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2014 in American music

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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2014 in music in the United States.

Events

January

February

March

  • 23 – Dave Brockie (also known as Oderus Urungus), lead singer of Gwar, died from an accidental overdose.[1] After his public memorial in August, his character's infamous costume received a Viking funeral at Haddad's Lake in Gwar's hometown of Richmond, Virginia.[2] The band reformed, resumed touring, and began ending their sets with a revised cover of Jim Carroll's punk classic, "People Who Died."
  • 27 – Christine McVie rejoined Fleetwood Mac for first time in sixteen years.

April

May

August

September

  • 2 – Counting Crows released Somewhere Under Wonderland, their first album of original material in six years.
  • 16 – Chris Brown comes back with the release of his sixth studio album, X and for the sixth time makes the top 10.
  • 23 - Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett release their collaborative album, Cheek to Cheek, with them being 28 and 88 years old respectively, it marks the highest age-gap through a collaborative album of 60 years.
  • 30 – Finch releases Back to Oblivion, their first studio album in nine years, following a series of disbandings and reunions.

October

November

  • 1 – Just three days before his 49th birthday, Static-X frontman Wayne Static was found dead in his sleep.
  • 10 – Taylor Swift released "Blank Space", the second single from her successful 1989. "Blank Space" reached number one in November, ending the run of Swift's own "Shake It Off". In doing so, Swift became the first female artist in the history of the Hot 100, and tenth act overall, to replace herself at the top of the chart. With "Shake It Off" and "Blank Space", Swift was also the only artist to notch multiple number-ones in 2014.
  • 23 – The American Music Awards took place in Los Angeles.

December

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Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Songs

Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 Hits

All songs that reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the year, complete with peak chart placement.

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Deaths

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