2001 in music (original) (raw)
See also: 2000 in music, other events of 2001, 2002 in music, 2000s in music and the list of 'years in music'
Events
- February - Rush records Vapor Trails, which will be a blockbuster album on May 14, 2002
- February 13 - Peter Frampton receives the Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award
- March 1 - Collin Raye is awarded the Artist Humanitarian Award from Country Radio Broadcasters Inc. The award was given in recognition of Raye's work on behalf of a number of different charitable organizations including Child help USA, USA Weekend's Make a Difference Day and the Native American organization Hecel Oyakapi.
- Concert For New York: A Tribute To Heroes airs on VH1, with performances by Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Billy Joel and others.
- March 14 - The Court of Appeals in Rome finds Michael Jackson "not guilty" of plagiarism, reversing a decision made in 1999 by a lower court. Italian songwriter Albano Carrisi had claimed that Jackson's "Will You Be There" was a copy of his song "I Cigni Di Balaka."
- April 4 - Original Zombies lead singer Colin Blunstone and keyboardist Rod Argent, reunite for a two part performance at London's Jazz Cafe. This was the first time the two band members performed together in over 30 years.
- May - Bad Religion leaves Atlantic Records, signs a contract with Epitaph Records.
- May - The third EJCF in Basel was held.
- Mariah Carey makes a number of unusual public appearances, including an unscheduled visit to MTV's Total Request Live. Rumors fly that the star had a mental breakdown.
- Area One music festival brings together a variety of acts including Moby, Incubus, Outkast, New Order, Nelly Furtado, The Roots, Rinocerose, Paul Oakenfold, and Carl Cox.
- Napster's popularity peaks
- Tool returns
- Audioslave forms
- Zebra forms again
- Revolution forms
- Zwan forms
Albums released
- Just Push Play - Aerosmith
- 10,000 Hz Legend - Air
- ANThology - Alien Ant Farm
- Underground Network - Anti-Flag
- End Is Forever - The Ataris
- The Process Of Belief - Bad Religion
- Lions - The Black Crowes
- Take Off Your Pants And Jacket - Blink-182
- Ten New Songs - Leonard Cohen
- Wake Up And Smell The Coffee - The Cranberries
- Weathered - Creed
- Everyday - Dave Matthews Band
- The Sickness - The Disturbed
- Sing Loud, Sing Proud - Dropkick Murphys
- Sinner - Drowning Pool
- Suburban Blight - F-Minus
- Lars Frederiksen & The Bastards - Lars Frederiksen
- The Argument - Fugazi
- International SuperHits - Green Day
- International SuperVideos - Green Day (DVD Relese)
- Warning - Green Day
- Covered With Ants - Guttermouth
- Live Insurrection - Rob Halford
- Scattered, Smothered and Covered - Hootie & the Blowfish
- Morning View - Incubus
- Arrival - Journey
- The Essential Journey - Journey
- Demolition - Judas Priest
- Cocky - Kid Rock
- Lenny - Lenny Kravitz
- Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park
- V / Ecstatic Fanatic - Live
- Wonders of the World - Long Beach Dub Allstars
- Word Of Mouf - Ludacris
- Greatest Hits - Tim McGraw
- The World Needs A Hero - Megadeth
- Destination Unknown - Mest
- God Says No - Monster Magnet
- The Big Combo - New Bomb Turks
- Silver Side Up - Nickelback
- Rock Steady - No Doubt
- Conspiracy Of One - The Offspring
- Down To Earth - Ozzy Osbourne
- Land Of The Free - Pennywise
- Anyone's For Doomsday - Powerman 5000
- Freaked Out and Small - Presidents of the United States of America
- Come Clean - Puddle Of Mudd
- Amnesiac - Radiohead
- Revolving Around The World - Revolution
- My Heart Is In Your Hands - Revolution
- Laundry Service - Shakira
- God Hates Us All - Slayer
- IOWA - Slipknot
- Pretty Together - Sloan
- Greatest Hits (2-Disc) - The Smashing Pumpkins
- Spy Kids 1 - Soundtrack
- Break The Cycle - Staind
- Sound-Dust - Stereolab
- Start Static - Sugarcult
- All Killer No Filler - Sum 41
- _Toxicity_- System of a Down
- Mink Car - They Might Be Giants
- From Chaos - 311
- Lateralus - Tool
- Communication & Conviction: Last Seven Years - The Tossers
- Fuel For Life - The Turbo AC's
- Product Of Television - UP SyNDROME
- Weezer (2001) - Weezer
- The Sinister Urge - Rob Zombie
Top hits on record
- "Sorrow" - Bad Religion
- "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You" - Brooks and Dunn
- "Spy Kids Theme" - Fonda
- "Crawling" - Linkin Park
- "In The End" - Linkin Park
- "One Step Closer" - Linkin Park
- "My Baby" - Lil Romeo
- "Hey Baby" - No Doubt
- "Million Miles Away" - The Offspring
- "Want You Bad" - The Offspring
- "Whenever Wherever"/"Suerte" - Shakira
- "I Hope You Dance" - Lee Ann Womack
- Revolving Around The World - Revolution
Top 10 selling albums of the year
- Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
- Shaggy - Hotshot
- NSYNC - No Strings Attached
- Enya - A Day Without Rain
- Staind - Break The Cycle
- Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor
- Destiny's Child - Survivor
- Creed - Weathered
- Soundtrack - O Brother, Where Art Thou
- Various Artists - Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 6
Musical theater
- 42nd Street Broadway revival
- A Class Act Broadway production
- Mamma Mia Broadway production
- The Producers Broadway production
- Urinetown Broadway production
Musical films
Births
Deaths
- February 13 - George Simon, Music critic and original Glenn Miller Band drummer, pneumonia
- February 19 - Charles Trenet, French singer, songwriter
- February 21 - Ronnie Hilton
- February 21 - Malcolm Yelvington
- February 22 - John Fahey, guitarist, indie label owner
- March 18 - John Phillips, cofounder of Popular Music group The Mamas and the Papas
- March 28 - Moe Koffman (73), Canadian Jazz singer
- April 15 - Joey Ramone, lead singer for The Ramones
- June 21 - John Lee Hooker, 83, Blues musician
- June 30 - Chet Atkins, 77, country musician
- July 27 - Leon Wilkeson, 49, Bassist for Lynyrd Skynyrd
- August 25 - Aaliyah, 22, American singer and actress
- September 22 - Isaac Stern, 81, violinist
- November 29 - George Harrison, 58, musician and former member of The Beatles
- December 13 - Chuck Schuldiner, 34, vocalist and guitarist with Death
- December 16 - Stuart Adamson, Big Country
Awards
- The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Aerosmith, Solomon Burke, The Flamingos, Michael Jackson, Queen, Paul Simon, Steely Dan and Ritchie Valens
- Inductees of the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame include Larry Norman, and Elvis Presley
Grammy Awards
Juno Awards
- Juno Awards of 2001
- March 4 - Bruce Cockburn is inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame