Timeline of musical events

This page indexes the individual year in music pages.

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2020s

  • 2022 in music, 2022 in African music, 2022 in Asian music, 2022 in British music, 2022 in American music, 2022 in Canadian music, 2022 in Japanese music, 2022 in Philippine music, 2022 in Scandinavian music, 2022 in South Korean music
    • Deaths of Ronnie Spector, Meat Loaf, Jon Zazula, Mark Lanegan, Gary Brooker, Betty Davis, Timmy Thomas, Taylor Hawkins, Chris Bailey, Jewell, Vangelis, Andy Fletcher, Alan White, Ronnie Hawkins, Trouble, Alec John Such, Jim Seals, Olivia Newton-John, Lamont Dozier, PnB Rock, Ramsey Lewis, Jesse Powell, Pharoah Sanders, Coolio, Loretta Lynn
    • Notable releases:
      • Pink Floyd and Andriy Khlyvnyuk's Hey, Hey, Rise Up!
      • Black Country, New Road's Ants From Up There
      • Denzel Curry's Melt My Eyez See Your Future
      • Mitski's Laurel Hell
      • Big Thief's Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
      • Charli XCX's Crash
      • Viagra Boys' Cave World
      • Black Midi's Hellfire
      • Zeal & Ardor's Zeal & Ardor
      • Voivod's Synchro Anarchy
      • Kendrick Lamar's Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers
      • JID's The Forever Story
      • Angel Olsen's Big Time
      • Harry Styles' Harry's House
      • Bad Bunny's Un Verano Sin Ti
  • 2021 in music, 2021 in African music, 2021 in British music, 2021 in Asian music, 2021 in American music, 2021 in Canadian music, 2021 in European music, 2021 in Japanese music, 2021 in Philippine music, 2021 in Scandinavian music, 2021 in South Korean music
    • Deaths of Gerry Marsden, Sophie, DMX, Young Dolph, Phil Spector, Gift of Gab, Joey Jordison, Bunny Wailer, Tom T. Hall, Michael Nesmith, Hub, Milford Graves, Anita Lane, Biz Markie, Dusty Hill, Jerzy Matuszkiewicz, Don Everly
    • Notable releases:
      • Black Country, New Road's For the First Time
      • Weezer's OK Human
      • Julien Baker's Little Oblivions
      • Lana Del Rey's Chemtrails over the Country Club
      • Taylor Swift's Fearless (Taylor's Version) and Red (Taylor's Version)
      • Adele's 30
      • ABBA's Voyage
      • Kanye West's Donda
      • Lana Del Rey's Blue Banisters
      • Radiohead's Kid A Mnesia
      • Iron Maiden's Senjutsu
      • Turnstile's Glow On
      • Tyler, the Creator's Call Me If You Get Lost
      • Black Midi's Cavalcade
      • Little Simz's Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
      • Injury Reserve's By the Time I Get to Phoenix
      • Squid's Bright Green Field
      • Silk Sonic's An Evening with Silk Sonic
      • JPEGMafia's LP!
      • Brockhampton's Roadrunner: New Light, New Machine
      • Lingua Ignota's Sinner Get Ready
      • Magdalena Bay's Mercurial World
      • Japanese Breakfast's Jubilee
      • Olivia Rodrigo's SOUR
      • Doja Cat's Planet Her
      • Billie Eilish's Happier Than Ever
      • Lorde's Solar Power
      • Halsey's If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power
      • Coldplay's Music of the Spheres
      • Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders, and the London Symphony Orchestra's Promises
      • Godspeed You! Black Emperor's G_d's Pee at State's End!
      • Madlib's Sound Ancestors
      • BTS' single Butter
      • Tomorrow X Together's The Chaos Chapter: Freeze
      • Chungha's Querencia
      • NCT Dream's Hot Sauce
      • Twice's Formula of Love: O+T=<3
      • IU's Lilac
      • Shinee's Don't Call Me
      • Stray Kids' Noeasy
      • (G)I-dle's I Burn
      • Aespa's Savage
      • Parannoul's To See the Next Part of the Dream
      • Chai's Wink
      • Måneskin's Teatro d'ira: Vol. I, which includes the band's commercial breakthrough hit Zitti e buoni, that won the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.
  • 2020 in music, 2020 in African music, 2020 in British music, 2020 in Asian music, 2020 in American music, 2020 in Canadian music, 2020 in European music, 2020 in Japanese music, 2020 in Philippine music, 2020 in Scandinavian music, 2020 in South Korean music
    • Deaths of Pop Smoke, Neil Peart, Bob Shane, McCoy Tyner, Bill Withers, John Prine, Fred the Godson, Little Richard, Kenny Rogers, Florian Schneider, Joe Diffie, Charlie Daniels, Tim Smith, Eddie Van Halen, Mory Kanté, Krzysztof Penderecki, Ennio Morricone, MF Doom
    • Notable releases:
      • Ariana Grande's Positions
      • Selena Gomez's Rare
      • Westside Gunn's Pray for Paris
      • Lady Gaga's Chromatica
      • Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia
      • Yves Tumor's Heaven to a Tortured Mind
      • Fiona Apple's Fetch the Bolt Cutters
      • Phoebe Bridgers' Punisher
      • Run the Jewels's RTJ4
      • Tame Impala's The Slow Rush
      • Halsey's Manic
      • Lil Uzi Vert's Eternal Atake
      • Testament's Titans of Creation
      • Taylor Swift's Folklore and Evermore
      • The Microphones's Microphones in 2020
      • Paul McCartney's McCartney III
      • Oneohtrix Point Never's Magic Oneohtrix Point Never
      • Against All Logic's 2017–2019
      • Autechre's Sign
      • Kenshi Yonezu's Stray Sheep
      • Ichiko Aoba's Windswept Adan
      • Rina Sawayama's Sawayama
      • BTS' Map of the Soul: 7 and Be
      • Blackpink's The Album
      • NCT's Neo Zone and NCT 2020 Resonance
      • Twice's Eyes Wide Open
      • Stray Kids' Go Live
      • Yukika Teramoto's Soul Lady
      • BoA's Better
      • Taemin's Never Gonna Dance Again
      • Tomorrow X Together's Minisode1: Blue Hour
    • The COVID-19 pandemic results in the cancellation or postponement of numerous music-related events scheduled to take place this year, including major tours, festivals and television appearances.

2010s

  • 2019 in music, 2019 in African music, 2019 in American music, 2019 in Asian music, 2019 in British music, 2019 in Canadian music, 2019 in Danish music, 2019 in European music, 2019 in Finnish music, 2019 in Icelandic music, 2019 in Irish music, 2019 in Japanese music, 2019 in Norwegian music, 2019 in Philippine music, 2019 in Scandinavian music, 2019 in South Korean music, 2019 in Swedish music
  • Deaths of Michel Legrand, André Previn, Doris Duke, Peggy Lipton, Doris Day, Dr. John, João Gilberto, Ric Ocasek, Ginger Baker, Juice WRLD, Keith Flint
    • Notable releases:
      • Maggie Rogers’ Heard It In A Past Life
      • Ariana Grande's Thank U, Next
      • Madonna's Madame X
      • Bring Me The Horizon's Amo[1]
      • Lewis Capaldi's Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent
      • Tool's Fear Inoculum[2]
      • Tyler, The Creator's Igor
      • Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss' musical Six (originally performed in 2017) debuts in the West End
      • Charli XCX's Charli
      • Lana Del Rey's Norman F***ing Rockwell!
      • Taylor Swift's Lover
      • FKA Twigs's Magdalene
      • Freddie Gibbs & Madlib's Bandana
      • Weyes Blood's Titanic Rising
      • Carly Rae Jepsen's Dedicated
      • Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' Ghosteen
      • DaBaby' Baby on Baby
      • Thom Yorke' Anima
      • BTS' Map of the Soul: Persona
      • Billie Eilish's When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
      • Babymetal's Metal Galaxy
  • 2018 in music, 2018 in African music, 2018 in American music, 2018 in Australian music, 2018 in British music, 2018 in Canadian music, 2018 in Chinese music, 2018 in Danish music, 2018 in European music, 2018 in Finnish music, 2018 in Icelandic music, 2018 in Japanese music, 2018 in Norwegian music, 2018 in Philippine music, 2018 in Scandinavian music, 2018 in South Korean music, 2018 in Swedish music
    • Deaths of Hugh Masekela, Tom Rapp, Vic Damone, Fredo Santana, Craig Mack, Avicii, XXXTentacion, Jimmy Wopo, Joe Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Mac Miller, Dolores O'Riordan, Charles Aznavour, Pete Schelley
    • Notable releases:
      • Ariana Grande's Sweetener
      • Christina Aguilera's Liberation
      • Earl Sweatshirt's Some Rap Songs
      • Car Seat Headrest's Twin Fantasy (Face to Face), a reworking of their 2011 album Twin Fantasy
      • Migos' Culture II
      • Nasty C's Strings and Bling
      • Camila Cabello's self-titled album
      • Panic! At the Disco's Pray for the Wicked
      • Kendrick Lamar's Black Panther: The Album for the 2018 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Panther
      • Cardi B's Invasion of Privacy
      • Kacey Musgraves's Golden Hour
      • Parquet Courts' Wide Awake!
      • A Perfect Circle's Eat the Elephant
      • Kanye West's Ye
      • Nas's NASIR
      • Mac Miller's Swimming
      • Eminem's Kamikaze
      • Paul McCartney's Egypt Station
      • Brockhampton's Iridescence
      • Kids See Ghosts's self-titled album
      • Khruangbin's Con Todo el Mundo
      • Molchat Doma's Etazhi
      • Daughters' You Won't Get What You Want
      • Noname's Room 25
      • Tim Hecker's Konoyo
      • Jon Hopkins's Singularity
      • Against All Logic's 2012–2017
      • BTS' Love Yourself: Tear
      • Exo's Don't Mess Up My Tempo
      • Blackpink's Square Up
      • Monsta X's Take.1 Are You There?
  • 2017 in music, 2017 in African music, 2017 in American music, 2017 in Australian music, 2017 in British music, 2017 in Canadian music, 2017 in Chinese music, 2017 in Danish music, 2017 in European music, 2017 in Finnish music, 2017 in Icelandic music, 2017 in Japanese music, 2017 in Norwegian music, 2017 in Philippine music, 2017 in Scandinavian music, 2017 in South Korean music, 2017 in Swedish music
    • Deaths of Tom Petty, Chester Bennington, Al Jarreau, Fats Domino, Allan Holdsworth, Chuck Berry, J. Geils, John Wetton, Larry Coryell, Svend Asmussen, Chris Cornell, Gregg Allman, Butch Trucks, Rosalie Sorrels, Prodigy, Glen Campbell, Walter Becker, Grant Hart, Walter "Junie" Morrison, Jaki Liebezeit, Holger Czukay, David Cassidy, Johnny Hallyday, Keely Smith, Malcolm Young, Pierre Henry and Lil Peep
    • The One Love Manchester event takes place after the devastating Manchester Arena bomb attacks, following an Ariana Grande concert.
    • Notable releases:
      • Katy Perry's Witness
      • Taylor Swift's Reputation
      • Imagine Dragons' Evolve
      • Jay Z's 4:44
      • Linkin Park's One More Light
      • Sepultura's Machine Messiah
      • The xx's I See You
      • Sam Smith's The Thrill of It All
      • Stormzy's Gang Signs & Prayer
      • Demi Lovato's Tell Me You Love Me
      • Dua Lipa's self-titled debut album
      • Sampha's Process
      • Ed Sheeran's ÷
      • Thundercat's Drunk
      • Lorde's Melodrama
      • Pasek and Paul's soundtrack to the 20th Century Fox musical film The Greatest Showman
      • Kendrick Lamar's DAMN.
      • Rag'n'Bone Man's Human
      • SZA's Ctrl
      • Drake's More Life
      • Smino's blkswn
      • Tyler, The Creator's Flower Boy
      • BROCKHAMPTON's Saturation, Saturation II, and Saturation III
      • Rex Orange County's Apricot Princess
      • Father John Misty's Pure Comedy
      • Ryuichi Sakamoto's async
    • Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, remixing with Justin Bieber release the record breaking hit single Despacito.
  • 2016 in music, 2016 in African music, 2016 in American music, 2016 in Asian music, 2016 in Australian music, 2016 in Brazilian music,2016 in British music, 2016 in Canadian music, 2016 in Chinese music, 2016 in Danish music, 2016 in European music (Continental Europe), 2016 in Finnish music, 2016 in French music, 2016 in German music, 2016 in Icelandic music, 2016 in Indian music, 2016 in Irish music, 2016 in Japanese music, 2016 in Malaysian music, 2016 in Norwegian music, 2016 in Philippine music, 2016 in Scandinavian music, 2016 in South Korean music, 2016 in Swedish music, 2016 in Vietnamese music
    • Deaths of Juan Gabriel, Paul Bley, Pierre Boulez, Elizabeth Swados, David Bowie, Paul Kantner, Glenn Frey, Leif Solberg, Harald Devold, George Martin, Naná Vasconcelos, Keith Emerson, Merle Haggard, Christina Grimmie, Glenn Yarbrough, Dan Hicks, Maurice White, Pete Burns, John Berry, Vanity, Prince, Oscar Brand, Mose Allison, Nick Menza, the members of Viola Beach, Fred Hellerman, Leonard Cohen, Leon Russell, Sharon Jones, Phife Dawg, Greg Lake and George Michael
    • Notable releases:
  • 2015 in music, 2015 in American music, 2015 in Australian music, 2015 in British music, 2015 in Canadian music, 2015 in Chinese music, 2015 in Danish music, 2015 in European music (Continental Europe), 2015 in Finnish music, 2015 in Icelandic music, 2015 in Indian music, 2015 in Irish music, 2015 in Japanese music, 2015 in Philippine music, 2015 in South Korean music, 2015 in Norwegian music, 2015 in Swedish music
    • Deaths of Lemmy, Clark Terry, Erik Amundsen, Rod McKuen, John Eaton, Lesley Gore, Percy Sledge, Ben E. King, B.B. King, Jean Ritchie, Ronnie Gilbert, Ornette Coleman, Theodore Bikel, Bob Johnston, Kurt Masur, Nora Brockstedt, Scott Weiland, Svein Christiansen, Gary Richrath, Dallas Taylor, Kim Fowley, and Natalie Cole.
    • Notable releases:
      • Twenty One Pilots's Blurryface
      • Coldplay's A Head Full of Dreams
      • Blur's The Magic Whip
      • Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly
      • Breaking Benjamin's Dark Before Dawn
      • Disturbed's Immortalized
      • Jeff Lynne's ELO's Alone in the Universe
      • Sufjan Stevens's Carrie & Lowell
      • Travis Scott's Rodeo
      • Adele's 25
      • Iron Maiden's The Book of Souls
      • Tame Impala's Currents
      • Kamasi Washington's The Epic
      • Slayer's Repentless
      • Madonna's Rebel Heart
      • Marius Neset's Pinball
      • Dag Arnesen's Grieg, Tveitt & I
      • Olga Konkova Trio's The Goldilocks Zone
      • Death Grips's The Powers That B
      • Pentatonix's self-titled
      • Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton
      • Faith No More's Sol Invictus
      • Demi Lovato's Confident
      • Selena Gomez's Revival
      • Oneohtrix Point Never's Garden of Delete
      • Carly Rae Jepsen's E•MO•TION
      • 2814's Birth of a New Day
      • Björk's Vulnicura
      • Death's Dynamic Shroud.wmv's I'll Try Living Like This
    • Silento releases his hit song Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae), that creates a viral dance trend.
    • Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth release "See You Again" for the film, Furious 7, as a tribute to Paul Walker, who died in a car crash.
    • Jerry Lee Lewis embarks on a final tour of the UK.
  • 2014 in music, 2014 in American music, 2014 in Asian music, 2014 in Australian music, 2014 in Brazilian music, 2014 in British music, 2014 in Canadian music, 2014 in Chinese music, 2014 in European music (Continental Europe), 2014 in Irish music, 2014 in Japanese music, 2014 in New Zealand music, 2014 in Norwegian music, 2014 in Philippine music, 2014 in South Korean music, 2014 in Swedish music
  • 2013 in music, 2013 in American music, 2013 in Australian music, 2013 in British music, 2013 in Canadian music, 2013 in European music (Continental Europe), 2013 in Irish music, 2013 in Japanese music, 2013 in Norwegian music, 2013 in South Korean music, 2013 in Swedish music
    • Death of Patti Page, Cecil Womack, Lil Snupe, Alvin Lee, Clive Burr, Jeff Hanneman, Lou Reed, and Ray Manzarek.
    • Notable releases:
      • Robert and Kristen Aunnderson Lopez's soundtrack to the 53rd Disney animated feature Frozen (the highest animated film at the time),
      • Lorde's Pure Heroine
      • Lady Gaga's Artpop
      • Katy Perry's Prism
      • Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience
      • Chance The Rapper's Acid Rap
      • Tyler, The Creator's Wolf
      • Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories
      • Boards of Canada’s Tomorrow's Harvest
      • Oneohtrix Point Never’s R Plus Seven
      • Tim Hecker’s Virgins
      • Jon Hopkins’ Immunity
      • William Onyeabor’s Who is William Onyeabor?
      • Kyary Pamyu Pamyu releases Nanda Collection
      • Anamanaguchi releases Endless Fantasy
      • My Bloody Valentine's m b v
      • Disclosure's Settle
      • Jay-Z's Magna Carta Holy Grail
      • Oneohtrix Point Never's R Plus Seven
    • Comedy duo Ylvis, releases their viral song, What Does the Fox Say.
    • Film star Anna Kendrick releases Cups (When I'm Gone) (featured on the soundtrack to the film Pitch Perfect)
  • 2012 in music, 2012 in African music, 2012 in American music, 2012 in Asian music, 2012 in Australian music, 2012 in British music, 2012 in Canadian music, 2012 in European music (Continental Europe), 2012 in Norwegian music, 2012 in Irish music, 2012 in Japanese music, 2012 in New Zealand music, 2012 in Swedish music, 2012 in South Korean music
    • Death of Ian Bargh, Whitney Houston, Etta James, Ravi Shankar, Davy Jones, Robert B. Sherman, Earl Scruggs, Levon Helm, Adam Yauch, Donna Summer, Robin Gibb, Doc Watson, Bob Welch, Kitty Wells, Jon Lord, Andy Williams, Jenni Rivera, Mitch Lucker, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Dave Brubeck and Richard Rodney Bennett.
    • The Beach Boys embark on a 2012 world tour celebrating their 50th Anniversary.
    • Swedish House Mafia announce their break up and embark on One Last Tour.
    • English singer-songwriter Jake Bugg releases his debut album, Jake Bugg.
    • Madonna's 12th studio album is released, entitled MDNA. It tops the charts across the globe including the United Kingdom where she becomes the solo artist with the most number one albums and the UK breaks the iTunes pre-order record.[3] To support the album she embarks on The MDNA Tour which grosses over $305 million and becomes the second highest grossing female tour, behind her own Sticky and Sweet Tour.
    • South Korean pop singer Psy releases his album Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1, which includes the viral dance song, Gangnam Style, that becomes the most viewed YouTube video for 5 years.
    • Nicki Minaj releases her album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
    • Kesha releases Warrior
    • Taylor Swift releases Red
    • Tame Impala releases Lonerism
    • Kyary Pamyu Pamyu releases Pamyu Pamyu Revolution
    • Kendrick Lamar releases good kid, m.A.A.d city
    • Frank Ocean releases Channel Orange
    • Lana Del Rey releases Born to Die
    • Imagine Dragons release Night Visions
    • Godspeed You! Black Emperor release 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
    • Flying Lotus releases Until the Quiet Comes
    • Blank Banshee releases Blank Banshee 0
  • 2011 in music, 2011 in American music, 2011 in Asian music, 2011 in British music, 2011 in Canadian music, 2011 in European music (Continental Europe), 2011 in Irish music, 2011 in Japanese music, 2011 in Norwegian music, 2011 in Swedish music
    • Death of Gerry Rafferty, Gary Moore, George Shearing, Mike Starr, Ferlin Husky, Gil Scott-Heron, Clarence Clemons, Amy Winehouse, Sylvia Robinson, Bert Jansch, and Dobie Gray.
    • English singer Adele released the album 21, which had sold 26.4 million copies worldwide according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, became the best selling album in the past 15 years, and also won six Grammys.
    • Lady Gaga releases her iconic album Born This Way
    • Jessie J releases her debut studio album, Who You Are
    • LMFAO release the album Sorry for Party Rocking
    • Radiohead release the album The King of Limbs
    • Vektroid release the album Floral Shoppe
    • Oneohtrix Point Never releases the album Replica
    • The Caretaker releases the album An Empty Bliss Beyond This World
    • Tim Hecker releases the album Ravedeath, 1972
    • James Ferraro releases the album Far Side Virtual
    • Rustie releases the album Glass Swords
    • C418 releases Minecraft – Volume Alpha, the first soundtrack album to the sandbox video game Minecraft
    • Robert Lopez and South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone team up and create the musical The Book of Mormon.
    • Gotye releases the album Making Mirrors, which features the number one hit single "Somebody That I Used to Know"
    • Rebecca Black releases her debut single, Friday, to scathing reviews, and being the most disliked YouTube video until it was taken down 6 months later.
  • 2010 in music, 2010 in American music, 2010 in Asian music, 2010 in Australian music, 2010 in British music, 2010 in European music (Continental Europe), 2010 in Irish music, 2010 in Japanese music, 2010 in New Zealand music, 2010 in Norwegian music, 2010 in Philippine music, 2010 in Swedish music
    • Tour of Jerry Lee Lewis.
    • Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax perform together for the first time as part of the Big 4 shows.
    • Death of Teddy Pendergrass, Ed Thigpen, Kate McGarrigle, Ronnie James Dio, Peter Steele, Paul Gray, Lena Horne, Jimmy Dean, Tuli Kupferberg, Eddie Fisher, Joan Sutherland and Bobby Farrell.
    • Notable releases:
      • Gorillaz's Plastic Beach
      • Flying Lotus's Cosmogramma
      • Four Tet's There Is Love in You
      • Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday
      • Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
      • Katy Perry's Teenage Dream
      • CeeLo Green's The Lady Killer
      • Kesha releases her first studio album, Kesha, as well as her first EP, Cannibal.
      • Yolanda Be Cool's "We No Speak Americano"
      • Bruno Mars's Doo-Wops and Hooligans
      • Australian musical project Tame Impala releases his debut album Innerspeaker

2000s

Live 8 concerts took place in 9 countries worldwide during 2005.

List of 10 best-selling albums of the 2000s

  1. The Beatles1 – 31 million[5] – 2000
  2. Norah JonesCome Away with Me – 26 million[6] – 2002
  3. Backstreet BoysBlack & Blue – 24 million[7][8] – 2000
  4. Linkin ParkHybrid Theory – 24 million[9] – 2000
  5. Britney SpearsOops!... I Did It Again – 20 million[10] – 2000
  6. UsherConfessions – 20 million[11] – 2004
  7. EminemThe Eminem Show – 19 million[12] – 2002
  8. EminemThe Marshall Mathers LP – 19 million[12][13] – 2000
  9. Avril LavigneLet Go – 17 million[14] – 2002
  10. EvanescenceFallen – 17 million[15] – 2003

1990s

List of 10 best-selling albums of the 1990s

  1. Whitney Houston / Various artists – The Bodyguard – 45 million[20][21] – 1992
  2. Shania TwainCome on Over – 40 million[22] – 1997
  3. Alanis MorissetteJagged Little Pill – 33 million[23] – 1995
  4. Mariah CareyMusic Box – 32 million[24] – 1993
  5. Celine DionFalling into You – 32 million[25] – 1996
  6. Michael JacksonDangerous – 32 million[26][27] – 1991
  7. Celine DionLet's Talk About Love – 31 million[28] – 1997
  8. MadonnaThe Immaculate Collection – 30 million[29][30] – 1990
  9. Britney Spears...Baby One More Time – 30 million[31][32] – 1999
  10. Backstreet BoysMillennium – 30 million[33][34] – 1999

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1950s

1959 in music, 1959 in British music, 1959 in Norwegian music

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1920s

1910s

  • 1919 in music, 1919 in British music, 1919 in Norwegian music – Birth of Pete Seeger, Merce Cunningham, Carl Ruggles, Toys
  • 1918 in music, 1918 in British music, 1918 in Norwegian music – Phonograph cylinders become obsolete; the Society for Private Musical Performances is founded in Vienna by Arnold Schoenberg; Death of Claude Debussy
  • 1917 in music, 1917 in British music, 1917 in Norwegian music – Birth of Lou Harrison, Ella Fitzgerald, John Lee Hooker, Dinu Lipatti, Isang Yun; First hit jazz recordings by Original Dixieland Jass Band, Death of Scott Joplin
  • 1916 in music, 1916 in British music, 1916 in Norwegian music – Birth of Milton Babbitt, Henri Dutilleux, Alberto Ginastera, Betty Grable, Harry James, Dinah Shore,
  • 1915 in music, 1915 in British music, 1915 in Norwegian musicAn Alpine Symphony by Richard Strauss; Birth of Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, John Serry, Sr.; Tom Brown starts billing his group as a "Jass Band"
  • 1914 in music, 1914 in British music, 1914 in Norwegian music – "St. Louis Blues" published; first calypso music recordings
  • 1913 in music, 1913 in British music, 1913 in Norwegian music – Birth of Muddy Waters, Vinicius de Moraes, Benjamin Britten English Composer; Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris. Birth of
  • 1912 in music, 1912 in British music, 1912 in Norwegian music – Birth of Woody Guthrie, Lightnin' Hopkins, John Cage
  • 1911 in music, 1911 in British music, 1911 in Norwegian music – Birth of Robert Johnson, Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss premieres in Dresden, Death of Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor
  • 1910 in music, 1910 in British music, 1910 in Norwegian music – Birth of Howlin' Wolf, Artie Shaw, John H. Hammond, Django Reinhardt; "Let Me Call You Sweetheart"

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1810s

  • 1819 in music – April 16, The publication of Muzio Clementi's Gradus ad Parnassum Volume II is entered at Stationer's Hall, London. September 13, Birth of Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer.
  • 1818 in musicHammerklavier sonate by Ludwig van Beethoven; "Silent Night" written by Josef Mohr and composed by Franz Xaver Gruber, – The first performance of Silent Night on December 25, (Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria).
  • 1817 in music – March 1, Muzio Clementi's Gradus ad Parnassum Volume I is published simultaneously in London, Paris and Leipzig.
  • 1816 in musicIl barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) by Gioachino Rossini, premieres in Rome
  • 1815 in music
  • 1814 in music – Symphony No. 8 by Ludwig van Beethoven
  • 1813 in music – Birth of French-Jewish composer and ultra virtuoso pianist Charles-Valentin Alkan; Birth of German composer Richard Wagner; Birth of Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, Symphony No. 7 by Ludwig van Beethoven
  • 1812 in music – Birth of German composer Friedrich von Flotow; Birth of Swiss composer and virtuoso pianist Sigismund Thalberg.
  • 1811 in music – Birth of Hungarian composer and virtuoso pianist Franz Liszt.
  • 1810 in music – Birth of Polish composer and virtuoso pianist Frédéric Chopin; Birth of German composer and virtuoso pianist Robert Schumann; Ludwig van Beethoven completes his Fifth Piano Concerto Emperor.

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1770s

  • 1779 in music
  • 1778 in music
  • 1777 in musicIl mondo della luna by Joseph Haydn, premieres in Eszterháza, Hungary
  • 1776 in music
  • 1775 in music
  • 1774 in music
  • 1773 in music
  • 1772 in music
  • 1771 in music
  • 1770 in musicLudwig van Beethoven born

1760s

  • 1769 in music
  • 1768 in music
  • 1767 in music
  • 1766 in music
  • 1765 in music
  • 1764 in music – Death of Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer and music theorist
  • 1763 in music
  • 1762 in musicOrfeo ed Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck, premieres in Vienna
  • 1761 in music
  • 1760 in musicLa buona figliuola by Niccolò Piccinni, premieres in Rome

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1700s

  • 1709 in music
  • 1708 in music
  • 1707 in music
  • 1706 in musicJohann Pachelbel dies
  • 1705 in music
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1690s

  • 1699 in music
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  • 1697 in music
  • 1696 in music
  • 1695 in musicHenry Purcell dies
  • 1694 in music
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  • 1692 in music
  • 1691 in musicKing Arthur by Henry Purcell
  • 1690 in music

1680s

  • 1689 in musicDido and Aeneas, opera, by Henry Purcell and Nahum Tate (libretto) performed
  • 1688 in music
  • 1687 in music – Death of Jean-Baptiste Lully, French composer
  • 1686 in music
  • 1685 in musicAlbion and Albanius, opera, by Louis Grabu; Birth of: Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Friedrich Häendel (German composers, organists and harpsichordists); Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer and harpsichordist
  • 1684 in music
  • 1683 in music – Birth of Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer and music theorist
  • 1682 in music
  • 1681 in music
  • 1680 in music

1670s

  • 1679 in music
  • 1678 in music – Birth of Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Italian composer and violinist
  • 1677 in music
  • 1676 in music
  • 1675 in musicPsyche by Matthew Locke
  • 1674 in music
  • 1673 in music
  • 1672 in music
  • 1671 in music
  • 1670 in music

1660s

  • 1669 in music
  • 1668 in music – Birth of François Couperin, French composer and harpsichordist
  • 1667 in music
  • 1666 in music
  • 1665 in music
  • 1664 in music – Heinrich Schutz completes Weihnachtstorie
  • 1663 in music
  • 1662 in music
  • 1661 in music
  • 1660 in music – Birth of Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer and harpsichordist

1650s

  • 1659 in musicHenry Purcell born
  • 1658 in music
  • 1657 in music
  • 1656 in music
  • 1655 in music
  • 1654 in music
  • 1653 in musicArcangelo Corelli, Johann Pachelbel born
  • 1652 in music
  • 1651 in musicLa Calisto by Francesco Cavalli
  • 1650 in music

1640s

1630s

  • 1639 in music
  • 1638 in music
  • 1637 in music – The first commercial opera house open to the public, Teatro San Cassiano, opens in Venice
  • 1636 in music
  • 1635 in music
  • 1634 in music
  • 1633 in music
  • 1632 in music – Birth of Jean-Baptiste Lully, French composer
  • 1631 in music
  • 1630 in music

1620s

  • 1629 in music
  • 1628 in music
  • 1627 in music
  • 1626 in music
  • 1625 in music
  • 1624 in music
  • 1623 in music
  • 1622 in music
  • 1621 in music
  • 1620 in music

1610s

  • 1619 in musicMichael Praetorius, Polyhymnia caduceatrix
  • 1618 in music
  • 1617 in music – Johann Hermann Schein, Banchetto musicale
  • 1616 in music
  • 1615 in music
  • 1614 in music – Marco da Gagliano, Sacrarum cantionum
  • 1613 in music
  • 1612 in music
  • 1611 in musicWilliam Byrd, Fantasia a 6, No. 3; Carlo Gesualdo, Morro lasso al mio duolo
  • 1610 in musicClaudio Monteverdi, Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610

1600s

  • 1609 in music
  • 1608 in musicLamento d'Arianna by Claudio Monteverdi; Since Robin Hood by Thomas Weelkes
  • 1607 in musicLa Favola D'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi
  • 1606 in music
  • 1605 in musicVan de Spiegheling der singconst (ca 1605) by Simon Stevin
  • 1604 in music
  • 1603 in music
  • 1602 in musicCento concerti by Lodovico Viadana, the first book to feature basso continuo
  • 1601 in musicLe nuove musiche by Giulio Caccini
  • 1600 in music – the first oratorio: Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo by Emilio de' Cavalieri

1590s

  • 1599 in music
  • 1598 in music
  • 1597 in music – John Dowland's First Book of Lute Songs; Dafne, the first known opera
  • 1596 in music
  • 1595 in music
  • 1594 in musicOrlande de Lassus completes Lagrime di San Pietro (posthumously published); Orlande de Lassus dies
  • 1593 in music
  • 1592 in music
  • 1591 in music
  • 1590 in musicClaudio Monteverdi, Il secondo libro de madrigali a 5

1580s

  • 1589 in music
  • 1588 in music
  • 1587 in music
  • 1586 in music
  • 1585 in music
  • 1584 in music
  • 1583 in music
  • 1582 in music
  • 1581 in music – The court entertainment Ballet comique de la reine by Balthazar de Beaujoyeulx was presented on Oct 15
  • 1580 in music – Appearance of three Fantasias for viol consort by William Byrd. Founding of Concerto delle donne under the direction of Luzzasco Luzzaschi: Consisting of women voices, this group becomes a significant part of Alfonso II d'Este's court entertainment.

1570s

  • 1579 in music
  • 1578 in music
  • 1577 in music
  • 1576 in music
  • 1575 in music
  • 1574 in music
  • 1573 in music
  • 1572 in music
  • 1571 in music
  • 1570 in music

1560s

  • 1569 in music
  • 1568 in music
  • 1567 in music – Birth of Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer and singer
  • 1566 in music
  • 1565 in music
  • 1564 in music
  • 1563 in music
  • 1562 in music
  • 1561 in music
  • 1560 in music – First works for Viol Consort attributed to William Byrd

1550s

  • 1559 in music
  • 1558 in music
  • 1557 in music
  • 1556 in music
  • 1555 in music
  • 1554 in music
  • 1553 in music
  • 1552 in music
  • 1551 in music
  • 1550 in music

1540s

  • 1549 in music
  • 1548 in music
  • 1547 in music
  • 1546 in music – Death of John Taverner, English composer.
  • 1545 in music
  • 1544 in music
  • 1543 in music
  • 1542 in music
  • 1541 in music
  • 1540 in music – Birth of William Byrd, English composer; Thomas Tallis begins writing his first works for the Latin church service.

1530s

  • 1539 in music – Jacques Arcadelt's First book of madrigals for four voices is published, the most reprinted madrigal book of the century
  • 1538 in music – printing of the first Protestant hymn-book, Ein Hubsch new Gesangbuch; publication of the first book of madrigals by Maddalena Casulana, the first printed book of music by a woman in European history.
  • 1537 in music
  • 1536 in music
  • 1535 in music
  • 1534 in music
  • 1533 in music
  • 1532 in music
  • 1531 in music
  • 1530 in musicMadrigali de diversi musici: libro primo de la Serena is published, the first book of madrigals to use the word 'madrigal' to describe them. The majority of the pieces in it are by Philippe Verdelot.

1520s

  • 1529 in music
  • 1528 in music
  • 1527 in music
  • 1526 in music
  • 1525 in music – birth of Palestrina
  • 1524 in music
  • 1523 in music
  • 1522 in music – death of Jean Mouton (c. 1459 – October 30, 1522)
  • 1521 in music – death of Josquin
  • 1520 in musicMusica di messer Bernardo Pisano sopra le canzone del Petrarcha is published, the first printed book of secular music dedicated to a single composer. It contains the first madrigals, though they are not called by that name.

1510s

  • 1519 in music
  • 1518 in music
  • 1517 in music
  • 1516 in music
  • 1515 in music
  • 1514 in music
  • 1513 in music
  • 1512 in music
  • 1511 in music
  • 1510 in musicJosquin des Prez composes the Missa de Beata Virgine

1490s and 1500s

  • 1509 in music
  • 1508 in music
  • 1507 in music
  • 1506 in music
  • 1505 in music
  • 1504 in music
  • 1503 in music
  • 1502 in music
  • 1501 in music – publication of Harmonice Musices Odhecaton by Ottaviano Petrucci, the first printed collection of polyphonic music
  • 1500 in music
  • 1499 in music
  • 1498 in music
  • 1497 in music
  • 1496 in music
  • 1495 in music
  • 1494 in music
  • 1493 in music
  • 1492 in music
  • 1491 in music
  • 1490 in music

Early history

15th century

  • Josquin des Prez composes the Domine, ne in fuore tuo
  • 1490s in musicJosquin des PrezNymphes des bois; The Chigi codex is compiled.
  • 1480s in musicJohannes Ockeghem completes Requiem; Josquin des Prez composes the Missa L'homme armé super voces musicales
  • 1460s in music – Anna Inglese sings at the festivities for the marriage of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan and Bona of Savoy[36]
  • 1450s in musicAntoine Busnois writes the O Crux Lignum
  • 1440s in music – Bianca de' Medici is born
  • The Old Hall Manuscript is compiled

14th century

  • 1370s in music – Death of Guillaume de Machaut
  • 1360s in musicGuillaume de Machaut composes Messe de Nostre Dame, the first complete polyphonic ordinary of the mass
  • 1300s in musicEdward I of England holds the Feast of the Swans at Westminster Abbey, with music involving over 150 minstrels from a number of European countries.

13th century

  • The Worcester Fragments are compiled.

12th century

  • The Magnus Liber is compiled by Léonin
  • The Codex Calixtinus is compiled

Ancient music

  • 1st millennium in music
  • 1st millennium BC in music
  • 2nd millennium BC in music

See also

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