2009 in music
The following is a list of notable events and releases in 2009 in music. Susan Boyle's album I Dreamed a Dream became the biggest selling album in the world for 2009, selling 8.3 million copies in five weeks; more than any other artist's in the whole year.[1][3][4] The use of Auto-Tune emerged into the mainstream this year.
Events
January
- January 2 – the Italian singer Valentina Giovagnini at age 28, dies in a car crash.
- January 8 – Lady Gaga's debut single "Just Dance" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 after 22 weeks – the second longest climb to number one, since Creed "With Arms Wide Open" in November 2000 (27 weeks).[5] Just Dance also reaches number 1 on the UK Singles Chart three days later, a week after it debuted at number 3.
- January 16 – The film Notorious, based on the life of rapper Notorious B.I.G. is released.
- January 18 – As part of the inaugural celebration of Barack Obama, an inaugural concert "We Are One" was held at the Lincoln Memorial.
- January 28 – Kelly Clarkson breaks record for the biggest jump to number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 when her single "My Life Would Suck Without You" soars from number 97 to number one fueled by 280,000 digital downloads on the first week of release.[6]
- January 29 – Madonna announces that she will extend her record-breaking Sticky & Sweet Tour during summer of 2009, to visit cities that were excluded during the first run. The tour will kick-off in The O2, London on July 4. The extension will take Sticky & Sweet Tour to a total of over 80 shows, putting it among the top five tours of all time.[7]
February
- Lily Allen's "The Fear" jumps 168 spots to reach the number one spot on the UK Singles Chart,[8] ending Lady Gaga's three-week reign at the top.
- February 1 – Bruce Springsteen,[9] Faith Hill and Jennifer Hudson[10] perform at Super Bowl XLIII
- February 8 – At the 51st Grammy Awards which took place at the Staples Center, Los Angeles:
- February 10 – Rihanna cancelled her Malaysian concert in the Good Girl Gone Bad Tour amid reports that she accused her boyfriend R&B star Chris Brown of assault. Organizers had announced that she would shun skimpy outfits to conform with Muslim-majority Malaysia's strict rule on performers' dress.[13]
- February 12
- "Crack a Bottle", performed by Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent, sets a new record for opening week download sales in the United States, at 418,000 copies. The previous record (335,000) was set by "Live Your Life".[14]
- Billboard announces that Madonna is the highest-earning entertainer of 2008, with US$242,176,466, mostly from her sold-out Sticky & Sweet Tour.[15]
- February 18
- Pet Shop Boys win the outstanding contribution to music award at the Brit Awards.
- Duffy dominates the Brit Awards, held in Earl's Court, London. Her album, Rockferry, the U.K top seller in 2008, won best British album, and she also won best British female and British breakthrough
- Kings of Leon (best international group) also win best international album for Only By The Night.
- Katy Perry wins best international female trophy.[16]
- Flo Rida breaks his own record when his single "Right Round" is downloaded 636,000 units in the opening week. His 2008 chart-topper "Low" set the previous record for most downloaded song with 467,000 units sold on the first week of release.[17]
- February 24 – Lamb of God album Wrath debuts at number 2 on the Billboard 200, making it the highest charting extreme metal album in the last fifteen years.
- February 26 – Vocalist Steven Page leaves the Barenaked Ladies.[18]
- February 28 – Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's first song as a group in nine years entitled "The Game Ain't Ready" on MySpace. The sudden rush caused MySpace to crash for the rest of the day.
March
- March 2 – Elton John and Billy Joel The tour dates are mostly configured for 360-degree view in order to maximize arena capacity. The duo's last tour, in 2003, grossed $USD 45.8 million from only 24 sellouts according to Billboard Boxscore.[19]
- March 3 – Britney Spears launches her highly anticipated The Circus Starring Britney Spears world tour at New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her first world tour in five years, and first tour since her public breakdown will take her across North America, Europe, and will end in Australia. Spears will complete a 97 show world tour.[20]
- March 5 - Michael Jackson announces in London his last concert series, This Is It.
- March 6 through March 8 – Phish's reunion shows at Hampton Coliseum in Virginia.
- March 10 – Infernus won the Gorgoroth name dispute.
- N Dubz start their first ever tour, The Uncle B Tour, on the 27th.
- March 12 - Electroclash singer Miss Kittin reunited with The Hacker to release the duet album Two.
- March 13 through March 22 – The 2009 South by Southwest Conference and Festival.
- Fleetwood Mac embark on their first world tour in five years, with a possible new studio album to follow.[21]
- 16 - Paradise Lost, Hires, Adrian Erlandsson.
- March 22- Lady Gaga's single "Poker Face" gives her a second number 1 on the UK Singles Chart, remaining there for a further two weeks. It goes on to become the biggest selling single of 2009 and the biggest selling digital single ever in the UK.
- March 26 – Beyoncé Knowles begins her I Am... Tour in Edmonton, Canada at the Rexall Place.
- March 27 – Rapper T.I. was sentenced to a one year and one day prison sentence.
April
- April 1 – Lady Gaga becomes the first artist in nearly ten years (after Christina Aguilera in 1999 and 2000) to reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with their first two chart entries ("Just Dance" and "Poker Face").
- April 4 – Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney performed together (for the first time since 2002) at the Radio City Music Hall for the David Lynch Foundation.
- The 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony took place welcoming new inductees Little Anthony & the Imperials, Bobby Womack, Jeff Beck as a solo artist, Run-D.M.C., and Metallica. Metallica citing the drama surrounding Blondie, Black Sabbath, and Van Halen's inductions includes Cliff Burton and Jason Newsted both former bassists for the band in the induction.[22] Jason Newsted also performs with band in its first rendition as a 5-piece band featuring two bass guitarists.[23]
- April 5 - Carrie Underwood won the ACM Entertainer of the Year award, becoming only the 7th female to do so in the history of the ceremony's 44 years.
- April 11 – Susan Boyle's version of the song "I Dreamed a Dream" from the musical Les Misérables on Britain's Got Talent becomes a worldwide sensation, as it is seen over 200 million times on YouTube and other video outlets.
- April 12 – Carrie Underwood's song "I Told You So" from her album "Carnival Ride topped the country songs chart as her tenth straight number one and became the only country artist in history to have their first 10 singles hit number one off their first two albums.
- April 17 through April 19 – Coachella 2009
- April 21 – Heavy metal band Iron Maiden releases a motion picture documentary of their current Somewhere Back in Time World Tour, titled Flight 666.
- April 23 – Taylor Swift kicks off her sold-out Fearless Tour, her first headlining tour, in Evansville, Indiana, joined by opening acts Gloriana and Kellie Pickler.
- April 26 – UK grime rapper Tinchy Stryder's collaboration with N-Dubz, "Number 1", went to the No.1 spot, shifting 72,000 copies in its first week. Tinchy Stryder's single was the only ever song entitled 'Number One' to reach the No.1 spot – even though there's been 23 other songs with the same name.
- April 28 – A side project by Burton C. Bell & Dino Cazares from weeks prior changes into Fear Factory Rehiring Dino & Hiring Gene Hoglan.
May
June
July
- July 2 to 3 – Blur's 20 year reunion and superconcert at Hyde Park.
- July 2 to 5 – Heineken Open'er Festival in Gdynia, Poland
- July 3 – Yahoo! Music announces that Taylor Swift's album Fearless and Flo Rida's single "Right Round" are the top-selling album and single, respectively, of the first half of the year.[25]
- July 4 – Madonna starts the second run of her record-breaking Sticky & Sweet Tour in London, England.
- July 6 – Ryan Ross and Jon Walker leave Panic! at the Disco and go on to form The Young Veins.
- July 6 – 12 – Australian Radio station Triple J holds its 'Hottest 100 of All Time' with Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" coming in first for the third consecutive time a 'Hottest 100 of All Time' has been held 1991, 1998 and 2009. This is the largest music poll in the world with more than half a million people voting.
- July 7 – A public memorial for Michael Jackson is held at the Staples Center. Artists such as Stevie Wonder, Usher, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Hudson, John Mayer, Lionel Richie, Shaheen Jafargholi, and his brother, Jermaine Jackson performed.
- July 9–12 – 10th EXIT festival takes place in the Petrovaradin Fortress of Novi Sad, Serbia, with more than 190,000 visitors.
- July 10 – August 15 – Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival, headlined by Marilyn Manson and Slayer
- July 13 – Lady Gaga becomes the first performer to have three songs from a debut album reach #1 on an American Billboard chart since Avril Lavigne and Ace of Base.
- July 14- Owl City releases "Fireflies" which is released on iTunes as "Free Single Of The Week". This single later becomes a #1 on American Billboard.
- July 16 to July 19 – Rock Fest
- July 17, 18 & 21 - Paul McCartney performs three sold out concerts at Citi Field to open the stadium with opening act, The Script. This is because on August 15, 1965, The Beatles performed the first concert at Shea Stadium and McCartney joined Billy Joel on stage a year ago for the last concert there. Joel joined McCartney again on the first night.
- July 18 – Tool goes on tour for the first time in two years.
- July 21 – shortlist announced for the 2009 Mercury Prize.
- July 22 to July 25 – 2009 10,000 Lakes Festival
- July 24 Start of blink-182's reunion tour, with Fall Out Boy and Weezer as opening acts, kicks off.
- July 25–26 – IndieTracks Festival, Derbyshire UK
August
- August 7–9 – Lollapalooza 2009
- August 14–16 – Bloodstock Open Air Festival, Derbyshire, UK
- August 20–22 – Hip Hop Kemp in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
- August 21 – Vocalist Jim Lindberg announces his departure from Pennywise.[26]
- August 21 through August 23 – The Green Festival in New Brunswick, Canada[27]
- August 28 – After another fight with his brother Liam, Noel Gallagher leaves Oasis. Initial reports shortly afterwards suggested that Oasis had broken up, but Liam later stated that they have not broken up. The remaining members of Oasis eventually decide to discontinue the band name and start recording under a new name, Beady Eye.
- Adam Goldstein, better known as DJ AM, is found dead at his Manhattan apartment. He had died of a drug overdose. He was 36.
- August 28–31 – Greenbelt Festival in Cheltenham, UK
- The Black Eyed Peas Malaysian concert in celebration of beer giant Guinness's 250th anniversary in Kuala Lumpur is restricted to only non-Muslims since the sponsor is an alcoholic brand and it is considered inappropriate for Muslims to attend the concert which scheduled in September.[28]
- August 30 – ICS Vortex & Mustis are fired from Dimmu Borgir
- August 31 – Ingrid Michaelson kicks off her "Everybody" tour in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
September
- September 3 – Michael Jackson is buried at Forest Lawn for a private burial.
- September 7 – Muse release their new single, "Uprising".
- September 8 – Winner of the 2009 Mercury Prize announced.
- September 9 – The entire catalogue of The Beatles is re-released as digital remasters with rare pictures, short documentaries, original and newly written liner notes with replicated original UK artwork for the first time since 1987.
- September 10 – Nine Inch Nails performs their final concert in Los Angeles.
- September 12 – The first ever outdoor Sunset Strip Music Festival is held in West Hollywood, featuring performances from more than fifty bands including Ozzy Osbourne and Korn.
- September 13 – The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards is held in New York City at Radio City Music Hall.
- September 16 – The Spice Girls reunite for dinner and drinks in London except for Victoria (Posh Spice), who was in Los Angeles. It was the first time all four Spice Girls reunited in public since their "Return of the Spice Girls Tour" in 2007/8. This 'public reunion' has since sparked numerous rumours that the girls will be reforming again. The girls have not denied this, but said that anything "work related" was not 'concrete' yet.
- September 17 – Avril Lavigne and husband Deryck Whibley split after three years of marriage.
- September 21 – Winner of the 2009 Polaris Music Prize announced.
- Sugababes singer Keisha Buchanan left the group, surrounding days of speculation that arguments had occurred in the band. 2009 Eurovision song contest entrant Jade Ewen replaced her, leaving no members of the group's original lineup remaining.
- September 24 – Chiodos fires their lead singer, Craig Owens.
- September 25–27 – The inaugural Rotor Festival for Contemporary Music, an initiative of the International Music Institute (IMD) and the Ensemble Modern, is held in Frankfurt am Main, featuring music by Iannis Xenakis and Helmut Lachenmann, amongst others.
- September 29 – Paramore releases third album Brand New Eyes, the band's highest charting album to date and starts the Brand New Eyes World Tour.
- September 30 – Kylie Minogue kicks off first ever US Tour in Oakland, California.
October
November
December
Bands formed
Bands reformed
Returning performers
Bands disbanded
Bands on hiatus
Albums
Best-selling albums globally and in the U.S.
The best-selling records in 2009 in the world according to IFPI:[127]
The best-selling records in 2009 in the US according to Nielsen Soundscan:[128]
Top hits on record in the world
Canada
United Kingdom
UK Official Top 75 #1 Hits
UK Official Top 75 Hits – Singles which have ranked within Top 20
United States
Billboard Hot 100 #1 Hits
Billboard Hot 100 Hits – Singles which have ranked within Top 20
Classical music
- John Adams – String Quartet, No. 2
- Thomas Adès – Lieux Retrouvés, for cello and piano
- Richard Barrett – Mesopotamia for 17 instruments and electronics
- Harrison Birtwistle – The Corridor scena for two singers and ensemble
- John Brunning – Sahara (for guitar)
- Elliott Carter
- Duettino for Violin & Cello
- Figment V for marimba
- Ludovico Einaudi – Nightbook
- Lorenzo Ferrero
- Op.111 – Bagatella su Beethoven for piano solo
- Three Simple Songs for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano
- Fantasy Suite No.2 for violin and orchestra
- Howard Goodall – Enchanted Voices
- Philip Glass
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, No.2, "The American Four Seasons", premiere in December
- Sonata for Violin & Piano
- String Sextet
- Magnus Lindberg – Graffiti for chorus and orchestra
- Christopher Rouse – Zhizn
- Steven Stucky – Dust Devil, for solo marimba
- John Tavener
- Tu ne sais pas, for mezzo-soprano, timpani and stings
- The Peace that Passeth Understanding (choral)
- Mark-Anthony Turnage – Five Processionals, for clarinet, violin, cello & piano
Opera
- Philip Glass – Kepler, premiere on September 20, Linz, Austria
- Alexander Goehr – Promised End, opera in twenty-four preludes to words from Shakespeare's King Lear
- Karel Goeyvaerts – Aquarius, premiere on 9 June, Antwerp
- Paul Moravec – The Letter, premiere on July 25, Santa Fe Opera
- Michael Nyman – Sparkie: Cage and Beyond, with Carsten Nicolai
- André Previn – Brief Encounter (World Premier, Houston Grand Opera, 1 May 2009)
- Thanapoom Sirichang – The Lunch Box
- Rufus Wainwright – Prima Donna
Deaths
January–February
- January 2 – Valentina Giovagnini, 28, Italian singer
- January 6 – Ron Asheton, 60, American guitarist (The Stooges)
- January 8 – Lamya al Mugheiry, 35, African singer
- January 9 – Dave Dee, 67, British singer (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich)
- January 12 – Alejandro Sokol, 48, Argentine rock musician
- January 13 – Mansour Rahbani, 83, Lebanese composer
- January 14 – Angela Morley, 84, English conductor and composer
- January 15 – Veronica Dudarova, 92, Russian symphony conductor
- January 18 – João Aguardela, 39, Portuguese rock singer, musician and composer
- January 28 – Billy Powell, 56, American keyboardist (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- January 29 – John Martyn, 60, British singer/songwriter
- January 31 – Dewey Martin, 68, Canadian drummer (Buffalo Springfield)
- February 1 – Lukas Foss, 86, American pianist, conductor and composer
- February 2 – Sunny Skylar, 95, American songwriter
- February 3
- February 4 – Lux Interior, 62, American singer (The Cramps)
- February 7
- February 9 – Vic Lewis, 89, British jazz guitarist
- February 11 – Estelle Bennett, 67, American singer (The Ronettes)
- February 12
- February 14
- February 15 – Joe Cuba, 78, Puerto Rican jazz percussionist
- February 18 – Snooks Eaglin, 72, American guitarist and singer
- February 19
- February 20 – Fats Sadi, 81, Belgian jazz musician, vocalist and composer
- February 24
- February 25 – Randall Bewley, 53, American guitarist (Pylon)
March–April
- March 1 – Joan Turner, 86, British singer and actress
- March 2 – Ernie Ashworth, 80, American country singer
- March 3 – Sydney Earle Chaplin, 82, American actor and singer
- March 4 – John Cephas, 78, American Piedmont blues guitarist
- March 5 – Edmund Hockridge, 79, Canadian singer and actor
- March 6 – Francis Magalona, 44, Filipino actor and rapper
- March 7 – Jimmy Boyd, 70, American singer
- March 14 – Alain Bashung, 61, French singer/songwriter and actor
- March 18 – Kent Henry, 60, American blues/rock guitarist
- March 22 – Reg Isidore, 59, Aruban drummer (Robin Trower Band)
- March 24 – Uriel Jones, 74, Motown Funk Brothers session drummer
- March 25 – "England" Dan Seals, 61, American singer-songwriter
- March 29 – Maurice Jarre, 84, French composer
- April 9 – Randy Cain, 63, singer, (The Delfonics)
- April 13 – Ron Stallings, a priod of time saxophonist (Huey Lewis and the News)
May–June
- May 6 – Ean Evans, 48, American bassist
- May 15 – Wayman Tisdale, 44, NBA basketball player and smooth jazz bass guitarist
- May 18
- May 24 – Jay Bennett, 45, American multi-instrumentalist (Wilco)
- June 3 – Koko Taylor, 80, American blues singer
- June 7 – Hugh Hopper, 64, British musician
- June 14 – Bob Bogle, 75, American guitarist (The Ventures)
- June 18 – Ali Akbar Khan, 87, Indian sarod player
- June 25
- June 27 – Fayette Pinkney, 61, American singer (The Three Degrees)
- June 30 – Harve Presnell, 75, American singer and actor
July–August
- July 2 – Susan Fernandez, 52, Filipina activist and singer
- July 4 – Allen Klein, 77, American record label executive
- July 11 – Angie Pirog, 18, Canadian folk singer/guitarist
- July 16 – D. K. Pattammal, 90, Indian classical singer
- July 17 – Gordon Waller, 64, British singer (Peter and Gordon)
- July 21
- July 26 – Merce Cunningham, 90, American dancer, choreographer
- July 27 – George Russell, 86, American composer
- June 31 – Titus “Baatin” Glover, 61, American singer (Slum Village)
- August 6 – Willy DeVille, 58, American musician
- August 12 – Rashied Ali, 74, American drummer
- August 13 – Les Paul, 94, American jazz guitarist and inventor of solid-body electric guitar and multi-track recording
- August 18 – Hildegard Behrens, 72, German opera singer
- August 28 – DJ AM, 36, American turntabalist and celebrity disc jockey (Crazy Town)
September–October
- September 1 – Erich Kunzel, 74, American conductor
- September 7 – Fred Mills, 74, Canadian trumpeter
- September 11 – Jim Carroll, 60, American writer and punk singer (Jim Carroll Band)
- September 16 – Mary Travers, 72, American folk singer (Peter, Paul and Mary)
- September 17 – Leon Kirchner, 90, American composer
- September 19 – Roc Raida, 37, American turntablist (The X-Ecutioners)
- September 24 – Sir Howard Morrison, 74, New Zealand entertainer
- October 4 – Mercedes Sosa, 74, Argentinian singer
- October 5 – Mike Alexander, 32, British bassist (Evile)
- October 7 – Steve Ferguson, 60, American rock guitarist (NRBQ)
- October 9 – Arturo Cavero, 68, Peruvian singer
- October 10 – Stephen Gately, 33, Irish pop singer (Boyzone)
- October 12
- October 13 – Al Martino, 82, American singer
- October 17 – Vic Mizzy, 93, American composer
- October 28 – Taylor Mitchell, 19, Canadian folk singer-songwriter
November–December
- November 8 – Jerry Fuchs, 34, American drummer (!!!, Maserati)
- November 15 – Derek B, 44, British rapper
- November 22 – Haydain Neale, 39, Canadian soul/R&B singer (jacksoul)
- December 2 – Eric Woolfson, 64, Scottish musician (The Alan Parsons Project)
- December 4 - Liam Clancy, 74, Irish Musician (The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem)
- December 20 – James Gurley, 69, American musician (Big Brother and the Holding Company)
- December 25 – Vic Chesnutt, 45, American musician
- December 28 – James "The Rev" Sullivan, 28, American drummer (Avenged Sevenfold)
- December 30 – Rowland S. Howard, 50, Australian guitarist (The Birthday Party)
Musical films
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