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Events
March 10 - George Michael announces that Patience will be his last commercially released record, telling Jo Whiley of BBC Radio 1 "this album nearly killed me". Future releases will be available from his web site in return for donations to his favourite charities.
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.
May - Blender magazine's May issue includes a "50 Worst Songs Ever!" list. "We Built This City," by Starship, is rated worst.
May 10 - Keane release Hopes and Fears which converted into the 16th best selling album of the millennium in the UK. It went 8x platinum and was nominated for the Mercury Prize and the Brit award for best album.
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 - Jam band Phish announces that after 21 years they will break up following the Summer 2004 Tour.
June 12 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ 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, The Velvet Revolver, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Yellowcard.
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 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 31 - Dispatch performs their last live show at the DCR Hatchshell in Boston, MA.
August 8 - Dave Matthews Band's tour bus dumps 800 lb (360 kg) of human feces 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.
Nelly released doubled albums.
October 26 - Legendary DJ John Peel dies, after 40 years of massive influence upon popular music.
November 4 - Three members of the band RAM, who all lived in a neighborhood known for its support of the then-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.
December 11-12 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ 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 the Velvet Revolver.
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Bands formed
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Bands disbanded
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Albums released
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Top hits
"Jupiter" - Ayaka Hirahara
"Kimi ni Bump" - Ketsumeishi
"Mickey - Gorie with Jasmine & Joann
"Sakura (03.12)" - Kyōgo Kawaguchi
"Sekai ni Hitotsu Daka no Hana" - SMAP
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Top 10 selling albums of the year
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European classical music|Classical music
George Crumb - Winds of Destiny for soprano, percussion quartet and piano
Mario Davidovsky - Sefarad: Four Spanish-Ladino Folkscenes, baritone voice, flute (piccolo, alto flute), clarinet (bass clarinet), percussion, violin and cello
Jörg Herchet - Sich Verräumlichend. Komposition 4 für Orchester
Mayke Nas - Musique qui sent la table et la pantoufle
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Opera
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Musical theater
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Musical films
Pixel Perfect, a Disney Channel Original Movie that is also a musical.
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Deaths
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Grammy Awards
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Eurovision Song Contest
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Brit Awards
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Juno Awards
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Mercury Music Prize
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KROQ
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Triple J Hottest 100
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