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[edit] Events
- During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.
- January 1 - In most of Europe, copyright expired on a number of classic pop and rock-and-roll songs recorded in 1954 and earlier, including Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock", and "Only You" by The Platters.[1]
- January 7 - Welsh punk band mclusky officially announce their disbanding via their website. Weeks later, Welsh noisecore/punk band Jarcrew disband due to their drummer becoming a Jehovah's Witness - remnants of the two bands later went on to join forces and become Future of the Left.
- January 17 - Prior to missing 2 live shows Mike Tempesta is officially no longer part of Powerman 5000 due fights with the band.
- January 22 - Tsunami Relief concert held at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales - the largest live music event in the UK since the Live Aid concert of 1985. Performers included Madonna, Eric Clapton, Jools Holland, Manic Street Preachers, Lulu, Aled Jones, Charlotte Church, Katherine Jenkins, Feeder, Snow Patrol, Liberty X.
- January 29 - Avril Lavigne, Chantal Kreviazuk, the Barenaked Ladies, Raine Maida, and Sarah McLachlan conducted a concert in Vancouver, British Columbia for tsunami relief.
- January 31 - Jon Levasseur leaves Cryptopsy, saying he has lost interest in Extreme Music.
- February 7 - BRIT Awards are held in London. Scissor Sisters, Keane, Franz Ferdinand, and Joss Stone are among the winners.
- February 14 - Bloc Party releases their debut album Silent Alarm in the United Kingdom. It is later named NME's Number One Album of 2005.
- February 15 - Sonny Mayo replaces Clint Lowery in Sevendust.
- February 22
- February 28 - Static-X fires Tripp Eisen because of his arrest for sex offences involving a minor.
- Spring - All Ends Hired Fredrik Johansson.
- March 1 - John Petrucci, guitarist of Dream Theater, releases his first solo album titled Suspended Animation
- March 3 - 50 Cent releases The Massacre, the follow-up to his 6x platinum debut Get Rich or Die Tryin'. The album sells over 1 million copies in its first week, and goes 4x platinum in two months. The success of the album gives 50 Cent five top-five singles in 2005.
- March 7 - Koichi Fukuda immediately replaces Tripp Eisen in Static-X & rejoins them after 5 years.
- March 22 - Jars of Clay releases a worship album after ten years since their first release from Essential Records. The worship album is called Redemption Songs.
- March 26 - Australian drummer of Crowded House, Paul Hester, is found dead in Melbourne's Park.
- March 29 - The Bravery release their self-titled debut album, and are named the top band to watch for 2005 because of it.
- April - Country music legend Kenny Rogers signs a major worldwide record deal with Capitol Records.
- April 3 - Alice in Chains original bass player Mike Starr is arrested for "investigation of property destruction and theft". He was also sentenced to 30 years for misdemeanor drug possession in April 1994, two years after being replaced from the group during the recording of Dirt.
- April 12 - Mariah Carey makes her comeback, releasing the The Emancipation of Mimi. It debuts at number one and goes six times platinum in less than a year in United States. It is re-released on November 15.
- April 26 - Propagator Records is launched in Birmingham, UK.
- May/June - Operation Ivy/Rancid bassist Matt Freeman is diagnosed with lung cancer.
- May 2 - Legendary blues-rock group Cream reunites for four shows in London's Royal Albert Hall.
- May 3
- May 6 - Audioslave becomes the first American rock group to perform a free outdoor concert in Cuba.
- May 21 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ-FM airs the 13th Annual Weenie Roast show with Alkaline Trio, Audioslave, Bloc Party, The Bravery, The Dead 60s, Foo Fighters, Hot Hot Heat, Interpol, Jimmy Eat World, The Killers, The Mars Volta, Mötley Crüe, MxPx, My Chemical Romance, Queens of the Stone Age and The Transplants.
- May 23 - Death-metal band Nile releases their fourth album titled Annihilation of the Wicked.
- May 25 - Carrie Underwood wins the fourth season of American Idol.
- June 7 - Dream Theater releases their eighth studio album titled Octavarium.
- June 9-June 11 - Download Festival 2006. Tool, Metallica and Guns N' Roses headline the main stage.
- June 12 - Pink Floyd announce that they will reunite with former bassist Roger Waters, who left the band in 1985, on July 2 for the Live 8 London concert. This will be the first time the band played together as a quartet since The Wall tour in 1981, and the first public performance by Pink Floyd since 1994.
- June 13 - Michael Jackson is found not guilty of child molestation.
- June 14 - The Backstreet Boys release Never Gone, their first album in over four years.
- June 15 - Destiny's Child announce they will disband upon completion of their world tour.
- June 16 - Motörhead celebrate their 30th anniversary with a concert in the Hammersmith Apollo, which is later released on DVD.
- June 18-19 - Green Day films their first ever live CD/DVD Bullet in a Bible at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, England. They played to over 130,000 fans in two days.
- June 21 - Billy Corgan releases his debut solo album TheFutureEmbrace and announces that he wants to reform his popular alternative rock group The Smashing Pumpkins, which disbanded on December 2, 2000.
- June 25 – Patti Smith curates the Meltdown festival.
- Summer
- July 2 - Live 8 benefit concerts are held around the world, as part of the Make Poverty History campaign.
- July 21 - Denison Witmer releases his album Are You a Dreamer?.
- July - The Blackbirds form in Auckland, New Zealand.
- August 9
- August 22 - Lil' Kim releases her third much-anticipated album The Naked Truth.
- August - The Cure frontman Robert Smith announces that the band plans to record their 13th studio album in the fall for release in the following year.
- September - A statue of Edward Elgar by Jemma Pearson is unveiled near Hereford Cathedral.
- September 9 - The band Scooter perform at the All-State Arena in Chicago, IL, their first performance in the United States.
- September 10 - The Italian rocker Luciano Ligabue attracts a European record number of spectators with a concert at Campovolo, in Reggio Emilia.[citation needed]
- September 14 - Britney Spears gives birth to her first child, a baby boy named Sean Preston with husband Kevin Federline.
- October - Jeff Martin leaves The Tea Party due to Creative Differenecs, also ending the band's 15 year stretch.
- October 3 - Franz Ferdinand release their highly anticipated second album entitled You Could Have It So Much Better.
- October 5 - Metric release their second album Live It Out.
- October 8 - Fiona Apple releases her highly anticipated album Extraordinary Machine to fans after six years of waiting. A demo version of the album was leaked in 2003, causing a stir in the music industry.
- October 21 - Nightwish perform at the Hartwall Areena, later to be released as the End of an Era DVD. The following day, singer Tarja Turunen is dismissed in an open letter[1].
- November 6 - Madonna earns her 36th Top Ten single with Warner Bros. Records-based, ABBA-sampled "Hung Up". This ties her with Elvis Presley for the most Top Ten singles. The Beatles have 34. "Hung Up" is also Madonna's 47th Top Forty single – the most for any female artist.
- November 7 - Kate Bush returns after a 12-year absence with the acclaimed double album Aerial, which returns her to No. 3 on the UK album chart.
- November 15
- November 20 - Madonna's Warner Bros. Records-based (Festival Mushroom Records in Australia) single, "Hung Up" takes the title as the ARIA #1 single.
- November 21 - Kate DeAraugo takes the title as Australian Idol 2005, ahead of Emily Williams.
- November 22
- November - Madonna's new Warner Bros. Records-based album Confessions On A Dance Floor hits #1 in 40 countries, a new record. The Beatles previously held this record when The Beatles 1 went to #1 in 36 countries in 2000.
- November 30 - Apocalyptica change locations of the shoot of their DVD "The Life Burns Tour" from Erfurt, Germany (Dec. 2) to Düsseldorf, Germany (Dec. 4) due to Technical Reasons.
- December 8 - The nominations for the 48th Grammy Awards are announced. The top-nominated artists include Mariah Carey, John Legend, and Kanye West, with eight nominations each. Other nominated artists include Gwen Stefani, Beyoncé Knowles (two of her own, plus four with Destiny's Child), Kelly Clarkson, and 50 Cent.
- December 10
- Amnesty International launches its "Make Some Noise" music initiative.
- The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ-FM airs the 16th annual Acoustic Christmas. On November 10, 2005, KROQ's official website announced that it will include Avenged Sevenfold, Fall Out Boy, Korn, Nine Inch Nails, Rise Against, System of a Down and Thrice for the first night. The second night is held the following day, as also announced at KROQ's official website on November 15, 2005 and includes The Bravery, Coldplay, Death Cab for Cutie, Depeche Mode, Hot Hot Heat, Jack Johnson, Nada Surf and The White Stripes.
- December 15
- Madonna's Warner Bros. Records-based single, "Hung Up" sets a new record in the download charts by staying at #1 for 7 consecutive weeks. The single first appears on Mix 106.5 (Sydney), Mix 101.1 (Melbourne), Vega 95.3 (Sydney), Vega 91.5 (Melbourne) and the Rest of the MIX FM stations.
- Nelly Furtado's final Warner Bros. Records-based (Festival Mushroom Records in Australia) single, "All Good Things (Come To An End)" is released and takes the title as the last single to be on the Loose album which is to be released in June 2006.
- December 20 - Mary J. Blige releases The Breakthrough, it sells almost 730,000 copies in its first week - the biggest first week sales for any female R&B artist.
- December 21 - Elton John marries David Furnish in London. This marriage comes in the wake of new British laws affording gay unions the same legal protection enjoyed within straight marriages.
- December 31 - Mariah Carey earns her 17th #1 single with "Don't Forget About Us", tying with Elvis for second as the act with the most #1 singles. The Beatles have 20. She also becomes the first act to perform live in Times Square on the Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve television special on this day.
- Glue Gun reforms after eight years, with frontman Bob Oedy the only original member. The new line-up is Bob Oedy (vocals), Joey Rimicci (guitars), Brian Priess (bass) and Andy Alverez (drums). Rimicci and Priess were previously members of Jughead's Revenge.
[edit] Bands formed
See Category:Musical groups established in 2005
[edit] Bands disbanded
[edit] Bands reformed
[edit] Albums released
[edit] January
[edit] February
[edit] August
[edit] September
[edit] October
[edit] November
[edit] December
[edit] Charts
[edit] Billboard Top 200 number-one albums
[edit] Billboard Hot 100 Number one hits of 2005
[edit] Top 100 best-selling albums of the year (U.S.)
| # |
Album |
Artist |
U.S. sales in 2005 |
| 1. |
The Emancipation of Mimi |
Mariah Carey |
4,968,606 |
| 2. |
The Massacre |
50 Cent |
4,852,744 |
| 3. |
Breakaway |
Kelly Clarkson |
3,496,192 |
| 4. |
American Idiot |
Green Day |
3,360,394 |
| 5. |
Monkey Business |
Black Eyed Peas |
3,037,251 |
| 6. |
X&Y |
Coldplay |
2,615,280 |
| 7. |
Feels Like Today |
Rascal Flatts |
2,511,209 |
| 8. |
Love. Angel. Music. Baby. |
Gwen Stefani |
2,505,390 |
| 9. |
Late Registration |
Kanye West |
2,413,580 |
| 10. |
The Documentary |
The Game |
2,275,646 |
| 11. |
Now That's What I Call Music! 20 |
Various artists |
2,059,767 |
| 12. |
Hot Fuss |
The Killers |
2,040,933 |
| 13. |
Now That's What I Call Music! 19 |
Various artists |
1,971,716 |
| 14. |
All the Right Reasons |
Nickelback |
1,957,189 |
| 15. |
The Road and the Radio |
Kenny Chesney |
1,817,196 |
| 16. |
In Between Dreams |
Jack Johnson |
1,758,058 |
| 17. |
Be Here |
Keith Urban |
1,713,571 |
| 18. |
From Under the Cork Tree |
Fall Out Boy |
1,654,320 |
| 19. |
Mezmerize |
System of a Down |
1,645,980 |
| 20. |
Some Hearts |
Carrie Underwood |
1,636,689 |
| 21. |
Rebirth |
Jennifer Lopez |
1,561,032 |
| 22. |
Fireflies |
Faith Hill |
1,531,656 |
| 23. |
Goodies |
Ciara |
1,530,368 |
| 24. |
Demon Days |
Gorillaz |
1,528,489 |
| 25. |
Twice the Speed of Life |
Sugarland |
1,510,879 |
| 26. |
Honkytonk University |
Toby Keith |
1,446,821 |
| 27. |
Now That's What I Call Music! 18 |
Various artists |
1,400,063 |
| 28. |
Encore |
Eminem |
1,385,256 |
| 29. |
Curtain Call: The Hits |
Eminem |
1,381,896 |
| 30. |
Get Lifted |
John Legend |
1,377,246 |
| 31. |
Stand Up |
Dave Matthews Band |
1,333,781 |
| 32. |
Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 |
Young Jeezy |
1,314,291 |
| 33. |
Who Is Mike Jones? |
Mike Jones |
1,288,377 |
| 34. |
It's Time |
Michael Bublé |
1,229,916 |
| 35. |
Here for the Party |
Gretchen Wilson |
1,214,383 |
| 36. |
Confessions |
Usher |
1,210,379 |
| 37. |
…Something to Be |
Rob Thomas |
1,206,436 |
| 38. |
Seventeen Days |
3 Doors Down |
1,204,330 |
| 39. |
Genius Loves Company |
Ray Charles |
1,196,040 |
| 40. |
In Your Honor |
Foo Fighters |
1,144,881 |
| 41. |
Most Wanted |
Hilary Duff |
1,125,198 |
| 42. |
TP-3: Reloaded |
R. Kelly |
1,110,854 |
| 43. |
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (soundtrack) |
Various artists |
1,103,354 |
| 44. |
Confessions on a Dance Floor |
Madonna |
1,102,802 |
| 45. |
Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair) |
Kenny Chesney |
1,078,559 |
| 46. |
Il Divo |
Il Divo |
1,053,483 |
| 47. |
Red Light District |
Ludacris |
1,041,939 |
| 48. |
Greatest Hits 2 |
Toby Keith |
1,023,188 |
| 49. |
Greatest Hits |
Shania Twain |
1,018,991 |
| 50. |
Make Believe |
Weezer |
995,790 |
| 51. |
Fijacion Oral Vol. 1 |
Shakira |
995,236 |
| 52. |
Destiny Fulfilled |
Destiny's Child |
987,393 |
| 53. |
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge |
My Chemical Romance |
982,117 |
| 54. |
Greatest Hits |
Guns N' Roses |
974,315 |
| 55. |
Beautiful Soul |
Jesse McCartney |
972,672 |
| 56. |
Free Yourself |
Fantasia Barrino |
972,230 |
| 57. |
Out of Exile |
Audioslave |
968,981 |
| 58. |
All Jacked Up |
Gretchen Wilson |
947,388 |
| 59. |
Crunk Juice |
Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz |
945,990 |
| 60. |
Timeless |
Martina McBride |
929,512 |
| 61. |
The Breakthrough |
Mary J. Blige |
922,397 |
| 62. |
Songs About Jane |
Maroon 5 |
894,767 |
| 63. |
Songs About Me |
Trace Adkins |
882,850 |
| 64. |
I Am Me |
Ashlee Simpson |
877,501 |
| 65. |
U.S.A. (United State of Atlanta) |
Ying Yang Twins |
874,038 |
| 66. |
PCD |
Pussycat Dolls |
857,952 |
| 67. |
Horse of a Different Color |
Big & Rich |
857,945 |
| 68. |
Trouble |
Akon |
852,673 |
| 69. |
The Legend of Johnny Cash |
Johnny Cash |
847,645 |
| 70. |
Ten Thousand Fists |
Disturbed |
844,525 |
| 71. |
Live Like You Were Dying |
Tim McGraw |
840,385 |
| 72. |
With Teeth |
Nine Inch Nails |
838,920 |
| 73. |
Amarantine |
Enya |
836,052 |
| 74. |
Wanted |
Bow Wow |
833,430 |
| 75. |
Hypnotize |
System of a Down |
831,680 |
| 76. |
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb |
U2 |
828,722 |
| 77. |
The One |
Frankie J |
817,792 |
| 78. |
Unpredictable |
Jamie Foxx |
799,425 |
| 79. |
Thanks for the Memory: The Great American Songbook 4 |
Rod Stewart |
791,351 |
| 80. |
Have a Nice Day |
Bon Jovi |
785,268 |
| 81. |
The Phantom of the Opera |
Soundtrack |
773,150 |
| 82. |
Lyfe 268-192 |
Lyfe Jennings |
767,954 |
| 83. |
#1's |
Destiny's Child |
766,058 |
| 84. |
Guero |
Beck |
758,023 |
| 85. |
Urban Legend |
T.I. |
751,894 |
| 86. |
Mind, Body & Soul |
Joss Stone |
751,222 |
| 87. |
When the Sun Goes Down |
Kenny Chesney |
750,004 |
| 88. |
Barrio Fino |
Daddy Yankee |
747,412 |
| 89. |
Modern Day Drifter |
Dierks Bentley |
745,924 |
| 90. |
Time Well Wasted |
Brad Paisley |
744,893 |
| 91. |
Lifehouse |
Lifehouse |
740,100 |
| 92. |
I Am Me |
Ashlee Simpson |
735,718 |
| 93. |
Be |
Common |
734,944 |
| 94. |
Ray |
Soundtrack |
727,143 |
| 95. |
Somewhere Down in Texas |
George Strait |
722,059 |
| 96. |
Bluestars |
Pretty Ricky |
712,279 |
| 97. |
50 Number Ones |
George Strait |
710,833 |
| 98. |
Getting Away with Murder |
Papa Roach |
706,798 |
| 99. |
Never Gone |
Backstreet Boys |
703,827 |
| 100. |
Crossfade |
Crossfade |
702,319 |
[edit] Alphabetical list of top hits
[edit] Classical music
[edit] Musical theater
[edit] Musical films
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January
[edit] February
- February 1 - Franco Mannino, Italian composer, 80
- February 3 - David Hönigsberg, composer and conductor, 45
- February 8
- February 9 - Tyrone Davis, American soul singer, 66
- February 13 - Sixten Ehrling, Swedish conductor, 86
- February 16 - Marcello Viotti, Swiss conductor, 50 (stroke)
- February 28 - Chris Curtis, British drummer and vocalist, 63
- February 29 - Edward Patten, R&B/soul singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips), 65
- March 4 - Una Hale, soprano, 82
- March 6 - Tommy Vance, DJ, 63
- March 9
- March 10 - Danny Joe Brown, former lead singer of Molly Hatchet, 53 (kidney failure)
- March 21 - Bobby Short, singer, 80
- March 22 - Rod Price, guitarist, 47
- March 26 - Paul Hester, drummer for Crowded House and Split Enz, 46 (suicide)
- March 27
- March 28 - Moura Lympany, pianist, 88
- March 30 - Derrick Plourde, former drummer Lagwagon and the Ataris, 33 (suicide)
- April 2 - Alexander Brott, conductor and composer, 90
- April 7 - Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer, 82
- April 10 - Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist, 82
- April 12 - Ehud Manor, Israeli songwriter, 63
- April 13 - Johnnie Johnson, American pianist, 80
- April 14 - John Fred, pop singer, 64
- April 18 - Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor, 75
- April 19
- April 23 - Robert Farnon, composer, arranger, 87
- April 25 - Hasil Adkins, American rockabilly musician, 67
- April 28 - Percy Heath, jazz musician, 81
- May 8 - Nasrat Parsa, Afghan singer, 36 (murdered)
- May 10 - David Wayne, former singer of Metal Church, 47 (injuries resulting from car crash)
- May 14 - Jimmy Martin, bluegrass musician, 77
- May 22 - Thurl Ravenscroft, US singer, 91
- May 25
- May 29 - George Rochberg, composer, 86
- July 1
- July 11 - Frances Langford, US singer and actress, 91
- July 17 - Laurel Aitken, ska singer, heart attack, 78
- July 21 - Long John Baldry, R&B singer, 64
- July 27 - Robert Wright, songwriter, 90
- July 29 - Hildegarde, US singer, 99
[edit] August
- August 4 - Little Milton, blues musician,70
- August 6 - Carlo Little, The Flowerpot Men, 67
- August 13 - Arnold Cooke, British composer, 98
- August 21 - Robert Moog, electronic music pioneer, 71
- August 22 - Luc Ferrari, composer, 76
- August 26 - Denis D'Amour, guitarist of Voivod, 45
[edit] September
[edit] October
[edit] November
- November 4 - Mana Nishiura, drummer (Shonen Knife, DMBQ), 34 (car accident)
- November 6 - Minako Honda, Japanese singer, 38 (leukemia)
- November 10 - Gardner Read, American composer, 92
- November 20 - Chris Whitley, singer-songwriter, 45 (lung cancer)
- November 26
- November 28 - Tony Meehan, former drummer of The Shadows, 62
- November 29 - Deon van der Walt, tenor, 47 (shot)
[edit] December
[edit] Awards
[edit] References
[edit] See also
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