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2000 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2000. This year was the peak of CD sales in the United States, with sales declining year on year since then.[1]

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Events

January

  • January 1
  • January 11
    • Gary Glitter is released after serving just two months of his four-month sentence for downloading 4,000 child pornography images.
    • Sharon Osbourne quits as manager of Smashing Pumpkins after only three months. In a brash press release she announces she had to resign "for medical reasons: Billy Corgan was making me sick."[2]
    • Singer Whitney Houston is caught with 15.2 grams of marijuana in her bag at a Hawaii airport. She boards her flight to San Francisco before police can arrive to arrest her.[3]

February

March

  • March 6Foxy Brown is injured in a car accident in Brooklyn, New York, in which her car hit a fence. Police discover that Brown was driving with a suspended driver license and order her to appear in court in April. Brown's license was suspended for failing to appear in court for a parking violation.
  • March 7 – Heavy metal band Disturbed release their debut studio album The Sickness.
  • March 11311 holds their first 3–11 Day concert at Tower Records in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
  • March 13Blink-182 end their European tour early after guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge and drummer Travis Barker succumb to strep throat.
  • March 21NSYNC rises to superstardom after the fast-paced sales of their second studio album No Strings Attached.
  • March 24 – After violating a prior probation agreement by getting drunk, Ol' Dirty Bastard is ordered to undergo a 90-day diagnostic evaluation at the California Institute For Men in Chino, California.

April

May

June

July–August

September

October

November–December

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Albums released

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Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 2000.

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Best selling albums of the year in the United States (Soundscan)

According to Soundscan, the best selling album of 2000 was No Strings Attached by NSYNC, selling nearly 10 million copies.[18][19]

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Classical music

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The following composers' works were composed, premiered, or published this year, as noted in the citation.

A

B

  • Milton Babbitt
    • Little Goes a Long Way, for violin and piano
    • Pantuns, for soprano and piano

C

  • Chen YiKC Capriccio, for wind ensemble and mixed choir
  • Edward Cowie
    • Bad Lands Gold, for tuba and piano
    • Concerto for oboe and orchestra
    • Dark Matter, for brass ensemble
    • Elysium IV, for orchestra
    • Four Frames in a Row, for high voice and baroque ensemble
    • The Healing of Saul, for violin and harp (or piano)
    • Several Charms, for violin and piano

D

E

F

  • Lorenzo Ferrero
    • Glamorama Spies, for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano
    • Rastrelli in Saint Petersburg, for oboe and string orchestra
    • Tempi di quartetto, for string quartet

G

  • Antón García Abril
    • El Mar de las Calmas, for orchestra
    • Concierto de las Tierras Altas, cello concerto
    • Castilla de la Luz, for voice and piano
  • Frans Geysen
    • Alles heeft zijn tijd 1, for orchestra
    • Alles heeft zijn tijd 2, for string quartet
    • Alles heeft zijn tijd 3, for string quartet
    • Alles heeft zijn tijd 4, for keyboard instrument
    • Alles heeft zijn tijd 5, for keyboard instrument
    • Alles heeft zijn tijd 6, for string quartet
    • Alles heeft zijn tijd 7, for four-part mixed choir (or string quartet, or trumpet, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon)
    • Alles heeft zijn tijd 8, for keyboard instrument
    • Alles heeft zijn tijd 9, for 4 trumpets
    • Alles komt terug 2, for three-part choir
    • Alles komt terug 3, for SSATB choir
    • Alles komt terug 4, for carillon
    • Alles komt terug 5, for keyboard instrument
    • Benadering van de kern, for keyboard instrument
    • Muziek voor toetsenbord 2, for piano
    • Toetsing, for keyboard instrument
  • Friedrich Goldmann
    • Augenblick für Stimme, for mezzo-soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, trombone, percussion, electric guitar, keyboard, viola and cello
    • Etudes (3) for piano
    • Quartet, for oboe, violin, viola, and cello
    • 7 x 10 Takte für Dieter Schnebel, for flute and clarinet

H

I

J

K

  • Wojciech Kilar
    • Introitus for organ
    • Missa pro pace, for solo voices, choir and orchestra or instrumental ensemble
    • The Oscar fanfare

L

  • Mario Lavista
    • Estudio, for four marimbas
    • Mater dolorosa, for organ
    • Tres Miniaturas, for guitar,
  • Magnus Lindberg
    • Corrente – China Version
    • Jubilees, for piano
    • Gran Duo, for wind orchestra

M

  • James MacMillan
    • Mass, for choir and organ
    • Cello Sonata No. 2
    • Northern Skies, for cello and piano
    • For Ian, for solo piano
    • Parthenogenesis, Scena for soprano, baritone, actress and chamber ensemble
    • Nunc Dimittis, for S.A.T.B. choir and organ
  • Mesías MaiguashcaEl Tiempo, for 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 cellos, 2 percussionists, and electronics

N

O

P

  • Gérard PapeTantric Transformations, eight-channel electronic music and digital video
  • Henri Pousseur
    • Anneaux du soleil, for piano
    • Navigations, for harp
    • Seize Paysages planétaires, ethno-electroacoustical music

Q

R

  • Wolfgang Rihm
    • Auf einem anderen Blatt, for piano
    • Concerto (Dithyrambe), for string quartet and orchestra
    • Deus passus (Passions-Stücke nach Lukas), for soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, mixed chorus, and orchestra
    • ... fleuve V (omnia tempus habent), for mezzo-soprano, baritone, distant ensemble (2 trumpets, 3 percussion), and large orchestra
    • Frage, for coloratura soprano, English horn, A-clarinet (+ bass clarinet), harp, viola, cello, double bass, piano, and percussion
    • Im Anfang, for large orchestra
    • In Frage, for English horn, bass clarinet, harp, viola, cello, double bass, piano, and percussion
    • Rilke: Vier Gedichte, for tenor and piano
    • Stilles Stück (text by Hermann Lenz), for baritone and 2 string quartets
    • Vers une symphonie fleuve IV, for large orchestra
    • Vier Male (Stücke), for A-clarinet

S

  • Peter Sculthorpe
    • Djilile, for string quartet
    • From the River, for violin, viola, cello, double bass, and piano
    • Harbour Dreaming, for piano (originally titled Between Five Bells)
    • New Norcia, for brass and percussion
    • Parting, for viola and piano
    • Quamby, for chamber orchestra
    • Reef Singing, for clarinet and piano
    • Saibai, for unison voices and drums
    • Song for a Penny, for solo piano (shorter and longer versions)
    • Tailitnama Song, for viola and piano, or viola solo
    • Three Shakespeare Songs, for voice and piano (Text: William Shakespeare)
  • Juan María Solare
    • Blockartig, for three recorders (TTB)
    • Constelación (Nueva Suite Modal) [Constellation (New Modal Suite)], five pieces for flute and clarinet
    • de capa caída, tango for two pianos
    • Utopía caminante [Walking Utopia], for trombone and cello
    • Viejo Fueye Deconstruido [Old, deconstructed bag (bellows)], postmodern tango for tenor saxophone, bandoneon, double bass, and piano

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

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Opera

Jazz

Musical theater

Musical film

Births

Deaths

Awards

Grammy Awards

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

Mercury Music Prize

MTV Video Music Awards

Charts

Triple J Hottest 100

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References

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