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'''Maude''' is a rural township near [[Geelong, Victoria|Geelong]], [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], [[Australia]], located {{convert|92|km|mi|0|lk=on}} southwest of [[Melbourne]]. Maude is located in the [[Golden Plains Shire]].


== 2000s ==
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[[Image:M4100164.JPG|thumb|[[Live 8]] concerts took place in 9 countries worldwide during 2005.]]
*'''[[2008 in music]]''', '''[[2008 in British music]]''' - Deaths of [[Artie Traum]], [[LeRoi Moore]], [[Eric Darling]], [[Isaac Hayes]], [[Richard Wright]], [[Nick Reynolds]]
* '''[[2007 in music]]''', '''[[2007 in British music]]''' - Deaths of [[Beverly Sills]], [[Max Roach]], [[Oscar Peterson]], [[Izumi Sakai]], [[Luciano Pavarotti]] and [[Don Arden]]; [[Live Earth]], [[Led Zeppelin]] reunion; said to be the "largest demand for one show in history" due to overwhelming response at ticketing website; [[Radiohead]] splits from [[EMI]] and independently releases the highly anticipated ''[[In Rainbows]]'' as an online download with a method of payment that allows the buyer to choose their price, sparking a fair amount of controversy and praise. ^[[ The mars volta]] Release one of the firsts USB Flash Drive album, as part of their [[The Bedlam in Goliath]]
* '''[[2006 in music]]''', '''[[2006 in British music]]''', '''[[2006 in Swiss music]]''' - Deaths of [[James Brown]] and [[Syd Barrett]].
* '''[[2005 in music]]''', '''[[2005 in British music]]''', '''[[2005 in Swiss music]]''' - Death of [[Luther Vandross]], [[Live 8]] benefit concert
* '''[[2004 in music]]''', '''[[2004 in British music]]''' - Death of [[Ray Charles]]; [[The Grey Album]]-sparks day of electronic disobedience by internet filesharers against EMI.
* '''[[2003 in music]]''', '''[[2003 in British music]]''' - Death of [[Johnny Cash]];
* '''[[2002 in music]]''', '''[[2002 in British music]]''' - Death of [[Waylon Jennings]], [[Dave Van Ronk]], [[Layne Staley]], [[Lisa Left-Eye Lopes]] and [[Joe Strummer]];
* '''[[2001 in music]]''', '''[[2001 in British music]]''' - [[Napster]]'s popularity peaks; Deaths of [[Aaliyah]], [[George Harrison]], [[John Lee Hooker]], [[John Phillips (musician)|John Phillips]];
* '''[[2000 in music]]''', '''[[2000 in British music]]''' -


List of 10 most sold albums of the 2000s:
==References==
#[[The Beatles]] ''[[1 (The Beatles album)|1]]'''' - 31 million - [[2000]]
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#[[Britney Spears]] ''[[Oops I Did It Again]]'' - 25 million - [[2000]]
#[[Eminem]] ''[[The Marshall Mathers LP]]'' - 22.8 million - [[2000]]
#[[Norah Jones]] ''[[Come Away With Me]]'' - 22.5 million - [[2002]]
#[[Eminem]] ''[[The Eminem Show]]'' - 20.5 million - [[2002]]
#[[Linkin Park]] ''[[Hybrid Theory]]'' - 16.5 million - [[2000]]
#[['N Sync]] ''[[No Strings Attached]]'' - 16 million - [[2000]]
#[[Avril Lavigne]] ''[[Let Go (Avril Lavigne album)|Let Go]]'' - 15.7 million - [[2002]]
#[[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]] ''[[Confessions (Usher album)|Confessions]]'' - 15.5 million - [[2004]]
#[[Evanescence]] ''[[Fallen (album)|Fallen]]'' - 15 million - [[2003]]


It should be noted that for various reasons, including [[music downloading]] and possibly a decline in quality of pop few albums made after [[2004]] have sold in amounts top albums traditionally sell, which is why all the Top 10 of the [[2000s]] are from the first half of the decade.
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== 1990s ==
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''Main article: [[Music in the 1990s]]''
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* '''[[1999 in music]]''', '''[[1999 in British music]]''' - Arrival of [[Britney Spears]], [[Christina Aguilera]] and [[Jennifer Lopez]]; Death of [[Rick Danko]]; [[Blur (band)]] - [[13 (Blur album)]]
* '''[[1998 in music]]''', '''[[1998 in British music]]''' - Arrival of [[Eminem]]; Death of [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[Hide (musician)|Hide]]; [[Lauryn Hill]] - [[the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill]]; [[Offspring]] - [[Americana (album)|Americana]]; "[[I Don't Want to Miss a Thing]]" by [[Aerosmith]] becomes the first song by a rock band to debut at #1
* '''[[1997 in music]]''', '''[[1997 in British music]]''' - Death of [[John Denver]], [[Jeff Buckley]], [[The Notorious B.I.G.]], [[Michael Hutchence]] ,and [[Velvet]], [[Radiohead]]'s ''[[OK Computer]]'' '''[[U2]]''' release album '''[[Pop (album)]]'''
* '''[[1996 in music]]''', '''[[1996 in British music]]''' - Death of [[Ella Fitzgerald]], Arrival of [[The Spice Girls]] death of [[Tupac Shakur]], and [[Brad Nowell]], [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]'s ''[[Antichrist Superstar]]'', [[Beck]]'s ''[[Odelay]]''
* '''[[1995 in music]]''', '''[[1995 in British music]]''' - Death of [[Jerry Garcia]], [[Phyllis Hyman]], [[Selena]], [[Burl Ives]], [[Eazy-E]], [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]' ''[[Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness]]'', [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]'s ''[[(What's the Story) Morning Glory?]]'', [[Living Colour]] disbands, [[The Battle of Britpop]]
* '''[[1994 in music]]''', '''[[1994 in British music]]''' - Death of [[Kurt Cobain]], arrival of [[Oasis(band)]], arrival of [[Weezer]], [[Blur (band)]]'s [[Parklife]]
* '''[[1993 in music]]''', '''[[1993 in British music]]''' - Death of [[Marian Anderson]], [[Frank Zappa]], [[Dizzy Gillespie]]; [[Aerosmith]] release ''[[Get a Grip]]'' which becomes their bestselling studio album worldwide with over 15 million copies sold
* '''[[1992 in music]]''', '''[[1992 in British music]]''' - Death of [[John Cage]], [[Yutaka Ozaki]], [[Dr. Dre]], ''[[The Chronic]]''''[[U2]]''' start the Biggest Concert of The World: '''[[Zoo TV Tour]]'''
* '''[[1991 in music]]''', '''[[1991 in British music]]''' - '''[[U2]]''' release '''[[Achtung Baby]]'''. [[Nirvana (band)| Nirvana]]'s ''[[Nevermind]], Death of [[Miles Davis]], Death of [[Freddie Mercury]], [[Metallica]]'s ''[[Metallica (album)|Black Album]]'', [[Pearl Jam]]'s [[Ten (Pearl Jam album)|Ten]]'', [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]'s ''[[Blood Sugar Sex Magik]]'', [[Guns N' Roses]]'s ''[[Use Your Illusion I]]'' and ''[[Use Your Illusion II|II]]''
* '''[[1990 in music]]''', '''[[1990 in British music]]''' - Death of [[Sarah Vaughan]], [[Leonard Bernstein]], Arrival of [[Mariah Carey]]; [[Milli Vanilli]] exposed as a music fraud.

List of 10 most sold albums of the 90s:
#[[Whitney Houston]] / [[Various artists]] ''[[The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album|The Bodyguard]]'' - 42 million - [[1992]]
#[[Shania Twain]] ''[[Come on Over (Shania Twain album)|Come on Over]]'' - 36 million - [[1997]]
#[[Celine Dion]] ''[[Falling into You]]'' - 32 million - [[1996]]
#[[Mariah Carey]] ''[[Music Box (album)|Music Box]]'' - 32 million - [[1993]]
#[[Celine Dion]] ''[[Let's Talk About Love]]'' - 31 million - [[1997]]
#[[Alanis Morissette]] ''[[Jagged Little Pill]]'' - 30 million - [[1995]]
#[[Backstreet Boys]] ''[[Millennium (Backstreet Boys album)|Millennium]]'' - 30 million - [[1999]]
#[[Celine Dion]] / [[James Horner]] / [[Various artists]] ''[[Titanic (soundtrack)|Titanic]]'' - 30 million - [[1997]]
#[[Britney Spears]]'' ''[[Baby One More Time]]'' - 29 million - [[1999]]
#[[Michael Jackson]]'' ''[[Dangerous (album)|Dangerous]]'' - 27 million - [[1991]]

== 1980s ==
* '''[[1989 in music]]''', '''[[1989 in British music]]''' - [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] releases the hit [[Like a Prayer]] album.
* '''[[1988 in music]]''' - [[Living Colour]] releases first studio album ''[[Vivid (album)|Vivid]]''; [[Bon Jovi]] releases ''[[New Jersey (album)|New Jersey]]'', which charts five consecutive Top 10 hits on the [[Billboard Hot 100]], the most ever for a [[hard rock]] album; Formation of the [[Traveling Wilburys]], Death of [[Roy Orbison]].
* '''[[1987 in music]]''' - [[Michael Jackson]] releases the album [[Bad (album)]], which is the first and only album to have 5 consecutive #1 hits on the [[Billboard Hot 100]].[[Guns N' Roses]] releases [[Appetite for Destruction]], [[Def Leppard]] releases [[Hysteria]], U2 release the mult-platined album The Joshua Tree with the hits: With Or Without You, I Still Haven´t Found... and Where The Streets Have No Name.
* '''[[1986 in music]]''' - [[Aerosmith]] re-records "[[Walk This Way]]" with [[rap music|rap]] group [[Run-DMC]] which blends rock and rap music, introduces rap music to a mainstream audience for the first time, and marks the beginning of the resurrection of Aerosmith's career, one of rock's most remarkable comebacks; [[Bon Jovi]] releases ''[[Slippery When Wet]]'' which stays at #1 on the [[Billboard 200]] for 15 weeks, the longest ever for a hard rock album; Death of [[Benny Goodman]], [[Richard Manuel]], [[Cliff Burton]] Madonna releases the hit album [[True Blue]]
* '''[[1985 in music]]''' - Death of [[Rick Nelson]], [[Live Aid]] and [[Farm Aid]] benefit concerts
* '''[[1984 in music]]''' - Death of [[Marvin Gaye]], [[Jackie Wilson]], release of [[Bob Marley & The Wailers]] collection ''[[Legend (album)|Legend]]'', the best-selling [[reggae]] album of all time; ''[[Akhnaten (opera)|Akhnaten]]'' by [[Philip Glass]] premieres in [[Stuttgart]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] releases the album and film [[ Purple Rain]], [[Van Halen]] release the Diamond-certified ''[[1984 (Van Halen album)|1984]]'', which contains the #1 single "[[Jump (Van Halen song)|Jump]]" and becomes their last studio album to feature [[David Lee Roth]] on vocals
* '''[[1983 in music]]''' - Death of [[Muddy Waters]], [[New Order]] release "[[Blue Monday (New Order song)|Blue Monday]]"; [[Def Leppard]] releases [[Pyromania]], The Police's Synchronicity tour starts
* '''[[1982 in music]]''' - Death of [[Thelonious Monk]], [[Lightnin' Hopkins]], [[Glenn Gould]], The [[compact disc]] is introduced; [[Michael Jackson]] releases ''[[Thriller (album)|Thriller]]'', the best-selling album of all time
* '''[[1981 in music]]''' - [[MTV]] first airs; Death of [[Bob Marley]]
* '''[[1980 in music]]''' - [[Joy Division]] singer [[Ian Curtis]] commits suicide,[[Bon Scott]] dies, [[John Lennon]] is murdered outside the [[Dakota Building]] in [[New York City]], accidental death of [[Led Zeppelin]] drummer [[John Bonham]], Death of [[Tim Hardin]], U2 release first album: Boy.

== 1970s ==
* '''[[1979 in music]]''' - Death of [[Richard Rodgers]], [[Charles Mingus]]; [[Sony]] [[Walkman]] goes on sale; [[The Clash]] - ''[[London Calling]]'', Pink Floyd's ''[[The Wall]]'' Death of [[Sid Vicious]]. Official birth of [[Rap music]] with rap group [[Sugarhill Gang]]'s release of [[Rapper's Delight]].
* '''[[1978 in music]]''' - [[The Who]] release ''[[Who Are You]]'', Death of [[Keith Moon]], Arrival of [[Prince (musician)|Prince]], Arrival of [[Dire Straits]]
* '''[[1977 in music]]''' - [[The Sex Pistols]] release ''[[Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols]]''; Death of [[Elvis Presley]]; [[Fleetwood Mac]] releases ''[[Rumours]]
* '''[[1976 in music]]''' - Death of [[Paul Robeson]], [[Phil Ochs]]
* '''[[1975 in music]]''' - Death of [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Dmitri Shostakovich]], Soviet composer and pianist, [[Tim Buckley]]; [[Bob Dylan]] begins [[Rolling Thunder Revue]]; [[Bruce Springsteen]] - ''[[Born to Run]]''; [[Bob Dylan]] - ''[[Blood on the Tracks]]''; [[Led Zeppelin]] - ''[[Physical Grafitti]]''; [[Aerosmith]] - ''[[Toys in the Attic]]''; [[Patti Smith]] – ''[[Horses (album)|Horses]]''.
* '''[[1974 in music]]''' - Death of [[Duke Ellington]], [[Nick Drake]]
* '''[[1973 in music]]''' - [[Pink Floyd]] - ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon]]'' , Birth of [[Ferry Corsten]], The Who's [[Quadrophenia]] Released
* '''[[1972 in music]]''' - Birth of [[The Notorious B.I.G.]][[The Rolling Stones]] - ''[[Exile on Main St.]]''
* '''[[1971 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Tupac Shakur]],[[Snoop Dogg]],Death of [[Igor Stravinsky]], Russian composer, Death of [[Louis Armstrong]], Death of [[Jim Morrison]]; [[Led Zeppelin]] - ''[[Led Zeppelin IV]]'' [[Marvin Gaye]] - ''[[What's Going On]]'' , The Who's [[Who's Next]] Released
* '''[[1970 in music]]''' - [[The Beatles]] disband; Death of [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Janis Joplin]]; [[John Lennon]] - ''[[John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band]]

== 1960s ==

* '''[[1969 in music]]''' - Death of [[Brian Jones]], [[The Beatles]] - ''[[Let It Be]],'' [[Woodstock festival|Woodstock]] music festival held in [[Bethel, New York]], Birth of [[Tiësto]]. [[Gavin Bryars]], [[The Sinking of the Titanic]]; [[Bob Dylan]] - ''[[Nashville Skyline]]'', The Who's [[Tommy (Album)]] Released
* '''[[1968 in music]]''' - [[Van Morrison]] - ''[[Astral Weeks]],'' [[Rolling Stones]] - ''[[Beggars Banquet]],'' [[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]] - ''[[Electric Ladyland]],'' [[Led Zeppelin]] - ''[[Led Zeppelin (album)|Led Zeppelin]],'' [[The Beatles]] - ''[[The Beatles (The White Album)]],'' [[Johnny Cash]] - ''[[At Folsom Prison]],'' [[The Band]] - ''[[Music from Big Pink]]''
* '''[[1967 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Kurt Cobain]], Death of [[Woody Guthrie]], [[John Coltrane]], [[Otis Redding]], [[The Beatles]] - ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (album)|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]''; [[The Velvet Underground]] - ''[[The Velvet Underground and Nico]]''; [[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]] - ''[[Are You Experienced (album)|Are You Experienced]]'' & ''[[Axis: Bold as Love]]''; [[The Doors]] - ''[[The Doors]]'' (with the [[hit single]], [[Light My Fire]]); [[Monterey Pop Festival]]; [[Bob Dylan]] - ''[[John Wesley Harding]]''
* '''[[1966 in music]]''' - [[The Beach Boys]] - ''[[Pet Sounds]]''; [[The Beatles]] - ''[[Revolver (album)|Revolver]]''; [[Bob Dylan]] - ''[[Blonde on Blonde]]''
* '''[[1965 in music]]''' - [[The Beatles]] - ''[[Rubber Soul]],'' [[Bob Dylan]] - ''[[Bringing It All Back Home]]'' and ''[[Highway 61 Revisited]],'' - ''[[Like A Rolling Stone]]''; [[The Rolling Stones]] - ''[[Out of Our Heads]],'' ''[[(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction]],'' [[Herman's Hermits]], ''[[Introducing Herman's Hermits]];'' Death of [[Edgard Varèse]]
* '''[[1964 in music]]''' - Death of [[Sam Cooke]], [[Milton Babbitt]], Ensembles For Synthesizer; [[Bill Lear]] invents 8-track tape cartridge; [[Bob Dylan]] - ''[[The Times They Are A Changin']],'' British Invasion begins
* '''[[1963 in music]]''' - First [[Compact Cassette|cassette tapes]] made by [[Philips]] , Birth of [[Paul Oakenfold]], Death of [[Edith Piaf]], [[Bob Dylan]] - ''[[The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan]]''
* '''[[1962 in music]]''' - [[Love Me Do]] released as a single by the Beatles, Birth of [[Anthony Kiedis]], Birth of [[Flea_(musician)|Flea]],
* '''[[1961 in music]]''' - Death of [[Cisco Houston]], [[Moss Hart]]
* '''[[1960 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Bono]], Death of [[Oscar Hammerstein II]]

== 1950s ==
* '''[[1959 in music]]''' - Death of [[Billie Holiday]], [[Ritchie Valens]], [[Buddy Holly]] and [[Big Bopper]], [[Heitor Villa-Lobos]], Brazilian composer and guitarist, [[Motown Records]] created; [[Motown]]'s first hit ([[Barrett Strong]]'s "[[Money (That's What I Want)]]"); [[Miles Davis]] - ''[[Kind of Blue]]'', .
* '''[[1958 in music]]''' [[Cannonball Adderley]], [[Somethin' Else (Cannonball Adderley album)|Somethin' Else]], [[Bruce Dickinson]], [[Prince (musician)|Prince]], [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] and [[Michael Jackson]] are born.
* '''[[1957 in music]]''' - [[John Lennon]] and [[Paul McCartney]] meet in Liverpool, [[That'll Be the Day]] by [[Buddy Holly]] and [[The Crickets]] becomes a [[No. 1 Hits of 1957|US #1 hit]]
* '''[[1956 in music]]''' - The first [[Eurovision Song Contest]] is held on [[24 May]], [[Elvis Presley]] appears on the [[Ed Sullivan Show]]
* '''[[1955 in music]]''' - Death of [[Charlie Parker]], ''[[Rock Around The Clock]]'' becomes first worldwide #1 [[Rock and Roll]] record; Birth of [[Yo-Yo Ma]], [[Harry James]] signs with Capital releasing [[Harry James in Hi-Fi]]
* '''[[1954 in music]]''' - [[Elvis Presley]] releases ''[[That's Alright Mama]]'' on [[Sun Records]]; First [[Fender Stratocaster]] produced
* '''[[1953 in music]]''' - Death of [[Hank Williams]], Death of [[Sergei Prokofiev|Sergey Prokofiev]], Soviet composer and pianist
* '''[[1952 in music]]''', '''[[1952 in music (UK)]]''' - Birth of [[Joe Strummer]], The official [[United Kingdom|UK]] singles chart is launched; [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (or RIAA) established
* '''[[1951 in music]]''' - ''[[Rocket 88]]'' is recorded by [[Ike Turner]] and hailed as the first rock 'n' roll song; ''[[The Rake's Progress]]'' by [[Igor Stravinsky]] premieres in Venice
* '''[[1950 in music]]''' - Death of [[Kurt Weill]], [[Al Jolson]]

== 1940s ==
* '''[[1949 in music]]''' - Death of [[Lead Belly]], [[Richard Strauss]], German composer and last great champion of European Romantic classical music, Birth of [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[Mark Knopfler]], [[RCA|RCA Victor]] introduces 45 RPM [[gramophone records|records]]
* '''[[1948 in music]]''' - [[Columbia Records]] introduces 33<small>1/3</small> RPM ([[vinyl record|LP]]) [[gramophone records|records]]. Birth of [[James Taylor]], [[Jackson Browne]], [[Robert Plant]], [[John Bonham]] (both of Led Zeppelin).
* '''[[1947 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Elton John]], [[Bob Weir]], [[Carlos Santana]], [[Emmylou Harris]], [[Arlo Guthrie]], [[Tracy Nelson (singer)|Tracy Nelson]], [[Paul Brady]]
* '''[[1946 in music]]''' - Birth of [[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]] (Led Zeppelin bassist), [[Donovan]], [[Linda Ronstadt]], [[Marianne Faithfull]], [[Cher]], [[Debbie Harry]], [[Freddie Mercury]], [[Patti Smith]].
* '''[[1945 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Bob Marley]], [[Van Morrison]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[Neil Young]], [[Carly Simon]], [[John Fogerty]], [[Itzhak Perlman]]; Death of [[Jerome Kern]]; ''[[Peter Grimes]]'' by [[Benjamin Britten]] premieres in London
* '''[[1944 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Diana Ross]], [[Jimmy Page]] (Led Zeppelin guitarist), [[Patti LaBelle]], [[Gladys Knight]], [[Marvin Hamlisch]]; Disappearance of [[Glenn Miller]]
* '''[[1943 in music]]''' - Birth of [[George Harrison]], [[Mick Jagger]], [[Keith Richards]], [[Jim Morrison]], [[Joni Mitchell]], [[Janis Joplin]], [[Robbie Robertson]], [[John Denver]], [[Richard Manuel]]; Death of [[Lorenz Hart]], [[Sergei Rachmaninoff]], Russian composer, ultra virtuoso pianist and conductor, Formation of [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]
* '''[[1942 in music]]''' - Births of [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[Paul McCartney]], [[Brian Wilson]], [[Brian Jones]], [[Jerry Garcia]], [[Aretha Franklin]], [[Barbra Streisand]], [[Carole King]], [[Rick Danko]], [[Lou Reed]], [[Paul Butterfield]], [[Jerry Jeff Walker]], [[John P. Hammond]]; Death of [[George M. Cohan]]
* '''[[1941 in music]]''' - [[Les Paul]] builds one of the first solid-body [[electric guitar]]s; Birth of [[Bob Dylan]], [[Joan Baez]], [[Paul Simon]], [[Art Garfunkel]], [[Aaron Neville]], [[Charlie Watts]], [[Neil Diamond]], [[Richie Havens]], [[Wilson Pickett]]
* '''[[1940 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Frank Zappa]], [[John Lennon]], [[Ringo Starr]], [[Phil Ochs]], [[Levon Helm]], [[Smokey Robinson]], [[Rick Nelson]], [[Tim Hardin]], [[Dionne Warwick]]

== 1930s ==
* '''[[1939 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Judy Collins]], [[Marvin Gaye]], [[Ray Manzarek]]
* '''[[1938 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Peter Yarrow]], [[Gordon Lightfoot]], Death of [[Robert Johnson (musician)|Robert Johnson]], [[Benny Goodman]] presents a jazz concert in [[Carnegie Hall]]; Death of [[Dan W. Quinn]]
* '''[[1937 in music]]''' - Death of [[George Gershwin]], Birth of [[Waylon Jennings]], [[Merle Haggard]], [[Garth Hudson]], [[Tom Paxton]], [[Phillip Glass]]
* '''[[1936 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Buddy Holly]], [[Roy Orbison]], [[Kris Kristofferson]], [[Bill Wyman]], [[Dave Van Ronk]], [[Steve Reich]], [[Billboard Magazine]] publishes first U.S. music chart
* '''[[1935 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Elvis Presley]], [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], [[John Phillips (musician)|John Phillips]], [[La Monte Young]], [[Terry Riley]]; [[Audiovox]] produce first [[Bass guitar|electric bass guitar]]; ''[[Porgy and Bess]]'' by [[George Gershwin]] premieres in New York
* '''[[1934 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Leonard Cohen]], [[Jackie Wilson]], Deaths of [[Edward Elgar|Elgar]] and [[Gustav Holst|Holst]]
* '''[[1933 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Willie Nelson]]
* '''[[1932 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Johnny Cash]], Death of [[John Philip Sousa|Sousa]]; Birth of [[John Williams]]; [[Adolph Rickenbacker]] produces first electric guitar; [[Bell Labs]] creates first [[stereophonic sound]] recordings
* '''[[1931 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Sam Cooke]]
* '''[[1930 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Ray Charles]], [[Odetta]]

== 1920s ==
* '''[[1929 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1928 in music]]''' - ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'' by [[Kurt Weill]] and [[Bertolt Brecht]] (libretto) premieres in [[Berlin]]; [[Bo Diddley]] is born.
* '''[[1927 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Harry Belafonte]]
* '''[[1926 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Chuck Berry]]; ''[[Turandot]]'' by [[Giacomo Puccini]] premieres in [[Milan]]
* '''[[1925 in music]]''' - Birth of [[B. B. King]], Big [[record label]]s begin using electric [[microphone]]s for recording; 78 RPM adopted as standard for [[gramophone records|records]]; [[BBC]] makes first radio broadcast in stereo; ''[[Wozzeck]]'' by [[Alban Berg]] premieres in [[Berlin]]
* '''[[1924 in music]]''' - [[George Gershwin|Gershwin’s]] ''[[Rhapsody in Blue]]'' premieres in New York, Death of [[Giacomo Puccini|Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini]], Italian opera composer
* '''[[1923 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Hank Williams]], First recordings by [[Louis Armstrong]], [[Bessie Smith]], and many other African-American artists
* '''[[1922 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Ali Akbar Khan]], The first commercial [[radio]] station in the United States begins broadcasting
* '''[[1921 in music]]'''
* '''[[1920 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Ravi Shankar]], [[Isaac Stern]]; Death of [[Alberto Nepomuceno]], Brazilian composer, pianist, organist and conductor; [[Vladimir Horowitz|Vladimir Horowitz's]] first recital

== 1910s ==
* '''[[1919 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Pete Seeger]], [[Vladimir Horowitz]] graduates at the [[Kiev Conservatory]], playing [[Piano Concerto No. 3 (Rachmaninoff)|Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano Concerto (Rach 3)]]
* '''[[1918 in music]]''' - [[Phonograph cylinders]] become obsolete, - Death of [[Claude Debussy]]
* '''[[1917 in music]]''' - Birth of [[John Lee Hooker]], First hit [[jazz]] recordings by [[Original Dixieland Jass Band]]
* '''[[1916 in music]]'''
* '''[[1915 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Billie Holiday]], [[Tom Brown (trombonist)|Tom Brown]] starts billing his group as a "[[Jazz|Jass]] Band"; Birth of [[Frank Sinatra]]
* '''[[1914 in music]]''' - [[St. Louis Blues (song)|St. Louis Blues]] published; first [[calypso music]] recordings
* '''[[1913 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Muddy Waters]], [[Igor Stravinsky]]'s ''[[The Rite of Spring]]'' is premiered in Paris.
* '''[[1912 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Woody Guthrie]], [[Lightnin' Hopkins]], [[John Cage]]; [[Vladimir Horowitz]], enters the [[Kiev Conservatory]]
* '''[[1911 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Robert Johnson (musician)|Robert Johnson]], ''[[Der Rosenkavalier]]'' by [[Richard Strauss]] premieres in [[Dresden]], Death of [[Gustav Mahler]], Austrian composer and conductor
* '''[[1910 in music]]'''

== 1900s ==
* '''[[1909 in music]]''' - ''[[Elektra (opera)|Elektra]]'' by [[Richard Strauss]] premieres in [[Dresden]], [[Sergei Rachmaninoff|Sergey Rachmaninoff]] finishes composing his [[Piano Concerto No. 3 (Rachmaninoff)|3rd Piano Concerto in D Minor]], one of the greatest Piano Concerti ever composed and a great challenge to ultra virtuosi
* '''[[1908 in music]]'''
* '''[[1907 in music]]'''
* '''[[1906 in music]]''' - [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Dmitri Shostakowich]], soviet composer and pianist, Victor begins selling the [[Victrola]] phonograph player for $15.00
* '''[[1905 in music]]''' - ''[[The Merry Widow]]'' by [[Franz Lehár]] premieres in [[Vienna]]; ''[[Salome]]'' by [[Richard Strauss]] premieres in [[Dresden]]
* '''[[1904 in music]]''' - Death of [[Antonín Dvořák]], Czech composer, ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' by [[Giacomo Puccini]] premieres in [[Milan]]
* '''[[1903 in music]]'''
* '''[[1902 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Richard Rodgers]], ''[[Pelléas et Mélisande]]'' by [[Claude Debussy]] premieres in [[Paris]]
* '''[[1901 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Louis Armstrong]], Death of [[Giuseppe Verdi]], Italian composer; [[Sergei Rachmaninoff|Sergey Rachmaninoff]] plays all movements of his [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)|Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor]] in a public performance
* '''[[1900 in music]]''' - ''[[Tosca]]'' by [[Giacomo Puccini]] premieres in [[Rome]], [[Sergei Rachmaninoff|Sergey Rachmaninoff]] plays the 2nd and 3rd movements of his [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)|Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor]] in a public performance

== 1890s ==
* '''[[1899 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Duke Ellington]].
* '''[[1898 in music]]''' - Birth of [[George Gershwin]], [[Paul Robeson]]
* '''[[1897 in music]]''' - [[Ragtime music]] becomes popular in the United States; Death of [[Johannes Brahms|Brahms]], Birth of [[Marian Anderson]]
* '''[[1896 in music]]''' - Death of [[Carlos Gomes]], Brazilian composer and opera composer and [[Anton Bruckner]], Austrian composer and organist
* '''[[1895 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Oscar Hammerstein II]], [[George W. Johnson]] becomes first Afro-American recording artist with [[The Laughing Song]]
* '''[[1894 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Anton Rubinstein]], Russian composer and ultra virtuoso pianist
* '''[[1893 in music]]''' - Death of [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikowsky]], Russian composer
* '''[[1892 in music]]''' - [[Dan W. Quinn]] makes first recordings in New York City
* '''[[1891 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Sergei Prokofiev|Sergey Prokofiev]], Soviet composer and pianist
* '''[[1890 in music]]''' - [[John Philip Sousa]] makes first recordings with [[Columbia Phonograph Company]]

== 1880s ==
* '''[[1889 in music]]''' - [[Effie Stewart]] records first serious classical music at Edison's [[Menlo Park]]; First [[phonograph|Phonograph Parlor]] opens in San Francisco
* '''[[1888 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Lead Belly]], Death of [[Charles-Valentin Alkan]], French composer and ultra virtuoso pianist, Wax [[phonograph cylinder]]s commercially marketed; [[Emile Berliner]] invents lateral-cut [[disc records]]
* '''[[1887 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Heitor Villa-Lobos]], Brazilian composer and guitarist
* '''[[1886 in music]]''' - [[Franz Liszt]] dies
* '''[[1885 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Jerome Kern]]
* '''[[1884 in music]]'''
* '''[[1883 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Edgard Varèse]], Death of [[Richard Wagner]], German composer
* '''[[1882 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Igor Stravinsky]], Russian composer, ''[[Parsifal]]'' by [[Richard Wagner]] premieres in [[Bayreuth]]
* '''[[1881 in music]]'''
* '''[[1880 in music]]'''

== 1870s ==
* '''[[1879 in music]]'''
* '''[[1878 in music]]''' - Birth of [[George M. Cohan]]
* '''[[1877 in music]]''' - [[Phonograph]] and [[phonograph cylinder]] invented by [[Thomas Alva Edison]]
* '''[[1876 in music]]''' - ''[[Siegfried]]'' and ''[[Götterdämmerung]]'' by [[Richard Wagner]] premiere in [[Bayreuth]]
* '''[[1875 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Maurice Ravel|Joseph-Maurice Ravel]], French composer and pianist; ''[[Carmen]]'' by [[Georges Bizet]] premieres in [[Paris]]
* '''[[1874 in music]]''' - ''[[Boris Gudonov (opera)|Boris Gudonov]]'' by [[Modest Mussorgsky]] premieres in [[Saint Petersburg]]; ''[[Die Fledermaus]]'' by [[Johann Strauss II]] premieres in [[Vienna]]; [[Richard Wagner]] concludes [[Götterdämmerung]], finishing the [[Der Ring des Nibelungen|The Ring Cycle]]
* '''[[1873 in music]]''' Birth of [[Sergei Rachmaninoff|Sergey Rachmaninoff]], Russian composer, ultra virtuoso pianist and conductor
* '''[[1872 in music]]'''
* '''[[1871 in music]]''' - [[Richard Wagner]] concludes [[Siegfried]]; ''[[Aida]]'' by [[Giuseppe Verdi]] premieres in [[Cairo]]
* '''[[1870 in music]]''' - ''[[Die Walküre]]'' (the Valkyrie) by [[Richard Wagner]] premieres in [[Munich]]

== 1860s ==
* '''[[1869 in music]]''' - Death of [[Hector Berlioz]], French composer, ''[[Das Rheingold]]'' by [[Richard Wagner]] premieres in [[Munich]]
* '''[[1868 in music]]''' - Death of [[Gioachino Rossini]], Italian composer, ''[[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg]]'' by [[Richard Wagner]] premières in [[Munich]]; ''[[Ein deutsches Requiem]]'' by [[Johannes Brahms]] premières in Bremen; ''[[Brahms' Lullaby|Wiegenlied]]'' by Brahms (''Brahms' Lullaby'')
* '''[[1867 in music]]'''
* '''[[1866 in music]]''' - Birth of French composer [[Erik Satie]].
* '''[[1865 in music]]''' - ''[[Tristan und Isolde]]'' by [[Richard Wagner]] premieres in [[Munich]], marking the beginning of the end for traditional [[tonality]]
* '''[[1864 in music]]''' Birth of [[Richard Strauss]], German composer, [[Alberto Nepomuceno]], Brazilian composer, pianist, organist and conductor
* '''[[1863 in music]]'''
* '''[[1862 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Claude Debussy]]
* '''[[1861 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1860 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Gustav Mahler]], Austrian composer and conductor

== 1850s ==
* '''[[1859 in music]]''' - ''[[Faust (opera)|Faust]]'' by [[Charles Gounod]] premieres in [[Paris]]; [[Richard Wagner]] concludes [[Tristan und Isolde]]
* '''[[1858 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Medardo Rosso]] and [[Giacomo Puccini]], Italian opera composer, ''[[Orpheus in the Underworld|Orphée aux enfers]]'' by [[Jacques Offenbach]], the first [[operetta]], premieres in [[Paris]]; [[Hector Berlioz]] writes ''[[Les Troyens]]''
* '''[[1857 in music]]''' - First public performance of [[Franz Liszt|Franz Liszt's]] [[Piano Sonata (Liszt)|Piano Sonata in B Minor]]
* '''[[1856 in music]]''' - Death of [[Robert Schuman]], German composer and pianist; [[Richard Wagner]], German composer, concludes [[Die Walküre]]
* '''[[1855 in music]]'''
* '''[[1854 in music]]''' - [[Richard Wagner]], German composer, concludes [[Das Rheingold]]
* '''[[1853 in music]]''' - ''[[Il trovatore]]'' by [[Giuseppe Verdi]] premieres in [[Rome]]; ''[[La traviata]]'' by Verdi premieres in [[Venice]]
* '''[[1852 in music]]'''
* '''[[1851 in music]]''' - ''[[Rigoletto]]'' by [[Giuseppe Verdi]] premieres in [[Venice]]
* '''[[1850 in music]]''' - ''[[Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin]]'' by [[Richard Wagner]] premieres in [[Weimar]]; ''Foster's Plantation Melodies'' by [[Stephen Foster]], including "[[Camptown Races]]"

== 1840s ==
* '''[[1849 in music]]''' - Death of [[Frédéric Chopin]], Polish composer and pianist
* '''[[1848 in music]]''' - Death of [[Gaetano Donizetti]], Italian opera composer
* '''[[1847 in music]]''' - "[[Oh! Susanna]]" by [[Stephen Foster]] published
* '''[[1846 in music]]''' - [[Adolphe Sax]] invents the [[saxophone]]
* '''[[1845 in music]]''' - ''[[Tannhäuser]]'' by [[Richard Wagner]] premières in [[Dresden]]
* '''[[1844 in music]]'''
* '''[[1843 in music]]''' - [[Minstrel show]] premieres in United States; ''[[The Flying Dutchman]]'' by [[Richard Wagner]] premieres in [[Dresden]]
* '''[[1842 in music]]''' - "[[Franz Liszt|Liszt]]omania" sweeps Europe
* '''[[1841 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Antonín Dvořák]], Czech composer
* '''[[1840 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]], Russian composer; Death of [[Niccolò Paganini]], Italian composer and ultra virtuoso violinist

== 1830s ==
* '''[[1839 in music]]'''
* '''[[1838 in music]]'''
* '''[[1837 in music]]'''
* '''[[1836 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Carlos Gomes]], Brazilian composer and opera composer, ''[[Les Huguenots]]'' by [[Giacomo Meyerbeer]] premieres in [[Paris]]
* '''[[1835 in music]]''' - Death of [[Vincenzo Bellini|Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini]], Italian opera composer, ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'' by [[Gaetano Donizetti]] premieres in [[Naples]]
* '''[[1834 in music]]''' - ''Die [[Neue Zeitschrift für Musik]]'' first published by [[Robert Schumann]]
* '''[[1833 in music]]''' - [[Johannes Brahms]] born
* '''[[1832 in music]]'''
* '''[[1831 in music]]'''
* '''[[1830 in music]]'''

== 1820s ==
* '''[[1829 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Anton Rubinstein]], Russian composer and ultra virtuoso pianist
* '''[[1828 in music]]''' - [[Franz Schubert]] dies
* '''[[1827 in music]]''' - [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] dies; ''[[Winterreise]]'' by [[Franz Schubert]]
* '''[[1826 in music]]''' - Death of [[Carl Maria von Weber|Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber]], German opera composer, ''[[String Quartet No. 14 (Beethoven)|String Quartet No. 14 in C Sharp minor]]'' by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]
* '''[[1825 in music]]''' - ''Songs from Sir Walter Scott'' by [[Franz Schubert]], including "[[Ellens dritter Gesang]]" (Schubert's ''Ave Maria'')
* '''[[1824 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Anton Bruckner]], Austrian composer and organist; [[Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)|Beethoven's 9th Symphony]]
* '''[[1823 in music]]''' - ''[[Die schöne Müllerin]]'' by [[Franz Schubert]]
* '''[[1822 in music]]'''
* '''[[1821 in music]]''' - ''[[Der Freischütz]]'' by [[Carl Maria von Weber]], premieres in [[Berlin]]
* '''[[1820 in music]]'''

== 1810s ==
* '''[[1819 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Clara Schumann]], composer and pianist;
* '''[[1818 in music]]''' - ''[[Piano Sonata No. 29 (Beethoven)|Hammerklavier sonate]]'' by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]
* '''[[1817 in music]]'''
* '''[[1816 in music]]''' - ''[[Il barbiere di Siviglia]]'' (The Barber of Seville) by [[Gioacchino Rossini]], premieres in [[Rome]]
* '''[[1815 in music]]'''
* '''[[1814 in music]]'''
* '''[[1813 in music]]''' Birth of [[Charles-Valentin Alkan]], French composer and ultra virtuoso pianist, [[Richard Wagner]], German composer and [[Giuseppe Verdi]], Italian composer
* '''[[1812 in music]]'''
* '''[[1811 in music]]''' - [[Franz Liszt]] born
* '''[[1810 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Frédéric Chopin]] and [[Robert Schumann]], ''[[Piano Concerto No. 5 (Beethoven)|Fifth Piano Concerto Emperor]]'' by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]

== 1800s ==
* '''[[1809 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Felix Mendelssohn|Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy]], German composer, pianist, organist and conductor; Death of [[Joseph Haydn]], Austrian composer
* '''[[1808 in music]]''' - [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]] completes his [[Symphony No. 6 (Beethoven)|6th Symphony "Pastoral"]], [[Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven)|Beethoven's 5th Symphony]]
* '''[[1807 in music]]''' - ''[[La Vestale]]'' by [[Gaspare Spontini]]
* '''[[1806 in music]]''' - ''[[Piano Concerto No. 4 (Beethoven)|Fourth Piano Concerto]],[[Violin Concerto (Beethoven)|Violin Concerto]]'' by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]
* '''[[1805 in music]]''' - ''[[Fidelio]]'' by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]
* '''[[1804 in music]]''' - ''[[Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven)|Symphony No. 3 'Eroica']]'' by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]
* '''[[1803 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Hector Berlioz]], French composer
* '''[[1802 in music]]''' - [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach's]] [[Sonatas and partitas for solo violin]] are published by [[Bote and Bock]]
* '''[[1801 in music]]''' - and [[Vincenzo Bellini|Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini]], Italian opera composer, [[Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven)|Beethoven's ''Moonlight Sonata'']]
* '''[[1800 in music]]''' -

== 1790s ==
* '''[[1799 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1798 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1797 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Franz Schubert]], Austrian composer and pianist and [[Gaetano Donizetti|Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizecci]], Italian opera composer
* '''[[1796 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1795 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1794 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1793 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1792 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Gioachino Rossini|Gioachino Antonio Rossini]], Italian composer
* '''[[1791 in music]]''' - [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[Die Zauberflöte]]'' (The Magic Flute); death of Mozart
* '''[[1790 in music]]''' -

== 1780s ==
* '''[[1789 in music]]''' - [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[Così fan tutte]]''
* '''[[1788 in music]]''' - Death of [[Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach]], German composer and keyboardist
* '''[[1787 in music]]''' - [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[Don Giovanni]]''
* '''[[1786 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Carl Maria von Weber|Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber]], German opera composer, [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[Le nozze di Figaro]]'' (The marriage of Figaro)
* '''[[1785 in music]]''' - [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] composes his [[Piano Concerto No. 21 (Mozart)|Piano Concerto No. 21]]
* '''[[1784 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1783 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1782 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Niccolò Paganini]], Italian composer and ultra virtuoso violinist; Death of [[Johann Christian Bach]], German composer, [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s ''[[Die Entführung aus dem Serail]]'' (The Abduction from the Seraglio)
* '''[[1781 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1780 in music]]''' -

== 1770s ==
* '''[[1779 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1778 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1777 in music]]''' - ''[[Il mondo della luna]]'' by [[Joseph Haydn]], premieres in [[Esterháza]], [[Hungary]]
* '''[[1776 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1775 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1774 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1773 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1772 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1771 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1770 in music]]''' - [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] born

== 1760s ==
* '''[[1769 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1768 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1767 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1766 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1765 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1764 in music]]''' - Death of [[Jean-Philippe Rameau]], french composer and music theorist
* '''[[1763 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1762 in music]]''' - ''[[Orfeo ed Euridice]]'' by [[Christophe Willibald Gluck]], premieres in [[Vienna]]
* '''[[1761 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1760 in music]]''' - ''[[La buona figliuola]]'' by [[Niccolo Piccini]], premieres in [[Rome]]

== 1750s ==
* '''[[1759 in music]]''' - [[George Frideric Handel]] dies
* '''[[1758 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1757 in music]]''' - Death of [[Domenico Scarlatti]], Italian composer and harpsichordist
* '''[[1756 in music]]''' - [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] born
* '''[[1755 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1754 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1753 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1752 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1751 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1750 in music]]''' - [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] dies

== 1740s ==
* '''[[1749 in music]]''' - [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach's]] [[Mass in B Minor]] premiere
* '''[[1748 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1747 in music]]''' - [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] finishes his [[The Musical Offering|Musical Offering]]
* '''[[1746 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1745 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1744 in music]]''' - [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] finishes the Book II from [[The Well-Tempered Clavier]]
* '''[[1743 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1742 in music]]''' - première of ''[[Messiah (Handel)|Messiah]]'' by [[George Frederick Handel]], in [[Dublin]]
* '''[[1741 in music]]''' - [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach's]] [[Goldberg Variations]] are published
* '''[[1740 in music]]''' - Death of [[Antonio Lucio Vivaldi]], Italian composer and violinist

== 1730s ==
* '''[[1739 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1738 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1737 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1736 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1735 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Johann Christian Bach]], German composer
* '''[[1734 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1733 in music]]''' - ''[[La serva padrona]]'' by [[Giovanni Battista Pergolesi]], the first [[opera buffa]], premieres in [[Naples]]; ''[[Hippolyte et Aricie]]'' by [[Jean-Philippe Rameau]], premieres in [[Paris]], Death of [[François Couperin]], french composer and harpsichordist
* '''[[1732 in music]]''' - [[Joseph Haydn]] born
* '''[[1731 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1730 in music]]''' -

== 1720s ==
* '''[[1729 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1728 in music]]''' - ''[[The Beggar's Opera]]'' by [[John Gay]] and [[Johann Christoph Pepusch]], premieres in [[London]]
* '''[[1727 in music]]''' - ''Zadok the Priest'' (the coronation anthem) by [[George Frideric Handel]], [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] finishes and presents his [[St Matthew Passion (Bach)|St Matthew Passion]]
* '''[[1726 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1725 in music]]''' - publication of ''Twelve concerti, Op. 8'' by [[Antonio Vivaldi]], including ''[[the Four Seasons (Vivaldi)|the Four Seasons]]''
* '''[[1724 in music]]''' - ''[[Giulio Cesare]]'' by [[George Frideric Handel]] premières in [[London]], [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] presents his [[Johannes Passion|St John Passion]]
* '''[[1723 in music]]''' - Vivaldi composes ''The Seasons''
* '''[[1722 in music]]''' - [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] finishes the Book I from [[The Well-Tempered Clavier]], ''Traité de l'harmonie'' by [[Jean-Philippe Rameau]] causes a revolution in music theory.
* '''[[1721 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1720 in music]]''' - [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] presents his [[Brandenburg Concertos]] to [[Christian Ludwig]]

== 1710s ==
* '''[[1719 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1718 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1717 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1716 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1715 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1714 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach]], German composer
* '''[[1713 in music]]''' - Death: [[Arcangelo Corelli]], Italian composer and violinist
* '''[[1712 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1711 in music]]''' - ''[[Rinaldo]]'' by [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]], premieres in [[London]], the first all-Italian opera performed in London
* '''[[1710 in music]]''' - ''[[Agrippina]]'' by [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]], premieres in [[Venice]]

== 1700s ==
* '''[[1709 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1708 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1707 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1706 in music]]''' - [[Johann Pachelbel]] dies
* '''[[1705 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1704 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1703 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1702 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1701 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1700 in music]]''' -

== 1690s ==
* '''[[1699 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1698 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1697 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1696 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1695 in music]]''' - [[Henry Purcell]] dies
* '''[[1694 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1693 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1692 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1691 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1690 in music]]''' -

== 1680s ==
* '''[[1689 in music]]''' - ''[[Dido and Aeneas]]'', opera, by [[Henry Purcell]] and [[Nahum Tate]] (libretto) performed
* '''[[1688 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1687 in music]]''' - Death of [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]], french composer
* '''[[1686 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1685 in music]]''' - Birth of: [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] and [[George Frideric Handel|Georg Friedrich Häendel]] (German composers, organists and harpsichordists); [[Domenico Scarlatti]], Italian composer and harpsichordist
* '''[[1684 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1683 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Jean-Philippe Rameau]], french composer and music theorist
* '''[[1682 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1681 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1680 in music]]''' -

== 1670s ==
* '''[[1679 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1678 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Antonio Lucio Vivaldi]], Italian composer and violinist
* '''[[1677 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1676 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1675 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1674 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1673 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1672 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1671 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1670 in music]]''' -

== 1660s ==
* '''[[1669 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1668 in music]]''' - Birth of [[François Couperin]], french composer and harpsichordist
* '''[[1667 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1666 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1665 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1664 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1663 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1662 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1661 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1660 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Alessandro Scarlatti]], Italian composer and harpsichordist

== 1650s ==
* '''[[1659 in music]]''' - [[Henry Purcell]] born
* '''[[1658 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1657 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1656 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1655 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1654 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1653 in music]]''' - [[Arcangelo Corelli]], [[Johann Pachelbel]] born
* '''[[1652 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1651 in music]]''' - ''[[La Calisto]]'' by [[Francesco Cavalli]]
* '''[[1650 in music]]''' -

== 1640s ==
* '''[[1649 in music]]''' - ''[[Giasone]]'' by [[Francesco Cavalli]], premieres in [[Venice]], the first opera to separate [[aria]] and [[recitative]]
* '''[[1648 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1647 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1646 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1645 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1644 in music]]''' - ''[[Ormindo]]'' by [[Francesco Cavalli]], premieres in [[Venice]]
* '''[[1643 in music]]''' - death of [[Claudio Monteverdi]]
* '''[[1642 in music]]''' - ''[[L'incoronazione di Poppea]]'' by [[Claudio Monteverdi]], premiered in [[Venice]]
* '''[[1641 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1640 in music]]''' - ''[[Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria]]'' by [[Claudio Monteverdi]], premieres in [[Venice]]

== 1630s ==
* '''[[1639 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1638 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1637 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1636 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1635 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1634 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1633 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1632 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]], french composer
* '''[[1631 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1630 in music]]''' -

== 1620s ==
* '''[[1629 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1628 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1627 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1626 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1625 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1624 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1623 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1622 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1621 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1620 in music]]''' -

== 1610s ==
* '''[[1619 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1618 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1617 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1616 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1615 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1614 in music]]''' - [[Marco da Gagliano]], [[Sacrarum cantionum]]
* '''[[1613 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1612 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1611 in music]]''' - [[William Byrd]], [[Fantasia a 6, No.3]]
* '''[[1610 in music]]''' -

== 1600s ==
* '''[[1609 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1608 in music]]''' - ''[[Arianna]]'' by [[Claudio Monteverdi]]
* '''[[1607 in music]]''' - ''[[L'Orfeo|La Favola D'Orfeo]]'' by [[Claudio Monteverdi]]
* '''[[1606 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1605 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1604 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1603 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1602 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1601 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1600 in music]]''' - the first [[oratorio]]: ''[[Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo]]'' by [[Emilio de' Cavalieri]]

== 1590s ==
* '''[[1599 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1598 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1597 in music]]''' - [[John Dowland]]'s ''First Book of Lute Songs''; ''[[Dafne]]'', the first known opera
* '''[[1596 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1595 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1594 in music]]''' - [[Orlande de Lassus]] completes [[Lagrime di San Pietro]] (posthumously published); [[Orlande de Lassus]] dies
* '''[[1593 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1592 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1591 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1590 in music]]''' - [[Claudio Monteverdi]], Il secondo libro de madrigali a 5

== 1580s ==
* '''[[1589 in music]]''' -
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* '''[[1582 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1581 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1580 in music]]''' - Appearance of three Fantasias for viol consort by [[William Byrd]]

== 1570s ==
* '''[[1579 in music]]''' -
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* '''[[1572 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1571 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1570 in music]]''' -

== 1560s ==
* '''[[1569 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1568 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1567 in music]]''' - Birth of [[Claudio Monteverdi]], Italian composer and singer
* '''[[1566 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1565 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1564 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1563 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1562 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1561 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1560 in music]]''' - First works for Viol Consort attributed to [[William Byrd]]

== 1550s ==
* '''[[1559 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1558 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1557 in music]]''' -
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* '''[[1550 in music]]''' -

== 1540s ==
* '''[[1549 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1548 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1547 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1546 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1545 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1544 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1543 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1542 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1541 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1540 in music]]''' - [[Thomas Tallis]] begins writing his first works for the Latin church service.

== 1530s ==
* '''[[1539 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1538 in music]]''' - printing of the first [[Protestantism|protestant]] hymn-book, ''Ein Hubsch new Gesangbuch''; publication of the first book of [[madrigal (music)|madrigal]]s by [[Maddalena Casulana]], the first printed book of music by a woman in European history.
* '''[[1537 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1536 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1535 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1534 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1533 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1532 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1531 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1530 in music]]''' -

== 1520s ==
* '''[[1529 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1525 in music]]''' - birth of [[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina|Palestrina]]
* '''[[1522 in music]]''' - death of [[Jean Mouton]] (c. 1459 – October 30, 1522)
* '''[[1521 in music]]''' - death of [[Josquin des Prez|Josquin]]
* '''[[1520 in music]]''' -

== 1510s ==
* '''[[1517 in music]]''' -
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* '''[[1511 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1510 in music]]''' -

== 1500s ==
* '''[[1507 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1502 in music]]''' -
* '''[[1501 in music]]''' - publication of ''[[Harmonice Musices Odhecaton]]'' by [[Ottaviano Petrucci]], the first printed collection of polyphonic music
* '''[[1500 in music]]''' -

== Early history ==
* '''[[1499 in music]]'''
* '''[[1490s in music]]'''
* '''[[1360s in music]]''' [[Guillaume de Machaut]] composes [[Messe de Nostre Dame]], the first complete polyphonic ordinary of the mass
* '''[[20th century BC in music]]'''

== References ==
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2000s

Main article: Music in the 2000s

Live 8 concerts took place in 9 countries worldwide during 2005.

List of 10 most sold albums of the 2000s:

  1. The Beatles 1'' - 31 million - 2000
  2. Britney Spears Oops I Did It Again - 25 million - 2000
  3. Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP - 22.8 million - 2000
  4. Norah Jones Come Away With Me - 22.5 million - 2002
  5. Eminem The Eminem Show - 20.5 million - 2002
  6. Linkin Park Hybrid Theory - 16.5 million - 2000
  7. 'N Sync No Strings Attached - 16 million - 2000
  8. Avril Lavigne Let Go - 15.7 million - 2002
  9. Usher Confessions - 15.5 million - 2004
  10. Evanescence Fallen - 15 million - 2003

It should be noted that for various reasons, including music downloading and possibly a decline in quality of pop few albums made after 2004 have sold in amounts top albums traditionally sell, which is why all the Top 10 of the 2000s are from the first half of the decade.

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1990s

Main article: Music in the 1990s

List of 10 most sold albums of the 90s:

  1. Whitney Houston / Various artists The Bodyguard - 42 million - 1992
  2. Shania Twain Come on Over - 36 million - 1997
  3. Celine Dion Falling into You - 32 million - 1996
  4. Mariah Carey Music Box - 32 million - 1993
  5. Celine Dion Let's Talk About Love - 31 million - 1997
  6. Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill - 30 million - 1995
  7. Backstreet Boys Millennium - 30 million - 1999
  8. Celine Dion / James Horner / Various artists Titanic - 30 million - 1997
  9. Britney Spears Baby One More Time - 29 million - 1999
  10. Michael Jackson Dangerous - 27 million - 1991

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References

  1. ^ http://ctsongs.com/ARTICLES/csaArticle-CDSalesDecline.htm
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