2005 in music - Definition and Overview

See also: 2004 in music, 2005 in music (UK), other events of 2005, 2006 in music, list of 'years in music', 2000s in music

Events

• January 22 - Tsunami Relief concert held at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales - the largest live music event in the UK since the Live Aid concert of 1985. Performers included Eric Clapton, Jools Holland, Manic Street Preachers, Lulu, Aled Jones, Charlotte Church, Katherine Jenkins, Feeder, Snow Patrol, Liberty X.
• January 29 - Avril Lavigne, Chantal Kreviazuk, the Barenaked Ladies, Raine Maida, and Sarah MacLachlan will conduct a concert in Vancouver, British Columbia for tsunami relief.
• The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan will release his first solo album sometime in spring or summer.

Albums Released

• Osirus - Ol' Dirty Bastard - (January 4) - LP (his final album after passing)
• Punk Singles Collection 77-80 - Sham 69 - (January 4) - Compilation
• Live at CBGB's - Living Colour - (January 11) - LP
• All I Want...Live in Santa Barbara 9/30/92 - Toad the Wet Sprocket - (January 11) - Live
• Honeysuckle Sweet - Jessi Alexander - (January 25) - LP
• Nightbird - Erasure - (January 25) - LP
• The Way Up - Pat Metheny Group - (January 25) - LP
• Worlds Apart - ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - (January 25) - LP
• Side One - Adrian Belew - (January 25) - LP
• Push the Button - The Chemical Brothers - (January 25) - LP
• Life Begins Again - Jimmy Chamberlin Complex - (January 25) - LP
• Heart & Soul - Joe Cocker - (January 25) - LP
• Knuckledown - Ani DiFranco - (January 25) - LP
• Curtains - John Frusciante (guitarist of Red Hot Chili Peppers) - (January 25) - LP
• Soul Mover - Glenn Hughes - (January 25) - LP
• This Woman - LeAnn Rimes - (January 25) - LP
• Octane - Spock's Beard - (January 31) - LP
• Monkey Business - Black Eyed Peas - (February 1) - LP
• Ultimate Kylie - Kylie Minogue - (February 1 - U.S. release date) - Compilation
• Here's to the Mourning - Unwritten Law - (February 1) - LP
• Seventeen Days - 3 Doors Down - (February 8) - LP

Albums Expected (Pre-Releases)

• Disconnection Notice - Goldfinger - (February 15) - LP
• Here Come the ABCs - They Might Be Giants - (February 15) - LP
• The Beekeeper - Tori Amos - (February 22) - LP
• Elevated - Earth, Wind & Fire - (February 22) - LP
• Solarized - Ian Brown, singer of the Stone Roses - (February 22 - U.S. release date) - LP
• 1984 - Roger Miret and the Disasters - (February 22) - LP
• Real Illusions: Reflections - Steve Vai - (February 22) - LP
• Hearts on Parade - American Hi-Fi - (March 1) - LP
• In Between Dreams - Jack Johnson - (March 1) - LP
• Angel of Retribution - Judas Priest - (March 1) - LP
• True Parallels - Trust Company - (March 1) - LP
• The Valentine's Day Massacre - 50 Cent - (March 8) - LP
• Meltdown - Ash - (March 8 - U.S. release date) - LP
• MAFIA - Black Label Society - (March 8) - LP
• Warts & All, Vol. 4 - Moe. - (March 8) - LP
• Everything's OK - Al Green - (March 15) - LP
• Origin Volume 1 - The Soundtrack of Our Lives - (March 15) - LP
• Language. Sex. Violence. Other? - Stereophonics - (March 15) - LP
• Hypnotize - System of a Down - (March 15) - LP
• Hearts on Parade - American Hi-Fi - (March 22) - LP
• Human After All - Daft Punk - (March 22) - LP
• Devil's Playground - Billy Idol - (March 22) - LP
• Hotel - Moby - (March 22) - LP
• Prince of Darkness - Ozzy Osbourne - (March 22) - Box
• Lullabies to Paralyze - Queens of the Stone Age - (March 22) - LP
• Untitled - Coldplay - (March 28) - LP
• Waiting for the Sirens Call - New Order - (March 28 - U.K., April 26 - U.S.) - LP
• Guero - Beck - (March 29) - LP
• The Emancipation of Mimi - Mariah Carey - (March 29) - LP
• Lifehouse - Lifehouse - (March 29) - LP
• Counting Down the Days - Natalie Imbruglia - (March 29) - LP
• Lost and Found - Mudvayne - (March 29) - LP
• Joe Perry - Joe Perry (guitarist of Aerosmith) - (March 29) - LP
• So Strange I Remember You - Thrice - (March 29) - LP
• Suspended Animation - Fantômas - (April 5) - LP
• We're Not Happy 'Till You're Not Happy - Reel Big Fish - (April 5) - LP
• A Time 2 Love - Stevie Wonder - (April 5) - LP
• The Apprenticeship of 2Pac - 2Pac - (April 12) - DVD
• Before the Robots - Better Than Ezra - (April 12) - LP
• Bleed Like Me - Garbage - (April 12) - LP
• Elevator - Hot Hot Heat - (April 12) - LP
• Kingwood - Millencolin - (April 12) - LP
• Cold Roses - Ryan Adams and the Cardinals - (April 19) - LP (2-Disc)
• Ohmwork - Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath bassist) - (April 19) - LP
• Mighty Rearranger - Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation - (April 25) - LP
• Songs for Silverman - Ben Folds - (April 26) - LP
• Untitled - Gorillaz - (April 26) - LP
• - Screaming Trees - (April 26) - Compilation
• With Teeth - Nine Inch Nails - (May 3) - LP
• Untitled - Seether - (May 3) - LP
• Blink the Brightest - Tracy Bonham - (May 10) - LP
• Gimme Fiction - Spoon - (May 10) - LP
• State of Discontent - The Unseen - (May 10) - LP
• Untitled - Oasis - (May 16) - LP
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Soundtrack, John Williams - (May 17) - LP
• Untitled - Staind - (May 31) - LP
• Anastacia - Anastacia - (June 7 - U.S. release date)
• Untitled - Audioslave - (June 7) - LP
• Sleep in the Nothing - Kelly Osbourne (daughter of Ozzy Osbourne) - (June 7) - LP
• Blue-Sky Research - Taproot - (June 7) - LP
• Untitled - Backstreet Boys - (June 21) - LP
• Untitled - Switchfoot - (July 19) - LP
• Untitled - 311 - (July 26) - LP
• Mesmerize - System of a Down - (September 27) - LP
• Chinese Democracy - Guns n' Roses - (February) - LP
• Half | Life - Eric West - (March) - solo debut
• Death for Life - Death By Stereo - (April) - LP
• Untitled - Bonnie Riatt - (September) - LP
• Sisters of the Red Death - Vendetta Red - (Spring) - LP
• WHO2 - The Who - (Spring) - LP
• Strap It On - AC/DC - (Spring/Summer) - LP
• American V - Johnny Cash - (Spring/Summer) - LP
• Detox - Dr. Dre - (Spring/Summer) - LP
• - Queensrÿche - (Spring/Summer) - LP
• Face the Promise - Bob Seger - (Spring/Summer) - LP
• A Year at the Movies - Social Code - (Spring/Summer) - LP
• The Original Doll - Britney Spears - (Spring/Summer) - LP
• Good Apollo: I'm Burning Star IV: Vol. One From Fear Through The Eyes Of Men - Coheed and Cambria - (Summer) - LP

Albums To Be Announced

• AFI - (no date) - LP
• The All-American Rejects - (Spring/Summer) - LP
• The Ataris - (Summer) - LP
• Billy Corgan - (Spring) - solo debut
• Black Sabbath - (Summer) - LP
• Blink-182 - (Summer) - LP
• Blue Öyster Cult - (Spring) - LP
• Brand New - (Summer) - LP
• Deftones - (Spring) - LP
• Depeche Mode - (Spring) - LP
• Dynamite Hack - (Summer) - LP
• The Eagles - (no date) - LP
• Eric West - (no date) - solo debut
• Foo Fighters - (Summer) - LP (2-Disc)
• Hootie & the Blowfish - (Spring) - LP
• Iron Maiden - (Summer) - LP
• Jet - (Fall) - LP
• KISS - (no date) - LP
• Linkin Park - (Summer) - LP
• Muse - (Fall) - LP
• MxPx - (Summer) - LP
• NOFX - (Summer) - LP
• The Offspring - (Summer) - LP
• The Offspring - (no date) - Compilation
• Pennywise - (Late Summer/Early Fall) - LP
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - (no date) - Multiple Release
• Pixies - (no date) - LP
• Portishead - (no date) - LP
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - (Spring) - LP
• Zach de la Rocha - (Spring) - solo debut
• Sevendust - (Spring) - LP
• The Strokes - (Summer) - LP
• Supergrass - (no date) - LP
• Spin Doctors - (no date) - LP
• Story of the Year - (Summer/Fall) - LP
• Three Days Grace - (no date) - LP
• Thursday - (no date) - LP
• Tool - (no date) - LP
• Weezer - (Winter) - LP
• Yes - (Spring/Summer) - LP

See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2005.

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

• January 11 - Spencer Dryden, 61, American drummer for American rock group Jefferson Airplane
• January 11 - Jimmy Griffin, co-founder of Bread
• January 15 - Victoria de Los Angeles, 81, Catalan soprano
• January 24 - June Bronhill, singer
• January 28 - Jim Capaldi, 60, British drummer and vocalist
• January 30 - Martyn Bennett, 33, Scottish bagpiper

Awards

Grammy Awards

• Grammy Awards of 2005

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

• Eurovision Song Contest 2005
• Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Brit Awards

• 2005 Brit Awards

Juno Awards

• Juno Awards of 2005

Mercury Music Prize

External link

For a more detailed list of hits or albums by month, see:

• KATS-FM (http://www.katsfm.com/releases.html)
• New Rock 94.7 The Zone - WZZN-FM - Chicago (http://www.947thezone.com/releases.asp)
• Pause & Play's On The CD Front (http://www.pauseandplay.com/cdfront.htm)
• VH1 (http://www.vh1.com/)
• MTV (http://www.mtv.com/)
• Rolling Stone (http://www.RollingStone.com/)