2004 in music

none 2004 2004 music radio television film This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2004. Specific locations 2004 in British music 2004 in Irish music 2004 in Norwegian music 2004 in Scandinavian 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 2004 in jazz 2004 in Latin music 2004 in progressive rock 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. January 16–February 1 – The Big Day Out festival takes place in Australia and New Zealand, headlined by Metallica. A Perfect Circle is originally named in the lineup but later withdraw, with Fear Factory appearing as a mystery artist in place of all of A Perfect Circle's scheduled slots. 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 wins five awards. Coldplay's "Clocks" wins Record of the Year, while Luther Vandross' "Dance with My Father" wins Song of the Year. Evanescence win Best New Artist. February 9 – Blink-182 release single "I Miss You" from the album Blink-182. The song will reach 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 are 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 embarks on 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. 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 1-2 – The annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival takes place in California. Headlined by Radiohead and The Cure, the lineup also features Pixies, The Flaming Lips, Belle and Sebastian, Muse, MF Doom, Basement Jaxx, Death Cab for Cutie, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Kraftwerk and Kool Keith. 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 8× platinum and was nominated for the Mercury Prize and the BRIT award for best album. May 12–15 – The 49th Eurovision Song Contest, held at Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, is won by Ukrainian singer Ruslana with the song "Wild Dances". It is the first contest to take place as a multi-date event. 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 each headline one 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 5-6 – The annual Download Festival takes place at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England, with Linkin Park and Metallica headlining the main stage. Pennywise and HIM headline the Snickers "Game On" stage, while the Barfly stage is headlined by Peaches and SuicideGirls. 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.http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/clapton.s-guitar-sells-for-.959.000 Clapton's Guitar Sells For $959,000 June 25, 2004 Contactmusic.com March 3, 2013 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 24–25 – The Splendour in the Grass music festival is held in Byron Bay, Australia, headlined by PJ Harvey & Jurassic 5. 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.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3525652.stm Simon and Garfunkel play huge gig August 1, 2004 BBC News March 3, 2013 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 waste 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, 7 years after 1997's The Fat Of The Land. September–October September 18 – Britney Spears marries Kevin Federline. September 20 – Green Day release their seventh studio album American Idiot, making a comeback for the band, following disappointing sales of their 2000 album Warning. American Idiot eventually receives the award for Best Rock Album at the 47th Grammy Awards on February 13, 2005. September 21 – Gloria Trevi is acquitted and released from jail after being cleared of the charges related to Sergio Andrade's sex-crimes.Tuckman Jo 2004-09-23 Mexico's Madonna free at last in climax to real-life soap https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/23/artsnews.mexico 2025-07-02 The Guardian en-GB 0261-3077 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. On the same day, young Filipino singer Christian Bautista unveiled his first self-titled debut album. 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 – 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.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1475787/Ex-rebel-Clapton-receives-his-CBE.html Ex-rebel Clapton receives his CBE November 4, 2004 The Daily Telegraph March 3, 2013 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 17 – Within Temptation release the single "Stand My Ground". November 21 – Casey Donovan is crowned winner of the second season of Australian Idol. Anthony Callea was named runner-up. November 24 – Brian & Eric Hoffman leave Deicide after a royalties dispute. November 30 – Jay-Z and Linkin Park's album Collision Course debuts atop Billboard 200, later becoming the best-selling CD/DVD of that year. December 8 – Dimebag Darrell is murdered on stage while performing in Columbus, Ohio, by a deranged fan, Former Friend: Gunman Obsessed With Pantera Associated Press December 8, 2004 https://www.foxnews.com/story/former-friend-gunman-obsessed-with-pantera https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/10/arts/music/10abbott.html New York Times Darrell Abbott, 38, a Guitarist Featured in Heavy-Metal Bands, Dies Ben Ratliff 2004-12-10 who shoots the guitarist three times in the head with a 9mm Beretta handgun.Chris Arnold James Niggemeyer A Vulgar Display of Power: Courage and Carnage at the Alrosa Villa https://books.google.com/books?id=xK9RS2nQ3ZMC&pg=PA244 21 October 2011 15 March 2007 MJS Music & Entertainment 978-0-9762917-7-0 244– The gunman kills three other people and wounds a further three before being shot dead by police. December 11 – Steve Brookstein is crowned winner of the first series of The X Factor. G4 are named the runner-ups, while Tabby Callaghan and Rowetta Satchell finish in third and fourth place respectively. 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) Matchbox Twenty (reformed in 2007) Bands disbanded See Musical groups disestablished in 2004 Bands re-formed Destiny's Child Helmet Megadeth New York Dolls Restless Heart The Shadows (till 2015) Vaya Con Dios Albums released :Category:2004 albums January–March DateAlbumArtistNotes JANUARY1 Alea Jacta Est WarCry - Not Quite Me Tess Wiley - Ulrichsberg Irène Schweizer and Pierre Favre -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 -7 Terror Loudness -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 -19 Colour The Small One Sia -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 US26 Sleepy Buildings – A Semi Acoustic Evening The Gathering - 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 http://www.narnackrecords.com/releases2.php?release=85 Narnack Records Coachwhips July 2, 2015 July 3, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150703004347/http://www.narnackrecords.com/releases2.php?release=85 dead 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 Map of What Is Effortless Telefon Tel Aviv - 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 - Unsung: The Best of Helmet (1991–1997) Helmet Compilation The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection Yes US; Box Set The Weak's End Emery -28 Tomatteita Tokei ga Ima Ugokidashita Zard -31 Politics Sébastien Tellier - FEBRUARY2 Bows + Arrows The Walkmen - Evolution Purgatory Persuader - Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters UK3 50 First Dates: Love Songs from the Original Motion Picture Various Artists Soundtrack The Battle for Everything Five for Fighting - Critical Energy Threshold - A Crow Left of the Murder Incubus - 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-release9 Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand Debut Album Free Me Emma Bunton UK Marshall's House John Squire - The Raging Fire Seventh Key - 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 Norfolk Coast The Stranglers - The Runaway Found The Veils Debut17 All That We Let In Indigo Girls - Fabulous Muscles Xiu Xiu - I Don't Want You Back Eamon - Laced with Romance The Ponys Debut 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 Samotność po zmierzchu Ania - Scars of the Crucifix Deicide -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 - Kidz Bop 5 Kidz Bop Kids - The King of Crunk & BME Recordings Present: Trillville & Lil Scrappy Trillville and Lil Scrappy - The Life of Joseph W. McVey Z-Ro - Music as a Weapon II Disturbed, Chevelle, Taproot & Ünloco Live Nude VAST - Punk Statik Paranoia Orgy - Schizophrenic JC Chasez - Sea of Faces Kutless - Shadows Collide with People John Frusciante - Van Hunt Van Hunt Debut Virginia Creeper Grant-Lee Phillips - They Were Wrong, So We Drowned Liars - The Wretched Spawn Cannibal Corpse -25 Answer Supercar -26 The Blue Notebooks Max Richter -29 Schmack! Steriogram -MARCH1 Mellow Maria Mena - When It Falls Zero 7 -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 What's Wrong with Bill? Ill Bill Debut3 Message Aya Ueto -4 The Tain The Decemberists EP8 667.. The Neighbour of the Beast Wig Wam - The Cribs The Cribs - My Religion TNT - Suburban Rock 'N' Roll Space - Sunrise Over Sea The John Butler Trio - Ultravisitor Squarepusher - Your Blues Destroyer -9 All of Our Names Sarah Harmer - 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 - Give The Bad Plus - Here Come the Brides Brides of Destruction - High Water El-P featuring the Blue Series Continuum - Into the Now Tesla - La maison de mon rêve CocoRosie Debut Milk Man Deerhoof - The Moon & Antarctica Modest Mouse Re-issue The Negation Decapitated - 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 - Young Man Jack Ingram - Your Country Graham Parker -12 Hella/Four Tet Split Hella/Four Tet Split EP15 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 Misery Is a Butterfly Blonde Redhead -16 Afterlife Joe Jackson Live Almost Killed Me The Hold Steady Debut 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 -23 All of Our Names Sarah Harmer - Back Together Again Fred Anderson and Hamid Drake - Blast Tyrant Clutch - Confessions Usher - Cool to Be You The Descendents - E&A Eyedea & Abilities - Finally Woken Jem - Fly or Die N.E.R.D. - Good Side, Bad Side Master P - Greatest Hits Guns N' Roses Compilation Hip to the Javabean Lemon Demon - 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 Debut MP3 Marcy Playground - Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition Murs and 9th Wonder - 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 Debut 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 EPThe FrustratedGlay -29 Absent Friends The Divine Comedy - Alphabetical Phoenix - Anastacia Anastacia - The Chocolate Invasion Prince - The Slaughterhouse Prince - Musicology Prince - 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 - RBG: Revolutionary but Gangsta Dead Prez - Then and Now The Who Compilation +2 new tracks U Gotta Feel Me Lil' Flip -31SmileL'Arc-en-Ciel - April–June DateAlbumArtistNotes APRIL4 Indestructible Object They Might Be Giants EP5 Best of Both Worlds Midnight Oil DVD The Dissociatives The Dissociatives - Greatest Hits Atomic Kitten Compilation J Wess Presents Tha LP J-Wess LP6 2 Nights Live! Barry Manilow Live 22nd Century Lifestyle pre)Thing - Convict Pool Calexico EP Creative Differences Living Legends - Good News for People Who Love Bad News Modest Mouse - Hellfire Club Edguy - Hood Hop J-Kwon - Just Be Tiësto - Inspiration William Hung - It's All Around You Tortoise - Liars Todd Rundgren - Ludo Ludo - Matters Pulley - More Tamia - 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 - South of Sideways Edgewater - This Is Who You Are The Beautiful Mistake - True Love Toots & the Maytals - My Mother's Hymn Book Johnny Cash - Whatever Happened to P.J. Soles? Local H -10Exhivision Exhivision -12Prasasti Seni MYS Siti Nurhaliza -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 -18 Cosmic Cleavage Busdriver -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 - Funeral for a Friend / Moments in Grace Funeral for a Friend / Moments in Grace Split EP 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 - Inches Les Savy Fav Compilation Letters from Home John Michael Montgomery - Music of Mass Destruction Anthrax Live Mute Print A Wilhelm Scream - The Pretty Toney Album Ghostface Killah - Ratatat Ratatat - Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1 Various Artists, Rock Against Bush Compilation Stevie Yesterdays New Quintet - 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 -26 The Beta Band Heroes to Zeros - As Far as I Can See... The Zombies - Walk The Tightrope Human Nature -27 A Boot and a Shoe Sam Phillips - American Idol Season 3: Greatest Soul Classics Various Artists - Between Here and Gone Mary Chapin Carpenter - 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 Look Mom... No Hands Vast Aire Debut 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 - MAY2 The Concretes The Concretes - The Icarus Line Penance Soiree -3 Black Skies in Broad Daylight Living Things - Marbles Marillion - My Angel Rocks Back and Forth Four Tet EP Sung Tongs Animal Collective -4 Chopstick Bridge Avoid One Thing - The Crash of '47 Atomship - 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 Rejoicing in the Hands Devendra Banhart - 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 Compilation10 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 Epitaph re-release Express Yourself Erik van der Luijt - Here for the Party Gretchen Wilson - Kool Keith Presents Thee Undatakerz Thee Undatakerz - 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 The Difference Between Me and You Is That I'm Not on Fire Mclusky - Happiness in Magazines Graham Coxon - Iron Ensiferum - Meltdown Ash -18 Asobi Seksu Asobi Seksu - Baptism Lenny Kravitz - Catalyst New Found Glory - Dynamite Boy Dynamite Boy - The End Is Near The New Year - 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 - Lafcadio As Tall as Lions - 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 Debut Since We Last Spoke RJD2 - 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 Coming on Strong Hot Chip Debut Destroy Rock & Roll Mylo - 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 - Like Sheep Led to Slaughter Crisis - Long Gone Before Daylight The Cardigans US Monolithic Baby! 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Fashionista Super Dance Troupe Help She Can't Swim DebutPiracy Funds Terrorism M.I.A. and Diplo - Unknown release dates 5 Stories EP – Manchester Orchestra Gathering Speed – Big Big Train Get Saved – Pilot to Gunner Guerilla Disco – Quarashi Negatives – Phantom Planet Negatives 2 – Phantom Planet Oceanic Remixes/Reinterpretations – Isis The Pink Spiders Are Taking Over! – The Pink Spiders The Pirate's Gospel – Alela Diane Pyramid Electric Co. – Jason Molina Sherwood (EP) – Sherwood Watching the Snow – Michael Franks (United States release) Welcome to Woody Creek – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Popular songs Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2004 (USA) Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2004 30em "1, 2 Step" – Ciara ft. Missy Elliott "10 A.M. Automatic" – The Black Keys "1985" – Bowling for Soup "99 Problems" – Jay-Z "À chaque pas" – Jonatan Cerrada "A Favor House Atlantic" – Coheed and Cambria "Accidentally in Love" – Counting Crows "All Falls Down" – Kanye West featuring Syleena Johnson "All Downhill From Here" – New Found Glory "All That I've Got" – The Used "All These Things That I've Done" – The Killers "Almost" – Bowling for Soup "Always" – Blink-182 "Amazing" – George Michael "American Idiot" – Green Day "Amerika" – Rammstein "Another Planet" – Pendulum "Anthem of Our Dying Day" – Story of the Year "Baba Oje' Is The Oldest One" – Arrested Development "Baby It's You" – JoJo featuring Bow Wow "Back Up" – Pitbull "Balla Baby" – Chingy "Banzai" – B'z "Beautiful Soul" – Jesse McCartney "Because of You" – Nickelback "Because You Live" – Jesse McCartney "Before I Forget" – Slipknot "Black Betty" – Spiderbait "Bless The Broken Road" – Rascal Flatts "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" – Green Day "Breakaway" – Kelly Clarkson "Breakfast in Bed" – Nicole Scherzinger "Breaking the Habit" – Linkin Park "Breathe Easy" – Blue "Bridging the Gap" – Nas featuring Olu Dara "Bring 'Em Out" – T.I. "Broken" – Seether featuring Amy Lee "Bubblin'" – Blue "Burn" – Usher "Bus durch London" – Christina Stürmer "Butterflies and Hurricanes" – Muse "California Dreamin'" – Royal Gigolos "Call On Me" – Eric Prydz "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" – The Offspring "Caught Up" – Usher "Cerca de ti" – Thalía "Chains" – Duran Duran "Ch-Check It Out" – Beastie Boys "Club Foot" – Kasabian "Cold" – Crossfade "Come Clean" – Hilary Duff "Comfortably Numb" – Scissor Sisters "Culo" – Pitbull "Curtain Falls" – Blue "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 "Divide The Hate" – Sumbersed "Don't Tell Me" – Avril Lavigne "Down" – Blink-182 "Dragostea Din Tei" – O-Zone "Drive" – Ziggy Marley "Drop It Like It's Hot" – Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell Williams "Dry Your Eyes" – The Streets "Duality" – Slipknot "Every Breath You Take" – UB40 "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 "First" – Lindsay Lohan "Flap Your Wings" – Nelly "Flawless (Go to the City)" – George Michael "Float On" – Modest Mouse "Fly" – Hilary Duff "For You" – The Disco Boys "Força" – Nelly Furtado "Friday I'm in Love" – Dryden Mitchell "From the Inside" – Linkin Park "Gasolina" – Daddy Yankee "Getting Away with Murder" – Papa Roach "Ghetto" – Akon "The Ghost in You" – Mark McGrath "Girls" – The Prodigy "Goodies" – Ciara featuring Petey Pablo "Hands to Heaven" – Christian Bautista "Heaven" – Los Lonely Boys "Hey Mama" – The Black Eyed Peas "Hey Ya!" – OutKast "High" – James Blunt "Hitomi no Juunin" – L'Arc-en-Ciel "Hold Me Now" – Wayne Wonder "Holiday" – Green Day "Hollaback Girl" – Gwen Stefani "Hollow" – Submersed "Hotride" – The Prodigy "How We Do" – The Game "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 Like That" – Houston featuring Chingy, Nate Dogg and I-20 "I Melt with You" – Jason Mraz "I Miss You" – Blink-182 "I Predict a Riot" – Kaiser Chiefs "All Downhill From Here" – New Found Glory "I Wish" – Guy Sebastian "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" – My Chemical Romance "It's My Life" – No Doubt "In the Middle" – Sugababes "In the Shadows" – The Rasmus "Just Be" – Tiësto "Just Like You" – Three Days Grace "Just Lose It" – Eminem "Kailan Pa Ma'y Ikaw" – Christian Bautista "Killin' Me" – Drowning Pool "Kryptonite" – Guy Sebastian "La La" – Ashlee Simpson "La Rivière de notre enfance" – Garou and Michel Sardou "Laid to Rest" – Lamb of God "Laissez-moi danser" – Star Academy 4 "Last Train Home" – Lostprophets "Lazy Generation" – The F-Ups "Leave (Get Out)" – JoJo "Left Outside Alone" – Anastacia "Let Me Love You" – Mario "Let's Get It Started" – The Black Eyed Peas "Let's Get Blown" – Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell Williams "Little Voice" – Hilary Duff "Lips Like Sugar" – Seal featuring Mikey Dread "Live Like You Were Dying" – Tim McGraw "Locked Up" – Akon "Lose My Breath" – Destiny's Child "Lovers & Friends" – Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz featuring Usher and Ludacris "Lovesong" – 311 "Lying from You" – Linkin Park "Maps" – Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Meant to Live" – Switchfoot "Memory" – Sugarcult "Milkshake" – Kelis "Modern Times" – J-five "Money" – David Guetta "Move Ya Body" – Nina Sky "Mr. Brightside" – The Killers "Musicology" – Prince "My Band" – D12 "My Boo" – Usher featuring Alicia Keys "My Immortal" – Evanescence "My Happy Ending" – Avril Lavigne "My Place" – Nelly featuring Jaheim "My Prerogative" – Britney Spears "My Secret Life" – Eric Burdon "My Spirit Will Go On" – DragonForce "Nasty Girl" – Nitty "Naughty Girl" – Beyoncé "Nobody's Home" – Avril Lavigne "Not in Love" – Enrique Iglesias featuring Kelis "Not Listening" – Papa Roach "Obsesión" – Aventura "Ocean Avenue" – Yellowcard "Oh My God" – Kaiser Chiefs "Oh Oh" – Guy Sebastian "On n'oublie jamais rien, on vit avec" – Hélène Ségara & Laura Pausini "On the Way Down" – Ryan Cabrera "One Call Away" – Chingy "Open Your Eyes" – Alter Bridge "Out with My Baby" – Guy Sebastian "Outrageous" – Britney Spears "The Outsider" – A Perfect Circle "Over" – Lindsay Lohan "Overnight Celebrity" – Twista "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 "Poppin' Them Thangs" – G-Unit "Predictable" – Good Charlotte "Pump It Up!" – Danzel "Push Up" – Freestylers "(Reach Up for The) Sunrise" – Duran Duran "Real N***a Roll Call" – Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz featuring Ice Cube "The Reason" – Hoobastank "Red Blooded Woman" - Kylie Minogue "Redneck Woman" – Gretchen Wilson "Right to Be Wrong" – Joss Stone "Rockit" – Gorillaz "Rumors" – Lindsay Lohan "Same Direction" – Hoobastank "Scars" – Papa Roach "See You at the Show" – Nickelback "Shake That Bush Again" – The Mooney Suzuki "She Wants to Move" – N.E.R.D. "She Will Be Loved" – Maroon 5 "She's No You" – Jesse McCartney "Shadow" – Ashlee Simpson "Shut Up" – The Black Eyed Peas "Si demain... (Turn Around)" – Bonnie Tyler and Kareen Antonn "Sick and Tired" - Anastacia "Since U Been Gone" – Kelly Clarkson (#1 on Radio Top 40 of 2005) "Single" – Natasha Bedingfield "Slash Dot Dash" – Fatboy Slim "Slave to Love" – Elan Atias featuring Gwen Stefani "Slither" – Velvet Revolver "Slow Jamz" – Twista featuring Jamie Foxx & Kanye West "Slow Motion" – Juvenile "So Cold" – Breaking Benjamin "Sobri (notre destin)" – Leslie & Amine "Soldier" – Destiny's Child "Soldiers of the Wasteland" – DragonForce "Solitary Man" – H.I.M. "Somebody Told Me" – The Killers "Somethin' is Goin' On" – Cliff Richard "Someone's Watching Over Me" – Hilary Duff "Somewhere Only We Know" – Keane "Spare Me the Details" – The Offspring "Stay" – David Guetta featuring Chris Willis "Step Up" – Drowning Pool "Sunshine" – Twista featuring Anthony Hamilton "Superstar" – Jamelia "Take It Away" – The Used "Take Me As I Am" – Seven Wiser "Take Me Out" – Franz Ferdinand "Take My Breath Away" – Jessica Simpson "Talk About Our Love" – Brandy featuring Kanye West "Thank You" – Jamelia "That's Nasty" – Pitbull "The Way You Move – OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown "These Words" – Natasha Bedingfield "Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist" – Muse "'Till I Get My Way"/"Girl Is on My Mind" – The Black Keys "Time Is Running Out" – Muse "Tipsy" – J-Kwon "Thief's Theme" – Nas "This Is the World We Live In" – Alcazar "This Love" – Maroon 5 "Through the Wire" – Kanye West "Too Lost in You" – Sugababes "Toujours pas d'amour" – Priscilla Betti "Toxic" – Britney Spears "Trick Me" – Kelis "True" – Ryan Cabrera "True" – will.i.am & Fergie "Truth of My Youth" – New Found Glory "U Should've Known Better" – Monica "Unholy Confessions" – Avenged Sevenfold "Unwritten" – Natasha Bedingfield "Used to Love U" – John Legend featuring Kanye West "Vertigo" – U2 "Vindicated" – Dashboard Confessional "Wake Me Up When September Ends" – Green Day "Wake Up (Make a Move)" – Lostprophets "Walkie Talkie Man" – Steriogram "Wanna Get to Know You" – G-Unit featuring Joe "The Way"/"Solitaire" – Clay Aiken "Welcome to My Life" – Simple Plan "We Are" – Ana Johnsson "We're All To Blame" – Sum 41 "Westside Story" – The Game "What U Gon' Do" – Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz featuring Lil Scrappy "What You Waiting For?" – Gwen Stefani "When You're Gone" – Richard Marx "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been" – Relient K "Who Is It" – Björk "Wisemen" – James Blunt "With You" – Jessica Simpson "The World is Mine" – David Guetta "Yeah!" – Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris "You Had Me" – Joss Stone "You Won't Forget About Me" – Dannii Minogue vs. "Flower Power" "You're Beautiful" – James Blunt "Your Love" (L.O.V.E. Reggae Mix) – Wyclef Jean featuring Eve 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 Opera Thomas Adès – The Tempest Harrison Birtwistle – The Io Passion William Bolcom – A Wedding Jazz 2004 in 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 Judd 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. Swing Girls The Phantom of the Opera, starring Emmy Rossum as Christine and Gerard Butler as the Phantom Metallica: Some Kind of Monster Where's Firuze?, starring Haluk Bilginer and Demet Akbağ Births February 2025 January 2 – Claire Rosinkranz, American singer-songwriter January 3 – Abby-Lynn Keen, British singer-songwriter, Sister of RAYE January 4 – Alexa Curtis, Australian singer, Winner of The Voice Kids Australia, Coach was Delta Goodrem January 5 – 2hollis, American singer, rapper and producer January 10 – Kaitlyn Maher, American child singer and actress January 11 – Marko Bošnjak, Bosnian Croat singer-songwriter January 15 – Grace VanderWaal, American musician, singer/songwriter, ukulele player January 21 – Alex Sampson, Canadian singer-songwriter February 3 – Rei, Japanese singer (IVE) February 9 − Hannah Bahng, Australian singer February 10 – James Herron, American singer, dancer and member of Full Circle Boys February 17 - Jenna Raine, American singer-songwriter, member of L2M February 25 - Léo Foguete, Brazilian singer March 3 - Avery Anna, American country singer-songwriter March 12 – DannyLux, Latin-American singer-songwriter March 21 - Anton, South Korean singer (Riize) April 7 – Henry Moodie, English singer and songwriter April 20 – Redveil, American rapper May 1 – Charli D'Amelio, American media personality and dancer May 5 − Xavi, American singer-songwriter of regional Mexican music May 21 − Hudson Westbrook, American country singer-songwriter June 4 – Mackenzie Ziegler, American dancer, singer, actress and model June 5 – Iván Cornejo, American regional Mexican music singer-songwriter June 10 – Gayle, American singer June 11 - Lay Bankz, American singer and rapper June 14 – Soyoka Yoshida, Japanese singer July 1 - Daniela Avanzini, American singer, dancer, member of Katseye August 28 – Kano Fujihira, Japanese singer August 31 – Jang Won-young, South Korean singer (IVE) September 1 – Iam Tongi, American singer September 7 – Tsugumi Aritomo, Japanese singer September 18 Isabel LaRosa, Cuban-American singer, songwriter and video director Toni Cornell, American singer and songwriter, daughter of Chris Cornell September 22 - Jessie Murph, American singer-songwriter October 9 – Theodor Andrei, Romanian singer November 21 Liz, South Korean singer (IVE) Yvngxchris, American rapper December 8 – Momoe Mori, Japanese singer December 13 – Matt Ox, American rapper December 15 – quinn, American rapper December 16 – Ka$hdami, American rapper December 20 – Slump6s, American rapper 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 to 1976 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)https://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=7250 Metal Underground Web Article: Windir Frontman, Valfar (a.k.a. Terje Bakken), Found Dead at 25 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 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 Ritsuko Okazaki, 44, Japanese songwriter May 6 – Barney Kessel, 80, jazz guitarist 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 1 – Todor Skalovski, 95, Macedonian composer 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, 52, US singer (brain aneurysm) August 31 – Carl Wayne, 61, vocalist (The Move) September–October September 2 Michael Connor, 54, American country rock keyboardist (Pure Prairie League) 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 19 - Skeeter Davis, 72, singer September 29 – Heinz Wallberg, 81, German conductorHeinz Wallberg, chef d'orchestre allemand https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/2004/10/02/heinz-wallberg-chef-d-orchestre-allemand_381530_1819218.html 6 November 2021 Le Monde 2 October 2004 fr September 30 – Jacques Levy, 69, songwriter and theatre director October 1 – Bruce Palmer, 58, bassist of Buffalo Springfield October 7 – Miki Matsubara, 44, Japanese composer and singer 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 November 24 – James Wong Jim, 63, Cantopop lyricist and songwriter December 1 – Norman Newell, 85, English record producer and lyricistLeigh Spencer Spencer Leigh (radio presenter) 7 December 2004 Norman Newell https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/norman-newell-23509.html https://web.archive.org/web/20250508091950/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/norman-newell-23509.html 2025-05-08 2025-06-02 The Independent en-GB December 2 – Kevin Coyne, 60, singer, composer and guitarist December 4 - Willem Duyn, 67, singer of Mouth and MacNeal December 5 – Bill Maybray, 60, lead singer of The Jaggerz (cancer) 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, ZZ Top. ARIA Music Awards ARIA Music Awards of 2004 BRIT Awards 2004 BRIT Awards Country Music Association Awards 2004 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 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 Category:2004-related lists Category:Music-related lists Category:Music by year