2008 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2008.
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Events
January
- January 29 - Face to Face announced that they will reunite for select shows in the US and internationally.[1]
- Rage Against the Machine headlined the Big Day Out festivals in Australia and New Zealand, their first shows outside of the United States since reforming, and their first Australian shows in 12 years.[2]
February
- February 10 - The 50th Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, USA[3].
- February 15 - The Irish National Music Awards were held in Dublin, Ireland.[citation needed]
- February 19 - System of a Down guitarist, Daron Malakian, told MTV.com that the band were never likely to reform as he would be concentrating on his new band project Scars on Broadway.[4]
- February 20 - The 28th BRIT Awards were held in London, UK.[citation needed]
- 20–February 25 - The Viña del Mar International Song Festival was held in Chile. [5]
- February 23–March 3 - The second annual Soundwave Festival was held in Australia.[6]
March
- March 7 - The Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival 2008 took place in Jakarta, Indonesia.[7]
- 7–March 16 - The 2008 South By Southwest Conference and Festivals was held in Austin, Texas, USA.[8]
- March 11 - Jazz musician and broadcaster Humphrey Lyttelton announced his retirement from presenting BBC Radio 2's jazz programme after forty years.[9]
- March 20 - The Eagles began a tour to promote their album, Long Road Out of Eden.[citation needed]
- 25–March 29 - The Miami Winter Music Conference was held in Miami Beach Resort & Spa, Miami, Florida, USA.[10]
- March 26 - Guitarist Clint Lowery rejoined the band Sevendust, replacing Sonny Mayo.[citation needed]
- March 27
- British singer Leona Lewis topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 with her debut single "Bleeding Love", the first solo British female singer to do so since Kim Wilde in 1987.[11]
- Rock band Def Leppard began the first leg of their world tour to promote their album Songs from the Sparkle Lounge.[citation needed]
April
- April 1 - Scott Weiland's departure from rock band Velvet Revolver became official.[12] Weiland's reunion with his former band, Stone Temple Pilots, and tensions between Weiland and the rest of Velvet Revolver, led to his departure.[13]
- April 2 - Mariah Carey's new single, "Touch My Body", from her album E=MC², is officially confirmed as her eighteenth number one single in the United States making her the artist with the second most number one hit singles behind the Beatles with 20.
- April 5 - The reunited Face to Face performed together for the first time in four-and-a-half-years at The Bamboozle Left in Irvine, California, USA.[1]
- April 7 - The newly reunited 90s rock band Stone Temple Pilots held a press conference announcing a 65-date reunion tour and played for the first time since 2002 at a small, private show in Los Angeles, California, USA.[citation needed]
- April 15 - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa officially proclaimed April 15 as Mariah Carey Day in Los Angeles, California, USA.[14]
- April 19 - With her single, "I'm a Fire", Donna Summer became the first artist to have a song reach number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in every decade since the chart's inception in 1974.[citation needed]
- 19—April 20 - The Festival Imperial 2008 was held in Autódromo La Guácima in Alajuela, Costa Rica.[citation needed]
- 25—April 27
- The Empire State Building in New York City, USA was lit up in Mariah Carey's motif colors — lavender, pink, and white — in celebration of her achievements in the world of music. Carey is the first person in history to be honored by this event.[15]
- The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was held in Indio, California, USA. [citation needed]
- April 26 - The MTV Australia Awards 2008 took place in Sydney, Australia.[citation needed]
May
- May 3 - Girls Aloud began their Tangled Up Tour in Belfast, UK.[16]
- 3–May 4 - The sixth annual The Bamboozle festival was held at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA.[citation needed]
- 10–May 11 - The Give It A Name 2008 festival was held at Earls Court, London, UK.[17]
- May 16 - The Offspring began the first leg of their Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace Tour to promote their new album, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace.[citation needed]
- May 17 - The sixteenth annual KROQ Weenie Roast was held at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, California, USA.[citation needed]
- May 21 - David Cook won season 7 of the television talent contest American Idol, with the contest decided by a record breaking 97 million votes.[citation needed]
- May 24 – The 53rd Eurovision Song Contest final was held in Belgrade, Serbia. 43 countries competed in the event, including newcomers San Marino and Azerbaijan.[18] The contest was won by the Russian entry with the Ukrainians coming second and the Greeks third.[citation needed]
- 24–May 26 - The Sasquatch! Music Festival was held over Memorial Day weekend at The Gorge Amphitheatre in central Washington, USA.[citation needed]
- May 30–June 1
- Rock In Rio Lisboa 2008 took place in Parque da Bela Vista, Chelas, Lisbon, Portugal. The festival continued on 5–June 6.[citation needed]
- The fourth annual Mountain Jam Festival was held in Hunter Mountain, New York, USA.[citation needed]
June
- June 1 - Westlife played their 10th anniversary concert at Europe's fourth biggest stadium, Croke Park, in Dublin, Ireland.[19]
- 6 and June 7 - Foo Fighters played their biggest UK stadium shows at Wembley Stadium in London.[citation needed]
- June 10 - Rancid began the first leg of their tour to promote their seventh studio album.[20]
- 12 – June 15 - Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival was held in Manchester, Tennessee, USA.[citation needed]
- 13 – June 15
- The seventh Isle of Wight Festival took place in Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight, UK.[citation needed]
- The sixth annual Download Festival took place in Donington Park, UK.[citation needed]
- June 17 - George Michael began the American leg of his 25 Live tour in San Diego, California, USA, his first U.S. tour for 17 years.[citation needed]
- June 20 - My Bloody Valentine played their first reunion show at the Roundhouse, London, UK. [21]
- June 27 - The Nelson Mandela 90th Birthday Tribute charity concert took place in Hyde Park in London, in support of Mandela's 46664 Aids Foundation.[citation needed]
- 27 – June 29 - Glastonbury Festival was held at Worthy Farm, Somerset, UK.[citation needed]
- June 29
- Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, the first video game in the Guitar Hero series to be based around a single music group (Aerosmith), was released.[22]
- The Marquee at Cork Festival, was held in Ireland.[citation needed]
- Linkin Park and Jay-Z performed at Projekt Revolution at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, UK.[citation needed]
July
- July 1 Cruefest opened in West Palm Beach Florida
- 3 – July 6
- The O2 Wireless Festival took place in Hyde Park, London, UK.[23]
- The Roskilde Festival took place in Denmark.[citation needed]
- The Rothbury Music Festival took place in Rothbury, Michigan, USA.[citation needed]
- 3 – July 7 - The Rock Werchter festival took place in Belgium.[citation needed]
- 3 – July 13 - The Ottawa Bluesfest took place in Ottawa, Canada.[citation needed]
- 4 – July 6 - The Heineken Open'er Festival took place in Gdynia, Poland.[citation needed]
- 10 – July 13 - The EXIT Festival 08 took place at Petrovaradin Fortress, in Novi Sad, Serbia.[citation needed]
- July 20
- The T4 On The Beach music festival took place in Weston-super-Mare, UK.[citation needed]
- The Oxegen music festival took place in Kildare, Ireland.[citation needed]
- The All Good Music Festival took place in Masontown, West Virginia, USA.[citation needed]
- The T in the Park music festival took place at Balado airfield, Kinross, Scotland.[citation needed]
August
- 1 – August 3 - The Lollapalooza music festival took place in Chicago, USA.
- 12 – August 18 - Sziget Festival 2008 took place in Budapest, Hungary.
- August 24 - Season 6 of the television talent contest, Australian Idol, began.
September
- September 7 - The 2008 MTV Video Music Awards event took place at Paramount Studios, Hollywood, USA.[24]
- September 12 - The season 4 of the Finnish talent contest, Idols, began.
- September 18 - Crystal Castles played their biggest headline show to date. A sold out show at Electric Ballroom in Camden, London
Bands formed
- Fear and the Nervous System[25]
- Girlicious[26]
- One Day as a Lion[citation needed]
- Soulja Boyz[citation needed]
- Letters To The Editors [citation needed]
Bands reformed
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- Amebix[27]
- Atomic Kitten[citation needed]
- Bad Company (reformed for a one-off show)[citation needed]
- Big Drill Car (reformed for six shows only)[citation needed]
- Bleed the Dream (the three remaining founding members started playing and writing music again)[citation needed]
- Blind Faith (Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood, reformed for three performances)[citation needed]
- Bone Thugs-N-Harmony[citation needed]
- Boyzone[citation needed]
- Carcass[citation needed]
- D:Ream[citation needed]
- Died Pretty (reformed for five shows only)[citation needed]
- Dogs Die In Hot Cars [28]
- Dynamite Boy (reformed for two shows only)[citation needed]
- En Vogue[29]
- Eve 6[citation needed]
- Face to Face[citation needed]
- Green River (reformed for a one-off show)[citation needed]
- Kidneythieves[citation needed]
- Living Sacrifice[citation needed]
- New Kids on the Block[30]
- No Doubt[31]
- Oneida[citation needed]
- The Pharcyde[citation needed]
- Pestilence[citation needed]
- Rival Schools[citation needed]
- Sixpence None the Richer[citation needed]
- Snot[citation needed]
- Stone Temple Pilots[32]
- Teenage Jesus & the Jerks (reformed for a one-off show)[citation needed]
- Vision of Disorder[citation needed]
Bands disbanded
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- 3LW
- Across Five Aprils
- Be Your Own Pet
- Blinded Black[33]
- The Chalets[34]
- The Dead 60s
- Dead To Fall[35]
- The Departure
- Etan
- Folly
- From a Second Story Window
- From Autumn To Ashes
- The Fully Down
- The Hellacopters
- Himsa[36]
- Hopesfall
- I Was A Cub Scout
- Meet Me In St. Louis
- Milburn
- Ministry
- Modern Life Is War
- Moros Eros
- Mumm-Ra
- Pink Floyd (on hiatus since 1996; official split on September 12 2008)
- The Police
- The Procussions
- Quiet Riot
- Raging Speedhorn
- The Receiving End of Sirens
- Ride the Sky
- The Servant
- Shot Down Sun
- SikTh
- Spineshank (on hiatus since 2004 and officially announced split in February 2008)
- Still Remains
- Submersed
- The Summer Obsession
- This Et Al
- Toto
- Trick Pony
- Yellow Swans
- YouInSeries
Bands on hiatus
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- ¡Forward, Russia! (indefinite hiatus)[37]
- Big & Rich (until 2009, due to a neck injury suffered by Big Kenny)[38]
- Fear Factory
- Foo Fighters
- The Format
- From Autumn to Ashes
- Glue Gun
- Incubus (on break from touring and recording)[39]
- Monkey Swallows the Universe (indefinite hiatus)
- June (indefinite hiatus)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers (hiatus for at least one year)[40]
- Reuben
- Social Distortion (due to their lead singer undertaking a solo tour)
- The Starting Line (indefinite break)[41]
- Velvet Revolver (whilst looking for a new lead singer)
- Westlife (a one year break)
- Wolfmother (whilst looking for new musicians)
- Yellowcard
Top selling singles in the world
These were the top selling singles in 2008 as of the week of September 20-27, 2008 (Week 39), according to United World Chart.[42]
| Position | Single title | Artist | Points | Highest position in 2008 |
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| 1 | "Bleeding Love" | Leona Lewis | 9,171,000 | 1 |
| 2 | "4 Minutes" | Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland | 7,458,000 | 1 |
| 3 | "Apologize" | Timbaland presents OneRepublic | 7,062,000 | 1 |
| 4 | "Low" | Flo Rida feat. T-Pain | 6,010,000 | 3 |
| 5 | "Don't Stop the Music" | Rihanna | 5,853,000 | 1 |
| 6 | "Mercy" | Duffy | 5,833,000 | 3 |
| 7 | "Love Song" | Sara Bareilles | 5,593,000 | 7 |
| 8 | "No One" | Alicia Keys | 5,109,000 | 2 |
| 9 | "Love in This Club" | Usher feat. Young Jeezy | 4,947,000 | 3 |
| 10 | "No Air" | Jordin Sparks feat. Chris Brown | 4,896,000 | 7 |
Best selling albums in the world
The best sold records in 2008 according to UWC as of the week of September 13-20, 2008 (Week 38). Some records were released in 2006 and 2007, their total sales are behind their sales in 2008 (plus the estimated +7.5% that UWC doesn't cover). All album sales information is from the United World Chart.[43]
| Position | Album Title | Artist | Sales | Total Sales | Highest Position in 2008 | Position Change from Last Week |
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| 1 | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | Coldplay | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 1 |  1
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| 2 | Back to Black | Amy Winehouse | 4,974,000 | 10,930,000 | 1 |  1
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| 3 | Spirit | Leona Lewis | 3,306,000 | 4,488,000 | 1 | – |
| 4 | Rockferry | Duffy | 3,238,000 | 3,238,000 | 2 | – |
| 5 | Hard Candy | Madonna | 2,843,000 | 2,843,000 | 1 | – |
| 6 | As I Am | Alicia Keys | 2,750,000 | 5,970,000 | 1 | – |
| 7 | Tha Carter III | Lil Wayne | 2,585,000 | 2,585,000 | 1 | – |
| 8 | Good Girl Gone Bad | Rihanna | 2,560,000 | 5,643,000 | 1 | – |
| 9 | Sleep Through the Static | Jack Johnson | 2,248,000 | 2,248,000 | 1 | – |
| 10 | Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack | Mamma Mia! | 2,031,000 | 2,031,000 | 1 | NEW |
Deaths
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January
- January 3 - Henri Chopin, 85, French sound poet
- January 11 - Pete Candoli, 84, American jazz trumpeter
- January 13 - Sergejus Larinas, 51, Russian tenor
- January 17 - Madeleine Milhaud, 105, French librettist
- January 19 - Andy Palacio, 47, Belizean Punta musician
- January 19 - Trevor Taylor, 50, German singer (Bad Boys Blue)
- January 19 - John Stewart, 68, American singer-songwriter
- January 20 - Tommy McQuater, 93, British jazz trumpeter
- January 25 - Evelyn Barbirolli, 97, British oboist
- January 30 - Miles Kington, 66, British bassist
February
- February 4 - Tata Güines, 77, Cuban percussionist and composer
- February 10 - Freddie Bell, 76, American musician
- February 10 - Inga Nielsen, 61, Danish soprano
- February 13 - Henri Salvador, 90, French singer
- February 15 - Willie P. Bennett, 56, Canadian folk singer-songwriter
- February 19 - Yegor Letov, 43, Russian punk singer
- February 19 - Teo Macero, 82, American jazz saxophonist, record producer and composer
- February 21 - Joe Gibbs, Jamaican record producer
- February 24 - Larry Norman, 60, American musician
- February 25 - Stephen "Static Major" Garrett, 33, singer
- February 26 - Buddy Miles, 60, American drummer
- February 27 - Ray Kane, 82, American slack-key guitarist
- February 27 - Ivan Rebroff, 76, German singer
- February 28 - Mike Smith, 64, British singer and producer
March
- March 2 - Jeff Healey, 41, blind musician and actor.
- March 3 - Giuseppe Di Stefano, 86, Italian tenor
- March 3 - Norman Smith, 85, British record producer and musician
- March 4 - Leonard Rosenman, 83, American composer
- March 12 - Alun Hoddinott, 78, British composer
- March 13 - Bill Bolick, 90, country musician
- March 15 - Mikey Dread, 53, Jamaican reggae musician and broadcaster
- March 16 - Ola Brunkert, 61, Swedish drummer
- March 21 - Klaus Dinger, 61, German drummer
- March 21 - Shusha Guppy, 72, Iranian folk-singer and composer
- March 22 - Cachao López, 89, Cuban bassist
- March 23 - Neil Aspinall, 66, British music industry executive
- March 29 - Allan Ganley, 77, British jazz drummer
April
- April 15 - Sean Costello, 28, American blues musician
- April 15 - Brian Davison, 65, British drummer
- April 17 - Danny Federici, 58, American rock multi-instrumentalist
- April 20 - Bebe Barron, 82, American electronic music pioneer
- April 20 - VL Mike, 30, American rap artist
- April 24 - Tristram Cary, 82, British composer
- April 24 - Jimmy Giuffre, 86, American jazz musician
- April 25 - Humphrey Lyttelton, 86, British jazz musician
- April 26 - Henry Brant, 94, American composer
- April 27 - Frances Yeend, 95, American soprano
- April 29 - Micky Waller, 66, British drummer
May
- May 4 - Kishan Maharaj, 84, Indian tabla player
- May 5 - Jerry Wallace, 79, American country music singer
- May 6 - Franz Jackson, 95, American jazz saxophonist
- May 8 - Eddy Arnold, 89, American country music singer
- May 8 - Larry Levine, 80, American audio engineer
- May 10 - Leyla Gencer, 79, Turkish soprano
- May 11 - Dottie Rambo, 74, American gospel singer
- May 11 - John Rutsey, 54 or 55, Canadian drummer
- May 15 - Alexander Courage, 88, American composer
- May 15 - Bob Florence, 75, American jazz pianist
- May 17 - Wilfrid Mellers, 94, British musicologist and composer
- May 21 - Siegmund Nissel, 86, Austrian violinist
- May 23 - Utah Phillips, 73, American folk singer-songwriter
- May 24 - Jimmy McGriff, 72, American jazz organist
- May 26 - Earle Hagen, 88, American composer
- May 28 - Danny Moss, 80, British jazz saxophonist
- May 30 - Campbell Burnap, 68, British jazz trombonist and broadcaster
- May 30 - Nat Temple, 94, British big band leader
June
- June 1 - Al Jones, 62, British folk musician
- June 2 - Bo Diddley, 79, American rock and roll and blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
- June 4 - Bill Finegan, 91, American jazz pianist and arranger
- June 8 - Šaban Bajramović, 72, Serbian Roma musician
- June 12 - Danny Davis, 83, American band leader
- June 14 - Jamelão, 95, Brazilian samba singer
- June 14 - Esbjörn Svensson, 44, Swedish jazz pianist
- June 16 - Margaret Kitchin, 94, Swiss pianist
- June 17 - Cyd Charisse, 86, American dancer and actress
- June 24 - Ira Tucker, 83, American gospel singer
- June 27 - Raymond Lefèvre, 78, French easy listening musician
- June 27 - Daihachi Oguchi, 84, Japanese drummer
- June 27 - Leonard Pennario, 83, American pianist
- June 30 - Ángel Tavira, 83, Mexican violinist and composer
July
- July 1 - Mel Galley, 60, British guitarist
- July 3 - Oliver Schroer, 52, Canadian fiddler and composer
- July 6 - Bobby Durham, 71, American jazz drummer
- July 7 - Hugh Mendl, 88, British record producer
- July 13 - Gerald Wiggins, 86, American jazz pianist
- July 16 - Jo Stafford, 90, American singer
- July 18 - Tauno Marttinen, 95, Finnish composer
- July 18 - Dennis Townhill, 83, British organist and composer
- July 20 - Artie Traum, 65, American folk musician and composer
- July 22 - Joe Beck, 62, American jazz guitarist
- July 24 - Norman Dello Joio, 95, American composer
- July 25 - Hiram Bullock, 52, American jazz fusion guitarist
- July 25 - Johnny Griffin, 80, American jazz saxophonist
- July 27 - Horst Stein, 80, German conductor
- July 28 - Wendo Kolosoy, 83, Congolese rumba musician
- July 31 - Lee Young, 94, American jazz drummer and singer
August
- August 3 - Erik Darling, 74, American folk musician
- August 3 - Louis Teicher, 83, American pianist
- August 4 - Nicola Rescigno, 92, Italian American conductor
- August 5 - Robert Hazard, 59, American songwriter
- August 5 - Reg Lindsay, 79, Australian country music singer
- August 10 - Isaac Hayes, 65, American rhythm and blues musician
- August 10 - Alexander Slobodyanik, 66, Ukrainian pianist
- August 11 - Don Helms, 81, American steel guitarist
- August 14 - Lita Roza, 82, British singer
- August 15 - Jerry Wexler, 91, American producer
- August 16 - Dorival Caymmi, 94, Brazilian singer-songwriter
- August 16 - Ronnie Drew, 73, Irish folk musician (The Dubliners)
- August 16 - Johnny Moore, 70, Jamaican trumpeter (The Skatalites)
- August 18 - Pervis Jackson, 70, American R&B singer (The Spinners)
- August 19 - LeRoi Moore, 46, American saxophonist (Dave Matthews Band)
- August 20 - Phil Guy, 68, American blues guitarist
- August 21 - Jerry Finn, 39, American record producer, brain haemorrhage
- August 21 - Buddy Harman, 79, American session drummer
- August 31 - Jerry Reed, 71, American country musician
September
- September 2 - Arne Domnérus, 83, Swedish jazz saxophonist
- September 7 - Chris Dudek, 42, German drummer (Sodom)
- September 7 - Peter Glossop, 80, British opera singer
- September 8 - Hector Zazou, 60, French composer and producer
- September 8 - Jason Stuart, 39, Keyboardist (Hawkwind)
- September 9 - Bheki Mseleku, 53, South African jazz musician
- September 10 - Vernon Handley, 77, British conductor
- September 12 - Charlie Walker (musician), 82, Country musician
- September 15 - Richard Wright, 65, British keyboardist (Pink Floyd)
- September 16 - Norman Whitfield, 68, American songwriter and producer
- September 18 - Opal Courtney Jr, 71, American R&B doo-wop singer (The Spaniels)
- September 18 - Mauricio Kagel, 76, Argentine composer
- September 19 - Earl Palmer, 84, American drummer, member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- September 19 - Dick Sudhalter, 70, American jazz trumpeter and critic
- September 20 - Nappy Brown, 78, American blues singer
See also
- 2008 in British music
- 2008 in heavy metal music
- 2008 in hip hop
- List of albums released in 2008
- Timeline of musical events
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