2001 in music

Events

• February - Rush records Vapor Trails, which will be a blockbuster album on May 14, 2002
• February 9 - Don Felder[?] files a lawsuit against the Eagles after being kicked out of the band
• February 13 - Peter Frampton receives the Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award[?]
• February 25 - N'Sync is featured on an episode of The Simpsons entitled "New Kids On The Blecch"
• March 1 - Collin Raye[?] is awarded the Artist Humanitarian Award[?] from Country Radio Broadcasters Inc[?]. The award was given in recognition of Raye's work on behalf of a number of different charitable organizations including Child help USA[?], USA Weekend's Make a Difference Day and the Native American organization Hecel Oyakapi.
• Concert For New York: A Tribute To Heroes[?] airs on VH1, with performances by Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Billy Joel and others.
• March 14 - The Court of Appeals in Rome finds Michael Jackson "not guilty" of plagiarism, reversing a decision made in 1999 by a lower court. Italian songwriter Albano Carrisi[?] had claimed that Jackson's "Will You Be There" was a copy of his song "I Cigni Di Balaka."
• April 4 - Original Zombies lead singer Colin Blunstone[?] and keyboardist Rod Argent[?], reunite for a two part performance at London's Jazz Cafe. This was the first time the two band members performed together in over 30 years.
• May - Bad Religion leaves Atlantic Records, signs a contract with Epitaph Records.
• Mariah Carey makes a number of unusual public appearances, including an unscheduled visit to MTV's Total Request Live. Rumors fly that the star had a mental breakdown.
• Area One music festival brings together a variety of acts including Moby, Incubus, Outkast, New Order, Nelly Furtado, The Roots, Rinocerose[?], Paul Oakenfold, and Carl Cox[?].
• Napster's popularity peaks
• Tool returns
• Audioslave forms
• Zebra forms again
• Revolution forms
• Zwan forms

Albums Released

• Just Push Play[?] - Aerosmith
• 10,000 Hz Legend[?] - Air
• ANThology[?] - Alien Ant Farm
• Underground Network[?] - Anti-Flag
• End Is Forever[?] - The Ataris
• The Process Of Belief - Bad Religion
• Lions - The Black Crowes
• Take Off Your Pants And Jacket - Blink-182
• Wake Up And Smell The Coffee[?] - The Cranberries
• Weathered - Creed
• The Sickness - The Disturbed
• Sing Loud, Sing Proud[?] - Dropkick Murphys[?]
• Sinner[?] - Drowning Pool[?]
• Suburban Blight[?] - F-Minus[?]
• Lars Frederiksen & The Bastards[?] - Lars Frederiksen[?]
• The Argument[?] - Fugazi
• International SuperHits![?] - Green Day
• International SuperVideos![?] - Green Day (DVD Relese)
• Warning: - Green Day
• Covered With Ants - Guttermouth
• Scattered, Smothered and Covered[?] - Hootie & the Blowfish
• Morning View - Incubus
• Arrival[?] - Journey
• The Essential Journey[?] - Journey
• Cocky[?] - Kid Rock
• Lenny[?] - Lenny Kravitz
• Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park
• V / Ecstatic Fanatic[?] - Live
• Word Of Mouf - Ludacris
• Greatest Hits - Tim McGraw[?]
• The World Needs A Hero - Megadeth
• Destination Unknown - Mest
• God Says No[?] - Monster Magnet
• The Big Combo[?] - New Bomb Turks[?]
• Silver Side Up[?] - Nickelback
• Rock Steady - No Doubt
• Conspiracy Of One - The Offspring
• Down To Earth[?] - Ozzy Osbourne
• Land Of The Free?[?] - Pennywise
• Anyone's For Doomsday[?] - Powerman 5000
• Freaked Out and Small[?] - Presidents of the United States of America
• Come Clean - Puddle Of Mudd
• Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Revolving Around The World[?] - Revolution
• My Heart Is In Your Hands[?] - Revolution
• Laundry Service[?] - Shakira
• God Hates Us All - Slayer
• IOWA - Slipknot
• Pretty Together - Sloan
• Greatest Hits (2-Disc) - The Smashing Pumpkins
• Spy Kids 1 - Soundtrack
• Break The Cycle[?] - Staind
• Sound-Dust[?] - Stereolab
• Start Static[?] - Sugarcult[?]
• All Killer No Filler - Sum 41
• Toxicity-- System of a Down
• From Chaos[?] - 311
• Lateralus - Tool
• Communication & Conviction: Last Seven Years[?] - The Tossers[?]
• Fuel For Life[?] - The Turbo AC's[?]
• Product Of Television[?] - UP SyNDROME
• Weezer (2001) - Weezer
• The Sinister Urge[?] - Rob Zombie

Top Hits

• "Sorrow" - Bad Religion
• "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You" - Brooks and Dunn[?]
• "Spy Kids Theme" - Fonda
• "Crawling" - Linkin Park
• "In The End" - Linkin Park
• "One Step Closer" - Linkin Park
• "My Baby" - Lil Romeo[?]
• "Hey Baby" - No Doubt
• "Million Miles Away" - The Offspring
• "Want You Bad" - The Offspring
• "Whenever Wherever"/"Suerte" - Shakira
• "I Hope You Dance" - Lee Ann Womack[?]
• Revolving Around The World[?] - Revolution

1. Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
2. Shaggy[?] - Hotshot[?]
3. NSYNC - No Strings Attached
4. Enya - A Day Without Rain[?]
5. Staind - Break The Cycle[?]
6. Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor[?]
7. Destiny's Child - Survivor[?]
8. Creed - Weathered
9. Soundtrack - O Brother, Where Art Thou?
10. Various Artists - Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 6[?]

Births

Deaths

• February 13 - George Simon[?], Music critic and original Glenn Miller Band drummer, pneumonia
• February 19 - Charles Trenet[?], French singer, songwriter
• February 21 - Ronnie Hilton[?]
• February 21 - Malcolm Yelvington[?]
• February 22 - John Fahey[?], guitarist, indie label[?] owner
• March 18 - John Phillips, cofounder of Popular Music group The Mamas and the Papas
• March 28 - Moe Koffman[?] (73), Canadian Jazz singer
• April 15 - Joey Ramone, lead singer for The Ramones
• June 21 - John Lee Hooker, 83, Blues musician
• June 30 - Chet Atkins, 77, country musician
• July 27 - Leon Wilkeson[?], 49, Bassist for Lynyrd Skynyrd
• August 25 - Aaliyah, 22, American singer and actress
• September 22 - Isaac Stern, 81, violinist
• November 29 - George Harrison, 58, musician and former member of The Beatles
• December 13 - Chuck Schuldiner, 34, vocalist and guitarist with Death[?]
• December 16 - Stuart Adamson[?], Big Country

Awards

• The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Aerosmith, Solomon Burke, The Flamingos, Michael Jackson, Queen, Paul Simon, Steely Dan and Ritchie Valens
• Inductees of the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame include Larry Norman, and Elvis Presley

Grammy Awards

• Grammy Awards of 2001

Juno Awards

• Juno Awards of 2001[?]
  • March 4 - Bruce Cockburn is inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

• Eurovision Song Contest 2001