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2001 in music
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Record labels established in 2001
le class="wikitable"> | | Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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| 8 | Light of Day, Day of Darkness | Green Carnation | |
| 15 | Nuclear Fire | Primal Fear | Germany | | 16 | Alcohol Fueled Brewtality | Black Label Society | |
| From Long Beach 2 Fillmoe | Daz Dillinger & J.T.
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Record labels established in 2001
Events
- January 1
- January 17 - Bass player Jason Newsted leaves Metallica after 14 years with the band.
- January 26 - Crowd crush occurs during the a set by Limp Bizkit at the Sydney Big Day Out music festival. Jessica Michalik is killed and the band subsequently leaves the country after threats to their safety.
- January/February - Rush records Vapor Trails, which was released on May 14, 2002.
- February - CFXJ (Flow 93.5), Canada's first urban music station, goes to air for the first time as a testing signal (its official debut is on March 1.) This is considered a breakthrough for Canadian hip hop and R&B musicians.
- February 1 - Jennifer Lopez becomes first female and artist to have both a number one album J.Lo and a number one movie The Wedding Planner in the same week.
- February 13 - Peter Frampton receives the Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award.
- February 17 - Manic Street Preachers become the first rick and roll cause your mom said so hoe Ba"ggg"rock band to play in Cuba. (Fidel Castro is in attendance.) They did not tour however, meaning that the unsigned British rock band are the only band from the western world to tour Cuba.
- 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.
- 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."
- March 24 - John Connolly of Sevendust marries Lori Kirkley.
- March 28
- Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 replaces Max Bruch's violin concerto at #1 in the Classic FM Hall of Fame.
- Two super-mega hit albums : Hikaru Utada's Distance and Ayumi Hamasaki's A Best are released on exactly the same date. Their debut week sales are 3,002,720 and 2,874,870, respectively, setting the world's #1 and #2 one-week album sales records.
- March 31 - Whitney Houston and husband Bobby Brown are banned for life from Hollywood's Bel Air hotel and arrested after destroying their room. Property that was allegedly damaged included a TV, and two doors. According to Hotel Workers, the walls and carpets were also stained by alcohol. The Hotel closed down the room for five days for repairs.
- April 4 - Original Zombies lead singer Colin Blunstone and keyboardist Rod Argent, reunite for a two-part performance at London's Jazz Cafe, the first time the two had performed together in over 30 years.
- April 24 and October 30 - Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson release albums in the same year, respectively. Janet releases All For You and Michael releases Invincible. Both albums would hit #1 on the album charts.
- May 1 - Huey Lewis and the News makes a comeback with their album Plan B, their first album of new material in a decade.
- May - The 4th EJCF is held in Basel. The next time was in 2004.
- June 2 - Christina Aguilera scores her fourth number one single on the Billboard 100 for "Lady Marmalade" a collaboration with Lil' Kim, Mya, and Pink. The video wins the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year.
- June 12 - Electric Light Orchestra release their first album in 15 years, entitled Zoom.
- June 16 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the 9th Annual of the Weenie Roast show with Blink-182, Coldplay, Crazy Town, The Cult, Disturbed, Jane's Addiction, Linkin Park, The Living End, New Found Glory, Pennywise, Papa Roach, Stabbing Westward, Staind, Stone Temple Pilots, Sum 41 and 311.
- July - Backstreet Boy A. J. McLean enters a rehabilitation facility to deal with alcoholism and depression, as the Black & Blue summer tour is put on hold.
- July 17 - Aaliyah's long-awaited third album is released debuting at #2 on the Billboard 200
- August 13 - 2 weeks before its official release Spider One of Powerman 5000 pulls Anyone for Doomsday? off the market because it sounds too much like their previous release Tonight the Stars Revolt!. Later he releases the album on their website. 6 years later it's partially on iTunes.
- July 19 - Mariah Carey makes an unscheduled visit to MTV's Total Request Live, one of a number of unusual public appearances during the year
- August 25 - A Cessna 402 aircraft carrying 9 people, including R&B singer Aaliyah, crashes in the Bahamas, killing all aboard.
- August 28 - Slipknot release their second studio album Iowa.
- September 4 - The second studio album from Armenian-American band System of a Down, Toxicity, is released worldwide. After the 9/11 attacks, the single "Chop Suey!" is put on the List of songs deemed inappropriate by Clear Channel.
- September 10 - Blink-182 start shooting a video for "Stay Together for the Kids", featuring the band playing in a derelict house. When they try to finish the video the following day, the 9-11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City occur, and the band abandon the attempt and decide to shoot a different video for the song.
- September 11
- September 21 - America: A Tribute to Heroes airs uninterrupted on all major networks. The solemn concert, only 10 days after the September 11 attacks, included performances by Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Celine Dion, Neil Young, Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, Dave Matthews, Faith Hill, Mariah Carey, and others.
- October - Burton C. Bell gets into a fight with his bandmate Dino Cazares about a manager they fired. The event that triggers the demise of Fear Factory.
- October 16 - Michael Jackson releases his album's special edition of his albums Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad and Dangerous.
- October 20
- The Concert for New York City airs on VH1, with performances by Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi The Who, Billy Joel and others.
- Volunteers For America benefit concert is held in Atlanta, Georgia, MC was Drew Carey with performances by Edgar Winter Group, Mark Farner, Jack Blades, John Waite, The Knack, Eddie Money, Peter Frampton, Survivor, Kansas, Journey, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Bad Company, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and others.
- October 21
- United We Stand: What More Can I Give benefit concert is held at RFK Stadium in Washington D.C., with performances by Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, Mariah Carey, James Brown, Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, and others.
- Volunteers For America benefit concert is held at Smirnoff StarPlex in Dallas, Texas, MC was Drew Carey with performances by Edgar Winter Group, Mark Farner, Jack Blades, John Waite, The Knack, Eddie Money, Peter Frampton, Survivor, Kansas, Journey, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Bad Company, and others.
- October 23 - Incubus releases their third full-length major label album entitled Morning View. It debuted on the Billboard Top 200 at the #2 spot (266,000 copies were sold in its first week). This was the highest ever placement for Incubus. At the same time, "Wish You Were Here" was at #2 on the Modern Rock Charts, and "Drive" sat at #48 on the Hot 100 chart.
- October 25 - Quarashi performs a live concert with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra (the band, Botnleðja also performed) in the Háskólabíó in Reykjavík, Iceland, which is notable for being the first time that a rap act performed a live concert with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra. Quarashi performed seven songs from their (at the time) upcoming album, Jinx.
- October 31 - After 10 years, Al 3 & Dorian 27 leave Powerman 5000. It is speculated they left due towards Spider One's decision to pull Anyone for Doomsday?.
- November - The governing body of the UK Singles Chart, Chart Information Network Ltd. (CIN), changes its name to The Official UK Charts Company.
- November 16 - Britney Spears' third album, Britney debuts at #1, making her the first female artist with her first three albums to debut at #1.
- December 1 - Backstreet Boys release the classic hits album, Greatest Hits: Chapter One
- 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'
- The Republic of France awards Jean-Yves Thibaudet the honour of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
- Deporitaz releases Microwave this CD, his second album, on MP3.com.
- Sean Beasley joins Dying Fetus.
Bands formed
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