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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2004.
Contents
1 Specific locations
2 Specific genres
3 Events
3.1 January–February
3.2 March–April
3.3 May–June
3.4 July–August
3.5 September–October
3.6 November–December
4 Bands formed
5 Bands on hiatus
6 Bands disbanded
7 Bands re-formed
8 Returning performers
9 Albums released
9.1 January–March
9.2 April–June
9.3 July–September
9.4 October–December
10 Unknown release dates
11 Popular songs
12 Top 10 selling albums of the year in the US
13 Top 15 selling albums of the year globally
14 Classical music
15 Opera
16 Jazz
17 Musical theater
18 Musical films
19 Births
20 Deaths
20.1 January–February
20.2 March–April
20.3 May–June
20.4 July–August
20.5 September–October
20.6 November–December
21 Awards
21.1 ARIA Music Awards
21.2 BRIT Awards
21.3 Country Music Association Awards
21.4 Eurovision Song Contest
21.5 Grammy Awards
21.6 Juno Awards
21.7 MTV Video Music Awards
22 Charts
22.1 Triple J Hottest 100
23 See also
24 References
25 External links
Specific locations
- 2004 in British music
- 2004 in Irish music
- 2004 in Norwegian music
- 2004 in South Korean Music
Specific genres
- 2004 in classical music
- 2004 in country music
- 2004 in heavy metal music
- 2004 in hip hop music
- 2004 in Latin music
- 2004 in jazz
Events
January–February
January 1- The Vienna New Year's Concert is conducted by Riccardo Muti.
Kurt Nilsen wins World Idol.
January 3 – Britney Spears marries Jason Allen Alexander, a childhood friend, in Las Vegas. The marriage is annulled 55 hours later.
January 15 – Rapper Mystikal is sentenced to six years in prison for sexual battery.
February 1
Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake perform onstage at Super Bowl XXXVIII. The performance concludes with Jackson's right breast being exposed to the audience. The phrase "wardrobe malfunction" is coined during the ensuing controversy.
Daron Hagen is appointed President of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation in New York City.
February 8 – The 46th Annual Grammy Awards are held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Outkast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below becomes the first rap album to win Album of the Year. Beyoncé won five awards.
February 9 – Blink-182 release single "I Miss You" from the album Blink-182. The song reached number one on the Billboard Modern Rock chart.
February 10 – Paulina Rubio releases her seventh studio "Pau-Latina" under Universal Music Mexico. The album charted at #1 on the Billboard Latin Pop Albums and at #105 on the Billboard 200. The album also got certified 2× Platinum (Latin) by the RIAA.
February 13 – Elton John begins The Red Piano concert residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Originally scheduled for 75 performances, it would run for 248 shows over five years, including twenty-four tour dates in Europe.
February 17
BRIT Awards held in London. The Darkness, Dido, Busted, Justin Timberlake and KRS-One are among the winners.
Smashing Pumpkins frontman 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 band.
March–April
March 2 – Britney Spears embarked The Onyx Hotel Tour, her first tour in 2 years to support her fourth studio album, In The Zone.
March 9 – Westlife member Brian McFadden leaves the band.
March 10 – George Michael announces that Patience will be his last commercially released record. Future releases will be available from his web site in return for donations to his favourite charities.
March 13 – Luciano Pavarotti gives his last performance in an opera, in Tosca at the New York Metropolitan Opera.
March 23 – Usher releases his Confessions album selling 1.1 million copies its first week, making him the first R&B artist to ever accomplish that. The album would be the top seller of the year with four number one singles.
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.
Modest Mouse, an American indie rock band releases Good News for People Who Love Bad News.
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.
Dream Theater performs at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
May–June
May 10
Blender magazine's May issue includes a "50 Worst Songs Ever!" list. "We Built This City," by Starship, is rated worst.
Peter Tägtgren replaces Mikael Åkerfeldt In Bloodbath.
Keane release Hopes and Fears which becomes the 16th best selling album of the millennium in the UK. It went 8x platinum and was nominated for the Mercury Prize and the BRIT award for best album.
May 18-23 – The European Festival of Youth Choirs (EJCF) is held in Basel.
May 24 – Madonna starts The Re-Invention Tour in 20 cities with a total of 56 shows and making it the most successful concert tour of the year with a gross of $124.5 million.
May 25
Phish announces that after 21 years they will break up following the Summer 2004 Tour.
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.
May 28 – June 6 – The Rock in Rio concert festival is staged in Lisbon, Portugal under the name Rock in Rio Lisboa. Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, Foo Fighters, Metallica, Britney Spears and Sting headline each of the six days.
June 4
Karl Jenkins signs a 10-year recording deal with EMI.
Creed dissolved. Guitarist Mark Tremonti, Drummer Scott Phillips and Brian Marshall (ex Bassist of Creed) were working on side project Alter Bridge along with Myles Kennedy of The Mayfield Four Their first album is One Day Remains, which was scheduled to be released on August 10.
June 8 – Velvet Revolver released their first album Contraband.
June 10 – Ray Charles dies at the age of 73 from acute liver disease.
June 11 – The Van Halen Summer Tour 2004 kicks off in Greensboro, North Carolina, marking the return of Sammy Hagar on vocals for the first time since his acrimonious departure from the band in 1996.
June 12 – The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ-FM 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, 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.
June 25
Eric Clapton sells his famous guitar "Blackie" at a Christie's auction, raising $959,000 to benefit the Crossroads drug rehabilitation center that he founded in 1998.[1]- While in Scheeßel, Germany for his A Reality tour, David Bowie suffers a heart attack onstage and is subsequently rushed to the emergency room for an angioplasty. The incident brings an abrupt end to the tour and prompts Bowie to move away from both musicianship and public life in the following years, with his next album coming out nearly nine years later.
July–August
July 10 – Ex-S Club star Rachel Stevens sets a world record for completing the fastest promotional circuit in just 24 hours- including a run for the charity Sport Relief. American Idol winner Fantasia becomes the first artist in history to debut at number-one on the Hot 100 with a first record.
July 11 – McFly debut at #1 on the UK album charts with Room On The 3rd Floor. They break the record set by The Beatles as the youngest group ever to debut at #1 on the album charts.
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 24 – The Robert Smith organized Curiosa Festival kicks off with a concert in West Palm Beach, Florida. Performing along with The Cure are Interpol, The Rapture, Mogwai, Cursive, Muse, Head Automatica, Thursday, Scarling., The Cooper Temple Clause, and Melissa Auf der Maur.
July 25 – The Doobie Brothers record and perform Live at Wolf Trap at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in Vienna, Virginia. The live album was released two months later, on October 26.
July 31
Simon & Garfunkel perform a free concert in front of the Colosseum in Rome for an audience of 600,000 people.[2]
Dispatch performs their last live show at the DCR Hatchshell in Boston, Massachusetts.
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.
August 23 – The Prodigy release their much anticipated and postponed first full-length album Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned in 7 years since 1997's The Fat Of The Land.
September–October
September 18 – Britney Spears marries Kevin Federline.
September 26 – Avril Lavigne begins her Bonez Tour.
September 28 – Brian Wilson releases Brian Wilson Presents Smile, the first official interpretation of the Smile sessions since their shelving in 1967.- October – Jazz at Lincoln Center performance venue opens in New York City.
October 2 – Billy Joel marries for the third time, to the food critic and chef Katie Lee.
October 11- The original lineup of Duran Duran release their new album Astronaut, which is preceded by the single "(Reach Up For The) Sunrise".
Melissa Etheridge undergoes surgery for breast cancer.
October 23 – Ashlee Simpson is accused of lip synching after an abortive live performance on the television show Saturday Night Live.
October 25 – Indian singer Hariharan is awarded the Swaralaya Kairali Yesudas Award for his outstanding contribution to Indian film music.
November–December
November 4 – Three members of the band RAM, who all lived in a neighborhood known for its support of the recently deposed former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, are detained by Haitian police during a concert performance in Port-au-Prince; no charges are ever filed or official explanation for the detentions given.
November 9 – Britney Spears releases her first compilation album titled Greatest Hits: My Prerogative.
November 11 – Eric Clapton receives a CBE at Buckingham Palace.[3]
November 12 – Eminem's fourth major studio album, Encore is released four days before schedule to combat Internet bootleggers. The album sells 710,000 copies in only three days and becomes Eminem's third consecutive album to debut at #1 on the Billboard charts.
November 16 – Destiny's Child released their fourth and final studio album Destiny Fulfilled by Columbia Records in North America.
November 17 – Within Temptation release the single "Stand My Ground".
November 24 – Brian & Eric Hoffman leave Deicide after a royalties dispute.
November 30 – Jay-Z and Linkin Park's album "Collision Course" debuts at number #01 in the Billboard 200, later becoming the best-selling CD/DVD of that year.
December 7 – Lindsay Lohan releases her début album, Speak.
December 8 – Dimebag Darrell is murdered on stage while performing in Columbus, Ohio, by a deranged fan,[4][5] who shoots the guitarist three times in the head with a 9mm Beretta handgun.[6] The gunman kills three other people and wounds a further seven before being shot dead by police.
December 11–12 – The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ-FM 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 Velvet Revolver.
December 14 – Clint Lowery leaves Sevendust due to fights with band about gaining control of the band and doubts of the band's future after being released from their label TVT Records.
Bands formed
See Musical groups established in 2004
Bands on hiatus
Spineshank (reformed in 2008)
Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus (disbanded in 2006)
Bands disbanded
See Musical groups disestablished in 2004
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| October 18 | Estille |
| November 23 | Cascada |
Bands re-formed
- Megadeth
- Restless Heart
- Destiny's Child
- Vaya Con Dios
The Shadows (till 2015)
Returning performers
Allure (first studio album since 2001)
Breaking Benjamin (first studio album since 2002)
Clay Aiken (first studio album since 2003)
David Bisbal (first studio album since 2002)
Hopesfall (first studio album since 2002)
Jack Ingram (first studio album since 2002)
Kelly Clarkson (first studio album since 2003)
My Chemical Romance (first studio album since 2002)
Slipknot (first studio album since 2001)
Albums released
January–March
| Date | Album | Artist | Notes | |
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J A N U A R Y | 1 | Alea Jacta Est | WarCry | - |
| Not Quite Me | Tess Wiley | - | ||
| Colour The Small One | Sia | - | ||
| 4 | Explosives and the Will to Use Them | Crime In Stereo | - | |
| 6 | As the Roots Undo | Circle Takes the Square | - | |
| Born Free | Humble Gods | - | ||
| Phantom Planet | Phantom Planet | - | ||
| 12 | The Glorious Burden | Iced Earth | - | |
| 13 | Legion of Boom | The Crystal Method | - | |
| The Opera Band | Amici Forever | - | ||
| A War Story Book II | Psycho Realm | - | ||
| 15 | Love & Honesty | BoA | - | |
| 17 | Because I Can | Katy Rose | - | |
| 20 | Bravebird | Amel Larrieux | - | |
| Civilization | Front Line Assembly | - | ||
| The Devil Isn't Red | Hella | - | ||
| The Early Chapters | Soilwork | EP | ||
| Educated Guess | Ani DiFranco | - | ||
| Hang On Mike | Candy Butchers | - | ||
| Heron King Blues | Califone | - | ||
| Slon | Chicago Underground Trio | - | ||
| Songs We Should Have Written | Firewater | - | ||
| The Willowz | The Willowz | - | ||
| 21 | Talkie Walkie | Air | US | |
| 26 | Do You Know | Michelle Williams | - | |
| Immortal Memory | Lisa Gerrard and Patrick Cassidy | - | ||
| Nightfreak and the Sons of Becker | The Coral | - | ||
| 27 | Bangers Vs. Fuckers | Coachwhips | [7] | |
| Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings of 10,000 Maniacs | 10,000 Maniacs | Compilation | ||
| Delìrium Còrdia | Fantômas | - | ||
| Diva: Platinum Edition | Ivy Queen | Re-release | ||
| Hypnotic Underworld | Ghost | - | ||
| Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities 1978–2001 | The Cure | Box Set | ||
| Kamikaze | Twista | - | ||
| Live at the Deaf Club | Dead Kennedys | Live | ||
| Live at the House of Blues | The Vandals | Live | ||
| Love Songs | Michael Franks | Compilation | ||
| Margerine Eclipse | Stereolab | - | ||
| Mojo Box | Southern Culture on the Skids | - | ||
| One Moment More | Mindy Smith | - | ||
| Ripp tha Game Bloody: Street Muzic | RBX | - | ||
| Sirens and Condolences | Bayside | - | ||
| The Slackers and Friends | The Slackers | Re-issue | ||
| Unsung: The Best of Helmet (1991–1997) | Helmet | Compilation | ||
| The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection | Yes | US; Box Set | ||
| 28 | Tomatteita Tokei ga Ima Ugokidashita | Zard | - | |
| 31 | Politics | Sébastien Tellier | - | |
F E B R U A R Y | 2 | Bows + Arrows | The Walkmen | - |
| Evolution Purgatory | Persuader | - | ||
| Scissor Sisters | Scissor Sisters | UK | ||
| 3 | The Battle for Everything | Five for Fighting | - | |
| Critical Energy | Threshold | - | ||
| A Crow Left of the Murder | Incubus | - | ||
| 50 First Dates: Love Songs from the Original Motion Picture | Various Artists | Soundtrack | ||
| Start Something | Lostprophets | - | ||
| Upsettin' Ernesto's | The Slackers | Live | ||
| We Shall All Be Healed | The Mountain Goats | - | ||
| When the Sun Goes Down | Kenny Chesney | - | ||
| 6 | The Sunday Best | This Providence | EP; re-release | |
| 9 | Free Me | Emma Bunton | UK | |
| That's What I'm Talking About | Shannon Noll | - | ||
| 10 | America's Sweetheart | Courtney Love | - | |
| Body Language | Kylie Minogue | US | ||
| The College Dropout | Kanye West | - | ||
| Bulería | David Bisbal | - | ||
| Feels Like Home | Norah Jones | - | ||
| Get Away From Me | Nellie McKay | - | ||
| Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition | Carpenters | Compilation | ||
| Greatest Hits | Thalía | Compilation | ||
| Hell and Back | Drag-On | - | ||
| Keep It Simple | Keb' Mo' | - | ||
| Lucky | Melissa Etheridge | - | ||
| 'Merican | The Descendents | EP | ||
| Miles Gurtu | Robert Miles & Trilok Gurtu | - | ||
| New Found Power | Damageplan | Debut (The first and last album) | ||
| Pau-Latina | Paulina Rubio | - | ||
| Probot | Probot | - | ||
| Shamrocks & Shenanigans | House of Pain & Everlast | Compilation | ||
| Turn of the Screw | 1208 | - | ||
| 16 | The Focusing Blur | Vintersorg | - | |
| Late Night Tales: Turin Brakes | Turin Brakes | Compilation | ||
| The Runaway Found | The Veils | - | ||
| 17 | All That We Let In | Indigo Girls | - | |
| Fabulous Muscles | Xiu Xiu | - | ||
| I Don't Want You Back | Eamon | - | ||
| Laced with Romance | The Ponys | - | ||
| Nick's Bump | Ben Sidran | - | ||
| On The Front Line | The Casualties | - | ||
| She's in Control | Chromeo | - | ||
| Writer's Block | Evergreen Terrace | - | ||
| 23 | The Dark Horse Years 1976–1992 | George Harrison | Box Set | |
| 24 | About a Burning Fire | Blindside | - | |
| Anything Goes | Brad Mehldau | - | ||
| The Arrival | Hypocrisy | - | ||
| Bodysong | Jonny Greenwood | US; Soundtrack | ||
| Chick Magnet | Paul Wall | - | ||
| Death Is Certain | Royce Da 5'9" | - | ||
| Devil's Ground | Primal Fear | - | ||
| The Hard Way | Owsley | - | ||
| The King of Crunk & BME Recordings Present: Trillville & Lil Scrappy | Trillville and Lil Scrappy | - | ||
| Kidz Bop 5 | Kidz Bop Kids | - | ||
| The Life of Joseph W. McVey | Z-Ro | - | ||
| Music as a Weapon II | Disturbed, Chevelle, Taproot & Unloco | Live | ||
| Nude | VAST | - | ||
| Punk Statik Paranoia | Orgy | - | ||
| Schizophrenic | JC Chasez | - | ||
| Sea of Faces | Kutless | - | ||
| Shadows Collide With People | John Frusciante | - | ||
| They Were Wrong, So We Drowned | Liars | - | ||
| The Wretched Spawn | Cannibal Corpse | - | ||
| 26 | The Blue Notebooks | Max Richter | - | |
| 29 | Schmack! | Steriogram | - | |
M A R C H | 1 | Mellow | Maria Mena | - |
| When It Falls | Zero 7 | UK | ||
| 2 | The Best of LeAnn Rimes | LeAnn Rimes | Compilation | |
| Cee-Lo Green... Is the Soul Machine | Cee-Lo Green | - | ||
| Guilt Show | The Get Up Kids | - | ||
| The Kinnitty Sessions | Lunasa | Live | ||
| Modern ARTillery | The Living End | US | ||
| 4 | The Tain | The Decemberists | EP | |
| 8 | My Religion | TNT | - | |
| 667.. The Neighbour of the Beast | Wig Wam | - | ||
| Suburban Rock 'N' Roll | Space | - | ||
| Sunrise Over Sea | The John Butler Trio | - | ||
| 9 | All of Our Names | Sarah Harmer | - | |
| Young Man | Jack Ingram | - | ||
| Black & White | The Samples | - | ||
| Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes | TV on the Radio | - | ||
| Don't Stop the Music | Play | - | ||
| Fall Back Open | Now It's Overhead | - | ||
| Here Come the Brides | Brides of Destruction | - | ||
| Into the Now | Tesla | - | ||
| Milk Man | Deerhoof | - | ||
| The Moon & Antarctica | Modest Mouse | Re-issue | ||
| Neither Here Nor There | Melvins | Compilation | ||
| Pawn Shoppe Heart | The Von Bondies | - | ||
| Rare Tracks | Jet | Japan | ||
| Something Beautiful* | Great Big Sea | US | ||
| Tempo of the Damned | Exodus | - | ||
| Two Way Monologue | Sondre Lerche | - | ||
| 12 | Hella/Four Tet Split | Hella/Four Tet | Split EP | |
| 15 | And Love Said No: The Greatest Hits 1997-2004 | HIM | Compilation | |
| From Ohio with Love | A Day in the Life/Hit the Lights/The Red Affair | 3-way Split | ||
| Live and Demos | Raging Speedhorn | Compilation | ||
| 16 | Afterlife | Joe Jackson | Live | |
| Almost Killed Me | The Hold Steady | - | ||
| Dead Letters | The Rasmus | US | ||
| Frustration Plantation | Rasputina | - | ||
| Grown Backwards | David Byrne | - | ||
| The Other Side | Godsmack | EP | ||
| Patience | George Michael | - | ||
| Seven Swans | Sufjan Stevens | - | ||
| Split Personality | Cassidy | - | ||
| The Very Best of Jackson Browne | Jackson Browne | Compilation | ||
| You Are Here | UFO | - | ||
| 17 | The Roy Clark Method | The Roy Clark Method | - | |
| 23 | ||||
| All of Our Names | Sarah Harmer | - | ||
| Blast Tyrant | Clutch | - | ||
| Confessions | Usher | - | ||
| Cool to Be You | The Descendents | - | ||
| Finally Woken | Jem | - | ||
| Fly or Die | N.E.R.D. | - | ||
| Good Side, Bad Side | Master P | - | ||
| Greatest Hits | Guns N' Roses | Compilation | ||
| It's Never Enough | Ace Troubleshooter | - | ||
| Let's Talk About It | Carl Thomas | - | ||
| Live at the House of Blues | Goldfinger | Live | ||
| LP | Ambulance LTD | US | ||
| Madvillainy | Madvillain | - | ||
| Me and Mr. Johnson | Eric Clapton | Robert Johnson tribute album | ||
| The Milk-Eyed Mender | Joanna Newsom | - | ||
| Misery Is a Butterfly | Blonde Redhead | - | ||
| MP3 | Marcy Playground | - | ||
| Night of Joy | Widespread Panic | Live | ||
Now That's What I Call Music! 15 (U.S. series) | Various Artists | Compilation | ||
| One Way Out | The Allman Brothers Band | Live | ||
| Our Endless Numbered Days | Iron & Wine | - | ||
| Peace, Love, Death Metal | The Eagles of Death Metal | - | ||
| The Punisher: The Album | Various Artists | Soundtrack | ||
| Redefine | Soil | - | ||
| Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed: The Album | Various Artists | Soundtrack | ||
| Sings Greatest Palace Music | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | - | ||
| Till Death Do Us Part | Cypress Hill | - | ||
| Tour 2003 | Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band | Live | ||
| Venice | Fennesz | - | ||
| The Way I Am | Knoc-turn'al | - | ||
| Winning Days | The Vines | - | ||
| 24 | Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do | Sigur Rós | EP | |
| Bee Hives | Broken Social Scene | - | ||
| COM LAG (2plus2isfive) | Radiohead | EP | ||
| 29 | Absent Friends | The Divine Comedy | - | |
| Alphabetical | Phoenix | - | ||
| Anastacia | Anastacia | - | ||
| Smack Smash | Beatsteaks | - | ||
| Soundtrack to Your Escape | In Flames | - | ||
| 30 | The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall | Bob Dylan | Live | |
| Classics: Vol 1 | Big Moe | Compilation | ||
| Damita Jo | Janet Jackson | US | ||
| Honkin' on Bobo | Aerosmith | Covers album | ||
| In With the Old | Pepper | - | ||
| Live & Off the Record | Shakira | Live LP & DVD | ||
| Los Lonely Boys | Los Lonely Boys | - | ||
| Population Override | Buckethead | - | ||
| Prophecy | Soulfly | - | ||
| Then and Now | The Who | Compilation +2 new tracks | ||
| U Gotta Feel Me | Lil' Flip | - | ||
April–June
| Date | Album | Artist | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A P R I L | 4 | Indestructible Object | They Might Be Giants | EP |
| 5 | Best of Both Worlds | Midnight Oil | DVD | |
| The Dissociatives | The Dissociatives | - | ||
| Greatest Hits | Atomic Kitten | Compilation | ||
| J Wess Presents Tha LP | J-Wess | LP | ||
Now That's What I Call Music! 57 (UK series) | Various Artists | Compilation | ||
| 6 | 2 Nights Live! | Barry Manilow | Live | |
| 22nd Century Lifestyle | pre)Thing | - | ||
| Convict Pool | Calexico | EP | ||
| Good News for People Who Love Bad News | Modest Mouse | - | ||
| Hellfire Club | Edguy | - | ||
| Hood Hop | J-Kwon | - | ||
| Just Be | Tiësto | - | ||
| Inspiration | William Hung | - | ||
| Liars | Todd Rundgren | - | ||
| Ludo | Ludo | - | ||
| Matters | Pulley | - | ||
| More | Tamia | - | ||
| Unearthed (Johnny Cash album)#Disc 4.C2.A0.E2.80.93 My Mother.27s Hymn Book | Johnny Cash | - | ||
| The Neon God: Part 1 - The Rise | W.A.S.P. | - | ||
| On My Way | Ben Kweller | - | ||
| Retriever | Ron Sexsmith | - | ||
| Satanic Panic in the Attic | of Montreal | - | ||
| Seis De Mayo | Trey Anastasio | - | ||
| My Mother's Hymn Book | Johnny Cash | - | ||
| Whatever Happened to P.J. Soles? | Local H | - | ||
| 13 | Baron von Bullshit Rides Again | Modest Mouse | Live | |
| Crossfade | Crossfade | - | ||
| The Duel | Allison Moorer | - | ||
| Is There Love in Space? | Joe Satriani | - | ||
| Kill Bill Vol. 2 Original Soundtrack | various | - | ||
| Palm Trees and Power Lines | Sugarcult | - | ||
| 19 | DJ-Kicks: Erlend Øye | Erlend Øye | - | |
| 20 | Afroholic... The Even Better Times | Afroman | 2xCD | |
| Archetype | Fear Factory | - | ||
| The Blue Jukebox | Chris Rea | - | ||
| BYO Split Series, Vol. 5 | Alkaline Trio/One Man Army | Split LP | ||
| The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell | Buckethead | - | ||
| Desensitized | Drowning Pool | - | ||
| Fire It Up | The Kottonmouth Kings | - | ||
| Franz Ferdinand | Franz Ferdinand | - | ||
| Hangover Music Vol. VI | Black Label Society | - | ||
| Highwire Act Live in St. Louis 2003 | Little Feat | Live | ||
| Hurt No More | Mario Winans | - | ||
| I'd Like a Virgin | Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine | - | ||
| Impossible Dream | Patty Griffin | - | ||
| Letters from Home | John Michael Montgomery | - | ||
| Music of Mass Destruction | Anthrax | Live | ||
| Musicology | Prince | - | ||
| Mute Print | A Wilhelm Scream | - | ||
| The Pretty Toney Album | Ghostface Killah | - | ||
| Ratatat | Ratatat | - | ||
| Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1 | Various Artists, Rock Against Bush | Compilation | ||
| Stone Age Complication | Queens of the Stone Age | EP | ||
| Sunsets and Car Crashes | The Spill Canvas | - | ||
| Through the Ashes of Empires | Machine Head | US | ||
| 2 a.m. Wakeup Call | Tweaker | - | ||
| Underneath | Hanson | - | ||
| 24 | Rejoicing in the Hands | Devendra Banhart | - | |
| 26 | Walk The Tightrope | Human Nature | - | |
| 27 | American Idol Season 3: Greatest Soul Classics | Various Artists | - | |
| Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978) | Black Sabbath | Box Set | ||
| D12 World | D12 | - | ||
| The Dresden Dolls | The Dresden Dolls | Re-issue | ||
| Escondida | Jolie Holland | - | ||
| The Girl in the Other Room | Diana Krall | - | ||
| The Good, the Bad, the Ugly | Frankee | - | ||
| The Inner Circle | Evergrey | - | ||
| The Last of Tha Pound | Tha Dogg Pound | Compilation | ||
| Naked | Joan Jett and the Blackhearts | - | ||
| Re.present | Jimmie's Chicken Shack | - | ||
| Souls to Deny | Suffocation | - | ||
| Trampin' | Patti Smith | - | ||
| The Unrelenting Songs of the 1979 Post Disco Crash | Jason Forrest | - | ||
| Van Lear Rose | Loretta Lynn | - | ||
| Z-Ro Tolerance | Z-Ro | - | ||
M A Y | 2 | The Concretes | The Concretes | Sweden |
| 3 | Marbles | Marillion | - | |
| My Angel Rocks Back and Forth | Four Tet | EP | ||
| Sung Tongs | Animal Collective | - | ||
| 4 | Chopstick Bridge | Avoid One Thing | - | |
| C'mon Miracle | Mirah | - | ||
| Emblems | Matt Pond PA | - | ||
| Endangered Species | Flaw | - | ||
| Horse of a Different Color | Big & Rich | - | ||
| i | The Magnetic Fields | - | ||
| Just for You | Lionel Richie | - | ||
| One Love | Kimberley Locke | - | ||
| ONoffON | Mission of Burma | - | ||
| Platinum & Gold Collection | Lit | Collection | ||
| The Ride | Los Lobos | - | ||
| Southside Double-Wide: Acoustic Live | Sevendust | Live | ||
| Still Writing In My Diary: 2nd Entry | Petey Pablo | - | ||
| Timeless Journey | Patti LaBelle | - | ||
| Too Much Guitar | Reigning Sound | - | ||
| Wave of Mutilation: The Best of the Pixies | Pixies | Compilation | ||
| Wire | Third Day | - | ||
| 5 | Greatest Hits | A*Teens | Compilation | |
| 8 | Lafcadio | As Tall as Lions | - | |
| 10 | All Roads to Fault | Yourcodenameis:milo | EP | |
| Hopes and Fears | Keane | - | ||
| Spectral | Skyfire | - | ||
| 11 | Come Again | Thornley | Debut | |
| Dis/Location | Seven Mary Three | - | ||
| The End of Heartache | Killswitch Engage | - | ||
| E. Von Dahl Killed the Locals | The Matches | re-release under new name | ||
| Express Yourself | Erik van der Luijt | - | ||
| Here for the Party | Gretchen Wilson | - | ||
| Living Legends | 8Ball & MJG | - | ||
| Metalogy | Judas Priest | Compilation | ||
| Out to Every Nation | Jorn | - | ||
| Shrek 2: Motion Picture Soundtrack | Various Artists | Soundtrack | ||
| Sonic Firestorm | DragonForce | - | ||
| 16 | In Exile Deo | Juliana Hatfield | - | |
| Live at Tramps, NYC, 1996 | De La Soul | Live | ||
| A Song Is A City | Eskimo Joe | - | ||
| 17 | Happiness in Magazines | Graham Coxon | - | |
| Meltdown | Ash | - | ||
| 18 | Asobi Seksu | Asobi Seksu | - | |
| Baptism | Lenny Kravitz | - | ||
| Black Skies in Broad Daylight | Living Things | - | ||
| Catalyst | New Found Glory | - | ||
| Dynamite Boy | Dynamite Boy | - | ||
| Faded Seaside Glamour | Delays | US | ||
| Fuckin A | The Thermals | - | ||
| A Grand Don't Come for Free | The Streets | - | ||
| Guster on Ice | Guster | Live | ||
| Hell to Pay | Dokken | - | ||
| Let It Die | Feist | - | ||
| My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue | Fall Out Boy | EP/DVD | ||
| Now Here Is Nowhere | The Secret Machines | - | ||
| So-Called Chaos | Alanis Morissette | - | ||
| The Throes | Two Gallants | - | ||
| Tical 0: The Prequel | Method Man | - | ||
| You Are the Quarry | Morrissey | - | ||
| You Do Your Thing | Montgomery Gentry | - | ||
| 21 | Here We Go Again | SR-71 | - | |
| 24 | Exposures - In Retrospect and Denial | Dark Tranquillity | Compilation | |
| Hits 58 | Various artists | Compilation | ||
| The Human Equation | Ayreon | - | ||
| Lemuria | Therion | - | ||
| Sirius B | Therion | - | ||
| 25 | Achilles Heel | Pedro the Lion | - | |
| Fading Days | Amber Pacific | EP | ||
| The Greater Wrong of the Right | Skinny Puppy | - | ||
| The Human Equation | Ayreon | - | ||
| It's About Time | Christina Milian | - | ||
| Let's Be Us Again | Lonestar | - | ||
| Long Gone Before Daylight | The Cardigans | US | ||
| Monolithic Baby! | Monster Magnet | - | ||
| Play to Win | Gabrielle | - | ||
| Rock the Night: The Very Best of Europe | Europe | Compilation | ||
| Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead | Grateful Dead | Live | ||
| Under My Skin | Avril Lavigne | - | ||
| Vol. 3: the Subliminal Verses | Slipknot | - | ||
| White Trash Beautiful | Everlast | - | ||
| 27 | Between Here and Gone | Mary Chapin Carpenter | - | |
| 30 | Joe's Corsage | Frank Zappa | Compilation | |
| 31 | Borrowed Heaven | The Corrs | - | |
| I Com | Miss Kittin | - | ||
| Uh Huh Her | PJ Harvey | UK | ||
| Wayward Angel | Kasey Chambers | - | ||
| ? | A Year at the Movies | Social Code | - | |
J U N E | 1 | Auf der Maur | Melissa Auf der Maur | - |
| Falling Up | Digby | - | ||
| No Said Date | Masta Killa | - | ||
| Ready Now | Truth Hurts | - | ||
| 5 | Loud, Mean, Fast and Dirty | Peter Pan Speedrock | - | |
| 6 | DiscO-Zone | O-Zone | - | |
| 7 | The Lost Riots | Hope of the States | Debut; UK | |
| Louden Up Now | !!! | - | ||
| No Roots | Faithless | - | ||
| Once | Nightwish | - | ||
| Outta Sight/Outta Mind | The Datsuns | - | ||
| Rewired | Mike + The Mechanics | - | ||
| Supergrass Is 10 | Supergrass | Compilation | ||
| 8 | The Art of Live | Queensrÿche | Live | |
| Asshole | Gene Simmons | - | ||
| Contraband | Velvet Revolver | - | ||
| Drill a Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See | Jim White | - | ||
| Egypt | Youssou N'Dour | - | ||
| The Empire Strikes First | Bad Religion | - | ||
| Fast Moving Cars | The Clarks | - | ||
| Greatest Hits '93-'03 | 311 | Compilation | ||
| Happenstance | Rachael Yamagata | - | ||
| International War Criminal | The Slackers | EP | ||
| Keep Your Wig On | Fastball | - | ||
| One Soul Now | Cowboy Junkies | - | ||
| Punk-O-Rama Vol. 9 | Various Artists | Compilation | ||
| The Slow Wonder | A.C. Newman | - | ||
| Sonic Nurse | Sonic Youth | - | ||
| Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge | My Chemical Romance | - | ||
| Thunderdome | Pink Cream 69 | - | ||
| Two | The Calling | - | ||
| 2004 Warped Tour Compilation | Various Artists | Compilation | ||
| Un | Chumbawamba | - | ||
| Vengo a Cobrar | Mellow Man Ace | - | ||
| White Light Rock & Roll Review | Matthew Good | - | ||
| 12 | Maximum XS: The Essential Nazareth | Nazareth | Compilation | |
| 14 | Dark Matter | IQ | - | |
| Live in Boston | Fleetwood Mac | Live DVD | ||
| A New Day... Live in Las Vegas | Céline Dion | Live | ||
| Sound Shattering Sound | Gyroscope | - | ||
| To the 5 Boroughs | Beastie Boys | - | ||
| 15 | The Blind Watchmaker | Mana ERG | - | |
| Disclaimer II | Seether | - | ||
| Hot Fuss | The Killers | - | ||
| It's About Time | Christina Milian | US | ||
| My Name | BoA | - | ||
| Obsession | Eighteen Visions | - | ||
| The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click) | The Fall | US | ||
| They're Only Chasing Safety | Underøath | - | ||
| 23rd St. Lullaby | Patti Scialfa | - | ||
| Undermind | Phish | - | ||
| 16 | Rock the 40 Oz: Reloaded | Leftöver Crack | Compilation | |
| 18 | Battering Ram | Iron Savior | - | |
| Cipher System / By Night | Cipher System and By Night | EP | ||
| 21 | Aren't You Dead Yet? | Carnal Forge | - | |
| One Plus One Is One | Badly Drawn Boy | - | ||
| Riot on an Empty Street | Kings of Convenience | - | ||
| A Semblance of Normality | Skyclad | - | ||
| Ta det lugnt | Dungen | - | ||
| 22 | 1.22.03.Acoustic | Maroon 5 | Live | |
| From the End of Your Leash | Bobby Bare Jr's Young Criminals' Starvation League | - | ||
| Gettin' in Over My Head | Brian Wilson | - | ||
| A Ghost Is Born | Wilco | - | ||
| Houses of the Molé | Ministry | - | ||
| Inferno | Motörhead | - | ||
| JoJo | JoJo | - | ||
| Jupiters Darling | Heart | - | ||
| Kiss of Death | Jadakiss | - | ||
| Lit | Lit | - | ||
| Not So Much to Be Loved as to Love | Jonathan Richman | - | ||
| Power of the Blues | Gary Moore | - | ||
| Scream & Whisper | Edwin McCain | - | ||
| Spider-Man 2 | Various Artists | Soundtrack | ||
| Unbreakable | Scorpions | - | ||
| Will to Death | John Frusciante | - | ||
| 28 | Afrodisiac | Brandy | - | |
| The Cure | The Cure | - | ||
| Up All Night | Razorlight | - | ||
| 29 | Tha Carter | Lil Wayne | - | |
| The Curse | Atreyu | - | ||
| Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count | From First to Last | - | ||
| Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit) | Slum Village | - | ||
| Dwight's Used Records | Dwight Yoakam | Compilation | ||
| Feedback | Rush | EP | ||
| Forget What You Know | Midtown | - | ||
| The Gorge | Dave Matthews Band | Live | ||
| Hollywood Potato Chip | The Vandals | - | ||
| In Between Evolution | The Tragically Hip | - | ||
| This Magnificent Distance | Chris Robinson | - | ||
| Mojave | Concrete Blonde | - | ||
| Nina Sky | Nina Sky | - | ||
| Revival | The Reverend Horton Heat | - | ||
| Seventy Two and Sunny | Uncle Kracker | - | ||
| Tiger Army III: Ghost Tigers Rise | Tiger Army | - | ||
| Trouble | Akon | - | ||
| Watch Out! | Alexisonfire | - | ||
| We Are Not Alone | Breaking Benjamin | - | ||
| White2 | Sunn O))) | - | ||
| Who Still Kill Sound? | Kid 606 | - | ||
July–September
| Date | Album | Artist | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
J U L Y | 5 | Room on the 3rd Floor | McFly | - |
| 6 | Fortress In Flames | The Crüxshadows | EP | |
| Patient Man | Brad Cotter | - | ||
| Star Trails | Spirit of the West | - | ||
| Stone Love | Angie Stone | US | ||
| Wild Dances | Ruslana | - | ||
| 12 | Armed Love | The (International) Noise Conspiracy | - | |
| Braxton Hicks | Jebediah | - | ||
| The Futureheads | The Futureheads | - | ||
| 13 | At Our Worst | Evergreen Terrace | - | |
| Back to Basics | Beenie Man | - | ||
| Blueberry Boat | The Fiery Furnaces | - | ||
| The Book of Heavy Metal | Dream Evil | - | ||
| Caught by the Window | Pilot Speed | US | ||
| A Cinderella Story: Original Soundtrack | Hilary Duff/Various Artists | Soundtrack | ||
| Eat Your Face | Guttermouth | - | ||
| The Funeral of God | Zao | - | ||
| Happy Love Sick | Shifty | - | ||
| Humboldt Beginnings | The Pharcyde | - | ||
| Indian Summer | Carbon Leaf | - | ||
| It's About Time | Christina Milian | - | ||
| Keep Right | KRS-One | - | ||
| Letters to the President | Hawk Nelson | - | ||
| License to Chill | Jimmy Buffett | - | ||
| Lock-Sport-Krock | Nikola Sarcevic | - | ||
| Mutual Admiration Society | Mutual Admiration Society | - | ||
| Out of the Shadow | Rogue Wave | - | ||
| Porcelain | Sparta | - | ||
| Shhh...Don't Tell | Adam Sandler | - | ||
| The Spine | They Might Be Giants | - | ||
| The Tipping Point | The Roots | - | ||
| To Tha X-Treme | Devin the Dude | - | ||
| Together We're Heavy | The Polyphonic Spree | - | ||
| Über Cobra | Widespread Panic | Live | ||
| Viking | Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards | - | ||
| 20 | Autobiography | Ashlee Simpson | - | |
| B Is for B-sides | Less Than Jake | Compilation | ||
| Beneath... Between... Beyond... | Static-X | Compilation | ||
| The Best of Both Worlds | Van Halen | Compilation +3 new songs | ||
| Hazen Street | Hazen Street | - | ||
| Miss Machine | The Dillinger Escape Plan | - | ||
| Southside | Lloyd | - | ||
| Tyrannosaurus Hives | The Hives | - | ||
| White Turns Blue | Maria Mena | - | ||
| 22 | Waste of MFZB | Zebrahead | - | |
| 24 | Drivetrain | 38 Special | - | |
| 26 | Now That's What I Call Music! 58 (UK series) | Various Artists | Compilation | |
| 27 | The Beginning of Survival | Joni Mitchell | - | |
| Blue Cathedral | Comets on Fire | - | ||
| Drag It Up | Old 97's | - | ||
| Hymns of the 49th Parallel | k.d. lang | - | ||
| Kevin Lyttle | Kevin Lyttle | - | ||
| Kiss & Tell | Sahara Hotnights | - | ||
| Life After Cash Money | B.G. | - | ||
| Live at Benaroya Hall | Pearl Jam | Live | ||
| Live in Hamburg | Maria McKee | Live | ||
| Lost & Found | Ian Van Dahl | - | ||
Now That's What I Call Music! 16 (U.S. series) | Various Artists | Compilation | ||
| Studio X Sessions EP | Death Cab for Cutie | EP | ||
| Testimony Live | Neal Morse | DVD | ||
| True Story | Terror Squad | - | ||
| Until the End | Kittie | - | ||
| Where You Want to Be | Taking Back Sunday | - | ||
| Whiskey Tango Ghosts | Tanya Donelly | - | ||
A U G U S T | 3 | Alive and Well... In Krakow | [[G reen Carnation]] || Live | |
| An Elixir for Existence | Sirenia | - | ||
| Firestarter | Jimmy Eat World | EP | ||
| Live in Hyde Park | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Live | ||
| A Long Hot Summer | Masta Ace | - | ||
| M.I.A.M.I. | Pitbull | - | ||
| Ride This - The Covers EP | Los Lobos | EP | ||
| Riders in the Sky Present: Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier | Riders in the Sky | - | ||
| Subsurface | Threshold | - | ||
| Ticonderoga | Morning 40 Federation | - | ||
| 6 | 2Pac Live | 2Pac | Live | |
| 9 | 3.0 | Safri Duo | - | |
| 10 | Automatic Writing | Ataxia | - | |
| The Best of Coal Chamber | Coal Chamber | Compilation | ||
| The Blessed and the Damned | Iced Earth | Compilation | ||
| Bubblegum | Mark Lanegan | - | ||
| Creamfields | Paul Oakenfold | Remix | ||
| Crosby & Nash | David Crosby & Graham Nash | - | ||
| Diesel Truckers | Kool Keith | - | ||
| The Essential Red Collection | Sammy Hagar | Compilation | ||
| It's Already Written | Houston | - | ||
| Kidz Bop 6 | Kidz Bop Kids | - | ||
| My Own Best Enemy | Richard Marx | - | ||
| One Day Remains | Alter Bridge | - | ||
| Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2 | Various Artists, Rock Against Bush | Compilation | ||
| Siren Song of the Counter Culture | Rise Against | - | ||
| The Way It Really Is | Lisa Loeb | - | ||
| Whiskey Tango Ghosts | Tanya Donelly | - | ||
| Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer | Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer | Debut, re-issue | ||
| 11 | Partytime | The Cheeky Girls | - | |
| 13 | Joyful Rebellion | k-os | - | |
| 16 | Grey Will Fade | Charlotte Hatherley | - | |
| 17 | All City | Northern State | - | |
| Decadence | Head Automatica | - | ||
| Free the Bees | The Bees | - | ||
| The Hard Way | 213 | - | ||
| Love Everybody | The Presidents of the United States of America | - | ||
| More Adventurous | Rilo Kiley | - | ||
| Music to Start a Cult To | Gram Rabbit | Debut album | ||
| Seven Circles | The Tea Party | Final Album | ||
| Soviet Kitsch | Regina Spektor | - | ||
| Survival of the Sickest | Saliva | - | ||
| Take It All Away | Ryan Cabrera | - | ||
| 18 | ? | Enuff Z'nuff | - | |
| 23 | Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned | The Prodigy | UK | |
| Leaders Not Followers: Part 2 | Napalm Death | Covers album | ||
| Pigs of the Roman Empire | Lustmord & The Melvins | - | ||
| Winchester Cathedral | Clinic | - | ||
| 24 | Beat Cafe | Donovan | - | |
| Connected | The Foreign Exchange | - | ||
| The Dirty South | Drive-By Truckers | - | ||
| Half Smiles of the Decomposed | Guided by Voices | - | ||
| Happy People/U Saved Me | R. Kelly | - | ||
| Hide Nothing | Further Seems Forever | - | ||
| The Hustle | G. Love & Special Sauce | - | ||
| Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones | The Rolling Stones | US; Compilation | ||
| Legacy of Blood | Jedi Mind Tricks | - | ||
| Letters | Butch Walker | - | ||
| Lift | Sister Hazel | - | ||
| Live Like You Were Dying | Tim McGraw | - | ||
| Luminaria | Ian Moore | - | ||
| On My Way to Church | Jim Jones | - | ||
| Paper | Rich Robinson | - | ||
| Potter's Field | 12 Stones | - | ||
| The Revolution Starts Now | Steve Earle | - | ||
| The Secondman's Middle Stand | Mike Watt | - | ||
| She Loves You | The Twilight Singers | Covers album | ||
| Straight Outta Cashville | Young Buck | - | ||
| Super D | Ben Folds | EP | ||
| Tambourine | Tift Merritt | - | ||
| Tessie | Dropkick Murphys | EP | ||
| Throwback, Vol. 1 | Boyz II Men | Covers album | ||
| Tonight, Not Again: Jason Mraz Live at the Eagles Ballroom | Jason Mraz | - | ||
| A Valid Path | Alan Parsons | - | ||
| Welcome Back | Mase | - | ||
| 30 | Don't Look Now | Way Out West | - | |
| Everything Will Be Alright Tomorrow | Faithless | - | ||
| Killing Heidi | Killing Heidi | - | ||
| The Libertines | The Libertines | - | ||
| Silent Nation | Asia | - | ||
| 31 | Ashes of the Wake | Lamb of God | - | |
| Circle of Snakes | Danzig | - | ||
| The DEFinition | LL Cool J | - | ||
| Fuck World Trade | Leftöver Crack | - | ||
| Genius Loves Company | Ray Charles | - | ||
| Getting Away with Murder | Papa Roach | - | ||
| Hell's Pit | Insane Clown Posse | - | ||
| Leviathan | Mastodon | - | ||
| Medúlla | Björk | - | ||
| Rhythm of Time | Jordan Rudess | - | ||
| Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection | Kansas | Compilation+DVD | ||
| The Spine Hits the Road | They Might Be Giants | Live | ||
S E P T E M B E R | 1 | The Romance of Kenny G | Kenny G | Compilation |
| 6 | Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck | Flotation Toy Warning | - | |
| Showtime | Dizzee Rascal | - | ||
| The Sound of White | Missy Higgins | - | ||
| Temple of Shadows | Angra | - | ||
| Unwritten | Natasha Bedingfield | UK | ||
| Voice | Alison Moyet | UK, covers album | ||
| 7 | The Big Eyeball in the Sky | Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains | - | |
| Home for an Island | The Exit | - | ||
| I Got Love In These Streetz - The Album | Daz Dillinger | - | ||
| Let It Enfold You | Senses Fail | - | ||
| Living Things | Matthew Sweet | - | ||
| Master of the Moon | Dio | - | ||
| My Everything | Anita Baker | - | ||
| Rubber Factory | The Black Keys | - | ||
| Stealing of a Nation | Radio 4 | - | ||
| Underdog Victorious | Jill Sobule | - | ||
| The Very Best of Macy Gray | Macy Gray | US; Compilation | ||
| What I Do | Alan Jackson | - | ||
| 8 | Exodus | Utada | Japan | |
| 10 | IM the Supervisor | Infected Mushroom | - | |
| 13 | Kasabian | Kasabian | UK | |
| Let's Bottle Bohemia | The Thrills | - | ||
| Nino Rojo | Devendra Banhart | - | ||
| Out of Nothing | Embrace | UK | ||
| Season for Assault | 8 Foot Sativa | - | ||
| Singles Box Set 1986-1995 | Duran Duran | Box Set | ||
| Solarized | Ian Brown | - | ||
| Strangers | Ed Harcourt | - | ||
| The Tension and the Spark | Darren Hayes | - | ||
| Thunder, Lightning, Strike | The Go! Team | - | ||
| 14 | DC EP | John Frusciante | EP | |
| Eat My Heart Out | The Dollyrots | - | ||
| Everybody Loves a Happy Ending | Tears for Fears | - | ||
| Exhibit A | The Features | - | ||
| Funeral | Arcade Fire | - | ||
| A Hangover You Don't Deserve | Bowling for Soup | - | ||
| Quaudiophiliac | Frank Zappa | - | ||
| The Revelry | Bullets and Octane | - | ||
| The Clarence Greenwood Recordings | Citizen Cope | - | ||
| Set Yourself on Fire | Stars | Canada | ||
| So Jealous | Tegan and Sara | - | ||
| Studio 150 | Paul Weller | - | ||
| Sweat and Suit Double albums | Nelly | - | ||
| The System Has Failed | Megadeth | - | ||
| Trouble | Ray LaMontagne | - | ||
| Turn | The Ex | Double LP | ||
| Wayward Angel | Kasey Chambers | - | ||
| Wet from Birth | The Faint | - | ||
| Within a Mile of Home | Flogging Molly | - | ||
| 20 | Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | - | |
| Hits 59 | Various artists | Compilation | ||
| One for the Road | Ocean Colour Scene | Live | ||
| Welcome to the North | The Music | - | ||
| 21 | American Idiot | Green Day | - | |
| Be Here | Keith Urban | US | ||
| City | Client | - | ||
| Deja Vu All Over Again | John Fogerty | - | ||
| The Delivery Man | Elvis Costello | - | ||
| Dreaming in Color | Jump5 | - | ||
| Eucademix | Yuka Honda | - | ||
| Future Perfect | Autolux | - | ||
| Il Sogno | Elvis Costello | - | ||
| Last Exit | Junior Boys | - | ||
| The Late Great Daniel Johnston: Discovered Covered | Various Artists | - | ||
| London Calling: 25th Anniversary Legacy Edition | The Clash | LP & DVD | ||
| Mirages | Tim Hecker | - | ||
| The New What Next | Hot Water Music | - | ||
| Night on Fire | VHS or Beta | - | ||
| Noise from the Basement | Skye Sweetnam | - | ||
| Oxeneers or the Lion Sleeps When Its Antelope Go Home | These Arms Are Snakes | - | ||
| Remixed! | Scissor Sisters | EP | ||
| Riders of the Apocalypse | Demonoid | - | ||
| Romeoland | Lil' Romeo | - | ||
| Saul Williams | Saul Williams | - | ||
| Shine | Meredith Brooks | Reissue of 2002's Bad Bad One | ||
| Songs in the Key of Eh | Mad Caddies | Live | ||
| There Will Be a Light | Ben Harper and The Blind Boys of Alabama | - | ||
| This Is My Time | Raven-Symoné | - | ||
| This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In) | Chevelle | - | ||
| You Fail Me | Converge | - | ||
| The War Within | Shadows Fall | - | ||
| 22 | Start from the Dark | Europe | - | |
| 23 | The Other Side of Earth | The Last Goodnight | - | |
| 24 | Dreamland | Joni Mitchell | - | |
| 27 | Antics | Interpol | - | |
| Never Apologise Never Explain | Therapy? | - | ||
| Nightmares Made Flesh | Bloodbath | - | ||
| Symphony of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark Secret | Rhapsody | - | ||
| 28 | Advance and Vanquish | 3 Inches of Blood | - | |
| Anniemal | Annie | - | ||
| Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Meat Loaf | Live | ||
| Beautiful Soul | Jesse McCartney | - | ||
| The Beautiful Struggle | Talib Kweli | - | ||
| The Dana Owens Album | Queen Latifah | - | ||
| Feels Like Today | Rascal Flatts | - | ||
| Goodies | Ciara | - | ||
| Hilary Duff | Hilary Duff | - | ||
| In Love and Death | The Used | - | ||
| Jackassolantern | Widespread Panic | Live | ||
| Lest We Forget: The Best Of | Marilyn Manson | Compilation +1 new track | ||
| Lionheart | Saxon | - | ||
| Mind, Body & Soul | Joss Stone | - | ||
| The Neon God, Pt. 2: The Demise | W.A.S.P. | - | ||
| 180° | Gerardo | - | ||
| Reset | Mutemath | EP | ||
| Scores | Barry Manilow | - | ||
| Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll | Social Distortion | - | ||
| Shangri-La | Mark Knopfler | - | ||
| Show and Tell | Silvertide | - | ||
| Smile | Brian Wilson | - | ||
| Trouble | Bonnie McKee | - | ||
October–December
| Date | Album | Artist | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
O C T O B E R | 1 | Joe's Domage | Frank Zappa | - |
| Where Tradition Meets Tomorrow | Jonathan Coulton | EP | ||
| While You Are Gone | Bradley Joseph | - | ||
| 4 | Confessions .mw-parser-output .noitalicfont-style:normal (Special Edition) | Usher | UK | |
| Falling Out | Peter Bjorn and John | - | ||
| Late Night Tales: Four Tet | Four Tet | Compilation | ||
| 5 | Around the Sun | R.E.M. | - | |
| The Audio Injected Soul | Mnemic | - | ||
| Audit in Progress | Hot Snakes | - | ||
| Barenaked for the Holidays | Barenaked Ladies | Christmas | ||
| Black Tape | The Explosion | - | ||
| The Chronicles of Life and Death | Good Charlotte | - | ||
| ClassiKhan | Chaka Khan | - | ||
| Everything I've Got in My Pocket | Minnie Driver | - | ||
| 50 Number Ones | George Strait | Compilation | ||
| Greatest Hits, Volume 1 | Korn | Compilation +2 new tracks | ||
| The Grind Date | De La Soul | - | ||
| Has Been | William Shatner | - | ||
| Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground | Various Artists | Compilation | ||
| Legs to Make Us Longer | Kaki King | - | ||
| Live at Budokan | Dream Theater | Live | ||
| The Lost Riots | Hope of the States | US | ||
| The Ones We Never Knew | Holly Williams | - | ||
| Palookaville | Fatboy Slim | - | ||
| The Place You're In | Kenny Wayne Shepherd | - | ||
| Pressure Chief | Cake | - | ||
| Real Gone | Tom Waits | - | ||
| Size Matters | Helmet | - | ||
| Soul of a New Machine | Fear Factory | Reissue/Remastered | ||
| Spooked | Robyn Hitchcock | - | ||
| Ten Years Gone: The Best of Everclear 1994-2004 | Everclear | Compilation | ||
| Unshattered | Peter Murphy | - | ||
| Welcome to Haiti: Creole 101 | Wyclef Jean | - | ||
| 11 | Astronaut | Duran Duran | LP & DVD | |
| Back to Bedlam | James Blunt | Debut | ||
| The Collection | Cast | Compilation | ||
| The Collection | Shed Seven | Compilation | ||
| Cosima | Cosima De Vito | - | ||
| False Alarm | KT Tunstall | EP | ||
| Reckoning Night | Sonata Arctica | - | ||
| Sirenian Shores | Sirenia | EP | ||
| 10 Years of Hits | Ronan Keating | Compilation | ||
| 12 | The Artist Collection: Busta Rhymes | Busta Rhymes | Compilation | |
| Christmas | Chris Isaak | Christmas | ||
| Chuck | Sum 41 | - | ||
| Deceiver | Chris Thile | - | ||
| Frank Black Francis | Frank Black | - | ||
| Heart & Soul | Joe Cocker | - | ||
| The Lost Christmas Eve | Trans-Siberian Orchestra | Christmas | ||
| Miracle | Céline Dion | - | ||
| Munly & the Lee Lewis Harlots | Munly | - | ||
| The New Danger | Mos Def | - | ||
| New Roman Times | Camper Van Beethoven | - | ||
| Platinum & Gold Collection | Toni Braxton | Compilation | ||
| P.S.I.entology | Pitchshifter | DVD | ||
| Scenic | Denver Harbor | - | ||
| Shake off the Dust... Arise | Matisyahu | - | ||
| Songs of the Unforgiven | Crash Test Dummies | - | ||
| Straylight Run | Straylight Run | - | ||
| Tarantula | Flickerstick | - | ||
| Terrifyer | Pig Destroyer | - | ||
| 18 | Alfie: Music from the Motion Picture | Mick Jagger/David A. Stewart/Various Artists | Soundtrack | |
| Alizée En Concert | Alizée | Live | ||
| One | Dirty Vegas | - | ||
| Origin Vol. 1 | The Soundtrack of Our Lives | Europe | ||
| Silver Box | Simple Minds | Box Set | ||
| A Smile | Dappled Cities Fly | - | ||
| Who Killed...... The Zutons? | The Zutons | - | ||
| 19 | Alpha and Omega | Bizzy Bone | - | |
| As/Is | John Mayer | Live | ||
| Casting the Stones | Jag Panzer | - | ||
| Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon | Various Artists | Warren Zevon tribute | ||
| From a Basement on the Hill | Elliott Smith | - | ||
| Futures | Jimmy Eat World | - | ||
| Graveyard Classics 2 | Six Feet Under | Covers album | ||
| The Greatest Hits | Juvenile | Compilation | ||
| The Greatest Hits Collection II | Brooks & Dunn | Compilation | ||
| Never Breathe What You Can't See | Jello Biafra & The Melvins | - | ||
| Panopticon | Isis | - | ||
| The Rest Is History | Jin | - | ||
| Revolver | The Haunted | - | ||
| Shake the Sheets | Ted Leo and the Pharmacists | - | ||
| Stardust: the Great American Songbook 3 | Rod Stewart | Covers album | ||
| Still Hungry | Twisted Sister | Re-recording of Stay Hungry +4 new tracks | ||
| Team America: World Police | Various aritsts | Soundtrack | ||
| This Island | Le Tigre | - | ||
| Words & Music: John Mellencamp's Greatest Hits | John Mellencamp | 2xCD compilation +2 new tracks | ||
| You Just Gotta Love Christmas | Peter Cetera | Christmas | ||
| 24 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Vol. 1 | Powerman 5000 | Compilation | |
| 25 | Best of Def Leppard | Def Leppard | Compilation | |
| Live Twice | Darius | - | ||
| Tage Mahal | Jon Oliva's Pain | - | ||
| 26 | All for You | Annihilator | - | |
| Buju and Friends | Buju Banton | Compilation | ||
| Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins | Pavement | - | ||
| Dear Heather | Leonard Cohen | - | ||
| Flyleaf | Flyleaf | EP | ||
| Gold Medal | The Donnas | - | ||
| Inside of Emptiness | John Frusciante | - | ||
| It Always Will Be | Willie Nelson | - | ||
| Key | Son, Ambulance | - | ||
| Live at Wolf Trap | The Doobie Brothers | Live | ||
| Our Kind of Soul | Hall & Oates | - | ||
| Please Describe Yourself | Dogs Die in Hot Cars | - | ||
| Poe Little Rich Girl | Jacki-O | - | ||
| Rendezvous | Luna | - | ||
| Still Not Getting Any... | Simple Plan | LP & DVD | ||
| Then and Again | Voltaire | - | ||
| Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets | Trick Daddy | - | ||
| Thunderball | U.D.O. | - | ||
| 2067 | Rheostatics | - | ||
| Unfinished Business | Jay-Z & R. Kelly | - | ||
| Watching the Snow | Michael Franks | - | ||
| War Party | GWAR | - | ||
| Wolfmother | Wolfmother | EP | ||
| You're a Woman, I'm a Machine | Death From Above 1979 | - | ||
| 29 | One Way | Selwyn | - | |
N O V E M B E R | 1 | Acoustic | John Lennon | Compilation |
| Aha Shake Heartbreak | Kings of Leon | UK | ||
| All the Best | Tina Turner | Compilation +3 new tracks | ||
| A Brief History... | The Waifs | Australia; Live | ||
| Interim | The Fall | Compilation | ||
| Lifeblood | Manic Street Preachers | - | ||
| Live Licks | The Rolling Stones | Live | ||
| This is Music: The Singles 92-98 | The Verve | UK; Compilation | ||
| 2 | Adicción, Tradición, Revolución | Voodoo Glow Skulls | - | |
| Alive at Last | Train | Live | ||
| A Types | Hopesfall | - | ||
| Awake: The Best of Live | Live | Compilation | ||
| Closure | Everclear | EP/Compilation | ||
| Dead Eyes See No Future | Arch Enemy | EP | ||
| Devotion | Newsboys | - | ||
| eMOTIVe | A Perfect Circle | Covers album | ||
| Jobe Bells | Afroman | Christmas | ||
| Le compte complet | Malajube | - | ||
| Live! | Catch 22 | Live | ||
| Live at St. Ann's Warehouse | Aimee Mann | Live | ||
| Mmhmm | Relient K | - | ||
| My Brother & Me | Ying Yang Twins | Compilation | ||
| Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 | Jethro Tull | Live | ||
Now That's What I Call Music! 17 (U.S. series) | Various Artists | Compilation | ||
| One | Neal Morse | - | ||
| Reise, Reise | Rammstein | - | ||
| Singles | Travis | Compilation | ||
| 7 | The Beginning and the End | Bizzy Bone | - | |
| 8 | Allow Us to Be Frank | Westlife | Covers album | |
| Best 1991-2004 | Seal | Compilation | ||
| The Destiny Stone | Pride of Lions | - | ||
| Live! Thirty Days Ago | Phoenix | Live | ||
| Mistaken Identity | Delta Goodrem | - | ||
| R.U.L.E. | Ja Rule | - | ||
| Second First Impression | Daniel Bedingfield | - | ||
| Wet Wet Wet: The Greatest Hits | Wet Wet Wet | Compilation | ||
| 9 | All In | Stroke 9 | - | |
| Greatest Hits | Shania Twain | Compilation +3 new tracks | ||
| Greatest Hits: My Prerogative | Britney Spears | Compilation +3 new tracks | ||
| The Greatest Songs Ever Written (By Us!) | NOFX | Compilation | ||
| Harmonium | Vanessa Carlton | - | ||
| Home Movies | Pennywise | Re-issue; DVD | ||
| Horn of Plenty | Grizzly Bear | - | ||
| México en la Piel | Luis Miguel | - | ||
| Number Ones | Bee Gees | Compilation | ||
| Occasus | The Amenta | - | ||
| Peachtree Road | Elton John | - | ||
| Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl | Queen | US; Live LP & DVD | ||
| Real Talk | Fabolous | - | ||
| The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie – Music from the Movie and More... | Various Artists | Soundtrack | ||
| The Tigers Have Spoken | Neko Case | Live | ||
| Vulture Street | Powderfinger | US | ||
| 11 | Ballads of Living and Dying | Marissa Nadler | - | |
| 12 | Encore | Eminem | - | |
| 15 | Best of Blue | Blue | UK; Compilation | |
| Lost to Apathy | Dark Tranquillity | - | ||
Now That's What I Call Music! 59 (UK series) | Various Artists | Compilation | ||
| The Silent Force | Within Temptation | - | ||
| This is Music: The Singles 92-98 | The Verve | US; Compilation | ||
| 16 | Amotion | A Perfect Circle | LP & DVD | |
| The Best of Mandy Moore | Mandy Moore | Compilation | ||
| The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 | The Beatles | Box Set | ||
| Crunk Juice | Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz | - | ||
| Destiny Fulfilled | Destiny's Child | - | ||
| Greatest Hits | Bone Thugs-n-Harmony | Compilation | ||
| Greatest Hits | Neil Young | Compilation | ||
| Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi | Puffy AmiYumi | Compilation | ||
| The Kottonmouth Xperience | Kottonmouth Kings | - | ||
| Merry Christmas with Love | Clay Aiken | Christmas | ||
| Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection | Michael Jackson | Box Set | ||
| Mm.. Food | MF Doom | - | ||
| 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong | Bon Jovi | Box Set | ||
| Our Worlds Divorce | This Providence | - | ||
| The Popsicle EP | Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer | EP | ||
| Powerballin' | Chingy | - | ||
| The Ransom | Cartel | EP | ||
| Real | Ivy Queen | - | ||
| rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003) | Pearl Jam | Compilation | ||
| Want Two | Rufus Wainwright | - | ||
| Youth | Collective Soul | - | ||
| 22 | Greatest Hits | Creed | Compilation | |
| How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb | U2 | - | ||
| 23 | Anywhere But Home | Evanescence | Live | |
| Chapter III | Allure | - | ||
| At Last...The Duets Album | Kenny G | Covers album | ||
| Family Style | Jet | DVD | ||
| Free Yourself | Fantasia | - | ||
| The Greater of Two Evils | Anthrax | Compilation | ||
| I Need an Angel | Ruben Studdard | - | ||
| Live in Buffalo: July 4th 2004 | Goo Goo Dolls | Live | ||
| Lonely Runs Both Ways | Alison Krauss & Union Station | - | ||
| Love. Angel. Music. Baby. | Gwen Stefani | Solo debut | ||
| Play Around the Christmas Tree | Play | Christmas | ||
| R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece | Snoop Dogg | - | ||
| The Red Light District | Ludacris | - | ||
| Rejoyce: The Christmas Album | Jessica Simpson | Christmas | ||
| So Cold | Breaking Benjamin | EP | ||
| A Sphere in the Heart of Silence | John Frusciante and Josh Klinghoffer | - | ||
| Ultimate Kylie | Kylie Minogue | Compilation | ||
| With the Lights Out | Nirvana | Box Set | ||
| 22 | Ultimate Kylie | Kylie Minogue | Greatest hits | |
| 29 | Downside Up | Siouxsie and the Banshees | Box Set | |
| Irish Son | Brian McFadden | Solo debut | ||
| Our Last Album? | The Toy Dolls | - | ||
| Platinum Collection | Genesis | Box Set | ||
| Three Imaginary Boys: Deluxe Edition | The Cure | Re-issue | ||
| 30 | Breakaway | Kelly Clarkson | - | |
| Collision Course | Linkin Park and Jay-Z | EP & DVD | ||
| Head for the Door | The Exies | - | ||
| Rebelde | RBD | Debut album | ||
| Street's Disciple | Nas | - | ||
| Urban Legend | T.I. | - | ||
D E C E M B E R | 6 | Invisible | Nightingale | - |
| 7 | The Dirtiest Thirstiest | Yung Wun | - | |
| Purple Haze | Cam'ron | - | ||
| Speak | Lindsay Lohan | - | ||
| The Red Light District | Ludacris | - | ||
| 9 | Live from Under the Brooklyn Bridge | U2 | Live EP; iTunes | |
| 10 | Almanac | They Might Be Giants | Live | |
| Artist Collection: Run DMC | Run-D.M.C. | Compilation | ||
| Venue Songs | They Might Be Giants | Live | ||
| 13 | Eye to the Telescope | KT Tunstall | - | |
| For You | Casey Donovan | - | ||
| 14 | Concrete Rose | Ashanti | - | |
| Loyal to the Game | 2Pac | - | ||
| Weapons of Mass Destruction | Xzibit | - | ||
| 21 | The Mind of Mannie Fresh | Mannie Fresh | - | |
| 28 | Get Lifted | John Legend | - | |
| 300 Lésions | Kyo | - | ||
| ? | Piracy Funds Terrorism | M.I.A. and Diplo | - | |
Unknown release dates
3rd Strike – 3 Feet Smaller
5 Stories EP – Manchester Orchestra
9Live – Angie Aparo
Bombs Below – Living Things
Crwth – Cass Meurig (first CD release of crwth music)[8]
Field Rexx – Blitzen Trapper
ForThemAsses – OPM
Gathering Speed – Big Big Train
Get Saved – Pilot to Gunner
Golden (compilation) – Failure
Guerilla Disco – Quarashi
Leaving Town Tonight (EP) – Hit the Lights
Life Story (compilation) – The Shadows
Negatives 2 – Phantom Planet
Oceanic Remixes/Reinterpretations – Isis
The Pink Spiders Are Taking Over! – The Pink Spiders
Point of Origin – There for Tomorrow
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus – The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Safely From the City – Locksley
Set Your Goals (Demo EP) – Set Your Goals
Sherwood (EP) – Sherwood
Smoking Weed in the President's Face – Hockey
Tripped Into Divine – Dexter Freebish
Watching the Snow – Michael Franks (United States release)
We (Don't) Care – The Management (MGMT)
Popular songs
- "1, 2 Step" – Ciara ft. Missy Elliott
- "99 Problems" – Jay-Z
- "1985" – Bowling for Soup
- "À chaque pas" – Jonatan Cerrada
- "Accidentally In Love" – Counting Crows
- "All Downhill From Here" – New Found Glory
- "All That I've Got" – The Used
- "Always" – Blink-182
- "Amazing" – George Michael
- "American Idiot" – Green Day
- "Amerika"- Rammstein
- "Another Planet" – Pendulum
- "Banzai" – B'z
- "Beautiful Soul" – Jesse McCartney
- "Because of You" – Nickelback
- "Black Betty" – Spiderbait
- "Bless The Broken Road" – Rascal Flatts
- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" – Green Day
- "Breakaway" – Kelly Clarkson
- "Breaking the Habit" – Linkin Park
- "Bring 'Em Out" – T.I.
- "Burn" – Usher
- "Bus durch London" – Christina Stürmer
- "California Dreamin'" – Royal Gigolos
- "Call On Me" – Eric Prydz
- "Cerca de ti" – Thalía
- "Chains" Duran Duran
- "Ch-Check It Out" – Beastie Boys
- " Cold" – Crossfade
- "Come Clean" – Hilary Duff
- "Comfortably Numb" – Scissor Sisters
- "Daughters" – John Mayer
- "A Decade Under the Influence" – Taking Back Sunday
- "Despre tine" – O-Zone
- "Det gör ont" – Lena Philipsson
- "Ding Dong Song" – Günther and the Sunshine Girls
- "Dirt off Your Shoulder" – Jay-Z
- "Disco Inferno" – 50 Cent
- "Don't Tell Me" – Avril Lavigne
- "Down" – Blink-182
- "Dragostea Din Tei" – O-Zone
- "Dry Your Eyes" – The Streets
- "Duality" – Slipknot
- "Everybody's Changing" – Keane
- "Everytime" – Britney Spears
- "Face à la mer" – Calogero and Passi
- "Feelin' Way Too Damn Good" – Nickelback
- "Femme Like U (Donne-moi ton corps)" – K.Maro
- "Figured You Out" – Nickelback
- "Flap Your Wings" – Nelly
- "Flawless (Go to the City)" – George Michael
- "For You" – The Disco Boys
- "Força" – Nelly Furtado
- "From the Inside" – Linkin Park
- "F.U.R.B. (F U Right Back)" – Frankee
- "Gasolina" – Daddy Yankee
- "Girls " – The Prodigy
- "Goodies" – Ciara featuring Petey Pablo
- "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" – The Offspring
- "Heaven" – Los Lonely Boys
- "Heavy on My Heart" – Anastasia
- "Hey Mama" – The Black Eyed Peas
- "Hitomi no Juunin" – L'Arc-en-Ciel
- "Hotride" – The Prodigy
- "I Am" – Killing Heidi
- "I Believe In You" – Kylie Minogue
- "I Don't Wanna Know" – Mario Winans featuring Enya & P.Diddy
- "I Just Wanna Live" – Good Charlotte
- "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" – My Chemical Romance
- "I Miss You" – Blink-182
- "In the Shadows" – The Rasmus
- "Just Be – Tiësto
- "Just Lose It" – Eminem
- "Laissez-moi danser" – Star Academy 4
- "Last Train Home" – Lostprophets
- "La Rivière de notre enfance" – Garou and Michel Sardou
- "Leave (Get Out)" – JoJo
- "The Leaving Song Pt. II" – AFI
- "Left Outside Alone" – Anastacia
- "Let Me Love You" – Mario
- "Let's Get It Started" – The Black Eyed Peas
- "Little Voice" – Hilary Duff
- "Live Like You Were Dying" – Tim McGraw
- "Lose My Breath" – Destiny's Child
- "Lovesong" – 311
- "Lying from You" – Linkin Park
- "Maps" – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- "Meant to Live" – Switchfoot
- "Milkshake" – Kelis
- "Modern Times" – J-five
- "Money" – David Guetta
- "Move Ya Body" – Nina Sky
- "Mr. Brightside" – The Killers
- "Musicology" – Prince
- "My Band" – D12
- "My Immortal" – Evanescence
- "My Happy Ending" – Avril Lavigne
- "My Place" – Nelly featuring Jaheim
- "My Prerogative" – Britney Spears
- "My Secret Life" – Eric Burdon
- "Naughty Girl" – Beyoncé
- "Nobody's Home" – Avril Lavigne
- "Not in Love" – Enrique Iglesias featuring Kelis
- "Ocean Avenue" – Yellowcard
- "Obsesión" – Aventura
- "On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec" – Hélène Ségara & Laura Pausini
- "On the Way Down" – Ryan Cabrera
- "Outrageous" – Britney Spears
- "Oye Mi Canto" – N.O.R.E. featuring Nina Sky
- "Party for Two" – Shania Twain featuring Billy Currington/Mark McGrath
- "Physical" – Alcazar
- "Pieces of Me" – Ashlee Simpson
- "Predictable" – Good Charlotte
- "Pump It Up!" – Danzel
- "Push Up" – Freestylers
- "(Reach Up For The) Sunrise" – Duran Duran
- "The Reason" – Hoobastank
- "Rich Girl" – Gwen Stefani ft. Eve
- "Rockit" – Gorillaz
- "Same Direction" – Hoobastank
- "See You at the Show" – Nickelback
- "She Wants to Move" – N.E.R.D.
- "She Will Be Loved" – Maroon 5
- "Shadow" – Ashlee Simpson
- "Si demain... (Turn Around)" – Bonnie Tyler and Kareen Antonn
- "Since You Been Gone" – Kelly Clarkson (#1 on Radio Top 40 of 2005)
- "Single" – Natasha Bedingfield
- "Sobri (notre destin)" – Leslie & Amine
- "Soldier" – Destiny's Child
- "Solitary Man" – H.I.M.
- "Somebody Told Me" – The Killers
- "Somethin' is Goin' On" – Cliff Richard
- "Somewhere Only We Know" – Keane
- "Spare Me the Details" – The Offspring
- "Sunshine" – Twista featuring Anthony Hamilton
- "Superstar" – Jamelia
- "Take It Away" – The Used
- "Take Me Out" – Franz Ferdinand
- "Take My Breath Away" – Jessica Simpson
- "Talk About Our Love" – Brandy featuring Kanye West
- "Thank You" – Jamelia
- "The World is Mine" – David Guetta
- "These Words" – Natasha Bedingfield
- "Time Is Running Out" – Muse
- "Tipsy" – J-Kwon
- "This Is the World We Live In" – Alcazar
- "This Love" – Maroon 5
- "Toujours pas d'amour" – Priscilla Betti
- "Toxic" – Britney Spears
- "Trick Me" – Kelis
- "True" – Ryan Cabrera
- "Truth of My Youth" – New Found Glory
- "U Should've Known Better" – Monica
- "Unholy Confessions" – Avenged Sevenfold
- "Unwritten" – Natasha Bedingfield
- "Vertigo" – U2
- "Vindicated – Dashboard Confessional
- "Walkie Talkie Man" – Steriogram
- "Welcome to My Life" – Simple Plan
- "We're All To Blame" – Sum 41
- "What You Waiting For?" – Gwen Stefani
- "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been" – Relient K
- "Who Is It" – Björk
- "With You" – Jessica Simpson
- "Yeah!" – Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris
- "You Won't Forget About Me" – Dannii Minogue vs. "Flower Power"
Top 10 selling albums of the year in the US
Confessions – Usher ~ 7,979,000
Feels like Home – Norah Jones ~ 3,843,000
Encore – Eminem ~ 3,517,000
When the Sun Goes Down – Kenny Chesney ~ 3,072,000
Under My Skin – Avril Lavigne ~ 2,970,000
Live Like You Were Dying – Tim McGraw ~ 2,787,000
Songs About Jane – Maroon 5 ~ 2,708,000
Fallen – Evanescence ~ 2,614,000
Autobiography – Ashlee Simpson ~ 2,577,000
Now That's What I Call Music! 16 – Various ~ 2,560,000
Top 15 selling albums of the year globally
Confessions – Usher
Feels Like Home – Norah Jones
Encore – Eminem
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb – U2
Under My Skin – Avril Lavigne
Love. Angel. Music. Baby. – Gwen Stefani
Greatest Hits – Robbie Williams
Greatest Hits – Shania Twain
Destiny Fulfilled – Destiny's Child
Greatest Hits – Guns N' Roses
Songs About Jane – Maroon 5
American Idiot – Green Day
Elephunk – The Black Eyed Peas
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative – Britney Spears
Anastacia – Anastacia
Classical music
Michel van der Aa – Second self
Louis Andriessen – Racconto dall'Inferno
Cornelis de Bondt – Madame Daufine
Elliott Carter – Réflexions
George Crumb – Winds of Destiny for soprano, percussion quartet and piano
Mario Davidovsky – Sefarad: Four Spanish-Ladino Folkscenes, baritone voice, flute (piccolo, alto flute), clarinet (bass clarinet), percussion, violin and cello
Joël-François Durand – Ombre/Miroir for flute and 14 instruments
Ross Edwards – Concerto for Guitar and Strings[9]
Ivan Fedele – Odos
Lorenzo Ferrero – Guarini, the Master for violin and strings
Philip Glass – Symphony No. 7 Toltec
Georg Friedrich Haas – Haiku
Hans Werner Henze – Sebastian im Traum
Alun Hoddinott – Trombone Concerto
York Höller – Ex Tempore
Guus Janssen- Memory Protect Extended
- Wankeling
Karl Jenkins – In These Stones Horizons Sing
Jan Klusák – Axis Temporum
Rolands Kronlaks – Paion
Hanna Kulenty – Run
Theo Loevendie – De 5 Driften
Frederik Magle – Souffle le vent, 1st symphonic poem from the suite Cantabile.
Roderik de Man – Mensa Sa
Peter Maxwell Davies
Naxos Quartet No. 4 Children's Games
Naxos Quartet No. 5
Martijn Padding – And Trees Would Sing- Marijn Simons
- Symphony No 1, Opus 26
- String Quartet No. 3, Opus 27
Dobrinka Tabakova- Concerto for Viola and Strings
Schubert Arpeggione, arrangement for string orchestra
Suite in Old Style for viola, strings and harpsichord
Whispered Lullaby for viola and piano
Opera
Thomas Adès – The Tempest
Harrison Birtwistle – The Io Passion
William Bolcom – A Wedding
Jazz
Musical theater
Assassins – Broadway production opened at Studio 54 and ran for 101 performances
Bombay Dreams – Broadway production opened at The Broadway Theatre and ran for 284 performances
Fiddler On The Roof – Broadway revival
The Woman in White, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by David Zippel and book by Charlotte Jones, freely adapted from the novel by Wilkie Collins – London production opened on September 15 at the Palace Theatre, London.
People Are Wrong! – Off-Broadway production
Musical films
Alt for Egil, starring Kristoffer Joner
Beyond the Sea, starring Kevin Spacey as Bobby Darin
Bride and Prejudice, starring Aishwarya Rai
De-Lovely released June 13, starring Kevin Kline as Cole Porter and Ashley Juddk
Home on the Range, a Disney animated feature
Ray, starring Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles- Red Riding Hood
Pixel Perfect, a Disney Channel Original Movie that is also a musical.
The Phantom of the Opera, starring Emmy Rossum as Christine and Gerard Butler as the Phantom- Some Kind of Monster
Where's Firuze?, starring Haluk Bilginer and Demet Akbağ
Births
January 4 – Alexa Curtis, Australian singer, Winner of The Voice Kids Australia, Coach was Delta Goodrem
January 10 – Kaitlyn Maher, American child singer and actress
January 15 – Grace VanderWaal, American musician, singer/songwriter, ukelele player
June 4 – Mackenzie Ziegler, American dancer, singer, actress and model
Deaths
January–February
January 3 – Ronald Smith, 82, British pianist
January 6 – Jimmy Hassell, 62, Guitarist/co-lead singer in The First Edition from 1972–76
January 12 – Randy VanWarmer, 48, songwriter and guitarist
January 15 – Terje Bakken, 25, also known as Valfar, lead singer and founder of Norwegian black/folk metal band Windir (died of hypothermia in a blizzard)
January 16 – John Siomos, 56, drummer
January 17
Czeslaw Niemen, 65, Polish rock singer
Tom Rowe, 53, musician
January 22
Billy May, 87, US big band & pop music arranger
Ann Miller, 80, actress, singer and dancer
January 28 – Mel Pritchard, 56, drummer of Barclay James Harvest
January 30 – Julius Dixson, 90, songwriter and record company executive
February 3 – Cornelius Bumpus, 58, musician (The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan)
February 6 – Jørgen Jersild, 90, Danish composer and music educator
February 8 – Cem Karaca, 58, Turkish singer and composer
February 16 – Doris Troy, 67, R&B singer
February 21
Les Gray, 57, English singer (Mud)
Bart Howard, 88, composer and pianist
February 23
Don Cornell, 84, US singer
Alvino Rey, 95, US bandleader and guitarist
February 24 – A.C. Reed, 77, blues saxophonist
March–April
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 9 – Rust Epique, 36, guitarist (Crazy Town)
March 10 – Dave Schulthise, 47, punk bassist (The Dead Milkmen)
March 11 – Edmund Sylvers, 47, lead singer of The Sylvers
March 13 – Vilayat Khan, 75, sitar player
March 15 – Eva Likova, 84, operatic soprano
March 16 – Vilém Tauský, 93, Czech conductor and composer
March 18
Vytas Brenner, 57, musician, keyboardist and composer
Erna Spoorenberg, 78, Dutch operatic soprano
March 21 – Johnny Bristol, 65, singer, songwriter and record producer
March 26 – Jan Berry, 62, US singer of Jan and Dean
March 30 – Timi Yuro, 63, soul and R&B singer and songwriter
April 1 – Paul Atkinson, 58, guitarist for The Zombies
April 3 – Gabriella Ferri, 62, Italian singer
April 6 – Niki Sullivan, 66, guitarist for The Crickets
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
April 15
Ray Condo, 53, Canadian rockabilly musician
Hans Gmür, 77, Swiss theatre author, director, composer and producer
May–June
May 1 – Felix Haug, 52, Swiss pop musician (Double)
May 5 – Coxsone Dodd, 72, Jamaican record producer
May 6 – Barney Kessel, 80, jazz guirist
May 11 – John Whitehead, 55, R&B artist (shot dead)
May 12 – John LaPorta, 84, Jazz clarinetist, composer and educator
May 17
Gunnar Graps, 52, Estonian singer (Magnetic Band and Gunnar Graps Group)
Elvin Jones, 76, Jazz Drummer, notably with the John Coltrane Quartet of the 1960s
May 19 – Arnold Moore, 90, blues artist
May 23 – Gundars Mauševics, 29, Latvian guitarist of Brainstorm
May 31 – Robert Quine, 61, guitarist
June 2 – Billboard, 25, rapper, The Game's best friend
June 4 – Irene Manning, 91, US actress, singer and dancer
June 6 – Iona Brown, 63, conductor and violinist
June 7 – Quorthon, 38, Swedish multi-instrumentalist, founder and songwriter of Bathory
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, 77, US jazz singer
June 27 – Sis Cunningham, 95, folk musician
July–August
July 6 – Syreeta Wright, 57, singer (congestive heart failure, a side effect of cancer treatment)
July 13
Arthur Kane, 55, bassist (New York Dolls)
Carlos Kleiber, 74, conductor
July 21 – Jerry Goldsmith, 75, US composer, Academy Award winner
July 22
Illinois Jacquet, 81, US jazz saxophonist
Sacha Distel, 71, French singer
August 2 – Don Tosti, 81, American composer
August 6
Rick James, 56, US funk singer- Argentino Ledesma, 75, Argentinian singer
Tony Mottola, 86, US Guitarist
August 9 – David Raksin, 92, US composer
August 15 – William Herbert York, 85, bassist for Drifting Cowboys
August 17 – Bernard Odum, 72, bass player for James Brown
August 18 – Elmer Bernstein, 82, US composer
August 20 – María Antonieta Pons, 82, Cuban Rumbera
August 26 – Laura Branigan, 47, US singer (brain aneurysm)
August 31 – Carl Wayne, 61, vocalist (The Move)
September–October
September 2 – Billy Davis
September 11 – Juraj Beneš, 64, Slovak composer
September 12
John Buller, 77, British composer
Kenny Buttrey, 59, Nashville session drummer
Fred Ebb, 72, US lyricist
September 15 – Johnny Ramone, 55, US guitarist and founding member of The Ramones (prostate cancer)
September 16 – Izora Armstead, 62, member of The Weather Girls
September 30 – Jacques Levy, 69, songwriter and theatre director
October 1 – Bruce Palmer, 58, bassist of Buffalo Springfield
October 19 – Greg Shaw, 55, music historian and record label owner
October 25 – John Peel, 65, British DJ and broadcaster (heart attack)
October 28 – Gil Melle, 72, film and television music composer
November–December
November 1
Mac Dre, 34, Bay Area rapper (highway shooting)
Terry Knight, 61, lead singer of Terry Knight and the Pack and manager-producer of Grand Funk Railroad(stabbed in domestic dispute)
November 12 – Usko Meriläinen, 74, Finnish composer
November 13
John Balance, 42, British musician from Coil
Ol' Dirty Bastard, 35, African American rapper (drug overdose)
Carlo Rustichelli, 87, Italian film composer
November 14 – Michel Colombier, 65, composer
November 18 – Cy Coleman, 75, US composer
November 19 – Terry Melcher, 62, musician and producer
December 2 – Kevin Coyne, 60, singer, composer and guitarist
December 8 – Dimebag Darrell, 38, former Pantera guitarist (shot to death in Ohio)
December 13 – Alex Soria, 39, guitarist for The Nils (suicide)
December 14 – Sidonie Goossens, 105, harpist
December 16 -Freddie Perren, 61, songwriter, producer, arranger and conductor
December 19 – Renata Tebaldi, 82, operatic soprano
December 20 – Son Seals, 62, blues musician
December 26 – Sigurd Køhn, 45, Norwegian jazz saxophonist (tsunami)
December 27 – Hank Garland, 74, Nashville session guitarist
December 30 – Artie Shaw, 94, Swing Era Clarinetist and Bandleader
Awards
The following artists were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Jackson Browne, The Dells, George Harrison, Prince, Bob Seger, Traffic, Z Z Top
ARIA Music Awards
- ARIA Music Awards of 2004
BRIT Awards
- 2004 BRIT Awards
Country Music Association Awards
Eurovision Song Contest
- Eurovision Song Contest 2004
- Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004
Grammy Awards
- Grammy Awards of 2004
Juno Awards
- Juno Awards of 2004
MTV Video Music Awards
- 2004 MTV Video Music Awards
Charts
Triple J Hottest 100
- Triple J Hottest 100, 2004
See also
- 2004 in music (UK)
- Record labels established in 2004
References
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^ "Ex-rebel Clapton receives his CBE". The Daily Telegraph. November 4, 2004. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
^ "Former Friend: Gunman Obsessed With Pantera". Associated Press. December 8, 2004.
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^ "Coachwhips". Narnack Records. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
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^ Discover Australian Music. Accessed 26 August 2014
External links
For a more detailed list of hits or albums by month, see:
- KATS-FM
- New Rock 94.7 The Zone – WZZN-FM – Chicago
- Pause & Play's On The CD Front
- VH1
- MTV
- Rolling Stone
