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The year 2008 in music is full of events, albums released by major artists and bands, and hit singles.
Events
January
- January 29 - Face to Face announce on their official website that they would be reuniting for select shows in the US and internationally.[1]
- Rage Against the Machine headlined the Big Day Out festivals in Australia and New Zealand, their first shows outside of the United States since reforming, and their first Australian shows in 12 years.
- Pop singer Britney Spears is hospitalized after reportedly going without sleep for five days. She is placed under a 5150 Involuntary psychiatric hold at the UCLA Medical Center in California. A restraining order would later be issued against her friend Sam Lutfi after Spears' mother Lynne accused him of drugging her daughter.
February
- February 10 - The 50th Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
- February 15 - Irish National Music Awards was held in Dublin.
- February 19 - Guitarist Daron Malakian told MTV.com that System of a Down will likely never reform, as he is concentrating with his new project Scars on Broadway.[2]
- February 20 - The 28th BRIT Awards was held in London.
- February 20-25 - The annual Viña del Mar International Song Festival was held in Chile. It was headlined by Nelly Furtado, Calle 13 and Wisin & Yandel.[3]
- February 23 to March 3 - The second annual Soundwave Festival was held in Australia, headlined by The Offspring and Incubus.[4]
March
- March 2 - Blind musician and actor Jeff Healey dies of cancer.
- March 2 - Marilyn Manson's world tour, Rape of the World, came to an end.
- March 7 - The Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 2008 occurred in Jakarta, Indonesia.[5]
- March 7-16 - The 2008 South By Southwest[6] Conference and Festivals in Austin, Texas.
- March 20 - The new Eagles tour to support their latest album, Long Road Out of Eden, begins.
- March 25-29 - The Miami Winter Music Conference[7] was held in Miami Beach Resort & Spa, Miami, Florida, USA
- March 26th - Clint Lowery returns and replaces Sonny Mayo in Sevendust.
- March 27 - British sensation Leona Lewis tops the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 with her debut single "Bleeding Love". Lewis becomes the first solo British female to rule over the USA since Kim Wilde in 1987.
- March 27 - Def Leppard begins the first leg of their world tour in support of their latest album Songs from the Sparkle Lounge.
- March 28 - Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash hinted in an interview with Classic Rock magazine that their singer Scott Weiland would be out of the band at the end of the current tour, but that they would continue without him.[8]
April
- April 1 - Scott Weiland's departure from Velvet Revolver becomes official,[9] although it is not clear whether the band will continue without Weiland as no official statement from Weiland or the remaining Velvet Revolver members has been issued. Weiland's reunion with his former band Stone Temple Pilots and tensions between Weiland and the rest of VR led to his departure.
- April 2 - Mariah Carey's new single, "Touch My Body", from her upcoming album E=MC², is officially confirmed as her eighteenth number-one single in the United States. This feat makes Carey the artist with second most number-one hit singles in history, behind the Beatles with twenty.
- April 2 - Madonna's new single, "4 Minutes", from her upcoming album Hard Candy, is officially confirmed as her thirty-seventh top-ten single in the United States. This feat makes Madonna the artist with the most top-ten hit singles in history. Hard Candy marked the last studio album under Madonna's long-time contract with both Warner Bros. Records and Warner Music
- April 5 - The reunited Face to Face perform together for the first time in four-and-a-half-years at The Bamboozle Left.[1]
- April 7 - The newly reunited 90s rock band Stone Temple Pilots hold a press conference announcing a 65-date reunion tour and play for the first time since 2002 at a small, private show in Los Angeles.
- April 17 - Leona Lewis continues her success in North America by reaching number one on the Billboard 200, with Spirit selling around 205,000 copies in its first week on sale. Lewis becomes the first British woman to go straight to the top the album charts with a debut album.
- April 19-20 - The Festival Imperial 2008 will be held in Autódromo La Guácima in Alajuela, Costa Rica.
- April 19 - Donna Summer became the first artist to have a song reach number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in every decade since the charts' inception in 1974, as "I'm a Fire" ascends to the chart's top spot in the magazine's April 19th issue.
- April 26 - The MTV Australia Awards 2008 took place in Sydney, Australia.
- April 25-27 - The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was held in Indio, California.
Expected events
May
- May 3-4 - Sixth annual The Bamboozle to be held in East Rutherford, New Jersey at the Meadowlands Sports Complex.
- May 10-11 - Give It A Name Tour 2008 @ Earls Court, London
- May 24-26 - The 2008 Sasquatch! Music Festival will be held Memorial Day weekend at the Gorge in central Washington.
- May - The 53rd Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.
- May/June - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ will air the sixteenth annual Weenie Roast.
- May/June - Lisbon, Portugal Rock In Rio Lisboa 2008, in Parque da Bela Vista, Chelas (Lisbon)
June
- June 1 - Westlife will play their 10th anniversary concert at Europe's fourth biggest stadium, Croke Park.
- June 10 - Rancid will begin the first leg of their tour in support of their upcoming sixth studio album.[10]
- June 12 - 15 - The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival will be held in Manchester, Tennessee.
- June 13 - 15 - The seventh Isle of Wight Festival takes place in Seaclose Park, Newport featuring headliners Kaiser Chiefs, Sex Pistols and The Police with their penultimate UK show. The sixth annual Download Festival will take place in Donington Park. The three headliners have been confirmed as KISS, The Offspring, and Lostprophets. HIM, Rise Against and Motörhead have also been confirmed to play the festival. Judas Priest have been confirmed as very special guests.
- June 17 - George Michael will kicks off his American leg of 25 Live tour in San Diego. This will be his first U.S. tour since 17 years.
- June 20 - My Bloody Valentine will play their first reunion show at London's Roundhouse.
- June 27 - 29 - The legendary Glastonbury Festival will take place in Worth Farm, Somerset, UK
July
- July 3 - 6 - The Rothbury Music Festival will be held in Rothbury, Michigan.
- T in The Park (Scotland) - UK festival held over weekend in July.
- July 4 - 6 - next 3-day edition of Heineken Open'er Festival in Gdynia, Poland. Ticket sale started on the 1st of October 2007. The announced artists to perform in this edition of festival are The Chemical Brothers, M.I.A., Gentleman, Massive Attack, CocoRosie, Sex Pistols, The Raconteurs, Goldfrapp, The Cribs, Jay-Z, Interpol, Erykah Badu, Fischerspooner, DJ Vadim, Fujiya & Miyagi, Róisín Murphy and DeVotchKa. Beirut cancelled their show.
- July 10 - 13 - EXIT Festival 08 is to be held on Petrovaradin Fortress, in Novi Sad, Serbia.
- July 12 - Last Chance Marie set to embark upon their debut tour alongside We Are Adam West
- July 11 - 13 - The OXEGEN music festival will take place in Kildare, Ireland.
- July 11 - 13 - The All Good Music Festival will be held in Masontown, West Virginia.
- July 23 - 26 - The 10,000 Lakes Festival will be held in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.
- July 31 to August 2 - The reunited Carcass will play at the German heavy metal festival Wacken Open Air.[11] This will be their first live performance since their original break up in 1995.
August
- Lollapalooza will take place from the 1st to the 3rd in Grant Park, Chicago.
- Virgin Festival will take place in Baltimore from the 9th to 10th at Pimlico Race Course.
- Stufstock Festival will take place from 14th to 16th in Vama Veche, Romania.
- V Festival will take place on 16th and 17th simultaneously at Weston Park, Staffordshire, UK and Hylands Park, Chelmsford, UK
- Reading and Leeds Festival will take place from the 22nd to the 24th.
- 2008 MTV Video Music Awards will be held on August 31.
September
- AC/DC's 2008/2009 world tour to support their latest album.
- Metallica's 2008/2009 world tour to support their latest album.
- Queen + Paul Rodgers's 2008 European tour to support their latest album.
Slipknot Touring this summer before NEW ALBUM hits stores
October
- October 30 - The 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards will take place at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Halloween Weekend - The 2008 Voodoo Music Experience will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana
November
- November 13- the 9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards will be held at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX.
- November 21 to November 23 - The second Brainwaves Festival by Brainwashed
December
- December - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ will air the nineteenth annual Acoustic Christmas.
Bands formed
Bands reformed
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- Atomic Kitten
- Blind Faith (Clapton + Winwood, 3 performances)
- Carcass
- Died Pretty (five shows only)
- Dogs Die In Hot Cars
- Face to Face
- I Killed The Prom Queen {"Say Goodbye" Tour May 22 - June 8)
- Jane's Addiction (one-off show)
- Living Sacrifice
- Mest (one-off show) (It should also be noted that Tony Lovato is the only member of Mest that will appear at the event. Matt Lovato, Jeremiah Rangel and Nick Gigler claim to have never been asked)
- My Bloody Valentine
- New Kids on the Block
- Pestilence
- Sixpence None The Richer
- Stone Temple Pilots
- Teenage Jesus & the Jerks (one-off show)
Bands disbanded
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- 3LW
- Blinded Black[12]
- The Capes
- The Chalets[13]
- The Dead 60s
- Dead To Fall[14]
- The Departure
- Etan
- Fear Factory (hiatus)
- The Format (hiatus)
- Folly
- Glue Gun (hiatus)
- The Hellacopters
- Hopesfall
- June (indefinite hiatus)
- Meet Me In St. Louis
- Milburn
- Modern Life Is War
- Moros Eros
- Mumm-Ra
- The Procussions
- Quiet Riot
- Raging Speedhorn
- Ride the Sky
- The Receiving End of Sirens
- Shot Down Sun
- Spineshank (on hiatus since 2004 but officially announced split in February 2008)
- The Starting Line (indefinite break)[15]
- Still Remains
- Stratovarius
- The Summer Obsession
- Yellowcard (Hiatus)
- YouInSeries
Albums released
All releases are an LP unless otherwise stated.
Mulitple albums in same day should be arranged alphabetically by album's name.
Other release dates in other countries may apply.
January
February
March
April
Albums to be released
All releases are an LP unless otherwise stated.
April
- Underdog Alma Mater by Forever the Sickest Kids[16]
- Hard Candy by Madonna[17]
- Lyfe Change by Lyfe Jennings[18]
- Rising Down by The Roots[19]
- Raven-Symoné by Raven-Symoné[20]
- Phil Stacey by Phil Stacey[21]
- VYP: Voice of the Young People by Lil Mama[22]
- A-Town Secret Weapon by Baby D [23]
- If by Mindless Self Indulgence[24]
- Can't Love, Can't Hurt by Augustana[25]
- Santogold by Santogold[26]
Second quarter 2008
- Untitled by Stryper[27]
- Untitled by Asia[28]
- Untitled by Propagandhi[29]
- Untitled by Sick of It All[30]
- Toni Braxton's sixth studio album by Toni Braxton[31]
- Black Roses by The Rasmus[32]
May
- Amanethes by Tiamat[33]
- Beloved Enemy by Jesus on Extasy[34]
- Hollow of Morning by Gemma Hayes[35] Republic of Ireland and May 5 Europe.
- Momofuku by Elvis Costello (CD release)
- On My Way Here by Clay Aiken[36]
- 35 Biggest Hits by Toby Keith[37]
- Greatest Hits: Every Mile a Memory 2003 - 2008 by Dierks Bentley[38]
- Anywhere I Lay My Head by Scarlett Johannson[39]
- The Mirror by Ja Rule[40]
- Wonder in the World by Kelli O'Hara[41]
- From First to Last by From First to Last[42]
- Gavin DeGraw by Gavin DeGraw[43]
- Catch 22 by Hypocrisy (Re-release)[44]
- In Luft geritzt by Dornenreich[45]
- Songs for the Last View by Lacrimas Profundere[46]
- Division by 10 Years[47]
- A Coloring Storybook and Long-Playing Record by Cinematic Sunrise[48]
- Narrow Stairs by Death Cab for Cutie[49]
- Seeing Things by Jakob Dylan[50]
- Anthems for the Damned by Filter[51]
- We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things by Jason Mraz [52]
- The Truth by Cherish[53]
- Good To Be Bad by Whitesnake[54]
- 12 Angry Months by Local H [55]
- Life Left To Go by Safetysuit [56]
- ExitingARM by Subtle [57]
- 3 Doors Down by 3 Doors Down[58]
- Another Black Day by Another Black Day </ref>[18]</ref>
- No, Virginia, a b-sides compilation album by The Dresden Dolls.[59]
- Crayons by Donna Summer[60]
- Razah by Razah[61]
- II Trill by Bun B[62]
- Send Flowers by The Black Lungs[63]
- Here I Stand by Usher[64] [65] Cite error: The
<ref>tag has too many names (see the help page). - Nothing to Prove by H2O [66]
- Mobstability II: Nation Bizness by Twista and the Speedknot Mobstaz [67]
Unspecified date
- Along Came a Spider by Alice Cooper[69]
- Archangels in Black by Adagio.[70][71][72]
- In a Perfect World by Keri Hilson[73]
- Waste Management by t.A.T.u.[74]
June
- Indestructible by Disturbed[75]
- Wanderlust by Gavin Rossdale [76]
- The Glass Passenger by Jack's Mannequin[77]
- The Greatest Story Ever Told by David Banner[78]
- The Declaration by Ashanti[79]
- Watershed by Opeth[80]
- Sleep Well by Electric President[81]
- Tha Carter III by Lil Wayne[82]
- Here We Stand by The Fratellis [83].
- Come into My World by Donnie Klang[84]
- Definition of Real by Plies[85]
- Lady Love by LeToya Luckett[86]
- Flavors of Entanglement by Alanis Morissette[87]
- Evil Urges by My Morning Jacket[88]
- Ryan Leslie by Ryan Leslie[89]
- AFI's tenth EP by AFI[90]
- Slimming Mirrors, Flattering Lights by The Awkward Stage[91]
- Saints of Los Angeles by Mötley Crüe[92]
- Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace by The Offspring[93]
- Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends by Coldplay[94]
- Raw Footage by Ice Cube[95]
- At Mount Zoomer by Wolf Parade[96]
- I'm Blessed by Busta Rhymes [97]
- Death Before Dishonor by 2 Pistols [98]
- Last Stop: Crappy Town by Reggie and the Full Effect[99]
- Untitled by Missy Elliott [100]
- Nostradamus by Judas Priest[101]
- Brass Knuckles by Nelly[102]
- Last 2 Walk by Three 6 Mafia[103]
- Year of the Gentleman by Ne-Yo [104]
- The Sound of Madness by Shinedown[105]
- Identified by Vanessa Hudgens
- Weezer by Weezer[106]
- GNV FLA by Less Than Jake Cite error: A
<ref>tag is missing the closing</ref>(see the help page). - Pussycat Dolls Second Studio Album by Pussycat Dolls[107]
Mid 2008
- Untitled by Alesha[108]
- Untitled by Alice in Chains[109]
- Untitled by Beyonce[110][111]
- Untitled by Cannibal Corpse[112]
- Untitled by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus[113]
- Untitled by Rise Against[114]
- The 4th McFLY studio album by McFLY[115]
- Untitled by Monrose[116]
- Everything Comes and Goes by Michelle Branch [117]
- The Quilt by Gym Class Heroes [118]
July
- Ying Yang For President by Ying Yang Twins [119]
- Killer by Tech N9ne [120]
- Agony and Irony by Alkaline Trio[121]
- Nigger by Nas[122]
- Terminate On Sight by G-Unit
- Untitled by Stone Gods[123]
Unspecified Date
- Not 4 Sale by Kardinal Offishall[129]
- Untitled by The Fray[130]
August
Unspecified Date
- Untitled by The Academy Is...[134]
- New Surrender by Anberlin[135]
September
- Untitled by Aerosmith[136]
- Temporary People by Joseph Arthur[137]
Unspecified Date
- Untitled by Ace of Base[140]
- Cassie's second studio album by Cassie[141]
- The Fast Life by Paul Wall[142]
- Untitled by Keane[143]
- Who Killed Amanda Palmer? by Amanda Palmer [144]
- Changing Horses by Ben Kweller [145]
- Approaching Normal by Blue October [146]
- Third solo album by Chris Cornell[147]
October
Third quarter 2008
- Before I Self Destruct by 50 Cent[149]
- Untitled by Case[150]
- Fantasy Ride by Ciara[151]
- The 6th Static-X Studio Album by Static-X[152]
- Untitled by Switchfoot[153]
Fourth quarter 2008
TBA 2008
- Untitled by 311[154]
- The Hollow of the Morning by Gemma Hayes[155]
- Untitled by +44[156]
- Untitled by AC/DC[157]
- Untitled by The Adolescents[158]
- Untitled by A. J. McLean[159]
- Untitled by Anastacia[160]
- Untitled by Ashley Tisdale [161]
- Untitled by The Aquabats[162]
- Untitled by Black President[163]
- Untitled by Black Sabbath[164] or Heaven and Hell[165]
- Untitled Hank Williams Project by Bob Dylan, Jack White, and others[166]
- 24th studio album by Buckethead[167]
- Untitled by Carbon Leaf[168]
- Untitled by Circle Jerks[169]
- The Truth by Cherish[170]
- Untitled by D.R.I.[171]
- Dirty Business by Dirtbag[172]
- Untitled by Extreme[173]
- 7th Fear Factory Studio Album by Fear Factory[174]
- Untitled by Fenix*TX[175]
- Fortune Teller: Studio album by Ira Losco[176]
- Untitled by The Jam[177]
- Untitled by Glassjaw[178]
- Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: The Singles by Goo Goo Dolls[179]
- Untitled by Green Day[180]
- Walk the Walk by Haylie Duff[181]
- Untitled by Hilary Duff[182]
- Untitled by Helmet[183]
- Untitled by Infectious Grooves[184]
- Untitled by The Killers[185]
- Untitled by The Living End[186]
- Happiness Is the Road by Marillion[187]
- Untitled by Matisyahu[188]
- Untitled by Michael Jackson[189]
- The Company We Keep by John Mellencamp[190]
- Metallica's ninth studio album by Metallica[191]
- Modest Mouse's Fifth EP by Modest Mouse[192]
- The Voice of the Streets by Mike Jones[193]
- Breakout by Miley Cyrus
- Untitled by My Chemical Romance[194]
- Untitled by Nine Inch Nails[195]
- Untitled by Mudvayne[196]
- Untitled by Oasis[197]
- Untitled by The Police[198]
- Untitled by Primus[199]
- Untitled by Powerman 5000[200]
- Untitled by Rachel Yamagata[201]
- Untitled by Rammstein[202]
- Untitled by Rancid[203]
- Untitled by Ratt[204]
- Rihanna's fourth studio album by Rihanna[205]
- Untitled by Rob Thomas[206]
- Love at the End of the World by Sam Roberts[207]
- Untitled by The Scrolls[208]
- 11th Sepultura studio album by Sepultura[209]
- Shakira's sixth English studio album[210]
- Untitled by Slayer[211]
- Untitled by Social Distortion[212]
- Untitled by SOiL[213]
- Sol-Angel And The Hadley Street Dreams by Solange Knowles[214]
- Untitled by The Streets[215]
- The Gospel Inspired by Lula by Stevie Wonder[216]
- Untitled by Suicidal Tendencies[217]
- Untitled by Tesla[218]
- Shock Value II by Timbaland[219]
- No Time For Later by The Trews[220]
- Welcome to Thug Country by Trick Daddy[221]
- Wake the Sleeper by Uriah Heep[222]
- Untitled by The Used[223]
- Untitled by Whitney Houston[224]
- Untitled by Van Halen[225]
- Album 4 by The Vines.[226]
- Untitled by Voivod[227]
- Take It From Me by DJ Ironik[228]
Top hits on record in the world
The top singles of 2008 as of the week of April 25 - May 1, 2008 (Week 19), according to the United World Chart. All single sales/popularity points information are from the United World Chart.[229]
| Position | Single Title | Artist | Points | Highest Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Apologize" | Timbaland feat. OneRepublic | 5,568,000 | 1 |
| 2 | "Bleeding Love" | Leona Lewis | 5,040,000 | 1 |
| 3 | "Don't Stop the Music" | Rihanna | 4,911,000 | 1 |
| 4 | "No One" | Alicia Keys | 4,550,000 | 2 |
| 5 | "Low" | Flo Rida feat. T-Pain | 4,152,000 | 3 |
| 6 | "With You" | Chris Brown | 2,839,000 | 6 |
| 7 | "Bubbly" | Colbie Caillat | 2,733,000 | 3 |
| 8 | "Love Song" | Sara Bareilles | 2,472,000 | 9 |
| 9 | "Piece of Me" | Britney Spears | 2,387,000 | 6 |
| 10 | "Shadow of the Day" | Linkin Park | 2,354,000 | 7 |
Best sold records in the world
The best sold records in 2008 according to UWC as of the week of April 26 - May 3, 2008 (Week 18). Some records were released in 2006 and 2007, their total sales are behind their sales in 2008 (plus the estimated +7.5% that UWC doesn't cover). All album sales information is from the United World Chart.[230]
| Position | Album Title | Artist | Sales | Total Sales | Highest Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Back to Black | Amy Winehouse | 3,360,000 | 9,316,000 | 1 |
| 2 | As I Am | Alicia Keys | 2,659,000 | 5,879,000 | 1 |
| 3 | Sleep Through the Static | Jack Johnson | 2,005,000 | 2,005,000 | 1 |
| 4 | Thriller 25 | Michael Jackson | 1,702,000 | 1,702,000 | 1 |
| 5 | Spirit | Leona Lewis | 1,600,000 | 2,778,000 | 1 |
| 6 | Growing Pains | Mary J. Blige | 1,504,000 | 1,504,000 | 1 |
| 7 | Good Girl Gone Bad | Rihanna | 1,375,000 | 4,539,000 | 1 |
| 8 | Long Road Out of Eden | Eagles | 1,330,000 | 5,761,000 | 1 |
| 9 | High School Musical 2 | High School Musical 2 | 1,270,000 | 6,019,000 | 1 |
| 10 | 5296 | Kobukuro | 1,239,000 | 1,239,000 | 2 |
Deaths
April 25 - Humphrey Lyttelton, UK jazz musician, 86
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