancer]]), British guitarist ([[Whitesnake]], [[Trapeze (band)|Trapeze]], [[Finders Keepers (band)|Finders Keepers]] and [[Phenomena (band)|Phenomena]])
*[[July 2]] – [[Natasha Shneider]], 52 (cancer), Russian keyboardist and vocalist
*[[July 3]]
** [[Harald Heide-Steen Jr.]], 68 ([[lung cancer]]), Norwegian actor, comedian and jazz singer
** [[Oliver Schroer]], 52 ([[leukemia]]), Canadian [[fiddler]] and composer
*[[July 6]] – [[Bobby Durham (Jazz musician)|Bobby Durham]], 71, American jazz drummer
*[[July 7]] – [[Hugh Mendl]], 88, British record producer
*[[July 13]] – [[Gerald Wiggins]], 86, American jazz pianist
*[[July 16]] – [[Jo Stafford]], 90 ([[congestive heart failure]]), American singer
*[[July 18]]
** [[Tauno Marttinen]], 95, Finnish composer
** [[Dennis Townhill]], 83, British organist and composer
*[[July 20]] – [[Artie Traum]], 65, American [[Folk music|folk]] musician and composer
*[[July 22]] – [[Joe Beck]], 62 (lung cancer), American jazz guitarist
*[[July 24]] – [[Norman Dello Joio]], 95, American composer
*[[July 25]]
** [[Hiram Bullock]], 52 ([[Head and neck cancer|throat cancer]]), American [[jazz fusion]] guitarist
** [[Johnny Griffin]], 80 (heart attack), American jazz saxophonist
*[[July 27]] – [[Horst Stein]], 80, German conductor
*[[July 28]] – [[Wendo Kolosoy]], 83, Congolese [[Soukous|rumba]] musician
*[[July 31]] – [[Lee Young]], 94, American jazz drummer and singer

=== August ===
*[[August 3]]
** [[Erik Darling]], 74, American [[Folk music|folk]] musician
** [[Louis Teicher]], 83, American pianist
*[[August 4]] – [[Nicola Rescigno]], 92, Italian American conductor
*[[August 5]]
** [[Robert Hazard]], 59, American songwriter
** [[Reg Lindsay]], 79, Australian [[country music]] singer
*[[August 10]]
** [[Isaac Hayes]], 65, American [[rhythm and blues]] musician
** [[Alexander Slobodyanik]], 66, Ukrainian pianist
*[[August 11]] – [[Don Helms]], 81, American steel guitarist
*[[August 12]] – [[Donald Erb]], 81, American composer
*[[August 14]] – [[Lita Roza]], 82, British singer
*[[August 15]] – [[Jerry Wexler]], 91, American producer
*[[August 16]]
** [[Dorival Caymmi]], 94, Brazilian singer-songwriter
** [[Ronnie Drew]], 73, Irish folk musician ([[The Dubliners]])
** [[Johnny Moore (trumpeter)|Johnny Moore]], 70, Jamaican trumpeter ([[The Skatalites]])
*[[August 18]] – [[Pervis Jackson]], 70, American R&B singer ([[The Spinners (U.S. band)|The Spinners]])
*[[August 19]] – [[LeRoi Moore]], 46, American saxophonist ([[Dave Matthews Band]])
*[[August 20]] – [[Phil Guy]], 68, American blues guitarist
*[[August 21]]
** [[Jerry Finn]], 39, American record producer
** [[Buddy Harman]], 79, American session drummer
*[[August 25]] – [[Pehr Henrik Nordgren]], 64, Finnish composer
*[[August 31]] – [[Jerry Reed]], 71, American country musician

=== September ===
*[[September 2]] – [[Arne Domnérus]], 83, Swedish jazz saxophonist
*[[September 6]] – [[Nicole Lai]], 34 (skin cancer), Singaporean singer
*[[September 7]]
** Christian Dudek, 42, German drummer ([[Sodom (band)|Sodom]])
** [[Dino Dvornik]], 44, Croatian singer, songwriter and music producer
** [[Peter Glossop]], 80, British opera singer
*[[September 8]]
** [[Bheki Mseleku]], 53 (diabetes-related), jazz musician
** Jason Stuart, 39, British keyboardist ([[Hawkwind]])
** [[Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan]], 73, Indian violinist
** [[Hector Zazou]], 60, French composer and producer
*[[September 10]] – [[Vernon Handley]], 77, British conductor
*[[September 12]]
** [[Marjorie Thomas]], 85, British contralto
** [[Charlie Walker (musician)|Charlie Walker]], 81, American country musician
*[[September 15]] – [[Richard Wright (musician)|Richard Wright]], 65, British keyboardist ([[Pink Floyd]])
*[[September 16]]
** [[Norman Whitfield]], 68, American songwriter and producer
** [[Andrei Volkonsky]], 75, Russian (émigré/defector) composer, conductor and harpsichordist
*[[September 18]]
** Opal Courtney Jr, 71, American R&B/doo-wop singer ([[The Spaniels]])
** [[Mauricio Kagel]], 76, Argentine composer
*[[September 19]]
** [[Earl Palmer]], 84, American drummer, member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
** [[Dick Sudhalter]], 70, American jazz trumpeter and critic
*[[September 20]] – [[Nappy Brown]], 78, American blues singer
*[[September 22]] – [[Connie Haines]], 87, American singer
*[[September 24]] – [[Vice Vukov]], 72, Croatian singer
*[[September 25]] – [[Horațiu Rădulescu]], 66, Romanian composer
*[[September 26]]
** [[Bernadette Greevy]], 68, Irish mezzo-soprano
** [[Yonty Solomon]], 71, South African pianist

=== October ===
*[[October 1]] – [[Nick Reynolds]], 75, American folk musician
*[[October 3]] – [[Johnny "J"]], 39, American songwriter, music producer and rapper
*[[October 4]]
** [[Levi Kereama]], 27, Australian musician
** [[Alfred Gallodoro]], 95, American jazz musician
*[[October 9]] – [[Gidget Gein]], 39, American bassist ([[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]])
*[[October 10]]
** [[Alton Ellis]], 70, Jamaican rocksteady musician
** Dave Wright, 64 ([[The Troggs]])
*[[October 11]]
** [[Russ Hamilton (singer)|Russ Hamilton]], 78, British singer
** [[Neal Hefti]], 85, American jazz trumpeter and composer
*[[October 13]] – [[Gus Chambers]], 52, British vocalist
*[[October 15]] – Frankie Venom, 51, Canadian vocalist ([[Teenage Head (band)|Teenage Head]])
*[[October 17]] – [[Levi Stubbs]], 72, American vocalist ([[The Four Tops]])
*[[October 18]]
** [[Peter Gordeno]], 69, Burmese singer
** [[Dave McKenna]], 78, American jazz pianist
** [[Dee Dee Warwick]], 63, American soul singer
*[[October 24]] – [[Merl Saunders]], 74, American musician<ref>{{cite news |url = https://articles.latimes.com/2008/oct/27/local/me-saunders27 |title = Merl Saunders Dies At 74 |access-date =November 9, 2008 |date = October 27, 2008 |work=Los Angeles Times }}</ref>
*[[October 27]] – [[Ray Ellis]], 85, American musician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-ellis5-2008nov05,0,5099381.story |title=Ray Ellis Dies At 85 |access-date=November 9, 2008 |author=Thurber, Jon |date=November 5, 2008 |work=Los Angeles Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102132951/http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-ellis5-2008nov05%2C0%2C5099381.story |archive-date=November 2, 2012 }}</ref>
*[[October 29]] – [[Mike Baker (singer)|Mike Baker]], 45, American singer ([[Shadow Gallery]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108016 |title=Shadow Gallery Vocalist Michael A. Baker Dead At 45 |access-date=November 9, 2008 |date=October 31, 2008 |publisher=[[blabbermouth.net]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081103070553/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108016 |archive-date=November 3, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[October 31]] – [[Frank Navetta]], 46, American punk rock guitarist ([[Descendents (band)|Descendents]])<ref name="exclaim">{{cite web |url = http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=115&csid2=844&fid1=34636 |title = R.I.P. Descendents Guitarist/Co-Founder Frank Navetta |access-date = November 8, 2008 |author = Thissen, Brock |date = November 3, 2008 |publisher = [[Exclaim!]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100507080813/http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=115 |archive-date = May 7, 2010 |url-status = dead |df = mdy-all }}</ref>

=== November ===
*[[November 1]]
** [[Jack Reno]], 72, American country singer
** [[Jimmy Carl Black]], 70, American drummer ([[The Mothers of Invention]])
** [[Nathaniel Mayer]], 64, American R&B singer<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=115&csid2=844&fid1=34693 |title = RIP Nathaniel Mayer |access-date = November 9, 2008 |author = Schneider, Jason |date = November 6, 2008 |publisher = [[Exclaim!]] |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100507080813/http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=115 |archive-date = May 7, 2010 |url-status = dead |df = mdy-all }}</ref>
*[[November 4]]
** [[Alan Hazeldine]], 60, Scottish conductor and pianist<ref>Anonymous obituary, ''The Times'' (November 22,): Features, p. 89.</ref>
** [[Byron Lee]], 73, Jamaican musician
*[[November 7]] – [[Jody Reynolds]], 75, American singer
*[[November 10]]
** [[Miriam Makeba]], 76, South African singer
** [[Wannes Van de Velde]], 71, Belgian folk singer.
*[[November 12]] – [[Mitch Mitchell]], 61, British drummer ([[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]])
*[[November 22]] – [[MC Breed]], 37, American rapper
*[[November 23]] – [[Richard Hickox]], 60, British conductor
*[[November 24]]
** [[Michael Lee (musician)|Michael Lee]], 39, British drummer ([[The Cult]])
** [[Kenny MacLean]], 52, Canadian bassist ([[Platinum Blonde (band)|Platinum Blonde]])
*[[November 26]] – [[Pekka Pohjola]], 56, Finnish composer
*[[November 30]] – [[Munetaka Higuchi]], 49, Japanese drummer ([[Loudness (band)|Loudness]])

=== December ===
*[[December 2]] – [[Odetta]], 77, American [[folk music]]ian
*[[December 9]]
** Steve Isham, 56, American keyboardist ([[Autograph (U.S. band)|Autograph]])
** Dennis Yost, 65, American vocalist ([[Classics IV]])
*[[December 14]] – [[Jay E. Welch]], American music teacher and chorus director
*[[December 15]]
** [[Davey Graham]], 68, British guitarist
** [[Sandeé]], 46, American freestyle singer ([[Exposé (group)|Exposé]]) (Seizure)
*[[December 17]]
** John Sean Byrne, 61, Irish guitarist ([[Count Five]])
** [[Feliciano Vierra Tavares]], 88, American musician
*[[December 25]]
** [[Eartha Kitt]], 81, American singer and actress
** [[Robert Ward (blues musician)|Robert Ward]], 70, American blues musician
*[[December 27]] – [[Roque Cordero]], 91, Panamanian composer
*[[December 28]] – [[Vincent Ford]], 68, Jamaican reggae songwriter
*[[December 29]] – [[Freddie Hubbard]], 70, American jazz trumpeter

== See also ==
{{Commons category|Music in 2008}}
{{portal|Music}}
* [[List of 2008 albums]]
* [[Timeline of musical events]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2008 In Music}}
[[Category:2008 in music| ]]
[[Category:2008-related lists]]
[[Category:Music-related lists]]
[[Category:Music by year]]

1998 in country music

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{{YYYY music|1998}}
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1998.
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== Events ==
*January 10 — "Retro Country USA," a weekly two-hour syndicated radio program spotlighting major country hits of the 1980s (along with some from the 1970s and early 1990s), premieres. The show is initially hosted by [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]] radio personality Ken Cooper, and later "Big" Steve Kelly.
*February 25 — [[Johnny Cash]]'s album, ''[[Unchained (Johnny Cash album)|Unchained]]'', wins a [[Grammy Award]] for Best Country Album. The album had been a critical success but was largely ignored by mainstream country radio, a fact Cash and producer [[Rick Rubin]] pick up on when they purchase a full-page advertisement in ''[[Billboard magazine]]''. The ad, which appeared in March, featured a young Cash displaying [[the finger|his middle finger]] and sarcastically "thanking" radio for supporting the album.
*June 30 — The divorce of [[Vince Gill|Vince]] and [[Janis Gill]] (of [[Sweethearts of the Rodeo]]) is finalized.<ref>{{Cite document|last=Pruett|first=David B.|title=Gill, Vince(nt Grant)|date=2015-01-13|publisher=Oxford University Press|series=Oxford Music Online|doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.a2275832}}</ref>
*December — The [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]] honors [[Willie Nelson]] for his lifetime contributions to the arts. Nelson is the first primarily country performer so honored.

==Top hits of the year==
{{See also|List of number-one country singles of 1998 (U.S.)|List of RPM number-one country singles of 1998}}

===Singles released by American artists===
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|align="center"|7
|[[Absence of the Heart]]
|[[Deana Carter]]
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|align="center"|4
|align="center"|6
|[[Angel in My Eyes]]
|[[John Michael Montgomery]]
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|align="center"|2
|align="center"|3
|[[Between the Devil and Me]]
|[[Alan Jackson]]
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|17
|[[A Broken Wing]]
|[[Martina McBride]]
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|align="center"|26
|align="center"|14
|[[Burnin' the Roadhouse Down (song)|Burnin' the Roadhouse Down]]
|[[Steve Wariner]] (duet with [[Garth Brooks]])
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|[[Bye, Bye (Jo Dee Messina song)|Bye, Bye]]
|[[Jo Dee Messina]]
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|align="center"|11
|align="center"|17
|[[A Chance]]
|[[Kenny Chesney]]
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|align="center"|14
|align="center"|12
|[[Come Some Rainy Day]]
|[[Wynonna]]
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|align="center"|4
|align="center"|4
|[[Commitment (LeAnn Rimes song)|Commitment]]
|[[LeAnn Rimes]]
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|-
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|2
|[[Cover You in Kisses]]
|John Michael Montgomery
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|-
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|9
|[[The Day That She Left Tulsa (In a Chevy)]]
|[[Wade Hayes]]
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|align="center"|2
|align="center"|2
|[[Don't Laugh at Me]]
|[[Mark Wills]]
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|-
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|3
|[[Dream Walkin' (song)|Dream Walkin']]
|[[Toby Keith]]
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|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|3
|[[Everything's Changed]]
|[[Lonestar]]
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|-
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|4
|[[Forever Love (Reba McEntire song)|Forever Love]]
|[[Reba McEntire]]
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|-
|align="center"|18
|align="center"|22
|[[Getcha Some]]
|Toby Keith
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|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|4
|[[Happy Girl]]
|Martina McBride
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|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|3
|[[He's Got You]]
|[[Brooks & Dunn]]
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|align="center"|20
|align="center"|20
|[[High on Love]]
|[[Patty Loveless]]
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|-
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|4
|[[The Hole (song)|The Hole]]
|[[Randy Travis]]
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|align="center"|2
|align="center"|2
|[[Holes in the Floor of Heaven]]
|Steve Wariner
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|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|[[How Long Gone]]
|Brooks & Dunn
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|-
|align="center"|18
|align="center"|14
|[[A House with No Curtains]]
|Alan Jackson
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|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|9
|[[How Do You Fall in Love]]
|[[Alabama (band)|Alabama]]
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|-
|align="center"|13
|align="center"|30
|[[How Do You Sleep at Night]]
|Wade Hayes
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|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|2
|[[Husbands and Wives (song)|Husbands and Wives]]
|Brooks & Dunn
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|-
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|3
|[[I Can Love You Better]]
|[[The Chicks|Dixie Chicks]]
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|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|2
|[[I Can Still Feel You]]
|[[Collin Raye]]
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|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|3
|[[I Do (Cherish You)]]
|Mark Wills
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|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|[[I Just Want to Dance with You]]
|[[George Strait]]
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|-
|align="center"|18
|align="center"|8
|[[I Might Even Quit Lovin' You]]
|[[Mark Chesnutt]]
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|-
|align="center"|12
|align="center"|7
|[[I Said a Prayer]]
|[[Pam Tillis]]
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|-
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|1
|[[I Wanna Fall in Love]]
|[[Lila McCann]]
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|-
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|28
|[[I Wanna Feel That Way Again]]
|[[Tracy Byrd]]
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|-
|align="center"|20
|align="center"|31
|[[I Wanna Remember This]]
|[[Linda Davis]]
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|-
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|2
|[[I'll Go On Loving You]]
|Alan Jackson
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|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|[[I'm Alright (Jo Dee Messina song)|I'm Alright]]
|Jo Dee Messina
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|-
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|1
|[[I'm from the Country (song)|I'm from the Country]]
|Tracy Byrd
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|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|4
|[[I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying]]
|Toby Keith with [[Sting (musician)|Sting]]
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|-
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|10
|[[If I Never Stop Loving You (song)|If I Never Stop Loving You]]
|[[David Kersh]]
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|-
|align="center"|22
|align="center"|15
|[[If You Can't Be Good (Be Good at It)]]
|[[Neal McCoy]]
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|-
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|1
|[[If You Ever Have Forever in Mind]]
|[[Vince Gill]]
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|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|[[If You See Him/If You See Her]]
|Reba McEntire featuring Brooks & Dunn
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|align="center"|4
|align="center"|4
|[[Imagine That (Diamond Rio song)|Imagine That]]
|[[Diamond Rio]]
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|10
|[[It Must Be Love (Ty Herndon song)|It Must Be Love]]
|[[Ty Herndon]]
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|align="center"|7
|align="center"|23
|[[It Would Be You (song)|It Would Be You]]
|[[Gary Allan]]
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|-
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|5
|[[It's Your Song]]
|Garth Brooks
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|-
|align="center"|12
|align="center"|9
|[[Just Between You and Me (The Kinleys song)|Just Between You and Me]]
|[[The Kinleys]]
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|-
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|4
|[[Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me]]
|[[Faith Hill]] (with [[Tim McGraw]])
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|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|[[Just to See You Smile]]
|Tim McGraw
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|[[Let Me Let Go]]
|Faith Hill
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|align="center"|2
|align="center"|3
|[[A Little Past Little Rock]]
|[[Lee Ann Womack]]
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|align="center"|3
|align="center"|1
|[[Little Red Rodeo]]
|Collin Raye
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|align="center"|11
|align="center"|10
|[[Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone (Trace Adkins song)|Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone]]
|[[Trace Adkins]]
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|align="center"|12
|align="center"|6
|[[Loosen Up My Strings]]
|[[Clint Black]]
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|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|3
|[[Love of My Life (Sammy Kershaw song)|Love of My Life]]
|[[Sammy Kershaw]]
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|align="center"|14
|align="center"|8
|[[Love Working on You]]
|John Michael Montgomery
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|-
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|14
|[[A Man Holdin' On (To a Woman Lettin' Go)]]
|Ty Herndon
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|[[Nothin' but the Taillights (song)|Nothin' but the Taillights]]
|Clint Black
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|align="center"|10
|align="center"|5
|[[Nothin' New Under the Moon]]
|LeAnn Rimes
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|align="center"|4
|align="center"|9
|[[On the Side of Angels]]
|LeAnn Rimes
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|align="center"|2
|align="center"|1
|[[One of These Days (Marcus Hummon song)|One of These Days]]
|Tim McGraw
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|align="center"|14
|align="center"|12
|[[One of Those Nights Tonight]]
|[[Lorrie Morgan]]
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|align="center"|16
|align="center"|22
|[[One Small Miracle]]
|[[Bryan White]]
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|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|1
|[[Out of My Bones]]
|Randy Travis
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|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|[[Perfect Love]]
|[[Trisha Yearwood]]
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|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|[[Round About Way]]
|George Strait
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|align="center"|13
|align="center"|23
|[[Say When (song)|Say When]]
|Lonestar
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|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|1
|[[She's Gonna Make It]]
|Garth Brooks
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|-
|align="center"|21
|align="center"|10
|[[She's Got That Look in Her Eyes]]
|Alabama
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|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|[[The Shoes You're Wearing]]
|Clint Black
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|-
|align="center"|33
|align="center"|18
|[[Somebody to Love (Suzy Bogguss song)|Somebody to Love]]
|[[Suzy Bogguss]]
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|-
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|5
|[[Someone You Used to Know]]
|Collin Raye
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|-
|align="center"|16
|align="center"|10
|[[Stepping Stone (Lari White song)|Stepping Stone]]
|[[Lari White]]
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|-
|align="center"|23
|align="center"|13
|[[Still in Love with You (Travis Tritt song)|Still in Love with You]]
|[[Travis Tritt]]
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|-
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|15
|[[Texas Size Heartache]]
|[[Joe Diffie]]
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|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|9
|[[That's Why I'm Here (song)|That's Why I'm Here]]
|Kenny Chesney
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|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|4
|[[Then What?]]
|[[Clay Walker]]
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|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|4
|[[There Goes My Baby (Trisha Yearwood song)|There Goes My Baby]]
|Trisha Yearwood
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|align="center"|1
|align="center"|3
|[[There's Your Trouble]]
|Dixie Chicks
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|-
|align="center"|17
|align="center"|23
|[[Things Change (song)|Things Change]]
|[[Dwight Yoakam]]
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|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|[[This Kiss (Faith Hill song)|This Kiss]]
|Faith Hill
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|-
|align="center"|12
|align="center"|17
|[[To Have You Back Again]]
|Patty Loveless
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|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|7
|[[Make You Feel My Love|To Make You Feel My Love]]
|Garth Brooks
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|-
|align="center"|8
|align="center"|5
|[[Too Good to Be True (Michael Peterson song)|Too Good to Be True]]
|[[Michael Peterson (singer)|Michael Peterson]]
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|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|1
|[[True (George Strait song)|True]]
|George Strait
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|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|[[Two Piña Coladas]]
|Garth Brooks
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|-
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|14
|[[Valentine (Jim Brickman song)|Valentine]]
|Martina McBride with special guest artist [[Jim Brickman]]
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|-
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|2
|[[We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This]]
|George Strait
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|-
|align="center"|23
|align="center"|19
|[[What If (Reba McEntire song)|What If?]]
|Reba McEntire
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|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|[[What If I Said]]
|[[Anita Cochran]] (duet with Steve Wariner)
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|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|[[Where the Green Grass Grows]]
|Tim McGraw
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|-
|align="center"|18
|align="center"|18
|[[Where Your Road Leads (song)|Where Your Road Leads]]
|Trisha Yearwood (duet with Garth Brooks)
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|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|[[Wide Open Spaces (song)|Wide Open Spaces]]
|Dixie Chicks
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|-
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|1
|[[You Move Me]]
|Garth Brooks
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|-
|align="center"|12
|align="center"|4
|[[You Walked In]]
|Lonestar
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|-
|align="center"|19
|align="center"|12
|[[You'll Never Know (Kim Richey song)|You'll Never Know]]
|[[Mindy McCready]]
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|-
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|5
|[[You're Gone (Diamond Rio song)|You're Gone]]
|Diamond Rio
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|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|2
|[[You've Got to Talk to Me]]
|Lee Ann Womack
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|}

===Singles released by Canadian artists===
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!width="250"|Single
!width="150"|Artist
!Reference
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|align="center"|3
|align="center"|1
|[[26 Cents]]
|[[The Wilkinsons]]
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|5
|[[Canadian Sunrise]]
|[[Prairie Oyster]]
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|20
|Chevy Blue Eyes
|[[Brent McAthey]]
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|align="center"|—
|align="center"|7
|[[Cried All the Way Home]]
|[[Jamie Warren]]
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|3
|[[Diamond (Julian Austin song)|Diamond]]
|[[Julian Austin (musician)|Julian Austin]]
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|17
|[[Do the Math]]
|[[George Fox (musician)|George Fox]]
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|-
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|1
|[[Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)]]
|[[Shania Twain]]
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|15
|[[Falling (Bruce Guthro song)|Falling]]
|[[Bruce Guthro]]
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|-
|align="center"|73
|align="center"|6
|[[Famous First Words (song)|Famous First Words]]
|[[Gil Grand]]
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|-
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|1
|[[From This Moment On (Shania Twain song)|From This Moment On]]
|Shania Twain (with [[Bryan White]])
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|10
|[[Get Hot or Go Home]]
|[[Rick Tippe]]
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|align="center"|—
|align="center"|13
|[[Hard Time Loving You]]
|Julian Austin
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|10
|[[Has Anybody Seen My Angel]]
|[[Denise Murray]]
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|9
|[[Haven't You Heard (Shirley Myers song)|Haven't You Heard]]
|[[Shirley Myers]]
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|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|[[Honey, I'm Home]]
|Shania Twain
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|-
|align="center"|59
|align="center"|19
|[[How Do I Let Go]]
|[[Lisa Brokop]]
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|12
|[[I Read Lips]]
|[[Thomas Wade (singer)|Thomas Wade & Wayward]]
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|6
|[[I'm Gone (George Fox song)|I'm Gone]]
|George Fox
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|15
|[[I'm Gonna Make Her Mine]]
|[[Jason McCoy]]
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|10
|[[If I Could Just Get to You]]
|[[Duane Steele]]
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|-
|align="center"|50
|align="center"|1
|[[The Kind of Heart That Breaks]]
|[[Chris Cummings]]
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|17
|Let's Kiss and Make Up
|[[Beverley Mahood]] with [[Ken Munshaw]]
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|-
|align="center"|55
|align="center"|17
|Let's Start Livin'
|Gil Grand
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|3
|[[A Little Bit of You (Jason McCoy song)|A Little Bit of You]]
|Jason McCoy
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|12
|[[A Little Bit of Your Love]]
|[[Joel Feeney]]
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|9
|[[A Minute and a Half]]
|Chris Cummings
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|7
|[[Movin' On (The Rankins song)|Movin' On]]
|[[The Rankin Family|The Rankins]]
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|14
|[[Never Givin' Up]]
|Rick Tippe
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|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|2
|[[Now That I Found You (Terri Clark song)|Now That I Found You]]
|[[Terri Clark]]
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|9
|[[One Last Step]]
|Shirley Myers
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|3
|[[Outside the Frame (song)|Outside the Frame]]
|[[Paul Brandt]]
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|17
|[[Radio 101 (song)|Radio 101]]
|Beverley Mahood
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|19
|The River Song
|[[Montgomery Steele]]
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|20
|She Made Me an Offer
|Rick Tippe
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|4
|[[Some Days Are Better]]
|[[Charlie Major]]
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|12
|[[There's a Song in There Somewhere]]
|Thomas Wade & Wayward
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|20
|[[Two Out of Three Ain't Bad]]
|Julian Austin
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|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|18
|Underneath the Moon
|[[Montana Sky (band)|Montana Sky]]
|
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|1
|[[Walk This Road]]
|Bruce Guthro
|
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|10
|[[The Way Love Goes (Jamie Warren song)|The Way Love Goes]]
|Jamie Warren
|
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|12
|[[What My Heart Already Knows (song)|What My Heart Already Knows]]
|Julian Austin
|
|-
|align="center"|68
|align="center"|10
|[[What's Come Over You]]
|Paul Brandt
|
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|20
|What's Not to Love
|Lisa Brokop
|
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|19
|A Whole Lot of Love
|Montana Sky
|
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|12
|[[Woman's Work]]
|[[Tracey Brown]]
|
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|5
|[[Yeah! (Paul Brandt song)|Yeah!]]
|Paul Brandt
|
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|10
|[[You Can Trust in My Love]]
|Charlie Major
|
|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|[[You're Easy on the Eyes]]
|Terri Clark
|
|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|[[You're Still the One]]
|Shania Twain
|
|-
|align="center"|74
|align="center"|15
|Your Love
|[[Jim Brickman]] with [[Michelle Wright]]
|
|}

==Top new album releases==
{{see also|List of number-one country albums of 1998 (U.S.)|List of number-one country albums of 1998 (Canada)}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! US
! CAN
! Album
! Artist
! Record Label
|-
| align="center"| 18
| align="center"|
| ''[[Ain't It the Truth]]''
| [[Daryle Singletary]]
| Giant
|-
| align="center"| 21
| align="center"|
| ''[[The Apostle|The Apostle Soundtrack]]''
| Various Artists
| Decca Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 9
| align="center"| 14
| ''[[Back with a Heart]]''
| [[Olivia Newton-John]]
| MCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 13
| align="center"| 12
| ''[[The Best of Tracy Lawrence]]''
| [[Tracy Lawrence]]
| Atlantic
|-
| align="center"| 22
| align="center"| 31
| ''[[Big Hopes]]''
| [[Ty Herndon]]
| Epic
|-
| align="center"| 6
| align="center"|
| ''[[Breath of Heaven: A Christmas Collection]]''
| [[Vince Gill]]
| MCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 6
| align="center"| 15
| ''[[Burnin' the Roadhouse Down]]''
| [[Steve Wariner]]
| Capitol Nashville
|-
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 14
| ''[[Car Wheels on a Gravel Road]]''
| [[Lucinda Williams]]
| Mercury
|-
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 3
| ''CMT Canada '99''
| Various Artists
| BMG
|-
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 2
| ''Country Heat 1998''
| Various Artists
| Ariola
|-
| align="center"| 22
| align="center"|
| ''A Country Superstar Christmas''
| Various Artists
| Hip-O
|-
| align="center"| 16
| align="center"|
| ''[[Did I Shave My Back for This?]]''
| [[Cledus T. Judd]]
| Razor & Tie
|-
| align="center"| 16
| align="center"|
| ''[[Dorkfish]]''
| [[Bill Engvall]]
| Warner Bros.
|-
| align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 1
| ''[[Double Live (Garth Brooks album)|Double Live]]''
| [[Garth Brooks]]
| Capitol Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 6
| align="center"| 11
| ''[[Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Deana Carter album)|Everything's Gonna Be Alright]]''
| [[Deana Carter]]
| Capitol Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 2
| align="center"| 1
| ''[[Faith (Faith Hill album)|Faith]]''
| [[Faith Hill]]
| Warner Bros.
|-
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 22
| ''[[Famous First Words (Gil Grand album)|Famous First Words]]''
| [[Gil Grand]]
| Monument
|-
| align="center"| 39
| align="center"| 17
| ''Farmers in a Changing World''
| [[The Tractors]]
| Arista Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 2
| align="center"| 4
| ''[[For the Record (Alabama album)|For the Record]]''
| [[Alabama (American band)|Alabama]]
| RCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 21
| align="center"|
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Joe Diffie album)|Greatest Hits]]''
| [[Joe Diffie]]
| Epic
|-
| align="center"| 9
| align="center"| 18
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Clay Walker album)|Greatest Hits]]''
| [[Clay Walker]]
| Giant
|-
| align="center"| 5
| align="center"|
| ''[[Greatest Hits Volume One (Toby Keith album)|Greatest Hits Volume One]]''
| [[Toby Keith]]
| Mercury Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 1
| ''[[High Mileage]]''
| [[Alan Jackson]]
| Arista Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 3
| ''[[Hope Floats (soundtrack)|Hope Floats Soundtrack]]''
| Various Artists
| Capitol Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 13
| align="center"| 20
| ''The Horse Whisperer Soundtrack''
| Various Artists
| MCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 19
| align="center"|
| ''How Big a Boy Are Ya? Volume 4''
| [[Roy D. Mercer]]
| Capitol Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 10
| align="center"| 4
| ''[[How I Feel (album)|How I Feel]]''
| [[Terri Clark]]
| Mercury Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 23
| align="center"|
| ''[[Hungry Again]]''
| [[Dolly Parton]]
| Decca Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 5
| align="center"| 5
| ''[[I'm Alright (Jo Dee Messina album)|I'm Alright]]''
| [[Jo Dee Messina]]
| Curb
|-
| align="center"| 8
| align="center"| 9
| ''[[I'm from the Country]]''
| [[Tracy Byrd]]
| MCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 13
| align="center"|
| ''[[If I Never Stop Loving You]]''
| [[David Kersh]]
| Curb
|-
| align="center"| 4
| align="center"| 7
| ''[[If You See Her]]''
| [[Brooks & Dunn]]
| Arista Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 2
| align="center"| 7
| ''[[If You See Him]]''
| [[Reba McEntire]]
| MCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 37
| align="center"| 15
| ''[[It Don't Get Any Better Than This]]''
| [[George Jones]]
| MCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 21
| align="center"|
| ''[[It Would Be You]]''
| [[Gary Allan]]
| Decca Nashville
|-
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 3
| ''It's Now! It's Live!''
| [[The Mavericks]]
| MCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 2
| ''[[The Key (Vince Gill album)|The Key]]''
| [[Vince Gill]]
| MCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 15
| align="center"| 26
| ''[[Leave a Mark]]''
| [[John Michael Montgomery]]
| Atlantic
|-
| align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 1
| ''[[The Limited Series (1998 box set)|The Limited Series]]''
| Garth Brooks
| Capitol Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 11
| align="center"| 12
| ''[[A Long Way Home (album)|A Long Way Home]]''
| [[Dwight Yoakam]]
| Reprise
|-
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 3
| ''[[Moments and Memories: The Best of Reba]]''
| [[Reba McEntire]]
| MCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 2
| ''New Country 5''
| Various Artists
| Warner
|-
| align="center"| 15
| align="center"|
| ''[[No More Looking over My Shoulder]]''
| [[Travis Tritt]]
| Warner Bros.
|-
| align="center"| 11
| align="center"| 4
| ''[[No Place That Far]]''
| [[Sara Evans]]
| RCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 16
| align="center"| 4
| ''[[Nothing but Love (album)|Nothing but Love]]''
| [[The Wilkinsons]]
| Giant
|-
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 6
| ''[[Of Your Son]]''
| [[Bruce Guthro]]
| EMI
|-
| align="center"| 24
| align="center"|
| ''One Road Man''
| [[Chris LeDoux]]
| Capitol Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 3
| ''[[One Step at a Time (George Strait album)|One Step at a Time]]''
| [[George Strait]]
| MCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 8
| align="center"| 6
| ''[[The Prince of Egypt (Nashville)]]''
| Various Artists
| DreamWorks Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 32
| align="center"| 9
| ''[[Shot Full of Love]]''
| [[Billy Ray Cyrus]]
| Monument
|-
| align="center"| 2
| align="center"| 2
| ''[[Sittin' on Top of the World (LeAnn Rimes album)|Sittin' on Top of the World]]''
| [[LeAnn Rimes]]
| Curb
|-
| align="center"| 25
| align="center"| 11
| ''[[The Sky's the Limit (Blackhawk album)|The Sky's the Limit]]''
| [[BlackHawk]]
| Arista Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 20
| align="center"|
| ''[[Some Things I Know]]''
| [[Lee Ann Womack]]
| Decca Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 9
| align="center"|
| ''[[Step Inside This House]]''
| [[Lyle Lovett]]
| MCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 18
| align="center"| 1
| ''[[Tammy Wynette Remembered]]''
| Various Artists
| Asylum
|-
| align="center"| 17
| align="center"| 15
| ''[[Teatro (Willie Nelson album)|Teatro]]''
| [[Willie Nelson]]
| Island
|-
| align="center"| 3
| align="center"| 4
| ''[[Touched by an Angel: The Album]]''
| Various Artists
| Epic
|-
| align="center"| 8
| align="center"| 21
| ''[[Totally Committed]]''
| [[Jeff Foxworthy]]
| Warner Bros.
|-
| align="center"| 9
| align="center"| 3
| ''[[Trampoline (The Mavericks album)|Trampoline]]''
| The Mavericks
| MCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 36
| align="center"| 18
| ''[[A Tribute to Tradition]]''
| Various Artists
| Columbia
|-
| align="center"| 12
| align="center"|
| ''Ultimate Country Party''
| Various Artists
| Arista Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 9
| align="center"| 2
| ''[[Unbelievable (Diamond Rio album)|Unbelievable]]''
| [[Diamond Rio]]
| Arista Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 25
| align="center"|
| ''[[VH1 Storytellers: Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson|VH1 Storytellers]]''
| [[Johnny Cash]] & [[Willie Nelson]]
| Columbia
|-
| align="center"| 8
| align="center"| 13
| ''[[The Walls Came Down]]''
| [[Collin Raye]]
| Epic
|-
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 11
| ''[[What Is This Country?]]''
| [[Prairie Oyster]]
| ViK.
|-
| align="center"| 23
| align="center"|
| ''[[What This Country Needs]]''
| [[Aaron Tippin]]
| Lyric Street
|-
| align="center"| 9
| align="center"| 22
| ''[[When the Wrong One Loves You Right (album)|When the Wrong One Loves You Right]]''
| [[Wade Hayes]]
| Columbia
|-
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 21
| ''[[When You Get to Be You]]''
| [[Lisa Brokop]]
| Columbia
|-
| align="center"| 3
| align="center"| 2
| ''[[Where Your Road Leads]]''
| [[Trisha Yearwood]]
| MCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 9
| align="center"|
| ''[[White Christmas (Martina McBride album)|White Christmas]]''
| [[Martina McBride]]
| RCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 1
| align="center"| 1
| ''[[Wide Open Spaces (album)|Wide Open Spaces]]''
| [[Dixie Chicks]]
| Monument
|-
| align="center"| 47
| align="center"| 19
| ''[[Wine Into Water]]''
| [[T. Graham Brown]]
| Intersound
|-
| align="center"| 8
| align="center"|
| ''[[Wish You Were Here (Mark Wills album)|Wish You Were Here]]''
| [[Mark Wills]]
| Mercury Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 7
| align="center"|
| ''[[You and You Alone (album)|You and You Alone]]''
| [[Randy Travis]]
| DreamWorks Nashville
|}

===Other top albums===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! US
! CAN
! Album
! Artist
! Record Label
|-
| align="center"| 55
| align="center"|
| ''[[16 Biggest Hits (Merle Haggard album)|16 Biggest Hits]]''
| [[Merle Haggard]]
| Epic
|-
| align="center"| 50
| align="center"|
| ''[[16 Biggest Hits (George Jones album)|16 Biggest Hits]]''
| [[George Jones]]
| Epic
|-
| align="center"| 29
| align="center"|
| ''[[16 Biggest Hits (Willie Nelson album)|16 Biggest Hits]]''
| [[Willie Nelson]]
| Columbia
|-
| align="center"| 75
| align="center"|
| ''[[29 Nights]]''
| [[Danni Leigh]]
| Decca Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 73
| align="center"|
| ''[[Beautiful Day in the Cold Cruel World]]''
| [[The Warren Brothers]]
| BNA
|-
| align="center"| 38
| align="center"|
| ''The Best of John Denver''
| [[John Denver]]
| Madacy
|-
| align="center"| 38
| align="center"|
| ''Big Backyard Beat Show''
| [[BR549|BR5-49]]
| Arista Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 30
| align="center"|
| ''Black Dog Soundtrack''
| Various Artists
| Decca Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 69
| align="center"|
| ''Break in the Storm''
| [[The Great Divide (band)|The Great Divide]]
| Atlantic
|-
| align="center"| 58
| align="center"|
| ''The Civil War: The Nashville Sessions''
| Various Artists
| Atlantic
|-
| align="center"| 71
| align="center"|
| ''[[Closing in on the Fire]]''
| [[Waylon Jennings]]
| Ark 21
|-
| align="center"| 50
| align="center"|
| ''Country Christmas Classics''
| Various Artists
| RCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 63
| align="center"|
| ''[[The Essential Alabama (RCA Essential Series)|The Essential Alabama]]''
| [[Alabama (American band)|Alabama]]
| RCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 73
| align="center"|
| ''The Essential Lorrie Morgan''
| [[Lorrie Morgan]]
| BNA
|-
| align="center"| 26
| align="center"|
| ''[[Every Time (album)|Every Time]]''
| [[Pam Tillis]]
| Arista Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 52
| align="center"|
| ''[[Fiddle Fire: 25 Years of the CDB]]''
| [[Charlie Daniels]]
| Blue Hat
|-
| align="center"| 66
| align="center"|
| ''Greatest #1 Hits''
| [[Randy Travis]]
| Warner Bros.
|-
| align="center"| 36
| align="center"|
| ''Greatest Country Hits''
| John Denver
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 47
| align="center"|
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Restless Heart album)|Greatest Hits]]''
| [[Restless Heart]]
| RCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 73
| align="center"|
| ''Hangin' with Rodney''
| [[Rodney Carrington]]
| Mercury Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 37
| align="center"|
| ''[[I Saw the Light (Hal Ketchum album)|I Saw the Light]]''
| [[Hal Ketchum]]
| Curb
|-
| align="center"| 69
| align="center"|
| ''I Turn the Page''
| [[Don Williams]]
| Giant
|-
| align="center"| 70
| align="center"|
| ''I'm Just That Way''
| [[Mark Nesler]]
| Asylum
|-
| align="center"| 61
| align="center"|
| ''[[I'm Yours (Linda Davis album)|I'm Yours]]''
| [[Linda Davis]]
| DreamWorks Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 57
| align="center"|
| ''[[Keep On Rockin' (Confederate Railroad album)|Keep on Rockin']]''
| [[Confederate Railroad]]
| Atlantic
|-
| align="center"| 34
| align="center"|
| ''Long Walk Back''
| [[Junior Brown]]
| Curb
|-
| align="center"| 38
| align="center"|
| ''[[Love Is (Kevin Sharp album)|Love Is]]''
| [[Kevin Sharp (country singer)|Kevin Sharp]]
| Asylum
|-
| align="center"| 66
| align="center"|
| ''The Lynns''
| [[The Lynns]]
| Reprise
|-
| align="center"| 42
| align="center"|
| ''[[Nobody Love, Nobody Gets Hurt]]''
| [[Suzy Bogguss]]
| Capitol Nashville
|-
| align="center"|
| align="center"| 27
| ''[[A Paul Brandt Christmas: Shall I Play for You?]]''
| [[Paul Brandt]]
| Reprise
|-
| align="center"| 41
| align="center"|
| ''[[Real Man]]''
| [[Billy Dean]]
| Capitol Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 57
| align="center"|
| ''Rhythm and Country''
| [[Elvis Presley]]
| RCA
|-
| align="center"| 36
| align="center"|
| ''[[Secret Love (Lorrie Morgan album)|Secret Love]]''
| Lorrie Morgan
| BNA
|-
| align="center"| 27
| align="center"|
| ''[[Spyboy (album)|Spyboy]]''
| [[Emmylou Harris]]
| Eminent
|-
| align="center"| 50
| align="center"|
| ''[[Stepping Stone (album)|Stepping Stone]]''
| [[Lari White]]
| Lyric Street
|-
| align="center"| 38
| align="center"|
| ''[[The Strong One (Mila Mason album)|The Strong One]]''
| [[Mila Mason]]
| Atlantic
|-
| align="center"| 72
| align="center"|
| ''Super Hits''
| [[John Anderson (musician)|John Anderson]]
| BNA
|-
| align="center"| 53
| align="center"|
| ''Super Hits''
| Lorrie Morgan
| BNA
|-
| align="center"| 72
| align="center"|
| ''Super Hits''
| [[Aaron Tippin]]
| RCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 59
| align="center"|
| ''Super Hits II''
| Alabama
| RCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 55
| align="center"|
| ''Twistin' in the Wind''
| [[Joe Ely]]
| MCA Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 33
| align="center"|
| ''[[What Livin's All About]]''
| [[Rhett Akins]]
| Decca Nashville
|-
| align="center"| 56
| align="center"|
| ''[[Write It in Stone]]''
| [[Keith Harling]]
| MCA Nashville
|}

==Deaths==
*January 7 — [[Owen Bradley]], 82, legendary record producer for top artists. (respiratory illness)
*January 17 — [[Cliffie Stone]], 80, music executive and bassist.
*January 19 — [[Carl Perkins]], 65, top picker and rockabilly artist. (complications from multiple strokes)
*January 24 — [[Justin Tubb]], 62, singer-songwriter who fused honky-tonk and rockabilly in the 1950s.
*February 19 — [[Grandpa Jones]], 84, banjo player, old-time country/gospel singer, comedian and regular on "'''[[Hee Haw]]'''" (stroke)
*February 25 — [[Rockin' Sidney|Rockin' Sidney Simien]], 59, rhythm and blues, Zydeco, and soul musician best known to country audiences for his 1985 hit, "My Toot Toot." (cancer)
*April 6 — [[Tammy Wynette]], 55, top country female vocalist of the 1960s and 1970s, best known for hits "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" and "Stand By Your Man." (blood clot)
*April 16 — [[Rose Maddox]], 71, female honky-tonk and rockabilly pioneer who fronted the [[Maddox Brothers and Rose]] (kidney failure)
*May 7 — [[Eddie Rabbitt]], 56, prolific songwriter and pop-country vocalist who once had 35 Top 10 hits in as many releases. (lung cancer)
*May 22 – Royce Kendall, 62, sang alongside daughter, Jeannie Kendall, of [[The Kendalls]]. (stroke)
*June 10 — Steve Sanders, 45, member of the [[Oak Ridge Boys]] from 1987 to 1995; replaced and succeeded by [[William Lee Golden]]. ([[suicide]])
*July 6 — [[Roy Rogers]], 86, actor, singer and "King of the Cowboys." (congestive heart failure)
*October 2 — [[Gene Autry]], 91, actor and "The Singing Cowboy" (lymphoma).

==Hall of Fame inductees==

===Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees===
*[[Carlton Haney]]
*[[Chubby Wise]]

===Country Music Hall of Fame inductees===
*[[George Morgan (singer)|George Morgan]] (1924–1975)
*[[Elvis Presley]] (1935–1977)
*[[E.W. “Bud” Wendell]] (born 1927)
*[[Tammy Wynette]] (1942–1998)

===Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees===
*[[Ray Griff]]
*[[Bill Anderson (Canadian)|Bill Anderson]]

==Major awards==

===Grammy Awards===
*'''Best Female Country Vocal Performance''' — "[[You're Still the One]]," [[Shania Twain]]
*'''Best Male Country Vocal Performance''' — "[[If You Ever Have Forever in Mind]]", [[Vince Gill]]
*'''Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal''' — "[[There's Your Trouble]]", [[Dixie Chicks]]
*'''Best Country Collaboration with Vocals''' — "Same Old Train", [[Clint Black]], [[Joe Diffie]], [[Merle Haggard]], [[Emmylou Harris]], [[Alison Krauss]], [[Patty Loveless]], [[Earl Scruggs]], [[Ricky Skaggs]], [[Marty Stuart]], [[Pam Tillis]], [[Randy Travis]], [[Travis Tritt]] and [[Dwight Yoakam]]
*'''Best Country Instrumental Performance''' — "A Soldier's Joy" Vince Gill and [[Randy Scruggs]]
*'''Best Country Song''' — "You're Still the One", Shania Twain and [[Robert John "Mutt" Lange]]
*'''Best Country Album''' — ''[[Wide Open Spaces (album)|Wide Open Spaces]]'', Dixie Chicks
*'''Best Bluegrass Album''' — ''[[Bluegrass Rules!]]'', [[Ricky Skaggs|Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder]]

===Juno Awards===
*'''Best Country Male Vocalist''' — [[Paul Brandt]]
*'''Best Country Female Vocalist''' — [[Shania Twain]]
*'''Best Country Group or Duo''' — [[Leahy]]

===Academy of Country Music===
*'''Entertainer of the Year''' — [[Garth Brooks]]
*'''Song of the Year''' — "[[Holes in the Floor of Heaven]]", [[Steve Wariner]] and [[Billy Kirsch]]
*'''Single of the Year''' — "[[This Kiss (Faith Hill song)|This Kiss]]", [[Faith Hill]]
*'''Album of the Year''' — ''[[Wide Open Spaces (album)|Wide Open Spaces]]'', [[Dixie Chicks]]
*'''Top Male Vocalist''' — [[Tim McGraw]]
*'''Top Female Vocalist''' — Faith Hill
*'''Top Vocal Duo or Group''' — Dixie Chicks
*'''Top New Male Vocalist''' — [[Mark Wills]]
*'''Top New Female Vocalist''' — [[Jo Dee Messina]]
*'''Top New Vocal Duo or Group''' — Dixie Chicks
*'''Video of the Year''' — "This Kiss", Faith Hill (Director: [[Steven Goldmann]])
*'''Vocal Event of the Year''' — "[[Just To Hear You Say That You Love Me]]", Faith Hill with Tim McGraw

=== ARIA Awards ===
''(presented in Sydney on October 20, 1998)''
*'''[[ARIA Award for Best Country Album|Best Country Album]]''' - ''[[My Own Sweet Time]]'' ([[Shanley Del]])

===Canadian Country Music Association===
*'''CMT Maple Leaf Foods Fans' Choice Award''' — [[Shania Twain]]
*'''Male Artist of the Year''' — [[Paul Brandt]]
*'''Female Artist of the Year''' — Shania Twain
*'''Group or Duo of the Year''' — [[Leahy]]
*'''SOCAN Song of the Year''' — "[[Born Again in Dixieland]]," [[Jason McCoy]], Naoise Sheridan, Denny Carr
*'''Single of the Year''' — "[[You're Still the One]]," Shania Twain
*'''Album of the Year''' — ''[[Come on Over (Shania Twain album)|Come on Over]]'', Shania Twain
*'''Top Selling Album''' — ''Come on Over'', Shania Twain
*'''Video of the Year''' — "[[Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You)]]", Shania Twain
*'''Wrangler Rising Star Award''' — [[Bruce Guthro]]
*'''Vocal Collaboration of the Year''' — "[[Your Love (Jim Brickman song)|Your Love]]", [[Michelle Wright]] and [[Jim Brickman]]

===Country Music Association===
*'''Entertainer of the Year''' — [[Garth Brooks]]
*'''Song of the Year''' — "[[Holes in the Floor of Heaven]]", [[Steve Wariner]] and [[Billy Kirsch]]
*'''Single of the Year''' — "Holes in the Floor of Heaven", Steve Wariner
*'''Album of the Year''' — ''[[Everywhere (Tim McGraw album)|Everywhere]]'', [[Tim McGraw]]
*'''Male Vocalist of the Year''' — [[George Strait]]
*'''Female Vocalist of the Year''' — [[Trisha Yearwood]]
*'''Vocal Duo of the Year''' — [[Brooks & Dunn]]
*'''Vocal Group of the Year''' — [[Dixie Chicks]]
*'''Horizon Award''' — Dixie Chicks
*'''Music Video of the Year''' — "[[This Kiss (Faith Hill song)|This Kiss]]", [[Faith Hill]] (Director: [[Steven Goldmann]])
*'''Vocal Event of the Year''' — "[[You Don't Seem to Miss Me]]," [[Patty Loveless]] with [[George Jones]]
*'''Musician of the Year''' — [[Brett Mason]]

===RPM Big Country Awards===
*'''Canadian Country Artist of the Year''' — [[Shania Twain]]
*'''Best Country Album''' — ''[[Come On Over (Shania Twain album)|Come On Over]]'', Shania Twain
*'''Best Country Single''' — "[[Little Ol' Kisses]]", [[Julian Austin (musician)|Julian Austin]]
*'''Male Artist of the Year''' — [[Paul Brandt]]
*'''Female Artist of the Year''' — [[Terri Clark]]
*'''Group of the Year''' — [[Leahy]]
*'''Outstanding New Male Artist''' — [[Bruce Guthro]]
*'''Outstanding New Female Artist''' — [[Beverley Mahood]]
*'''Outstanding New Group or Duo''' — [[Montana Sky (band)|Montana Sky]]
*'''Canadian Country Video''' — "Little Ol' Kisses", Julian Austin
*'''Top Country Composer(s)''' — Julian Austin

==See also==
*[[Country Music Association]]
*[[Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051201094226/http://www.cmaawards.com/2004/hof/default.asp Country Music Hall of Fame]
{{List of years in country music}}

[[Category:1998 in music|Country]]
[[Category:Country music by year]]

1998 in heavy metal music

2022-12-08T12:00:43Z

Schwatto: /* Newly Formed bands */

{{unreferenced|date=September 2017}}
{{Year in music|1998}}
{{Year nav topic5|1998|heavy metal music}}

This is a timeline documenting the events of [[heavy metal music]] in the year [[1998]].

==Newly Formed bands==
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*[[8 Foot Sativa]]
* [[40 Below Summer]]
*[[Aarni]]
*[[Abdullah (band)|Abdullah]]
*[[All That Remains (band)|All That Remains]]
*[[Antagonist (band)|Antagonist]]
* [[Arma Angelus]]
*[[Ásmegin]]
*[[At Vance]]
* [[Atreyu (band)|Atreyu]]
*[[Axenstar]]
*[[Azarath (band)|Azarath]]
*[[Baptism (band)|Baptism]]
*[[Benighted]]
* [[Betzefer]]
*[[Black Label Society]]
*[[Blood Red Throne]]
*[[Bloodbath]]
* [[Bullet for My Valentine]] (As Jeff Killed John)
*[[Calico System]]
*[[Cataract (band)|Cataract]]
* [[Chimaira]]
*[[Circle of Dead Children]]
*[[CKY (band)|CKY]]
*[[Clandestine Blaze]]
* [[Cog (band)|Cog]]
* [[Crucified Barbara]]
*[[Cult of Luna]]
*[[Dalriada (band)|Dalriada]]
*[[Darkane]]
*[[Deathspell Omega]]
*[[Demons & Wizards (band)|Demons & Wizards]]
*[[Edenbridge (band)|Edenbridge]]
*[[Ephel Duath (band)|Ephel Duath]]
*[[Every Time I Die]]
*[[Fair to Midland]]
*[[Fairyland (band)|Fairyland]]
*[[Fantômas (band)|Fantômas]]
*[[Firewind]]
* [[Freedom Call]]
* [[From Zero]]
*[[Full Scale (band)|Full Scale]] (as Full Scale Deflection)
*[[Gordian Knot (band)|Gordian Knot]]
*[[High on Fire]]
*[[Hopesfall]]
*[[Horse the Band]]
*[[Ill Niño]]
*[[Leviathan (musical project)|Leviathan]]
*[[Lock Up (British band)|Lock Up]]
*[[Lunatica]]
*[[Maximum the Hormone]]
*[[The Meads of Asphodel]]
*[[Mnemic]]
*[[Noumena (band)|Noumena]]
* [[Odd Crew]] (As Kaskadiori)
* [[Peccatum]]
* [[Pressure 4-5]]
* [[Ram-Zet]]
* [[Rebaelliun]]
* [[Reveille (band)|Reveille]]
*[[Ritual Carnage]]
* [[Rob Zombie]]
*[[Shape of Despair]]
* [[Skindred]]
*[[Stormwarrior]]
*[[Sunn O)))]]
*[[Susperia]]
* [[The Project Hate MCMXCIX|The Project MCMXCIX]]
*[[Thy Catafalque]]
*[[Twilightning]]
* [[Týr (band)|Týr]]
* [[Underoath]]
* [[Unearth]]
*[[Unida]]
*[[Vision Divine]]
*[[Watain]]
*[[Weakling]]
* [[Winds (band)|Winds]]
*[[Wormed]]
*[[Wyrd (band)|Wyrd]]
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==Reformed bands==
* [[Metal Church]]

== Albums ==
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* [[Alabama Thunderpussy]] – ''[[Rise Again (Alabama Thunderpussy album)|Rise Again]]''
* [[Altar (Dutch band)|Altar]] - ''Provoke''
* [[Amon Amarth]] - ''[[Once Sent from the Golden Hall]]''
* [[Anathema (band)|Anathema]] – ''[[Alternative 4 (album)|Alternative 4]]''
* [[Angelcorpse]] - ''Exterminate''
* [[Angra (band)|Angra]] – ''[[Fireworks (Angra album)|Fireworks]]''
* [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] – ''[[Volume 8: The Threat Is Real]]''
* [[Apocalyptica]] – ''[[Inquisition Symphony (album)|Inquisition Symphony]]''
* [[Arch Enemy (band)|Arch Enemy]] – ''[[Stigmata (Arch Enemy album)|Stigmata]]''
* [[Atreyu (band)|Atreyu]] – ''[[Visions (Atreyu album)|Visions]]'' (EP)
* [[Ayreon]] – ''[[Into the Electric Castle]]''
* [[Sebastian Bach]] – ''[[Bring em Bach Alive]]''
* [[Backyard Babies]] – ''[[Total 13]]''
* [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]] - ''[[Pandemonic Incantations]]''
* [[Benediction (band)|Benediction]] - ''Grind Bastard''
* [[Bestial Warlust]] - ''Satan's Fist''
* [[Black Label Society]] – ''[[Sonic Brew]]''
* [[Black Sabbath]] – ''[[Reunion (Black Sabbath album)|Reunion]]'' (live)
* [[Blind Guardian]] – ''[[Nightfall in Middle-Earth]]''
* [[Bolt Thrower (band)|Bolt Thrower]] – ''[[Mercenary (album)|Mercenary]]''
* [[Borknagar]] – ''[[The Archaic Course]]''
* [[Botch (band)|Botch]] – ''[[American Nervoso]]''
* [[Bruce Dickinson]] – ''[[The Chemical Wedding (Bruce Dickinson album)|The Chemical Wedding]]''
* [[Cannibal Corpse]] – ''[[Gallery of Suicide]]''
* [[Jerry Cantrell]] – ''[[Boogy Depot]]''
* [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]] - ''[[Caravan Beyond Redemption]]''
* [[Catch 22 (band)|Catch 22]] – ''[[Keasbey Nights]]''
* [[Children of Bodom]] – ''[[Something Wild (album)|Something Wild]]'' (Worldwide release)
* [[Clutch (band)|Clutch]] - ''[[The Elephant Riders]]''
* [[Converge (band)|Converge]] – ''[[When Forever Comes Crashing]]''
* [[Cradle of Filth]] – ''[[Cruelty and the Beast]]''
* [[Crowbar (American band)|Crowbar]] – ''[[Odd Fellows Rest]]''
* [[Cryptopsy]] - ''[[Whisper Supremacy]]''
* [[Dark Funeral]] - ''[[Vobiscum Satanas]]''
* [[Dawn (Swedish band)|Dawn]] - ''[[Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy)]]''
* [[Death (metal band)|Death]] – ''[[The Sound of Perseverance]]''
* [[Deep Purple]] – ''[[Abandon (album)|Abandon]]''
* [[Destruction (band)|Destruction]] – ''[[The Least Successful Human Cannonball]]''
* [[Devin Townsend]] – ''[[Devin Townsend discography|Christeen + 4 Demos]]'' (EP)
* Devin Townsend – ''[[Infinity (Devin Townsend album)|Infinity]]''
* [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]] – ''[[Under the Running Board]]'' (EP)
* [[Dimmu Borgir]] – ''[[Godless Savage Garden]]'' (compilation)
* [[Dream Theater]] – ''[[Once in a LIVEtime]]'' (live)
* [[Dying Fetus]] - ''[[Killing on Adrenaline]]''
* [[Earth Crisis]] – ''[[Breed the Killers]]''
* [[Edguy]] – ''[[Vain Glory Opera]]''
* [[Enslaved (band)|Enslaved]] - ''[[Blodhemn]]''
* [[Eldritch (band)|Eldritch]] – ''[[El Niño (Eldritch album)|El Niño]]''
* [[Exhumed (band)|Exhumed]] - ''[[Gore Metal (album)|Gore Metal]]''
* [[Far (band)|Far]] – ''[[Water & Solutions]]''
* [[Fear Factory]] – ''[[Obsolete (album)|Obsolete]]''
* [[Firehouse]] – ''[[Category 5 (album)|Category 5]]''
* [[Freak Kitchen]] – ''[[Freak Kitchen]]''
* [[The Gathering (band)|The Gathering]] – ''[[How to Measure a Planet?]]''
* [[Genitorturers]] - ''[[Sin City (Genitorturers album)|Sin City]]''
* [[Godsmack]] – ''[[Godsmack (album)|Godsmack]]''
* [[Gorgoroth]] - ''[[Destroyer (Gorgoroth album)|Destroyer – or About How to Philosophize with the Hammer]]''
* [[Gorguts]] - ''[[Obscura (album)|Obscura]]''
* [[HammerFall]] – ''[[Legacy of Kings]]''
* [[Helloween]] – ''[[Better Than Raw]]''
* [[Iced Earth]] – ''[[Something Wicked This Way Comes (Iced Earth album)|Something Wicked This Way Comes]]''
* [[Incantation (band)|Incantation]] - ''[[Diabolical Conquest]]''
* [[Iron Maiden]] – ''[[Virtual XI]]''
* [[Jag Panzer]] – ''[[Age of Mastery|The Age of Mastery]]''
* [[Kamelot]] – ''[[Siége Perilous (album)|Siége Perilous]]''
* [[Kataklysm]] - ''[[Victims of this Fallen World]]''
* [[Katatonia]] – ''[[Discouraged Ones]]''
* [[Kid Rock]] – ''[[Devil Without a Cause]]''
* [[King Diamond (band)|King Diamond]] – ''[[Voodoo (King Diamond album)|Voodoo]]''
* [[Kiss (band)|KISS]] – ''[[Psycho Circus]]'
* [[Korn]] – ''[[Follow the Leader (Korn album)|Follow the Leader]]''
* [[Krabathor]] - ''Orthodox''
* [[Krisiun]] – ''[[Apocalyptic Revelation]]''
* [[L.A. Guns]] – ''[[Wasted (EP)|Wasted]]''
* [[David Lee Roth]] – ''[[DLR Band]]''
* [[Madball]] – ''[[Look My Way (Madball album)|Look My Way]]''
* [[Malevolent Creation]] - ''[[The Fine Art of Murder]]''
* [[Yngwie Malmsteen]] – ''[[Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra|Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in Em, Opus 1]]''
* Yngwie Malmsteen – ''[[Double Live!]]'' (live)
* [[Marduk (band)|Marduk]] – ''[[Nightwing (album)|Nightwing]]''
* [[Mercenary (band)|Mercenary]] – ''[[First Breath]]''
* [[Mercyful Fate]] - ''[[Dead Again (Mercyful Fate album)|Dead Again]]''
* [[Meshuggah]] – ''[[Chaosphere]]''
* [[Metal Church]] – ''[[Live (Metal Church album)|Live]]'' (live)
* [[Metallica]] – ''[[Garage Inc.]]'' (compilation)
* [[Mindrot (band)|Mindrot]] - ''Soul''
* [[Marilyn Manson]] – ''[[Mechanical Animals]]''
* [[Monster Magnet]] – ''[[Powertrip]]''
* [[Moonspell]] – ''[[Sin/Pecado]]''
* [[Morbid Angel]] – ''[[Formulas Fatal to the Flesh]]''
* [[Mortician (band)|Mortician]] - ''Zombie Apocalypse'' (EP)
* [[Mortification (band)|Mortification]] - ''Triumph of Mercy''
* [[Mötley Crüe]] – ''[[Greatest Hits (1998 Mötley Crüe album)|Greatest Hits]]'' (compilation)
* [[Motörhead]] – ''[[Snake Bite Love]]''
* [[My Dying Bride]] – ''[[34.788%... Complete]]''
* [[Napalm Death]] - ''[[Words from the Exit Wound]]''
* [[Nembrionic]] - ''[[Incomplete (Nembrionic album)|Incomplete]]''
* [[Nightwish]] – ''[[Oceanborn]]''
* [[Night in Gales]] - ''Thunderbeast''
* [[Nile (band)|Nile]] – ''[[Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka]]''
* [[Nothingface (band)|Nothingface]] – ''[[An Audio Guide to Everyday Atrocity]]''
* [[Old Man's Child]] – ''[[Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion]]''
* [[One Minute Silence]] – ''[[Available in All Colours]]''
* [[Oomph!]] – ''[[Unrein]]''
* [[Opeth]] – ''[[My Arms, Your Hearse]]''
* [[Orange Goblin]] – ''[[Time Travelling Blues]]''
* [[Orgy (band)|Orgy]] – ''[[Candyass]]''
* [[Pig Destroyer]] – ''[[Pig Destroyer discography|Explosions in Ward 6]]''
* [[Pitchshifter (band)|Pitchshifter]] – ''[[www.pitchshifter.com]]''
* [[Pretty Boy Floyd]] – ''[[A Tale of Sex, Designer Drugs and The Death of Rock N Roll]]''
* [[Primal Fear (band)|Primal Fear]] – ''[[Primal Fear (album)|Primal Fear]]''
* [[Pro-Pain]] – ''Pro-Pain''
* [[Queens of the Stone Age]] – ''[[Queens of the Stone Age (album)|Queens of the Stone Age]]''
* [[Rage (German band)|Rage]] – ''[[XIII (Rage album)|XIII]]''
* [[Refused]] – ''[[The Shape of Punk to Come]]''
* [[Rhapsody of Fire|Rhapsody]] – ''[[Symphony of Enchanted Lands]]''
* [[Rob Zombie]] – ''[[Hellbilly Deluxe]]''
* Rotting - ''Crushed''
* [[Rush (band)|Rush]] – ''[[Different Stages (Rush album)|Different Stages]]'' (live)
* [[Samael (band)|Samael]] - ''[[Exodus (Samael album)|Exodus]]'' (EP)
* [[Savatage]] – ''[[The Wake of Magellan]]'' (in United States)
* [[Sentenced]] – ''[[Frozen (album)|Frozen]]''
* [[Septicflesh]] - ''[[A Fallen Temple]]''
* [[Sepultura]] – ''[[Against (album)|Against]]''
* [[Sinister (band)|Sinister]] - ''[[Aggressive Measures]]''
* [[Skepticism (band)|Skepticism]] - ''Lead and Aether''
* [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]] – ''[[40 Seasons: The Best of Skid Row]]'' (compilation)
* [[Slayer]] – ''[[Diabolus in Musica]]''
* [[Soilent Green]] - ''A String of Lies'' (EP)
* [[Soilent Green]] - ''[[Sewn Mouth Secrets]]''
* [[Soilwork]] - ''[[Steelbath Suicide]]''
* [[Soulburn]] - ''Feeding on Angels''
* [[Soulfly]] – ''[[Soulfly (Soulfly album)|Soulfly]]''
* [[Strapping Young Lad]] – ''[[No Sleep 'till Bedtime|No Sleep 'till Bedtime: Live in Australia]]'' (live)
* [[Stratovarius]] – ''[[Visions of Europe]]'' (live)
* Stratovarius – ''[[Destiny (Stratovarius album)|Destiny]]''
* [[Stuck Mojo]] – ''[[Rising (Stuck Mojo album)|Rising]]''
* [[Dan Swanö]] - ''[[Moontower]]''
* [[Symphony X]] – ''[[Twilight in Olympus]]''
* [[System of a Down]] – ''[[System of a Down (album)|System of a Down]]''
* [[Tankard (band)|Tankard]] – ''[[Disco Destroyer]]''
* [[The Sins of Thy Beloved]] – ''[[Lake of Sorrow]]''
* [[Theatre of Tragedy]] – ''[[Aégis]]''
* [[Therapy?]] – ''[[Semi-Detached (album)|Semi-Detached]]''
* [[Therion (band)|Therion]] - ''[[Vovin (album)|Vovin]]''
* [[Trail of Tears (band)|Trail of Tears]] – ''[[Disclosure in Red]]''
* [[Tristania (band)|Tristania]] – ''[[Widow's Weeds (Tristania album)|Widow's Weeds]]''
* [[Turbonegro]] – ''[[Apocalypse Dudes]]''
* [[2wo]] – ''[[Voyeurs (album)|Voyeurs]]''
* [[Union (band)|Union]] – ''[[Union (Union album)|Union]]''
* [[Ugly Kid Joe]] – ''[[The Very Best-As Ugly As It Gets]]''
* [[Unsane (band)|Unsane]] – ''[[Occupational Hazard]]''
* [[Vader (band)|Vader]] – ''[[Kingdom (EP)|Kingdom]]'' (EP)
* [[Van Halen]] – ''[[Van Halen III]]''
* [[Vintersorg]] – ''[[Hedniskhjärtad]]'' (EP)
* [[Vintersorg]] – ''[[Till fjälls]]''
* [[Virgin Black]] – ''[[Trance (EP)|Trance]]'' (EP)
* [[Virgin Steele]] – ''[[Invictus (Virgin Steele album)|Invictus]]''
* [[Vision of Disorder]] – ''[[Imprint (Vision of Disorder album)|Imprint]]''
{{div col end}}

== Disbandments ==
* [[24-7 Spyz]]
* [[Destruction (band)|Destruction]] (reformed in 1999)
* [[Faith No More]] (reformed in 2009)
* [[Handsome (band)|Handsome]]
* [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] (reformed in 2004)
* [[Snot (band)|Snot]] (reformed in 2008)
* [[Vulcain (band)|Vulcain]]

== Events ==
* [[Aerosmith]] becomes the first rock band to debut at #1 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] with the single "[[I Don't Want to Miss a Thing]]"
* [[Mustis]] joins [[Dimmu Borgir]] on keyboards.
* [[Rob Halford]] of [[Judas Priest]] announces his homosexuality in an [[MTV]] interview.
* [[hide (musician)|Hideto "hide" Matsumoto]], guitarist of the Japanese band [[X Japan]], commits suicide at the age of 33.
* [[Poison (American band)|Poison]] singer [[Bret Michaels]] directs and stars in the film ''[[A Letter from Death Row (film)|A Letter from Death Row]]''.

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{{Timeline of heavy metal and hard rock music}}

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[[Category:1990s in heavy metal music]]
[[Category:1998 in music|Metal]]

1998 in heavy metal music

2022-12-08T12:00:12Z

Schwatto: /* Newly Formed bands */

{{unreferenced|date=September 2017}}
{{Year in music|1998}}
{{Year nav topic5|1998|heavy metal music}}

This is a timeline documenting the events of [[heavy metal music]] in the year [[1998]].

==Newly Formed bands==
{{Div col}}
*[[8 Foot Sativa]]
* [[40 Below Summer]]
*[[Aarni]]
*[[Abdullah (band)|Abdullah]]
*[[All That Remains (band)|All That Remains]]
*[[Antagonist (band)|Antagonist]]
* [[Arma Angelus]]
*[[Ásmegin]]
*[[At Vance]]
* [[Atreyu (band)|Atreyu]]
*[[Axenstar]]
*[[Azarath (band)|Azarath]]
*[[Baptism (band)|Baptism]]
*[[Benighted]]
* [[Betzefer]]
*[[Black Label Society]]
*[[Blood Red Throne]]
*[[Bloodbath]]
* [[Bullet for My Valentine]] (As Jeff Killed John)
*[[Calico System]]
*[[Cataract (band)|Cataract]]
* [[Chimaira]]
*[[Circle of Dead Children]]
*[[CKY (band)|CKY]]
*[[Clandestine Blaze]]
* [[Cog (band)|Cog]]
* [[Crucified Barbara]]
*[[Cult of Luna]]
*[[Dalriada (band)|Dalriada]]
*[[Darkane]]
*[[Deathspell Omega]]
*[[Demons & Wizards (band)|Demons & Wizards]]
*[[Edenbridge (band)|Edenbridge]]
*[[Ephel Duath (band)|Ephel Duath]]
*[[Every Time I Die]]
*[[Fair to Midland]]
*[[Fairyland (band)|Fairyland]]
*[[Fantômas (band)|Fantômas]]
*[[Firewind]]
* [[Freedom Call]]
* [[From Zero]]
*[[Full Scale (band)|Full Scale]] (as Full Scale Deflection)
*[[Gordian Knot (band)|Gordian Knot]]
*[[High on Fire]]
*[[Hopesfall]]
*[[Horse the Band]]
*[[Ill Niño]]
*[[Leviathan (musical project)|Leviathan]]
*[[Lock Up (British band)|Lock Up]]
*[[Lunatica]]
*[[Maximum the Hormone]]
*[[The Meads of Asphodel]]
*[[Mnemic]]
*[[Noumena (band)|Noumena]]
* [[Odd Crew]] (As Kaskadiori)
* [[Peccatum]]
* [[Pressure 4-5]]
* [[Ram-Zet]]
* [[Rebaelliun]]
* [[Reveille (band)|Reveille]]
*[[Ritual Carnage]]
* [[Rob Zombie]]
*[[Shape of Despair]]
* [[Skindred]]
*[[Stormwarrior]]
*[[Sunn O)))]]
*[[Susperia]]
* [[The Project Hate MCMXCIX|The Project MCMXCIX]]
*[[Thy Catafalque]]
*[[Twilightning]]
* [[Týr (band)|Týr]]
* [[Underoath]]
* [[Unearth]]
*[[Unida]]
*[[Vision Divine]]
*[[Watain]]
*[[Weakling]]
* [[Winds (band)|Winds]]
*[[Wormed]]
*[[Wyrd (band)|Wyrd]]
*[[Zyklon]]{{Div col end}}{{Div col end}}{{Div col end}}{{Div col end}}{{Div col end}}

==Reformed bands==
* [[Metal Church]]

== Albums ==
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* [[Alabama Thunderpussy]] – ''[[Rise Again (Alabama Thunderpussy album)|Rise Again]]''
* [[Altar (Dutch band)|Altar]] - ''Provoke''
* [[Amon Amarth]] - ''[[Once Sent from the Golden Hall]]''
* [[Anathema (band)|Anathema]] – ''[[Alternative 4 (album)|Alternative 4]]''
* [[Angelcorpse]] - ''Exterminate''
* [[Angra (band)|Angra]] – ''[[Fireworks (Angra album)|Fireworks]]''
* [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] – ''[[Volume 8: The Threat Is Real]]''
* [[Apocalyptica]] – ''[[Inquisition Symphony (album)|Inquisition Symphony]]''
* [[Arch Enemy (band)|Arch Enemy]] – ''[[Stigmata (Arch Enemy album)|Stigmata]]''
* [[Atreyu (band)|Atreyu]] – ''[[Visions (Atreyu album)|Visions]]'' (EP)
* [[Ayreon]] – ''[[Into the Electric Castle]]''
* [[Sebastian Bach]] – ''[[Bring em Bach Alive]]''
* [[Backyard Babies]] – ''[[Total 13]]''
* [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]] - ''[[Pandemonic Incantations]]''
* [[Benediction (band)|Benediction]] - ''Grind Bastard''
* [[Bestial Warlust]] - ''Satan's Fist''
* [[Black Label Society]] – ''[[Sonic Brew]]''
* [[Black Sabbath]] – ''[[Reunion (Black Sabbath album)|Reunion]]'' (live)
* [[Blind Guardian]] – ''[[Nightfall in Middle-Earth]]''
* [[Bolt Thrower (band)|Bolt Thrower]] – ''[[Mercenary (album)|Mercenary]]''
* [[Borknagar]] – ''[[The Archaic Course]]''
* [[Botch (band)|Botch]] – ''[[American Nervoso]]''
* [[Bruce Dickinson]] – ''[[The Chemical Wedding (Bruce Dickinson album)|The Chemical Wedding]]''
* [[Cannibal Corpse]] – ''[[Gallery of Suicide]]''
* [[Jerry Cantrell]] – ''[[Boogy Depot]]''
* [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]] - ''[[Caravan Beyond Redemption]]''
* [[Catch 22 (band)|Catch 22]] – ''[[Keasbey Nights]]''
* [[Children of Bodom]] – ''[[Something Wild (album)|Something Wild]]'' (Worldwide release)
* [[Clutch (band)|Clutch]] - ''[[The Elephant Riders]]''
* [[Converge (band)|Converge]] – ''[[When Forever Comes Crashing]]''
* [[Cradle of Filth]] – ''[[Cruelty and the Beast]]''
* [[Crowbar (American band)|Crowbar]] – ''[[Odd Fellows Rest]]''
* [[Cryptopsy]] - ''[[Whisper Supremacy]]''
* [[Dark Funeral]] - ''[[Vobiscum Satanas]]''
* [[Dawn (Swedish band)|Dawn]] - ''[[Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy)]]''
* [[Death (metal band)|Death]] – ''[[The Sound of Perseverance]]''
* [[Deep Purple]] – ''[[Abandon (album)|Abandon]]''
* [[Destruction (band)|Destruction]] – ''[[The Least Successful Human Cannonball]]''
* [[Devin Townsend]] – ''[[Devin Townsend discography|Christeen + 4 Demos]]'' (EP)
* Devin Townsend – ''[[Infinity (Devin Townsend album)|Infinity]]''
* [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]] – ''[[Under the Running Board]]'' (EP)
* [[Dimmu Borgir]] – ''[[Godless Savage Garden]]'' (compilation)
* [[Dream Theater]] – ''[[Once in a LIVEtime]]'' (live)
* [[Dying Fetus]] - ''[[Killing on Adrenaline]]''
* [[Earth Crisis]] – ''[[Breed the Killers]]''
* [[Edguy]] – ''[[Vain Glory Opera]]''
* [[Enslaved (band)|Enslaved]] - ''[[Blodhemn]]''
* [[Eldritch (band)|Eldritch]] – ''[[El Niño (Eldritch album)|El Niño]]''
* [[Exhumed (band)|Exhumed]] - ''[[Gore Metal (album)|Gore Metal]]''
* [[Far (band)|Far]] – ''[[Water & Solutions]]''
* [[Fear Factory]] – ''[[Obsolete (album)|Obsolete]]''
* [[Firehouse]] – ''[[Category 5 (album)|Category 5]]''
* [[Freak Kitchen]] – ''[[Freak Kitchen]]''
* [[The Gathering (band)|The Gathering]] – ''[[How to Measure a Planet?]]''
* [[Genitorturers]] - ''[[Sin City (Genitorturers album)|Sin City]]''
* [[Godsmack]] – ''[[Godsmack (album)|Godsmack]]''
* [[Gorgoroth]] - ''[[Destroyer (Gorgoroth album)|Destroyer – or About How to Philosophize with the Hammer]]''
* [[Gorguts]] - ''[[Obscura (album)|Obscura]]''
* [[HammerFall]] – ''[[Legacy of Kings]]''
* [[Helloween]] – ''[[Better Than Raw]]''
* [[Iced Earth]] – ''[[Something Wicked This Way Comes (Iced Earth album)|Something Wicked This Way Comes]]''
* [[Incantation (band)|Incantation]] - ''[[Diabolical Conquest]]''
* [[Iron Maiden]] – ''[[Virtual XI]]''
* [[Jag Panzer]] – ''[[Age of Mastery|The Age of Mastery]]''
* [[Kamelot]] – ''[[Siége Perilous (album)|Siége Perilous]]''
* [[Kataklysm]] - ''[[Victims of this Fallen World]]''
* [[Katatonia]] – ''[[Discouraged Ones]]''
* [[Kid Rock]] – ''[[Devil Without a Cause]]''
* [[King Diamond (band)|King Diamond]] – ''[[Voodoo (King Diamond album)|Voodoo]]''
* [[Kiss (band)|KISS]] – ''[[Psycho Circus]]'
* [[Korn]] – ''[[Follow the Leader (Korn album)|Follow the Leader]]''
* [[Krabathor]] - ''Orthodox''
* [[Krisiun]] – ''[[Apocalyptic Revelation]]''
* [[L.A. Guns]] – ''[[Wasted (EP)|Wasted]]''
* [[David Lee Roth]] – ''[[DLR Band]]''
* [[Madball]] – ''[[Look My Way (Madball album)|Look My Way]]''
* [[Malevolent Creation]] - ''[[The Fine Art of Murder]]''
* [[Yngwie Malmsteen]] – ''[[Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra|Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in Em, Opus 1]]''
* Yngwie Malmsteen – ''[[Double Live!]]'' (live)
* [[Marduk (band)|Marduk]] – ''[[Nightwing (album)|Nightwing]]''
* [[Mercenary (band)|Mercenary]] – ''[[First Breath]]''
* [[Mercyful Fate]] - ''[[Dead Again (Mercyful Fate album)|Dead Again]]''
* [[Meshuggah]] – ''[[Chaosphere]]''
* [[Metal Church]] – ''[[Live (Metal Church album)|Live]]'' (live)
* [[Metallica]] – ''[[Garage Inc.]]'' (compilation)
* [[Mindrot (band)|Mindrot]] - ''Soul''
* [[Marilyn Manson]] – ''[[Mechanical Animals]]''
* [[Monster Magnet]] – ''[[Powertrip]]''
* [[Moonspell]] – ''[[Sin/Pecado]]''
* [[Morbid Angel]] – ''[[Formulas Fatal to the Flesh]]''
* [[Mortician (band)|Mortician]] - ''Zombie Apocalypse'' (EP)
* [[Mortification (band)|Mortification]] - ''Triumph of Mercy''
* [[Mötley Crüe]] – ''[[Greatest Hits (1998 Mötley Crüe album)|Greatest Hits]]'' (compilation)
* [[Motörhead]] – ''[[Snake Bite Love]]''
* [[My Dying Bride]] – ''[[34.788%... Complete]]''
* [[Napalm Death]] - ''[[Words from the Exit Wound]]''
* [[Nembrionic]] - ''[[Incomplete (Nembrionic album)|Incomplete]]''
* [[Nightwish]] – ''[[Oceanborn]]''
* [[Night in Gales]] - ''Thunderbeast''
* [[Nile (band)|Nile]] – ''[[Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka]]''
* [[Nothingface (band)|Nothingface]] – ''[[An Audio Guide to Everyday Atrocity]]''
* [[Old Man's Child]] – ''[[Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion]]''
* [[One Minute Silence]] – ''[[Available in All Colours]]''
* [[Oomph!]] – ''[[Unrein]]''
* [[Opeth]] – ''[[My Arms, Your Hearse]]''
* [[Orange Goblin]] – ''[[Time Travelling Blues]]''
* [[Orgy (band)|Orgy]] – ''[[Candyass]]''
* [[Pig Destroyer]] – ''[[Pig Destroyer discography|Explosions in Ward 6]]''
* [[Pitchshifter (band)|Pitchshifter]] – ''[[www.pitchshifter.com]]''
* [[Pretty Boy Floyd]] – ''[[A Tale of Sex, Designer Drugs and The Death of Rock N Roll]]''
* [[Primal Fear (band)|Primal Fear]] – ''[[Primal Fear (album)|Primal Fear]]''
* [[Pro-Pain]] – ''Pro-Pain''
* [[Queens of the Stone Age]] – ''[[Queens of the Stone Age (album)|Queens of the Stone Age]]''
* [[Rage (German band)|Rage]] – ''[[XIII (Rage album)|XIII]]''
* [[Refused]] – ''[[The Shape of Punk to Come]]''
* [[Rhapsody of Fire|Rhapsody]] – ''[[Symphony of Enchanted Lands]]''
* [[Rob Zombie]] – ''[[Hellbilly Deluxe]]''
* Rotting - ''Crushed''
* [[Rush (band)|Rush]] – ''[[Different Stages (Rush album)|Different Stages]]'' (live)
* [[Samael (band)|Samael]] - ''[[Exodus (Samael album)|Exodus]]'' (EP)
* [[Savatage]] – ''[[The Wake of Magellan]]'' (in United States)
* [[Sentenced]] – ''[[Frozen (album)|Frozen]]''
* [[Septicflesh]] - ''[[A Fallen Temple]]''
* [[Sepultura]] – ''[[Against (album)|Against]]''
* [[Sinister (band)|Sinister]] - ''[[Aggressive Measures]]''
* [[Skepticism (band)|Skepticism]] - ''Lead and Aether''
* [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]] – ''[[40 Seasons: The Best of Skid Row]]'' (compilation)
* [[Slayer]] – ''[[Diabolus in Musica]]''
* [[Soilent Green]] - ''A String of Lies'' (EP)
* [[Soilent Green]] - ''[[Sewn Mouth Secrets]]''
* [[Soilwork]] - ''[[Steelbath Suicide]]''
* [[Soulburn]] - ''Feeding on Angels''
* [[Soulfly]] – ''[[Soulfly (Soulfly album)|Soulfly]]''
* [[Strapping Young Lad]] – ''[[No Sleep 'till Bedtime|No Sleep 'till Bedtime: Live in Australia]]'' (live)
* [[Stratovarius]] – ''[[Visions of Europe]]'' (live)
* Stratovarius – ''[[Destiny (Stratovarius album)|Destiny]]''
* [[Stuck Mojo]] – ''[[Rising (Stuck Mojo album)|Rising]]''
* [[Dan Swanö]] - ''[[Moontower]]''
* [[Symphony X]] – ''[[Twilight in Olympus]]''
* [[System of a Down]] – ''[[System of a Down (album)|System of a Down]]''
* [[Tankard (band)|Tankard]] – ''[[Disco Destroyer]]''
* [[The Sins of Thy Beloved]] – ''[[Lake of Sorrow]]''
* [[Theatre of Tragedy]] – ''[[Aégis]]''
* [[Therapy?]] – ''[[Semi-Detached (album)|Semi-Detached]]''
* [[Therion (band)|Therion]] - ''[[Vovin (album)|Vovin]]''
* [[Trail of Tears (band)|Trail of Tears]] – ''[[Disclosure in Red]]''
* [[Tristania (band)|Tristania]] – ''[[Widow's Weeds (Tristania album)|Widow's Weeds]]''
* [[Turbonegro]] – ''[[Apocalypse Dudes]]''
* [[2wo]] – ''[[Voyeurs (album)|Voyeurs]]''
* [[Union (band)|Union]] – ''[[Union (Union album)|Union]]''
* [[Ugly Kid Joe]] – ''[[The Very Best-As Ugly As It Gets]]''
* [[Unsane (band)|Unsane]] – ''[[Occupational Hazard]]''
* [[Vader (band)|Vader]] – ''[[Kingdom (EP)|Kingdom]]'' (EP)
* [[Van Halen]] – ''[[Van Halen III]]''
* [[Vintersorg]] – ''[[Hedniskhjärtad]]'' (EP)
* [[Vintersorg]] – ''[[Till fjälls]]''
* [[Virgin Black]] – ''[[Trance (EP)|Trance]]'' (EP)
* [[Virgin Steele]] – ''[[Invictus (Virgin Steele album)|Invictus]]''
* [[Vision of Disorder]] – ''[[Imprint (Vision of Disorder album)|Imprint]]''
{{div col end}}

== Disbandments ==
* [[24-7 Spyz]]
* [[Destruction (band)|Destruction]] (reformed in 1999)
* [[Faith No More]] (reformed in 2009)
* [[Handsome (band)|Handsome]]
* [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] (reformed in 2004)
* [[Snot (band)|Snot]] (reformed in 2008)
* [[Vulcain (band)|Vulcain]]

== Events ==
* [[Aerosmith]] becomes the first rock band to debut at #1 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] with the single "[[I Don't Want to Miss a Thing]]"
* [[Mustis]] joins [[Dimmu Borgir]] on keyboards.
* [[Rob Halford]] of [[Judas Priest]] announces his homosexuality in an [[MTV]] interview.
* [[hide (musician)|Hideto "hide" Matsumoto]], guitarist of the Japanese band [[X Japan]], commits suicide at the age of 33.
* [[Poison (American band)|Poison]] singer [[Bret Michaels]] directs and stars in the film ''[[A Letter from Death Row (film)|A Letter from Death Row]]''.

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{{timeline box|title=Heavy Metal Timeline|before=[[1997 in heavy metal music|1997]]|after=[[1999 in heavy metal music|1999]]|year='''1998'''}}
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{{Timeline of heavy metal and hard rock music}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1998 In Heavy Metal Music}}
[[Category:1990s in heavy metal music]]
[[Category:1998 in music|Metal]]

1998 in heavy metal music

2022-12-08T11:56:03Z

Schwatto: /* Newly Formed bands */

{{unreferenced|date=September 2017}}
{{Year in music|1998}}
{{Year nav topic5|1998|heavy metal music}}

This is a timeline documenting the events of [[heavy metal music]] in the year [[1998]].

==Newly Formed bands==
* {{Div col}} [[8 Foot Sativa]]
* [[40 Below Summer]]
*[[Aarni]]
*[[Abdullah (band)|Abdullah]]
*[[All That Remains (band)|All That Remains]]
*[[Antagonist (band)|Antagonist]]
* [[Arma Angelus]]
*[[Ásmegin]]
*[[At Vance]]
* [[Atreyu (band)|Atreyu]]
*[[Axenstar]]
*[[Azarath (band)|Azarath]]
*[[Baptism (band)|Baptism]]
*[[Benighted]]
* [[Betzefer]]
*[[Black Label Society]]
*[[Blood Red Throne]]
*[[Bloodbath]]
* [[Bullet for My Valentine]] (As Jeff Killed John)
*[[Calico System]]
*[[Cataract (band)|Cataract]]
* [[Chimaira]]
*[[Circle of Dead Children]]
*[[CKY (band)|CKY]]
*[[Clandestine Blaze]]
* [[Cog (band)|Cog]]
* [[Crucified Barbara]]
*[[Cult of Luna]]
*[[Dalriada (band)|Dalriada]]
*[[Darkane]]
*[[Deathspell Omega]]
*[[Demons & Wizards (band)|Demons & Wizards]]
*[[Edenbridge (band)|Edenbridge]]
*[[Ephel Duath (band)|Ephel Duath]]
*[[Every Time I Die]]
*[[Fair to Midland]]
*[[Fairyland (band)|Fairyland]]
*[[Fantômas (band)|Fantômas]]
*[[Firewind]]
* [[Freedom Call]]
* [[From Zero]]
*[[Full Scale (band)|Full Scale]] (as Full Scale Deflection)
*[[Gordian Knot (band)|Gordian Knot]]
*[[High on Fire]]
*[[Hopesfall]]
*[[Horse the Band]]
*[[Ill Niño]]
*[[Leviathan (musical project)|Leviathan]]
*[[Lock Up (British band)|Lock Up]]
*[[Lunatica]]
*[[Maximum the Hormone]]
*[[The Meads of Asphodel]]
*[[Mnemic]]
*[[Noumena (band)|Noumena]]
* [[Odd Crew]] (As Kaskadiori)
* [[Peccatum]]
* [[Pressure 4-5]]
* [[Ram-Zet]]
* [[Rebaelliun]]
* [[Reveille (band)|Reveille]]
*[[Ritual Carnage]]
* [[Rob Zombie]]
*[[Shape of Despair]]
* [[Skindred]]
*[[Stormwarrior]]
*[[Sunn O)))]]
*[[Susperia]]
* [[The Project Hate MCMXCIX|The Project MCMXCIX]]
*[[Thy Catafalque]]
*[[Twilightning]]
* [[Týr (band)|Týr]]
* [[Underoath]]
* [[Unearth]]
*[[Unida]]
*[[Vision Divine]]
*[[Watain]]
*[[Weakling]]
* [[Winds (band)|Winds]]
*[[Wormed]]
*[[Wyrd (band)|Wyrd]]
*[[Zyklon]]{{Div col end}}{{Div col end}}{{Div col end}}

==Reformed bands==
* [[Metal Church]]

== Albums ==
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* [[Alabama Thunderpussy]] – ''[[Rise Again (Alabama Thunderpussy album)|Rise Again]]''
* [[Altar (Dutch band)|Altar]] - ''Provoke''
* [[Amon Amarth]] - ''[[Once Sent from the Golden Hall]]''
* [[Anathema (band)|Anathema]] – ''[[Alternative 4 (album)|Alternative 4]]''
* [[Angelcorpse]] - ''Exterminate''
* [[Angra (band)|Angra]] – ''[[Fireworks (Angra album)|Fireworks]]''
* [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] – ''[[Volume 8: The Threat Is Real]]''
* [[Apocalyptica]] – ''[[Inquisition Symphony (album)|Inquisition Symphony]]''
* [[Arch Enemy (band)|Arch Enemy]] – ''[[Stigmata (Arch Enemy album)|Stigmata]]''
* [[Atreyu (band)|Atreyu]] – ''[[Visions (Atreyu album)|Visions]]'' (EP)
* [[Ayreon]] – ''[[Into the Electric Castle]]''
* [[Sebastian Bach]] – ''[[Bring em Bach Alive]]''
* [[Backyard Babies]] – ''[[Total 13]]''
* [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]] - ''[[Pandemonic Incantations]]''
* [[Benediction (band)|Benediction]] - ''Grind Bastard''
* [[Bestial Warlust]] - ''Satan's Fist''
* [[Black Label Society]] – ''[[Sonic Brew]]''
* [[Black Sabbath]] – ''[[Reunion (Black Sabbath album)|Reunion]]'' (live)
* [[Blind Guardian]] – ''[[Nightfall in Middle-Earth]]''
* [[Bolt Thrower (band)|Bolt Thrower]] – ''[[Mercenary (album)|Mercenary]]''
* [[Borknagar]] – ''[[The Archaic Course]]''
* [[Botch (band)|Botch]] – ''[[American Nervoso]]''
* [[Bruce Dickinson]] – ''[[The Chemical Wedding (Bruce Dickinson album)|The Chemical Wedding]]''
* [[Cannibal Corpse]] – ''[[Gallery of Suicide]]''
* [[Jerry Cantrell]] – ''[[Boogy Depot]]''
* [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]] - ''[[Caravan Beyond Redemption]]''
* [[Catch 22 (band)|Catch 22]] – ''[[Keasbey Nights]]''
* [[Children of Bodom]] – ''[[Something Wild (album)|Something Wild]]'' (Worldwide release)
* [[Clutch (band)|Clutch]] - ''[[The Elephant Riders]]''
* [[Converge (band)|Converge]] – ''[[When Forever Comes Crashing]]''
* [[Cradle of Filth]] – ''[[Cruelty and the Beast]]''
* [[Crowbar (American band)|Crowbar]] – ''[[Odd Fellows Rest]]''
* [[Cryptopsy]] - ''[[Whisper Supremacy]]''
* [[Dark Funeral]] - ''[[Vobiscum Satanas]]''
* [[Dawn (Swedish band)|Dawn]] - ''[[Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy)]]''
* [[Death (metal band)|Death]] – ''[[The Sound of Perseverance]]''
* [[Deep Purple]] – ''[[Abandon (album)|Abandon]]''
* [[Destruction (band)|Destruction]] – ''[[The Least Successful Human Cannonball]]''
* [[Devin Townsend]] – ''[[Devin Townsend discography|Christeen + 4 Demos]]'' (EP)
* Devin Townsend – ''[[Infinity (Devin Townsend album)|Infinity]]''
* [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]] – ''[[Under the Running Board]]'' (EP)
* [[Dimmu Borgir]] – ''[[Godless Savage Garden]]'' (compilation)
* [[Dream Theater]] – ''[[Once in a LIVEtime]]'' (live)
* [[Dying Fetus]] - ''[[Killing on Adrenaline]]''
* [[Earth Crisis]] – ''[[Breed the Killers]]''
* [[Edguy]] – ''[[Vain Glory Opera]]''
* [[Enslaved (band)|Enslaved]] - ''[[Blodhemn]]''
* [[Eldritch (band)|Eldritch]] – ''[[El Niño (Eldritch album)|El Niño]]''
* [[Exhumed (band)|Exhumed]] - ''[[Gore Metal (album)|Gore Metal]]''
* [[Far (band)|Far]] – ''[[Water & Solutions]]''
* [[Fear Factory]] – ''[[Obsolete (album)|Obsolete]]''
* [[Firehouse]] – ''[[Category 5 (album)|Category 5]]''
* [[Freak Kitchen]] – ''[[Freak Kitchen]]''
* [[The Gathering (band)|The Gathering]] – ''[[How to Measure a Planet?]]''
* [[Genitorturers]] - ''[[Sin City (Genitorturers album)|Sin City]]''
* [[Godsmack]] – ''[[Godsmack (album)|Godsmack]]''
* [[Gorgoroth]] - ''[[Destroyer (Gorgoroth album)|Destroyer – or About How to Philosophize with the Hammer]]''
* [[Gorguts]] - ''[[Obscura (album)|Obscura]]''
* [[HammerFall]] – ''[[Legacy of Kings]]''
* [[Helloween]] – ''[[Better Than Raw]]''
* [[Iced Earth]] – ''[[Something Wicked This Way Comes (Iced Earth album)|Something Wicked This Way Comes]]''
* [[Incantation (band)|Incantation]] - ''[[Diabolical Conquest]]''
* [[Iron Maiden]] – ''[[Virtual XI]]''
* [[Jag Panzer]] – ''[[Age of Mastery|The Age of Mastery]]''
* [[Kamelot]] – ''[[Siége Perilous (album)|Siége Perilous]]''
* [[Kataklysm]] - ''[[Victims of this Fallen World]]''
* [[Katatonia]] – ''[[Discouraged Ones]]''
* [[Kid Rock]] – ''[[Devil Without a Cause]]''
* [[King Diamond (band)|King Diamond]] – ''[[Voodoo (King Diamond album)|Voodoo]]''
* [[Kiss (band)|KISS]] – ''[[Psycho Circus]]'
* [[Korn]] – ''[[Follow the Leader (Korn album)|Follow the Leader]]''
* [[Krabathor]] - ''Orthodox''
* [[Krisiun]] – ''[[Apocalyptic Revelation]]''
* [[L.A. Guns]] – ''[[Wasted (EP)|Wasted]]''
* [[David Lee Roth]] – ''[[DLR Band]]''
* [[Madball]] – ''[[Look My Way (Madball album)|Look My Way]]''
* [[Malevolent Creation]] - ''[[The Fine Art of Murder]]''
* [[Yngwie Malmsteen]] – ''[[Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra|Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in Em, Opus 1]]''
* Yngwie Malmsteen – ''[[Double Live!]]'' (live)
* [[Marduk (band)|Marduk]] – ''[[Nightwing (album)|Nightwing]]''
* [[Mercenary (band)|Mercenary]] – ''[[First Breath]]''
* [[Mercyful Fate]] - ''[[Dead Again (Mercyful Fate album)|Dead Again]]''
* [[Meshuggah]] – ''[[Chaosphere]]''
* [[Metal Church]] – ''[[Live (Metal Church album)|Live]]'' (live)
* [[Metallica]] – ''[[Garage Inc.]]'' (compilation)
* [[Mindrot (band)|Mindrot]] - ''Soul''
* [[Marilyn Manson]] – ''[[Mechanical Animals]]''
* [[Monster Magnet]] – ''[[Powertrip]]''
* [[Moonspell]] – ''[[Sin/Pecado]]''
* [[Morbid Angel]] – ''[[Formulas Fatal to the Flesh]]''
* [[Mortician (band)|Mortician]] - ''Zombie Apocalypse'' (EP)
* [[Mortification (band)|Mortification]] - ''Triumph of Mercy''
* [[Mötley Crüe]] – ''[[Greatest Hits (1998 Mötley Crüe album)|Greatest Hits]]'' (compilation)
* [[Motörhead]] – ''[[Snake Bite Love]]''
* [[My Dying Bride]] – ''[[34.788%... Complete]]''
* [[Napalm Death]] - ''[[Words from the Exit Wound]]''
* [[Nembrionic]] - ''[[Incomplete (Nembrionic album)|Incomplete]]''
* [[Nightwish]] – ''[[Oceanborn]]''
* [[Night in Gales]] - ''Thunderbeast''
* [[Nile (band)|Nile]] – ''[[Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka]]''
* [[Nothingface (band)|Nothingface]] – ''[[An Audio Guide to Everyday Atrocity]]''
* [[Old Man's Child]] – ''[[Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion]]''
* [[One Minute Silence]] – ''[[Available in All Colours]]''
* [[Oomph!]] – ''[[Unrein]]''
* [[Opeth]] – ''[[My Arms, Your Hearse]]''
* [[Orange Goblin]] – ''[[Time Travelling Blues]]''
* [[Orgy (band)|Orgy]] – ''[[Candyass]]''
* [[Pig Destroyer]] – ''[[Pig Destroyer discography|Explosions in Ward 6]]''
* [[Pitchshifter (band)|Pitchshifter]] – ''[[www.pitchshifter.com]]''
* [[Pretty Boy Floyd]] – ''[[A Tale of Sex, Designer Drugs and The Death of Rock N Roll]]''
* [[Primal Fear (band)|Primal Fear]] – ''[[Primal Fear (album)|Primal Fear]]''
* [[Pro-Pain]] – ''Pro-Pain''
* [[Queens of the Stone Age]] – ''[[Queens of the Stone Age (album)|Queens of the Stone Age]]''
* [[Rage (German band)|Rage]] – ''[[XIII (Rage album)|XIII]]''
* [[Refused]] – ''[[The Shape of Punk to Come]]''
* [[Rhapsody of Fire|Rhapsody]] – ''[[Symphony of Enchanted Lands]]''
* [[Rob Zombie]] – ''[[Hellbilly Deluxe]]''
* Rotting - ''Crushed''
* [[Rush (band)|Rush]] – ''[[Different Stages (Rush album)|Different Stages]]'' (live)
* [[Samael (band)|Samael]] - ''[[Exodus (Samael album)|Exodus]]'' (EP)
* [[Savatage]] – ''[[The Wake of Magellan]]'' (in United States)
* [[Sentenced]] – ''[[Frozen (album)|Frozen]]''
* [[Septicflesh]] - ''[[A Fallen Temple]]''
* [[Sepultura]] – ''[[Against (album)|Against]]''
* [[Sinister (band)|Sinister]] - ''[[Aggressive Measures]]''
* [[Skepticism (band)|Skepticism]] - ''Lead and Aether''
* [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]] – ''[[40 Seasons: The Best of Skid Row]]'' (compilation)
* [[Slayer]] – ''[[Diabolus in Musica]]''
* [[Soilent Green]] - ''A String of Lies'' (EP)
* [[Soilent Green]] - ''[[Sewn Mouth Secrets]]''
* [[Soilwork]] - ''[[Steelbath Suicide]]''
* [[Soulburn]] - ''Feeding on Angels''
* [[Soulfly]] – ''[[Soulfly (Soulfly album)|Soulfly]]''
* [[Strapping Young Lad]] – ''[[No Sleep 'till Bedtime|No Sleep 'till Bedtime: Live in Australia]]'' (live)
* [[Stratovarius]] – ''[[Visions of Europe]]'' (live)
* Stratovarius – ''[[Destiny (Stratovarius album)|Destiny]]''
* [[Stuck Mojo]] – ''[[Rising (Stuck Mojo album)|Rising]]''
* [[Dan Swanö]] - ''[[Moontower]]''
* [[Symphony X]] – ''[[Twilight in Olympus]]''
* [[System of a Down]] – ''[[System of a Down (album)|System of a Down]]''
* [[Tankard (band)|Tankard]] – ''[[Disco Destroyer]]''
* [[The Sins of Thy Beloved]] – ''[[Lake of Sorrow]]''
* [[Theatre of Tragedy]] – ''[[Aégis]]''
* [[Therapy?]] – ''[[Semi-Detached (album)|Semi-Detached]]''
* [[Therion (band)|Therion]] - ''[[Vovin (album)|Vovin]]''
* [[Trail of Tears (band)|Trail of Tears]] – ''[[Disclosure in Red]]''
* [[Tristania (band)|Tristania]] – ''[[Widow's Weeds (Tristania album)|Widow's Weeds]]''
* [[Turbonegro]] – ''[[Apocalypse Dudes]]''
* [[2wo]] – ''[[Voyeurs (album)|Voyeurs]]''
* [[Union (band)|Union]] – ''[[Union (Union album)|Union]]''
* [[Ugly Kid Joe]] – ''[[The Very Best-As Ugly As It Gets]]''
* [[Unsane (band)|Unsane]] – ''[[Occupational Hazard]]''
* [[Vader (band)|Vader]] – ''[[Kingdom (EP)|Kingdom]]'' (EP)
* [[Van Halen]] – ''[[Van Halen III]]''
* [[Vintersorg]] – ''[[Hedniskhjärtad]]'' (EP)
* [[Vintersorg]] – ''[[Till fjälls]]''
* [[Virgin Black]] – ''[[Trance (EP)|Trance]]'' (EP)
* [[Virgin Steele]] – ''[[Invictus (Virgin Steele album)|Invictus]]''
* [[Vision of Disorder]] – ''[[Imprint (Vision of Disorder album)|Imprint]]''
{{div col end}}

== Disbandments ==
* [[24-7 Spyz]]
* [[Destruction (band)|Destruction]] (reformed in 1999)
* [[Faith No More]] (reformed in 2009)
* [[Handsome (band)|Handsome]]
* [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] (reformed in 2004)
* [[Snot (band)|Snot]] (reformed in 2008)
* [[Vulcain (band)|Vulcain]]

== Events ==
* [[Aerosmith]] becomes the first rock band to debut at #1 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] with the single "[[I Don't Want to Miss a Thing]]"
* [[Mustis]] joins [[Dimmu Borgir]] on keyboards.
* [[Rob Halford]] of [[Judas Priest]] announces his homosexuality in an [[MTV]] interview.
* [[hide (musician)|Hideto "hide" Matsumoto]], guitarist of the Japanese band [[X Japan]], commits suicide at the age of 33.
* [[Poison (American band)|Poison]] singer [[Bret Michaels]] directs and stars in the film ''[[A Letter from Death Row (film)|A Letter from Death Row]]''.

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{{timeline box|title=Heavy Metal Timeline|before=[[1997 in heavy metal music|1997]]|after=[[1999 in heavy metal music|1999]]|year='''1998'''}}
{{s-end}}

{{Timeline of heavy metal and hard rock music}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1998 In Heavy Metal Music}}
[[Category:1990s in heavy metal music]]
[[Category:1998 in music|Metal]]

1998 in heavy metal music

2022-12-08T11:54:13Z

Schwatto: /* Newly Formed bands */

{{unreferenced|date=September 2017}}
{{Year in music|1998}}
{{Year nav topic5|1998|heavy metal music}}

This is a timeline documenting the events of [[heavy metal music]] in the year [[1998]].

==Newly Formed bands==
* {{Div col}} [[8 Foot Sativa]]
* [[40 Below Summer]]
*[[Aarni]]
*[[Abdullah (band)|Abdullah]]
*[[All That Remains (band)|All That Remains]]
*[[Antagonist (band)|Antagonist]]
* [[Arma Angelus]]
*[[Ásmegin]]
*[[At Vance]]
* [[Atreyu (band)|Atreyu]]
*[[Axenstar]]
*[[Azarath (band)|Azarath]]
*[[Baptism (band)|Baptism]]
*[[Benighted]]
* [[Betzefer]]
*[[Black Label Society]]
*[[Blood Red Throne]]
*[[Bloodbath]]
* [[Bullet for My Valentine]] (As Jeff Killed John)
*[[Calico System]]
*[[Cataract (band)|Cataract]]
* [[Chimaira]]
*[[Circle of Dead Children]]
*[[CKY (band)|CKY]]
*[[Clandestine Blaze]]
* [[Cog (band)|Cog]]
* [[Crucified Barbara]]
*[[Cult of Luna]]
*[[Dalriada (band)|Dalriada]]
*[[Darkane]]
*[[Deathspell Omega]]
*[[Demons & Wizards (band)|Demons & Wizards]]
*[[Edenbridge (band)|Edenbridge]]
*[[Ephel Duath (band)|Ephel Duath]]
*[[Every Time I Die]]
*[[Fair to Midland]]
*[[Fairyland (band)|Fairyland]]
*[[Fantômas (band)|Fantômas]]
*[[Firewind]]
* [[Freedom Call]]
* [[From Zero]]
*[[Full Scale (band)|Full Scale]] (as Full Scale Deflection)
*[[Gordian Knot (band)|Gordian Knot]]
*[[High on Fire]]
*[[Hopesfall]]
*[[Horse the Band]]
*[[Ill Niño]]
*[[Leviathan (musical project)|Leviathan]]
*[[Lock Up (British band)|Lock Up]]
*[[Lunatica]]
*[[Maximum the Hormone]]
*[[The Meads of Asphodel]]
*[[Mnemic]]
*[[Noumena (band)|Noumena]]
* [[Odd Crew]] (As Kaskadiori)
* [[Peccatum]]
* [[Pressure 4-5]]
* [[Ram-Zet]]
* [[Rebaelliun]]
* [[Reveille (band)|Reveille]]
*[[Ritual Carnage]]
* [[Rob Zombie]]
*[[Shape of Despair]]
* [[Skindred]]
*[[Stormwarrior]]
*[[Sunn O)))]]
*[[Susperia]]
* [[The Project Hate MCMXCIX|The Project MCMXCIX]]
*[[Thy Catafalque]]
*[[Twilightning]]
* [[Týr (band)|Týr]]
* [[Underoath]]
* [[Unearth]]
*[[Unida]]
*[[Vision Divine]]
*[[Watain]]
*[[Weakling]]
* [[Winds (band)|Winds]]
*[[Wormed]]
*[[Wyrd (band)|Wyrd]]
*[[Zyklon]]{{Div col end}}{{Div col end}}

==Reformed bands==
* [[Metal Church]]

== Albums ==
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* [[Alabama Thunderpussy]] – ''[[Rise Again (Alabama Thunderpussy album)|Rise Again]]''
* [[Altar (Dutch band)|Altar]] - ''Provoke''
* [[Amon Amarth]] - ''[[Once Sent from the Golden Hall]]''
* [[Anathema (band)|Anathema]] – ''[[Alternative 4 (album)|Alternative 4]]''
* [[Angelcorpse]] - ''Exterminate''
* [[Angra (band)|Angra]] – ''[[Fireworks (Angra album)|Fireworks]]''
* [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] – ''[[Volume 8: The Threat Is Real]]''
* [[Apocalyptica]] – ''[[Inquisition Symphony (album)|Inquisition Symphony]]''
* [[Arch Enemy (band)|Arch Enemy]] – ''[[Stigmata (Arch Enemy album)|Stigmata]]''
* [[Atreyu (band)|Atreyu]] – ''[[Visions (Atreyu album)|Visions]]'' (EP)
* [[Ayreon]] – ''[[Into the Electric Castle]]''
* [[Sebastian Bach]] – ''[[Bring em Bach Alive]]''
* [[Backyard Babies]] – ''[[Total 13]]''
* [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]] - ''[[Pandemonic Incantations]]''
* [[Benediction (band)|Benediction]] - ''Grind Bastard''
* [[Bestial Warlust]] - ''Satan's Fist''
* [[Black Label Society]] – ''[[Sonic Brew]]''
* [[Black Sabbath]] – ''[[Reunion (Black Sabbath album)|Reunion]]'' (live)
* [[Blind Guardian]] – ''[[Nightfall in Middle-Earth]]''
* [[Bolt Thrower (band)|Bolt Thrower]] – ''[[Mercenary (album)|Mercenary]]''
* [[Borknagar]] – ''[[The Archaic Course]]''
* [[Botch (band)|Botch]] – ''[[American Nervoso]]''
* [[Bruce Dickinson]] – ''[[The Chemical Wedding (Bruce Dickinson album)|The Chemical Wedding]]''
* [[Cannibal Corpse]] – ''[[Gallery of Suicide]]''
* [[Jerry Cantrell]] – ''[[Boogy Depot]]''
* [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]] - ''[[Caravan Beyond Redemption]]''
* [[Catch 22 (band)|Catch 22]] – ''[[Keasbey Nights]]''
* [[Children of Bodom]] – ''[[Something Wild (album)|Something Wild]]'' (Worldwide release)
* [[Clutch (band)|Clutch]] - ''[[The Elephant Riders]]''
* [[Converge (band)|Converge]] – ''[[When Forever Comes Crashing]]''
* [[Cradle of Filth]] – ''[[Cruelty and the Beast]]''
* [[Crowbar (American band)|Crowbar]] – ''[[Odd Fellows Rest]]''
* [[Cryptopsy]] - ''[[Whisper Supremacy]]''
* [[Dark Funeral]] - ''[[Vobiscum Satanas]]''
* [[Dawn (Swedish band)|Dawn]] - ''[[Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy)]]''
* [[Death (metal band)|Death]] – ''[[The Sound of Perseverance]]''
* [[Deep Purple]] – ''[[Abandon (album)|Abandon]]''
* [[Destruction (band)|Destruction]] – ''[[The Least Successful Human Cannonball]]''
* [[Devin Townsend]] – ''[[Devin Townsend discography|Christeen + 4 Demos]]'' (EP)
* Devin Townsend – ''[[Infinity (Devin Townsend album)|Infinity]]''
* [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]] – ''[[Under the Running Board]]'' (EP)
* [[Dimmu Borgir]] – ''[[Godless Savage Garden]]'' (compilation)
* [[Dream Theater]] – ''[[Once in a LIVEtime]]'' (live)
* [[Dying Fetus]] - ''[[Killing on Adrenaline]]''
* [[Earth Crisis]] – ''[[Breed the Killers]]''
* [[Edguy]] – ''[[Vain Glory Opera]]''
* [[Enslaved (band)|Enslaved]] - ''[[Blodhemn]]''
* [[Eldritch (band)|Eldritch]] – ''[[El Niño (Eldritch album)|El Niño]]''
* [[Exhumed (band)|Exhumed]] - ''[[Gore Metal (album)|Gore Metal]]''
* [[Far (band)|Far]] – ''[[Water & Solutions]]''
* [[Fear Factory]] – ''[[Obsolete (album)|Obsolete]]''
* [[Firehouse]] – ''[[Category 5 (album)|Category 5]]''
* [[Freak Kitchen]] – ''[[Freak Kitchen]]''
* [[The Gathering (band)|The Gathering]] – ''[[How to Measure a Planet?]]''
* [[Genitorturers]] - ''[[Sin City (Genitorturers album)|Sin City]]''
* [[Godsmack]] – ''[[Godsmack (album)|Godsmack]]''
* [[Gorgoroth]] - ''[[Destroyer (Gorgoroth album)|Destroyer – or About How to Philosophize with the Hammer]]''
* [[Gorguts]] - ''[[Obscura (album)|Obscura]]''
* [[HammerFall]] – ''[[Legacy of Kings]]''
* [[Helloween]] – ''[[Better Than Raw]]''
* [[Iced Earth]] – ''[[Something Wicked This Way Comes (Iced Earth album)|Something Wicked This Way Comes]]''
* [[Incantation (band)|Incantation]] - ''[[Diabolical Conquest]]''
* [[Iron Maiden]] – ''[[Virtual XI]]''
* [[Jag Panzer]] – ''[[Age of Mastery|The Age of Mastery]]''
* [[Kamelot]] – ''[[Siége Perilous (album)|Siége Perilous]]''
* [[Kataklysm]] - ''[[Victims of this Fallen World]]''
* [[Katatonia]] – ''[[Discouraged Ones]]''
* [[Kid Rock]] – ''[[Devil Without a Cause]]''
* [[King Diamond (band)|King Diamond]] – ''[[Voodoo (King Diamond album)|Voodoo]]''
* [[Kiss (band)|KISS]] – ''[[Psycho Circus]]'
* [[Korn]] – ''[[Follow the Leader (Korn album)|Follow the Leader]]''
* [[Krabathor]] - ''Orthodox''
* [[Krisiun]] – ''[[Apocalyptic Revelation]]''
* [[L.A. Guns]] – ''[[Wasted (EP)|Wasted]]''
* [[David Lee Roth]] – ''[[DLR Band]]''
* [[Madball]] – ''[[Look My Way (Madball album)|Look My Way]]''
* [[Malevolent Creation]] - ''[[The Fine Art of Murder]]''
* [[Yngwie Malmsteen]] – ''[[Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra|Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in Em, Opus 1]]''
* Yngwie Malmsteen – ''[[Double Live!]]'' (live)
* [[Marduk (band)|Marduk]] – ''[[Nightwing (album)|Nightwing]]''
* [[Mercenary (band)|Mercenary]] – ''[[First Breath]]''
* [[Mercyful Fate]] - ''[[Dead Again (Mercyful Fate album)|Dead Again]]''
* [[Meshuggah]] – ''[[Chaosphere]]''
* [[Metal Church]] – ''[[Live (Metal Church album)|Live]]'' (live)
* [[Metallica]] – ''[[Garage Inc.]]'' (compilation)
* [[Mindrot (band)|Mindrot]] - ''Soul''
* [[Marilyn Manson]] – ''[[Mechanical Animals]]''
* [[Monster Magnet]] – ''[[Powertrip]]''
* [[Moonspell]] – ''[[Sin/Pecado]]''
* [[Morbid Angel]] – ''[[Formulas Fatal to the Flesh]]''
* [[Mortician (band)|Mortician]] - ''Zombie Apocalypse'' (EP)
* [[Mortification (band)|Mortification]] - ''Triumph of Mercy''
* [[Mötley Crüe]] – ''[[Greatest Hits (1998 Mötley Crüe album)|Greatest Hits]]'' (compilation)
* [[Motörhead]] – ''[[Snake Bite Love]]''
* [[My Dying Bride]] – ''[[34.788%... Complete]]''
* [[Napalm Death]] - ''[[Words from the Exit Wound]]''
* [[Nembrionic]] - ''[[Incomplete (Nembrionic album)|Incomplete]]''
* [[Nightwish]] – ''[[Oceanborn]]''
* [[Night in Gales]] - ''Thunderbeast''
* [[Nile (band)|Nile]] – ''[[Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka]]''
* [[Nothingface (band)|Nothingface]] – ''[[An Audio Guide to Everyday Atrocity]]''
* [[Old Man's Child]] – ''[[Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion]]''
* [[One Minute Silence]] – ''[[Available in All Colours]]''
* [[Oomph!]] – ''[[Unrein]]''
* [[Opeth]] – ''[[My Arms, Your Hearse]]''
* [[Orange Goblin]] – ''[[Time Travelling Blues]]''
* [[Orgy (band)|Orgy]] – ''[[Candyass]]''
* [[Pig Destroyer]] – ''[[Pig Destroyer discography|Explosions in Ward 6]]''
* [[Pitchshifter (band)|Pitchshifter]] – ''[[www.pitchshifter.com]]''
* [[Pretty Boy Floyd]] – ''[[A Tale of Sex, Designer Drugs and The Death of Rock N Roll]]''
* [[Primal Fear (band)|Primal Fear]] – ''[[Primal Fear (album)|Primal Fear]]''
* [[Pro-Pain]] – ''Pro-Pain''
* [[Queens of the Stone Age]] – ''[[Queens of the Stone Age (album)|Queens of the Stone Age]]''
* [[Rage (German band)|Rage]] – ''[[XIII (Rage album)|XIII]]''
* [[Refused]] – ''[[The Shape of Punk to Come]]''
* [[Rhapsody of Fire|Rhapsody]] – ''[[Symphony of Enchanted Lands]]''
* [[Rob Zombie]] – ''[[Hellbilly Deluxe]]''
* Rotting - ''Crushed''
* [[Rush (band)|Rush]] – ''[[Different Stages (Rush album)|Different Stages]]'' (live)
* [[Samael (band)|Samael]] - ''[[Exodus (Samael album)|Exodus]]'' (EP)
* [[Savatage]] – ''[[The Wake of Magellan]]'' (in United States)
* [[Sentenced]] – ''[[Frozen (album)|Frozen]]''
* [[Septicflesh]] - ''[[A Fallen Temple]]''
* [[Sepultura]] – ''[[Against (album)|Against]]''
* [[Sinister (band)|Sinister]] - ''[[Aggressive Measures]]''
* [[Skepticism (band)|Skepticism]] - ''Lead and Aether''
* [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]] – ''[[40 Seasons: The Best of Skid Row]]'' (compilation)
* [[Slayer]] – ''[[Diabolus in Musica]]''
* [[Soilent Green]] - ''A String of Lies'' (EP)
* [[Soilent Green]] - ''[[Sewn Mouth Secrets]]''
* [[Soilwork]] - ''[[Steelbath Suicide]]''
* [[Soulburn]] - ''Feeding on Angels''
* [[Soulfly]] – ''[[Soulfly (Soulfly album)|Soulfly]]''
* [[Strapping Young Lad]] – ''[[No Sleep 'till Bedtime|No Sleep 'till Bedtime: Live in Australia]]'' (live)
* [[Stratovarius]] – ''[[Visions of Europe]]'' (live)
* Stratovarius – ''[[Destiny (Stratovarius album)|Destiny]]''
* [[Stuck Mojo]] – ''[[Rising (Stuck Mojo album)|Rising]]''
* [[Dan Swanö]] - ''[[Moontower]]''
* [[Symphony X]] – ''[[Twilight in Olympus]]''
* [[System of a Down]] – ''[[System of a Down (album)|System of a Down]]''
* [[Tankard (band)|Tankard]] – ''[[Disco Destroyer]]''
* [[The Sins of Thy Beloved]] – ''[[Lake of Sorrow]]''
* [[Theatre of Tragedy]] – ''[[Aégis]]''
* [[Therapy?]] – ''[[Semi-Detached (album)|Semi-Detached]]''
* [[Therion (band)|Therion]] - ''[[Vovin (album)|Vovin]]''
* [[Trail of Tears (band)|Trail of Tears]] – ''[[Disclosure in Red]]''
* [[Tristania (band)|Tristania]] – ''[[Widow's Weeds (Tristania album)|Widow's Weeds]]''
* [[Turbonegro]] – ''[[Apocalypse Dudes]]''
* [[2wo]] – ''[[Voyeurs (album)|Voyeurs]]''
* [[Union (band)|Union]] – ''[[Union (Union album)|Union]]''
* [[Ugly Kid Joe]] – ''[[The Very Best-As Ugly As It Gets]]''
* [[Unsane (band)|Unsane]] – ''[[Occupational Hazard]]''
* [[Vader (band)|Vader]] – ''[[Kingdom (EP)|Kingdom]]'' (EP)
* [[Van Halen]] – ''[[Van Halen III]]''
* [[Vintersorg]] – ''[[Hedniskhjärtad]]'' (EP)
* [[Vintersorg]] – ''[[Till fjälls]]''
* [[Virgin Black]] – ''[[Trance (EP)|Trance]]'' (EP)
* [[Virgin Steele]] – ''[[Invictus (Virgin Steele album)|Invictus]]''
* [[Vision of Disorder]] – ''[[Imprint (Vision of Disorder album)|Imprint]]''
{{div col end}}

== Disbandments ==
* [[24-7 Spyz]]
* [[Destruction (band)|Destruction]] (reformed in 1999)
* [[Faith No More]] (reformed in 2009)
* [[Handsome (band)|Handsome]]
* [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] (reformed in 2004)
* [[Snot (band)|Snot]] (reformed in 2008)
* [[Vulcain (band)|Vulcain]]

== Events ==
* [[Aerosmith]] becomes the first rock band to debut at #1 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] with the single "[[I Don't Want to Miss a Thing]]"
* [[Mustis]] joins [[Dimmu Borgir]] on keyboards.
* [[Rob Halford]] of [[Judas Priest]] announces his homosexuality in an [[MTV]] interview.
* [[hide (musician)|Hideto "hide" Matsumoto]], guitarist of the Japanese band [[X Japan]], commits suicide at the age of 33.
* [[Poison (American band)|Poison]] singer [[Bret Michaels]] directs and stars in the film ''[[A Letter from Death Row (film)|A Letter from Death Row]]''.

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[[Category:1998 in music|Metal]]

1998 in heavy metal music

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{{Year in music|1998}}
{{Year nav topic5|1998|heavy metal music}}

This is a timeline documenting the events of [[heavy metal music]] in the year [[1998]].

==Newly Formed bands==
* {{Div col|colwidth=10em}}[[8 Foot Sativa]]
* [[40 Below Summer]]
*[[Aarni]]
*[[Abdullah (band)|Abdullah]]
*[[All That Remains (band)|All That Remains]]
*[[Antagonist (band)|Antagonist]]
* [[Arma Angelus]]
*[[Ásmegin]]
*[[At Vance]]
* [[Atreyu (band)|Atreyu]]
*[[Axenstar]]
*[[Azarath (band)|Azarath]]
*[[Baptism (band)|Baptism]]
*[[Benighted]]
* [[Betzefer]]
*[[Black Label Society]]
*[[Blood Red Throne]]
*[[Bloodbath]]
* [[Bullet for My Valentine]] (As Jeff Killed John)
*[[Calico System]]
*[[Cataract (band)|Cataract]]
* [[Chimaira]]
*[[Circle of Dead Children]]
*[[CKY (band)|CKY]]
*[[Clandestine Blaze]]
* [[Cog (band)|Cog]]
* [[Crucified Barbara]]
*[[Cult of Luna]]
*[[Dalriada (band)|Dalriada]]
*[[Darkane]]
*[[Deathspell Omega]]
*[[Demons & Wizards (band)|Demons & Wizards]]
*[[Edenbridge (band)|Edenbridge]]
*[[Ephel Duath (band)|Ephel Duath]]
*[[Every Time I Die]]
*[[Fair to Midland]]
*[[Fairyland (band)|Fairyland]]
*[[Fantômas (band)|Fantômas]]
*[[Firewind]]
* [[Freedom Call]]
* [[From Zero]]
*[[Full Scale (band)|Full Scale]] (as Full Scale Deflection)
*[[Gordian Knot (band)|Gordian Knot]]
*[[High on Fire]]
*[[Hopesfall]]
*[[Horse the Band]]
*[[Ill Niño]]
*[[Leviathan (musical project)|Leviathan]]
*[[Lock Up (British band)|Lock Up]]
*[[Lunatica]]
*[[Maximum the Hormone]]
*[[The Meads of Asphodel]]
*[[Mnemic]]
*[[Noumena (band)|Noumena]]
* [[Odd Crew]] (As Kaskadiori)
* [[Peccatum]]
* [[Pressure 4-5]]
* [[Ram-Zet]]
* [[Rebaelliun]]
* [[Reveille (band)|Reveille]]
*[[Ritual Carnage]]
* [[Rob Zombie]]
*[[Shape of Despair]]
* [[Skindred]]
*[[Stormwarrior]]
*[[Sunn O)))]]
*[[Susperia]]
* [[The Project Hate MCMXCIX|The Project MCMXCIX]]
*[[Thy Catafalque]]
*[[Twilightning]]
* [[Týr (band)|Týr]]
* [[Underoath]]
* [[Unearth]]
*[[Unida]]
*[[Vision Divine]]
*[[Watain]]
*[[Weakling]]
* [[Winds (band)|Winds]]
*[[Wormed]]
*[[Wyrd (band)|Wyrd]]
*[[Zyklon]]{{Div col end}}

==Reformed bands==
* [[Metal Church]]

== Albums ==
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[Alabama Thunderpussy]] – ''[[Rise Again (Alabama Thunderpussy album)|Rise Again]]''
* [[Altar (Dutch band)|Altar]] - ''Provoke''
* [[Amon Amarth]] - ''[[Once Sent from the Golden Hall]]''
* [[Anathema (band)|Anathema]] – ''[[Alternative 4 (album)|Alternative 4]]''
* [[Angelcorpse]] - ''Exterminate''
* [[Angra (band)|Angra]] – ''[[Fireworks (Angra album)|Fireworks]]''
* [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] – ''[[Volume 8: The Threat Is Real]]''
* [[Apocalyptica]] – ''[[Inquisition Symphony (album)|Inquisition Symphony]]''
* [[Arch Enemy (band)|Arch Enemy]] – ''[[Stigmata (Arch Enemy album)|Stigmata]]''
* [[Atreyu (band)|Atreyu]] – ''[[Visions (Atreyu album)|Visions]]'' (EP)
* [[Ayreon]] – ''[[Into the Electric Castle]]''
* [[Sebastian Bach]] – ''[[Bring em Bach Alive]]''
* [[Backyard Babies]] – ''[[Total 13]]''
* [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]] - ''[[Pandemonic Incantations]]''
* [[Benediction (band)|Benediction]] - ''Grind Bastard''
* [[Bestial Warlust]] - ''Satan's Fist''
* [[Black Label Society]] – ''[[Sonic Brew]]''
* [[Black Sabbath]] – ''[[Reunion (Black Sabbath album)|Reunion]]'' (live)
* [[Blind Guardian]] – ''[[Nightfall in Middle-Earth]]''
* [[Bolt Thrower (band)|Bolt Thrower]] – ''[[Mercenary (album)|Mercenary]]''
* [[Borknagar]] – ''[[The Archaic Course]]''
* [[Botch (band)|Botch]] – ''[[American Nervoso]]''
* [[Bruce Dickinson]] – ''[[The Chemical Wedding (Bruce Dickinson album)|The Chemical Wedding]]''
* [[Cannibal Corpse]] – ''[[Gallery of Suicide]]''
* [[Jerry Cantrell]] – ''[[Boogy Depot]]''
* [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]] - ''[[Caravan Beyond Redemption]]''
* [[Catch 22 (band)|Catch 22]] – ''[[Keasbey Nights]]''
* [[Children of Bodom]] – ''[[Something Wild (album)|Something Wild]]'' (Worldwide release)
* [[Clutch (band)|Clutch]] - ''[[The Elephant Riders]]''
* [[Converge (band)|Converge]] – ''[[When Forever Comes Crashing]]''
* [[Cradle of Filth]] – ''[[Cruelty and the Beast]]''
* [[Crowbar (American band)|Crowbar]] – ''[[Odd Fellows Rest]]''
* [[Cryptopsy]] - ''[[Whisper Supremacy]]''
* [[Dark Funeral]] - ''[[Vobiscum Satanas]]''
* [[Dawn (Swedish band)|Dawn]] - ''[[Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy)]]''
* [[Death (metal band)|Death]] – ''[[The Sound of Perseverance]]''
* [[Deep Purple]] – ''[[Abandon (album)|Abandon]]''
* [[Destruction (band)|Destruction]] – ''[[The Least Successful Human Cannonball]]''
* [[Devin Townsend]] – ''[[Devin Townsend discography|Christeen + 4 Demos]]'' (EP)
* Devin Townsend – ''[[Infinity (Devin Townsend album)|Infinity]]''
* [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]] – ''[[Under the Running Board]]'' (EP)
* [[Dimmu Borgir]] – ''[[Godless Savage Garden]]'' (compilation)
* [[Dream Theater]] – ''[[Once in a LIVEtime]]'' (live)
* [[Dying Fetus]] - ''[[Killing on Adrenaline]]''
* [[Earth Crisis]] – ''[[Breed the Killers]]''
* [[Edguy]] – ''[[Vain Glory Opera]]''
* [[Enslaved (band)|Enslaved]] - ''[[Blodhemn]]''
* [[Eldritch (band)|Eldritch]] – ''[[El Niño (Eldritch album)|El Niño]]''
* [[Exhumed (band)|Exhumed]] - ''[[Gore Metal (album)|Gore Metal]]''
* [[Far (band)|Far]] – ''[[Water & Solutions]]''
* [[Fear Factory]] – ''[[Obsolete (album)|Obsolete]]''
* [[Firehouse]] – ''[[Category 5 (album)|Category 5]]''
* [[Freak Kitchen]] – ''[[Freak Kitchen]]''
* [[The Gathering (band)|The Gathering]] – ''[[How to Measure a Planet?]]''
* [[Genitorturers]] - ''[[Sin City (Genitorturers album)|Sin City]]''
* [[Godsmack]] – ''[[Godsmack (album)|Godsmack]]''
* [[Gorgoroth]] - ''[[Destroyer (Gorgoroth album)|Destroyer – or About How to Philosophize with the Hammer]]''
* [[Gorguts]] - ''[[Obscura (album)|Obscura]]''
* [[HammerFall]] – ''[[Legacy of Kings]]''
* [[Helloween]] – ''[[Better Than Raw]]''
* [[Iced Earth]] – ''[[Something Wicked This Way Comes (Iced Earth album)|Something Wicked This Way Comes]]''
* [[Incantation (band)|Incantation]] - ''[[Diabolical Conquest]]''
* [[Iron Maiden]] – ''[[Virtual XI]]''
* [[Jag Panzer]] – ''[[Age of Mastery|The Age of Mastery]]''
* [[Kamelot]] – ''[[Siége Perilous (album)|Siége Perilous]]''
* [[Kataklysm]] - ''[[Victims of this Fallen World]]''
* [[Katatonia]] – ''[[Discouraged Ones]]''
* [[Kid Rock]] – ''[[Devil Without a Cause]]''
* [[King Diamond (band)|King Diamond]] – ''[[Voodoo (King Diamond album)|Voodoo]]''
* [[Kiss (band)|KISS]] – ''[[Psycho Circus]]'
* [[Korn]] – ''[[Follow the Leader (Korn album)|Follow the Leader]]''
* [[Krabathor]] - ''Orthodox''
* [[Krisiun]] – ''[[Apocalyptic Revelation]]''
* [[L.A. Guns]] – ''[[Wasted (EP)|Wasted]]''
* [[David Lee Roth]] – ''[[DLR Band]]''
* [[Madball]] – ''[[Look My Way (Madball album)|Look My Way]]''
* [[Malevolent Creation]] - ''[[The Fine Art of Murder]]''
* [[Yngwie Malmsteen]] – ''[[Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra|Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in Em, Opus 1]]''
* Yngwie Malmsteen – ''[[Double Live!]]'' (live)
* [[Marduk (band)|Marduk]] – ''[[Nightwing (album)|Nightwing]]''
* [[Mercenary (band)|Mercenary]] – ''[[First Breath]]''
* [[Mercyful Fate]] - ''[[Dead Again (Mercyful Fate album)|Dead Again]]''
* [[Meshuggah]] – ''[[Chaosphere]]''
* [[Metal Church]] – ''[[Live (Metal Church album)|Live]]'' (live)
* [[Metallica]] – ''[[Garage Inc.]]'' (compilation)
* [[Mindrot (band)|Mindrot]] - ''Soul''
* [[Marilyn Manson]] – ''[[Mechanical Animals]]''
* [[Monster Magnet]] – ''[[Powertrip]]''
* [[Moonspell]] – ''[[Sin/Pecado]]''
* [[Morbid Angel]] – ''[[Formulas Fatal to the Flesh]]''
* [[Mortician (band)|Mortician]] - ''Zombie Apocalypse'' (EP)
* [[Mortification (band)|Mortification]] - ''Triumph of Mercy''
* [[Mötley Crüe]] – ''[[Greatest Hits (1998 Mötley Crüe album)|Greatest Hits]]'' (compilation)
* [[Motörhead]] – ''[[Snake Bite Love]]''
* [[My Dying Bride]] – ''[[34.788%... Complete]]''
* [[Napalm Death]] - ''[[Words from the Exit Wound]]''
* [[Nembrionic]] - ''[[Incomplete (Nembrionic album)|Incomplete]]''
* [[Nightwish]] – ''[[Oceanborn]]''
* [[Night in Gales]] - ''Thunderbeast''
* [[Nile (band)|Nile]] – ''[[Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka]]''
* [[Nothingface (band)|Nothingface]] – ''[[An Audio Guide to Everyday Atrocity]]''
* [[Old Man's Child]] – ''[[Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion]]''
* [[One Minute Silence]] – ''[[Available in All Colours]]''
* [[Oomph!]] – ''[[Unrein]]''
* [[Opeth]] – ''[[My Arms, Your Hearse]]''
* [[Orange Goblin]] – ''[[Time Travelling Blues]]''
* [[Orgy (band)|Orgy]] – ''[[Candyass]]''
* [[Pig Destroyer]] – ''[[Pig Destroyer discography|Explosions in Ward 6]]''
* [[Pitchshifter (band)|Pitchshifter]] – ''[[www.pitchshifter.com]]''
* [[Pretty Boy Floyd]] – ''[[A Tale of Sex, Designer Drugs and The Death of Rock N Roll]]''
* [[Primal Fear (band)|Primal Fear]] – ''[[Primal Fear (album)|Primal Fear]]''
* [[Pro-Pain]] – ''Pro-Pain''
* [[Queens of the Stone Age]] – ''[[Queens of the Stone Age (album)|Queens of the Stone Age]]''
* [[Rage (German band)|Rage]] – ''[[XIII (Rage album)|XIII]]''
* [[Refused]] – ''[[The Shape of Punk to Come]]''
* [[Rhapsody of Fire|Rhapsody]] – ''[[Symphony of Enchanted Lands]]''
* [[Rob Zombie]] – ''[[Hellbilly Deluxe]]''
* Rotting - ''Crushed''
* [[Rush (band)|Rush]] – ''[[Different Stages (Rush album)|Different Stages]]'' (live)
* [[Samael (band)|Samael]] - ''[[Exodus (Samael album)|Exodus]]'' (EP)
* [[Savatage]] – ''[[The Wake of Magellan]]'' (in United States)
* [[Sentenced]] – ''[[Frozen (album)|Frozen]]''
* [[Septicflesh]] - ''[[A Fallen Temple]]''
* [[Sepultura]] – ''[[Against (album)|Against]]''
* [[Sinister (band)|Sinister]] - ''[[Aggressive Measures]]''
* [[Skepticism (band)|Skepticism]] - ''Lead and Aether''
* [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]] – ''[[40 Seasons: The Best of Skid Row]]'' (compilation)
* [[Slayer]] – ''[[Diabolus in Musica]]''
* [[Soilent Green]] - ''A String of Lies'' (EP)
* [[Soilent Green]] - ''[[Sewn Mouth Secrets]]''
* [[Soilwork]] - ''[[Steelbath Suicide]]''
* [[Soulburn]] - ''Feeding on Angels''
* [[Soulfly]] – ''[[Soulfly (Soulfly album)|Soulfly]]''
* [[Strapping Young Lad]] – ''[[No Sleep 'till Bedtime|No Sleep 'till Bedtime: Live in Australia]]'' (live)
* [[Stratovarius]] – ''[[Visions of Europe]]'' (live)
* Stratovarius – ''[[Destiny (Stratovarius album)|Destiny]]''
* [[Stuck Mojo]] – ''[[Rising (Stuck Mojo album)|Rising]]''
* [[Dan Swanö]] - ''[[Moontower]]''
* [[Symphony X]] – ''[[Twilight in Olympus]]''
* [[System of a Down]] – ''[[System of a Down (album)|System of a Down]]''
* [[Tankard (band)|Tankard]] – ''[[Disco Destroyer]]''
* [[The Sins of Thy Beloved]] – ''[[Lake of Sorrow]]''
* [[Theatre of Tragedy]] – ''[[Aégis]]''
* [[Therapy?]] – ''[[Semi-Detached (album)|Semi-Detached]]''
* [[Therion (band)|Therion]] - ''[[Vovin (album)|Vovin]]''
* [[Trail of Tears (band)|Trail of Tears]] – ''[[Disclosure in Red]]''
* [[Tristania (band)|Tristania]] – ''[[Widow's Weeds (Tristania album)|Widow's Weeds]]''
* [[Turbonegro]] – ''[[Apocalypse Dudes]]''
* [[2wo]] – ''[[Voyeurs (album)|Voyeurs]]''
* [[Union (band)|Union]] – ''[[Union (Union album)|Union]]''
* [[Ugly Kid Joe]] – ''[[The Very Best-As Ugly As It Gets]]''
* [[Unsane (band)|Unsane]] – ''[[Occupational Hazard]]''
* [[Vader (band)|Vader]] – ''[[Kingdom (EP)|Kingdom]]'' (EP)
* [[Van Halen]] – ''[[Van Halen III]]''
* [[Vintersorg]] – ''[[Hedniskhjärtad]]'' (EP)
* [[Vintersorg]] – ''[[Till fjälls]]''
* [[Virgin Black]] – ''[[Trance (EP)|Trance]]'' (EP)
* [[Virgin Steele]] – ''[[Invictus (Virgin Steele album)|Invictus]]''
* [[Vision of Disorder]] – ''[[Imprint (Vision of Disorder album)|Imprint]]''
{{div col end}}

== Disbandments ==
* [[24-7 Spyz]]
* [[Destruction (band)|Destruction]] (reformed in 1999)
* [[Faith No More]] (reformed in 2009)
* [[Handsome (band)|Handsome]]
* [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] (reformed in 2004)
* [[Snot (band)|Snot]] (reformed in 2008)
* [[Vulcain (band)|Vulcain]]

== Events ==
* [[Aerosmith]] becomes the first rock band to debut at #1 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] with the single "[[I Don't Want to Miss a Thing]]"
* [[Mustis]] joins [[Dimmu Borgir]] on keyboards.
* [[Rob Halford]] of [[Judas Priest]] announces his homosexuality in an [[MTV]] interview.
* [[hide (musician)|Hideto "hide" Matsumoto]], guitarist of the Japanese band [[X Japan]], commits suicide at the age of 33.
* [[Poison (American band)|Poison]] singer [[Bret Michaels]] directs and stars in the film ''[[A Letter from Death Row (film)|A Letter from Death Row]]''.

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{{timeline box|title=Heavy Metal Timeline|before=[[1997 in heavy metal music|1997]]|after=[[1999 in heavy metal music|1999]]|year='''1998'''}}
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{{Timeline of heavy metal and hard rock music}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1998 In Heavy Metal Music}}
[[Category:1990s in heavy metal music]]
[[Category:1998 in music|Metal]]

1998 in heavy metal music

2022-12-08T11:51:03Z

Schwatto: /* Newly Formed bands */

{{unreferenced|date=September 2017}}
{{Year in music|1998}}
{{Year nav topic5|1998|heavy metal music}}

This is a timeline documenting the events of [[heavy metal music]] in the year [[1998]].

==Newly Formed bands==
* [[8 Foot Sativa]]
* [[40 Below Summer]]
*[[Aarni]]
*[[Abdullah (band)|Abdullah]]
*[[All That Remains (band)|All That Remains]]
*[[Antagonist (band)|Antagonist]]
* [[Arma Angelus]]
*[[Ásmegin]]
*[[At Vance]]
* [[Atreyu (band)|Atreyu]]
*[[Axenstar]]
*[[Azarath (band)|Azarath]]
*[[Baptism (band)|Baptism]]
*[[Benighted]]
* [[Betzefer]]
*[[Black Label Society]]
*[[Blood Red Throne]]
*[[Bloodbath]]
* [[Bullet for My Valentine]] (As Jeff Killed John)
*[[Calico System]]
*[[Cataract (band)|Cataract]]
* [[Chimaira]]
*[[Circle of Dead Children]]
*[[CKY (band)|CKY]]
*[[Clandestine Blaze]]
* [[Cog (band)|Cog]]
* [[Crucified Barbara]]
*[[Cult of Luna]]
*[[Dalriada (band)|Dalriada]]
*[[Darkane]]
*[[Deathspell Omega]]
*[[Demons & Wizards (band)|Demons & Wizards]]
*[[Edenbridge (band)|Edenbridge]]
*[[Ephel Duath (band)|Ephel Duath]]
*[[Every Time I Die]]
*[[Fair to Midland]]
*[[Fairyland (band)|Fairyland]]
*[[Fantômas (band)|Fantômas]]
*[[Firewind]]
* [[Freedom Call]]
* [[From Zero]]
*[[Full Scale (band)|Full Scale]] (as Full Scale Deflection)
*[[Gordian Knot (band)|Gordian Knot]]
*[[High on Fire]]
*[[Hopesfall]]
*[[Horse the Band]]
*[[Ill Niño]]
*[[Leviathan (musical project)|Leviathan]]
*[[Lock Up (British band)|Lock Up]]
*[[Lunatica]]
*[[Maximum the Hormone]]
*[[The Meads of Asphodel]]
*[[Mnemic]]
*[[Noumena (band)|Noumena]]
* [[Odd Crew]] (As Kaskadiori)
* [[Peccatum]]
* [[Pressure 4-5]]
* [[Ram-Zet]]
* [[Rebaelliun]]
* [[Reveille (band)|Reveille]]
*[[Ritual Carnage]]
* [[Rob Zombie]]
*[[Shape of Despair]]
* [[Skindred]]
*[[Stormwarrior]]
*[[Sunn O)))]]
*[[Susperia]]
* [[The Project Hate MCMXCIX|The Project MCMXCIX]]
*[[Thy Catafalque]]
*[[Twilightning]]
* [[Týr (band)|Týr]]
* [[Underoath]]
* [[Unearth]]
*[[Unida]]
*[[Vision Divine]]
*[[Watain]]
*[[Weakling]]
* [[Winds (band)|Winds]]
*[[Wormed]]
*[[Wyrd (band)|Wyrd]]
*[[Zyklon]]{{Div col|colwidth=10em}}

==Reformed bands==
* [[Metal Church]]

== Albums ==
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* [[Alabama Thunderpussy]] – ''[[Rise Again (Alabama Thunderpussy album)|Rise Again]]''
* [[Altar (Dutch band)|Altar]] - ''Provoke''
* [[Amon Amarth]] - ''[[Once Sent from the Golden Hall]]''
* [[Anathema (band)|Anathema]] – ''[[Alternative 4 (album)|Alternative 4]]''
* [[Angelcorpse]] - ''Exterminate''
* [[Angra (band)|Angra]] – ''[[Fireworks (Angra album)|Fireworks]]''
* [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] – ''[[Volume 8: The Threat Is Real]]''
* [[Apocalyptica]] – ''[[Inquisition Symphony (album)|Inquisition Symphony]]''
* [[Arch Enemy (band)|Arch Enemy]] – ''[[Stigmata (Arch Enemy album)|Stigmata]]''
* [[Atreyu (band)|Atreyu]] – ''[[Visions (Atreyu album)|Visions]]'' (EP)
* [[Ayreon]] – ''[[Into the Electric Castle]]''
* [[Sebastian Bach]] – ''[[Bring em Bach Alive]]''
* [[Backyard Babies]] – ''[[Total 13]]''
* [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]] - ''[[Pandemonic Incantations]]''
* [[Benediction (band)|Benediction]] - ''Grind Bastard''
* [[Bestial Warlust]] - ''Satan's Fist''
* [[Black Label Society]] – ''[[Sonic Brew]]''
* [[Black Sabbath]] – ''[[Reunion (Black Sabbath album)|Reunion]]'' (live)
* [[Blind Guardian]] – ''[[Nightfall in Middle-Earth]]''
* [[Bolt Thrower (band)|Bolt Thrower]] – ''[[Mercenary (album)|Mercenary]]''
* [[Borknagar]] – ''[[The Archaic Course]]''
* [[Botch (band)|Botch]] – ''[[American Nervoso]]''
* [[Bruce Dickinson]] – ''[[The Chemical Wedding (Bruce Dickinson album)|The Chemical Wedding]]''
* [[Cannibal Corpse]] – ''[[Gallery of Suicide]]''
* [[Jerry Cantrell]] – ''[[Boogy Depot]]''
* [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]] - ''[[Caravan Beyond Redemption]]''
* [[Catch 22 (band)|Catch 22]] – ''[[Keasbey Nights]]''
* [[Children of Bodom]] – ''[[Something Wild (album)|Something Wild]]'' (Worldwide release)
* [[Clutch (band)|Clutch]] - ''[[The Elephant Riders]]''
* [[Converge (band)|Converge]] – ''[[When Forever Comes Crashing]]''
* [[Cradle of Filth]] – ''[[Cruelty and the Beast]]''
* [[Crowbar (American band)|Crowbar]] – ''[[Odd Fellows Rest]]''
* [[Cryptopsy]] - ''[[Whisper Supremacy]]''
* [[Dark Funeral]] - ''[[Vobiscum Satanas]]''
* [[Dawn (Swedish band)|Dawn]] - ''[[Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy)]]''
* [[Death (metal band)|Death]] – ''[[The Sound of Perseverance]]''
* [[Deep Purple]] – ''[[Abandon (album)|Abandon]]''
* [[Destruction (band)|Destruction]] – ''[[The Least Successful Human Cannonball]]''
* [[Devin Townsend]] – ''[[Devin Townsend discography|Christeen + 4 Demos]]'' (EP)
* Devin Townsend – ''[[Infinity (Devin Townsend album)|Infinity]]''
* [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]] – ''[[Under the Running Board]]'' (EP)
* [[Dimmu Borgir]] – ''[[Godless Savage Garden]]'' (compilation)
* [[Dream Theater]] – ''[[Once in a LIVEtime]]'' (live)
* [[Dying Fetus]] - ''[[Killing on Adrenaline]]''
* [[Earth Crisis]] – ''[[Breed the Killers]]''
* [[Edguy]] – ''[[Vain Glory Opera]]''
* [[Enslaved (band)|Enslaved]] - ''[[Blodhemn]]''
* [[Eldritch (band)|Eldritch]] – ''[[El Niño (Eldritch album)|El Niño]]''
* [[Exhumed (band)|Exhumed]] - ''[[Gore Metal (album)|Gore Metal]]''
* [[Far (band)|Far]] – ''[[Water & Solutions]]''
* [[Fear Factory]] – ''[[Obsolete (album)|Obsolete]]''
* [[Firehouse]] – ''[[Category 5 (album)|Category 5]]''
* [[Freak Kitchen]] – ''[[Freak Kitchen]]''
* [[The Gathering (band)|The Gathering]] – ''[[How to Measure a Planet?]]''
* [[Genitorturers]] - ''[[Sin City (Genitorturers album)|Sin City]]''
* [[Godsmack]] – ''[[Godsmack (album)|Godsmack]]''
* [[Gorgoroth]] - ''[[Destroyer (Gorgoroth album)|Destroyer – or About How to Philosophize with the Hammer]]''
* [[Gorguts]] - ''[[Obscura (album)|Obscura]]''
* [[HammerFall]] – ''[[Legacy of Kings]]''
* [[Helloween]] – ''[[Better Than Raw]]''
* [[Iced Earth]] – ''[[Something Wicked This Way Comes (Iced Earth album)|Something Wicked This Way Comes]]''
* [[Incantation (band)|Incantation]] - ''[[Diabolical Conquest]]''
* [[Iron Maiden]] – ''[[Virtual XI]]''
* [[Jag Panzer]] – ''[[Age of Mastery|The Age of Mastery]]''
* [[Kamelot]] – ''[[Siége Perilous (album)|Siége Perilous]]''
* [[Kataklysm]] - ''[[Victims of this Fallen World]]''
* [[Katatonia]] – ''[[Discouraged Ones]]''
* [[Kid Rock]] – ''[[Devil Without a Cause]]''
* [[King Diamond (band)|King Diamond]] – ''[[Voodoo (King Diamond album)|Voodoo]]''
* [[Kiss (band)|KISS]] – ''[[Psycho Circus]]'
* [[Korn]] – ''[[Follow the Leader (Korn album)|Follow the Leader]]''
* [[Krabathor]] - ''Orthodox''
* [[Krisiun]] – ''[[Apocalyptic Revelation]]''
* [[L.A. Guns]] – ''[[Wasted (EP)|Wasted]]''
* [[David Lee Roth]] – ''[[DLR Band]]''
* [[Madball]] – ''[[Look My Way (Madball album)|Look My Way]]''
* [[Malevolent Creation]] - ''[[The Fine Art of Murder]]''
* [[Yngwie Malmsteen]] – ''[[Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra|Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in Em, Opus 1]]''
* Yngwie Malmsteen – ''[[Double Live!]]'' (live)
* [[Marduk (band)|Marduk]] – ''[[Nightwing (album)|Nightwing]]''
* [[Mercenary (band)|Mercenary]] – ''[[First Breath]]''
* [[Mercyful Fate]] - ''[[Dead Again (Mercyful Fate album)|Dead Again]]''
* [[Meshuggah]] – ''[[Chaosphere]]''
* [[Metal Church]] – ''[[Live (Metal Church album)|Live]]'' (live)
* [[Metallica]] – ''[[Garage Inc.]]'' (compilation)
* [[Mindrot (band)|Mindrot]] - ''Soul''
* [[Marilyn Manson]] – ''[[Mechanical Animals]]''
* [[Monster Magnet]] – ''[[Powertrip]]''
* [[Moonspell]] – ''[[Sin/Pecado]]''
* [[Morbid Angel]] – ''[[Formulas Fatal to the Flesh]]''
* [[Mortician (band)|Mortician]] - ''Zombie Apocalypse'' (EP)
* [[Mortification (band)|Mortification]] - ''Triumph of Mercy''
* [[Mötley Crüe]] – ''[[Greatest Hits (1998 Mötley Crüe album)|Greatest Hits]]'' (compilation)
* [[Motörhead]] – ''[[Snake Bite Love]]''
* [[My Dying Bride]] – ''[[34.788%... Complete]]''
* [[Napalm Death]] - ''[[Words from the Exit Wound]]''
* [[Nembrionic]] - ''[[Incomplete (Nembrionic album)|Incomplete]]''
* [[Nightwish]] – ''[[Oceanborn]]''
* [[Night in Gales]] - ''Thunderbeast''
* [[Nile (band)|Nile]] – ''[[Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka]]''
* [[Nothingface (band)|Nothingface]] – ''[[An Audio Guide to Everyday Atrocity]]''
* [[Old Man's Child]] – ''[[Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion]]''
* [[One Minute Silence]] – ''[[Available in All Colours]]''
* [[Oomph!]] – ''[[Unrein]]''
* [[Opeth]] – ''[[My Arms, Your Hearse]]''
* [[Orange Goblin]] – ''[[Time Travelling Blues]]''
* [[Orgy (band)|Orgy]] – ''[[Candyass]]''
* [[Pig Destroyer]] – ''[[Pig Destroyer discography|Explosions in Ward 6]]''
* [[Pitchshifter (band)|Pitchshifter]] – ''[[www.pitchshifter.com]]''
* [[Pretty Boy Floyd]] – ''[[A Tale of Sex, Designer Drugs and The Death of Rock N Roll]]''
* [[Primal Fear (band)|Primal Fear]] – ''[[Primal Fear (album)|Primal Fear]]''
* [[Pro-Pain]] – ''Pro-Pain''
* [[Queens of the Stone Age]] – ''[[Queens of the Stone Age (album)|Queens of the Stone Age]]''
* [[Rage (German band)|Rage]] – ''[[XIII (Rage album)|XIII]]''
* [[Refused]] – ''[[The Shape of Punk to Come]]''
* [[Rhapsody of Fire|Rhapsody]] – ''[[Symphony of Enchanted Lands]]''
* [[Rob Zombie]] – ''[[Hellbilly Deluxe]]''
* Rotting - ''Crushed''
* [[Rush (band)|Rush]] – ''[[Different Stages (Rush album)|Different Stages]]'' (live)
* [[Samael (band)|Samael]] - ''[[Exodus (Samael album)|Exodus]]'' (EP)
* [[Savatage]] – ''[[The Wake of Magellan]]'' (in United States)
* [[Sentenced]] – ''[[Frozen (album)|Frozen]]''
* [[Septicflesh]] - ''[[A Fallen Temple]]''
* [[Sepultura]] – ''[[Against (album)|Against]]''
* [[Sinister (band)|Sinister]] - ''[[Aggressive Measures]]''
* [[Skepticism (band)|Skepticism]] - ''Lead and Aether''
* [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]] – ''[[40 Seasons: The Best of Skid Row]]'' (compilation)
* [[Slayer]] – ''[[Diabolus in Musica]]''
* [[Soilent Green]] - ''A String of Lies'' (EP)
* [[Soilent Green]] - ''[[Sewn Mouth Secrets]]''
* [[Soilwork]] - ''[[Steelbath Suicide]]''
* [[Soulburn]] - ''Feeding on Angels''
* [[Soulfly]] – ''[[Soulfly (Soulfly album)|Soulfly]]''
* [[Strapping Young Lad]] – ''[[No Sleep 'till Bedtime|No Sleep 'till Bedtime: Live in Australia]]'' (live)
* [[Stratovarius]] – ''[[Visions of Europe]]'' (live)
* Stratovarius – ''[[Destiny (Stratovarius album)|Destiny]]''
* [[Stuck Mojo]] – ''[[Rising (Stuck Mojo album)|Rising]]''
* [[Dan Swanö]] - ''[[Moontower]]''
* [[Symphony X]] – ''[[Twilight in Olympus]]''
* [[System of a Down]] – ''[[System of a Down (album)|System of a Down]]''
* [[Tankard (band)|Tankard]] – ''[[Disco Destroyer]]''
* [[The Sins of Thy Beloved]] – ''[[Lake of Sorrow]]''
* [[Theatre of Tragedy]] – ''[[Aégis]]''
* [[Therapy?]] – ''[[Semi-Detached (album)|Semi-Detached]]''
* [[Therion (band)|Therion]] - ''[[Vovin (album)|Vovin]]''
* [[Trail of Tears (band)|Trail of Tears]] – ''[[Disclosure in Red]]''
* [[Tristania (band)|Tristania]] – ''[[Widow's Weeds (Tristania album)|Widow's Weeds]]''
* [[Turbonegro]] – ''[[Apocalypse Dudes]]''
* [[2wo]] – ''[[Voyeurs (album)|Voyeurs]]''
* [[Union (band)|Union]] – ''[[Union (Union album)|Union]]''
* [[Ugly Kid Joe]] – ''[[The Very Best-As Ugly As It Gets]]''
* [[Unsane (band)|Unsane]] – ''[[Occupational Hazard]]''
* [[Vader (band)|Vader]] – ''[[Kingdom (EP)|Kingdom]]'' (EP)
* [[Van Halen]] – ''[[Van Halen III]]''
* [[Vintersorg]] – ''[[Hedniskhjärtad]]'' (EP)
* [[Vintersorg]] – ''[[Till fjälls]]''
* [[Virgin Black]] – ''[[Trance (EP)|Trance]]'' (EP)
* [[Virgin Steele]] – ''[[Invictus (Virgin Steele album)|Invictus]]''
* [[Vision of Disorder]] – ''[[Imprint (Vision of Disorder album)|Imprint]]''
{{div col end}}

== Disbandments ==
* [[24-7 Spyz]]
* [[Destruction (band)|Destruction]] (reformed in 1999)
* [[Faith No More]] (reformed in 2009)
* [[Handsome (band)|Handsome]]
* [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] (reformed in 2004)
* [[Snot (band)|Snot]] (reformed in 2008)
* [[Vulcain (band)|Vulcain]]

== Events ==
* [[Aerosmith]] becomes the first rock band to debut at #1 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] with the single "[[I Don't Want to Miss a Thing]]"
* [[Mustis]] joins [[Dimmu Borgir]] on keyboards.
* [[Rob Halford]] of [[Judas Priest]] announces his homosexuality in an [[MTV]] interview.
* [[hide (musician)|Hideto "hide" Matsumoto]], guitarist of the Japanese band [[X Japan]], commits suicide at the age of 33.
* [[Poison (American band)|Poison]] singer [[Bret Michaels]] directs and stars in the film ''[[A Letter from Death Row (film)|A Letter from Death Row]]''.

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{{timeline box|title=Heavy Metal Timeline|before=[[1997 in heavy metal music|1997]]|after=[[1999 in heavy metal music|1999]]|year='''1998'''}}
{{s-end}}

{{Timeline of heavy metal and hard rock music}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1998 In Heavy Metal Music}}
[[Category:1990s in heavy metal music]]
[[Category:1998 in music|Metal]]

1998 in heavy metal music

2022-12-08T11:49:14Z

Schwatto: /* Newly Formed bands */

{{unreferenced|date=September 2017}}
{{Year in music|1998}}
{{Year nav topic5|1998|heavy metal music}}

This is a timeline documenting the events of [[heavy metal music]] in the year [[1998]].

==Newly Formed bands==
* {{Column}}[[8 Foot Sativa]]
* [[40 Below Summer]]
*[[Aarni]]
*[[Abdullah (band)|Abdullah]]
*[[All That Remains (band)|All That Remains]]
*[[Antagonist (band)|Antagonist]]
* [[Arma Angelus]]
*[[Ásmegin]]
*[[At Vance]]
* [[Atreyu (band)|Atreyu]]
*[[Axenstar]]
*[[Azarath (band)|Azarath]]
*[[Baptism (band)|Baptism]]
*[[Benighted]]
* [[Betzefer]]
*[[Black Label Society]]
*[[Blood Red Throne]]
*[[Bloodbath]]
* [[Bullet for My Valentine]] (As Jeff Killed John)
*[[Calico System]]
*[[Cataract (band)|Cataract]]
* [[Chimaira]]
*[[Circle of Dead Children]]
*[[CKY (band)|CKY]]
*[[Clandestine Blaze]]
* [[Cog (band)|Cog]]
* [[Crucified Barbara]]
*[[Cult of Luna]]
*[[Dalriada (band)|Dalriada]]
*[[Darkane]]
*[[Deathspell Omega]]
*[[Demons & Wizards (band)|Demons & Wizards]]
*[[Edenbridge (band)|Edenbridge]]
*[[Ephel Duath (band)|Ephel Duath]]
*[[Every Time I Die]]
*[[Fair to Midland]]
*[[Fairyland (band)|Fairyland]]
*[[Fantômas (band)|Fantômas]]
*[[Firewind]]
* [[Freedom Call]]
* [[From Zero]]
*[[Full Scale (band)|Full Scale]] (as Full Scale Deflection)
*[[Gordian Knot (band)|Gordian Knot]]
*[[High on Fire]]
*[[Hopesfall]]
*[[Horse the Band]]
*[[Ill Niño]]
*[[Leviathan (musical project)|Leviathan]]
*[[Lock Up (British band)|Lock Up]]
*[[Lunatica]]
*[[Maximum the Hormone]]
*[[The Meads of Asphodel]]
*[[Mnemic]]
*[[Noumena (band)|Noumena]]
* [[Odd Crew]] (As Kaskadiori)
* [[Peccatum]]
* [[Pressure 4-5]]
* [[Ram-Zet]]
* [[Rebaelliun]]
* [[Reveille (band)|Reveille]]
*[[Ritual Carnage]]
* [[Rob Zombie]]
*[[Shape of Despair]]
* [[Skindred]]
*[[Stormwarrior]]
*[[Sunn O)))]]
*[[Susperia]]
* [[The Project Hate MCMXCIX|The Project MCMXCIX]]
*[[Thy Catafalque]]
*[[Twilightning]]
* [[Týr (band)|Týr]]
* [[Underoath]]
* [[Unearth]]
*[[Unida]]
*[[Vision Divine]]
*[[Watain]]
*[[Weakling]]
* [[Winds (band)|Winds]]
*[[Wormed]]
*[[Wyrd (band)|Wyrd]]
*[[Zyklon]]{{Columns-end}}

==Reformed bands==
* [[Metal Church]]

== Albums ==
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* [[Alabama Thunderpussy]] – ''[[Rise Again (Alabama Thunderpussy album)|Rise Again]]''
* [[Altar (Dutch band)|Altar]] - ''Provoke''
* [[Amon Amarth]] - ''[[Once Sent from the Golden Hall]]''
* [[Anathema (band)|Anathema]] – ''[[Alternative 4 (album)|Alternative 4]]''
* [[Angelcorpse]] - ''Exterminate''
* [[Angra (band)|Angra]] – ''[[Fireworks (Angra album)|Fireworks]]''
* [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] – ''[[Volume 8: The Threat Is Real]]''
* [[Apocalyptica]] – ''[[Inquisition Symphony (album)|Inquisition Symphony]]''
* [[Arch Enemy (band)|Arch Enemy]] – ''[[Stigmata (Arch Enemy album)|Stigmata]]''
* [[Atreyu (band)|Atreyu]] – ''[[Visions (Atreyu album)|Visions]]'' (EP)
* [[Ayreon]] – ''[[Into the Electric Castle]]''
* [[Sebastian Bach]] – ''[[Bring em Bach Alive]]''
* [[Backyard Babies]] – ''[[Total 13]]''
* [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]] - ''[[Pandemonic Incantations]]''
* [[Benediction (band)|Benediction]] - ''Grind Bastard''
* [[Bestial Warlust]] - ''Satan's Fist''
* [[Black Label Society]] – ''[[Sonic Brew]]''
* [[Black Sabbath]] – ''[[Reunion (Black Sabbath album)|Reunion]]'' (live)
* [[Blind Guardian]] – ''[[Nightfall in Middle-Earth]]''
* [[Bolt Thrower (band)|Bolt Thrower]] – ''[[Mercenary (album)|Mercenary]]''
* [[Borknagar]] – ''[[The Archaic Course]]''
* [[Botch (band)|Botch]] – ''[[American Nervoso]]''
* [[Bruce Dickinson]] – ''[[The Chemical Wedding (Bruce Dickinson album)|The Chemical Wedding]]''
* [[Cannibal Corpse]] – ''[[Gallery of Suicide]]''
* [[Jerry Cantrell]] – ''[[Boogy Depot]]''
* [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]] - ''[[Caravan Beyond Redemption]]''
* [[Catch 22 (band)|Catch 22]] – ''[[Keasbey Nights]]''
* [[Children of Bodom]] – ''[[Something Wild (album)|Something Wild]]'' (Worldwide release)
* [[Clutch (band)|Clutch]] - ''[[The Elephant Riders]]''
* [[Converge (band)|Converge]] – ''[[When Forever Comes Crashing]]''
* [[Cradle of Filth]] – ''[[Cruelty and the Beast]]''
* [[Crowbar (American band)|Crowbar]] – ''[[Odd Fellows Rest]]''
* [[Cryptopsy]] - ''[[Whisper Supremacy]]''
* [[Dark Funeral]] - ''[[Vobiscum Satanas]]''
* [[Dawn (Swedish band)|Dawn]] - ''[[Slaughtersun (Crown of the Triarchy)]]''
* [[Death (metal band)|Death]] – ''[[The Sound of Perseverance]]''
* [[Deep Purple]] – ''[[Abandon (album)|Abandon]]''
* [[Destruction (band)|Destruction]] – ''[[The Least Successful Human Cannonball]]''
* [[Devin Townsend]] – ''[[Devin Townsend discography|Christeen + 4 Demos]]'' (EP)
* Devin Townsend – ''[[Infinity (Devin Townsend album)|Infinity]]''
* [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]] – ''[[Under the Running Board]]'' (EP)
* [[Dimmu Borgir]] – ''[[Godless Savage Garden]]'' (compilation)
* [[Dream Theater]] – ''[[Once in a LIVEtime]]'' (live)
* [[Dying Fetus]] - ''[[Killing on Adrenaline]]''
* [[Earth Crisis]] – ''[[Breed the Killers]]''
* [[Edguy]] – ''[[Vain Glory Opera]]''
* [[Enslaved (band)|Enslaved]] - ''[[Blodhemn]]''
* [[Eldritch (band)|Eldritch]] – ''[[El Niño (Eldritch album)|El Niño]]''
* [[Exhumed (band)|Exhumed]] - ''[[Gore Metal (album)|Gore Metal]]''
* [[Far (band)|Far]] – ''[[Water & Solutions]]''
* [[Fear Factory]] – ''[[Obsolete (album)|Obsolete]]''
* [[Firehouse]] – ''[[Category 5 (album)|Category 5]]''
* [[Freak Kitchen]] – ''[[Freak Kitchen]]''
* [[The Gathering (band)|The Gathering]] – ''[[How to Measure a Planet?]]''
* [[Genitorturers]] - ''[[Sin City (Genitorturers album)|Sin City]]''
* [[Godsmack]] – ''[[Godsmack (album)|Godsmack]]''
* [[Gorgoroth]] - ''[[Destroyer (Gorgoroth album)|Destroyer – or About How to Philosophize with the Hammer]]''
* [[Gorguts]] - ''[[Obscura (album)|Obscura]]''
* [[HammerFall]] – ''[[Legacy of Kings]]''
* [[Helloween]] – ''[[Better Than Raw]]''
* [[Iced Earth]] – ''[[Something Wicked This Way Comes (Iced Earth album)|Something Wicked This Way Comes]]''
* [[Incantation (band)|Incantation]] - ''[[Diabolical Conquest]]''
* [[Iron Maiden]] – ''[[Virtual XI]]''
* [[Jag Panzer]] – ''[[Age of Mastery|The Age of Mastery]]''
* [[Kamelot]] – ''[[Siége Perilous (album)|Siége Perilous]]''
* [[Kataklysm]] - ''[[Victims of this Fallen World]]''
* [[Katatonia]] – ''[[Discouraged Ones]]''
* [[Kid Rock]] – ''[[Devil Without a Cause]]''
* [[King Diamond (band)|King Diamond]] – ''[[Voodoo (King Diamond album)|Voodoo]]''
* [[Kiss (band)|KISS]] – ''[[Psycho Circus]]'
* [[Korn]] – ''[[Follow the Leader (Korn album)|Follow the Leader]]''
* [[Krabathor]] - ''Orthodox''
* [[Krisiun]] – ''[[Apocalyptic Revelation]]''
* [[L.A. Guns]] – ''[[Wasted (EP)|Wasted]]''
* [[David Lee Roth]] – ''[[DLR Band]]''
* [[Madball]] – ''[[Look My Way (Madball album)|Look My Way]]''
* [[Malevolent Creation]] - ''[[The Fine Art of Murder]]''
* [[Yngwie Malmsteen]] – ''[[Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra|Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in Em, Opus 1]]''
* Yngwie Malmsteen – ''[[Double Live!]]'' (live)
* [[Marduk (band)|Marduk]] – ''[[Nightwing (album)|Nightwing]]''
* [[Mercenary (band)|Mercenary]] – ''[[First Breath]]''
* [[Mercyful Fate]] - ''[[Dead Again (Mercyful Fate album)|Dead Again]]''
* [[Meshuggah]] – ''[[Chaosphere]]''
* [[Metal Church]] – ''[[Live (Metal Church album)|Live]]'' (live)
* [[Metallica]] – ''[[Garage Inc.]]'' (compilation)
* [[Mindrot (band)|Mindrot]] - ''Soul''
* [[Marilyn Manson]] – ''[[Mechanical Animals]]''
* [[Monster Magnet]] – ''[[Powertrip]]''
* [[Moonspell]] – ''[[Sin/Pecado]]''
* [[Morbid Angel]] – ''[[Formulas Fatal to the Flesh]]''
* [[Mortician (band)|Mortician]] - ''Zombie Apocalypse'' (EP)
* [[Mortification (band)|Mortification]] - ''Triumph of Mercy''
* [[Mötley Crüe]] – ''[[Greatest Hits (1998 Mötley Crüe album)|Greatest Hits]]'' (compilation)
* [[Motörhead]] – ''[[Snake Bite Love]]''
* [[My Dying Bride]] – ''[[34.788%... Complete]]''
* [[Napalm Death]] - ''[[Words from the Exit Wound]]''
* [[Nembrionic]] - ''[[Incomplete (Nembrionic album)|Incomplete]]''
* [[Nightwish]] – ''[[Oceanborn]]''
* [[Night in Gales]] - ''Thunderbeast''
* [[Nile (band)|Nile]] – ''[[Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka]]''
* [[Nothingface (band)|Nothingface]] – ''[[An Audio Guide to Everyday Atrocity]]''
* [[Old Man's Child]] – ''[[Ill-Natured Spiritual Invasion]]''
* [[One Minute Silence]] – ''[[Available in All Colours]]''
* [[Oomph!]] – ''[[Unrein]]''
* [[Opeth]] – ''[[My Arms, Your Hearse]]''
* [[Orange Goblin]] – ''[[Time Travelling Blues]]''
* [[Orgy (band)|Orgy]] – ''[[Candyass]]''
* [[Pig Destroyer]] – ''[[Pig Destroyer discography|Explosions in Ward 6]]''
* [[Pitchshifter (band)|Pitchshifter]] – ''[[www.pitchshifter.com]]''
* [[Pretty Boy Floyd]] – ''[[A Tale of Sex, Designer Drugs and The Death of Rock N Roll]]''
* [[Primal Fear (band)|Primal Fear]] – ''[[Primal Fear (album)|Primal Fear]]''
* [[Pro-Pain]] – ''Pro-Pain''
* [[Queens of the Stone Age]] – ''[[Queens of the Stone Age (album)|Queens of the Stone Age]]''
* [[Rage (German band)|Rage]] – ''[[XIII (Rage album)|XIII]]''
* [[Refused]] – ''[[The Shape of Punk to Come]]''
* [[Rhapsody of Fire|Rhapsody]] – ''[[Symphony of Enchanted Lands]]''
* [[Rob Zombie]] – ''[[Hellbilly Deluxe]]''
* Rotting - ''Crushed''
* [[Rush (band)|Rush]] – ''[[Different Stages (Rush album)|Different Stages]]'' (live)
* [[Samael (band)|Samael]] - ''[[Exodus (Samael album)|Exodus]]'' (EP)
* [[Savatage]] – ''[[The Wake of Magellan]]'' (in United States)
* [[Sentenced]] – ''[[Frozen (album)|Frozen]]''
* [[Septicflesh]] - ''[[A Fallen Temple]]''
* [[Sepultura]] – ''[[Against (album)|Against]]''
* [[Sinister (band)|Sinister]] - ''[[Aggressive Measures]]''
* [[Skepticism (band)|Skepticism]] - ''Lead and Aether''
* [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]] – ''[[40 Seasons: The Best of Skid Row]]'' (compilation)
* [[Slayer]] – ''[[Diabolus in Musica]]''
* [[Soilent Green]] - ''A String of Lies'' (EP)
* [[Soilent Green]] - ''[[Sewn Mouth Secrets]]''
* [[Soilwork]] - ''[[Steelbath Suicide]]''
* [[Soulburn]] - ''Feeding on Angels''
* [[Soulfly]] – ''[[Soulfly (Soulfly album)|Soulfly]]''
* [[Strapping Young Lad]] – ''[[No Sleep 'till Bedtime|No Sleep 'till Bedtime: Live in Australia]]'' (live)
* [[Stratovarius]] – ''[[Visions of Europe]]'' (live)
* Stratovarius – ''[[Destiny (Stratovarius album)|Destiny]]''
* [[Stuck Mojo]] – ''[[Rising (Stuck Mojo album)|Rising]]''
* [[Dan Swanö]] - ''[[Moontower]]''
* [[Symphony X]] – ''[[Twilight in Olympus]]''
* [[System of a Down]] – ''[[System of a Down (album)|System of a Down]]''
* [[Tankard (band)|Tankard]] – ''[[Disco Destroyer]]''
* [[The Sins of Thy Beloved]] – ''[[Lake of Sorrow]]''
* [[Theatre of Tragedy]] – ''[[Aégis]]''
* [[Therapy?]] – ''[[Semi-Detached (album)|Semi-Detached]]''
* [[Therion (band)|Therion]] - ''[[Vovin (album)|Vovin]]''
* [[Trail of Tears (band)|Trail of Tears]] – ''[[Disclosure in Red]]''
* [[Tristania (band)|Tristania]] – ''[[Widow's Weeds (Tristania album)|Widow's Weeds]]''
* [[Turbonegro]] – ''[[Apocalypse Dudes]]''
* [[2wo]] – ''[[Voyeurs (album)|Voyeurs]]''
* [[Union (band)|Union]] – ''[[Union (Union album)|Union]]''
* [[Ugly Kid Joe]] – ''[[The Very Best-As Ugly As It Gets]]''
* [[Unsane (band)|Unsane]] – ''[[Occupational Hazard]]''
* [[Vader (band)|Vader]] – ''[[Kingdom (EP)|Kingdom]]'' (EP)
* [[Van Halen]] – ''[[Van Halen III]]''
* [[Vintersorg]] – ''[[Hedniskhjärtad]]'' (EP)
* [[Vintersorg]] – ''[[Till fjälls]]''
* [[Virgin Black]] – ''[[Trance (EP)|Trance]]'' (EP)
* [[Virgin Steele]] – ''[[Invictus (Virgin Steele album)|Invictus]]''
* [[Vision of Disorder]] – ''[[Imprint (Vision of Disorder album)|Imprint]]''
{{div col end}}

== Disbandments ==
* [[24-7 Spyz]]
* [[Destruction (band)|Destruction]] (reformed in 1999)
* [[Faith No More]] (reformed in 2009)
* [[Handsome (band)|Handsome]]
* [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] (reformed in 2004)
* [[Snot (band)|Snot]] (reformed in 2008)
* [[Vulcain (band)|Vulcain]]

== Events ==
* [[Aerosmith]] becomes the first rock band to debut at #1 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] with the single "[[I Don't Want to Miss a Thing]]"
* [[Mustis]] joins [[Dimmu Borgir]] on keyboards.
* [[Rob Halford]] of [[Judas Priest]] announces his homosexuality in an [[MTV]] interview.
* [[hide (musician)|Hideto "hide" Matsumoto]], guitarist of the Japanese band [[X Japan]], commits suicide at the age of 33.
* [[Poison (American band)|Poison]] singer [[Bret Michaels]] directs and stars in the film ''[[A Letter from Death Row (film)|A Letter from Death Row]]''.

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1992 in Latin music

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{{Year in music|1992}}
{{Year nav topic5|1992|Latin music}}
This is a list of notable events in [[Latin music (genre)|Latin music]] (music from Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking areas from Latin America, Europe, and the United States) that took place in 1992.

== Events ==
*[[February 25]] – The [[34th Annual Grammy Awards]] are held at the [[Radio City Music Hall]] in [[New York City]].<ref name="GrammyWINNERS">{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&field_nominee_work_value=&year=All&genre=17|title=Past Winners Search|publisher=[[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]]|access-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref>
**[[Vikki Carr]] wins the [[Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album]] for her album ''[[Cosas del Amor (Vikki Carr album)|Cosas del Amor]]''.
**[[Juan Luis Guerra]] wins the [[Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album]] for his album ''[[Bachata Rosa]]''
**[[Little Joe (singer)|Little Joe]] wins the [[Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album|Grammy Award for Best Mexican-American Album]] for his album ''[[16 de Septiembre]]''.
* [[May 14]] – The [[Premio Lo Nuestro 1992|4th Annual Lo Nuestro Awards]] are held at the [[James L. Knight Center]] in Miami, Florida. Mexican singer [[Ana Gabriel]] is the most awarded artist with four wins.<ref name="Winners-archive">{{cite web |url=http://i.univision.com/contentuvn/rinconlatino/plnuestro/images/index_historia.swf|title=Lo Nuestro – Historia |language=es |work=[[Univision]] |publisher=[[Univision Communications]]|access-date=March 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626102925/http://i.univision.com/contentuvn/rinconlatino/plnuestro/images/index_historia.swf|archive-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref>

== Bands formed ==
*[[Cristian Castro]] (Latin pop singer)
*[[Paulina Rubio]] (Latin pop singer)
*[[Jon Secada]]
*Bachata Magic
*[[Alejandro Fernández]]
*Banda Vallarta Show
*[[Rey Ruiz]]
*[[Caña Brava]]
*[[Olga Tañón]]
*Zona Roja

== Number-ones albums and singles by country ==
*[[List of number-one albums of 1992 (Spain)]]
*[[List of number-one singles of 1992 (Spain)]]
*[[List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums from the 1990s|List of number-one ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums of 1992]]
*[[List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Tracks of 1992]]

== Awards ==
*[[Premio Lo Nuestro 1992|1992 Premio Lo Nuestro]]
*[[1992 Tejano Music Awards]]

== Albums released ==

===First quarter===

====January====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Day
! Title
! Artist
! Genre(s)
! Singles
! Label
|-
|24
| ''[[The Mambo Kings (soundtrack)|The Mambo Kings]]''
| Various artists
|
|
|
|-
|}

====February====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Day
! Title
! Artist
! Genre(s)
! Singles
! Label
|-
|1
| ''[[Quiéreme]]''
| [[Los Bukis]]
|
| "Mi Mayor Necesidad"
|
|-
|15
| ''Imaginame''
| [[María Conchita Alonso]]
|
|
|
|-
|25
| ''Piel Canela''
| [[Angela Carrasco]]
| Tropical
| "Tu Amor Es una Rueda"
|
|-
|}

====March====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Day
! Title
! Artist
! Genre(s)
! Singles
! Label
|-
|10
| ''Piel de Hombre''
| [[José Luis Rodríguez (singer)|José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma"]]
|
| "Torrero"
|
|-
|20
| ''Condename''
| [[Tito Rojas]]
| Salsa
| "Condename a Tu Amor" "Porque Este Amor" "Nadie Es Eterno" "Señora"
| Musical Productions
|-
|rowspan="2"|24
| ''De Vuelta en la Trampa''
| [[Lalo Rodríguez]]
| Salsa
|
|
|-
| ''Solo Para Ti''
| [[Ottmar Liebert]]
|
|
|
|-
|}

===Second quarter===

====April====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Day
! Title
! Artist
! Genre(s)
! Singles
! Label
|-
|7
| ''Ilegal''
| [[Pandora (musical group)|Pandora]]
|
| "Desde el Día Que Te Fuiste"
|
|-
|20
| ''I Love My Freedom, I Love Texas''
| Mingo Saldivary y sus Tremendos
|
|
|
|-
|27
| ''[[Entre a Mi Mundo]]''
| [[Selena]]
| [[Tejano music|Tejano]], [[ranchera]]
| "[[La Carcacha]]" "[[Como la Flor]]" "[[¿Qué Creias?]]" "[[Amame (song)|Amame]]"
|[[Capitol Latin|EMI Latin]]
|-
|28
| ''Con Sentimiento y Sabor''
| [[Los Tigres del Norte]]
|
|
|
|-
|}

====May====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Day
! Title
! Artist
! Genre(s)
! Singles
! Label
|-
|5
| ''[[Jon Secada (album)|Jon Secada]]''
| [[Jon Secada]]
|
|
|
|-
|6
| ''[[Calor (album)|Calor]]''
| [[Julio Iglesias]]
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|12
| ''Sola''
| [[Olga Tañón]]
| Merengue
| "Me Cambió Por Ella"
|WEA Latina
|-
| ''Ave Fénix''
| [[Raphael (singer)|Raphael]]
|
|
|
|-
|18
| ''[[Alejandro Fernández (album)|Alejandro Fernández]]''
| [[Alejandro Fernández]]
|
|
|
|-
|19
| ''[[María Bonita (album)|María Bonita]]''
| [[Manuel Mijares|Mijares]]
|
|
|
|-
|26
| ''[[Cuenta Conmigo]]''
| [[Jerry Rivera]]
| Salsa music
| "Amores Como el Nuestro" "Casí un Hechizo" "Cuenta Conmigo" "Me Estoy Enamorando"
| [[Sony Music Latin|Sony Discos]]
|-
|}

====June====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Day
! Title
! Artist
! Genre(s)
! Singles
! Label
|-
|16
| ''Que de Raro Tiene''
| [[Vicente Fernández]]
|
|
|
|-
|23
| ''La Roka''
| Rokabanda
|
|
|
|-
|30
| ''[[Agua Nueva]]''
| [[Cristian Castro]]
| Latin pop
| "[[No Podrás]]" "Solo Dame una Noche" "Agua Nueva" "Diez Mil Lagrimas"
| [[Fonovisa Records|Fonovisa]]
|-
|}

===Third quarter===

====July====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Day
! Title
! Artist
! Genre(s)
! Singles
! Label
|-
|1
| ''[[Este Mundo]]''
| [[Gipsy Kings]]
|
|
|
|-
|5
| ''[[Silueta (album)|Silueta]]''
| [[Ana Gabriel]]
|
| "Evidencias"
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|14
| ''De Otro Planeta''
| H2O
|
|
|
|-
| ''El Rey de los Soneros''
| [[Oscar D'León]]
|
|
|
|-
|15
| ''Partners''
| [[Flaco Jiménez]]
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|28
| ''[[Provócame]]''
| [[Chayanne]]
| Latin pop
| "Provócame" "El Centro de Mi Corazón"
| Sony Discos
|-
| ''[[Me Siento Tan Sola]]''
| [[Gloria Trevi]]
|
|
|
|-
|
|}

====August====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Day
! Title
! Artist
! Genre(s)
! Singles
! Label
|-
|10
| ''Duro a la Baila''
| Tropicalísimo Apache
|
|
|
|-
|25
| ''[[Frenesí (album)|Frenesí]]''
| [[Linda Ronstadt]]
|
|
|
|-
|}

====September====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Day
! Title
! Artist
! Genre(s)
! Singles
! Label
|-
|1
| ''Fisica y Quimica''
| [[Joaquín Sabina]]
|
|
|
|-
|8
| ''[[Llegó La India Via Eddie Palmieri]]''
| [[La India]]
|
|
|
|-
|11
| ''[[Amor y Control]]''
| [[Rubén Blades]]
|
|
|
|-
|15
| ''[[Live (Gipsy Kings album)|Live]]''
| [[Gipsy Kings]]
|
|
|
|-
|23
| ''[[El León (album)|El León]]''
| [[Los Fabulosos Cadillacs]]
|
|
|
|-
|25
| ''[[América & En Vivo]]''
| [[Luis Miguel]]
| Latin pop, bolero
| "[[América, América]]"
| [[Warner Music Latina|WEA Latina]]
|-
|}

===Fourth quarter===

====October====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Day
! Title
! Artist
! Genre(s)
! Singles
! Label
|-
|6
| ''[[Otro Día Más Sin Verte]]''
| [[Jon Secada]]
| Latin pop
| "[[Just Another Day (Jon Secada song)|Otro Día Más Sin Verte]]" "[[Angel (Jon Secada song)|Angel]]" "[[Do You Believe in Us|Cree En Nuestro Amor]]" "[[Sentir]]" "Tiempo Al Tiempo"
|
|-
|7
| ''[[Love (Thalía album)|Love]]''
| [[Thalía]]
|
|
|
|-
|13
| ''Regalame Esta Noche''
| Alex d'Castro
|
|
|
|-
|16
| ''[[A Dos Tiempos de un Tiempo]]''
| [[Gilberto Santa Rosa]]
|
|
|
|-
|20
| ''[[La Chica Dorada]]''
| [[Paulina Rubio]]
| Dance-pop
| "[[Mío]]" "[[Amor de Mujer]]" "[[Abriendo las puertas al amor|Abriendo las Puertas al Amor]]" "[[Sabor a Miel]]"
| [[Capitol Latin]]
|-
|27
| ''No Me Faltes Nunca''
| Caña Brava
|
|
|
|-
|}

====November====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Day
! Title
! Artist
! Genre(s)
! Singles
! Label
|-
|3
| ''Latin Street '92''
| [[José Feliciano]]
|
|
|
|-
|9
| ''[[Ahora y Siempre (La Mafia album)|Ahora y Siempre]]''
| [[La Mafia]]
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|13
| ''Mexicanismo''
| Gerardo Reyes
|
|
|
|-
| ''[[¿Dónde Jugarán los Niños?]]''
| [[Maná]]
| Latin rock
| "Oye Mi Amor" "Vivir Sin Aire"
|WEA
|-
|rowspan="2"|17
| ''Hangin' on by a Thread''
| [[Texas Tornados]]
|
|
|
|-
| ''Homenaje a Mexico''
| [[Álvaro Torres]]
|
|
|
|-
|24
| ''El Arrollador''
| [[Pochy y su Cocoband]]
|
|
|
|-
|}

====December====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Day
! Title
! Artist
! Genre(s)
! Singles
! Label
|-
|8
| ''Adivina''
| [[Sergio Dalma]]
|
|
|
|-
|14
| ''Los Hijos del Sol''
| [[Ricardo Montaner]]
| Latin pop
| "Castillo Azul" "Piel Adentro" "Al Fin de Arco Iris"
| [[Rodven Records|Rodven]]
|-
|15
| ''Miami Band''
| Miami Band
|
|
|
|-
|22
| ''Sino''
| [[Mercedes Sosa]]
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|30
| ''Soy Dichoso''
| [[Ray Barretto]]
|
|
|
|-
| ''Tribute a Ismael Miranda''
| [[Celia Cruz]]
|
|
|
|-
|}

=== Unknown date ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
! Title
! Artist
! Genre(s)
! Singles
! Label
|-
| ''[[Frevoador]]''
| [[Zé Ramalho]]
| [[Música popular brasileira]], [[forró]]
|
| [[Columbia Records]] ([[Sony Music]])
|-
| ''[[Música P/ Acampamentos]]''
| [[Legião Urbana]]
| [[Rock music|Rock]], [[Post-punk]]
|
| [[Odeon Records|EMI Odeon]]
|-
| ''[[O Canto da Cidade]]''
| [[Daniela Mercury]]
|
|
|
|-
| ''[[Areíto (album)|Areíto]]''
| [[Juan Luis Guerra]]
| Merengue, tropical
| "Frío, Frío" "El Costo de la Vida" "Señales de Humo" "Rompiendo Fuentes"
| Karen
|-
| ''Mi Libertad''
| [[Frankie Ruiz]]
| Salsa
| "Mi Libertad" "Bailando"
| Rodven
|-
| ''Rey Ruiz''
| [[Rey Ruiz]]
| Salsa
| "No Me Acostumbro" "Amiga" "Si Me Das un Beso"
| Sony Discos
|-
|}

==Best-selling records==

===Best-selling albums===
The following is a list of the top 5 best-selling Latin albums of 1992 in the United States in the categories of Latin pop, Regional Mexican, and Tropical/salsa, according to ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music: 1992|date=December 25, 1993|magazine=Billboard|page=YE-56|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Category !! Rank !! Album !! Artist
|-
|rowspan="5"|Latin pop
| 1
| ''[[Romance (Luis Miguel album)|Romance]]''
| [[Luis Miguel]]
|-
| 2
| ''Magneto''
| [[Magneto (band)|Magneto]]
|-
| 3
| ''Con Amor Eterno...''
| [[Pandora (musical group)|Pandora]]
|-
| 4
| ''[[Nada Se Compara Contigo]]''
| [[Álvaro Torres]]
|-
| 5
| ''[[En el Último Lugar del Mundo]]''
| [[Ricardo Montaner]]
|-
|rowspan="5"|Regional Mexican
| 1
| ''[[Estas Tocando Fuego]]''
| [[La Mafia]]
|-
| 2
| ''[[Mi México]]''
| [[Ana Gabriel]]
|-
| 3
| ''[[Salvaje y Tierno]]''
| [[Grupo Bronco|Bronco]]
|-
| 4
| ''Mazz Live-Una Noche Juntos''
| [[Mazz]]
|-
| 5
| ''[[Mi Vida Eres Tú (album)|Mi Vida Eres Tú]]''
| [[Los Temerarios]]
|-
|rowspan="5"|Tropical/Salsa
| 1
| ''[[Perspectiva (album)|Perspectiva]]''
| [[Gilberto Santa Rosa]]
|-
| 2
| ''[[Soy el Mismo (Eddie Santiago album)|Soy el Mismo]]''
| [[Eddie Santiago]]
|-
| 3
| ''Tito Rojas''
| [[Tito Rojas]]
|-
| 4
| ''[[Cuenta Conmigo]]''
| [[Jerry Rivera]]
|-
| 5
| ''Uno Mismo''
| [[Tony Vega]]
|-
|}

===Best-performing songs===
The following is a list of the top 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States in 1992, according to ''Billboard''.<ref name="billboardmag">
{{cite magazine| date =November 28, 1998| title = Topping The Charts Year By Year| magazine = Billboard| publisher = Nielsen Business Media, Inc.| volume = 110| issue = 48| page = LMQ3| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=MAoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=rudy+la+scala&pg=RA1-PA38| access-date =March 3, 2010}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rank !! Single !! Artist
|-
| 1
| "[[Evidencias]]"
| [[Ana Gabriel]]
|-
| 2
| "[[No Sé Tú]]"
| [[Luis Miguel]]
|-
| 3
| "[[Inolvidable (song)|Inolvidable]]"
| [[Luis Miguel]]
|-
| 4
| "[[Just Another Day (Jon Secada song)|Otro Día Más Sin Verte]]"
| [[Jon Secada]]
|-
| 5
| "[[Mi Mayor Necesidad]]"
| [[Los Bukis]]
|-
| 6
| "[[Amor Mío, ¿Qué Me Has Hecho?]]"
| [[Camilo Sesto]]
|-
| 7
| "[[Si Piensas, Si Quieres]]"
| [[Roberto Carlos (singer)|Roberto Carlos]] and [[Rocío Dúrcal]]
|-
| 8
| "[[El Centro de Mi Corazón]]"
| [[Chayanne]]
|-
| 9
| "[[Angel (Jon Secada song)|Angel]]"
| [[Jon Secada]]
|-
| 10
| "[[Torero (José Luis Rodríguez and Julio Iglesias song)|Torero]]"
| [[José Luis Rodríguez (singer)|José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma"]] and [[Julio Iglesias]]
|}

== Births ==
*[[February 26]] – [[Danilo Mesquita]], Brazilian actor, singer and composer
*[[March 13]]{{snd}}[[Ozuna]], Puerto Rican reggaeton and trap singer
*[[July 8]] – [[Ariel Camacho]], Founder and lead singer of [[Los Plebes del Rancho de Ariel Camacho]] (d. 2015)
*[[July 10]]{{snd}}[[Nego do Borel]], Brazilian funk ostentação singer
*[[July 27]] – [[El Dasa]], Mexican banda singer
*[[August 19]]{{snd}}[[Feid]] Colombian urbano singer
*[[September 16]]{{snd}}[[Guaynaa]], Puerto Rican reggaeton singer
*[[September 25]]{{snd}}[[Rosalía]], Spanish pop singer
*[[October 30]]{{snd}}[[Greeicy]], Colombian singer
*[[November 26]]{{snd}}[[Anuel AA]], Puerto Rican trap artist

== Deaths ==
*[[February 5]] – [[Nicomedes Santa Cruz]], [[Afro-Peruvian]] musician
*[[March 18]] – [[Antonio Molina (singer)|Antonio Molina]], Spanish flamenco singer
*[[May 16]] - [[Chalino Sánchez|Chalino Sanchez]], Mexican corrido singer
*[[May 23]] – [[Atahualpa Yupanqui]], Argentine trova singer
*[[May 31]] – [[Iosu Expósito]], Spanish rock musician
*[[June 11]] – [[Rafael Orozco Maestre]], Colombian vallenato singer
*[[July 2]] – [[Camarón de la Isla]], Spanish flamenco singer
*[[July 4]] – [[Ástor Piazzolla]], Argentine tango composer
*[[October 9]] – [[Juanma Suárez]], Spanish rock singer
*[[November 27]] – [[Daniel Santos (singer)|Daniel Santos]], Puerto Rican bolero singer

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

[[Category:1992 in Latin music| ]]
[[Category:Latin music by year]]

1992 in heavy metal music

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{{Refimprove|date=September 2017}}
{{Year in music|1992}}
{{Year nav topic5|1992|heavy metal music}}

This is a timeline documenting the events of [[Heavy Metal music|heavy metal]] in the year 1992.

== Events ==

*[[Alice in Chains]] release their widely popular [[concept album]], ''[[Dirt (Alice in Chains album)|Dirt]]''.
* [[Motörhead]]'s drummer [[Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor|Phil Taylor]] finally leaves after recording "Ain't No Nice Guy" for the ''[[March ör Die|March or Die]]'' album. The drummer on that album is Tommy Aldridge, who was replaced by Mikkey Dee after recording the album.
*[[Metallica]] frontman [[James Hetfield]] suffers second and third-degree burns due to a pyrotechnic accident during the [[Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |title=25 Years Ago: A Guns N' Roses and Metallica Concert Ends in a Riot |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/guns-n-roses-1992-montreal-riot/ |accessdate=11 May 2018 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Living Colour]]'s bassist [[Muzz Skillings]] leaves and is replaced by [[Doug Wimbish]].
* On April, 20, [[The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert]] is held. Top heavy metal/hard rock acts such as [[Guns N' Roses]], [[Def Leppard]], [[Metallica]], [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]] and the heavy metal parody band [[Spinal Tap (band)|Spinal Tap]] perform, as well as heavy metal/hard rock legends such as [[Robert Plant]] ([[Led Zeppelin]]), [[Roger Daltrey]] ([[The Who]]), and [[Tony Iommi]] ([[Black Sabbath]]).
* [[Body Count (band)|Body Count]] sparks nationwide controversy over the song from their [[Body Count (album)|self-titled debut album]], "[[Cop Killer (song)|Cop Killer]]".
* [[Vince Neil]] leaves [[Mötley Crüe]] and is replaced by [[John Corabi]]
* [[Slayer]] drummer [[Dave Lombardo]] is replaced by [[Paul Bostaph]].<ref>{{cite web |date=3 June 2013 |title=Slayer draft in Paul Bostaph to replace drummer Dave Lombardo - NME |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/slayer-13-1253991 |accessdate=11 May 2018 |website=NME}}</ref>
* [[Fanoft Stave Church|Fantoft Stave Church]] near [[Bergen]], [[Norway]] is destroyed by [[Varg Vikernes]] of [[Burzum]] on June 6. Other church burnings attributed to [[black metal]] [[Early Norwegian black metal scene|musicians]] also took place throughout Scandinavia.

==Newly formed bands==
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*[[Aborym]]
*[[Alarum (band)|Alarum]]
*[[Altar (Dutch band)|Altar]]
*[[Am I Blood]]
*[[Ancient (band)|Ancient]]
*[[The Atomic Bitchwax]]
*[[Beseech]]
*[[Beyond Twilight]]
*[[Black Messiah (band)|Black Messiah]]
*[[Blockheads (French band)|Blockheads]]
*[[Bloodlet (band)|Bloodlet]]
*[[Bloodthorn]]
*[[Boris (band)|Boris]]
*[[Cage (band)|Cage]]
*[[Candiria]]
*[[Callenish Circle]]
*[[Carpathian Forest]]
*[[Cavity (band)|Cavity]]
*[[Cephalic Carnage]]
*[[Charon (band)|Charon]]
* [[Cruachan (band)|Cruachan]]
*[[Cubanate]]
*[[Darkseed (band)|Darkseed]]
*[[Deinonychus (band)|Deinonychus]]
*[[Dew-Scented]]
*[[Dies Irae (band)|Dies Irae]]
*[[Disciple (band)|Disciple]]
*[[Discordance Axis]]
*[[Disgorge (American band)|Disgorge]]
* [[Edguy]]
*[[Embodyment]]
* [[Esoteric (band)|Esoteric]]
* [[Evoken]]
*[[Fight (band)|Fight]]
*[[Fimbulwinter (band)|Fimbulwinter]]
* [[Freak Kitchen]]
*[[Freak of Nature (band)|Freak of Nature]]
*[[Gates of Ishtar]]
*[[Godgory]]
* [[Gorgoroth]]
*[[Gotthard (band)|Gotthard]]
*[[Grand Belial's Key]]
* [[Graveworm]]
*[[Harvey Milk (band)|Harvey Milk]]
*[[Helheim (band)|Helheim]]
*[[Hey (band)|Hey]]
*[[In the Woods...]]
*[[Infernum]]
*[[Jimmie's Chicken Shack]]
*[[Judas Iscariot (band)|Judas Iscariot]]
*[[Jungle Rot]]
* [[Legion of the Damned (band)|Legion of the Damned]] (as Occult)
*[[Lethargy (band)|Lethargy]]
*[[Lord Belial]]
* [[Lordi]]
*[[Malignancy (band)|Malignancy]]
*[[Meathook Seed]]
*[[Memento Mori (band)|Memento Mori]]
*[[Memory Garden]]
*[[Moonspell]]
*[[Morifade]]
*[[Mystic Circle]]
*[[Mysticum]]
*[[Naglfar (band)|Naglfar]]
*[[Nasum]]
* [[Necrophagist]]
*[[The Nefilim|Nefilim]]
*[[Nidingr (band)|Nidingr]]
*[[Obtest]]
*[[On Thorns I Lay]]
* [[P.O.D.]]
*[[Quo Vadis (band)|Quo Vadis]]
* [[Rudra (band)|Rudra]]
*[[Sacramentum (band)|Sacramentum]]
*[[Saratoga (band)|Saratoga]]
*[[Sirrah (band)|Sirrah]]
*[[Skinless]]
*[[Sons of Otis]]
*[[Souls at Zero (band)|Souls at Zero]]
*[[Sponge (band)|Sponge]]
* [[Stone Sour]]
*[[The Third and the Mortal|The 3rd and the Mortal]]
*[[The Chasm (band)|The Chasm]]
* [[Tito & Tarantula]]
*[[Today Is the Day]]
*[[Trelldom]]
*[[Tristitia]]
*[[Troll (Norwegian band)|Troll]]
*[[Ultimatum (American band)|Ultimatum]]
*[[Urgehal]]
* [[Vince Neil]]
*[[Vision of Disorder]]
* [[Wolfgang (band)|Wolfgang]]{{Div col end}}{{Div col end}}{{div col end}}

==Reformed bands==
* [[Mercyful Fate]]

==Albums==
{{Div col|colwidth=20em}}
* [[24-7 Spyz]] – ''[[Strength in Numbers (24-7 Spyz album)|Strength in Numbers]]''
* [[AC/DC]] – ''[[AC/DC Live]]'' (live)
* [[Alice in Chains]] – ''[[Dirt (Alice in Chains album)|Dirt]]''
* Alice in Chains – ''[[Sap (album)|Sap]]'' (EP)
* [[Amorphis]] - ''[[The Karelian Isthmus]]''
* [[Anathema (band)|Anathema]] - ''[[The Crestfallen]]'' (EP)
* [[Anthem (band)|Anthem]] – ''Domestic Booty''
* [[Anvil (band)|Anvil]] – ''[[Worth the Weight]]''
* [[Asphyx]] - ''[[Crush the Cenotaph]]'' (EP)
* [[At the Gates]] – ''[[The Red in the Sky Is Ours]]''
* [[Atrocity (band)|Atrocity]] - ''[[Todessehnsucht]]''
* [[Autopsy (band)|Autopsy]] – ''[[Acts of the Unspeakable]]''
* [[Babylon A.D. (band)|Babylon A.D.]] – ''Nothing Sacred''
* [[Bad4Good]] – ''[[Refugee (Bad4Good album)|Refugee]]''
* [[Bangalore Choir]] – ''On Target''
* [[Bang Tango]] – ''[[Aint No Jive Live]]''
* [[Benediction (band)|Benediction]] - ''Dark is the Season'' (EP)
* [[Biohazard (band)|Biohazard]] – ''[[Urban Discipline]]''
* [[Black Sabbath]] – ''[[Dehumanizer]]''
* [[Blind Guardian]] – ''[[Somewhere Far Beyond]]''
* [[Body Count (band)|Body Count]] – ''[[Body Count (album)|Body Count]]''
* [[Bolt Thrower (band)|Bolt Thrower]] – ''[[The IVth Crusade]]''
* [[Bon Jovi]] – ''[[Keep the Faith]]''
* [[Brain Dead (band)|Brain Dead]] – ''[[From the Ecstasy]]''
* [[Brutal Truth]] - ''[[Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses]]''
* [[Burzum]] – ''[[Burzum (album)|Burzum]]''
* [[Candlemass (band)|Candlemass]] – ''[[Chapter VI (album)|Chapter VI]]''
* [[Cannibal Corpse]] – ''[[Tomb of the Mutilated]]''
* Carcass - ''Tools of the Trade'' (EP)
* Cathedral -''Soul Sacrifice'' (EP)
* [[Celtic Frost]] – ''[[Parched with Thirst Am I and Dying]]'' (comp)
* [[Comecon (band)|Comecon]] - ''[[Megatrends in Brutality]]''
* [[Cro-Mags]] – ''[[Alpha Omega (Cro-Mags album)|Alpha Omega]]''
* [[Damn Yankees (band)|Damn Yankees]] – ''[[Don't Tread]]''
* [[Darkthrone]] – ''[[A Blaze in the Northern Sky]]''
* [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]] – ''[[Danzig III: How the Gods Kill]]''
* [[Def Leppard]] – ''[[Adrenalize]]''
* [[Deicide (band)|Deicide]] – ''[[Legion (album)|Legion]]''
* [[Deliverance (metal band)|Deliverance]] – ''Stay of Execution''
* [[Demolition Hammer]] – ''[[Epidemic of Violence]]''
* [[Dirty Looks (band)|Dirty Looks]] – ''Five Easy Pieces''
* [[Dismember (band)|Dismember]] - ''[[Pieces (Dismember album)|Pieces]]'' (EP)
* [[Dream Theater]] – ''[[Images and Words]]''
* [[Drive (band)|Drive]] – ''Diablero''
* [[Earthshaker (band)|Earthshaker]] – ''Earthshaker''
* [[Edge of Sanity]] - ''[[Unorthodox (Edge of Sanity album)|Unorthodox]]''
* [[Jeffrey Kollman|Edwin Dare]] – ''Unthinkable Deed''
* [[Electric Boys]] – ''[[Groovus Maximus]]''
* [[Elegy]] – ''[[Labyrinth Of Dreams]]''
* [[Exhorder]] – ''[[The Law (Exhorder album)|The Law]]''
* [[Exodus (band)|Exodus]] – ''[[Force of Habit]]''
* [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]] – ''[[III Sides to Every Story]]''
* [[Faith No More]] – ''[[Angel Dust (Faith No More album)|Angel Dust]]''
* [[Faster Pussycat]] – ''[[Belted, Buckled and Booted]]''
* [[Faster Pussycat]] – ''[[Whipped!]]''
* [[Fear Factory]] – ''[[Soul of a New Machine]]''
* [[FireHouse]] – ''[[Hold Your Fire (FireHouse album)|Hold Your Fire]]''
* [[FM (British band)|FM]] - ''Aphrodisiac ''
* [[The Gathering (band)|The Gathering]] - ''[[Always...]]''
* [[Godflesh]] – ''[[Pure (Godflesh album)|Pure]]''
* [[Gorefest]] – ''[[False (album)|False]]''
* Maestro Alex Gregory – ''Paganini's Last Stand''
* [[Grave (band)|Grave]] - ''[[You'll Never See...]]''
* [[Gun (band)|Gun]] – ''[[Gallus (album)|Gallus]]''
* [[Gwar]] – ''[[America Must Be Destroyed]]''
* [[Hardline (band)|Hardline]] – ''[[Double Eclipse]]''
* [[Heavens Gate (band)|Heavens Gate]] – ''Hell for Sale!''
* Heavens Gate – ''More Hysteria'' (EP)
* [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] – ''[[Meantime (album)|Meantime]]''
* Darren Housholder – ''Darren Housholder''
* [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]] – ''[[Penetralia]]''
* [[Incantation (band)|Incantation]] - ''[[Onward to Golgotha]]''
* [[Immortal (band)|Immortal]] – ''[[Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism]]''
* [[Impetigo (band)|Impetigo]] - ''[[Horror of the Zombies]]''
* [[Iron Maiden]] – ''[[Fear of the Dark (Iron Maiden album)|Fear of the Dark]]''
* [[Kik Tracee]] – ''Field Trip''
* [[Paul Di'Anno|Killers]] – ''Murder One''
* [[King's X]] – ''[[King's X (album)|King's X]]''
* [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] – ''[[Revenge (Kiss album)|Revenge]]''
* [[Krabathor]] - ''Only Our Death Is Welcome...''
* [[Kreator]] – ''[[Renewal (album)|Renewal]]''
* [[Kyuss]] – ''[[Blues for the Red Sun]]''
* [[Lacrimosa (band)|Lacrimosa]] – ''Einsamkeit''
* [[L.A. Guns]] – ''[[Cuts (EP)|Cuts]]''
* Lawnmower Deth - ''The Return of the Fabulous Metal Bozo Clowns''
* Life Sex & Death – ''The Silent Majority''
* [[Little Caesar (band)|Little Caesar]] – ''Influence''
* [[Loudness (band)|Loudness]] – ''[[Loudness (album)|Loudness]]''
* [[Love/Hate (band)|Love/Hate]] – ''[[Wasted In America]]''
* [[Lynch Mob (band)|Lynch Mob]] – ''[[Lynch Mob (album)|Lynch Mob]]''
* [[Tony MacAlpine]] – ''[[Freedom to Fly]]''
* [[Malevolent Creation]] – ''[[Retribution (Malevolent Creation album)|Retribution]]''
* [[Yngwie Malmsteen]] – ''[[Fire and Ice (Yngwie Malmsteen album)|Fire and Ice]]''
* [[Manowar]] – ''[[The Triumph of Steel]]''
* [[Massacre (metal band)|Massacre]] - ''[[Inhuman Condition]]'' (EP)
* [[Marduk (band)|Marduk]] - ''[[Dark Endless]]''
* [[Megadeth]] – ''[[Countdown to Extinction]]''
* Mekong Delta - ''Kaleidoscope''
* Mercyful Fate - ''Return of the Vampire''
* [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]] – ''[[Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs]]''
* M.O.D. - ''Rhythm of Fear''
* [[Monster Magnet]] – ''[[Tab (album)|Tab]]'' (EP)
* [[Monstrosity (band)|Monstrosity]] – ''[[Imperial Doom]]''
* Mordred - ''Vision'' (EP)
* [[Mortification (band)|Mortification]] - ''[[Scrolls of the Megilloth]]''
* [[Motörhead]] – ''[[March ör Die]]''
* [[My Dying Bride]] – ''[[As the Flower Withers]]''
* [[My Dying Bride]] – ''[[Symphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrium]]'' (EP)
* [[Napalm Death]] – ''[[Utopia Banished]]''
* [[Necrophagist]] – ''[[Requiems of Festered Gore]]'' (demo)
* [[Nembrionic]] - ''[[Themes on an Occult Theory]]'' (EP)
* [[Neurosis (band)|Neurosis]] – ''[[Souls at Zero]]''
* [[Nine Inch Nails]] – ''[[Broken (Nine Inch Nails EP)|Broken]]'' (EP)
* Nine Inch Nails – ''[[Fixed (EP)|Fixed]]'' (EP)
* [[Nocturnus]] – ''[[Thresholds (album)|Thresholds]]''
* Non-Fiction – ''In the Know''
* Nuclear Assualt - ''Live at the Hammersmith Odeon''
* [[Obituary (band)|Obituary]] – ''[[The End Complete]]''
* [[Oomph!]] – ''[[Oomph! (album)|Oomph!]]''
* [[Pantera]] – ''[[Vulgar Display of Power]]''
* [[Pan.Thy.Monium]] - ''[[Dawn of Dreams]]''
* [[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]] – ''[[Shades of God]]''
* [[Pitchshifter (band)|Pitchshifter]] – ''[[Submit]]'' (EP)
* [[Pretty Maids]] - ''Sin-Decade''
* [[Pro-Pain]] – ''Foul Taste of Freedom''
* [[Prong (band)|Prong]] - ''Whose Fist Is This Anyway'' (EP)
* [[Psychotic Waltz]] – ''[[Into the Everflow]]''
* [[Racer X (band)|Racer X]] – ''[[Extreme Volume II Live]]'' (live)
* [[Rage (German band)|Rage]] – ''[[Trapped! (album)|Trapped!]]''
* [[Rage Against the Machine]] – ''[[Rage Against the Machine (album)|Rage Against the Machine]]''
* Re-Animator - ''That Was Then...This Is Now''
* [[Reverend (band)|Reverend]] – ''[[Live (Reverend EP)|Live]]'' (live EP)
* Riot - ''Live in Japan''
* [[Rollins Band]] – ''[[The End of Silence]]''
* [[Running Wild (band)|Running Wild]] – ''[[Pile of Skulls]]''
* [[Sadus]] – ''[[A Vision of Misery]]''
* [[Saigon Kick]] – ''[[The Lizard (Saigon Kick album)|The Lizard]]''
* [[Saint Vitus (band)|Saint Vitus]] - ''[[C.O.D. (album)|C.O.D.]]''
* [[Saints & Sinners (heavy metal band)|Saints & Sinners]] – ''[[Saints & Sinners (Saints & Sinners album)|Saints & Sinners]]''
* [[Samael (band)|Samael]] - ''[[Blood Ritual (album)|Blood Ritual]]''
* [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]] – ''[[Forever Free (Saxon album)|Forever Free]]''
* [[The Screaming Jets]] – ''[[Tear of Thought]]''
* [[Sinister (band)|Sinister]] - ''Cross The Styx''
* [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]] – ''[[B-Side Ourselves]]'' (EP)
* Skyclad - ''A Burnt Offering for the Bone Idol''
* [[Slaughter (band)|Slaughter]] – ''[[The Wild Life (Slaughter album)|The Wild Life]]''
* [[Sleeze Beez]] – ''Powertool''
* [[Slik Toxik]] – ''[[Doin' the Nasty]]''
* [[Sodom (band)|Sodom]] – ''[[Tapping the Vein (album)|Tapping the Vein]]''
* [[Solitude Aeturnus]] – ''[[Beyond the Crimson Horizon]]''
* [[Spinal Tap (band)|Spinal Tap]] – ''[[Break Like the Wind]]''
* [[Spread Eagle (band)|Spread Eagle]] – ''[[Open To The Public]]''
* [[Steelheart]] – ''[[Tangled in Reins]]''
* [[Stone Temple Pilots]] – ''[[Core (Stone Temple Pilots album)|Core]]''
* [[Izzy Stradlin]] – ''[[Izzy Stradlin and The Ju Ju Hounds]]''
* [[Stratovarius]] – ''[[Twilight Time (album)|Twilight Time]]''
* [[Suicidal Tendencies]] – ''[[Art of Rebellion]]''
* [[T-Ride]] – ''[[T-Ride (album)]]''
* [[Tankard (band)|Tankard]] – ''[[Stone Cold Sober (album)|Stone Cold Sober]]''
* [[Testament (band)|Testament]] – ''[[The Ritual (Testament album)|The Ritual]]''
* [[The Black Crowes]] – ''[[The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion]]''
* [[Therapy?]] – ''[[Pleasure Death]]''
* Therapy? – ''[[Nurse (album)|Nurse]]''
* [[Therion (band)|Therion]] - ''[[Beyond Sanctorum]]''
* [[Tiamat (band)|Tiamat]] – ''[[Clouds (Tiamat album)|Clouds]]''
* [[TNT (Norwegian band)|TNT]] – ''[[Realized Fantasies]]''
* [[Tora Tora]] – ''[[Wild America (album)|Wild America]]''
* [[Tourniquet (band)|Tourniquet]] – ''[[Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance]]''
* [[Triumph (band)|Triumph]] – ''[[Edge of Excess]]''
* [[Trixter]] – ''[[Hear!]]''
* [[Trouble (band)|Trouble]] – ''[[Manic Frustration]]''
* [[T.T. Quick]] – ''Thrown Together Live'' (live)
* [[Type O Negative]] - ''[[The Origin of the Feces]]''
* [[Ugly Kid Joe]] – ''[[America's Least Wanted]]''
* [[Unleashed (band)|Unleashed]] – ''[[Shadows in the Deep]]''
* [[Unruly Child]] – ''Unruly Child''
* [[Vader (band)|Vader]] – ''[[The Ultimate Incantation]]''
* [[Vengeance Rising]] - ''[[Released Upon the Earth]]''
* [[Viper (band)|Viper]] – ''[[Evolution (Viper album)|Evolution]]''
* Viper Brazil – ''[[Vipera Sapiens]]'' (EP)
* [[Vital Remains]] – ''[[Let Us Pray]]''
* [[Von (band)|Von]] – ''[[Satanic Blood]]''
* [[Von Groove]] – ''[[Von Groove]]''
* [[W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P.]] – ''[[The Crimson Idol]]''
* [[Warrant (American band)|Warrant]] – ''[[Dog Eat Dog (Warrant album)|Dog Eat Dog]]''
* [[Warrior Soul]] – ''[[Salutations from the Ghetto Nation]]''
* [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]] – ''[[La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One]]''
* [[Wildside (band)|Wildside]] – ''Under the Influence''
* Xentrix - ''Kin''

{{div col end}}

==Disbandments==
* [[Armored Saint]] (reformed in [[1999 in heavy metal music|1999]])
* [[Atheist (band)|Atheist]] (reformed in [[1993 in heavy metal music|1993]])
* [[Britny Fox]] (reformed in [[2000 in heavy metal music|2000]])
* [[Europe (band)|Europe]] (Hiatus until December 31, 1999, then full reformation with John Norum at guitar on October 2, 2003)
* Nightfall
* [[Nitro (band)|Nitro]] (reformed in [[2016 in heavy metal music|2016]])
* [[Ratt]] (reformed in [[1996 in heavy metal music|1996]])
* [[Stryper]] (reformed in [[2003 in heavy metal music|2003]])
* [[White Lion]] (reformed in [[1999 in heavy metal music|1999]])

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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1992 in heavy metal music

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Schwatto: /* Newly formed bands */

{{Refimprove|date=September 2017}}
{{Year in music|1992}}
{{Year nav topic5|1992|heavy metal music}}

This is a timeline documenting the events of [[Heavy Metal music|heavy metal]] in the year 1992.

==Newly formed bands==
{{Div col|colwidth=10em}}
*[[Aborym]]
*[[Alarum (band)|Alarum]]
*[[Altar (Dutch band)|Altar]]
*[[Am I Blood]]
*[[Ancient (band)|Ancient]]
*[[The Atomic Bitchwax]]
*[[Beseech]]
*[[Beyond Twilight]]
*[[Black Messiah (band)|Black Messiah]]
*[[Blockheads (French band)|Blockheads]]
*[[Bloodlet (band)|Bloodlet]]
*[[Bloodthorn]]
*[[Boris (band)|Boris]]
*[[Cage (band)|Cage]]
*[[Candiria]]
*[[Callenish Circle]]
*[[Carpathian Forest]]
*[[Cavity (band)|Cavity]]
*[[Cephalic Carnage]]
*[[Charon (band)|Charon]]
* [[Cruachan (band)|Cruachan]]
*[[Cubanate]]
*[[Darkseed (band)|Darkseed]]
*[[Deinonychus (band)|Deinonychus]]
*[[Dew-Scented]]
*[[Dies Irae (band)|Dies Irae]]
*[[Disciple (band)|Disciple]]
*[[Discordance Axis]]
*[[Disgorge (American band)|Disgorge]]
* [[Edguy]]
*[[Embodyment]]
* [[Esoteric (band)|Esoteric]]
* [[Evoken]]
*[[Fight (band)|Fight]]
*[[Fimbulwinter (band)|Fimbulwinter]]
* [[Freak Kitchen]]
*[[Freak of Nature (band)|Freak of Nature]]
*[[Gates of Ishtar]]
*[[Godgory]]
* [[Gorgoroth]]
*[[Gotthard (band)|Gotthard]]
*[[Grand Belial's Key]]
* [[Graveworm]]
*[[Harvey Milk (band)|Harvey Milk]]
*[[Helheim (band)|Helheim]]
*[[Hey (band)|Hey]]
*[[In the Woods...]]
*[[Infernum]]
*[[Jimmie's Chicken Shack]]
*[[Judas Iscariot (band)|Judas Iscariot]]
*[[Jungle Rot]]
* [[Legion of the Damned (band)|Legion of the Damned]] (as Occult)
*[[Lethargy (band)|Lethargy]]
*[[Lord Belial]]
* [[Lordi]]
*[[Malignancy (band)|Malignancy]]
*[[Meathook Seed]]
*[[Memento Mori (band)|Memento Mori]]
*[[Memory Garden]]
*[[Moonspell]]
*[[Morifade]]
*[[Mystic Circle]]
*[[Mysticum]]
*[[Naglfar (band)|Naglfar]]
*[[Nasum]]
* [[Necrophagist]]
*[[The Nefilim|Nefilim]]
*[[Nidingr (band)|Nidingr]]
*[[Obtest]]
*[[On Thorns I Lay]]
* [[P.O.D.]]
*[[Quo Vadis (band)|Quo Vadis]]
* [[Rudra (band)|Rudra]]
*[[Sacramentum (band)|Sacramentum]]
*[[Saratoga (band)|Saratoga]]
*[[Sirrah (band)|Sirrah]]
*[[Skinless]]
*[[Sons of Otis]]
*[[Souls at Zero (band)|Souls at Zero]]
*[[Sponge (band)|Sponge]]
* [[Stone Sour]]
*[[The Third and the Mortal|The 3rd and the Mortal]]
*[[The Chasm (band)|The Chasm]]
* [[Tito & Tarantula]]
*[[Today Is the Day]]
*[[Trelldom]]
*[[Tristitia]]
*[[Troll (Norwegian band)|Troll]]
*[[Ultimatum (American band)|Ultimatum]]
*[[Urgehal]]
* [[Vince Neil]]
*[[Vision of Disorder]]
* [[Wolfgang (band)|Wolfgang]]{{Div col end}}{{Div col end}}{{div col end}}

==Reformed bands==
* [[Mercyful Fate]]

==Albums==
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* [[24-7 Spyz]] – ''[[Strength in Numbers (24-7 Spyz album)|Strength in Numbers]]''
* [[AC/DC]] – ''[[AC/DC Live]]'' (live)
* [[Alice in Chains]] – ''[[Dirt (Alice in Chains album)|Dirt]]''
* Alice in Chains – ''[[Sap (album)|Sap]]'' (EP)
* [[Amorphis]] - ''[[The Karelian Isthmus]]''
* [[Anathema (band)|Anathema]] - ''[[The Crestfallen]]'' (EP)
* [[Anthem (band)|Anthem]] – ''Domestic Booty''
* [[Anvil (band)|Anvil]] – ''[[Worth the Weight]]''
* [[Asphyx]] - ''[[Crush the Cenotaph]]'' (EP)
* [[At the Gates]] – ''[[The Red in the Sky Is Ours]]''
* [[Atrocity (band)|Atrocity]] - ''[[Todessehnsucht]]''
* [[Autopsy (band)|Autopsy]] – ''[[Acts of the Unspeakable]]''
* [[Babylon A.D. (band)|Babylon A.D.]] – ''Nothing Sacred''
* [[Bad4Good]] – ''[[Refugee (Bad4Good album)|Refugee]]''
* [[Bangalore Choir]] – ''On Target''
* [[Bang Tango]] – ''[[Aint No Jive Live]]''
* [[Benediction (band)|Benediction]] - ''Dark is the Season'' (EP)
* [[Biohazard (band)|Biohazard]] – ''[[Urban Discipline]]''
* [[Black Sabbath]] – ''[[Dehumanizer]]''
* [[Blind Guardian]] – ''[[Somewhere Far Beyond]]''
* [[Body Count (band)|Body Count]] – ''[[Body Count (album)|Body Count]]''
* [[Bolt Thrower (band)|Bolt Thrower]] – ''[[The IVth Crusade]]''
* [[Bon Jovi]] – ''[[Keep the Faith]]''
* [[Brain Dead (band)|Brain Dead]] – ''[[From the Ecstasy]]''
* [[Brutal Truth]] - ''[[Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses]]''
* [[Burzum]] – ''[[Burzum (album)|Burzum]]''
* [[Candlemass (band)|Candlemass]] – ''[[Chapter VI (album)|Chapter VI]]''
* [[Cannibal Corpse]] – ''[[Tomb of the Mutilated]]''
* Carcass - ''Tools of the Trade'' (EP)
* Cathedral -''Soul Sacrifice'' (EP)
* [[Celtic Frost]] – ''[[Parched with Thirst Am I and Dying]]'' (comp)
* [[Comecon (band)|Comecon]] - ''[[Megatrends in Brutality]]''
* [[Cro-Mags]] – ''[[Alpha Omega (Cro-Mags album)|Alpha Omega]]''
* [[Damn Yankees (band)|Damn Yankees]] – ''[[Don't Tread]]''
* [[Darkthrone]] – ''[[A Blaze in the Northern Sky]]''
* [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]] – ''[[Danzig III: How the Gods Kill]]''
* [[Def Leppard]] – ''[[Adrenalize]]''
* [[Deicide (band)|Deicide]] – ''[[Legion (album)|Legion]]''
* [[Deliverance (metal band)|Deliverance]] – ''Stay of Execution''
* [[Demolition Hammer]] – ''[[Epidemic of Violence]]''
* [[Dirty Looks (band)|Dirty Looks]] – ''Five Easy Pieces''
* [[Dismember (band)|Dismember]] - ''[[Pieces (Dismember album)|Pieces]]'' (EP)
* [[Dream Theater]] – ''[[Images and Words]]''
* [[Drive (band)|Drive]] – ''Diablero''
* [[Earthshaker (band)|Earthshaker]] – ''Earthshaker''
* [[Edge of Sanity]] - ''[[Unorthodox (Edge of Sanity album)|Unorthodox]]''
* [[Jeffrey Kollman|Edwin Dare]] – ''Unthinkable Deed''
* [[Electric Boys]] – ''[[Groovus Maximus]]''
* [[Elegy]] – ''[[Labyrinth Of Dreams]]''
* [[Exhorder]] – ''[[The Law (Exhorder album)|The Law]]''
* [[Exodus (band)|Exodus]] – ''[[Force of Habit]]''
* [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]] – ''[[III Sides to Every Story]]''
* [[Faith No More]] – ''[[Angel Dust (Faith No More album)|Angel Dust]]''
* [[Faster Pussycat]] – ''[[Belted, Buckled and Booted]]''
* [[Faster Pussycat]] – ''[[Whipped!]]''
* [[Fear Factory]] – ''[[Soul of a New Machine]]''
* [[FireHouse]] – ''[[Hold Your Fire (FireHouse album)|Hold Your Fire]]''
* [[FM (British band)|FM]] - ''Aphrodisiac ''
* [[The Gathering (band)|The Gathering]] - ''[[Always...]]''
* [[Godflesh]] – ''[[Pure (Godflesh album)|Pure]]''
* [[Gorefest]] – ''[[False (album)|False]]''
* Maestro Alex Gregory – ''Paganini's Last Stand''
* [[Grave (band)|Grave]] - ''[[You'll Never See...]]''
* [[Gun (band)|Gun]] – ''[[Gallus (album)|Gallus]]''
* [[Gwar]] – ''[[America Must Be Destroyed]]''
* [[Hardline (band)|Hardline]] – ''[[Double Eclipse]]''
* [[Heavens Gate (band)|Heavens Gate]] – ''Hell for Sale!''
* Heavens Gate – ''More Hysteria'' (EP)
* [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] – ''[[Meantime (album)|Meantime]]''
* Darren Housholder – ''Darren Housholder''
* [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]] – ''[[Penetralia]]''
* [[Incantation (band)|Incantation]] - ''[[Onward to Golgotha]]''
* [[Immortal (band)|Immortal]] – ''[[Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism]]''
* [[Impetigo (band)|Impetigo]] - ''[[Horror of the Zombies]]''
* [[Iron Maiden]] – ''[[Fear of the Dark (Iron Maiden album)|Fear of the Dark]]''
* [[Kik Tracee]] – ''Field Trip''
* [[Paul Di'Anno|Killers]] – ''Murder One''
* [[King's X]] – ''[[King's X (album)|King's X]]''
* [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] – ''[[Revenge (Kiss album)|Revenge]]''
* [[Krabathor]] - ''Only Our Death Is Welcome...''
* [[Kreator]] – ''[[Renewal (album)|Renewal]]''
* [[Kyuss]] – ''[[Blues for the Red Sun]]''
* [[Lacrimosa (band)|Lacrimosa]] – ''Einsamkeit''
* [[L.A. Guns]] – ''[[Cuts (EP)|Cuts]]''
* Lawnmower Deth - ''The Return of the Fabulous Metal Bozo Clowns''
* Life Sex & Death – ''The Silent Majority''
* [[Little Caesar (band)|Little Caesar]] – ''Influence''
* [[Loudness (band)|Loudness]] – ''[[Loudness (album)|Loudness]]''
* [[Love/Hate (band)|Love/Hate]] – ''[[Wasted In America]]''
* [[Lynch Mob (band)|Lynch Mob]] – ''[[Lynch Mob (album)|Lynch Mob]]''
* [[Tony MacAlpine]] – ''[[Freedom to Fly]]''
* [[Malevolent Creation]] – ''[[Retribution (Malevolent Creation album)|Retribution]]''
* [[Yngwie Malmsteen]] – ''[[Fire and Ice (Yngwie Malmsteen album)|Fire and Ice]]''
* [[Manowar]] – ''[[The Triumph of Steel]]''
* [[Massacre (metal band)|Massacre]] - ''[[Inhuman Condition]]'' (EP)
* [[Marduk (band)|Marduk]] - ''[[Dark Endless]]''
* [[Megadeth]] – ''[[Countdown to Extinction]]''
* Mekong Delta - ''Kaleidoscope''
* Mercyful Fate - ''Return of the Vampire''
* [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]] – ''[[Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs]]''
* M.O.D. - ''Rhythm of Fear''
* [[Monster Magnet]] – ''[[Tab (album)|Tab]]'' (EP)
* [[Monstrosity (band)|Monstrosity]] – ''[[Imperial Doom]]''
* Mordred - ''Vision'' (EP)
* [[Mortification (band)|Mortification]] - ''[[Scrolls of the Megilloth]]''
* [[Motörhead]] – ''[[March ör Die]]''
* [[My Dying Bride]] – ''[[As the Flower Withers]]''
* [[My Dying Bride]] – ''[[Symphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrium]]'' (EP)
* [[Napalm Death]] – ''[[Utopia Banished]]''
* [[Necrophagist]] – ''[[Requiems of Festered Gore]]'' (demo)
* [[Nembrionic]] - ''[[Themes on an Occult Theory]]'' (EP)
* [[Neurosis (band)|Neurosis]] – ''[[Souls at Zero]]''
* [[Nine Inch Nails]] – ''[[Broken (Nine Inch Nails EP)|Broken]]'' (EP)
* Nine Inch Nails – ''[[Fixed (EP)|Fixed]]'' (EP)
* [[Nocturnus]] – ''[[Thresholds (album)|Thresholds]]''
* Non-Fiction – ''In the Know''
* Nuclear Assualt - ''Live at the Hammersmith Odeon''
* [[Obituary (band)|Obituary]] – ''[[The End Complete]]''
* [[Oomph!]] – ''[[Oomph! (album)|Oomph!]]''
* [[Pantera]] – ''[[Vulgar Display of Power]]''
* [[Pan.Thy.Monium]] - ''[[Dawn of Dreams]]''
* [[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]] – ''[[Shades of God]]''
* [[Pitchshifter (band)|Pitchshifter]] – ''[[Submit]]'' (EP)
* [[Pretty Maids]] - ''Sin-Decade''
* [[Pro-Pain]] – ''Foul Taste of Freedom''
* [[Prong (band)|Prong]] - ''Whose Fist Is This Anyway'' (EP)
* [[Psychotic Waltz]] – ''[[Into the Everflow]]''
* [[Racer X (band)|Racer X]] – ''[[Extreme Volume II Live]]'' (live)
* [[Rage (German band)|Rage]] – ''[[Trapped! (album)|Trapped!]]''
* [[Rage Against the Machine]] – ''[[Rage Against the Machine (album)|Rage Against the Machine]]''
* Re-Animator - ''That Was Then...This Is Now''
* [[Reverend (band)|Reverend]] – ''[[Live (Reverend EP)|Live]]'' (live EP)
* Riot - ''Live in Japan''
* [[Rollins Band]] – ''[[The End of Silence]]''
* [[Running Wild (band)|Running Wild]] – ''[[Pile of Skulls]]''
* [[Sadus]] – ''[[A Vision of Misery]]''
* [[Saigon Kick]] – ''[[The Lizard (Saigon Kick album)|The Lizard]]''
* [[Saint Vitus (band)|Saint Vitus]] - ''[[C.O.D. (album)|C.O.D.]]''
* [[Saints & Sinners (heavy metal band)|Saints & Sinners]] – ''[[Saints & Sinners (Saints & Sinners album)|Saints & Sinners]]''
* [[Samael (band)|Samael]] - ''[[Blood Ritual (album)|Blood Ritual]]''
* [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]] – ''[[Forever Free (Saxon album)|Forever Free]]''
* [[The Screaming Jets]] – ''[[Tear of Thought]]''
* [[Sinister (band)|Sinister]] - ''Cross The Styx''
* [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]] – ''[[B-Side Ourselves]]'' (EP)
* Skyclad - ''A Burnt Offering for the Bone Idol''
* [[Slaughter (band)|Slaughter]] – ''[[The Wild Life (Slaughter album)|The Wild Life]]''
* [[Sleeze Beez]] – ''Powertool''
* [[Slik Toxik]] – ''[[Doin' the Nasty]]''
* [[Sodom (band)|Sodom]] – ''[[Tapping the Vein (album)|Tapping the Vein]]''
* [[Solitude Aeturnus]] – ''[[Beyond the Crimson Horizon]]''
* [[Spinal Tap (band)|Spinal Tap]] – ''[[Break Like the Wind]]''
* [[Spread Eagle (band)|Spread Eagle]] – ''[[Open To The Public]]''
* [[Steelheart]] – ''[[Tangled in Reins]]''
* [[Stone Temple Pilots]] – ''[[Core (Stone Temple Pilots album)|Core]]''
* [[Izzy Stradlin]] – ''[[Izzy Stradlin and The Ju Ju Hounds]]''
* [[Stratovarius]] – ''[[Twilight Time (album)|Twilight Time]]''
* [[Suicidal Tendencies]] – ''[[Art of Rebellion]]''
* [[T-Ride]] – ''[[T-Ride (album)]]''
* [[Tankard (band)|Tankard]] – ''[[Stone Cold Sober (album)|Stone Cold Sober]]''
* [[Testament (band)|Testament]] – ''[[The Ritual (Testament album)|The Ritual]]''
* [[The Black Crowes]] – ''[[The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion]]''
* [[Therapy?]] – ''[[Pleasure Death]]''
* Therapy? – ''[[Nurse (album)|Nurse]]''
* [[Therion (band)|Therion]] - ''[[Beyond Sanctorum]]''
* [[Tiamat (band)|Tiamat]] – ''[[Clouds (Tiamat album)|Clouds]]''
* [[TNT (Norwegian band)|TNT]] – ''[[Realized Fantasies]]''
* [[Tora Tora]] – ''[[Wild America (album)|Wild America]]''
* [[Tourniquet (band)|Tourniquet]] – ''[[Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance]]''
* [[Triumph (band)|Triumph]] – ''[[Edge of Excess]]''
* [[Trixter]] – ''[[Hear!]]''
* [[Trouble (band)|Trouble]] – ''[[Manic Frustration]]''
* [[T.T. Quick]] – ''Thrown Together Live'' (live)
* [[Type O Negative]] - ''[[The Origin of the Feces]]''
* [[Ugly Kid Joe]] – ''[[America's Least Wanted]]''
* [[Unleashed (band)|Unleashed]] – ''[[Shadows in the Deep]]''
* [[Unruly Child]] – ''Unruly Child''
* [[Vader (band)|Vader]] – ''[[The Ultimate Incantation]]''
* [[Vengeance Rising]] - ''[[Released Upon the Earth]]''
* [[Viper (band)|Viper]] – ''[[Evolution (Viper album)|Evolution]]''
* Viper Brazil – ''[[Vipera Sapiens]]'' (EP)
* [[Vital Remains]] – ''[[Let Us Pray]]''
* [[Von (band)|Von]] – ''[[Satanic Blood]]''
* [[Von Groove]] – ''[[Von Groove]]''
* [[W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P.]] – ''[[The Crimson Idol]]''
* [[Warrant (American band)|Warrant]] – ''[[Dog Eat Dog (Warrant album)|Dog Eat Dog]]''
* [[Warrior Soul]] – ''[[Salutations from the Ghetto Nation]]''
* [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]] – ''[[La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One]]''
* [[Wildside (band)|Wildside]] – ''Under the Influence''
* Xentrix - ''Kin''

{{div col end}}

==Disbandments==
* [[Armored Saint]] (reformed in [[1999 in heavy metal music|1999]])
* [[Atheist (band)|Atheist]] (reformed in [[1993 in heavy metal music|1993]])
* [[Britny Fox]] (reformed in [[2000 in heavy metal music|2000]])
* [[Europe (band)|Europe]] (Hiatus until December 31, 1999, then full reformation with John Norum at guitar on October 2, 2003)
* Nightfall
* [[Nitro (band)|Nitro]] (reformed in [[2016 in heavy metal music|2016]])
* [[Ratt]] (reformed in [[1996 in heavy metal music|1996]])
* [[Stryper]] (reformed in [[2003 in heavy metal music|2003]])
* [[White Lion]] (reformed in [[1999 in heavy metal music|1999]])

==Events==
*[[Alice in Chains]] release their widely popular [[concept album]], ''[[Dirt (Alice in Chains album)|Dirt]]''.
* [[Motörhead]]'s drummer [[Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor|Phil Taylor]] finally leaves after recording "Ain't No Nice Guy" for the ''[[March ör Die|March or Die]]'' album. The drummer on that album is Tommy Aldridge, who was replaced by Mikkey Dee after recording the album.
*[[Metallica]] frontman [[James Hetfield]] suffers second and third-degree burns due to a pyrotechnic accident during the [[Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour]].<ref>{{cite web|title=25 Years Ago: A Guns N' Roses and Metallica Concert Ends in a Riot|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/guns-n-roses-1992-montreal-riot/|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|accessdate=11 May 2018|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Living Colour]]'s bassist [[Muzz Skillings]] leaves and is replaced by [[Doug Wimbish]].
* On April, 20, [[The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert]] is held. Top heavy metal/hard rock acts such as [[Guns N' Roses]], [[Def Leppard]], [[Metallica]], [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]] and the heavy metal parody band [[Spinal Tap (band)|Spinal Tap]] perform, as well as heavy metal/hard rock legends such as [[Robert Plant]] ([[Led Zeppelin]]), [[Roger Daltrey]] ([[The Who]]), and [[Tony Iommi]] ([[Black Sabbath]]).
* [[Body Count (band)|Body Count]] sparks nationwide controversy over the song from their [[Body Count (album)|self-titled debut album]], "[[Cop Killer (song)|Cop Killer]]".
* [[Vince Neil]] leaves [[Mötley Crüe]] and is replaced by [[John Corabi]]
* [[Slayer]] drummer [[Dave Lombardo]] is replaced by [[Paul Bostaph]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Slayer draft in Paul Bostaph to replace drummer Dave Lombardo - NME|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/slayer-13-1253991|website=NME|accessdate=11 May 2018|date=3 June 2013}}</ref>
* [[Fanoft Stave Church|Fantoft Stave Church]] near [[Bergen]], [[Norway]] is destroyed by [[Varg Vikernes]] of [[Burzum]] on June 6. Other church burnings attributed to [[black metal]] [[Early Norwegian black metal scene|musicians]] also took place throughout Scandinavia.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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1992 in heavy metal music

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{{Year in music|1992}}
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This is a timeline documenting the events of [[Heavy Metal music|heavy metal]] in the year 1992.

==Newly formed bands==
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*[[Aborym]]
*[[Alarum (band)|Alarum]]
*[[Altar (Dutch band)|Altar]]
*[[Am I Blood]]
*[[Ancient (band)|Ancient]]
*[[The Atomic Bitchwax]]
*[[Beseech]]
*[[Beyond Twilight]]
*[[Black Messiah (band)|Black Messiah]]
*[[Blockheads (French band)|Blockheads]]
*[[Bloodlet (band)|Bloodlet]]
*[[Bloodthorn]]
*[[Boris (band)|Boris]]
*[[Cage (band)|Cage]]
*[[Candiria]]
*[[Callenish Circle]]
*[[Carpathian Forest]]
*[[Cavity (band)|Cavity]]
*[[Cephalic Carnage]]
*[[Charon (band)|Charon]]
* [[Cruachan (band)|Cruachan]]
*[[Cubanate]]
*[[Darkseed (band)|Darkseed]]
*[[Deinonychus (band)|Deinonychus]]
*[[Dew-Scented]]
*[[Dies Irae (band)|Dies Irae]]
*[[Disciple (band)|Disciple]]
*[[Discordance Axis]]
*[[Disgorge (American band)|Disgorge]]
* [[Edguy]]
*[[Embodyment]]
* [[Esoteric (band)|Esoteric]]
* [[Evoken]]
*[[Fight (band)|Fight]]
*[[Fimbulwinter (band)|Fimbulwinter]]
* [[Freak Kitchen]]
*[[Freak of Nature (band)|Freak of Nature]]
*[[Gates of Ishtar]]
*[[Godgory]]
* [[Gorgoroth]]
*[[Gotthard (band)|Gotthard]]
*[[Grand Belial's Key]]
* [[Graveworm]]
*[[Harvey Milk (band)|Harvey Milk]]
*[[Helheim (band)|Helheim]]
*[[Hey (band)|Hey]]
*[[In the Woods...]]
*[[Infernum]]
*[[Jimmie's Chicken Shack]]
*[[Judas Iscariot (band)|Judas Iscariot]]
*[[Jungle Rot]]
* [[Legion of the Damned (band)|Legion of the Damned]] (as Occult)
*[[Lethargy (band)|Lethargy]]
*[[Lord Belial]]
* [[Lordi]]
*[[Malignancy (band)|Malignancy]]
*[[Meathook Seed]]
*[[Memento Mori (band)|Memento Mori]]
*[[Memory Garden]]
*[[Moonspell]]
*[[Morifade]]
*[[Mystic Circle]]
*[[Mysticum]]
*[[Naglfar (band)|Naglfar]]
*[[Nasum]]
* [[Necrophagist]]
*[[The Nefilim|Nefilim]]
*[[Nidingr (band)|Nidingr]]
*[[Obtest]]
*[[On Thorns I Lay]]
* [[P.O.D.]]
*[[Quo Vadis (band)|Quo Vadis]]
* [[Rudra (band)|Rudra]]
*[[Sacramentum (band)|Sacramentum]]
*[[Saratoga (band)|Saratoga]]
*[[Sirrah (band)|Sirrah]]
*[[Skinless]]
*[[Sons of Otis]]
*[[Souls at Zero (band)|Souls at Zero]]
*[[Sponge (band)|Sponge]]
* [[Stone Sour]]
*[[The Third and the Mortal|The 3rd and the Mortal]]
*[[The Chasm (band)|The Chasm]]
* [[Tito & Tarantula]]
*[[Today Is the Day]]
*[[Trelldom]]
*[[Tristitia]]
*[[Troll (Norwegian band)|Troll]]
*[[Ultimatum (American band)|Ultimatum]]
*[[Urgehal]]
* [[Vince Neil]]
*[[Vision of Disorder]]
* [[Wolfgang (band)|Wolfgang]]{{Div col end}}{{Div col end}}
* {{div col end}}

==Reformed bands==
* [[Mercyful Fate]]

==Albums==
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* [[24-7 Spyz]] – ''[[Strength in Numbers (24-7 Spyz album)|Strength in Numbers]]''
* [[AC/DC]] – ''[[AC/DC Live]]'' (live)
* [[Alice in Chains]] – ''[[Dirt (Alice in Chains album)|Dirt]]''
* Alice in Chains – ''[[Sap (album)|Sap]]'' (EP)
* [[Amorphis]] - ''[[The Karelian Isthmus]]''
* [[Anathema (band)|Anathema]] - ''[[The Crestfallen]]'' (EP)
* [[Anthem (band)|Anthem]] – ''Domestic Booty''
* [[Anvil (band)|Anvil]] – ''[[Worth the Weight]]''
* [[Asphyx]] - ''[[Crush the Cenotaph]]'' (EP)
* [[At the Gates]] – ''[[The Red in the Sky Is Ours]]''
* [[Atrocity (band)|Atrocity]] - ''[[Todessehnsucht]]''
* [[Autopsy (band)|Autopsy]] – ''[[Acts of the Unspeakable]]''
* [[Babylon A.D. (band)|Babylon A.D.]] – ''Nothing Sacred''
* [[Bad4Good]] – ''[[Refugee (Bad4Good album)|Refugee]]''
* [[Bangalore Choir]] – ''On Target''
* [[Bang Tango]] – ''[[Aint No Jive Live]]''
* [[Benediction (band)|Benediction]] - ''Dark is the Season'' (EP)
* [[Biohazard (band)|Biohazard]] – ''[[Urban Discipline]]''
* [[Black Sabbath]] – ''[[Dehumanizer]]''
* [[Blind Guardian]] – ''[[Somewhere Far Beyond]]''
* [[Body Count (band)|Body Count]] – ''[[Body Count (album)|Body Count]]''
* [[Bolt Thrower (band)|Bolt Thrower]] – ''[[The IVth Crusade]]''
* [[Bon Jovi]] – ''[[Keep the Faith]]''
* [[Brain Dead (band)|Brain Dead]] – ''[[From the Ecstasy]]''
* [[Brutal Truth]] - ''[[Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses]]''
* [[Burzum]] – ''[[Burzum (album)|Burzum]]''
* [[Candlemass (band)|Candlemass]] – ''[[Chapter VI (album)|Chapter VI]]''
* [[Cannibal Corpse]] – ''[[Tomb of the Mutilated]]''
* Carcass - ''Tools of the Trade'' (EP)
* Cathedral -''Soul Sacrifice'' (EP)
* [[Celtic Frost]] – ''[[Parched with Thirst Am I and Dying]]'' (comp)
* [[Comecon (band)|Comecon]] - ''[[Megatrends in Brutality]]''
* [[Cro-Mags]] – ''[[Alpha Omega (Cro-Mags album)|Alpha Omega]]''
* [[Damn Yankees (band)|Damn Yankees]] – ''[[Don't Tread]]''
* [[Darkthrone]] – ''[[A Blaze in the Northern Sky]]''
* [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]] – ''[[Danzig III: How the Gods Kill]]''
* [[Def Leppard]] – ''[[Adrenalize]]''
* [[Deicide (band)|Deicide]] – ''[[Legion (album)|Legion]]''
* [[Deliverance (metal band)|Deliverance]] – ''Stay of Execution''
* [[Demolition Hammer]] – ''[[Epidemic of Violence]]''
* [[Dirty Looks (band)|Dirty Looks]] – ''Five Easy Pieces''
* [[Dismember (band)|Dismember]] - ''[[Pieces (Dismember album)|Pieces]]'' (EP)
* [[Dream Theater]] – ''[[Images and Words]]''
* [[Drive (band)|Drive]] – ''Diablero''
* [[Earthshaker (band)|Earthshaker]] – ''Earthshaker''
* [[Edge of Sanity]] - ''[[Unorthodox (Edge of Sanity album)|Unorthodox]]''
* [[Jeffrey Kollman|Edwin Dare]] – ''Unthinkable Deed''
* [[Electric Boys]] – ''[[Groovus Maximus]]''
* [[Elegy]] – ''[[Labyrinth Of Dreams]]''
* [[Exhorder]] – ''[[The Law (Exhorder album)|The Law]]''
* [[Exodus (band)|Exodus]] – ''[[Force of Habit]]''
* [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]] – ''[[III Sides to Every Story]]''
* [[Faith No More]] – ''[[Angel Dust (Faith No More album)|Angel Dust]]''
* [[Faster Pussycat]] – ''[[Belted, Buckled and Booted]]''
* [[Faster Pussycat]] – ''[[Whipped!]]''
* [[Fear Factory]] – ''[[Soul of a New Machine]]''
* [[FireHouse]] – ''[[Hold Your Fire (FireHouse album)|Hold Your Fire]]''
* [[FM (British band)|FM]] - ''Aphrodisiac ''
* [[The Gathering (band)|The Gathering]] - ''[[Always...]]''
* [[Godflesh]] – ''[[Pure (Godflesh album)|Pure]]''
* [[Gorefest]] – ''[[False (album)|False]]''
* Maestro Alex Gregory – ''Paganini's Last Stand''
* [[Grave (band)|Grave]] - ''[[You'll Never See...]]''
* [[Gun (band)|Gun]] – ''[[Gallus (album)|Gallus]]''
* [[Gwar]] – ''[[America Must Be Destroyed]]''
* [[Hardline (band)|Hardline]] – ''[[Double Eclipse]]''
* [[Heavens Gate (band)|Heavens Gate]] – ''Hell for Sale!''
* Heavens Gate – ''More Hysteria'' (EP)
* [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] – ''[[Meantime (album)|Meantime]]''
* Darren Housholder – ''Darren Housholder''
* [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]] – ''[[Penetralia]]''
* [[Incantation (band)|Incantation]] - ''[[Onward to Golgotha]]''
* [[Immortal (band)|Immortal]] – ''[[Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism]]''
* [[Impetigo (band)|Impetigo]] - ''[[Horror of the Zombies]]''
* [[Iron Maiden]] – ''[[Fear of the Dark (Iron Maiden album)|Fear of the Dark]]''
* [[Kik Tracee]] – ''Field Trip''
* [[Paul Di'Anno|Killers]] – ''Murder One''
* [[King's X]] – ''[[King's X (album)|King's X]]''
* [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] – ''[[Revenge (Kiss album)|Revenge]]''
* [[Krabathor]] - ''Only Our Death Is Welcome...''
* [[Kreator]] – ''[[Renewal (album)|Renewal]]''
* [[Kyuss]] – ''[[Blues for the Red Sun]]''
* [[Lacrimosa (band)|Lacrimosa]] – ''Einsamkeit''
* [[L.A. Guns]] – ''[[Cuts (EP)|Cuts]]''
* Lawnmower Deth - ''The Return of the Fabulous Metal Bozo Clowns''
* Life Sex & Death – ''The Silent Majority''
* [[Little Caesar (band)|Little Caesar]] – ''Influence''
* [[Loudness (band)|Loudness]] – ''[[Loudness (album)|Loudness]]''
* [[Love/Hate (band)|Love/Hate]] – ''[[Wasted In America]]''
* [[Lynch Mob (band)|Lynch Mob]] – ''[[Lynch Mob (album)|Lynch Mob]]''
* [[Tony MacAlpine]] – ''[[Freedom to Fly]]''
* [[Malevolent Creation]] – ''[[Retribution (Malevolent Creation album)|Retribution]]''
* [[Yngwie Malmsteen]] – ''[[Fire and Ice (Yngwie Malmsteen album)|Fire and Ice]]''
* [[Manowar]] – ''[[The Triumph of Steel]]''
* [[Massacre (metal band)|Massacre]] - ''[[Inhuman Condition]]'' (EP)
* [[Marduk (band)|Marduk]] - ''[[Dark Endless]]''
* [[Megadeth]] – ''[[Countdown to Extinction]]''
* Mekong Delta - ''Kaleidoscope''
* Mercyful Fate - ''Return of the Vampire''
* [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]] – ''[[Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs]]''
* M.O.D. - ''Rhythm of Fear''
* [[Monster Magnet]] – ''[[Tab (album)|Tab]]'' (EP)
* [[Monstrosity (band)|Monstrosity]] – ''[[Imperial Doom]]''
* Mordred - ''Vision'' (EP)
* [[Mortification (band)|Mortification]] - ''[[Scrolls of the Megilloth]]''
* [[Motörhead]] – ''[[March ör Die]]''
* [[My Dying Bride]] – ''[[As the Flower Withers]]''
* [[My Dying Bride]] – ''[[Symphonaire Infernus et Spera Empyrium]]'' (EP)
* [[Napalm Death]] – ''[[Utopia Banished]]''
* [[Necrophagist]] – ''[[Requiems of Festered Gore]]'' (demo)
* [[Nembrionic]] - ''[[Themes on an Occult Theory]]'' (EP)
* [[Neurosis (band)|Neurosis]] – ''[[Souls at Zero]]''
* [[Nine Inch Nails]] – ''[[Broken (Nine Inch Nails EP)|Broken]]'' (EP)
* Nine Inch Nails – ''[[Fixed (EP)|Fixed]]'' (EP)
* [[Nocturnus]] – ''[[Thresholds (album)|Thresholds]]''
* Non-Fiction – ''In the Know''
* Nuclear Assualt - ''Live at the Hammersmith Odeon''
* [[Obituary (band)|Obituary]] – ''[[The End Complete]]''
* [[Oomph!]] – ''[[Oomph! (album)|Oomph!]]''
* [[Pantera]] – ''[[Vulgar Display of Power]]''
* [[Pan.Thy.Monium]] - ''[[Dawn of Dreams]]''
* [[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]] – ''[[Shades of God]]''
* [[Pitchshifter (band)|Pitchshifter]] – ''[[Submit]]'' (EP)
* [[Pretty Maids]] - ''Sin-Decade''
* [[Pro-Pain]] – ''Foul Taste of Freedom''
* [[Prong (band)|Prong]] - ''Whose Fist Is This Anyway'' (EP)
* [[Psychotic Waltz]] – ''[[Into the Everflow]]''
* [[Racer X (band)|Racer X]] – ''[[Extreme Volume II Live]]'' (live)
* [[Rage (German band)|Rage]] – ''[[Trapped! (album)|Trapped!]]''
* [[Rage Against the Machine]] – ''[[Rage Against the Machine (album)|Rage Against the Machine]]''
* Re-Animator - ''That Was Then...This Is Now''
* [[Reverend (band)|Reverend]] – ''[[Live (Reverend EP)|Live]]'' (live EP)
* Riot - ''Live in Japan''
* [[Rollins Band]] – ''[[The End of Silence]]''
* [[Running Wild (band)|Running Wild]] – ''[[Pile of Skulls]]''
* [[Sadus]] – ''[[A Vision of Misery]]''
* [[Saigon Kick]] – ''[[The Lizard (Saigon Kick album)|The Lizard]]''
* [[Saint Vitus (band)|Saint Vitus]] - ''[[C.O.D. (album)|C.O.D.]]''
* [[Saints & Sinners (heavy metal band)|Saints & Sinners]] – ''[[Saints & Sinners (Saints & Sinners album)|Saints & Sinners]]''
* [[Samael (band)|Samael]] - ''[[Blood Ritual (album)|Blood Ritual]]''
* [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]] – ''[[Forever Free (Saxon album)|Forever Free]]''
* [[The Screaming Jets]] – ''[[Tear of Thought]]''
* [[Sinister (band)|Sinister]] - ''Cross The Styx''
* [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]] – ''[[B-Side Ourselves]]'' (EP)
* Skyclad - ''A Burnt Offering for the Bone Idol''
* [[Slaughter (band)|Slaughter]] – ''[[The Wild Life (Slaughter album)|The Wild Life]]''
* [[Sleeze Beez]] – ''Powertool''
* [[Slik Toxik]] – ''[[Doin' the Nasty]]''
* [[Sodom (band)|Sodom]] – ''[[Tapping the Vein (album)|Tapping the Vein]]''
* [[Solitude Aeturnus]] – ''[[Beyond the Crimson Horizon]]''
* [[Spinal Tap (band)|Spinal Tap]] – ''[[Break Like the Wind]]''
* [[Spread Eagle (band)|Spread Eagle]] – ''[[Open To The Public]]''
* [[Steelheart]] – ''[[Tangled in Reins]]''
* [[Stone Temple Pilots]] – ''[[Core (Stone Temple Pilots album)|Core]]''
* [[Izzy Stradlin]] – ''[[Izzy Stradlin and The Ju Ju Hounds]]''
* [[Stratovarius]] – ''[[Twilight Time (album)|Twilight Time]]''
* [[Suicidal Tendencies]] – ''[[Art of Rebellion]]''
* [[T-Ride]] – ''[[T-Ride (album)]]''
* [[Tankard (band)|Tankard]] – ''[[Stone Cold Sober (album)|Stone Cold Sober]]''
* [[Testament (band)|Testament]] – ''[[The Ritual (Testament album)|The Ritual]]''
* [[The Black Crowes]] – ''[[The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion]]''
* [[Therapy?]] – ''[[Pleasure Death]]''
* Therapy? – ''[[Nurse (album)|Nurse]]''
* [[Therion (band)|Therion]] - ''[[Beyond Sanctorum]]''
* [[Tiamat (band)|Tiamat]] – ''[[Clouds (Tiamat album)|Clouds]]''
* [[TNT (Norwegian band)|TNT]] – ''[[Realized Fantasies]]''
* [[Tora Tora]] – ''[[Wild America (album)|Wild America]]''
* [[Tourniquet (band)|Tourniquet]] – ''[[Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance]]''
* [[Triumph (band)|Triumph]] – ''[[Edge of Excess]]''
* [[Trixter]] – ''[[Hear!]]''
* [[Trouble (band)|Trouble]] – ''[[Manic Frustration]]''
* [[T.T. Quick]] – ''Thrown Together Live'' (live)
* [[Type O Negative]] - ''[[The Origin of the Feces]]''
* [[Ugly Kid Joe]] – ''[[America's Least Wanted]]''
* [[Unleashed (band)|Unleashed]] – ''[[Shadows in the Deep]]''
* [[Unruly Child]] – ''Unruly Child''
* [[Vader (band)|Vader]] – ''[[The Ultimate Incantation]]''
* [[Vengeance Rising]] - ''[[Released Upon the Earth]]''
* [[Viper (band)|Viper]] – ''[[Evolution (Viper album)|Evolution]]''
* Viper Brazil – ''[[Vipera Sapiens]]'' (EP)
* [[Vital Remains]] – ''[[Let Us Pray]]''
* [[Von (band)|Von]] – ''[[Satanic Blood]]''
* [[Von Groove]] – ''[[Von Groove]]''
* [[W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P.]] – ''[[The Crimson Idol]]''
* [[Warrant (American band)|Warrant]] – ''[[Dog Eat Dog (Warrant album)|Dog Eat Dog]]''
* [[Warrior Soul]] – ''[[Salutations from the Ghetto Nation]]''
* [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]] – ''[[La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One]]''
* [[Wildside (band)|Wildside]] – ''Under the Influence''
* Xentrix - ''Kin''

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==Disbandments==
* [[Armored Saint]] (reformed in [[1999 in heavy metal music|1999]])
* [[Atheist (band)|Atheist]] (reformed in [[1993 in heavy metal music|1993]])
* [[Britny Fox]] (reformed in [[2000 in heavy metal music|2000]])
* [[Europe (band)|Europe]] (Hiatus until December 31, 1999, then full reformation with John Norum at guitar on October 2, 2003)
* Nightfall
* [[Nitro (band)|Nitro]] (reformed in [[2016 in heavy metal music|2016]])
* [[Ratt]] (reformed in [[1996 in heavy metal music|1996]])
* [[Stryper]] (reformed in [[2003 in heavy metal music|2003]])
* [[White Lion]] (reformed in [[1999 in heavy metal music|1999]])

==Events==
*[[Alice in Chains]] release their widely popular [[concept album]], ''[[Dirt (Alice in Chains album)|Dirt]]''.
* [[Motörhead]]'s drummer [[Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor|Phil Taylor]] finally leaves after recording "Ain't No Nice Guy" for the ''[[March ör Die|March or Die]]'' album. The drummer on that album is Tommy Aldridge, who was replaced by Mikkey Dee after recording the album.
*[[Metallica]] frontman [[James Hetfield]] suffers second and third-degree burns due to a pyrotechnic accident during the [[Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour]].<ref>{{cite web|title=25 Years Ago: A Guns N' Roses and Metallica Concert Ends in a Riot|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/guns-n-roses-1992-montreal-riot/|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|accessdate=11 May 2018|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Living Colour]]'s bassist [[Muzz Skillings]] leaves and is replaced by [[Doug Wimbish]].
* On April, 20, [[The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert]] is held. Top heavy metal/hard rock acts such as [[Guns N' Roses]], [[Def Leppard]], [[Metallica]], [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]] and the heavy metal parody band [[Spinal Tap (band)|Spinal Tap]] perform, as well as heavy metal/hard rock legends such as [[Robert Plant]] ([[Led Zeppelin]]), [[Roger Daltrey]] ([[The Who]]), and [[Tony Iommi]] ([[Black Sabbath]]).
* [[Body Count (band)|Body Count]] sparks nationwide controversy over the song from their [[Body Count (album)|self-titled debut album]], "[[Cop Killer (song)|Cop Killer]]".
* [[Vince Neil]] leaves [[Mötley Crüe]] and is replaced by [[John Corabi]]
* [[Slayer]] drummer [[Dave Lombardo]] is replaced by [[Paul Bostaph]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Slayer draft in Paul Bostaph to replace drummer Dave Lombardo - NME|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/slayer-13-1253991|website=NME|accessdate=11 May 2018|date=3 June 2013}}</ref>
* [[Fanoft Stave Church|Fantoft Stave Church]] near [[Bergen]], [[Norway]] is destroyed by [[Varg Vikernes]] of [[Burzum]] on June 6. Other church burnings attributed to [[black metal]] [[Early Norwegian black metal scene|musicians]] also took place throughout Scandinavia.

==References==
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==Newly formed bands==
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* [[Acid Reign]]
*[[Aftermath (American band)|Aftermath]]
* [[Agathocles (band)|Agathocles]]
*[[Alvacast]]
* [[Aria (band)|Aria]]
* [[Attitude Adjustment]]
* [[Atrocity (band)|Atrocity]]
* [[Banshee (band)|Banshee]]
* [[Blood Feast (band)|Blood Feast]]
* [[Britny Fox]]
* [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]]
* [[Chakal]]
*[[China (band)|China]]
*[[Cry Wolf (band)|Cry Wolf]]
*[[Dare (band)|Dare]]
* [[David Lee Roth]]
* [[Defiance (metal band)|Defiance]]
* [[Deliverance (metal band)|Deliverance]]
*[[Diamond Rexx]]
*[[Doom (Japanese band)|Doom]]
* [[Dream Theater]] (under the name "Majesty")
*[[Drivin N Cryin]]
*[[Eternity X]]
* [[Executer]]
* [[Exhorder]]
* [[Extreme (band)|Extreme]]
* [[Extreme Noise Terror]]
* [[Exumer]]
* [[Faster Pussycat]]
* [[Fate (band)|Fate]]
* [[Forbidden (band)|Forbidden]]
* [[Fu Manchu (band)|Fu Manchu]]
* [[ Goatlord (band)| Goatlord]]
*[[Gore (band)|Gore]]
* [[Guns N' Roses]]
* [[Holocausto (band)|Holocausto]]
* [[Hunter (band)|Hunter]]
* [[Jane's Addiction]]
* [[Juggernaut (band)|Juggernaut]]

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* [[King Diamond (band)|King Diamond]]
* [[L7 (band)|L7]]
* [[Loudblast]]
*[[Love/Hate (band)|Love/Hate]]
* [[Macabre (band)|Macabre]]
* [[Meanstreak (band)|Meanstreak]]
* [[Mekong Delta (band)|Mekong Delta]]
* [[Morgoth (band)|Morgoth]]
* [[Mortal Sin (band)|Mortal Sin]]
* [[Mr. Bungle]]
* [[Mutilator]]
* [[Neurosis (band)|Neurosis]]
* [[Osmi Putnik]]
* [[Pentagram Chile]]
* [[Poltergeist (band)|Poltergeist]]
* [[Rata Blanca]]
* [[Sabbat (English band)|Sabbat]]
* [[Sacred Oath]]
* [[Sacred Reich]]
* [[Sadistik Exekution]]
* [[Sanctuary (band)|Sanctuary]]
* [[Sarcófago]]
* [[Satanic Slaughter]]
*[[Screaming Trees]]
*[[Sea Hags]]
* [[Shadow Gallery]]
*[[Shotgun Messiah]]
*[[Skin Yard]]
* [[Stone (band)|Stone]]
* [[Stormtroopers of Death]]
* [[Tarot (band)|Tarot]] (under the name "Purgatory" until record deal)
*[[Thee Hypnotics]]
*[[Tora Tora]]
* [[Tormentor (band)|Tormentor]]
* [[Toxik]]
*[[Tuff (band)|Tuff]]
* [[Vio-lence]]
* [[Viper (band)|Viper]]
*[[White Tiger (band)|White Tiger]]
* [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]]
*[[Whitecross (band)|Whitecross]]
*[[Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction]]

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==Albums & EPs==
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* [[Lee Aaron]] - ''[[Call of the Wild (Lee Aaron album)|Call of the Wild]]''
* [[Abattoir (band)|Abattoir]] - ''Vicious Attack''
* [[AC/DC]] - ''[[Fly on the Wall (AC/DC album)|Fly on the Wall]]''
* [[Accept (band)|Accept]] - ''[[Metal Heart]]''
* Acid – ''Engine Beast''
* [[ADX (band)|ADX]] - ''Exécution''
* [[Aerosmith]] - ''[[Done with Mirrors]]''
* [[Agent Steel]] - ''[[Skeptics Apocalypse]]''
* Agent Steel - ''[[Mad Locust Rising]]'' (EP)
* [[Alcatrazz]] - ''[[Disturbing the Peace (album)|Disturbing the Peace]]''
* Alien Force - ''Hell And High Water''
* [[Angel Witch]] - ''[[Screamin' 'n' Bleedin']]''
* [[Anthem (band)|Anthem]] - ''Anthem''
* Anthem - ''Ready to Ride'' (EP)
* [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] - ''[[Armed and Dangerous (EP)|Armed and Dangerous]]'' (EP)
* Anthrax - ''[[Spreading the Disease]]''
* [[Anvil (band)|Anvil]] - ''[[Backwaxed]]'' (comp)
* [[April Wine]] - ''[[Walking Through Fire]]''
* [[Aria (band)|Aria]] - ''[[Mania Velichia]]''
* Armed Force - ''Heavy Artillery''
* [[Armored Saint]] - ''[[Delirious Nomad]]''
* [[Artillery (band)|Artillery]] - ''[[Fear of Tomorrow]]''
* Assassin (PA) - ''License to Kill''
* Astaroth - ''The Long Loud Silence'' (EP)
* Atlain - ''G.O.E.''
* [[Atomkraft]] - ''Future Warriors''
* Attack - ''Return of the Evil''
* Attacker - ''Battle at Helm's Deep''
* [[Autograph (American band)|Autograph]] - ''[[That's the Stuff]]''
* Avalanche (MO) - ''Pray for the Sinner''
* [[Avenger (British band)|Avenger]] (UK) - ''[[Killer Elite (album)|Killer Elite]]''
* [[Rage (German band)|Avenger]] (Ger) - ''[[Depraved to Black]]'' (EP)
* Avenger (Ger) - ''[[Prayers of Steel]]''
* [[Axewitch]] - ''[[Hooked on High Heels]]''
* Axis (OH) - ''Slightly Tilted''
* Axtion – ''Look Out For The Night''
* Bad Lizard – ''Power of Destruction''
* [[Bad Steve]] - ''Killing the Night''
* [[Barón Rojo]] - ''[[En un lugar de la marcha]]''
* Battle Axe - ''We're on the Attack''
* [[Bathory (band)|Bathory]] - ''[[The Return……]]''
* [[Barren Cross]] - ''Believe'' (EP)
* Beast (Ger) - ''Like Living In A Cage''
* Black Angels – ''Broken Spell''
* Black Angels – ''Black and White''
* Black Hole - ''Land of Mistery''
* Black Knight - ''Master of Disaster'' (EP)
* [[BlackLace (band)|BlackLace]] - ''Get It While It's Hot''
* Blackmayne - ''Blackmayne''
* [[Black 'n Blue]] - ''[[Without Love (Black 'n Blue album)|Without Love]]''
* [[Black Rose (British band)|Black Rose]] – ''Nightmare'' (EP)
* Black Sheep - ''Trouble in the Streets''
* Black Tears - ''The Slave''
* Blaspheme – ''Désir de Vampyr''
* Blessed Death - ''Kill or Be Killed''
* [[Satan (band)|Blind Fury]] - ''Out of Reach''
* [[Harem Scarem|Blind Vengeance]] – ''Blind Vengeance''
* [[Blitzkrieg (metal band)|Blitzkrieg]] (UK) - ''[[A Time of Changes (album)|A Time of Changes]]''
* Blitzkrieg (US) - ''Ready for Action'' (EP)
* Bloodlust - ''Guilty as Sin''
* Bloody Climax - ''Back to the Wall''
* Bloody Mary - ''Bloody Mary''
* [[Blue Öyster Cult]] - ''[[Club Ninja]]''
* [[Bon Jovi]] - ''[[7800° Fahrenheit]]''
* [[Brainfever]] – ''Face to Face''
* Breaker - ''Dead Rider''
* Breathless - ''Breathless''
* [[Bulldozer (band)|Bulldozer]] - ''[[The Day of Wrath]]''
* [[Buster Brown (band)|Buster Brown]] – ''[[Sign of Victory]]''
* [[Cacumen]] - ''[[Longing for You (EP)|Longing for You]]'' (EP)
* [[Carnivore (band)|Carnivore]] - '' [[Carnivore (Carnivore album)|Carnivore]]''
* Castle Blak - ''Babes In Toyland''
* [[Celtic Frost]] - ''[[Emperor's Return]]'' (EP)
* Celtic Frost - ''[[To Mega Therion (album)|To Mega Therion]]''
* [[Chastain (band)|Chastain]] - ''[[Mystery of Illusion]]''
* [[Chateaux (band)|Chateaux]] - ''Highly Strung''
* [[Chrome Molly]] - ''You Can't Have It All...or Can You?''
* Cities - ''Annihilation Absolute'' (EP)
* Cobra (UK) – ''Warriors of the Dead''
* [[Coney Hatch]] - ''[[Friction (Coney Hatch album)|Friction]]''
* Convict - ''Go Ahead... Make My Day!''
* [[Corrosion of Conformity]] - ''[[Animosity (Corrosion of Conformity album)|Animosity]]''
* Crack Jaw - ''Nightout''
* Crisis - ''Kick It Out''
* Crossfire - ''Second Attack''
* Crystal Knight - ''Crystal Knight''
* Crying Steel - ''Crying Steel'' (EP)
* [[The Cult (band)|The Cult]] - ''[[Love (The Cult album)|Love]]''
* Cutty Sark - ''Heroes''
* Dagger – ''Not Afraid of the Night''
* Damien - ''Face the Danger''
* [[Dark Angel (band)|Dark Angel]] - ''[[We Have Arrived (album)|We Have Arrived]]''
* [[Alex Masi|Dark Lord]] – ''State of Rock'' (EP)
* Dark Wizard - ''Reign of Evil''
* Darxon - ''Tokyo'' (EP)
* Ded Engine - ''Ded Engine''
* [[Demon (band)|Demon]] - ''British Standard Approved''
* Demon - ''Heart of Our Time''
* Der Kaiser – ''La Griffe de L'Empire''
* [[Destiny (band)|Destiny]] - ''[[Beyond All Sense]]''
* [[Destruction (band)|Destruction]] - ''[[Infernal Overkill]]''
* Destructor - ''Maximum Destruction''
* [[Jack Starr|Devil Childe]] - ''Devil Childe''
* [[Dio (band)|Dio]] - ''[[Sacred Heart (Dio album)|Sacred Heart]]''
* [[Dirty Looks (band)|Dirty Looks]] – ''Dirty Looks''
* Divine Rite - ''First Rite''
* [[Dokken]] - ''[[Under Lock and Key]]''
* Drysill - ''Welcome to the Show''
* Dungeon - ''Fortress of Rock ''
* [[Earthshaker (band)|Earthshaker]] - ''Passion''
* [[E.F. Band]] - ''One Night Stand''
* [[Lion (band)|Mark Edwards]] - ''Code of Honor'' (EP)
* [[Electric Sun]] - ''[[Beyond the Astral Skies]]''
* Elysian - ''Blinded by Sound''
* Emerald - ''Down Town''
* Excalibur (UK) – ''The Bitter End'' (EP)
* [[Exciter (band)|Exciter]] – ''Feel the Knife'' (EP)
* Exciter - ''[[Long Live the Loud]]''
* [[Exodus (band)|Exodus]] - ''[[Bonded by Blood]]''
* Fact - ''Without Warning''
* [[Fate (band)|Fate]] - ''Fate''
* Faithful Breath - ''Skol''
* [[Faith No More]] - ''[[We Care a Lot]]''
* [[Fastway (band)|Fastway]] - ''[[Waiting for the Roar]]''
* [[Fates Warning]] - ''[[The Spectre Within]]''
* [[Rex Carroll|Fierce Heart]] - ''Fierce Heart''
* Fisc - ''Break Out''
* Fist (Can) - ''Danger Zone''
* Flames (Gre) - ''Made in Hell''
* [[Ezo (band)|Flatbacker]] - ''Accident''
* Foreplay - ''First Licks''
* Fortress - ''Fortress''
* [[Fortune (band)]] - ''Fortune''
* Robin George - ''Dangerous Music''
* [[Girlschool]] - ''[[Running Wild (album)|Running Wild]]''
* Glacier - ''Glacier'' (EP)
* [[Grave Digger (band)|Grave Digger]] - ''[[Witch Hunter (album)|Witch Hunter]]''
* [[Gravestone (band)|Gravestone]] – ''Back to Attack''
* [[Grim Reaper (band)|Grim Reaper]] - ''[[Fear No Evil (Grim Reaper album)|Fear No Evil]]''
* Guitar Pete's Axe Attack – ''Dead Soldier's Revenge''
* [[Halloween (band)|Halloween]] - ''[[Don't Metal with Evil]]''
* Hallows Eve - ''Tales of Terror''
* Hammer - ''Contract with Hell''
* Hammerschmitt - ''Hammerschmitt''
* Hammers Rule - ''After the Bomb'' (EP)
* Hatrik - ''The Beast''
* Hanover Fist - ''Hanover Fist''
* Hanover Fist - ''Hungry Eyes''
* [[Joe Hasselvander]] - ''Lady Killer''
* Haven - ''Haven'' (EP)
* [[Hawaii (band)|Hawaii]] - ''[[The Natives Are Restless]]''
* [[Killer_(Swiss_band)#Post-Killer_activities|Headhunter (Swi)]] - ''Headhunter''
* [[Headpins]] - ''Head over Heels''
* Headstone - ''Excalibur''
* Heavy Pettin – ''Rock Ain't Dead''
* [[Helix (band)|Helix]] - ''[[Long Way to Heaven]]''
* Helloïse - ''Cosmogony''
* [[Helloween]] - ''[[Helloween (album)|Helloween]]'' (EP)
* Helloween - ''[[Walls of Jericho (album)|Walls of Jericho]]''
* Herazz - ''Yet to Come''
* High Tension - ''Warrior''
* Highway Chile - ''Rockarama''
* [[Hirax]] - ''[[Raging Violence]]''
* [[Holland (band)|Holland]] - ''[[Little Monsters (album)|Little Monsters]]''
* Horizon - ''Master of the Game''
* Hunter (Ger) - ''Sign of the Hunter''
* Hunter (US) - ''Hunter''
* [[Icon (band)|Icon]] - ''[[Night of the Crime]]''
* [[Impaler (band)|Impaler]] - ''[[Rise of the Mutants]]'' (EP)
* [[Iron Angel]] - ''[[Hellish Crossfire]]''
* Iron Cross - ''Warhead''
* [[Iron Maiden]] - ''[[Live After Death]]''
* [[Jack Starr's Burning Starr]] - ''[[Rock the American Way]]''
* Jade – ''If You're Man Enough''
* [[Howard Drossin|Jag Wire]] - ''Made in Heaven''
* [[Joshua Perahia|Joshua]] - ''Surrender''
* Karrier - ''Way Beyond the Night''
* [[Keel (band)|Keel]] - ''[[The Right to Rock]]''
* Keen Hue – ''Ogre King''
* [[Kerber]] - ''[[Ratne igre]]''
* [[Kick Axe]] - ''[[Welcome to the Club (Kick Axe album)|Welcome to the Club]]''
* Killers (Fra) - ''Fils de la Haine''
* [[King Kobra]] - ''[[Ready to Strike]]''
* [[Kiss (band)|KISS]] - ''[[Asylum (Kiss album)|Asylum]]''
* [[Kix (band)|Kix]] - ''[[Midnite Dynamite]]''
* Knightmare II - ''Death Do Us Part'' (EP)
* [[Kreator]] - ''[[Endless Pain]]''
* [[Lȧȧz Rockit]] - ''[[No Stranger to Danger (Lȧȧz Rockit album)|No Stranger to Danger]]''
* L.A. - ''L.A.''
* [[L.A. Guns]] - ''[[Hollywood Raw: The Original Sessions|Collector's Edition No. 1]]'' (EP)
* Labyrinth - ''So Wild''
* [[Leatherwolf]] - ''Leatherwolf'', aka ''Endangered Species''
* Leviticus - ''The Strob¿ngest Power''
* [[Liege Lord]] - ''Freedom's Rise''
* [[Living Death (band)|Living Death]] - ''[[Metal Revolution]]''
* Living Death - ''Watch Out!'' (EP)
* [[Scanner (band)|Lions Breed]] - ''Damn the Night''
* [[Lizzy Borden (band)|Lizzy Borden]] - ''[[Love You to Pieces]]''
* [[London (heavy metal band)|London]] - ''[[Non-Stop Rock]]''
* [[Loudness (band)|Loudness]] - ''[[Thunder in the East (album)|Thunder in the East]]''
* Lynx - ''Caught in the Trap''
* M-80 - ''Maniac's Revenge''
* Mace (WA) - ''Process of Elimination''
* Mad Butcher - ''Metal Lightning Attack''
* [[Mad Max (band)|Mad Max]] - ''Stormchild''
* [[Magnum (band)|Magnum]] - ''[[On a Storyteller's Night]]''
* Maineeaxe - ''Going for Gold''
* Maineeaxe - ''The Hour of Thunder'' (EP)
* [[Malice (American band)|Malice]] - ''In the Beginning...''
* [[Mama's Boys]] - ''Power and Passion''
* Maniac - ''Maniac''
* [[Manilla Road]] - ''[[Open the Gates]]''
* Martyr - ''For the Universe''
* Mass (MA) - ''New Birth''
* [[FireHouse (band)#Early beginnings|Maxx Warrior]] - ''Maxx Warrior'' (EP)
* [[Megadeth]] - ''[[Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!]]''
* [[Messiah Marcolin|Mercy]] - ''Witchburner''
* [[Metal Massacre]] - ''Metal Massacre VI'' (Compilation, various artists)
* Midnight Darkness - ''Holding the Night''
* Mistreater - ''Mistreater''
* [[Gary Moore]] - ''[[Run for Cover (Gary Moore album)|Run for Cover]]''
* Morsüre – ''Acceleration Process''
* [[Mötley Crüe]] - ''[[Theatre of Pain]]''
* [[Mournblade (band)|Mournblade]] - ''Time's Running Out''
* Mox Nix - ''Mox Nix''
* [[Nasty Savage]] - ''Nasty Savage''
* Nation (Ger) - ''Ride On''
* Nightmare – ''Power of the Universe''
* [[Nightwing (band)|Nightwing]] – ''A Night of Mystery - Alive! Alive!'' (live)
* Ninja - ''The Warriors of Rock''
* [[Obús]] - ''Pega con fuerza''
* Odin - ''Don't Take No... For an Answer'' (EP)
* Omega - ''The Prophet''
* [[Omen (band)|Omen]] - ''[[Warning of Danger]]''
* Overdose - ''Tight Action''
* Overdose - ''To the Top''
* [[Overkill (band)|Overkill]] - ''[[Feel the Fire (Overkill album)|Feel the Fire]]''
* Overkill (CA) - ''Triumph of the Will''
* [[Onslaught (band)|Onslaught]] - ''[[Power from Hell (Onslaught album)|Power from Hell]]''
* [[Ostrogoth (band)|Ostrogoth]] - ''Too Hot''
* Pandemonium - ''Hole in the Sky''
* [[Paganini (band)|Paganini]] - ''Weapon of Love''
* [[Pantera]] - ''[[I Am the Night (album)|I Am the Night]]''
* Paradoxx - ''Plan of Attak'' (EP)
* [[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]] - ''[[Relentless (Pentagram album)|Pentagram]]'', aka ''Relentless''
* [[Jack Starr|Phantom Lord]] - ''Phantom Lord''
* Phasslayne - ''Cut It Up''
* [[Philadelphia (band)|Philadelphia]] - ''Search and Destroy''
* [[Possessed (band)|Possessed]] - ''[[Seven Churches (album)|Seven Churches]]''
* [[Janet Robin#Precious Metal|Precious Metal]] - ''Right Here, Right Now''
* Prophacy - ''Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare''
* Prophet - ''Prophet''
* [[Rail (band)|Rail]] - ''III''
* Railway - ''Railway II''
* Ran – ''Burning''
* [[Ratt]] - ''[[Invasion of Your Privacy]]''
* [[Raven (British band)|Raven]] - ''[[Stay Hard]]''
* [[Razor (band)|Razor]] - ''[[Executioner's Song (album)|Executioner's Song]]''
* Razor - ''[[Evil Invaders]]''
* Restless (Ger) - ''We Rock the Nation''
* [[Quiet Riot (1977 album)|Kelle Rhoads]] - ''Cheap Talkin' Romance'' (EP)
* [[Rogue Male (band)|Rogue Male]] - ''First Visit''
* [[Hellion_(band)#Ann Boleyn reforms Hellion with new members|Romeo]] - ''Rocks'' (EP)
* Rosy Vista - ''You Better Believe It'' (EP)
* [[David Lee Roth]] - ''[[Crazy from the Heat]]'' (EP)
* [[Rough Cutt]] - ''[[Rough Cutt (album)|Rough Cutt]]''
* [[Carl Albert (musician)|Ruffians]] - ''Ruffians'' (EP)
* Runestaff – ''Runestaff''
* [[Running Wild (band)|Running Wild]] - ''[[Branded and Exiled]]''
* [[Rush (band)|Rush]] - ''[[Power Windows (album)|Power Windows]]''
* Sabre (Ger) - ''Keepers of the Sword''
* Sabre (Can) - ''On the Prowl''
* Sacred Few - ''Beyond the Iron Walls''
* [[Sacred Rite (band)|Sacred Rite]] - ''The Ritual''
* Sacrifice (Swi) - ''On the Altar of Rock''
* [[Sacrilege (band)|Sacrilege]] – ''Behind the Realms of Madness''
* Sadwings - ''Lonely Hero''
* Saigon - ''One Must Die''
* Saints' Anger – ''Danger Metal''
* [[Saint Vitus (band)|Saint Vitus]] - ''[[Hallow's Victim]]''
* Satanic Rites - ''Which Way the Wind Blows''
* [[Savage (band)|Savage]] - ''Hyperactive''
* [[Savage Grace (metal band)|Savage Grace]] - ''[[Master of Disguise (Savage Grace album)|Master of Disguise]]''
* [[Savatage]] - ''[[Power of the Night]]''
* [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]] - ''[[Innocence Is No Excuse]]''
* Scarlet - ''Phantasm''
* Scavenger - ''Battlefields''
* [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] - ''[[World Wide Live]]''
* Seduce - ''Seduce''
* Seducer - ''Caught in the Act''
* Shere Khan - ''Quite Enough for Love''
* [[Sinner (band)|Sinner]] - ''Touch of Sin''
* Silver Mountain - ''Universe''
* Slauter Xstroyes - ''Winter Kill''
* Slaven - ''Slave To The Heart'' (EP)
* [[Slayer]] - ''[[Hell Awaits]]''
* [[Sodom (band)|Sodom]] - ''[[In the Sign of Evil]]'' (EP)
* Spectre (CA) - ''Lady of the Night''
* Spellbound - ''Rockin' Reckless''
* Stainless Steel (Ger) - ''Stainless Steel''
* Stators - ''...Never Too Late''
* Steel Angel – ''...And the Angels Were Made of Steel''
* [[Steeler (German band)|Steeler (Ger)]] - ''[[Rulin' the Earth]]''
* Steel Vengeance - ''Call Off the Dogs''
* [[Mick Sweda|Stormtrooper]] (US) - ''Armies of the Night'' (EP)
* [[Stormtroopers of Death|S.O.D.]] - ''[[Speak English or Die]]''
* Stormwind (Ger) - ''Taken by Storm''
* [[Stormwitch]] - ''Tales of Terror ''
* Stranger - ''The Bell''
* Stryker (FL) - ''Stryker''
* [[Stryper]] - ''[[Soldiers Under Command]]''
* Sweethard - ''Sweethard''
* Sweet Pain - ''Sweet Pain''
* Sweet Savage (US) – ''Sweet Savage'' (EP)
* Sye - ''Turn on the Fire''
* Talon - ''Never Look Back''
* [[Terraplane (band)|Terraplane]] – ''Black and White''
* [[Thor (band)|Thor]] - ''[[Only the Strong (Thor album)|Only the Strong]]''
* Thor - ''[[Live in Detroit (Thor album)|Live in Detroit]]'' (live)
* Thrasher - ''Burning at the Speed of Light''
* Titanic - ''Then There Was Rock''
* [[Tokyo Blade]] - ''[[Black Hearts & Jaded Spades]]''
* [[Tobruk (band)|Tobruk]] (UK) - ''Wild on the Run''
* Touchdown - ''Tricks of a Trade''
* [[Trance (band)|Trance]] – ''Victory''
* Trilogy (Aus) - ''Life on Earth''
* Tröjan - ''Chasing the Storm''
* [[Trouble (band)|Trouble]] - ''[[The Skull (album)|The Skull]]''
* Trouble (Swe) - ''Warrior''
* [[Twisted Sister]] - ''[[Come Out and Play (Twisted Sister album)|Come Out and Play]]''
* [[220 Volt (band)|220 Volt]] - ''Mind over Muscle''
* [[Tygers of Pan Tang]] - ''[[The Wreck-Age]]''
* [[Ralf Scheepers#Tyran' Pace|Tyran' Pace]] - ''Long Live Metal''
* Tyrant (Ger) - ''Fight for Your Life''
* Tyrant (US) - ''Legions of the Dead''
* Tysondog - ''Shoot to Kill'' (EP)
* [[Tytan (band)|Tytan]] - ''Rough Justice''
* Tzar (Can) – ''Players of the Game''
* [[UFO (band)|UFO]] - ''[[Misdemeanor (UFO album)|Misdemeanor]]''
* Universe - ''Universe''
* Vampyr - ''Cry Out for Metal''
* [[Vanadium (band)|Vanadium]] - ''On Streets of Danger'' (live)
* [[Vandenberg (band)|Vandenberg]] - ''[[Alibi (Vandenberg album)|Alibi]]''
* Vectom - ''Speed Revolution''
* [[Venom (band)|Venom]] - ''[[Possessed (Venom album)|Possessed]]''
* [[Vicious Rumors]] - ''[[Soldiers of the Night]]''
* Victim (CA) - ''DMN''
* [[Victory (band)|Victory]] - ''Victory''
* [[Virgin Steele]] - ''[[Noble Savage (album)|Noble Savage]]''
* Vitriol - ''The Beginning''
* [[Bow Wow (band)|Vow Wow]] - ''Cyclone''
* [[Vulcain (band)|Vulcain]] - ''La dame de fer'' (EP)
* Vulcain - ''Desperados''
* Vyper - ''Afraid of the Dark'' (EP)
* [[W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P.]] - ''[[The Last Command (album)|The Last Command]]''
* Wallop - ''Metallic Alps''
* Warchylde - ''Murder by Decibels''
* Warfare - ''Metal Anarchy''
* [[Warlock (band)|Warlock]] - '' [[Hellbound (Warlock album)|Hellbound]]''
* Warrant (Ger) - ''First Strike'' (EP)
* Warrant (Ger) - ''The Enforcer''
* [[Warrior (band)|Warrior]] - '' [[Fighting for the Earth]]
* [[Watchtower (band)|Watchtower]] - ''[[Energetic Disassembly]]''
* [[Waysted]] - ''[[The Good the Bad the Waysted]]''
* White Heat – ''Runnin' for Life''
* [[White Lion]] - ''[[Fight to Survive]]''
* Wild Cat - ''Love Attack''
* Winged Messenger - ''Guardians of Eternity''
* Witch (OH) - ''Salem's Rise''
* Wizard - ''Marlin, Grog, Madman & The Bomb''
* World War III (PA) – ''World War III''
* [[Wrathchild]] (UK) - ''[[Trash Queens]]'' (comp)
* Xxaron - ''The Legacy''
* [[Y&T]] - ''[[Open Fire (Y&T album)|Open Fire]]'' (live)
* Y&T - ''[[Down for the Count (album)|Down for the Count]]''
* [[Yngwie Malmsteen]] - ''[[Marching Out]]''
* Zero Nine – ''White Lines''
* [[Zoetrope (band)|Zoetrope]] - ''Amnesty''
* [[Znowhite]] - ''[[Kick 'Em When They're Down|Kick 'Em When They're Down EP]]''
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==Disbandments==
* [[Mercyful Fate]] (reformed in [[1992 in heavy metal music|1992]])
* [[Van Halen]] (Roth quits band)

==Events==
* [[Living Colour]] guitarist [[Vernon Reid]] cofounds the [[Black Rock Coalition]], a [[non-profit organization]] dedicated to promoting the creative freedom and works of black musicians interested in playing rock music.
* [[Twisted Sister]]'s [[Dee Snider]] testifies at The [[Parents Music Resource Center]] Senate hearings on rock censorship at Washington D.C. on September 19, 1985.
* [[David Lee Roth]] releases his solo debut (EP) ''[[Crazy from the Heat]]'' in January 1985. With it comes the announcement he has permanently left [[Van Halen]].
* [[Black Sabbath]] reunites at [[Live Aid]] with [[Ozzy Osbourne]].
* [[Led Zeppelin]] reunites at [[Live Aid]] with Phil Collins replacing deceased drummer [[John Bonham]].
* [[Kam Lee]] leaves [[Death (metal band)|Death]] and [[Chuck Schuldiner]] becomes the vocalist.
* [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]]'s former lead singer, [[David Byron]] dies on February 28, due to alcohol complications.
* ''Welcome to Venice'' compilation is released, featuring [[Suicidal Tendencies]], [[Beowulf]], and others, showing the growing crossover trend among the Venice Beach hardcore and metal scenes.

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1983 in British music

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This is a summary of [[1983 in music]] in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

==Events==
*8 January – The [[UK singles chart]] is tabulated from this week forward by [[The Gallup Organization]]. In 1984 electronic terminals will be used in selected stores to gather sales information, and the old "sales diary" method will be gradually phased out over the next few years.
*30 May – [[Elton John]] releases his album ''[[Too Low for Zero]],'' marking the beginning of his mid-1980s comeback after several albums disappointed in sales.
*20 August – [[The Rolling Stones]] sign a new $28 million contract with [[Sony Music Entertainment|CBS Records]], the largest recording contract in history up to this time.
*1 September – [[Joe Strummer]] and [[Paul Simonon]] of [[The Clash]] issue a press statement announcing that [[Mick Jones (The Clash)|Mick Jones]] has been fired from the group.
*20 September – The first [[ARMS Charity Concert]] is held at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London.
*28 November – The first ''[[Now That's What I Call Music (original UK album)|Now]]'' album is released.

==Charts==

===Number one singles===
<ref>{{cite web |title=1983 The Number One Singles |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1983/ |publisher=[[The Official Charts Company]]}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Chart date (week ending) !! Song !! Artist(s) !! Weeks
|-
| 1 January || rowspan=2 | "[[Save Your Love (Renée and Renato song)|Save Your Love]]" || rowspan=2 | [[Renée and Renato]] || rowspan=2 | 2
|-
| 8 January
|-
| 15 January || rowspan=2 | "[[You Can't Hurry Love#Phil Collins version|You Can't Hurry Love]]" || rowspan=2 | [[Phil Collins]] || rowspan=2 | 2
|-
| 22 January
|-
| 29 January || rowspan=3 | "[[Down Under (song)|Down Under]]" || rowspan=3 | [[Men at Work]] || rowspan=3 | 3
|-
| 5 February
|-
| 12 February
|-
| 19 February || rowspan=2 | "[[Too Shy]]" || rowspan=2 | [[Kajagoogoo]] || rowspan=2 | 2
|-
| 26 February
|-
| 5 March || "[[Billie Jean]]" || [[Michael Jackson]] || 1
|-
| 12 March || rowspan=2 | "[[Total Eclipse of the Heart]]" || rowspan=2 | [[Bonnie Tyler]] || rowspan=2 | 2
|-
| 19 March
|-
| 26 March || rowspan=2 | "[[Is There Something I Should Know?]]" || rowspan=2 | [[Duran Duran]] || rowspan=2 | 2
|-
| 2 April
|-
| 9 April || rowspan=3 | "[[Let's Dance (David Bowie song)|Let's Dance]]" || rowspan=3 | [[David Bowie]] || rowspan=3 | 3
|-
| 16 April
|-
| 23 April
|-
| 30 April || rowspan=4 | "[[True (Spandau Ballet song)|True]]" || rowspan=4 | [[Spandau Ballet]] || rowspan=4 | 4
|-
| 7 May
|-
| 14 May
|-
| 21 May
|-
| 28 May || "[[Candy Girl (New Edition song)|Candy Girl]]" || [[New Edition]] || 1
|-
| 4 June || rowspan=4 | "[[Every Breath You Take]]" || rowspan=4 | [[The Police]] || rowspan=4 | 4
|-
| 11 June
|-
| 18 June
|-
| 25 June
|-
| 2 July || rowspan=3 | "[[Baby Jane (Rod Stewart song)|Baby Jane]]" || rowspan=3 | [[Rod Stewart]] || rowspan=3 | 3
|-
| 9 July
|-
| 16 July
|-
| 23 July || rowspan=3 | "[[Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)]]" || rowspan=3 | [[Paul Young]] || rowspan=3 | 3
|-
| 30 July
|-
| 6 August
|-
| 13 August || rowspan=3 | "[[Give It Up (KC and the Sunshine Band song)|Give It Up]]" || rowspan=3 | [[KC and the Sunshine Band]] || rowspan=3 | 3
|-
| 20 August
|-
| 27 August
|-
| 3 September || rowspan=3 | "[[Red Red Wine]]" || rowspan=3 | [[UB40]] || rowspan=3 | 3
|-
| 10 September
|-
| 17 September
|-
| 24 September || rowspan=6 | "[[Karma Chameleon]]" || rowspan=6 | [[Culture Club]] || rowspan=6 | 6
|-
| 1 October
|-
| 8 October
|-
| 15 October
|-
| 22 October
|-
| 29 October
|-
| 5 November || rowspan=5 | "[[Uptown Girl]]" || rowspan=5 | [[Billy Joel]] || rowspan=5 | 5
|-
| 12 November
|-
| 19 November
|-
| 26 November
|-
| 3 December
|-
| 10 December || rowspan=4 | "[[Only You (Yazoo song)|Only You]]" || rowspan=4 | [[The Flying Pickets]] || rowspan=4 | 4
|-
| 17 December
|-
| 24 December
|-
| 31 December
|}

===Number one albums===
<ref>{{cite web |title=1983 The Number One Albums |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-one-albums-list/_/1983/ |publisher=The Official Charts Company}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Chart date (week ending) !! Album !! Artist(s) !! Weeks
|-
| 1 January || rowspan=2 | ''[[The John Lennon Collection]]'' || rowspan=2 | [[John Lennon]] || rowspan=2 | 2
|-
| 8 January
|-
| 15 January || rowspan=2 | ''Raiders of the Pop Charts'' || rowspan=2 | Various Artists || rowspan=2 | 2
|-
| 22 January
|-
| 29 January || rowspan=5 | ''[[Business as Usual (Men at Work album)|Business as Usual]]'' || rowspan=5 | [[Men at Work]] || rowspan=5 | 5
|-
| 5 February
|-
| 12 February
|-
| 19 February
|-
| 26 February
|-
| 5 March || ''[[Thriller (Michael Jackson album)|Thriller]]'' || [[Michael Jackson]] || 1
|-
| 12 March || ''[[War (U2 album)|War]]'' || [[U2]] || 1
|-
| 19 March || ''Thriller'' || Michael Jackson || 1
|-
| 26 March || ''[[The Hurting]]'' || [[Tears for Fears]] || 1
|-
| 2 April || rowspan=2 | ''[[The Final Cut (album)|The Final Cut]]'' || rowspan=2 | [[Pink Floyd]] || rowspan=2 | 2
|-
| 9 April
|-
| 16 April || ''[[Faster Than the Speed of Night]]'' || [[Bonnie Tyler]] || 1
|-
| 23 April || rowspan=3 | ''[[Let's Dance (David Bowie album)|Let's Dance]]'' || rowspan=3 | [[David Bowie]] || rowspan=3 | 3
|-
| 30 April
|-
| 7 May
|-
| 14 May || ''[[True (Spandau Ballet album)|True]]'' || [[Spandau Ballet]] || 1
|-
| 21 May || rowspan=5 | ''Thriller'' || rowspan=5 | Michael Jackson || rowspan=5 | 5
|-
| 28 May
|-
| 4 June
|-
| 11 June
|-
| 18 June
|-
| 25 June || rowspan=2 | ''[[Synchronicity (The Police album)|Synchronicity]]'' || rowspan=2 | [[The Police]] || rowspan=2 | 2
|-
| 2 July
|-
| 9 July || rowspan=2 | ''[[Fantastic (Wham! album)|Fantastic]]'' || rowspan=2 | [[Wham!]] || rowspan=2 | 2
|-
| 16 July
|-
| 23 July || rowspan=2 | ''[[You and Me Both]]'' || rowspan=2 | [[Yazoo (band)|Yazoo]] || rowspan=2 | 2
|-
| 30 July
|-
| 6 August || rowspan=2 | ''The Very Best of the Beach Boys'' || rowspan=2 | [[The Beach Boys]] || rowspan=2 | 2
|-
| 13 August
|-
| 20 August || rowspan=3 | ''18 Greatest Hits'' || rowspan=3 | Michael Jackson and [[The Jackson 5]] || rowspan=3 | 3
|-
| 27 August
|-
| 3 September
|-
| 10 September || ''The Very Best of the Beach Boys'' || The Beach Boys || 1
|-
| 17 September || ''[[No Parlez]]'' || [[Paul Young]] || 1
|-
| 24 September || ''[[Labour of Love]]'' || [[UB40]] || 1
|-
| 1 October || rowspan=2 | ''No Parlez'' || rowspan=2 | Paul Young || rowspan=2 | 2
|-
| 8 October
|-
| 15 October || ''[[Genesis (Genesis album)|Genesis]]'' || [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] || 1
|-
| 22 October || rowspan=3 | ''[[Colour by Numbers]]'' || rowspan=3 | [[Culture Club]] || rowspan=3 | 3
|-
| 29 October
|-
| 5 November
|-
| 12 November || ''[[Can't Slow Down (Lionel Richie album)|Can't Slow Down]]'' || [[Lionel Richie]] || 1
|-
| 19 November || rowspan=2 | ''Colour by Numbers'' || rowspan=2 | Culture Club || rowspan=2 | 2
|-
| 26 November
|-
| 3 December || ''[[Seven and the Ragged Tiger]]'' || [[Duran Duran]] || 1
|-
| 10 December || ''No Parlez'' || Paul Young || 1
|-
| 17 December || rowspan=3 | ''[[Now That's What I Call Music (original UK album)|Now 1]]'' || rowspan=3 | Various Artists || rowspan=3 | 3
|-
| 24 December
|-
| 31 December
|}

==Year-end charts==
Note: The year-end charts published in ''[[Music Week]]'' on 7 January 1984 only covered the period 4 January to 17 December 1983 – the ''BPI Year Book 1984'' included the complete charts to the end of 1983.

===Best-selling singles===
<ref>{{cite book |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Scaping |chapter=Top 100 singles: 1983 |title=BPI Year Book 1984 |publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]] |pages=42–43 |date=1984 |isbn=0-906154-04-9}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!scope=col| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
!scope=col| Title
!scope=col| Artist
!scope=col| Peak position
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 1
| "[[Karma Chameleon]]"
| [[Culture Club]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 2
| "[[Uptown Girl]]"
| {{Sortname|Billy|Joel}}
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 3
| "[[Red Red Wine]]"
| [[UB40]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 4
| "[[Let's Dance (David Bowie song)|Let's Dance]]"
| {{Sortname|David|Bowie}}
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 5
| "[[Total Eclipse of the Heart]]"
| {{Sortname|Bonnie|Tyler}}
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 6
| "[[True (Spandau Ballet song)|True]]"
| [[Spandau Ballet]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 7
| "[[Down Under (song)|Down Under]]"
| [[Men at Work]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 8
| "[[Billie Jean]]"
| {{Sortname|Michael|Jackson}}
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 9
| "[[Only You (Yazoo song)#The Flying Pickets version|Only You]]"
| {{Sortname|The|Flying Pickets}}
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 10
| "[[All Night Long (All Night)]]"
| {{Sortname|Lionel|Richie}}
| align="center" | 2
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 11
| "[[Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)]]"
| [[Eurythmics]]
| align="center" | 2
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 12
| "[[You Can't Hurry Love#Phil Collins version|You Can't Hurry Love]]"
| {{Sortname|Phil|Collins}}
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 13
| "[[Too Shy]]"
| [[Kajagoogoo]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 14
| "[[Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)]]"
| {{Sortname|Paul|Young}}
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 15
| "[[Love of the Common People (song)#Paul Young version|Love of the Common People]]"
| {{Sortname|Paul|Young}}
| align="center" | 2
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 16
| "[[Every Breath You Take]]"
| {{Sortname|The|Police}}
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 17
| "[[Is There Something I Should Know?]]"
| [[Duran Duran]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 18
| "[[Blue Monday (New Order song)|Blue Monday]]"
| [[New Order (band)|New Order]]
| align="center" | 9
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 19
| "[[Give It Up (KC and the Sunshine Band song)|Give It Up]]"
| [[KC and the Sunshine Band]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 20
| "[[I.O.U. (Freeez song)|I.O.U.]]"
| [[Freeez]]
| align="center" | 2
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 21
| "[[Baby Jane (Rod Stewart song)|Baby Jane]]"
| {{Sortname|Rod|Stewart}}
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 22
| "[[Say Say Say]]"
| {{Sortname|Paul|McCartney}} and Michael Jackson
| align="center" | 2
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 23
| "[[They Don't Know (Kirsty MacColl song)|They Don't Know]]"
| {{Sortname|Tracey|Ullman}}
| align="center" | 2
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 24
| "[[Tonight I Celebrate My Love]]"
| {{Sortname|Peabo|Bryson}} and [[Roberta Flack]]
| align="center" | 2
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 25
| "[[Words (F.R. David song)|Words]]"
| {{Sortname|F.R.|David}}
| align="center" | 2
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 26
| "[[Bad Boys (Wham! song)|Bad Boys]]"
| [[Wham!]]
| align="center" | 2
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 27
| "[[Flashdance... What a Feeling]]"
| {{Sortname|Irene|Cara}}
| align="center" | 2
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 28
| "[[New Song (Howard Jones song)|New Song]]"
| {{Sortname|Howard|Jones|Howard Jones (musician)}}
| align="center" | 3
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 29
| "[[Moonlight Shadow]]"
| {{Sortname|Mike|Oldfield}}
| align="center" | 4
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 30
| "[[My Oh My (Slade song)|My Oh My]]"
| [[Slade]]
| align="center" | 2
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 31
| "[[Sign of the Times (The Belle Stars song)|Sign of the Times]]"
| {{Sortname|The|Belle Stars}}
| align="center" | 3
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 32
| "[[Hold Me Now (Thompson Twins song)|Hold Me Now]]"
| [[Thompson Twins]]
| align="center" | 4
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 33
| "[[Candy Girl (New Edition song)|Candy Girl]]"
| [[New Edition]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 34
| "[[Temptation (Heaven 17 song)|Temptation]]"
| [[Heaven 17]]
| align="center" | 2
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 35
| "[[Cry Just a Little Bit]]"
| {{Sortname|Shakin'|Stevens}}
| align="center" | 3
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 36
| "[[Church of the Poison Mind]]"
| Culture Club
| align="center" | 2
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 37
| "[[Electric Avenue (song)|Electric Avenue]]"
| {{Sortname|Eddy|Grant}}
| align="center" | 2
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 38
| "[[Mama (Genesis song)|Mama]]"
| [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
| align="center" | 4
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 39
| "[[Beat It]]"
| {{Sortname|Michael|Jackson}}
| align="center" | 3
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 40
|"[[Double Dutch (song)|Double Dutch]]"
| {{Sortname|Malcolm|McLaren}}
| align="center" | 3
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 41
| "[[Africa (Toto song)|Africa]]"
| [[Toto (band)|Toto]]
| align="center" | 3
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 42
| "[[Club Tropicana]]"
| Wham!
| align="center" | 4
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 43
| "[[(Keep Feeling) Fascination]]"
| {{Sortname|The|Human League}}
| align="center" | 2
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 44
| "[[Gold (Spandau Ballet song)|Gold]]"
| Spandau Ballet
| align="center" | 2
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 45
| "[[Modern Love (song)|Modern Love]]"
| {{Sortname|David|Bowie}}
| align="center" | 2
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 46
| "[[Let's Stay Together (Al Green song)|Let's Stay Together]]"
| {{Sortname|Tina|Turner}}
| align="center" | 6
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 47
| "[[Come Back and Stay]]"
| {{Sortname|Paul|Young}}
| align="center" | 4
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 48
| "[[Victims (song)|Victims]]"
| Culture Club
| align="center" | 3
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 49
| "[[I'm Still Standing]]"
| {{Sortname|Elton|John}}
| align="center" | 4
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 50
| "[[(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew]]"
| {{Sortname|The|Rock Steady Crew|Rock Steady Crew}}
| align="center" | 6
|}

===Best-selling albums===
<ref>Scaping (1984). "Top 100 LPs: 1983". pp. 44–45</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!scope=col| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
!scope=col| Title
!scope=col| Artist
!scope=col| Peak position
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 1
| ''[[Thriller (Michael Jackson album)|Thriller]]''
| {{Sortname|Michael|Jackson}}
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 2
| ''[[No Parlez]]''
| {{Sortname|Paul|Young}}
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 3
| ''[[Colour by Numbers]]''
| [[Culture Club]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 4
| ''[[Let's Dance (David Bowie album)|Let's Dance]]''
| {{Sortname|David|Bowie}}
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 5
| ''[[Fantastic (Wham! album)|Fantastic]]''
| [[Wham!]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 6
| ''[[True (Spandau Ballet album)|True]]''
| [[Spandau Ballet]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 7
| ''[[Now That's What I Call Music (original UK album)|Now That's What I Call Music]]''
| Various Artists
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 8
| ''[[Stages (Elaine Paige album)|Stages]]''
| {{Sortname|Elaine|Paige}}
| align="center" | 2
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 9
| ''[[Genesis (Genesis album)|Genesis]]''
| [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 10
| ''[[Can't Slow Down (Lionel Richie album)|Can't Slow Down]]''
| {{Sortname|Lionel|Richie}}
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 11
| ''[[Synchronicity (The Police album)|Synchronicity]]''
| {{Sortname|The|Police|The Police (band)}}
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 12
| ''[[Labour of Love]]''
| [[UB40]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 13
| ''[[Business as Usual (Men at Work album)|Business as Usual]]''
| [[Men at Work]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 14
| ''[[18 Greatest Hits (Michael Jackson album)|18 Greatest Hits]]''
| {{Sortname|Michael|Jackson}} and [[The Jackson 5]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 15
| ''[[Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (album)|Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)]]''
| [[Eurythmics]]
| align="center" | 3
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 16
| ''[[Too Low for Zero]]''
| {{Sortname|Elton|John}}
| align="center" | 7
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 17
| ''[[The Luxury Gap]]''
| [[Heaven 17]]
| align="center" | 4
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 18
| ''[[Snap! (album)|Snap!]]''
| {{Sortname|The|Jam}}
| align="center" | 2
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 19
| ''[[The Hurting]]''
| [[Tears for Fears]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 20
| ''[[Rio (Duran Duran album)|Rio]]''
| [[Duran Duran]]
| align="center" | 3{{efn|Reached number 2 in 1982}}
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 21
| ''The Very Best of The Beach Boys''
| {{Sortname|The|Beach Boys}}
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 22
| ''[[In Your Eyes (George Benson album)|In Your Eyes]]''
| {{Sortname|George|Benson}}
| align="center" | 3
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 23
| ''[[The Crossing (Big Country album)|The Crossing]]''
| [[Big Country]]
| align="center" | 3
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 24
| ''[[Seven and the Ragged Tiger]]''
| Duran Duran
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 25
| ''[[An Innocent Man]]''
| {{Sortname|Billy|Joel}}
| align="center" | 4{{efn|Reached number 2 in 1984}}
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 26
| ''[[War (U2 album)|War]]''
| [[U2]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 27
| ''Introducing Richard Clayderman''
| {{Sortname|Richard|Clayderman}}
| align="center" | 2
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 28
| ''Chas 'n' Dave's Knees Up: Jamboree Bag No. 2''
| [[Chas & Dave]]
| align="center" | 7
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 29
| ''[[Hello, I Must Be Going! (album)|Hello, I Must Be Going!]]''
| {{Sortname|Phil|Collins}}
| align="center" | 3{{efn|Reached number 2 in 1982}}
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 30
| ''[[The John Lennon Collection]]''
| {{Sortname|John|Lennon}}
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 31
| ''[[Faster Than the Speed of Night]]''
| {{Sortname|Bonnie|Tyler}}
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 32
| ''[[Quick Step and Side Kick]]''
| [[Thompson Twins]]
| align="center" | 2
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 33
| ''[[Pipes of Peace]]''
| {{Sortname|Paul|McCartney}}
| align="center" | 4
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 34
| ''[[Under a Blood Red Sky]]''
| [[U2]]
| align="center" | 2
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 35
| ''[[The Final Cut (album)|The Final Cut]]''
| [[Pink Floyd]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 36
| ''[[Touch (Eurythmics album)|Touch]]''
| [[Eurythmics]]
| align="center" | 8{{efn|Reached number 1 in 1984}}
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 37
| ''[[You and Me Both]]''
| [[Yazoo (band)|Yazoo]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 38
| ''[[Voice of the Heart]]''
| [[The Carpenters|Carpenters]]
| align="center" | 6
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 39
| ''[[Toto IV]]''
| [[Toto (band)|Toto]]
| align="center" | 4
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 40
| ''[[Crises (Mike Oldfield album)|Crises]]''
| {{Sortname|Mike|Oldfield}}
| align="center" | 6
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 41
| ''Raiders of the Pop Charts''
| Various Artists
| align="center" | 1
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 42
| ''Formula 30''
| Various Artists
| align="center" | 6
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 43
| ''[[Body Wishes]]''
| {{Sortname|Rod|Stewart}}
| align="center" | 5
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 44
| ''Chart Hits '83''
| Various Artists
| align="center" | 6
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 45
| ''Twice as Kool: The Hits of Kool & the Gang''
| [[Kool & the Gang]]
| align="center" | 4
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 46
| ''[[Heartbreaker (Dionne Warwick album)|Heartbreaker]]''
| {{Sortname|Dionne|Warwick}}
| align="center" | 4{{efn|Reached number 3 in 1982}}
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 47
| ''The Essential Jean Michel Jarre''
| {{Sortname|Jean Michel|Jarre}}
| align="center" | 14
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 48
| ''[[Lionel Richie (album)|Lionel Richie]]''
| {{Sortname|Lionel|Richie}}
| align="center" | 9
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 49
| ''The Two of Us''
| Various Artists
| align="center" | 3
|-
!scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 50
| ''[[Kissing to Be Clever]]''
| Culture Club
| align="center" | 10{{efn|Reached number 5 in 1982}}
|}

'''Notes:'''
{{Notelist}}

==Classical music==
*[[Alun Hoddinott]] - ''Quodlibet on Welsh Nursery Tunes'' - arr. for brass quintet
*[[William Mathias]] - Symphony No. 2, Op.90 (Summer Music)
*[[John Pickard (composer)|John Pickard]] - ''Nocturne in Black and Gold''

==Opera==
*[[Oliver Knussen]] - ''[[Where the Wild Things Are (opera)|Where the Wild Things Are]]''

==Musical films==
*''[[Monty Python's The Meaning of Life]]''
*''[[The Pirates of Penzance (1983 film)|The Pirates of Penzance]]'', starring [[Kevin Kline]] and [[Angela Lansbury]]

==Births==
*[[18 January]] - Antony Brant, singer ([[V (group)|V]])
*[[3 March]] - [[Katie White]], singer ([[The Ting Tings]])
*[[8 May]] - [[Matt Willis]], singer and musician ([[Busted (band)|Busted]])
*[[16 May]] - [[Mince Fratelli]], musician ([[The Fratellis]])
*[[23 May]] - [[Heidi Range]], singer ([[Sugababes]])
*[[17 June]] - [[Lee Ryan]], singer ([[Blue (boy band)|Blue]])
*[[30 June]]
**[[Cheryl Cole]], singer
**[[Patrick Wolf]], singer/songwriter
*[[7 July]] - Aaron Buckingham, singer (V)
*[[22 July]] - [[Jodi Albert]], singer ([[Girl Thing]])
*[[18 August]] - [[Mika (singer)|Mika]], singer
*[[25 August]] - [[James Righton]], musician ([[The Klaxons]])
*[[11 September]] - [[Matthew Halsall]], jazz trumpeter and promoter
*[[13 September]] - [[James Bourne]], singer and musician ([[Busted (band)|Busted]]), ([[Son Of Dork]])
*[[14 September]] - [[Amy Winehouse]], singer-songwriter
*[[25 September]] - [[Hayden Powell]], jazz trumpeter and composer
*[[24 October]] - [[V V Brown]], English singer, songwriter, model, and producer
*[[26 October]] - Ant Scott-Lee, singer ([[3SL]])
*[[8 November]] - Mark Harle, singer (V)

==Deaths==
*[[5 January]] - [[Amy Evans]], operatic soprano (born 1884)
*[[28 January]] - [[Billy Fury]], singer-songwriter (born 1940; heart attack)
*[[22 February]] - Sir [[Adrian Boult]], conductor (born 1889)
*[[8 March]] - [[William Walton]], composer (born 1902)
*[[14 April]] - [[Pete Farndon]], [[the Pretenders]] (born 1952; drug overdose)
*[[12 July]] - [[Chris Wood (rock musician)|Chris Wood]], founding member of [[Traffic (band)|Traffic]] (born 1944; pneumonia)
*[[19 November]] - [[Tom Evans (musician)|Tom Evans]], bassist of the rock group [[Badfinger]] (born 1947; suicide)

==Music awards==

===Brit Awards===
The 1983 [[Brit Awards]] winners were:

*Best British producer: [[Trevor Horn]]
*Best classical recording: [[John Williams (guitarist)|John Williams]] - ''"Portrait"''
*Best international artist: [[Kid Creole and the Coconuts]]
*Best Live Act: [[U2]]
*Best selling album: [[Barbra Streisand]] - ''[[Love Songs (Barbra Streisand album)|Love Songs]]'' (also released as ''[[Memories (Streisand album)|Memories]]'' in the U.S.)
*British breakthrough act: [[Yazoo (band)|Yazoo]]
*British female solo artist: [[Kim Wilde]]
*British group: [[Dire Straits]]
*British male solo artist: [[Paul McCartney]]
*British single: [[Dexys Midnight Runners]] - "[[Come On Eileen]]"
*Life achievement award: [[Pete Townshend]]
*Outstanding contribution: [[The Beatles]]
*Special Award: [[Chris Wright (producer)|Chris Wright]]
*The Sony award for technical excellence: [[Paul McCartney]]

==See also==
* [[1983 in British radio]]
* [[1983 in British television]]
* [[1983 in the United Kingdom]]
* [[List of British films of 1983]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/ BBC Radio 1's Chart Show]
*[http://www.officialcharts.com/ The Official Charts Company]

{{Music of the United Kingdom}}

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[[Category:1983 in music|British music]]
[[Category:British music by year]]

1982 in music

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Schwatto: /* Also in 1982 */ consolidated

{{short description|Overview of the events of 1982 in music}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2011}}
{{YYYY music|1982}}
{{Year nav topic5|1982|music|radio|television|film}}
This is a list of notable events in music from 1982, a year in which [[Madonna]] made her debut and [[Michael Jackson]] released ''[[Thriller (Michael Jackson album)|Thriller]]'', which holds the title for the world's best selling album.

==Specific locations==
*[[1982 in British music]]
*[[1982 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1982 in country music]]
*[[1982 in heavy metal music]]
*[[1982 in hip hop music]]
*[[1982 in jazz]]

== Events ==

=== January–March ===
*[[January 15]] – [[K.C. and the Sunshine Band]]'s [[Harry Wayne Casey]] is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida.
*[[January 20]] – [[Ozzy Osbourne]] bites the head off a live bat thrown at him during a performance in [[Des Moines, Iowa]]. He thought it was rubber.<ref>[http://www.upvenue.com/article/1437-top-10-crazy-music-myths.html Top 10 crazy music myths]</ref>
*[[January 21]] – [[B. B. King]] donates his personal record collection, which includes nearly 7,000 rare blues records, to the [[University of Mississippi]]'s Center for the Study of Southern Culture.
*[[January 22]] – [[Tommy Tucker (singer)|Tommy Tucker]], writer of "Hi Heel Sneakers", dies of [[carbon tetrachloride]] poisoning sustained while finishing floors in his home.
*[[February 13]] – A 300-pound (136 kg) gravestone from the grave of [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] singer [[Ronnie Van Zant]] is stolen from an [[Orange Park, Florida]] cemetery. Police find the gravestone two weeks later in a dry river bed.
*[[February 19]] – [[Ozzy Osbourne]] is arrested after urinating on [[Alamo Mission in San Antonio|The Alamo]], in [[San Antonio]], Texas.
*[[February 20]] – [[Pat Benatar]] marries her guitarist, [[Pat Benatar#Band|Neil Giraldo]], on the Hawaiian island of [[Maui]].
*[[February 24]] – The [[24th Annual Grammy Awards]] are presented in [[Los Angeles]], hosted by [[Quincy Jones]] (who wins a total of five awards). [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]]'s ''[[Double Fantasy]]'' (the final album released by Lennon in his lifetime) wins [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], while [[Kim Carnes]]' "[[Bette Davis Eyes]]" wins both [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]. [[Sheena Easton]] wins [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]].
*[[February 27]] – The [[D'Oyly Carte Opera Company]] gives its final performance at the [[Adelphi Theatre]] after more than 110 years.
*[[March 3]] – [[The Mamas & the Papas]] begin a reunion tour with a show in the New York club The Other End with original members [[John Phillips (musician)|John Phillips]] and [[Denny Doherty]], along with [[Mackenzie Phillips]] and [[Spanky and Our Gang|Spanky McFarlane]] replacing [[Michelle Gilliam]] and [[Mama Cass]] respectively.
*[[March 4]] – [[Frank Zappa]]'s son [[Dweezil Zappa|Dweezil]] and daughter [[Moon Unit Zappa|Moon Unit]] form [[Fred Zeppelin]].
*[[March 5]] – Comedian and [[The Blues Brothers|Blues Brother]] [[John Belushi]] is found dead of an apparent drug overdose in the [[Chateau Marmont]] in Los Angeles.
*[[March 18]] – [[Teddy Pendergrass]] is severely injured in a car accident in [[Philadelphia]]. Pendergrass's injuries result in him being paralyzed from the chest down.
*[[March 19]] – [[Ozzy Osbourne]]'s lead guitarist, [[Randy Rhoads]], is killed in a freak accident in [[Leesburg, Florida]] when the plane in which he is riding buzzes Osbourne's tour bus and crashes into a house. The plane's pilot and a female passenger are also killed.
* [[March 22]] – [[Iron Maiden]] release [[The Number of the Beast (album)|''The Number of the Beast'']], the critically acclaimed yet controversial album often hailed as Iron Maiden's greatest.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} This was Iron Maiden's first album to feature singer [[Bruce Dickinson]] and their first to hit number one in the UK charts.
*[[March 28]] – In Los Angeles, [[David Crosby]] is arrested for possession of Quaaludes and drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence of [[cocaine]] and carrying a concealed weapon.

=== April–August ===
*[[April 13]] – David Crosby is arrested on drug charges for the second time in three weeks when [[Dallas]] police catch him preparing cocaine backstage before a show.
*[[April 15]] – [[Billy Joel]] is seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in [[Long Island, New York]]. Joel spends over a month in the hospital undergoing physical therapy for his hand.
*[[April 17]] – [[Johnny Cash]] hosts ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' with Cash and [[Elton John]] and his classic band as the musical guests. Cash sings ''I Walk The Line'', ''Folsom Prison Blues'', ''Ring of Fire'' and ''Sunday Morning Coming Down''. John sings ''[[Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)]]'' and ''Ball and Chain''. The latter would not appear on the NBC show again until 2011.
*[[April 24]] – [[Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest|Germany]] wins the 27th annual [[Eurovision Song Contest 1982|Eurovision Song Contest]], held in the [[Harrogate International Centre|Harrogate Conference Centre]], North Yorkshire, with the song "[[Ein bißchen Frieden]]", sung by 17-year-old [[Nicole (German singer)|Nicole]]. She also records the song in English as "A Little Peace", which becomes the 500th chart-topping single in the UK.
*[[April 26]]
**[[Rod Stewart]] is mugged in Los Angeles. Stewart loses his $50,000 Porsche to the mugger, but is not hurt. The car is recovered several days later.
**[[Joe Strummer]] vanishes, forcing [[The Clash]] to postpone their U.K. tour.
*[[April 30]] – Influential rock journalist [[Lester Bangs]] dies in his New York apartment of an apparent accidental overdose of prescription drugs.
*[[May 10]]- [[The Clash]] Drummer [[Topper Headon]] is fired from the band when his heroin addiction became too prevalent.
*[[May 14]] – The first [[The Prince's Trust|Prince's Trust]] charity concert is held at the [[National Exhibition Centre]] in [[Birmingham]]. With [[Charles, Prince of Wales|The Prince of Wales]] in attendance, [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]], becomes the first contemporary band to play to British royalty.
*[[May 18]] – Three weeks after disappearing, [[Joe Strummer]] and his girlfriend are found living in Paris, two days after they ran the [[Paris Marathon]].
*[[May 21]] – [[Queen (band)|Queen]] release their tenth studio album, ''[[Hot Space]]'', to immense critical outcry. The decision to make a [[dance-pop]] album with prominent [[disco]] influences at the height of American backlash against the latter genre renders the band a pariah in the United States, and their shift from traditional rock alienates their fans in the United Kingdom. Queen would not recover from the resulting backlash in the United Kingdom until after their [[Live Aid]] performance in 1985, while they would remain unpopular in the United States until after [[Freddie Mercury]]'s death in 1991.
*[[May 23]] – ''[[Pink Floyd – The Wall]]'', a film adaptation of [[Pink Floyd]]'s 1979 album ''[[The Wall]]'', premieres at the [[Cannes Film Festival]]; the film's wide release would later begin on July 15.
*[[May 26]] – [[The Rolling Stones]] open their European tour in [[Aberdeen]], Scotland.
*[[May 29]] – [[Duran Duran]]'s album ''[[Rio (Duran Duran album)|Rio]]'' peaks at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart in its second week on the chart and will remain on the chart for almost two years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19319/duran-duran/ |title=Duran Duran |publisher=Official Charts}}</ref>
*[[June 11]] – ''[[Grease 2]]'', starring [[Maxwell Caulfield]] and [[Michelle Pfeiffer]] (in her feature film debut), is released.
* [[June 16]] – [[James Honeyman-Scott]] dies of heart failure caused by cocaine intolerance. He was 25 years old.
*[[June 19]] – [[Amy Grant]] marries [[Gary Chapman (musician)|Gary Chapman]].
*[[July 3]] – [[ABC (band)|ABC]]'s debut album ''[[The Lexicon of Love]]'' enters the UK Albums Chart at number 1 and remain at the top position for four consecutive weeks.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19344/abc/ |title=ABC |publisher=Official Charts }}</ref>
*[[July 4]] – [[Ozzy Osbourne]] marries his manager [[Sharon Osbourne|Sharon Arden]] in [[Maui, Hawaii]].
*[[July 21]] – A second [[The Prince's Trust|Prince's Trust]] charity concert is held at the [[Dominion Theatre]] in London. Performers include [[Pete Townshend]], [[Robert Plant]], [[Madness (band)|Madness]], [[Phil Collins]], [[Joan Armatrading]] and [[Kate Bush]].
*[[August 17]] – In [[Langenhagen]] near [[Hanover]], Germany began the first mass production of the compact disc.
*[[August 18]] – Four streets in [[Liverpool, England|Liverpool]] are named after each of [[The Beatles]].
*[[August 31]] – [[Ronnie James Dio]] plays his final show with [[Black Sabbath]] (until 1992).

=== September–December ===
*[[September 3]]–5 – The first [[US Festival]] is held over Labor Day Weekend near [[Devore, California]]. [[The Police]], [[Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers]], [[Fleetwood Mac]], [[Grateful Dead]], [[Talking Heads]] and [[The B-52's]] are among the many performers.
*[[September 22]] – [[The Who]] begin their only formally announced "farewell" tour in Washington, D.C.
*[[October 1]] – The first compact discs appear in music stores in Japan.
*October 1 – [[The Nightfly]] by [[Donald Fagen]] is released. The record has since been critically acclaimed,{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} and was nominated for 7 Grammys.
*[[October 6]] – [[Madonna]]'s debut single, "[[Everybody (Madonna song)|Everybody]]", is released on [[Sire Records]].
*[[October 7]] – The musical ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats]]'' begins its 18-year run on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]].
*[[November 1]] – The breakup of the band [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] is announced publicly.
*[[November 5]] – The first edition of ''[[The Tube (TV series)|The Tube]]'' is broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK. Guests on the first programme include [[The Jam]], making their last live TV appearance together.
*[[November 6]] – [[Tears for Fears]] first hit single "[[Mad World]]" peaks at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart during its 17 week chart run.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25022/tears-for-fears/ |title=Tears for Fears |publisher=Official Charts }}</ref>
*[[November 21]] – [[Joni Mitchell]] marries producer and bassist [[Larry Klein]] in Malibu.
*[[November 25]]–27 – The Jamaica World Music Festival is held in [[Montego Bay]], Jamaica. Acts over the three-day festival include [[Peter Tosh]], [[Rick James]], [[The Clash]], [[Grateful Dead]], [[Aretha Franklin]] and, in their final show before disbanding, [[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]].
*[[November 29]] – [[Sena Jurinac]] appears on stage for the last time, with the [[Vienna State Opera]].
*[[November 30]] – [[Michael Jackson]] releases his sixth studio album [[Thriller (Michael Jackson album)|''Thriller'']], which would go on to be the greatest selling album of all time at 70 million units sold worldwide.
*December – [[Iron Maiden (band)|Iron Maiden]] drummer [[Clive Burr]] is fired and replaced by [[Nicko McBrain]] formerly of the French band [[Trust (French band)|Trust]].
*[[December 3]] – The most successful group of the 1970s, [[ABBA]], release their final original single "[[Under Attack]]". A split is never officially announced.
*[[December 31]] – The eleventh annual [[Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest|New Year's Rockin' Eve]] special airs on ABC, with appearances by [[The Go-Go's]], [[Hall & Oates]], [[Ronnie Milsap]], [[Barry Manilow]] and [[Jermaine Jackson]].

== Bands formed ==
*''See [[:Category:Musical groups established in 1982|Musical groups established in 1982]]''

== Bands disbanded ==
*''See [[:Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1982]]''

== Albums released ==
In the US, the RIAA stated that 2,630 albums, 2,710 cassettes and 2,285 singles were released.

=== January ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|9
|''[[Breaking Point (Central Line album)|Breaking Point]]''
|[[Central Line (band)|Central Line]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|11
|''[[Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?]]''
|[[The Waitresses]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|15
|''[[All for a Song]]''
|[[Barbara Dickson]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|18
|''[[Mystical Adventures]]''
|[[Jean-Luc Ponty]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|19
|''[[How Could Hell Be Any Worse?]]''
|[[Bad Religion]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|27
|''[[Mesopotamia (EP)|Mesopotamia]]''
|[[The B-52's]]
|EP
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|29
|''[[Friends (Shalamar album)|Friends]]''
|[[Shalamar]]
| –
|-
|''[[Picture This (Huey Lewis and the News album)|Picture This]]''
|[[Huey Lewis and the News]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="14"|?
|''[[Another Day/Another Dollar]]''
|[[Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four]]
|Compilation
|-
|''[[Anyone Can See]]''
|[[Irene Cara]]
| –
|-
|''The David Frizzell and Shelly West Album''
|[[David Frizzell]] and [[Shelly West]]
| –
|-
|''[[Flex Your Head]]''
|Various Artists
| –
|-
|''Kasim''
|[[Kasim Sulton]]
| –
|-
|''[[Objects of Desire]]''
|[[Michael Franks (musician)|Michael Franks]]
| –
|-
|''[[Oriental Beat]]''
|[[Hanoi Rocks]]
| –
|-
|''[[Repercussion (The dB's album)|Repercussion]]''
|[[The dB's]]
| –
|-
|''[[Shadows (Gordon Lightfoot album)|Shadows]]''
|[[Gordon Lightfoot]]
| –
|-
|''The Sisters''
|[[Sister Sledge]]
| –
|-
|''[[Somewhere over China]]''
|[[Jimmy Buffett]]
| –
|-
|''Southern Comfort''
|[[Conway Twitty]]
| –
|-
|''Streetheart''
|[[Streetheart (band)|Streetheart]]
| –
|-
|''Yes It's You Lady''
|[[Smokey Robinson]]
| –
|}

=== February ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|10
|''[[Bobbie Sue]]''
|[[The Oak Ridge Boys]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|12
|''[[English Settlement]]''
|[[XTC]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|13
|''[[Baal (EP)|Baal]]''
|[[David Bowie]]
|Soundtrack
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|16
|''[[Beautiful Vision]]''
|[[Van Morrison]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Concert in Central Park]]''
|[[Simon & Garfunkel]]
|Live
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|23
|''[[The Blue Mask]]''
|[[Lou Reed]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|24
|''[[Swing to the Right]]''
|[[Utopia (American band)|Utopia]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|25
|''[[Mountain Music (album)|Mountain Music]]''
|[[Alabama (American band)|Alabama]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|26
|''[[2XS]]''
|[[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]]
| –
|-
|''[[Set (Thompson Twins album)|Set]]''
|[[Thompson Twins]]
| –
|-
| rowspan="15" align="center" |?
|''[[Black on Black]]''
|[[Waylon Jennings]]
| –
|-
|''[[Chase the Dragon]]''
|[[Magnum (band)|Magnum]]
| –
|-
|''[[Crumbling the Antiseptic Beauty]]''
|[[Felt (band)|Felt]]
| -
|-
|''[[Gamma 3]]''
|[[Gamma (band)|Gamma]]
| –
|-
|''[[Green Light (Bonnie Raitt album)|Green Light]]''
|[[Bonnie Raitt]]
| –
|-
|''Growing in the Dark''
|[[Glass Moon]]
| –
|-
|''[[Just Another Day in Paradise]]''
|[[Bertie Higgins]]
| –
|-
|''[[Mechanix (album)|Mechanix]]''
|[[UFO (band)|UFO]]
| –
|-
|''[[Nick the Knife]]''
|[[Nick Lowe]]
| –
|-
|''[[One from the Heart (album)|One from the Heart]]''
|[[Tom Waits]] and [[Crystal Gayle]]
|Soundtrack
|-
|''[[Pelican West]]''
|[[Haircut One Hundred]]
| –
|-
|''[[Seasons of the Heart (album)|Seasons of the Heart]]''
|[[John Denver]]
| –
|-
|''[[Times of Our Lives (Judy Collins album)|Times of Our Lives]]''
|[[Judy Collins]]
| –
|-
|''[[Weather Report (1982 album)|Weather Report]]''
|[[Weather Report]]
| –
|-
|''[[You Can't Hide Your Love Forever]]''
|[[Orange Juice (band)|Orange Juice]]
| –
|}

=== March ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|4
|''[[Diamond (Spandau Ballet album)|Diamond]]''
|[[Spandau Ballet]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|5
|''[[Windows (Charlie Daniels album)|Windows]]''
|[[Charlie Daniels Band]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|8
|''[[Asia (Asia album)|Asia]]''
|[[Asia (band)|Asia]]
| –
|-
|''[[Hex Enduction Hour]]''
|[[The Fall (band)|The Fall]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|12
|''[[The Gift (The Jam album)|The Gift]]''
|[[The Jam]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|15
|''[[Shoot Out the Lights]]''
|[[Richard and Linda Thompson]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|19
|''[[Batteries Not Included (After the Fire album)|Batteries Not Included]]''
|[[After the Fire]]
| –
|-
|''[[Five Miles Out]]''
|[[Mike Oldfield]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|20
|''[[Rhythm of Youth]]''
|[[Men Without Hats]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="3"|22
|''[[Alligator Woman]]''
|[[Cameo (band)|Cameo]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Number of the Beast (album)|The Number of the Beast]]''
|[[Iron Maiden]]
| –
|-
|''[[Reel Music]]''
|[[The Beatles]]
|Compilation
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|23
|''[[Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet]]''
|[[Rick Springfield]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|24
|''[[The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads]]''
|[[Talking Heads]]
|Live
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|25
|''[[The Blurred Crusade]]''
|[[The Church (band)|The Church]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|29
|''[[Angst in My Pants]]''
|[[Sparks (band)|Sparks]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="14"|?
|''[[Always on My Mind (Willie Nelson album)|Always on My Mind]]''
|[[Willie Nelson]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Anvil (album)|The Anvil]]''
|[[Visage (band)|Visage]]
| –
|-
|''[[Bill Wyman (album)|Bill Wyman]]''
|[[Bill Wyman]]
| –
|-
|''[[Blackout (Scorpions album)|Blackout]]''
|[[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]]
| –
|-
|''[[Branigan (album)|Branigan]]''
|[[Laura Branigan]]
| –
|-
|''[[Brilliance (Atlantic Starr album)|Brilliance]]''
|[[Atlantic Starr]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Early Tapes]]''
|[[Level 42]]
| –
|-
|''[[Filth Hounds of Hades]]''
|[[Tank (band)|Tank]]
| –
|-
|''[[Fun Boy Three (album)|Fun Boy Three]]''
|[[Fun Boy Three]]
| –
|-
|''[[New Britain (album)|New Britain]]''
|[[Whitehouse (band)|Whitehouse]]
| –
|-
|''[[One to One (Carole King album)|One to One]]''
|[[Carole King]]
| –
|-
|''[[Sonic Youth (EP)|Sonic Youth]]''
|[[Sonic Youth]]
|EP
|-
|''[[The Tunes of Two Cities]]''
|[[The Residents]]
| –
|-
|''[[Walk Among Us]]''
|[[Misfits (band)|The Misfits]]
| –
|}

=== April ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|5
|''[[All Four One]]''
|[[The Motels]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|8
|''[[D.E. 7th]]''
|[[Dave Edmunds]]
| –
|-
|''[[Toto IV]]''
|[[Toto (band)|Toto]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|9
|''[[Broadsword and the Beast]]''
|[[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]]
|UK
|-
|''[[Jump Up! (Elton John album)|Jump Up!]]''
|[[Elton John]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|12
|''[[American Fool]]''
|[[John Cougar Mellencamp|John Cougar]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|14
|''[[Diver Down]]''
|[[Van Halen]]
| –
|-
|''[[Friends in Love (Dionne Warwick album)|Friends in Love]]''
|[[Dionne Warwick]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|16
|''[[1+9+8+2]]''
|[[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|17
|''[[Iron Fist (album)|Iron Fist]]''
|[[Motörhead]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|19
|''[[Big Science (Laurie Anderson album)|Big Science]]''
|[[Laurie Anderson]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|23
|''[[Complete Madness]]''
|[[Madness (band)|Madness]]
|Compilation
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|26
|''[[Tug of War (Paul McCartney album)|Tug of War]]''
|[[Paul McCartney]]
| –
|-
|''[[Are You Ready (Bucks Fizz album)|Are You Ready]]''
|[[Bucks Fizz (band)|Bucks Fizz]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|28
|''[[Marshall Crenshaw (album)|Marshall Crenshaw]]''
|[[Marshall Crenshaw]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="16"|?
|''[[V Deep]]''
|[[The Boomtown Rats]]
| –
|-
|''[[Abominog]]''
|[[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]]
| –
|-
|''[[Atkins (album)|Atkins]]''
|Atkins
| –
|-
|''[[Circus Animals]]''
|[[Cold Chisel]]
| –
|-
|''[[Extraterrestrial Live]]''
|[[Blue Öyster Cult]]
|Live
|-
|''[[A Flock of Seagulls (album)|A Flock of Seagulls]]''
|[[A Flock of Seagulls]]
| –
|-
|''[[Four Cuts EP]]''
|[[Diamond Head (English band)|Diamond Head]]
|EP
|-
|''[[Heartbreak Express]]''
|[[Dolly Parton]]
| –
|-
|''[[High Notes]]''
|[[Hank Williams, Jr.]]
| –
|-
|''Ladies of the Eighties''
|[[A Taste of Honey (band)|A Taste of Honey]]
| –
|-
|''[[Maybe It's Live (album)|Maybe It's Live]]''
|[[Robert Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer]]
|Live +4 studio tracks
|-
|-
|''The Other Woman''
|[[Ray Parker, Jr.]]
| –
|-
|''The Slide Area''
|[[Ry Cooder]]
| –
|-
|''[[Straight Between the Eyes]]''
|[[Rainbow (English band)|Rainbow]]
| –
|-
|''[[Time and Tide (Split Enz album)|Time and Tide]]''
|[[Split Enz]]
| –
|-
|''[[White Eagle (album)|White Eagle]]''
|[[Tangerine Dream]]
| –
|}

=== May ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|2
|''[[Jinx (Rory Gallagher album)|Jinx]]''
|[[Rory Gallagher]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="3"|3
|''[[After the Snow]]''
|[[Modern English (band)|Modern English]]
| –
|-
|''[[Pornography (album)|Pornography]]''
|[[The Cure]]
| –
|-
|''[[Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch]]''
|[[Frank Zappa]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|4
|''[[Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium]]''
|[[Stevie Wonder]]
|Compilation
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|6
|''[[The Single Factor]]''
|[[Camel (band)|Camel]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|7
|''[[Wiped Out (Raven album)|Wiped Out]]''
|[[Raven (band)|Raven]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|10
|''[[Junkyard (album)|Junkyard]]''
|[[The Birthday Party (band)|The Birthday Party]]
| –
|-
|''[[Rio (Duran Duran album)|Rio]]''
|[[Duran Duran]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|13
|''[[The Golden Age of Wireless]]''
|[[Thomas Dolby]]
| –
|-
|''[[Throwin' Down]]''
|[[Rick James]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="4"|14
|''[[Sulk (album)|Sulk]]''
|[[The Associates (band)|The Associates]]
| –
|-
|''[[Combat Rock]]''
|[[The Clash]]
| –
|-
|''[[Church of Hawkwind]]''
|[[Hawkwind]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Eagle Has Landed (album)|The Eagle Has Landed]]''
|[[Saxon (band)|Saxon]]
|Live
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|21
|''[[Hot Space]]''
|[[Queen (band)|Queen]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|22
|''[[Sheffield Steel]]''
|[[Joe Cocker]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|24
|''[[The Hunter (Blondie album)|The Hunter]]''
|[[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|26
|''[[3rd from the Sun]]''
|[[Chrome (band)|Chrome]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="3"|28
|''[[Avalon (Roxy Music album)|Avalon]]''
|[[Roxy Music]]
| –
|-
|''[[I Paralyze]]''
|[[Cher]]
| –
|-
|''[[No Fun Aloud]]''
|[[Glenn Frey]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="21"|?
|''[[D. Train (album)|D. Train]]''
|[[D Train (music group)|D. Train]]
| –
|-
|''Death in the Nursery''
|Legend
| –
|-
|''[[Eye in the Sky (album)|Eye in the Sky]]''
|[[The Alan Parsons Project]]
| –
|-
|''12 Greatest Hits, Vol. II''
|[[Neil Diamond]]
|Compilation
|-
|''[[Get It on Credit]]''
|[[Toronto (band)|Toronto]]
| –
|-
|''[[Individuals (album)|Individuals]]''
|[[Sunnyboys]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Last of the Mohicans (Bow Wow Wow EP)|The Last of the Mohicans]]''
|[[Bow Wow Wow]]
|EP
|-
|''[[Let Me Rock You]]''
|[[Peter Criss]]
| –
|-
|''[[Now and Forever (Air Supply album)|Now and Forever]]''
|[[Air Supply]]
| –
|-
|''[[The One Giveth, the Count Taketh Away]]''
|[[Bootsy Collins|William Bootsy Collins]]
| –
|-
|''[[One on One (Cheap Trick album)|One on One]]''
|[[Cheap Trick]]
| –
|-
|''Quiet Lies''
|[[Juice Newton]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Record (album)|The Record]]''
|[[Fear (band)|Fear]]
| –
|-
|''[[Special Forces (38 Special album)|Special Forces]]''
|[[38 Special (band)|38 Special]]
| –
|-
|''Street Opera''
|[[Ashford & Simpson]]
| –
|-
|''[[Sweets From a Stranger]]''
|[[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]]
| –
|-
|''[[Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton]]''
|[[Eric Clapton]]
|Compilation
|-
|''[[Tropical Gangsters]]''
|[[Kid Creole and the Coconuts]]
| –
|-
|''Tuckerized''
|[[Marshall Tucker Band]]
| –
|-
|''[[Vinyl Confessions]]''
|[[Kansas (band)|Kansas]]
| –
|-
|''[[World Radio]]''
|[[Leo Sayer]]
|Studio
|}

=== June ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|1
|''[[Still Life (The Rolling Stones album)|Still Life]]''
|[[The Rolling Stones]]
|Live
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|3
|''[[Strait from the Heart]]''
|[[George Strait]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|4
|''[[Three Sides Live]]''
|[[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
|Live
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|5
|''[[Private Audition]]''
|[[Heart (band)|Heart]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="4"|7
|''[[Battle Hymns (Manowar album)|Battle Hymns]]''
|[[Manowar (band)|Manowar]]
| –
|-
|''[[Built for Speed (Stray Cats album)|Built for Speed]]''
|[[Stray Cats]]
| –
|-
|''[[Chicago 16]]''
|[[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
| –
|-
|''[[Screaming Blue Murder (Girlschool album)|Screaming Blue Murder]]''
|[[Girlschool]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|8
|''[[Eye of the Tiger (album)|Eye of the Tiger]]''
|[[Survivor (band)|Survivor]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|14
|''[[All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes]]''
|[[Pete Townshend]]
| –
|-
|''[[Metal Massacre]]''
|Various Artists
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|15
|''[[Abracadabra (Steve Miller Band album)|Abracadabra]]''
|[[Steve Miller Band]]
| –
|-
|''[[Killers (Kiss album)|Killers]]''
|[[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|18
|''[[Beat (King Crimson album)|Beat]]''
|[[King Crimson]]
| –
|-
|''[[Mirage (Fleetwood Mac album)|Mirage]]''
|[[Fleetwood Mac]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|21
|''[[Daylight Again]]''
|[[Crosby, Stills & Nash]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|22
|''[[Nothing to Fear (Oingo Boingo album)|Nothing to Fear]]''
|[[Oingo Boingo]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|24
|''[[Stink (EP)|Stink]]''
|[[The Replacements (band)|The Replacements]]
|EP
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|25
|''[[The Lexicon of Love]]''
|[[ABC (band)|ABC]]
| –
|-
|''[[Come On Eileen]]''
|[[Dexys Midnight Runners]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|28
|''[[Before I Forget (album)|Before I Forget]]''
|[[Jon Lord]]
| –
|-
|''[[Pictures at Eleven]]''
|[[Robert Plant]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="9"|?
|''[[Animation (Jon Anderson album)|Animation]]''
|[[Jon Anderson]]
| –
|-
|''[[Good Trouble]]''
|[[REO Speedwagon]]
| –
|-
|''[[Live It Up (David Johansen album)|Live It Up]]''
|[[David Johansen]]
|Live
|-
|''[[Night and Day (Joe Jackson album)|Night and Day]]''
|[[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]]
| –
|-
|''[[No Control (Eddie Money album)|No Control]]''
|[[Eddie Money]]
| –
|-
|''[[Nugent (album)|Nugent]]''
|[[Ted Nugent]]
| –
|-
|''[[Somewhere in the Stars]]''
|[[Rosanne Cash]]
| –
|-
|''[[Sunshine Dream]]''
|[[The Beach Boys]]
|Compilation
|-
|''[[Unlimited (Reba McEntire album)|Unlimited]]''
|[[Reba McEntire]]
| –
|}

=== July ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|2
|''[[Imperial Bedroom]]''
|[[Elvis Costello]] and the Attractions
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|15
|''[[View from the Ground]]''
|[[America (band)|America]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|16
|''[[The Envoy (Warren Zevon album)|The Envoy]]''
|[[Warren Zevon]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|17
|''[[Screaming for Vengeance]]''
|[[Judas Priest]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|19
|''[[Donna Summer (album)|Donna Summer]]''
|[[Donna Summer]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|20
|''[[Vacation (The Go-Go's album)|Vacation]]''
|[[The Go-Go's]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|23
|''[[Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Soundtrack]]''
|Various Artists
|Soundtrack
|-
|''[[Emotions in Motion]]''
|[[Billy Squier]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|26
|''[[Jump to It]]''
|[[Aretha Franklin]]
| –
|-
|''[[Love and Dancing]]''
|[[The Human League]]
|Remix
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|30
|''[[Fast Times at Ridgemont High#Soundtrack|Fast Times at Ridgemont High]]''
|Various Artists
|Soundtrack
|-
| align="center" rowspan="12"|?
|''[[Billy Idol (album)|Billy Idol]]''
|[[Billy Idol]]
| –
|-
|''[[Coney Hatch (album)|Coney Hatch]]''
|[[Coney Hatch]]
| –
|-
|''Highway Song Live''
|[[Blackfoot (band)|Blackfoot]]
|Live
|-
|''[[Juggernaut (Frank Marino album)|Juggernaut]]''
|[[Frank Marino]]
| –
|-
|''Let Me Tickle Your Fancy''
|[[Jermaine Jackson]]
| –
|-
|''[[Love Will Turn You Around]]''
|[[Kenny Rogers]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Party's Over (Talk Talk album)|The Party's Over]]''
|[[Talk Talk]]
| –
|-
|''[[Psychopathia Sexualis (album)|Psychopathia Sexualis]]''
|[[Whitehouse (band)|Whitehouse]]
| –
|-
|''[[Revelations (Killing Joke album)|Revelations]]''
|[[Killing Joke]]
| –
|-
|''[[So Excited!]]''
|[[Pointer Sisters]]
| –
|-
|''[[Sons of Beaches]]''
|[[Australian Crawl]]
| –
|-
|''[[Under the Big Black Sun]]''
|[[X (American band)|X]]
| –
|}

=== August ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|3
|''[[Art of Control]]''
|[[Peter Frampton]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|9
|''[[I Can't Stand Still]]''
|[[Don Henley]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|11
|''[[Vanity 6 (album)|Vanity 6]]''
|[[Vanity 6]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|23
|''[[Upstairs at Eric's]]''
|[[Yazoo (band)|Yazoo]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|24
|''[[Chronic Town]]''
|[[R.E.M.]]
|EP
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|25
|''[[What Time Is It? (album)|What Time Is It?]]''
|[[The Time (band)|The Time]]
| –
|-
|''[[Zipper Catches Skin]]''
|[[Alice Cooper]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|27
|''[[Heartlight (album)|Heartlight]]''
|[[Neil Diamond]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|30
|''[[Hughes/Thrall (album)|Hughes/Thrall]]''
|[[Hughes/Thrall]]
| –
|-
|''[[Voyeur (Kim Carnes album)|Voyeur]]''
|[[Kim Carnes]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="15"|?
|''[[Bad to the Bone (George Thorogood & The Destroyers album)|Bad to the Bone]]''
|[[George Thorogood]] & the Destroyers
| –
|-
|''[[The Cage (Tygers of Pan Tang album)|The Cage]]''
|[[Tygers of Pan Tang]]
| –
|-
|''[[Fiction (The Comsat Angels album)|Fiction]]''
|[[The Comsat Angels]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Hottest Night of the Year]]''
|[[Anne Murray]]
| –
|-
|''[[If That's What It Takes (Michael McDonald album)|If That's What It Takes]]''
|[[Michael McDonald (singer)|Michael McDonald]]
| –
|-
|''[[Metal (Manilla Road album)|Metal]]''
|[[Manilla Road]]
| –
|-
|''[[Music for a New Society]]''
|[[John Cale]]
| –
|-
|''[[Play by Numbers (album)|Play by Numbers]]''
|[[Little Heroes (band)|Little Heroes]]
| –
|-
|''[[Rock in a Hard Place]]''
|[[Aerosmith]]
| –
|-
|''[[Rough Diamonds (album)|Rough Diamonds]]''
|[[Bad Company]]
| –
|-
|''[[Shango (Santana album)|Shango]]''
|[[Santana (band)|Santana]]
| –
|-
|''[[Talking Back to the Night]]''
|[[Steve Winwood]]
| –
|-
|''[[A Taste of Yesterday's Wine]]''
|[[Merle Haggard]] and [[George Jones]]
| –
|-
|''[[Too-Rye-Ay]]''
|[[Dexy's Midnight Runners]]
| –
|-
|''The Unexpected Guest''
|[[Demon (band)|Demon]]
| –
|}

=== September ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|1
|''[[Garlands (album)|Garlands]]''
|[[Cocteau Twins]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|4
|''[[It's Hard]]''
|[[The Who]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|6
|''[[Primitive Man (album)|Primitive Man]]''
|[[Icehouse (band)|Icehouse]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|7
|''[[As One (Kool & the Gang album)|As One]]''
|[[Kool & The Gang]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|9
|''[[Signals (Rush album)|Signals]]''
|[[Rush (band)|Rush]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="5"|10
|''[[Peter Gabriel (1982 album)|Peter Gabriel]]''
|[[Peter Gabriel]]
|aka ''Security''
|-
|''[[Something's Going On]]''
|[[Anni-Frid Lyngstad|Frida]]
| –
|-
|''[[I, Assassin]]''
|[[Gary Numan]]
| –
|-
|''[[Silk Electric]]''
|[[Diana Ross]]
| –
|-
|''[[Cut (Golden Earring album)|Cut]]''
|[[Golden Earring]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|13
|''[[The Dreaming (album)|The Dreaming]]''
|[[Kate Bush]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|17
|''[[New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)]]''
|[[Simple Minds]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Philip Lynott Album]]''
|[[Philip Lynott]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|18
|''[[Under the Blade]]''
|[[Twisted Sister]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|21
|''[[Janet Jackson (album)|Janet Jackson]]''
|[[Janet Jackson]]
| –
|-
|''[[Forever, For Always, For Love]]''
|[[Luther Vandross]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|23
|''[[The Nylon Curtain]]''
|[[Billy Joel]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|24
|''[[Love over Gold]]''
|[[Dire Straits]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|25
|''[[Forever Now (The Psychedelic Furs album)|Forever Now]]''
|[[The Psychedelic Furs]]
| –
|-
|''[[In the Heat of the Night (Imagination album)|In the Heat of the Night]]''
|[[Imagination (band)|Imagination]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|27
|''[[A Broken Frame]]''
|[[Depeche Mode]]
| –
|-
|''[[Room to Live]]''
|[[The Fall (band)|The Fall]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|28
|''[[Heartbreaker (Dionne Warwick album)|Heartbreaker]]''
|[[Dionne Warwick]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|30
|''[[Nebraska (album)|Nebraska]]''
|[[Bruce Springsteen]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="16"|?
|''[[Acting Very Strange]]''
|[[Mike Rutherford]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Adventures of Johnny Cash]]''
|[[Johnny Cash]]
| –
|-
|''[[Death Penalty (album)|Death Penalty]]''
|[[Witchfinder General (band)|Witchfinder General]]
| –
|-
|''Dream Maker''
|[[Conway Twitty]]
| –
|-
|''[[Get Closer (Linda Ronstadt album)|Get Closer]]''
|[[Linda Ronstadt]]
| –
|-
|''Gowan''
|[[Lawrence Gowan|Larry Gowan]]
| –
|-
|''[[High Adventure]]''
|[[Kenny Loggins]]
| –
|-
|''[[Ice Cream for Crow]]''
|[[Captain Beefheart]]
| –
|-
|''[[Madness, Money & Music]]''
|[[Sheena Easton]]
| –
|-
|''[[Magic (Gillan album)|Magic]]''
|[[Gillan (band)|Gillan]]
| –
|-
|''[[Olivia's Greatest Hits Vol. 2]]''
|[[Olivia Newton-John]]
|Compilation +2 new tracks
|-
|''[[Pressin' On]]''
|[[Billy Preston]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Pursuit of Accidents]]''
|[[Level 42]]
| –
|-
|''[[Scandal (EP)|Scandal]]''
|[[Scandal (American band)|Scandal]]
|EP
|-
|''[[UB44]]''
|[[UB40]]
| –
|-
|''[[Zombie Birdhouse]]''
|[[Iggy Pop]]
| –
|}

=== October ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|1
|''[[The Nightfly]]''
|[[Donald Fagen]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|2
|''[[Restless and Wild]]''
|[[Accept (band)|Accept]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|4
|''[[H2O (Hall & Oates album)|H2O]]''
|[[Hall & Oates]]
| –
|-
|''[[Winds of Change (Jefferson Starship album)|Winds of Change]]''
|[[Jefferson Starship]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|6
|''[[Lionel Richie (album)|Lionel Richie]]''
|[[Lionel Richie]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|8
|''[[Borrowed Time (Diamond Head album)|Borrowed Time]]''
|[[Diamond Head (English band)|Diamond Head]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Rise & Fall (album)|The Rise & Fall]]''
|[[Madness (band)|Madness]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|13
|''[[Creatures of the Night]]''
|[[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|14
|''[[Zapp II]]''
|[[Zapp (band)|Zapp]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|15
|''[[Quartet (Ultravox album)|Quartet]]''
|[[Ultravox]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|18
|''[[In the Mood for Something Rude]]''
|[[Foghat]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|19
|''[[The Sky's Gone Out]]''
|[[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|22
| ''[[The Dollar Album]]''
|[[Dollar (band)|Dollar]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|23
| ''[[All Fall Down (The Sound album)]]''
|[[The Sound (band)]]
|
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|27
|''[[1999 (Prince album)|1999]]''
|[[Prince (musician)|Prince]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="3"|29
|''[[...Famous Last Words...]]''
|[[Supertramp]]
| –
|-
|''[[Choose Your Masques]]''
|[[Hawkwind]]
| –
|-
|''[[Get Nervous]]''
|[[Pat Benatar]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="25"|?
|''[[All by Myself (Rikk Agnew album)|All by Myself]]''
|[[Rikk Agnew]]
| –
|-
|''[[Assault Attack]]''
|[[The Michael Schenker Group]]
| –
|-
|''[[Beautiful (The Reels album)|Beautiful]]''
|[[The Reels]]
| –
|-
|''Black Pearl''
|[[Pat Travers]]
| –
|-
|''[[Coup d'Etat (Plasmatics album)|Coup d'État]]''
|[[Plasmatics]]
| –
|-
|''[[Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2]]''
|[[Eagles (band)|Eagles]]
|Compilation
|-
|''[[Friend or Foe (album)|Friend or Foe]]''
|[[Adam Ant]]
| –
|-
|''[[Heartbreaker (Dionne Warwick album)|Heartbreaker]]''
|[[Dionne Warwick]]
| –
|-
|''[[Keep On Doing]]''
|[[The Roches]]
| –
|-
|''[[Kissing to Be Clever]]''
|[[Culture Club]]
| –
|-
|''Last Date''
|[[Emmylou Harris]]
|Live
|-
|''[[Midnight Love]]''
|[[Marvin Gaye]]
| –
|-
|''[[Kim Mitchell (album)|Kim Mitchell]]''
|[[Kim Mitchell]]
| –
|-
|''[[An Officer and a Gentleman#Soundtrack|An Officer and a Gentleman]]''
|Various Artists
|Soundtrack
|-
|''[[Power of the Hunter]]''
|[[Tank (band)|Tank]]
| –
|-
|''Radio Romance''
|[[Eddie Rabbitt]]
| –
|-
|''[[Shabooh Shoobah]]''
|[[INXS]]
| –
|-
|''[[Shuttered Room]]''
|[[The Fixx]]
| –
|-
|''[[Spring Session M]]''
|[[Missing Persons (band)|Missing Persons]]
| –
|-
|''[[Strawberries (album)|Strawberries]]''
|[[The Damned (band)|The Damned]]
| –
|-
|''[[Twin Barrels Burning]]''
|[[Wishbone Ash]]
| –
|-
|''[[Wild Things Run Fast]]''
|[[Joni Mitchell]]
| –
|-
|''[[Word of Mouth (Toni Basil album)|Word of Mouth]]''
|[[Toni Basil]]
| –
|-
|''[[WWII (album)|WWII]]''
|[[Waylon Jennings]] and [[Willie Nelson]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Youth of Today]]''
|[[Musical Youth]]
| –
|}

=== November ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|2
|''[[Long After Dark]]''
|[[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="3"|5
|''[[Hello, I Must Be Going! (album)|Hello, I Must Be Going!]]''
|[[Phil Collins]]
| –
|-
|''[[A Kiss in the Dreamhouse]]''
|[[Siouxsie and The Banshees]]
| –
|-
|''[[Gone Troppo]]''
|[[George Harrison]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|6
|''[[Absolutely Live (Rod Stewart album)|Absolutely Live]]''
|[[Rod Stewart]]
|Live
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|7
|''[[Living My Life (album)|Living My Life]]''
|[[Grace Jones]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="3"|8
|''[[I Could Rule the World if I Could only Get the Parts]]''
|[[The Waitresses]]
|EP
|-
|''[[The Singles: The First Ten Years]]''
|[[ABBA]]
|Compilation
|-
|''[[The John Lennon Collection]]''
|[[John Lennon]]
|Compilation
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2" |12
|''[[Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain]]''
|[[China Crisis]]
|Debut
|-
|''[[Showtime!]]''
|[[The J. Geils Band]]
|Live
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|13
|''[[The Lee Aaron Project]]''
|[[Lee Aaron]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|15
|''[[The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect]]''
|[[Todd Rundgren]]
| –
|-
|''[[Saints & Sinners (Whitesnake album)|Saints & Sinners]]''
|[[Whitesnake]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|17
|''[[Chaka Khan (1982 album)|Chaka Khan]]''
|[[Chaka Khan]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|19
|''[[Coda (Led Zeppelin album)|Coda]]''
|[[Led Zeppelin]]
|Recorded 1970–'79
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|24
|''[[8th Wonder (album)|8th Wonder]]''
|[[The Sugarhill Gang]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="2"|30
|''[[Three Lock Box]]''
|[[Sammy Hagar]]
| –
|-
|''[[Thriller (Michael Jackson album)|Thriller]]''
|[[Michael Jackson]]
| –
|-
| rowspan="17" align="center" |?
|''[[10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1]]''
|[[Midnight Oil]]
| –
|-
|''[[Speak of the Devil (Ozzy Osbourne album)|Speak of the Devil]]''/Talk of the Devil (UK)
|[[Ozzy Osbourne]]
|Live
|-
|''[[Computer Games (album)|Computer Games]]''
|[[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]]
| –
|-
|''[[Dawn Patrol (album)|Dawn Patrol]]''
|[[Night Ranger]]
| –
|-
|''Don't Play with Fire''
|[[Peabo Bryson]]
| –
|-
|''[[Going Where the Lonely Go]]''
|[[Merle Haggard]]
| –
|-
|''[[Here Comes the Night (Barry Manilow album)|Here Comes the Night]]''
|[[Barry Manilow]]
| –
|-
|''[[The High and the Mighty (album)|The High and the Mighty]]''
|[[Donnie Iris]]
| –
|-
|''[[Identity Crisis (Sweet album)|Identity Crisis]]''
|[[The Sweet|Sweet]]
| –
|-
|''[[It's Alright (I See Rainbows)]]''
|[[Yoko Ono]]
| –
|-
|''[[Killer on the Rampage]]''
|[[Eddy Grant]]
| –
|-
|''[[New Directions (Tavares album)|New Directions]]''
|[[Tavares (band)|Tavares]]
| –
|-
|''[[Oh, No! It's Devo]]''
|[[Devo]]
| –
|-
|''[[Pearls II]]''
|[[Elkie Brooks]]
| –
|-
|''[[Plastic Surgery Disasters]]''
|[[Dead Kennedys]]
| –
|-
|''[[Rip It Up (Orange Juice album)|Rip It Up]]''
|[[Orange Juice (band)|Orange Juice]]
| -
|-
|''[[Run for the Roses (album)|Run for the Roses]]''
|[[Jerry Garcia]]
| –
|-
|}

=== December ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|10
|''[[Dig the New Breed]]''
|[[The Jam]]
|Live
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|11
|''[[Slade on Stage]]''
|[[Slade]]
|Live
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|29
|''[[Trans (album)|Trans]]''
|[[Neil Young]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="1"|30
|''[[Beatitude (album)|Beatitude]]''
|[[Ric Ocasek]]
| –
|-
| align="center" rowspan="6"|?
|''[[The Distance (Bob Seger album)|The Distance]]''
|[[Bob Seger]] and the Silver Bullet Band
| –
|-
|''[[Live Evil (Black Sabbath album)|Live Evil]]''
|[[Black Sabbath]]
|Live
|-
|''Out of Reason''
|[[Pel Mel]]
| –
|-
|''[[Virgin Steele (album)|Virgin Steele]]''
|[[Virgin Steele]]
| –
|-
|''[[White Heat (Dusty Springfield album)|White Heat]]''
|[[Dusty Springfield]]
| –
|-
|''[[The Winning Hand]]''
|[[Willie Nelson]], [[Kris Kristofferson]], [[Brenda Lee]] & [[Dolly Parton]]
| –
|}

=== Release date unknown ===
{{div col}}
*''[[2x45]]'' – [[Cabaret Voltaire (band)|Cabaret Voltaire]]
*''[[Age to Age]]'' – [[Amy Grant]]
*''[[Album – Generic Flipper]]'' – [[Flipper (band)|Flipper]]
*''[[Ambient 4: On Land]]'' – [[Brian Eno]]
*''And You Thought You Were Normal'' – [[Nash the Slash]]
*''[[Arias & Symphonies]]'' – [[Spoons (band)|Spoons]]
*''[[Back from Samoa]]'' – [[Angry Samoans]]
*''[[Bad Brains (album)|Bad Brains]]'' – [[Bad Brains]]
*''[[Barry Live in Britain]]'' – [[Barry Manilow]] – Live
*''[[Bean-Spill]]'' – [[The Minutemen (band)|The Minutemen]] – EP
*''Beasts'' (EP) – [[Sex Gang Children]]
*''Before a Word is Said'' – [[Alan Gowen]], [[Phil Miller]], [[Richard Sinclair]], [[Trevor Tomkins]]
*''[[Black Metal (Venom album)|Black Metal]]'' – [[Venom (band)|Venom]]
*''[[Black Tiger (album)|Black Tiger]]'' – [[Y&T]]
*''Boomerang'' – [[Shoes (band)|Shoes]]
*''[[Breaking the Chains (album)|Breaking the Chains]]'' – [[Dokken]] – original mix
*''[[Call of the West]]'' – [[Wall of Voodoo]]
*''[[Cat People (1982 film)#Soundtrack|Cat People]]'' – [[Giorgio Moroder]] – soundtrack
*''Cha'' – [[Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons]]
*''[[The Changeling (album)|The Changeling]]'' – [[Toyah (band)|Toyah]]
*''[[Chris Rea (album)|Chris Rea]]'' – [[Chris Rea]]
*''[[Christ – The Album]]'' – [[Crass]]
*''[[Comeback (Eric Burdon album)|Comeback]]'' – [[Eric Burdon]]
*''[[The Concerts in China]]'' – [[Jean-Michel Jarre]]
*''[[Deliver Us from Evil (Budgie album)|Deliver Us from Evil]]'' – [[Budgie (band)|Budgie]]
*''[[D.M.Z. (Resurrection Band album)]]'' – [[Resurrection Band]]
*''Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack, Vol. 1'' - [[Dr. John]]
*''[[Dreamgirls: Original Broadway Cast Album]]'' – Various Artists
*''D.S. al Coda'' – [[National Health]]
*''[[Echoes of an Era]]'' – [[Chaka Khan]]
*''[[Eddie Murphy (album)|Eddie Murphy]]'' – [[Eddie Murphy]]
*''[[Electric Rendezvous]]'' – [[Al Di Meola]]
*''[[Ella à Nice]]'' – [[Ella Fitzgerald]]
*''[[Enter K]]'' – [[Peter Hammill]]
*''[[Farover]]'' - [[Burning Spear]]
*''Fast Women and Slow Horses'' – [[Dr. Feelgood (band)|Dr. Feelgood]]
*''[[The Fittest of the Fittest]]'' - [[Burning Spear]]
*''Flieg' Vogel flieg'' – [[Hans-Joachim Roedelius]]
*''[[Forging Ahead]]'' – [[Bad Manners]]
*''[[Gap Band IV]]'' – [[The Gap Band]]
*''[[Garista]]'' – [[Zoviet France]]
*''[[The Getaway (Chris de Burgh album)|The Getaway]]'' – [[Chris de Burgh]]
*''[[Ghost Town (Poco album)|Ghost Town]]'' – [[Poco]]
*''[[Glassworks (composition)|Glassworks]]'' – [[Philip Glass]]
*''Good Clean Fun'' – [[Bonnie Hayes]]
*''[[The Great Twenty-Eight]]'' – [[Chuck Berry]] – Compilation
*''[[Groovy Decay]]'' – [[Robyn Hitchcock]]
*''[[Here Today (David Grisman album)|Here Today]]'' - [[David Grisman]]
*''[[Heartbeats and Triggers]]'' – [[Translator (band)|Translator]]
*''[[Homotopy to Marie]]'' – [[Nurse With Wound]]
*''Hour Live'' – [[Toots & The Maytals]]
*''[[How Could Hell Be Any Worse?]]'' – [[Bad Religion]]
*''[[Humans Only]]'' – [[Earthstar (band)|Earthstar]]
*''[[...If I Die, I Die]]'' – [[Virgin Prunes]]
*''[[In the Name of Love (Thompson Twins album)|In the Name of Love]]'' – [[Thompson Twins]]
*''[[Inside (Ronnie Milsap album)|Inside]]'' – [[Ronnie Milsap]]
*''Kansuigyo'' – [[Miyuki Nakajima]]
*''[[Kenny G (album)|Kenny G]]'' – [[Kenny G]]
*''[[Leichenschrei]]'' – [[SPK (band)|SPK]]
*''[[Levon Helm (1982 album)|Levon Helm]]'' – [[Levon Helm]]
*''Life in the Jungle'' – [[The Shadows]]
*''Live at Abbey Road'' – The Shadows
*''[[Love Over and Over]]'' – [[Kate and Anna McGarrigle]]
*''[[Main Attraction (album)|Main Attraction]]'' – [[Suzi Quatro]]
*''[[Man Parrish (album)|Man Parrish]]'' – [[Man Parrish]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/man-parrish-mw0000853693|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|title=Man Parrish - Man Parrish|last=Cooper|first=Sean|access-date=August 9, 2020}}</ref>
*''[[Meat Puppets (album)|Meat Puppets]]'' – [[Meat Puppets]]
*''[[Metal on Metal]]'' – [[Anvil (band)|Anvil]]
*''[[Miami (The Gun Club album)|Miami]]'' – [[The Gun Club]]
*''[[Milo Goes to College]]'' – [[Descendents (band)|Descendents]]
*''[[Mondialement vôtre]]'' – [[Dalida]]
*''[[Money Talks (Trooper album)|Money Talks]]'' – [[Trooper (band)|Trooper]]
*''Naked'' – [[Sex Gang Children]]
*''[[Night Birds (album)|Night Birds]]'' – [[Shakatak]]
*''[[Night Nurse (album)|Night Nurse]]'' – [[Gregory Isaacs]]
*''[[No Stranger to Danger (Payolas album)|No Stranger to Danger]]'' – [[Payolas]]
*''No Turning Back:Live'' – [[DeGarmo and Key]] – Live
*''Nona'' – [[Nona Hendryx]]
*''[[Nothing Can Stop Us (album)|Nothing Can Stop Us]]'' – [[Robert Wyatt]] – Compilation
*''[[Now Then...]]'' – [[Stiff Little Fingers]]
*''Now You See Me...Now You Don't'' – [[Cliff Richard]]
*''[[Objects of Desire]]'' – [[Michael Franks (musician)|Michael Franks]]
*''[[Off the Record (Neil Innes album)|Off the Record]]'' – [[Neil Innes]]
*''[[Offene Türen]]'' – [[Hans-Joachim Roedelius]]
*''[[Offering (Axe album)|Offering]]'' – [[Axe (band)|Axe]]
*''On Rock'' – [[Daniel Band]]
*''[[One Night at Budokan]]'' – [[Michael Schenker Group]] – Live
*''[[One Vice at a Time]]'' – [[Krokus (band)|Krokus]]
*''[[Only Theatre of Pain]]'' – [[Christian Death]] (debut)
*''[[Opus X]]'' – [[Chilliwack (band)|Chilliwack]]
*''The Other Woman'' – [[Ray Parker, Jr.]]
*''[[Ping Pong over the Abyss]]'' – [[The 77s]]
*''[[Pleasure Victim]]'' – [[Berlin (band)|Berlin]]
*''[[Poet in My Window]]'' - [[Nanci Griffith]]
*''[[Por Amor (Menudo album)|Por Amor]]'' – [[Menudo (band)|Menudo]]
*''[[Power Play (April Wine album)|Power Play]]'' – [[April Wine]]
*''[[Prairie Serenade]]'' – [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]]
*''[[Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape]]'' – [[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]] – Live
*''Pure and Natural'' – [[T-Connection]]
*''Rêveries No. 2'' – [[Richard Clayderman]]
*''Ruff Cuts EP'' – [[Twisted Sister]]
*''[[Select (album)|Select]]'' – [[Kim Wilde]]
*''[[Sleepwalking (Gerry Rafferty album)|Sleepwalking]]'' – [[Gerry Rafferty]]
*''[[Song of the Bailing Man]]'' - [[David Thomas (musician)|David Thomas & the Pedestrians]]
*''[[Songs of the Free]]'' – [[Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four]]
*''[[Special Beat Service]]'' – [[The Beat (British band)|The Beat]]
*''[[Spécial Dalida]]'' – [[Dalida]]
*''Speech and Music'' (''Parole et musique'') – [[Pierre Schaeffer]]
*''[[Stand by Your Man (EP)|Stand by Your Man]]'' (EP) – [[Motörhead]] & [[Wendy O. Williams]]
*''Sub Pop 7'' – Various Artists
*''[[Tenebrae (soundtrack)|Tenebrae]]'' – Simonetti-Morante-Pignatelli ([[Goblin (band)|Goblin]]) – Soundtrack
*''[[Tough (Kurtis Blow album)|Tough]]'' – [[Kurtis Blow]]
*''Trance'' – [[Chris & Cosey]]
*''[[Troops of Tomorrow]]'' – [[The Exploited]]
*''[[Truce (album)|Truce]]'' – [[Jack Bruce]] and [[Robin Trower]]
*''Turn It Loud'' – [[Headpins]]
*''[[TV Party (EP)|TV Party]]'' (EP) – [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]]
*''Underwater Kites'' – [[The Modern Art]]
*''[[Vandenberg (album)|Vandenberg]]'' – [[Adrian Vandenberg|Vandenberg]]
*''[[The Very Best of Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan]]'' – [[Rufus (band)|Rufus]] – Compilation
*''[[Vs. (Mission of Burma album)|Vs]]'' – [[Mission of Burma]]
*''[[Warrior Rock: Toyah on Tour]]'' – [[Toyah (band)|Toyah]] – Live
*''[[Wasted Youth (Girl album)|Wasted Youth]]'' – [[Girl (band)|Girl]]
*''[[We Are...The League]]'' – [[Anti-Nowhere League]]
*''[[White Heart (album)]]'' – [[White Heart]]
*''[[Wild in the Streets (Circle Jerks album)|Wild in the Streets]]'' – [[Circle Jerks]]
*''Windsong'' – [[Randy Crawford]]
*''Word and Music'' – [[Hank Marvin]]
*''[[Work of Heart]]'' – [[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]]
{{div col end}}

== Biggest hit singles ==
The following songs achieved the highest [http://tsort.info/music/yr1982.htm chart positions]
in the charts of 1982.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>#</big>
! Artist
! Title
! Year
! Country
! Chart Entries
|-
| 1 || [[Survivor (band)|Survivor]] || [[Eye of the Tiger]] || 1982 || {{flagicon|US}} || UK 1 – Jul 1982, US BB 1 – Jun 1982, US CashBox 1 of 1982, Canada 1 – Jun 1982, Norway 1 – Aug 1982, Australia 1 of 1982, Kazakhstan 1 – Jul 1982, Ireland 1 – Sep 1982, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Aug 1983, Netherlands 2 – Sep 1982, Austria 2 – Sep 1982, South Africa 2 of 1982, Sweden (alt) 5 – Aug 1982, Switzerland 6 – Aug 1982, US BB 7 of 1982, France 7 – Jan 1983, POP 7 of 1982, Germany 18 – Jan 1983, Scrobulate 20 of 80s, Italy 23 of 1982, Poland 24 – Jul 1982, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1982, Europe 46 of the 1980s, OzNet 82
|-
| 2 || [[Men at Work]] || [[Down Under (song)|Down Under]] || 1982 || {{flagicon|Australia}} || UK 1 – Jan 1983, US BB 1 – Nov 1982, Canada 1 – Sep 1982, Switzerland 1 – Jun 1982, Poland 1 – Jan 1983, Ireland 1 – Jan 1983, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Feb 1982, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Nov 1982, Netherlands 2 – Mar 1982, Norway 2 – Feb 1983, France 4 – Aug 1982, Sweden (alt) 6 – Feb 1983, US CashBox 8 of 1983, South Africa 8 of 1982, OzNet 8, Germany 10 – Mar 1983, POP 16 of 1983, US BB 21 of 1983, Australia 24 of 1982, Europe 36 of the 1980s, KROQ 70 of 1982, Scrobulate 83 of 80s, RYM 96 of 1981
|-
| 3 || [[Joan Jett & The Blackhearts]] || [[I Love Rock 'n' Roll]] || 1982 || {{flagicon|US}} || US BB 1 – Feb 1982, Canada 1 – Jan 1982, Netherlands 1 – Apr 1982, Sweden (alt) 1 – Jun 1982, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Jun 1982, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Mar 1983, Poland 2 – May 1982, Switzerland 3 – Mar 1982, UK 4 – Apr 1982, POP 4 of 1982, US CashBox 5 of 1982, Austria 5 – May 1982, Germany 6 – Apr 1982, Australia 7 of 1982, South Africa 7 of 1982, US BB 8 of 1982, France 10 – Mar 1982, KROQ 71 of 1982, Party 80 of 1999, RIAA 177, Acclaimed 295, Germany 348 of the 1980s, TheQ 463, Rolling Stone 484
|-
| 4 || [[Dexys Midnight Runners]] || [[Come On Eileen]] || 1982 || {{flagicon|UK}} || UK 1 – Jul 1982, US BB 1 – Feb 1983, Canada 1 – Nov 1982, Switzerland 1 – Nov 1982, Ireland 1 – Aug 1982, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Nov 1982, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Sep 1983, POP 2 of 1983, Netherlands 4 – Aug 1982, US BB 5 of 1983, France 5 – Jan 1983, Germany 5 – Jan 1983, Austria 9 – Nov 1982, RYM 11 of 1982, US CashBox 12 of 1983, Australia 12 of 1982, Scrobulate 15 of 80s, Party 36 of 2007, Virgin 85, OzNet 117, Germany 244 of the 1980s, Acclaimed 1040
|-
| 5 || [[Paul McCartney]] & [[Stevie Wonder]] || [[Ebony and Ivory]] || 1982 || {{flagicon|US}} {{flagicon|UK}}|| UK 1 – Apr 1982 (10 weeks), US Billboard 1 – Apr 1982 (19 weeks), Canada 1 – Apr 1982 (14 weeks), Norway 1 – Apr 1982 (18 weeks), Belgium 1 – Apr 1982 (10 weeks), Germany 1 – May 1982 (5 months), Republic of Ireland 1 for 3 weeks – Apr 1982, Canada RPM 1 for 5 weeks – May 1982, Germany 1 for 5 weeks – Jun 1982, Spain 1 for 1 week – Jun 1982, Sweden (alt) 2 – Apr 1982 (21 weeks), Switzerland 2 – Apr 1982 (12 weeks), Grammy in 1982 (Nominated), Netherlands 3 – Apr 1982 (9 weeks), Austria 3 – May 1982 (5 weeks), Springbok 3 – May 1982 (13 weeks), US CashBox 4 of 1982, Poland 4 – May 1982 (7 weeks)
|}

== Chronological table of US and UK number one hit singles ==
{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!UK number one singles and artist (weeks at number one)
!U.S. number one singles and artist (weeks at number one)
|-
|style="padding:5px;vertical-align:top;width:50%;"|
"[[Don't You Want Me]]" – [[The Human League]] (3 weeks in 1981 + 2 weeks in 1982)
 "[[Land of Make Believe (song)|Land of Make Believe]]" – [[Bucks Fizz (band)|Bucks Fizz]] (2)
 "[[Oh Julie (Shakin' Stevens song)|Oh Julie]]" – [[Shakin' Stevens]] (1)
 "[[The Model]]" – [[Kraftwerk]] (1)
 "[[Town Called Malice]]" – [[The Jam]] (3)
 "[[The Lion Sleeps Tonight]]" – [[Tight Fit]] (3)
 "[[Seven Tears (song)|Seven Tears]]" – [[Goombay Dance Band]] (3)
 "[[My Camera Never Lies]]" – [[Bucks Fizz (band)|Bucks Fizz]] (1)
 "[[Ebony and Ivory]]" – [[Paul McCartney]] & [[Stevie Wonder]] (3)
 "[[A Little Peace]]" – [[Nicole (German singer)|Nicole]] (2) ''500th UK No. 1 single''
 "[[House of Fun]]" – [[Madness (band)|Madness]] (2)
 "[[Goody Two Shoes]]" – [[Adam Ant]] (2)
 "[[I've Never Been to Me]]" – [[Charlene (singer)|Charlene]] (1)
 "[[Happy Talk (song)|Happy Talk]]" – [[Captain Sensible]] (2)
 '''"[[Come on Eileen]]" – [[Dexys Midnight Runners]] (4) best selling single of the year'''
 "[[Eye of the Tiger]]" – [[Survivor (band)|Survivor]] (4)
 "[[Pass the Dutchie]]" – [[Musical Youth]] (3)
 "[[Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?]]" – [[Culture Club]] (3)
 "[[I Don't Wanna Dance (Eddy Grant song)|I Don't Wanna Dance]]" – [[Eddy Grant]] (3)
 "[[Beat Surrender]]" – [[The Jam]] (2)
 "[[Save Your Love (Renée and Renato song)|Save Your Love]]" – [[Renée and Renato]] (2 weeks in 1982 + 2 weeks in 1983)

|style="padding:5px;vertical-align:top;width:50%;"|

'''"[[Physical (Olivia Newton-John song)|Physical]]" – [[Olivia Newton-John]] (6 weeks in 1981 + 4 weeks in 1982) best selling single of the year'''
 "[[I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)]]" – [[Hall & Oates|Daryl Hall & John Oates]] (1)
 "[[Centerfold (song)|Centerfold]]" – [[The J. Geils Band]] (6)
 "[[I Love Rock 'N Roll]]" – [[Joan Jett]] & The Blackhearts (7)
 "Titles" – [[Vangelis]] (1)
 "Ebony And Ivory" – [[Paul McCartney]] & [[Stevie Wonder]] (7)
 "[[Don't You Want Me]]" – [[The Human League]] (3)
 "[[Eye Of The Tiger]]" – [[Survivor (band)|Survivor]] (6)
 "[[Abracadabra (Steve Miller Band song)|Abracadabra]]" – [[Steve Miller Band]] (2)
 "[[Hard To Say I'm Sorry]]" – [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] (2)
 "[[Jack And Diane]]" – [[John Cougar Mellencamp|John Cougar]] (4)
 "[[Who Can It Be Now?]]" – [[Men at Work]] (1)
 "[[Up Where We Belong]]" – [[Joe Cocker]] & [[Jennifer Warnes]] (3)
 "[[Truly (Lionel Richie song)|Truly]]" – [[Lionel Richie]] (2)
 "[[Mickey (Toni Basil song)|Mickey]]" – [[Toni Basil]] (1)
 "[[Maneater (Hall & Oates song)|Maneater]]" – [[Hall & Oates|Daryl Hall & John Oates]] (2 weeks in 1982 + 2 weeks in 1983)
 ''Or see: [[Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1982]]''
|}

== Other significant singles ==
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*"[[1999 (Prince song)|1999]]" – [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]
*"[[3×3]]" (EP) – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
*"[[867-5309/Jenny]]" – [[Tommy Tutone]] (#4 US, #2 Canada)
*"[[Africa (Rose Laurens song)|Africa]]" – [[Rose Laurens]]
*"[[Africa (Toto song)|Africa]]" – [[Toto (band)|Toto]]
*"[[All Quiet on the Western Front (song)|All Quiet on the Western Front]]" – [[Elton John]]
*"[[Almost With You]]" – [[The Church (band)|The Church]]
*"Annie I'm Not Your Daddy" – [[Kid Creole & the Coconuts]]
*"[[Another Sleepless Night (Anne Murray song)|Another Sleepless Night]]" – [[Anne Murray]]
*"[[Back on the Chain Gang]]" – [[The Pretenders]]
*"[[Being Boiled]]" – [[Human League]]
*"[[Best Years of Our Lives (song)|Best Years of Our Lives]]" – [[Modern Romance (band)|Modern Romance]]
*"[[Blue Eyes (Elton John song)|Blue Eyes]]" – [[Elton John]]
*"Body + Soul" – [[Jo Kennedy]] (#5 Australia)
*"[[Body Language (Queen song)|Body Language]]" – [[Queen (band)|Queen]] (#3 Canada, Poland)
*"[[Break It to Me Gently]]" – [[Juice Newton]]
*"[[Cat People (Putting Out Fire)]]" – [[David Bowie]] (#1 Finland, Norway, Sweden, NZ
*"[[Caught Up In You]]" – [[38 Special (band)|38 Special]] (#9 Canada, #10 US)
*"[[Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)]]" – [[Modern Romance (band)|Modern Romance]]
*"Confidences sur la Fréquence" – [[Dalida]]
*"[[Countdown (Rush song)|Countdown]]" – [[Rush (band)|Rush]]
*"[[Crimson and Clover]]" – [[Joan Jett]] & The Blackhearts (#4 Canada, #6 Australia)
*"[[Dancing in the Street]]" – [[Van Halen]]
*"Danza" – [[Dalida]]
*"[[The Day Before You Came]]" – [[ABBA]]
*"[[Dirty Laundry (Don Henley song)|Dirty Laundry]]" – [[Don Henley]]
*"[[Do Ya Wanna Funk]]" – [[Sylvester (singer)|Sylvester]]
*"[[Do You Believe in Love]]" – [[Huey Lewis and the News]]
*"Don't Leave Me Now" – Supertramp
*"[[Don't Stop Believin']]" (1981) – [[Journey (band)|Journey]]
*"[[Down Under (song)|Down Under]]" – [[Men At Work]]
*"[[Džuli]]" (English language version "Julie") – [[Daniel Popović]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Vuletić | first=Dean |editor1-first=Ivan |editor1-last=Raykoff |editor2-first=Robert Deam |editor2-last=Tobin |title=A Song for Europe: Popular Music and Politics in the Eurovision Song Contest |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eq7nilnv93cC&pg=PA92 |publisher=[[Ashgate Publishing]] |year=2007 |pages=83–98|access-date=2009-12-05 |location=[[Burlington, Vermont]] |isbn=978-0-7546-5879-5}}</ref>
*"[[Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny)]]" – [[Elton John]]
*"Enough is Enough" – [[April Wine]]
*"[[Everybody (Madonna song)|Everybody]]" – [[Madonna]]
*"[[Fantastic Day]]" – [[Haircut One Hundred]] (#9 UK)
*"[[Fool (If You Think It's Over)]]" – [[Elkie Brooks]]
*"[[Forever Now (Cold Chisel song)|Forever Now]]" – [[Cold Chisel]]
*"[[Forget Me Nots]]" – [[Patrice Rushen]]
*"[[Freeze Frame (song)|Freeze Frame]]" (1981) – [[J. Geils Band]]
*"[[Ghosts (Japan song)|Ghosts]]" – [[Japan (band)|Japan]]
*"[[Girls On Film]]" (1981) – [[Duran Duran]]
*"[[Glittering Prize]]" – [[Simple Minds]]
*"[[Gloria (Umberto Tozzi song)|Gloria]]" – [[Laura Branigan]]
*"[[Goin' Down (Greg Guidry song)|Goin' Down]]" – [[Greg Guidry]]
*"[[Great Southern Land]]" – [[Icehouse (band)|Icehouse]]
*"[[Gypsy (Fleetwood Mac song)|Gypsy]]" – [[Fleetwood Mac]]
*"Hand To Hold On To" – [[John Cougar Mellencamp|John Cougar]]
*"[[Harden My Heart]]" (1981) – [[Quarterflash]]
*"[[Head over Heels (ABBA song)|Head over Heels]]" – [[ABBA]]
*"[[Heart Attack (Olivia Newton-John song)|Heart Attack]]" – [[Olivia Newton-John]]
*"Heart of the Night" – [[Juice Newton]]
*"[[Heartbreaker (Dionne Warwick song)|Heartbreaker]]" – [[Dionne Warwick]]
*"[[Heartlight (song)|Heartlight]]" – [[Neil Diamond]]
*"[[Heat of the Moment (Asia song)|Heat of the Moment]]" – [[Asia (band)|Asia]]
*"[[Here Is The News]]/[[Ticket To The Moon]]" – [[Electric Light Orchestra]]
*"[[Hey Little Girl]]" – [[Icehouse (band)|Icehouse]]
*"[[Hope You Love Me Like You Say You Do]]" – [[Huey Lewis and the News]]
*"[[Hot In The City]]" – [[Billy Idol]]
*"[[Hungry Like The Wolf]]" – [[Duran Duran]] (#1 Canada, #3 US)
*"[[Hurts So Good]]" – [[John Cougar Mellencamp|John Cougar]]
*"[[I Can Make You Feel Good]]" – [[Shalamar]]
*"[[I Love It Loud]]" – [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]
*"[[I Love Rock 'n' Roll]]" (1981) – [[Joan Jett and the Blackhearts]]
*"[[I Melt with You]]" – [[Modern English (band)|Modern English]]
*"[[I Ran (So Far Away)]]" – [[A Flock of Seagulls]]
*"[[I Want Candy]]" – [[Bow Wow Wow]]
*"[[I Will Always Love You]]" – [[Dolly Parton]]
*"[[If You Can't Stand the Heat (song)|If You Can't Stand the Heat]]" – [[Bucks Fizz (band)|Bucks Fizz]]
*"[[Iron Fist (song)|Iron Fist]]" – [[Motörhead]]
*"[[It's Gonna Take a Miracle]]" – [[Deniece Williams]]
*"[[It's Raining Again]]" – [[Supertramp]]
*"[[It's Raining Men]]" – [[The Weather Girls]]
*"[[Jack and Diane]]" – [[John Cougar Mellencamp|John Cougar]]
*"[[Jambo Bwana]]" – [[Them Mushrooms]]
*"Jouez Bouzouki" – [[Dalida]]
*"[[Landslide (Olivia Newton-John song)|Landslide]]" – [[Olivia Newton-John]]
*"[[Let's Get It Up]]" – [[AC/DC]]
*"Listen" – [[Stiff Little Fingers]]
*"Little Town – [[Cliff Richard]]
*"[[Living on the Ceiling]]" – [[Blancmange (band)|Blancmange]]
*"[[Love Come Down]]" – [[Evelyn King (singer)|Evelyn "Champagne" King]]
*"[[Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger)]]" – [[Donna Summer]]
*"[[Love My Way (song)|Love My Way]]" – [[The Psychedelic Furs]]
*"[[Love Will Turn You Around (song)|Love Will Turn You Around]]" – [[Kenny Rogers]]
*"[[Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me]]" – [[Juice Newton]]
*"[[Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc)|Maid Of Orleans]]" – [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark|OMD]]
*"[[Make a Move on Me]]" (1981) – [[Olivia Newton-John]]
*"[[Man on the Corner]]" (1981) – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
*"[[Memory (Cats song)|Memory]]" – [[Barbra Streisand]]
*"[[The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song)|The Message]]" – [[Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five]]
*"[[Mexican Radio]]" – [[Wall of Voodoo]]
*"[[Mickey (Toni Basil song)|Mickey]]" – [[Toni Basil]]
*"[[Mirror Man (The Human League song)|Mirror Man]]" – [[Human League]] (charted in late-1983 in the U.S.)
*"[[Mirror Mirror (Diana Ross song)|Mirror Mirror]]" – [[Diana Ross]]
*"[[Muscles (song)|Muscles]]" – [[Diana Ross]]
*"[[Never Give Up on a Good Thing]]" – [[George Benson]]
*"[[Never Say Never (Romeo Void song)|Never Say Never]]" – [[Romeo Void]]
*"[[New World Man]]" – [[Rush (band)|Rush]]
*"[[Nobody (Sylvia song)|Nobody]]" – [[Sylvia (singer)|Sylvia]]
*"[[Nova Heart]]" – [[Spoons (band)|Spoons]]
*"[[The Number of the Beast (song)|The Number of the Beast]]" – [[Iron Maiden]]
*"Old Town" – [[Phil Lynott]]
*"One Perfect Day" – Little Heroes
*"[[Only the Lonely (The Motels song)|Only the Lonely]]" – [[The Motels]]
*"[[Only Time Will Tell (song)|Only Time Will Tell]]" – [[Asia (band)|Asia]]
*"The Only Way Out" – [[Cliff Richard]]
*"Party Fears Two" – [[Associates (band)|The Associates]]
*"[[Personally (Karla Bonoff song)|Personally]]" – [[Karla Bonoff]]
*"[[Planet Rock (song)|Planet Rock]]" – [[Afrika Bambaataa]]
*"[[Pressure (Billy Joel song)|Pressure]]" – [[Billy Joel]]
*"[[Oh, Pretty Woman|Pretty Woman]]" – [[Van Halen]]
*"Princess" – [[Elton John]]
*"[[Promised You a Miracle]]" – [[Simple Minds]] (charted in 1983 in the U.S.)
*"Restless" – [[Gillan (band)|Gillan]]
*"[[Right Before Your Eyes]]" – [[America (band)|America]]
*"[[Rio (song)|Rio]]" – [[Duran Duran]]
*"[[Rock the Casbah]]" – [[The Clash]]
*"[[Roll Me Away]]" – [[Bob Seger]]
*"[[Run To The Hills]]" – [[Iron Maiden]]
*"[[The Safety Dance]]" – [[Men Without Hats]] (charted in 1983 in the U.S.)
*"[[Save A Prayer]]" – [[Duran Duran]]
*"[[Say Hello Wave Goodbye]]" – [[Soft Cell]]
*"[[Senses Working Overtime]]" – [[XTC]]
*"[[She's Got a Way]]" – [[Billy Joel]]
*"[[Should I Stay or Should I Go]]" – The Clash
*"[[Shy Boy]]" – [[Bananarama]]
*"[[Since You're Gone]]" – [[The Cars]]
*"Situation" – [[Yazoo (band)|Yazoo]]
*"Six Months In A Leaky Boat" – [[Split Enz]]
*"Sole Survivor" – [[Asia (band)|Asia]]
*"[[Solid Rock (Goanna song)|Solid Rock]]" – [[Goanna_(band)|Goanna]]
*"[[Somebody's Always Saying Goodbye]]" – [[Anne Murray]]
*"[[Somebody's Baby]]" – [[Jackson Browne]]
*"[[Southern Cross (Crosby, Stills and Nash song)|Southern Cross]]" – [[Crosby, Stills, and Nash]]
*"Spread a Little Happiness" – [[Sting (musician)|Sting]]
*"[[State of Independence]]" – [[Donna Summer]]
*"[[Steppin' Out (Joe Jackson song)|Steppin' Out]]" – [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]]
*"Still They Ride" (1981) – [[Journey (band)|Journey]]
*"[[Sweet Dreams (Air Supply song)|Sweet Dreams]]" (1981) – [[Air Supply (band)|Air Supply]]
*"[[That Girl (Stevie Wonder song)|That Girl]]" – [[Stevie Wonder]]
*"[[Hill Street Blues (theme)|Theme from Hill Street Blues]]" – [[Mike Post]] and [[Larry Carlton]]
*"[[Theme From Harry's Game]]" – [[Clannad]]
*"Theme from 'Missing'" – [[The Shadows]]
*"[[There It Is (Shalamar song)|There It Is]]" – [[Shalamar]]
*"[[Thru These Walls]]" – [[Phil Collins]]
*"Time (Clock of the Heart)" – [[Culture Club]]
*"Tony" – [[Dalida]]
*"Treat Me Nice" – [[The Shadows]]
*"Trouble" (1981) – [[Lindsey Buckingham]]
*"The One Thing" – [[Inxs]]
*"The Trouble With Me is You" – [[Hank Marvin]]
*"[[Twilight Zone (Golden Earring song)]]" - [[Golden Earring]]
*"[[Under Pressure]]" – [[Queen (band)|Queen]] and [[David Bowie]]
*"[[US Forces (song)|US Forces]]" – [[Midnight Oil]]
*"[[Vacation (The Go-Go's song)|Vacation]]" – [[The Go-Go's]]
*"[[Valley Girl (song)|Valley Girl]]" – [[Frank Zappa]]
*"[[View from a Bridge]]" – [[Kim Wilde]]
*"[[Waiting for a Girl Like You]]" – [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]]
*"[[What About Me (Moving Pictures song)|What About Me]]" – [[Moving Pictures (band)|Moving Pictures]]
*"[[When the Tigers Broke Free]]" – [[Pink Floyd]]
*"When The War Is Over" – [[Cold Chisel]]
*"Where Do We Go From Here" – [[Cliff Richard]]
*"White Boy" – [[Culture Club]]
*"[[White Wedding (song)|White Wedding]]" – [[Billy Idol]]
*"[[Why (Carly Simon song)|Why]]" – [[Carly Simon]]
*"[[Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)]]" by [[A Flock of Seagulls]]
*"[[Without You (Not Another Lonely Night)]]" – [[Franke and the Knockouts]]
*"Work That Body" – [[Diana Ross]]
*"Yellow Pearl" – [[Phil Lynott]]
*"[[Yesterday's Songs]]" – [[Neil Diamond]]
*"[[You and I (Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle song)|You and I]]" – [[Eddie Rabbitt]] and [[Crystal Gayle]]
*"[[You Can Do Magic (song)|You Can Do Magic]]" – [[America (band)|America]]
*"[[You Can't Hurry Love]]" – [[Phil Collins]]
*"You Don't Want Me Anymore" – [[Steel Breeze]]
*"[[You Dropped a Bomb on Me]]" – [[The Gap Band]]
*"[[You Got Lucky]]" – [[Tom Petty]]
*"[[You Need a Friend]]" – [[Sunnyboys]]
*"[[You Should Hear How She Talks About You]]" – [[Melissa Manchester]]
*"[[Young Guns (Go For It)]]" – [[Wham!]]
*"[[Young Turks (song)|Young Turks]]" (1981) – [[Rod Stewart]]
}}

== Published popular music ==
* [[How Do You Keep the Music Playing?]] w. [[Alan Bergman]] & [[Marilyn Bergman]] m. [[Michel LeGrand]]. From the film ''Best Friends''.
* "[[Key Largo (song)|Key Largo]]" w.m. Sonny Limbo & [[Bertie Higgins]]
*"Let's Go to the Movies" w. [[Martin Charnin]] m. [[Charles Strouse]] from the film version of the musical ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]''
*"Sandy (Dumb Dog)" w. [[Martin Charnin]] m. [[Charles Strouse]] from the film version of the musical ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]''
*"Sign!" w. [[Martin Charnin]] w. [[Martin Charnin]] m. [[Charles Strouse]] from the film version of the musical ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]''
*"[[St. Elsewhere]] theme song" m. [[Dave Grusin]]
* "[[Up Where We Belong]]"     w. [[Will Jennings]] m. [[Buffy Sainte-Marie]] & [[Jack Nitzsche]]
*"We Got Annie" w. [[Martin Charnin]] m. [[Charles Strouse]] from the film version of the musical ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]''
*"Where Everybody Knows Your Name" w.m. Judy Hart Angelo & Gary Portnoy, theme from the TV series ''[[Cheers]]''
*"Without Us" w. Tom Scott m. [[Jeff Barry]], theme from the TV series ''[[Family Ties]]''

== [[European classical music|Classical music]] ==
*[[Hans Abrahamsen]] – ''Nacht und Trompeten''
*[[George Crumb]]
**''Pastoral Drone'' for organ
**Trio for Strings
*[[Mario Davidovsky]] – String Trio for violin, viola, violoncello
*[[Ross Edwards (composer)|Ross Edwards]] – Piano Concerto in A
*[[Morton Feldman]]
**''Three Voices''
**''For John Cage'', for violin and piano
*[[Lorenzo Ferrero]]
**''Thema 44 (ad honorem J. Haydn)''
**''My Blues''
**''Respiri''
**''Soleils''
*[[Daron Hagen]] – ''Echo's Songs''
*[[Rudolf Komorous]] – Serenade for Strings
*[[György Ligeti]] – [[Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano (Ligeti)|Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano]]
*[[Mel Powell]] – String Quartet
*[[Poul Ruders]]
**''Manhattan Abstraction'' for orchestra
**''Greeting Concertino''
**Piano Sonata No. 2
*[[Robert Simpson (composer)|Robert Simpson]] – String Quartet no. 9, ''32 Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Haydn''
*[[Tōru Takemitsu]]
**''Rain Coming'' for chamber orchestra
**''Rain Spell'' for flute, clarinet, harp, piano and vibraphone
*[[Jay Ungar]] – ''[[Ashokan Farewell]]''<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael Allen|title=Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra: pt. 1. The teaching of music. A pedagogical model for beginning string class instruction : revisited|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I24JAQAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=GIA Publications|isbn=978-1-57999-277-4|page=222}}</ref>

== Ballet ==
''See [[List of 1982 ballet premieres]]''

== Opera ==
*[[Stephen Paulus]] – ''The Postman Always Rings Twice''
*[[Peter Sculthorpe]] – ''Quiros''

== [[Jazz]] ==
{{Main|1982 in jazz}}

== [[Musical theater]] ==
* ''[[Andy Capp]]'' ([[Alan Price]]) – London production opened at the [[Aldwych Theatre]] on September 28 and ran for 99 performances
* ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats]]'' ([[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on October 7 and ran for 7485 performances, the longest run in the history of Broadway to date
* ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]'' ([[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] and [[Tim Rice]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Royale Theatre]] on January 27 and ran for 747 performances
* ''[[Little Shop of Horrors (musical play)|Little Shop of Horrors]]'' – off-Broadway production opened at the [[Orpheum Theatre (East Village, New York)|Orpheum Theatre]] on July 27 and ran for 2209 performances
* ''[[Nine (musical)|Nine]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[46th Street Theatre]] on May 9 and ran for 729 performances
* ''[[The Pirates of Penzance|Pirates Of Penzance]]'' – London revival
* ''[[Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (musical)|Seven Brides For Seven Brothers]]'' ([[Saul Chaplin]], [[Gene de Paul]] and [[Johnny Mercer]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Alvin Theatre]] on July 8 and ran for 5 performances
* ''[[Song and Dance]]'' ([[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]) – London production opened at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]] on April 7 and ran for 781 performances

== [[Musical film]]s ==
* ''[[Alice (1982 film)|Alice]]''
* ''[[Annie (1982 film)|Annie]]''
* ''[[The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas]]''
* ''[[Disco Dancer]]''
* ''[[Grease 2]]''
* ''[[One from the Heart]]''
* ''[[Parsifal (1982 film)|Parsifal]]''
* ''[[Patnam Vachina Pativrathalu]]''
* ''[[Pink Floyd – The Wall]]''
* ''[[Starstruck (1982 film)|Starstruck]]''
* ''[[Une chambre en ville]]''
* ''[[Victor Victoria]]''
* ''[[Yes, Giorgio]]''

== Musical television ==
* ''[[Live at Austin City Limits]]''
* ''[[Sweeney Todd (musical)|Sweeney Todd]]''
* ''[[Liquid Sky]]''

== Births ==
*[[January 3]] – [[Chisu]], Finnish singer-songwriter<ref>Me Naiset -magazine 7.6.2012, pp. 8–9</ref>
*[[January 6]] – [[Morgan Lander]], Canadian musician ([[Kittie]])
*[[January 9]] – [[Isaac Delahaye]], Belgian guitarist and composer
*[[January 10]] – [[Ana Layevska]], Ukrainian–born, Mexican singer and actress
*[[January 11]] – [[Ashley Taylor Dawson]], English actor and singer ([[allSTARS*]])
*[[January 12]] – [[Nicole Morier]], American singer-songwriter and producer
*[[January 14]] – [[Caleb Followill]], American musician ([[Kings of Leon]])
*[[January 15]] – [[Ari Pulkkinen]], Finnish pianist and composer
*[[January 17]] – [[Alex Varkatzas]], Greek-American metalcore lead vocalist ([[Atreyu]])
*[[January 18]]
**[[Quinn Allman]], guitarist ([[The Used]])
**[[Joanna Newsom]], American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and actress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/joanna_caroline_newsom_born_1982_15501579|title=The Birth of Joanna Newsom|publisher=CaliforniaBirthIndex.org|access-date= August 8, 2017 |archive-date= March 22, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160322083437/https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/joanna_caroline_newsom_born_1982_15501579 |url-status=live|quote=Joanna Caroline Newsom was born on January 18, 1982 in Nevada County, California}}</ref>
*[[January 19]] – [[Angela Chang]], Taiwanese singer and actress
*[[January 21]] – [[André Lousada]], Portuguese conductor
*[[January 23]] – [[Statik Selektah]], American DJ and record producer
*[[January 24]] – [[Daveed Diggs]], American rapper, actor and singer
*[[January 25]]
** [[Noemi (singer)|Noemi]], Italian singer
** [[Sho Sakurai]], Japanese singer
*[[January 28]] – [[Ryan Sheridan (musician)|Ryan Sheridan]], Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[January 29]] – [[Adam Lambert]], American singer, songwriter, stage actor, ''[[American Idol 8]]'' finalist ([[Queen + Adam Lambert]])
*[[January 31]]
** [[Elena Paparizou]], Greek-Swedish singer
** [[Yukimi Nagano]], Swedish singer and songwriter (Little Dragon)
*[[February 1]] – [[Kim Jong-wook]], South Korean singer
*[[February 3]] – [[Jessica Harp]], American singer and guitarist (The Wreckers)
*[[February 4]] – [[Kimberly Wyatt]], American singer, dancer (The Pussycat Dolls)
*[[February 7]] – [[Delia Matache]], Romanian singer
*[[February 9]] – [[Ami Suzuki]], Japanese singer
*[[February 10]] – [[Darren McMullen]], British-Australian ''The Voice'' TV host, actor, music critic and music journalist
*[[February 16]] – [[Lupe Fiasco]], American rapper
*[[February 17]] – [[Daniel Merriweather]], British R&B musician
*[[February 17]] – [[February 18]] – [[Nervo (DJs)]], Australian twin sister DJs
*[[February 18]] – [[Juelz Santana]], American rapper from [[Harlem, New York]] and member of [[The Diplomats]]
*[[February 22]] – [[Danja (record producer)|Danja]], American record producer and songwriter ([[Britney Spears]], [[Nelly Furtado]], [[Justin Timberlake]], [[Joe Jonas]])
*[[February 25]] – [[Bert McCracken]], lead singer of American rock band [[The Used]]
*[[February 26]] – [[Nate Ruess]], American singer-songwriter
*[[March 2]] – [[Jessica Biel]], American actress, model, voice actress, producer and singer
*[[March 4]] – [[Amanda Shires]], American singer-songwriter and violin player.
*[[March 13]] – [[Darbuka Siva]], Indian percussionist and composer
*[[March 14]] – [[Kate Maberly]], English actress, director, writer, producer and musician
*[[March 17]] – [[Herman Sikumbang]], Indonesian guitarist (d. [[2018 in music|2018]])
*[[March 19]] – [[Hana Kobayashi]], Venezuelan singer of Japanese descent.
*[[March 20]] – [[Nick Wheeler]], rock guitarist ([[The All-American Rejects]])
*[[March 21]]
** [[Jocie Kok]], Chinese-Singaporean singer
** [[Santino Fontana]], American actor and singer
*[[March 22]]
** [[Pete Bennett]], English rock singer (Daddy Fantastic) and television personality (''Big Brother 2006'')
** [[Chris Wallace (musician)|Chris Wallace]], American musician and singer
*[[April 3]] – [[Cobie Smulders]], Canadian singer and actress
*[[April 5]] – Pretty Sly, American R&B singer ([[Git Fresh]])
*[[April 7]] – [[Kelli Young]], English pop singer ([[Liberty X]])
*[[April 8]] – [[Keegan DeWitt]], American singer-songwriter and actor ([[Wild Cub]])
*[[April 10]] – [[Nadia Meikher]], Ukrainian singer-songwriter
*[[April 12]] – [[Easton Corbin]], American country music singer
*[[April 13]]
** [[Ty Dolla Sign]], American singer, songwriter and rapper
** [[Nellie McKay]], American singer<ref>{{cite web|last1=VanAirsdale|first1=S.T.|title=Nellie McKay: The Musician, the Myth, the{{nbsp}}... Movie Star?|url=http://movieline.com/2012/04/17/nellie-mckay-the-musician-the-myth-the-movie-star|website=Movieline|date=April 17, 2012 |access-date=September 6, 2016}}</ref>
*[[April 18]] – [[Marie-Élaine Thibert]], Canadian singer
*[[April 21]] – [[Lynn Hilary]], Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Celtic Woman]] and [[Anúna]])
*[[April 24]] – [[Kelly Clarkson]], American singer, songwriter, actress and author, first ''[[American Idol]]'' winner
*[[April 26]]
**[[Nadja Benaissa]], German pop singer
**[[Jon Lee (singer)|Jon Lee]], English singer ([[S Club 7]])
*[[April 30]]
** [[Lloyd Banks]], African American/Puerto Rican rapper<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.askmen.com/celebs/men/entertainment_150/165_lloyd_banks.html |title=Lloyd Banks Biography |publisher=[[AskMen.com]] |access-date=July 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824061413/http://www.askmen.com/celebs/men/entertainment_150/165_lloyd_banks.html |archive-date=August 24, 2010 }}</ref>
** [[Drew Seeley]], Canadian actor, singer-songwriter and dancer
** [[Kirsten Dunst]], American actress, model and singer
*[[May 4]] – [[Vera Schmidt]], Hungarian singer-songwriter
*[[May 11]] – [[Cory Monteith]], Canadian actor and musician (d. 2013)
*[[May 14]] – [[Dan Nigro]], American songwriter and producer (As Tall As Lions)
*[[May 15]]
** [[Layal Abboud]], Lebanese singer
** [[Jessica Sutta]], American singer, dancer, songwriter, actress and choreographer (The Pussycat Dolls)
*[[May 16]]
** [[Billy Crawford]], Filipino-American singer
** [[Dimitri Vegas]], Belgian DJ, producer and half of [[Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike]]
*[[May 23]] – [[Tristan Prettyman]], American singer-songwriter, musician and Foxy Model
*[[May 27]] – [[Louis Bell]], American musician, record producer and mixer
*[[June 2]] – [[Jewel Staite]], Canadian actress and singer
*[[June 3]] – [[Dihan Slabbert]], South African singer-songwriter and producer
*[[June 4]] – [[Jin Au-Yeung]], Chinese-American rapper
*[[June 5]] – [[Scott Speer]], American filmmaker, music video director, television director and novelist.
*[[June 7]] – [[Amy Nuttall]], British actress and opera singer
*[[June 13]] – [[Jessica Caban]], American fashion model, actress, musician and muse of [[Bruno Mars]]
*[[June 14]] – [[Lang Lang]], Chinese concert pianist<ref>{{cite book|author=Kerry Brown|title=Berkshire Dictionary of Chinese Biography Volume 4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GbvBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA235|date=1 May 2015|publisher=Berkshire Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-61472-900-6|pages=235}}</ref>
*[[June 17]] – [[Arthur Darvill]], English actor and musician (Doctor Who)
*[[June 21]] – [[Jussie Smollett]], American singer, actor, activist, director and photographer
*[[June 23]] – [[Candice Alley]], Australian singer-songwriter ("[[Falling (Candice Alley song)|Falling]]", ''[[Colorblind (Candice Alley album)|Colorblind]]'')
*[[June 25]] – [[Lola Ponce]], Argentinian-Italian singer-songwriter and actress
*[[July 5]] – [[Dave Haywood]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Lady Antebellum]])
*[[July 6]] – [[Tay Zonday]], American musician and voice actor
*[[July 7]]
** [[Cassidy (rapper)|Cassidy]], American hip hop recording artist and rapper
** [[Julien Doré]], French singer-songwriter, musician and actor
*[[July 10]] – [[Alex Arrowsmith]], American rock musician
*[[July 12]]
** [[Mahalia Barnes]], Australian singer-songwriter and manager, (Jimmy Barnes, Reece Mastin)
** [[Walter Perez (actor)|Walter Perez]], American actor and musician
*[[July 15]]
** [[Carl Espen]], Norwegian singer and songwriter
** [[Haley Scarnato]], American singer and ''American Idol'' finalist
*[[July 17]] – [[Natasha Hamilton]], English pop singer-songwriter([[Atomic Kitten]])
*[[July 18]]
** [[Ryan Cabrera]], American singer-songwriter and musician ([[Ashlee Simpson]], [[Lisa Origliasso]], [[Riley Keough]], [[Audrina Patridge]])
** [[Priyanka Chopra]], Indian actress, singer, film producer and philanthropist
*[[July 19]] – [[Christopher Bear]], American drummer ([[Grizzly Bear (band)|Grizzly Bear]])
*[[July 23]]
** [[Claudette Ortiz]], American soul singer
** [[Ricky Reed]], American artist, music producer, singer, songwriter and founder
*[[July 30]] – [[Rebecca Stephens (singer)|Rebecca Stephens]], English singer (The Pipettes)
*[[August 1]] – [[Orelsan]], French rapper
*[[August 4]] - [[Quindon Tarver]], American singer (d. 2021)
*[[August 6]] – [[Spice (musician)|Spice]], Jamaican dancehall singer and songwriter
*[[August 7]] – [[Abbie Cornish]], Australian actress and rapper under the pseudonym "Dusk"
*[[August 8]] – [[Raef (singer)|Raef]], [[Egyptian-American]] singer and songwriter
*[[August 10]] – [[Vincent Rodriguez III]], American actor, singer and dancer
*[[August 16]] – [[Ummet Ozcan]], Dutch-Turkish DJ and producer
*[[August 19]]
** [[Willy Denzey]], French singer
** [[Erika Christensen]], American actress and singer<ref name="TVG">{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/erika-christensen/bio/149547/|title=Erika Christensen|website=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=September 6, 2015}}</ref>
*[[August 22]] – [[Boys Noize]], German EDM DJ and producer
*[[August 27]] – [[Duke Dumont]], British record producer, songwriter, musician and DJ
*[[August 28]] – [[LeAnn Rimes]], American singer, songwriter, actress and author<ref>{{cite book|author1=Martin Charles Strong|author2=Brendon Griffin|title=Lights, Camera, Sound Tracks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aSYKAQAAMAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Canongate|isbn=978-1-84767-003-8|page=76}}</ref>
*[[August 29]] - [[Mayana Moura]], Brilizian singer, actress and model
*[[September 3]]
**[[Andrew McMahon]], American musician
**[[Kaori Natori]], Japanese singer and model
*[[September 5]] – [[Cyndi Wang]], Taiwanese singer and actress
*[[September 7]] – [[Race Wong]], Hong Kong singer/actress (2R)
*[[September 9]] – [[Ai Otsuka]], Japanese singer
*[[September 14]] – [[Wes Carr]], Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (''Australian Idol 8'')
*[[September 17]] – [[Wade Robson]], American choreographer, producer, songwriter and dancer ([[Britney Spears]], [[Justin Timberlake]])
*[[September 19]] - [[Skepta]], British grime MC, rapper, songwriter and record producer.
*[[September 20]] - [[Ian Kirkpatrick (record producer)]], American songwriter and record producer (worked with Dua Lipa, Selena Gomez, Britney Spears)
*[[September 22]] – [[Billie Piper]], British singer and actress<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/billie-piper/bio/192300 |title=Billie Piper: Biography |work=[[TV Guide]] |access-date=19 July 2013}}</ref>
*[[September 27]]
** [[Anna Camp]], American actress-singer ([[Pitch Perfect]])
** [[Jon McLaughlin (musician)|Jon McLaughlin]], American pop rock singer-songwriter, producer and pianist
** [[Lil Wayne]], American rapper
*[[September 28]] – [[St. Vincent (musician)]], American singer-songwriter, multi instrumentalist and guitar designer
*[[September 29]] – [[Stephen "tWitch" Boss]], American hip hip dancer, DJ, actor and entertainer
*[[October 1]] – [[Sandra Oxenryd]], Swedish pop singer
*[[October 6]] – [[MC Lars]], American rapper
*[[October 7]] – [[Lockett Pundt]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Deerhunter]])
*[[October 15]] – [[Paulini]], Fijian-born Australian singer, songwriter and actress
*[[October 18]] – [[Ne-Yo]], American R&B singer
*[[October 19]] – [[Hiromi Hayakawa]], Japanese-born Mexican actress and singer (d. [[2017 in music|2017]])
*[[October 25]] – [[Eman Lam]], Hong Kong singer
*[[October 27]]
** [[Keri Hilson]], American singer
** [[Jessy Matador]], Congolese-French singer
*[[October 28]] – [[Mai Kuraki]], Japanese singer
*[[November 6]] – [[Sowelu]], Japanese singer
*[[November 12]] – [[Anne Hathaway]], American actress, musical star and singer
*[[November 13]]
**[[Michael Copon]], American actor model and singer
**[[Kumi Koda]], Japanese singer
*[[November 14]] – [[Joy Williams (singer)]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite journal |page=24 |first=Kerry |last=Maffeo |title=Opening Acts: Get to Know Joy Williams |url=http://ht.salemweb.net/ccm/ccmmagazine/pdf/200110.pdf |journal=[[CCM Magazine]] |access-date=December 12, 2015 |date=October 1, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510232314/http://ht.salemweb.net/ccm/ccmmagazine/pdf/200110.pdf |archive-date=May 10, 2012}}</ref>
*[[November 15]] – [[Jenifer (singer)]], French singer and actress
*[[November 18]] – [[Aoife O'Donovan]], Irish-American singer and songwriter<ref>{{cite web |url=http://folkmusic.about.com/od/artistskr/p/Aoife-Odonovan.htm |title=Aoife O'Donovan (of Crooked Still)|author=Kim Ruehl |work=Aoife O'Donovan - Biography and Profile |publisher=About.com |access-date=June 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928170259/http://folkmusic.about.com/od/artistskr/p/Aoife-Odonovan.htm |archive-date=September 28, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[November 22]]
** [[Charlene Choi]], Hong Kong singer and actress
**[[Steve Angello]], Greek Swedish DJ, music producer and
*[[November 23]] – [[Leah Jenner]], American musician
*[[December 1]] – [[Riz Ahmed]], British actor, rapper, and activist<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA580|date=24 September 2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-316-7|pages=580}}</ref>
*[[December 3]] – [[Jaycee Chan]], Hong Kong actor and singer
*[[December 5]] – [[Keri Hilson]], American singer, songwriter and actress
*[[December 7]] – [[Chrispa]], Greek singer and actress
*[[December 8]]
** [[Chrisette Michele]], American R&B singer-songwriter
** [[Nicki Minaj]], Trinidadian-born American rapper, singer, songwriter, model and actress<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/nicki-minaj-579574|title=Nicki Minaj Biography: Rapper (1982–)|publisher=[[Biography.com]] ([[FYI (TV channel)|FYI]] / [[A&E Networks]])|access-date=April 22, 2013}}</ref>
** [[Serena Ryder]], Canadian musician
*[[December 13]] – [[Anthony Callea]], Australian singer
*[[December 14]] – [[Anthony Way]], British singer and actor
*[[December 16]]
** [[Frankie Ballard]], American country music singer-songwriter
** [[Mei Finegold]], Israeli singer
** [[Anna Sedokova]], Ukrainian singer, actress and television presenter
*[[December 20]]
**[[David Cook (singer)|David Cook]], American singer
**[[Jason Zhang]], Chinese pop singer
*[[December 23]] – [[Beatriz Luengo]], Spanish singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and entrepreneur
*[[December 24]]
** [[Masaki Aiba]], Japanese singer
** [[Robert Carmine]], vocalist ([[Rooney (band)|Rooney]])
*[[December 27]] – [[Terji Skibenæs]], Faroese guitarist (Týr)
*Undated
** [[Guanqun Yu]], Chinese operatic soprano
** [[Mai Khôi]], Vietnamese singer and political dissident
** [[Caroline Shaw]], American composer, violinist and singer

== Deaths ==
*January – [[Sudhin Dasgupta]], music director, lyricist, and singer, 52
*[[January 16]] – [[Harald Agersnap]], Danish classical musician, 92
*[[January 17]] – [[Tommy Tucker (singer)|Tommy Tucker]], songwriter, 48 (carbon tetrachloride poisoning)
*[[January 19]] – [[Elis Regina]], Brazilian singer, 36 (drug/alcohol overdose)<ref>{{cite book|author=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Morricone, Ennio - Rich Kids|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NQ0KAQAAMAAJ|year=2006|publisher=MUZE|isbn=978-0-19-531373-4|page=837}}</ref>
*[[January 30]]
**[[Stanley Holloway]], English actor and singer, 91
**[[Lightnin' Hopkins]], blues singer, 69
*[[February 4]] – [[Alex Harvey (musician)|Alex Harvey]], rock singer and guitarist, 46
*[[February 17]] – [[Thelonious Monk]], jazz pianist, 64
*[[February 18]] – [[Nathaniel Shilkret]], composer and musician, 92
*[[February 21]] – [[Murray the K]], disc jockey, 60
*[[February 25]] – [[Chao Yuen Ren]], composer, 89
*[[March 5]] – [[John Belushi]], entertainer of ''[[The Blues Brothers (film)|The Blues Brothers]]'' fame, 33 (drug overdose)
*[[March 19]] – [[Randy Rhoads]], guitarist, 25 (plane crash)
*[[March 24]] – [[Aileen Stanley]], singer, 84 or 85
*[[March 26]] – [[Ferdinando Garimberti]], violin maker, 88
*[[March 29]] – [[Carl Orff]], German [[composer]], famous for the choral work ''[[Carmina Burana (Orff)|Carmina Burana]]'', 86
*[[April 2]] – [[Sam Coslow]], songwriter and singer, 79
*[[April 30]] – [[Lester Bangs]], American music journalist, 33<ref>{{cite web |title = The Life and Work of Lester Bangs |work = The Guardian |url = https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/apr/12/artsfeatures.music |date=April 12, 2002|access-date = July 31, 2014 |first = Nick |last = Kent}}</ref>
*[[May 1]] – [[William Primrose]], violist, 77
*[[May 5]] – [[Cal Tjader]], Latin jazz musician, 56
*[[May 8]] – [[Neil Bogart]], owner of [[Casablanca Records]], 39 (cancer)
*[[May 12]] – [[Humphrey Searle]], composer, 66
*[[May 13]] – [[Renzo Rossellini (composer)|Renzo Rossellini]], film composer, 74
*[[May 15]] – [[Joëlle Mogensen]], French singer, 29 (drug overdose)
*[[May 16]] – [[Adriano Correia de Oliveira]], Portuguese composer and singer, 40
*[[May 26]] – [[Nanny Larsén-Todsen]], operatic soprano, 97
*[[May 30]] – [[Leon René]], songwriter, 80
*[[June 15]] – [[Art Pepper]], jazz saxophonist, 56 (brain hemorrhage)
*[[June 16]] – [[James Honeyman-Scott]], guitarist, 25 (heart failure from cocaine use)
*[[July 8]] – [[Aino Seep]], Estonian singer and actress, 57
*[[July 9]] – [[Wingy Manone]], jazz trumpeter, 82
*[[July 10]] – [[Maria Jeritza]], operatic soprano, 96
*[[July 15]] – [[Bill Justis]], American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer, 55 (cancer)
*[[July 15]] – [[Lionel Daunais]], Canadian baritone and composer, 80
*[[July 22]] – [[Sonny Stitt]], jazz saxophonist, 58
*[[July 28]] – [[Keith Green]], gospel singer, 28 (plane crash)
*[[August 13]] – [[Joe Tex]], Southern soul singer, 49
*[[August 25]] – [[Anna German]], Polish singer, 46<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hopetv.org/news/article/go/2013-05-27/going-where-the-people-are/|title=Going Where The People Are|last=Fowler-Kline|first=Fylvia|date=2013-05-27|website=[[Hope Channel]]|access-date=2020-09-25}}</ref>
*[[September 1]] – [[Clifford Curzon]], pianist, 75
*[[September 12]] – [[Federico Moreno Torroba]], composer, 91
*[[September 14]] – [[Christian Ferras]], French violinist, 49 (suicide)
*[[September 17]] – [[Manos Loïzos]], Greek composer, 44
*[[September 23]] – [[Jimmy Wakely]], American Country-Western singer and actor, 68<ref>{{cite book|last1=Krampert|first1=Peter|title=The Encyclopedia of the Harmonica|date=2016|publisher=Mel Bay Publications|isbn=9781619115774|page=179|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YRsxDwAAQBAJ&q=%22James+Clarence+Wakely%22&pg=PA179|access-date=25 December 2017|language=en}}</ref>
*[[September 29]] – [[A. L. Lloyd]], folk song collector, 74
*[[October 4]] – [[Glenn Gould]], pianist, 50 (stroke)
*[[October 16]]
**[[Jakov Gotovac]], composer and conductor, 87
**[[Mario del Monaco]], operatic tenor, 67
*[[October 21]] – [[Radka Toneff]], Norwegian jazz singer, 30
*[[October 29]] – [[William Lloyd Webber]], British organist and composer, 68
*[[November 16]] – [[Al Haig]], jazz pianist, 58
*[[December 2]] – [[David Blue (musician)|David Blue]], folk singer, 41
*[[December 8]] – [[Marty Robbins]], country singer, 57
*[[December 10]] – [[Roy Webb]], film composer, 94<ref>{{cite book|author=Frank N. Magill|title=Magill's Cinema Annual 1983|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LXAsctC3wasC|date=December 1983|publisher=Gale / Cengage Learning|isbn=978-0-89356-402-5|page=554}}</ref>

== Awards ==

=== [[Grammy]] Awards ===
*[[Grammy Awards of 1982]]

=== [[Country Music Association]] Awards ===
*[[1982 Country Music Association Awards]]

=== [[Eurovision Song Contest]] ===
*[[Eurovision Song Contest 1982]]

== Charts ==

=== [[List of Number 1 Hits (United States)|List of No. 1 Hits]] ===
*[[Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1982 (USA)|Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1982]]

== See also ==
* [[1982 in music (UK)]]
* [[:Category:Record labels established in 1982|Record labels established in 1982]]
* [[List of 'years in music']]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:1982 in music| ]]
[[Category:20th century in music]]
[[Category:Music by year]]

1941 in music

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{{YYYY music|1941}}
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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1941.

==Specific locations==
*[[1941 in British music]]
*[[1941 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1941 in country music]]
*[[1941 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[January 5]] – [[Ernesto Bonino]] makes his début on Italian radio.
*[[January 15]] – [[Olivier Messiaen]]'s ''[[Quatuor pour la fin du temps]]'' is premiered by the composer and fellow prisoners-of-war in [[Stalag VIII-A]] in [[Silesia]].
*[[January 20]] – [[Béla Bartók]]'s ''[[String Quartet No. 6 (Bartók)|String Quartet No. 6]]'' is premièred in New York City.
*May – [[Woody Guthrie]] writes and records "[[Roll On, Columbia, Roll On]]" and "[[Grand Coulee Dam (song)|Grand Coulee Dam]]" among other folk songs in [[Portland, Oregon]] on a commission from the [[Bonneville Power Administration]]; these are released as ''[[Columbia River Collection]]''.
*[[May 10]] – London's Queen's Hall, venue for [[The Proms]], is bombed by the Luftwaffe. The concert series relocates to the [[Royal Albert Hall]].
*[[August 18]] – In a brutal police operation in [[Nazi Germany]], over 300 [[Swing Kids]] are arrested, marking the end of tolerance to [[swing music]].
*''date unknown''
**[[Alan Lomax]] (working for the [[Library of Congress]]) discovers [[Muddy Waters]] and [[Son House]], among others
**[[Les Paul]] almost electrocutes himself while attempting to build the first solid-body electric guitar.
**[[Enrico Gentile]] leaves [[Quartetto Ritmo]]. [[Felice Chiusano]] replaces him and the group is renamed [[Quartetto Cetra]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Oggi: settimanale di politica, attualità e cultura|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GRgnAQAAIAAJ|year=1987}}</ref>
**Dutch Leschan sisters of [[Trio Lescano]] become Italian citizens.
**The [[National Negro Opera Company]] is launched in [[Pittsburgh]], USA.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ralph P. Locke|author2=Cyrilla Barr|title=Cultivating Music in America: Women Patrons and Activists Since 1860|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L4UylL6JGZcC&pg=PA225|date=1 January 1997|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-08395-0|pages=225}}</ref>
**[[Virgil Thomson]]'s ''[[Four Saints in Three Acts]]'' is presented at [[Town Hall (New York City)|Town Hall]] in New York City.

==Albums released==
*''[[Songs for John Doe]]'' – [[The Almanac Singers]]
*''[[Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger]]'' – [[Burl Ives]]
*''[[Small Fry (album)|Small Fry]]'' – [[Bing Crosby]]
*''[[Hawaii Calls (album)|Hawaii Calls]]'' – Bing Crosby, [[Frances Langford]], [[Harry Owens]]
*''[[Crosbyana]]'' – Bing Crosby
*''[[Four Star Favorites]]'' – [[Artie Shaw]]

==Top Popular Recordings==

The following songs appeared in [[Billboard Hot 100#History|The Billboard's 'Best Selling Retail Records' chart]] during 1941. Each week fifteen points were awarded to the number one record, then nine points for number two, eight points for number three, and so on. The total points a record earned determined its year-end rank. Regional charts determined the 11-25 rankings each week, and records that failed to score on the main chart were ranked by highest position. Additional information was obtained from the "[[Discography of American Historical Recordings]]" website, Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954<ref name=PopMemories>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel|author-link=Joel Whitburn|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |publisher=Record Research |year=1986}}</ref> and other sources as specified.
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 1 || [[Glenn Miller|Glenn Miller and His Orchestra]] || "[[Chattanooga Choo Choo]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix PBS-061245. Chattanooga choo choo / Tex Beneke; The Four Modernaires; Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200049105/PBS-061245-Chattanooga_choo_choo |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 11230 || {{Start date|1941|5|7}} || {{Start date|1941|7|25}} || US BB 1941 #1, US #1 for 9 weeks, 28 total weeks, 253 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1996, ASCAP song of 1941, Oscar Nomination 1941 (film 'Sun Valley Serenade')
|-
| 2 || [[Freddy Martin|Freddy Martin and His Orchestra]] || "[[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)|Piano Concerto In B Flat]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix PBS-061301. Piano concerto in B flat / Freddy Martin Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200049134/PBS-061301-Piano_concerto_in_B_flat |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 11211 || {{Start date|1941|6|16}} || {{Start date|1941|7|3}} || US BB 1941 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 26 total weeks, 230 points
|-
| 3 || [[Jimmy Dorsey|Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra]] || "[[Amapola (song)|Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 68652. Amapola (voBE, HOC) / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296765/68652-Amapola_voBE_HOC |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3629 || {{Start date|1941|2|3}} || {{Start date|1941|2}} || US BB 1941 #3, US #1 for 10 weeks, 18 total weeks, 171 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref>{{Cite journal |date=August 28, 1954 |title=Decca Records 20th Anniversary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=liEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=decca+vocalion+brunswick+1941&pg=PA14 |journal=The Billboard |pages=46}}</ref>
|-
| 4 || [[Sammy Kaye|Swing And Sway With Sammy Kaye]] || "[[Daddy (Sammy Kaye song)|Daddy]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-063320. Daddy / Kaye Choir; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200049822/BS-063320-Daddy |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 27391 || {{Start date|1941|3|31}} || {{Start date|1941|4|25}} || US BB 1941 #4, US #1 for 8 weeks, 19 total weeks, 170 points
|-
| 5 || Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra || "[[Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes)|Green Eyes]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 68840. Green eyes / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296953/68840-Green_eyes |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3698 || {{Start date|1941|3|19}} || {{Start date|1941|4}} || US BB 1941 #5, US #1 for 4 weeks, 28 total weeks, 153 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref>{{Cite journal |date=August 28, 1954 |title=Decca Records 20th Anniversary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=liEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=decca+vocalion+brunswick+1941&pg=PA14 |journal=The Billboard |pages=46}}</ref>
|-
| 6 || Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra || "[[María Elena (song)|Maria Elena]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 68834. Maria Elena / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296947/68834-Maria_Elena |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3698 || {{Start date|1941|3|19}} || {{Start date|1941|4}} || US BB 1941 #6, US #1 for 2 weeks, 19 total weeks, 142 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref>{{Cite journal |date=August 28, 1954 |title=Decca Records 20th Anniversary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=liEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=decca+vocalion+brunswick+1941&pg=PA14 |journal=The Billboard |pages=46}}</ref>
|-
| 7 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "[[Elmer's Tune]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-067630. Elmer's tune / Ray Eberle; Glenn Miller Orchestra; Modernaires – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200051973/BS-067630-Elmers_tune |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 11274 || {{Start date|1941|8|11}} || {{Start date|1941|8|29}} || US BB 1941 #7, US #1 for 1 week, 21 total weeks, 126 points
|-
| 8 || [[Tommy Dorsey|Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra]] (Vocal [[Frank Sinatra]]) || "[[This Love of Mine]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-065917. This love of mine / Frank Sinatra; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200050914/BS-065917-This_love_of_mine |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 27508 || {{Start date|1941|5|28}} || {{Start date|1941|7|11}} || US BB 1941 #8, US #3 for 4 weeks, 27 total weeks, 111 points
|-
| 9 || Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra || "[[Blue Champagne]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 69091. Blue Champagne / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000297204/69091-Blue_Champagne |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3775 || {{Start date|1941|4|29}} || {{Start date|1941|6}} || US BB 1941 #9, US #1 for 1 week, 20 total weeks, 84 points
|-
| 10 || Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra (Vocal Frank Sinatra & [[Connie Haines]] & [[Pied Pipers]]) || "[[Oh! Look at Me Now|Oh Look At Me Now]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-058760. Oh! Look at me now / Connie Haines; The Pied Pipers; Frank Sinatra; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200048008/BS-058760-Oh_Look_at_me_now |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 27274 || {{Start date|1941|1|16}} || {{Start date|1941|2}} || US BB 1941 #10, US #2 for 6 weeks, 14 total weeks, 81 points
|-
| 11 || Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra || "[[My Sister and I (song)|My Sister and I]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 68833. My sister and I / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296946/68833-My_sister_and_I |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3710 || {{Start date|1941|3|19}} || {{Start date|1941|4}} || US 1941 #11, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 79 points
|-
| 12 || [[Horace Heidt|Horace Heidt And His Musical Knights]] || "[[I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire]]"<ref name=Columbia>{{Cite web |title=Columbia 78rpm numerical listing discography: 36000–36499 |url=https://www.78discography.com/COL36000.htm |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Columbia 36295 || {{Start date|1941|7|24}} || {{Start date|1941|8}} || US BB 1941 #12, US #2 for 2 week, 17 total weeks, 77 points
|-
| 13 || [[Charlie Barnet|Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra]] || "[[I Hear a Rhapsody]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-056483. I hear a rhapsody / Bob Carroll; Charlie Barnet Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200046957/BS-056483-I_hear_a_rhapsody |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10934 || {{Start date|1940|10|14}} || {{Start date|1940|11}} || US BB 1941 #13, US #2 for 6 weeks, 18 total weeks, 76 points
|-
| 14 || Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra || "[[Yes, Indeed! (1941 song)|Yes, Indeed!]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-060908. Yes indeed! / Sy Oliver; Jo Stafford; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200048859/BS-060908-Yes_indeed |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 27421 || {{Start date|1941|2|17}} || {{Start date|1941|5|23}} || US BB 1941 #14, US #4 for 3 weeks, 24 total weeks, 73 points
|-
| 15 || Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra || "[[Yours (Quiéreme Mucho)|Yours]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 68653. Yours (Quiereme mucho) / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296766/68653-Yours_Quiereme_mucho |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3657 || {{Start date|1941|2|3}} || {{Start date|1941|3}} || US BB 1941 #15, US #2 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, 73 points
|-
| 16 || [[Xavier Cugat|Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra]] || "[[Perfidia|Perfidia (Tonight)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-037626. Perfidia / Xavier Cugat Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200037835/BS-037626-Perfidia |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 26334 || {{Start date|1940|12|19}} || {{Start date|1941|1|7}} || US BB 1941 #16, US #3 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks, 70 points
|-
| 17 || Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra || "I Hear A Rhapsody"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 68461. I hear a rhapsody / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296574/68461-I_hear_a_rhapsody |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3570 || {{Start date|1940|10|14}} || {{Start date|1940|11}} || US BB 1941 #17, US #3 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks, 55 points
|-
| 18 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "[[The Song of the Volga Boatmen|Song Of The Volga Boatmen]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-058885. Song of the Volga boatman / Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200048087/BS-058885-Song_of_the_Volga_boatman |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 11029 || {{Start date|1941|4|24}} || {{Start date|1941|2}} || US BB 1941 #18, US #1 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, 53 points
|-
| 19 || Freddy Martin and his Orchestra || "[[The Hut-Sut Song|The Hut-Sut Song (A Swedish Serenade)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix PBS-061198. The hut-sut song (A Swedish serenade) / Freddy Martin Orchestra; Eddie Stone – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200049080/PBS-061198-The_hut-sut_song_A_Swedish_serenade |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 11147 || {{Start date|1941|4|24}} || {{Start date|1941|5|16}} || US BB 1941 #19, US #2 for 1 week, 13 total weeks, 53 points
|-
| 20 || [[Bing Crosby]] || "[[Dolores (song)|Dolores]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix DLA 2290. Dolores / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000268713/DLA_2290-Dolores |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3644 || {{Start date|1940|12|23}} || {{Start date|1941|2}} || US BB 1941 #20, US #2 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, 52 points
|}

Additional recordings of historical interest, and songs that crossed over from Hillbilly (Country) and Race (R&B):
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 23 || [[Andrews Sisters]] || "[[(I'll Be with You) In Apple Blossom Time]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 68351. I'll be with you in apple blossom time / The Andrews Sisters – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296464/68351-Ill_be_with_you_in_apple_blossom_time |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3622 || {{Start date|1940|11|14}} || {{Start date|1941|2}} || US BB 1941 #23, US #5 for 5 weeks, 18 total weeks, 48 points
|-
| 25 || [[Harry James|Harry James and His Orchestra]] || "[[You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)|You Made Me Love You]]"<ref name=Columbia/> || Columbia 36296 || {{Start date|1941|5|20}} || {{Start date|1941|8}} || US BB 1941 #25, US #5 for 2 weeks, 22 total weeks, 41 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2010
|-
| 46 || [[Artie Shaw|Artie Shaw and His Orchestra]] || "[[Stardust (1927 song)|Star Dust]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix PBS-055097. Star dust / Artie Shaw Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200046197/PBS-055097-Star_dust |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 27230 || {{Start date|1940|10|7}} || {{Start date|1940|12|6}} || US 1941 #46, US #6 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, 12 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1988
|-
| 56 || Bing Crosby || "[[San Antonio Rose]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix DLA 2274. San Antonio Rose / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000268697/DLA_2274-San_Antonio_Rose |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3590 || {{Start date|1940|12|16}} || {{Start date|1941|2}} || US BB 1941 #56, US #7 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, 9 points, 1,000,000 sales<ref>{{Cite journal |date=August 28, 1954 |title=Decca Records 20th Anniversary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=liEEAAAAMBAJ&dq=decca+vocalion+brunswick+1941&pg=PA14 |journal=The Billboard |pages=46}}</ref>
|-
| 87 || [[Bob Wills|Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys]] || "New San Antonio Rose"<ref name=Okeh1>{{Cite web |title=OKeh (by CBS) numerical listing discography: 5600–5999 |url=https://www.78discography.com/OK5600.htm |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || OKeh 05694 || {{Start date|1940|4|16}} || {{Start date|1940|8}} || US BB 1941 #87, US #11 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1940 #9, USHB #1 for 2 weeks, 29 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales,<ref name=PopMemories/> Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, Library of Congress artifact added 2003
|-
| 86 || [[Dinah Shore]] || "[[Yes, My Darling Daughter]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-056438. Yes, my darling daughter / Dinah Shore – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200046917/BS-056438-Yes_my_darling_daughter |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10920 || {{Start date|1940|10|4}} || {{Start date|1940|11|8}} || US BB 1941 #86, US #11 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks
|-
| 88 || Andrews Sisters || "[[Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix DLA 2326. Boogie woogie bugle boy / The Andrews Sisters – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000268749/DLA_2326-Boogie_woogie_bugle_boy |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3598 || {{Start date|1941|1|2}} || {{Start date|1941|1|20}} || US BB 1941 #88, US #11 for 1 week, 7 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000
|-
| 91 || [[Duke Ellington|Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra]] || "[[Take the "A" Train]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix PBS-055283. Take the "A" train / Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200046306/PBS-055283-Take_the_A_train |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 27380 || {{Start date|1941|2|15}} || {{Start date|1941|4|11}} || US BB 1941 #91, US #12 for 1 week, 9 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1976
|-
| 95 || [[Larry Clinton|Larry Clinton and His Orchestra]] || "[[Because of You (1940 song)|Because of You]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-053733. Because of you / Bluebird Orchestra; Larry Clinton; Peggy Mann – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200045507/BS-053733-Because_of_you |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 11094 || {{Start date|1940|12|12}} || {{Start date|1941|3|28}} || US 1941 #95, US #12 for 1 week, 1 total weeks
|-
| 99 || [[Louise Massey|Louise Massey and the Westerners]] || "[[My Adobe Hacienda]]"<ref name=Okeh2/> || Okeh 6077 || {{Start date|1941|1|27}} || {{Start date|1941|3}} || US BB 1941 #99, US #13 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #10, USHB #1 for 1 week, 21 total weeks
|-
| 131 || [[Gene Autry]] || "[[You Are My Sunshine]]"<ref name=Okeh2>{{Cite web|title=OKeh (by CBS) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 6000–6500|url=https://www.78discography.com/OK6000.htm|access-date=2022-01-06|website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Okeh 6274 || {{Start date|1941|6|18}} || {{Start date|1941|7|10}} || US BB 1941 #131, US #16 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #1, USHB #1 for 20 weeks, 50 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories/>
|-
| 142 || [[Sons of the Pioneers]] || "[[Cool Water (song)|Cool Water]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 93632. Cool water / Sons of the Pioneers – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000284983/93632-Cool_water |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 5939 || {{Start date|1941|3|27}} || {{Start date|1941|4}} || US BB 1941 #142, US #17 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #12, USHB #1 for 1 week, 18 total weeks
|-
| 167 || Bing Crosby || "You Are My Sunshine"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix DLA 2515. You are my sunshine / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000268938/DLA_2515-You_are_my_sunshine |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3952 || {{Start date|1941|7|8}} || {{Start date|1941|8}} || US BB 1941 #167, US #19 for 1 week, 1 total weeks
|-
| 147 || Gene Autry || "Be Honest with Me"<ref name=Okeh1/> || Okeh 5980 || {{Start date|1940|8|20}} || {{Start date|1941|1|17}} || US BB 1941 #147, US #17 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #3, USHB #1 for 6 weeks, 58 total weeks
|-
| 154 || [[Ernest Tubb]] || "[[Walking the Floor Over You]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 93673. Walking the floor over you / Ernest Tubb – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000285024/93673-Walking_the_floor_over_you |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 5958 || {{Start date|1941|4|26}} || {{Start date|1941|5|28}} || US BB 1941 #154, US #18 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #2, USHB #1 for 10 weeks, 72 total weeks
|-
| 251 || Bing Crosby || "It Makes No Difference Now"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix DLA 2275. It makes no difference now / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000268698/DLA_2275-It_makes_no_difference_now |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 3590 || {{Start date|1940|12|16}} || {{Start date|1941|2}} || US BB 1941 #251, US #23 for 1 week, 1 total weeks
|}

==Published popular music==
* "All That Meat and No Potatoes" words and music: [[Fats Waller]] & [[Ed Kirkeby]]
* "[[The Anniversary Waltz]]" w. [[Al Dubin]] m. Dave Franklin
* "Apollo Jump" m. Ernest Puree, [[Prince Robinson]] & [[Lucky Millinder|Lucius "Lucky" Millinder]]
* "Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing In A Hurry" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Victor Schertzinger]]
* "[[Baby Mine (song)|Baby Mine]]" w. [[Ned Washington]] m. [[Frank Churchill]] nominated for Oscar, from the animated feature ''[[Dumbo]]''
* "Be Honest With Me" w.m. [[Fred Rose (songwriter)|Fred Rose]] & [[Gene Autry]]
* "Blue Champagne" w.m. Jimmy Eaton, [[Grady Watts]] & Frank Ryerson
* "[[Blues in the Night]]" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]
* "Boa Noite" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "[[Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy]]" w.m. [[Don Raye]] & Hughie Prince
* "[[Botch-A-Me]]" w. (Eng) Eddie Stanley (Ital) R. Morbelli & L. Astore m. R. Morbelli & L. Astore
* "Casey Junior" w. [[Ned Washington]] m. [[Frank Churchill]] from the animated feature ''[[Dumbo]]''
* "[[Chattanooga Choo Choo]]" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "Cherry" w.m. [[Charles N. Daniels (music)|Charles N. Daniels]]
* "Chica Chica Boom Chic" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "[[Could You Please Oblige Us with a Bren Gun?]]" w.m. [[Noël Coward]]
* "[[Daddy (Sammy Kaye song)|Daddy]]" w.m. [[Bobby Troup]]
* "[[Deep in the Heart of Texas]]" w. June Hershey m. Don Swander
* "Down Forget-Me-Not Lane" w.m. [[Horatio Nicholls]], [[Charlie Chester]] & Reg Morgan
* "[[Elmer's Tune]]" w.m. Elmer Albrecht, [[Sammy Gallop]] & [[Dick Jurgens]]
* "Everything Happens To Me" w. Tom Adair m. Matt Dennis
* "Five Guys Named Moe" w. Larry Wynn m. Jerry Bresler
* "[[God Bless the Child (Billie Holiday song)|God Bless The Child]]" w.m. Arthur Herzog Jr & [[Billie Holiday]]
* "Goodbye Mama, I'm Off To Yokohama" w.m. [[J. Fred Coots]]
* "[[He Wears a Pair of Silver Wings]]" w. Eric Maschwitz m. [[Michael Carr (composer)|Michael Carr]]
* "Hey Little Hen" w.m. [[Ralph Butler]] & [[Noel Gay]]
* "[[How About You?]]" w. [[Ralph Freed]] m. [[Burton Lane]]
* "Humpty Dumpty Heart" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
* "[[The Hut-Sut Song]]" w.m. Leo V. Killion, Ted McMichael & [[Jack Owens, The Cruising Crooner]]
* "[[I Could Write a Book]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]. Introduced by [[Gene Kelly]] and [[Leila Ernst]] in the musical ''[[Pal Joey (musical)|Pal Joey]]''. Performed in the 1953 film version by [[Frank Sinatra]].
* "I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire" w.m. Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus, [[Bennie Benjamin]] & Eddie Durham
* "[[I Dreamt I Dwelt in Harlem]]" w. [[Buddy Feyne]] m. [[Jerry Gray (arranger)|Jerry Gray]], Leonard Ware & Ben Smith
* "[[I Don't Want To Walk Without You]]" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Jule Styne]]
* "[[I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)]]" w. [[Paul Francis Webster]] m. [[Duke Ellington]]
* "I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest" w. Mickey Stoner & Martin Block m. Harold Green
* "[[I Know Why (And So Do You)]]" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "[[I Remember You (1941 song)|I Remember You]]" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Victor Schertzinger]]
* "I Said No!" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Jule Styne]]
* "I See A Million People" w. Robert Sour m. [[Una Mae Carlisle]]
* "[[I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)|I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi]]" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "[[I'll Remember April (song)|I'll Remember April]]" w. [[Don Raye]] & Patricia Johnston m. [[Gene De Paul]]
* "[[I'm Glad There Is You]]" w.m. [[Jimmy Dorsey]] & Paul Madeira Mertz
* "[[Introduction to a Waltz]]" m. [[Glenn Miller]], [[Jerry Gray (arranger)|Jerry Gray]] & Hal Dickinson
* "[[It Happened In Sun Valley]]" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "It's So Peaceful In The Country" w.m. [[Alec Wilder]]
* "[[I Understand (1941 song)|I Understand]]" w. [[Kim Gannon]] m. [[Mabel Wayne]]
* "I've Got Sixpence" w.m. Elton Box & Desmond Cox
* "[[The Saga of Jenny|Jenny]]" (aka "The Saga of Jenny") w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[Kurt Weill]]. Introduced by [[Gertrude Lawrence]] in the musical ''[[Lady in the Dark]]''. Performed in the 1944 film version by [[Ginger Rogers]]
* "Jersey Bounce" m. Bobby Plater, Tiny Bradshaw, Edward Johnson & Robert B. Wright
* "[[Jim (song)|Jim]]" w. Nelson Shawn m. [[Caesar Petrillo]] & Edward Ross
* "Kiss The Boys Goodbye" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Victor Schertzinger]]
* "Knock Me A Kiss" w.m. Mike Jackson
* "Let's All Meet At My House" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
* "[[Let's Get Away from It All]]" w. [[Tom Adair]] m. [[Matt Dennis]]
* "Let's Not Talk About Love" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]
* "[[London Pride (song)|London Pride]]" w.m. [[Noël Coward]]
* "Ma! I Miss Your Apple Pie" w.m. [[Carmen Lombardo]] & [[John Jacob Loeb]]
* "[[Misirlou]]" w. (Eng) Milton Leeds, S. K. Russell & Fred Wise m. N. Roubanis
* "[[Moonlight Cocktail]]" w. [[Kim Gannon]] m. [[Luckey Roberts|C. Luckeyth "Lucky" Roberts]]
* "[[My Adobe Hacienda]]" w.m. [[Louise Massey]] & Lee Penny
* "My Ship" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[Kurt Weill]]
* "[[My Sister and I (song)|My Sister and I]]" w.m. [[Hy Zaret]], [[Joan Whitney (songwriter)|Joan Whitney]] & [[Alex Kramer (songwriter)|Alex Kramer]]
* "[[Oh! Look at Me Now]]" w. [[John DeVries]] m. [[Joe Bushkin]]
* "Please Take A Letter Miss Brown" Paul Cunningham, Ernie Burnett
* "Racing With The Moon" w. [[Vaughn Monroe]] & Pauline Pope m. Johnny Watson
* "Rancho Pillow" [[Charles Newman (lyricist)|Charles Newman]] & [[Allie Wrubel]]
* "Remember Pearl Harbor" w.m. Don Reid & [[Sammy Kaye]]
* "Road To Zanzibar" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]] from the film ''[[Road to Zanzibar|Road To Zanzibar]]''
* "Rose O'Day" w.m. [[Charles Tobias]] & [[Al Lewis (lyricist)|Al Lewis]]
* "Sand In My Shoes" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Victor Schertzinger]]
* "The Shrine Of Saint Cecilia" w. Carroll Loveday m. Nils Perne (Jokern)
* "A Sinner Kissed An Angel" w. [[Mack David]] m. Larry Shayne
* "[[Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat]]" w.m. Leon René, Otis René & Emerson Scott
* "[[So Near and Yet So Far]]" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]. Introduced by [[Fred Astaire]] in the film ''[[You'll Never Get Rich]]''.
* "Starlight Serenade" w.m. [[Sonny Miller]], Frederick Tysh & Hans May
* "The Story Of A Starry Night" w.m. [[Jerry Livingston]], [[Al Hoffman]] & Mann Curtis
* "[[A String of Pearls (song)|A String Of Pearls]]" w. Eddie De Lange m. [[Jerry Gray (arranger)|Jerry Gray]]
* "Sun Valley Jump" m. [[Jerry Gray (arranger)|Jerry Gray]] from the film ''[[Sun Valley Serenade]]''
* "Take The "A" Train" w.m. [[Billy Strayhorn]]
* "[[Tangerine (1941 song)|Tangerine]]" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Victor Schertzinger]]
* "Tenement Symphony" w. Sid Kuller & Ray Golden m. Hal Borne
* "That Lovely Weekend" w.m. [[Ted Heath (bandleader)|Ted Heath]] & Moira Heath
* "There Goes That Song Again" [[Allie Wrubel]]
* "There, I've Said It Again" w.m. [[Redd Evans]] & Dave Mann
* "This Is New" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[Kurt Weill]]
* "[[This Time the Dream's on Me]]" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]. Introduced by [[Priscilla Lane]] in the film ''[[Blues in the Night (film)|Blues in the Night]]''.
* "(Lights Out) 'Til Reveille" w. Stanley Cowan m. Stanley Cowan & Bobby Worth
* "Tonight We Love" w. Bobby Worth m. [[Freddy Martin]] & Ray Austin
* "Tschaikovsky (And Other Russians)" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[Kurt Weill]]. Introduced by [[Danny Kaye]] in the musical ''[[Lady in the Dark]]''
* "Two In Love" w.m. [[Meredith Willson]]
* "Violets For Your Furs" w. Tom Adair m. Matt Dennis
* "The Waiter And The Porter And The Upstairs Maid" w.m [[Johnny Mercer]]
* "[[Walking the Floor Over You]]" w.m. [[Ernest Tubb]]
* "We're The Couple In The Castle" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Hoagy Carmichael]]
* "[[When I Love I Love]]" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "When I See an Elephant Fly" w. [[Ned Washington]] m. Oliver Wallace
* "When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again" w.m. Wiley Walker & Gene Sullivan
* "When They Sound The Last All Clear" w.m. [[Hughie Charles]], Louis Elton
* "[[(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover]]" w. Nat Burton m. Walter Kent
* "[[Why Don't We Do This More Often?]]" w. [[Charles Newman (songwriter)|Charles Newman]] m. [[Allie Wrubel]]
* "Winter Weather" w.m. [[Ted Shapiro]]
* "You And I" w.m. [[Meredith Willson]]
* "[[You Don't Know What Love Is]]" w. [[Don Raye]] m. [[Gene De Paul]]

==Other publications==
*[[Robert van Gulik]] – ''The Lore of the Chinese Lute: An Essay in Ch'in Ideology''

==Classical music==

===Premieres===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
|-
| [[William Alwyn|Alwyn, William]] || ''[[Pastoral Fantasia for Viola and Orchestra]]'' || 1941-11-03 || Bedford, UK || [[Watson Forbes|Forbes]] / [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] – [[Adrian Boult|Boult]]<ref>[http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.570704&catNum=570704&filetype=About+this+Recording&language=English Naxos Records]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Hg8WAxFjyrAC&pg=PA78&lpg=PA78&dq=william+alwyn+1941+bbc+pastoral+fantasia+%22watson+forbes%22&source=bl&ots=4WCgZ95Qir&sig=0evXctiW8DIrvehMwj5T_Ad-7Z0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDQQ6AEwA2oVChMI--_S-I70xgIVhkAUCh3OzAt0#v=onepage&q=william%20alwyn%201941%20bbc%20pastoral%20fantasia%20%22watson%20forbes%22&f=false The Innumerable Dance: The Life and Work of William Alwyn]</ref>
|-
| [[Samuel Barber|Barber, Samuel]] || [[Violin Concerto (Barber)|Violin Concerto]] || 1941-02-07 || Philadelphia || [[Albert Spalding (violinist)|Spalding]] / [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] – [[Eugene Ormandy|Ormandy]]<ref>[http://nyphil.org/~/media/pdfs/program-notes/1415/BarberConcerto%20for%20Violin%20and%20Orchestra.pdf New York Philharmonic]</ref>
|-
| [[Béla Bartók|Bartók, Béla]] || [[String Quartet No. 6 (Bartók)|String Quartet No. 6]] || 1941-02-07 || New York City || [[Kolisch Quartet]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=6OCOvvu0O1wC&pg=PA32&lpg=PA32&dq=bartok+quartet+6+kolisch+1941&source=bl&ots=orbpCc6yXU&sig=cIAJ_tzO1LArPAAHtNfS2JpoeDk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAmoVChMIzfOerZjoxgIVywfbCh2bqQh-#v=onepage&q=bartok%20quartet%206%20kolisch%201941&f=false Chamber Music: A Listener's Guide]</ref>
|-
| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || ''[[Matinées musicales]]'' || 1941-06-27 || Rio de Janeiro || [[American Ballet Company|American Ballet Company Orchestra]] – [[Emanuel Balaban|Balaban]]<ref>[http://classicalnotes.blogspot.com.es/2011/01/matinees-musicales-britten.html MUSIClassical Notes]</ref>
|-
| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || ''[[Sinfonia da Requiem]]'' || 1941-03-30 || New York City || [[New York Philharmonic Orchestra|New York Philharmonic]] – [[John Barbirolli|Barbirolli]]<ref>[http://www.flaminioonline.it/Guide/Britten/Britten-Requiem20.html Orchestra Virtuale del Flaminio]</ref>
|-
| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || [[String Quartet No. 1 (Britten)|String Quartet No. 1]] || 1941-09-21 || Los Angeles || [[Coolidge Quartet]]<ref>[https://goodmorningbritten.wordpress.com/2013/09/11/listening-to-britten-string-quartet-no-1-in-d-major-op-25/ Good Morning Britten]</ref>
|-
| [[Aaron Copland|Copland, Aaron]] || [[Piano Sonata (Copland)|Piano Sonata]] || 1941-10-21 || Buenos Aires || Copland<ref>[http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.559184&catNum=559184&filetype=About+this+Recording&language=English Naxos Records]</ref>
|-
| [[Luigi Dallapiccola|Dallapiccola, Luigi]] || ''[[Canti di prigionia]]'' || 1941-12-11 || Rome || [unknown ensemble] – [[Fernando Previtali|Previtali]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|7564|Luigi Dallapiccola: ''Canti di prigionia''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Luigi Dallapiccola|Dallapiccola, Luigi]] || ''[[Piccolo concerto per Muriel Couvreux]]'' || 1941-05-01 || Rome || [unknown ensemble] – [[Fernando Previtali|Previtali]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|24971|Luigi Dallapiccola: ''Piccolo concerto per Muriel Couvreux''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Alberto Ginastera|Ginastera, Alberto]] || ''[[Concierto argentino]]'' || 1941-07-18 || Montevideo, Uruguay || [[Hugo Balzo|Balzo]] / [[SODRE Symphony Orchestra|SODRE Symphony]] – [[Lamberto Baldi|Baldi]]<ref>}}IRACM work|31583|Alberto Ginastera: ''Concierto argentino''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Bernard Herrmann|Herrmann, Bernard]] || [[Symphony No. 1 (Herrmann)|Symphony]] || 1941-07-27 || New York City || [[CBS Symphony Orchestra|CBS Symphony]] – Herrmann<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-1mUcGRpt0EC&pg=PA89&lpg=PA89&dq=herrmann+cbs+symphony+1941&source=bl&ots=pq6iwMc8h9&sig=Al5RnCTsfTDi60l4fZUM2FkzZbA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDkQ6AEwA2oVChMIluLQrofoxgIVhA9yCh3cBgAu#v=onepage&q=herrmann%20cbs%20symphony%201941&f=false Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann]</ref>
|-
| [[Paul Hindemith|Hindemith, Paul]] || [[Cello Concerto (Hindemith)|Cello Concerto]] || 1941-02-07 || Boston || [[Gregor Piatigorsky|Piatigorsky]] / [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony]] – [[Sergei Koussevitzky|Koussevitzky]]<ref>[http://www.schott-music.com/shop/show,33092,cmss,3369.html#show_details Schott Music]</ref>
|-
| [[Olivier Messiaen|Messiaen, Olivier]] || ''[[Quatuor pour la fin du temps]]'' || 1941-01-15 || Görlitz, Germany || [[Jean Le Boulaire|Le Boulaire]], [[Henri Akoka|Akoka]], [[Étienne Pasquier (cellist)|Pasquier]], Messiaen<ref>{{IRCAM work|10612|Olivier Messiaen: ''Quatuor pour la fin du temps''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Vítězslav Novák|Novák, Vítězslav]] || ''[[De Profundis (Novák)|De Profundis]]'' || 1941-11-20 || Brno, Czechoslovakia || [[Jiří Reinberger|Reinberger]] / [[Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra|Prague Radio Symphony]] – [[Břetislav Bakala|Bakala]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150721190426/http://www.wrightmusic.net/pdfs/vitezslav-novak.pdf Wright Music]</ref>
|-
| [[Sergei Rachmaninoff|Rachmaninoff, Sergei]] || [[Symphonic Dances (Rachmaninoff)|Symphonic Dances]] || 1941-01-03 || Philadelphia || [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] – [[Eugene Ormandy|Ormandy]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bhco.co.uk/pages/node/234 |title=Brandon Hill Chamber Orchestra |access-date=July 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918075713/http://bhco.co.uk/pages/node/234 |archive-date=September 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|-
| [[William Schuman|Schuman, William]] || [[Symphony No. 3 (Schuman)|Symphony No. 3]] || 1941-10-17 || Boston || [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony]] – [[Serge Koussevitzky|Koussevitzky]]<ref>[http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/work/32750 Musicsales Classical]</ref>
|-
|}

===Compositions===
*[[Joseph Achron]] – Concerto for Piano Solo
*[[Richard Addinsell]] – ''[[Warsaw Concerto]]''
*[[Hanns Eisler]] – ''Vierzehn Arten den Regen zu Beschreiben (Fourteen Ways of Describing the Rain)''
*[[Roberto Gerhard]] – ''Sinfonía homenaje a Pedrell ''
*[[Reinhold Glière]] – ''Pochodnyj marš (Field march)'' for wind orchestra, op. 76
*[[Paul Hindemith]] – English Horn Sonata (premiered November 23 in New York City)
*[[Vagn Holmboe]] – Symphony No. 3, ''Sinfonia rustica''
**Symphony No. 4, ''Sinfonia sacra''
*[[Wilhelm Kienzl]] – String Quartet No.3, Op.113
*[[Olivier Messiaen]] – ''[[Quatuor pour la fin du temps|Quatour pour la fin du temps]]''
*[[Harry Partch]] – ''Barstow''
*[[Sergei Prokofiev]] – String Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 92
*[[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] – ''Lullaby'' (Paraphrase of Tchaikovsky's "Cradle Song" Op. 16 No. 1)
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] – [[Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 7 C major, Op. 60 "Leningrad"]]
*[[Lukas Foss]] – Concerto No. 1 for clarinet and orchestra

==Opera==
*[[Benjamin Britten]] – ''[[Paul Bunyan (operetta)|Paul Bunyan]]''
*[[Miguel Bernal Jiménez]] – ''[[Tata Vasco (opera)|Tata Vasco]]''
*[[William Grant Still]] – ''[[A Bayou Legend]]'', with libretto by [[Verna Arvey]]

==Film==
*[[Bernard Herrmann]] – ''[[Citizen Kane]]''
*[[Bernard Herrmann]] – ''[[The Devil and Daniel Webster (film)|The Devil and Daniel Webster]]''
*[[Erich Korngold]] – ''[[The Sea Wolf (1941 film)|The Sea Wolf]]''
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] – ''[[49th Parallel (film)|49th Parallel]]''

==Jazz==
{{Main|1941 in jazz}}

== Musical theatre ==
* ''[[Apple Sauce (musical)|Apple Sauce]]'' London [[revue]] opened at the [[London Palladium|Palladium]] on March 5
* ''[[Banjo Eyes]]'' Broadway production opened on December 25 at the [[Mark Hellinger Theatre|Hollywood Theatre]] and ran for 126 performances.
* ''[[Best Foot Forward (musical)|Best Foot Forward]]'' Broadway production opened on October 1 at the [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]] and ran for 326 performances.
* ''[[Get a Load of This (musical)|Get a Load of This]]'' [[West End theatre|London]] production opened on November 19 at the [[Hippodrome, London|Hippodrome Theatre]] and ran for 698 performances.
* ''[[High Kickers]]'' Broadway production opened on October 31 at the [[Broadhurst Theatre]] and ran for 171 performances.
* ''[[It Happens on Ice]]'' Broadway [[Revue]] opened on July 15 at the [[Center Theatre (New York, New York)|Center Theatre]] and ran for 386 performances.
* ''[[Lady Behave]]'' London production opened at [[Her Majesty's Theatre|His Majesty's Theatre]] on July 24 and ran for 401 performances
* ''[[Lady in the Dark]]'' Broadway production opened on January 23 at the [[Alvin Theatre]] and ran for 467 performances.
* ''[[Let's Face It!]]'' Broadway production opened on October 29 at the [[Imperial Theatre (Broadway)|Imperial Theatre]] and ran for 547 performances.
* ''[[Sons O' Fun]]'' Broadway Revue opened on December 1 at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] and ran for 742 performances.

== Musical films ==
* ''[[Alle gaar rundt og forelsker sig]]'', starring [[Lilian Ellis]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.danskefilm.dk/film.php?id=51 |title=Alle gaar rundt og forelsker sig |language=Danish |website=danskefilm.dk |access-date=16 March 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[Apavadu]]''
* ''[[Babes on Broadway]]''
* ''[[Birth of the Blues]]''
* ''[[Blues in the Night (film)|Blues in the Night]]''
* ''[[The Chocolate Soldier (film)|The Chocolate Soldier]]''
* ''[[Dumbo]]''
* ''[[Háry János (1941 film)|Háry János]]'', starring [[Antal Páger (actor)|Antal Páger]] and [[Margit Dajka]]
* ''[[He Found a Star]]'' starring [[Vic Oliver]], [[Sarah Churchill (actress)|Sarah Churchill]] and [[Evelyn Dall]]
* ''[[Hold That Ghost]]'' starring [[Bud Abbott]] and [[Lou Costello]] and featuring [[The Andrews Sisters]] and [[Ted Lewis (musician)|Ted Lewis]] and his Band
* ''[[In the Navy (film)|In the Navy]]'' starring [[Bud Abbott]], [[Lou Costello]], [[Dick Powell]] and [[The Andrews Sisters]]
* ''[[Kiss the Boys Goodbye]]'' starring [[Don Ameche]] and [[Mary Martin]]
* ''[[Lady Be Good (1941 film)|Lady Be Good]]''
* ''[[Moon Over Miami (film)|Moon Over Miami]]''
* ''[[Navy Blues (1941 film)|Navy Blues]]'' starring [[Ann Sheridan]], [[Jack Oakie]], [[Martha Raye]] and [[Jack Haley]]
* ''[[Playmates (1941 film)|Playmates]]''
* ''[[Rise and Shine (film)|Rise and Shine]]'' starring [[Jack Oakie]], [[Linda Darnell]], [[George Murphy]] and [[Milton Berle]]
* ''[[Road to Zanzibar]]''
* ''[[San Antonio Rose (film)|San Antonio Rose]]'' starring [[Robert Paige]], [[Jane Frazee]], [[Eve Arden]] and [[The Merry Macs]]
* ''[[Sis Hopkins]]'' starring [[Judy Canova]], [[Bob Crosby]], [[Jerry Colonna (entertainer)|Jerry Colonna]] and [[Susan Hayward]]
* ''[[Smilin' Through (1941 film)|Smilin' Through]]''
* ''[[Sun Valley Serenade]]''
* ''[[Sunny (1941 film)|Sunny]]''
* ''[[Sweetheart of the Campus]]''
* ''[[That Certain Something]]''
* ''[[That Night in Rio]]''
* ''[[They Met in Argentina]]''
* ''[[Time Out for Rhythm]]''
* ''[[Too Many Blondes]]'' starring [[Rudy Vallee]] and [[Helen Parrish]]
* ''[[Week-End in Havana]]''
* ''[[You'll Never Get Rich]]'' starring [[Fred Astaire]], [[Rita Hayworth]] and [[Robert Benchley]]. Directed by [[Sidney Lanfield]].
* ''[[You're the One (1941 film)|You're the One]]'' starring [[Bonnie Baker (singer)|Bonnie Baker]], [[Orrin Tucker]] & his Orchestra, [[Edward Everett Horton]] and [[Jerry Colonna (entertainer)|Jerry Colonna]]
* ''[[Ziegfeld Girl (film)|Ziegfeld Girl]]''
* ''[[Zis Boom Bah]]'' starring [[Grace Hayes]], [[Peter Lind Hayes]], [[Mary Healy (entertainer)|Mary Healy]], [[Richard "Skeets" Gallagher|Skeets Gallagher]] and [[Benny Rubin]], and directed by [[William Nigh]]

==Births==
*[[January 3]] – [[Van Dyke Parks]], singer, arranger and composer
*[[January 9]]
**[[Joan Baez]], folk singer
**[[Roy Head]], singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)
*[[January 11]] – [[Dave Edwards (musician)|Dave Edwards]], American musician (died [[2000 in music|2000]])
*[[January 12]] – [[Long John Baldry]], R&B singer (Blues Incorporated) (died [[2005 in music|2005]])
*[[January 15]] – [[Captain Beefheart]], musician and artist (died 2010)
*[[January 18]] – [[David Ruffin]] ([[The Temptations]]) (died 1991)
*[[January 20]] – [[Ron Townson]], [[The 5th Dimension]] (died 2001)
*[[January 21]]
**[[Plácido Domingo]], operatic tenor
**[[Richie Havens]], folk singer (died [[2013 in music|2013]])
*[[January 24]]
**[[Michael Chapman (singer)|Michael Chapman]], folk guitarist and singer-songwriter (died 2021)
**[[Neil Diamond]], singer-songwriter
**[[Aaron Neville]], R&B and soul vocalist and musician ([[The Neville Brothers]])
* [[January 27]] – [[Bobby Hutcherson]], African-American jazz musician (died 2016)
*[[January 28]] – [[Cash McCall (musician)|Cash McCall]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010)
*[[February 4]] – [[John Steel (drummer)|John Steel]], rock drummer [[The Animals]]
*[[February 5]] – [[Barrett Strong]], singer-songwriter
*[[February 6]] – [[Dave Berry (musician)|Dave Berry]], singer (Dave Berry and the Crusaders)
*[[February 11]]
**Earl Lewis ([[The Channels]])
**[[Sergio Mendes]], Latin American musician
**[[Tom Rush]], folk & blues singer
*[[February 12]] – [[Dominguinhos]], Brazilian composer, accordionist and singer (died 2013)
*[[February 15]] – [[Brian Holland]], songwriter
*[[February 17]] – [[Gene Pitney]], pop singer-songwriter (died 2006)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hartfordcourant/obituary.aspx?n=gene-pitney&pid=17314701&fhid=3196|title=Gene Pitney Obituary – Rockville, CT |newspaper=[[Hartford Courant]]|access-date=15 April 2020}}</ref>
*[[February 18]]
**[[Herman Santiago]], rock & roll singer-songwriter ([[The Teenagers|Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers]])
**[[Irma Thomas]], soul singer
*[[February 20]] – [[Buffy Sainte-Marie]], singer and composer
*[[February 24]] – [[Joanie Sommers]], singer and actress
*[[March 6]] – [[Palle Mikkelborg]], jazz trumpeter and composer
*[[March 8]] – [[Ivana Loudová]], composer (died 2017)
*[[March 12]] – [[Paul Kantner]], psychedelic rock guitarist ([[Jefferson Airplane]], [[KBC Band]]) (died 2016)
*[[March 15]] – [[Mike Love]], rock singer ([[The Beach Boys]])
*[[March 18]] – [[Wilson Pickett]], soul singer (died 2006)
*[[March 22]] – [[Jeremy Clyde]], singer ([[Chad and Jeremy]])
*[[March 24]] – [[Michael Masser]], songwriter, composer and producer of popular music (died [[2015 in music|2015]])
*[[March 28]] – [[Alf Clausen]], orchestra conductor (''[[The Simpsons]]'')
*[[March 30]] – [[Graeme Edge]] ([[The Moody Blues]])
*[[April 3]]
** [[Jan Berry]], American singer (''Jan & Dean'') (died [[2004 in music|2004]])
** [[Jorma Hynninen]], Finnish baritone
** [[Philippé Wynne]], American musician (died [[1984 in music|1984]])
*[[April 5]]
**[[David LaFlamme]], born Gary Posie, classical and rock violinist ([[It's a Beautiful Day]])
**[[Dave Swarbrick]], folk rock fiddle player ([[Fairport Convention]]) (died [[2016 in music|2016]])
*[[April 8]] – [[J. J. Jackson (media personality)|J. J. Jackson]] (died 2004)
*[[April 9]] – [[Kay Adams (singer)|Kay Adams]], country singer
*[[April 17]] – [[Adolphus Hailstork]], composer and educator<ref>{{cite book|title=Woodwind Music of Black Composers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xub8o3ozLuEC&pg=PA24|year=1990|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-27265-3|pages=24}}</ref>
*[[April 19]] – [[Roberto Carlos (singer)|Roberto Carlos]], singer
*[[April 21]] – [[Jim Owen (singer-songwriter)|Jim Owen]], country singer-songwriter (died [[2020 in music|2020]])
*[[April 28]]
**[[Peter Anders (songwriter)|Peter Anders]], [[The Tradewinds]]
**[[Ann-Margret]], actress and singer<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul Michael|title=Movie Greats: The Players, Directors, Producers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xQwnAQAAIAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Garland Books|page=1950}}</ref>
*[[April 30]] – [[Johnny Farina]] ([[Santo & Johnny]])
*[[May 4]] – Richard Burns ([[The Hondells]])
*[[May 8]] – [[John Fred]], vocalist ([[John Fred & His Playboy Band]]) (died [[2005 in music|2005]])<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-fred-489685.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-fred-489685.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | location=London | work=The Independent | title=John Fred | date=18 April 2005|access-date=15 April 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[May 9]]
**[[Peter Birrell]] ([[Freddie & The Dreamers]])
**[[Danny Rapp]], American singer ([[Danny and the Juniors]]) (died 1983)
*[[May 11]] – [[Eric Burdon]], R&B singer ([[The Animals]])
*[[May 13]]
**[[Joe Brown (singer)|Joe Brown]], singer and guitarist
**[[Ritchie Valens]], singer (died 1959)
*[[May 18]] – [[Lobby Loyde]], Australian guitarist, songwriter and producer ([[Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs]], [[Purple Hearts (Australian band)|Purple Hearts]], [[Wild Cherries]] and [[Rose Tattoo]]) (died 2007)
*[[May 21]] – [[Ronald Isley]] ([[The Isley Brothers]])
*[[May 24]]
**Konrad Boehmer, composer
**[[Bob Dylan]], folk singer-songwriter
*[[May 27]] – [[Teppo Hauta-aho]], Finnish double bassist and composer
*[[June 1]] – [[Edo de Waart]], conductor
*[[June 2]]
**[[William Guest (singer)|William Guest]], R&B/soul singer ([[Gladys Knight & the Pips]])
**[[Charlie Watts]], rock drummer ([[The Rolling Stones]]) (died 2021)<ref>{{cite book|first=Cleveland|last=Amory|title=Celebrity Register|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yfsZAAAAYAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Harper & Row|isbn=978-0-9615476-0-8|page=251}}</ref>
*[[June 5]] – [[Martha Argerich]], pianist
*[[June 7]] – [[Jaime Laredo]], Bolivian-American violinist and conductor<ref>{{cite book|first=Niels A.|last=Miller|title=Encyclopedia of Music Philately|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HkE7AAAAMAAJ|year=1963|publisher=American Topical Association|page=9}}</ref>
*[[June 8]] – [[Fuzzy Haskins]], musician
*[[June 9]] – [[Jon Lord]], rock keyboard player and composer ([[Deep Purple]]) (died [[2012 in music|2012]])
*[[June 10]]
**[[Mickey Jones]], rock drummer and character actor (died [[2018 in music|2018]])
**[[Shirley Owens]], soul singer ([[The Shirelles]])
**[[Aida Vedishcheva]], Soviet and Russian singer
*[[June 12]]
**[[Chick Corea]], jazz musician (died 2021)<ref>{{cite news|last=Shteamer|first=Hank|date=February 11, 2021|title=Chick Corea, Jazz Pianist Who Expanded the Possibilities of the Genre, Dead at 79|work=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chick-corea-obit-1127283/|access-date=February 11, 2021}}</ref>
**[[Roy Harper (singer)|Roy Harper]], folk rock singer-songwriter
**[[Reg Presley]], rock singer-songwriter ([[The Troggs]]) (died 2013)
*[[June 13]] – [[Esther Ofarim]], singer<ref>{{cite book|author1=Olaf Glöckner|author2=Haim Fireberg|title=Being Jewish in 21st-Century Germany|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c561CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT179|date=25 September 2015|publisher=De Gruyter|isbn=978-3-11-039574-7|pages=179}}</ref>
*[[June 15]] – [[Harry Nilsson]], singer-songwriter (died [[1994 in music|1994]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Alyn Shipton|title=Nilsson: The Life of a Singer-Songwriter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QZceAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1|date=8 August 2013|publisher=OUP USA|isbn=978-0-19-975657-5|pages=1}}</ref>
*[[June 16]] – [[Lamont Dozier]], songwriter (died [[2022 in music|2022]])
*[[June 23]] – [[Robert Hunter (lyricist)|Robert Hunter]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[The Grateful Dead]])
*[[June 24]] – [[Erkin Koray]], Turkish musician
*[[July 5]] – [[Terry Cashman]], record producer and singer-songwriter
*[[July 7]] – [[Jim Rodford]], bass guitarist ([[Argent (band)|Argent]]) (died 2018)
*[[July 16]] – [[Desmond Dekker]], reggae musician (died 2006)
*[[July 17]]
**[[Spencer Davis]], instrumentalist ([[The Spencer Davis Group]])
**[[Gribouille]], singer (died 1968)
*[[July 18]]
**[[Lonnie Mack]], rock and blues guitarist (died 2016)
**[[Martha Reeves]], vocalist
*[[July 19]] – [[Vicki Carr]], singer
*[[July 22]]
** [[Estelle Bennett]] ([[The Ronettes]]) (died 2009)
** [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]], American musician
*[[July 25]] – [[Manny Charlton]] ([[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]])
*[[July 26]] – [[Brenton Wood]], singer-songwriter
*[[July 27]] – [[Johannes Fritsch]], composer and violist (died 2010)
*[[July 28]] – [[Riccardo Muti]], conductor
*[[July 30]] – [[Paul Anka]], singer-songwriter
*[[August 2]] – [[Doris Coley]] ([[The Shirelles]]) (died 2000)
*[[August 3]] – [[Beverly Lee]] ([[The Shirelles]])
*[[August 4]] – [[Timi Yuro]], soul singer (died 2004)
*[[August 14]]
**[[David Crosby]], rock singer-songwriter ([[The Byrds]], [[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young|Crosby, Stills & Nash]])
**[[Connie Smith]], country singer-songwriter
*[[August 19]] – [[Alain Boublil]], librettist
*[[August 20]] – [[Dave Brock]] ([[Hawkwind]])
*[[August 21]]
**[[Tom Coster]] ([[Carlos Santana|Santana]])
**[[Jackie DeShannon]], singer-songwriter
*[[August 22]] – [[Marvell Thomas]], African-American Memphis blues keyboardist (died 2017)
*[[August 24]] – [[Kenny Rogers]], country musician (died 2020)
*[[August 26]] – [[Chris Curtis]] ([[The Searchers (band)|The Searchers]]) (died 2005)
*[[August 27]] – [[Cesária Évora]], [[Morna (music)|morna]] vocalist (died 2011)
*[[August 28]] – [[Joseph Shabalala]], choral director ([[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]]) (died 2020)
*[[August 30]] – [[John McNally (musician)|John McNally]] ([[The Searchers (band)|The Searchers]])
*[[September 9]] – [[Otis Redding]], soul singer (died 1967)
*[[September 10]] – [[Christopher Hogwood]], conductor and harpsichordist (died 2014)
*[[September 13]] – [[David Clayton-Thomas]], vocalist ([[Blood, Sweat & Tears]])
*[[September 14]] – [[Alberto Naranjo]], arranger and composer (died 2020)
*[[September 19]] – [[Cass Elliot]], singer (died 1974)
*[[September 24]] – [[Linda McCartney]] ([[Wings (band)|Wings]]) (died 1998)
*[[September 26]] – [[Salvatore Accardo]], Italian violinist and conductor
*[[October 2]] – [[Ron Meagher]] ([[The Beau Brummels]])
*[[October 3]] – [[Chubby Checker]], singer
*[[October 4]] – [[Mighty Shadow]], Trinidadian calypsonian (died [[2018 in music|2018]])
*[[October 13]] – [[Paul Simon]], singer-songwriter
*[[October 17]]
**Alan Howard ([[The Tremeloes]])
**[[James Seals]] ([[Seals and Crofts]])
*[[October 21]]
**[[Manfred Lubowitz]] ([[Manfred Mann]])
**[[Steve Cropper]], [[Booker T. & the M.G.'s]]
*[[October 24]] – [[Helen Reddy]], singer (died 2020)
*[[October 28]]
**[[Curtis Lee]], singer (died 2015)
**[[Hank Marvin]], guitarist ([[The Shadows]])
*[[October 30]] – [[Otis Williams]], vocalist ([[The Temptations]])
*[[November 2]]
**[[The Tremeloes|Brian Poole]], singer ([[The Tremeloes]])
**[[Bruce Welch]], guitarist and singer ([[The Shadows]])
*[[November 5]] – [[Art Garfunkel]], singer
*[[November 6]] – [[Doug Sahm]] ([[Sir Douglas Quintet]]) (died 1999)
*[[November 8]] – [[Simon Standage]], baroque violinist
*[[November 9]] – [[Tom Fogerty]], rock rhythm guitarist ([[Creedence Clearwater Revival]]) (died 1990)
*[[November 13]] – [[Odia Coates]], singer (died 1991)
*[[November 16]] – [[Dan Penn]], American singer-songwriter and producer
*[[November 20]] – [[Dr. John]], American singer-songwriter and musician (died 2019)
*[[November 21]] – [[David Porter (musician)|David Porter]], American soul musician
*[[November 24]]
**[[Pete Best]], rock drummer ([[The Beatles]], original lineup)
**[[Donald "Duck" Dunn]], rock bass guitarist ([[Booker T. & the M.G.'s]], [[The Blues Brothers]]) (died 2012)
*[[November 27]] – [[Eddie Rabbitt]], country singer-songwriter ([[Amos Garrett]]) (died 1998)
*[[November 29]] – [[Denny Doherty]], folk singer ([[The Mamas & the Papas]]) (died 2007)
*[[December 2]] – [[Tom McGuinness (musician)|Tom McGuinness]], English pop guitarist ([[Manfred Mann]])
*[[December 10]]
**[[Kyu Sakamoto]], Japanese singer and actor (died 1985)
**[[Peter Sarstedt]], Indian-born British singer-songwriter (died 2017)
**[[Chad Stuart]], English folk rock singer ([[Chad & Jeremy]])
*[[December 12]] – [[Tim Hauser]], American singer ([[The Manhattan Transfer]]) (died 2014)
*[[December 18]] – [[Sam Andrew]], American rock musician ([[Big Brother & The Holding Company]]) (died 2015)
*[[December 19]] – [[Maurice White]], American R&B musician ([[Earth, Wind and Fire]]) (died 2016)
*[[December 27]]
**[[Les Maguire]], English pop pianist ([[Gerry & the Pacemakers]])
**[[Mike Pinder]], English rock keyboard player ([[The Moody Blues]])
*[[December 29]] – [[Ray Thomas]], English rock flautist and singer-songwriter (The Moody Blues) (died 2018)

==Deaths==
*[[January 7]] – [[:fr:Louis Bousquet|Louis Bousquet]], composer and lyricist (born 1871)
*[[January 10]] – [[Frank Bridge]], composer, 61
*[[January 23]] – [[Dobri Hristov]], composer, 65
*[[February 5]] – [[Miina Härma]], Estonian organist, composer, and conductor, 76<ref>{{cite book|first=Tiit|last=Kändler|translator-first=Küllike|translator-last=Lengi-Cooper|title=A Hundred Great Estonians of the 20th Century|location=Tallinn|publisher=Estonian Encyclopaedia Publishers|year=2002|page=52|isbn=978-9-98570-103-4}}</ref>
*[[February 13]] – [[Blind Boy Fuller]], blues musician
*[[February 15]] – [[Guido Adler]], musicologist
*[[February 19]] – Sir [[Hamilton Harty]], conductor and composer, 61
*[[February 21]] – [[La Bolduc]], Québécois singer, 46 (cancer)
*[[March 11]] – Sir [[Henry Walford Davies]], composer, 71
*[[March 12]] – [[Ernst Décsey]], music critic, 70
*[[March 17]] – [[Wassily Sapellnikoff]], pianist
*[[March 20]] – [[Oskar Baum]], music teacher and writer
*[[March 27]] – [[Primo Riccitelli]], Italian composer, 65
*[[April 6]] – [[Henry Burr]], popular singer
*[[April 17]] – [[Al Bowlly]], popular singer
*[[April 19]] – [[Johanna Müller-Hermann]], Austrian composer and teacher
*[[April 21]] – [[Agustín Bardi]], tango composer, pianist and violinist, 56 (heart attack)
*[[May 1]]
**[[Julia Claussen]], operatic mezzo-soprano
**[[Howard Johnson (lyricist)|Howard Johnson]], lyricist
*[[May 18]] – [[Milka Ternina]], Croatian dramatic soprano
*[[May 23]] – [[Slavko Osterc]], Slovenian composer
*[[May 30]] – [[Edmund L. Gruber]], composer (born 1879)
*[[June 17]] – [[Johan Wagenaar]], organist and composer, 78
*[[June 29]] – [[Ignacy Jan Paderewski]], pianist and composer, former Prime Minister of Poland, 80
*[[July 5]] – [[Oskar Fried]], conductor and composer
*[[July 8]] – [[Philippe Gaubert]], composer and conductor, 62
*[[July 10]] – [[Jelly Roll Morton]], jazz pianist, 55 (asthma)
*[[July 30]] – [[Hugo Becker]], cellist, 78
*[[August 16]] – [[John Coates (tenor)|John Coates]], operatic tenor
*[[August 30]] – [[Hong Nan-pa]], composer, violinist, conductor, music critic and educator, 44
*[[September 18]] – [[Louis Feuillard]], French cellist and professor (born 1872)
*[[September 19]] – [[Enrique Saborido]], tango pianist and composer, 64
*[[October 3]] – [[Wilhelm Kienzl]], Austrian composer and conductor (born 1857)
*[[October 8]]
**[[Helen Morgan (singer)|Helen Morgan]], US singer and actress, 41 (cirrhosis of the liver)
**[[Gus Kahn]], US lyric writer, 54
*[[October 26]] – [[Victor Schertzinger]], violinist and composer, 53 (heart attack)
*[[October 29]] – [[Edmée Favart]], operatic soprano, 62
*[[October 30]] – [[Chu Berry|Leon "Chu" Berry]], jazz saxophonist, 33 (car accident)
*[[November 1]] – [[Félix Mayol]], singer, 68
*[[November 16]] – [[Miina Härma]], organist and composer, 77
*[[November 17]] – [[Edmond Haraucourt]], lyricist (born 1856)
*[[November 25]] – [[Henri Christiné]], composer,
*[[November 29]] – [[Gennaro Papi]], Italian opera conductor, 54
*[[December 3]] – [[Christian Sinding]], composer, 85
*[[December 21]] – [[Peetie Wheatstraw]], blues singer, 39 (car accident)
*[[December 22]] – [[Jurgis Karnavičius (composer)|Jurgis Karnavičius]], composer, 57
*[[December 24]] – [[Siegfried Alkan]], composer, 83
*''date unknown'' – [[William H. Potstock]], music teacher and composer

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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1939 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1939.

==Specific locations==
*[[1939 in British music]]
*[[1939 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1939 in country music]]
*[[1939 in jazz]]

==Events==
* [[January 4]]- New band to be headed by [[Harry James]], first trumpet with [[Benny Goodman]], goes into rehearsal Jan. 6. Embryo outfit has already been dated for a short stay at the Statler Hotel, Boston, opening Feb. 1st. James has taken [[Buddy Rich]] from [[Bunny Berigan]]'s orch to handle the drums.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 4, 1939 |title=Harry James Pencilled In |pages=165 |work=Variety |url=https://archive.org/details/variety133-1939-01/page/n163/mode/2up?q=Harry+James |access-date=June 18, 2022}}</ref>
* [[February]] – Recording of '[[A-Tisket, A-Tasket]]' turned out by [[Ella Fitzgerald]] and [[Chick Webb]] for [[Decca Records|Decca]] has established a new eight-year high in sales for the industry. The sales on this 35c have already gone over 250,000. The company's previous record had been the 160,000 copies achieved by [[Bing Crosby|Bing Crosby's]] version of '[[Sweet Leilani]].'<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 1939 |title=Some New Highs |pages=39 |work=Variety |url=https://archive.org/details/variety133-1939-02/page/n149/mode/2up?q=highs |access-date=June 18, 2022}}</ref>
* [[February 24]] – [[Symphony No. 3 (Harris)|Symphony No. 3]] by [[Roy Harris]], receives its world premiere in Boston, as [[Serge Koussevitzky]] conducts the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]]
* [[April 9]] – African-American [[contralto]] [[Marian Anderson]] performs before 75,000 people at the [[Lincoln Memorial]] in Washington, D.C., after having been denied the use both of [[Constitution Hall]] by the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]], and of a public high school by the federally controlled [[District of Columbia]]. [[First Lady of the United States]] [[Eleanor Roosevelt]] resigns from the DAR because of their decision.
*[[May 17]] – [[Sergei Prokofiev]]'s ''[[Alexander Nevsky (Prokofiev)|Alexander Nevsky]]'' ([[Opus number|Op.]] 78) [[cantata]] debuts in Moscow. It is an adaptation from the 1938 film score to ''[[Alexander Nevsky (film)|Alexander Nevsky]]''.
*[[May 22]] – [[Columbia Records|Columbia Recording Corporation]] incorporated in Delaware.
*[[June 10]] – Première of [[Arthur Bliss]]'s [[Piano Concerto (Bliss)|Piano Concerto in B-flat]] with soloist [[Solomon (pianist)|Solomon]]; [[Arnold Bax]]'s [[Symphony No. 7 (Bax)|7th Symphony]]; and [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]]' ''[[Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus]]'', with the [[New York Philharmonic]] under Sir [[Adrian Boult]] at [[Carnegie Hall]].
*[[August 22]] – "[[You Are My Sunshine]]" first recorded.
*[[June 21]] – [[Francis Poulenc]]'s ''[[Organ Concerto (Poulenc)|Organ Concerto]]'' is premièred in Paris.
*[[November 1]] – [[Bruno Walter]] leaves Germany for the United States.
*December – [[Ali Akbar Khan]] accompanies [[Ravi Shankar]] on the sarod during the latter's debut performance at the annual music conference in [[Allahabad]].
*[[December 31]] – A special concert of music by [[Johann Strauss II]] is performed by the [[Vienna Philharmonic]] conducted by [[Clemens Krauss]] in the great hall of the [[Musikverein]] in [[Vienna]], predecessor of a continuing series of [[Vienna New Year's Concert]]s.
*[[Harry James]] forms his own band with [[Frank Sinatra]] as vocalist.
*The [[Nordstrom Sisters]] are the resident act at [[The Ritz Hotel, London]].
*[[Jo Stafford]] and [[The Pied Pipers]] join the [[Tommy Dorsey]] orchestra.
*[[The Squadronaires]] form.
*[[Dorothy Kirsten]] makes her professional concert debut at the [[1939 New York World's Fair|New York World's Fair]].
*[[Manuel de Falla]] leaves [[Granada]] for exile in [[Argentina]].

==Publications==
*[[Ernst Krenek]] – ''Music Here and Now''

==Albums released==
*''Featuring [[Charlie Christian]]'' – [[Benny Goodman]]
*''[[Cowboy Songs (Bing Crosby album)|Cowboy Songs]]'' – [[Bing Crosby]]
*''[[Negro Sinful Songs]]''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wolfe|first1=Charles|last2=Lornell|first2=Kip|title=The Life and Legend of Ledbelly|date=1992|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-306-80896-8|location=New York}}</ref> – [[Lead Belly|Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter)]]

==Top popular recordings==

The twenty-five popular records listed below were extracted from [[Billboard Hot 100#History|Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954]],<ref>{{Cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|author-link=Joel Whitburn|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954|publisher=Record Research|year=1986}}</ref> record sales reported on the "[[Discography of American Historical Recordings]]" website, and other sources as specified. Numerical rankings are approximate.
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 1 || [[Glenn Miller|Glenn Miller and his Orchestra]] || "[[In the Mood]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-038170. In the mood / Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200038061/BS-038170-In_the_mood |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10416 || {{Start date|1939|8|1}} || {{Start date|1939|9|15}} || US Billboard 1939 #1, US #1 for 12 weeks, 30 total weeks, [[National Recording Registry|National Recording Registry 2004]]
|-
| 2 || [[Will Glahé|Glahe Musette Orchestra]] || "[[Beer Barrel Polka]]" || Victor V-710 || {{Start date|1938|5|11}} || {{Start date|1939|4}} || US Billboard 1939 #2, US #1 for 4 weeks, 21 total weeks
|-
| 3 || [[Orrin Tucker|Orrin Tucker and His Orchestra]] Vocal chorus [[Bonnie Baker (singer)|Bonnie Baker]] || "[[Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia 78rpm numerical listing discography: 35200–35500 |url=https://www.78discography.com/COL35200.htm |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Columbia 35228 || {{Start date|1939|8|20}} || {{Start date|1939|9|29}} || US Billboard 1939 #3, US #2 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks, sold 1,500,000<ref>{{Cite book |last=Murrells |first=Joseph |url=http://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr |title=The book of golden discs |date=1978 |publisher=London : Barrie & Jenkins |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-214-20512-5}}</ref><ref>'' 'Wee' Bonnie Baker Gailey, 73, Band Singer of 'Oh Johnny' Hit,'' by Seth Borenstein [[Sun-Sentinel]], August 14, 1990</ref>
|-
| 4 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "[[Moonlight Serenade]]" || Bluebird B-10214 || {{Start date|1939|4|4}} || {{Start date|1939|4|26}} || US Billboard 1939 #4, US #3 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1991, ASCAP song of 1939
|-
| 5 || [[Judy Garland]] || "Over the Rainbow" || Decca 2672 || {{Start date|1939|7|28}} || {{Start date|1939|8}} || US Billboard 1939 #5, US #5 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1981, AFI 1, RIAA 1, Music Imprint 1 of 1930s, ASCAP song of 1938, National Recording Registry 2016
|-
| 6 || [[Kate Smith]] || "[[God Bless America]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-035319. God bless America / Kate Smith – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200036686/BS-035319-God_bless_America |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 26198 || {{Start date|1939|3|21}} || {{Start date|1939|4|5}} || US Billboard 1939 #6, US #5 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1982, National Recording Registry 2002
|-
| 7 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "[[Over the Rainbow]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-038262. Over the rainbow / Ray Eberle; Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200038140/BS-038262-Over_the_rainbow |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10366 || {{Start date|1939|7|12}} || {{Start date|1939|8|17}} || US Billboard 1939 #7, US #1 for 7 weeks, 15 total weeks
|-
| 8 || [[Larry Clinton|Larry Clinton and His Orchestra]] || "[[Deep Purple (song)|Deep Purple]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-030475. Deep purple / Larry Clinton Orchestra; Bea Wain – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200035087/BS-030475-Deep_purple |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 26141 || {{Start date|1938|12|23}} || {{Start date|1939|1|18}} || US Billboard 1939 #8, US #1 for 9 weeks, 13 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2000
|-
| 9 || [[Frankie Masters|Frankie Masters and His Orchestra]] || "Scatter Brain"<ref name=Vocalion1/> || Vocalion 4915 || {{Start date|1939|5|25}} || {{Start date|1939|8}} || US Billboard 1939 #9, US #1 for 8 weeks, 16 total weeks
|-
| 10 || [[Benny Goodman|Benny Goodman and His Orchestra]] (Vocal [[Martha Tilton]]) || "And the Angels Sing"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-031875. And the angels sing / Benny Goodman Orchestra; Martha Tilton – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200035587/BS-031875-And_the_angels_sing |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 26170 || {{Start date|1939|2|1}} || {{Start date|1939|3|1}} || US Billboard 1939 #10, US #1 for 5 weeks, 14 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1987
|-
| 11 || [[Mary Martin]] ([[Eddy Duchin|Eddy Duchin Orchestra]]) || ""[[My Heart Belongs to Daddy]]"<ref name=Brunswick>{{Cite web |title=BRUNSWICK 78rpm numerical listing discography: 8000 – end of series (8517) |url=https://www.78discography.com/BRN8000.htm |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Brunswick 8282 || {{Start date|1938|12|2}} || {{Start date|1939|1}} || US Billboard 1939 #11, US #1 for 1 weeks, 16 total weeks
|-
| 12 || [[The Ink Spots]] || ""[[If I Didn't Care]]" || Decca 2286 || {{Start date|1939|1|12}} || {{Start date|1939|2|9}} || US Billboard 1939 #12, US #2 for 1 week, 9 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1987, National Recording Registry 2017
|-
| 13 || [[Bing Crosby]] || "[[What's New?]]" || Decca 2671 || {{Start date|1939|6|30}} || {{Start date|1939|9}} || US BB 1939 #13, US #2 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks
|-
| 14 || [[Shep Fields|Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra]] || "[[South of the Border (1939 song)|South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-041153. South of the border (Down Mexico way) / Hal Derwin ; Shep Fields; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200039076/BS-041153-South_of_the_border_Down_Mexico_way |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10376 || {{Start date|1939|8|1}} || {{Start date|1939|8|14}} || US Billboard 1939 #14, US #1 for 5 weeks, 18 total weeks
|-
| 15 || [[Bob Crosby|Bob Crosby and His Orchestra]] || "[[Day In, Day Out (1939 song)|Day In, Day Out]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 66000. Day in, day out / Bob Crosby Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000294113/66000-Day_in_day_out |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 2703 || {{Start date|1939|7|24}} || {{Start date|1939|8}} || US Billboard 1939 #15, US #1 for 1 week, 13 total weeks
|-
| 16 || [[Cab Calloway|Cab Calloway and His Orchestra]] || "[[Jumpin' Jive|(Hep-Hep) The Jumpin' Jive]]"<ref name=Vocalion2>{{Cite web |title=Vocalion (USA) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 5000–5499 |url=https://www.78discography.com/VOC5000.htm |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Vocalion 5005 || {{Start date|1939|7|17}} || {{Start date|1939|8}} || US Billboard 1939 #16, US #2 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2017
|-
| 17 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "[[Stairway to the Stars]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-036878. Stairway to the stars / Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200037357/BS-036878-Stairway_to_the_stars |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10276 || {{Start date|1939|5|9}} || {{Start date|1939|5|22}} || US Billboard 1939 #17, US #1 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks
|-
| 18 || [[Kay Kyser|Kay Kyser and His Orchestra]] || "[[Three Little Fishies]]"<ref name=Brunswick/> || Brunswick 8358 || {{Start date|1939|4|8}} || {{Start date|1939|5}} || US Billboard 1939 #18, US #1 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks
|-
| 19 || [[Sammy Kaye|Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra]] || "[[Penny Serenade]]" || Victor 26150 || {{Start date|1939|1|20}} || {{Start date|1939|2|1}} || US BB 1939 #19, US #2 for 1 week, 9 total weeks
|-
| 20 || [[Al Donahue|Al Donahue and His Orchestra]] || "[[Jeepers Creepers (song)|Jeepers Creepers]]"<ref name=Vocalion1>{{Cite web |title=Vocalion (USA) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 4500–4999 |url=https://www.78discography.com/VOC4500.htm |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Vocalion 4513 || {{Start date|1938|11|23}} || {{Start date|1938|12}} || US Billboard 1939 #20, US #1 for 5 weeks, 13 total weeks
|-
| 21 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "The Man With The Mandolin"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-038264. The man with the mandolin / Glenn Miller Orchestra ; Marion Hutton – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200038142/BS-038264-The_man_with_the_mandolin |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10358 || {{Start date|1939|7|12}} || {{Start date|1939|7|31}} || US Billboard 1939 #12, US #1 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks
|-
| 22 || [[Glen Gray|Glen Gray and Casa Loma Orchestra]] || "[[Sunrise Serenade]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 65035. Sunrise serenade-1 / Glen Gray Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000293148/65035-Sunrise_serenade-1 |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 2321 || {{Start date|1939|2|17}} || {{Start date|1939|3}} || US Billboard 1939 #13, US #1 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks
|-
| 23 || [[Woody Herman|Woody Herman and His Orchestra]] || "[[Woodchopper's Ball|At the Woodchopper's Ball]]" || Decca 2440 || {{Start date|1939|4|12}} || {{Start date|1939|5}} || US BB 1939 #23, US #9 for 1 week, 6 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2002
|-
| 24 || [[The Andrews Sisters]] || "Hold Tight, Hold Tight" || Decca 2214 || {{Start date|1938|11|21}} || {{Start date|1938|12}} || US BB 1939 #24, US #2 for 1 week, 11 total weeks
|-
| 25 || Glen Gray and Casa Loma Orchestra || "Heaven Can Wait"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 65037. Heaven can wait / Glen Gray Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000293150/65037-Heaven_can_wait |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 2321 || {{Start date|1939|2|17}} || {{Start date|1939|3|1}} || US Billboard 1939 #25, US #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks
|}

Additional recordings of historical interest, and songs that crossed over from Hillbilly (Country) and Race (R&B):
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 26 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "Blue Orchids"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-038139. Blue orchids / Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200038040/BS-038139-Blue_orchids |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10372 || {{Start date|1939|7|26}} || {{Start date|1939|8|14}} || US Billboard 1939 #18, US #1 for 1 week, 12 total weeks
|-
| 27 || The Ink Spots || ""[[My Prayer]]" || Decca 2790 || {{Start date|1939|9|18}} || {{Start date|1939|10}} || US Billboard 1939 #42, US #3 for 1 week, 12 total weeks
|-
| 28 || [[Tommy Dorsey|Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra]] (Vocal Jack Leonard) || "[[Our Love (1939 song)|Our Love]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-034400. Our love / Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200036494/BS-034400-Our_love |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 26202 || {{Start date|1939|3|15}} || {{Start date|1939|4|5}} || US Billboard 1939 #19, US #1 for 1 week, 11 total weeks
|-
| 29 || Kay Kyser and His Orchestra || "The Umbrella Man"<ref name=Brunswick/> || Brunswick 8225 || {{Start date|1938|9|1}} || {{Start date|1938|11}} || US Billboard 1939 #20, US #1 for 1 weeks, 11 total weeks
|-
| 30 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "Wishing (Will Make It So)"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-035729. Wishing (Will make it so) / Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200036906/BS-035729-Wishing_Will_make_it_so |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10219 || {{Start date|1939|4|10}} || {{Start date|1939|5|3}} || US Billboard 1939 #30, US #1 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks
|-
| 31 || [[Artie Shaw|Artie Shaw and His Orchestra]] (Vocal [[Helen Forrest]]) || "[[They Say (jazz standard)|They Say]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-030733. They say / Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Helen Forrest – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200035159/BS-030733-They_say |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10075 || {{Start date|1938|12|19}} || {{Start date|1938|12|28}} || US Billboard 1939 #16, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
|-
| 35 || The Ink Spots || "Address Unknown" || Decca 2707 || {{Start date|1939|8|17}} || {{Start date|1939|10}} || US Billboard 1939 #30, US #1 for 1 week, 9 total weeks
|-
| 45 || Glenn Miller and his Orchestra || "Moon Love"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-037157. Moon love / Ray Eberle ; Glenn Miller Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200037543/BS-037157-Moon_love |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Bluebird 10303 || {{Start date|1939|5|25}} || {{Start date|1939|6|12}} || US Billboard 1939 #9, US #1 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks
|-
| 189 || [[Walter Huston]] || "[[September Song]]" || Brunswick 8272 || {{Start date|1938|11|14}} || {{Start date|1939|1}} || US Billboard 1939 #189, US #12 for 1 week, 5 total weeks
|-
| 190 || [[Gene Autry]] || "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)"<ref name=Vocalion2/> || Vocalion 5122 || {{Start date|1939|9|11}} || {{Start date|1939|10|13}} || US Billboard 1939 #190, US #12 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US BBHB 1939 #8, US Hillbilly #1 for 2 weeks, 22 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<ref>{{Cite web |title=TSHA {{!}} Home |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/home |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=www.tshaonline.org}}</ref>
|-
| 325 || [[Ted Weems|Ted Weems And His Orchestra]] (vocal [[Perry Como]]) || "[[I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now]]" || Decca 2919 || {{Start date|1939|10|5}} || {{Start date|1939|12}} || US Billboard 1939 #325, US #1 for 7 weeks, 16 total weeks
|}

==Race and blues hits==

{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 1 || [[The Ink Spots]] || ""[[If I Didn't Care]]" || Decca 2286 || {{Start date|1939|1|12}} || {{Start date|1939|2|9}} || US Billboard 1939 #38, US #2 for 1 week, 9 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1987, National Recording Registry 2017
|-
| 2 || [[Cab Calloway|Cab Calloway and His Orchestra]] || "[[Jumpin' Jive|(Hep-Hep) The Jumpin' Jive]]"<ref name=Vocalion2>{{Cite web |title=Vocalion (USA) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 5000–5499 |url=https://www.78discography.com/VOC5000.htm |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Vocalion 5005 || {{Start date|1939|7|17}} || {{Start date|1939|8}} || US Billboard 1939 #25, US #2 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 2017
|-
| 3 || The Ink Spots || "Address Unknown" || Decca 2707 || {{Start date|1939|8|17}} || {{Start date|1939|10}} || US Billboard 1939 #30, US #1 for 1 week, 9 total weeks
|-
| 4 || The Ink Spots || ""[[My Prayer]]" || Decca 2790 || {{Start date|1939|9|18}} || {{Start date|1939|10}} || US Billboard 1939 #42, US #3 for 1 week, 12 total weeks
|-
| 5 || [[Fats Waller]] || "Good for Nothin' but Love"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-031533. Good for nothin' but love / Fats Waller and his Rhythm – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200035475/BS-031533-Good_for_nothin_but_love |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu |language=en}}</ref> || Bluebird 10129 || {{Start date|1939|1|19}} || {{Start date|1939|2|18}} || US Billboard 1939 #102, US #7 for 1 week, 6 total weeks
|-
| 6 || [[Chick Webb|Chick Webb Orchestra]] (vocal Ella Fitzgerald) || "'F.D.R. Jones" || Decca 2105 || {{Start date|1938|10|6}} || {{Start date|1938|11}} || US Billboard 1939 #116, US #8 for 1 week, 6 total weeks
|-
| 7 || Chick Webb Orchestra (vocal Ella Fitzgerald) || "[[Undecided]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 65039. Undecided / Chick Webb Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000293152/65039-Undecided |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 2323 || {{Start date|1939|2|17}} || {{Start date|1939|3}} || US Billboard 1939 #120, US #8 for 1 week, 4 total weeks
|-
| 8 || [[Ella Fitzgerald|Ella Fitzgerald And Her Famous Orchestra]] || "I Want the Waiter (With the Water)"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 65905. I want the waiter (with the water) / Ella Fitzgerald – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000294018/65905-I_want_the_waiter_with_the_water |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 2628 || {{Start date|1939|6|29}} || {{Start date|1939|9}} || US Billboard 1939 #138, US #9 for 1 week, 3 total weeks
|-
| 9 || [[Lionel Hampton|Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra]] || "Wizzin' the Wiz"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix BS-035706. Wizzin' the wizz / Lionel Hampton Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200036886/BS-035706-Wizzin_the_wizz |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 26233 || {{Start date|1939|4|5}} || {{Start date|1939|5|3}} || US Billboard 1939 #153, US #10 for 1 week, 5 total weeks
|-
| 10 || [[Louis Armstrong|Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra]] || "[[When the Saints Go Marching In]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 63778. When the Saints go marchin' in / Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000291891/63778-When_the_Saints_go_marchin_in |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 2230 || {{Start date|1938|5|13}} || {{Start date|1939|1}} || US Billboard 1939 #155, US #15 for 1 week, 3 total weeks
|-
| 11 || [[The Mills Brothers]] || "Sweet Adeline (You're the Flower of My Heart)"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 64934. Sweet Adeline / Mills Brothers – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000293047/64934-Sweet_Adeline |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 2285 || {{Start date|1939|1|24}} || {{Start date|1939|2|9}} || US Billboard 1939 #160, US #10 for 1 week, 2 total weeks
|-
| 12 || [[Count Basie|Count Basie and His Orchestra]] || "Jumpin' At The Woodside" || Decca 2212 || {{Start date|1938|8|22}} || {{Start date|1938|12}} || US Billboard 1939 #174, US #11 for 1 week, 4 total weeks
|-
| 13 || Fats Waller || "Hold Tight" || Bluebird 10116 || {{Start date|1939|1|19}} || {{Start date|1939|2|18}} || US Billboard 1939 #176, US #11 for 1 week, 4 total weeks
|-
| 14 || Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra || "[[West End Blues]]" || Decca 2480 || {{Start date|1939|2|1}} || {{Start date|1939|5}} || US Billboard 1939 #218, US #13 for 1 week, 1 total weeks
|-
| 15 || [[Mildred Bailey]] || "Blame it on My Last Affair" || Vocalion 04632 || {{Start date|1938|12|8}} || {{Start date|1939|2}} || US Billboard 1939 #219, US #13 for 1 week, 1 total weeks
|-
| 16 || [[Billie Holiday]] || "[[Strange Fruit]]" || Commodore 526 || {{Start date|1937|6|20}} || {{Start date|1939|2|9}} || US Billboard 1939 #287, US #16 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame 1978, National Recording Registry 2002
|-
| 18 || [[Blind Boy Fuller]] || "Big Leg Woman Gets My Pay" || Vocalion 05030 || {{Start date|1939|7|12}} || {{Start date|1939|11}} ||
|-
| 19 || [[Robert Johnson]] || "[[Love in Vain Blues]]" || Vocalion 04630 || {{Start date|1937|6|20}} || {{Start date|1939|2|9}} ||
|-
| 20 || Robert Johnson || "Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped the Devil)" || Vocalion 04630 || {{Start date|1936|11|27}} || {{Start date|1939|2|9}} ||
|-
| 21 || [[Lead Belly|Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter)]] || "[[The Maid Freed from the Gallows|The Gallis Pole]]" || Musicraft 227 || {{Start date|1939|6|14}} || {{Start date|1939|8}} ||
|-
| 22 || Lead Belly || "[[The Bourgeois Blues]]" || Musicraft 227 || {{Start date|1939|4|1}} || {{Start date|1939|8}} ||
|-
| 23 || Lead Belly || "[[Boll Weevil (song)|The Boll Weevil]]"]" || Musicraft 226 || {{Start date|1939|4|1}} || {{Start date|1939|8}} ||
|}

==Christmas hits==

{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 1 || [[Guy Lombardo|Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians]] || "[[Auld Lang Syne]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 65215. Auld Lang Syne / Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000293328/65215-Auld_Lang_Syne |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 2478 || {{Start date|1939|3|7}} || {{Start date|1939|12}} ||
|}

==Published popular music==
* "Address Unknown" words and music: [[Carmen Lombardo]], Johnny Marks & Dedette Lee Hill
* "All in Fun" words: [[Oscar Hammerstein II]], music: [[Jerome Kern]] Introduced by [[Frances Mercer]] and [[Jack Whiting (actor)|Jack Whiting]] in the musical ''[[Very Warm for May]]''
* "[[All or Nothing at All]]" w. [[Jack Lawrence (songwriter)|Jack Lawrence]] m. [[Arthur Altman]]
* "[[All the Things You Are]]" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Jerome Kern]] from the musical ''[[Very Warm for May]]''
* "Anatole (Of Paris)" w.m. [[Sylvia Fine]] Introduced by [[Danny Kaye]] in the revue ''[[The Straw Hat Revue]]''
* "An Apple For the Teacher" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[James V. Monaco]]
* "[[Are You Havin' Any Fun?]]" w. [[Jack Yellen]] m. [[Sammy Fain]]
* "The Army Air Corps" w.m. Robert M. Crawford
* "[[At the Woodchopper's Ball]]" m. [[Woody Herman]] & Joe Bishop
* "[[Back in the Saddle Again|Back In The Saddle Again]]" w.m. [[Gene Autry]] & Ray Whitley
* "Between Eighteenth And Nineteenth On Chestnut Street" w.m. Will Osborne & Dick Rodgers
* "Bless You" w.m. Don Baker & Eddie Lane
* "Blue Orchids" w.m. [[Hoagy Carmichael]]
* "Bluebirds in the Moonlight" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Ralph Rainger]]
* "[[The Boys in the Back Room (song)|The Boys in the Back Room]]" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Frederick Hollander]]. Introduced by [[Marlene Dietrich]] in the film ''[[Destry Rides Again]]''.
* "[[Brazil (1939 song)|Brazil]]" w. (Eng) Bob Russell m. Ary Baroso
* "Careless" w.m. Lew Quadling, [[Eddy Howard]] & [[Dick Jurgens]]
* "[[Comes Love]]" w.m. [[Sam H. Stept]], [[Charles Tobias]] & [[Lew Brown]]
* "Cuckoo in the Clock" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Walter Donaldson]]
* "[[Darn That Dream]]" w. [[Eddie DeLange]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
* "[[Day In, Day Out (1939 song)|Day In, Day Out]]" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Rube Bloom]]
* "Desert Rumba" m. [[John Serry, Sr.]]
* "[[Ding-Dong! the Witch Is Dead]]" w. [[E. Y. Harburg]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]
* "[[Do I Love You?]]" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]
* "[[Don't Worry 'Bout Me]]" w. [[Ted Koehler]] m. Rube Bloom
* "Faithful Forever" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Ralph Rainger]]
* "Flyin' Home" w. Sid Robin m. [[Lionel Hampton]] & [[Benny Goodman]]
* "[[Frenesi]]" w. (Eng) [[Ray Charles]] & Bob Russell m. Alberto Dominguez
* "The Gaucho Serenade" w.m. James Cavanaugh, John Redmond & Nat Simon
* "[[Give Him the Ooh-La-La (song)|Give Him the Ooh-La-La]]" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]
* "[[Give it Back to the Indians]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]. Introduced by [[Mary Jane Walsh]] in the [[musical theater|musical]] ''[[Too Many Girls (musical)|Too Many Girls]]''.
* "Go Fly a Kite" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[James V. Monaco]]
* "[[God Bless America]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Good Morning" w. [[Arthur Freed]] m. [[Nacio Herb Brown]]
* "Goodnight, Children Ev'rywhere" w.m. Gabby Rogers & Harry Phillips
* "Hang Your Heart on a Hickory Limb" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[James V. Monaco]]
* "Heaven Can Wait" w. Eddie DeLange m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
*"Heaven in My Arms" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]. Introduced by [[Jack Whiting (actor)|Jack Whiting]], [[Frances Mercer]] and [[Hollace Shaw]] in the musical ''[[Very Warm for May]]''
* "[[Honey Hush]]" [[Fats Waller]], Ed Kirkeby
* "Huckleberry Duck" w. [[Jack Lawrence (songwriter)|Jack Lawrence]] m. [[Raymond Scott]]
* "[[I Didn't Know What Time It Was]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]. Introduced by [[Richard Kollmar]] and [[Marcy Westcott]] in the musical ''[[Too Many Girls (musical)|Too Many Girls]]''. Performed by [[Trudy Erwin]] dubbing for [[Lucille Ball]] in the [[1940 in music|1940]] film version and interpolated into the score of the [[1957 in music|1957]] film ''[[Pal Joey (film)|Pal Joey]]'' where it was sung by [[Frank Sinatra]].
* "[[I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)]]" m. [[Hoagy Carmichael]] w. Jane Brown Thompson
* "[[I Like to Recognize the Tune]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]. Introduced by [[Eddie Bracken]], [[Marcy Westcott]], [[Mary Jane Walsh]], [[Richard Kollmar]] and [[Hal Le Roy]] in the musical ''[[Too Many Girls (musical)|Too Many Girls]]''.
* "I Miss You in the Morning" w. [[Edgar Leslie]] m. [[Joe Burke (composer)|Joe Burke]]
* "I Never Knew Heaven Could Speak" w. [[Mack Gordon]] m. Harry Revel
* "I Poured My Heart Into a Song" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[I Thought About You]]" w. [[Johnny Mercer]] m. [[Jimmy Van Heusen]]
* "I Want My Mama" w. (Port) Jararaca & Vincente Paiva (Eng) Al Stillman m. Jararaca & Vincente Paiva
* "[[I Went to a Marvelous Party]]" w.m. [[Noël Coward]]. Introduced by [[Beatrice Lillie]] in the [[revue]] ''[[Set to Music]]''.
* "If a Grey Haired Lady Says "How's Yer Father?"" w.m. Ted Waite
* "[[If I Didn't Care]]" w.m. [[Jack Lawrence (songwriter)|Jack Lawrence]]
* "[[If I Only Had a Brain]]" w. [[E. Y. Harburg]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]
* "If I Only Had Wings" w.m. Sid Colin & Ronnie Aldrich
* "[[I'll Never Smile Again]]" w.m. [[Ruth Lowe]]
* "I'll Walk Beside You" w.m. Alan Murray & Edward Lockton
* "I'm Building a Sailboat of Dreams" [[Cliff Friend]], Dave Franklin
* "[[In a Mellow Tone]]" w. [[Milt Gabler]] m. [[Duke Ellington]]
* "In an Eighteenth Century Drawing Room" m. [[Raymond Scott]]
* "[[In the Middle of a Dream]]" w. [[Al Stillman]] m. [[Tommy Dorsey]] & [[Einar Swan]]
* "[[In the Mood|In The Mood]]" w. [[Andy Razaf]] m. Joe Garland
* "Is 'E An Aussie, Lizzie, Is 'E?" w.m. [[B. C. Hilliam]] & [[Malcolm McEachern]]
* "[[It's A Big, Wide, Wonderful World]]" w.m. John Rox
* "[[It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day]]" w. Sammy Timberg & Winston Sharples m. [[Al J. Neiburg]]. Introduced by the voice of [[Lanny Ross]] on the soundtrack of the animated feature film ''[[Gulliver's Travels (1939 film)|Gulliver's Travels]]''.
* "[[I've Got My Eyes On You (1939 song)|I've Got My Eyes On You]]" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]
* "[[J'attendrai]]" w. (Fr) Louis Poterat (Eng) [[Anna Sosenko]] m. [[Dino Olivieri]]
* "The Jumpin' Jive" w.m. [[Cab Calloway]], [[Frank Froeba]] & Jack Palmer
* "Katie Went to Haiti" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]
* "[[Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant Major|Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant-Major]]" [[Art Noel]], [[Don Pelosi]]
* "[[The Lady's In Love With You]]" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. Burton Lane
* "[[The Lamp Is Low]]" w. [[Mitchell Parish]] m. Peter De Rose & [[Bert Shefter]]
* "Leanin' On The Ole Top Rail" w.m. [[Charles Kenny]] & Nick Kenny
* "[[Lili Marleen|Lili Marlene]]" w. (Ger) Hans Leip (Eng) [[Tommie Connor]] m. Norbert Schultze
* "[[The Little Man Who Wasn't There (song)|The Little Man Who Wasn't There]]" w. [[Harold Adamson]] m. [[Bernie Hanighen]]
* "Love Never Went to College" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "A Lover Is Blue" w.m. Charles Carpenter, James R. Mundy & Trummy Young
* "[[Lydia the Tattooed Lady|Lydia, The Tattooed Lady]]" w. [[E. Y. Harburg]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]. Introduced by [[Groucho Marx]] in the film ''[[At the Circus]]''.
* "A Man and His Dream" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[James V. Monaco]]
* "The Man With the Mandolin" w. James Cavanaugh & John Redmond m. Frank Weldon
* "The Masquerade Is Over" w. [[Herb Magidson]] m. Allie Wrubel
* "The Moon and the Willow Tree" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Victor Schertzinger]]
* "Moon Love" w.m. Mack David, Mack Davis & Andre Kostelanetz
* "[[Moonlight Serenade]]" w. [[Mitchell Parish]] m. [[Glenn Miller]]
* "My Dearest Dear" w.m. [[Ivor Novello]] & Christopher Hassall
* "[[My Prayer]]" w. [[Jimmy Kennedy]] m. Georges Boulanger & Jimmy Kennedy
* "Night in Sudan" w. Charles Carpenter m. [[Tommy Dorsey]] & [[Jimmy Mundy]]
* "On a Little Street in Singapore" w.m. [[Peter DeRose]] & [[Billy Hill (songwriter)|Billy Hill]]
* "On The Outside Always Lookin' In" w.m. [[Michael Carr (composer)|Michael Carr]]
* "[[Over The Rainbow]]" w. [[E. Y. Harburg]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]. Introduced by [[Judy Garland]] in the film ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''.
* "Palms in Paradise" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Frederick Hollander]] Introduced by [[Dorothy Lamour]] in the 1940 film ''[[Typhoon (1940 film)|Typhoon]]''.
* "[[Pennsylvania 6-5000 (song)|Pennsylvania 6-5000]]" w. [[Carl Sigman]] m. [[Jerry Gray (arranger)|Jerry Gray]]
* "[[Perfidia]]" w. (Eng) Milton Leeds m. Alberto Dominguez
* "[[Run Rabbit Run]]" w. [[Noel Gay]] & Ralph T. Butler m. [[Noel Gay]]
* "Scatterbrain" w.m. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]], Carl Bean, Kahn Keene & Frankie Masters
* "[[She Had to Go and Lose It at the Astor]]" w.m. [[Don Raye]] & Hugh Prince
* "Sing a Song of Sunbeams" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[James V. Monaco]]
* "Sing My Heart" w. [[Ted Koehler]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]. Introduced by [[Irene Dunne]] in the film ''[[Love Affair (1939 film)|Love Affair]]''.
* "Somewhere in France With You" w.m. Michael Carr
* "South American Way" w. [[Al Dubin]] m. [[Jimmy McHugh]]
* "[[South of the Border (1939 song)|South Of The Border]]" w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Michael Carr
* "Stairway to the Stars" w. [[Mitchell Parish]] m. [[Matty Malneck]]
* "Start the Day Right" w.m. Al Lewis, Maurice Spitalny & Charles Tobias
* "[[Strange Fruit]]" w.m. Lewis Allan
* "Sunrise Serenade" w. [[Jack Lawrence (songwriter)|Jack Lawrence]] m. [[Frankie Carle]]
* "Sweet Potato Piper" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[James V. Monaco]]
* "[[T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)|'Tain't What You Do]]" w.m. [[Sy Oliver]] & [[Trummy Young]]
* "Tara's Theme" m. Max Steiner
* "That Sentimental Sandwich" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Frederick Hollander]]
* "That Sly Old Gentleman" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[James V. Monaco]]
* "They Would Wind Him Up And He Would Whistle" Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby
* "This Is It" w. [[Dorothy Fields]] m. Arthur Schwartz
* ""[[This Is No Dream]]" w.m. [[Tommy Dorsey]], [[Benny Davis]] & [[Ted Shapiro]]
* "Three Little Fishes" w.m. Saxie Dowell
* "Till The Lights Of London Shine Again" w.m. [[Tommie Connor]], [[Eddie Pola]]
* "[[To You (1939 song)|To You]]" w.m. [[Tommy Dorsey]], [[Benny Davis]] & [[Ted Shapiro]]
* "Too Romantic" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[James V. Monaco]]
* "Traffic Jam" m. Teddy McRae & [[Artie Shaw]]
* "[[Tuxedo Junction]]" w. Buddy Feyne m. [[Erskine Hawkins]], Williams Johnson & Julian Dash
* "Two Blind Loves" w. [[E. Y. Harburg]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]
* "Two O'Clock Jump" m. [[Harry James]], [[Count Basie]] & [[Benny Goodman]]
* "Under a Blanket of Blue" w.m. [[Jerry Livingston]], Al J. Neiburg, & Marty Symes
* "[[We'll Meet Again (song)|We'll Meet Again]]" w. [[Hughie Charles]] m. [[Ross Parker (songwriter)|Ross Parker]]
* "[[Well, Did You Evah!]]" w. m. [[Cole Porter]]
* "[[We're Going to Hang out the Washing on the Siegfried Line]]" w.m. Jimmy Kennedy & Michael Carr
* "[[What's New?]]" w. [[Johnny Burke (lyric writer)|Johnny Burke]] m. [[Bob Haggart]]
* "[[When You Wish upon a Star]]" w. [[Ned Washington]] m. [[Leigh Harline]]
* "Who's Taking You Home Tonight?" w.m. [[Manning Sherwin]] & [[Tommie Connor]] from the [[revue]] ''[[Shephard's Pie]]''
* "Wish Me Luck" w.m. Harry Parr-Davies & Phil Park
* "Wishing (Will Make It So)" w.m. B. G. De Sylva
* "You Meet The Nicest People In Your Dreams" Al Hoffman, Al Goodhart, Manny Kurtz
* "[[You Taught Me to Love Again]]" w. Charles Carpenter m. [[Tommy Dorsey]] & [[Henri Woode]]
* "You've Got That Look" w. [[Frank Loesser]] m. [[Frederick Hollander]] from the film ''[[Destry Rides Again]]''

==Classical music==

===Premieres===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
|-
| | [[Béla Bartók|Bartók, Béla]] || [[Violin Concerto No. 2 (Bartók)|Violin Concerto No. 2]] || 1939-03-23 || Amsterdam || [[Zoltán Székely|Székely]] / [[Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra|Concertgebouw Orchestra]] – [[Willem Mengelberg|Mengelberg]]<ref>[https://archive.org/details/concertolistener00stei/page/45  The Concerto: A Listener's Guide]</ref>
|-
| [[Arnold Bax|Bax, Arnold]] || [[Symphony No. 7 (Bax)|Symphony No. 7]] || 1939-06-09 || New York City ([[1939 New York World's Fair|EXPO]]) || [[New York Philharmonic Orchestra|New York Philharmonic]] – [[Adrian Boult|Boult]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/8b107e2f-6f39-4c17-b03c-3c7942e12e21?search-type=singleFilter&search-text=*&doctype=program&npp:ComposerWorksTitle_facet%5B0%5D=Bax%2C++Sir++Arnold+%2F+SYMPHONY+NO.+7%2C+A+FLAT+MAJOR |title=New York Philharmonic Archives |access-date=2015-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122950/http://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/8b107e2f-6f39-4c17-b03c-3c7942e12e21?search-type=singleFilter&search-text=%2A&doctype=program&npp%3AComposerWorksTitle_facet%5B0%5D=Bax%2C++Sir++Arnold+%2F+SYMPHONY+NO.+7%2C+A+FLAT+MAJOR |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[Arthur Bliss|Bliss, Arthur]] || [[Piano Concerto (Bliss)|Piano Concerto]] || 1939-06-10 || New York City ([[1939 New York World's Fair|EXPO]]) || [[Solomon (pianist)|Solomon]] / [[New York Philharmonic Orchestra|New York Philharmonic]] – [[Adrian Boult|Boult]]<ref>[http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/work/7515 Music Sales Classical]</ref>
|-
| [[Rutland Boughton|Boughton, Rutland]] || [[Symphony No. 3 (Boughton)|Symphony No. 3]] (1937) || 1939-01-01 || London || [unknown ensemble] – [[Jean Pougnet|Pougnet]]<ref>[http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/notes/55019-B.pdf Hyperion Records]</ref>
|-
| [[Benjamin Britten|Britten, Benjamin]] || ''[[Young Apollo]]'' || 1939-08-02 || Toronto || Britten / [[Toronto Melodic Strings]] – [[Alexander Chuhaldin|Chuhaldin]]<ref>{{iRCAM work|22922|Benjamin Britten: ''Young Apollo''}}</ref>
|-
| [[George Enescu|Enescu, George]] || [[Orchestral Suite No. 3 (Enescu)|Orchestral Suite No. 3, "Villageoise" (1938)]] || 1939-02-02 || New York City [[Carnegie Hall]] || [[New York Philharmonic Orchestra|New York Philharmonic-Symphony]] – [[George Enescu|Enescu]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/19889e46-1d1b-42b5-a3c6-054f47495cfc/fullview#page/1/mode/2up |title=New York Philharmonic: Viewer |access-date=2017-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410213925/http://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/19889e46-1d1b-42b5-a3c6-054f47495cfc/fullview#page/1/mode/2up |archive-date=2017-04-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[Alberto Ginastera|Ginastera, Alberto]] || [[Harp Sonatina (Ginastera)|Harp Sonatina]] || 1939-06-26 || Buenos Aires || [[Augusto Sebastiani|Sebastiani]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|31588|Alberto Ginastera: Harp Sonatina}}</ref>
|-
| [[Roy Harris|Harris, Roy]] || [[Symphony No. 3 (Harris)|Symphony No. 3]] || 1939-02-24 || Boston || [[Boston Symphony Orchestra|Boston Symphony]] – [[Sergei Koussevitzky|Koussevitzky]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bso.org/brands/bso/about-us/historyarchives/archival-collection/world-premieres-at-the-bso/world-premieres-the-1900s.aspx |title=Boston Symphony Orchestra |access-date=2015-07-24 |archive-date=2017-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118212645/http://www.bso.org/brands/bso/about-us/historyarchives/archival-collection/world-premieres-at-the-bso/world-premieres-the-1900s.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[Alan Hovhaness|Hovhaness, Alan]] || ''[[Symphony No. 1 (Hovhaness)|Exile]]'' (Symphony No. 1) (1936) || 1939-05-26 || London || [[BBC Symphony Orchestra|BBC Symphony]] – [[Leslie Heward|Heward]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=WR8jAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA215&lpg=PA215&dq=alan+hovhaness+symphony+1+exile+bbc+symphony+1939&source=bl&ots=uOgJnLM4QZ&sig=HVycfLKs5v6isnndpiVd4fSYJd0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiXpYOuy_fKAhWKVhQKHcuYD6s4ChDoAQgeMAA#v=onepage&q=alan%20hovhaness%20symphony%201%20exile%20bbc%20symphony%201939&f=false Dictionary of American Classical Composers]</ref>
|-
| [[Witold Lutosławski|Lutosławski, Witold]] || [[Symphonic Variations (Lutoslawski)|Symphonic Variations]] || 1939-06-17 || Cracow, Poland || [[Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra|Polish Radio Symphony]] – [[Grzegorz Fitelberg|Fitelberg]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|10309|Witold Lutosławski: Symphonic Variations}}</ref>
|-
| [[Olivier Messiaen|Messiaen, Olivier]] || ''[[Chants de Terre et de Ciel]]'' || 1939-01-23 || Paris || [[Marcelle Bunlet|Bunlet]], Messiaen<ref>{{IRCAM work|10585|Olivier Messiaen: Chants de Terre et de Ciel}}</ref>
|-
| [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev, Sergei]] || ''[[Alexander Nevsky (cantata)|Alexander Nevsky]]'', cantata || 1939-05-17 || Moscow || [[Valentina Gagarina|Gagarina]] / [[Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra|Moscow Philharmonic]] – Prokofiev<ref>[http://www.flaminioonline.it/Guide/Prokofiev/Prokofiev-Nevskij78.html Orchestra Virtuale del Flaminio]</ref>
|-
| [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev, Sergei]] || ''[[Zdravitsa (Prokofiev)|Zdravitsa]]'', cantata || 1939-12-21 || Moscow || [[Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra|USSR Radio Symphony]] – [[Nikolai Golovanov|Golovanov]]<ref>[http://www.sikorski.de/media/files/1/2/1381/7212/7394/7239/7240/prokofjew_werkverzeichnis.pdf Edition Sikorski]</ref>
|-
| [[Hilding Rosenberg|Rosenberg, Hilding]] || [[Symphony No. 3 (Rosenberg)|Symphony No. 3]] || 1939-12-11 || Stockholm || [[Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra|Swedish Radio Symphony]] – Rosenberg<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gehrmans.se/en/catalogue_search?cpid=7987a34c-6b77-4f6e-b2b7-829221d03fd9 |title=Gehrmans Musikförlag |access-date=2015-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725010610/http://www.gehrmans.se/en/catalogue_search?cpid=7987a34c-6b77-4f6e-b2b7-829221d03fd9 |archive-date=2015-07-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich, Dmitri]] || [[Symphony No. 6 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 6]] || 1939-11-21 || Leningrad || [[Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra|Leningrad Philharmonic]] – [[Evgeni Mravinsky|Mravinsky]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=2H-fma7sFd0C&pg=PA351&lpg=PA351&dq=shostakovich+symphony+6+mravinsky+november+1939&source=bl&ots=7mJxtGiScN&sig=d9mg3i_nNlpamYiggp8-85beWP8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAmoVChMI7ceWwIn0xgIVQXEUCh03SwuJ#v=onepage&q=shostakovich%20symphony%206%20mravinsky%20november%201939&f=false Shostakovich: A Life]</ref>
|-
| [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky, Igor]] || ''[[Le roi des étoiles]]'', cantata || 1939-04-19 || Brussels || [[Brussels Philharmonic|Brussels Radio Symphony]] – [[Franz André|André]]<ref>{{IRCAM work|24783|Igor Stravinsky: ''Le roi des étoiles''}}</ref>
|-
| [[Ralph Vaughan Williams|Vaughan Williams, Ralph]] || ''[[Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus]]'' || 1939-06-10 || New York City ([[1939 New York World's Fair|EXPO]]) || [[New York Philharmonic Orchestra|New York Philharmonic]] – [[Adrian Boult|Boult]]<ref>[http://data.instantencore.com/pdf/1025737/11-20-13.pdf Cornell Chamber Orchestra]</ref>
|-
| [[William Walton|Walton, William]] || [[Violin Concerto (Walton)|Violin Concerto]] || 1939-12-07 || Cleveland || [[Jascha Heifetz|Heifetz]] / [[Cleveland Orchestra]] – [[Artur Rodziński|Rodziński]]<ref>[http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.111367&catNum=8111367&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English Naxos Records]</ref>
|-
| [[Jaromír Weinberger|Weinberger, Jaromír]] || ''[[Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree]]'' || 1939-10-12 || New York City || [[New York Philharmonic Orchestra|New York Philharmonic]] – [[John Barbirolli|Barbirolli]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/f5787645-4791-4b5f-8cd7-c0d0cf04c2f1?search-type=singleFilter&search-text=*&doctype=program&npp:ComposerWorksTitle_facet%5B0%5D=Weinberger%2C++Jaromir+%2F+UNDER+THE+SPREADING+CHESTNUT+TREE |title=New York Philharmonic Archives |access-date=2015-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103309/http://archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/f5787645-4791-4b5f-8cd7-c0d0cf04c2f1?search-type=singleFilter&search-text=%2A&doctype=program&npp%3AComposerWorksTitle_facet%5B0%5D=Weinberger%2C++Jaromir+%2F+UNDER+THE+SPREADING+CHESTNUT+TREE |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[Xian Xinghai]] || ''[[Yellow River Cantata]]'' || 1939-04-13 || Yan'an, Vhina || [unknown ensemble] – [[Wu Xiling]]<ref>[http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.554499&catNum=554499&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English Naxos Records]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.flagstaffsymphony.org/documents/programNotes_february.pdf |title=Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra |access-date=2015-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724213210/http://www.flagstaffsymphony.org/documents/programNotes_february.pdf |archive-date=2015-07-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|}

===Compositions===
*[[Samuel Barber]] – [[Violin Concerto (Barber)|Violin Concerto]]
*[[Agustín Barrios]] – ''Variations on a Theme of [[Francisco Tárrega|Tárrega]]''
*[[Arnold Bax]] – ''Pastoral Fantasia'' for Viola and String Orchestra
*[[Béla Bartók]]
**[[Divertimento for String Orchestra (Bartók)|Divertimento for String Orchestra]]
**[[String Quartet No. 6 (Bartók)|String Quartet No. 6]]
*[[Arthur Bliss]] – [[Piano Concerto (Bliss)|Piano Concerto in B-flat]]
*[[Eugène Bozza]]
**''Divertissement'' for English horn (or alto saxophone) and piano, Op. 39
**''Fantaisie italienne'' for clarinet (or flute, or oboe) and piano
**''Fantaisie pastorale'' for oboe and piano, Op. 37
**Ballade for bass clarinet and piano
**''Fantaisie italienne'' for clarinet (or flute, or oboe) and piano
*[[Hanns Eisler]] – Spruch 1939
*[[John Fernström]] – Symphony No. 5, Op. 40
*[[Karl Amadeus Hartmann]] – ''[[Concerto funebre]]'' for violin and string orchestra
*[[Herbert Howells]] – Concerto for Strings
*[[Zoltán Kodály]] – Variations on a Hungarian folk song "Fölszállott a páva" ("The Peacock")
*[[Frank Martin (composer)|Frank Martin]] – Ballade for flute and piano
*[[Joaquín Rodrigo]] – ''[[Concierto de Aranjuez]]''
*[[Hilding Rosenberg]] – String Quartet No. 4
*[[William Schuman]] – ''American Festival Overture''
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] – [[Symphony No. 6 (Shostakovich)|Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54]]
*[[Alexandre Tansman]] – [[Symphony No. 4 (Tansman)|Symphony No. 4]]
*[[Heitor Villa-Lobos]] – ''New York Sky-Line Melody''
*[[William Walton]] – [[Violin Concerto (Walton)|Violin Concerto]]

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Gian Carlo Menotti]] – ''[[The Old Maid and the Thief]]'' ([[radio opera]])
*[[Tolib Sodiqov]] – ''Leili and Mejnun''

==Film==
*[[Aaron Copland]] – ''[[Of Mice and Men (1939 film)]]''
*Aaron Copland – ''[[The City (1939 film)]]''
*[[Erich Korngold]] – ''[[Juarez (film)]]''
*[[Alfred Newman (composer)|Alfred Newman]] – ''[[Gunga Din (film)]]''
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]] – ''[[The Great Citizen]]''
*[[Max Steiner]] – ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]''

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1939 in jazz}}

==[[Musical theatre]]==
* ''[[Black Velvet (revue)|Black Velvet]]'' [[West End theatre|London]] [[revue]] opened at the [[Hippodrome Theatre]] on November 14 and ran for 620 performances
* ''[[The Dancing Years]]'' London production opened at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane|Drury Lane Theatre]] on March 23 and ran for 187 performances
* ''[[DuBarry Was a Lady|Du Barry Was A Lady]]'' [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production opened at the [[46th Street Theatre]] on December 6 and ran for 408 performances
* ''[[Folies Bergère]]'' Broadway [[revue]] opened at [[the Broadway Theatre]] on December 25 and ran for 121 performances
* ''[[George White's Scandals of 1939]]'' Broadway revue opened at the [[Alvin Theatre]] on August 28 and ran for 120 performances
* ''[[Haw-Haw]]'' (Music: [[Harry Parr Davies]] Words: [[Phil Park]] Script: [[Max Miller (comedian)|Max Miller]] & [[Ben Lyon]]) opened at the [[Holborn Empire]] on December 22. Starring [[Bebe Daniels]], [[Ben Lyon]] and [[Max Miller (comedian)|Max Miller]].
* ''[[The Little Revue (musical)|The Little Revue]]'' London revue opened at [[Little Theatre Guild of Great Britain|The Little Theatre]] on April 21 and ran for 415 performances
* ''[[Magyar Melody]]'' London production opened at [[Her Majesty's Theatre|His Majesty's Theatre]] on January 20 and ran for 105 performances
* ''[[New Pins And Needles]]'' Broadway revue (a renamed version of ''[[Pins and Needles]]'' which opened in 1937)
*''[[Runaway Love (musical)|Runaway Love]]'' opened at the [[Saville Theatre]] on November 3 and ran for 195 performances
*''[[Shephard's Pie]]'' [[West End theatre|London]] [[revue]] opened at the [[Princes Theatre]] on December 21
* ''[[Stars in Your Eyes]]'' (Book: J. P. McEvoy Lyrics: [[Dorothy Fields]] Music: [[Arthur Schwartz]]) Broadway production opened at the [[Majestic Theatre (Broadway)|Majestic Theatre]] on February 9 and ran for 127 performances.
*''[[The Straw Hat Revue]]'' opened at the [[Ambassador Theatre (New York)|Ambassador Theatre]] on September 29 and ran for 75 performances
* ''[[The Streets of Paris]]'' Broadway [[revue]] opened at the [[Broadhurst Theatre]] on June 19 and ran for 274 performances
* ''[[Swingin' the Dream]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Center Theatre (New York, New York)|Center Theatre]] on November 29 and ran for 13 performances. A musical version of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' starring [[Louis Armstrong]], [[Benny Goodman]] & his Sextet and [[Maxine Sullivan]].
* ''[[Too Many Girls (musical)|Too Many Girls]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Imperial Theatre (Broadway)|Imperial Theatre]] on October 18 and ran for 249 performances.
*''[[Very Warm for May]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Alvin Theatre]] on November 17 and ran for 59 performances

==[[Musical film]]s==
[[File:Wizard of oz movie poster.jpg|right|thumb|Poster for ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'']]
* ''[[Babes in Arms (film)|Babes In Arms]]'', starring [[Mickey Rooney]] and [[Judy Garland]]
* ''[[Balalaika (film)|Balalaika]]'', released on December 15, starring [[Nelson Eddy]] and [[Ilona Massey]]
* ''[[Entre el barro]]'', starring [[Tito Lusiardo]]
* ''[[East Side of Heaven]]'', starring [[Bing Crosby]] and [[Joan Blondell]]
* ''[[Giliw Ko]]'', starring [[Mila del Sol]], [[Fernando Poe, Sr.]], Ely Ramos and [[Mona Lisa (actress)|Fleur de Lis]]<ref>[http://www.lff.org.uk/films_details.php?FilmID=180 Times Film Festival review and background] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060420161442/http://www.lff.org.uk/films_details.php?FilmID=180 |date=2006-04-20 }}</ref>
* ''[[Hawaiian Nights]]'', starring [[Mary Carlisle]], [[Constance Moore]] and [[Johnny Downs]]. Directed by [[Albert S. Rogell]].
* ''[[Honolulu (1939 film)|Honolulu]]'', starring [[Eleanor Powell]], [[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]], [[George Burns]] and [[Gracie Allen]]
* ''[[Lambeth Walk (film)|Lambeth Walk]]'', starring [[Lupino Lane]]
* ''[[La vida es un tango]]'', starring [[Tito Lusiardo]]
* ''[[Love Affair (1939 film)|Love Affair]]'', starring [[Charles Boyer]], [[Irene Dunne]] and [[Maria Ouspenskaya]]. Directed by [[Leo McCarey]].
* ''[[Man About Town (1939 film)|Man About Town]]'', released June 29, starring [[Dorothy Lamour]] and [[Jack Benny]], featuring [[Betty Grable]], [[Phil Harris]] and [[Matty Malneck]] and his Orchestra.
* ''[[The Mikado (1939 film)|The Mikado]]'', starring [[Kenny Baker (American singer and actor)|Kenny Baker]] and [[Jean Colin]]
* ''[[Naughty but Nice (1939 film)|Naughty but Nice]]'', starring [[Ann Sheridan]] and [[Dick Powell]]
* ''[[Paris Honeymoon]]'', starring [[Bing Crosby]], [[Franciska Gaal]], [[Shirley Ross]] and [[Edward Everett Horton]]
* ''[[Second Fiddle (1939 film)|Second Fiddle]]'', starring [[Sonja Henie]], [[Tyrone Power]], [[Rudy Vallee]] and [[Mary Healy (entertainer)|Mary Healy]]. Directed by [[Sidney Lanfield]].
*''[[The Star Maker (1939 film)|The Star Maker]]'', released on August 25, starring [[Bing Crosby]]
* ''[[Three Smart Girls Grow Up]]'', starring [[Deanna Durbin]]
* ''[[Walang Sugat]]'', starring [[Rosa del Rosario]]
* ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' starring [[Judy Garland]], [[Frank Morgan]], [[Billie Burke]], [[Ray Bolger]], [[Bert Lahr]] and [[Jack Haley]].

==Births==
*[[January 3]]
**[[Gene Summers]], singer-songwriter (died 2021)
**[[Arik Einstein]], Israeli singer (died 2013)
*[[January 9]] – [[Jimmy Boyd]], singer and actor (died 2009)
*[[January 10]] – [[Scott McKenzie]], singer (died 2012)
*[[January 12]] – [[William Lee Golden]], country singer ([[The Oakridge Boys]])
*[[January 19]] – Phil Everly ([[The Everly Brothers]]) (died 2014)
*[[January 21]] – [[Wolfman Jack]], DJ (died 1995)
*[[February 1]]
**[[Del McCoury]], American singer and guitarist ([[Del McCoury Band]])
**[[Joe Sample]], American pianist and composer ([[The Crusaders (Houston group)|The Crusaders]]) (died 2014)
*[[February 9]] – [[Barry Mann]], songwriter
*[[February 11]] – [[Gerry Goffin]], songwriter (died 2014)
*[[February 12]] – [[Ray Manzarek]], keyboard player ([[The Doors]]) (died 2013)
*[[February 16]] – [[Czesław Niemen]], Polish singer-songwriter, rock balladeer (died [[2004 in music|2004]])
*[[February 28]]
**[[John Fahey (musician)|John Fahey]], guitarist and composer (died 2001)
**[[Tommy Tune]], actor, singer and dancer
*[[March 1]]
**[[Leo Brouwer]], Cuban composer and guitarist
**[[Warren Davis (singer)|Warren Davis]], doo-wop singer ([[The Monotones]]) (died 2017)
*[[March 8]] – [[Robert Tear]], tenor
*[[March 11]] – [[Flaco Jiménez]], accordionist and singer
*[[March 13]] – [[Neil Sedaka]], pianist and singer-songwriter
*[[March 18]] – [[Peter Kraus]], German singer
*[[March 27]] – [[Beba Selimović]], sevdalinka folk singer (died 2020)
*[[April 1]] – [[Rudolph Isley]], R&B singer ([[The Isley Brothers]])
*[[April 2]] – [[Marvin Gaye]], soul singer (died 1984)
*[[April 4]] – [[Hugh Masekela]], jazz trumpeter (died 2018)
*[[April 5]] – [[Ronnie White]], R&B musician and songwriter ([[The Miracles]]) (died 1995)
*[[April 6]] – [[Beverly Watkins]], blues guitarist (died 2019)
*[[April 16]] – [[Dusty Springfield]], singer (died 1999)
*[[April 18]] – [[Glen Hardin]], rock pianist and arranger ([[The Crickets]])
*[[April 20]] – [[Johnny Tillotson]], singer and songwriter
*[[April 21]]
**[[Ernie Maresca]], singer, songwriter and record industry executive (died 2015)
**[[John McCabe (composer)|John McCabe]], composer and pianist (died 2015)
*[[April 23]] – [[Wizz Jones]], guitarist, singer and songwriter
*[[May 1]] – [[Judy Collins]], singer
*[[May 3]] – [[Jonathan Harvey (composer)|Jonathan Harvey]], English composer (died 2012)
*[[May 7]]
**[[José Antonio Abreu]], orchestral conductor and music educator (died 2018)
**[[The Brooklyn Bridge (band)|Johnny Maestro]], vocalist (died 2010)
**[[Jimmy Ruffin]], singer (died 2014)
*[[May 9]] – [[Nokie Edwards]], rock musician ([[The Ventures]])
*[[May 10]] – [[Wayne Cochran]], American singer (died [[2017]])
*[[May 14]] – [[Troy Shondell]], American singer (died [[2016]])
*[[May 19]]
**[[Nancy Kwan]], dancer, singer and actress
**[[Sonny Fortune]], jazz musician
**[[John Sheahan]], folk musician ([[The Dubliners]])
*[[May 23]] – [[Michel Colombier]], composer and songwriter (died 2004)
*[[June 3]] – [[Ian Hunter (singer)|Ian Hunter]], British rock singer and songwriter ([[Mott The Hoople]])
*[[June 6]]
**[[Louis Andriessen]], composer (died 2021)
**[[Gary U.S. Bonds]], singer and songwriter
*[[June 9]] – [[Ileana Cotrubaş]], operatic soprano
*[[June 11]] – [[Wilma Burgess]], American country music singer (died [[2003]])
*[[June 16]] – [[Billy "Crash" Craddock]], country singer
*[[June 19]] – [[Al Wilson (singer)|Al Wilson]], American soul singer (died 2008)
*[[June 25]] – [[Garech Browne]], promoter of Irish traditional music (died 2018)
*[[June 30]] – [[Tony Hatch]], composer, songwriter, pianist, music arranger and record producer
*[[July 1]] – [[Delaney Bramlett]], blues singer-songwriter ([[Delaney & Bonnie]]) (died 2008)
*[[July 2]] – [[Paul Williams (The Temptations)|Paul Williams]], soul singer ([[The Temptations]]) (died 1973)
*[[July 3]] – [[Brigitte Fassbaender]], operatic mezzo-soprano
*[[July 5]] – [[Owen Gray]], Jamaican singer
*[[July 6]] – [[Jet Harris]], British bassist, singer and songwriter (''[[The Shadows]]'') (died 2011)
*[[July 14]]
**[[Karel Gott]], singer (died 2019)
**[[Vince Taylor]], rock and roll singer (died 1991)
*[[July 16]] – [[William Bell (singer)|William Bell]], born William Yarbrough, soul singer-songwriter
*[[July 17]] – [[Spencer Davis]], beat musician, multi-instrumentalist ([[The Spencer Davis Group]]) (died 2020)
*[[July 18]]
**[[Brian Auger]], jazz fusion keyboard player ([[Brian Auger Trinity]])
**[[Dion DiMucci]], singer-songwriter
*[[July 25]] – [[Denis King]], pop singer and screen composer
*[[July 31]] – [[Steuart Bedford]], conductor and pianist (died 2021)<ref>{{cite web|title=The conductor and pianist Steuart Bedford has died|url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/article/the-conductor-and-pianist-steuart-bedford-has-died|work=The Gramophone|date=2021-02-16|accessdate=2021-02-16}}</ref>
*[[August 4]] – [[Frankie Ford]], singer
*[[August 9]]
**[[Billy Henderson (American singer)|Billy Henderson]] R&B soul singer ([[The Spinners (American R&B group)|The Spinners]]) (died 2007)
**[[The Mighty Hannibal]], American singer, songwriter and record producer (died 2014)
*[[August 13]] – [[Howard Tate]], American soul singer, songwriter (died 2011)
*[[August 15]] – [[Norma Waterson]], English traditional folk singer (died 2022)
*[[August 16]]
**[[Billy Joe Shaver]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2020)
**[[Eric Weissberg]], American folk musician (died 2020)
*[[August 17]]
**[[Luther Allison]], blues guitarist (died 1997)
**[[Ed Sanders]], poet and folk singer ([[The Fugs]])
*[[August 18]]
** [[Molly Bee]], American country music singer (died [[2009]])
** [[Johnny Preston]], American singer (died [[2011]])
*[[August 19]] – [[Ginger Baker]], rock drummer ([[Cream (band)|Cream]]) (died [[2019]])
*[[August 24]] – Ernest Wright, R&B singer ([[Little Anthony and the Imperials]])
*[[August 25]] – [[Robert Jager]], American composer and theorist
*[[August 28]] – [[Robert Aitken (composer)|Robert Aitken]], composer
*[[August 30]] – [[John Peel]] (John Ravenscroft), influential disc jockey (died 2004)
*[[August 31]]
**[[Jerry Allison]], American rock drummer ([[The Crickets]]) (died 2022)
**[[Cleveland Eaton]], American jazz musician (died 2020)
*[[September 2]]
**[[Sam Gooden]], soul singer ([[The Impressions]])
**[[James & Bobby Purify|Bobby Lee Dickey]], singer
*[[September 5]] – [[John Stewart (folk musician)|John Stewart]], folk singer and songwriter (died 2008)
*[[September 6]] – [[David Allan Coe]], American musician<ref>Tucker, Stephen R. (1998). "David Allan Coe." In ''The Encyclopedia of Country Music''. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 102.</ref>
*[[September 7]] – [[Riccardo Del Turco]], Italian singer
*[[September 8]] – [[Guitar Shorty]], American blues guitarist
*[[September 13]] – [[Gene Page]], arranger, producer and conductor (died 1998)
*[[September 17]] – [[Shelby Flint]], American singer
*[[September 18]] – [[Frankie Avalon]], singer and actor
*[[September 23]] – [[Roy Buchanan]], guitarist (died 1988)
*[[September 28]] – Elbridge Bryant ([[The Temptations]]) (died 1975)
*[[September 30]] – [[Len Cariou]], Canadian actor and singer
*[[October 16]] – [[Joe Dolan]], Irish entertainer, recording artist and pop singer (died [[2007 in music|2007]])
*[[October 18]] – [[Paddy Reilly]], folk musician
*[[October 30]]
**[[Eddie Holland]], songwriter ([[Holland/Dozier/Holland]])
**[[Grace Slick]], vocalist ([[Jefferson Airplane]])
*[[October 31]] – [[Gordon Bok]], singer-songwriter
*[[November 12]] – [[Ruby Nash Curtis]], R&B singer ([[Ruby & the Romantics]])
*[[November 15]] – [[Dinorah Varsi]], Uruguayan classical pianist (died [[2013]])
*[[November 17]] – [[Yuya Uchida (singer)|Yuya Uchida]], singer and film actor (died [[2019 in music|2019]])
*[[November 18]] – [[Tom Johnson (composer)|Tom Johnson]], minimalist composer
*[[November 19]] – [[Warren "Pete" Moore]], R&B singer-songwriter ([[The Miracles]])
*[[November 22]] – [[Stefan Dimitrov (bass)|Stefan Dimitrov]], [[Bulgaria]]n operatic [[Bass (voice type)|bass]] (died 2004)
*[[November 23]]
**[[Betty Everett]], African-American soul singer, pianist (died [[2001]])
**Jan Rooney, American singer and wife of [[Mickey Rooney]]
*[[November 25]] – [[Rais Khan]], Pakistani sitarist (died [[2017 in music|2017]])<ref>{{cite book|title=The Illustrated Weekly of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Wc6AQAAIAAJ|date=October 1974|publisher=Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press|page=83}}</ref>
*[[November 26]] – [[Tina Turner]], pop singer
*[[November 28]] – [[Gary Troxel]], pop singer ([[The Fleetwoods]])
*[[December 1]] – [[Dianne Lennon]], American singer ([[The Lennon Sisters]])
*[[December 4]] – [[Freddy Cannon]], American rock musician
*[[December 8]]
** [[Jerry Butler]], African-American singer-songwriter and politician
**Sir [[James Galway]], flautist
*[[December 13]] – [[Eric Flynn]], British actor and singer (died 2002)
*[[December 15]] – [[Cindy Birdsong]], soul singer ([[The Supremes]])
*[[December 16]] – [[Barney McKenna]], folk musician ([[The Dubliners]]) (died 2012)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/11/arts/music/barney-mckenna-banjo-player-in-the-dubliners-dies-at-72.html?_r=1&ref=deathsobituaries|title=Barney McKenna, Banjo Player in the Dubliners, Dies at 72|author=Dennis Hevesi|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=11 April 2012}}</ref>
*[[December 17]]
**[[James Booker]], pianist and singer (died 1983)
**[[Eddie Kendricks]], vocalist ([[The Temptations]]) (died 1992)
*[[December 25]] – [[Bob James (musician)|Bob James]], jazz keyboardist
*[[December 26]] – [[Phil Spector]], record producer and murderer (died 2021)
*[[December 28]] – [[Yehoram Gaon]], Israeli actor and singer
*[[December 30]] – [[Felix Pappalardi]], rock producer and bassist ([[Mountain (band)|Mountain]]) (died 1983)

==Deaths==
*[[January 12]] – [[Hariclea Darclée]], operatic soprano, 78
*[[January 16]] – [[Abe Holzmann]], composer, 64
*[[February 9]] – [[Herschel Evans]], saxophonist, 29 (heart disease)
*[[February 11]] – [[Franz Schmidt (composer)|Franz Schmidt]], cellist, pianist and composer, 64
*[[February 12]] – [[Potenciano Gregorio]], Filipino musician, 58
*[[February 17]] – [[Willy Hess (violinist)|Willy Hess]], violinist, 79
*[[March 6]] – [[Emma Juch]], operatic soprano, 77
*[[March 9]] – [[Ernie Hare]], US singer, 55 (bronchopneumonia)
*[[March 21]] – [[Evald Aav]], Estonian composer, 39
*[[April 8]] – [[Emilio Serrano y Ruiz]], pianist and composer, 89
*[[April 21]]
**[[Herman Finck]], composer, 66
**[[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]], US lyricist, 49
*[[May 20]] – [[Alexandra Čvanová]], operatic soprano, 42 (car accident)
*[[June 4]] – [[Tommy Ladnier]], jazz trumpeter, 39 (heart attack)
*[[June 16]] – [[Chick Webb]], jazz drummer, 34
*[[August 3]] – [[August Enna]], composer, 80
*[[August 19]] – [[Achille Fortier]], composer, 74
*[[August 25]] – [[Geneviève Vix]], operatic soprano, 60
*[[October 9]] – [[Evelyn Parnell]], operatic soprano, 51 (appendicitis)
*[[October 14]] – [[Polaire]], singer and actress, 65
*[[October 16]] – [[Ludolf Nielsen]], pianist, violinist, conductor and composer, 63
*[[October 19]] – [[Marie Renard]], operatic mezzo-soprano, 75
*[[October 24]] – [[Prince Joachim Albert of Prussia]], composer, 63
*[[October 27]] – [[Nelly Bromley]], singer and actress, 89
*[[October 28]] – [[Alice Brady]], actress, 46
*[[October 29]] – [[Giulio Crimi]], operatic tenor, 54
*[[November 3]] (or 4) – [[Charles Tournemire]], organist and composer, 69
*[[November 9]] – [[Charles Goulding]], operatic tenor (born 1887)
*[[December 6]] – [[Charles Dalmorès]], operatic tenor, 68
*[[December 8]] – [[Ernest Schelling]], pianist, composer and conductor, 63
*[[December 18]]
**[[Jeanne Granier]], operatic soprano, 87
**[[Grikor Suni]], composer, 63
*[[December 22]] – [[Ma Rainey]], blues singer, 53 (heart attack)
*''date unknown''
**[[Francisco de Paula Aguirre]], composer of waltzes (born 1875)
**[[José Perches Enríquez]], composer (born 1883)
**[[Lena Wilson]], blues singer (born 1898)

==References==
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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1930.

==Specific locations==
*[[1930 in British music]]
*[[1930 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1930 in country music]]
*[[1930 in jazz]]

==Events==
[[File:Georges Enesco & Alfred Cortot 1930.jpg|thumb|[[George Enescu]] and [[Alfred Cortot]] in 1930]]
*[[February 7]] – The 13th Sound Ensemble of Havana, conducted by [[Ángel Reyes]], makes the first recording of [[Julián Carrillo]]'s [[Microtonal music|microtonal]] ''[[Preludio a Colón]]'' for Columbia Records in New York City.<ref>"[http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000145256/98677-Preludio_a_Cristobal_Colon_ Columbia matrix 98677: Preludio a Cristobal Colon / 13th Sound Ensemble of Havana; Angel Reyes]", ''Discography of American Historical Recordings'' (accessed 1 October 2017).</ref>
*[[February 16]] – [[Nicolas Slonimsky]] conducts the first performance of [[Charles Ives]]'s ''[[Three Places in New England]]''.
*[[February 17]] – The [[Technicolor]] musical film, ''[[The Vagabond King (1930 film)|The Vagabond King]]'', is released. [[Dennis King]] recreates his original London and Broadway stage role as Villon in this film, and records two songs from the film for [[RCA Records|Victor Records]].
*[[April 1]] – Brunswick-Balke-Collender sells [[Brunswick Records]] to [[Warner Brothers]], who are hopeful that the move will enable them to make bigger profits from their musicals by enabling them to profit from the sale of records. They also acquire four music publishers to profit from sales in sheet music.
*[[May 10]]
**Metropolitan Opera baritone [[Lawrence Tibbett]]'s first film ''[[The Rogue Song]]'', a lavish [[Technicolor]] musical, is released to rave reviews. [[Lawrence Tibbett]] records the songs he sang in the film for [[RCA Records|Victor Records]].
**The film version of the stage hit ''[[Hold Everything (1930 film)|Hold Everything]]'' is released. [[Winnie Lightner]] and [[Joe E. Brown (comedian)|Joe E. Brown]] star in this [[Technicolor]] musical which opens to rave reviews. Of the film's song, "When the Little Red Roses Get the Blues for You", becomes a hit. [[Al Jolson]] records this song from the picture for [[Brunswick Records]].
*[[May 25]] – The all [[Technicolor]] musical film, ''[[Song of the Flame (film)|Song of the Flame]]'', based on the 1925 Broadway musical of the same name, is released to rave reviews. The film stars [[Noah Beery]] and [[Bernice Claire]] and is nominated for an Oscar for "Best Sound Recording". [[Noah Beery]] records his song from the picture for [[Brunswick Records]].
*[[August 24]] – [[Festival Puccini]] is launched at [[Torre del Lago]].
*[[October 29]] – [[Bing Crosby]] makes his first recording with the [[Gus Arnheim]] orchestra as a solo vocalist. His new type of singing voice, a low baritone, becomes a sensation and will gradually displace (by around 1935) the standard [[tenor]] voice that had characterized the vocals of popular music in the 1920s.
*[[December 10]] – First performance of [[Bertolt Brecht]]'s play ''[[The Decision (play)|The Decision]]'', with music by [[Hanns Eisler]].
*[[December 13]] – [[Ernest Ansermet]] conducts the world premiere of [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky's]] ''[[Symphony of Psalms]]'', in [[Brussels]].
* December 31 – Record sales dropped 50% from 1929
*The [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]] is formed in London.
*The song "[[Body and Soul (1930 song)|Body and Soul]]" is written by [[Johnny Green]] with lyrics by [[Edward Heyman]], [[Robert Sour]] and [[Frank Eyton]] in New York City for the British actress [[Gertrude Lawrence]] who first performs in London (where it is also first published). [[Libby Holman]] introduces it to the United States in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] [[revue]] ''Three's a Crowd'' and [[Louis Armstrong]] is the first jazz musician to record it. There are at least 11 recordings by the end of the year and it becomes the all-time most recorded [[jazz standard]].<ref name="jazzstandards">{{cite web|url=http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-0/bodyandsoul.htm|title=Body and Soul|publisher=Jazz Standards.com|accessdate=2011-08-20}}</ref>
*[[Frankie Laine]] sings to an audience of 5,000 at The Merry Garden Ballroom.
*[[John Serry Sr.]] begins a series of extended appearances with the [[Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra]] under the conductor Misha Borr at the [[Waldorf-Astoria hotel]] in New York City
*[[Bukka White]] makes his first recording.

==Published popular songs==
* "Across the Breakfast Table (Looking at You)" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]], Featured in the Warner Bros. musical ''[[Mammy (1930 film)|Mammy]]''
* "After a Million Dreams" w. [[Edgar Leslie]] m. [[Walter Donaldson]], Featured in the William Fox musical film ''[[Cameo Kirby (1930 film)|Cameo Kirby]]''
* "All I Want is Just One Girl" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Richard A. Whiting]], Featured in the Paramount musical film ''[[Paramount on Parade]]''
* "Alone in the Rain" w.m. Dan Dougherty and [[Edmund Goulding]], Featured in the Pathe musical film The Grand Parade
* "Alone with My Dreams" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. Harry Archer
* "Always in All Ways" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Richard A. Whiting]] & W. Franke Harling. Introduced by [[Jeanette MacDonald]] in the Paramount musical film ''[[Monte Carlo (1930 film)|Monte Carlo]]''.
* "Any Time's the Time to Fall in Love" w.m. [[Elsie Janis]] and Jack King, Featured in the Paramount musical film ''[[Paramount on Parade]]''
* "A Bench in the Park" w. [[Jack Yellen]] m. [[Milton Ager]], Featured in the Universal musical film ''[[King of Jazz]]''
* "Betty Co-Ed" w.m. J. Paul Fogarty & [[Rudy Vallee]]
* "Beware of Love" m.w. William Kernell, Featured in the William Fox musical film ''[[Women Everywhere]]''
* "[[Beyond the Blue Horizon (song)|Beyond the Blue Horizon]]" w. [[Leo Robin]] m. [[Richard A. Whiting]] & W. Franke Harling. Introduced by [[Jeanette MacDonald]] in the Paramount musical film ''[[Monte Carlo (1930 film)|Monte Carlo]]''.
* "Blue Again" w. [[Dorothy Fields]] m. [[Jimmy McHugh]]. Introduced by [[Evelyn Hoey]] in ''The Vanderbilt Revue''.
* "Blue is the Night" w.m. [[Fred Fisher]], from the MGM musical film ''[[Their Own Desire]]''
* "[[Body and Soul (song)|Body and Soul]]" w. [[Robert Sour]], [[Edward Heyman]] & [[Frank Eyton]] m. [[Johnny Green]]
* "[[Bye Bye Blues (song)|Bye Bye Blues]]" w.m. [[Bert Lown]], Chauncey Gray, [[Fred Hamm]] & Dave Bennett
* "Can This Be Love?" w. [[James Warburg|Paul James]] m. [[Kay Swift]]. Introduced by Alice Boulden in the musical ''Fine and Dandy (musical)|Fine and Dandy''.
* "Can't We Talk It Over?" w. [[Ned Washington]] m. [[Victor Young]]
* "Caribbean Love Song" w.m. Eugene Berton, Featured in the United Artists film [[Hell Harbor]]
* "[[Cheerful Little Earful]]" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] & [[Billy Rose]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "Cooking Breakfast for the One I Love" w. [[Billy Rose]] m. Henry Tobias
* "[[A Cottage for Sale]]" w. Larry Conley m. [[Willard Robison]]
* "[[Dancing on the Ceiling (song)|Dancing on the Ceiling]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" w. [[Al Dubin]] m. Joe Burke, Featured in the Warner Bros. musical ''[[Dancing Sweeties]]''
* "Dangerous Nan McGrew" w. Dan Hartman m. Al Goodhart
* "Don't Tell Him What Happened to Me" w. [[B. G. De Sylva]] & [[Lew Brown]] m. [[Ray Henderson]]
* "Down the River of Golden Dreams" w. [[John Klenner]] m. [[Nathaniel Shilkret]]
* "[[Embraceable You]]" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]]
* "[[Exactly Like You (song)|Exactly Like You]]" w. [[Dorothy Fields]] m. [[Jimmy McHugh]]
* "[[Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)|Falling in Love Again]]" w. (Eng) [[Sammy Lerner]] m. [[Frederick Hollander]]
* "[[Fine and Dandy (song)|Fine and Dandy]]" w. [[James Warburg|Paul James]] ([[pseudonym]] for James Warburg) m. [[Kay Swift]]
* "[[For You (Ricky Nelson song)|For You]]" w. [[Al Dubin]] m. Joe Burke
* "Gee, But I'd Like to Make You Happy" w.m. [[Larry Shay]], Ward & Montgomery
* "[[Georgia on My Mind]]" w. Stuart Gorrell m. [[Hoagy Carmichael]]
* "[[Get Happy (song)|Get Happy]]" w. [[Ted Koehler]] m. [[Harold Arlen]]
* "[[Goofus (song)|Goofus]]" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Wayne King]] & William Harold
* "Happy Feet" w. [[Jack Yellen]] m. [[Milton Ager]]
* "I Am Only Human After All" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] & [[E. Y. Harburg]] m. [[Vernon Duke]]
* "I Bring a Love Song" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Sigmund Romberg]] from the [[musical film]] ''[[Viennese Nights]]''
* "[[I Got Rhythm]]" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]] from the musical ''[[Girl Crazy]]''
* "I Love You So Much" w. [[Bert Kalmar]] m. [[Harry Ruby]]
* "If Your Kisses Can't Hold the Man You Love" w. [[Jack Yellen]] m. [[Vivian Ellis]]
* "[[I'm Confessin' That I Love You]]" w. [[Al J. Neiburg]] m. Doc Daugherty & Ellis Reynolds
* "I'm Glad I Waited" w.m. [[Vincent Youmans]]
* "I'm In the Market for You" w. [[Joseph McCarthy (lyricist)|Joseph McCarthy]] m. James F. Hanley
* "Into My Heart" w. [[Roy Turk]] m. [[Fred Ahlert]]. Introduced by [[Ramón Novarro]] in the film ''[[In Gay Madrid]]''
* "It Happened In Monterey" w. [[Billy Rose]] m. [[Mabel Wayne]]
* "It Must Be True" w.m. [[Gus Arnheim]], [[Harry Barris]] & [[Gordon Clifford (lyricist)|Gordon Clifford]]
* "J'ai Deux Amours" w. Georges Koger & H. Varna m. Vincent Scotto
* "[[Just a Gigolo (song)|Just a Gigolo]]" w. (Eng) [[Irving Caesar]] (Ger) Julius Brammer m. Leonello Casucci
* "The Kiss Waltz" w. [[Al Dubin]] m. Joe Burke
* "Lady, Play Your Mandolin" w. [[Irving Caesar]] m. [[Oscar Levant]]
* "The Little Things in Life" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[Little White Lies (1930 song)|Little White Lies]]" w.m. [[Walter Donaldson]]
* "[[Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight]]" w. [[Al Lewis (lyricist)|Al Lewis]] m. [[Al Sherman]]. Introduced by [[Maurice Chevalier]] in the film ''[[The Big Pond]]''
* "[[Love for Sale (song)|Love for Sale]]" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]
* "Lucky Seven" w. [[Howard Dietz]] m. [[Arthur Schwartz]]
* "[[Memories of You]]" w. [[Andy Razaf]] m. [[Eubie Blake]]
* "My Future Just Passed" w. George Marion Jr m. [[Richard A. Whiting]]
* "Nina Rosa" w. [[Irving Caesar]] m. [[Sigmund Romberg]]
* "[[Nine Little Miles From Ten-Ten-Tennessee]]" w.m. [[Al Sherman]] & [[Al Lewis (lyricist)|Al Lewis]] & [[Con Conrad]]
* "[[Ninety-Nine Out of a Hundred (Wanna Be Loved)]]" w.m. [[Al Sherman]] & [[Al Lewis (lyricist)|Al Lewis]]
* "[[On the Sunny Side of the Street]]" w. [[Dorothy Fields]] m. [[Jimmy McHugh]]
* "[[Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone]]" w. Sidney Clare m. [[Sam H. Stept]]
* "[[Sam and Delilah]]" w. [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]] from the musical ''[[Girl Crazy]]''
* "Send for Me" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "[[Sing, You Sinners (song)|Sing, You Sinners]]" w.m. [[W. Franke Harling]] & [[Sam Coslow]]. Introduced by [[Lillian Roth]] in the film ''[[Honey (1930 film)|Honey]]''
* "Someday I'll Find You" w.m. [[Noël Coward]]
* "Something to Remember You By" w. [[Howard Dietz]] m. [[Arthur Schwartz]]
* "The Song of the Dawn" w. [[Jack Yellen]] m. [[Milton Ager]] from the film ''[[King of Jazz]]''
* "[[Sugar Bush (song)|Sugar Bush]]" w. trad. Afrikaans m. Fred Michel
* "Sweepin' the Clouds Away" w.m. [[Sam Coslow]]
* "Sweet Jennie Lee" w.m. [[Walter Donaldson]]
* "Telling it to the Daisies" w. Joe Young m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "[[Ten Cents a Dance]]" w. [[Lorenz Hart]] m. [[Richard Rodgers]]
* "[[Them There Eyes]]" w.m. Maceo Pinkard, William Tracey & Doris Tauber
* "They All Fall in Love" w.m. [[Cole Porter]]
* "[[Three Little Words (song)|Three Little Words]]" w. [[Bert Kalmar]] m. [[Harry Ruby]]
* "[[Time on My Hands (song)|Time on My Hands]]" w. [[Harold Adamson]] & [[Mack Gordon]] m. [[Vincent Youmans]]
* "Two Loves Have I" w. (Eng) J. P. Murray & Barry Trivers m. Vincent Scotto
* "[[Walkin' My Baby Back Home (song)|Walking My Baby Back Home]]" w.m. [[Roy Turk]] & [[Fred Ahlert]]
* "[[The Waltz You Saved for Me]]" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Wayne King]] & Emil Flindt
* "When I'm Looking At You" w. Clifford Grey m. Herbert Stothart. Introduced by [[Lawrence Tibbett]] in the film ''[[The Rogue Song]]''
* "When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver" w. [[Charles Tobias]] m. [[Peter De Rose]]
* "The White Dove" w. [[Clifford Grey]] m. [[Franz Lehár]]
* "Why Am I So Romantic?" w. [[Bert Kalmar]] m. [[Harry Ruby]]
* "[[Would You Like to Take a Walk?]]" w. [[Mort Dixon]] & [[Billy Rose]] m. [[Harry Warren]]
* "[[You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me]]" w.m. [[Sammy Fain]], [[Irving Kahal]] and Pierre Norman. Introduced by [[Maurice Chevalier]] in the film ''[[The Big Pond]]''.
* "You Will Remember Vienna" w. [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Sigmund Romberg]]
* "[[You're Driving Me Crazy]]" w.m. [[Walter Donaldson]]

==Top Popular Recordings==

The following songs achieved the highest positions in [[Billboard Hot 100#History|Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954]] and record sales reported on the "[[Discography of American Historical Recordings]]" website during 1930:<ref name=PopMemories>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |publisher=Record Research |year=1986}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>Rank</big>
! <big>Artist</big>
! <big>Title</big>
! <big>Label</big>
! <big>Recorded</big>
! <big>Released</big>
! <big>Chart Positions</big>
|-
| 1 || [[Rudy Vallee|Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees]] || "Stein Song (University of Maine)" || Victor 22321 || {{Start date|1930|2|10}} || {{Start date|1930|3|5}} || US BB 1930 #1, US #1 for 10 weeks, 21 total weeks
|-
| 2 || [[Nat Shilkret|Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra (voc Lewis James)]] || "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" || Victor 22425 || {{Start date|1930|5|12}} || {{Start date|1930|6|10}} || US BB 1930 #2, US #1 for 7 weeks, 11 total weeks
|-
| 3 || [[Paul Whiteman|Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (Vocal Jack Fulton)]] || "[[Body and Soul (1930 song)|Body and Soul]]" || Columbia 2297D || {{Start date|1930|9|10}} || {{Start date|1930|10}} || US BB 1930 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 15 total weeks
|-
| 4 || [[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]] || "[[Blue Yodel|Anniversary Yodel (Blue Yodel No. 7)]]" || Victor 22488 || {{Start date|1929|11|26}} || {{Start date|1930|9|5}} || US BB 1930 #204, US #19 for 1 week, US Hillbilly 1930 #1, 77,235 sales<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor 22488 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/20050/Victor_22488 |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref>
|-
| 5 || [[Fred Waring|Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians]] || "[[Little White Lies (1930 song)|Little White Lies]]" || Victor 22492 || {{Start date|1930|7|25}} || {{Start date|1930|10}} || US BB 1930 #4, US #1 for 6 weeks, 12 total weeks, 75,001 sales<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor 22492 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/20054/Victor_22492 |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref>
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| 6 || Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees || "If I Had a Girl Like You" || Victor 22419 || {{Start date|1930|4|30}} || {{Start date|1930|5|25}} || US BB 1930 #26, US #3 10 total weeks, 73,710 sales<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor 22419 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/19982/Victor_22419 |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref>
|-
| 7 || [[Guy Lombardo|Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians]] || "[[You're Driving Me Crazy]]" || Columbia 2335D || {{Start date|1930|11|11}} || {{Start date|1930|11}} || US BB 1930 #5, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks
|-
| 8 || [[Duke Ellington|Duke Ellington and His Orchestra]] v_[[The Rhythm Boys]] || "[[Three Little Words (song)|Three Little Words]]" || Victor 22488 || {{Start date|1930|8|26}} || {{Start date|1930|9|5}} || US BB 1930 #6, US #1 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks
|-
| 9 || [[Ben Selvin|Ben Selvin and His Orchestra]] || "When It's Springtime in the Rockies" || Columbia 2206D || {{Start date|1930|5|15}} || {{Start date|1930|6}} || US BB 1930 #7, US #1 for 3 weeks, 11 total weeks
|-
| 10 || Roy Ingraham and His Orchestra || "Chant of the Jungle" || Brunswick 4586 || {{Start date|1930|10|15}} || {{Start date|1930|12}} || US BB 1930 #8, US #1 for 3 weeks, 8 total weeks
|-
| 11 || [[Benny Meroff|Benny Meroff Orchestra]] || "[[Happy Days are Here Again]]" || Brunswick 4709 || {{Start date|1929|12|12}} || {{Start date|1930|1}} || US BB 1930 #9, US #1 for 3 weeks, 8 total weeks
|-
| 12 || Hilo Hawaiian Orchestra || "When It's Springtime in the Rockies" || Victor 22339 || {{Start date|1930|2|24}} || {{Start date|1930|5}} || US BB 1930 #10, US #1 for 3 weeks, 6 total weeks
|-
| 13 || [[McKinney's Cotton Pickers]] || "If I Could Be with You One Hour To-night" || Victor 38115 || {{Start date|1930|1|31}} || {{Start date|1930|7}} || US BB 1930 #11, US #1 for 2 weeks, 19 total weeks
|-
| 14 || Ben Selvin and His Orchestra || "Happy Days are Here Again" || Columbia 2116 || {{Start date|1930|2|1}} || {{Start date|1930|2}} || US BB 1930 #12, US #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2007
|-
| 15 || [[Harry Richman]] with [[Earl Burtnett|Earl Burtnett Orchestra]] || "[[Puttin' On the Ritz]]" || Brunswick 4677 || {{Start date|1930|1|31}} || {{Start date|1930|2}} || US BB 1930 #13, US #1 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
|-
| 16 || [[Ted Weems|Ted Weems Orchestra w_Art Jarrett]] || "The Man from the South" || Victor 22238 || {{Start date|1929|12|21}} || {{Start date|1930|2}} || US BB 1930 #14, US #1 for 1 week, 8 total weeks, 53,277 sales<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor 22238 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/19810/Victor_22238 |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref>
|-
| 17 || [[Leo Reisman|Leo Reisman and His Orchestra]] || "Bye Bye Blues" || Victor 22459 || {{Start date|1930|6|17}} || {{Start date|1930|8}} || US BB 1930 #179, US #17 for 1 week, 1 total week, 52,811 sales
|-
| 18 || Leo Reisman and His Orchestra || "[[What is This Thing Called Love?]]" || Victor 22282 || {{Start date|1930|1|20}} || {{Start date|1930|2}} || US BB 1930 #56, US #5 for 1 week, 9 total weeks, 51,254 sales<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor 22282 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/19854/Victor_22282 |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref>
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| 19 || [[Al Jolson]] || "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy" || Brunswick 4721 || {{Start date|1929|12|1}} || {{Start date|1930|2}} || US BB 1930 #15, US #2 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks
|-
| 20 || Earl Burtnett and His Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel Orchestra || "So Beats My Heart for You" || Brunswick 4830 || {{Start date|1930|5|24}} || {{Start date|1930|6}} || US BB 1930 #16, US #2 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks
|-
| 21 || [[Ted Lewis (musician)|Ted Lewis and His Band]] || "[[Three O'Clock in the Morning]]" || Columbia 2246D || {{Start date|1930|4|16}} || {{Start date|1930|7}} || US BB 1930 #17, US #2 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
|-
| 22 || [[George Olsen|George Olsen and His Music]] || "[[It Happened in Monterey]]" || Victor 22370 || {{Start date|1930|2|9}} || {{Start date|1930|5}} || US BB 1930 #105, US #10 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, 48,120 sales<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor 22370 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/19936/Victor_22370 |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref>
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| 23 || Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra || "Nobody's Sweetheart" || Columbia 2098D || {{Start date|1929|10|9}} || {{Start date|1930|1}} || US BB 1930 #18, US #2 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks
|-
| 24 || [[Isham Jones|Isham Jones Orchestra]] || "What's the Use?" || Brunswick 4810 || {{Start date|1930|5|15}} || {{Start date|1930|6}} || US BB 1930 #19, US #2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks
|-
| 25 || Ted Lewis and His Band || "[[On the Sunny Side of the Street]]" || Columbia 2144D || {{Start date|1930|2|28}} || {{Start date|1930|3}} || US BB 1930 #20, US #2 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks
|}

==Top Blues Recordings==

*"[[Clarksdale Moan]]" – [[Son House]]
*"Honky Tonk Train Blues" – [[Meade Lux Lewis]] (recorded [[1927 in music|1927]])
*"Preachin' Blues" – [[Son House]]
*"Razor Ball" – [[Blind Willie McTell]]
*"[[Sitting on Top of the World]]" – [[Mississippi Sheiks]], [[National Recording Registry|National Recording Registry 2017]]
*"Skoodle Do Do" – [[Big Bill Broonzy]]
*"Somebody's Been Using That Thing" – [[Big Bill Broonzy]]

==Classical music==

*[[William Alwyn]] – Piano Concerto No. 1
*[[Béla Bartók]] – ''[[Cantata Profana]]''
*[[Arthur Bliss]] – ''[[Morning Heroes]]'' (oratorio)
*[[Aaron Copland]] – [[Piano Variations (Copland)|Piano Variations]]
*[[Jean Cras]] – Légende
*[[Arthur De Greef (composer)|Arthur De Greef]] – Piano Concerto No. 2
*[[John Fernström]] - Symphony No. 3, Op. 20
*[[Alexander Glazunov]] – String Quartet No. 7
*[[Gabriel Grovlez]] – Sicilienne et allegro giocoso for bassoon and piano
*[[Reynaldo Hahn]] – Piano Concerto in E
*[[Howard Hanson]] – [[Symphony No. 2 (Hanson)|Symphony No. 2, ''Romantic'']]
*[[Paul Hindemith]] –
**''Des kleinen Elektromusikers Lieblinge'', for three [[trautonium]]s
**''Konzertmusik'', Op. 48, for viola and chamber orchestra
**''Konzertmusik'', Op. 49, for piano, brass, and two harps
**''Konzertmusik'', Op. 50, for brass and strings
**''Triosatz'' ({{aka}} Rondo) for three guitars (date uncertain: possibly 1925)
*[[Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov]] – ''Turkish Fragments''
*[[John Ireland (composer)|John Ireland]] –
**''Legend'' for piano and orchestra
**[[Piano Concerto (John Ireland)|Piano Concerto in E-flat]]
*[[Paul Juon]] – Quintet for Winds in B-flat major
*[[Zoltán Kodály]] – ''Dances of Marosszék''
*[[Ernst Krenek]] –
**''Fiedellieder'', for voice and piano, Op. 64
**String Quartet No. 5, Op. 65
*[[Igor Markevitch]] – Concerto Grosso
*[[Maurice Ravel]] – [[Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (Ravel)|Piano Concerto for the Left Hand]]
*[[Silvestre Revueltas]] – [[String Quartet No. 1 (Revueltas)|String Quartet No. 1]]
*[[Arnold Schoenberg]] –
**''Begleitungsmusik zu einer Lichtspielszene'', for orchestra, Op. 34
**''Sechs Stücke'', for male choir, Op. 35
*[[Ruth Crawford Seeger]] –
**''Piano Study in Mixed Accents''
**''Four Diaphonic Suites''
**''Three Chants for Female Chorus''
*[[Jean Sibelius]]
**4 Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op.115
**3 Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op.116
**Karelia's Fate
*[[Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji]] – ''[[Opus clavicembalisticum]]''
*[[Igor Stravinsky]] – ''[[Symphony of Psalms]]''
*[[Henri Tomasi]] – Paysages
*[[Heitor Villa-Lobos]] –
**''[[Bachianas Brasileiras#Bachianas Brasilerias No. 1|Bachianas brasileiras No. 1]]'', for orchestra of cellos
**''[[Bachianas Brasileiras#Bachianas Brasilerias No. 2|Bachianas brasileiras No. 2]]'', for small orchestra
*[[Anton Webern]] – Quartet, for clarinet, tenor saxophone, violin, and piano, Op. 22

==Opera==
*[[Ralph Benatzky]] – ''[[The White Horse Inn]]''
*[[Leoš Janáček]] – ''[[From the House of the Dead]]''
*[[Ernst Krenek]] – ''[[Leben des Orest]]'' (first performance); ''Kehraus um St Stephan'' (composed 1930; first performance 1990)
*[[Kurt Weill]] – ''[[The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny]]''

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1930 in jazz}}

==Musical theater==
* ''Darling, I Love You'' – London production opened at the [[Gaiety Theatre, London|Gaiety Theatre]] on January 22 and ran for 147 performances
* ''Eldorado'' – London production opened at [[Daly's Theatre (London)|Daly's Theatre]] on September 3 and ran for 93 performances
* ''[[Ever Green]]'' – [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the [[Adelphi Theatre]] on December 3 and ran for 254 performances
* ''Fine and Dandy'' – [[Broadway musical]] opened at the [[Erlanger's Theatre]] on September 23 and ran for 246 performances.
* ''Follow a Star'' London production opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on September 17 and ran for 118 performances
* ''[[Girl Crazy]]'' – [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production opened at the [[Neil Simon Theatre|Alvin Theatre]] on October 14 and ran for 272 performances
* ''Here Comes the Bride'' – London production opened at the [[Piccadilly Theatre]] on February 20 and ran for 175 performances
* ''[[Das Land Des Lächelns]]'' – Vienna production opened at the [[Theater an der Wien]] on September 26 and ran for 105 performances
* ''Little Tommy Tucker'' – London production opened at [[Daly's Theatre (London)|Daly's Theatre]] on November 19 and ran for 83 performances
* ''[[The Love Race]]'' – London production opened at the [[Gaiety Theatre, London|Gaiety Theatre]] on June 25 and ran for 237 performances
* ''[[The New Yorkers]]'' (Book by Herbert Fields, Lyrics & Music by Cole Porter) – Broadway [[revue]] opened at the [[The Broadway Theatre|Broadway Theatre]] on December 8 and ran for 168 performances
* ''[[Nippy#Nippy, the musical|Nippy]]'' – London production opened at the [[Prince Edward Theatre]] on October 30 and ran for 137 performances
* ''[[Rio Rita (musical)|Rio Rita]]'' – London production opened at the [[Prince Edward Theatre]] on April 3 and ran for 59 performances
* ''[[The Second Little Show]]'' – Broadway [[revue]] opened at the [[Royale Theatre]] on September 2 and ran for 63 performances
* ''Silver Wings'' – London production opened at the [[Dominion Theatre]] on February 14 and ran for 120 performances
* ''Sons o' Guns'' – London production opened at the [[London Hippodrome|Hippodrome]] on June 26 and ran for 211 performances
* ''[[Sweet and Low (musical)|Sweet and Low]]'' – Broadway revue opened at [[Richard Rodgers Theatre|Chanin's 46th Street Theatre]] on November 17 and ran for 184 performances
* ''[[The Three Musketeers (musical)|The Three Musketeers]]'' – London production opened at the [[Theatre Royal, Drury Lane|Drury Lane Theatre]] on March 28 and ran for 240 performances
* ''Three's a Crowd'' – [[Broadway musical|Broadway]] [[revue]] opened at the [[Selwyn Theatre]] on October 15 and ran for 271 performances
* ''The Vanderbilt Revue'' [[Broadway musical|Broadway]] [[revue]] opened at the [[Vanderbilt Theatre]] on November 5 and ran for 13 performances
* ''[[Viktoria und ihr Husar]]'' – Vienna production opened at the [[Theater an der Wien]] on December 23 and ran for 121 performances
* ''[[The White Horse Inn]]'' – [[Ralph Benatzky]]. First performed at the [[Grosses Schauspielhaus]] in Berlin on November 8.
* ''[[Wonder Bar]]'' London production opened at the [[Savoy Theatre]] on December 5 and ran for 210 performances

==[[Musical film]]s==
* ''[[Along Came Youth]]'' starring [[Charles "Buddy" Rogers]], [[Frances Dee]] and [[Stuart Erwin]]. Directed by [[Lloyd Corrigan]] and [[Norman Z. McLeod|Norman McLeod]].
* ''[[Animal Crackers (1930 film)|Animal Crackers]]'', starring the [[Marx Brothers]], [[Lillian Roth]] and [[Margaret Dumont]]. Directed by [[Victor Heerman]].
* ''[[Be Yourself!]]'', starring [[Fanny Brice]], Harry Green and [[Robert Armstrong (actor)|Robert Armstrong]]. Directed by [[Thornton Freeland]].
* ''[[Big Boy (film)|Big Boy]]'', starring [[Al Jolson]] and [[Claudia Dell]]. Directed by [[Alan Crosland]].
* ''[[The Big Pond]]'', starring [[Maurice Chevalier]] and [[Claudette Colbert]]. Directed by [[Hobart Henley]].
* ''[[Bride of the Regiment]]'', starring [[Walter Pidgeon]] and [[Vivienne Segal]]
* ''[[Bright Lights (1930 film)|Bright Lights]]'', starring [[Dorothy Mackaill]], [[Frank Fay (American actor)|Frank Fay]], [[Noah Beery]], [[Inez Courtney]] and [[Eddie Nugent]]. Directed by [[Michael Curtiz]].
* ''[[Chasing Rainbows (1930 film)|Chasing Rainbows]]'' starring [[Bessie Love]], [[Charles King (vaudevillian)|Charles King]], [[Jack Benny]] and [[Marie Dressler]]
* ''[[Children of Pleasure]]'' starring [[Lawrence Gray]]
* ''[[The Cuckoos (1930 film)|The Cuckoos]]'' starring [[Bert Wheeler]] and [[Robert Woolsey]]
* ''[[Dancing Sweeties]]'' starring [[Grant Withers]], [[Sue Carol]] and [[Edna Murphy]]
* ''[[Dixiana (film)|Dixiana]]'' starring [[Bebe Daniels]] and [[Everett Marshall (singer)|Everett Marshall]]
* ''[[End of the Rainbow (1930 film)|End of the Rainbow]]'' (''Das lockende Ziel''), starring [[Richard Tauber]], [[Lucie Englisch]] and [[Sophie Pagay]], with music by [[Paul Dessau]]<ref>Fawkes, Richard. ''Opera on Film''. Duckworth, 2000. p.80</ref>
* ''[[Follow Thru]]'' starring [[Charles "Buddy" Rogers]], [[Nancy Carroll]], [[Zelma O'Neal]], [[Jack Haley]], [[Eugene Pallette]] and [[Thelma Todd]]
* ''[[Going Wild]]'' starring [[Joe E. Brown (comedian)|Joe E. Brown]] and [[Ona Munson]]
* ''[[Golden Dawn (film)|Golden Dawn]]'', released on June 14, starring [[Walter Woolf King]], [[Vivienne Segal]], [[Noah Beery]], [[Alice Gentle]] and [[Lupino Lane]]
* ''[[Good News (1930 film)|Good News]]'', starring [[Bessie Love]], [[Cliff Edwards]] and [[Penny Singleton]] and featuring [[Abe Lyman]] & his Band
* ''[[Heads Up (1930 film)|Heads Up]]'', starring [[Charles "Buddy" Rogers]] and [[Helen Kane]]. Directed by [[Victor Schertzinger]].
* ''[[High Society Blues]]'', starring [[Janet Gaynor]], [[Charles Farrell]] and [[Louise Fazenda]]
* ''[[Hit the Deck (1930 film)|Hit the Deck]]'', starring [[Jack Oakie]], [[Polly Walker]] and [[June Clyde]]
* ''[[Hold Everything (1930 film)|Hold Everything]]'', starring [[Winnie Lightner]] and [[Joe E. Brown (comedian)|Joe E. Brown]]
* ''[[Honey (1930 film)|Honey]]'', starring [[Nancy Carroll]], [[Lillian Roth]] and [[Mitzi Green]]
* ''[[In Gay Madrid]]'', starring [[Ramón Novarro]] and [[Dorothy Jordan (film actress)|Dorothy Jordan]]
* ''[[King of Jazz]]'', starring [[Paul Whiteman]] and [[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]] and featuring [[The Rhythm Boys]] and [[The Brox Sisters]]
* ''[[Leathernecking]]'', starring [[Irene Dunne]]
* ''[[Let's Go Native]]'', starring [[Jack Oakie]], [[Jeanette MacDonald]] and [[James Hall (actor)|James Hall]]
* ''[[The Life of the Party (1930 film)|Life of the Party]]'', starring [[Winnie Lightner]] and [[Jack Whiting (actor)|Jack Whiting]]
* ''[[The Lottery Bride]]'', starring [[Jeanette MacDonald]], [[Zasu Pitts]], [[Joe E. Brown (comedian)|Joe E. Brown]] and [[John Garrick]]. Directed by [[Paul L. Stein]].
* ''[[Love Comes Along]]'', starring [[Bebe Daniels]]
* ''[[Madam Satan]]'', starring [[Kay Johnson]] and [[Reginald Denny (actor)|Reginald Denny]]
* ''[[Mammy (1930 film)|Mammy]]'', starring [[Al Jolson]]
* ''[[Maybe It's Love]]'', starring [[Joe E. Brown (comedian)|Joe E. Brown]], [[James Hall (actor)|James Hall]] and [[Joan Bennett]]
* ''[[Monte Carlo (1930 film)|Monte Carlo]]'', starring [[Jeanette MacDonald]] and [[Jack Buchanan]]. Directed by [[Ernst Lubitsch]].
* ''[[New Moon (1940 film)|New Moon]]'' starring [[Lawrence Tibbett]] and [[Grace Moore]]
* ''[[New Movietone Follies of 1930]]'' starring [[El Brendel]] and [[Marjorie White]]
* ''[[No, No Nanette (1930 film)|No, No Nanette]]'' starring [[ZaSu Pitts]], [[Louise Fazenda]], [[Lilyan Tashman]] and [[Mildred Harris]]
* ''[[Oh Sailor Behave]]'' starring [[Charles King (musical actor)|Charles King]] and [[Irene Delroy]]
* ''[[Paramount on Parade]]'' featuring [[Maurice Chevalier]] and [[Clara Bow]]
* ''[[Puttin' on the Ritz]]'' starring [[Harry Richman]], [[Joan Bennett]] and [[James Gleason]]
* ''[[Rendezvous (1930 film)|Rendezvous]]'' (''Komm' zu mir zum Rendezvous''), starring [[Lucie Englisch]], [[Ralph Arthur Roberts]] and Alexa Engström, with music by [[Artur Guttmann]]<ref>James Robert Parish & Kingsley Canham. ''Film Directors Guide: Western Europe''. Scarecrow Press, 1976. p.26</ref>
* ''[[The Rogue Song (film)|The Rogue Song]]'' released May 10 starring [[Lawrence Tibbett]] and [[Catherine Dale Owen]] and featuring [[Stan Laurel]] and [[Oliver Hardy]]
* ''[[She Couldn't Say No (1930 film)|She Couldn't Say No]]'' starring [[Winnie Lightner]]
* ''[[Show Girl In Hollywood]]'' starring [[Alice White]]
* ''[[Song o' My Heart]]'' released September 7 starring [[John McCormack (tenor)|John McCormack]].
* ''[[Song of the Flame]]'' starring [[Bernice Claire]] and [[Noah Beery]]
* ''[[Song of the West]]'' starring [[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]] and [[Vivienne Segal]]
* ''[[Spring Is Here]]'' starring [[Lawrence Gray]], [[Bernice Claire]], [[Inez Courtney]], [[Frank Albertson]] and [[The Brox Sisters]].
* ''[[Sunny (1930 film)|Sunny]]'' starring [[Marilyn Miller]], [[Lawrence Gray]] and Joe Donahue.
* ''[[Sunny Skies]]'' starring [[Benny Rubin]], [[Marceline Day]], [[Rex Lease]] and [[Marjorie Kane]]
* ''[[Sweet Kitty Bellairs]]'' starring [[Claudia Dell]] and [[Walter Pidgeon]]
* ''[[Swing High]]'' starring Helen Twelvetress and Fred Scott
* ''[[Top Speed (film)|Top Speed]]'' starring [[Bernice Claire]], [[Jack Whiting (actor)|Jack Whiting]] and [[Joe E. Brown (comedian)|Joe E. Brown]]
* ''[[Under a Texas Moon (film)|Under a Texas Moon]]'' starring [[Frank Fay (American actor)|Frank Fay]], [[Myrna Loy]] and [[Noah Beery]]
* ''[[Under the Roofs of Paris]]'' (''Sous les toits de Paris'') starring [[Albert Préjean]], with music by [[Armand Bernard]], [[Raoul Moretti]] and [[René Nazelles]]<ref>"Cent pour cent parlant et chantant français": Jean-Pierre Jeancolas, ''15 ans des années trente''. Paris: Stock, 1983. p.73.</ref>
* ''[[The Immortal Vagabond (1930 film)|The Immortal Vagabond]]'' (''Der unsterbliche Lump''), starring [[Liane Haid]], [[Gustav Fröhlich]] and [[Hans Adalbert Schlettow]].<ref>[[William Grange|Grange, William]]. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008. p.330</ref>
* ''[[The Vagabond King (1930 film)|The Vagabond King]]'' starring [[Dennis King (actor)|Dennis King]], [[Jeanette MacDonald]] and [[Lillian Roth]]
* ''[[Viennese Nights]]'' released November 26 starring [[Vivienne Segal]], [[Jean Hersholt]], [[Walter Pidgeon]] and [[Louise Fazenda]].
* ''[[What a Widow!]]'' starring [[Gloria Swanson]]
* ''[[When Naples Sings (1930 film)|When Naples Sings]]'' (''Napoli che canta''), starring [[Malcolm Tod]], with music by [[Ernesto Tagliaferri]]<ref>Mancini, Elaine. ''Struggles of the Italian film industry during fascism, 1930–1935''. UMI Research Press, 1985. page 44-45</ref>
* ''[[Whoopee! (film)|Whoopee!]]'' starring [[Eddie Cantor]], [[Ethel Shutta]] and featuring [[George Olsen]] & his Orchestra and [[Betty Grable]]
* ''[[Young Man of Manhattan]]'' starring [[Claudette Colbert]], [[Ginger Rogers]], [[Norman Foster (director)|Norman Foster]] and [[Charles Ruggles]]. Directed by [[Monta Bell]].

==Births==
*[[January 2]] – [[Julius La Rosa]], American singer (d. [[2016 in music|2016]])
*[[January 5]] – [[Don Rondo]], American singer (d. [[2011 in music|2011]])
*[[January 7]] – [[Jack Greene]], American country music singer and songwriter (d. [[2013 in music|2013]])<ref name="FlintNelson1993">{{cite book|author1=Joseph H. Flint|author2=Judy A. Nelson|title=The insider's country music handbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pin7Ya25sGkC|date=24 August 1993|publisher=Gibbs-Smith|isbn=978-0-87905-563-9|page=135}}</ref>
*[[January 10]] – [[Lyle Ritz]], American jazz ukulele musician (d. [[2017 in music|2017]])
*[[January 12]] – [[Glenn Yarbrough]], American folk singer ([[The Limelighters]]) (d. [[2016 in music|2016]])<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/08/12/singer-glenn-yarbrough-dead-86/88599116/ |first1=Juli |last1=Thanki |title=Singer Glenn Yarbrough dies at 86 |newspaper=[[The Tennessean]] |date=August 12, 2016}}</ref>
*[[January 13]] – Bobby Lester, American singer ([[The Moonglows]]) (d. 1980)
*[[January 17]] – [[Dick Contino]], American accordionist and singer (d. 2017)
*[[January 27]]
** [[Bobby Blue Bland]], American blues and soul singer (d. [[2013 in music|2013]])
** [[Usko Meriläinen]], Finnish composer (d. [[2004 in music|2004]])
*[[January 29]] – [[Derek Bailey (guitarist)|Derek Bailey]], English guitarist (d. 2005)
*[[January 31]] – [[Al De Lory]], American record producer, arranger, musician (d. [[2012 in music|2012]])
*[[February 7]] – [[Ikutaro Kakehashi]], Japanese electronic music engineer (d. 2017)
*[[February 22]] – [[Marni Nixon]], American soprano, best known for film dubbing (d. 2016)<ref>[[Margalit Fox|Fox, Margalit]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/arts/music/marni-nixon-singer-soprano-dies-86.html "Marni Nixon, the Singing Voice Behind the Screen, Dies at 86"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 25, 2016</ref>
*[[February 26]] – Chic Hetti, American pianist and vocalist ([[The Playmates]])
*[[March 1]] – [[Gagik Hovunts]], Armenian composer (d. [[2019 in music|2019]])
*[[March 6]] – [[Lorin Maazel]], American conductor (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite book|author=Donald Rosenberg|title=The Cleveland Orchestra Story: "Second to None"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CU99mBhbcxoC&pg=PA423|year=2000|publisher=Gray & Company, Publishers|isbn=978-1-886228-24-5|pages=423}}</ref>
*[[March 9]] – [[Ornette Coleman]], American jazz saxophonist, trumpeter and composer (d. 2015)
*[[March 13]]
** [[Liz Anderson]], American country music singer and songwriter (d. [[2011 in music|2011]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/arts/music/liz-anderson-who-wrote-hit-country-songs-dies-at-81.html|title=Liz Anderson, Who Wrote Hit Country Songs, Dies at 81|date=November 3, 2011|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 7, 2016}}</ref>
** [[Jan Howard]], American country singer (d. [[2020 in music|2020]])
** [[Blue Mitchell]], American trumpet player (d. 1979)
*[[March 17]] – [[Paul Horn (musician)|Paul Horn]], American jazz and new age flautist (d. 2014)
*[[March 22]] – [[Stephen Sondheim]], American musical theater composer and lyricist (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Jackson R. Bryer|author2=Richard Allan Davison|title=The Art of the American Musical: Conversations with the Creators|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=udCClf6JJQoC&pg=PA186|year=2005|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=978-0-8135-3613-2|pages=186}}</ref>
*[[March 26]] – [[Sivuca]], Brazilian guitarist and accordionist (d. 2006)
*[[March 28]] – [[Robert Ashley]], American composer (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite book|author=Neil Butterworth|title=Dictionary of American Classical Composers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WR8jAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA15|date=2 October 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-79024-9|pages=15}}</ref>
*[[March 29]] – Donny Conn, American drummer ([[The Playmates]]) (d. 2015)
*[[March 30]] – [[Sterling Betancourt]], Trinidadian [[steelpan]] player
*[[April 5]] – [[Mary Costa]], American opera singer and actress<ref>{{cite book|author=Marion Elizabeth Cullen|title=Memorable days in music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2cs4AQAAIAAJ|date=May 1970|publisher=Scarecrow Press|page=67}}</ref>
*[[April 8]] – [[Jean Guillou]], French composer, organist, pianist and pedagogue (d. 2019)
*[[April 10]] – [[Claude Bolling]], French jazz pianist and composer (d. [[2020 in music|2020]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Lindsey C. Harnsberger|title=Essential Dictionary of Music: Definitions, Composers, Theory, Instrument & Vocal Ranges|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lrjbxAuZYeYC&pg=PA162|date=October 1996|publisher=Alfred Music Publishing|isbn=978-0-88284-728-3|pages=162}}</ref>
*[[April 16]] – [[Herbie Mann]], American jazz musician (d. 2003)
*[[April 17]] – [[Chris Barber]], English jazz trombonist and bandleader (d. 2021)
*[[May 1]] – [[Little Walter]], American blues musician (d. 1968)
*[[May 8]] – [[Heather Harper]], Northern Irish operatic soprano (d. 2019)
*[[May 16]] – [[Friedrich Gulda]], Austrian pianist and composer (d. 2000)
*[[May 22]] – [[Kenny Ball]], English jazz trumpeter, singer and bandleader (d. [[2013 in music|2013]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/mar/07/kenny-ball|title=Kenny Ball obituary|author=Peter Vacher|date=7 March 2013|website=The Guardian|access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref>
*[[May 28]] – [[Julian Slade]], English musical theatre writer (d. 2006)
*[[May 31]] – [[Uno Loop]], Estonian singer and guitarist (d. 2021)
*[[June 3]] – [[Dakota Staton]], American jazz vocalist (d. 2007)
*[[June 4]] – [[Morgana King]], American jazz vocalist (d. 2018)<ref>{{cite book|author=Andy Gregory|title=The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZIjT8PgJMEC&pg=PA278|year=2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-161-2|pages=278}}</ref>
*[[June 9]]
**[[Buddy Bregman]], American composer and conductor (d. 2017)
**[[Monique Serf]], French singer ("Barbara") (d. [[1997 in music|1997]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2007/11/24/barbara-intacte-et-lumineuse_982168_3246.html|title=Barbara, intacte et lumineuse|date=24 November 2007|language=fr|newspaper=Le Monde.fr|access-date=22 May 2020}}</ref>
*[[July 2]] – [[Ahmad Jamal]], American jazz pianist and composer<ref>{{cite book|title=Jazz Journal International|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C4sKAQAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Billboard Limited|page=4}}</ref>
*[[July 3]] – [[Carlos Kleiber]], Austrian conductor (d. [[2004 in music|2004]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Charles Barber|title=Corresponding with Carlos: A Biography of Carlos Kleiber|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MoWnChH_SyUC&pg=PA140|date=30 November 2011|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-8144-0|pages=140}}</ref>
*[[July 6]] – [[M. Balamuralikrishna]], Indian Carnatic vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer and actor (d. [[2016 in music|2016]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Ashok Roy|title=Music makers: living legends of Indian classical music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BpGfAAAAMAAJ|date=2 February 2004|publisher=Rupa & Co|page=144}}</ref>
*[[July 10]] – [[Josephine Veasey]], English operatic mezzo-soprano
*[[July 16]] – [[Guy Béart]], French singer and songwriter (d. 2015)
*[[July 20]]
** [[Sally Ann Howes]], English actress and singer<ref>{{cite book|title=Chase's calendar of events 2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WoV51PohNjwC|year=2009|publisher=McGraw Hill Professional|isbn=978-0-07-159956-6|page=371}}</ref>
** [[Oleg Anofriyev]], Russian actor, singer, songwriter, film director and poet (d. [[2018 in music|2018]])<ref>{{cite news|title=Умер Олег Анофриев|url=https://ria.ru/culture/20180328/1517456061.html}}</ref>
*[[July 21]] – [[Helen Merrill]], American jazz vocalist<ref>{{cite book|author1=Wayne Enstice|author2=Janis Stockhouse|title=Jazzwomen: Conversations with Twenty-one Musicians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U9MCn6tJ5-8C&pg=PA253|year=2004|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0-253-34436-0|pages=253}}</ref>
*[[July 25]] – [[Annie Ross]], British-American singer (died [[2020 in music|2020]])<ref>{{cite news|last=Piccalo |first=Gina |title=Annie Ross, jazz singer and actress who overcame demons, dies |url=https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2020-07-22/annie-ross-jazz-singer-twisted-count-basie-dead |work=Los Angeles Times |date=22 July 2020|access-date=16 August 2020}}</ref>
*[[July 27]] – [[Andy White (drummer)|Andy White]], Scottish-born session drummer (d. 2015)
*[[July 28]] – [[Firoza Begum (singer)|Firoza Begum]], Bangladeshi singer (d. [[2014 in music|2014]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/09/09/firoza-begum-passes-away|title=Firoza Begum passes away|date=10 September 2014|author=Ashik Hussain|website=bdnews24|access-date=28 May 2020}}</ref>
*[[August 1]]
**[[Lionel Bart]], English composer and lyricist (d. 1999)
**[[Walter Jagiello]], Polish polka musician and songwriter (d. 2006)
*[[August 6]] – [[Abbey Lincoln]], American singer (d. [[2010 in music|2010]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Salem Press|title=Directory of Historical Figures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3b9WAAAAYAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Salem Press|isbn=978-0-89356-334-9|page=361}}</ref>
*[[August 7]] – [[Veljo Tormis]], Estonian composer (d. 2017)
*[[August 10]] – [[Jorma Panula]], Finnish conductor and composer
*[[August 11]] – [[Heinz Werner Zimmermann]], German composer (d. 2022)
*[[August 16]] – [[Flor Silvestre]], Mexican singer, actress and equestrienne (d. [[2020 in music|2020]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Ramiro Burr|title=The Billboard Guide to Tejano and Regional Mexican Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9DPaAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Billboard Books|isbn=978-0-8230-7691-8|page=49}}</ref>
*[[August 24]] – Tony Davis, English folk singer ([[The Spinners (UK band)|The Spinners]]) (d. 2017)
*[[September 7]] – [[Sonny Rollins]], jazz saxophonist
*[[September 12]] – [[Larry Austin]], American composer (d. 2018)
*[[September 23]] – [[Ray Charles]], American soul musician (d. [[2004 in music|2004]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Mike Evans|title=Ray Charles: Birth of Soul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5v1pSAHAEa0C&pg=PT15|date=11 November 2009|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-051-9|pages=15}}</ref>
*[[September 26]]
** [[Alice Harnoncourt]], Austrian classical violinist
** [[Fritz Wunderlich]], German tenor singer (d. [[1966 in music|1966]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Roy Hemming|title=Discovering music: where to start on records and tapes, the great composers and their works, today's major recording artists|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bhw5AQAAIAAJ|year=1974|publisher=Four Winds Press|page=347|isbn=9780590071444}}</ref>
*[[September 29]]
** [[Richard Bonynge]], Australian pianist and conductor<ref>{{cite book|author=Louis Kahan|title=Great Music Makers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GV-sVSFOmY0C&pg=PT1|year=2005|publisher=Macmillan Education AU|isbn=978-1-876832-89-6|pages=144}}</ref>
** [[Billy Strange]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. [[2012 in music|2012]])<ref>{{cite news|last=Lewis |first=Randy |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-billy-strange-20120224,0,767015.story |title=Billy Strange dies at 81; guitarist, arranger for Presley, Nancy Sinatra |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 24, 2012}}</ref>
*[[October 1]] – [[Richard Harris]], Irish actor and singer (d. [[2002 in music|2002]])<ref>{{cite news|title=He was one of the most outstanding film stars of his time|work=Irish Independent|date=27 October 2002|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/harris-was-one-of-the-most--outstanding-film-stars-of-his-time-504644.html|access-date=10 December 2007}}</ref>
*[[October 5]] – [[John Carmichael (composer)|John Carmichael]], pianist, composer and music therapist
*[[October 8]] – [[Tōru Takemitsu]], composer (d. 1996)<ref>{{cite book|author=James Siddons|title=Toru Takemitsu: A Bio-bibliography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s1h-dw9tyLwC&pg=PA1|year=2001|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-27237-0|pages=1}}</ref>
*[[October 12]] – [[Cyril Tawney]], English traditional singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
*[[October 23]] – [[Boozoo Chavis]], American accordionist (d. 2001)
*[[October 24]] – [[The Big Bopper]], American DJ and singer (d. 1957)<ref>{{cite book|author=Joseph Murrells|title=Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s: an illustrated directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5iIKAQAAMAAJ|date=31 December 1984|publisher=Batsford|isbn=978-0-7134-3843-7|page=113}}</ref>
*[[October 29]]
** [[Omara Portuondo]], Cuban singer and dancer<ref>{{cite web|author=Iván García |url=http://translatingcuba.com/in-cuba-we-lack-a-lot-of-things-but-we-have-omara-portuondo-ivan-garcia/ |title=In Cuba We Lack A Lot of Things, But We Have Omara Portuondo |publisher=TranslatingCuba.com |date=November 2, 2010 |access-date=2014-01-30}}</ref>
** [[Natalie Sleeth]], American composer (d. 1992)
*[[October 30]]
**[[Clifford Brown]], American jazz trumpeter (d. 1956)
**[[Stanley Sadie]], English musicologist (d. 2005)
*[[November 12]] – [[Bob Crewe]], American singer, songwriter, manager, and producer (d. [[2014 in music|2014]])
*[[November 20]] – [[Curly Putman]], American songwriter (d. 2016)
*[[November 22]] – [[Peter Hurford]], Englsish organist and composer (d. 2019)
*[[December 17]] – [[Makoto Moroi]], Japanese composer (d. [[2013 in music|2013]])
*[[December 31]] – [[Odetta]], Aemrican singer, songwriter and civil rights activist (d. 2008)
*''Date unknown'' – [[Munir Bashir]], Iraqi Assyrian musician and [[oud]] player (d. 1997)

==Deaths==
*[[January 2]] – [[Therese Malten]], German operatic soprano, 74
*[[January 16]] – [[Art Hickman]], American bandleader, 43 (Banti's syndrome)
*[[January 17]] – [[Gauhar Jaan]], Indian singer and dancer, 56
*[[January 24]] – [[Mario Sammarco]], Italian operatic baritone, 61
*[[January 27]] – [[Jean Huré]], composer and organist (born 1877)
*[[January 28]] – [[Emmy Destinn]] Czech operatic soprano, 51 (stroke)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Rachel Cowgill|author2=Hilary Poriss|title=The Arts of the Prima Donna in the Long Nineteenth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ed7QCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA342|date=1 June 2012|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-971083-6|pages=342}}</ref>
*[[February 12]] – [[Eva Dell'Acqua]], Belgian singer and composer, 73
*[[February 13]] – [[Conrad Ansorge]], German pianist, teacher and composer, 67
*[[February 17]] – [[Louise Kirkby Lunn]], English operatic contralto, 56
*[[February 23]] – [[Horst Wessel]], Nazi ideologue and composer, 22<ref>{{cite book|author1=Nicholas John Cull|author2=David Holbrook Culbert|author3=David Welch|title=Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia, 1500 to the Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Byzv7rf6gL8C&pg=PA169|year=2003|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-820-4|pages=169}}</ref>
*[[March 7]] – [[A. L. Erlanger]], American theatrical impresario, 70
*[[March 13]] – [[August Stradal]], virtouso pianist and composer, 69
*[[March 16]] – [[George Allan (composer)|George Allan]], English arranger and composer, 55
*[[April 1]] – [[Cosima Wagner]], daughter of [[Franz Liszt]] and widow of [[Richard Wagner]], 92<ref>{{cite book|author=Oliver Hilmes|title=Cosima Wagner: The Lady of Bayreuth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YW_uE5pBF2QC&pg=PT411|year=2010|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-15215-9|pages=411}}</ref>
*[[April 3]] – [[Emma Albani]], Canadian-British operatic soprano (born 1847)<ref>{{cite book|author=Michelle Labrèche-Larouche|title=Emma Albani: Victorian Diva|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zzsPX_vICCEC&pg=PA166|date=1 January 2001|publisher=Dundurn|isbn=978-1-77070-708-5|pages=166}}</ref>
*[[April 5]] – [[Gene Greene]], singer and composer ("The Ragtime King"), 48
*[[April 9]] – [[Rose Caron]], French operatic soprano, 72<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard T. Soper|title=Belgian Opera Houses and Singers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CvoXAQAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Reprint Company|isbn=978-0-87152-516-1|page=423}}</ref>
*[[April 24]] – [[Adele Ritchie]], American singer, comic opera, musical comedy and vaudeville, 55
*[[April 26]] – [[Beth Slater Whitson]], American lyric writer, 50
*[[April 28]] – [[Charles Grandmougin]], lyricist (born 1850)
*[[May 1]] – [[Emil Genetz]], Finnish composer, 77
*[[May 29]] – [[Tivadar Nachéz]], Hungarian violinist and composer, 71
*[[June 5]] – [[Irma Reichová]], Czech operatic soprano, 71
*[[June 7]] – [[Nahan Franko]], American violinist and conductor, 68
*[[June 22]] – [[Mary Davies]], Welsh singer, 75
*[[July 15]] – [[Leopold Auer]], Hungarian violinist, 85<ref>{{cite book|author=Daniel Jaffé|title=Historical Dictionary of Russian Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=65ZrAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA48|date=8 March 2012|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7980-5|pages=48}}</ref>
*[[August 4]] – [[Siegfried Wagner]], German composer and conductor, son of [[Richard Wagner]], 61<ref>{{cite book|author=Hans Hubert Schönzeler|title=Furtwangler: The Man and His Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mvV52ztPWCUC|year=1990|publisher=Duckworth|isbn=978-0-7156-2313-8|page=43}}</ref>
*[[August 9]] – [[Johnny Burke (Newfoundland songwriter)|Johnny Burke]], Canadian singer and songwriter (b. 1851)
*[[August 20]] – [[George John Bennett (organist)|George John Bennett]], English composer (born 1863)
*[[October 1]] – [[Riccardo Drigo]], Italian composer and conductor, 84
*[[October 14]] – [[Henry Creamer]], American songwriter, 51
*[[October 27]] – [[Evan Stephens]], American Mormon composer and hymn-writer, 76
*[[November 13]] – [[Thomas Bulch]], English-born Australian musician and composer, 67
*[[November 14]] – [[Jacques Isnardon]], French operatic bass-baritone, 70
*[[December 17]] – [[Peter Warlock]], English composer, 36<ref>{{cite web|author-link=Barry Smith (organist)|last=Smith|first=Barry|title=Heseltine, Philip Arnold|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33843?docPos=1|publisher=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online edition|year=2004|access-date=2 September 2012}}</ref>
*[[December 22]] – [[Charles K. Harris]], American songwriter and publisher, 63
*[[December 23]] – [[Marie Fillunger]], Austrian singer, 80
*[[December 24]] – [[Oskar Nedbal]], Czech violist, conductor and composer, 56
*[[December 29]] – [[Oscar Borg]], Norwegian composer, 79

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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1923 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1923.

==Specific locations==
*[[1923 in British music]]
*[[1923 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1923 in country music]]
*[[1923 in jazz]]

==Events==
*February – [[Joseph Samuels]]' Tampa Blue Jazz Band records the [[George Washington Thomas]] number "The Fives" for [[Okeh Records]], considered the first example of [[jazz band]] [[boogie-woogie]].
*[[February 19]] – [[Jean Sibelius]] conducts the world première of his [[Symphony No. 6 (Sibelius)|Symphony No. 6]] in [[Helsinki]].
*[[October 18]] – [[Igor Stravinsky]] conducts the premiere of his [[Octet (Stravinsky)|Octet]] at the Paris Opera. In the same concert, [[Serge Prokofiev]]'s [[Violin Concerto No. 1 (Prokofiev)|First Violin Concerto]] (1917) is also premiered, with [[Marcel Darrieux]], violin, and the Paris Opera Orchestra conducted by [[Serge Koussevitzky]].
*[[November 11]] – Première of [[John Foulds]]'s ''[[A World Requiem]]'' (composed 1919–21) at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in [[London]]. It is repeated on that date each year until 1926.
*[[November 19]] – At a concert celebrating the 50th anniversary of the union of Buda and Pest (thus creating [[Budapest]]), [[Béla Bartók]]'s ''[[Dance Suite (Bartók)|Dance Suite]]'' and [[Zoltán Kodály]]'s ''[[Psalmus Hungaricus]]'' both receive their world premieres
* Explosion of recordings of African American musicians; [[Bessie Smith]], [[Ida Cox]], [[Joe "King" Oliver]], [[Louis Armstrong]], [[Jelly Roll Morton]], [[Sidney Bechet]], many others make their first recordings.
*[[George Enescu]] makes his debut as a conductor with the [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] in New York City.
*[[Henri Pawl-Pleyel]], [[Roger Désormière]], [[Maxime Jacob]] and [[Henri Sauguet]] form the Ecole d'Arcueil.
*[[Augustus John]] completes his portrait of cellist [[Guilhermina Suggia]].
*Japanese composer [[Michio Miyagi]] introduces an [[80-string koto]] or "or hachijugen". It proves less popular than the [[17-string koto]] he had invented two years earlier.

==Publications==
*[[Stewart Macpherson]] – ''Melody and Harmony'', Books 2 and 3. London: Stainer & Bell. (Book 1 published 1920.)

==Published popular music==
[[File:Dizzy Fingers Sheet Music Cover 1.jpg|right|thumb|[[Zez Confrey]]'s "Dizzy Fingers"]]
* "Annabelle" w. [[Lew Brown]] m. [[Ray Henderson]]
* "Back To Croa-Jingo-Long" w.m. Pat Dunlop
* "Bambalina" w. [[Otto Harbach]] & [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Herbert Stothart]] & [[Vincent Youmans]]. Introduced by [[Edith Day]] in the musical ''[[Wildflower (musical)|Wildflower]]''
* "Barney Google" w.m. [[Billy Rose]] & [[Con Conrad]]
* "Beside A Babbling Brook" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Walter Donaldson]]
* "[[Charleston (1923 song)|Charleston]]" w.m. [[Cecil Mack]] & [[James P. Johnson]]. Inspiration for a [[Charleston (dance)|dance]] craze.
* "Chimes Blues" m. [[Joe "King" Oliver]]
* "Come On, Spark Plug!" w.m. [[Billy Rose]] & [[Con Conrad]]
* "Covered Wagon Days" w.m. Will Morrisey & Joe Burrows
* "[[Dippermouth Blues]]" m. [[Joe "King" Oliver]]
* "Dizzy Fingers" m. [[Zez Confrey]]
* "Frasquita Serenade" m. [[Franz Lehár]]
* "Gulf Coast Blues" w.m. [[Clarence Williams (musician)|Clarence Williams]]
* "Horsey, Keep Your Tail Up" w.m. [[Walter Hirsch]] & [[Bert Kaplan]]
* "[[I Cried For You]]" w. [[Arthur Freed]] m. [[Gus Arnheim]] & [[Abe Lyman]]
* "I Love Life" w. [[Irwin M. Cassel]] m. [[Mana-Zucca]]
* "I Love You" w. [[Harlan Thompson]] m. Harry Archer. Introduced by [[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]] and [[Margaret Wilson (actress)|Margaret Wilson]] in the musical ''[[Little Jessie James]]''
* "I Won't Say I Will But I Won't Say I Won't" w. [[B. G. De Sylva]] & [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]]. Introduced by [[Irene Bordoni]] in the play ''[[Little Miss Bluebeard]]''
* "I'm Goin' South" w.m. Abner Silver & Harry Woods
* "I'm Sitting Pretty In A Pretty Little City" w.m. Lou Davis, Henry Santly & Abel Baer
* "Indiana Moon" w. [[Benny Davis]] m. [[Isham Jones]]
* "[[It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo']]" w.m. [[Wendell Hall]]
* "I've Got The Yes! We Have No Bananas Blues" w. [[Lew Brown]] m. James F. Hanley & Robert King
* "Just A Girl That Men Forget" w. [[Al Dubin]] & Fred Rath m. Joe Garron
* "Just One More Chance" m. Steiger
* "[[King Porter Stomp]]" m. [[Jelly Roll Morton|Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton]]
* "[[Last Night On The Back Porch]]" w. [[Lew Brown]] m. Carl Schraubstader
* "Linger Awhile" w. Harry Owens m. Vincent Rose
* "[[Louisville Lou]]" w. [[Jack Yellen]] m. [[Milton Ager]]
* "Mama Goes Where Papa Goes" w. [[Jack Yellen]] m. [[Milton Ager]]
* "Mama Loves Papa" w.m. [[Cliff Friend]] & Abel Baer
* "March Of The Cameron Men" w.m. Campbell
* "[[Mexicali Rose (song)|Mexicali Rose]]" w. Helen Stone m. [[Jack Tenney|Jack B. Tenney]]
* "Milenberg Joys" m. [[Leon Rappolo]], [[Paul Mares]] & [[Jelly Roll Morton]]
* "Mon Paradis (Sérénade d'Aujourd'hui)" m. Cuthbert Clarke
* "Moon Love" w. [[George Grossmith Jr.]] & [[P. G. Wodehouse]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]
* "My Sweetie Went Away" w. Roy Turk m. Lou Handman
* "Nashville Nightingale" w. [[Irving Caesar]] m. [[George Gershwin]]
* "No, No, Nora" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Ted Fio Rito]] & [[Ernie Erdman]]
* "[[Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (march)|Nobles of the Mystic Shrine]]" [[John Philip Sousa]]
* "[[Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out]]" w.m. Jimmy Cox
* "Oh Didn't It Rain" w.m. Eddie Leonard
* "Oh Gee Oh Gosh Oh Golly I'm In Love" w. [[Ole Olsen (comedian)|Ole Olsen]] & [[Chic Johnson]] m. Ernest Breuer
* "[[Oklahoma Indian Jazz]]" (w. & m.) Ray Hibbler, T.J. Johnsen, J.W. Barna, J.W. Murrin, and T. Guarini
* "Old Fashioned Love" w. [[Cecil Mack]] m. [[James P. Johnson]]
* "Old King Tut" w. [[William Jerome]] m. [[Harry Von Tilzer]]
* "On The Mall" m. Edwin Franko Goldman
* "Once In A Blue Moon" w. Anne Caldwell m. [[Jerome Kern]]
* "An Orange Grove In California" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Out Where The Blue Begins" Graff, McHugh, Grant
* "(Home In) Pasadena" w.m. [[Harry Warren]], Grant Clarke & Edgar Leslie
* "Raggedy Ann" w. Anne Caldwell m. [[Jerome Kern]]
* "Rememb'ring" w.m. [[Vivian Duncan]] & [[Rosetta Duncan]]
* "La Rosita" w. Allan Stuart m. Paul Dupont (Pseud. of Walter Haenschen)
* "Seven Or Eleven" w. [[Lew Brown]] m. [[Walter Donaldson]]
* "Sittin' In A Corner" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. George W. Meyer
* "[[Sleep (1920s song)|Sleep]]" w.m. Earl Lebieg
* "A Smile Will Go A Long Long Way" w. [[Benny Davis]] m. Harry Akst
* "Snake Rag" m. [[Joe "King" Oliver|King Oliver]]
* "Sobbin' Blues" w.m. Art Kassel
* "Some Sweet Day" w. Gene Buck m. [[Dave Stamper]] & Louis A. Hirsch
* "Stella" w.m. [[Al Jolson]], [[Benny Davis]] & Harry Akst
* "[[Swingin' Down the Lane]]" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Isham Jones]]
* "Tell Me With A Melody" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[That Old Gang of Mine (song)|That Old Gang of Mine]]" w. [[Billy Rose]] & [[Mort Dixon]] m. [[Ray Henderson]]
* "[[Tin Roof Blues]]" m. [[Paul Mares]], [[Walter Melrose]], [[Ben Pollack]], [[Mel Stitzel]], [[George Brunies]] & [[Leon Roppolo]]
* "Waitin' For The Evenin' Mail" Billy Baskette
* "When Clouds Have Vanished And Skies Are Blue" w. William R. Clay m. Charles L. Johnson
* "When It's Night-Time In Italy, It's Wednesday Over Here" w.m. [[James Kendis]] & [[Lew Brown]]
* "When June Comes Along With A Song" w.m. [[George M. Cohan]] from the musical ''[[The Rise of Rosie O'Reilly|The Rise Of Rosie O'Reilly]]''
* "When You Walked Out Someone Else Walked Right In" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Who'll Buy My Violets" w. E. Ray Goetz m. Jose Padilla
* "[[Who's Sorry Now? (song)|Who's Sorry Now?]]" w. [[Bert Kalmar]] & [[Harry Ruby]] m. [[Ted Snyder]]
* "Wild Flower" w. [[Otto Harbach]] & [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] m. [[Vincent Youmans]] & Herbert Stothart
* "[[Wolverine Blues (song)|Wolverine Blues]]" w.m. [[Jelly Roll Morton|Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton]], Benjamin Spikes & John C. Spikes
* "[[Yes! We Have No Bananas]]" w.m. [[Frank Silver]] & [[Irving Cohn]]
* "You Can't Do What My Last Man Did" w.m. J. C. Johnson & Allie Moore
* "You've Got To See Mama Ev'ry Night" w.m. [[Con Conrad]] & [[Billy Rose]]

==Top Popular Recordings 1923==

The following songs achieved the highest positions in [[Billboard Hot 100#History|Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954]] and record sales reported on the "[[Discography of American Historical Recordings]]" website during 1923:<ref name=PopMemories>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |publisher=Record Research |year=1986}}</ref>
Numerical Rankings are approximate.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>Rank</big>
! <big>Artist</big>
! <big>Title</big>
! <big>Label</big>
! <big>Recorded</big>
! <big>Released</big>
! <big>Chart Positions</big>
|-
| 1 || [[Paul Whiteman|Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra]] || "[[The Parade of the Tin Soldiers|Parade of the Wooden Soldiers]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix B-27268. Parade of the wooden soldiers / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800001218/B-27268-Parade_of_the_wooden_soldiers |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19007 || {{Start date|1921|10|21}} || {{Start date|1923|4|7}} || US Billboard 1923 #1, US #1 for 7 weeks, 13 total weeks, 722,895 sales<ref name=Victor>{{Cite web |title=The Victor Talking Machine Company |url=https://davidsarnoff.org/vtm-appendix11.html |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=davidsarnoff.org}}</ref>
|-
| 2 || [[Isham Jones|Isham Jones Orchestra]] || "[[Swingin' Down the Lane]]"<ref name=Brunswick1>{{Cite web |title=BRUNSWICK 78rpm numerical listing discography: 2000 - 2500 |url=https://www.78discography.com/BRN2000.htm |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Brunswick 2438 || {{Start date|1923|5|4}} || {{Start date|1923|7}} || US Billboard 1923 #2, US #1 for 6 weeks, 15 total weeks
|-
| 3 || [[Billy Murray (singer)|Billy Murray & Ed Smalle]] || "[[That Old Gang of Mine (song)|That Old Gang of Mine]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix B-27997. That old gang of mine / Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800002007/B-27997-That_old_gang_of_mine |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19095 || {{Start date|1923|6|5}} || {{Start date|1923|9}} || US Billboard 1922 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 14 total weeks
|-
| 4 || [[Billy Jones (singer)|Billy Jones]] & [[Ernie Hare]] || "[[Yes! We Have No Bananas]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Edison matrix 9018. Yes! We have no bananas / Billy Jones - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000156009/9018-Yes_We_have_no_bananas |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Edison 51183 || {{Start date|1923|6|8}} || {{Start date|1923|7}} || US Billboard 1923 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 13 total weeks
|-
| 5 || [[Bessie Smith]] || "[[Downhearted Blues|Down Hearted Blues]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix 80863. Down hearted blues / Bessie Smith ; Clarence Williams - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000028630/80863-Down_hearted_blues |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 3844 || {{Start date|1923|2|16}} || {{Start date|1923|5}} || US Billboard 1923 #5, US #1 for 4 weeks, 12 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories/>
|-
| 6 || [[Al Jolson]] || "[[Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix 80532. Toot, Toot, Tootsie! (Goo'bye) / Al Jolson - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000028299/80532-Toot_Toot_Tootsie_Goobye |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 3705 || {{Start date|1922|9|11}} || {{Start date|1922|12}} || US Billboard 1922 #6, US #1 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks
|-
| 7 || [[Van and Schenck]] || "[[Carolina in the Morning]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix 80552. Carolina in the morning / Van and Schenck - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000028319/80552-Carolina_in_the_morning |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 3712 || {{Start date|1922|9|18}} || {{Start date|1922|12}} || US Billboard 1922 #7, US #1 for 3 weeks, 14 total weeks
|-
| 8 || [[Carl Fenton|Carl Fenton and His Orchestra]] || "Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses"<ref name=Brunswick1/> || Brunswick 2392 || {{Start date|1923|1|15}} || {{Start date|1923|3}} || US Billboard 1923 #8, US #1 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks
|-
| 9 || Art Landry & His Orchestra || "Dreamy Melody"<ref>{{Cite web |title=GENNETT numerical listing discography: 5000 - 5500 |url=https://www.78discography.com/GNT5000.htm |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Gennett 5255 || {{Start date|1923|2|12}} || {{Start date|1923|5}} || US Billboard 1923 #9, US #1 for 3 weeks, 10 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jazz History: The Standards (1920s) |url=https://www.jazzstandards.com/history/history-2.htm |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=www.jazzstandards.com}}</ref>
|-
| 10 || [[Ben Selvin|Ben Selvin's Dance Orchestra]] || "Yes! We Have No Bananas"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vocalion 78rpm numerical listing discography: 14500 - 15000 |url=https://www.78discography.com/VOC14500.htm |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Vocalion 14590 || {{Start date|1923|5|15}} || {{Start date|1923|8}} || US Billboard 1923 #10, US #1 for 2 weeks, 12 total weeks
|-
| 11 || [[Eddie Cantor]] || "No, No, Nora"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix 81148. No, no, Nora / Eddie Cantor - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000028915/81148-No_no_Nora |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 3964 || {{Start date|1923|7|26}} || {{Start date|1923|10}} || US Billboard 1923 #11, US #1 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks
|-
| 12 || Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra || "[[Stairway to Paradise|I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix B-26748. I'll build a stairway to paradise / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800000670/B-26748-Ill_build_a_stairway_to_paradise |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 18949 || {{Start date|1922|9|1}} || {{Start date|1922|11|22}} || US Billboard 1923 #12, US #1 for 1 weeks, 9 total weeks
|-
| 13 || Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra || "Bambalina"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix B-27610. Bambalina / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800001581/B-27610-Bambalina |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 19035 || {{Start date|1922|9|1}} || {{Start date|1923|6|22}} || US Billboard 1923 #13, US #1 for 1 weeks, 8 total weeks
|-
| 14 || Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra || "Crinoline Days"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victor matrix B-27112. Crinoline days / Paul Whiteman Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800001058/B-27112-Crinoline_days |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Victor 18983 || {{Start date|1923|2|20}} || {{Start date|1923|3|17}} || US Billboard 1923 #14, US #2 for 3 weeks, 9 total weeks
|-
| 15 || Eddie Cantor || "[[I've Got the Yes! We Have No Bananas Blues]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia matrix 81149. I've got the Yes! We have no banana blues / Eddie Cantor - Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000028916/81149-Ive_got_the_Yes_We_have_no_banana_blues |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Columbia 3964 || {{Start date|1923|7|26}} || {{Start date|1923|10}} || US Billboard 1923 #15, US #2 for 3 weeks, 6 total weeks
|-
| 22 || Isham Jones Orchestra || "Who's Sorry Now" || Brunswick 2438 || {{Start date|1923|5|4}} || {{Start date|1923|7}} || US Billboard 1923 #22, US #3 for 1 weeks, 8 total weeks
|-
| 25 || [[Great White Way Orchestra (Vocal Billy Murray)]] || "Yes! We have No Bananas" || Victor 19068 || {{Start date|1923|4|26}} || {{Start date|1923|7}} || US Billboard 1923 #25, US #3 for 1 weeks, 6 total weeks, 610,101 sales<ref name=Victor/>
|-
| 28 || Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra || "[[Wonderful One]]" || Victor 19019 || {{Start date|1923|1|25}} || {{Start date|1923|4}} || US Billboard 1923 #28, US #3 for 1 weeks, 5 total weeks
|}

==Other important recordings==
*"Dippermouth Blues" by [[Joe "King" Oliver|King Oliver]]'s Creole Jazz Band
*"[[High Society (Porter Steele)|High Society]]" by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band
*"Milenburg Joys" by the [[New Orleans Rhythm Kings]] with [[Jelly Roll Morton]]
*"Wild Cat Blues/Kansas City Man Blues" by [[Clarence Williams (musician)|Clarence Williams]] Blue 5, featuring [[Sidney Bechet]]

==Classical music==
*[[Béla Bartók]] – [[Dance Suite (Bartók)|''Dance Suite'']]
*[[Ferruccio Busoni]] – Prélude et étude en arpèges, BV 297
*[[Henry Cowell]] – ''Aeolian Harp''
*[[Frederick Delius]] – ''Hassan'', RT I/9, incidental music for play premiering June 1 in Darmstadt
*[[Gerald Finzi]] – ''A Severn Rhapsody''
*[[Gabriel Fauré]] – [[Piano Trio (Fauré)|Piano Trio]] in D minor, Op. 120
*[[Josef Matthias Hauer]] – Atonale Musik, Op.20
*[[Paul Hindemith]] – String Quartet No.5, Op.32, premiered October 26 in Vienna
*[[Jenő Hubay|Jenö Hubay]] – 5 Konzertetüden, Op.115
*[[Joseph Jongen]] – 3 Études de concert, Op.65
*[[Sigfrid Karg-Elert]]
**''Cathedral Windows,'' Op.106
**3 Compositions for Organ, Op.108
*[[Darius Milhaud]] – ''La création du monde'' (ballet)
*[[Hans Pfitzner]] – Concerto for Violin in B minor
*[[Arnold Schoenberg]]
**Fünf Stücke [Five Pieces] for Piano, Op. 23 (1920/1923)
**Serenade, Op. 24 (1920/1923)
**[[Suite for Piano (Schoenberg)|Suite for Piano]], Op. 25 (1921/1923)
*[[Jean Sibelius]] – [[Symphony No. 6 (Sibelius)|Symphony No. 6]] was premiered by the [[Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra]], conducted by the composer, on 19 February 1923
*[[Igor Stravinsky]] – [[Octet (Stravinsky)|Octet for Wind Instruments]]
*[[Germaine Tailleferre]] – Ballade for Piano and Orchestra; Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra
*[[Joaquín Turina]] – ''Jardin de Oriente''
*[[Edgard Varèse]]
**''[[Hyperprism (Varèse)|Hyperprism]]'' (1922–23)
**''[[Octandre]]''
*[[Heitor Villa-Lobos]] – [[Nonet (Villa-Lobos)|Nonet]] ("Impressão rápida de todo o Brasil")
*[[William Walton]] – Toccata for Violin and Piano
*[[Leó Weiner]] – Concertino for Piano and Orchestra
*[[Alexander von Zemlinsky]] – ''Lyric Symphony''

==[[Opera]]==
*[[Alfred Bruneau]] – ''Le Jardin du paradis''
*[[Hans Gál]] – ''[[Die heilige Ente]]''
*[[Franz Grillparzer]] - ''[[König Ottokars Glück und Ende]]'' (written 1923, premiered February 19, 1825 in Vienna's Burgtheater).
*[[Reynaldo Hahn]] – ''[[Ciboulette]]''
*[[Joaquín Turina]] – ''Jardin de Oriente''

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1923 in jazz}}

==[[Musical theater]]==
* ''[[The Beauty Prize]]'' (Music: [[Jerome Kern]] Lyrics and Book: [[P. G. Wodehouse]] and [[George Grossmith]]). London production opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on [[September 5]] and ran for 214 performances
* ''Catherine'' London production opened at the [[Gaiety Theatre, London|Gaiety Theatre]] on [[September 22]] and ran for 217 performances
* ''[[The Cousin from Nowhere (operetta)|The Cousin from Nowhere]]'' London production opened at [[Prince's Theatre]] on [[February 24]] and ran for 105 performances
* ''[[Dover Street to Dixie]]'' London [[revue]] opened at the [[London Pavilion|Pavilion]] on [[May 31]] and ran for 108 performances
* ''[[George White's Scandals|George White's Scandals of 1923]]'' Broadway [[revue]] opened at the [[Globe Theatre (New York)|Globe Theatre]] on [[June 18]] and transferred to the [[Fulton Theatre]] on [[November 5]] for a total run of 168 performances
* ''[[Head over Heels (musical)|Head over Heels]]'' London production opened at the [[Adelphi Theatre]] on [[September 8]] and ran for 113 performances
* ''[[Katinka (operetta)|Katinka]]'' London production opened at the [[Shaftesbury Theatre]] on [[August 30]] and ran for 108 performances
* ''[[Kid Boots]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Earl Carroll Theatre]] on [[December 31]] and transferred to the [[Selwyn Theatre]] on [[September 1]], [[1924]] for a total run of 489 performances
* ''[[Little Nellie Kelly]]'' London production opened at the [[New Oxford Theatre]] on [[July 2]] and ran for 265 performances
* ''[[London Calling!]]'' London [[revue]] opened at the [[Duke of York's Theatre]] on [[September 4]] and ran for 367 performances
* ''[[Madame Pompadour (operetta)|Madame Pompadour]]''
**Vienna production opened at the [[Carltheater]] on [[March 2]]
**[[West End theatre|London]] production opened at [[Daly's Theatre]] on [[December 20]] and ran for 467 performances
* ''[[The Music Box Revue]]'' London [[revue]] opened at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]] on [[May 15]] and ran for 217 performances
* ''The Rainbow'' London production opened at the [[Empire, Leicester Square|Empire Theatre]] on [[April 3]] and ran for 113 performances
* ''Rats'' London [[revue]] opened at the [[Vaudeville Theatre]] on [[February 4]] and ran for 285 performances
* ''[[The Rise of Rosie O'Reilly]]'' [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production opened at the [[Liberty Theatre (New York, New York)|Liberty Theatre]] on [[December 25]] and ran for 97 performances
*"[[Runnin' Wild (musical)|Runnin' Wild]]', Broadway musical with music by [[James P. Johnson]] and [[Cecil Mack]] opened October 29 and ran at the new Colonial Theatre for 228 performances. Spearheaded the [[Charleston (dance)|Charleston]] dance craze.
* ''[[Stop Flirting]]'' London production opened at the [[Shaftesbury Theatre]] on [[May 30]] and ran for 418 performances
* ''[[Wildflower (musical)|Wildflower]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Casino Theatre (New York, New York)|Casino Theatre]] on [[February 7]] and ran for 477 performances
* ''The Jilts'' by [[Philip Barry]], won the Herndon Prize in 1922 as the best drama. Renamed ''[[You and I (1923 play)|You and I]]'', the play opened on Broadway on [[February 19]], 1923,
* ''[[You'd Be Surprised]]'' London production opened at the [[Royal Opera House]] on [[January 27]] and ran for 270 performances
* ''[[Ziegfeld Follies|Ziegfeld Follies of 1923]]'' Broadway [[revue]] opened at the [[New Amsterdam Theatre]] on [[October 20]] and ran for 233 performances

==Births==
*[[January 1]] – [[Milt Jackson]], jazz vibraphonist (d. 1999)
*[[January 4]]
**[[Don Butterfield]], classical and jazz tuba player (d. 2006)
**[[Tito Rodríguez]], Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter and television host (d. 1973)
*[[January 5]] – [[Sam Phillips]], record producer (d. 2003)
*[[January 25]] – [[Rusty Draper]], American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
*[[February 2]] – [[Julius Hegyi]], American conductor and violinist (d. 2007)
*[[February 5]] – [[Claude King]], country singer and songwriter (d. 2013)
*[[March 2]] – [[Doc Watson]], guitarist, singer and songwriter (d. 2012)
*[[March 26]] – [[Clifton Williams (composer)|Clifton Williams]], composer (d. 1976)
*[[April 25]] – [[Albert King]], blues guitarist and singer (d. 1992)
*[[May 15]] – [[John Lanchbery]], composer and conductor (d. 2003)
*[[May 17]] – [[Peter Mennin]], American composer and administrator (d. 1983)
*[[May 28]] – [[György Ligeti]], composer (d. 2006)
*[[June 8]] – [[Karel Goeyvaerts]], Belgian composer (d. 1993)
*[[June 29]] – [[Ronnie Ronalde]], born Ronald Waldron, English yodeller and siffleur (d. 2015)
*[[July 22]] – [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]], Bollywood playback singer (d. 1976)
*[[July 31]] – [[Ahmet Ertegun]], record industry executive (d. 2006)
*[[August 4]] – [[Arthur Butterworth]], English composer (d. 2014)
*[[August 11]] – [[June Hutton]], singer (d. 1973)
*[[September 15]] – [[Anton Heiller]], Austrian organist, harpsichordist, composer, conductor (d. 1979)
*[[September 17]] – [[Hank Williams]], country musician (d. 1953)
*[[October 3]] – [[Stanisław Skrowaczewski]], orchestral conductor (d. 2017)
*[[October 5]] – [[Glynis Johns]], actress and singer
*[[October 16]] – [[Bert Kaempfert]], songwriter and orchestra leader (d. 1980)
*[[October 20]] – [[Robert Craft]], conductor and music writer (d. 2015)
*[[October 23]] – [[Ned Rorem]], composer and writer
*[[November 1]] – [[Antonia Apodaca]], New Mexican folk musician and composer (d. 2020)
*[[November 2]] – [[Pearl Carr]], singer (d. 2020)
*[[November 10]] – [[Anne Shelton (singer)|Anne Shelton]], singer (d. 1994)
*[[December 2]] – [[Maria Callas]], operatic soprano (d. 1977)

==Deaths==
*[[January 5]] – [[Emanuel Wirth]], violinist (b. 1842)
*[[January 10]] – [[Patsy Touhey]], Irish-American piper (b. 1865)
*[[January 18]] – [[Kate Santley]], actress and singer (b. 1837)
*[[January 25]] – [[:de:Alfons Petzold|Alfons Petzold]], Austrian lyricist (b. 1882)
*[[February 2]] – [[Vassily Brandt|Vassily KW Brandt]], composer (b. 1869)
*[[February 19]]
**[[Gerónimo Giménez]], Spanish composer (b. 1854)
**[[Josef Pembaur]], American composer (b. 1848)
*[[February 27]] – [[Léon Roques]], translator (b. 1839)
*[[March 5]] – [[Dora Pejačević]], composer (b. 1885)
*[[March 8]] – [[Krišjānis Barons]], collector of Latvian folk songs (b. 1835)
*[[March 16]] – [[August Göllerich]], Austrian conductor (born 1859)
*[[March 20]] – [[Henry Edward Krehbiel]], musicologist (b. 1854)
*[[April 17]] – [[Anthony J. Stastny]], composer (b. 1885)
*[[May 7]] – [[Sadie Martinot]], actress and soprano singer (b. 1861)
*[[May 30]] – [[Camille Chevillard]], composer
*[[June 11]] – [[Julia Ettie Crane]], music educator (b. 1855)
*[[June 20]]
**[[Joseph Leopold Röckel]], composer (born 1838)
**[[Charitie Lees Smith]], hymn-writer (b. 1841)
*[[June 30]] – [[Claude Terrasse]], composer of operettas (b. 1867)
*[[July 10]] – [[Albert Chevalier]], English actor, singer, songwriter and [[music hall]] performer (b. 1861)<ref name="MantleChapman1924">{{cite book|author1=Burns Mantle|author2=John Arthur Chapman|author3=Garrison P. Sherwood|author4=Louis Kronenberger|title=Burns Mantle Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VxI0AAAAMAAJ|year=1924|publisher=Dodd, Mead}}</ref>
*[[July 13]] – [[Asger Hamerik]], composer (b. 1843)
*[[August 15]] – [[Vali von der Osten]], operatic soprano (b. 1882)
*[[August 31]] – [[Ernest van Dyck]], operatic tenor (b. 1861)
*[[October 11]] – [[:de:Wilhelm Karczag|Wilhelm Karczag]], theater director (born 1857)
*[[October 12]] – [[John Cadvan Davies]], poet and hymn-writer (b. 1846)<ref>{{cite DWB|id=s-DAVI-CAD-1846|title=Davies, John Cadvan (Cadvan; 1846–1923), Wesleyan minister|author=Edward Tegla Davies|access-date=26 June 2019}}</ref>
*[[October 14]] – [[George Whiting|George Elbridge Whiting]], composer (born 1840)
*[[October 22]] – [[Victor Maurel]], operatic baritone (b. 1848)
*[[October 28]] – [[Theodor Reuss]], music hall singer and polymath (b. 1855)
*[[December 2]] – [[Tomás Bretón]], composer (b. 1850)
*[[December 7]] – [[Vess Ossman]], banjoist (b. 1868)
*[[December 19]] – [[Gustav Dannreuther]], violinist and conductor (b. 1853)
*''date unknown''
**[[Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin]], violin-maker (b. 1841)
**[[Joseph Pothier]], musicologist, reviver of the Gregorian chant (b. 1835)

==References==
{{reflist}}

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1922 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1922.

==Specific locations==
*[[1922 in British music]]
*[[1922 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1922 in country music]]
*[[1922 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[January 24]] – [[Carl Nielsen]] conducts the first public performance of his [[Symphony No. 5 (Nielsen)|Symphony No. 5]] in [[Copenhagen]].
*[[May 28]] – The [[Detroit News Orchestra]], the world's first [[radio orchestra]] (a symphonic ensemble organized specifically to play on radio), begins broadcasting from radio station [[WWJ (AM)|WWJ]] in [[Detroit]], Michigan.<ref>{{cite book|last=Detroit News|title= WWJ—The Detroit News, The History of Radiophone Broadcasting | url= https://www.google.com/books/edition/WWJ_The_Detroit_News/h3xIAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Detroit+News+Orchestra%22&printsec=frontcover |date=1922|location=Detroit, Michigan|publisher=[[The Evening News Association]] |newspaper=[[Detroit News]]}}</ref>
*[[October 11]] – [[Leila Megàne]] makes the first complete recording of Sir [[Edward Elgar]]'s ''[[Sea Pictures]]'', with Elgar himself conducting.<ref>BBC Cymru [https://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/adloniant/llyfrau/straeon/011212leila.shtml Y gantores ysbrydegol: Llyfr am Leila Megane yn dwyn atgofion] (Welsh language)</ref>
*[[October 19]] – [[Maurice Ravel]]'s orchestral arrangement of [[Modest Mussorgsky]]'s ''[[Pictures at an Exhibition]]'' is premiered in [[Paris]].
*[[December 20]] – ''[[Antigone (Cocteau)|Antigone]]'' by [[Jean Cocteau]] appears on the stage of the [[Théâtre de l'Atelier]] in Paris, with settings by [[Pablo Picasso]], music by [[Arthur Honegger]] and costumes by [[Gabrielle Chanel]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jeancocteau.net/bio1_en.php|title=Jean Cocteau – biography 1889–1922|publisher=Jean Cocteau Committee|access-date=2013-08-07|archive-date=2013-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729045309/http://www.jeancocteau.net/bio1_en.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Louis Armstrong]] leaves [[New Orleans]] for Chicago to join [[Joe "King" Oliver|King Oliver]]'s Creole Jazz Band.
*[[Richard Tauber]] joins the [[Vienna State Opera]].
*[[Kid Ory]] makes his first recordings.
*Earliest known example of American gospel song "[[This Train]] (is Bound for Glory)", a recording by Florida Normal and Industrial Institute Quartette, under the title "Dis Train".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Waltz|first1=Robert B.|title=This Train|url=http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/LoF255.html|website=Fresno State Ballad Index|accessdate=2021-05-20}}</ref>
*The [[Central Band of the Royal Air Force]] becomes the first military band to make a radio broadcast with the [[British Broadcasting Company]].
*All musical compositions written in this year or earlier are now [[public domain]] in the United States. Recordings of those compositions, however are still protected by various state statutes and do not fully enter the nationwide public domain until February 15, 2067.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.copyright.gov/docs/sound/|title=Federal Copyright Protection for Pre-1972 Sound Recordings – U.S. Copyright Office|website=www.copyright.gov}}</ref>

==Publications==
*[[Ferruccio Busoni]] – ''Von der Einheit der Musik, von Dritteltönen und junger Klassizität, von Bühnen und Bauten und anschliessenden Bezirken''. Berlin: M. Hesse.

[[Image:ItWasFateWhenIFirstMetYou.jpg|right|thumb|Sheet music cover of "Fate" featuring a photo of jazz band leader [[Ted Lewis (musician)|Ted Lewis]].]]

==Published popular music==
* "Aggravatin' Papa" w.m. [[Roy Turk]], [[J. Russel Robinson]] & [[Addy Britt]]
* "Ain't It A Shame" w.m. W. A. Hann, Joseph Simms & Al W. Brown
* "All Over Nothing At All" w. [[J. Keirn Brennan]] & Paul Cunningham m. James Rule
* "[[Along The Road To Gundagai]]" w.m. Jack O'Hagan
* "L'Amour, Toujours L'Amour (Love Everlasting)" w.(Eng) [[Catherine Chisholm Cushing]] m. [[Rudolf Friml]]
* "Angel Child" w. [[Georgie Price]] & [[Benny Davis]] m. [[Abner Silver]]
* "Baby Blue Eyes" w.m. [[Jesse Greer]], [[Walter Hirsch]] & [[George Jessel (actor)|George Jessel]]
* "Bee's Knees" by [[Leo Wood]] & [[Ray Lopez]]
* "Blue (And Broken Hearted)" w. [[Grant Clarke]] & [[Edgar Leslie]] m. [[Lou Handman]]
* "Broken Hearted Melody" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Isham Jones]]
* "A Brown Bird Singing" w. Rodney Richard Bennett m. [[Haydn Wood]]
* "[[Bugle Call Rag]]" m. [[Jack Pettis]], [[Billy Meyers]] & [[Elmer Schoebel]]
* "[[Carolina in the Morning]]" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Walter Donaldson]]
* "[[Carolina Shout]]" m. [[James P. Johnson]]
* "[[Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)|Chicago]]" w.m. [[Fred Fisher]]
* "[[China Boy]]" w.m. Dick Winfree & [[Phil Boutelje]]
* "Crinoline Days" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Dancing Fool" w. [[Harry B. Smith]] & Francis Wheeler m. [[Ted Snyder]]
* "Dearest (You're The Nearest To My Heart)" w. [[Benny Davis]] m. [[Harry Akst]]
* "[[Do It Again (George Gershwin and Buddy DeSylva song)|Do It Again]]" w. [[B. G. De Sylva]] m. [[George Gershwin]]
* "Down In Midnight Town" w. [[Andrew B. Sterling]] & Edward P. Moran m. [[Harry Von Tilzer]]
* "[[Downhearted Blues|Down Hearted Blues]]" w. [[Alberta Hunter]] m Lovie Austin
* [[Dream On (An Indian Lullaby)|"Dream On" (An Indian Lullaby)]] w. [[Buddy DeSylva|B.G DeSylva]], m. [[Victor Herbert]]
* "Dreamy Melody" w.m. [[Ted Koehler]], Frank Magine & C. Naset
* "[[Farewell Blues]]" w.m. [[Paul Joseph Mares]], [[Leon Rappolo]] & [[Elmer Schoebel]]
* "Fate" by [[Byron Gay]]
* "Georgette" w. [[Lew Brown]] m. [[Ray Henderson]]
* "Georgia" w. [[Howard Johnson (lyricist)|Howard Johnson]] m. [[Walter Donaldson]]
* "Goin' Home" w.m. Williams Arms Fisher
* "[[Hot Lips]]" w.m. [[Henry Busse]], Henry Lange, Lou Davis
* "I Found A Four Leaf Clover" w. [[B. G. De Sylva]] m. [[George Gershwin]]
* "I Gave You Up Just Before You Threw Me Down" w. [[Bert Kalmar]] m. [[Harry Ruby]] & [[Fred E. Ahlert]]
* "[[Stairway to Paradise|I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise]]" w. [[B. G. De Sylva]] & [[Ira Gershwin]] m. [[George Gershwin]]
* "I'm going Back to Yarrawonga" <ref>{{Citation
| title=Yarrawonga [music] / written & composed by Neil McBeath ; arranged by Claude McGlynn
| author1=McBeath, Neil, -1980
| author2=McGlynn, Claude
| publisher=Francis Day & Hunter ; J. Albert & Son
| language=English
| url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-176278285
}}</ref>
* "In The Little Red Schoolhouse" w.m. Al Wilson & James A. Brennan
* "A Kiss In The Dark" w. [[B. G. De Sylva]] m. [[Victor Herbert]]
* "Kitten on the Keys" m. [[Zez Confrey]]
* "The Lady In Ermine" w. Cyrus Wood m. [[Al Goodman]]
* "Lady Of The Evening" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]. Introduced by [[John Steel (singer)|John Steel]] in the [[Music Box Revue|Music Box Revue of 1922]].
* "[[Limehouse Blues (song)|Limehouse Blues]]" w. [[Douglas Furber]] m. [[Philip Braham]]
* "[[Lovesick Blues]]" w. [[Irving Mills]] m. [[Cliff Friend]] [[Image:LovinSam.jpg|250px|right]]
* "Lovin' Sam (The Sheik Of Alabam)" w. [[Jack Yellen]] m. [[Milton Ager]]
* "March With Me!" w. Douglas Furber m. [[Ivor Novello]]
* "Mary, Dear" w.m. Harry DeCosta & M. K. Jerome
* "[[Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean]]" w.m. [[Gallagher and Shean|Ed Gallagher & Al Shean]]
* "[[My Buddy (song)|My Buddy]]" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Walter Donaldson]]
* "My Honey's Loving Arms" w. Herman Ruby m. Joseph Meyer
* "My Rambler Rose" w. Gene Buck m. [[Louis A. Hirsch]] & [[Dave Stamper]]
* "My Sweet Hortense" w. [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]] & [[Sam M. Lewis|Sam Lewis]] m. [[Walter Donaldson]]
* "[[My Word You Do Look Queer]]" w.m. [[R. P. Weston]] & [[Bert Lee]]
* "'Neath The South Sea Moon" w. Gene Buck m. Louis A. Hirsch & [[Dave Stamper]]
* "Nellie Kelly I Love You" w.m. [[George M. Cohan]]
* "[[On the Alamo]]" w. [[Gus Kahn]] m. [[Isham Jones]]
* "On The Gin Gin Ginny Shore" w. [[Edgar Leslie]] m. [[Walter Donaldson]]
* "Oo-oo Ernest Are You Earnest With Me" w. [[Sidney Clare]] & [[Harry Tobias]] m. [[Cliff Friend]]
* "Pack Up Your Sins And Go To The Devil" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Robinson Crusoe's Isle" w. Harry Graham m. Robert Stolz
* "Rosalie" w.m. Hugo Frey
* "Rose Of The Rio Grande" w. Edgar Leslie m. [[Harry Warren]] & [[Ross Gorman]]
* "Round On The End And High In The Middle (O-Hi-O)" w.m. [[Alfred Bryan (lyricist)|Alfred Bryan]] & Bert Hanlon
* "[[Runnin' Wild (1922 song)|Runnin' Wild]]" w. Joe Grey & Leo Wood m. A. Harrington Gibbs
* "Say It While Dancing" w. [[Benny Davis]] m. [[Abner Silver]]
* "Some Sunny Day" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Stumbling" w.m. [[Zez Confrey]]
* "[['Taint Nobody's Business If I Do]]" w.m. [[Clarence Williams (musician)|Clarence Williams]], Porter Grainger & Graham Prince
* "That Da Da Strain" w. Mamie Medina m. Edgar Dowell
* "[[Three O'Clock in the Morning]]" w. [[Theodora Morse|Dorothy Terriss]] m. [[Julián Robledo]]
* "Throw Me A Kiss" w. Gene Buck m. Louis A. Hirsch & [[Dave Stamper]]
* "Thru' The Night" w. Virginia K. Logan m. Frederic Knight Logan
* "[[wikisource:Toot, Toot, Tootsie! (Goo' Bye!)|Toot, Toot, Tootsie (Goo' Bye!)]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Toot,_Toot,_Tootsie!_(Goo'_Bye!)|title=Toot, Toot, Tootsie! (Goo' Bye!)|last=Russo|first=Gus Kahn, Ernie Erdman and Dan}}</ref>" w.m. Dan Russo, Ted Fio Rito, [[Gus Kahn]] & Ernie Erdman
* "[[Trees (poem)|Trees]]" w. [[Joyce Kilmer]] m. [[Oscar Rasbach]]
* "'[[Way Down Yonder In New Orleans]]" w. [[Henry Creamer]] m. [[Turner Layton]]
* "The West, A Nest, And You" w. Larry Yoell m. Billy Hill
* "When Hearts Are Young" w. Cyrus Wood m. [[Sigmund Romberg]] & Al Goodman
* "When The Leaves Come Tumbling Down" w.m. Richard Howard
* "When You And I Were Young, Maggie, Blues" w.m. Jack Frost & [[Jimmy McHugh]]
* "Who Cares?" w. [[Jack Yellen]] m. [[Milton Ager]]
* "[[Wonderful One]]" w. [[Theodora Morse|Dorothy Terris]] m. [[Paul Whiteman]] & [[Ferde Grofe]]
* "You Know You Belong To Somebody Else" w. Eugene West m. [[James V. Monaco]]
* "You Remind Me Of My Mother" w.m. [[George M. Cohan]]
* "You Tell Her, I S-t-u-t-t-e-r" w. [[Billy Rose]] m. [[Cliff Friend]]

==Top Popular Recordings 1922==

The following songs achieved the highest positions in [[Billboard Hot 100#History|Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954]] and record sales reported on the "[[Discography of American Historical Recordings]]" website during 1922:<ref name=PopMemories>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 |publisher=Record Research |year=1986}}</ref>
Numerical Rankings are approximate.
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>Rank</big>
! <big>Artist</big>
! <big>Title</big>
! <big>Label</big>
! <big>Recorded</big>
! <big>Released</big>
! <big>Chart Positions</big>
|-
| 1 || [[Al Jolson]] || "[[April Showers (song)|April Showers]]" || Columbia 3500 || {{Start date|1921|10|21}} || {{Start date|1921|12}} || US Billboard 1922 #1, US #1 for 11 weeks, 17 total weeks, 1,000,000 sold
|-
| 2 || [[Paul Whiteman|Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra]] || "[[Three O'Clock in the Morning]]" || Victor 18940 || {{Start date|1922|8|21}} || {{Start date|1922|11}} || US Billboard 1922 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 20 total weeks, 3,000,000 sold<ref>{{Cite book |last=Murrells |first=Joseph |url=http://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr |title=The book of golden discs |date=1978 |publisher=London : Barrie & Jenkins |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-214-20512-5}}</ref>
|-
| 3 || [[Gallagher and Shean|Ed Gallagher and Al Shean]] || "[[Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean]]" || Victor 18941 || {{Start date|1922|7|21}} || {{Start date|1922|10}} || US Billboard 1922 #3, US #1 for 6 weeks, 12 total weeks
|-
| 4 || Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra || "Stumbling" || Victor 18899 || {{Start date|1922|8|23}} || {{Start date|1922|11}} || US Billboard 1922 #4, US #1 for 6 weeks, 12 total weeks
|-
| 5 || Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra || "[[Hot Lips]]" || Victor 18920 || {{Start date|1922|3|30}} || {{Start date|1922|9}} || US Billboard 1922 #5, US #1 for 6 weeks, 11 total weeks, 1,000,000 sold
|-
| 6 || Al Jolson || "Angel Child" || Columbia 3568 || {{Start date|1922|1|17}} || {{Start date|1922|5}} || US Billboard 1922 #6, US #1 for 5 weeks, 8 total weeks
|-
| 7 || [[Isham Jones|Isham Jones Orchestra]] || "[[On the Alamo]]" || Brunswick 2245 || {{Start date|1922|2|15}} || {{Start date|1922|5}} || US Billboard 1922 #7, US #1 for 4 weeks, 10 total weeks, 929,185 sold
|-
| 8 || [[Billy Jones (singer)|Billy Jones]] & [[Ernie Hare]] || "Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean" || Okeh 4608 || {{Start date|1922|4|15}} || {{Start date|1922|7}} || US Billboard 1922 #8, US #1 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks
|-
| 9 || Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra || "[[Do It Again (George Gershwin and Buddy DeSylva song)|Do it Again]]" || Victor 18882 || {{Start date|1922|6|23}} || {{Start date|1922|7}} || US Billboard 1922 #9, US #1 for 2 weeks, 9 total weeks, 523,106 sold
|-
| 10 || [[Henry Burr]] || "My Buddy" || Victor 18930 || {{Start date|1922|7|13}} || {{Start date|1922|10}} || US Billboard 1922 #10, US #1 for 1 weeks, 10 total weeks
|-
| 11 || [[Fanny Brice]] ([[Rosario Bourdon|Orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon]]) || "[[Mon Homme|My Man]]" || Victor 45263 || {{Start date|1921|11|15}} || {{Start date|1922|2}} || US Billboard 1922 #11, US #1 for 1 weeks, 9 total weeks
|-
| 12 || Al Jolson || "Give Me My Mammy" || Columbia 3540 || {{Start date|1921|10|22}} || {{Start date|1922|4}} || US Billboard 1922 #12, US #2 for 4 weeks, 8 total weeks
|-
| 18 || [[Vernon Dalhart|Vernon Dalhart and the Criterion Trio]] || "Tuck Me to Sleep (In My Old 'Tucky Home)" || Victor 18807 || {{Start date|1921|9|1}} || {{Start date|1921|11}} || US Billboard 1922 #18, US #2 for 1 weeks, 7 total weeks, 1,040,811 sold<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Victor Talking Machine Company |url=https://davidsarnoff.org/vtm-appendix11.html |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=davidsarnoff.org}}</ref>
|-
| 19 || Isham Jones Orchestra || "[[The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise]]" || Brunswick 2313 || {{Start date|1922|7|1}} || {{Start date|1922|10}} || US Billboard 1922 #19, US #2 for 1 weeks, 6 total weeks
|}

==Classical music==
*[[Kurt Atterberg]] – Cello Concerto
*[[Alfredo Barbirolli]] – Sensuel-tango
*[[Arnold Bax]] – ''[[Symphony No. 1 (Bax)|First Symphony]]''
*[[Julián Carrillo]] – ''[[Preludio a Colón]], for soprano in fifths of a tone, flute, violin, and guitar in quarter tones, octavina in eighth tones, and harp in sixteenth tones
*[[Gerald Finzi]] – ''[[By Footpath and Stile]]'', Op. 2
*[[Vittorio Giannini]] – ''Stabat Mater''
*[[Hamilton Harty]] – Piano Concerto
*[[Paul Hindemith]] – String Quartet No. 3 in C, Op. 22
*[[Jacques Ibert]]
**''Escales'', for orchestra
**''Histoires'', for piano
*[[Manuel Infante]] – ''Sevillana "Impresiones de fiesta en Sevilla"''
*[[Manuel Jovés]] ([[:es: Manuel Joves|es]])– Patotero sentimental
*[[Ernesto Nazareth]]
**1922 (tango)
**Desengonçado
**Fóra dos eixos
**Gaúcho
**Jangadeiro
**Mandinga
**Meigo
**O futurista
**Por que sofre?...
*[[Carl Nielsen]]
**''[[Fynsk Foraar]]''
**[[Wind Quintet (Nielsen)|Wind Quintet]]
*[[Francis Poulenc]] – [[Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone]] (subsequently revised)
*[[Dmitri Shostakovich]]
**[[Three Fantastic Dances]], Op. 5, for piano
**Suite in F-sharp minor, Op. 6, for two pianos
*[[William Walton]] – ''[[Façade (poem)|Façade]]'' (subsequently revised)

==Opera==
*[[Jean Cras]] – ''[[Polyphème]]''
*[[Paul Hindemith]] – ''[[Sancta Susanna]]''
*Léo Manuel – ''Le fakir de Bénarès''
*[[Jules Massenet]] – ''[[Amadis (Massenet)|Amadis]]''
*[[Ottorino Respighi]] – ''[[La bella dormente nel bosco]]''
*[[Igor Stravinsky]] – ''[[Mavra]]''
*[[Alexander Zemlinsky]] – ''[[Der Zwerg]]''

==Film==
*[[Hans Erdmann]] – ''[[Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror]]''

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1922 in jazz}}

==[[Musical theater]]==
* ''[[The Cabaret Girl]]'' (Music: [[Jerome Kern]], Book and Lyrics: [[P. G. Wodehouse]] and [[George Grossmith, Jr.]]) [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on September 19 and ran for 361 performances
* ''[[The Hotel Mouse]]'' [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production opened at the [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theatre]] on March 13 and ran for 88 performances
* ''[[Little Nellie Kelly (musical)|Little Nellie Kelly]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Liberty Theatre (New York, New York)|Liberty Theatre]] on November 13 and ran for 276 performances
* ''[[Make It Snappy]]'' Broadway [[revue]] opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on April 13 and ran for 96 performances. Starring [[Eddie Cantor]], [[Lew Hearn]], [[J. Harold Murray]], [[Nan Halperin]], [[Georgie Hale]] and [[Tot Qualters]].
* ''[[Music Box Revue|The Music Box Revue of 1922]]'' opened at the [[Music Box Theatre]] on October 23 and ran for 330 performances
* ''[[Orange Blossoms (musical)|Orange Blossoms]]'' (music [[Victor Herbert]]) opened at the [[Fulton Theatre]] on September 19 and ran for 95 performances
* ''[[Phi-Phi]]'' London production opened at the [[London Pavilion|Pavilion Theatre]] on August 16 and ran for 132 performances
* ''[[Queen O' Hearts]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Cohan Theatre]] on October 10 and ran for 40 performances
* ''[[Whirled into Happiness]]'' London production opened at the [[Lyric Theatre (London)|Lyric Theatre]] on May 18 and ran for 246 performances

==Births==
*[[January 4]] – [[Frank Wess]], American saxophonist and flute player (d. 2013)
*[[January 7]] – [[Jean-Pierre Rampal]], flautist (d. 2000)
*[[January 16]] – [[Ernesto Bonino]], Italian singer (d. 2008)
*[[January 28]] – [[Anna Gordy Gaye]], American songwriter and producer, co-founder of [[Anna Records]] (d. 2014)
*[[February 1]] – [[Renata Tebaldi]], operatic soprano (d. 2004)
*[[February 16]] – [[Geraint Evans]], operatic baritone (d. 1992)
*[[February 17]] – [[Tommy Edwards]], singer (d. 1969)
*[[February 19]] – [[Fredell Lack]], American violinist (d. 2017)
*[[March 28]] – [[Felice Chiusano]], Italian singer ([[Quartetto Cetra]]) (d. 1990)
*[[April 3]] – [[Doris Day]], actress and singer (d. [[2019 in music|2019]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Harmetz|first=Aljean |title=Wholesome Box-Office Star and Golden Voice of 'Que Sera, Sera'.|year=2019|work=The New York Times|page=1}}</ref>
*[[April 4]] – [[Elmer Bernstein]], film composer (d. [[2004 in music|2004]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/aug/20/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|website=The Guardian|title=Elmer Bernstein - Prolific Hollywood composer whose scores ranged from The Magnificent Seven to Far From Heaven|author=Michael Freedland|date=19 August 2004}}</ref>
*[[April 5]] – [[Gale Storm]], singer and actress (d. [[2009 in music|2009]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/arts/television/29storm.html|title=Gale Storm, 87, Is Dead; Earned Television Fame for Her Wholesome Roles|website=Nytimes.com|date=June 29, 2009|access-date=December 14, 2015}}</ref>
*[[April 7]] – [[Mongo Santamaría]], percussionist (d. 2003)
*[[April 14]] – [[Ali Akbar Khan]], Indian sarod player (d. 2009)
*[[April 18]] – [[Lord Kitchener (calypsonian)|Lord Kitchener]], calypsonian (d. 2000)
*[[April 22]] – [[Charles Mingus]], jazz musician (d. 1979)
*[[April 29]] – [[Toots Thielemans]], Belgian musician (d. 2016)
*[[May 18]] – [[Kai Winding]], Danish-born jazz musician (d. [[1983 in music|1983]])
*[[May 25]] – [[Kitty Kallen]], American singer (d. 2016)
*[[May 29]] – [[Iannis Xenakis]], composer (d. 2001)
*[[June 1]] – [[Bibi Ferreira]], Brazilian singer and actress (d. 2019)
*[[June 10]] – [[Judy Garland]], American singer and actress (d. [[1969 in music|1969]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Judy Garland {{!}} Biography, Movies, Songs, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Judy-Garland |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=2 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[June 12]] – [[Leif Thybo]], Danish composer and organist (d. 2001)
*[[June 17]] – [[Jerry Fielding]], American radio, film and television composer, arranger, conductor and musical director (d. 1980)
*[[June 23]] – [[Francis Thorne]], American composer (d. [[2017 in music|2017]])
*[[June 24]] – [[Tata Giacobetti]], Italian singer and lyricist ([[Quartetto Cetra]]) (d. 1988)
*[[June 27]] – [[George Walker (composer)|George Walker]], African American classical composer (d. 2018)
*[[August 11]] – [[Ron Grainer]], television composer (d. 1981)
*[[August 13]] – [[T. K. Murthy]], Indian mridangam player
*[[August 31]] – [[John Hanson (singer)|John Hanson]], singer and actor (d. 1998)
*[[September 3]] – [[Salli Terri]], singer and songwriter (d. 1996)
*[[September 13]] – [[Yma Sumac]], Peruvian singer (d. 2008)
*[[September 16]] – [[Janis Paige]], American singer and actress
*[[September 18]] – [[Ray Steadman-Allen]], English composer for Salvation Army bands (d. 2014)
*[[September 20]] – [[William Kapell]], American pianist (d. 1953)
*[[October 4]] – [[Dudley Simpson]], Australian composer and conductor (d. 2017)
*[[October 17]] – [[Luiz Bonfá]], guitarist and composer (d. 2001)
*[[November 15]] – [[Doreen Carwithen]], composer (d. 2003)
*[[December 26]] – [[Harry Choates]], American Cajun fiddler (d. [[1951 in music|1951]])

==Deaths==
*[[January 26]] – [[Luigi Denza]], composer (b. 1846)
*[[March 4]] – [[Bert Williams]], star of the ''[[Ziegfeld Follies]]'' (b. 1875)
*[[March 10]] – [[Hans Sitt]], violinist and composer (b. 1850)
*[[March 15]] – [[Ika Peyron]], pianist and composer (b. 1845)
*[[March 22]] – [[Nikolay Sokolov (composer)|Nikolay Sokolov]], composer (b. 1859)
*[[April 12]] – [[František Ondříček]], violinist and composer (b. 1857)
*[[April 18]] – [[Percy Hilder Miles]], violinist, composer and teacher (b. 1878)
*[[April 21]] – [[Alessandro Moreschi]], the last known ''castrato'' singer of the Vatican.(b. 1858)
*[[April 29]] – [[Kyrylo Stetsenko]], conductor and composer (b. 1882) (typhus)
*[[May 2]] – [[Ada Jones]], US singer (b. 1873)
*[[May 7]] – [[Max Wagenknecht]], composer for organ and piano (b. 1857)
*[[May 15]] – [[Harry Williams (songwriter)|Harry Williams]] songwriter and music publisher (b. 1879)
*[[May 18]] – [[Eugenia Burzio]], Italian operatic soprano (b. 1872)
*[[May 22]] – [[Carl Teike]], composer (b. 1864)
*[[May 31]] – [[Rutland Barrington]], baritone of the [[D'Oyly Carte Opera Company]] (b. 1873)
*[[June 5]] – [[Lillian Russell]], US singer and actress (b. 1860)
*[[June 20]] – [[Vittorio Monti]], composer (b. 1868)
*[[July 24]] – [[George Thorne (singer)|George Thorne]], baritone of the [[D'Oyly Carte Opera Company]] (b. 1856)
*[[August 5]] – [[Seidel Band Instrument Company|William Seidel]], Band instrument manufacturer (died 1922 – suicide)
*[[August 13]] – [[Tom Turpin]], ragtime composer (b. 1871)
*[[August 18]] – Dame [[Genevieve Ward]], soprano (b. 1837)
*[[August 19]] – [[Felipe Pedrell]], composer (b. 1841)
*[[August 22]] – [[Sofia Scalchi]], operatic contralto (b. 1850)
*[[October 7]] – [[Marie Lloyd]], British music-hall singer (b. 1870)
*[[October 27]] – [[Rita Fornia]], US operatic soprano (b. 1878)
*[[November 6]] – [[William Baines]], English composer and pianist (b. 1899)
*[[November 14]] – [[Karl Michael Ziehrer]], composer and bandmaster (b. 1843)
*[[December 30]] – [[Richard Zeckwer]], composer and music teacher (b. 1850)
*''date unknown'' – [[George H. Diamond]], entertainer and songwriter (b. 1862)
*''date unknown'' – [[Alfred Lamy]], maker of violin bows (b. 1886)

== References ==
{{reflist}}

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1918 in music

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{{short description|Overview of the events of 1918 in music}}
{{YYYY music|1918}}
{{Year nav topic5|1918|music|film|radio}}
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1918.

==Specific locations==
*[[1918 in British music]]
*[[1918 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1918 in country music]]
*[[1918 in jazz]]

==Events==
* [[January 18]] – The Historic Concert for the Benefit of Widows and Orphans of Austrian and Hungarian Soldiers at the [[Konzerthaus, Vienna]].<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Historical Concert for the Benefit of Widows and Orphans
| work = World Digital Library
| accessdate = 2014-06-22
| date = 2014-02-10
| url = http://www.wdl.org/en/item/4585/#languages=deu&page=5
}}</ref>
[[File:Aeolian Hall program (13 Feb 1918).jpg|250px|thumb|Programme for Rebecca Clarke's recital at the Aeolian Hall]]
*[[February 13]] – [[May Mukle]] and [[Rebecca Clarke (composer)|Rebecca Clarke]] give a recital at the [[Aeolian Hall (New York)|Aeolian Hall]] in New York City, accompanied by [[Marjorie Hayward]], performing works by [[Hubert Parry]], [[Frank Bridge]], and Clarke herself. It includes the premiėre of ''[[Morpheus (Rebecca Clarke)|Morpheus]]'', written by Clarke under the pen-name "Anthony Trent".<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/title/morpheus-for-viola-piano/oclc/44878864?ht=edition&referer=br ''Morpheus'': holograph listing at WorldCat.]</ref>
*[[March 3]] – [[Béla Bartók]]'s [[String Quartet No. 2 (Bartók)|String Quartet No. 2]] is premièred in [[Budapest]].
*[[April 30]] – [[May 1]] – Composer [[Toivo Kuula]] is mortally wounded in the [[Finnish Civil War]].
*August – [[King Oliver]] leaves [[New Orleans]] for [[Chicago]].
*[[September 28]] – First performance of [[Igor Stravinsky]]'s ''[[Histoire du Soldat]]'', conducted by [[Ernest Ansermet]], in Lausanne, Switzerland.
*[[September 29]] – First performance of [[Gustav Holst]]'s orchestral suite ''[[The Planets]]'', before an invited audience at the [[Queen's Hall]] in London, conducted by [[Adrian Boult]].
*[[November 15]] – [[Rosa Ponselle]] makes her [[Metropolitan Opera]] début as Leonora in Verdi's ''[[La forza del destino]]'', opposite [[Enrico Caruso]].
*[[November 30]] – [[Ernest Ansermet]] conducts the first concert by the [[Orchestre de la Suisse Romande]].
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] is appointed Director of Music, [[First Army (United Kingdom)]].
*First documented racially integrated [[jazz]] recording session.
*Worldwide sales of [[phonograph|phonograph/gramophone]] records estimated at 100 million records this year.

==Bands formed==
* [[Goldman Band]] founded by [[Edwin Franko Goldman]]

==Published popular music==
[[Image:Me-Ow1918.jpeg|right]]
* "[[After You've Gone (song)|After You've Gone]]" w. [[Henry Creamer]] m. [[Turner Layton]]
* "[[All Aboard for Home Sweet Home]]" w.m. Addison Burkhardt. Al Piantadosi and Jack Glogau
* "Bagdad" w. [[Harold Atteridge]] m. [[Al Jolson]]
* "[[Beautiful Ohio]]" w. [[Ballard MacDonald]] m. Mary Earl
* "[[Clarinet Marmalade]]" m. [[Edwin B. Edwards]], [[Nick LaRocca]], [[Tony Spargo]] & [[Larry Shields]]
* "Dallas Blues" w. Lloyd Garrett m. Hart A. Wand
* "Dancing 'neath the Dixie moon" w. Will J. Hart m. Ed. Nelson.
* "Dark Grows The Sky" w. Harry Graham m. Harold Fraser-Simson
* "The Daughter Of Rosie O'Grady" w. Monty C. Brice m. [[Walter Donaldson]]
* "[[Dear Little Boy of Mine]]" w. J. Keirn Brennan m. [[Ernest Ball|Ernest R. Ball]]
* "[[Dear Old Pal of Mine]]" w. Harold Robe m. Lt. [[Gitz Rice]]
* "Ding Dong" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Every Day" by [[Shelton Brooks]]
* "Ev'rybody's Crazy 'bout the Doggone Blues, But I'm Happy" by [[Henry Creamer]] and [[Turner Layton]]
* "Everything Is Peaches Down In Georgia" w. [[Grant Clarke]] m. [[Milton Ager]]
* "Fidgety Feet" m. [[Edwin B. Edwards]], [[Nick LaRocca]], [[Tony Spargo]] & [[Larry Shields]]
* "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" w.m. [[Eddie Green (actor)|Eddie Green]]
* "[[Good Morning Mr. Zip-Zip-Zip!]]" w.m. Robert Lloyd
* "[[Goodbye, France]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[Hello Central! Give Me No Man's Land]]" w. [[Sam M. Lewis]] & [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]
* "Hindustan" w.m. Oliver G. Wallace & [[Harold Weeks]]
* "Hike! Hike! Hike! (Along the Old Turn Pike)" w.m. Nat Vincent
* "How Can You Tell" by [[Ned Wayburn]]
* "[[How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree)?]]" w. [[Sam M. Lewis]] & [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]] m. [[Walter Donaldson]]
* "I Found The End Of The Rainbow" w.m. John Mears, Harry Tierney & [[Joseph McCarthy (lyricist)|Joseph McCarthy]]
* "I Want To Shimmy" by [[Shelton Brooks]]
* "[[If He Can Fight Like He Can Love, Good Night Germany!]]" w. [[Grant Clarke]] & [[Howard Johnson (lyricist)|Howard Johnson]] m. George W. Meyer
* "[[I'll Be There, Laddie Boy, I'll Be There]]" w. Jack Frost m. E. Clinton Keithley
* "I'll Say She Does" w.m. B. G. DeSylva, [[Gus Kahn]] & [[Al Jolson]]
* "In The Land Of Beginning Again" w. [[Grant Clarke]] m. George W. Meyer
* "[[Ja-Da]]" w.m. [[Bob Carleton]]
* "[[K-K-K-Katy]]" w.m. [[Geoffrey O'Hara]]
* "Madelon" w. (Eng) Alfred Bryan (Fr) Louis Bousquet m. Camille Robert
* "[[Mammy's Chocolate Soldier]]" w. Sidney Mitchell m. Archie Gottler
* "Me-Ow!" by Mel B. Kaufman
* "Mickey" w. Harold H. Williams m. Neil Moret
* "My Baby Boy" w. [[William Dillon]] m. [[Albert Von Tilzer]]
* "[[Oh How I Wish I could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Back Home|Oh How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Back Home]]" w. [[Sam M. Lewis]] & [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]] m. [[Pete Wendling]]
* "[[Oh! Frenchy]]" w. Sam Ehrlich m. [[Con Conrad]]
* "[[Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[Oh, Susie, Behave]]" w. [[Ed Rose (lyricist)|Ed Rose]] and m. Abe Olman
* "[[On the Road to Calais]]" w. Alfred Bryan m. [[Al Jolson]]
* "Original Dixieland One-Step" w.m. [[Joe Jordan (musician)]], [[Nick LaRocca]] & [[J. Russell Robinson]]
* "[[Oui, Oui, Marie]]" w. Alfred Bryan & [[Joseph McCarthy (lyricist)|Joseph McCarthy]] m. Fred Fisher
* "[[Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody]]" w. [[Sam M. Lewis]] & [[Joe Young (lyriciat)|Joe Young]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]
* "[[The Rose of No Man's Land]]" w. Jack Caddigan m. James A. Brennan
* "Russian Rag" m. [[George L. Cobb]]
* "[[Somebody Stole My Gal]]" w.m. [[Leo Wood]]
* "Sometime" by [[Rida Johnson Young]]
* "[[Tell That to the Marines]]" w. Harold Atteridge & [[Al Jolson]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]
* "That Tumble-Down Shack In Athlone" w. Richard W. Pascoe m. Monte Cobb & Alma M. Saunders
* "That Wonderful Mother Of Mine" w. Clyde Hager m. Walter Goodwin
* "There's Nobody Home but Me" w. Sam Erlich m. [[Con Conrad]]
* "[[They Were All Out of Step But Jim]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[Those Draftin' Blues]]" w.m. [[Maceo Pinkard]]
* "[[Till We Meet Again (1918 song)|Till We Meet Again]]" w. [[Raymond B. Egan]] m. [[Richard A. Whiting]]
* "Tishomingo Blues" [[Spencer Williams]]
* "Wedding Bells, Will You Ever Ring For Me?" w. [[Sam M. Lewis]] & [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]
* "[[We'll Do Our Share while You're Over There]]" w. Lew Brown & Al Herriman m. Jack Egan
* "[[When Alexander Takes His Ragtime Band to France]]" w. [[Alfred Bryan (lyricist)|Alfred Bryan]] & [[Edgar Leslie]] m. Cliff Hess
* "[[When Tony Goes Over The Top]]" w. Billy Frisch & Archie Fletcher m. Alex Marr
* "When You Look In The Heart Of A Rose" w. Marion Gillespie m. Florence Methuen
* "Why Do They All Take The Night Boat To Albany?" w. [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]] & [[Sam M. Lewis]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]
* "Without You" w. [[Nora Bayes]] m. Irving Fisher
* "[[Would You Rather Be a Colonel with an Eagle on Your Shoulder or a Private with a Chicken On Your Knee?]]" w. [[Sidney D. Mitchell]] m. [[Archie Gottler]]
* "[[You'll Find Old Dixieland In France]]" w. (Eng) Grant Clarke (Fr) Louis Delamarre m. George W. Meyer
* "You're In Style When You're Wearing A Smile" w.m. Al W. Brown, [[Gus Kahn]] & [[Egbert van Alstyne]]

==Top hit recordings==
[[Image:VictorClarinetMarmaladeSmall.jpg|right]]

*"[[Tiger Rag]]/Skeleton Jangle" by the [[Original Dixieland Jass Band]]
*"Over There" by [[Enrico Caruso]]
*"[[After You've Gone (song)|After You've Gone]]" by [[Marion Harris]]
*"[[Smiles (1917 song)|Smiles]]" by [[Joseph C. Smith]]'s Orchestra
*"[[I'm Always Chasing Rainbows]]" by [[Charles W. Harrison]]
*"[[Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody]]" by [[Al Jolson]]
*"[[Hello Central! Give Me No Man's Land|Hello Central, Give Me No-Man's Land]]" by Al Jolson
*"[[I'm Sorry I Made You Cry]]" by [[Henry Burr]]

==Classical music==
* [[Joseph Achron]] – Violin Sonata No.2
* [[Agustín Barrios]] – ''Un sueño en la foresta''
* [[Arnold Bax]]
** String Quartet No. 1 in G major, GP. 199<ref name="parlett18">{{cite web|url=http://www.davpar.eu/bax/bax1519.html|title=Parlett Catalogue of music by Bax 1915–1919|accessdate=2013-02-25|archive-date=2017-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327165435/http://www.davpar.eu/bax/bax1519.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** ''Symphonic Variations'', GP. 210<ref name="parlett18"/>
*[[Émile-Robert Blanchet|Emile-Robert Blanchet]] – 2 Barcarolles for piano, Op.24
* [[Lili Boulanger]]
** ''[[D'un matin de printemps]]''
** ''D'un soir triste''
*[[Carl Busch]] – Indian Tribal Melodies
*[[John Alden Carpenter]] – Little Indian
* [[Frederick Delius]] – ''A Song Before Sunrise''
* [[Edward Elgar]] – [[Violin Sonata (Elgar)|Violin Sonata]]
* [[George Enescu]] – [[Symphony No. 3 (Enescu)|Symphony No. 3]] in C major, Op. 21
* [[Gabriel Fauré]] – [[Fantaisie, Op. 111 (Fauré)|''Fantaisie'']], Op. 111
* [[Gustav Holst]] – ''[[The Planets]]''
* [[Alexander Glazunov]] – ''Romance of Nina''
*[[Paul Hindemith]] – [[Violin Sonata No. 2 (Hindemith)|Violin Sonatas, Op. 11]]
* {{ill|Jan Ingenhoven|nl}} – Trio for violin, cello and harp
* [[Leoš Janáček]] – ''[[Taras Bulba (rhapsody)|Taras Bulba]]''
*[[Sigfrid Karg-Elert]] – 30 Caprices for Flute Solo, Op. 107
*[[Charles Koechlin]] – Sonata (for bassoon and piano) Op. 71
* [[Leevi Madetoja]] – Symphony No. 2, Op. 35
* [[Bohuslav Martinů]] – [[String Quartet No. 1 (Martinů)|String Quartet No. 1]], H. 117
*[[Darius Milhaud]] – Symphonie de chambre No.2, Op. 49
*[[Nikolai Myaskovsky]] – Symphony No.5, Op. 18
* [[Carl Nielsen]] – ''[[Pan and Syrinx]]'' (tone poem)
* [[Preston Ware Orem]] – American Indian Rhapsody
*[[Francis Poulenc]]
**Sonata for Two Clarinets, FP 7
**Sonata for Piano Four Hands, FP 8
**Toréador, FP 11
**Mouvements perpétuels, FP 14
*[[Ottorino Respighi]] – La boutique fantasque. Balletto su musiche di G. Rossini
*[[Emil von Reznicek|Emil Reznicek]] – Symphony No.3 in D major (composer on April 5, premiered the following year)
*[[Camille Saint-Saëns|Camille Saint-Saens]] – Vers la victoire, Op.152
*[[Igor Stravinsky]]
**[[Histoire du Soldat]]
**Ragtime
* [[Karol Szymanowski]]
** ''Songs of an infatuated Muezzin,'' for soprano and orchestra
** ''3 Caprices de Paganini,'' for voice and piano
** ''4 Songs to Lyrics by Rabindranath Tagore,'' for voice and piano
*[[Felix Weingartner]] – Freiheitsgesang, Op.67

==[[Opera]]==
* [[Béla Bartók]] – ''[[Duke Bluebeard's Castle]]'' (composed 1911), [[Royal Hungarian Opera House]] in Budapest, 24 May
* [[Charles Wakefield Cadman]] – ''[[Shanewis]]'', libretto by [[Nelle Richmond Eberhart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Shanewis: Performance History|url=http://opera.stanford.edu/Cadman/Shanewis/history.html|publisher=OperaGlass|accessdate=2012-08-12}}</ref>
* [[Giacomo Puccini]] – ''[[Il trittico]]'' (consisting of ''[[Il tabarro]]'', ''[[Suor Angelica]]'' and ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]'')
* [[Gabriel von Wayditch]] – ''Jesus Before Herod''
* [[Felix Weingartner]] – ''[[Die Dorfschule]]''

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1918 in jazz}}

==[[Musical theatre]]==
* ''[[As You Were (musical)|As You Were]]'' London production opened at the [[London Pavilion|Pavilion]] on [[August 3]]
* ''[[The Better 'Ole]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Greenwich Village Theatre]] on [[October 19]], transferred to the [[Cort Theatre]] on [[November 18]] and transferred to the [[Booth Theatre]] on June 16, 1919, for a total run of 353 performances
* ''[[Buzz-Buzz]]'' London [[revue]] opened at the [[Vaudeville Theatre]] on [[December 20]] and ran for 612 performances
* ''[[The Canary (musical)|The Canary]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Globe Theatre (New York)|Globe Theatre]] on [[November 4]] and ran for 152 performances
* ''[[Fiddlers Three (operetta)|Fiddlers Three]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Cort Theatre]] on [[September 3]] and ran for 87 performances
* ''[[The Girl Behind the Gun]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[New Amsterdam Theatre]] on [[September 16]] and ran for 160 performances
* ''[[Hullo, America]]'' London production opened at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]] on [[September 25]]
* ''[[The Lilac Domino]]'' London production opened at the [[Empire, Leicester Square|Empire Theatre]] on [[February 21]] and ran for 747 performances
* ''[[Listen Lester (play)|Listen Lester]]'' (Music: [[Harold Orlob]] Book and Lyrics: [[Harry L. Cort]] & [[George E. Stoddard]]. Broadway production opened at the [[Knickerbocker Theatre (Broadway)|Knickerbocker Theatre]] on [[December 23]] and ran for 272 performances. Starring [[Mary Milburn]], [[Eddie Garvie]], [[Johnny Dooley]], [[Clifton Webb]], [[Ada Mae Weeks]], [[Ada Lewis]] and [[Gertrude Vanderbilt (actress)|Gertrude Vanderbilt]].
* ''[[Oh, Lady! Lady!!]]'' [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] production opened at the [[Princess Theatre, New York City|Princess Theatre]] on [[February 1]], transferred to the [[Casino Theatre (Broadway)|Casino Theatre]] on [[June 17]] and ran for a total of 219 performances.
* ''[[The Passing Show|The Passing Show of 1918]]'' Broadway revue opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on [[July 25]] and ran for 142 performances
* ''[[Phi-Phi]]'' Paris [[operetta]] opened at the [[Bouffes-Parisiens]] on [[November 12]]
* ''[[Sinbad (1918 musical)|Sinbad]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on [[February 14]] and ran for 164 performances
* ''[[Sometime (musical)|Sometime]]'' (Music: [[Rudolf Friml]] Book: [[Rida Johnson Young]] Lyrics: [[Rida Johnson Young]] ) Broadway production opened at the [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theatre]] on October 4 and transferred to the [[Casino Theatre (Broadway)|Casino Theatre]] on November 11 for a total run of 283 performances. Featuring [[Mae West]] and [[Ed Wynn]]
* ''[[Toot-Toot!]]'' Broadway production opened at [[George M. Cohan's Theatre]] on [[March 11]] and ran for 40 performances
* ''[[Very Good Eddie]]'' London production opened at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]] on [[May 18]] and ran for 341 performances
* ''[[Where the Lark Sings (operetta)|Where the Lark Sings]]'' by [[Franz Lehár]]

==Births==
*[[January 9]] – [[Ruthilde Boesch]], Austrian soprano (d. 2012)
*[[January 12]] – [[Julio Gutiérrez (musician)|Julio Gutiérrez]], Cuban pianist, conductor and songwriter (d. 1990)
*[[January 20]] – [[Juan García Esquivel]], Mexican bandleader (d. 2002)
*[[January 24]] – [[Gottfried von Einem]], composer (d. 1996)
*[[January 27]]
**[[Skitch Henderson]], bandleader (d. 2005)
**[[Elmore James]], blues musician (d. 1963)
*[[February 3]] – [[Joey Bishop]], all-round entertainer (d. 2007)
*[[February 15]] – [[Hank Locklin]], singer (d. 2009)
*[[February 16]] – Patty Andrews of [[The Andrews Sisters]] singing group (d. 2013)
*[[March 20]] – [[Bernd Alois Zimmermann]], German composer (d. 1970)
*[[March 20]] – [[Marian McPartland]], British jazz pianist (d. 2013)
*[[March 23]] – [[Alberto Caracciolo]], tango musician (d. 1994)
*[[March 29]] – [[Pearl Bailey]], singer (d. 1990)
*[[April 3]] – [[Sixten Ehrling]], conductor (d. 2005)
*[[April 25]] – [[Astrid Varnay]], operatic soprano (d. 2006)
*[[May 15]] – [[Eddy Arnold]], country singer (d. 2008)
*[[May 17]] – [[Birgit Nilsson]], operatic soprano (d. 2005)
*[[June 4]] – [[Noel Estrada]], composer (d. 1979)
*[[June 8]] – [[Robert Preston (actor)|Robert Preston]], star of musicals (d. 1987)
*[[June 10]] – [[Patachou]], French singer (d. 2015)
*[[June 26]] – [[Roger Voisin]], trumpeter (d. 2008)
*[[July 5]] – [[George Rochberg]], composer (d. 2005)
*[[July 6]] – [[Eugene List]], classical pianist (d. 1985)
*[[July 24]] – [[Ruggiero Ricci]], violinist (d. 2012)
*[[July 27]] – [[Leonard Rose]], cellist (d. 1984)
*[[August 18]] – [[Cisco Houston]], folk singer (d. 1961)
*[[August 25]] – [[Leonard Bernstein]], composer and conductor (d. 1990)
*[[August 29]] – [[Mrs Mills]], born Gladys Jordan, honky-tonk pianist (d. 1978)
*[[August 31]] – [[Alan Jay Lerner]], US lyricist (d. 1986)
*[[September 13]] – [[Dick Haymes]], Argentinian-born US singer and actor (d. 1980)
*[[September 14]] – Israel López "[[Cachao]]", Cuban bassist and composer (d. 2008)
*[[September 22]] – [[Henryk Szeryng]], violinist (d. 1988)
*[[September 23]] – [[Lola Graham]], pianist (d. 1992)
*[[September 26]] – [[John Zacherle]], actor and singer (d. 2016)
*[[October 9]] – [[Bebo Valdés]], Cuban pianist (d. 2013)
*[[October 11]] – [[Jerome Robbins]], choreographer (d. 1998)
*[[October 14]] – [[Ellen Faull]], operatic soprano (d. 2008)
*[[October 16]] – [[Géori Boué]], operatic soprano (d. 2017)
*[[October 17]] – [[Rita Hayworth]], actress, dancer and singer (d. 1987)
*[[October 26]] – [[Eric Ericson]], Swedish choral conductor and choral teacher (d. 2013)
*[[November 20]] – [[Tibor Frešo]], composer (d. 1987)
*[[December 12]] – [[Joe Williams (jazz singer)|Joe Williams]], jazz singer (d. 1999)
*[[December 19]] – [[Professor Longhair]], blues singer and pianist (d. 1980)
*[[December 23]] – [[José Greco]], flamenco dancer and choreographer (d. 2000)
*[[December 24]] – [[Dave Bartholomew]], bandleader, composer and arranger (d. 2019)

==Deaths==
*[[January 10]] – [[Alphonse Maille|Alphonse Mailly]], French composer (born 1833)
*[[January 19]] – [[Juan José Cañas]], co-writer of the El Salvador national anthem (b. 1826)
*[[February 7]] – [[Alexander Taneyev]], composer (b. 1850)
*[[February 15]] – [[Miguel Marqués (composer)|Miguel Marqués]] – Spanish composer and violinist (b. 1843)
*[[February 23]] – [[Sophie Menter]] – German composer and pianist (b. 1846)
*[[February 27]] – [[Vasily Safonov]], pianist (born 1852)
*[[March 1]] – [[Emil Sjögren]], lieder composer (b. 1853)
*[[March 2]] – [[Theobald Rehbaum]], violinist (born 1835)
*March (12–15) – [[José White Lafitte]], violinist and composer (b. 1836)
*[[March 13]] – [[César Cui]], music critic and composer (b. 1835)
*[[March 15]] – [[Lili Boulanger]], composer (b. 1893)
*[[March 23]] – [[Théo Ysaÿe]], pianist and composer (b. 1865)
*[[March 25]] – [[Claude Debussy]], composer (b. 1862)
*[[March 26]] – [[:fr:Charles Clairville|Charles Clairville]], librettist (born 1855)
*[[April 8]] – [[Lucjan Rydel]], Polish lyricist and playwright (b. 1870)
*[[April 13]] – [[David Ffrangcon Davies]], operatic baritone (b. 1855)
*[[April 21]] – [[Antonio Pini-Corsi]], operatic baritone (b. 1859)
*[[May 5]] – [[Bertha Palmer]], writer, musician, businesswoman, socialite and philanthropist (b. 1849)
*[[May 18]] – [[Toivo Kuula]], conductor and composer (b. 1883) (accidentally shot)
*[[May 22]] – [[Fritz Seitz]], violinist and composer (b. 1848)
*[[June 9]] – [[Jozsef Angster]], master organ maker (b. 1834)
*[[June 10]] – [[Arrigo Boito]], writer and composer (b. 1842)
*[[July 27]] – [[Gustav Kobbé]], American music critic and author (b. 1857) (killed in sailing accident)
*[[August 12]] – [[Anna Held]], singer (b. 1872)
*[[August 15]] – [[Heinrich Köselitz]], author and composer (b. 1854)
*[[August 26]] – [[Cecil Coles]], composer (b. 1888) (killed in action)<ref>[http://www.bardic-music.com/Coles.htm Brief biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816021557/http://bardic-music.com/Coles.htm|date=2013-08-16}}</ref>
*[[September 7]] – [[Morfydd Llwyn Owen]], singer, pianist and composer (b. 1891) (complications from surgery for appendicitis)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cleaver |first=Emrys |chapter=Morfydd Llwyn Owen (1891–1918) |title=Musicians of Wales |location=Ruthin |publisher=John Jones |year=1968}}</ref>
*[[September 18]] – [[Ernest Farrar]], composer (b. 1885) (killed in action)
*[[September 19]]
**[[Nikolai Mikhailovich Ladukhin|Nikolay Ladukhin]], music theorist and composer (born 1860)
**[[Liza Lehmann]], operatic soprano and composer (b. 1862)
*[[October 7]] – [[Hubert Parry]], composer (b. 1848)
*[[October 15]] – [[Antonio Cotogni]], operatic baritone (b. 1831)
*[[October 16]] – [[Felix Arndt]], pianist and composer (b. 1889)
*[[October 22]] – [[Charles Peccatte]], archetier (b. 1850)
*[[October 24]]
**[[Charles Lecocq]], composer (b. 1832)
**[[Marianne Scharwenka]], violinist (b. 1856)
*[[October 29]] – [[Rudolf Tobias]], organist and composer (b. 1873)
*[[November 4]] – [[Joaquín Valverde Sanjuán]], ''zarzuela'' composer (b. 1875)
*[[December 13]] – [[Nikolay and Medea Figner|Nikolay Figner]], Russian-Ukrainian lyric tenor (b. 1857)
*''date unknown'' – [[King Watzke]], violinist and bandleader (b. c. 1880)

== References ==
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{{short description|Overview of the events of 1918 in music}}
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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1918.

==Specific locations==
*[[1918 in British music]]
*[[1918 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1918 in country music]]
*[[1918 in jazz]]

==Events==
* [[January 18]] – The Historic Concert for the Benefit of Widows and Orphans of Austrian and Hungarian Soldiers at the [[Konzerthaus, Vienna]].<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Historical Concert for the Benefit of Widows and Orphans
| work = World Digital Library
| accessdate = 2014-06-22
| date = 2014-02-10
| url = http://www.wdl.org/en/item/4585/#languages=deu&page=5
}}</ref>
[[File:Aeolian Hall program (13 Feb 1918).jpg|250px|thumb|Programme for Rebecca Clarke's recital at the Aeolian Hall]]
*[[February 13]] – [[May Mukle]] and [[Rebecca Clarke (composer)|Rebecca Clarke]] give a recital at the [[Aeolian Hall (New York)|Aeolian Hall]] in New York City, accompanied by [[Marjorie Hayward]], performing works by [[Hubert Parry]], [[Frank Bridge]], and Clarke herself. It includes the premiėre of ''[[Morpheus (Rebecca Clarke)|Morpheus]]'', written by Clarke under the pen-name "Anthony Trent".<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/title/morpheus-for-viola-piano/oclc/44878864?ht=edition&referer=br ''Morpheus'': holograph listing at WorldCat.]</ref>
*[[March 3]] – [[Béla Bartók]]'s [[String Quartet No. 2 (Bartók)|String Quartet No. 2]] is premièred in [[Budapest]].
*[[April 30]] – [[May 1]] – Composer [[Toivo Kuula]] is mortally wounded in the [[Finnish Civil War]].
*August – [[King Oliver]] leaves [[New Orleans]] for [[Chicago]].
*[[September 28]] – First performance of [[Igor Stravinsky]]'s ''[[Histoire du Soldat]]'', conducted by [[Ernest Ansermet]], in Lausanne, Switzerland.
*[[September 29]] – First performance of [[Gustav Holst]]'s orchestral suite ''[[The Planets]]'', before an invited audience at the [[Queen's Hall]] in London, conducted by [[Adrian Boult]].
*[[November 15]] – [[Rosa Ponselle]] makes her [[Metropolitan Opera]] début as Leonora in Verdi's ''[[La forza del destino]]'', opposite [[Enrico Caruso]].
*[[November 30]] – [[Ernest Ansermet]] conducts the first concert by the [[Orchestre de la Suisse Romande]].
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] is appointed Director of Music, [[First Army (United Kingdom)]].
*First documented racially integrated [[jazz]] recording session.
*Worldwide sales of [[phonograph|phonograph/gramophone]] records estimated at 100 million records this year.

==Bands formed==
* [[Goldman Band]] founded by [[Edwin Franko Goldman]]

==Published popular music==
[[Image:Me-Ow1918.jpeg|right]]
* "[[After You've Gone (song)|After You've Gone]]" w. [[Henry Creamer]] m. [[Turner Layton]]
* "[[All Aboard for Home Sweet Home]]" w.m. Addison Burkhardt. Al Piantadosi and Jack Glogau
* "Bagdad" w. [[Harold Atteridge]] m. [[Al Jolson]]
* "[[Beautiful Ohio]]" w. [[Ballard MacDonald]] m. Mary Earl
* "[[Clarinet Marmalade]]" m. [[Edwin B. Edwards]], [[Nick LaRocca]], [[Tony Spargo]] & [[Larry Shields]]
* "Dallas Blues" w. Lloyd Garrett m. Hart A. Wand
* "Dancing 'neath the Dixie moon" w. Will J. Hart m. Ed. Nelson.
* "Dark Grows The Sky" w. Harry Graham m. Harold Fraser-Simson
* "The Daughter Of Rosie O'Grady" w. Monty C. Brice m. [[Walter Donaldson]]
* "[[Dear Little Boy of Mine]]" w. J. Keirn Brennan m. [[Ernest Ball|Ernest R. Ball]]
* "[[Dear Old Pal of Mine]]" w. Harold Robe m. Lt. [[Gitz Rice]]
* "Ding Dong" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Every Day" by [[Shelton Brooks]]
* "Ev'rybody's Crazy 'bout the Doggone Blues, But I'm Happy" by [[Henry Creamer]] and [[Turner Layton]]
* "Everything Is Peaches Down In Georgia" w. [[Grant Clarke]] m. [[Milton Ager]]
* "Fidgety Feet" m. [[Edwin B. Edwards]], [[Nick LaRocca]], [[Tony Spargo]] & [[Larry Shields]]
* "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" w.m. [[Eddie Green (actor)|Eddie Green]]
* "[[Good Morning Mr. Zip-Zip-Zip!]]" w.m. Robert Lloyd
* "[[Goodbye, France]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[Hello Central! Give Me No Man's Land]]" w. [[Sam M. Lewis]] & [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]
* "Hindustan" w.m. Oliver G. Wallace & [[Harold Weeks]]
* "Hike! Hike! Hike! (Along the Old Turn Pike)" w.m. Nat Vincent
* "How Can You Tell" by [[Ned Wayburn]]
* "[[How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree)?]]" w. [[Sam M. Lewis]] & [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]] m. [[Walter Donaldson]]
* "I Found The End Of The Rainbow" w.m. John Mears, Harry Tierney & [[Joseph McCarthy (lyricist)|Joseph McCarthy]]
* "I Want To Shimmy" by [[Shelton Brooks]]
* "[[If He Can Fight Like He Can Love, Good Night Germany!]]" w. [[Grant Clarke]] & [[Howard Johnson (lyricist)|Howard Johnson]] m. George W. Meyer
* "[[I'll Be There, Laddie Boy, I'll Be There]]" w. Jack Frost m. E. Clinton Keithley
* "I'll Say She Does" w.m. B. G. DeSylva, [[Gus Kahn]] & [[Al Jolson]]
* "In The Land Of Beginning Again" w. [[Grant Clarke]] m. George W. Meyer
* "[[Ja-Da]]" w.m. [[Bob Carleton]]
* "[[K-K-K-Katy]]" w.m. [[Geoffrey O'Hara]]
* "Madelon" w. (Eng) Alfred Bryan (Fr) Louis Bousquet m. Camille Robert
* "[[Mammy's Chocolate Soldier]]" w. Sidney Mitchell m. Archie Gottler
* "Me-Ow!" by Mel B. Kaufman
* "Mickey" w. Harold H. Williams m. Neil Moret
* "My Baby Boy" w. [[William Dillon]] m. [[Albert Von Tilzer]]
* "[[Oh How I Wish I could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Back Home|Oh How I Wish I Could Sleep Until My Daddy Comes Back Home]]" w. [[Sam M. Lewis]] & [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]] m. [[Pete Wendling]]
* "[[Oh! Frenchy]]" w. Sam Ehrlich m. [[Con Conrad]]
* "[[Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[Oh, Susie, Behave]]" w. [[Ed Rose (lyricist)|Ed Rose]] and m. Abe Olman
* "[[On the Road to Calais]]" w. Alfred Bryan m. [[Al Jolson]]
* "Original Dixieland One-Step" w.m. [[Joe Jordan (musician)]], [[Nick LaRocca]] & [[J. Russell Robinson]]
* "[[Oui, Oui, Marie]]" w. Alfred Bryan & [[Joseph McCarthy (lyricist)|Joseph McCarthy]] m. Fred Fisher
* "[[Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody]]" w. [[Sam M. Lewis]] & [[Joe Young (lyriciat)|Joe Young]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]
* "[[The Rose of No Man's Land]]" w. Jack Caddigan m. James A. Brennan
* "Russian Rag" m. [[George L. Cobb]]
* "[[Somebody Stole My Gal]]" w.m. [[Leo Wood]]
* "Sometime" by [[Rida Johnson Young]]
* "[[Tell That to the Marines]]" w. Harold Atteridge & [[Al Jolson]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]
* "That Tumble-Down Shack In Athlone" w. Richard W. Pascoe m. Monte Cobb & Alma M. Saunders
* "That Wonderful Mother Of Mine" w. Clyde Hager m. Walter Goodwin
* "There's Nobody Home but Me" w. Sam Erlich m. [[Con Conrad]]
* "[[They Were All Out of Step But Jim]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[Those Draftin' Blues]]" w.m. [[Maceo Pinkard]]
* "[[Till We Meet Again (1918 song)|Till We Meet Again]]" w. [[Raymond B. Egan]] m. [[Richard A. Whiting]]
* "Tishomingo Blues" [[Spencer Williams]]
* "Wedding Bells, Will You Ever Ring For Me?" w. [[Sam M. Lewis]] & [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]
* "[[We'll Do Our Share while You're Over There]]" w. Lew Brown & Al Herriman m. Jack Egan
* "[[When Alexander Takes His Ragtime Band to France]]" w. [[Alfred Bryan (lyricist)|Alfred Bryan]] & [[Edgar Leslie]] m. Cliff Hess
* "[[When Tony Goes Over The Top]]" w. Billy Frisch & Archie Fletcher m. Alex Marr
* "When You Look In The Heart Of A Rose" w. Marion Gillespie m. Florence Methuen
* "Why Do They All Take The Night Boat To Albany?" w. [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]] & [[Sam M. Lewis]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]
* "Without You" w. [[Nora Bayes]] m. Irving Fisher
* "[[Would You Rather Be a Colonel with an Eagle on Your Shoulder or a Private with a Chicken On Your Knee?]]" w. [[Sidney D. Mitchell]] m. [[Archie Gottler]]
* "[[You'll Find Old Dixieland In France]]" w. (Eng) Grant Clarke (Fr) Louis Delamarre m. George W. Meyer
* "You're In Style When You're Wearing A Smile" w.m. Al W. Brown, [[Gus Kahn]] & [[Egbert van Alstyne]]

==Top hit recordings==
[[Image:VictorClarinetMarmaladeSmall.jpg|right]]

*"[[Tiger Rag]]/Skeleton Jangle" by the [[Original Dixieland Jass Band]]
*"Over There" by [[Enrico Caruso]]
*"[[After You've Gone (song)|After You've Gone]]" by [[Marion Harris]]
*"[[Smiles (1917 song)|Smiles]]" by [[Joseph C. Smith]]'s Orchestra
*"[[I'm Always Chasing Rainbows]]" by [[Charles W. Harrison]]
*"[[Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody]]" by [[Al Jolson]]
*"[[Hello Central! Give Me No Man's Land|Hello Central, Give Me No-Man's Land]]" by Al Jolson
*"[[I'm Sorry I Made You Cry]]" by [[Henry Burr]]

==Classical music==
* [[Joseph Achron]] – Violin Sonata No.2
* [[Agustín Barrios]] – ''Un sueño en la foresta''
* [[Arnold Bax]]
** String Quartet No. 1 in G major, GP. 199<ref name="parlett18">{{cite web|url=http://www.davpar.eu/bax/bax1519.html|title=Parlett Catalogue of music by Bax 1915–1919|accessdate=2013-02-25|archive-date=2017-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327165435/http://www.davpar.eu/bax/bax1519.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** ''Symphonic Variations'', GP. 210<ref name="parlett18"/>
*[[Émile-Robert Blanchet|Emile-Robert Blanchet]] – 2 Barcarolles for piano, Op.24
* [[Lili Boulanger]]
** ''[[D'un matin de printemps]]''
** ''D'un soir triste''
* [[Frederick Delius]] – ''A Song Before Sunrise''
* [[Edward Elgar]] – [[Violin Sonata (Elgar)|Violin Sonata]]
* [[George Enescu]] – [[Symphony No. 3 (Enescu)|Symphony No. 3]] in C major, Op. 21
* [[Gabriel Fauré]] – [[Fantaisie, Op. 111 (Fauré)|''Fantaisie'']], Op. 111
* [[Gustav Holst]] – ''[[The Planets]]''
* [[Alexander Glazunov]] – ''Romance of Nina''
*[[Paul Hindemith]] – [[Violin Sonata No. 2 (Hindemith)|Violin Sonatas, Op. 11]]
* {{ill|Jan Ingenhoven|nl}} – Trio for violin, cello and harp
* [[Leoš Janáček]] – ''[[Taras Bulba (rhapsody)|Taras Bulba]]''
*[[Sigfrid Karg-Elert]] – 30 Caprices for Flute Solo, Op. 107
*[[Charles Koechlin]] – Sonata (for bassoon and piano) Op. 71
* [[Leevi Madetoja]] – Symphony No. 2, Op. 35
* [[Bohuslav Martinů]] – [[String Quartet No. 1 (Martinů)|String Quartet No. 1]], H. 117
*[[Darius Milhaud]] – Symphonie de chambre No.2, Op. 49
*[[Nikolai Myaskovsky]] – Symphony No.5, Op. 18
* [[Carl Nielsen]] – ''[[Pan and Syrinx]]'' (tone poem)
*[[Francis Poulenc]]
**Sonata for Two Clarinets, FP 7
**Sonata for Piano Four Hands, FP 8
**Toréador, FP 11
**Mouvements perpétuels, FP 14
*[[Ottorino Respighi]] – La boutique fantasque. Balletto su musiche di G. Rossini
*[[Emil von Reznicek|Emil Reznicek]] – Symphony No.3 in D major (composer on April 5, premiered the following year)
*[[Camille Saint-Saëns|Camille Saint-Saens]] – Vers la victoire, Op.152
*[[Igor Stravinsky]]
**[[Histoire du Soldat]]
**Ragtime
* [[Karol Szymanowski]]
** ''Songs of an infatuated Muezzin,'' for soprano and orchestra
** ''3 Caprices de Paganini,'' for voice and piano
** ''4 Songs to Lyrics by Rabindranath Tagore,'' for voice and piano
*[[Felix Weingartner]] – Freiheitsgesang, Op.67

==[[Opera]]==
* [[Béla Bartók]] – ''[[Duke Bluebeard's Castle]]'' (composed 1911), [[Royal Hungarian Opera House]] in Budapest, 24 May
* [[Charles Wakefield Cadman]] – ''[[Shanewis]]'', libretto by [[Nelle Richmond Eberhart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Shanewis: Performance History|url=http://opera.stanford.edu/Cadman/Shanewis/history.html|publisher=OperaGlass|accessdate=2012-08-12}}</ref>
* [[Giacomo Puccini]] – ''[[Il trittico]]'' (consisting of ''[[Il tabarro]]'', ''[[Suor Angelica]]'' and ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]'')
* [[Gabriel von Wayditch]] – ''Jesus Before Herod''
* [[Felix Weingartner]] – ''[[Die Dorfschule]]''

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1918 in jazz}}

==[[Musical theatre]]==
* ''[[As You Were (musical)|As You Were]]'' London production opened at the [[London Pavilion|Pavilion]] on [[August 3]]
* ''[[The Better 'Ole]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Greenwich Village Theatre]] on [[October 19]], transferred to the [[Cort Theatre]] on [[November 18]] and transferred to the [[Booth Theatre]] on June 16, 1919, for a total run of 353 performances
* ''[[Buzz-Buzz]]'' London [[revue]] opened at the [[Vaudeville Theatre]] on [[December 20]] and ran for 612 performances
* ''[[The Canary (musical)|The Canary]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Globe Theatre (New York)|Globe Theatre]] on [[November 4]] and ran for 152 performances
* ''[[Fiddlers Three (operetta)|Fiddlers Three]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Cort Theatre]] on [[September 3]] and ran for 87 performances
* ''[[The Girl Behind the Gun]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[New Amsterdam Theatre]] on [[September 16]] and ran for 160 performances
* ''[[Hullo, America]]'' London production opened at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]] on [[September 25]]
* ''[[The Lilac Domino]]'' London production opened at the [[Empire, Leicester Square|Empire Theatre]] on [[February 21]] and ran for 747 performances
* ''[[Listen Lester (play)|Listen Lester]]'' (Music: [[Harold Orlob]] Book and Lyrics: [[Harry L. Cort]] & [[George E. Stoddard]]. Broadway production opened at the [[Knickerbocker Theatre (Broadway)|Knickerbocker Theatre]] on [[December 23]] and ran for 272 performances. Starring [[Mary Milburn]], [[Eddie Garvie]], [[Johnny Dooley]], [[Clifton Webb]], [[Ada Mae Weeks]], [[Ada Lewis]] and [[Gertrude Vanderbilt (actress)|Gertrude Vanderbilt]].
* ''[[Oh, Lady! Lady!!]]'' [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] production opened at the [[Princess Theatre, New York City|Princess Theatre]] on [[February 1]], transferred to the [[Casino Theatre (Broadway)|Casino Theatre]] on [[June 17]] and ran for a total of 219 performances.
* ''[[The Passing Show|The Passing Show of 1918]]'' Broadway revue opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on [[July 25]] and ran for 142 performances
* ''[[Phi-Phi]]'' Paris [[operetta]] opened at the [[Bouffes-Parisiens]] on [[November 12]]
* ''[[Sinbad (1918 musical)|Sinbad]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on [[February 14]] and ran for 164 performances
* ''[[Sometime (musical)|Sometime]]'' (Music: [[Rudolf Friml]] Book: [[Rida Johnson Young]] Lyrics: [[Rida Johnson Young]] ) Broadway production opened at the [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theatre]] on October 4 and transferred to the [[Casino Theatre (Broadway)|Casino Theatre]] on November 11 for a total run of 283 performances. Featuring [[Mae West]] and [[Ed Wynn]]
* ''[[Toot-Toot!]]'' Broadway production opened at [[George M. Cohan's Theatre]] on [[March 11]] and ran for 40 performances
* ''[[Very Good Eddie]]'' London production opened at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]] on [[May 18]] and ran for 341 performances
* ''[[Where the Lark Sings (operetta)|Where the Lark Sings]]'' by [[Franz Lehár]]

==Births==
*[[January 9]] – [[Ruthilde Boesch]], Austrian soprano (d. 2012)
*[[January 12]] – [[Julio Gutiérrez (musician)|Julio Gutiérrez]], Cuban pianist, conductor and songwriter (d. 1990)
*[[January 20]] – [[Juan García Esquivel]], Mexican bandleader (d. 2002)
*[[January 24]] – [[Gottfried von Einem]], composer (d. 1996)
*[[January 27]]
**[[Skitch Henderson]], bandleader (d. 2005)
**[[Elmore James]], blues musician (d. 1963)
*[[February 3]] – [[Joey Bishop]], all-round entertainer (d. 2007)
*[[February 15]] – [[Hank Locklin]], singer (d. 2009)
*[[February 16]] – Patty Andrews of [[The Andrews Sisters]] singing group (d. 2013)
*[[March 20]] – [[Bernd Alois Zimmermann]], German composer (d. 1970)
*[[March 20]] – [[Marian McPartland]], British jazz pianist (d. 2013)
*[[March 23]] – [[Alberto Caracciolo]], tango musician (d. 1994)
*[[March 29]] – [[Pearl Bailey]], singer (d. 1990)
*[[April 3]] – [[Sixten Ehrling]], conductor (d. 2005)
*[[April 25]] – [[Astrid Varnay]], operatic soprano (d. 2006)
*[[May 15]] – [[Eddy Arnold]], country singer (d. 2008)
*[[May 17]] – [[Birgit Nilsson]], operatic soprano (d. 2005)
*[[June 4]] – [[Noel Estrada]], composer (d. 1979)
*[[June 8]] – [[Robert Preston (actor)|Robert Preston]], star of musicals (d. 1987)
*[[June 10]] – [[Patachou]], French singer (d. 2015)
*[[June 26]] – [[Roger Voisin]], trumpeter (d. 2008)
*[[July 5]] – [[George Rochberg]], composer (d. 2005)
*[[July 6]] – [[Eugene List]], classical pianist (d. 1985)
*[[July 24]] – [[Ruggiero Ricci]], violinist (d. 2012)
*[[July 27]] – [[Leonard Rose]], cellist (d. 1984)
*[[August 18]] – [[Cisco Houston]], folk singer (d. 1961)
*[[August 25]] – [[Leonard Bernstein]], composer and conductor (d. 1990)
*[[August 29]] – [[Mrs Mills]], born Gladys Jordan, honky-tonk pianist (d. 1978)
*[[August 31]] – [[Alan Jay Lerner]], US lyricist (d. 1986)
*[[September 13]] – [[Dick Haymes]], Argentinian-born US singer and actor (d. 1980)
*[[September 14]] – Israel López "[[Cachao]]", Cuban bassist and composer (d. 2008)
*[[September 22]] – [[Henryk Szeryng]], violinist (d. 1988)
*[[September 23]] – [[Lola Graham]], pianist (d. 1992)
*[[September 26]] – [[John Zacherle]], actor and singer (d. 2016)
*[[October 9]] – [[Bebo Valdés]], Cuban pianist (d. 2013)
*[[October 11]] – [[Jerome Robbins]], choreographer (d. 1998)
*[[October 14]] – [[Ellen Faull]], operatic soprano (d. 2008)
*[[October 16]] – [[Géori Boué]], operatic soprano (d. 2017)
*[[October 17]] – [[Rita Hayworth]], actress, dancer and singer (d. 1987)
*[[October 26]] – [[Eric Ericson]], Swedish choral conductor and choral teacher (d. 2013)
*[[November 20]] – [[Tibor Frešo]], composer (d. 1987)
*[[December 12]] – [[Joe Williams (jazz singer)|Joe Williams]], jazz singer (d. 1999)
*[[December 19]] – [[Professor Longhair]], blues singer and pianist (d. 1980)
*[[December 23]] – [[José Greco]], flamenco dancer and choreographer (d. 2000)
*[[December 24]] – [[Dave Bartholomew]], bandleader, composer and arranger (d. 2019)

==Deaths==
*[[January 10]] – [[Alphonse Maille|Alphonse Mailly]], French composer (born 1833)
*[[January 19]] – [[Juan José Cañas]], co-writer of the El Salvador national anthem (b. 1826)
*[[February 7]] – [[Alexander Taneyev]], composer (b. 1850)
*[[February 15]] – [[Miguel Marqués (composer)|Miguel Marqués]] – Spanish composer and violinist (b. 1843)
*[[February 23]] – [[Sophie Menter]] – German composer and pianist (b. 1846)
*[[February 27]] – [[Vasily Safonov]], pianist (born 1852)
*[[March 1]] – [[Emil Sjögren]], lieder composer (b. 1853)
*[[March 2]] – [[Theobald Rehbaum]], violinist (born 1835)
*March (12–15) – [[José White Lafitte]], violinist and composer (b. 1836)
*[[March 13]] – [[César Cui]], music critic and composer (b. 1835)
*[[March 15]] – [[Lili Boulanger]], composer (b. 1893)
*[[March 23]] – [[Théo Ysaÿe]], pianist and composer (b. 1865)
*[[March 25]] – [[Claude Debussy]], composer (b. 1862)
*[[April 8]] – [[Lucjan Rydel]], Polish lyricist and playwright (b. 1870)
*[[April 13]] – [[David Ffrangcon Davies]], operatic baritone (b. 1855)
*[[April 21]] – [[Antonio Pini-Corsi]], operatic baritone (b. 1859)
*[[May 5]] – [[Bertha Palmer]], writer, musician, businesswoman, socialite and philanthropist (b. 1849)
*[[May 18]] – [[Toivo Kuula]], conductor and composer (b. 1883) (accidentally shot)
*[[May 22]] – [[Fritz Seitz]], violinist and composer (b. 1848)
*[[June 9]] – [[Jozsef Angster]], master organ maker (b. 1834)
*[[June 10]] – [[Arrigo Boito]], writer and composer (b. 1842)
*[[July 27]] – [[Gustav Kobbé]], American music critic and author (b. 1857) (killed in sailing accident)
*[[August 12]] – [[Anna Held]], singer (b. 1872)
*[[August 15]] – [[Heinrich Köselitz]], author and composer (b. 1854)
*[[August 26]] – [[Cecil Coles]], composer (b. 1888) (killed in action)<ref>[http://www.bardic-music.com/Coles.htm Brief biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816021557/http://bardic-music.com/Coles.htm|date=2013-08-16}}</ref>
*[[September 7]] – [[Morfydd Llwyn Owen]], singer, pianist and composer (b. 1891) (complications from surgery for appendicitis)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cleaver |first=Emrys |chapter=Morfydd Llwyn Owen (1891–1918) |title=Musicians of Wales |location=Ruthin |publisher=John Jones |year=1968}}</ref>
*[[September 18]] – [[Ernest Farrar]], composer (b. 1885) (killed in action)
*[[September 19]]
**[[Nikolai Mikhailovich Ladukhin|Nikolay Ladukhin]], music theorist and composer (born 1860)
**[[Liza Lehmann]], operatic soprano and composer (b. 1862)
*[[October 7]] – [[Hubert Parry]], composer (b. 1848)
*[[October 15]] – [[Antonio Cotogni]], operatic baritone (b. 1831)
*[[October 16]] – [[Felix Arndt]], pianist and composer (b. 1889)
*[[October 22]] – [[Charles Peccatte]], archetier (b. 1850)
*[[October 24]]
**[[Charles Lecocq]], composer (b. 1832)
**[[Marianne Scharwenka]], violinist (b. 1856)
*[[October 29]] – [[Rudolf Tobias]], organist and composer (b. 1873)
*[[November 4]] – [[Joaquín Valverde Sanjuán]], ''zarzuela'' composer (b. 1875)
*[[December 13]] – [[Nikolay and Medea Figner|Nikolay Figner]], Russian-Ukrainian lyric tenor (b. 1857)
*''date unknown'' – [[King Watzke]], violinist and bandleader (b. c. 1880)

== References ==
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{{short description|Overview of the events of 1915 in music}}
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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1915.

==Specific locations==
*[[1915 in British music]]
*[[1915 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1915 in jazz]]

==Events==
*March–December – The [[ukulele]] becomes popular as a result of its appearance in the Hawaiian Pavilion at the [[Panama–Pacific International Exposition]] in San Francisco.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukulelemag.com/stories/news/how-san-franciscos-panama-pacific-international-expo-of-1915-sparked-the-first-uke-craze|title=The Spark that Started the First Ukulele Craze|date=February 19, 2015|website=Ukulele magazine|access-date=July 24, 2021}}</ref>
*[[May 15]] – [[Tom Brown (trombonist)|Tom Brown]]'s band from [[New Orleans]] begin performing in [[Chicago, Illinois]] and start advertising themselves as a "Jass Band".<ref>[http://www.redhotjazz.com/browns.html Tom Brown's Band from Dixie Land] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202853/http://www.redhotjazz.com/browns.html |date=2016-03-03 }}. Accessed 17 April 2013.</ref>
*[[April 21]] – [[Sibelius]] sees sixteen swans over [[Lake Tuusula]] which immediately inspires him to write the theme that becomes the finalé to his [[Symphony No. 5 (Sibelius)|Symphony No. 5]].
*Summer – [[Claude Debussy]] composes at [[Pourville]] on the French [[English Channel|Channel]] coast.
*[[October 28]] – [[Richard Strauss]]'s [[symphonic poem]] ''[[An Alpine Symphony]]'' (''Eine Alpensinfonie'') is premiered by the orchestra of the Dresden Hofkapelle in Berlin under the composer's baton.
*[[November 13]] – First concert devoted to the work of [[Brazil]]ian composer [[Heitor Villa-Lobos]].<ref>''[[The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians]]''.{{Full citation needed|date=April 2017}}</ref>
*[[December 8]] – [[Jean Sibelius]] conducts the world première of his [[Symphony No. 5 (Sibelius)|Symphony No. 5]] in [[Helsinki]] at a birthday concert for him.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jon|last=Paxman|title=Classical Music 1600–2000: A Chronology|location=London|publisher=Omnibus|year=2014|isbn=978-1-84449-773-7}}</ref>
*December – [[Claude Debussy]] becomes one of the first people to receive a [[colostomy]].
*Composer [[Alban Berg]] enters service with the [[Austro-Hungarian Army]].
*Composer [[Herbert Howells]] is given six months to live, and becomes the first person in the UK to receive radium treatment (he will live on until 1983).<ref>{{cite book|first=Paul|last=Spicer|year=1998|title=Herbert Howells|publisher=Seren|location=Bridgend|ISBN= 1-85411-233-3|page=44}}</ref>
*[[William Penfro Rowlands]]'s [[hymn tune]] "[[Blaenwern]]" is first published in Henry H. Jones''' Cân a Moliant''.

==Published popular music==
[[Image:Jelly Roll Blues 1915.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"The [[Jelly Roll Blues]]" by [[Jelly Roll Morton]] ]]

* "Agitation Rag" by Robert Hampton
* "[[Alabama Jubilee (song)|Alabama Jubilee]]" w.m. [[Jack Yellen]] & [[George L. Cobb]]
* "All For You" w. [[Henry Blossom]] m. [[Victor Herbert]]
* "Along The Rocky Road To Dublin" w. [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]] m. [[Bert Grant (composer)|Bert Grant]]
* "America, I Love You" w. [[Edgar Leslie]] m. [[Archie Gottler]]
* "Araby" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[Are You from Dixie ('Cause I'm from Dixie Too)|Are You From Dixie?]]" w.m. [[Jack Yellen]] & [[George L. Cobb]]
* "Are You The O'Reilly? (Blime Me, O' Reilly, You Are Lookin' Well)" Rooney, Emmett
* "The Army Of Today's All Right" w.m. Kenneth Lyle & Fred W. Leigh
* "Auf Wiedersehen" w. Herbert Reynolds m. [[Sigmund Romberg]], from the [[Musical theatre|musical]] [[The Blue Paradise]]
* "Babes In The Wood" w. Schuyler Greene & [[Jerome Kern]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]
* "Baby Shoes" w. Joe Goodwin & Ed Rose m. [[Al Piantadosi]]
* "Beatrice Fairfax, Tell Me What To Do" w.m. [[Grant Clarke]], [[Joseph McCarthy (lyricist)|Joseph McCarthy]], & [[James V. Monaco]]
* "[[Belgium Put the Kibosh on the Kaiser]]" w.m. [[Mark Sheridan]]
* "[[Blame It On The Blues]]" [[Doc Cooke]]
* "[[Canadian Capers]]" w. Earl Burnett m. Gus Chandler, Bert White & Henry Cohan
* "Cleopatra Rag" by Joseph Francis Lamb
* "Close To My Heart" by [[Andrew B. Sterling]]
* "Dear Old-Fashioned Irish Songs, My Mother Sang To Me" Bryan, Von Tilzer
* "Don't Bite The Hand That's Feeding You" w. Thomas Hoier m. James Morgan
* "[[Don't Take My Darling Boy Away]]" w. Will Dillon m. Albert Von Tilzer
* "Down In Bom-Bombay" w. [[Ballard MacDonald]] m. Harry Carroll
* "Everything In America Is Ragtime" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Fascination" w.m. Harold Atteridge & [[Sigmund Romberg]]
* "Gasoline Gus And His Jitney Bus" Gay, Brown
* "The Girl On The Magazine Cover" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Hello Frisco!" w. Gene Buck m. [[Louis Hirsch|Louis A. Hirsch]]
* "[[Hello, Hawaii, How Are You?]]" w. [[Bert Kalmar]] & [[Edgar Leslie]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]
* "The Hesitating Blues" w.m. [[W. C. Handy]]
* "I Can Beat You Doing What You're Doing Me" w.m. [[Clarence Williams (musician)|Clarence Williams]] & [[Armand J. Piron]]
* "[[I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier]]" w. [[Alfred Bryan (lyricist)|Alfred Bryan]] m. Al Piantadosi
* "[[I Love a Piano]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "I Wish I Was An Island In An Ocean Of Girls" w. [[Henry Blossom]] m. [[Victor Herbert]]
* "I'd Rather Be A Lamp-Post On Old Broadway" [[Benjamin Hapgood Burt]]
* "If I Can't Sing The Words, You Must Whistle The Tune" [[Herman Darewski]]
* "If We Can't Be The Same Old Sweethearts" w. [[Joe McCarthy (lyricist)|Joe McCarthy]] m. [[James V. Monaco]]
* "I'm Simply Crazy Over You" w. [[William Jerome]] & [[E. Ray Goetz]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]
* "[[In a Monastery Garden]]" m. [[Albert William Ketèlbey]]
* "Ireland Is Ireland To Me" w. [[Fiske O'Hara]] & [[J. Keirn Brennan]] m. [[Ernest Ball|Ernest R. Ball]]
* "It's Tulip Time In Holland" w. Dave Radford m. [[Richard A. Whiting]]
* "[[I've Been Floating Down the Old Green River]]" w. [[Bert Kalmar]] m. Joe Cooper
* "I've Gotta Go Back To Texas" [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Just Try To Picture Me (Back Home In Tennessee)" w. [[William Jerome]] m. [[Walter Donaldson]]
* "[[Keep the Home Fires Burning (1914 song)|Keep the Home Fires Burning]]" w. [[Lena Guilbert Ford]] m. [[Ivor Novello]] (2nd edition, first under this title)
* "The Ladder Of Roses" w. R. H. Burnside m. [[Raymond Hubbell]]
* "The Little House Upon The Hill" w. [[Ballard MacDonald]] & Joe Goodwin m. Harry Puck
* "Love Is The Best Of All" w. [[Henry Blossom]] m. [[Victor Herbert]]
* "Love, Here Is My Heart" w. [[Adrian Ross]] m. Lãu Silésu
* "The Magic Melody" w. Schuyler Greene m. [[Jerome Kern]]
* "[[Memories (1915 song)|Memories]]" w. [[Gustave Kahn]] m. [[Egbert Van Alstyne]]
* "Molly Dear It's You I'm After" w. Frank Wood m. Henry E. Pether
* "M-O-T-H-E-R" w. [[Howard Johnson (lyricist)|Howard Johnson]] m. [[Theodore F. Morse]]
* "My Little Girl" w. [[Sam M. Lewis]] & [[William Dillon]] m. [[Albert Von Tilzer]]
* "My Mother's Rosary" w. [[Sam M. Lewis]] m. George W. Meyer
* "My Sweet Adair" w.m. [[L. Wolfe Gilbert]] & Anatole Friedland
* "Neapolitan Love Song" w. [[Henry Blossom Jr]] m. [[Victor Herbert]]
* "Nola" m. [[Felix Arndt]]
* "Norway" by [[Joe McCarthy (lyricist)|Joe McCarthy]]
* "On The Beach At Waikiki" w. G. H. Stover m. Henry Kailimai
* "[[Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag]]" w. [[George Asaf]] m. [[Felix Powell]]
* "[[Paper Doll (The Mills Brothers song)|Paper Doll]]" w.m. [[Johnny S. Black]]
* "The Perfect Song" w. [[Clarence Lucas]] m. [[Joseph Carl Breil]]
* "Please Keep Out Of My Dreams" w.m. [[Elsa Maxwell]]
* "Ragging The Scale" w. Dave Ringle m. Edward B. Claypole<ref>{{cite book|author=Edward A. Berlin|title=Ragtime: A Musical and Cultural History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GwmVWcTQiDgC&pg=PA148|year=1984|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-05219-2|pages=148}}</ref>
* "Ragtime Pipe of Pan" w. [[Harold J. Atteridge]] m. [[Sigmund Romberg]] from the [[revue]] ''[[A World of Pleasure]]''
* "Railroad Jim" by [[Nat H. Vincent]]
* "[[Ritual Fire Dance (Falla)|Ritual Fire Dance]]" m. [[Manuel de Falla]]
* "She's The Daughter Of Mother Machree" w. Jeff T. Branen m. [[Ernest Ball|Ernest R. Ball]]
* "Siam" w. [[Howard Johnson (lyricist)|Howard Johnson]] m. [[Fred Fisher]]
* "Some Little Bug Is Going To Find You" w. [[Benjamin Hapgood Burt]] & Roy Atwell m. Silvio Hein. Introduced by [[Roy Atwell]] in the musical ''[[Alone at Last (musical)|Alone at Last]]''.
* "Some Sort Of Somebody" w. [[Elsie Janis]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Ken Bloom|title=American Song: The Complete Musical Theatre Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yj7jAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Facts on File|isbn=978-0-87196-924-8|page=495}}</ref>
* "Song Of The Islands" w.m. [[Charles E. King]]
* "That Hula Hula" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Berlin (Irving) Music Corporation, New York|title=The Songs of Irving Berlin, Arr. Alphabetically, Chronologically, Categorically, Stage, Screen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5SgKAQAAMAAJ|year=1957|page=43}}</ref>
* "There Must Be Little Cupids In The Briny" Jack Foley
* "There's A Broken Heart For Every Light On Broadway" w. [[Howard Johnson (lyricist)|Howard Johnson]] m. [[Fred Fisher]]
* "There's A Little Lane Without A Turning On The Way To Home Sweet Home" w. [[Sam M. Lewis]] m. [[George W. Meyer]]
* "Underneath The Stars" w. [[Fleta Jan Brown Spencer|Fleta Jan Brown]] m. Herbert Spencer
* "We'll Have A Jubilee In My Old Kentucky Home" w. Coleman Goetz m. [[Walter Donaldson]]
* "[[Weary Blues]]" m. [[Artie Matthews]]
* "When I Get Back To The USA" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "When I Leave The World Behind" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "When Old Bill Bailey Plays The Ukulele" w.m. Charles McCarron & Nat Vincent
* "When You're In Love With Someone" w.m. [[Grant Clarke]] & Al Piantadosi
* "Which Switch Is The Switch, Miss, For Ipswich?" David, Barnett & Darewski
* "You Can't Mend A Broken Heart" by [[Shelton Brooks]]
* "You Know And I Know" w. Schuyler Greene m. [[Jerome Kern]]
* "You'll Always Be The Same Sweet Girl" w. [[Andrew B. Sterling]] m. [[Harry Von Tilzer]]

==Hit recordings==
* "[[Carry Me Back to Old Virginny]]" by [[Alma Gluck]]
* "[[It's a Long Way to Tipperary]]" by [[John McCormack (tenor)|John McCormack]]
* "I Didn't Raise My Boy to be a Soldier" by [[Morton Harvey]]
* "[[Keep the Home Fires Burning (1914 song)|Keep the Home Fires Burning]]" by James F. Harrison

==Classical music==
*[[Béla Bartók]]
**''Romanian Folk Dances''
**Sonatina
*[[Alban Berg]] – [[Three Pieces for Orchestra (Berg)|Three Pieces for Orchestra]] (''Drei Orchesterstücke''; first performed 1923/30)
*[[Frank Bridge]]
**Novelletten, H.44 (first published, composed 1904)
**String Quartet No.2, H.115
**Lament, H.117
*[[Harry Burleigh|Harry Thacker Burleigh]]
**5 Songs of Laurence Hope
**Ethiopia Saluting the Colors
*[[John Alden Carpenter]]
**''Adventures in a Perambulator'' (first performed)<ref>{{cite book|author=David Ewen|title=American Songwriters: An H.W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TZsYAAAAIAAJ|year=1987|publisher=H.W. Wilson|isbn=978-0-8242-0744-1|page=32}}</ref>
**Concertino for piano and orchestra''
**''Impromptu'' for piano
**''Polonaise Américaine'' for piano
*[[Claude Debussy]]
**''[[En blanc et noir]]'' for two pianos
**[[Études (Debussy)|Études]] for solo piano (two books of 6)
**Sonata for cello and piano in D minor
**[[Sonata for flute, viola and harp (Debussy)|Sonata for flute, viola and harp]] (first performed 1916)
*[[George Enescu]] – Orchestral Suite No. 2 in C major, Op. 20
*[[Manuel de Falla]]
**''[[El amor brujo]]'' (''gitanería'' version for [[cante flamenco]], actors and chamber orchestra)
**''[[Nights in the Gardens of Spain]]'' (''Noches en los jardines de España''; first performed 1916)
*[[Enrique Granados]] – 2 Danzas Españolas, Op.37
*[[Jesús Guridi]] – ''Así cantan los chicos''
*[[Charles Ives]]
**[[Piano Sonata No. 2 (Ives)|Piano Sonata No. 2, ''Concord, Mass., 1840–60'']] (first published 1919)
**String Quartet No. 2 (first performed 1946)
*[[Zoltán Kodály]] – [[Sonata for Solo Cello (Kodály)|Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8]]
*[[Egon Kornauth]] – Phantasie Op.10
*[[Federico Mompou]] – ''L'Hora Gris'' ("Grey Hour")
*[[Manuel Ponce (composer)|Manuel Ponce]] – ''[[Balada Mexicana]]''
*[[Sergei Prokofiev]] – ''[[Scythian Suite]]'' (first performed 1916)
*[[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] – ''[[All-Night Vigil (Rachmaninoff)|All-Night Vigil]]'' (Всенощное бдѣніе, ''Vsénoshchnoye bdéniye'')
*[[Max Reger]]
**''Variationen und Fuge über ein Thema von Beethoven'', Op. 86
**3 Cello Suites, Op. 131c
**3 Viola Suites, Op. 131d
**Violin Sonata No.9, Op.139
**String Trio No. 2 in D minor, [[Max Reger works#141b|Op. 141b]]
**[[Requiem (Reger)|''Requiem'']], Op. 144b
*[[Jean Sibelius]]
**Impromptu, Op. 78
**''[[Jäger March]]'' (''Jääkärien marssi''), Op. 91a, for male chorus and symphony orchestra
**[[Symphony No. 5 (Sibelius)|Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major]], Op. 82
*[[Charles Villiers Stanford]] – Piano Concerto No.2, Op.126, premiered June 3 in Norfolk, Connecticut
*[[Wilhelm Stenhammar]] – Symphony No. 2 in G minor
*[[Richard Strauss]] – ''[[An Alpine Symphony]]''
*[[Karol Szymanowski]]
**''[[Métopes]]'', for piano
**''Mythes'', for violin and piano
**''Songs of a Fairy-Tale Princess'', for voice and piano
**''3 Songs on Words by Dmitri Davydov'', for voice and piano
*[[Gabriel Verdalle]] – Impromptu No.2
*[[Heitor Villa-Lobos]]
**Cello Concerto no. 1
**''Danças Características Africanas'' for piano
**''Desesperança – Sonata Phantastica e Capricciosa No. 1'' for violin and piano
**''Elégie'' for orchestra
**''[[String Quartet No. 1 (Villa-Lobos)|Suíte graciosa]]'' (revised in 1946 as String Quartet No. 1)
**[[String Quartet No. 2 (Villa-Lobos)|String Quartet No. 2]]
**Trio for piano and strings No. 2
*[[Siegfried Wagner]] – Violin Concerto
*[[Heinrich Weinreis]] – Es kommt ein Schiff geladen
*[[Géza Zichy]] – Liebestraum

==Opera==
*[[Rutland Boughton]] – ''Bethlehem''
*[[Umberto Giordano]] – ''Madame Sans-Gene''
*[[Emmerich Kálmán]] – ''[[Die Csárdásfürstin]]'' premiered November 17 in Vienna

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1915 in jazz}}

==[[Musical theater]]==
* ''[[Alone at Last (musical)|Alone at Last]]'' [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] production opened at the [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theatre]] on October 14 and ran for 180 performances
* ''[[Betty (musical)|Betty]]'' London production opened at [[Daly's Theatre (London)|Daly's Theatre]] on April 24 and ran for 391 performances
* ''[[The Blue Paradise]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Casino Theatre (Broadway)|Casino Theatre]] on August 5 and ran for 356 performances.
* ''[[Bric-A-Brac]]'' London production opened at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]] on September 18.
* ''[[5064 Gerrard]]'' [[West End theatre|London]] [[revue]] opened at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] on March 19.
* ''[[Hip-Hip-Hooray]]'' Broadway [[revue]] opened at the [[Hippodrome Theatre, New York City|Hippodrome Theatre]] on September 30 and ran for 425 performances.
* ''[[Maid in America]]'' [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] production opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on February 18 and ran for 108 performances.
* ''[[The Only Girl]]'' London production opened at the [[Apollo Theatre]] on September 25 and ran for 107 performances.
* ''[[The Passing Show|The Passing Show Of 1915]]'' Broadway revue opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on May 29 and ran for 145 performances.
* ''[[Shell Out]]'' [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the [[Comedy Theatre]] on August 24 and ran for 315 performances.
* ''[[Stop! Look! Listen!]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Globe Theatre]] on December 25 and ran for 105 performances.
* ''[[Tonight's the Night (1914 musical)|Tonight's The Night]]'' London production opened at the [[Gaiety Theatre, London|Gaiety Theatre]] on April 18 and ran for 460 performances.
* ''[[Very Good Eddie]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Princess Theatre, New York City|Princess Theatre]] on December 23 and ran for 341 performances
* ''[[A World of Pleasure]]'' [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] revue opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on October 14 and ran for 116 performances.
* ''[[Ziegfeld Follies|Ziegfeld Follies Of 1915]]'' Broadway revue opened at the [[New Amsterdam Theatre]] on June 21 and ran for 104 performances

==Births==
*[[January 1]] – [[Fulgencio Aquino]], Venezuelan harpist and composer (d. 1994)
*[[January 6]] – [[Bob Copper]], English folk singer (d. 2004)
*[[January 25]] – [[Ewan MacColl]], English folk singer and songwriter (d. [[1989 in music|1989]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Nick Talevski|title=The Encyclopedia of Rock Obituaries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=beMTAQAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Omnibus|isbn=978-0-7119-7548-4|page=260}}</ref>
*[[January 27]] – [[Jack Brymer]], English clarinettist (d. 2003)<ref>{{cite book|title=Gramophone|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IBIKAQAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=General Gramophone Publications Limited|page=16}}</ref>
*[[January 29]] – [[John Serry, Sr.]], US concert accordionist, composer & arranger (d. 2003)
*[[January 30]] – [[Dorothy Dell]], actress and singer (d. 1934)
*[[January 31]] – [[Alan Lomax]], US folklorist and musicologist (d. 2002)<ref>{{cite book|author=Guy A. Marco|title=Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound in the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lvj0AAAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Garland Pub.|isbn=978-0-8240-4782-5|page=396}}</ref>
*[[February 4]] – [[Ray Evans]], US songwriter (d. 2007)
*[[February 18]] – [[Marcel Landowski]], French composer, biographer and arts administrator (d. 1999)
*[[March 4]] – [[Carlos Surinach]], Spanish composer (d. 1997)
*[[March 10]] – [[Charles Groves]], English conductor (d. 1992)
*[[March 14]] – [[Alexander Brott]], Canadian conductor and composer (d. [[2005 in music|2005]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. International Service|title=Thirty-four Biographies of Canadian Composers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OxcXAQAAIAAJ|year=1972|publisher=Scholarly Press|isbn=978-0-403-01351-7|page=21}}</ref>
*[[March 20]]
**[[Sviatoslav Richter]], pianist (d. 1997)<ref>{{cite book|title=Recorded Sound|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJLkAAAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=British Institute of Recorded Sound|page=72}}</ref>
**[[Sister Rosetta Tharpe]], gospel singer (d. 1973)<ref>{{cite book|title=Black Women in America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TJIbAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Macmillan Library Reference USA|isbn=978-0-02-865363-1|page=266}}</ref>
*[[March 25]] – [[Dorothy Squires]], Welsh singer (d. 1998)<ref>{{cite book|author=Edmond Grant|title=The Motion Picture Guide: 1999 Annual (The Films of 1998)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WVAOAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=CineBooks|isbn=978-0-933997-43-1|page=524}}</ref>
*[[March 27]] – [[Robert Lockwood, Jr.]], US [[Delta blues]] guitarist (d. 2006)
*[[March 28]] – [[Jay Livingston]], songwriter (d. 2001)
*[[March 29]] – [[George Chisholm (musician)|George Chisholm]], Scottish-born jazz trombonist and comedian (d. 1997)<ref>{{cite book|author=Sinclair Traill|title=Play that Music: A Guide to Playing Jazz|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rOM3AQAAIAAJ|year=1956|publisher=Faber & Faber|page=12}}</ref>
*[[April 4]] – [[Muddy Waters]] (born McKinley Morganfield), African American blues musician (d. 1983)
*[[April 7]] – [[Billie Holiday]] (born Eleanora Fagan), African American blues singer (d. 1959)<ref>{{cite book|author=Ken Vail|title=Lady Day's Diary: The Life of Billie Holiday, 1937-1959|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ksIAQAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Castle Communications|isbn=978-1-86074-131-9|page=4}}</ref>
*[[April 12]] – [[Hound Dog Taylor]], African American blues guitarist (d. 1975)
*[[April 29]] – [[Donald Mills]], US singer of the [[Mills Brothers]] (d. 1999)
*[[May 5]] – [[Alice Faye]], US actress and singer (d. 1998)<ref>{{cite book|author=Barry Rivadue|title=Alice Faye: A Bio-bibliography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ydIgIyw6FSoC&pg=PA1|year=1990|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-26525-9|pages=1}}</ref>
*[[May 8]] – [[Nan Wynn]], US singer (d. 1971)
*[[May 25]] – [[Ginny Simms]], US singer (d. 1994)
*[[May 27]]
**[[Esther Soré]], Chilean musician (d. 1996)
**[[Midge Williams]], African American jazz singer (d. 1952)
*[[June 1]] – [[Bart Howard]], composer and pianist (d. 2004)
*[[June 9]] – [[Les Paul]], US musician, inventor of the solid body [[electric guitar]] (d. 2009)
*[[June 12]] – [[Priscilla Lane]], US singer and actress (d. 1995)
*[[June 17]] – [[David "Stringbean" Akeman]], US country musician (d. 1973)
*[[June 18]] – [[Vic Legley]], Dutch composer (d. 1994)
*[[June 22]] – [[Randolph Hokanson|Randolph Henning Hokanson]], pianist (died 2018)
*[[June 28]] – [[David Honeyboy Edwards]], US blues musician (d. 2011)
*[[July 1]] – [[Willie Dixon]], US blues musician (d. 1992)
*[[July 9]] – [[David Diamond (composer)|David Diamond]], classical composer (d. 2005)
*[[July 15]] – [[Frankie Yankovic]], polka musician (d. 1998)
*[[July 22]] – [[:it:Armando Renzi|Armando Renzi]] (it), composer (died 1985)
*[[July 23]] – [[Emmett Berry]], jazz trumpeter (d. 1993)
*[[July 28]] – [[Frankie Yankovic]], accordionist and polka musician (d. 1998)
*[[July 31]] – [[George Forrest (author)|George Forrest]], musical theatre writer (d. 1999)
*[[August 6]] – [[Jacques Abram]], pianist (d. 1998)
*[[August 9]] – [[Haim Alexander]], Israeli composer (d. 2012)
*[[August 24]] – [[Wynonie Harris]], US singer (d. 1969)
*[[August 26]] – [[Humphrey Searle]], English composer (d. 1982)
*[[August 30]] – [[Robert Strassburg]], US classical composer (d. 2003)
*[[September 3]]
**[[Knut Nystedt]], Norwegian classical composer (d. 2014)
**[[Memphis Slim]] (born John Chatman), African American blues musician (d. 1988)
*[[September 5]] – [[Florencio Morales Ramos]], singer, trovador and composer (d. 1989)
*[[September 12]] – [[Billy Daniels]], US singer (d. 1988)
*[[September 23]] – [[Julius Baker]], flautist (d. 2003)
*[[September 24]] – [[Ettore Gracis]], conductor (d. 1992)
*[[October 10]] – [[Sweets Edison]], jazz trumpeter (d. 1999)
*[[October 31]] – [[Jane Jarvis]], jazz pianist and composer (d. 2010)
*[[November 5]] – [[Myron Floren]], accordionist (d. 2005)
*[[November 9]] – [[Hanka Bielicka]], Polish singer and actress (d. 2006)
*[[November 14]] – [[Billy Bauer]], cool jazz guitarist (d. 2005)
*[[November 26]] – [[Earl Wild]], pianist (d. 2010)
*[[November 29]] – [[Billy Strayhorn]], jazz composer, pianist, arranger, lyricist and collaborator with Duke Ellington (d. 1967)
*[[November 30]] – [[Brownie McGhee]], US [[Piedmont blues]] musician (d. 1996)
*[[December 12]] – [[Frank Sinatra]], US singer and actor (d. 1998)
*[[December 16]] – [[Georgy Sviridov]], Russian/Soviet composer (d. 1998)
*[[December 17]] – [[André Claveau]], singer (d. 2003)
*[[December 19]] – [[Édith Piaf]], French singer (d. 1963)
*[[December 25]] – [[Pete Rugolo]], Italian-born US pianist and bandleader (d 2011)

==Deaths==
*[[January 2]]
**[[Karl Goldmark]], Hungarian composer (b. 1830)
**[[Bertha Tammelin]], Swedish mezzo-soprano singer and actress (b. 1836)
*[[January 5]] – [[Jeanne Gerville-Réache]], French operatic contralto (b. 1882)
*[[January 21]] – [[Louis Gregh]], French composer and publisher (b. 1843)
*[[January 22]] – [[Anna Bartlett Warner]], songwriter (b. 1827)
*[[January 25]] – [[Rudolf Tillmetz]], flute virtuoso, pedagogue and composer (b. 1847)
*[[February 5]] – [[Paul Collin]], translator and lyricist (born 1843)
*[[February 12]]
**[[Fanny Crosby]], hymn-writer (b. 1820)
**[[Emile Waldteufel]], composer (b. 1837)
*[[March 12]] – [[Heinrich Schülz-Beuthen]], composer (b. 1838)
*[[March 19]] – [[Franz Xaver Neruda]], cellist and composer (b. 1843)
*[[April 27]] – [[Alexander Scriabin]], composer (b. 1872) ([[sepsis]])
*[[May 7]] – [[Charles Frohman]], Broadway producer (b. 1856) (drowned in [[Sinking of the RMS Lusitania|sinking of the RMS ''Lusitania'']])
*[[June 2]] – [[Botho Sigwart zu Eulenburg|Botho Sigwart]], composer (born 1884)
*[[June 9]] – [[Enrico Rocca]], violin maker (b. 1847)
*[[June 10]] – [[William Hayman Cummings]], organist and singer (b. 1831)
*[[June 19]] – [[Sergei Taneyev]], pianist and composer (b. 1856)
*[[June 25]] – [[Rafael Joseffy]], pianist and composer (b. 1852)
*[[September 15]] – [[Isidor Bajić]], composer (b. 1878)
*[[September 29]] – [[Rudi Stephan]], composer (b. 1887) (killed in action)
*[[October 2]] – [[Russell Alexander]], entertainer and composer (b. 1877)
*[[October 5]] – [[Otto Malling]], organist and composer (b. 1848)
*[[October 22]] – [[Adèle Isaac]], operatic soprano (b. 1854)
*[[October 26]] – [[August Bungert]], German composer and poet (b. 1845)
*[[November 12]] – [[Charles Delioux|Jean-Charles Delioux]], French composer (born 1825)
*[[November 14]] – [[Teodor Leszetycki]], pianist and composer (b. 1830)
*[[November 27]] – [[Sigismund Zaremba]], Russian composer (b. 1861)
*c. December 1 – [[Henry Hart (musician)|Henry Hart]], African American entertainer and composer (b. 1839)
*[[December 3]] – [[Lewis F. Muir]], American composer of ragtime (born 1883)
*[[December 4]] – [[Gustav Hollaender]], German composer (b. 1855)
*[[December 10]] – [[David Jenkins (composer)|David Jenkins]], Welsh choral composer (b. 1848)
*''date unknown''
**[[Billy Kersands]], African American dancer (b. c. 1842)
**[[José María Usandizaga]], Spanish Basque composer (b. 1887) (tuberculosis)

==References==
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{{short description|Overview of the events of 1915 in music}}
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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1915.

==Specific locations==
*[[1915 in British music]]
*[[1915 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1915 in jazz]]

==Events==
*March–December – The [[ukulele]] becomes popular as a result of its appearance in the Hawaiian Pavilion at the [[Panama–Pacific International Exposition]] in San Francisco.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukulelemag.com/stories/news/how-san-franciscos-panama-pacific-international-expo-of-1915-sparked-the-first-uke-craze|title=The Spark that Started the First Ukulele Craze|date=February 19, 2015|website=Ukulele magazine|access-date=July 24, 2021}}</ref>
*[[May 15]] – [[Tom Brown (trombonist)|Tom Brown]]'s band from [[New Orleans]] begin performing in [[Chicago, Illinois]] and start advertising themselves as a "Jass Band".<ref>[http://www.redhotjazz.com/browns.html Tom Brown's Band from Dixie Land] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202853/http://www.redhotjazz.com/browns.html |date=2016-03-03 }}. Accessed 17 April 2013.</ref>
*[[April 21]] – [[Sibelius]] sees sixteen swans over [[Lake Tuusula]] which immediately inspires him to write the theme that becomes the finalé to his [[Symphony No. 5 (Sibelius)|Symphony No. 5]].
*Summer – [[Claude Debussy]] composes at [[Pourville]] on the French [[English Channel|Channel]] coast.
*[[October 28]] – [[Richard Strauss]]'s [[symphonic poem]] ''[[An Alpine Symphony]]'' (''Eine Alpensinfonie'') is premiered by the orchestra of the Dresden Hofkapelle in Berlin under the composer's baton.
*[[November 13]] – First concert devoted to the work of [[Brazil]]ian composer [[Heitor Villa-Lobos]].<ref>''[[The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians]]''.{{Full citation needed|date=April 2017}}</ref>
*[[December 8]] – [[Jean Sibelius]] conducts the world première of his [[Symphony No. 5 (Sibelius)|Symphony No. 5]] in [[Helsinki]] at a birthday concert for him.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jon|last=Paxman|title=Classical Music 1600–2000: A Chronology|location=London|publisher=Omnibus|year=2014|isbn=978-1-84449-773-7}}</ref>
*December – [[Claude Debussy]] becomes one of the first people to receive a [[colostomy]].
*Composer [[Alban Berg]] enters service with the [[Austro-Hungarian Army]].
*Composer [[Herbert Howells]] is given six months to live, and becomes the first person in the UK to receive radium treatment (he will live on until 1983).<ref>{{cite book|first=Paul|last=Spicer|year=1998|title=Herbert Howells|publisher=Seren|location=Bridgend|ISBN= 1-85411-233-3|page=44}}</ref>
*[[William Penfro Rowlands]]'s [[hymn tune]] "[[Blaenwern]]" is first published in Henry H. Jones''' Cân a Moliant''.

==Published popular music==
[[Image:Jelly Roll Blues 1915.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"The [[Jelly Roll Blues]]" by [[Jelly Roll Morton]] ]]

* "Agitation Rag" by Robert Hampton
* "[[Alabama Jubilee (song)|Alabama Jubilee]]" w.m. [[Jack Yellen]] & [[George L. Cobb]]
* "All For You" w. [[Henry Blossom]] m. [[Victor Herbert]]
* "Along The Rocky Road To Dublin" w. [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]] m. [[Bert Grant (composer)|Bert Grant]]
* "America, I Love You" w. [[Edgar Leslie]] m. [[Archie Gottler]]
* "Araby" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[Are You from Dixie ('Cause I'm from Dixie Too)|Are You From Dixie?]]" w.m. [[Jack Yellen]] & [[George L. Cobb]]
* "Are You The O'Reilly? (Blime Me, O' Reilly, You Are Lookin' Well)" Rooney, Emmett
* "The Army Of Today's All Right" w.m. Kenneth Lyle & Fred W. Leigh
* "Auf Wiedersehen" w. Herbert Reynolds m. [[Sigmund Romberg]], from the [[Musical theatre|musical]] [[The Blue Paradise]]
* "Babes In The Wood" w. Schuyler Greene & [[Jerome Kern]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]
* "Baby Shoes" w. Joe Goodwin & Ed Rose m. [[Al Piantadosi]]
* "Beatrice Fairfax, Tell Me What To Do" w.m. [[Grant Clarke]], [[Joseph McCarthy (lyricist)|Joseph McCarthy]], & [[James V. Monaco]]
* "[[Belgium Put the Kibosh on the Kaiser]]" w.m. [[Mark Sheridan]]
* "[[Blame It On The Blues]]" [[Doc Cooke]]
* "[[Canadian Capers]]" w. Earl Burnett m. Gus Chandler, Bert White & Henry Cohan
* "Cleopatra Rag" by Joseph Francis Lamb
* "Close To My Heart" by [[Andrew B. Sterling]]
* "Dear Old-Fashioned Irish Songs, My Mother Sang To Me" Bryan, Von Tilzer
* "Don't Bite The Hand That's Feeding You" w. Thomas Hoier m. James Morgan
* "[[Don't Take My Darling Boy Away]]" w. Will Dillon m. Albert Von Tilzer
* "Down In Bom-Bombay" w. [[Ballard MacDonald]] m. Harry Carroll
* "Everything In America Is Ragtime" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Fascination" w.m. Harold Atteridge & [[Sigmund Romberg]]
* "Gasoline Gus And His Jitney Bus" Gay, Brown
* "The Girl On The Magazine Cover" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Hello Frisco!" w. Gene Buck m. [[Louis Hirsch|Louis A. Hirsch]]
* "[[Hello, Hawaii, How Are You?]]" w. [[Bert Kalmar]] & [[Edgar Leslie]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]
* "The Hesitating Blues" w.m. [[W. C. Handy]]
* "I Can Beat You Doing What You're Doing Me" w.m. [[Clarence Williams (musician)|Clarence Williams]] & [[Armand J. Piron]]
* "[[I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier]]" w. [[Alfred Bryan (lyricist)|Alfred Bryan]] m. Al Piantadosi
* "[[I Love a Piano]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "I Wish I Was An Island In An Ocean Of Girls" w. [[Henry Blossom]] m. [[Victor Herbert]]
* "I'd Rather Be A Lamp-Post On Old Broadway" [[Benjamin Hapgood Burt]]
* "If I Can't Sing The Words, You Must Whistle The Tune" [[Herman Darewski]]
* "If We Can't Be The Same Old Sweethearts" w. [[Joe McCarthy (lyricist)|Joe McCarthy]] m. [[James V. Monaco]]
* "I'm Simply Crazy Over You" w. [[William Jerome]] & [[E. Ray Goetz]] m. [[Jean Schwartz]]
* "[[In a Monastery Garden]]" m. [[Albert William Ketèlbey]]
* "Ireland Is Ireland To Me" w. [[Fiske O'Hara]] & [[J. Keirn Brennan]] m. [[Ernest Ball|Ernest R. Ball]]
* "It's Tulip Time In Holland" w. Dave Radford m. [[Richard A. Whiting]]
* "[[I've Been Floating Down the Old Green River]]" w. [[Bert Kalmar]] m. Joe Cooper
* "I've Gotta Go Back To Texas" [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Just Try To Picture Me (Back Home In Tennessee)" w. [[William Jerome]] m. [[Walter Donaldson]]
* "[[Keep the Home Fires Burning (1914 song)|Keep the Home Fires Burning]]" w. [[Lena Guilbert Ford]] m. [[Ivor Novello]] (2nd edition, first under this title)
* "The Ladder Of Roses" w. R. H. Burnside m. [[Raymond Hubbell]]
* "The Little House Upon The Hill" w. [[Ballard MacDonald]] & Joe Goodwin m. Harry Puck
* "Love Is The Best Of All" w. [[Henry Blossom]] m. [[Victor Herbert]]
* "Love, Here Is My Heart" w. [[Adrian Ross]] m. Lãu Silésu
* "The Magic Melody" w. Schuyler Greene m. [[Jerome Kern]]
* "[[Memories (1915 song)|Memories]]" w. [[Gustave Kahn]] m. [[Egbert Van Alstyne]]
* "Molly Dear It's You I'm After" w. Frank Wood m. Henry E. Pether
* "M-O-T-H-E-R" w. [[Howard Johnson (lyricist)|Howard Johnson]] m. [[Theodore F. Morse]]
* "My Little Girl" w. [[Sam M. Lewis]] & [[William Dillon]] m. [[Albert Von Tilzer]]
* "My Mother's Rosary" w. [[Sam M. Lewis]] m. George W. Meyer
* "My Sweet Adair" w.m. [[L. Wolfe Gilbert]] & Anatole Friedland
* "Neapolitan Love Song" w. [[Henry Blossom Jr]] m. [[Victor Herbert]]
* "Nola" m. [[Felix Arndt]]
* "Norway" by [[Joe McCarthy (lyricist)|Joe McCarthy]]
* "On The Beach At Waikiki" w. G. H. Stover m. Henry Kailimai
* "[[Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag]]" w. [[George Asaf]] m. [[Felix Powell]]
* "[[Paper Doll (The Mills Brothers song)|Paper Doll]]" w.m. [[Johnny S. Black]]
* "The Perfect Song" w. [[Clarence Lucas]] m. [[Joseph Carl Breil]]
* "Please Keep Out Of My Dreams" w.m. [[Elsa Maxwell]]
* "Ragging The Scale" w. Dave Ringle m. Edward B. Claypole<ref>{{cite book|author=Edward A. Berlin|title=Ragtime: A Musical and Cultural History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GwmVWcTQiDgC&pg=PA148|year=1984|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-05219-2|pages=148}}</ref>
* "Ragtime Pipe of Pan" w. [[Harold J. Atteridge]] m. [[Sigmund Romberg]] from the [[revue]] ''[[A World of Pleasure]]''
* "Railroad Jim" by [[Nat H. Vincent]]
* "[[Ritual Fire Dance (Falla)|Ritual Fire Dance]]" m. [[Manuel de Falla]]
* "She's The Daughter Of Mother Machree" w. Jeff T. Branen m. [[Ernest Ball|Ernest R. Ball]]
* "Siam" w. [[Howard Johnson (lyricist)|Howard Johnson]] m. [[Fred Fisher]]
* "Some Little Bug Is Going To Find You" w. [[Benjamin Hapgood Burt]] & Roy Atwell m. Silvio Hein. Introduced by [[Roy Atwell]] in the musical ''[[Alone at Last (musical)|Alone at Last]]''.
* "Some Sort Of Somebody" w. [[Elsie Janis]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Ken Bloom|title=American Song: The Complete Musical Theatre Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yj7jAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Facts on File|isbn=978-0-87196-924-8|page=495}}</ref>
* "Song Of The Islands" w.m. [[Charles E. King]]
* "That Hula Hula" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Berlin (Irving) Music Corporation, New York|title=The Songs of Irving Berlin, Arr. Alphabetically, Chronologically, Categorically, Stage, Screen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5SgKAQAAMAAJ|year=1957|page=43}}</ref>
* "There Must Be Little Cupids In The Briny" Jack Foley
* "There's A Broken Heart For Every Light On Broadway" w. [[Howard Johnson (lyricist)|Howard Johnson]] m. [[Fred Fisher]]
* "There's A Little Lane Without A Turning On The Way To Home Sweet Home" w. [[Sam M. Lewis]] m. [[George W. Meyer]]
* "Underneath The Stars" w. [[Fleta Jan Brown Spencer|Fleta Jan Brown]] m. Herbert Spencer
* "We'll Have A Jubilee In My Old Kentucky Home" w. Coleman Goetz m. [[Walter Donaldson]]
* "[[Weary Blues]]" m. [[Artie Matthews]]
* "When I Get Back To The USA" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "When I Leave The World Behind" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "When Old Bill Bailey Plays The Ukulele" w.m. Charles McCarron & Nat Vincent
* "When You're In Love With Someone" w.m. [[Grant Clarke]] & Al Piantadosi
* "Which Switch Is The Switch, Miss, For Ipswich?" David, Barnett & Darewski
* "You Can't Mend A Broken Heart" by [[Shelton Brooks]]
* "You Know And I Know" w. Schuyler Greene m. [[Jerome Kern]]
* "You'll Always Be The Same Sweet Girl" w. [[Andrew B. Sterling]] m. [[Harry Von Tilzer]]

==Hit recordings==
* "[[Carry Me Back to Old Virginny]]" by [[Alma Gluck]]
* "[[It's a Long Way to Tipperary]]" by [[John McCormack (tenor)|John McCormack]]
* "I Didn't Raise My Boy to be a Soldier" by [[Morton Harvey]]
* "[[Keep the Home Fires Burning (1914 song)|Keep the Home Fires Burning]]" by James F. Harrison

==Classical music==
*[[Béla Bartók]]
**''Romanian Folk Dances''
**Sonatina
*[[Alban Berg]] – [[Three Pieces for Orchestra (Berg)|Three Pieces for Orchestra]] (''Drei Orchesterstücke''; first performed 1923/30)
*[[Frank Bridge]]
**String Quartet No.2, H.115
**Lament, H.117
*[[Harry Burleigh|Harry Thacker Burleigh]]
**5 Songs of Laurence Hope
**Ethiopia Saluting the Colors
*[[John Alden Carpenter]]
**''Adventures in a Perambulator'' (first performed)<ref>{{cite book|author=David Ewen|title=American Songwriters: An H.W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TZsYAAAAIAAJ|year=1987|publisher=H.W. Wilson|isbn=978-0-8242-0744-1|page=32}}</ref>
**Concertino for piano and orchestra''
**''Impromptu'' for piano
**''Polonaise Américaine'' for piano
*[[Claude Debussy]]
**''[[En blanc et noir]]'' for two pianos
**[[Études (Debussy)|Études]] for solo piano (two books of 6)
**Sonata for cello and piano in D minor
**[[Sonata for flute, viola and harp (Debussy)|Sonata for flute, viola and harp]] (first performed 1916)
*[[George Enescu]] – Orchestral Suite No. 2 in C major, Op. 20
*[[Manuel de Falla]]
**''[[El amor brujo]]'' (''gitanería'' version for [[cante flamenco]], actors and chamber orchestra)
**''[[Nights in the Gardens of Spain]]'' (''Noches en los jardines de España''; first performed 1916)
*[[Enrique Granados]] – 2 Danzas Españolas, Op.37
*[[Jesús Guridi]] – ''Así cantan los chicos''
*[[Charles Ives]]
**[[Piano Sonata No. 2 (Ives)|Piano Sonata No. 2, ''Concord, Mass., 1840–60'']] (first published 1919)
**String Quartet No. 2 (first performed 1946)
*[[Zoltán Kodály]] – [[Sonata for Solo Cello (Kodály)|Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8]]
*[[Egon Kornauth]] – Phantasie Op.10
*[[Federico Mompou]] – ''L'Hora Gris'' ("Grey Hour")
*[[Manuel Ponce (composer)|Manuel Ponce]] – ''[[Balada Mexicana]]''
*[[Sergei Prokofiev]] – ''[[Scythian Suite]]'' (first performed 1916)
*[[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] – ''[[All-Night Vigil (Rachmaninoff)|All-Night Vigil]]'' (Всенощное бдѣніе, ''Vsénoshchnoye bdéniye'')
*[[Max Reger]]
**''Variationen und Fuge über ein Thema von Beethoven'', Op. 86
**3 Cello Suites, Op. 131c
**3 Viola Suites, Op. 131d
**Violin Sonata No.9, Op.139
**String Trio No. 2 in D minor, [[Max Reger works#141b|Op. 141b]]
**[[Requiem (Reger)|''Requiem'']], Op. 144b
*[[Jean Sibelius]]
**Impromptu, Op. 78
**''[[Jäger March]]'' (''Jääkärien marssi''), Op. 91a, for male chorus and symphony orchestra
**[[Symphony No. 5 (Sibelius)|Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major]], Op. 82
*[[Wilhelm Stenhammar]] – Symphony No. 2 in G minor
*[[Richard Strauss]] – ''[[An Alpine Symphony]]''
*Karol Szymanowski
**''[[Métopes]]'', for piano
**''Mythes'', for violin and piano
**''Songs of a Fairy-Tale Princess'', for voice and piano
**''3 Songs on Words by Dmitri Davydov'', for voice and piano
*[[Heitor Villa-Lobos]]
**Cello Concerto no. 1
**''Danças Características Africanas'' for piano
**''Desesperança – Sonata Phantastica e Capricciosa No. 1'' for violin and piano
**''Elégie'' for orchestra
**''[[String Quartet No. 1 (Villa-Lobos)|Suíte graciosa]]'' (revised in 1946 as String Quartet No. 1)
**[[String Quartet No. 2 (Villa-Lobos)|String Quartet No. 2]]
**Trio for piano and strings No. 2
*[[Siegfried Wagner]] – Violin Concerto

==Opera==
*[[Rutland Boughton]] – ''Bethlehem''
*[[Umberto Giordano]] – ''Madame Sans-Gene''
*[[Emmerich Kálmán]] – ''[[Die Csárdásfürstin]]''

==[[Jazz]]==
{{Main|1915 in jazz}}

==[[Musical theater]]==
* ''[[Alone at Last (musical)|Alone at Last]]'' [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] production opened at the [[Shubert Theatre (Broadway)|Shubert Theatre]] on October 14 and ran for 180 performances
* ''[[Betty (musical)|Betty]]'' London production opened at [[Daly's Theatre (London)|Daly's Theatre]] on April 24 and ran for 391 performances
* ''[[The Blue Paradise]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Casino Theatre (Broadway)|Casino Theatre]] on August 5 and ran for 356 performances.
* ''[[Bric-A-Brac]]'' London production opened at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]] on September 18.
* ''[[5064 Gerrard]]'' [[West End theatre|London]] [[revue]] opened at the [[Alhambra Theatre]] on March 19.
* ''[[Hip-Hip-Hooray]]'' Broadway [[revue]] opened at the [[Hippodrome Theatre, New York City|Hippodrome Theatre]] on September 30 and ran for 425 performances.
* ''[[Maid in America]]'' [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] production opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on February 18 and ran for 108 performances.
* ''[[The Only Girl]]'' London production opened at the [[Apollo Theatre]] on September 25 and ran for 107 performances.
* ''[[The Passing Show|The Passing Show Of 1915]]'' Broadway revue opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on May 29 and ran for 145 performances.
* ''[[Shell Out]]'' [[West End theatre|London]] production opened at the [[Comedy Theatre]] on August 24 and ran for 315 performances.
* ''[[Stop! Look! Listen!]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Globe Theatre]] on December 25 and ran for 105 performances.
* ''[[Tonight's the Night (1914 musical)|Tonight's The Night]]'' London production opened at the [[Gaiety Theatre, London|Gaiety Theatre]] on April 18 and ran for 460 performances.
* ''[[Very Good Eddie]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Princess Theatre, New York City|Princess Theatre]] on December 23 and ran for 341 performances
* ''[[A World of Pleasure]]'' [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] revue opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on October 14 and ran for 116 performances.
* ''[[Ziegfeld Follies|Ziegfeld Follies Of 1915]]'' Broadway revue opened at the [[New Amsterdam Theatre]] on June 21 and ran for 104 performances

==Births==
*[[January 1]] – [[Fulgencio Aquino]], Venezuelan harpist and composer (d. 1994)
*[[January 6]] – [[Bob Copper]], English folk singer (d. 2004)
*[[January 25]] – [[Ewan MacColl]], English folk singer and songwriter (d. [[1989 in music|1989]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Nick Talevski|title=The Encyclopedia of Rock Obituaries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=beMTAQAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Omnibus|isbn=978-0-7119-7548-4|page=260}}</ref>
*[[January 27]] – [[Jack Brymer]], English clarinettist (d. 2003)<ref>{{cite book|title=Gramophone|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IBIKAQAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=General Gramophone Publications Limited|page=16}}</ref>
*[[January 29]] – [[John Serry, Sr.]], US concert accordionist, composer & arranger (d. 2003)
*[[January 30]] – [[Dorothy Dell]], actress and singer (d. 1934)
*[[January 31]] – [[Alan Lomax]], US folklorist and musicologist (d. 2002)<ref>{{cite book|author=Guy A. Marco|title=Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound in the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lvj0AAAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Garland Pub.|isbn=978-0-8240-4782-5|page=396}}</ref>
*[[February 4]] – [[Ray Evans]], US songwriter (d. 2007)
*[[February 18]] – [[Marcel Landowski]], French composer, biographer and arts administrator (d. 1999)
*[[March 4]] – [[Carlos Surinach]], Spanish composer (d. 1997)
*[[March 10]] – [[Charles Groves]], English conductor (d. 1992)
*[[March 14]] – [[Alexander Brott]], Canadian conductor and composer (d. [[2005 in music|2005]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. International Service|title=Thirty-four Biographies of Canadian Composers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OxcXAQAAIAAJ|year=1972|publisher=Scholarly Press|isbn=978-0-403-01351-7|page=21}}</ref>
*[[March 20]]
**[[Sviatoslav Richter]], pianist (d. 1997)<ref>{{cite book|title=Recorded Sound|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJLkAAAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=British Institute of Recorded Sound|page=72}}</ref>
**[[Sister Rosetta Tharpe]], gospel singer (d. 1973)<ref>{{cite book|title=Black Women in America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TJIbAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Macmillan Library Reference USA|isbn=978-0-02-865363-1|page=266}}</ref>
*[[March 25]] – [[Dorothy Squires]], Welsh singer (d. 1998)<ref>{{cite book|author=Edmond Grant|title=The Motion Picture Guide: 1999 Annual (The Films of 1998)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WVAOAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=CineBooks|isbn=978-0-933997-43-1|page=524}}</ref>
*[[March 27]] – [[Robert Lockwood, Jr.]], US [[Delta blues]] guitarist (d. 2006)
*[[March 28]] – [[Jay Livingston]], songwriter (d. 2001)
*[[March 29]] – [[George Chisholm (musician)|George Chisholm]], Scottish-born jazz trombonist and comedian (d. 1997)<ref>{{cite book|author=Sinclair Traill|title=Play that Music: A Guide to Playing Jazz|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rOM3AQAAIAAJ|year=1956|publisher=Faber & Faber|page=12}}</ref>
*[[April 4]] – [[Muddy Waters]] (born McKinley Morganfield), African American blues musician (d. 1983)
*[[April 7]] – [[Billie Holiday]] (born Eleanora Fagan), African American blues singer (d. 1959)<ref>{{cite book|author=Ken Vail|title=Lady Day's Diary: The Life of Billie Holiday, 1937-1959|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ksIAQAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Castle Communications|isbn=978-1-86074-131-9|page=4}}</ref>
*[[April 12]] – [[Hound Dog Taylor]], African American blues guitarist (d. 1975)
*[[April 29]] – [[Donald Mills]], US singer of the [[Mills Brothers]] (d. 1999)
*[[May 5]] – [[Alice Faye]], US actress and singer (d. 1998)<ref>{{cite book|author=Barry Rivadue|title=Alice Faye: A Bio-bibliography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ydIgIyw6FSoC&pg=PA1|year=1990|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-26525-9|pages=1}}</ref>
*[[May 8]] – [[Nan Wynn]], US singer (d. 1971)
*[[May 25]] – [[Ginny Simms]], US singer (d. 1994)
*[[May 27]]
**[[Esther Soré]], Chilean musician (d. 1996)
**[[Midge Williams]], African American jazz singer (d. 1952)
*[[June 1]] – [[Bart Howard]], composer and pianist (d. 2004)
*[[June 9]] – [[Les Paul]], US musician, inventor of the solid body [[electric guitar]] (d. 2009)
*[[June 12]] – [[Priscilla Lane]], US singer and actress (d. 1995)
*[[June 17]] – [[David "Stringbean" Akeman]], US country musician (d. 1973)
*[[June 18]] – [[Vic Legley]], Dutch composer (d. 1994)
*[[June 22]] – [[Randolph Hokanson|Randolph Henning Hokanson]], pianist (died 2018)
*[[June 28]] – [[David Honeyboy Edwards]], US blues musician (d. 2011)
*[[July 1]] – [[Willie Dixon]], US blues musician (d. 1992)
*[[July 9]] – [[David Diamond (composer)|David Diamond]], classical composer (d. 2005)
*[[July 15]] – [[Frankie Yankovic]], polka musician (d. 1998)
*[[July 22]] – [[:it:Armando Renzi|Armando Renzi]] (it), composer (died 1985)
*[[July 23]] – [[Emmett Berry]], jazz trumpeter (d. 1993)
*[[July 28]] – [[Frankie Yankovic]], accordionist and polka musician (d. 1998)
*[[July 31]] – [[George Forrest (author)|George Forrest]], musical theatre writer (d. 1999)
*[[August 6]] – [[Jacques Abram]], pianist (d. 1998)
*[[August 9]] – [[Haim Alexander]], Israeli composer (d. 2012)
*[[August 24]] – [[Wynonie Harris]], US singer (d. 1969)
*[[August 26]] – [[Humphrey Searle]], English composer (d. 1982)
*[[August 30]] – [[Robert Strassburg]], US classical composer (d. 2003)
*[[September 3]]
**[[Knut Nystedt]], Norwegian classical composer (d. 2014)
**[[Memphis Slim]] (born John Chatman), African American blues musician (d. 1988)
*[[September 5]] – [[Florencio Morales Ramos]], singer, trovador and composer (d. 1989)
*[[September 12]] – [[Billy Daniels]], US singer (d. 1988)
*[[September 23]] – [[Julius Baker]], flautist (d. 2003)
*[[September 24]] – [[Ettore Gracis]], conductor (d. 1992)
*[[October 10]] – [[Sweets Edison]], jazz trumpeter (d. 1999)
*[[October 31]] – [[Jane Jarvis]], jazz pianist and composer (d. 2010)
*[[November 5]] – [[Myron Floren]], accordionist (d. 2005)
*[[November 9]] – [[Hanka Bielicka]], Polish singer and actress (d. 2006)
*[[November 14]] – [[Billy Bauer]], cool jazz guitarist (d. 2005)
*[[November 26]] – [[Earl Wild]], pianist (d. 2010)
*[[November 29]] – [[Billy Strayhorn]], jazz composer, pianist, arranger, lyricist and collaborator with Duke Ellington (d. 1967)
*[[November 30]] – [[Brownie McGhee]], US [[Piedmont blues]] musician (d. 1996)
*[[December 12]] – [[Frank Sinatra]], US singer and actor (d. 1998)
*[[December 16]] – [[Georgy Sviridov]], Russian/Soviet composer (d. 1998)
*[[December 17]] – [[André Claveau]], singer (d. 2003)
*[[December 19]] – [[Édith Piaf]], French singer (d. 1963)
*[[December 25]] – [[Pete Rugolo]], Italian-born US pianist and bandleader (d 2011)

==Deaths==
*[[January 2]]
**[[Karl Goldmark]], Hungarian composer (b. 1830)
**[[Bertha Tammelin]], Swedish mezzo-soprano singer and actress (b. 1836)
*[[January 5]] – [[Jeanne Gerville-Réache]], French operatic contralto (b. 1882)
*[[January 21]] – [[Louis Gregh]], French composer and publisher (b. 1843)
*[[January 22]] – [[Anna Bartlett Warner]], songwriter (b. 1827)
*[[January 25]] – [[Rudolf Tillmetz]], flute virtuoso, pedagogue and composer (b. 1847)
*[[February 12]]
**[[Fanny Crosby]], hymn-writer (b. 1820)
**[[Emile Waldteufel]], composer (b. 1837)
*[[March 12]] – [[Heinrich Schülz-Beuthen]], composer (b. 1838)
*[[March 19]] – [[Franz Xaver Neruda]], cellist and composer (b. 1843)
*[[April 27]] – [[Alexander Scriabin]], composer (b. 1872) ([[sepsis]])
*[[May 7]] – [[Charles Frohman]], Broadway producer (b. 1856) (drowned in [[Sinking of the RMS Lusitania|sinking of the RMS ''Lusitania'']])
*[[June 9]] – [[Enrico Rocca]], violin maker (b. 1847)
*[[June 10]] – [[William Hayman Cummings]], organist and singer (b. 1831)
*[[June 19]] – [[Sergei Taneyev]], pianist and composer (b. 1856)
*[[June 25]] – [[Rafael Joseffy]], pianist and composer (b. 1852)
*[[September 15]] – [[Isidor Bajić]], composer (b. 1878)
*[[September 29]] – [[Rudi Stephan]], composer (b. 1887) (killed in action)
*[[October 2]] – [[Russell Alexander]], entertainer and composer (b. 1877)
*[[October 5]] – [[Otto Malling]], organist and composer (b. 1848)
*[[October 22]] – [[Adèle Isaac]], operatic soprano (b. 1854)
*[[October 26]] – [[August Bungert]], German composer and poet (b. 1845)
*[[November 12]] – [[Charles Delioux|Jean-Charles Delioux]], French composer (born 1825)
*[[November 14]] – [[Teodor Leszetycki]], pianist and composer (b. 1830)
*[[November 27]] – [[Sigismund Zaremba]], Russian composer (b. 1861)
*c. December 1 – [[Henry Hart (musician)|Henry Hart]], African American entertainer and composer (b. 1839)
*[[December 3]] – [[Lewis F. Muir]], American composer of ragtime (born 1883)
*[[December 4]] – [[Gustav Hollaender]], German composer (b. 1855)
*[[December 10]] – [[David Jenkins (composer)|David Jenkins]], Welsh choral composer (b. 1848)
*''date unknown''
**[[Billy Kersands]], African American dancer (b. c. 1842)
**[[José María Usandizaga]], Spanish Basque composer (b. 1887) (tuberculosis)

==References==
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{{short description|Overview of the events of 1913 in music}}
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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1913.

==Specific locations==
*[[1913 in British music]]
*[[1913 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1913 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[February 5]] – [[Claudio Monteverdi]]'s last opera ''[[L'incoronazione di Poppea]]'' is performed theatrically for the first time in more than 250 years, in Paris.<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Mark Ringer|last=Ringer|first= Mark|title=Opera's First Master: The Musical Dramas of Claudio Monteverdi|publisher=Amadeus Press|location=Newark N.J.|year=2006|isbn=1-57467-110-3|page=132}}</ref>
*[[March 9]] – The second performance of [[Francesco Balilla Pratella]]'s ''Musica Futurista'' in Rome becomes the first of several pieces this year of [[List of classical music with an unruly audience response|classical music with an unruly audience response]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Payton|first=Rodney J.|title=The Music of Futurism: Concerts and Polemics|journal=[[The Musical Quarterly]]|year=1976|volume=LXII|issue=1|page=33|doi=10.1093/mq/lxii.1.25}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9-M_jhnOuboC&q=russolo+riot&pg=PA415|title=Music of the Twentieth-century Avant-garde: A Biocritical Sourcebook|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|date=2002|isbn=9780313296895}}</ref>
*[[March 31]] – ''[[Skandalkonzert]]'': A concert at the [[Musikverein]] in [[Vienna]] with [[Arnold Schoenberg]] conducting music by himself and his pupils [[Alban Berg]] and [[Anton Webern]], particularly Berg's ''[[Altenberg Lieder]]'', provokes fisticuffs and is abandoned.<ref>{{cite book|last=Barker|first=Andrew|year=1997|chapter=Battles of the Mind: Berg and the Cultural Politics of 'Vienna 1900'|title=[[Cambridge Companions to Music|The Cambridge Companion to Berg]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/cambridgecompani0000unse_o7e7/page/24 24]|editor=Pople, Anthony|isbn=0-521-56489-1}}</ref>
*[[April 1]] – [[Manuel de Falla]]'s opera ''[[La vida breve (opera)|La vida breve]]'' is given its world première in [[Nice]].
*[[May 29]] – The [[ballet]] ''[[The Rite of Spring]]'', with music by [[Igor Stravinsky]] conducted by [[Pierre Monteux]] and choreography by [[Vaslav Nijinsky]] is premièred by [[Sergei Diaghilev]]'s [[Ballets Russes]] at the [[Théâtre des Champs-Élysées]] in [[Paris]], its [[modernism]] provoking one of the most famous classical music riots in history.<ref>[http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2006/04/21 Radio Lab, Show 202: "Musical Language"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901005957/http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2006/04/21 |date=September 1, 2010 }}, New York: WNYC (21 April 2006). Host/Producer: Jad Abumrad, Co-Host: Robert Krulwich, Producer: Ellen Horne, Production Executives: Dean Capello and Mikel Ellcessor.</ref> The audience includes [[Gabriele D'Annunzio]], [[Coco Chanel]], [[Marcel Duchamp]], [[Harry Graf Kessler]] and [[Maurice Ravel]]. Police are called during the interval.
*[[September 5]] – [[Sergei Prokofiev]]'s performance of the first version of his ''[[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Prokofiev)|Piano Concerto No. 2]]'' at [[Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg]], is met with hisses and catcalls.<ref>{{cite web|author-link=Michael Steinberg (music critic)|last=Steinberg|first=Michael|url=http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/PROKOFIEV-Concerto-No-2-in-G-minor-for-Piano-and-O.aspx|title=Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2|publisher=[[San Francisco Symphony]]|access-date=2016-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605041410/http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/PROKOFIEV-Concerto-No-2-in-G-minor-for-Piano-and-O.aspx|archive-date=June 5, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[September 10]] – [[Jean Sibelius]]'s tone poem ''[[Luonnotar (Sibelius)|Luonnotar]]'' is premiered at the [[Three Choirs Festival]] in [[Gloucester Cathedral]], England, with soprano [[Aino Ackté]] and orchestra conducted by [[Herbert Brewer]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Luonnotar (Daughter of Nature)|work=Jean Sibelius – The Music|access-date=2016-11-12|url=http://www.sibelius.fi/english/musiikki/ork_luonnotar.htm}}</ref>
*October – [[Edison Diamond Disc Record]] introduced.
*The term "[[Jazz]]" first appears in print (in the [[San Francisco]] ''Bulletin'').
*[[Louis Armstrong]] begins playing the [[cornet]], in the band of the New Orleans Home for Colored Waifs.
*[[Lili Boulanger]] becomes the first woman to win the Musical Composition section of the [[Prix de Rome]], with her [[cantata]] ''Faust et Hélène''.
*The [[Aeolian Company]] introduces the [[Duo-Art]] piano technology.
*[[Edward Bairstow]] becomes organist of [[York Minster]].

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==Published popular music==
* "Abie Sings An Irish Song": words & music by [[Irving Berlin]]
* "All Aboard For Dixieland": words [[Jack Yellen]], music [[George L. Cobb]]
* "And Then", w. [[Alfred Bryan (lyricist)|Alfred Bryan]], m. [[Herman Paley]]
* "The Angelus", w. [[Robert Bache Smith|Robert B. Smith]], w. [[Victor Herbert]]
* "Asia" by [[E. Ray Goetz]]
* "At The Ball, That's All" by [[J. Leubrie Hill]]
* "Ay, Ay, Ay!" by [[Osmán Pérez Freire]]
* "[[Ballin' the Jack]]", w. [[James Henry Burris]], m. [[Chris Smith (composer)|Chris Smith]]
* "Brighten The Corner Where You Are" w. [[Ina Duley Ogdon]] m. [[Charles H. Gabriel]]
* "The Bubble" by [[Otto Harbach]]
* "Crazy Bone Rag" m. [[Charles L. Johnson]]
* "The Cricket On The Hearth" w. [[Robert Bache Smith|Robert B. Smith]] m. [[Victor Herbert]]
* "'Cross The Great Divide" w. [[Sam M. Lewis]] m. [[George W. Meyer]]
* "The Curse Of An Aching Heart" w. [[Henry Fink]] m. [[Al Piantadosi]]
* "[[Daddy, Come Home]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[Danny Boy]]" w. [[Frederick Weatherly]] m. trad
* "Don't Blame It All On Broadway" w. [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]] & [[Harry Williams (songwriter)|Harry Williams]] m. [[Bert Grant]]
* "Down In Chattanooga" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[El Cóndor Pasa (song)|El Cóndor Pasa]]" by [[Daniel Alomía Robles]]
* "Fat Li'l' Feller Wid His Mammy's Eyes" w.m. [[Sheridan Gordon]] & [[F. L. Stanton]]
* "Fifteen Cents" by [[Chris Smith (composer)|Chris Smith]]
* "[[Gasoline (1913 song)|Gasoline]]" w. J. Will Callahan (1874–1946), m. Paul Pratt (1890–1948)
* "Goodbye Boys" w. [[Andrew B. Sterling]] & [[William Jerome]] m. [[Harry Von Tilzer]]
* "Happy Little Country Girl" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[He'd Have to Get Under — Get Out and Get Under (to Fix Up His Automobile)]]" w. [[Grant Clark]] & [[Edgar Leslie]] m. [[Maurice Abrahams]]
* "Hello, Honey" w. [[George V. Hobart]] m. [[Raymond Hubbell]]. Introduced by Elizabeth Brice in the revue ''[[Ziegfeld Follies|Ziegfeld Follies of 1913]]''
* "Hungarian Rag" m. [[Julius Lenzberg]]
* "I Can Live Without You" w. [[Gene Buck]] m. [[Dave Stamper]]
* "I Miss You Most Of All" w.m. [[Joseph McCarthy (lyricist)|Joseph McCarthy]] Sr. & [[James V. Monaco]]
* "If I Had My Way" w. [[Lou Klein]] m. [[James Kendis]]
* "I'll Change The Shadows To Sunshine" w. [[George Graff Jr.]] m. [[Ernest Ball|Ernest R. Ball]]
* "I'll Get You" w. [[Will D. Cobb]] m. [[Gus Edwards (vaudeville)|Gus Edwards]]
* "I'm On My Way To Mandalay" w. Al Bryan m. [[Fred Fisher]]
* "The Incandescent Rag" m. [[George Botsford]]
* "The International Rag" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Isle D'Amour" w. [[Earl Carroll]] m. [[Leo Edwards (composer)|Leo Edwards]]
* "It's Nice To Get Up In The Morning" w.m. [[Harry Lauder]]
* "Just For Tonight" w.m. [[George L. Cobb]]
* "Keep On Walking" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Lion Tamer Rag" m. Mark Janza
* "Look In Her Eyes" w. [[Herbert Reynolds (lyricist)|M. E. Rourke]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]
* "Marcheta" by [[Victor Schertzinger]]
* "Melinda's Wedding Day" Berlin
* "My Little Moonlight Maid" w. W. R. Williams m. Spencer Williams
* "Never Mind" w.m. [[Harry Dent]] & [[Tom Goldburn]]
* "The Old Maids' Ball" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[On the Old Fall River Line]]" w. [[William Jerome]] & [[Andrew B. Sterling]] m. [[Harry Von Tilzer]]
* "Panama" w. [[George V. Hobart]] m. [[Raymond Hubbell]]
* "[[Peg O' My Heart]]" w. [[Alfred Bryan (lyricist)|Alfred Bryan]] m. [[Fred Fisher]]
* "The Pullman Porters On Parade" w. [[Ren G. May]] m. Maurice Abrahams
* "Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm" w. A. Seymour Brown m. [[Albert Gumble]]
* "Sailing Down The Chesapeake Bay" [[George Botsford]] & [[Jean C. Harvez]]
* "[[San Francisco Bound]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Snookey Ookums" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Somebody's Coming To My House" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Something Seems Tingle-Ingling" w. [[Otto Harbach]] m. [[Rudolf Friml]]
* "[[The Sunshine of Your Smile]]" w. [[Leonard Cooke]] m. [[Lilian Ray]]
* "Sweethearts" w. [[Robert Bache Smith|Robert B. Smith]] m. [[Victor Herbert]]
* "Take Me to Roseland, My Beautiful Rose" w. [[Jack Strouse]] & Ed Johnson m. Nat Osbrone
* "There's A Girl In The Heart Of Maryland" w. [[Ballard MacDonald]] m. [[Harry Carroll]]
* "[[There's a Long, Long Trail]]" w. [[Stoddard King]] m. [[Alonzo Elliot]]
* "[[There Is Power in a Union]]" w. [[Joe Hill (activist)|Joe Hill]] m. Lewis E. Jones
* "They've Got Me Doin' It Now" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral|Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)]]" w.m. [[James Royce Shannon]]
* "[[The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (song)|The Trail of the Lonesome Pine]]" w. [[Ballard MacDonald]] m. [[Harry Carroll]]
* "Tra-La, La, La!" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "We Have Much To Be Thankful For" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Welcome Home" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "When You Play In The Game Of Love" w. Joe Goodwin m. Al Piantadosi
* "When You're All Dressed Up And No Place To Go" w. [[Benjamin Hapgood Burt]] m. [[Silvio Hein]]
* "Where Did You Get That Girl?" w. [[Bert Kalmar]] m. [[Harry Puck]]
* "[[You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)|You Made Me Love You]]" w. [[Joseph McCarthy (lyricist)|Joseph McCarthy]] m. [[James V. Monaco]]
* "You're Here And I'm Here" w. Harry B. Smith m. [[Jerome Kern]]
* "You've Got Your Mother's Big Blue Eyes" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]

==Popular recordings==
* "[[The Spaniard That Blighted My Life]]" by [[Al Jolson]]
* "Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold" by Alan Turner
* "When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam'" by [[Collins & Harlan]]
* "Cohen on the Telephone" – Ethnic humor
* "It's Nicer To Be In Bed" by [[Harry Lauder]]

==Classical music==
*[[Alban Berg]] – 4 Stücke, Op. 5
*[[George Butterworth]] – ''Banks of Green Willow''
*[[John Alden Carpenter]] – Violin Sonata
*[[Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco]] – ''Questo fu il carro della morte'', Op. 2
*[[Claude Debussy]]
**''La boîte à joujoux'' (ballet)
**''[[Syrinx (Debussy)|Syrinx]]''
**''Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé''
*[[Frederick Delius]] – I-Brasil, RT V/28
*[[Gustav Holst]] – ''St Paul's Suite''
*[[Paul von Klenau]]
** Symphony No. 3
** Symphony No. 4 (''Dante-Symphony'')
** ''Paolo und Francesca ''(symphonic fantasy)'''
*[[Fritz Kreisler]] – Allegretto in the Style of Porpora
*[[Nikolai Medtner]] – 4 Fairy Tales, Op.26
*[[Morfydd Owen]] – ''Nocturne''
*[[Sergei Prokofiev|Sergey Prokofiev]] – Piano Concerto No.2, Op.16 (original version, lost in the Russian Revolution)
*[[Sergei Rachmaninoff]]
**[[The Bells (symphony)|''The Bells'']] (Choral symphony), premiered November 30 in St. Petersburg.
**Piano Sonata No.2, Op.36 (first version)
*[[Maurice Ravel]]
**''Daphnis et Chloé'' Suite No.2, M. 57b
**''À la manière de Borodine'', M. 63
**''À la manière de Chabrier'', M. 63
**''Prélude'' in A minor, M.65
**''Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé''
*[[Max Reger]]
**Introduction, Passacaglia und Fuge, Op.127
**4 Tone Poems after Arnold Böcklin, Op.128
**9 Stücke, Op.129
*[[Ottorino Respighi]] – ''Ouverture carnevalesca''
*[[Erik Satie]]
**''[[Chapitres tournés en tous sens]]''
**''[[Descriptions automatiques]]''
*[[Xaver Scharwenka|F. Xaver Scharwenka]] – ''Eglantine'' waltz
*[[Arnold Schoenberg]] – ''[[Gurre-Lieder]]'' (first performed/published; composed 1900–1911)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Gurre-Lieder_(Schoenberg,_Arnold)|title=Gurre-Lieder (Schoenberg, Arnold) – IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download|website=imslp.org|access-date=2019-09-17}}</ref>
*[[Jean Sibelius]] – [[The Bard (Sibelius)|''The Bard'']]
*[[Igor Stravinsky]] – ''[[The Rite of Spring]]''
*[[Germaine Tailleferre]] – Berceuse for violin and piano in E major
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] – ''[[A London Symphony]]'' (Symphony No. 2)
*[[Louis Vierne]] – ''Messe basse'', Op. 30
*[[Anton Webern]]
**Six Bagatelles, Op. 9, for string quartet
**Five Pieces for orchestra
**Three Pieces for string quartet and mezzo-soprano

==Opera==
*[[Manuel de Falla]] – ''[[La vida breve (opera)|La vida breve]]''
*[[Gabriel Fauré]] – ''[[Pénélope]]''
*[[Enrique Granados]] – [[Goyescas (opera)|''Goyescas'']]
*[[Jules Massenet]] – ''[[Panurge (opera)|Panurge]]''
*[[Italo Montemezzi]] – ''[[L'amore dei tre re]] (The Love of the Three Kings)''
*[[Modest Mussorgsky]] – ''[[The Fair at Sorochyntsi]] (Sorochinskaya yarmarka)'' (incomplete)
*[[Uzeyir Hajibeyov]] – ''[[Arshin Mal Alan (operetta)|Arshin Mal Alan]]'' (operetta)
*[[Paul von Klenau]] – ''Sulamith''
*[[Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari]] – ''[[L'amore medico]]'', premiered December 4 in Dresden

==[[Musical theater]]==
* ''[[Adele (musical)|Adele]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Longacre Theatre]] on August 28 and ran for 196 performances
* ''[[The American Maid]]'' – Broadway production
* ''[[The Girl from Utah]]'' – London production opened at the [[Adelphi Theatre]] on October 18 and ran for 195 performances
* ''[[The Girl on the Film]]'' – London production opened at the [[Gaiety Theatre, London|Gaiety Theatre]] on April 5 and ran for 232 performances
* ''[[The Girl on the Film]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[44th Street Theatre]] on December 29 and ran for 64 performances
* ''[[The Honeymoon Express]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on February 6 and ran for 156 performances
* ''[[Hullo, Tango]]'' – London production opened at the [[London Hippodrome|Hippodrome]] on December 23
* ''[[The Isle o' Dreams]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Pike's Opera House|Grand Opera House]] on January 27 and ran for 32 performances
* ''[[The Laughing Husband]]'' – London production opened at the [[Noël Coward Theatre|New Theatre]] on October 2.
* ''[[The Little Café]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[New Amsterdam Theatre]] on November 10 and ran for 144 performances
* ''[[The Madcap Duchess]]'' (Music: [[Victor Herbert]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Globe Theatre (New York)|Globe Theatre]] on November 11 and ran for 71 performances. Starring [[Ann Swinburne]], [[Peggy Wood]] and Glenn Hall
* ''[[Der Mädchenmarkt]]'' – Vienna production opened at the [[Carltheater]] on May 7
* ''[[The Marriage Market]]'' – London production opened at [[Daly's Theatre (London)|Daly's Theatre]] on May 17 and ran for 423 performances
* ''[[The Pearl Girl]]'' – London production opened at the [[Shaftesbury Theatre]] on September 25 and ran for 254 performances
* ''The Pleasure Seekers'' (Music: [[E. Ray Goetz]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on November 3, starring William J. Montgomery and [[Florence Moore]],<ref>Anon., "'Pleasure Seekers' a Spectacle Only: New Winter Garden Show Lacks Comedy, but Has a Big, Dazzling Chorus: Snowball Fight Exciting", ''The New York Times'' (4 November 1913): 9.</ref> and ran for 72 performances.<ref>James M. Salem, ''A Guide to Critical Reviews: The Musical, 1909–1974'', second edition (Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1976): 389. {{ISBN|9780810809598}}.</ref>
* ''[[The Sunshine Girl]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Knickerbocker Theatre (Broadway)|Knickerbocker Theatre]] on February 3 and ran for 160 performances
* ''[[Sweethearts (theater)|Sweethearts]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[New Amsterdam Theatre]] on September 8 and transferred to the [[Liberty Theatre (New York, New York)|Liberty Theatre]] on November 10 for a total run of 272 performances
* ''[[Ziegfeld Follies|Ziegfeld Follies of 1913]]'' – Broadway [[revue]] opened at the [[New Amsterdam Theatre]] on June 16 and ran for 108 performances

==Births==
*[[January 22]] – [[Sid Bass (songwriter)|Sid Bass]], songwriter (d. 1993)
*[[January 24]] – [[Norman Dello Joio]], American composer (d. 2008)
*[[January 25]] – [[Witold Lutosławski]], composer (d. 1994)
*[[January 26]] – [[Jimmy Van Heusen]], American composer (d. 1990)
*[[January 27]]
**[[Milton Adolphus]], pianist and composer (d. 1988)
**[[Jack Brymer]], English clarinettist (d. 2003)
*[[January 31]] – Pedro Jústiz "[[Peruchín]]", Cuban pianist (d. 1977)
*[[March 2]] – [[Celedonio Romero]], guitarist, composer and poet (d. 1996)
*[[March 4]] – [[Willie Johnson (guitarist)|Willie Johnson]], guitarist (d. 1995)
*[[March 5]] – [[Gangubai Hangal]], Indian classical singer (d. 2009)
*[[March 13]]
**[[Smoky Dawson]], Australian singer (d. 2008)
**[[Libero de Luca]], operatic tenor (d. 1997)
**[[Sergey Mikhalkov]], Russian lyricist (d. 2009)
*[[March 29]] – [[Pappukutty Bhagavathar]], Indian actor and singer (d. 2020)
*[[March 30]] – [[Frankie Laine]], singer (d. 2007)
*[[March 31]] – [[Etta Baker]], blues guitarist and singer (d. 2006)
*[[April 4]] – [[Gene Ramey]], jazz musician (d. 1984)
*[[April 14]] – [[Jean Fournet]], French conductor (d. 2008)
*[[May 1]] – [[Walter Susskind]], Czech conductor (d. 1980)
*[[May 6]]
**[[Carmen Cavallaro]], pianist (d. 1989)
**[[Gyula Dávid]], composer (d. 1977)
*[[May 12]] – [[Jamelão]], samba singer (d. 2008)
*[[May 16]] – [[Woody Herman]], US jazz musician and bandleader (d. 1987)
*[[May 21]] – [[Gina Bachauer]], pianist (d. 1976)
*[[May 18]] – [[Charles Trenet]], French singer, actor and songwriter (d. 2001)
*[[June 10]] – [[Tikhon Khrennikov]], Russian composer (d. 2007)
*[[June 11]] – [[Risë Stevens]], American mezzo-soprano (d. 2013)
*[[June 12]] – [[Nina Mae McKinney]], dancer and actress (d. 1967)
*[[June 13]] – [[Joy Boughton]], English oboist (died 1963)
*[[June 18]] – [[Sammy Cahn]], songwriter (d. 1993)
*[[June 23]] – [[Helen Humes]], US singer (d. 1981)
*[[June 28]] – [[George Lloyd (composer)|George Lloyd]], composer (d. 1998)
*[[July 12]] – [[Reino Helismaa]], singer-songwriter (d. 1965)
*[[July 15]] – [[Cowboy Copas]], country singer (d. 1963)
*[[July 22]] – [[Gorni Kramer]], Italian bandleader (d. 1995)
*[[August 2]]
**[[Hal Block]], songwriter (d. 1981)
**[[Edric Connor]], calypso singer (d. 1968)
*[[August 8]] – [[Axel Stordahl]], arranger, best known for his collaborations with [[Frank Sinatra]] (d. [[1963 in music|1963]])
*[[August 28]] – [[Robert Irving (conductor)|Robert Irving]], conductor (d. 1991)
*[[August 29]] – [[Sylvia Fine]], songwriter (d. 1991)
*[[September 6]] – [[Julie Gibson]], American actress and singer (d. [[2019 in radio|2019]])
*[[September 17]] – [[Jørgen Jersild]], Danish composer and music educator (d. 2004)
*[[September 20]] – [[John Collins (jazz guitarist)|John Collins]], jazz guitarist (d. 2001)
*[[September 23]] -Alexi Matchavariani, Georgian,(Soviet) Composer,(d.31/12/1995)
*[[September 26]] – [[Dorothy Sloop]], jazz musician (d. 1998)
*[[October 15]] – [[David Carroll (musician)|David Carroll]], songwriter and conductor (d. 2008)
*[[October 16]] – [[Gino Bechi]], operatic bass-baritone (d. 1993)
*[[October 19]]
**[[John Blackburn (songwriter)|John Blackburn]], lyricist (d. 2006)
**[[Vinicius de Moraes]], Brazilian lyricist (d. 1980)
*[[October 24]] – [[Tito Gobbi]], operatic baritone (d. 1984)
*[[October 26]] – [[Charlie Barnet]], US bandleader (d. 1991)
*[[November 2]] – [[Harry Babbitt]], US singer with [[Kay Kyser]] & his orchestra (d. 2004)
*[[November 3]] – [[Marika Rökk]], singer, dancer and actress (d. 2004)
*[[November 8]] – [[June Havoc]], vaudeville performer and film star (d. 2010)
*[[November 11]] – [[Ivy Benson]], bandleader (d. 1993)
*[[November 15]] – [[Gus Johnson (jazz musician)|Gus Johnson]], jazz drummer (d. 2000)
*[[November 19]] – [[Blue Barron]], orchestra leader (d. 2005)
*[[November 22]] – [[Benjamin Britten]], composer (d. 1976)
*[[November 23]] – [[Raymond Hanson (composer)|Raymond Hanson]], composer and teacher (d. 1976)
*[[December 1]] – [[Mary Martin]], US singer and actress (d. 1990)
*[[December 6]] – [[Karl Haas]], editor and musicologist (died 2005)
*[[December 10]] – [[Morton Gould]], composer, conductor and arranger (d. 1996)
*[[December 14]] – [[Rosalyn Tureck]], pianist and harpsichordist (d. 2003)
*[[December 30]] – [[Lucio Agostini]], conductor and composer (d. 1996)

==Deaths==
*[[January 24]] – [[:nl:Gustav Carl Luders|Gustav Carl Luders]], composer (b. 1865)
*[[February 10]] – [[Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov]], lyricist (born 1848)
*[[February 26]] – [[Felix Draeseke]], composer (b. 1835)
*[[March 19]]
**[[Géza Allaga]], composer, cellist and cymbalist (b. 1841)
**[[John Thomas (harpist)|John Thomas]], harpist and composer (b. 1826)
*[[March 20]] – [[Christian Barnekow]], Danish composer (b. 1837)
*[[April 4]] – [[Alessandro Parisotti]], composer and music writer (b. 1853)
*[[May 5]] – [[Helen Carte]], theatre impresario (b. 1852)
*[[June 3]] – [[Josef Richard Rozkošný]], pianist and composer (b. 1833)
*[[June 6]] – [[Mary Seney Sheldon]], first female president of the New York Philharmonic (b. 1863)
*[[June 17]] – [[Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf]], Swedish-German composer (b. 1840)
*[[July 4]] – [[Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel]], Ukrainian-Russian operatic soprano (b. 1868)
*[[July 16]] – [[Sigismund Bachrich]], violinist and composer (b. 1841)
*[[July 17]] – [[Armes Beaumont]], singer (b. 1842)
*[[August 7]] – [[David Popper]], cellist and composer (b. 1843)
*[[August 11]] – [[Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha]], lawyer, diplomat and composer
*[[August 26]] – [[Michael Maybrick]], composer and singer (b. 1841)
*[[September 13]] – [[Alfred R. Gaul]], conductor and composer (b. 1837)
*[[September 17]] – [[Alfred Sormann]], pianist and composer (b. 1861)
*[[September 22]] – [[Eliakum Zunser]], poet and songwriter (b. 1835)
*[[October 20]]
**[[Charles Brookfield]], theatre writer (b. 1857)
**[[Polk Miller]], banjo player and folk musician (b. 1844)
*[[November 3]] – [[Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff]], pianist and composer (b. 1830)
*[[December 6]] – [[Alexander Hurley]], music hall performer (b. 1871)
*''date unknown'' – [[Ludwig Milde]], composer of bassoon music (b. 1849)

==References==
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1913 in music

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{{short description|Overview of the events of 1913 in music}}
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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1913.

==Specific locations==
*[[1913 in British music]]
*[[1913 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1913 in jazz]]

==Events==
*[[February 5]] – [[Claudio Monteverdi]]'s last opera ''[[L'incoronazione di Poppea]]'' is performed theatrically for the first time in more than 250 years, in Paris.<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Mark Ringer|last=Ringer|first= Mark|title=Opera's First Master: The Musical Dramas of Claudio Monteverdi|publisher=Amadeus Press|location=Newark N.J.|year=2006|isbn=1-57467-110-3|page=132}}</ref>
*[[March 9]] – The second performance of [[Francesco Balilla Pratella]]'s ''Musica Futurista'' in Rome becomes the first of several pieces this year of [[List of classical music with an unruly audience response|classical music with an unruly audience response]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Payton|first=Rodney J.|title=The Music of Futurism: Concerts and Polemics|journal=[[The Musical Quarterly]]|year=1976|volume=LXII|issue=1|page=33|doi=10.1093/mq/lxii.1.25}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9-M_jhnOuboC&q=russolo+riot&pg=PA415|title=Music of the Twentieth-century Avant-garde: A Biocritical Sourcebook|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|date=2002|isbn=9780313296895}}</ref>
*[[March 31]] – ''[[Skandalkonzert]]'': A concert at the [[Musikverein]] in [[Vienna]] with [[Arnold Schoenberg]] conducting music by himself and his pupils [[Alban Berg]] and [[Anton Webern]], particularly Berg's ''[[Altenberg Lieder]]'', provokes fisticuffs and is abandoned.<ref>{{cite book|last=Barker|first=Andrew|year=1997|chapter=Battles of the Mind: Berg and the Cultural Politics of 'Vienna 1900'|title=[[Cambridge Companions to Music|The Cambridge Companion to Berg]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/cambridgecompani0000unse_o7e7/page/24 24]|editor=Pople, Anthony|isbn=0-521-56489-1}}</ref>
*[[April 1]] – [[Manuel de Falla]]'s opera ''[[La vida breve (opera)|La vida breve]]'' is given its world première in [[Nice]].
*[[May 29]] – The [[ballet]] ''[[The Rite of Spring]]'', with music by [[Igor Stravinsky]] conducted by [[Pierre Monteux]] and choreography by [[Vaslav Nijinsky]] is premièred by [[Sergei Diaghilev]]'s [[Ballets Russes]] at the [[Théâtre des Champs-Élysées]] in [[Paris]], its [[modernism]] provoking one of the most famous classical music riots in history.<ref>[http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2006/04/21 Radio Lab, Show 202: "Musical Language"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901005957/http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2006/04/21 |date=September 1, 2010 }}, New York: WNYC (21 April 2006). Host/Producer: Jad Abumrad, Co-Host: Robert Krulwich, Producer: Ellen Horne, Production Executives: Dean Capello and Mikel Ellcessor.</ref> The audience includes [[Gabriele D'Annunzio]], [[Coco Chanel]], [[Marcel Duchamp]], [[Harry Graf Kessler]] and [[Maurice Ravel]]. Police are called during the interval.
*[[September 5]] – [[Sergei Prokofiev]]'s performance of the first version of his ''[[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Prokofiev)|Piano Concerto No. 2]]'' at [[Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg]], is met with hisses and catcalls.<ref>{{cite web|author-link=Michael Steinberg (music critic)|last=Steinberg|first=Michael|url=http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/PROKOFIEV-Concerto-No-2-in-G-minor-for-Piano-and-O.aspx|title=Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2|publisher=[[San Francisco Symphony]]|access-date=2016-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605041410/http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/PROKOFIEV-Concerto-No-2-in-G-minor-for-Piano-and-O.aspx|archive-date=June 5, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[September 10]] – [[Jean Sibelius]]'s tone poem ''[[Luonnotar (Sibelius)|Luonnotar]]'' is premiered at the [[Three Choirs Festival]] in [[Gloucester Cathedral]], England, with soprano [[Aino Ackté]] and orchestra conducted by [[Herbert Brewer]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Luonnotar (Daughter of Nature)|work=Jean Sibelius – The Music|access-date=2016-11-12|url=http://www.sibelius.fi/english/musiikki/ork_luonnotar.htm}}</ref>
*October – [[Edison Diamond Disc Record]] introduced.
*The term "[[Jazz]]" first appears in print (in the [[San Francisco]] ''Bulletin'').
*[[Louis Armstrong]] begins playing the [[cornet]], in the band of the New Orleans Home for Colored Waifs.
*[[Lili Boulanger]] becomes the first woman to win the Musical Composition section of the [[Prix de Rome]], with her [[cantata]] ''Faust et Hélène''.
*The [[Aeolian Company]] introduces the [[Duo-Art]] piano technology.
*[[Edward Bairstow]] becomes organist of [[York Minster]].

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==Published popular music==
* "Abie Sings An Irish Song": words & music by [[Irving Berlin]]
* "All Aboard For Dixieland": words [[Jack Yellen]], music [[George L. Cobb]]
* "And Then", w. [[Alfred Bryan (lyricist)|Alfred Bryan]], m. [[Herman Paley]]
* "The Angelus", w. [[Robert Bache Smith|Robert B. Smith]], w. [[Victor Herbert]]
* "Asia" by [[E. Ray Goetz]]
* "At The Ball, That's All" by [[J. Leubrie Hill]]
* "Ay, Ay, Ay!" by [[Osmán Pérez Freire]]
* "[[Ballin' the Jack]]", w. [[James Henry Burris]], m. [[Chris Smith (composer)|Chris Smith]]
* "Brighten The Corner Where You Are" w. [[Ina Duley Ogdon]] m. [[Charles H. Gabriel]]
* "The Bubble" by [[Otto Harbach]]
* "Crazy Bone Rag" m. [[Charles L. Johnson]]
* "The Cricket On The Hearth" w. [[Robert Bache Smith|Robert B. Smith]] m. [[Victor Herbert]]
* "'Cross The Great Divide" w. [[Sam M. Lewis]] m. [[George W. Meyer]]
* "The Curse Of An Aching Heart" w. [[Henry Fink]] m. [[Al Piantadosi]]
* "[[Daddy, Come Home]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[Danny Boy]]" w. [[Frederick Weatherly]] m. trad
* "Don't Blame It All On Broadway" w. [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]] & [[Harry Williams (songwriter)|Harry Williams]] m. [[Bert Grant]]
* "Down In Chattanooga" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[El Cóndor Pasa (song)|El Cóndor Pasa]]" by [[Daniel Alomía Robles]]
* "Fat Li'l' Feller Wid His Mammy's Eyes" w.m. [[Sheridan Gordon]] & [[F. L. Stanton]]
* "Fifteen Cents" by [[Chris Smith (composer)|Chris Smith]]
* "[[Gasoline (1913 song)|Gasoline]]" w. J. Will Callahan (1874–1946), m. Paul Pratt (1890–1948)
* "Goodbye Boys" w. [[Andrew B. Sterling]] & [[William Jerome]] m. [[Harry Von Tilzer]]
* "Happy Little Country Girl" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[He'd Have to Get Under — Get Out and Get Under (to Fix Up His Automobile)]]" w. [[Grant Clark]] & [[Edgar Leslie]] m. [[Maurice Abrahams]]
* "Hello, Honey" w. [[George V. Hobart]] m. [[Raymond Hubbell]]. Introduced by Elizabeth Brice in the revue ''[[Ziegfeld Follies|Ziegfeld Follies of 1913]]''
* "Hungarian Rag" m. [[Julius Lenzberg]]
* "I Can Live Without You" w. [[Gene Buck]] m. [[Dave Stamper]]
* "I Miss You Most Of All" w.m. [[Joseph McCarthy (lyricist)|Joseph McCarthy]] Sr. & [[James V. Monaco]]
* "If I Had My Way" w. [[Lou Klein]] m. [[James Kendis]]
* "I'll Change The Shadows To Sunshine" w. [[George Graff Jr.]] m. [[Ernest Ball|Ernest R. Ball]]
* "I'll Get You" w. [[Will D. Cobb]] m. [[Gus Edwards (vaudeville)|Gus Edwards]]
* "I'm On My Way To Mandalay" w. Al Bryan m. [[Fred Fisher]]
* "The Incandescent Rag" m. [[George Botsford]]
* "The International Rag" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Isle D'Amour" w. [[Earl Carroll]] m. [[Leo Edwards (composer)|Leo Edwards]]
* "It's Nice To Get Up In The Morning" w.m. [[Harry Lauder]]
* "Just For Tonight" w.m. [[George L. Cobb]]
* "Keep On Walking" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Lion Tamer Rag" m. Mark Janza
* "Look In Her Eyes" w. [[Herbert Reynolds (lyricist)|M. E. Rourke]] m. [[Jerome Kern]]
* "Marcheta" by [[Victor Schertzinger]]
* "Melinda's Wedding Day" Berlin
* "My Little Moonlight Maid" w. W. R. Williams m. Spencer Williams
* "Never Mind" w.m. [[Harry Dent]] & [[Tom Goldburn]]
* "The Old Maids' Ball" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[On the Old Fall River Line]]" w. [[William Jerome]] & [[Andrew B. Sterling]] m. [[Harry Von Tilzer]]
* "Panama" w. [[George V. Hobart]] m. [[Raymond Hubbell]]
* "[[Peg O' My Heart]]" w. [[Alfred Bryan (lyricist)|Alfred Bryan]] m. [[Fred Fisher]]
* "The Pullman Porters On Parade" w. [[Ren G. May]] m. Maurice Abrahams
* "Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm" w. A. Seymour Brown m. [[Albert Gumble]]
* "Sailing Down The Chesapeake Bay" [[George Botsford]] & [[Jean C. Harvez]]
* "[[San Francisco Bound]]" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Snookey Ookums" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Somebody's Coming To My House" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Something Seems Tingle-Ingling" w. [[Otto Harbach]] m. [[Rudolf Friml]]
* "[[The Sunshine of Your Smile]]" w. [[Leonard Cooke]] m. [[Lilian Ray]]
* "Sweethearts" w. [[Robert Bache Smith|Robert B. Smith]] m. [[Victor Herbert]]
* "Take Me to Roseland, My Beautiful Rose" w. [[Jack Strouse]] & Ed Johnson m. Nat Osbrone
* "There's A Girl In The Heart Of Maryland" w. [[Ballard MacDonald]] m. [[Harry Carroll]]
* "[[There's a Long, Long Trail]]" w. [[Stoddard King]] m. [[Alonzo Elliot]]
* "[[There Is Power in a Union]]" w. [[Joe Hill (activist)|Joe Hill]] m. Lewis E. Jones
* "They've Got Me Doin' It Now" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "[[Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral|Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)]]" w.m. [[James Royce Shannon]]
* "[[The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (song)|The Trail of the Lonesome Pine]]" w. [[Ballard MacDonald]] m. [[Harry Carroll]]
* "Tra-La, La, La!" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "We Have Much To Be Thankful For" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "Welcome Home" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]
* "When You Play In The Game Of Love" w. Joe Goodwin m. Al Piantadosi
* "When You're All Dressed Up And No Place To Go" w. [[Benjamin Hapgood Burt]] m. [[Silvio Hein]]
* "Where Did You Get That Girl?" w. [[Bert Kalmar]] m. [[Harry Puck]]
* "[[You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)|You Made Me Love You]]" w. [[Joseph McCarthy (lyricist)|Joseph McCarthy]] m. [[James V. Monaco]]
* "You're Here And I'm Here" w. Harry B. Smith m. [[Jerome Kern]]
* "You've Got Your Mother's Big Blue Eyes" w.m. [[Irving Berlin]]

==Popular recordings==
* "[[The Spaniard That Blighted My Life]]" by [[Al Jolson]]
* "Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold" by Alan Turner
* "When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam'" by [[Collins & Harlan]]
* "Cohen on the Telephone" – Ethnic humor
* "It's Nicer To Be In Bed" by [[Harry Lauder]]

==Classical music==
*[[Alban Berg]] – 4 Stücke, Op. 5
*[[George Butterworth]] – ''Banks of Green Willow''
*[[John Alden Carpenter]] – Violin Sonata
*[[Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco]] – ''Questo fu il carro della morte'', Op. 2
*[[Claude Debussy]]
**''La boîte à joujoux'' (ballet)
**''[[Syrinx (Debussy)|Syrinx]]''
**''Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé''
*[[Gustav Holst]] – ''St Paul's Suite''
*[[Paul von Klenau]]
** Symphony No. 3
** Symphony No. 4 (''Dante-Symphony'')
** ''Paolo und Francesca ''(symphonic fantasy)'''
*[[Fritz Kreisler]] – Allegretto in the Style of Porpora
*[[Morfydd Owen]] – ''Nocturne''
*[[Sergei Rachmaninoff]] – [[The Bells (symphony)|''The Bells'']] (Choral symphony)
*[[Maurice Ravel]] – ''Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé''
*[[Ottorino Respighi]] – ''Ouverture carnevalesca''
*[[Arnold Schoenberg]] – ''[[Gurre-Lieder]]'' (first performed/published; composed 1900–1911)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Gurre-Lieder_(Schoenberg,_Arnold)|title=Gurre-Lieder (Schoenberg, Arnold) – IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download|website=imslp.org|access-date=2019-09-17}}</ref>
*[[Jean Sibelius]] – [[The Bard (Sibelius)|''The Bard'']]
*[[Igor Stravinsky]] – ''[[The Rite of Spring]]''
*[[Ralph Vaughan Williams]] – ''[[A London Symphony]]'' (Symphony No. 2)
*[[Louis Vierne]] – ''Messe basse'', Op. 30
*[[Anton Webern]]
**Six Bagatelles, Op. 9, for string quartet
**Five Pieces for orchestra
**Three Pieces for string quartet and mezzo-soprano

==Opera==
*[[Manuel de Falla]] – ''[[La vida breve (opera)|La vida breve]]''
*[[Gabriel Fauré]] – ''[[Pénélope]]''
*[[Enrique Granados]] – [[Goyescas (opera)|''Goyescas'']]
*[[Jules Massenet]] – ''[[Panurge (opera)|Panurge]]''
*[[Italo Montemezzi]] – ''[[L'amore dei tre re]] (The Love of the Three Kings)''
*[[Modest Mussorgsky]] – ''[[The Fair at Sorochyntsi]] (Sorochinskaya yarmarka)'' (incomplete)
*[[Uzeyir Hajibeyov]] – ''[[Arshin Mal Alan (operetta)|Arshin Mal Alan]]'' (operetta)
*[[Paul von Klenau]] – ''Sulamith''
*[[Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari]] – ''[[L'amore medico]]'', premiered December 4 in Dresden

==[[Musical theater]]==
* ''[[Adele (musical)|Adele]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Longacre Theatre]] on August 28 and ran for 196 performances
* ''[[The American Maid]]'' – Broadway production
* ''[[The Girl from Utah]]'' – London production opened at the [[Adelphi Theatre]] on October 18 and ran for 195 performances
* ''[[The Girl on the Film]]'' – London production opened at the [[Gaiety Theatre, London|Gaiety Theatre]] on April 5 and ran for 232 performances
* ''[[The Girl on the Film]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[44th Street Theatre]] on December 29 and ran for 64 performances
* ''[[The Honeymoon Express]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on February 6 and ran for 156 performances
* ''[[Hullo, Tango]]'' – London production opened at the [[London Hippodrome|Hippodrome]] on December 23
* ''[[The Isle o' Dreams]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Pike's Opera House|Grand Opera House]] on January 27 and ran for 32 performances
* ''[[The Laughing Husband]]'' – London production opened at the [[Noël Coward Theatre|New Theatre]] on October 2.
* ''[[The Little Café]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[New Amsterdam Theatre]] on November 10 and ran for 144 performances
* ''[[The Madcap Duchess]]'' (Music: [[Victor Herbert]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Globe Theatre (New York)|Globe Theatre]] on November 11 and ran for 71 performances. Starring [[Ann Swinburne]], [[Peggy Wood]] and Glenn Hall
* ''[[Der Mädchenmarkt]]'' – Vienna production opened at the [[Carltheater]] on May 7
* ''[[The Marriage Market]]'' – London production opened at [[Daly's Theatre (London)|Daly's Theatre]] on May 17 and ran for 423 performances
* ''[[The Pearl Girl]]'' – London production opened at the [[Shaftesbury Theatre]] on September 25 and ran for 254 performances
* ''The Pleasure Seekers'' (Music: [[E. Ray Goetz]]) – Broadway production opened at the [[Winter Garden Theatre]] on November 3, starring William J. Montgomery and [[Florence Moore]],<ref>Anon., "'Pleasure Seekers' a Spectacle Only: New Winter Garden Show Lacks Comedy, but Has a Big, Dazzling Chorus: Snowball Fight Exciting", ''The New York Times'' (4 November 1913): 9.</ref> and ran for 72 performances.<ref>James M. Salem, ''A Guide to Critical Reviews: The Musical, 1909–1974'', second edition (Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1976): 389. {{ISBN|9780810809598}}.</ref>
* ''[[The Sunshine Girl]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Knickerbocker Theatre (Broadway)|Knickerbocker Theatre]] on February 3 and ran for 160 performances
* ''[[Sweethearts (theater)|Sweethearts]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[New Amsterdam Theatre]] on September 8 and transferred to the [[Liberty Theatre (New York, New York)|Liberty Theatre]] on November 10 for a total run of 272 performances
* ''[[Ziegfeld Follies|Ziegfeld Follies of 1913]]'' – Broadway [[revue]] opened at the [[New Amsterdam Theatre]] on June 16 and ran for 108 performances

==Births==
*[[January 22]] – [[Sid Bass (songwriter)|Sid Bass]], songwriter (d. 1993)
*[[January 24]] – [[Norman Dello Joio]], American composer (d. 2008)
*[[January 25]] – [[Witold Lutosławski]], composer (d. 1994)
*[[January 26]] – [[Jimmy Van Heusen]], American composer (d. 1990)
*[[January 27]]
**[[Milton Adolphus]], pianist and composer (d. 1988)
**[[Jack Brymer]], English clarinettist (d. 2003)
*[[January 31]] – Pedro Jústiz "[[Peruchín]]", Cuban pianist (d. 1977)
*[[March 2]] – [[Celedonio Romero]], guitarist, composer and poet (d. 1996)
*[[March 4]] – [[Willie Johnson (guitarist)|Willie Johnson]], guitarist (d. 1995)
*[[March 5]] – [[Gangubai Hangal]], Indian classical singer (d. 2009)
*[[March 13]]
**[[Smoky Dawson]], Australian singer (d. 2008)
**[[Libero de Luca]], operatic tenor (d. 1997)
**[[Sergey Mikhalkov]], Russian lyricist (d. 2009)
*[[March 29]] – [[Pappukutty Bhagavathar]], Indian actor and singer (d. 2020)
*[[March 30]] – [[Frankie Laine]], singer (d. 2007)
*[[March 31]] – [[Etta Baker]], blues guitarist and singer (d. 2006)
*[[April 4]] – [[Gene Ramey]], jazz musician (d. 1984)
*[[April 14]] – [[Jean Fournet]], French conductor (d. 2008)
*[[May 1]] – [[Walter Susskind]], Czech conductor (d. 1980)
*[[May 6]]
**[[Carmen Cavallaro]], pianist (d. 1989)
**[[Gyula Dávid]], composer (d. 1977)
*[[May 12]] – [[Jamelão]], samba singer (d. 2008)
*[[May 16]] – [[Woody Herman]], US jazz musician and bandleader (d. 1987)
*[[May 21]] – [[Gina Bachauer]], pianist (d. 1976)
*[[May 18]] – [[Charles Trenet]], French singer, actor and songwriter (d. 2001)
*[[June 10]] – [[Tikhon Khrennikov]], Russian composer (d. 2007)
*[[June 11]] – [[Risë Stevens]], American mezzo-soprano (d. 2013)
*[[June 12]] – [[Nina Mae McKinney]], dancer and actress (d. 1967)
*[[June 18]] – [[Sammy Cahn]], songwriter (d. 1993)
*[[June 23]] – [[Helen Humes]], US singer (d. 1981)
*[[June 28]] – [[George Lloyd (composer)|George Lloyd]], composer (d. 1998)
*[[July 12]] – [[Reino Helismaa]], singer-songwriter (d. 1965)
*[[July 15]] – [[Cowboy Copas]], country singer (d. 1963)
*[[July 22]] – [[Gorni Kramer]], Italian bandleader (d. 1995)
*[[August 2]]
**[[Hal Block]], songwriter (d. 1981)
**[[Edric Connor]], calypso singer (d. 1968)
*[[August 8]] – [[Axel Stordahl]], arranger, best known for his collaborations with [[Frank Sinatra]] (d. [[1963 in music|1963]])
*[[August 28]] – [[Robert Irving (conductor)|Robert Irving]], conductor (d. 1991)
*[[August 29]] – [[Sylvia Fine]], songwriter (d. 1991)
*[[September 6]] – [[Julie Gibson]], American actress and singer (d. [[2019 in radio|2019]])
*[[September 17]] – [[Jørgen Jersild]], Danish composer and music educator (d. 2004)
*[[September 20]] – [[John Collins (jazz guitarist)|John Collins]], jazz guitarist (d. 2001)
*[[September 23]] -Alexi Matchavariani, Georgian,(Soviet) Composer,(d.31/12/1995)
*[[September 26]] – [[Dorothy Sloop]], jazz musician (d. 1998)
*[[October 15]] – [[David Carroll (musician)|David Carroll]], songwriter and conductor (d. 2008)
*[[October 16]] – [[Gino Bechi]], operatic bass-baritone (d. 1993)
*[[October 19]]
**[[John Blackburn (songwriter)|John Blackburn]], lyricist (d. 2006)
**[[Vinicius de Moraes]], Brazilian lyricist (d. 1980)
*[[October 24]] – [[Tito Gobbi]], operatic baritone (d. 1984)
*[[October 26]] – [[Charlie Barnet]], US bandleader (d. 1991)
*[[November 2]] – [[Harry Babbitt]], US singer with [[Kay Kyser]] & his orchestra (d. 2004)
*[[November 3]] – [[Marika Rökk]], singer, dancer and actress (d. 2004)
*[[November 8]] – [[June Havoc]], vaudeville performer and film star (d. 2010)
*[[November 11]] – [[Ivy Benson]], bandleader (d. 1993)
*[[November 15]] – [[Gus Johnson (jazz musician)|Gus Johnson]], jazz drummer (d. 2000)
*[[November 19]] – [[Blue Barron]], orchestra leader (d. 2005)
*[[November 22]] – [[Benjamin Britten]], composer (d. 1976)
*[[November 23]] – [[Raymond Hanson (composer)|Raymond Hanson]], composer and teacher (d. 1976)
*[[December 1]] – [[Mary Martin]], US singer and actress (d. 1990)
*[[December 6]] – [[Karl Haas]], editor and musicologist (died 2005)
*[[December 10]] – [[Morton Gould]], composer, conductor and arranger (d. 1996)
*[[December 14]] – [[Rosalyn Tureck]], pianist and harpsichordist (d. 2003)
*[[December 30]] – [[Lucio Agostini]], conductor and composer (d. 1996)

==Deaths==
*[[January 24]] – [[:nl:Gustav Carl Luders|Gustav Carl Luders]], composer (b. 1865)
*[[February 26]] – [[Felix Draeseke]], composer (b. 1835)
*[[March 19]]
**[[Géza Allaga]], composer, cellist and cymbalist (b. 1841)
**[[John Thomas (harpist)|John Thomas]], harpist and composer (b. 1826)
*[[March 20]] – [[Christian Barnekow]], Danish composer (b. 1837)
*[[April 4]] – [[Alessandro Parisotti]], composer and music writer (b. 1853)
*[[May 5]] – [[Helen Carte]], theatre impresario (b. 1852)
*[[June 3]] – [[Josef Richard Rozkošný]], pianist and composer (b. 1833)
*[[June 6]] – [[Mary Seney Sheldon]], first female president of the New York Philharmonic (b. 1863)
*[[June 17]] – [[Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf]], Swedish-German composer (b. 1840)
*[[July 4]] – [[Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel]], operatic soprano (b. 1868)
*[[July 16]] – [[Sigismund Bachrich]], violinist and composer (b. 1841)
*[[July 17]] – [[Armes Beaumont]], singer (b. 1842)
*[[August 7]] – [[David Popper]], cellist and composer (b. 1843)
*[[August 11]] – [[Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha]], lawyer, diplomat and composer
*[[August 26]] – [[Michael Maybrick]], composer and singer (b. 1841)
*[[September 13]] – [[Alfred R. Gaul]], conductor and composer (b. 1837)
*[[September 17]] – [[Alfred Sormann]], pianist and composer (b. 1861)
*[[September 22]] – [[Eliakum Zunser]], poet and songwriter (b. 1835)
*[[October 20]]
**[[Charles Brookfield]], theatre writer (b. 1857)
**[[Polk Miller]], banjo player and folk musician (b. 1844)
*[[November 3]] – [[Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff]], pianist and composer (b. 1830)
*[[December 6]] – [[Alexander Hurley]], music hall performer (b. 1871)
*''date unknown'' – [[Ludwig Milde]], composer of bassoon music (b. 1849)

==References==
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