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2004 in music
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Events
January 1 - Vienna New Year's Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Vienna , conducted by Riccardo Muti
January 1 - Kurt Nilsen wins World Idol
January 3 - Britney Spears marries Jason Allen Alexander , a childhood friend, in Las Vegas . The marriage was annulled two days later.
February 17 - Brit Awards held in London . The Darkness , Dido , Busted , Justin Timberlake , and KRS-One are among the winners.
February 17 - Billy Corgan posts a bitter message on his personal blog calling D'Arcy Wretzky a "mean spirited drug addict" and blaming James Iha for the breakup of The Smashing Pumpkins .
March 10 - George Michael announces that Patience will be his last commercially released record, telling Jo Whiley of BBC Radio 1 "this album nearly killed me". Future releases will be available from his web site for in return for donations to his favourite charities.
April 6 - A previously unreleased Johnny Cash album called My Mother's Hymn Book is released less than a year after his death on September 12 , 2003 .
April 20 - Fear Factory returns after their 2002 breakup with the new album Archetype .
April 26 - Deborah Voigt , sacked by Covent Garden for being too fat for an opera role, makes her recital debut to a rapturous reception at Carnegie Hall .
May - Blender magazine's May issue includes a list of the 50 worst songs . "We Built This City," by Jefferson Starship , is rated worst.
May 18 to May 23 - European Festival of Youth Choirs (EJCF ) in Basel .
May 25 - Jam band Phish announces that after 21 years they will breakup following the Summer 2004 Tour.
May 25 - Skinny Puppy releases their first studio album since disbanding in 1996, called The Greater Wrong of the Right .
May 26 - Fantasia Barrino wins the third season of American Idol , defeating Diana DeGarmo .
June 4 - Karl Jenkins signs a 10-year recording deal with EMI.
June - Staind start recording their fourth album, produced by David Bottrill .
June - The Velvet Revolver 's first album Contraband debuts in the top slot on the Billboard album charts, selling over 250,000 copies its first week out.
June - The Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone is hospitalized in Los Angeles with prostate cancer and diagnosed.
June 4 - Creed dissolved because guitarist Mark Tremonti is working in a side project Alter Bridge and their first album is One Day Remains , which is scheduled to be released on August 10th .
June 10 - Ray Charles dies of liver disease at the age of 73.
June 12 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the 12th Annual KROQ Weenie Roast show with Bad Religion , Beastie Boys , Cypress Hill , The Hives , Hoobastank , The Killers , Modest Mouse , New Found Glory , Story of the Year , The Strokes , The Velvet Revolver , Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Yellowcard .
June 22 - 14th annual Lollapalooza festival, scheduled for July 17 , is cancelled. Organizers cite "poor ticket sales". (See: Lollapalooza 2004 lineup .)
June 23 - UK DJ Tony Blackburn is suspended by radio station Classic Gold Digital for playing songs by Cliff Richard , against station policy.
July 20 - Van Halen releases The Best of Both Worlds , a 36-song compilation album featuring three new recordings with Sammy Hagar on vocals.
July 31 - Dispatch performs their last live show at the DCR Hatchshell in Boston, MA.
August 8 - Dave Matthews Band 's tour bus dumps 800 lb (360 kg) of human feces from a Chicago bridge, intending to unload it in the river, but it lands on an architecture tour boat. The bus driver and the band are sued by the state of Illinois .
August 15 - Phish performs their final concert at a two-day festival in Coventry, Vermont .
September 14 - Megadeth is scheduled to release their new studio album The System Has Failed .
September 21 - Green Day releases American Idiot , their 7th studio album. It goes 6x platinum and gains a cult following. It is a punk opera , much in the style of Pink Floyd 's The Wall or The Who 's Quadrophenia .
September 28 - Hilary Duff releases her self-titled second album on the day she turns 17.
September 28 - Brian Wilson completes SMiLE , 37 years after its original planned release
October 11 - The original lineup of Duran Duran release their new album Astronaut , which was preceded by the single "(Reach Up For The) Sunrise".
October 23 - Ashlee Simpson is accused of lip-synching after an abortive live performance on the television show Saturday Night Live .
October 26 - Legendary DJ John Peel dies, after 40 years of massive influence upon popular music.
December - Ned's Atomic Dustbin begins touring with 5 upcoming shows.
December 11 -12 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the 15th Annual of the Acoustic Christmas with Chevelle , Franz Ferdinand , Good Charlotte , Green Day , Hoobastank , Incubus , Interpol , Jimmy Eat World , Keane , The Killers , Modest Mouse , Muse , The Music , My Chemical Romance , Papa Roach , Snow Patrol , Social Distortion , Sum 41 , Taking Back Sunday , The Shins , The Used and the Velvet Revolver .
Albums Released
Phantom Planet - Phantom Planet - January 6 - LP
Sapphire Blue - Larry Carlton - January 13 - LP
Legion of Boom - The Crystal Method - January 13 - LP
The Glorious Burden - Iced Earth - January 13 - LP
Slow - Richie Kotzen - January 13 - LP
The Opera Band - Amici Forever - January 13 - LP
Educated Guess - Ani DiFranco - January 20 - LP
Kimi Ga Suki - Matthew Sweet - January 20 - LP
Immortal Memory - Lisa Gerrard and Patrick Cassidy - January 26 - LP
Sirens and Condolences - Bayside - January 27 - LP
Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities 1978-2001 - The Cure - January 27 - Compilation
Delirium Cordia - Fantômas - January 27 - LP
Unsung: The Best of Helmet 1991-1997 - Helmet - January 27 - Compilation
Because I Can - Katy Rose - January 27 - LP
Kamikaze - Twista - January 27 - LP
The Battle for Everything - Five for Fighting - February 3 - LP
A Crow Left of the Murder - Incubus - February 3 - LP
Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters - February 3 - LP
Start Something - Lostprophets - February 3 - LP
50 First Dates - Soundtrack - February 3 - Soundtrack
New Found Power - Damageplan - February 10 - LP
'Merican - The Descendents - released in Europe in 2003 - February 10 - EP
Feels Like Home - Norah Jones - February 10 - LP
America's Sweetheart - Courtney Love - February 10 - LP
Body Language - Kylie Minogue - February 10 - LP
College Dropout - Kanye West - February 10 - LP
Turn of the Screw - 1208 - February 10 - LP
All That We Let In - The Indigo Girls - February 17 - LP
An Elixer for Existance - Sirenia - February 23 - LP
Logic Will Break Your Heart - The Stills - February 23 - LP
About a Burning Fire - Blindside - February 24 - LP
Schizophrenic - JC Chasez - February 24 - LP
Shadows Collide With People - John Frusciante - February 24 - LP
Bodysong - Jonny Greenwood - February 24 - LP
Punk Statik Paranoia - Orgy - February 24 - LP
Scorpio Rising - Prong - February 24 - LP
Nude - V.A.S.T. - February 24 - LP
The Guilt Show - The Get Up Kids - March 2 - LP
MODERN ARTillery - The Living End - March 2 - LP
Sunrise Over Sea - The John Butler Trio - March 8
Temple of the Damned - Exodus - March 9 - LP
All of Our Names - Sarah Harmer - March 9 - LP
Don't Stop the Music - Play - March 9 - LP
Live at the Deaf Club - Dead Kennedys - March 9 - Live
Patience - George Michael - March 16 - LP
The Very Best of Jackson Browne - Jackson Browne - March 16 - Greatest Hits
Re-Issue of their oldest albums (1984 -1993 ) - Camper Van Beethoven - March 16 - Re-Issue, LPs
Split Personality - Cassidy - March 16 - LP
Eminem is Back - Eminem - March 16 - Compilation
The Other Side - Godsmack - March 16 - 8-Track Acoustic EP
Frustration Plantation - Rasputina - March 16 - LP
Dead Letters - The Rasmus - March 16 - LP (US release)
Till Death Us Do Part - Cypress Hill - March 23 - LP
Cool to Be You - The Descendents - March 23 - LP
Guns n' Roses' Greatest Hits - Guns n' Roses - March 23 - Greatest Hits
Peace, Love, Death Metal - The Eagles of Death Metal - March 23 - LP
Me and Mr. Johnson - Eric Clapton - March 23 - LP
MP3 - Marcy Playground - March 23 - LP
Fly or Die - N.E.R.D. - March 23 - LP
Redefine - SOiL - March 23 - LP
The Punisher - Soundtrack - March 23 - Soundtrack
Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed - Soundtrack - March 23 - Soundtrack
Confessions - Usher - March 23 - LP
Now That's What I Call Music! 15 - Various Artists - March 23 - Compilation
Winning Days - The Vines - March 23 - LP
Solace - Xavier Rudd - March 28 - LP - Australia
Honkin' on Bobo - Aerosmith - March 30 - LP
Re-Issue of their oldest albums (1975 -1979 ) - Fleetwood Mac - March 30 - Re-Issue, LPs
Damita Jo - Janet Jackson - March 30 - LP
In With the Old - Pepper - March 30 - LP
Live & Off the Record - Shakira - March 30 - LP & DVD
Final Straw - Snow Patrol - March 30 - LP
Prophecy - Soulfly - March 30 - LP
You Are Here - UFO - March 30 - LP
Première - Katherine Jenkins - April
The Dissociatives - The Dissociatives - April 5 - LP
J Wess Presents Tha LP - J-Wess - April 5 - LP
Re-Issue of their oldest albums (1982 -1992 ) - Bad Religion - April 6 - Re-Issue, LPs
The Curse of Blondie - Blondie - April 6 - LP
Hellfire Club - Edguy - April 6 - LP
My Mother's Hymn Book - Johnny Cash - April 6
Re-Issue of 3 oldest albums - Jethro Tull - April 6 - Re-Issue, LPs
Whatever Happened to P.J. Soles? - Local H. - April 6 - LP
Good News for People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse - April 6 - LP
Indestructible Object - They Might Be Giants - April 6 - EP
Crossfade - Crossfade - April 13 - LP
Is There Love in Space? - Joe Satriani - April 13 - LP
Cutting - Red Skeleton - April 13 - LP
Palm Trees and Power Lines - Sugarcult - April 13 - LP
Feels Like Home - Norah Jones - April 20 - LP
Hangover Music, Vol. VI - Black Label Society - April 20 - LP
Archetype - Fear Factory - April 20 - LP
Cuckoo Clocks of Hell - Buckethead - April 20 - LP
Underneath - Hanson - April 20 - LP
Desensitized - Drowning Pool - April 20 - LP
Fire It Up - The Kottonmouth Kings - April 20 - LP
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand - April 20 - LP
High Volume - Corrosion of Conformity - April 20 - LP
Hurt No More - Mario Winans - April 20 - LP
Me - The Marques Sisters - April 20 - LP
Musicology - Prince - April 20 - LP
Ratatat - Ratatat - April 20 - LP
Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1 - Various Artists, Rock Against Bush - April 20 - Compilation
Stone Age Complications - Queens of the Stone Age - April 20 - Compilation
Through the Ashes of Empires - Machine Head - April 20 - LP
Shine - Cyndi Lauper - April 21 - LP
Walk The Tightrope - Human Nature - April 26 - LP
The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls - April 27 - LP
re.present - Jimmie's Chicken Shack - April 27 - LP
D12 World - D12 - April 27 - LP
The Girl in the Other Room - Diana Krall - April 27 - LP
Marbles - Marillion - May 3 - LP
We Are All Sluts of Trust - Sluts of Trust - May 3 - LP
Endangered Species - Flaw - May 4 - LP
Metalogy - Judas Priest - May 4 - Greatest Hits
The Ride - Los Lobos - May 4 - LP
Duets - The Notorious B.I.G. - May 4 - LP
Wave of Mutilation: The Best of the Pixies - Pixies - May 4 - Compilation LP, Concert & Documentary DVD
Just for You - Lionel Richie - May 4 - LP
Matt Sharp - Matt Sharp - May 4 - LP
Police State - The Transplants - May 4 - LP
Here for the Party - Gretchen Wilson - May 11 - LP
Dis/Location - Seven Mary Three - May 11 - LP
The End of Heartache - Killswitch Engage - May 11 LP
Here for the Party - Gretchen Wilson - May 11 - LP
A Song Is A City - Eskimo Joe - May 16 - LP
Meltdown - Ash - May 17 - LP
Happiness In Magazines - Graham Coxon - May 17 - LP
Baptism - Lenny Kravitz - May 18 - LP
So-Called Chaos - Alanis Morissette - May 18 - LP
You Are the Quarry - Morrissey - May 18 - LP
Catalyst - New Found Glory - May 18 - LP
A Grand Don't Come For Free - The Streets - May 18 LP
Meltdown - Ash - May 24 - LP
It's About Time - Christina Milian - May 24 International - June 15 US - LP
Café Naturale - Wendy Matthews - May 24 - LP
The Human Equation - Ayreon - May 24 - LP
The Printz - Bumblebeez 81 - May 25 - LP
Long Gone Before Daylight - The Cardigans - May 25 - LP
White Trash Beautiful - Everlast - May 25 - LP
Rockin' The Rhein With The Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead - May 25 - Live
Under My Skin - Avril Lavigne - May 25 - LP
The Greater Wrong of the Right - Skinny Puppy - May 25 - LP
Vol. 3: the Subliminal Verses - Slipknot - May 25 - LP
Mercury4 - Mercury4 - May 31 - LP
Wayward Angel - Kasey Chambers - May 31 - LP
Melissa Auf der Maur - Melissa Auf der Maur - June 1 - LP
No Said Date - Masta Killa - June 1 - LP
Rock the Block - Krokus - June 1 - LP
Square matrix 004 - Various artists - June 1 - Compilation
Stand Back: the Anthology - The Allman Brothers Band - June 8 Compilation
The Empire Strikes First - Bad Religion - June 8 - LP
Purple Haze - Cam'ron - June 8 - LP
Un - Chumbawamba - June 8 - LP
Borrowed Heaven - The Corrs - June 8 - LP
One Soul Now - Cowboy Junkies - June 8 - LP
Keep Your Wig On - Fastball - June 8 - LP
Uh Huh Her - PJ Harvey - June 8 - LP
Happy People - R. Kelly - June 8 - LP
Asshole - Gene Simmons - June 8 - LP
Greatest Hits '93-'03 - 311 - June 8 - Compilation
Punk-O-Rama, Vol. 9 - Various Artists, Punk-O-Rama - June 8 - Compilation
Sonic Nurse - Sonic Youth - June 8 - LP
Contraband - Velvet Revolver - June 8 - LP
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge - My Chemical Romance - June 8 - LP
A New Day... Live in Las Vegas - Céline Dion - June 12 - Live
Sound Shattering Sound - Gyroscope - June 14
To the 5 Boroughs - The Beastie Boys - LP
Hot Fuss - The Killers - June 15 - LP
Undermind - Phish - (June 15) - LP
Afrodisiac - Brandy - June 22 - LP
Will to Death - John Frusciante - June 22 - LP
Jupiter's Darling - Heart - June 22 - LP
JoJo - JoJo - June 22 - LP
Lit - Lit - June 22 - LP
Lynyrd Skynyrd Lyve - Lynyrd Skynyrd - June 22 - Live
Scream and Whisper - Edwin McCain - June 22 - LP
The Houses of the Molé - Ministry - June 22 - LP
Inferno - Motörhead - (June 22) - LP
Not So Much to Be Loved As to Love - Jonathan Richman - June 22 - LP
Unbreakable - Scorpions - June 22 - LP
A Ghost is Born - Wilco - June 22 - LP
Gettin' In Over My Head - Brian Wilson - June 22 - LP
The Cure - The Cure - June 28 - LP
Mojave - Concrete Blonde - June 29 - LP
Live at the Gorge - Dave Matthews Band - June 29 - Live
This Magnificent Distance - Chris Robinson - June 29 - LP
Feedback - Rush - June 29 - LP
Nina Sky - Nina Sky - June 29 - LP
III: Ghost Tigers Rise - Tiger Army - June 29 - LP
Hollywood Potato Chip - The Vandals - June 29 - LP
72 and Sunny - Uncle Kracker - June 29 - LP
In Between Evolution - The Tragically Hip - June 29 - LP
Stone Love - Angie Stone - July 6 - LP
Star Trails - Spirit of the West - July 8 - LP
Braxton Hicks - Jebediah - July 12 - LP
Live on the Rocks - Blues Traveler - July 13 - LP
License to Chill - Jimmy Buffett - July 13 - LP
Hell to Pay - Dokken - July 13 - LP
Viking - Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards - July 13 - LP
Eat Your Face - Guttermouth - July 13 - LP
Keep Right - KRS-One - July 13 - LP
The Tipping Point - The Roots - July 13 - LP
Shhh...Don't Tell - Adam Sandler - July 13 - LP
Lock-Sport-Krock - Nikola Sarcevic - July 13 - LP
The Spine - They Might Be Giants - July 13 - LP
Über Cobra - Widespread Panic - July 13 - LP
Miss Machine - Dillinger Escape Plan - July 20 US /August 2 world - LP
No Roots - Faithless - July 20 - LP
Those Are Not My Bongos - Fuck - July 20 - LP
Autobiography - Ashlee Simpson - July 20 - LP
Hazen Street - Hazen Street - July 20 - LP
Tyrannosaurus Hives - The Hives - July 20 - LP
B Is for B-sides - Less Than Jake - July 20 - Rarities LP
Beneath, Between, Beyond - Static-X - July 20 - Rarities LP
The Best of Both Worlds: The Very Best of Van Halen - Van Halen - July 20 – Greatest Hits
Hymns of the 49th Parallel - k.d. lang - July 27 - LP
Live in Hamburg - Maria McKee - July 27 - LP
Throwback, Volume 1 - Boyz II Men - July 27 - LP
Whiskey Tango Ghosts - Tanya Donelly - July 27 - LP
Kevin Lyttle - Kevin Lyttle - July 27 - LP
Re-Issue of their oldest albums (1986 -1999 ) - Megadeth - July 27 - Re-Issue, LPs
The Marques Sisters - Black and Pink - July 27 - LP
The Beginning of Survival - Joni Mitchell - July 27 - LP
Prince of the South - Mystikal - July 27 - LP
Live at Benaroya Hall - Pearl Jam - July 27 - Live
The Rolling Stones Singles: 1965-1968 - The Rolling Stones - July 27 - Box
Where You Want to Be - Taking Back Sunday - July 27 - LP
Drive Train - 38 Special - July 27 - LP
Spiritum Oriundus - Fields of Aplomb - August 3 - LP
Accentuate the Positive - Al Jarreau - August 3 - LP
Live in Hyde Park - Red Hot Chili Peppers - August 3 - Live
Village Gorilla Head - Tommy Stinson - August 3 - LP
One Day Remains - Alter Bridge - August 10 - LP
The Best of Coal Chamber - Coal Chamber - August 10 - Compilation
Crosby Nash - David Crosby & Graham Nash - August 10 - LP
Bubblegum - Mark Lanegan - August 10 - LP
Creamfields - Paul Oakenfold - August 10
The Best of Sepultura - Sepultura - August 10 - Compilation
Potter's Field - 12 Stones - August 10 - LP
Live - 2Pac - August 10 - Live
Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2 - Various Artists, Rock Against Bush - August 10 - Compilation
Bob Powell - Bob Powell Anthology - August 12 - Box
Take It All Away - Ryan Cabrera - August 17 - LP
Sail On: the 30th Anniversary Collection 1974-2004 - Kansas - August 17 - Box
Love Everybody - Presidents of the United States of America - August 17 - LP
Up All Night - Razorlight - August 17 - LP
Survival of the Sickest - Saliva - August 17 - LP
Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You - Queen - August 17 – Greatest Hits
The Revolution Starts...Now - Steve Earle - August 24 - LP
Hide Nothing - Further Seems Forever - August 24 - LP
Half Smiles of the Decomposed - Guided By Voices - August 24 - LP
Untitled - Tim McGraw - August 24 - LP
The Secondman's Middle Stand - Mike Watt - August 24 - LP
Killing Heidi - Killing Heidi - August 30 - LP
Medúlla - Björk - August 31 - LP
Circle of Snakes - Danzig - August 31 - LP
The DEFinition - LL Cool J - August 31 - LP
Getting Away With Murder - Papa Roach - August 31 - LP
The Big Eyeball in the Sky - Col. Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains - September 7 - LP
Armed Love - The (International) Noise Conspiracy - September 7 - LP
In the Meantime - Christine McVie - September 7 - LP
It Came From New Jersey: The Smithereens Anthology - The Smithereens - September 7 - Compilation
Living Things - Matthew Sweet - September 7 - LP
Folker - Paul Westerberg - September 7 - LP
Wayward Angel - Kasey Chambers - September 14 - LP
A Hangover You Don't Deserve - Bowling for Soup - September 14 - LP
Wet From Birth - The Faint - September 14 - LP
The System Has Failed - Megadeth - September 14 - LP
Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned - The Prodigy - September 14 - LP
Everybody Loves a Happy Ending - Tears for Fears - September 14 - LP
American Idiot - Green Day - September 21 - LP
This Type of Thinking Could Do Us In - Chevelle - September 21 - LP
The Delivery Man - Elvis Costello - September 21 - LP
Il Sogno - Elvis Costello - September 21 - LP
Welcome to Woddy Creek - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - September 21 - LP
The Rolling Stones Singles: 1969-1971 - The Rolling Stones - September 21 - Box
The Jump Off - Lil' Romeo - September 21 - LP
Noise From the Basement - Skye Sweetnam - September 21 - LP
London Calling: 25th Anniversary Legacy Edition - The Clash - September 21 – LP & DVD
Trouble - Bonnie McKee - September 28 - LP
Hilary Duff - Hilary Duff - September 28 - LP
Antics - Interpol - September 28 - LP
Shangri-La - Mark Knopfler - September 28 - LP
Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll - Social Distortion - September 28 - LP
SMiLe - Brian Wilson - September 28 - LP
In Love and Death - The Used - September 28 - LP
Tribal - Misty Watlered - September 28 - LP (Asia only)
Pressure Chief - Cake - October 5 - LP
Ten Years Gone: The Best of Everclear 1994-2004 - Everclear - October 5 – Greatest Hits
Size Matters - Helmet - October 5 - LP
Palookaville (Fatboy Slim Album) - Fatboy Slim - October 5 - LP
The Chronicles of Life and Death - Good Charlotte - October 5 - LP
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 - Korn - October 5 – Greatest Hits
Gates - Love Is In The Air - October 5 - LP
Unshattered - Peter Murphy - October 5 - LP
Around the Sun - R.E.M. - LP
Has Been - William Shatner - October 5 - LP
50 Number Ones - George Strait - October 5 – Greatest Hits
Real Gone - Tom Waits - October 5 - LP
The Place You're In - Kenny Wayne Shepherd - October 5 - LP
Cosima - Cosima De Vito - October 11 - LP
Sirenian Shores - Sirenia - October 11 - EP
Astronaut - Duran Duran - October 12 - LP & DVD
New Roman Times - Camper Van Beethoven - October 12 - LP
Heart & Soul - Joe Cocker - October 12 - LP
Songs of the Unforgiven - Crash Test Dummies - October 12 - LP
Miracle - Céline Dion - October 12 - LP
Chuck - Sum 41 - October 12 - LP
Never Breathe What You Can't See - Jello Biafra & The Melvins - October 19 - LP
Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - October 19 - LP
Raise Hell - (hed) p.e. - October 19 - LP
Futures - Jimmy Eat World - October 19 - LP
Welcome to the North - The Music - October 19 - LP
Walkin' in the Shadow of Life - The Neville Brothers - October 19 - LP
The Great American Songbook III - Rod Stewart - October 19 - LP
2067 - Rheostatics - October 26 - LP
All for You - Annihilator - October 26 - LP
Gold Medal - The Donnas - October 26 - LP
War Party - GWAR - October 26 - LP
Ultimate Jerky Boys - The Jerky Boys - October 26 - Compilation
Still Not Getting Any... - Simple Plan - October 26 - LP & DVD
This is Music: The Singles 92-98 - The Verve - November 1 international/November 15 USA - Compilation
Singles - Travis - November 2 - Compilation
Merry Christmas With Love - Clay Aiken - November 2 - LP
Acoustic - John Lennon - November 2 - LP
eMOTIVe - A Perfect Circle - November 2 - Covers
Reise Reise - Rammstein - November 2 - LP
I Need an Angel - Ruben Studdard - November 2 - LP
Alive at Last - Train - November 2 - Compilation
Untitled - Trisha Yearwood - November 2 - LP
Mistaken Identity - Delta Goodrem - November 7 - LP
Harmonium - Vanessa Carlton - November 9 - LP
Real Talk - Fabolous - November 9 - LP
Peachtree Road - Elton John - November 9 - LP
2005 KROQ New Music - KROQ - November 9 - Compilation
Warts & All, Vol. 4 - moe. - November 9 - LP
The Greatest Songs Ever Written (By Us!) - NOFX - November 9 - Compilation
Home Movies - Pennywise - November 9 - DVD; Re-Issue
Hummin' to Myself - Linda Ronstadt - November 9 - LP
Encore - Eminem - November 12 - LP
The Silent Force - Within Temptation - November 15 - LP
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative - Britney Spears – Greatest Hits & DVD
The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 - The Beatles - November 16 - Box
Youth - Collective Soul - November 16 - LP
Destiny Fulfilled - Destiny's Child - November 16 - LP
aMOTION - A Perfect Circle - November 16 - LP & DVD
Spongebob Squarepants: the Movie - Soundtrack - November 16 - Soundtrack
Want Two - Rufus Wainwright - November 16 - LP
The Ultimate Collection - Michael Jackson - November 16 - Box
Anywhere But Home - Evanescence - November 23 - Live LP
Greatest Hits - Creed - November 23 – Greatest Hits
R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta) The Masterpiece - Snoop Dogg - November 23 - LP
Red Light District - Ludacris - November 23 - LP
With the Lights Out - Nirvana - November 23 - Box
42 Ultimate Hits - Kenny Rogers
Rejoice - Jessica Simpson - November 23 - LP
Love, Angel, Music, Baby - Gwen Stefani
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb - U2 - November 23 - LP
Collision Course - Linkin Park and Jay-Z - November 30 - LP & DVD
Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson - November 30 - LP
Speak - Lindsay Lohan - December 7 - LP
For You - Casey Donovan - December 13 - LP
Loyal to the Game - 2Pac - December 14 - LP
The Queen - Dalida (Remix compilation)
Top Hits
See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2004 (USA) so far
Top 10 selling albums of the year
Usher - Confessions
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home
Eminem - Encore
Kenny Chesney - When the Sun Goes Down
Gretchen Wilson - Here for the Party
Tim McGraw - Live Like You Were Dying
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane
Evanescence - Fallen
Ashlee Simpson - Autobiography
Various Artists - NOW! That's What I Call Music 16
Steven R. Gerber - Chaconne and Fugue for Viola and Cello
Alun Hoddinott - Trombone Concerto
Births
Deaths
January 13 - Philip Crosby , 69, member of Crosby Boys band, son of crooner Bing Crosby
January 17 - Czeslaw Niemen (65) - Polish rock singer
January 17 - Tom Rowe , musician
January 22 - Billy May (87) - US big band & pop music arranger
January 22 - Ann Miller , actress, singer and dancer
February 1 - Rocco Clein , 35, journalist, musician ([1] ); ([2] )
February 3 - Cornelius Bumpus , 58, musician (The Doobie Brothers , Steely Dan )
February 8 - Cem Karaca , 58, Turkish singer and composer
February 16 - Doris Troy , 67, R&B singer
February 21 - Bart Howard , 87, composer and pianist
February 23 - Don Cornell , 84, US singer
February 23 - Alvino Rey , 95, US bandleader and guitarist
March 4 - John McGeoch , 48, British guitarist with Magazine , Siouxsie and the Banshees and PiL
March 6 - Peggy DeCastro , 82, US singer born in the Dominican Republic, eldest of the DeCastro Sisters
March 18 - Vytas Brenner , 57,musician , keyboardist and composer
March 26 - Jan Berry , US singer of Jan and Dean
March 28 - Sylvia Froos , 89, US singer
April 3 - Gabriella Ferri , 62, Italian Singer
April 9 - Harry Babbitt , 90, US singer with Kay Kyser & his Orchestra
April 10 - Jacek Kaczmarski , 47, Polish poet and singer, the bard of Solidarity
May 1 - Felix Haug , 52, Swiss pop musician (Double )
12 May - John LaPorta , 84, Jazz clarinetist, composer and educator
May 12 - John Whitehead , 55, R&B artist, shot dead
May 17 - Elvin Jones , 76, Jazz Drummer, notably with the John Coltrane Quartet of the 1960s.
May 19 - Arnold Moore , 90, blues artist
June 4 - Irene Manning , 91, US actress, singer and dancer
June 6 - Iona Brown , 63, conductor and violinist
June 10 - Ray Charles , 73, US singer and pianist
June 15 - James F. Arnold , 72, first tenor with the Four Lads
June 17 - Jackie Paris , US jazz singer
July 13 - Carlos Kleiber , conductor
July 21 - Jerry Goldsmith , 75, US composer , Academy Award winner
July 22 - Illinois Jacquet , 81, US jazz saxophonist
July 22 - Sacha Distel , 71, French singer
August 6 - Rick James , 56, US funk singer
August 6 - Argentino Ledesma , 75, Argentinian singer
August 9 - Tony Mottola , 86, US Guitarist
August 9 - David Raksin , 92, US composer
August 18 - Elmer Bernstein , 82, US composer
August 20 - María Antonieta Pons , 82, Cuban Rumbera
August 26 - Laura Branigan , 47, US singer
September 12 - Fred Ebb , 72, US lyricist
September 15 - Johnny Ramone , 55, US Guitarist and founding member of The Ramones
September 19 - Skeeter Davis , 72, US country singer
October 25 - John Peel , 65, British DJ and broadcaster
November 13 - John Balance , 42, British musician from Coil
November 13 - Ol' Dirty Bastard , 35, African American rapper
November 18 - Cy Coleman , 75, US composer
December 8 - Dimebag Darrell , 38, former Pantera guitarist , shot to death in Ohio
December 13 - Alex Soria , 39, guitarist for The Nils
December 14 - Sidonie Goossens , 102, harpist
December 19 - Renata Tebaldi , 82, operatic soprano
December 20 - Son Seals , 62, blues musician
December 30 - Artie Shaw , 94, Swing Era Clarinetist and Bandleader
Awards
See also:
2003 in music ,
2004 in music (UK) ,
other events of 2004 ,
2005 in music ,
list of 'years in music' , 2000s in music
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For a more detailed list of hits or albums by month, see: