2000 in music

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Albums released
3 Top hits on record
4 Top 10 selling albums of the year
5 Musical theater
6 Births
7 Deaths
8 Awards

8.1 Grammy Awards
8.2 Country Music Association Awards
8.3 Eurovision Song Contest

Events

January 14 - Rolling Stone magazine reveals that the two children of Melissa Etheridge and her partner, Julie Cypher, were fathered by David Crosby
January 18 - Spencer Goodman is executed by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas. Goodman was convicted of kidnapped and murdering the wife of ZZ Top manager Bill Ham in 1991. Ham is present for the execution.
February 9 - The Million Dollar Hotel, a film co-written by U2 lead singer Bono, premieres at the 50th Berlinale (Berlin Film Festival). The film stars Mel Gibson and Milla Jovovich
February 11 - Diana Ross divorces her husband of 14 years
February 16 - The Silver Tassie, an opera by Mark-Anthony Turnage, premieres at the London Coliseum, performed by the English National Opera
February 24 - Italian motorcycle manufacturing company Aprilla SpA wins a lawsuit filed against The Spice Girls over a sponsorship deal that fell apart when Geri Halliwell left the group.
February 28 - Songwriter Stan Penrige files a lawsuit against the rock band KISS, the band's publishing company and Universal Music Group, claiming that he had not received millions of dollars in publishing royalties that he was owed for the song "Beth".
March 1 - Social Distortion guitarist Dennis Danell dies of an apparent brain aneurysm
March 6 - Foxy Brown is injured in a car accident in Brooklyn, New York in which her car hit a fence. Police discovered that Brown was driving with a suspended drivers license and order her to appear in court in April. Brown's license was suspended for failing to appear in court for a parking violation.
March 13 - Blink-182 ends its European tour after singer & guitarist Tom Delonge and drummer Travis Barker succumb to strep throat.
March 24 - After violating a prior probation agreement by getting drunk, Ol' Dirty Bastard is ordered to undergo a 90 day diagnostic evaluation at the California Institute For Men in Chino, California.
March 28 - Jimmy Page wins a lawsuit filed against Ministry magazine. The magazine claimed that Page had contributed to the death of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham by wearing a Satanic robe and chanting spells while the Bonham was dying and choking on his vomit. The magazine apologizes and offers to pay Page's legal bills. Page donates the money received from the case to the Action for Brazil's Children Trust
April 6 - Shawn Colvin, James Taylor, Cyndi Lauper, Richard Thompson, Sweet Honey, Elton John, Cassandra Wilson, Wynonna Judd, k.d. lang, Bryan Adams, and Mary Chapin Carpenter perform in New York as part of a tribute to Joni Mitchell.
April 4 - Mick Jagger attends the opening of an arts center at Dartford Grammar School in southeast England which was named after him.
April 12 - Metallica files a lawsuit against Napster, Yale University, University of Southern California and Indiana University for copyright infringement. Yale and Indiana are later dropped from the suit when they block access to Napster on campus computers.
April - NSYNC smashes the old record of 1.1 million with a 2.4 million debut of "No Strings Attached", which is also the first album to sell over 800,000 copies at least 2 weeks.
May 1 - A $1.8 million civil fraud lawsuit is filed against Neil Young in Los Angeles Superior Court by a former Village Voice writer. The lawsuit charges that Young broke an agreement to have a biography written about him when he blocked the book's publication.
May 30 - Eminem Sets the record for biggest Rap debut with 1.76 million dollars sold. Eminem, a protege of Dr. Dre broke the old record of 803,000 in 1993 set by Snoop Doggy Dogg, another Dr. Dre protege.
May 5 - Rod Stewart undergoes an hour long throat operation at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California to remove a growth on his thyroid, which turns out to be benign.
May 6 - John Mellencamp receives an honorary doctorate of music as the commencement speaker for Indiana University's Class of 2000
October - The Beatles release a hardcover book version of The Beatles Anthology, containing newly published photos and interviews with band members. The book went straight to the top of the New York Times bestsellers list.
December 2 - The Smashing Pumpkins disband
The latest Joel and Ethan Coen film, O Brother, Where Art Thou was released to much criticial acclaim. The film and its T-Bone Burnett produced soundtrack ignite a new found popularity of traditional American folk music and bluegrass.
Rage Against The Machine's Tim Commerford is arrested for climbing on the set at MTV's Video Music Awards.
The All-American Rejects form
God Ate My Homework disbands

Albums released

Stiff Upper Lip - AC/DC
Saints & Sinners - All Saints
Mer de Noms - A Perfect Circle (debut)
Aquarius - Aqua
Let It Burn - The Ataris
Mi Reflejo - Christina Aguilera
Black And Blue - Backstreet Boys
The New America - Bad Religion
1 - The Beatles
Selmasongs - Bjork
The Post Wave - Blue Meanies
Hellos & Goodbye - Buck-O-Nine
Breathe - Faith Hill
Crush - Bon Jovi
The Sickness - The Disturbed
Freedom - Sheena Easton
The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
Something Like Human - Fuel
Moonchild - Debbie Gibson
Stomping Ground - Goldfinger
Warning - Green Day
Resurrection - Rob Halford
This Time Around - Hanson
Brave New World - Iron Maiden
Jellybean's House Party - Jellybean
Borders and Boundaries - Less Than Jake
The Distance To Here - Live
''Pic n Mix- Lolly
Music - Madonna
Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years - Megadeth
Wasting Time - Mest
Pay Attention - The Mighty, Mighty Bosstones
Light Years - Kylie Minogue
I Wanna Be With You - Mandy Moore
The Miracle Of Shame - Mr. T Experience
No Strings Attached - 'N Sync
How To Meet Girls - Nerf Herder
The State - Nickelback
Wishmaster - Nightwish
Return of Saturn - No Doubt
Pump Up the Valuum - NOFX
Conspiracy Of One - The Offspring
Vapor Transmission - Orgy
Freaked Out And Small - Presidents of the United States of America
Kid A - Radiohead
Rancid (skull cover) - Rancid
Rule 3:36 - Ja Rule
Ain't Life Grand - Slash's Snakepit
MACHINA/The Machines Of God - The Smashing Pumpkins
O Brother, Where Art Thou Soundtrack
Oops!...I Did It Again - Britney Spears
Forever - Spice Girls
Two Against Nature - Steely Dan
Half Hour Of Power - Sum 41
System of a Down - System of a Down
Salival - Tool (CD, VHS & DVD Set)
All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2
White Pepper - Ween
Sing When You're Winning - Robbie Williams

Top hits on record

"Thong Song" - Sisqo
"The Real Slim Shady" - Eminem
"Oops i did it again" - Britney Spears
"Bye Bye Bye" - 'N sync
"Breathe" - Faith Hill
"Everything You Want" - Vertical Horizon
"I Wanna Know" - Joe
"Fly" - Dixie Chicks
"Ex-Girlfriend" - No Doubt
"Kryptonite" - 3 Doors Down
"There She Goes" - Sixpence None The Richer
"Who Let The Dogs Out" - Baha Men
"A Puro Dolor" - Son By Four

Top 10 selling albums of the year

The Beatles - 1
NSYNC - No Strings Attached
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
Britney Spears - Oops I Did It Again
Creed - Human Clay
Santana - Supernatural
Nelly - Country Grammar, Fo' Real
Backstreet Boys - Black & Blue
Dr. Dre - Dr. Dre 2001
Destiny's Child - The Writing's on the Wall

Musical theater

Aida Broadway production
The Dead Broadway production
The Full Monty Broadway production
Jane Eyre Broadway production
The Music Man Broadway revival
Seussical Broadway production

Births

Deaths

February 12 - Screamin' Jay Hawkins (70), American rock artist
March 1 - Dennis Danell, Social Distortion (38), brain aneurysm
March 7 - Pee Wee King (86), heart attack on February 28.
March 20 - Gene "Eugene" Andrusco, actor, singer, brain aneurysm
March 27 - Ian Dury (57), English rock musician
October 3 - Benjamin Orr, bassist, vocalist for American rock group The Cars
October 30 - Steve Allen, comedian, composer, talk show host, author

Awards

The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Eric Clapton, Earth, Wind & Fire, Lovin' Spoonful, The Moonglows, Bonnie Raitt and James Taylor
Inductees of the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame include Shirley Caesar, and The Oak Ridge Boys