2025 in music , 2025 in American music
2024 in music , 2024 in African music , 2024 in Asian music , 2024 in British music , 2024 in American music , 2024 in Canadian music , 2024 in Japanese music , 2024 in Philippine music , 2024 in Scandinavian music , 2024 in South Korean music
Deaths of Chris Karrer , Slim Shady , Glynis Johns , David Soul , Larry Collins , James Kottak , Audie Blaylock , Bill Hayes , Laurie Johnson , Marlena Shaw , Frank Farian , Melanie , Wayne Kramer , Aston "Family Man" Barrett , Toby Keith , Mojo Nixon , Bobby Tench , Eric Carmen , Pete Rodriguez , Steve Harley , Michael Ward , Jerry Abbott , Clarence "Frogman" Henry , Mister Cee , Dickey Betts , Mike Pinder , Duane Eddy , Richard Tandy , Gary Floyd , Steve Albini , Charlie Colin , Doug Ingle , Mark Gormley , Richard M. Sherman , Rodger Fox , Cayouche , Doug Dagger , Ed Mann , Colin Gibb , Brother Marquis , C.Gambino , Rose-Marie , Enchanting , Françoise Hardy , Johnny Canales , Skowa , Dario G , Buzz Cason , James Chance , Kinky Friedman , John Mayall , Chino XL , Greg Kihn , Jack Russell , Fatman Scoop
2023 in music , 2023 in African music , 2023 in Asian music , 2023 in British music , 2023 in American music , 2023 in Canadian music , 2023 in Japanese music , 2023 in Philippine music , 2023 in Scandinavian music , 2023 in South Korean music
Deaths of Gangsta Boo , Jeff Beck , Lisa Marie Presley , Robbie Bachman , Van Conner , David Crosby , Top Topham , Tom Verlaine , Barrett Strong , Burt Bacharach , Trugoy , Wayne Shorter , Steve Mackey , Gary Rossington , Jim Gordon , Bobby Caldwell , Fuzzy Haskins , Keith Reid , Ryuichi Sakamoto , Harry Belafonte , Gordon Lightfoot , Rolf Harris , Andy Rourke , Pete Brown , Chas Newby , Tina Turner , Cynthia Weil , Astrud Gilberto , Rick Froberg , Mo Foster , Coco Lee , Jane Birkin , Tony Bennett , Sinéad O'Connor , Randy Meisner , Carl Davis , Sixto Rodriguez , Robbie Robertson , Magoo , Bernie Marsden , Jimmy Buffett , Steve Harwell , Gary Wright , Bruce Guthro , Carla Bley , The 45 King , Charlie Dominici , Mars Williams , Geordie Walker , Shane MacGowan , Denny Laine , Colin Burgess , Eric Moyo , Torben Ulrich , Tom Smothers , Sandra Reaves-Phillips
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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 , Gilbert Gottfried , Jewell , Vangelis , Andy Fletcher , Alan White , Ronnie Hawkins , Trouble , Alec John Such , Jim Seals , Q Lazzarus , Olivia Newton-John , Lamont Dozier , PnB Rock , Ramsey Lewis , Jesse Powell , Pharoah Sanders , Coolio , Loretta Lynn , Angela Lansbury , Jerry Lee Lewis , D.H. Peligro , Takeoff , Aaron Carter , Gal Costa , Nik Turner , Keith Levene , Irene Cara , Christine McVie , Bob McGrath , Jet Black , Thom Bell , Sidhu Moose Wala
American Heavy Metal band W.A.S.P. Announces 40th Anniversary tour, returning to the United States for the first time since 2012.[1]
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Deaths of Gerry Marsden , Sophie , DMX , Young Dolph , Phil Spector , Samuel E. Wright , 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
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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 , with a virtual concert of the same name that accompanies both the album and a few of its songs, along with plenty of the band's older songs, premiering in London the following year.
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 , King Von , Nikki McKibbin , Naya Rivera
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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.
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 , Nipsey Hussle
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 , Bud Luckey , Fredo Santana , Craig Mack , Avicii , XXXTentacion , Jimmy Wopo , Joe Jackson , Aretha Franklin , Mac Miller , Dolores O'Riordan , Charles Aznavour , Pete Schelley
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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.
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Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee 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
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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 , James Last and Natalie Cole .
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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
Death of Phil Everly , Pete Seeger , Casey Kasem , Bobby Womack , Tommy Ramone , Johnny Winter , Robin Williams , Paco De Lucia , Jack Bruce , Bobby Keys , Joe Cocker
Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney perform together on 50th anniversary celebration to the Beatles , with performances by various artists.
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Mark Ronson teams up with Bruno Mars to record the number one hit single Uptown Funk
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
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.[4] 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 .
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Live 8 concerts took place in 9 countries worldwide during 2005.
2009 in music , 2009 in British music , 2009 in Canadian music , 2009 in Irish music , 2009 in Japanese music , 2009 in Norwegian music , 2009 in South Korean music
Deaths of Michael Jackson , James Owen Sullivan , Leon Kirchner , Les Paul , Ali Akbar Khan , Merce Cunningham , Ron Asheton , Henri Pousseur , Mary Travers , Stephen Gately , and Alain Bashung .
Lady Gaga releases The Fame Monster
Britney Spears releases her comeback album Circus which receives critical acclaim.
Flo Rida releases his studio album R.O.O.T.S. . His lead single "Right Round " introduces future pop star Kesha to a mainstream audience.
Noel Gallagher departs from Oasis after a heated confrontation with vocalist and brother Liam Gallagher in Rock en Seine , France leading to the disbandment of Oasis .
Phoenix release Lisztomania
Animal Collective releases Merriweather Post Pavilion
Owl City releases Ocean Eyes
Michael Bublé release Crazy Love
The Heavy release The House That Dirt Built
The Black Eyed Peas release The E.N.D
Ryuichi Sakamoto release Playing the Piano
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2008 in music , 2008 in British music , 2008 in Canadian music , 2008 in Irish music , 2008 in Japanese music , 2008 in Norwegian music , 2008 in South Korean music
Deaths of Mauricio Kagel , Artie Traum , Wilfrid Mellers , LeRoi Moore , Erik Darling , Isaac Hayes , Bo Diddley , Richard Wright , Nick Reynolds , Mitch Mitchell , Miriam Makeba , Odetta , Eartha Kitt , Freddie Hubbard , and Robert Hazard .
Mariah Carey 's "Touch My Body " becomes her 18th U.S. chart-topper, setting the record for most U.S. number ones singles by a solo artist – only behind the Beatles with 20 – and most weeks at number one on the Hot 100 chart with a total of 79.
Lil Wayne released Tha Carter III and sold 1 million copies in the first week, becoming the best selling album of 2008.
Madonna 's Sticky and Sweet Tour becomes the highest grossing female tour of all-time (surpassing her own record) and then the highest grossing solo tour of all time. It promotes her 11th studio album Hard Candy which sells 4 million copies and includes the international hit song "4 Minutes ".
Kanye West 's 808s & Heartbreak
Coldplay 's Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Lady Gaga 's first studio album, The Fame
Katy Perry releases her first studio album, One of the Boys
Taylor Swift 's second studio album, Fearless releases.
Flying Lotus ' Los Angeles
Earth 's The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull
DJ Sprinkles 's Midtown 120 Blues
2007 in music , 2007 in British music , 2007 in Canadian music , 2007 in Irish music , 2007 in Japanese music , 2007 in Norwegian music , 2007 in South Korean music
2006 in music , 2006 in British music , 2006 in Irish music , 2006 in Norwegian music , 2006 in South Korean music , 2006 in Swiss music
2005 in music , 2005 in British music , 2005 in Irish music , 2005 in Norwegian music , 2005 in South Korean music , 2005 in Swiss music
2004 in music , 2004 in British music , 2004 in Irish music , 2004 in Norwegian music , 2004 in South Korean music
2003 in music , 2003 in British music , 2003 in Irish music , 2003 in Norwegian music , 2003 in South Korean music
2002 in music , 2002 in British music , 2002 in Norwegian music , 2002 in South Korean music
2001 in music , 2001 in British music , 2001 in Norwegian music , 2001 in South Korean music
2000 in music , 2000 in British music , 2000 in Norwegian music , 2000 in South Korean music
Mariah Carey becomes the Best-Selling Artist of the Millennium according to the World Music Awards.
Britney Spears ' Oops!... I Did It Again sells over 23 million copies and becomes the best-selling album by a female artist of the decade.
Blink-182 enjoy mainstream success (mainly from their hit single "All the Small Things ") and lead pop-punk into the 21st Century.
Madonna releases her album Music , which goes on to sell 15 million copies, becomes universally acclaimed, and gets nominated for 5 Grammy awards. It follows her 1998 comeback Ray of Light .
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1999 in music , 1999 in British music , 1999 in Norwegian music , 1999 in South Korean music
1998 in music , 1998 in British music , 1998 in Norwegian music , 1998 in South Korean music
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1996 in music , 1996 in British music , 1996 in Norwegian music , 1996 in South Korean music
1995 in music , 1995 in British music , 1995 in Norwegian music , 1995 in South Korean music
A year after the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest interval performance, Irish dance show Riverdance debuts.
Michael Jackson releases HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I , the best-selling multi-disc album of all time.[17] [18] This double album contains "You Are Not Alone " – the first single ever to enter the Billboard Hot 100 at number one.[19]
Death of Jerry Garcia , Dean Martin , Phyllis Hyman , Selena , Burl Ives , and Eazy-E .
Mariah Carey becomes the first female artist in history to have a song debut at number one with Fantasy .
Coolio and L.V. release the award-winning single "Gangsta's Paradise " from the film Dangerous Minds
Mariah Carey and band Boyz II Men releases the multiple-record holding "One Sweet Day ", the single with the most weeks at number and the Song of the Decade 1990–1999.
Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli first performs and releases the acclaimed opera song "Con te partirò ".
Italian DJ Robert Miles releases his debut single "Children " to universal acclaim.
Los del Río release "Macarena ", the record breaking dance song of all time.
Queen releases their final album Made in Heaven following the death of frontman Freddie Mercury .
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Pink Floyd 's The Division Bell , their last album until 2014's The Endless River .
Madonna 's Bedtime Stories
Blur 's Parklife
Green Day 's major-label debut, Dookie , with the hits "Longview ", "Welcome to Paradise ", "Basket Case ", "When I Come Around " and "She ".
The Offspring 's Smash
Common 's Resurrection
Soundgarden 's Superunknown
R.E.M. 's Monster
NOFX 's Punk in Drublic
Jeff Buckley 's Grace
Aphex Twin 's Selected Ambient Works Volume II
Global Communication 's 76:14
Nine Inch Nails ' The Downward Spiral
Nirvana 's live album MTV Unplugged in New York
Bad Religion 's Stranger Than Fiction . With this album, the band earned their first (and only) US gold record in its 15-year career.
Mariah Carey 's Merry Christmas , with its multi-platinum lead single "All I Want for Christmas Is You ", which eventually becomes the nineteenth best-selling digital single of the 20th century.
Beck 's major-label debut, Mellow Gold .
The Prodigy 's Music for the Jilted Generation .
1993 in music , 1993 in British music , 1993 in Norwegian music
1992 in music , 1992 in British music , 1992 in Norwegian music , 1992 in South Korean music
1991 in music , 1991 in British music , 1991 in Norwegian music
1990 in music , 1990 in British music , 1990 in Norwegian music
Debut albums by Alice in Chains (Facelift ), Cannibal Corpse (Eaten Back to Life ), Mariah Carey (Mariah Carey ), Deee-Lite (World Clique ), Green Day (39/Smooth ), Helmet (Strap It On ), Ice Cube (AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted ), Primus (Frizzle Fry ), Ride (Nowhere ) and A Tribe Called Quest (People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm ) are released.
Death of Sarah Vaughan , Leonard Bernstein , Luigi Nono , Johnnie Ray , and Sammy Davis Jr.
Milli Vanilli becomes exposed as a music fraud .
The Three Tenors (consisting of Plácido Domingo , José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti ) perform their first concert at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, with a recording of the concert turned into Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert , becoming the fastest-selling classical album of all time.
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MTV first airs
The musical Cats first performed
The musical Dreamgirls first performed
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The musical Oliver! first performed
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1949 in music , 1949 in British music , 1949 in Norwegian music – Birth of Bruce Springsteen , Maureen McGovern , Valery Leontiev , Paul Rodgers , Billy Joel , Steve Perry , Rick Springfield , Gene Simmons , Lionel Richie , Roger Taylor and Mark Knopfler ; RCA Victor introduces 45 RPM records ; South Pacific by Rodgers and Hammerstein Death of Richard Strauss German composer
1948 in music , 1948 in British music , 1948 in Norwegian music – Birth of Robert Plant , John Bonham , Steven Tyler , Donna Summer , Johnny Ramone , Ted Nugent , Andrew Lloyd Webber , James Taylor , Alice Cooper , Jackson Browne , Kenny Loggins , Ian Paice , Olivia Newton-John , Stevie Nicks , and Ozzy Osbourne ; Kiss Me, Kate – Cole Porter ; Four Last Songs – Richard Strauss ; Columbia Records introduces 331/3 RPM (LP ) records .
1947 in music , 1947 in British music , 1947 in Norwegian music – Birth of Elton John , David Bowie , Bob Weir , Brian Johnson , Emmylou Harris , Arlo Guthrie , Tracy Nelson , Paul Brady , Tim Buckley , Jim Messina , Mick Fleetwood , Organum , Jeff Lynne , Minnie Riperton , and Carlos Santana
1946 in music , 1946 in British music , 1946 in Norwegian music – Birth of Freddie Mercury , Toquinho , Keith Moon , Benny Andersson , Bon Scott , Tim Curry , Donovan , Linda Ronstadt , Marianne Faithfull , Gram Parsons , Cher , Patti Smith , David Gilmour , John Paul Jones and Dolly Parton
1945 in music , 1945 in British music , 1945 in Norwegian music – Birth of Bob Marley , Pete Townshend , Neil Young , Van Morrison , Bob Seger , Bob Welch , Bette Midler , Deborah Harry , Anne Murray , Carly Simon , John Fogerty , Rod Stewart , Kim Carnes , Davy Jones , Micky Dolenz , Anni-Frid Lyngstad , Björn Ulvaeus , John McVie , Ian Gillan , Roger Glover , Ritchie Blackmore , Itzhak Perlman , Debbie Harry and Eric Clapton ; Death of Jerome Kern ; Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten premieres in London; Carousel – Rodgers and Hammerstein; Metamorphosen by Richard Strauss ;
1944 in music , 1944 in British music , 1944 in Norwegian music – Birth of Keith Emerson , Barry White , Diana Ross , Jeff Beck , Chico Buarque , Marvin Hamlisch , Roger Daltrey , John Entwistle , Booker T. Jones , Joe Cocker , Patti LaBelle , Gladys Knight , Gary Glitter , Brenda Lee , Townes Van Zandt , Mary Wilson (singer) and Jimmy Page ; Disappearance of Glenn Miller ,
1943 in music , 1943 in British music , 1943 in Norwegian music – Birth of Mick Jagger , Keith Richards , Jim Morrison , George Harrison , Janis Joplin , Joni Mitchell , Robbie Robertson , Richard Manuel , John Denver , Jack Bruce , Barry Manilow , Christine McVie , Jim Croce , Carlos , Gavin Bryars , Bobby Sherman , Roger Waters , Richard Wright , and Nils-Aslak Valkeapää ; Death of Lorenz Hart , Sergei Rachmaninoff , Formation of Rodgers and Hammerstein , Carl Ruggles , Evocations ; The original Broadway production of Oklahoma! opened on March 31, 1943, at the St. James Theatre in New York City.
1942 in music , 1942 in British music , 1942 in Norwegian music – Birth of Paul McCartney , Jimi Hendrix , Brian Jones , John P. Hammond , Ronnie James Dio , Brian Wilson , Jerry Garcia , Peter Tork , Michael Nesmith , Aretha Franklin , Barbra Streisand , Carole King , Rick Danko , Lou Reed , Paul Butterfield , Jerry Jeff Walker and Tammy Wynette ; Death of George M. Cohan
1941 in music , 1941 in British music , 1941 in Norwegian music – Birth of Bob Dylan , Joan Baez , Paul Simon , Art Garfunkel , Hank Marvin , Otis Redding , Jon Lord , Chubby Checker , Aaron Neville , Charlie Watts , Neil Diamond , Richie Havens , Cass Elliot , Wilson Pickett , Linda McCartney and Ritchie Valens ; Les Paul builds one of the first solid-body electric guitars;
1940 in music , 1940 in British music , 1940 in Norwegian music – Birth of John Lennon , Ringo Starr , Frank Zappa , Tom Jones , Vicente Fernández , Dionne Warwick , Cliff Richard , Phil Ochs , Levon Helm , Nancy Sinatra , Denny Doherty , Smokey Robinson , Ricky Nelson , Tim Hardin , Dionne Warwick , Bobby Hatfield , Bill Medley and (both of the Righteous Brothers)
1939 in music , 1939 in British music , 1939 in Norwegian music – Birth of Judy Collins , Marvin Gaye , Ray Manzarek , Ginger Baker , Tina Turner and Grace Slick ; Cole Porter's DuBarry Was a Lady ; Judy Garland records "Over the Rainbow "
1938 in music , 1938 in British music , 1938 in Norwegian music – Birth of Peter Yarrow , Gordon Lightfoot , Ben E. King , Fela Kuti , Kenny Rogers , Death of Robert Johnson , Benny Goodman presents a jazz concert in Carnegie Hall ; Death of Dan W. Quinn
1937 in music , 1937 in British music , 1937 in Norwegian music – Death of George Gershwin , Birth of Roberta Flack , Waylon Jennings , Merle Haggard , Garth Hudson , Tom Paxton , Philip Glass , Dame Shirley Bassey , Carl Orff 's Carmina Burana premieres
1936 in music , 1936 in British music , 1936 in Norwegian music – Birth of Buddy Holly , Roy Orbison , Kris Kristofferson , Bill Wyman , Dave Van Ronk , Steve Reich , Bobby Darin , Billboard publishes first U.S. music chart
1935 in music , 1935 in British music , 1935 in Norwegian music – Birth of Elvis Presley , Jerry Lee Lewis , Gene Vincent , Luciano Pavarotti , Julie Andrews , Ronnie Hawkins , Johnnie Mathis , John Phillips , Lou Rawls , La Monte Young , Terry Riley ; Audiovox produce first electric bass guitar; Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin premieres in New York
1934 in music , 1934 in British music , 1934 in Norwegian music – Cole Porter's Anything Goes ; Birth of Leonard Cohen , Jackie Wilson ; Tammy Grimes , Bob Shane , King Curtis , Florence Henderson , Renata Scotto , Shirley Jones , Otis Rush , Frankie Valli , Pat Boone , André Prévost , Freddie King , Brian Epstein , Dave Guard , Del Shannon ; Deaths of Edward Elgar and Gustav Holst
1933 in music , 1933 in British music , 1933 in Norwegian music – Birth of James Brown , Quincy Jones , Willie Nelson , Nina Simone , Yoko Ono , Nick Reynolds
1932 in music , 1932 in British music , 1932 in Norwegian music – Night and Day by Cole Porter; Birth of Johnny Cash , Joel Grey , Petula Clark , Patsy Cline , Glenn Gould , Loretta Lynn , Miriam Makeba Carl Perkins , Little Richard , and John Williams ; Death of John Philip Sousa ; Adolph Rickenbacker produces first electric guitar; Bell Labs creates first stereophonic sound recordings
1931 in music , 1931 in British music , 1931 in Norwegian music – Birth of Teresa Brewer , Sam Cooke , João Gilberto , George Jones and Phyllis McGuire ; Death of Anna Pavlova
1930 in music , 1930 in British music , 1930 in Norwegian music – Birth of Ray Charles , Herbie Mann , Odetta , Sonny Rollins , Stephen Sondheim , and The Big Bopper
1929 in music , 1929 in British music , 1929 in Norwegian music – Cole Porter's Fifty Million Frenchmen ; Birth of Beverly Sills , Bill Evans , Dick Clark , Berry Gordy , Henri Pousseur
1928 in music , 1928 in British music , 1928 in Norwegian music – Birth of Bo Diddley and Karlheinz Stockhausen ; Fats Domino The Threepenny Opera by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht (libretto) premieres in Berlin
1927 in music , 1927 in British music , 1927 in Norwegian music – Jerome Kern's Show Boat ; Igor Stravinsky's Apollo ; Birth of Harry Belafonte , Antônio Carlos Jobim , Patti Page , Ralph Stanley
1926 in music , 1926 in British music , 1926 in Norwegian music – Tapiola by Jean Sibelius ; Birth of Marilyn Monroe , Joan Sutherland , John Coltrane , Miles Davis , Chuck Berry , Tony Bennett , Big Mama Thornton ; Turandot by Giacomo Puccini premieres in Milan
1925 in music , 1925 in British music , 1925 in Norwegian music – Birth of Celia Cruz , B.B. King and Pierre Boulez ; Big record labels begin using electric microphones for recording; 78 RPM adopted as standard for records ; BBC makes first radio broadcast in stereo; Wozzeck by Alban Berg premieres in Berlin, Carl Ruggles , Portals . Debut of the Grand Ole Opry .
1924 in music , 1924 in British music , 1924 in Norwegian music – Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue premieres in New York; the Symphony No. 7 by Jean Sibelius ; Death of Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini , Italian opera composer, Carl Ruggles . Men and Mountains . Debut of the National Barn Dance , the first radio program devoted to country music .
1923 in music , 1923 in British music , 1923 in Norwegian music – Birth of Hank Williams , First recordings by Louis Armstrong , Bessie Smith , and many other African-American artists, Carl Ruggles , Vox clamans in deserto
1922 in music , 1922 in British music , 1922 in Norwegian music – Birth of Judy Garland .
1921 in music , 1921 in British music , 1921 in Norwegian music – Death of Enrico Caruso , Carl Ruggles Angels
1920 in music , 1920 in British music , 1920 in Norwegian music – Birth of Charlie Parker , Ravi Shankar , Isaac Stern ; Death of Alberto Nepomuceno , Brazilian composer, pianist, organist and conductor.
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 music – An 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.
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 "
1909 in music , 1909 in British music , 1909 in Norwegian music – Death of Francisco Tárrega ; Elektra by Richard Strauss premieres in Dresden ; Birth of Benny Goodman
1908 in music , 1908 in British music , 1908 in Norwegian music – The two first atonal pieces are composed, first by Béla Bartók and then by Arnold Schoenberg Death of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov .
1907 in music , 1907 in British music , 1907 in Norwegian music – Death of Edvard Grieg , Norwegian composer (b. 1843); Birth of Gene Autry , Cab Calloway , Benny Carter , Kate Smith
1906 in music , 1906 in British music , 1906 in Norwegian music – Birth of Dmitri Shostakowich , soviet composer and pianist, Victor begins selling the Victrola phonograph player for $15.00; Len Spencer , I Am The Edison Phonograph --- earliest recorded advert played in Phonograph shops to sell the devices; the Symphony No. 8 by Gustav Mahler : Birth of Pedro Vargas known as the "Nightingale of the Americas".
1905 in music , 1905 in British music , 1905 in Norwegian music – The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár premieres in Vienna ; Salome by Richard Strauss premieres in Dresden
1904 in music , 1904 in British music , 1904 in Norwegian music – The Violin Concerto (Sibelius) by Jean Sibelius ; Death of Antonín Dvořák , Czech composer, Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini premieres in Milan
1903 in music , 1903 in British music , 1903 in Norwegian music – Valse triste by Jean Sibelius ; Birth of Bing Crosby and Vladimir Horowitz
1902 in music , 1902 in British music , 1902 in Norwegian music – Birth of Richard Rodgers , Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy premieres in Paris
1901 in music , 1901 in British music , 1901 in Norwegian music – Birth of Louis Armstrong , Death of Giuseppe Verdi , Italian composer, Birth of Silvestre Vargas
1900 in music , 1900 in British music , 1900 in Norwegian music – Tosca by Giacomo Puccini premieres in Rome
1899 in music , 1899 in Norwegian music – Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák ; Ein Heldenleben by Richard Strauss ; Symphony No. 1 and publication of Finlandia by Jean Sibelius ; Shéhérazade (Ravel) by Maurice Ravel ; Enigma Variations by Edward Elgar ; "Maple Leaf Rag " by Scott Joplin ; Death of Johann Strauss II ; Birth of Duke Ellington ; Birth of Silvestre Revueltas
1898 in music , 1898 in Norwegian music – Birth of George Gershwin , Paul Robeson
1897 in music , 1897 in Norwegian music – Ragtime music becomes popular in the United States; Death of Brahms , Birth of Marian Anderson
1896 in music , 1896 in Norwegian music – Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss ; Jungfrun i tornet by Jean Sibelius ; Death of Carlos Gomes , Brazilian composer and opera composer and Anton Bruckner , Austrian composer and organist
1895 in music , 1895 in Norwegian music – The Swan of Tuonela by Jean Sibelius ; Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks by Richard Strauss ; Birth of Carl Orff , Oscar Hammerstein II , William Grant Still , the "Dean of African-American music"
1894 in music , 1894 in Norwegian music – Cello Concerto and Humoresques by Antonín Dvořák
1893 in music , 1893 in Norwegian music – Symphony No. 9 and String Quartet No. 12 by Antonín Dvořák ; Symphony No. 3 by Gustav Mahler ; Karelia Suite by Jean Sibelius ; Death of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , Russian composer
1892 in music , 1892 in Norwegian music – Dan W. Quinn makes first recordings in New York City; Kullervo by Jean Sibelius ; Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo ; The Nutcracker by Marius Petipa
1891 in music , 1891 in Norwegian music – Piano Trio No. 4 by Antonín Dvořák ; Birth of Sergei Prokofiev , Soviet composer and pianist; George W. Johnson becomes first African American recording artist with "The Laughing Song"
1890 in music , 1890 in Norwegian music – John Philip Sousa makes first recordings with Columbia Phonograph Company ; Birth of Bronislava Nijinska , choreographer
1889 in music , 1889 in Norwegian music – Effie Stewart records at Menlo Park ; Edison starts commercial recordings on May 24; First phonograph parlor opens in San Francisco; Kaiser-Walzer by Johann Strauss II ; Death and Transfiguration by Richard Strauss .
1888 in music , 1888 in Norwegian music – Symphony No. 2 by Gustav Mahler ; Birth of Lead Belly ; Death of Charles-Valentin Alkan , French composer and pianist; Wax phonograph cylinders commercially marketed; Emile Berliner invents lateral-cut disc records .
1887 in music , 1887 in Norwegian music – The Havanaise (Saint-Saëns) by Camille Saint-Saëns ; Birth of Heitor Villa-Lobos , Brazilian composer, cellist, and guitarist
1886 in music , 1886 in Norwegian music – The Carnival of the Animals and the Symphony No. 3 by Camille Saint-Saëns ; birth of Marcel Dupré , Al Jolson , Paul Paray , Othmar Schoeck ; Franz Liszt publishes his final Hungarian Rhapsody ; death of Franz Liszt .
1885 in music , 1885 in Norwegian music – The Mikado – Arthur Sullivan ; The Gypsy Baron by Johann Strauss II ; Birth of Jerome Kern
1884 in music , 1884 in Norwegian music – Birth of Sophie Tucker
1883 in music , 1883 in Norwegian music – Birth of Edgard Varèse , Death of Richard Wagner , German composer
1882 in music , 1882 in Norwegian music – Birth of Igor Stravinsky , Russian composer, Parsifal by Richard Wagner premieres in Bayreuth ; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture premiere
1881 in music , 1881 in Norwegian music – Births of Béla Bartók and George Enescu
1880 in music , 1880 in Norwegian music – Stabat Mater and "Songs My Mother Taught Me " by Antonín Dvorák ; The Violin Concerto No. 3 (Saint-Saëns) by Camille Saint-Saëns ; Death of Jacques Offenbach , composer (b. 1819)
1869 in music – Death of Hector Berlioz , French composer, Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner premieres in Munich
1868 in music – Death of Gioachino Rossini , Italian composer, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner premières in Munich ; Ein deutsches Requiem by Johannes Brahms premières in Bremen; Wiegenlied by Brahms (Brahms' Lullaby ); Tales from the Vienna Woods by Johann Strauss II ; the Piano Concerto No. 2 (Saint-Saëns) by Camille Saint-Saëns
1867 in music Birth of Scott Joplin , famous ragtime composer; The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss II ; Roméo et Juliette (opera) by Charles Gounod ; Peer Gynt by Edvard Grieg
1866 in music – Franz Liszt completes his oratorio Christus ; Birth of French composer Erik Satie .
1865 in music – Birth of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius ; Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner premieres in Munich , marking the beginning of the end for traditional tonality ; The Symphony No. 1 by Antonín Dvorak ; Franz Liszt publishes his solo piano transcriptions of the full Beethoven Symphonies 1 – 9.
1864 in music Birth of Richard Strauss , German composer, Alberto Nepomuceno , Brazilian composer, pianist, organist and conductor
1863 in music – The Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso by Camille Saint-Saëns ; Birth of Ernesto Nazareth
1862 in music – Birth of French composer Claude Debussy
1861 in music – Birth of Anton Arensky ; Franz Liszt completes his first Mephisto Waltz The Dance in the Village Inn .
1860 in music – Birth of Gustav Mahler , Austrian composer and conductor
1859 in music – Faust by Charles Gounod premieres in Paris ; Richard Wagner concludes Tristan und Isolde ; In 1859 , John Freeman Young published the English translation of Silent Night that is most frequently sung today.
1858 in music – Births of Medardo Rosso and Giacomo Puccini , Italian opera composer, Orphée aux enfers by Jacques Offenbach , the first operetta , premieres in Paris; Hector Berlioz writes Les Troyens ; Johann Strauss II writes Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka
1857 in music – Birth of Edward Elgar , British composer; First public performance of Franz Liszt 's Piano Sonata in B Minor
1856 in music – Death of Robert Schumann , German composer and pianist; Richard Wagner , German composer, concludes Die Walküre
1855 in music – Birth of Ernest Chausson
1854 in music – Richard Wagner , German composer, concludes Das Rheingold
1853 in music – Il trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi premieres in Rome; La traviata by Verdi premieres in Venice
1852 in music – Births of Charles Villiers Stanford , Irish composer, teacher and conductor and Francisco Tárrega , Spanish composer and guitarist
1851 in music – Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi premieres in Venice
1850 in music – Lohengrin by Richard Wagner premieres in Weimar ; Foster's Plantation Melodies by Stephen Foster , including "Camptown Races "
1829 in music – The Italian Symphony , the Scottish Symphony , and the Songs Without Words by Felix Mendelssohn ; Birth of Anton Rubinstein , Russian composer and ultra virtuoso pianist
1828 in music – Franz Schubert dies
1827 in music – Ludwig van Beethoven dies; Winterreise by Franz Schubert ; Il pirata by Vincenzo Bellini
1826 in music – June 5, Death of Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber , German opera composer. String Quartet No. 14 in C Sharp minor by Ludwig van Beethoven was completed. October 31, Muzio Clementi 's complete Gradus ad Parnassum (100 pieces) appears for the first time, simultaneously in Paris, Leipzig and London.
1825 in music – Birth of Johann Strauss II , Austrian composer; Songs from Sir Walter Scott by Franz Schubert , including "Ellens dritter Gesang " (Schubert's Ave Maria ); The Octet by Felix Mendelssohn Antonio Salieri dies
1824 in music – Birth of Anton Bruckner , Austrian composer and organist; Beethoven's 9th Symphony
1823 in music – Die schöne Müllerin by Franz Schubert
1822 in music
1821 in music – Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber , premieres in Berlin
1820 in music
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 music – Hammerklavier 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 music – Il 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 .
1809 in music – Birth of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy , German composer, pianist, organist and conductor; Death of Joseph Haydn , Austrian composer
1808 in music – Beethoven completes his 6th Symphony "Pastoral" , Beethoven's 5th Symphony
1807 in music – La Vestale by Gaspare Spontini , Symphony No. 4 by Ludwig van Beethoven
1806 in music – Fourth Piano Concerto , Violin Concerto by Ludwig van Beethoven
1805 in music – Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven
1804 in music – Symphony No. 3 'Eroica' by Ludwig van Beethoven
1803 in music – Birth of Hector Berlioz , French composer Symphony No. 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven
1802 in music – Bach's Sonatas and partitas for solo violin are published by Bote and Bock
1801 in music – Birth of Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini , Italian opera composer, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata
1800 in music – Symphony No. 1 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Music Timeline A Chronology of Music From Prehistory to the Present Day.